Linux-Hardware Digest #312, Volume #14 Wed, 7 Feb 01 18:13:10 EST
Contents:
anyone know how to install HP 970cse print driver? ("Sammy")
Re: Asus motherboards (Young4ert)
Re: Light + long battery life ? (Trevor Hemsley)
Re: Compaq ML350? ("Herminio Alvarez, Jr.")
Re: Lance Ethernet Driver Problem ("Rk")
Re: Tape drive for Linux ("Mike Brodbelt")
Re: getting tv to work with mandrake 7.2 (Emmanuel Beranger)
fdisk -> core dumped ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: ati or matrox (Toby Haynes)
Problem getting SMP enabled on Abit BP6 (Lord Bane)
Re: Tape drive for Linux (Paul Rubin)
Re: Problem with big disks (Rene)
Re: Tape drive for Linux (Nick Kew)
Re: Problem getting SMP enabled on Abit BP6 (Trevor Hemsley)
Re: Help: Promise ATA100: Possible? (Roel)
Re: Problem with Soundblaster PCI 128 ("Alan")
Re: Geforce 256 DDR + Linux + driver ("a.meijster")
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From: "Sammy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: anyone know how to install HP 970cse print driver?
Date: Wed, 7 Feb 2001 12:04:24 -0800
Hi all,
I\'m running Linux 7.0 and have a HP Deskjet 970cse. I tried installing the
driver on this www.linuxprinting.org site written by Rene' Harsch but am
having trouble. I'm new to LINUX and am not sure what I'm doing wrong here.
Can anyone help me? Below, I have documented my environment and error log.
Thank you.
1) I have gs in the /usr/bin directory (version 5.50)
2) I have the lpd-o-matic description file for the 970cse driver in the
/usr/local/bin. It is named lpd-o-matic.cgi
3) I have the lpdomatic perl script in the /usr/local/sbin. The file is
named
lpdomatic.
4) My printcap file looks like this:
lp:\
:sd=/var/spool/lpd/lp:\
:mx#0:\
:sh:\
:lp=/dev/lp0:\
:af=/usr/local/lpd-o-matic.cgi:\
:if=/usr/local/sbin/lpdomatic:
5) After setting the debug flag in the lpdomatic perl script, I tried this
print command: lpr -P lp SplitterI.java
I then got this error in the /temp/prnlog
Lpdomatic backend version $Revision: 1.5 $ running...
/usr/local/sbin/lpdomatic: called with arguments:
-Aroot@localhost+398','-CA','-D2001-02-06-20:38:25.044','-Ff','-Hlocalhost.l
ocaldomain','-JSplitterI.java','-Plp','-Qlp','-a/usr/local/lib/lpd-o-matic.c
gi','-b353','-d/var/spool/lpd/lp','-edfA398localhost.localdomain','-fSplitte
rI.java','-hlocalhost.localdomain','-j398','-kcfA398localhost.localdomain','
-l66','-nroot','-sstatus','-t2001-02-06-20:38:25.000','-w80','-x0','-y0','/u
sr/local/lib/lpd-o-matic.cgi
/usr/local/sbin/lpdomatic: af=/usr/local/lib/lpd-o-matic.cgi
/usr/local/sbin/lpdomatic: unable to evaluate datablob
So, in summary, what does this mean? I did not see my printer budge at
all..nothing happened.
Thanks,
Sammy
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From: Young4ert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Asus motherboards
Date: Wed, 07 Feb 2001 20:17:57 GMT
Barry Keeney wrote:
>
> I'm thinking of upgrading my current system to a Asus
> A7v133 motherboard with audio and a 1ghz Athlon processor.
>
> question is has anyone used this motherboard under linux
> and have they gotten the built in audio to work? any other
> gotchas with this motherboard/processor?
>
> --
> Barry Keeney
> Chaos Consulting
> email [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> "Rap is Square Dancing gone terribly, terribly Wrong...."
I would suggest to use ALSA drivers instead of the kernel ac97.o
module. The installed ALSA shown on my system uses the following
modules, listed using 'lsmod':
snd-pcm-oss 18800 0 (autoclean)
snd-pcm-plugin 16464 0 (autoclean) [snd-pcm-oss]
snd-mixer-oss 5248 0 (autoclean) [snd-pcm-oss]
snd-card-via686a 7584 0 (autoclean)
snd-pcm 31776 0 (autoclean) [snd-pcm-oss snd-pcm-plugin
snd-card-via686a]
snd-timer 8672 0 (autoclean) [snd-pcm]
snd-ac97-codec 24672 0 (autoclean) [snd-card-via686a]
snd-mixer 24656 0 (autoclean) [snd-mixer-oss
snd-ac97-codec]
snd-mpu401-uart 2672 0 (autoclean) [snd-card-via686a]
snd-rawmidi 10080 0 (autoclean) [snd-mpu401-uart]
snd-seq-device 4176 0 (autoclean) [snd-rawmidi]
snd 36608 1 (autoclean) [snd-pcm-oss snd-pcm-plugin
snd-mixer-oss snd-card-via686a snd-pcm snd-timer snd-ac97-codec
snd-mixer snd-mpu401-uart snd-rawmidi snd-seq-device]
When I used the kernel ac97.o module, I could not get the midi working
on my Asus K7M Mobo (not an exact mobo you are going to purchase).
--
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
PS. Remove "4" from e-mail address should you want to reply.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Trevor Hemsley)
Subject: Re: Light + long battery life ?
Date: 7 Feb 2001 20:44:57 GMT
On Wed, 7 Feb 2001 19:16:17, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> Paul Rubin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> > > Speed is not important (i.e., pentium-200 class is ok). Light
> weight
> > > (<3lbs) and battery life (>=8hours) is, as is the ability to run
> emacs
> > > (25*80), perl, and C. Naturally, this requires keyboard
> connectivity or
> > > a keyboard. Either floppy disk or ethernet connectivity is a must.
> > > Modem would be nice. Serial connectivity (especially the non-USB
> > > variety) is a pain, to say the least.
> > >
> > > Does this exist?
> >
> > No, not really. The closest you'll come is probably a WinCE-class
> unit.
> > Anything with a hard disk or a continuously backlit screen will need
> more
> > than 3 pounds of batteries to run for 8 hours.
> >
> > Try something like an IBM Workpad Z50 and a PocketLinux port.
>
> Actually, this looks pretty close to fitting the bill. Unfortunately,
> getting it to work looks like a chore and adventure.
If you can *find* a Toshiba Libretto still then it might also fit the
bill. I have a 100CT, Pentium 166MMX, comes with 32MB RAM and a 2GB
disk. You can fit another 32MB and change the disk if 2G is not
enough. Mine is now a P166MMX, 64MB, 6.4GB. It's one inch larger than
a standard VHS video tape in length and depth and a little larger in
height but not much. It's a standard PC other than that, has an 7.2"
TFT screen which has an 800x480 resolution, 2 PCMCIA card slots. With
a "high capacity" battery it lasts about 6 hours (or 3 hours running
bonnie in a continuous loop!). Mine's running SuSE 6.2 with the 2.4.1
kernel bodged on top.
The only problem with it and Linux is getting the thing installed in
the first place. I had to get a 2.5" IDE adapter and plug it into one
of my desktops and run the install on there and then reinstall the
drive in the Libretto. The problem is the PCMCIA floppy drive doesn't
have Linux drivers in any distribution. You can get drivers that build
as modules and seem to work very well but I'm not sure if you can then
modify a standard distribution install disk to include those in the
initrd image so you boot it. I may be trying this shortly since I'd
like to run an upgrade on it to take it up level from SuSE 6.3.
The problem will be finding one since they're not made anymore...
--
Trevor Hemsley, Brighton, UK.
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From: "Herminio Alvarez, Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Compaq ML350?
Date: Wed, 07 Feb 2001 21:03:55 GMT
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You may run into a problem with booting from a RAID controller. It
is recommended you install the OS on a seperate drive (at least that is
what RH Tech support recommended).
Also, if your server has more than 1.0 GB of RAM you will have to
re-compile the kernel to make use of all of it. And if you do that,
RedHat will not support the system.
Finally, do a search on Compaq's web-site to get all the information
you can on Linux running on their Proliant servers.
my $.02
Eric Kasten wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Has anyone ever installed Linux on a Compaq ML350? If so, did you
> have any problems?
>
> Thanks.
>
> ...Eric
>
> --
> Eric Kasten
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> National Superconducting Cyclotron Lab
> (517) 333-6412
--
Windows: A 32 bit shell for a 16 bit operating system, originally written for
an 8 bit processor on a 4 bit bus by a 2 bit company that can't stand 1 bit of
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You may run into a problem with booting from a RAID
controller. It is recommended you install the OS on a seperate drive
(at least that is what RH Tech support recommended).
<p> Also, if your server has more than 1.0 GB of RAM
you will have to re-compile the kernel to make use of all of it.
And if you do that, RedHat will not support the system.
<p> Finally, do a search on Compaq's web-site to get
all the information you can on Linux running on their Proliant servers.
<p>my $.02
<p>Eric Kasten wrote:
<blockquote TYPE=CITE>Hi,
<p>Has anyone ever installed Linux on a Compaq ML350? If so, did
you
<br>have any problems?
<p>Thanks.
<p>...Eric
<p>--
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<br>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
<br>National Superconducting Cyclotron Lab
<br>(517) 333-6412</blockquote>
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From: "Rk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: Lance Ethernet Driver Problem
Date: Wed, 7 Feb 2001 22:09:21 +0100
You probably need to compile the kernel yourself, if it's a kernel driver.
If it's a non-kernel driver designed for 2.2 kernels than you may be out of
luck.
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:94850d$a13$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Does anybody know if there is a known problem with lance.o (driver for
> AMD Ethernet chip) under kernel 2.4.0?
>
> It worked fine under 2.2.14, but it doesn't work under 2.4
>
> Thanks!
>
>
> Sent via Deja.com
> http://www.deja.com/
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From: "Mike Brodbelt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Tape drive for Linux
Crossposted-To: uk.comp.os.linux
Date: Wed, 07 Feb 2001 21:22:20 +0000
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "John P"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I want to start taking regular backups of the HD on a Linux box (P166,
> RH6.1) - it's a 4Gb hard disk I think.
>
> Are there any special considerations before I buy one to make sure it
> works with RedHat? I don't really know much about tape drives but I'll
> have to get an ATAPI one as the machine is quite old. What is a standard
> tape size anyway, am I likely to have problems finding ones that hold
> 4Gb?
Most decent tape drives are SCSI, and the lower end ones follow the DDS
standards. DDS2 tapes will hold 4Gb uncompressed. There are some ATAPI
tapes, but they're all different. Look for Iomega Ditto, or Travan tapes
as a startign point. You'll probably need the ftape module, so I'd start
with the supported hardware listed by that module. I would recommend a
SCSI drive if have the option, however.
HTH
Mike.
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From: Emmanuel Beranger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.mandrake
Subject: Re: getting tv to work with mandrake 7.2
Date: Wed, 07 Feb 2001 22:32:57 -0500
I had the same (while everything was OK with 7.1)
it is likely that downgrading X to 3.3.6 (instead of 4.0.1) will do the
job.
Also, kwintv has a bad reputation, but xawtv should be working
Rishabh Gupta a �crit :
>
> Hi All,
> I just installed linux mandrake 7.2 on my computer and trying to get it
> to work with my hauppauge wintv card. I've tried both kwintv and xawtv. In
> both cases as soon as I start the software, my computer freezes. I can't
> even use ctrl-alt-del. Could anyone tell me what is wrong with the system. I
> use only the drivers that come default with mandrake. The problem is that I
> have a lot of hardware in my computer (scsi, dvd, cdrw, modem, network ,
> graphics, sound card), I don't know if that makes any difference.
> Could somebody tell me what is wrong with my setup, any help would be
> greatly appreciated.
>
> Many Thanks
>
> Rishabh
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: fdisk -> core dumped
Date: Wed, 07 Feb 2001 21:37:36 GMT
I just installed a Western Digital 40GB 7200rpm ata100 hard drive in my
server. needless to say I'm having alot of fun. or I was until I
tryed to run fdisk...
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[root@mysystem]# fdisk /dev/hdb
Device contains neither a valid DOS partition table, nor Sun, SGI or
OSF disklab
el
Building a new DOS disklabel. Changes will remain in memory only,
until you decide to write them. After that, of course, the previous
content won't be recoverable.
Segmentation fault (core dumped)
[root@mysystem]#
====================================================================
Now, fdisk works on my first hard drive a 6.4G Western Digital. If
anyone can tell me what I did wrong or what's going wrong? This is a
linux only system and the drive is fresh from the box (never formated
before) The system specs are as follows...
P200MMX w/128MB ram
hda 6.4G Western digital
hdb 40G Western digital
hdc 24x cd-rom
hdd 8x cd-rom
Linux Mandrake 7.1
thanks,
Rob
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From: Toby Haynes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: ati or matrox
Date: 07 Feb 2001 16:37:02 -0500
On Tue, 06 Feb 2001, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> 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?
Both the G400 Matrox and the ATI Radeon have reasonable support. Matrox has
opened the specs for its boards, and development is continuing. ATI is pumping
money into Precision Insight to develop the Radeon drivers - the CVS code
already has fast (about the same speed as Windows) Radeon rendering support, so
most 3D accelerated apps should perform well. The T&L on the Radeon is not yet
well supported, but work is apparently scheduled to bring this into the code
base.
Based on this info and other things I've heard, the Matrox has the sharpest 2D
display. The ATI Radeon has faster 3D acceleration. If you want top notch 3D
speed, you probably want an NVidia GeForce 2 Ultra as the NVIDIA drivers are
probably the most heavily developed but they are closed source. The Matrox and
ATI Radeon drivers are open source, and the Radeon should get close to the
GeForce2 in terms of 3D performance. YMMV
Cheers,
Toby Haynes
--
Toby Haynes
The views and opinions expressed in this message are my own, and do
not necessarily reflect those of IBM Canada.
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Subject: Problem getting SMP enabled on Abit BP6
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Lord Bane)
Date: Wed, 07 Feb 2001 21:52:51 GMT
I'm running an Abit BP6 dual Celeron system and when I enable SMP mode in
the 2.2.18 kernel it refuses to find and initialize the hpt366 controller.
It seems to do something weird with IRQ assignments (ie NICs go to IRQ 16,
17 from IRQ 7,10) and refuses to recognize the HPT controller (ide2) on IRQ
11.
Running it in uniprocessor mode, this problem does not occur and it is able
to address the HPT controller (ide2) and boot into Slackware 7.1.
Will upgrading to the 2.4.1 kernel and applying the patch for HPT support
fix this problem? Has anyone else every gotten this working right?
Thanks for any help.
Please remove "spammenot." from my address to reply.
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From: Paul Rubin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Tape drive for Linux
Date: 07 Feb 2001 14:00:44 -0800
"John P" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I want to start taking regular backups of the HD on a Linux box (P166,
> RH6.1) - it's a 4Gb hard disk I think.
>
> Are there any special considerations before I buy one to make sure it works
> with RedHat? I don't really know much about tape drives but I'll have to get
> an ATAPI one as the machine is quite old. What is a standard tape size
> anyway, am I likely to have problems finding ones that hold 4Gb?
>
> Any pointers to resources on setting it up, software etc?
I wouldn't mess with atapi tape drives. They're flimsy and they use
those stupid very expensive QIC tapes (Travan etc). I'd either get a
scsi tape drive (which will require getting a scsi card) or get a CD
recorder. You'll have to burn 6 or 7 discs to fully back up 4gb, but
then you can do differential backups which will probably usually fit
on a single disc.
For scsi drives, you can get a DAT drive or if you look on ebay you
can probably find an Exabyte 8505 or 8505XL in the $200 range (don't
get the older full-height Exabytes, the 8200 and 8500). The 8505's
will put 5 GB on an 8mm hi-8 videotape for about $3.
You could also look at an Ecrix drive (www.ecrix.com). Look for the
evaluation or Linux User Group deal--the new drive kit is US $500.
The tape is pretty expensive, but some people have been using hi-8
video editing tape in it with good results.
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From: Rene <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Problem with big disks
Date: Wed, 07 Feb 2001 23:22:32 +0100
Peter Bruelemans wrote:
>
> I run debian linux, kernel 2.2.14.
>
> I use a promise ultra66 controller.
>
> I installed 2 new disks (maxtor 60GB), but df says there is only 26GB of
> free diskspace.
>
> How can I resolve this?
Hi.
I had a similar problem. You can give
the kernel parameters at boot time. There's a
line in /etc/lilo.conf that begins with append="..."
Within the doublequotes you can tell the kernel
about the disk-geometry of the desired hd.
What you need are the "CHS-numbers": cylinders,
heads and sectors. I don't know now, how to do
it, because my older computer is not here yet.
But it worked.
HTH,
Rene.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Nick Kew)
Crossposted-To: uk.comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: Tape drive for Linux
Date: Wed, 7 Feb 2001 21:47:09 +0000
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In article <j0jg6.28766$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, one of infinite monkeys
at the keyboard of "Mike Brodbelt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> hath
written:
> Most decent tape drives are SCSI, and the lower end ones follow the DDS
> standards. DDS2 tapes will hold 4Gb uncompressed.
Yep. That's pretty normal - as well as being what I use these days :-)
> There are some ATAPI
> tapes, but they're all different.
There is an ATAPI standard that seems to work well with Travan thingies,
including very-cheap devices like Colorado (wouldn't touch iomega with a
bargepole). Easy enough to drive, but the main drawback is higher media
cost - and somewhat more heat and noise.
> as a startign point. You'll probably need the ftape module, so I'd start
Not for travan.
--
Nick Kew
Is your site a lawsuit waiting to happen?
See <URL:http://valet.webthing.com/intranet/> before it's too late.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Trevor Hemsley)
Subject: Re: Problem getting SMP enabled on Abit BP6
Date: 7 Feb 2001 22:39:28 GMT
On Wed, 7 Feb 2001 21:52:51, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Lord
Bane) wrote:
> I'm running an Abit BP6 dual Celeron system and when I enable SMP mode in
> the 2.2.18 kernel it refuses to find and initialize the hpt366 controller.
> It seems to do something weird with IRQ assignments (ie NICs go to IRQ 16,
> 17 from IRQ 7,10) and refuses to recognize the HPT controller (ide2) on IRQ
> 11.
I can't say why the controller doesn't work but IRQ's > 15 in SMP mode
is normal behaviour. SMP machines have APIC's which allow IRQ's to be
rerouted. In 2.4.x you can also enable APIC's for UP machines and get
IRQ rerouting there too.
--
Trevor Hemsley, Brighton, UK.
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From: Roel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Help: Promise ATA100: Possible?
Date: Wed, 07 Feb 2001 23:41:08 +0100
Hello
Just get kernel 2.4 compile with promise 20265/20267 and ata 100 and
fasttrack are working.
SuSE 7.1 has kernel 2.4 ( shipping 12-2), Red Hat won't wait long I
gues.
Roel
Dave Gough wrote:
>
> Howdy. I'm slowly trying to sneak Linux into the workplace under the
> ever vigilant eyes of my employer, and while he likes the price (free,
> mostly) he has a few concerns about the differences between *nix and NT.
> (He's just recently decided to go from '98 to NT; we can't really get
> away from Bill's products as National Instruments' products Labview and
> Teststand aren't ported over.) But, at least, I've convinced him that an
> entry level file server option is Linux... he's going with it, but I've
> got one slight problem.
>
> I'm planning on building the box with a Promise Technologies UltraATA
> 100 card (not the Fasttrak100 or a heavier model; we don't need all the
> extra features at this point). Promise has got RH6.2/7.0 drivers on
> their support site, but only for the Fasttrak models, and I can tell you
> that this doesn't play well with the install of Redhat 7.0. (The distro
> I chose to go with, for a variety of different reasons.) Has anyone
> gotten a Promise PCI Ultra100 controller to work, and if so, how is the
> most efficient way of going about getting it there?
>
> Somethings to keep in mind: I'm not a *nix expert; I've got some
> knowledge, but I can't write a device driver and I'm only mildly skilled
> with C and Perl; working inside the kernel is something I'll think about
> in a year or two. The box I have to work with, outside of the controller
> card and accompanying card, is as follows:
> Gateway GP6 with:
> Intel i810 integrated graphics & sound
> Celeron (oi. I'm already trying to convince him to get a real processor)
> at 566MHZ
> 256 MB DRAM
> Token mouse and keyboard, and the attendant EV910b monitor.
>
> I've noticed some posts referring to an IDE parameter trick, as well as
> the 2.4 test kernels, but haven't seen anything fairly straight forward
> in the linux doc pages I've seen. Also, I've yet to hear back from
> Promise, which is something else I understand is fairly common.
>
> In any case, if you could help or point me at some info that would
> simplify things, please respond here or at my email. Viva la
> penguinistas.
>
> Someday, I hope to get the email and web server inhouse on linux
> boxes... something to shoot for.
>
> --
>
> Dave Gough
> System Administrator
>
> -----------
> ACE Computer Engineering, Inc.
> W. Melbourne, FL 32904
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From: "Alan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Problem with Soundblaster PCI 128
Date: Wed, 7 Feb 2001 17:45:00 -0500
Reply-To: "Alan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sounds like a problem with your AC97 Codec not getting initialized correctly
or just not working (hence the src lockup and no codec vendor ID)...Have you
ever had the card working with Windows? Have you actually powered down the
machine for a few minutes and then tried again? I assume that since its a
5880 its on the motherboard, not a card? It may be a rare Codec init. bug
in the linux driver seeing as the driver was written for the 137x cards not
the 5880, although it should work for it...
Hope that helps....
"Thor Kristoffersen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I can't get my Soundblaster PCI 128 (CT5880) to work in RedHat Linux
> "Fisher". I have tried it with the 2.4.1 kernel from www.kernel.org, as
> well as the 2.4.0-0.99.11 kernel that comes with "Fisher".
>
> The card is recognized by Linux, and I can start the xmixer, but there is
> no sound from programs like xmms or mpg123. When playing a CD there is
> sound, but using the mixer controls yields weird results (like, for
> example, the sound being muted when I touch the master volume control).
>
> This is what lspci -v says about the PCI 128:
>
> 00:0b.0 Multimedia audio controller: Ensoniq CT5880 [AudioPCI] (rev 02)
> Subsystem: Ensoniq Creative Sound Blaster AudioPCI128
> Flags: bus master, slow devsel, latency 32, IRQ 5
> I/O ports at e000 [size=64]
> Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 1
>
> When I run sndconfig it gets to the point where it attempts to play a
> sample, and there it hangs. Looking at dmesg afterwards I find the
> following:
>
> es1371: version v0.27 time 16:17:35 Jan 24 2001
> es1371: found chip, vendor id 0x1274 device id 0x5880 revision 0x02
> PCI: Found IRQ 5 for device 00:0b.0
> es1371: found es1371 rev 2 at io 0xe000 irq 5
> es1371: features: joystick 0x0
> es1371: sample rate converter timeout r = 0x00a40000
> es1371: sample rate converter timeout r = 0x00840000
> es1371: sample rate converter timeout r = 0x00840000
> ac97_codec: AC97 codec, id: 0x0001:0x0001 (Unknown)
> es1371: sample rate converter timeout r = 0x00840000
> es1371: sample rate converter timeout r = 0x00840000
> es1371: sample rate converter timeout r = 0x00840000
> [etc]
>
> Any ideas or suggestions?
>
>
> Thor
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From: "a.meijster" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Geforce 256 DDR + Linux + driver
Date: Wed, 07 Feb 2001 23:01:18 GMT
Chris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> A. Meijster wrote:
>
> > I have an SMP box (2 cpu's) and a Geforce 256 DDR. I compiled the
> > driver and get a module 'NVdriver' without problems. However, if I
> > load it in the kernel (insmod) and try to start X the system
> > says it cannot open /dev/nvidia0 (although it exists major=195/minor=0),
> > and if I try to do this again my system freezes completely: not even a
blue
> > screen ;-)
>
> Have you installed the GLX stuff as well? Have you tried fiddling with
> the AGP settings (have a look at the FAQ on nvidia's site). And you are
> compiling it from the tarballs aren't you, not the rpms?
>
> Chris
Yes, I installed GLX (0.96). I compiled it from the tarballs, because I
use Debian. I don't have the choice to use rpm's. I tried all the AGP
settings according to the README+FAQ, but no success whatsoever.
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