Linux-Hardware Digest #716, Volume #14 Wed, 2 May 01 11:13:05 EDT
Contents:
kppp say Modem is busy ("Eitan Berkovich")
Re: SuSE 7.1: problems with modem (Jonadab the Unsightly One)
Re: Reach maximum mount count? (Jonadab the Unsightly One)
Re: AOpen AK72 - Audio (Toby Haynes)
Re: Reach maximum mount count? ("Peter T. Breuer")
Kernel 2.4 : Ethernet connexion pb (Nicolas Delestre)
Cougar Video Edition: Video In and Out in Linux (Dewitte Bjorn)
Re: Reach maximum mount count? (Eric P. McCoy)
Re: Mother Board Question with ABIT KT7A-RAID ("arthur")
Re: Which adaptor card to buy for simple 2-PC home network? (Norman Levin)
Re: jj asks: secondary floppy controller, reading hundreds of floppies (Norman Levin)
Re: Modem trouble (Tomaz Cedilnik)
Re: kppp say Modem is busy ("arthur")
Re: No sound on Redhat ("Nick Lockyer")
Re: two harddisks crashed and third one expected ("Nick Lockyer")
Re: Dell Dimension 8100 (Dude)
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From: "Eitan Berkovich" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: kppp say Modem is busy
Date: Wed, 2 May 2001 16:09:56 +0200
I have a ess modem. Linux doesn't auto-recognize it but when I configure it
in kppp it finds it and says the the modem is busy.
why? how? etc.
JShard.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jonadab the Unsightly One)
Subject: Re: SuSE 7.1: problems with modem
Date: Wed, 02 May 2001 13:08:17 GMT
"Markus Kiener" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 1. If I start Linux and try to connect to my provider I get the message:
> "modem does not respond" in the protocol. When I switch the modem on
> and off before I try to connect everything works fine.
First thing to check there is your modem initialisation string.
Standard is ATZ, but there are other possibilities; see if your
modem manual or the modem manufacturer's web page says anything
about the matter. Most modems have a command you can send them
that causes them to reset themselves -- usually called the
"init string". Make sure your dialing app is sending the
correct init string for your modem.
> 2. When I am in the net and I do not send or receive data for
> longer than some minutes the connection
> breaks. There is not timeout installed in my wvdial.conf.
Some internet service providers drop inactive connections
after a certain amount of time. Try setting up a cron
job to do something every couple of minutes, maybe something
useful like a POP3 mail check or if there's nothing you
really need to do like that, you could do a dummy ping
out of a cron job every couple of minutes; make sure you
specify a count so it doesn't keep pinging indefinitely:
ping -c 3 www.fsf.org
- jonadab
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jonadab the Unsightly One)
Subject: Re: Reach maximum mount count?
Date: Wed, 02 May 2001 13:16:14 GMT
"Glitch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> i believe the default is every 20 boots that it will do an automatic fsck
Whatever the default max count is, it has always seemed so frequent
to me that the person who decided it must be obsessive-compulsive.
Once a month would be *plenty* often enough, IMO.
- jonadab
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From: Toby Haynes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: AOpen AK72 - Audio
Date: 02 May 2001 09:19:24 -0400
On Tue, 01 May 2001, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hi all.
>
> Can anyone tell me how to configure linux Mandrake7.0 to make my audio work?
> I've got a AK72 motherboard from AOpen with audio onboard, but I can't make
> it work. The system recognizes it and selects a via82cxxx.0 module but it
> doesn't start. Can annyone help me? Thx
Do you mean it doesn't actually work (i.e. you get an error message) or you
can't hear anything? In the latter case, try running 'aumix' - you may just
have all the volume settings set to zero (which is the default). Make sure that
the 'master' volume and 'pcm' volumes are sane.
If you are getting an error message, it's possible that the installer has
chosen the wrong driver. The sound card is probably an Analog Devices AD1881
AC'97 CODEC, which has ALSA drivers. You should try installing the alsa drivers
and use the via686a driver to see if this helps (note that your Mandrake 7.0
may already have ALSA installed).
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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From: "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Reach maximum mount count?
Date: Wed, 2 May 2001 15:53:32 +0200
Jonadab the Unsightly One <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> "Glitch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> i believe the default is every 20 boots that it will do an automatic fsck
> Whatever the default max count is, it has always seemed so frequent
> to me that the person who decided it must be obsessive-compulsive.
> Once a month would be *plenty* often enough, IMO.
Every twenty reboots would be about "every ten years". Where's the
obsessive-compulsive nature in this???
Peter
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From: Nicolas Delestre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.portable
Subject: Kernel 2.4 : Ethernet connexion pb
Date: Wed, 02 May 2001 16:26:28 +0200
Hi,
I have again a problem with the ethernet connexion of my computer under Kernel 2.4.3
(not with the
kernel 2.2.17, with this kernel everything works well).
My computer is a Dell Latitude with Xircom (Ethernet + Modem) PCMCIA card.
Since this morning, i success to detect my pcmcia card (thank you David Hints) but now
when i try to
make a ping to an other computer of my network, i get a "Destination Host Unreachable"
error.
I have verified the different loadded modules, as you can see everything seems to be
Ok :
lsmod
Module Size Used by
floppy 47216 0 (autoclean)
parport_pc 23024 1 (autoclean)
lp 5296 0 (autoclean)
parport 24576 1 (autoclean) [parport_pc lp]
maestro3 25440 1
soundcore 3504 2 [maestro3]
ac97_codec 8688 0 [maestro3]
autofs 9232 1 (autoclean)
serial_cb 1120 1
tulip_cb 33328 2
cb_enabler 2448 4 [serial_cb tulip_cb]
ds 6576 2 [cb_enabler]
i82365 22144 2
pcmcia_core 41920 0 [cb_enabler ds i82365]
usb-uhci 20672 0 (unused)
usbcore 47248 1 [usb-uhci]
nls_iso8859-1 2848 1 (autoclean)
nls_cp437 4352 1 (autoclean)
vfat 9040 1 (autoclean)
fat 30720 0 (autoclean) [vfat]
supermount 32496 2 (autoclean)
ide-scsi 7568 0
sd_mod 11048 0 (unused)
scsi_mod 86036 2 [ide-scsi sd_mod]
and the ethernet configuration as you can see seems to be ok too :
ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:10:A4:0C:7E:BA
inet addr:194.254.15.109 Bcast:194.254.15.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:392 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:237 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:1 txqueuelen:100
RX bytes:38085 (37.1 Kb) TX bytes:16962 (16.5 Kb)
Interrupt:11 Base address:0x200
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:159 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:159 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:11613 (11.3 Kb) TX bytes:11613 (11.3 Kb)
Dean Thompson suggested me to verify my route table, but evrything is OK.
Can somebody help me ?
Thank you in advance.
PS :
I have the mandrake 8 linux distribution. When i run the harddrake tool, it detects
the modem of the
pcmcia xircom card but not the ethernet.
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From: Dewitte Bjorn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Cougar Video Edition: Video In and Out in Linux
Date: Wed, 02 May 2001 14:29:07 GMT
Would anybody know how to get the Video In and Out working on my Cougar
Video Edition Video Card???
Tnx,
Bjorn Dewitte
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Subject: Re: Reach maximum mount count?
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Eric P. McCoy)
Date: 02 May 2001 10:32:16 -0400
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jonadab the Unsightly One) writes:
> > i believe the default is every 20 boots that it will do an automatic fsck
> Whatever the default max count is, it has always seemed so frequent
> to me that the person who decided it must be obsessive-compulsive.
You turn your computer off too frequently.
> Once a month would be *plenty* often enough, IMO.
You can set a time interval instead of a mount count. I have no idea
if e2fsck honors that. The default seems to be 6 months.
--
Eric McCoy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
"Knowing that a lot of people across the world with Geocities sites
absolutely despise me is about the only thing that can add a positive
spin to this situation." - Something Awful, 1/11/2001
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From: "arthur" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Mother Board Question with ABIT KT7A-RAID
Date: Wed, 02 May 2001 07:39:46 -0700
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Eric Kuhn"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The main question i have with this mother board is there semmes to be
> two "RAID" controlers, what does it mean (never had o good expnation of
> it. If you could tell me if Red Hat 7.1 Could suport this feature? will
> this mother board even work with Linux? because it would be great if it
> did!!
It has 2 sets of Pri/Sec ide ports, one of which has a RAID chip.
Download the manual for the m/b, or if you can't get one, then read the
Asus manual for the A7V133-RAID. Almost the same.
RAID means 2 or more identical hdd's that act as one hdd in one of 2 or 3
modes:
1. backup, or 2. split i/o between drives (stripping), or 3. both modes.
No insult intended, but if you don't know what RAID is then you probably
don't need it. Its an aconym for Redundant Array of Inexpensive Dasd
(direct access storage devices - hdd to you) or Disks if you prefer.
I don't know if RH7.1 supports RAID but it will run on the Abit or Asus
RAID boards that have 2 sets of dual ide ports, one of which is non-RAID.
I have the Asus A7V133-RAID bought at a computer show. I am not using
RAID (i have only 1 hdd ... RAID requires 2 or more) but the price was
the same as the non-RAID A7V133. I am running Win98 and RH 7.0 on it.
>
> Please let me know what you find out good or bad the web site for this
> ABIT is www.abit-usa.com
>
Don't pay extra for RAID if you aren't going to use it. RAID looks to the
software like SCSI and not like an ide drive.
> Please let me know about your feelings on this mother board good and bad
> and your concerns!!
Expensive. The Asus may be a better buy. Epox may be even a better buy
than either Abit or Asus. Epox is hard to find and I never buy a m/b by mail order.
Abit is good if you need an ISA slot.
>
> Thank you very much for your help!!
> Eric K K
>
Hope this helps and makes sense. To summarize:
Don't pay more for RAID as you probably don't need it.
Arthur
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Date: Wed, 02 May 2001 07:58:21 -0500
From: Norman Levin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Which adaptor card to buy for simple 2-PC home network?
If it is just two systems, would PLIP work?
japhilp wrote:
>
> AOpen has a few 10/100 Mb cards. the floppy disk included contains drivers
> for linux.
> The packaging also states that linux is supported.
> they are about $40 here in canada after tax. works like a charm.
>
> Also the dlink 538 tx cards work , and the driver should be part of the
> kernel source.
>
> "Garry Heaton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:9chr80$cdr$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > Can anyone advise me or point me to information on purchasing a pair of
> > Linux 2.4 compatible network cards to create a simple 2-PC desktop
> network?
> > Thanks
> >
> > Garry Heaton
> >
> >
--
Norman Levin
VM/Dynamics, Inc - Specializing in VM, AIX and Linux Education
Office 817 421-0123 Mobile 817 919-8781 Fax 214-722-1779
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Date: Wed, 02 May 2001 08:02:41 -0500
From: Norman Levin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: jj asks: secondary floppy controller, reading hundreds of floppies
My old Gateway has a 3.5 inch A drive and 5.25 B drive. Think it uses both
at the same time.
Jeff Jonas wrote:
>
> >> Is anybody running >1 floppy controller via Linux
> >> If so, how?
>
> >A radical solution: use more than one PC. For what you want to do, a
> >stack of junker 486's should do. Network them, open an xterm for
> >each, and away you go.
> ...
>
> Yes, that's a workaround, but I'm still frustrated at the way the
> PC interface was crippled for the PC and we never recovered.
> Pre-PC systems used all 4 floppies on the cable.
> Older floppy controllers have jumpers for primary/secondary addresses,
> but with shared IRQ and DMA, I can't see them working at the same time :-(
> --
> Jeffrey Jonas
> jeffj@panix(dot)com
> The original Dr. JCL and Mr .hide
--
Norman Levin
VM/Dynamics, Inc - Specializing in VM, AIX and Linux Education
Office 817 421-0123 Mobile 817 919-8781 Fax 214-722-1779
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From: Tomaz Cedilnik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.redhat,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Modem trouble
Date: Wed, 02 May 2001 16:46:58 +0200
Jonadab the Unsightly One wrote:
>
> James Burton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Sm9uYWRhYiB0aGUgVW5zaWdodGx5IE9uZSB3cm90ZToNCg0KPiAiUm95IEJhbWZvcmQiIDxi
> > YW1mb3JkckBiYW1mb3Jkci5ub3NwYW0uZnJlZS1vbmxpbmUuY28udWs+IHdyb3RlOg0KPg0K
> [snip]
>
> Now, there's some good old-fashioned modem trouble!
No, that's his name. ;-)
Tom
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From: "arthur" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: kppp say Modem is busy
Date: Wed, 02 May 2001 07:51:54 -0700
In article <newscache$60mpcg$fdf$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Eitan Berkovich"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have a ess modem. Linux doesn't auto-recognize it but when I configure
> it in kppp it finds it and says the the modem is busy. why? how? etc.
>
> JShard.
>
You don't give much to go on. Is it a "hardware" PCI modem and
what does setserial say? What kernel and ppp or linux distro?
Arthur
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From: "Nick Lockyer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: No sound on Redhat
Date: Wed, 2 May 2001 15:44:42 +0100
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assuming sound works in windows (ie the hardware is okay) maybe you need =
to load a module. Have a look in /lib/modules/version to see if you can =
find a module that sounds (no pun) about right and try to load it.
If that works then put in /etc/modules/conf something like
alias sound module_name
Kristjan Runarsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message =
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:=20
I have a soundblaster audiopci 64, redhat recognized it as Ensoniq =
audiopci=20
1370, I test this with sndconfig, but no sound on the test. I go =
back into=20
sndconfig and change the card selection to Creative/Ensoniq Audiopci =
(ES1371 because if has (sb audiopci 64) in brackets but when I try =
to test=20
this configuration I get an error message of:=20
/lib/modules/2.2.16-22/misc/es1370.0: init_module: Device or =
resource busy=20
/lib/modules/2.2.16-22/misc/es1370.0: ismod=20
/lib/modules/2.2.16-22/misc/es1370.0 failed=20
/lib/modules/2.2.16-22/misc/es1370.0: ismod sound-slot-o failed=20
I have no clue on what this means, all I know is that Redhat says =
they=20
support my soundcard but I dont get any sound. I someone has =
answers. Im a=20
greenhorn to linux so please be kind! Thanks=20
=20
Hmmmmmmmmm......=20
Here comes a nugget from the allmos dried up fountain of my wisdom. I =
have a soundblaster SB64 bulk and it works wonderfully just the way it =
is autodetected by sndconfig. The joke is that I had a similar =
experience with the thing as you did, no sound. For quite a while I sat =
cussing like a sailor in front of my PC fighting an intense desire to =
throw the PC out the window. Then out of sheer desperation I upped the =
Volume and presto! The thing is that at least on my ole broken down =
Pentium III the WAV file sndconfig plays is REALLY muffeled. I had to =
max out the volume of my loudspeakers inbuilt amplifier to hear the =
message clearly, something about "pronouncing linux as linux".=20
Have you tried playing a CD? Or a WAV/MP3 file after the SB has been =
autodetected as an Ensoniq 1370?? I know this sounds a bit stupid but it =
might be that the card is autodetected right but you have to increase =
the volume on your speakers or start Xwindows and up the master volume =
with the volume control panel and then play a CD. If I remember =
correctly I could not hear the message with the default volume settings =
because the noise of the fan in my computer drowned out the sound, it =
was that low. And because all I ever tried was sndconfigs test message I =
did not realize the sound worked all along.=20
Cheers=20
KR=20
P.S Let me know if you suceed. I'm interested in hardware nightmares =
like this one.=20
P.P.S If you want to play audio CD's make shure there is a cable from =
your CD Rom drive to the SB64 otherwise no cigar.=20
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<BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=3D"CITE">I have a soundblaster audiopci 64, redhat =
recognized=20
it as Ensoniq audiopci <BR>1370, I test this with sndconfig, but no =
sound on=20
the test. I go back into <BR>sndconfig and change the card selection =
to=20
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64) in=20
brackets but when I try to test <BR>this configuration I get an =
error=20
message of:=20
<P>/lib/modules/2.2.16-22/misc/es1370.0: init_module: Device or =
resource=20
busy <BR>/lib/modules/2.2.16-22/misc/es1370.0: ismod=20
<BR>/lib/modules/2.2.16-22/misc/es1370.0 failed=20
<BR>/lib/modules/2.2.16-22/misc/es1370.0: ismod sound-slot-o failed=20
<P>I have no clue on what this means, all I know is that Redhat says =
they=20
<BR>support my soundcard but I dont get any sound. I someone has =
answers. Im=20
a <BR>greenhorn to linux so please be kind! Thanks <BR><A=20
=
href=3D"http://www.help.com/";></A> </P></BLOCKQUOTE>Hmmmmmmmmm......=
=20
<P>Here comes a nugget from the allmos dried up fountain of my wisdom. =
I have=20
a soundblaster SB64 bulk and it works wonderfully just the way it is=20
autodetected by sndconfig. The joke is that I had a similar experience =
with=20
the thing as you did, no sound. For quite a while I sat cussing like a =
sailor=20
in front of my PC fighting an intense desire to throw the PC out the =
window.=20
Then out of sheer desperation I upped the Volume and presto! The thing =
is that=20
at least on my ole broken down Pentium III the WAV file sndconfig =
plays is=20
REALLY muffeled. I had to max out the volume of my loudspeakers =
inbuilt=20
amplifier to hear the message clearly, something about "pronouncing =
linux as=20
linux".=20
<P>Have you tried playing a CD? Or a WAV/MP3 file after the SB has =
been=20
autodetected as an Ensoniq 1370?? I know this sounds a bit stupid but =
it might=20
be that the card is autodetected right but you have to increase =
the=20
volume on your speakers or start Xwindows and up the master volume =
with the=20
volume control panel and then play a CD. If I remember correctly I =
could not=20
hear the message with the default volume settings because the noise of =
the fan=20
in my computer drowned out the sound, it was that low. And because all =
I ever=20
tried was sndconfigs test message I did not realize the sound worked =
all=20
along.=20
<P>Cheers <BR>KR=20
<P>P.S Let me know if you suceed. I'm interested in hardware =
nightmares like=20
this one.=20
<P>P.P.S If you want to play audio CD's make shure there is a cable =
from your=20
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From: "Nick Lockyer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.comp.hardware
Subject: Re: two harddisks crashed and third one expected
Date: Wed, 2 May 2001 15:46:31 +0100
Yes I agree, check cooling and check the PSU. Disks normally run for years
so you have a problem somewhere, and I suspect it is hardware or heat!
William Tang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Dear Internet friends,
>
> I have a big problem: IBM DTLA 305020 harddisk (20GB) of 6 months old
> crashed and IBM DTLA 305040 ( new 40GB of one week old) crashed also. I
> expect the new maxtor DiamondMax 40GB 7200rpm shall also crash soon.
>
> Can anybody make a suggestion to solve this problem? I really need some
> help. The system configuration is as follows: asus a7v KT133 (rev 1.01,
> 5 pci slots), tbird 700MH, 256MB SDRAM + 256MB SDRAM (the second unit
> added two months ago), matrox G400, DVD drive of the brand DBV
> (connected to secondary slave ide), Plextor burnproof (connected to
> secondary master ide).
>
> The story: about 6 months ago (oct 2000) I bought the system with only
> 20GB harddisk of IBM connected to ide primary master (ata66), running
> redhat 6.2 and w98. Everythings looked stable after I had some problems
> with motherboard. The vendor replaced the motherboard, power supply,
> cpu. ATA100 was not used because redhat 6.2 didn't support it.
>
> 4 weeks ago I bought a IBM 40GB drive and installed in the system
> connected to primary slave ata66 mode. I have tried to install w2000 but
> w2k failed to identify all the hardware and get into conflict. I gave
> that up.
>
> But soon the 20GB drive made noise like something hitting or folding
> the metal plates and I got also errors at the same moment from redhat
> (ide hda timeout; LBA bad sectors) under normal operation. The errors
> occured more frequently till the whole drive failed. IBM drive software
> DFT identified the drive as defective nr=0x77 and 0x70. Soon I
> reconfigured the new 40GB IBM drive as master but running redhat7.1 and
> w98 (w2k also failed to install) on the promise ata100 connector (asus
> motherboard can support 8 ide devices nl. 4 ide ata66 and 4 ide ata100).
> The crash of the 20GB is considered as bad luck. But the same errors
> happened again on the 40GB IBM drive after one week operation. I contact
> IBM without satifactory result yet (Response (ref 109-930-638-6)). 28
> april I bought a Maxtor DiamondMax 7200rpm 40GB drive in the hope that
> the problem lay on IBM design (physically the drive should not be
> damaged by the controlling software within a week). Neither the BIOS nor
> IBM DFT software can even identify the 40GB IBM drive because the drive
> was stuck at power-on (neither in ata66 nor in ata100 mode). After
> installing the maxtor drive (using ata100) I re-install redhat 7.1
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From: Dude <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Dell Dimension 8100
Date: Wed, 02 May 2001 15:09:28 GMT
On Wed, 2 May 2001 11:31:59 +0100, "Timmy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Thanks for the reply. I have just bought "The Complete Reference to Linux,
>4th Edidition" by Osbourne/McGraww Hill and it came with RedHat 7 Publishers
>Edition and Caldera OpenLinux eDesktop 2.4.
> I know these are not the latest
Those publications are very current. You'll soon discover that Linux
moves very slowly. If it covers kernel 2.4.xx, then its as current as
you can get.
>versions and I was thinking of getting SuSE Linux Professional Edition V7.1
>from Jungle.com - the add says "SuSE Linux 7.1 Professional is the complete
>Linux package, comprising more than 2000 programs on DVD and CD", I thought
>this was a good package but then again I'm very new to this - any opinions?
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SusePro7.1 comes with 7 cds and if you install all the apps, it will
take about 6 gigabyte on your harddrive. Just install the ones that
you think you need. You can always add more apps later. Suse has a
reputation for being one of the easiest to setup as oppose to the
other linux flavor, but the others are catching up fast.
>Also the modem I have is a Conexant Hardware modem. It's chipset reference
>is RHP56D/SP - R6789-51 (and on the hardware IC 11235-14). It is listed as a
>harware modem but on query it says HCF V.90 56k.... and I thought the HCF
>prefix meant it wasn't hardware - can anyone shed any light on this. I would
>like to keep this modem as I have tried a few modems in this machine and
>this one gives outstanding performance. If it it not Linux compatible, what
>is the best one to get?
I have the same modem on my 8100. I'm almost sure it's hardware as it
occupies a pc slot. Mandrake detected it as conexant but didn't have a
driver for it. It's not something urgent for me as I'm using cable to
get on the net. Do a search, someone might have a driver for it
already. As far as modems, stay away from WINMODEM. 3com (formerly
USR) works fine.
We might both need the Intel chip driver 810 also. I found about 5
unknown devices and I think they're for the intel chipset. Intel site
don't have anything for linux. P4 is fairly new and it might take a
good while before we start seeing any driver for it.
I'm in the process of downloading the Redhat7.1 iso. I'll give that a
try also. I haven't decided which flavor I'll stay with yet. I've been
away from linux for a couple years. The last one I had was redhat5.2.
Visit the dellTalk forum, you might get a few pointers there also,
although it's not heavily populated.
good luck
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