Linux-Hardware Digest #91, Volume #9 Sat, 2 Jan 99 21:13:34 EST
Contents:
Help w/ PPP and Bellsouth ("Evan R. Battle")
Re: Swap file size with large amounts of RAM (Michael Meissner)
My SoundBlaster AWE 64 works but... ("Clayton J. Ramseyer")
Advice on building an AXP Linux system (Gerald Koh)
Linux and AGP (Cray Lim)
Re: sound/video (David Dombroski)
Re: Accessing PPP (usernet) using accounts <other> than root - Help! (Henry Wong)
Re: screen blanking (Tovar)
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 !!!
Re: HOWTO Backup onto HP DAT Tapedrive ? (Carlo Trobia)
Re: Creative Virbra16 and Linux ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
base, irg, dma (Frank)
Re: Help! Kernel 2.0.36: SCSI CDrom lockup; aic7890 uw2-scsi onboard controller.....
(Mark Izendooren)
Re: Is my hardware compatible? (Bahadir Kiziltan)
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 !!! (Frank)
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 !!! (David
Fox)
Re: Suggest a 64 bit Video card UPGRADE please! (Ross Vandegrift)
Re: Video Capture Card ISVRIII (Will Hutchins)
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From: "Evan R. Battle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Help w/ PPP and Bellsouth
Date: Sat, 02 Jan 1999 18:58:07 GMT
If anyone else is using Bellsouth as ISP please give me advice. I am able
to dial up but I cannot connect. Please Help
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Michael Meissner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Swap file size with large amounts of RAM
Date: 02 Jan 1999 10:36:53 -0500
Prasanth Kumar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> The swap size=2*memory size rule came about on systems with certain
> virtual memory schemes which are different from that used by Linux so
> you don't really need that much. Imagine the swap space as a overflow
> tank when ram is full on rare occations. Besides, you can't make one
> swap partition bigger than 128MB though you can make multiple swap
> parititions.
IIRC, with the latest util-linux (I forget the rev #) and latest Linux 2.2
pre-releases, you can now make the swap files bigger than 128 meg. I don't
recall when the change went in. I expect we'll see people grousing about the
only 128 meg limit for the next two years, judging on how long it took people
to upgrade their documentation back from the days when the limit was 16 megs
per swap partition in the 0.99 era (ie, long after the limit had been raised to
128 meg in so-called stable kernels, people were still quoting from obsolete
documentation that hadn't been upgraded).
--
Michael Meissner, Cygnus Solutions (Massachusetts office)
4th floor, 955 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
[EMAIL PROTECTED], 617-354-5416 (office), 617-354-7161 (fax)
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From: "Clayton J. Ramseyer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: My SoundBlaster AWE 64 works but...
Date: Sat, 02 Jan 1999 15:12:11 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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I have an AWE 64 OEM soundcard.
It works but on boot up I get 2 errors under Redhat 5.2
I get a message like:
AWE64 Found...
.../sfxload file or directory does not exist.
I checked this file does in fact exist right where the error is says it
doesn't
I am not sure how to fix.
Any help or advice is certainly appreciated.
Thanx in advance,
--
Clayton J. Ramseyer - CyberZard
[EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED]
"Ferris, he loves this car more than life itself..."
"A man with priorities so far out of whack doesn't deserve such a fine
automobile..." Ferris Beuller & Kameron Frye - "Ferris Beuller's Day Off"
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I have an AWE 64 OEM soundcard.
<P>It works but on boot up I get 2 errors under Redhat 5.2
<P>I get a message like:
<P>AWE64 Found...
<BR>.../sfxload file or directory does not exist.
<BR>I checked this file does in fact exist right where the error is says
it doesn't
<P>I am not sure how to fix.
<P>Any help or advice is certainly appreciated.
<P>Thanx in advance,
<PRE>--
Clayton J. Ramseyer - CyberZard
[EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED]
"Ferris, he loves this car more than life itself..."
"A man with priorities so far out of whack doesn't deserve such a fine
automobile..." Ferris Beuller & Kameron Frye - "Ferris Beuller's Day
Off"</PRE>
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Date: Sat, 02 Jan 1999 13:49:52 -0700
From: Gerald Koh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.alpha,comp.os.linux.misc,linux.redhat.axp
Subject: Advice on building an AXP Linux system
Hi folks,
I have just stumbled upon a Digital AXPpxi 33 motherboard. The OEM
design guide is dated October 1994. The chip is either a 166 Mhz 21066
or a 66 Mhz 21068. I can't pry off the heatsink to look. Anyway,
looking forward to the day when I have a persistent net connection, I
thought I build this thing up to use as a server for my internal net,
maybe also a QuakeWorld Server, Hotline Server, Personal Mail or Web
server, something like that.
My question is: Is it worth it? The OEM design guide is dated 1994. Is
this board too piss ass slow to be useful for anything? Maybe it could
serve some menial intranet purpose in my house.
The list of hardware in the design guide is quite out of date, I'm sure
I could pick up a case, 4 gig SCSI2 drive, and some cheap ass 64 bit
video card and have something that works. Any recomendations? I figure
I'll run Red Hat 5.2 on it.
If you wouldn't mind, reply both to the group and email. I never get
the time to read this group regularly enough for stuff to not expire on
me.
Thanks,
Gerry
--
Gerald Koh
Content Engineer
Agency.com and Eagle River Interactive
Phone: 970.845.2182
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
ICQ: 24619606
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From: Cray Lim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Linux and AGP
Date: Sun, 03 Jan 1999 04:57:52 +0800
Dear All,
I have just switched to linux since I cannot afford to buy an original
copy of win98. Please bear with me if this qustion has already been
posted.
I am using a PCI video card currently but would like to upgrade to an
AGP one in the near future...probably something like that Voodoo Banshee
AGP thingy. I wonder if linux actually supports AGP video cards?? I
have already compiled kernel version 2.0.36 on my box.
Cray
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From: David Dombroski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: sound/video
Date: Sat, 02 Jan 1999 19:03:04 -0500
Derek wrote:
> Any one know how I could get a crappy clone of a sound blaster pro/16
> (It does say it may not work with clones) to work in redhat linux...it
> won't even acnowledge it exists....is it possible?
> oh right...another question...
> Is it possible to get 640x480 256 (or even 16) colours in xfree86 if you
>
> don't have one of the chipsets listed...
> I have an SiS video card (actually not a card it's built into the mother
>
> board)...and it doesn't like it. Works in 320x200 256....eek...never try
>
> that.... nothing fits on the screen
> ..Ive been playing with the XF86Config file for about a week now and
> still can't get it to work properly...
> any suggestions?
I have an SiS 5597/5598 video chipset. I had the same problem until I
downloaded the newest version of Xfree86 (XFree86 3.3.3). This seems
to have fixed all of my problems. Try it, WWW.XFree86.org
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From: Henry Wong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Accessing PPP (usernet) using accounts <other> than root - Help!
Date: Sat, 02 Jan 1999 15:05:29 -0500
I usually set up my connection using the root account. Once set up
in the background, I can connect through it from any account.because
the service is between your machine and the machine (router or
terminal server) on the other end and the fact that it was set up
by root doesn't matter.
Henry
Gary J Sanderson wrote:
>
> I'm pretty sure this is a common question and as I remember I actually saw
> some headers in a linux newsgroup about the same problem but the message had
> expired on the news server and I couldn't read it.
>
> How do I access PPP connections (usernet) on accounts <other> than root?
>
> I set the modem and PPP conection's as root, logged on and went to a few
> sites etc then logged off. When I logged back in as regular user acct. it
> displayed the following in the term window:
>
> ** Warning **: Invalid cast from (NULL) pointer to 'GtkObject'
>
> and a 'Warning' box appeared beneath the term window which displayed:
>
> No user-controllable interfaces found.
>
> Please help..... :( Gary.
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From: Tovar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: screen blanking
Date: 02 Jan 1999 15:26:40 -0800
I have an old problem that I would like to resolve. I get occasional
screen blanking when running in X. The screen will go blank for about
1/2 second and then return. This blanking occurs on some of the
...
I do appreciate any help and comments.
There's a decent chance that your monitor is briefly rejecting your scan
parameters, thinking it needs to protect itself. Trying using 'xvidtune'
to find the point at which the blanking occurs, and then adjust enough
'clicks' in the other direction to keep it away of the forbidden region.
Or try commenting out the most afflicted 'modeline' and see if X picks
another one which works better for you. If that works, try doing the
same for the others. Or try derating your horizontal and/or vertical
scan rates and see if X picks better 'modeline's for you on that basis.
Good luck!
-- Tovar
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From: [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: 2 Jan 1999 22:21:39 GMT
I'm sick and tired of you new generation "Hackers" warez kids. You pussies
have no brains, lack attention spans and are severly misinformed. Your
statements lack basic coherance and present little finnesse in the form
of written expression of thought.
Stop insisting that RedHat is free! Linux is FREE. RedHat is a commercial
entity that as a sign of good will released a lot of their code (rpm ....)
into gpl (or similar) and made their distribution very inexpensive if purchased
with manuals or free if one believes they cannot afford it otherwise.
When you grow up, hopefully soon, and get a job, hopefully outside computer
industry, you'll understand that there is really nothing FREE. Even linux is
not totally free, do you think Linus, Cox and countless others would continue
their work if all they got as feedback was crap like yourself? I don't think so.
On Sat, 02 Jan 1999 17:33:36 GMT, DG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>AH SHUT YOUR FARTFACE UP !!! YOU AIN'T GOT NO RIGHT TO TELL ME HOW TO
>GROW UP SO STUFF A PIE IN YOUR FACE, POOPKNOCKER !!!
>
>On 2 Jan 1999 16:51:32 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] () wrote:
>
>>On Sat, 02 Jan 1999 15:13:09 GMT, DG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>>On Fri, 01 Jan 1999 21:21:22 -0500, "L. Dwayne Sudduth"
>>><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>"[EMAIL PROTECTED]" wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> LISTEN HERE, SH**FACE !!! I AM POSTING A PROBLEM TO WHICH I WANT A
>>>>> SOLUTION, NOT IRRELEVANT BULLSH** !!! GOD KNOWS WHEN YOU'LL GET THAT
>>>>> THROUGH YOUR MF BRAIN !!! BESIDES, NOT EVERYONE IS LIKE YOU, PAYING
>>>>> FOR EVERY THING !!! I'M SURE THERE HAVE BEEN PEOPLE OUT THERE WHO HAVE
>>>>> BEEN ABLE TO DO IT WITHOUT HAVING TO PAY !!! I READ YOUR ENTIRE SH**
>>>>> POST-REPLY BY THE WAY AND ALL YOU GIVE IS NOTHING BUT IRRELEVANT
>>>>> BULLSH** !!! HOW MANY TIMES DO I HAVE TO KEEP TELLING A DUMBF*** LIKE
>>>>> YOU THAT I AM NOT INTERESTED IN OTHER UNIX/LINUX OPERATING SYSTEMS !!!
>>>>> SINCE NOTHING GETS THROUGH YOUR HEAD, HERE'S MY ADVICE TO YOU: EAT MUD
>>>>> !!!
>>>>
>>
>>Behave, learn some manners and most importantly grow up. With this kind of
>>attitude few people are likely to "waste" their time helping a "pissed-off"
>>teenager like yourself. You, like most "pissed-off" "lamers" are of no use
>>to Linux and never will be since you lack skills, both social and
>>technical, and you seem to feel like the rest of Linux'ers owe you something.
>>
>>As a sign of good spirit take this advice; download the RH stuff to your hd
>>and then install from the hard drive. If you are uncapabble of doing so then
>>order a cd from CheapBytes and leave everyone here alone. Actually if you
>>already have problems (before install) you should quit now. I don't want to
>>hear you infentile whining later.
>>
>>>>Dear Sir:
>>>> I regret to inform you that my 3 year old has better behaviour and manners
>than you do.
>>>>When I first started experimenting with UNIX, the typical response to an insolent,
>>>>loud-mouthed individual such as yourself would have been RTFM. Or, in other words
>(since you
>>>>probably don't understand the acronym) Read The F****** Manual.
>>>>
>>>>The alternative is to ask @home network for assistance. Or, follow the advice
>given by sane
>>>>individuals in this newsgroup. such as purchasing Red Hat from such places as
>CheapBytes.com.
>>>>CD-ROM.com, etc.
>>>>
>>>>Dark Nemesis
>>>>
>>>
>>>You dumb f***. The @home service does not support operating systems
>>>other than Win95/98. I read the f****** manual but no help. Your
>>>f****** 3-yr old kid is mentally retarded just like you you f******
>>>pr***. I don't have to pay sh** if I don't want to. Now get the f***
>>>outta here !!! Somebody oughtta f****** pulvarize you.
>>
>>As stated previously, GROW UP, FAST!
>>
>
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From: Carlo Trobia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: HOWTO Backup onto HP DAT Tapedrive ?
Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1998 11:14:09 +0100
Hi,
I would like to add a forewording question: on wich DAT machine should
we do the backup? Anyone tested recently a good one?
Thanks for your help.
Carlo Trobia
Thomas Braun wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I�m very new to linux.
>
> Can anybody tell me how to backup my linux harddisk
> with my HP DAT taoedrive ?
>
> (a pointer to the related HOWTO would be enough)
>
> TIA
>
> Thomas Braun
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Creative Virbra16 and Linux
Date: Sun, 03 Jan 1999 00:09:35 GMT
I just set up the same card yesterday. The only difference I see is
that I have RH 5.2. This card doesn't support DMA's 5, 6, or 7.
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Fri, 01 Jan 1999 12:10:23 -0500, "Tim Gajewski, KU4IY"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hello Everybody,
> I am having problems with my Creative Labs Vibra16X PnP and Linux.
>It reconizes the card when I type sndconfig, I select my I/O, IRQ, and
>DMA. It writes the file and when goes to play the sound clip, I get the
>following message: "An error was encountered running the modprob
>program"
>I am running RH 5.1 with kernel 2.0.35. I have taken out all cards (NIC
>and modem) that might confilict with the sound card. Does anybody have
>any ideas?
>
>Tim
>
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From: Frank <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: base, irg, dma
Date: Sat, 02 Jan 1999 18:23:33 -0600
absent the written documentation, how would i go about determining the
base address, irq and dma for the parallel port of my pc?
i have one of those "all in one" motherboards, with a ditto easy 800
attached to the printer/parallel port... as far as i can tell, to
sucessfully use ftape i will need to "configure" base address, irq, and
dma(s).
best would be an app that probes this for me...
any suggestions?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mark Izendooren)
Subject: Re: Help! Kernel 2.0.36: SCSI CDrom lockup; aic7890 uw2-scsi onboard
controller.....
Date: Sun, 03 Jan 1999 00:24:06 GMT
"Alexander Schuetz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
Alexander,
I have axactly the same drive and a somewhat similar problem.
I can't even mount my cdrom. Maybe this is because i also have an
Ricoh mp6200s RW drive and they're conflicting in some way.
If i find an answer, i'll notify you.
Greets,
Mark Izendooren
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Dear Linux Community,
>
>I wonder if you can help me out with my SCSI CDRom problems. My latest,
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From: Bahadir Kiziltan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Is my hardware compatible?
Date: Sun, 03 Jan 1999 03:09:45 +0000
If your SB16 Pnp sound card is using these settings; IO Ox220 and IRQ 5.
Edit your rc.modules file, find that line
#/sbin/modprobe sound
and remove #. Save file and then reboot your system. No problem.
Andrew Barber wrote:
>
> Most definitely! You may need to use isapnptools to get the Sound Blaster
> working, but every thing else will work. Happy "Linux'ing"!!
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in article
> <75tg48$j0d$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> > Hi all! I have a Ciryx 6x86 133 mhz, 32 mb of ram, 3.2 gb hard disk,
> Creative
> > sound Blaster 16 PnP, Trident 9440 Video adapter, and a 33.6 K Boca
> external
> > modem. Is this compatible with Linux?
> >
> > -----------== Posted via Deja News, The Discussion Network ==----------
> > http://www.dejanews.com/ Search, Read, Discuss, or Start Your Own
>
> >
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From: Frank <[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: Sat, 02 Jan 1999 18:49:49 -0600
Karl W. Gaston wrote:
>
>
> Dear Whateveryournameis,
>
> I can't imagine why someone would pick you to slam with e-mails.
>
LOL!!!!!!
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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)
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: 02 Jan 1999 16:40:16 -0800
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> James Barley wrote:
>
> > 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..
>
> In the meantime you can stuff a pie on your face and BUTT OUT !!!
This is such a great thread! More, more!
--
David Fox http://hci.ucsd.edu/dsf xoF divaD
UCSD HCI Lab baL ICH DSCU
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From: Ross Vandegrift <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: Suggest a 64 bit Video card UPGRADE please!
Date: Sat, 02 Jan 1999 20:28:16 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Avance Logic 2302 Video Card :-
> 1. Graphics modes
> ibm 640x350/400/480
> vesa 640x350/400/480
> 800x600
> 1024x768
> 1280x1024 (of no current use)
> and various oddballs like 320x200
> 2. Text modes
> 40x25 (of no current use)
> 80x25/30/43/60
> 132x25/30/43/60
> 3. VESA display power management
I am pleased with my ATI RAGE II/Mach64-based 3DXpression+. That
particular board is discontinued, but any Mach64-based board should do
what you want (assuming the above list is complete). X is hardware
accelerated, though not quite as fast as my friend's Permedia2 based
board (but it doesn't support near the text modes you're talking
about). Be careful about newer ATI board, based on RAGE 128 - I'm not
sure about X support, and you'll have to check for VESA 2.0 support -
mine is only 1.2. But the Linux console in 132x43 is *really nice* ;-)
--
Ross Vandegrift | Eric J. Fenderson
alt.binaries.punk: for those of us too
punk to pay money for the music.
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From: Will Hutchins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]**>
Subject: Re: Video Capture Card ISVRIII
Date: Sat, 02 Jan 1999 18:12:43 -0800
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]**
To things you could look up:
bttv and video4linux
bttv is a driver specifically for the bt848 chipset
will
Bruce Thornhill wrote:
> My linux box has a PnP Intel Smart Video Recorder III capture card
> (Brooktree 848 based). Is there any support under Linux RH5.2 for this
> card?
>
> TIA
>
> --
>
> Bruce Thornhill Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> http://www.accesscable.net/~bthornhill
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