Linux-Hardware Digest #30, Volume #9 Sat, 26 Dec 98 16:13:23 EST
Contents:
need to take action on the Winmodem problem (Norm Matloff)
Re: Cardex's Intel i740 video card and X (Rob Farrell)
Re: Linux - Sparc - CD-ROM (Rob Farrell)
Re: Celeron 300a and SMP (Rob Farrell)
Dual channel SCSI card for Linux? ("Ben Goble, Lakewood Colorado")
Re: Ensoniq Sound card problem (Ed Young)
Re: Installing RedHat 5.2 onto a Jaz drive (Smith)
RivaTNT X-Server (Fire Tiger)
Re: TV Tuner For Linux (Gary Momarison)
When will kernel 2.2 be released? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Linux sees just 64Mb out of 128Mb of memory (Ahmed Abukmail)
ups ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Ethernet question...Do I need a hub? (Gary Momarison)
Re: Write two drives at same time? ("Anthony W. Youngman")
Re: need to take action on the Winmodem problem (Kirk Rafferty)
Software... (Terry)
Re: Lexmark 3200 (John Hong)
Re: FAQ to this group anywhere? (Gary Momarison)
56K modem connection ("Manuel E. Bermudez")
Re: Linux sees just 64Mb out of 128Mb of memory (Nobu Toge)
Re: TV Tuner For Linux (David Fox)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Norm Matloff)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: need to take action on the Winmodem problem
Date: 26 Dec 1998 18:24:02 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I'm a longtime Linux user (back to the Soft Landing days), but only
recently have been paying attention to its trends and so on. The
reason for my new active participation is that I have been trying to
make Linux more accessible to beginners, e.g. college freshmen. I've
recently set up a Linux Beginners Web Page for this audience, at
http://heather.cs.ucdavis.edu/~matloff/linux.html I've tried to
make it as foolproof as possible, getting lots of feedback from
students as they install Linux on various machines. This called my
attention to the Winmodem problem, which I had not known about before.
Based on this limited observation, it appears that (a) it has been only
in the last couple of months that Winmodems have become common (is this
true?) and (b) Winmodems now dominate the PC modem market.
My focus in this e-mail message is on (b). IT WOULD APPEAR THAT
WINMODEMS ARE A MAJOR THREAT TO THE VIABILITY OF LINUX. Given the
sudden rise of Winmodems, it would appear to be a real possibility that
non-Winmodems may become nearly extinct in the next few months. Though
workarounds exist (e.g. external modems) this could have a devastating
impact on the popularity of Linux, a real shame in view of the fact that
Linux had been on its way to becoming much more mainstream.
Again, in spite of being a longtime Linux user, I really have no idea
about how the amorphous Linux movement works. But I hope that the
"movers and shakers" of Linux, whoever they are, can work with the modem
vendors to achieve some sort of solution.
Norm Matloff
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From: Rob Farrell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Cardex's Intel i740 video card and X
Date: Sat, 26 Dec 1998 18:28:50 GMT
Andri Saar wrote:
> Gurpreet Singh Dhillon wrote:
>
> > I haven't been able to find any suitable chipset for this card. I > > tried using
>a SVGA server but it uses only 300 X 280 mode. It works > withs VGA16 server but
>only in 640 X 480. How do I
> > i) find the chipset.
> > ii) find the clockset.
> > iii) specify the server.
>
> Chipset is i740.
>
> As far as I can remember, there is a hacked X server on the Net
> somewhere. Official X distribution doesn't supprort it yet, though.
I think SuSE has supported i740... or it should be out soon.
---> Rob Farrell
GBH Network Operations
http://www.gbhnet.org
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From: Rob Farrell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux - Sparc - CD-ROM
Date: Sat, 26 Dec 1998 18:31:35 GMT
"client.ne.news.psi.net" wrote:
> I am trying to install Linux on an old Sparc 1+. It has no CD-ROM and I am
> trying to figure out if I can rip a SCSI CD-ROM off my PC for the
> installation. The CD-ROM is a Toshiba SCSI. Right now the Sparc has SunOS
> installed on it and I don't know how to even check if the CD-ROM works on
> it. Could somebody be kind to tell me how to check whether the connected
> CD-ROM is recognized and compatible with the machine?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Jordan
try checking w/ Sun Microsystems... http://www.sun.com
I know they have a hardware compatibility page for Solaris, so I would imagine
they have one for SunOS, too :)
---> Rob Farrell
GBH Network Operations
http://www.gbhnet.org
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From: Rob Farrell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Celeron 300a and SMP
Date: Sat, 26 Dec 1998 18:19:32 GMT
Also take a look at:
http://kikumaru.w-w.ne.jp/pc/celeron/index_e.html
Celeron300a can do SMP, but you better be a darn good surgeon :)
---> Rob Farrell
GBH Network Operations
http://www.gbhnet.org
Mike Thoreson wrote:
> Jasper Janssen wrote:
>
> > Hi.
> >
> > Anyone know anything about getting celeron 300a's to Multi-process?
> > I've heard some rumors that despite Intel blockage, it may be
> > possible.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Jasper
>
> Check out this web page http://bxboards.com/dual.htm Be advised if you
> attempt this successfull or not, you will have voided the warranty on
> the CPU. It requires modification to the CPU module itself.
>
> Mike
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Date: Sat, 26 Dec 1998 11:37:17 -0700
From: "Ben Goble, Lakewood Colorado" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Dual channel SCSI card for Linux?
I an trying to find a dual channel wide SCSI controller
that will work with Linux. I purchased a Mylex (BusLogic)
KT-952 but have had no end of problems with it.
Tech support is knowledgeable and helpful but as yet
I do not have the card working in Windows or Linux
and tech support is closed until Jan 4 '99. I have spent
over 26 hours fooling with this BT-952 and I gave up
and reinstalled my old AHA-2940U. Can anyone suggest
a good dual channel wide SCSI controller that will work
with Windows (3.1, 95 & 98) and Linux?
I have five external SCSI 2 devices, one internal SCSI 2
HD and three internal wide SCSI HDs that I want to connect
to my ASUS TX97-XE main board.
TIA
--
Ben Goble Lakewood, Colorado USA
[EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
A Stranger and a Pilgrim on the Earth
--
Ben Goble Lakewood, Colorado USA
bgoble at uswest dot net bgoble at nyx dot net
A Stranger and a Pilgrim on the Earth
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From: Ed Young <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.questions,linux.redhat.install,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: Ensoniq Sound card problem
Date: 26 Dec 1998 16:20:17 GMT
Billy Bob wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I have a PCI Ensoniq card with the 1370 sound chip. I am using
> redhat 5.2 When I use sndconfig to configure the sound card it is
> able to detect my card but fails to play the sound file and gives me an
> error saying application not supported. Can somebody tell me what I am
> going wrong . I get the error
> message saying ...
>
> SOX: Can't open output file '/dev/dsp': Operation not supported by
> device
>
> Can someone tell me what I am doing wrong. I had this sound card working
> before in a pentium 100 system with RH 5.2 and just recently moved to an AMD
> K6-200 and it doesn't work in the new sysytem.
>
> Thanks...
>
> Asim
I had the same problem. But found that sndconfig left a bunch of small files in
/tmp. I took the output of one of those files (a one liner) and added it to
/etc/conf.modules
alias sound es1370
My Ensoniq AudioPCI now plays CD's. Sound seems to be OK. Best of luck...
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From: Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Installing RedHat 5.2 onto a Jaz drive
Date: Sat, 26 Dec 1998 11:27:04 -0600
kalpesh chauhan wrote:
>
> Can anyone help with regards to installing Linux onto a Jaz Drive?? I have
> freed up 150 MB on my Toshiba Libretto 50CT internal drive, enough for a
> swap file and /boot, but I want to store the main bulk of the install onto a
> Jaz cartridge. Running fips does not recognise the drive, and nor does the
> Linux install procedure when you choose custom install.
>
> Anyone manage to install Linux onto a Jaz drive??
150 MB ought to be more than enough for your root directory and swap.
Just put /usr (and mebbe /var and /home) as mounts on the jaz. I've
been using my jaz (1gig) under linux with no problems. HOwever I didn't
need to use fips since I started with a clean cartridge. The cfdisk was
able to partition the clean jaz with no problems.
Maybe this is the wrong newgroup for your queston. Try one of the intro
groups like setup.
Jim Smith
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From: Fire Tiger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: RivaTNT X-Server
Date: Sat, 26 Dec 1998 20:31:14 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "B. Joshua Rosen"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>I'm using the Riva TNT X server on a Dell Dimension XPS 450 with an STB
>Riva TNT graphics card.
I'm trying to get X-Windows (XFree86) on RedHat linux 5.1 to work with
my ASUS RivaTNT AGP card, but I don't have a server to do that (I tried
choosing Riva128, but it doesn't work) where can I get an X-Server for
the RivaTNT ?
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From: Gary Momarison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: TV Tuner For Linux
Date: 26 Dec 1998 09:28:01 -0800
Shay Ohayon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I want to ask a question : What is the best suitable TV-Tuner card
> for Linux ? (with the biggest support, and the lowest cost).
Check out the TV section of Gary's Encyclopedia at
http://www.aa.net/~swear/pedia/radio.html
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: When will kernel 2.2 be released?
Date: Sat, 26 Dec 1998 18:56:15 GMT
By December 1999?
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From: Ahmed Abukmail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.portable
Subject: Re: Linux sees just 64Mb out of 128Mb of memory
Date: 26 Dec 1998 17:35:50 GMT
Raj R. Singh wrote:
> I have the same problem, and the magic "append" command doesn't
> work for me. The "free" command still reports only 64M of RAM recognized.
> btw, I'm also running Redhat 5.1 (kernel 2.0.34) on a Gateway Solo 9100.
>
> -Raj ([EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> >
> > I have RH 5.1 running, I added the following line to my /etc/lilo.conf to
> > recognize the 128 MB.
> > append="mem=128M"
> >
> > ------Here is my lilo.conf file, Linux is on hda6
> > boot=/dev/hda
> > map=/boot/map
> > install=/boot/boot.b
> > prompt
> > timeout=50
> > image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.0.35-1
> > label=linux
> > root=/dev/hda6
> > append="mem=128M"
> > read-only
> > other=/dev/hda1
> > label=dos
> > table=/dev/hda
I am sorry I think I gave incomplete info. This lilo.conf file can only work if
you reinstall lilo, and you
do that by just logging in as root, creating the above file which I am sure you
already did, then you need to run the command /sbin/lilo and that will do it...
It worked for me, so good luck.
Let me know how it goes.
Ahmed
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: ups
Date: Sat, 26 Dec 1998 17:28:15 GMT
Anyone have any experience with CyberPower Power99 UPS's and linux? Stupid
X-mas present came with Windows software...
Brian
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From: Gary Momarison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Ethernet question...Do I need a hub?
Date: 26 Dec 1998 09:35:09 -0800
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jim Richardson) writes:
> is a qualified yes. If it is Rj45 (looks more like a phone cable)
> then the answer is no. Hope this helps.
And don't forget that you can just put two NICs in one machine and
have two hubless networks. That might be cheaper, depending on your
pile-o-junk.
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From: "Anthony W. Youngman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Write two drives at same time?
Date: Fri, 25 Dec 1998 02:13:02 +0000
Reply-To: "Anthony W. Youngman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
In article <75os27$q52$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
writes
>I have an application in which a small data file (2K-30K) will be FTPd to a
>Linux box 10 to 50 times a day at random times. It is important that the data,
>when it arrives, be instantly preserved in the event that if a total hardware
>failure occurs the media can be removed and carried to another system.
>Recovering the data, if lost, would be a major hassle thus the desire to
>preserve it.
>
>I've read the CD-Recordable FAQ (http://www.fadden.com/cdrfaq/) and it appears
>that one cannot easily write small data files... you have to 'burn' an entire
>track at once, so my plan to use a CD-R is out- it would fill up too soon and
>would be a very inefficient use of disk space.
>
When (I gather it isn't there yet) UDF support is available, then CD-R
would be a very good solution. You can add lots of small files and you
only waste space when you close a session, which is an option not a
requirement. Mind you, you can only get about 520Mb onto a 650Mb CD if
you use UDF :-). But that's still 3 years per CD if you write 1/2Mb per
day.
--
Anthony W. Youngman - wol at thewolery dot demon dot co dot uk
Trousers with a single hole in their waistband are topologically equivalent
to a doughnut. These sugarcoated trousers have yet to catch on at fast-food
outlets! (SuperStrings by F. David Peat)
If replying by e-mail please mail wol. Anything else may get missed amongst
the spam.
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From: Kirk Rafferty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: need to take action on the Winmodem problem
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy
Date: Sat, 26 Dec 1998 19:31:01 GMT
In comp.os.linux.advocacy Norm Matloff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 8<...
> Based on this limited observation, it appears that (a) it has been only
> in the last couple of months that Winmodems have become common (is this
> true?) and (b) Winmodems now dominate the PC modem market.
Actually, Winmodems have been around for several years now, but you are
correct in that they are becoming more prevelant. Dominant? No, not
yet. The fact that they offload processing onto your cpu makes them
cheaper, but the performance penalty incurred will, I think, keep
Winmodems from being taken too seriously in the long run. Perhaps
modem vendors will start marketing their old modems as "hardware
accelerated." :-)
The problem with porting to Linux, as I understand it, is that because
the OS handles most of the things that traditional modems used to
handle, a driver has to be written for each Winmodem, much like
different ethernet cards require different drivers. This of course
requires hardware vendors to open their specs for their Winmodems.
While some hardware vendors are starting to open up to the Linux/Open
Source community, it's going to take awhile.
> My focus in this e-mail message is on (b). IT WOULD APPEAR THAT
> WINMODEMS ARE A MAJOR THREAT TO THE VIABILITY OF LINUX.
Nah, I don't think this is as big a problem as some of the other issues
that Linux needs to address. One could even argue that by refusing to
support such a miserable technology (and I use "technology" in the
loosest possible terms), Linux will encourage vendors to produce
normal modems.
On the other hand, Linux is about openness. I have no doubt that some
time in the future Winmodems will show up as a loadable module. But
it will require cooperation of the hardware vendors first. In the
meantime, I look at it as an opportunity to steer people away from
a technology as shoddy as that "other" operating system.
--
===================================================================== (o_
Kirk Rafferty | [GNU Linux]...Live Free or Die //\
kirk*rafferty.org | Support Free Software http://www.gnu.org V_/_
http://www.rafferty.org| Registered Linux User 73344 http://counter.li.org
===========================================================================
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From: Terry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Software...
Date: Sat, 26 Dec 1998 14:00:43 -0500
I have a 3-Com big picture camera. It has it's own PCI card. I'm looking
for drivers and webcam software that will cooperate with linux. If
anyone knows of such beasties please let me know.
Terry
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Hong)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Lexmark 3200
Date: 26 Dec 1998 17:53:01 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
: I am trying to get a Lexmark 3200 to print on my Debian 1.3 box, but no
: success so far. All that happens is that the printer formfeeds once when
: Linux is booting and whenever I unload and then reload the lp module. Am I
: facing a configuration problem or is this printer a no-go on Linux?
This printer will not work under Linux. Why didn't you check up
on this before buying?
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From: Gary Momarison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: FAQ to this group anywhere?
Date: 26 Dec 1998 09:25:12 -0800
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (MBach25631) writes:
> I'm very interested in installing linux on my machine, but I don't know if
> my hardware is supported. I would be glad if anybody could give me a
> link to a "supported- hardware" site. I built my PC around a K6 from AMD,
> running at 266MHz. The mainboard is driven by a tx-pro chip.
Some of those tx-pro MB's have built-in video and/or sound. They would
be questionable. Investigate thoroughly (use Deja News) or plan on using
add-in cards.
There are some related resources you can find via Gary's Encyclopedia at
http://www.aa.net/~swear/pedia/compatibility.html
but it still hard (and often impossible) to track the info down
successfully. Good luck. Or you might want to just try it. Few
people with reasonable persistence will fail.
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From: "Manuel E. Bermudez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: 56K modem connection
Date: Sat, 26 Dec 1998 15:26:16 -0500
I just replaced my old 33.6 modem with the Diamond Supra Express 56K V90
modem.
I'm running RedHat Linux 4.2. No problems installing the modem, but I
can't get
anything above 33.6 as the connection speed. I can hear the modems
negotiating,
and I can hear it attempt to connect at 56K, and back off to 33.6.
I tried each of three phone lines available at my house.
Could it be the modem ? The phone line itself ? How does one find out
?
Any help would be appreciated.
Send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Thanks,
Manuel.
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From: Nobu Toge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.portable
Subject: Re: Linux sees just 64Mb out of 128Mb of memory
Date: 26 Dec 1998 20:23:29 +0900
"Raj R. Singh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I have the same problem, and the magic "append" command doesn't
> work for me. The "free" command still reports only 64M of RAM recognized.
Did you run /sbin/lilo under root after you edited /etc/lilo.conf ?
- N.Toge
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Subject: Re: TV Tuner For Linux
From: d s f o x @ c o g s c i . u c s d . e d u (David Fox)
Date: 26 Dec 1998 12:54:17 -0800
Shay Ohayon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I want to ask a question : What is the best suitable TV-Tuner card
> for Linux ? (with the biggest support, and the lowest cost).
Study http://www.thp.Uni-Koeln.DE/~rjkm/linux/bttv.html. I have the
Hauppauge WinTV and it works well. (Despite having the word "Win" in
its name.)
--
David Fox http://hci.ucsd.edu/dsf xoF divaD
UCSD HCI Lab baL ICH DSCU
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