Linux-Hardware Digest #6, Volume #9 Mon, 21 Dec 98 16:13:35 EST
Contents:
Re: CLabs 3D Blaster Banshee ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
audio on motherboard: getting it to work in linux (Rick Luna)
Re: Genius GF100TXR (Realtek RTL8139 Based) ("Saso")
Re: drivers for 3com (US Robotics) 56k V.90 Modem ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
build system ("Larry")
Re: Getting Creative VIBRA16XV onboard sound working ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Diamond Monster II (Kevin)
Re: Linux SMP revisited (Kevin)
Re: US Robotics (Manoj Bhatti)
Re: HOWTO Backup onto HP DAT Tapedrive ? (Thomas Braun)
Re: HOWTO Backup onto HP DAT Tapedrive ? (Thomas Braun)
NEWBIE needs Help with AMD K6 266 and Linux! (Mark Russell)
Re: NEWBIE needs Help with AMD K6 266 and Linux! (Rod Roark)
printing (Rick Luna)
FS: MAC SE/30 + Printer (dino)
Why Linux cannot see my hard disk, but NT can? (jenaya anderson)
Re: FS: MAC SE/30 + Printer (Joe Condle)
Re: iiyama Vision Master Pro 450 (model A901GT) (Daniel Joyce)
Re: AMD k6-2 in a server. (David Fox)
Re: NVidia TNT performance (Dan Nguyen)
Re: US Robotics (Rob Clark)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: CLabs 3D Blaster Banshee
Date: 21 Dec 1998 17:00:38 +0100
"Florian Schmidt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
[...]
> Thx. Now i have 2.1.131, i haven't found a newer, but now i get an error
> saying "this operation is not supported by this device"....
> how can i test if the device-file is working ?
fb means frame buffer device.
Did you enable the frame buffer support on compile time?
I think you have to prompt for development options to see it
(in the first menu button).
--Stefan
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From: Rick Luna <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: audio on motherboard: getting it to work in linux
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1998 12:09:57 -0500
hi,
i have a PII 300 with a yamaha sound card built in to the mother board.
Am running RH5.0, what steps do i need to take to get audio working
under linux?
am new to linux, step-by step answer would be great...
thanks in advance,
rick
--
________________________________________________________________
Rick Luna Phillips Design Group [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Graphic Designer 930 N Meridian Street www.pdgroup.com/rick/
Indianapolis, In 46204
http://www.pdgroup.com
Ofc:317.955.8435
FAX:317.955.8551
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From: "Saso" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Genius GF100TXR (Realtek RTL8139 Based)
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1998 15:16:12 +0100
I think that ne2000.pci will work (allmost all realtek pci based cards)
I have tested this on redhat 5.2
Saso Kuzmanov
Macedonia
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
prider wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>I picked up some 10/100 network cards. Windows NT recognizes them as
>Realtek RTL8139 based PCI fast Ethernet Adapter. Has anyone a success
>story involving Linux and these cards? If so, please point me in the
>right direction I'd really like to get these cards working.
>
> regards,
> Paul J. Rider.
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: drivers for 3com (US Robotics) 56k V.90 Modem
Date: 21 Dec 1998 17:05:11 +0100
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> I was wondering which sites have linux drivers for 3com (US Robotics)
> 56k V.90 Modems. If anyone has any information, please send me email at
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
If it is a WinModem: no chance.
External or internal?
Internal: probably plug&pray. Take a look at isapnptools (isapnp)
External: should work out of the box.
--Stefan
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From: "Larry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: build system
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1998 12:27:01 -0500
hello to one and all,,I am thinking of building my next pc system and need
all the help and input from one and all I want to build scsi computer and
have it be a linux system as well,,what are my chances of having this happen
and any directions for what kind of vendors I should buy there components is
good to know as well,,thanks,,,,,,,Larry
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Getting Creative VIBRA16XV onboard sound working
Date: 21 Dec 1998 17:11:34 +0100
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Michael Gurski) writes:
> Hi, I have a motherboard with built-in sound using the Creative
> Vibra16XV chipset.
[...]
On my Asus TX-97E I got the Vibra working.
However, the 16bit part does not work. The onboard Vibra has
no 16bit DMA. But 8bit works.
I was left with the decision between
a) have no 16bit sound at all
b) buy the commercial version of OSS
c) buy a new sound card
As the SB64Value was only twice as expensive as b) I finally
bought a new soundcard and gave up toying around. Sigh.
--Stefan
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From: Kevin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Diamond Monster II
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1998 12:49:02 -0500
Hi - currently my Monster II is working fine in Linux running
GLQuake with the latest Glide version and such, but the only problem is
that it is excessively dark, a problem I solved in Windoze by turning
all three gamma correction bars up. Does anyone know of any
utilities/commands that I can solve this with?
Kevin
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From: Kevin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux SMP revisited
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1998 13:05:59 -0500
Well, this is directly from a SMP machine owner, and while I feel that I am just
adding a fire to the log I will give my opinion.
I run perl scripts, a web server, Oracle (who, incidentally, I worked for last
summer), and some other intensive applications that require lots of system time.
If you are going to be using Oracle, it will definitively help you if you have
more than one CPU (that is, if you have multiple connections open to the database
at a time)
While, granted, the speedup is not 100%, it worthwhile. Lemme give you some
benchmarks (I run a dual Pentium Pro 180 w/512K cache)
Task Single PPro Dual PPro
recompile kernel 15 mins 8 mins
exhaustive db search 12 secs 7 secs
(while I was playing
GLQuake through X)
large CGI/Perl Script 5 secs 2 secs
w/ many string parses
Granted, some of these were definitely not multithreaded, they were due to the
fact that they had their own CPU to get time on while the other CPU handled the
other tasks. I thought it was worth it since I wasn't on a tight budget.
Kevin
Jason Baeder wrote:
> On Fri, 18 Dec 1998 18:54:01 +0000, mlw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >Jason Baeder wrote:
> >[much snipped about SMP]
> >This will be taken as flame bait, but, I have no such intent.
> >
> >IMHO, I think SMP for anything but carefully chosen applications is a waste
> >of time and money. Even if you have "ideal" SMP, your payback is never
> >100%. So, if you purchase a 200 MHZ dual processor sys, but could buy a
> >400MHZ single, in general, the single will offer better performance.
> >
> >Where SMP should help is executing processing tasks in parallel. Depending
> >on cache technology, SMP spinlocked areas of the OS kernel, etc. For 99% of
> >applications dual CPU is a waste of money.
> >
> >Clustering on a larger scale, ala Beowulf, is multiplicative and one of the
> >fastest computers ever built was a series of Linux boxes using PVM
> >(Parallel Virtual machine) interfacing. Again, apps were specifically coded
> >to use such a system.
> >
> >I have yet to see any SMP implementation that is a cost effective solution
> >for better CPU throughput. Eventually however, it should happen, I just
> >don't think yet.
> >
> >In short:
> >(1) If the bottleneck is disk access, SMP will allow 'n' CPUs to wait at
> >the same time.
> >(2) If the bottlneck is TCP/IP see #1
> >(3) If the bottleneck is complex algorithms that are; not kernel dependent,
> >not I/O dependent, fairly localized in memory (avoid cache coherency
> >issues), are multithreaded or implemented as multiple processes, and don't
> >access a common area in memory, well, hey, SMP may be for you.
> >
> >
> >
> >--
> >Mohawk Software
> >Windows 95, Windows NT, UNIX, Linux. Applications, drivers, support.
> >Visit the Mohawk Software website: www.mohawksoft.com
> >
> >
>
> Flames or not, for my money this is exactly the kind of feedback I was hoping
> to get (got a few emails too). After a couple of years of administering
> Netware, NT and Linux, one thought is finally taking hold in my brain: "I/O
> stupid! Take care of the I/O!" ;-)
>
> Jason
>
> ***********************************************************
> Jason Baeder Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Director, IS http://www.chindex.com
> Chindex International, Inc.
> 7201 Wisconsin Ave., #703
> Bethesda, MD 20814
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From: Manoj Bhatti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: US Robotics
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1998 11:01:13 -0500
Hello Doug,
Yes, the US Robotics external 56K V.90 modems works with Linux. I used
to have a USR 28.8 modem, but I switched to this modem, since 3Com
bought
USR, the modem is called USR/3Com 56k V.90 modem, model# 5686 and
follows
something called a ITU standard. Anyway I have'nt had any problems
with this model and since my ISP supports V.90, performance is nice.
I bought it for $119 at a computer fair.
Doug wrote:
>
> Have a question. I know some US Robotics runm with Linux. I know model#
> 5685,5687 do.
> I can get a 5686,it is an external fax Modem. I know they say all
> externals worek but had problems with some company's . Soince my ISP
> uses US Robotics X2 and V90,I figured I would go with this mode,m. Just
> would like to know if anyone is using this modem or who knows if model
> 5686 will run. I have been to a lot of web pages about modems
> researching did not see this one
>
> Thankyou Doug
================================================
Live long and prosper. (Vulcan greeting)
Manoj Bhatti
email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Thomas Braun)
Subject: Re: HOWTO Backup onto HP DAT Tapedrive ?
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1998 17:20:29 +0100
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi Werner,
> tar cvvpPfz /dev/st0 /
> (backups your root-device onto the tape including subdirectories ...
> piped through gzip)
>
> CU
> Werner
Thank you for your suggestion, I will try it
(since my system is kind of "experimental", there
will be not much damage if something goes wrong ;-)
Thomas
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Thomas Braun)
Subject: Re: HOWTO Backup onto HP DAT Tapedrive ?
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1998 17:21:09 +0100
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi Eyal,
> I would strongly advice to NOT use tar compression on the backup.
> A single error will invalidate the rest of the archive.
>
> Use a backup program that does per-file compression, like afio.
Thank you !
Thomas
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From: Mark Russell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: NEWBIE needs Help with AMD K6 266 and Linux!
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1998 16:14:10 +0000
I have an AMD K6 266 cpu, a Creative Labs Banshee and a problem.
When I try to install Linux, for the first time, I get nothing but
errors.
I boot from a RedHat 5.1 CD, the kernel starts to load hangs when it
tries to examine my partition table. I dropped the cpu settings down to
a 233 and the kernel seems to get a bit further. It begins the
installation, but during the setup - at a seemingly random place, but
usually during the first three screens - the screen fills with rubbish
and hangs. One of the error calls that comes up on the screen is an
error signal 11. I looked on a German web site and saw a reference to
the K6 200 and 233 giving an error signal 11. It said that it was a
segmentation fault, due to B stepping - not that I know what that is!!
But, it said that they were supported with S.u.S.E. Linux. So, I tried
to install a version of S.u.S.E. 5.3, but get the same error.
Can anyone help a poor newbie???
Mark Russell
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From: Rod Roark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: NEWBIE needs Help with AMD K6 266 and Linux!
Date: 21 Dec 1998 16:45:38 GMT
Mark Russell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I have an AMD K6 266 cpu, a Creative Labs Banshee and a problem.
>When I try to install Linux, for the first time, I get nothing but
>errors.
>I boot from a RedHat 5.1 CD, the kernel starts to load hangs when it
>tries to examine my partition table. I dropped the cpu settings down to
>a 233 and the kernel seems to get a bit further. It begins the
>installation, but during the setup - at a seemingly random place, but
>usually during the first three screens - the screen fills with rubbish
>and hangs. One of the error calls that comes up on the screen is an
>error signal 11. I looked on a German web site and saw a reference to
>the K6 200 and 233 giving an error signal 11. It said that it was a
>segmentation fault, due to B stepping - not that I know what that is!!
>But, it said that they were supported with S.u.S.E. Linux. So, I tried
>to install a version of S.u.S.E. 5.3, but get the same error.
Sounds like you have a bad CPU, bad memory, or a misconfigured
motherboard. Try disabling the external cache for starters.
-- Rod
======================================================================
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http://www.sunsetsystems.com/ Starting at $499
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From: Rick Luna <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: printing
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1998 12:18:45 -0500
how do i setup my rh5.0 machine to print across the network to a
postscript printer?
the printer is sitting by itself (not connected to a file server), its
got its own IP. it is a QMS 2060.
thanks,
Rick
--
________________________________________________________________
Rick Luna Phillips Design Group [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Graphic Designer 930 N Meridian Street www.pdgroup.com/rick/
Indianapolis, In 46204
http://www.pdgroup.com
Ofc:317.955.8435
FAX:317.955.8551
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From: dino <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: pgh.forsale,cmu.misc.market,misc.forsale.computers.mac-specific.systems
Subject: FS: MAC SE/30 + Printer
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1998 14:59:23 -0500
$50/obo
mac SE/30
4 Mb RAM
360Mb HD (3 yrs old)
floppy
system 7.0.1
ms-excel
ms-word
claris works v4.0
NIC?
This system has been in daily use, for general office purposes, letters,
spreadsheets, for the past 3 yrs. With the installed software, it is
ready
to go. Or, install linux on it and use it as a print server. It has a
NIC, but not sure of make. model, or condition.
$125
personal laserwriter LS300
appletalk cable
Yes, a laser printer for $125. Excellent condition. The manual is
included. This printer will work only with a Mac, system 6.5 (I think)
and above. Will not work with a Windows PC.
Terms: C.O.D, buyer pays shipping.
--
Dino Chiesa
Pittsburgh, PA
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
+1.412.338.4357
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From: jenaya anderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Why Linux cannot see my hard disk, but NT can?
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1998 13:52:06 -0600
I am new to Linux. I am trying to install Red Hat on a 486DX2 PC. There
is the what happened:
1. The hard disk is 3.2 G, which can be autodetected by the BIOS.
2. My CD-ROM and hard disk are connected to a card with two IDE
channels.
3. With this hardware configuaration, I can install NT on the machine.
It means that hardware is all right. However, when I try to install Red
Hat, Linux couldn't see my hard disk.
There is what I did during the installation:
After boot the machine up from a floppy, Linux asked me where to install
the system from. I chose "Local CD-ROM'. Then, I can see that it's
reading my CD-ROM. Then, it says "In the second installation stage".
Then, it ask me if I have a SCSI or not, I choose no. Then, it ask me
what disk utility I want to use. I choose "druid". Then, it gave me an
error message that it cannot find the device to put the file system on.
Obviously, Linux was trying to create new file system on the hard disk.
But, for some reason, it cannot see the hard disk. There are two things
that got me confused. The first one is that before I went into the
second installation stage, Linux will do some basic hardware checking,
right? There was no error message then. Both hda and hdc were
recoganized. Why it cannot see the hda in the second stage? The second
one is that why can NT see that hard disk, but Linux cannot?
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From: Joe Condle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: pgh.forsale,cmu.misc.market,misc.forsale.computers.mac-specific.systems
Subject: Re: FS: MAC SE/30 + Printer
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1998 15:04:40 -0500
>
>
> $125
> personal laserwriter LS300
> appletalk cable
>
> Yes, a laser printer for $125. Excellent condition. The manual is
> included. This printer will work only with a Mac, system 6.5 (I think)
> and above. Will not work with a Windows PC.
I have one of these printers and I know it works with system 7.6 and as
soon as I
get my new powerbook I will let you know if it works with 8.5. It should.
_joe
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From: Daniel Joyce <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: misc.forsale.computers.monitors
Subject: Re: iiyama Vision Master Pro 450 (model A901GT)
Date: 21 Dec 1998 20:07:13 GMT
root wrote:
>
> Marcin Okraszewski wrote:
>
> > Does any one has already used that monitor??? If yes, is it worth of its
> > price? I rather think that it is good monitor, but it is extremely new,
> > so I don't have any news about it. Maybe some experience with this
> > monitor ??? Would you recommend it ???
> >
> > Thanks for all answers.
>
> I have the 502, it is ok for a cheap monitor
>
> Text isn't as crisp as on a Sony but the price is not the same...
>
> Cheers
>
> Tony
I have an older 17" Iiyama Vision Master pro, and I love it! Wonderful
brightness, color, etc. I'm home, using my parents Sony, and it pales in
comparison.
Don't know much about the newer models...
Daniel
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From: d s f o x @ c o g s c i . u c s d . e d u (David Fox)
Subject: Re: AMD k6-2 in a server.
Date: 21 Dec 1998 12:06:32 -0800
Rod Roark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> ><d s f o x @ c o g s c i . u c s d . e d u (David Fox)> wrote in message
> >>Just a warning - the Pentium II/400 I have at work is nearly twice
> >>as fast as my K6-2/333 when doing mpeg layer 3 encoding. I don't
> >>know why.
>
> Vladimir Sinitsyn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >It's also 3 times as expensive :-)
>
> That's why our Celeron/333A customers are so happy. It performs as
> well as a P-II at the same speed, costs about the same as the K6-2,
> and clocking it up to 375 Mhz is a no-brainer.
I'm only considering the P-II because I'm interested in the improved
SMP (dual processor) support in the forthcoming Linux 2.2.
--
David Fox http://hci.ucsd.edu/dsf xoF divaD
UCSD HCI Lab baL ICH DSCU
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From: Dan Nguyen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: NVidia TNT performance
Date: 21 Dec 1998 18:45:59 GMT
GURU meditation <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: Can you inlighten me on how you got your card running with X?
: I could not find an entry for that card when I was trying to setup X.
: I do have 3.3.3 I would greatly appreciate it.
Try using the SVGA server.
--
Dan Nguyen | There is only one happiness in
[EMAIL PROTECTED] | life, to love and be loved.
http://www.cse.msu.edu/~nguyend7 | -George Sand
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Subject: Re: US Robotics
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rob Clark)
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1998 16:23:51 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Manoj Bhatti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>USR, the modem is called USR/3Com 56k V.90 modem, model# 5686 and
>follows
>something called a ITU standard. Anyway I have'nt had any problems
>with this model and since my ISP supports V.90, performance is nice.
>I bought it for $119 at a computer fair.
Hello, I was hoping you could send me the FCC registration number from
this modem as I am unable to find it on the FCC database. I would like to
include it on my new web page on Linux/modem compatibility:
http://www.o2.net/~gromitkc/winmodem.html
Thanks!
Rob Clark, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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