Linux-Hardware Digest #307, Volume #14 Tue, 6 Feb 01 19:13:09 EST
Contents:
Re: linux not booting ("Armond Perretta")
Re: Really old printer - Epson FX-80 ("Rob Malpass")
Re: wireless network hub (Rob Thompson)
Re: Having Windows98 and Linux on the same HD (Mark Bratcher)
Re: Really old printer - Epson FX-80 (Mark Bratcher)
AMD Duron 750 Problem??? ("Henk")
Re: Adaptec 2100s - Nightmare ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Boot problem ("Dan Neef")
ati or matrox ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: ATI Radeon + Linux (Scott Alfter)
Re: es1869 onboard PIIX4 >> SB Live! (MurThauZ)
Re: SB Live! Software and Redhat 7 (.)
Re: Having Windows98 and Linux on the same HD (Rod Smith)
Developer Kit for Linux on Itanium ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Boot problem (Rod Smith)
Re: SB Live! Software and Redhat 7 ("CAVEMAN")
Re: Boot problem ("Peter T. Breuer")
Re: AMD Duron 750 Problem??? ("Peter T. Breuer")
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From: "Armond Perretta" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: linux not booting
Date: Tue, 06 Feb 2001 16:10:02 +0500
In article <95pk8t$m61$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> hi i have a little problem (or a big one). i get the following
> message from my linux box: Uncompressing linux...... and noting
> more ...
Another "dumb" question: Did you compile for _your_ processor? The
default is P3.
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From: "Rob Malpass" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.slackware
Subject: Re: Really old printer - Epson FX-80
Date: Tue, 6 Feb 2001 21:20:40 -0000
Forgive me for following up my own message but big thanks to all of you who
said yes and gave advice.
Miraculously, I still have the manual for it so perhaps I still have a
chance even if I run into difficulties. Essentially though, I want to use
it for printing shell scripts and programs out - I find it far easier to
look at programs on fanfold paper and it just doesn't seem right somehow to
have them beautifully laser or bj printed. I have both bj and lj on my
network so either would have been an option. Once I get the printer
brought down from home, I'll start hacking.
For anyone interested, this will be the fourth different machine and OS I'll
have used on this printer. First a BBC Micro back in 1983, then an Amiga
in 1990, then a DOS PC back in 1994 and now Linux. They built printers to
last in those days!!!
Cheers
Rob
Rob Malpass wrote in message
<7tDf6.14425$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>Hi,
>
>While I've had a quick look in Printing-HOWTO, can anyone answer what
should
>be a really simple question...
>
>Can I use an Epson FX-80 printer with Linux?
>
>I'm running Slackware 7.1 (2.2.16). I do have a workaround if this is
>impossible i.e. connect the FX80 to a Windows box and print using Samba but
>that's a bit clunky - besides which it would mean Windows can do something
>Linux can't.
>
>As far as I can tell, the FX-80 (now nearly 20 years old) is not directly
>supported but given that it's so old and so basic, I wonder if some generic
>driver might be the answer.
>
>Cheers
>Rob
>
>
>
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Date: Tue, 06 Feb 2001 13:35:46 -0800
From: Rob Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: wireless network hub
I have a wireless network that isnt too different from what you're
trying to setup. It sort-of evolved to meet my needs rather than being
all installed in one go, but here's what I have:
Linksys BEFSR41 router attached to DSL modem, Linux server & windows
machine. (The Linksys handles firewall & PPPoE for me.)
Linux server has a webgear aviator 2.4 pcmcia wireless network card (now
obsolete but see www.webgear.com for current replacement model). The
linux server is configured as a router/gateway for the wireless network.
It also serves samba & NFS.
More avaiator 2.4 wireless cards in 2 laptops and a desktop at the other
end of the house, will probably add another desktop with wireless at
some time.
There's no specific wireless hub in this setup, but with routing from
the Linux server you dont need it. I've run this setup for over a year
(although DSL is a recent addition) and it works great.
There are now some faster wireless cards at a reasonable price (D-Link
has one that is 11Mbit compared to the 2Mbit that I'm using), you might
want to look into these too. Samba printing can be a bit slow at 2Mbit!
Hope this helps.
kellyboy wrote:
>
> I was looking around the Internet to find a solution to wireless...
>
> I'm supposed to receive laptop soon (from my sister...she's decided to keep
> it or give it to me ...anyway ) and it's more realistic to use wireless than
> retrofitting my house with cat 5 cable all over the attic where phone line
> runs to each room...
>
> I have a small network at home with cable modem "behind" my linux firewall
> server
>
> wireless is better...so what product the world have to offer for
> wireless...???
>
> to my dismay... almost every single one are either MSwindow dependent or
> access point (that has router to provide internet sharing).
>
> I have this one linuxbox that act as firewall where my cable modem is
> connecting to it... and that firewall is then connected to switching hub
> where all computer are connected to it... now I want wireless but I rather
> keep my linux firewall because it has far more functionality than those
> wireless access point...
>
> ...when will that stupid idiot at networking product company get around to
> building a wireless 'hub' that function just like a ethernet hub...that has
> "uplink port" and an antenna..."without" router/firewall built in (which are
> not really that customizable and flexible as home brew linux firewall)
>
> sheesh...why can't they build one without router.....???????????
>
> kellyboy
--
Rob Thompson.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] | "Nothing unreal exists."
Mentor Graphics Corp. | Tel: (503) 685 1823
8005 S.W. Boeckman Road | Fax: (503) 685 1654
Wilsonville, OR 97070-7777 | The number -e^( i * pi ) in test.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mark Bratcher)
Subject: Re: Having Windows98 and Linux on the same HD
Date: Tue, 06 Feb 2001 21:51:25 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Karel Venken wrote:
>> Does /boot really need to be on a primary partition? I believe that
>> mine is not. Only my Win98 is. My Linux is all in the extended
>> partition, including the /boot.
>>
>
>It depends on how you boot Linux. I use loadlin from within the Win98
>config.sys, and then it is not required.
OK, I've never used loadlin, so wasn't aware of that.
> In fact everything from my Linux is
>AFTER 1024 cylinders (carefull, lilo is useless then, so you need to know how
I use LILO _and_ my linux is all beyond 1024 since I downloaded and
installed the latest version of LILO. Works great!
--
Mark Bratcher
To reply, remove both underscores (_) from my email address
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Escape from Microsoft's proprietary tentacles: use Linux!
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mark Bratcher)
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.slackware
Subject: Re: Really old printer - Epson FX-80
Date: Tue, 06 Feb 2001 21:55:15 GMT
In article <WSZf6.3642$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Rob Malpass wrote:
>Forgive me for following up my own message but big thanks to all of you who
>said yes and gave advice.
>
>Miraculously, I still have the manual for it so perhaps I still have a
>chance even if I run into difficulties. Essentially though, I want to use
>it for printing shell scripts and programs out - I find it far easier to
>look at programs on fanfold paper and it just doesn't seem right somehow to
>have them beautifully laser or bj printed. I have both bj and lj on my
>network so either would have been an option. Once I get the printer
>brought down from home, I'll start hacking.
If all you want to do is look at text files like scripts and programs,
you can just do:
pr [options] files > /dev/lp0
I would include -f in the options to generate real form feeds.
--
Mark Bratcher
To reply, remove both underscores (_) from my email address
===========================================================
Escape from Microsoft's proprietary tentacles: use Linux!
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From: "Henk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: AMD Duron 750 Problem???
Date: Tue, 6 Feb 2001 23:31:13 +0100
When I install RH6.2 and it reboots i get this:
CPU: AMD AMD Duron(tm) Processor Stepping 01
Disabling CPUID Serial Number...General Protection Fault 0000
And systems PANICS!!!, what can i do now???
GENERAL PROTECTION FAULT??? Isnt that a Window$ mssg???
CPU: AMD Duron 750
Motherboard: MSI K7T Pro2-A
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Adaptec 2100s - Nightmare
Date: Tue, 06 Feb 2001 22:23:08 GMT
I would love a copy of i2orh70.zip if anyone has it. I'm trying to
install RH 7.0.
Please send it to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]". Remove the nospam and the
quotes.
J
> Man.. It seams like a lot of people have problems with this. It
looks like
> you got most of the way, you just missed one thing.
>
> On RH 7.0 there is a new version of gcc that won't work with any
kernel
> below 2.2.18. 2.2.18 seems to work fine. The old gcc is renamed
kgcc.
> What you can do to install an older kernel (you might just want to use
> 2.2.18 anyway) is rename gcc to gcc.new and rename kgcc to gcc and
compile
> the kernel. You will probably want to change it back after that.
You will
> need these two files:
>
> i2orh70.zip (this was sent to me by adaptec and includes instructions)
>
> dpt-i2o-2.2.16_1.14.diff (it is in a zip in the kernel directory on
the
> CD--patch the kernel with this)
>
> I could not get it to work on RH6.2 because I couldn't get it to boot.
> There is probably a way but I just decided to use 7.0.
>
> If you don't have these files let me know and I will send them to you.
>
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:94pnu9$obs$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I have had this 2100s for several weeks now, and I
> am still unable to get it to work correctly.
>
> Initially, I tried things with Mandrake, but since
> I could not get the appropriate patches for the
> kernel to work, I installed Redhat 7.0.
>
> I was sent drivers via email, and I patched the
> kernel, however I was unable to compile the kernel
> due to gcc issues in RH7.
>
> I then installed Redhat 6.2 and tried a prebuilt
> module. That allowed me to do everything,
> including mount the raid (6 36 gig U160 SCSI disks
> on RAID5). But, any time I tried to copy files to
> the raid, it would post errors. I was using a
> beta module driver.
>
> I don't know what to do now. I can't download
> anything from adaptec's site, and I just want this
> system to work.
>
> - Hugh Buchanan
>
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>
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From: "Dan Neef" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Boot problem
Date: Tue, 6 Feb 2001 16:15:58 -0600
After a long painful process I finally got Slakware Linux 7.1 installed on
my toshiba 486 laptop. Trying to boot up the first time left me hanging
though. The boot proccess froze at the following line:
PnP: PNP BIOS installation structure at 0xc00f8dc0
Pnp: PNP Bios version 1.00 entry at f0000:adcc,dseq at 0
What in the world does that mean and how do I fix what ever is causing the
problem??
Thanks for any help you give.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: ati or matrox
Date: Tue, 06 Feb 2001 22:30:47 GMT
Hi,
I am getting a new graphic card but I cannot decide on ati or matrox for
my linux/win9x box
Questions:
1. which card gets better linux support, 2d/3d support?
2. does card w/ dvd acceleration combo offer better dvd performance over
separate graphic + decoder cards?
TIA
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Scott Alfter)
Subject: Re: ATI Radeon + Linux
Date: Tue, 06 Feb 2001 22:45:31 -0000
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In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
John Tobin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Has anyone successfully gotten the Radeon working with X in at least 2D?
>I have an AMD Athlon 650 on the irongate chipset. I just swapped out my
>G400 for the Radeon and installed X 4.02 and the server goes to change
>into SVGA mode and then I get the good ole BSOD.
It works fine for me...I have a Radeon 32MB DDR running in XF86 4.02 with a
K6-III-450 and MVP3 combo. I don't recall doing anything special to get it
working, either.
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From: MurThauZ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: es1869 onboard PIIX4 >> SB Live!
Date: Tue, 06 Feb 2001 23:05:49 GMT
Thor Anders Aarhaug a écrit :
> Hi,
>
> Tried almost everything to get my soundcard to work. The es1869 is
> simply not detected. All examples treats this card as an ISA, but no
> dump tools finds it.
> The motherboard is a PIIX4, not recognised as native and irq probing
> will be performed later (according to 2.2.16/2.4.1). The PC is a
> *sigh* Compaq Presario 5296.
>
> I've given up trying to detect the card, so unless there is an obvious
> solution my question is:
>
> Is Soundblaster Live! a stable and well-supported card for linux?
>
> Thor Anders Aarhaug
> cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi I'm not sure, but your chip might be an Maestro3 chip,
look in the Documentation directory and look for the docs
for the Maestro2 and 2e or ESS soundcard,
If I'm right, your sound card is not supported yet, but a module
exists and has been developped by the guy that already includes
the maestro2 and 2e device drivers. Just look for his homepage
(find it in the docs) and search for maestro3.
The Soundblaster Live works with the Emu10k1 device driver.
regards.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (.)
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: SB Live! Software and Redhat 7
Date: 6 Feb 2001 23:06:37 GMT
In comp.os.linux.misc Tomi Kinnunen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hello to all Linuxists,
> I'm a newbie to Linux, just installed Redhat 7. I have few questions about the use
>of Sound Blaster
> Live! 1024 on this system:
> 1. Is there available SAME KIND of DRIVERS for Linux than the Live!Ware package in
>Windows?
> ( The ability to control all DSP-effects available in the card real-time,
>applied e.g. to guitar
> "multi-effects processor" ? )
> 2. I apologize that I have to use "Windowz terminology" :-), but I'd also need the
>'corresponding' audio
> software:
> * "FastTracker / MadTracker"
> - Some good tracker to build music from samples & instruments.
> * "SoundForge"
> (btw., THE BEST audio editing software ever made, IMO !!)
> - Adding all possible effects with software to audio files,
> ( including Compression,Reverb,Delay,Bending,Fading,Tapping,
> EQ,Flanger,Chorus, etc. etc. etc. )
> * "MultiQuence", "DDClip", "Vegas Audio", etc.
> - Multitrack editor/recorder.
> Any useful help is very welcome !!! With best regards,
You did pay for all of thats software, didnt you? :)
=====.
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Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rod Smith)
Subject: Re: Having Windows98 and Linux on the same HD
Date: Tue, 06 Feb 2001 23:37:30 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mark Bratcher) writes:
> In article <EzUf6.322273$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Rod Smith wrote:
>>In article <3a7fd6ff$0$36194$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
>> "Jeroen de Vries" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>>[snip]
>>One other comment, though: The Linux /boot and 8GB Win98 C: partitions
>>should be primary, and the remaining partitions should be
>>extended/logical.
>
> Does /boot really need to be on a primary partition? I believe that
> mine is not. Only my Win98 is. My Linux is all in the extended
> partition, including the /boot.
In the case of the described partition layout, yes, because /boot came
before the Windows C: partition and logical partitions would be
required after that. Now, if /boot came AFTER the Windows C: partition,
/boot could be logical, at least if LILO or some third-party boot
loader capable of booting OSs from logical partitions were in the MBR.
/boot could also be logical if you used LOADLIN, as some others have
suggested (but in that case there'd be no point in creating a separate
/boot partition to begin with).
--
Rod Smith, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.rodsbooks.com
Author of books on Linux & multi-OS configuration
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Developer Kit for Linux on Itanium
Date: Tue, 06 Feb 2001 23:30:21 GMT
IBM® Developer Kit for Linux® on Itanium™, Java™ 2 Technology Edition,
Version 1.3 Alpha level code is a very early version of the Java SDK
ported to an early edition of Linux IA64 (aka "Trillian") running on
prototype Itanium-based hardware. In general, the content of this
Developer Kit follows that for 32-bit Linux 1.3.0 SDK. The ReadMe
supplied with the download contains details.
Free Download
http://www.alphaworks.ibm.com/tech/linuxsdk?
open&l=colh,t=gr,tech=linuxsdk
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rod Smith)
Subject: Re: Boot problem
Date: Tue, 06 Feb 2001 23:41:21 GMT
[Posted and mailed]
In article <95pt2s$n1a$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Dan Neef" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> After a long painful process I finally got Slakware Linux 7.1 installed on
> my toshiba 486 laptop. Trying to boot up the first time left me hanging
> though. The boot proccess froze at the following line:
>
> PnP: PNP BIOS installation structure at 0xc00f8dc0
> Pnp: PNP Bios version 1.00 entry at f0000:adcc,dseq at 0
>
> What in the world does that mean and how do I fix what ever is causing the
> problem??
I've never seen those messages before, much less a hang right after
them, but my guess is you're running into a problem with an ISA PnP
device. In a desktop, I'd suggest pulling out all the ISA cards that
aren't absolutely vital and try again, but that's obviously not
practical with a laptop. You could try removing any PCMCIA cards you've
got, but I don't claim that's likely to help. You might try posting a
list of the devices built into the laptop; maybe one will strike
somebody as being iffy, or somebody can suggest LILO boot prompt
options to disable probing for some of them.
--
Rod Smith, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.rodsbooks.com
Author of books on Linux & multi-OS configuration
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From: "CAVEMAN" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: SB Live! Software and Redhat 7
Date: Tue, 06 Feb 2001 23:53:14 GMT
Hey,
If you want to do some digital recording on Linux you may want to wait on
that. There is very little software out there for Linux audio-wise, and
those few apps are far from professional. You can't use the Soundblaster's
Environmental audio under Linux yet, but I'm sure that will be implemented
eventually. At this point in Linux's development, you are better off using
Windows or better yet a Mac to record digital audio.
Bryan
"Tomi Kinnunen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:95of9c$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Hello to all Linuxists,
>
> I'm a newbie to Linux, just installed Redhat 7. I have few questions about
the use of Sound Blaster
> Live! 1024 on this system:
>
> 1. Is there available SAME KIND of DRIVERS for Linux than the Live!Ware
package in Windows?
> ( The ability to control all DSP-effects available in the card real-time,
applied e.g. to guitar
> "multi-effects processor" ? )
>
> 2. I apologize that I have to use "Windowz terminology" :-), but I'd also
need the 'corresponding' audio
> software:
>
> * "FastTracker / MadTracker"
> - Some good tracker to build music from samples & instruments.
>
> * "SoundForge"
> (btw., THE BEST audio editing software ever made, IMO !!)
> - Adding all possible effects with software to audio files,
> ( including Compression,Reverb,Delay,Bending,Fading,Tapping,
> EQ,Flanger,Chorus, etc. etc. etc. )
>
> * "MultiQuence", "DDClip", "Vegas Audio", etc.
> - Multitrack editor/recorder.
>
> Any useful help is very welcome !!! With best regards,
>
> Tomi K.
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Boot problem
Date: Wed, 7 Feb 2001 00:41:23 +0100
Dan Neef <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> After a long painful process I finally got Slakware Linux 7.1 installed on
> my toshiba 486 laptop. Trying to boot up the first time left me hanging
> though. The boot proccess froze at the following line:
> PnP: PNP BIOS installation structure at 0xc00f8dc0
> Pnp: PNP Bios version 1.00 entry at f0000:adcc,dseq at 0
> What in the world does that mean and how do I fix what ever is causing the
> problem??
Fix the problem referred to in the next line .. the one you can't see.
Wouldn't hurt to recompile without pnp support too! But how much ram
can a 486 have in it? You do know how much you need for the install,
right?
Peter
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From: "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: AMD Duron 750 Problem???
Date: Wed, 7 Feb 2001 00:43:05 +0100
Henk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> When I install RH6.2 and it reboots i get this:
> CPU: AMD AMD Duron(tm) Processor Stepping 01
> Disabling CPUID Serial Number...General Protection Fault 0000
> And systems PANICS!!!, what can i do now???
Turn off serial number disabling. AMDs don't like it.
No .. I don't recall the boot option offhand. Look it up in the
BootPrompt HOWTO (on the web).
Peter
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