Linux-Hardware Digest #93, Volume #9 Sun, 3 Jan 99 06:13:27 EST
Contents:
multiple HW problems ("Christopher J. Mark")
Installing on IBM 486BL 75MHz Motherboard (Paul Price)
ftape from caldera in which rpm? ("guenter weissenseel")
Re: Does linux (any version) run on an Evergreen Tech WinChip? (Dale)
Re: Want to do direct install of Redhat 5.2 via FTP since I have (Marc)
Re: need to take action on the Winmodem problem (David Young)
Re: HP Deskjet 697C -- Usable under Linux? (Rick Vargo)
Re: HP Colorado 5GB Tape Drive ATAPI interface error message on RH 5.2 ("Khalid M.
Baheyeldin")
Re: Advice on building an AXP Linux system ("Christian J. Bauer")
ppp terminates with smp enabled (John S. Gwynne)
Re: need to take action on the Winmodem problem (Henry Wong)
Re: isapnptools wont make (Rick Vargo)
Re: Does Cardinal 3440 work? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: [Q] Bashee & XF68_FBDev Server error ("ziggy")
Re: LILO and booting from scsi (Andrea Borgia)
Re: Lilo & Co ... ("Milan Roubal")
Sound problem - CD's cannot be heard playing ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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From: "Christopher J. Mark" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: multiple HW problems
Date: Sun, 03 Jan 1999 01:33:38 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
My system has basically been cobbled together from numerous sources, and
I can hardly get any of it to work under SuSE 5.3. Can anyone help me
with any of the following:
1) specs for an Optiquest 1000s 14" monitor to configure XF86 (not even
the manufacturer is in the database, much less the model).
2) SoundBlaster AWE64 ISA soundcard (only probes for PCI)
3) Plustek OpticPro 9630P parallel-port flatbed scanner (only probes for
SCSI)
4) SyQuest EZflyer 230MB removable disk drive (also parallel port)
5) Epson Stylus Color II inkjet printer.
--
Christopher J. Mark
Mathematician, Tutor, and Webpage designer
http://www.math.umd.edu/~cjm
"Time flies like an arrow, but fruit flies like a banana."
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From: Paul Price <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Installing on IBM 486BL 75MHz Motherboard
Date: Sat, 02 Jan 1999 22:46:23 -0700
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi all. I'm having problems trying to install Linux 2.0.29 (or 2.0.27)
on an IBM Blue Lightning 486/75 mother board. I have one IDE hard disk
(540M) that seems to be auto detected correctly, and one IDE CD, also
detected. There is 28 MB installed memory and no other cards.
I've tried booting off of the diskettets I created, as well as booting
via DOS from the CD. All attempts stop at the same place. I get the
following output:
>>> kernal: initializing network devices <<<
(some stuff here)
>>> kernal: check CPU <<<
(some stuff here)
>>> kernal: show kernal version <<<
Linux version 2.0.29 ...
>>> kernal: initializing character devices <<<
(some stuff here)
>>> kernal: initializing block devices <<<
Ramdisk driver initialized : 16 ramdisks of 2880K size
hda: MAXSTORE MXT-540 AT, 521MB w/256kB Cache, LBA, CHS=1024/16/63
hdb: DF7910C(-D0161 ), ATAPI CDROM drive
===============
This is where the system stops dead.
Can anyone give some help?
Thanks in advance from a frustrated Linux first-timer.
Paul
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From: "guenter weissenseel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: ftape from caldera in which rpm?
Date: Sun, 3 Jan 1999 01:52:58 -0500
Can anybody tell me which rpm package from Caldera includes the ftape
utility
I erased it on accident and try to find it again
Thanks
Guenter
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From: Dale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Does linux (any version) run on an Evergreen Tech WinChip?
Date: Sun, 03 Jan 1999 02:08:58 -0500
Richard Johnson wrote:
> The Subject line says it. I have an older motherboard, that used to have a
> Cyrix P166 processor, I have an Evergreen Tech WinChip overdrive processor
> in it now. Has anyone run Linux on the WinChip...sucessfully? Or do I need
> to put the Cyrix back in?
I replaced my P5-100 with a WinChip C6-200 last week. The first night I had
some X-server crashes from Signal 11 errors that I never had before. Since then
- no problems. Running Debian 2.0. Using Winchip CPU, not an upgrade package.
Dale Garst
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From: Marc <[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
Date: Sun, 03 Jan 1999 07:18:14 GMT
I tried offering you help and all you are doing is offering insults. real mature!
I just want everyone to notice that Mr DG here is soooo tough when noone knows who he
is! he
fails to realize that anyone with enough knowhow can backtrack him and find out who he
is. but
he is not worth the effort or time it would take
This will be my last post to you or about this matter. The simple truth of the matter
is that I
don;t care what you do, nor do I care what you want to pay, or anything about you. so
I am going
to be the better man and wish you luck in finding what you seek.
Don't bother to reply to this post as I will be deleting anything from you immediately.
Have a good life and may you find that which you seek
***********************ARROFOFTHEMORNINGSTAR*****************
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
SORRY MAN
> BUT I DON'T PAY S*** FOR AN OPERATING SYSTEM THAT IS FREE AND CHANGES WITHIN A FEW
>MONTHS !!!
> SO THROW YOURSELF OUT AND GET LOST !!!
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David Young)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: need to take action on the Winmodem problem
Date: 3 Jan 1999 07:27:10 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Elmo Recio wrote:
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Chris Lee) writes:
>what is so difficult or /bad/ about an internal modem. I have /always/
>had an internal modem, and they work great. Just set the com/irq on the
>modem itself, put it into your ISA slot, and boom, it works, no messy
>wires, no need for the adapter to take up twenty-quatrillion power plug
>spots cause it's too big... Nothing to worry about at all.
One advantage to having an external modem (or so I'm told) is
that it is far enough removed (electrically) from the really expensive
parts of your PC that a power surge in your telephone line (caused by
lightning, say) is much less likely to kill your whole computer than if
the surge reached an internal modem.
I understand that in old PC serial adapters, the 1488/1489
line drivers sometimes arrested the surge. Of course, the line drivers
were shot; sometimes the epoxy blew right off the top of them. I haven't
seen physical 1488/1489 drivers on a serial adapter for years, though,
so there's no telling how much extra protection from power surges an
external modem affords you these days.
Maybe someone can tell us: Are modem surge suppressors very
trustworthy?
Dave
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From: Rick Vargo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: HP Deskjet 697C -- Usable under Linux?
Date: Sun, 03 Jan 1999 02:57:26 -0500
As long as it is not a "Windows Only" printer it will work.. You will need
to invoke ghostscripting to print to this printer as it probably is not a
postscript printer. I would suggest a filter program like lprMagic if you
are a newbie, it will set everything up for you with just a couple of
questions..
Equinox wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I received a Hewlett-Packard 697C printer as a Christmas gift. I am
> wondering if this printer can be used with Linux. (HP's website is
> absolutely useless, and the manuals that come with the printer are
> even worse -- bloody kindergarten readers, and they're all M$-this and
> M$-that... they don't even mention HP's own HP-UX operating system!)
>
> Any and all information about using this printer with Linux would be
> greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.
>
> --Equinox
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Email (spam-disabled):
> lord *underscore* equinox *at* mindspring *dot* com
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Date: Sun, 03 Jan 1999 12:24:11 +0300
From: "Khalid M. Baheyeldin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: HP Colorado 5GB Tape Drive ATAPI interface error message on RH 5.2
I am planning on buying this same drive soon, and would like
all the input from anyone using it.
It is fairly cheap (200$ or so, less via web shopping, saw it
as low as 142$).
Let me know what you get from other posters or via e-mail.
Thanks
Henry Wong wrote:
>
> HI Again,
>
> I would also be interested in finding out if anyone else has one of
> these tape drives working on some LINUX version RH or otherwise.
>
> The reason I want to know is that looking at the source for RH 5.2
> (2.0.36 Kernel) and the source for the LINUX 2.2.0-prel Kernel, I
> found differences that looked like they were based on different
> branches of the source for ide-tape.c rather than just an update
> of the 2.0.36 source.
>
> Again, any help would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Henry
>
> Henry Wong wrote:
> >
> > HI,
> >
> > I recently bought a HP Colorado 5GB tape drive with an ATAPI (IDE) interface.
> > I attached it to my machine running RH 5.2 (2.0.36 kernel). When I put in a
> > new Travan 5GB preformatted cartridge (3M Imation) and attempt to access it
> > I get errors. The messages that I see are:
> >
> > ide-tape: Block location is unknown to the tape
> > Aborting request
> > ide-tape: Rewinding tape failed
> > /dev/ht0: Input/output error
> >
> > This was in response to
> >
> > mt -f /dev/ht0 status
> >
> > When using the drive under Windows 98, it appears to be working O.K.
> >
> > Any ideas what I may be doing wrong or overlooked?
> >
> > Any help would be appreciated.
> >
> > Thanks in advance.
> >
> > Henry
--
Khalid M. Baheyeldin
Senior IT Consultant
Remove all the X characters in my e-mail address to reply
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From: "Christian J. Bauer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.alpha,comp.os.linux.misc,linux.redhat.axp
Subject: Re: Advice on building an AXP Linux system
Date: Sun, 3 Jan 1999 10:33:40 +0100
Gerald Koh wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>I have just stumbled upon a Digital AXPpxi 33 motherboard.
>...
>My question is: Is it worth it?
Well it depends what you're willing to pay. It's the same design as the
multia, so you better choose a cheap multia. AXPpci33 boards (including
256kb Cache and a 21066 chip at 166 Mhz) go for about 100 $ new today. For
this price you can pickup a new Multia (same configuration including case,
graphics card, ethernet, sound and floppy) from www.cpumicromart.com. Choose
the "external connection" option and you can boot from a standard external
SCSI drive.
>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.
I have some AXPpci33 runing Redhat 5.1 and WindowsNT 4.0. It's not a
screamer, but it performs like a 100 MHz Pentium. Good enough for a web
server. It's even running a SQL Server with decent performance.
>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.
Remember: DEC Boards need true parity ram! Also, don't choose "exotic"
graphics controllers. A Cirruc Chip won't work in mine, wheras all S3 chips
does. Whereas WindowsNT only supports only few of them (no Support for Virge
....), Linux is fine with most of them.
>Thanks,
>Gerry
You're welcome!
Chris
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John S. Gwynne)
Subject: ppp terminates with smp enabled
Date: Sun, 03 Jan 1999 08:28:23 GMT
I have tried/used several smp enabled kernels, but since about 2.0.34
and including a few 2.1.xx (+ 2.2.0-pre2) kernels, I have not been
able to make a stable ppp connection. Everything is fine with smp
disabled, but with smp enabled I get abnormal and frequent connection
terminations. The log follows:
Jan 3 02:38:37 jeep pppd[1135]: pppd 2.3.5 started by jsg, uid 500
Jan 3 02:39:23 jeep pppd[1135]: Serial connection established.
Jan 3 02:39:24 jeep kernel: ppp_ioctl: set dbg flags to 10000
Jan 3 02:39:24 jeep kernel: ppp_ioctl: set flags to 10000
Jan 3 02:39:24 jeep kernel: ppp_tty_ioctl: set xasyncmap
Jan 3 02:39:24 jeep kernel: ppp_tty_ioctl: set xmit asyncmap ffffffff
Jan 3 02:39:24 jeep kernel: ppp_ioctl: set flags to 10000
Jan 3 02:39:24 jeep kernel: ppp_ioctl: set mru to 5dc
Jan 3 02:39:24 jeep kernel: ppp_tty_ioctl: set rcv asyncmap ffffffff
Jan 3 02:39:24 jeep kernel: ppp_ioctl: set flags to 10000
Jan 3 02:39:24 jeep pppd[1135]: Using interface ppp0
Jan 3 02:39:24 jeep pppd[1135]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/modem
Jan 3 02:39:27 jeep kernel: ppp_tty_ioctl: set xmit asyncmap 0
Jan 3 02:39:27 jeep kernel: ppp_ioctl: set flags to f010003
Jan 3 02:39:27 jeep kernel: ppp_ioctl: set mru to 5dc
Jan 3 02:39:27 jeep kernel: ppp_tty_ioctl: set rcv asyncmap ffffffff
Jan 3 02:39:27 jeep kernel: ppp_ioctl: set flags to f010003
Jan 3 02:39:27 jeep kernel: ppp_ioctl: set flags to f010043
Jan 3 02:39:27 jeep kernel: PPP BSD Compression module registered
Jan 3 02:39:27 jeep kernel: PPP Deflate Compression module registered
Jan 3 02:39:27 jeep kernel: ppp_ioctl: set flags to f010003
Jan 3 02:39:27 jeep kernel: ppp_ioctl: set maxcid to 16
Jan 3 02:39:27 jeep kernel: ppp_ioctl: set flags to f01000f
Jan 3 02:39:27 jeep pppd[1135]: local IP address 198.30.201.214
Jan 3 02:39:27 jeep pppd[1135]: remote IP address 205.133.113.22
Jan 3 02:39:57 jeep kernel: ppp: channel ppp0 closing.
Jan 3 02:39:57 jeep pppd[1135]: Hangup (SIGHUP)
Jan 3 02:39:57 jeep pppd[1135]: Modem hangup
Jan 3 02:39:57 jeep pppd[1135]: Connection terminated.
Jan 3 02:39:57 jeep pppd[1135]: Exit.
The MB is a Supermicro P6DNE w/dual 180 PPro, and the modem is an internal
USR 56k V.90 PnP. Any ideas?
john
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From: Henry Wong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: need to take action on the Winmodem problem
Date: Sun, 03 Jan 1999 04:47:31 -0500
David Young wrote:
>
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Elmo Recio wrote:
> >[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Chris Lee) writes:
> >what is so difficult or /bad/ about an internal modem. I have /always/
> >had an internal modem, and they work great. Just set the com/irq on the
> >modem itself, put it into your ISA slot, and boom, it works, no messy
> >wires, no need for the adapter to take up twenty-quatrillion power plug
> >spots cause it's too big... Nothing to worry about at all.
>
> One advantage to having an external modem (or so I'm told) is
> that it is far enough removed (electrically) from the really expensive
> parts of your PC that a power surge in your telephone line (caused by
> lightning, say) is much less likely to kill your whole computer than if
> the surge reached an internal modem.
>
> I understand that in old PC serial adapters, the 1488/1489
> line drivers sometimes arrested the surge. Of course, the line drivers
> were shot; sometimes the epoxy blew right off the top of them. I haven't
> seen physical 1488/1489 drivers on a serial adapter for years, though,
> so there's no telling how much extra protection from power surges an
> external modem affords you these days.
>
What an external modem gives you is an extra path for a surge to return
to ground, namely through the power line and transformer powering the
external modem. When a surge comes in on the phone line, it has to be
disapated somehow. A high voltage surge will take any and all paths to
disapate itself, arcing if necessary, sort of like the way static
electricity does. If it is going directly into your PC, guess which
path it takes. Going into an external modem, it could still fry your
serial port on your PC, but some of the energy would also go to fry
the modem's power supply and transformer. Your hoping that enough goes
that way that your PC is spared more serious damage than losing the
serial port.
> Maybe someone can tell us: Are modem surge suppressors very
> trustworthy?
I would trust them because it would offer a surge yet another path to
disapate itself. You would rather that it absorbs enough of the surge
that it would spare your modem and your PC's serial port as well as the
PC itself. However, there are no guarantees in life. A sufficiently
close hit by lightning would still fry everything. Its just that if the
hit is far enough away, it would sacrifice itself to protect your more
valuable equipment.
>
> Dave
Henry
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From: Rick Vargo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.slackware,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: isapnptools wont make
Date: Sun, 03 Jan 1999 03:31:21 -0500
"Michael R. Doerner" wrote:
> I follow the directions to compile /usr/doc/isapnptools-1.15 by typing
> make (step 2 in the directions, I didn't modify the Makefile in step 1),
> and this is what I get...
>
> make: *** No rule to make target `pnpdump.c', needed by `pnpdump.o'.
> Stop.
>
> ...so much for the bloody directions. I'm not a programmer so maybe a
> little hand-holding is in order? What do I have to do next to get this
> to compile? I'm running Sack 3.6, Kernel 2.0.36, X 3.3.3, everything
> else standard distribution.
>
> Mike Doerner
watch the make and see where it is looking for this file. Then do a find
-name pnpdump.c from your root directory and copy it to this location.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Does Cardinal 3440 work?
Date: Sun, 03 Jan 1999 08:54:16 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Ruven Gottlieb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'm investigating buying a Cardinal 3440 Connecta 56k internal modem
> from Egghead.com.
>
> Saw a post suggesting it *might* work. Has anyone used one under Linux?
>
> I wrote Cardinal, and Egghead and I'll let you know what I find out if
> they answer, but in the meantime, has anyone actually used one
> successfully?
>
>
Hi Ruven,
Yup, the Cardinal Connecta 3440 works like a charm for me with Slackware 3.5
(Linux 2.0.34).
I find it cheap, CAN$ 79.00, and reasonably fast.
I have not tried the Fax functionality yet but I don't think that will be a
problem.
Cheers,
J.J.
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From: "ziggy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: [Q] Bashee & XF68_FBDev Server error
Date: Sun, 3 Jan 1999 09:09:42 -0000
Bill,
Try this url:
http://www.uno.edu/~adamico/banshee/Welcome.html
This shows you how to get banshee (or any other VESA 2 compliant card)
working under X at higher resolutions than you can with standard XFree. I
applied the technique to my Trio3D! It's not blindingly fast or anything but
it is infinitely more usable than 600x480 by 16 colors. I just hope XFree86
is making progress on some new drivers.
Bill Petersen wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>I have a diamond Monster Fusion, which also uses the
>Banshee chipset (16m, PCI).
>
>I have read that using the Framebuffer driver you can get
>this to work. How did you do it?
>
>Did you find an rpm for XFree86 3.3.3? I can't find one.
>or did you build it yourself, or what?
>
>What does your XF86Config look like? I assume
>that Xconfigurator is not going to build it for you.
>
>(I am running RH 5.2)
>
>Any help you can provide will be most welcome.
>
>Regards,
>Bill
>
>
>Erik Kiledal wrote:
>
>> Sang-gyu Nam wrote:
>>
>> > I'm using Elsa Vitory II (banshee, 16M, AGP) and P-II 450MHz, 128M ram.
The
>> > kernel is 2.1.132, and X is 3.3.3
>> > The error is "fbdevScreenInit: unable to set screen params (Invalid
>> > argument)". Why did it happen?
>> > Ah! the boot screen is 1280x1024,16bpp
>> >
>> > Here is the error message
>> >
>> > XFree86 Version 3.3.3 / X Window System
>> > (protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6300)
>> > Release Date: November 18 1998
>> > If the server is older than 6-12 months, or if your card is
newer
>> > than the above date, look for a newer version before reporting
>> >
>> >
>> > Fatal server error:
>> > fbdevScreenInit: unable to set screen params (Invalid argument)
>>
>> Try adding a Depth entry to the Screen section of XF86Config:
>>
>> Section "Screen"
>> Driver "FBDev"
>> Device "Primary Card"
>> Monitor "Primary Monitor"
>> SubSection "Display"
>> Modes "default"
>> Depth 16
>> EndSubSection
>> EndSection
>>
>> -Erik
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Andrea Borgia)
Subject: Re: LILO and booting from scsi
Date: Sun, 03 Jan 1999 08:14:22 GMT
On Wed, 30 Dec 1998 11:56:17 GMT,
in article <76d4d2$htt$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>A boot from a Red Hat install disk, is out of the question. With the
>hardware, no stock boot disk will work. I made the install on another
This is because 5.2 shipped with 2.0.36-pre7 (or close) instead of
2.0.36, that was only available after closing time.
RedHat has made available, just recently, the updated boot disks,
while the updated kernel rpms have been available for quite some time.
I think you should try them and see what comes.
>The second stage boot loader gets loaded, but then LILO hangs. I get LI
>and then the system hangs. I know the problem is drive geometry, but
A drive-geometry problem with a scsi drive? First time I hear of it...
I think you need to check whether extended translation is enabled in
your scsi adapter bios, then everything should be ok.
Also, keep in mind that lilo uses the current root and filesystem
layout to map kernel images for use at boot time and the same goes for
root devices.
If it still doesn't work, please describe more accurately your setup
in terms of device names, adapters used and so on and I'll try to
help.
Bye.
--
Alias: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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ftp and mirror administrator on ftp.students.cs.unibo.it
Homepage: http://caristudenti.students.cs.unibo.it/~borgia/
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From: "Milan Roubal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Lilo & Co ...
Date: Sun, 3 Jan 1999 11:03:39 +0100
Daminou p��e ve zpr�v� <01be34ba$2064f040$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>?
>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)
You will install win98, then linux. Then you will change file
/etc/lilo.conf
If you don't know the structure of file, type man lilo.conf
There can you switch what will you boot first.
If you must re-install win98, then you boot from linux - boot diskette
and run lilo.
Milan Roubal
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Sound problem - CD's cannot be heard playing
Date: Sun, 03 Jan 1999 11:48:43 +0100
Hello,
like many other people I'm having sound problems.
The audio from the CD player cannot be heard. I dont think that its a
hardware
problem because in MeSsy Widows it works fine.
I'm using slackware 3.5 (kernel 2.0.34) and have a CMI8330 Audio Adapter
which
claimes to be soundblaster compatible.
Does anybody know of problems with the CMI8330 audio adapter not beeing
fully soundblaster compatible????????????
The kernel does not include sound support, so I compiled a sound module
and
loaded it in the kernel using:
bash# insmod sound trace_init=1
bash#
The "trace_init=1" however, which should show me some messages, doesnt
do
anything.
Is there something wrong ?????????????
Doing a cat of a wav file to /dev/dsp makes some noises so that seems to
be OK. However playing audio CD's doesn't work!
I do have a NE2000 ethernet card installed, so I checked IOport ranges
and
IRQ's trying to find conflicts but that seems to be OK.
I have included the output from /dev/sndstat and some relevant /proc
files.
Can anybody help me in solving this sound problem?
Eric
Please direct your e-mail to:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Additional info from several files
bash# cat /dev/sndstat
Sound Driver:3.5.4-960630 (Sat Aug 29 19:03:05 CEST 1998 root,
Linux darkstar 2.0.34 #1 Thu Jun 4 18:59:35 PDT 1998 i686 unknown)
Kernel: Linux darkstar 2.0.34 #1 Thu Jun 4 18:59:35 PDT 1998 i686
Config options: a80002
Installed drivers:
Type 1: OPL-2/OPL-3 FM
Type 2: Sound Blaster
Type 7: SB MPU-401
Card config:
Sound Blaster at 0x220 irq 5 drq 1,5
SB MPU-401 at 0x330 irq 5 drq 0
OPL-2/OPL-3 FM at 0x388 drq 0
Audio devices:
0: Sound Blaster 16 (4.13)
Synth devices:
0: Yamaha OPL-3
Midi devices:
0: Sound Blaster 16
Timers:
O: System clock
Mixers:
0: Sound Blaster
bash#
Information from /proc shows me
bash# cat devices
Character devices:
1 mem
2 pty
3 ttyp
4 ttyp
5 cua
6 lp
7 vcs
10 misc
14 sound
30 socksys
Block devices:
1 ramdisk
2 fd
3 ide0
9 md
bash# cat ioports
0000-001f : dma1
0020-003f : pic1
0040-005f : timer
0060-006f : keyboard
0070-007f : rtc
0080-009f : dma page reg
00a0-00bf : pic2
00c0-00df : dma2
00f0-00ff : npu
01f0-01f7 : ide0
0220-022f : sound blaster
02f8-02ff : serial(auto)
0330-0333 : SB MIDI
0378-037f : lp
0388-038b : OPL3/OPL2
03c0-03df : vga+
03f0-03f5 : floppy
03f6-03f6 : ide0
03f7-03f7 : floppy DIR
03f8-03ff : serial(auto)
6800-681f : NE2000
f000-f007 : IDE DMA
f008-f00f : IDE DMA
bash#
bash# cat dma
1: Sound Blaster8
4: cascade
5: Sound Blaster16
bash#
bash# cat modules
iBCS 27 0
ne 2 1
8390 2 [ne] 0
sound 25 0
ppp 5 0
slip 2 0
slhc 2 [ppp slip] 0
lp 2 0
bash#
bash# cat interrupts
0: 643561 timer
1: 9761 keyboard
2: 0 cascade
4: 49561 + serial
5: 1 sound blaster
8: 1 + rtc
12: 1 NE2000
13: 1 math error
14: 16697 + ide0
bash#
I also tried to config/initialize the card using isapnptools but that
made no
change. So at this point I'm completely lost ............ What more can
I do?
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