Linux-Hardware Digest #112, Volume #9 Tue, 5 Jan 99 17:13:36 EST
Contents:
slow system clock ?? (Christian Bauer)
PRIMAX hand scanner -- parallel port (Dr A.J. Marquis)
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 !!!
([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: 3c905b - Forcing speed? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: IBM token-ring cards & eathernet cards (S. Parkerson)
Re: maxtor 17gig and rh 5.1 (Chris)
busmouse stole com2!
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 !!! (Andrew
Marcum)
SCSI controller AIC-6x60 ("David H.")
Re: [Fwd: >>>matrox millinium g200 & Xconfigurator<<<] (David Fox)
Red Hat 5.2 on Intergraph TDZ 2000 (Rosendo Godorna)
Re: Logitech mouse --- middle button broken (Bev)
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 !!! (Sean)
Re: NE2000 clone install on RedHat5.2 / modprobe doesn't do anything (TH)
Re: Create Bootable disk with LS-120 drive? (David Hwang)
Re: [Fwd: >>>matrox millinium g200 & Xconfigurator<<<] (Alan McLean)
Re: maxtor 17gig and rh 5.1 (joey)
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From: Christian Bauer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: slow system clock ??
Date: Tue, 05 Jan 1999 09:43:26 +0000
Dear Linux Gurus,
I have an Caldera OpenLinux 1.3 on a Pentium II, 300 MHz machine with an
ASUS P2L97-Board.
The system-time in the BIOS is correct, but the System returns always
the wrong
time.
on startup "date" gives BIOS-Time,
after 15 seconds "date" just counts five seconds more.
This means, that my Linux needs three hours for one !!!!
Is anybody out there how can imagine whats wrong, and what I could
probably do ???
(LISA says I have a i686-processor with 299.x Bogo-Mips;
The KDE-Systeminfo says "unknown Processor")
Thank you very much in advance,
mailing from the past,
Christian Bauer
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dr A.J. Marquis)
Subject: PRIMAX hand scanner -- parallel port
Date: 5 Jan 1999 16:50:05 GMT
Happy New Year,
I have a PRIMAX hand scanner which works through the
parallel port. Does anyone know of any software out there
which can specifically access this device.
Thanks for any help.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.install,comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.setup
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: Tue, 05 Jan 1999 18:27:46 GMT
In article <76scch$egk$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> In article <368e843f.9078609@news>,
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (DG) 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 !!!
>
> Doesn't you mom need to use her computer back yet? She is really gonna be
> mad when she finds out all the time you have wasted, crying like a baby
> because your too stupid to figure out an FTP install. I know exactly how to
> do it, for any recent red hat version. I sure as hell am not gonna help
you
> out though, moron. You should just quit, after all it didn't work easy the
> first time, why bother trying again. I think this philosophy will go very
> far with you in life. If it's not easy just cry because you deserve a free
> ride.
>
> Sure I can help.
> Whats Your Username?
>
He doesn't have a mom. She dumped him at birth. You see it in nature, the
mother abandons its child and nobody knows why, until the child grows up.
Mothers have a sense about these kind of things early on.
-Davester
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: 3c905b - Forcing speed?
Date: Tue, 05 Jan 1999 19:07:23 GMT
On Tue, 05 Jan 1999 14:31:11 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>I've went through all the previous postings on this subject and found no
>help :/
>
>this is the problem:
>
>It appears that the card is found and the proper module is loaded (3c59x)
>but it still won't work, also when I run ifconfig, it tells me that the
>encap is 10Mb which dead wrong, I used the 3Com utility to set
>the card to 100Mb only, but it still says 10Mb. since our network here is
>100Mb it doesn't work.
>
>Does anyone know how to force the network speed? Or if anyone knows this
>problem in particular, what the h*ll do I do? I've even gone as far as to
>reinstall the whole shazam. And I have the latest of everything, I know, I
>spent hours on checking hehe :)
>
>
>Appriciate any help I can get
>
>Sincerely,
>
>Carl Knoos
>
>--
>**********************************
>Carl Knoos
>System Administrator / SportNow.se
>
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hey, i had the same problem and i just set the media select to 10mbs
and it works great.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (S. Parkerson)
Subject: Re: IBM token-ring cards & eathernet cards
Date: 5 Jan 1999 19:14:19 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
John Vine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> has spoken:
> Does anyone know where I can find Linix drivers for the following cards
>
> IBM EtherJet 10BASE T ISA Adapter
> IBM Turbo 16/4 Token-Ring ISA
The IBM Turbo 16/4 Token-Ring ISA will work with the standard drivers
in the Linux 2.0 distribution. Just make sure that you use LANAID to
set the adapter to Auto 16/4 compatibility mode instead of enhanced
mode, and you're good to go. You'll need to compile in Token-Ring
support as well as the "Tropic" chipset driver (ibmtr.c).
The IBM EtherJet 10Base-T ISA will work once you obtain the drivers
from
http://www.networking.ibm.com/support/products.nsf/techsupport/
(ejetisa10bt)?OpenDocument
Get the "Linux Driver Diskette" from the product download area. It's
a bit silly that it's packaged as a self-extracting diskette image
instead of a TAR ball, but hey, it's better than nothing.
Enjoy!
scott
--
scott parkerson . software developer . ibm network hardware division
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <== apply s/hatesspam//g to my address
disclaimer: most of the time, i just talk to hear my melodious voice
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Chris)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: maxtor 17gig and rh 5.1
Date: Tue, 05 Jan 1999 10:29:24 GMT
On Mon, 04 Jan 1999 18:52:07 -0500, joey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in
comp.os.linux.hardware:
>However, when I mount the drive
>on a windows machine, the drive appears to be 2 gigs.
This is a bug in the original Microsoft DOS/Windows filesystem code, which
not only had the FAT16 filesystem size limit but also assumed that the
network servers had the same limit.... It was not fixed until Win95-OSR2.
Pre-OSR2 operating systems will allow you to read and write to the entire
network filesystem, but will not report the remaining space correctly
unless (until) there is less than 2Gb free.
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From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: busmouse stole com2!
Date: 5 Jan 1999 12:19:54 GMT
heya there,
i recently installed redhat 5.2 on my brother's system and have encountered a
problem with the com ports. On this system it has the standard two com ports
installed. It also has a logitech busmouse. For some reason the logitech busmouse
has taken the assumed position of com 2 and the modem resides on com 1. This is fine,
but i need to add another modem to the system and for the life of me i cannot find or
figure out how to make use of the com 2 build into the motherboard..
any direction or solution would be greatly appreciated.. could you also email
me at [EMAIL PROTECTED]
cheers!
adrian
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From: Andrew Marcum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.install,comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.setup
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: Tue, 05 Jan 1999 20:04:26 GMT
A few days ago I noticed this little feud begin, and I figured that it would end in
a day. Well, it hasn't and it is getting a little annoying. I think that I speak
for most in the group when I say that this little kiddy fight needs to stop. I
understand how tempting it is to bash the little snot, but unfortunately this isn't
the place for it. I feel that if we just ignore him, then he will go away. Compare
him to a pimple, if you scratch it, it only gets worse. I am sure that after I
post this message, DG will tell me either to FU** off, eat SH** and die, or tell me
to stuff a pie in my face. I really don't care, he is just some little ole kid
that thinks he is hot sh** because he can cuss around adults and not get a bar of
soap shoved down his throat. Basically I ask all of you to simply ignore the kid
so that this group can get back to what it was designed for.
Thanks,
Andrew Marcum
DG wrote:
> DON'T EVER LET ME SEE YOU POST LIKE THIS OR ELSE I WILL KICK YOUR
> SORRY LITTLE A** !!!
>
> On Tue, 05 Jan 1999 06:52:41 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> >In article <TU9k2.4305$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> > "DG" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >> Very funny, dips*** !!!
> >>
> >> Richard Stevens wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> >> >Go to a store and buy a redhat Distribution CD for a few bucks!
> >> >
> >> >That shuould help
> >
> >So how's that ftp install going? Oh, I forgot you have been way too busy
> >posting BS to usenet all week, way too busy crying to actually figure anything
> >out on your own. Loser.
> >
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From: "David H." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: SCSI controller AIC-6x60
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1999 12:33:27 -0600
I have a soundblaster scsi card, that came with the computer. The cdrom is
hooked up to it. Does anyone have a driver, or know how to get it to work
with linux? right now I have everything copied over to a hard drive, so I
can get a full install of redhat 5.2.
Adaptec chipset AIC-6360 (windows calls it 6x60)
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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: comp.os.linux.x,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: [Fwd: >>>matrox millinium g200 & Xconfigurator<<<]
Date: 05 Jan 1999 05:47:42 -0800
jisong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> thanks for your input... i just went to
> ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/pub/XFree86/3.3.3/binaries/ and it seems like alot to download
> for modem connection so i got the patch 3.3.2==>3.3.3, would that work (i'm
> running redhat 5.2)? if it does, how do i install it? do i just replace a
> current dir with the new one? thanks again for your help =8]
No, for a redhat-5.2 system you should go to updates.redhat.com and
get the XFree86 packages from there.
--
David Fox http://hci.ucsd.edu/dsf xoF divaD
UCSD HCI Lab baL ICH DSCU
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Date: Mon, 04 Jan 1999 13:57:14 -0500
From: Rosendo Godorna <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Red Hat 5.2 on Intergraph TDZ 2000
I have a Intergraph TDZ 2000 running NT 4.0 sp 3 and I'm planning
to install LINUX Red Hat 5.2 as a second OS (dual boot).
NT is running on a SCSI 3 hard drive (boot disk) and I bought a IDE for
LINUX.
I can't find the Realizm Z13 GT graphics card in any hardware list.
Do you think I'll have any problems? Does anybody have a TDZ 2000
running LINUX out there?
I don't want to install unless I'm pretty sure it's going to work.
Rosendo Godorna
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From: Bev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: Logitech mouse --- middle button broken
Date: Tue, 05 Jan 1999 12:45:58 -0800
"Dr. Joel M. Hoffman" wrote:
>
> >> My old Dexxa serial mouse finally died, and so I bought a new (serial)
> >> Logitech mouse to replace it. I bought the Logitech FirstMouse+.
> >> Under X, I can move the cursor, and buttons 1 and 3 work, but the
> >> middle button is dead. Any ideas why?
> >>
> >> In my XF86Config I still have the mouse listed as "microsoft." I
> >> tried "logitech" (which is what I thought would work) but then nothing
> >> worked at all.
> >If the former mouse was a two button mouse it might be that you have to
> >coment out
>
> The former mouse was a three button mouse, and it worked just fine. I
> thought I could just swap one three-button mouse for another. Guess I
> was wrong....
This is what I had before *my* Dexxa 3-button mouse died. My XF86Setup
program recommended choosing MouseMan rather than Logitech, which was only
used for older Logitech mice.
Section "Pointer"
Protocol "MouseMan"
Device "/dev/mouse"
BaudRate 1200
EndSection
--
Cheers,
Bev
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"Why put fault tolerance in the OS, when it's already built
into the User?" -- Steve Shaw, regarding Win95
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Sean)
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.install,comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.setup
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: Tue, 05 Jan 1999 20:55:28 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
i agree
On Tue, 05 Jan 1999 20:04:26 GMT, Andrew Marcum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>A few days ago I noticed this little feud begin, and I figured that it would end in
>a day. Well, it hasn't and it is getting a little annoying. I think that I speak
>for most in the group when I say that this little kiddy fight needs to stop. I
>understand how tempting it is to bash the little snot, but unfortunately this isn't
>the place for it. I feel that if we just ignore him, then he will go away. Compare
>him to a pimple, if you scratch it, it only gets worse. I am sure that after I
>post this message, DG will tell me either to FU** off, eat SH** and die, or tell me
>to stuff a pie in my face. I really don't care, he is just some little ole kid
>that thinks he is hot sh** because he can cuss around adults and not get a bar of
>soap shoved down his throat. Basically I ask all of you to simply ignore the kid
>so that this group can get back to what it was designed for.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Andrew Marcum
>
>DG wrote:
>
>> DON'T EVER LET ME SEE YOU POST LIKE THIS OR ELSE I WILL KICK YOUR
>> SORRY LITTLE A** !!!
>>
>> On Tue, 05 Jan 1999 06:52:41 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>>
>> >In article <TU9k2.4305$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
>> > "DG" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> >> Very funny, dips*** !!!
>> >>
>> >> Richard Stevens wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>> >> >Go to a store and buy a redhat Distribution CD for a few bucks!
>> >> >
>> >> >That shuould help
>> >
>> >So how's that ftp install going? Oh, I forgot you have been way too busy
>> >posting BS to usenet all week, way too busy crying to actually figure anything
>> >out on your own. Loser.
>> >
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>> >http://www.dejanews.com/ Search, Read, Discuss, or Start Your Own
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From: TH <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,linux.redhat.install
Subject: Re: NE2000 clone install on RedHat5.2 / modprobe doesn't do anything
Date: Wed, 06 Jan 1999 01:45:01 +0800
I just installed an ISA NE2000, which was detected by Linux
automatically like PnP. But there's something that need to be set:
1. make your card a non-Pnp card.
2. set the address and the IRQ to various combinations. For starters,
try 0x300 and irqs: 9 to 13. The settings work for my 3 PCs.
Hope this helps.
TH
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From: David Hwang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Create Bootable disk with LS-120 drive?
Date: 05 Jan 1999 12:34:51 -0800
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mark Paulus) writes:
> I have a chicken/egg problem with this exact setup. My LS-120 is
> my secondary Master (hdc). Otherwise, my system is totally SCSI
> sda, sdb, sdc, with Linux being on sdb4, and swap on sdb3.
> However, I have Win95 and Win98 installed on Disk 0, using Partition
> Magic's boot manager to manage the dual boot. So, I really would
> just prefer booting into Linux via floppy.
>
> So, here's my chicken egg. I can't get Linux installed without creating
> a boot floppy. And it seems I can't create a boot floppy without
> installing Linux. So, is there anyway to create the boot floppy
> from Dos, or Winblows 9x, or some other OS, using my LS120???
Your LS120 also functions as a 1.44MB floppy, right? You can use rawrite
to dump the bootdisk image onto a floppy. Both a premade boot.img and
rawrite.exe are available on the RedHat CD, and you can either run rawrite
from a DOS window, or double click on it.
This will work, assuming the following are true:
1. LS120 drive can write to a 1.44MB floppy disk
2. You've got a linux distribution that provides rawrite.exe and a boot
image
3. You've got a CDROM drive or NFS mount that you will install from
4. The boot image has a driver for the LS120 drive, SCSI controller and
CDROM or network card, which ever you need for installation.
Hope this helps.
Dave
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Alan McLean)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: [Fwd: >>>matrox millinium g200 & Xconfigurator<<<]
Date: Tue, 05 Jan 1999 14:57:27 GMT
David Fox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> jisong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > thanks for your input... i just went to
> > ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/pub/XFree86/3.3.3/binaries/ and it seems like alot to download
> > for modem connection so i got the patch 3.3.2==>3.3.3, would that work (i'm
> > running redhat 5.2)? if it does, how do i install it? do i just replace a
> > current dir with the new one? thanks again for your help =8]
>
> No, for a redhat-5.2 system you should go to updates.redhat.com and
> get the XFree86 packages from there.
For a trouble free installation do what David said.
You don't need to download all of the X rpms. The
following are all you should need
XFree86-3.3.3-1
XFree86-libs-3.3.3-1
XFree86-75dpi-fonts-3.3.3-1
XFree86-devel-3.3.3-1
XFree86-VGA16-3.3.3-1
XFree86-XF86Setup-3.3.3-1
XFree86-SVGA-3.3.3-1
If you are fortunate to have a largish monitor you may also
want the 100dpi fonts.
To install do
rpm -Uvh XFree*
then run
XF86Setup
when you select the video card (Millennium G200 8M/16M), also click
on the advanced button, and make sure "VideoRam 8192" is listed
in the box (or VideoRam 16384 if you have 16M), if it is not
click on 8M or 16M (i.e. specifically tell it you have 8M/16M).
There is a problem with autodetecting the video ram for the
G100/G200, so this is the crucial step. You can read all
about this at http://www.xfree86.org/ or in
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/doc/README.MGA after the installation.
After you have saved and tested the configuration you can delete
XFree86-VGA16-3.3.3-1
XFree86-XF86Setup-3.3.3-1
if you like, as they are only necessary to create your
XF86Config.
Also, XFree86-devel-3.3.3-1 is only really necessary if you
will be developing/compiling any X apps, but you should
keep it, as you will no doubt want to compile some.
-amcl
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From: joey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: maxtor 17gig and rh 5.1
Date: Tue, 05 Jan 1999 09:58:01 -0500
I just thought I'd let you and the group know that this bug has not been taken
care of in win95 osr2 running fat16. I just ran a check by copying much more
than 2 gigs of stuff to the drive in question and the windows machines still
report 2 gigs of empty space along with a few very large data sets. I guess,
maybe, you have to be running fat 32 to see the true size of the samba
export. But, since there are currently no machines running fat 32, I can't
check this theory. Thanks for the information. It saved me lots of time
trying to figure out what was wrong with my Linux configuration when the
problem was "elsewhere." If anyone out there has a Samba directory larger
than 2 gigs exported to a win95/98 machine with fat32, drop me a line/email
and tell me if, when mounted as a network drive, the Samba directory is the
correct size......just curious.sendto<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>thanks
Chris wrote:
> On Mon, 04 Jan 1999 18:52:07 -0500, joey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in
> comp.os.linux.hardware:
>
> >However, when I mount the drive
> >on a windows machine, the drive appears to be 2 gigs.
>
> This is a bug in the original Microsoft DOS/Windows filesystem code, which
> not only had the FAT16 filesystem size limit but also assumed that the
> network servers had the same limit.... It was not fixed until Win95-OSR2.
> Pre-OSR2 operating systems will allow you to read and write to the entire
> network filesystem, but will not report the remaining space correctly
> unless (until) there is less than 2Gb free.
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