Linux-Hardware Digest #72, Volume #9 Thu, 31 Dec 98 08:13:59 EST
Contents:
No mouse... ("James Barley")
zip detected as cdrom (Joey Morris)
Re: WHEE!!!! Linux on an 386 (for real) w/ 4M (Gurensan)
EPSON printer EPL-9000 ,how to install? ("Roger")
Re: Want to do direct install of Redhat 5.2 via FTP since I have Cox@home but am
stuck in the DUNGEONS OF DOOM !!! SO HEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEELP !!! ("James
Barley")
Re: Lilo (BootLoader) Installation (Gurensan)
Re: wisecom accelerator pro modem ("Alan J. Madler")
linux wannabe! ("James Barley")
Re: DCF77 Radio-Clock ("M.C. van den Bovenkamp")
Re: FAQ to this group anywhere? (=?iso-8859-1?Q?G=FCnther?= Wieser)
Re: Need for WinModem research? (was: Re: need to take action...)
(=?iso-8859-1?Q?G=FCnther?= Wieser)
Re: Linux Laptop ("Raj R. Singh")
Re: Best video card for Linux, Solaris x86, NT, and Win95? (Michael Boudreau)
Re: Best video card for Linux, Solaris x86, NT, and Win95? (vsevolod mick tonkonoh)
Re: Epson ActionPrinter 5000+ ESC/P2 Printer... (vsevolod mick tonkonoh)
Re: Adaptec 1510 support (Andre Bossard)
Re: NETGEAR FA310TX on RH 5.2 (Rod Roark)
Lilo & Co ... ("Daminou")
PCI modems under linux ("Emma")
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From: "James Barley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: No mouse...
Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1998 00:21:37 -0800
I'm not having any luck getting my microsoft serial mouse to work with
Slakware 3.5 - XFree86 3.3.2.
If I run the quick tour live system from the CD, the mouse works ok.
But do a full install, configure X and wella, the mouse appears center
screen, but no movement at all.
Any suggestions, will be ruthlessly applied...
Jim...
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Joey Morris)
Subject: zip detected as cdrom
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1998 16:26:21 GMT
I have an IDE, internal zip drive connected as the secondary master. (My
hard drive and CDROM are primary master and slave, resp.) For some reason, the
zip drive is detected by linux (2.0.27) as an ATAPI CDROM drive instead of an
ATAPI Floppy. I had another internal zip drive that was detected fine, but it
was attacked by the Click of Death so I had to get this new one. Does anyone
know why this is happening and how I can fix it?
Thanks,
Joey
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Gurensan)
Subject: Re: WHEE!!!! Linux on an 386 (for real) w/ 4M
Date: 31 Dec 1998 08:35:17 GMT
Ok, now I get to my problems. I need a basic root filesystem to fit on disk for
this beast, so I can install it on the hd. I need my config files. The howto is
very lean at this point. I need a list of things I need (and how to edit them)
to run bash, format the hd, and install the kernel. I think I have most of it,
but I need rc, inittab, lilo.conf (well, that one's easy) and whatever else is
necessary for a root login and to copy the kernel from floppy to hd.... anybody
got a clue of a place where I can find this stuff?
<----- Glen
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From: "Roger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: EPSON printer EPL-9000 ,how to install?
Date: 31 Dec 1998 08:35:54 GMT
Hi ,
Anyone know how to install this kind of printer in UNIX ?
or where can I get the driver for it ?
Thanks |-)
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From: "James Barley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
linux.redhat.install,comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Want to do direct install of Redhat 5.2 via FTP since I have Cox@home but
am stuck in the DUNGEONS OF DOOM !!! SO HEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEELP !!!
Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1998 00:37:57 -0800
THE DUNGEONS OF DOOOOOOOOOOM wrote in message <368ac138.9350398@news>...
>HEY MAN !!! I AIN'T PAYING SH** FOR LINUX !!! AND I WILL CONTINUE
>POSTING FOR HELP UNTIL IT'S DONE !!! SO EITHER YOU HELP OR GET LOST
>AND STUFF A PIE IN YOUR FACE, FARTFACE !!!
>
Nobody should take this stuff personally,
I'm sure his attitude will change, once he becomes a teenager and matures a
little..
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Gurensan)
Subject: Re: Lilo (BootLoader) Installation
Date: 31 Dec 1998 08:43:11 GMT
kay.. LILO will boot up to 16 different images. It should detect both nt and
win at install time. I use it... but only for Win98 and Linux.
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From: "Alan J. Madler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: wisecom accelerator pro modem
Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1998 02:40:42 -0600
My Wisecom Accelerator Pro 56000 External Voice-Fax-Modem
works great. easy to use, just plugin and go.
garv wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> > does this modem work under linux
> > wisecom's web page doesn't mention it being a winmodem
> > anyone had any success w/ it
> > tia
> >
>
> Yes! I am using Wisecom Accelerator Pro 56000 Internal Voice-Fax-Modem
> with RH5.2.
> It has JUMPER PINS! (and I had to jump it).
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From: "James Barley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: linux wannabe!
Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1998 00:12:22 -0800
As a newcomer to linux, I've a couple of questions that have I'm sure been
asked before, but here goes...
Two things I can't get to work, and I miss dearly are my scsi flatbed
scanner, (AGFA Snapscan) and my printer (Epson Color 600).
I can get some basic ascii text to print but no color or any of the many
features the printer is capable of.
Any suggestions on what I can do, or where I can look for help, would be
helpfull...
BTW Happy new year all...
Jim...
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From: "M.C. van den Bovenkamp" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: DCF77 Radio-Clock
Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1998 10:09:12 +0100
Olaf Jansen-Olliges wrote:
> I bought a Radio-Clock with serial port to setup a time-server. I thought
> it was supported by xntpd but ...
>
> The clock is sold by Conrad-Electronic and is cheap. It is called
> "Funkuhr-Einbaumodul mit serieller Schnittstelle"
>
> I tested the clock with
>
> # Generic DCF77 clock on serial port (Conrad DCF77)
> #
> server 127.127.8.0 mode 5 prefer
>
> in my /etc/ntp.conf without success.
> Is there anybody out there who has expiriences with this clock or with
> writing drivers for something like this ???
If that's the 'WT-100 Seriell' (and it sounds like it is; that's the DM
15,= or so thingie) you're out of luck as far as xntpd is concerned;
it's not supported.
What you can do (I have done the same, just to see if it would work) is
use one of the Linux programs to read the serial info off the module
(take a look at
ftp://ftp.leo.org/pub/comp/os/unix/linux/local/system/dcf77/dcf77time.tar.gz
for the one I use) and have xntpd sync with the local clock.
Somewhat clumsy, but it works. Quite well, actually, for something that
costs less than $10,= :-). I get to within 50ms most of the time,
although it sometimes goes to 150 ms or so. Probably missing a timer
tick somewhere in that case.
Regards,
--
Marco van den Bovenkamp.
CIO EMEA Network Design Engineer,
Lucent Technologies Nederland.
Room: HVS BZK 32
Tel.: (+31-35-687)2724
Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?G=FCnther?= Wieser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: FAQ to this group anywhere?
Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1998 09:30:58 GMT
Look for www.suse.com, there�s a hardware compatibility database.
chipins wrote:
>
> MBach25631 wrote:
>
> > Hello guys!
> >
> > 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.<...snip...>
> > If possible, I want to use Suse Linux 6.0 ( intl version).
> >
> > Thanks in advance
> >
> > Martin
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> I cannot help specifically with S.u.S.E., Martin, but here are two places
> you could look
>
> (1) The RedHat hardware compatibility pages
> <http://www.redhat.com/support/docs/rhl/intel/rh52-hardware-intel-3.html>
>
> (2) The "Hardware-HOWTO" file - found on most distribution CD sets and most
> Linux ftp sites. There are some other files in the "Howto" directory that may
> also interest you if you get interested in more complex use of hardware, such
> as sound and cd writers.
>
> Good luck - I am also a Linux newbie, and in a similar place to you - actually
> I am trying to decide if Used Windows boxes are suitable for a home Linux
> workstation. I carry the RedHat list with me to the store!
--
G�nther Wieser
creative-it/G�nther Wieser Software KEG
http://www.creative-it.com
Student of Telematik at Graz University of Technology
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In A World Without Walls And Fences, Who Needs Windows And Gates?
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Written on Linux 2.0.34
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From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?G=FCnther?= Wieser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Need for WinModem research? (was: Re: need to take action...)
Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1998 09:40:45 GMT
Well, I would like to, but I�m far away to be a CompEng, and I�m far
away of programming hardware (or, in that case, software instead of
hardware).
But, as you can see in the enormous amount of messages regarding
Winmodems in this newsgroup, I think that this is a more important point
than many would like to believe. In fact, winmodems are here, and many
of us own one. Not everyone is born with hacking Linux from the
beginning, most of us are coming from the Windoze world and are not
satisfied with M$. So we switch to "the better os", and all we find out
first is, that some things that work good under WinXX don�t work under
Linux. I know that it is hard to write software without any
specifications from the manufacturer. And you can be sure that I�m
hating that stupid modem thing I own now. But what should I do. Buy
myself a new PCMCIA card for at least $250? Hm, I think you will agree
that this is a bad idea if you already have one.
Chris Lee wrote:
>
> >And, as you wrote, I don�t believe that this piece of software will be
> >too hard to write.
>
> Then learn how to write it yourself. *You're* the one who owns the
> Winmodem,not any of us.
--
G�nther Wieser
creative-it/G�nther Wieser Software KEG
http://www.creative-it.com
Student of Telematik at Graz University of Technology
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In A World Without Walls And Fences, Who Needs Windows And Gates?
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Written on Linux 2.0.34
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From: "Raj R. Singh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux Laptop
Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1998 11:27:52 +0000
I'm happy with my Gateway Solo 9100...except for the fact that Gateway
support for their hardware is nonexistent and I haven't yet gotten sound
to work.
I have the Xircom Realport PCMCIA ethernet/56k modem card, which
gets (almost) autodetected) with Redhat 5.1/5.2. I say almost because it
uses the driver for an older Xircom card.
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Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1998 03:21:03 -0800
From: Michael Boudreau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Best video card for Linux, Solaris x86, NT, and Win95?
you can also simply upgrade to XFree3.3.3 which includes support for the
FireGL (read: i have the card and it works)
vsevolod mick tonkonoh wrote:
> I have the same video card and run Linux successfully. All you have to
> do is to download and
> install the XFCom_3DLabs Xserver from S.u.s.e.
> url: ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse_update/XFree86-3.3.3-SuSE/xglint.rpm
>
> You need RPM version >= 2.4.10 to extract the RPM-packages.
> Read the page http://www.suse.de/XSuSE/XSuSE_E.html
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
>> I have a Diamond FireGL Pro 100 video card that isn't supported by
>> Linux or
>> Solaris 7 x86 (I have proven that :-) so I need to get a different
>> video
>> card. I will multi-boot Win95 (for games), NT, Solaris, and Linux.
>> Few if
>> any of the latest "hot" cards are in the Linux or Solaris
>> compatibility list.
>> Can anyone suggest a good card that will work well with Solaris and
>> Linux,
>> as well as scream in the Windows world?
>>
>> Thanks a million for any suggestions.
>>
>> -----------== Posted via Deja News, The Discussion Network
>> ==----------
>> http://www.dejanews.com/ Search, Read, Discuss, or Start Your
>> Own
>
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Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1998 14:26:56 -0800
From: vsevolod mick tonkonoh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Best video card for Linux, Solaris x86, NT, and Win95?
<!doctype html public "-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en">
<html>
I have the same video card and run Linux successfully. All you have to
do is to download and
<br>install the XFCom_3DLabs Xserver from S.u.s.e.
<br>url: <A
HREF="ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse_update/XFree86-3.3.3-SuSE/xglint.rpm">ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse_update/XFree86-3.3.3-SuSE/xglint.rpm</A>
<br>You need RPM version >= 2.4.10 to extract the RPM-packages.
<br>Read the page <A
HREF="http://www.suse.de/XSuSE/XSuSE_E.html">http://www.suse.de/XSuSE/XSuSE_E.html</A>
<p>[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
<blockquote TYPE=CITE>I have a Diamond FireGL Pro 100 video card that isn't
supported by Linux or
<br>Solaris 7 x86 (I have proven that :-) so I need to get a different
video
<br>card. I will multi-boot Win95 (for games), NT, Solaris, and Linux.
Few if
<br>any of the latest "hot" cards are in the Linux or Solaris compatibility
list.
<br> Can anyone suggest a good card that will work well with Solaris
and Linux,
<br>as well as scream in the Windows world?
<p>Thanks a million for any suggestions.
<p>-----------== Posted via Deja News, The Discussion Network ==----------
<br><a
href="http://www.dejanews.com/">http://www.dejanews.com/</a>
Search, Read, Discuss, or Start Your Own</blockquote>
</html>
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Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1998 14:44:02 -0800
From: vsevolod mick tonkonoh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Epson ActionPrinter 5000+ ESC/P2 Printer...
<!doctype html public "-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en">
<html>
I have the same problem with Epson Stylus Color 800. What I found
is , you can use
<br>Ghostscript 5.50 to print Postscript files, and all other files you
have to translate to
<br>Postscript before printing. Read the following page : <A
HREF="http://www.u.arizona.edu/~zdw/uniprint.html">http://www.u.arizona.edu/~zdw/uniprint.html</A>
<br>You can download Ghostscript 5.50 from
<br><A
HREF="http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/aladdin/get550.html">http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/aladdin/get550.html</A>
<p>Michael T Richardso wrote:
<blockquote TYPE=CITE>Hello!
<br> I have been having a small
problem with my printer lately.
<br>Epson ESC/P2 printers use a certain printing language (namely, ESC/P2)
<br>for printing. A DIP switch on the front of the machine determines if
it
<br>will accept the ESC/P2 printing or IBM-compatible printing (standard
<br>text)
<br>Has anyone heard of a driver for linux for the ESC/P2 series of
<br>printers?
<br>I've searched the world over...
<p>Thank you
<br>mike
<br>--
<br>-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
<br>Michael T. Richardson
~8-0>
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
<br>(A.K.A.
HyPeRmAn)
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
<br><a
href="http://www.eng.buffalo.edu/~mtr3">http://www.eng.buffalo.edu/~mtr3</a>
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
<p>
int main(void)
<br>
{
<br>
cout << "Hello World" <<endl;
<br>
}
<br>##########################HAVE A DAY!##########################</blockquote>
</html>
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From: Andre Bossard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Adaptec 1510 support
Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1998 13:18:24 +0000
> I'm trying to find the SCSI HowTo
>
> It doesn't seem to be listed on the HowTo index at:
>
> http://metalab.unc.edu/mdw/HOWTO/HOWTO-INDEX-3.html
>
> I need to know if the Adaptec 1510 SCSI card is usable on Linux
Hi Alain
The Adaptec 1510 is Supported in the Module Aha152x!
Recompile the Kernel with aha152x Support. If Linux not recognize your
card add this parameter:
aha152x=iobase[,irq[,scsi-id[,reconnect[,parity]]]]
More information on BootUp with Aha152x:
http://www.frech.ch/howto/BootPrompt-HOWTO-4.html
Very Happy New Year!
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From: Rod Roark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: NETGEAR FA310TX on RH 5.2
Date: 31 Dec 1998 12:37:46 GMT
Gerald B. Rosenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I used the tulip.c file that was provided with the FA310TX card (the
>chip does not have DEC markings) and compiled/installed the tulip.o per
>the instructions provided with the card. Although I got no error
>messages, I cannot independently verify that the new driver is being used
>(at least I don't know how to; is there some way to do this?).
Yes, look in the tulip.c that you compiled to see what the version number
is. Then do a "dmesg | less" to see what version number is reported at
boot time.
>The card is now failing 25 to 30% of pings across my local network.
>Netstat -i shows them all to be RX-ERRs. No TX-ERRs. I have rotated
>10BT cables with two NT4.0 systems on the same net, which ping each other
>without droping packets. When they ping the linux box, they report only
>that no response is received for 25 to 30% of the pings sent.
>Does this indicate that I don't have the new driver installed? Would the
>stock tulip driver (that ships with RH5.2) work at all? Any suggestions
>on how to diagnose/fix this would be appreciated.
RH 5.2 ships with the 0.89H driver, which is the one I use successfully.
This is with the "D1" revision of the Netgear card. Also it may be
relevant that it can take 5-10 seconds for the first network access after
bootup to finish, presumably because the card is doing its
auto-negotiation thing during that time.
>Also, is there an independent source of the required tulip.o driver and
>installation instructions?
See http://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/linux/drivers/tulip.html.
-- Rod
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From: "Daminou" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Lilo & Co ...
Date: 31 Dec 1998 12:44:56 GMT
Hi all .....
I'm searching for a web site where i can
find any documentation on how to
install Linux (RH5.2) with a multi boot (lilo)
(to install also W98 .. sorry =o)) ) on a
10 Go E-IDE hard drive .....
I'm a newbie and i don't really know if the
operation is easy or not ...
Any help would be welcomed ....
Thanx !! =o)
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From: "Emma" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: PCI modems under linux
Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1998 12:58:52 -0000
Can anyone help?
I am a linux novice and I have a Rockwell RSS800 HCF 56K Data, Fax PCI Modem
which works fine under Win98 and NT 4, but I cant get it to work under
S.u.S.E Linux 5.2. I know it works in my machine, as it triple boots between
Win 98, NT 4 and linux. Also I can get older 28.8k external modems to work
under linux without any problems.
Does anyone have one of these modems, or is it a "winmodem"?
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