Linux-Hardware Digest #262, Volume #14 Sat, 27 Jan 01 18:13:10 EST
Contents:
Re: Im curius...why is ISA modem cost more than PCI modem?? ("James Lewis")
Re: Problem Prolbem (Mark Bratcher)
Re: PCHIPS motherboard .. under Linux (Nick Martin)
UPS selection (Michael West)
Re: PCHIPS motherboard .. under Linux (Pete Ritter)
Re: Im curius...why is ISA modem cost more than PCI modem?? (Johan Kullstam)
Re: Im curius...why is ISA modem cost more than PCI modem?? (Joe Pfeiffer)
Re: Im curius...why is ISA modem cost more than PCI modem??
([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Cirrus Logic ("Richard Derouin")
Re: SMP and sound driver question ("???")
Re: PCHIPS motherboard .. under Linux ("Tom Suzda")
FA:IBM ThinkPad 365XD p133/24mb/1gb/cdrom/Linux+MORE (schlomo)
Re: Problem Prolbem ("Walter Rusin")
Re: ide cd-rw and scsi harddrives (A. Khan)
Re: HELP: Kernel panic on first reboot after install of RH6.0 (A. Khan)
Have a Linux Systems Company? - Submit it to Dmoz! (Peter Watkinson)
Re: pppd (David Efflandt)
Re: Problem Prolbem (spicerun)
Re: Problem Prolbem ("Peter T. Breuer")
ESS Audiodrive Soundcard , IBM G74 Monitor ("Anis Mohamed")
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From: "James Lewis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Im curius...why is ISA modem cost more than PCI modem??
Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2001 09:25:42 -0500
If you buy an external it has to be a hardware modem.
Only an internal can be a software modem since its sitting on the system's
bus (of course I was under the impressionn that the ISA bus was fast enough,
but maybe I'm wrong).
The serial port is far too slow to use the main CPU for its DSP stuff.... so
if you get an external you are guaranteed 100% to be a hardware modem. Not
only that, as long as Linux (or any OS) can see your serial port, they can
use the modem.
Its also a heck of a lot easier to setup an external modem. You just say
"COM1 or COM2" (or /dev/ttyS0) and it works. No IRQs, no mem adddress...
-James
"kellyboy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Whats the advantage of external over internal??
>
> kellyboy
>
>
> "Johan Kullstam" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > "kellyboy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> >
> > > that software procession pci modem is 'winmodem'?
> > >
> > > Im going have to go back to Best Buy and read the specs on the box to
> > > identify 'which' one is which....I aint going to ask one of those "you
> need
> > > help" workers...most time they dont know what they are talking about
> ( I
> > > brought stuff based on thier 'recommendation' and I ended up
> > > returning it!!)
> >
> > forget ISA. forget PCI. RS-232C forever! ask for an _EXTERNAL_.
> >
> > --
> > J o h a n K u l l s t a m
> > [[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > sysengr
>
>
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From: Mark Bratcher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Problem Prolbem
Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2001 14:40:56 GMT
Tina Carter wrote:
>
> Linux = Problems
Life = Problems
Your job is to try to solve them :-)
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From: Nick Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: PCHIPS motherboard .. under Linux
Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2001 14:56:42 +0000
PCChips boards are just plain bad!
(personal opinion i know)
Nick Martin
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Michael West)
Subject: UPS selection
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2001 16:44:59 GMT
Looking for recommendations for a UPS vendor for my home
I see a few postings here with no answers from
people trying to get APC working.
tripplite seems to want to support linux.
see http://www.tripplite.com/linux/
but it is unclear whether this works with USB models
What vendors have "smart UPS with USB" working for linux?
Thanks,
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From: Pete Ritter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: PCHIPS motherboard .. under Linux
Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2001 17:05:59 GMT
Nick Martin wrote:
>
> PCChips boards are just plain bad!
> (personal opinion i know)
>
> Nick Martin
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
What problem have you had with them?
I have an M805LR, 1 GHz K7, 256 MB RAM that's been running fine for 2
months.
I had to set the BIOS to "Load Optimized Defaults" (fail-safe, less
demanding) but that may be because I bought cheap RAM. Before that, I
ran it with "Best Performance Defaults" and it did crash every 10-12
hours.
Have you tried playing with the defaults?
--
cpritter
home
com
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Subject: Re: Im curius...why is ISA modem cost more than PCI modem??
From: Johan Kullstam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2001 17:08:49 GMT
"kellyboy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Whats the advantage of external over internal??
1) easiest to setup. the two basic serial ports have well defined and
consistent irq and ioport settings.
2) works with _ANY_ computer -- or even less than a computer such as a
dec vt220 terminal.
3) no openning your case
4) can easily be moved to new computer
5) not a winmodem
6) you can cycle power on the external modem (in case it gets
confused/unresponsive) without disturbing your host.
and finally...
DAS BLINKENLIGHTS!!!
blinkenlights are a great help in troubleshooting and give you warm
fuzzies during a download.
> kellyboy
>
>
> "Johan Kullstam" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > "kellyboy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> >
> > > that software procession pci modem is 'winmodem'?
> > >
> > > Im going have to go back to Best Buy and read the specs on the box to
> > > identify 'which' one is which....I aint going to ask one of those "you
> need
> > > help" workers...most time they dont know what they are talking about
> ( I
> > > brought stuff based on thier 'recommendation' and I ended up
> > > returning it!!)
> >
> > forget ISA. forget PCI. RS-232C forever! ask for an _EXTERNAL_.
> >
> > --
> > J o h a n K u l l s t a m
> > [[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > sysengr
>
>
--
J o h a n K u l l s t a m
[[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Don't Fear the Penguin!
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From: Joe Pfeiffer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Im curius...why is ISA modem cost more than PCI modem??
Date: 27 Jan 2001 10:44:35 -0700
"James Lewis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> If you buy an external it has to be a hardware modem.
>
> Only an internal can be a software modem since its sitting on the system's
> bus (of course I was under the impressionn that the ISA bus was fast enough,
> but maybe I'm wrong).
>
> The serial port is far too slow to use the main CPU for its DSP stuff.... so
> if you get an external you are guaranteed 100% to be a hardware modem. Not
> only that, as long as Linux (or any OS) can see your serial port, they can
> use the modem.
This is true.
> Its also a heck of a lot easier to setup an external modem. You just say
> "COM1 or COM2" (or /dev/ttyS0) and it works. No IRQs, no mem adddress...
This is simply not true. Setting up an internal ``real'' modem is
just like setting up a serial port; if you've got any sort of
interests that use up serial ports (my Palmpilot, downloads to an HC11
miniboard, a Radio Shack ProbeScope...) you're not going to want to
give away any serial ports you don't absolutely have to.
--
Joseph J. Pfeiffer, Jr., Ph.D. Phone -- (505) 646-1605
Department of Computer Science FAX -- (505) 646-1002
New Mexico State University http://www.cs.nmsu.edu/~pfeiffer
VL 2000 Homepage: http://www.cs.orst.edu/~burnett/vl2000/
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Im curius...why is ISA modem cost more than PCI modem??
Date: 27 Jan 2001 17:46:08 GMT
kellyboy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Whats the advantage of external over internal??
One of HUGE advantages of external modems is that if a modem hangs (not
that infrequent event with noisy analog lines, to which modems are
connected by function, and with bugs in their firmware) then it is much
easier to cycle power on a modem than to reboot the whole machine in
order to reset that modem.
It is likely not a very big deal with Windows, as you probably will be
rebooting soon anyway, and you really do not know if this a modem which
went belly-up or something else, but this is quite different story with
Linux.
And on the top of it with an external you have blinkenlights. 1/2 :-)
Michal
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From: "Richard Derouin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Cirrus Logic
Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2001 13:28:32 -0500
I have a Cirrus logic hardware modem CL-MD3450 Internal that I need drivers
for. Is there a site such as drivershq or driverguide where I can go to when
I need a driver?I'm using Mandrake 7.0.
Regards
Rick
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "???" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: SMP and sound driver question
Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2001 03:26:34 +0900
Why don't you use "Alsa driver"?
I'm useing the old soundcard on my system.
The 'sndconfig' could not setting my soundblaster.
It works well, when I use the alsa driver..
I'm a Korean, so my English is so poor....
Thanks for reading...Have a good day!
Good luck to your linuxing
"Jim Shaffer, Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I remember reading a while ago that there was some sort of problem with
the
> driver for the Soundblaster Live card and SMP systems. Has this been
fixed?
> Also, are there any other known hardware issues with SMP?
>
>
> --
> Earth for Earthlings!
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From: "Tom Suzda" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: PCHIPS motherboard .. under Linux
Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2001 12:28:13 -0600
I picked up aPC-Chips M598LMR to use with an old 233MMX Pentium I had laying
around. I had the on-board modem, network, video, and sound all working
within 2 days under Slackware 7.1.
Good cheap little system.
Tom
"Pete Ritter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Nick Martin wrote:
> >
> > PCChips boards are just plain bad!
> > (personal opinion i know)
> >
> > Nick Martin
> >
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
> What problem have you had with them?
>
> I have an M805LR, 1 GHz K7, 256 MB RAM that's been running fine for 2
> months.
>
> I had to set the BIOS to "Load Optimized Defaults" (fail-safe, less
> demanding) but that may be because I bought cheap RAM. Before that, I
> ran it with "Best Performance Defaults" and it did crash every 10-12
> hours.
>
> Have you tried playing with the defaults?
>
>
> --
> cpritter
> home
> com
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From: schlomo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.comp.hardware,comp.sys.laptops,comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: FA:IBM ThinkPad 365XD p133/24mb/1gb/cdrom/Linux+MORE
Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2001 18:16:46 GMT
http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1209819290
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11" Display
24MB Ram
1.0GB HD
Internal CD-ROM
External Floppy (IBM p/n 10h3980)
AC Adapter (IBM p/n 85G6709)
56K PCMCIA Fax/Modem
Two button mouse
External 1.0GB Sparq Drive including
removable cartridge w/ installed Linux driver
Linux Slackware 3.6 original 4 disc set included
Pre-installed software including Netscape 4.74,
Corel Wordperfect 8, and more...
Sent via Deja.com
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From: "Walter Rusin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Problem Prolbem
Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2001 08:25:30 +0100
MS Windows = bigger problem...
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From: A. Khan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: ide cd-rw and scsi harddrives
Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2001 10:14:39 -0600
Saender A. Clark wrote:
> I have a machine with two scsi harddrives on scsibus 0 - redhat 6.2 ,
> kernel 2.2.16- sees them as sda and sdb
> When I loaded the ide-scsi module and rebooted, the cd-rw was now seen
> as sda and I got a kernel panic because it didn't know where to look for
> boot instructions.
>
> I tried changing fstab and lilo.conf (and ran lilo) to reflect this
> change, but no joy. All it has done is make it impossible for me to get
> into the machine at all.
>
> Any ideas how to get linux to boot from the now moved devices?
>
> sandy clark
> AOS Princeton University
>
Most likely you are loading the ide-scsi module before the SCSI module for
the SCSI host adapter. However, it is odd that the CD-RW is being
recognized as a hard drive. In my systerm with SCSI hard drives and IDE
CD-RW, the ide-scsi emulation recognizes the unit as scd1 (I have a SCSI
CD-ROM as well).
--
A. Khan (mailto: knura at yahoo dot com)
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From: A. Khan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: HELP: Kernel panic on first reboot after install of RH6.0
Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2001 10:34:16 -0600
MisterD wrote:
> Greetings,
>
... snip...
>
> ... snipped ...
> UM8886BF: port 0x01f0 already claimed by ide0
> UM8886BF: port 0x0170 already claimed by ide1
> UM8886BF: neither IDE port enabled (BIOS)
> Floppy drive(s): fd0 is 1.44M
> FDC 0 is an 8272A
> md driver 0.90.0 MAX_MD_DEVS=256, MAX_REAL=12
> raid5: measuring checksuming speed
> 8regs : 78.105 MB/sec
> 32regs : 61.341 MB/sec
> using fastest function: 8regs (78.105 MB/sec)
> scsi : 0 hosts.
> scsi : detected total.
> md.c: sizeof(mdp_super_t) = 4096
> Partition check:
> autodetecting RAID arrays
> autorun ...
> ... autorun DONE.
> request_module[block-major-8]: Root fs not mounted
> VFS: Cannot open root device 08:01
> Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 08:01
>
> I've tried different boot parameters (root=/dev/sda1 and linear), didn't
> work. I've tried another SCSI controller, a 2940W dual channel, same
> problem. After 13 install attempts over 3 nights, this is starting to get
> old real quick! The kernel says it's installing bug fixes for the UMC
> chipset above what I have typed in from dmesg, could that be causing it?
> Block-major-8 doesn't sound like IDE, and since both channels are disabled
> in the BIOS, it shouldn't be interfering should it? Is/are the drive(s)
> failing? Ahhhh!!! As you might be able to tell, I'm at my wits end! Any
> and all help greatly appreciated!
Try removing the IDE HDD from the system (disconnect the power connection
to the drive). From your message it appears that there is some hardware
confilict with ports. Which Linux distro are you using? Are you trying to
boot from a 'customized' kernel? If so, did you build a 'customized'
initrd image with the Adaptec SCSI drivers in it?
Try using the Slacware boot/root disk set for the for your Adaptec
controller and see if you can boot the system. The Slackware boot disks
kernels are compiled with specific SCSI drivers (i.e. not modularized)
HTH
--
A. Khan (mailto: knura at yahoo dot com)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Peter Watkinson)
Subject: Have a Linux Systems Company? - Submit it to Dmoz!
Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2001 20:58:44 GMT
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David Efflandt)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,redhat.general
Subject: Re: pppd
Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2001 21:17:39 +0000 (UTC)
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Wed, 24 Jan 2001 23:48:57 +0000, Jeff Moore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I use RH7 with ipfwadm firewall, squid, and netatalk over a 56k modem
>gateway.
>
>Sometimes my link freezes to my isp and packets are sent with no
>response. When I restart the modem it works again.
>
>My pppd is in my inittab file so it is always on.
>
>Is there a way to automatically check for timeout on sent packets for a
>froze connection so the link can be restarted?
>
>Any help would be greatly appreciated.
'man pppd' in particular options about lcp-echo.
--
David Efflandt [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.de-srv.com/
http://www.autox.chicago.il.us/ http://www.berniesfloral.net/
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From: spicerun <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Problem Prolbem
Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2001 21:28:37 GMT
Tina Carter wrote:
> Linux = Problems
>
Tina,
I have read your previous posts both here and in the windowsme
newsgroups. You have a few misconceptions:
1. Windows is *NOT* superior to Linux, Unix, OS/2, or any other
Operating System you're trying to compare to.
2. You have failed to realize that Windows is not Linux and Linux is
not Windows. No matter how hard you try,
you will not make Linux work like Windows....*Period*. The minute you
realize this fact, learning Linux will
come easier to you.
3. You need to apologize to everyone in this group and the windowsme
group. How dare you accuse us of being
communists! BTW: I am not from Germany, but I do have wonderful German
friends who wouldn't be anywhere
around the group of people you're calling us (ie - there is nothing
wrong with Germans or Deutschlanders).
4. You are an arrogant French Bigot. (I have seen your *@*.fr e-mail
address)
5. It is simply impossible to reply to your posts trying to help
without insulting you. That being the case,
Go Fsck yourself!
*Plonk*
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From: "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Problem Prolbem
Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2001 21:55:38 GMT
spicerun <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> group. How dare you accuse us of being
> communists! BTW:
Why? Is that a bad word in the US or something? Peculiar.
> I am not from Germany, but I do have wonderful German
> friends who wouldn't be anywhere
Well, while there are wonderful people everywhere, at a certain point
in living memory some germans murdered quite a lot of innocent people.
To put it mildly. But the people living in germany today themselves
have very little connection to that era, just as you have very little
connection to your parents or grandparents or greatgrandparents era.
They merely experience the consequences.
There are an awful lot of old nazis still around, though, so be aware
that they exist.
> around the group of people you're calling us (ie - there is nothing
> wrong with Germans or Deutschlanders).
> 4. You are an arrogant French Bigot. (I have seen your *@*.fr e-mail
She's just crazy. Don't feed her. She obviously has some mental
problem or other... go read up on her posts in alt.white.supremacists.
Peter
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From: "Anis Mohamed" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: ESS Audiodrive Soundcard , IBM G74 Monitor
Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2001 16:32:22 -0600
Hi all,
I have recently installed SuSe Linux 6.4 on my computer (primary OS win 98)
and am very new to linux.
I got it to recognize most of the hardware. The problem is i am not able to
get it to recognize the sound card ESS Allegro (Audiodrive). Does anyone
know of a linux driver for this card.
Also my monitor is IBM G74 with trident blade3d. I could not find a driver
for it, so i have selected VESA in the monitor list and trident cyberblade
as the videocard, but i am not able to use it to higher resolution like
1024 X 768 (currently it works at 600 X 800). Is there any way to increase
the resolution?
Thanks in advance
Anis
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