Linux-Hardware Digest #82, Volume #9 Fri, 1 Jan 99 17:13:31 EST
Contents:
Re: Newbie Modem Dial-up Problem ("Bill Leeper")
Re: Is the i740 slow? (David Fox)
Re: Newbie wants to know if there is a gain in going "all SCSI" (Gary Momarison)
Re: PS/2 Mouse Problem (David Fox)
Re: Nikon Slide scanner configuration (Alan Lythaby)
Re: Redhat Linux 5.1 and 3com 3c509b-TPO card troubleshooting (T1)
Re: Maximum Memory for Redhat Linux 5.2 (Gary Momarison)
RivaTNT ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Making SURE Linux doesn't WAKE UP (power-up)? (oak)
Re: Decent Soundcard for Linux ("Oded Arbel")
Re: RedHAt 5.1 and Canon BJC4300 printing (Gregg Berg)
Re: Where can I find the SiS6326 driver? ("Oded Arbel")
Re: ATI XPERT@PLAT AGP (Alain BURET)
Newbie need help again. ("Oded Arbel")
Re: Viking External Modem Works! (Christopher B. Browne)
Lexmark 4029 - Lessons Learned (Jean Baribeau)
Re: Need for WinModem research? (was: Re: need to take action...)
(=?iso-8859-1?Q?G=FCnther?= Wieser)
Re: ATX Power Supplies and Linux - RedHat 5.2 ("Oded Arbel")
Re: Decent Soundcard for Linux (David Fox)
epson stylus 640 printer? (Andy Fraser)
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From: "Bill Leeper" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux.dial-up,alt.uu.comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.setup,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: Newbie Modem Dial-up Problem
Date: Fri, 1 Jan 1999 08:31:09 -0800
Well spoken!!!
--
Bill Leeper
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Robert J. Hansen wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>> P.S. The modem is a CPI Viva 56LC-SM (K56 flex) modem.
>
>Unless I miss my guess, that's a Lucent Winmodem. It won't work with
>Linux, and they're fairly brain-damaged in the first place.
>
>As I understand it (my degree is in CompSci, not CompEng; I'm a software
>geek, not a hardware geek)...
>
>First: anything you can do in hardware you can do in software, just
>usually with a performance hit.
>
>Second: modems have a lot of very specialized hardware on them that
>costs a fair bit.
>
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Subject: Re: Is the i740 slow?
From: d s f o x @ c o g s c i . u c s d . e d u (David Fox)
Date: 01 Jan 1999 09:51:33 -0800
Rod Roark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I'm testing an 8MB Intel740-based video card made by something called
> DCS Multimedia World. With a 32 bit color depth it's really slow, as
> evidenced by simply dragging a window around on the screen; just
> normal-speed dragging causes the window to continue moving long after
> the mouse has been released.
>
> I'm using the driver developed by Precision Insight and Red Hat,
> downloaded from ftp://ftp.precisioninsight.com/pub/pi/XBF/. The
> system is a P-II/350 with 128M SDRAM running Red Hat 5.2.
>
> My question is, is the i740 in general slow, or is it just this cheapo
> card? Does anyone have experience with other implementations such as
> the Diamond Stealth II/G460 AGP?
I used a generic one briefly and it was fairly quick. The image
jumped all over the place, though, so I bagged it.
--
David Fox http://hci.ucsd.edu/dsf xoF divaD
UCSD HCI Lab baL ICH DSCU
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From: Gary Momarison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Newbie wants to know if there is a gain in going "all SCSI"
Date: 01 Jan 1999 11:49:19 -0800
chipins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I am getting my first Intel-based desktop built. It will be a home
> workstation for fortran/perl hacking, browsing etc. and use a 300 Mhz
> Intel or clone (probably clone.)
Good idea. Clones work well, are a better value, and encourage Intel
to lower prices some more. Although, if you're going to crunch a whole
lot of numbers with that FORTRAN, throw out the value argument, since
Intel does FP faster per clock cycle. Then the value is about equal.
There's a ton of web sites to check this out.
> It will be Linux only, and I want to to do tape backups, so I am
> ordering a TR-4 drive and a SCSI controller. (From reading the
> hardware compatibility docs, it sounds like SCSI is the most solid way
> to go for tape backup from Linux.)
Good. But I think there are ATAPI TR-4's that should work well (since
ATAPI disks do), but I've not seen comments about it either way.
> However I was just going to get standard ATAPI/IDE CD-ROM and Hard
> Drive, as these things seem to be so cheap these days.
>
> So I then got to thinking .... since I will have a SCSI controller
> for my tape drive, is it worth going all SCSI (hard drive and CD-ROM)?
> I guess it will cost me a bit extra in drives and cabling, but will
> I notice a benefit ? Are there any losses or disadvantages apart from
> cost?
SCSI disk people seem (just my impression) to have more problems getting
Linux to install, but it's usually just a matter of time, so shouldn't
be very important in your case.
Top-end SCSI stuff would be faster than top-end other stuff, but few
think it's significant, unless you've got lots of things using multiple
disks like on a network server. There's probably better things to
spend the money on.
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Subject: Re: PS/2 Mouse Problem
From: d s f o x @ c o g s c i . u c s d . e d u (David Fox)
Date: 01 Jan 1999 09:55:50 -0800
blizzard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> So is that the problem??? How do I get Linux to work with a PS/2 mouse
> on IRQ12??? I guess I have to assign the /dev/mouse device to some
> other /dev!!!
Yes, link it to psaux.
--
David Fox http://hci.ucsd.edu/dsf xoF divaD
UCSD HCI Lab baL ICH DSCU
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From: Alan Lythaby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Nikon Slide scanner configuration
Date: Fri, 1 Jan 1999 17:38:07 +0000
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
<URL:mailto:[email protected].> wrote:
> "guenter weissenseel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > I have a Nikon LS10 slide scanner and try to make it work under Linux 2.0.35
> >
> > The SCSI interface works fine and I found software, which is working under
> > 1.0, but I can't compile it.
> >
> > Does anyone have this scanner and get it to work?
> >
> > Please give me some feedback
>
> You can find the SANE scanner package compiled in RPM form. Look
> for one of those rpm2html sites.
I've just done this for an LS20 (coolscanII)
I found that I got file not found errors during the compile.
Copying the files to the source directory worked for me.....
The files were the JPEG files from X
Scanner works very well now as a plugin to the GIMP.
--
Cheers!
Alan. [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (T1)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.install
Subject: Re: Redhat Linux 5.1 and 3com 3c509b-TPO card troubleshooting
Date: Fri, 01 Jan 1999 18:12:37 GMT
Hi. I followed your advice and it all worked out smoothly. In fact,
since I only recently reinstalled RH Linux 5.1, I felt I no longer
needed it but that I should upgrade to 5.2 so I downloaded the supp
and boot image disks from one of the RH Linux FTP mirrors. Then I
booted my computer via the floppy and did a direct installation via
FTP and still made it to New year's Parade.. Thank you for your help
and cooperation. Happy new year to you and to all. Sorry if Iam
publicly posting this though a lot of us out there can learn from all
this.
P.S.: Once I had the card working in Linux, I turned the Plug-N-Play
support back on so that Win98 would work properly. I did not even have
to turn it back off when booting into Linux the next time. It all
worked smoothly.
On Fri, 01 Jan 1999 00:01:49 GMT, Prasanth Kumar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>Were you actually able to run the dos utility? You can get them at
>http://support.3com.com/infodeli/tools/nic/3c509.htm under the first
>download link. Unzip them under dos and run the 3c509cfg program under
>a *dos* boot disk (not windows). This will bring up a menu where it
>is straight forward to disable PnP and assign a unique port number and
>irq which you desire. If you need more direct help then email me since
>finding a particular article here is like looking for a needle in a
>haystack!
>
>T1 wrote:
>>
>> I tried that but Linux is still not able to recognize the card. I'm
>> still getting that "delaying" error message. Maybe I was not doing it
>> right. Could you kinda help out with this dos setup utility so that I
>> could see where I am going wrong? I would kindly appreciate it. Thank
>> you.
>>
>> On Thu, 31 Dec 1998 23:19:26 GMT, Prasanth Kumar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> wrote:
>>
>> >Try disabling the PnP capability on the card using the dos setup
>> >utility you can get from 3com (on disk or via ftp server) This
>> >worked great for my card.
>> >
>> >T1 wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Hi. I am currently using Redhat Linux 5.1 and am using a 3com
>> >> 3c509b-TPO card. It worked well in my older PC under all operating
>> >> systems but when I transferred it to my new PC, it worked well under
>> >> Windows98 but not under RH Linux 5.1. I tried to get it to the correct
>> >> I/O and correct IRQ but no luck so far. Does anyone know how to get
>> >> this ethernet card working once again under RH Linux 5.1?
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From: Gary Momarison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Maximum Memory for Redhat Linux 5.2
Date: 01 Jan 1999 11:13:52 -0800
Doug Ritschel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Does anyone have experience running Redhat Linux on a machine that has a
> Gig or more of memory?
Linux at least. Use Deja News or look in Gary's Encyclopedia at
http://www.aa.net/~swear/pedia/memory.html
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RivaTNT
Date: Fri, 1 Jan 1999 21:44:14 +0100
Wer kann mir helfen?
Ich habe eine Creative RivaTNT 16 MB.
Wie kann ich diese unter Linux betreiben?
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: oak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Making SURE Linux doesn't WAKE UP (power-up)?
Date: Fri, 01 Jan 1999 20:56:15 GMT
Linux will sometimes power-up, and access the hard drive, for
no apparent reason.
I need to make sure when Linux powers down (CPU, HDD, etc.) it
stays down! So I guess my question is two fold:
1-How do I find out if my computer wakes up anytime
during the night? Will any logs be able to tell me this?
2-What do I do to make sure it stays powered down?
The reason I need this is I want to be able to go to sleep without
having to turn off my machine, and in order to do that I have to MAKE
SURE Linux will not wake up; not just because it might wake me up, the
important thing is I aim to switch off the noisy CPU fan and the power
supply fan! This means if the computer were to wake up during the
night while I'm asleep it could be devastating to my hardware.
Thanks,
-Tony
========================================================
Abbreviate - af 2 millenia, a btr wy t rd n wri.
http://www.eskimo.com/~oak/abr/
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From: "Oded Arbel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Decent Soundcard for Linux
Date: Fri, 1 Jan 1999 21:37:12 +0200
>> > Ya me too. Does the esoniq AudioPCI work? It's cheap ($28) pci and is
>> > pretty decent as far as sound quality.
>>
>> I had one and I thought it sounded pretty crappy. I got a Turtle
>> Beach Fiji, which has OK (but not great) driver support and sounds
Get an SB. that the obvious solution for most non-windows platforms..
everyone support them. I have a non PnP SB AWE32 and it works great,
including MIDI.
Oded
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Gregg Berg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: RedHAt 5.1 and Canon BJC4300 printing
Date: Fri, 01 Jan 1999 21:03:54 GMT
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Christophe MICHEL wrote:
> Hello everybody
> -----------------------
>
> I am desperately trying to print out at something with my redhat station
> onto my Canon BJC4300 but nothiung ever comes out of it except crude text.
>
> My kernel is hopefully configured for parallel printer and Printer tool
> is configured for Canon BJC 600 - BJC 4000 Unfortunately no BJC4300
> compatible driver seems to be available.
>
> Has someone ever succeeded in printing something except text with a
> Redhat 5.1 AND a Canon BJC 4300. If so, please tell me how you did, what are
> your configuration files ans so on..
>
> Mucha thanx a lot
>
> Christophe MICHEL
I use a BJC 4300. Works fine. You will need Aladdin Ghostscript 5.10.
Note, to print graphics and advanced text you will need to print Post Script
documents. Attached are my printcap and filter for print PS documents
to the BJC-4300 note printer "ps" is the post script printer.
Hope this helps...
Regards,
Gregg Berg
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#
# Copyright (c) 1983 Regents of the University of California.
# All rights reserved.
#
# Redistribution and use in source and binary forms are permitted
# provided that this notice is preserved and that due credit is given
# to the University of California at Berkeley. The name of the University
# may not be used to endorse or promote products derived from this
# software without specific prior written permission. This software
# is provided ``as is'' without express or implied warranty.
#
# @(#)etc.printcap 5.2 (Berkeley) 5/5/88
#
# HP Deskjet
#Set Default Printer
#lp|inkjet: \
# :lp=/dev/lp2: \
# :sd=/var/spool/lpd/lp: \
# :if=/usr/local/bin/lpfilter: \
# :mx#0: \
# :sh
#
# Canon BJC-4300 (text)
#Set Default Printer
lp|bjc:: \
:lp=/dev/lp1: \
:sd=/var/spool/lpd/lp: \
:mx#0: \
:sh
# Canon BJC-4300 (Postscript)
ps|postscript_bjc: \
:lp=/dev/lp1: \
:sd=/var/spool/lpd/psjet: \
:if=/usr/local/bin/psjetfilter: \
:mx#0: \
:sh
# NEC pinwriter P5
#nec|pinwriter: \
# :lp=/dev/lp0: \
# :sd=/var/spool/lpd/nec: \
# :mx#0: \
# :sh
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#!/bin/sh
#This File by Todd Burgess ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
/usr/local/bin/gs -q -dSAFER -dNOPAUSE -sDEVICE=bjc800 -sOutputFile=- -
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From: "Oded Arbel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Where can I find the SiS6326 driver?
Date: Fri, 1 Jan 1999 22:05:42 +0200
John van der Ploeg wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>I have a Stealth Speedstar A50 (also a sis6326 chipset) and it works file
using
>the normal XF86_SVGA from xsvga-3.3.3-3.i386.rpm.
just remember that RedHat 5.1 ships with version 3.3.2 which you must
upgrade . I downloaded the whole things (installation is a snap) but I was
told that you can just replace the XSVGA server and it should work.
>
>I've attached an exampel XF86Config for it too.
>
>good luck
>
> - John
>'
>Jean-Christophe Beumier wrote:
>
>> My PC motherboard has the SiS6326 videochip, but the 5.1 Redhat doesn't
seem to have the driver for it.
>> Where can I find it, and in which directory have I to place it?
>> I can't even find the SVGA driver.
>> Is linux so hermetic?
>
>
>
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From: Alain BURET <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: ATI XPERT@PLAT AGP
Date: Fri, 01 Jan 1999 22:09:39 +0100
I have an ATI Xpert98 AGP which runs without problem under Linux ... I don't
test its performance so far, but it's good enough for me.
Alain BURET
Ralf Wirowski wrote:
> Andreas Klein wrote:
> >
> > We have an ATO Xpert AGP (RAGE PRO 3D chip) running with linux. The Card
> > works without any problems with the mach64 server. But the performance is
> > not as good as the performance of thee pci-cards. Has anyone made the same
> > experience?
> >
>
> My expierence is the same: The ATI Xpert@Work works without any
> problems, but the
> performance (XFree86 3.3.3) is poor. If i compare it with the driver
> under WinNT4.0
> (I know this comparison isn't allowed.) i get the feeling its more than
> two times
> faster under WinNT4.0.
> What special do the ATI-people, what the XFree-people do not?
>
> ---
> Ralf Wirowski ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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From: "Oded Arbel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Newbie need help again.
Date: Fri, 1 Jan 1999 22:28:29 +0200
Sorry for reposting this, but I seemed to have a slight format problems
while posting through DejaNews, so I'll post it again, this time with
modified questions (thanks for the people who tried to answer, but you
didn't help a lot, i'll rephrase the questions) :
Hello all ! I'm a newbie to linux and I like to ask a few questions.. aif
any
one help, I'll appreciate if you mail me, but replying to this group will be
ok too. I'm running RedHat 5.1 on a P2-300 with 64Mb ram and a RivaTNT
card.;
hard disk is partitioned part Win95 VFAT32 and part ext2.
Here are the questions :
1. I have my cd in /dev/hdc, and _most_ times linux doesn't recognize it
(I've installed by booting from that cd) I just can't mount it using the
mount command, and it complains that /dev/cdrom doesn't exist. if I put
something (cd or hdd) on /dev/hdb, it recognize my cd with no problems, but
if not, it sometimes (once in alot of boots) recognize it, sometimes not and
in the messages at boot time I see something like :
ide2 : ports in use - no probe.
and sometimes it acts normally, no messages, and no cd. is it normal ?
2. I'm using AfterStep (version 1.4 or something, how can I tell?) and I
used to have a list of windows at the top of the screen , a litlte similar
in function to the win95 taskbar, and it's not there lately - how can I
bring it back ?
3. is there a way to write, in linux programs like emacs, in languages other
than english ? I mean languages totaly diffrent in fonts, like hebrew or
russian ?
4. how can I make linux read the VFAT's long file names ?
5. where can I find a monitor that can display network traffic (I have an
internal modem and using
dial-up ppp) like the win95 dialer, something that shows it graphicly (as
simple as imitation for an external modem's recive/transmit lights). maybe
something that can be swallowed by AfterStep's wharf ?
6. somtimes when I try to write in a text box (especially in Midnight
Commander) , any character I write after the first one is written from right
to left ! (for exmple - I try to write 'true', and what comes out is
'teur'). is this normal ?
7. how can I make mutiplie folders in AfterStep's wharf (like the folder
containing the nxterm and netscape ? I can add stuff to that, but I
couldn't figure out how to make another folder like it.
8. can I run scripts from the buttons in the Wharf ? how do I make the
command line look like ?
Thanks for any help you can give.]
Oded
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Christopher B. Browne)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux,alt.os.linux.dial-up
Subject: Re: Viking External Modem Works!
Date: 1 Jan 1999 21:06:29 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Sun, 27 Dec 1998 23:01:22 -0500, Jason and Christa Dixon
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> posted:
>Just a notice to everyone with internal winmodem problems out there... I
>had to bite the bullet today and get an external so I could try and get
>connected with Linux! There is a new external Viking v.90/Kflex modem
>on the market that just came out- $99 at your local ClumpUsa. I got it
>home and it worked great in both Windoze and Linux without any change in
>configuration. (Although I already did a manual config on my setserial
>from my previous adventure with my internal modem). I'm just letting
>anyone know in case they're in the same boat I was, and didn't know if
>there were any still out there that aren't Winmodems! GOOD LUCK!
I've got one that I've been running for about a month. (Hmm... I moved on
December 5th, and got the modem to resolve "moving problems." Must be 3
weeks...)
I have to give it a mixed review. It's *definitely* less reliable at
getting me connected than my old Motorola 28.8K modem. This may be a line
problem; dunno.
It is, at least, well-behaved from the Linux point of view.
--
Those who do not understand Unix are condemned to reinvent it, poorly.
-- Henry Spencer <http://www.hex.net/~cbbrowne/lsf.html>
[EMAIL PROTECTED] - "What have you contributed to Linux today?..."
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From: Jean Baribeau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Lexmark 4029 - Lessons Learned
Date: Fri, 01 Jan 1999 16:12:23 -0500
This information may be useful to anyone trying to get lpr to print
postscript files
on a Lexmark 4029 printer.
First set up the Lexmark in the "ps" mode.
You can use this perl script:
#!/usr/bin/perl
# This script must be executable: >chmod 755 filter
# This script turns on the PostScript Mode
open(LEX,">/dev/lp1");
# Start with cntrl D as they say on page 4-1
print LEX "\x04";
# Set the postscript mode see page 8-2 of Lexmark Manual -ESC [ K ln
hn Mode PID
#PS -----------------------08---->|
#GL-------------------------03--->|
# PCL ------------------------02-->|
# PPDS-------------------------01->|
#
|
print LEX "\x1B\x5B\x4B\x03\x00\x06\x31\x08";
#
close (LEX);
# End of perl script.
Set up the /etc/printcap as:
lp|lex:\
:lp=/dev/lp1:\
:sd=/var/spool/lpd/lexmark:\
:mx#0:\
:if=/var/spool/lpd/lexmark/lm-ps:\
:sh:
Note that I compiled a file I found on the Internet and renamed it
"lm-ps". It
looks like this:
/* lm-ps.c , many thanks to anonymous */
#include <stdio.h>
main(argc, argv) int argc; char **argv; {
char buf[BUFSIZ];
putchar('\004');
/* Note you could add putchar() to switch the printer to ps mode
by sending ESC [ K Ln Hn | Mode | 49 | DSM | DSOPT1 ...
as described in the user manual , but I use a perl script to do it.
*/
while (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), stdin)) {
fputs(buf, stdout);
}
/* Specific requirement for Lexmark for EOF marker "^D " */
putchar('\004');
fflush(stdout);
}
Generate the postscript file to be printed, mine does not accept
PostScript Level 2 so
I use Postscript Level 1. ( Try using " enscript --ps-level=1 myfile
-pmyfile.ps ")
Next you have to avoid printing the header, so you use:
lpr -h myfile.ps
I hope this saves someone the trouble I had!
By the way, when debugging these kinds of problems it is useful to
redirect the /dev/lp0 to
a file and then examine the results, looking at the hexdump of the
printer can be tedious!
Regards,
Jean Baribeau
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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: Fri, 01 Jan 1999 21:27:23 GMT
Here�s another 100 bugs (sorry, I�m only a student)!
David Fox wrote:
>
> d s f o x @ c o g s c i . u c s d . e d u (David Fox) writes:
>
> > Norman Elliott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> >
> > > Now I am new to Linux and have done only a verrrry small amount of C
> > > programming. Also I have never seen a Win Modem. Here's my tiny
> > > contribution to start things off. 1) What we have -- It seems to me
> > > that these Win Modems must have some chips on them which can be
> > > recognised. So Someone must be able to say - roughly - what they
> > > do. therefore This should give some idea as to the level at which
> > > any code should address the card. 2) Windows The code is written
> > > for x86 processor. It does standard calls to PC hardware (maybe - i
> > > am guessing here ) So dissassembly should point in the right
> > > direction Therefore The brainy Linux guys can do it. Sorry if this
> > > is really silly but what do you all think?
> >
> > Maybe a really big offer at http://visar.csustan.edu/bazaar/ would
> > help. Like $10K or $20K.
>
> I'm willing to put up $500 for a freely available Linux driver for
> some popular Winmodem. This could be done in cooperation with the
> manufacturer and distributed in binary-only form. I'll put up $800
> for a legal open-source driver. Not that I want to use it myself, I
> just want to see the issue go away. Any other pledges out there?
> Lets start a fund.
> --
> David Fox http://hci.ucsd.edu/dsf xoF divaD
> UCSD HCI Lab baL ICH DSCU
--
G�nther Wieser
creative-it/G�nther Wieser Software KEG
http://www.creative-it.com
Student of Telematik at Graz University of Technology
================================================================
In A World Without Walls And Fences, Who Needs Windows And Gates?
=================================================================
Written on Linux 2.0.34
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From: "Oded Arbel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: ATX Power Supplies and Linux - RedHat 5.2
Date: Fri, 1 Jan 1999 22:11:03 +0200
Andri Saar wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>Absolutely nothing. OS doesn't care about the power supply.
>If you want to use the ACPI features of ATX though (like poweroff on
>shutdown... write 'halt -p' and it does a poweroff), recompile kernel
>with APM support.
I have RedHat 5.1 does it come with kernel compiled for APM ? (it comes
compiled with most of everything..) I tried to use 'halt -p' , but it works
the same as plain old 'halt', i.e. doesn't power off the system. also
writing 'poweroff' as written in the man pages results in 'unrecognized
command' prompt or something.
Oded
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Subject: Re: Decent Soundcard for Linux
From: d s f o x @ c o g s c i . u c s d . e d u (David Fox)
Date: 01 Jan 1999 12:29:26 -0800
"Oded Arbel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> >> > Ya me too. Does the esoniq AudioPCI work? It's cheap ($28) pci and is
> >> > pretty decent as far as sound quality.
> >>
> >> I had one and I thought it sounded pretty crappy. I got a Turtle
> >> Beach Fiji, which has OK (but not great) driver support and sounds
>
> Get an SB. that the obvious solution for most non-windows platforms..
> everyone support them. I have a non PnP SB AWE32 and it works great,
> including MIDI.
I have one, but it doesn't sound very good. Find for games I guess,
not great for music.
--
David Fox http://hci.ucsd.edu/dsf xoF divaD
UCSD HCI Lab baL ICH DSCU
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From: Andy Fraser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: epson stylus 640 printer?
Date: 01 Jan 1999 11:11:50 -0800
I have an epson stylus 600 at work and I use magicfilter and
ghostscript to print to it satisfactorily. I have tried the same set
up to print to a new epson stylus 640 at home (and I've tried an
upgrade to alladin ghostscript 5.50). It almost/sort of works, but I
get erroneous underlining. I would appreciate pointers to the
differences between the 600 and the 640, or pointers to an appropriate
place to look (I have looked around the ghostscript web site and not
found anything.)
Andy Fraser
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