Linux-Hardware Digest #119, Volume #9 Wed, 6 Jan 99 16:13:37 EST
Contents:
Re: PLEASE STOP POSTING REPLIES TO ALL MY POSTS !!! ("Jürgen Exner")
Re: flat panel monitors (Kazin)
Re: AMD K62-3d and 2.0.36 (Byron A Jeff)
HP printers compatible with linux (Kunal J Mehta)
Re: Sound Blaster AWE64 (Guillaume Cottenceau)
Re: ASUS P2B-S Motherbd, SONY DVD ("Christopher J. Mark")
Re: AMD K62-3d and 2.0.36 (Guillaume Cottenceau)
ATI Mach64 (Matthew Tackett)
Re: PLEASE HELP !!! PLEASE HELP !!! (Kevin Martin)
Re: Travan NS20 tape drives? (Geoffrey Anderson)
Re: Ensoniq AudioPCI 1370 - SB64 (Heiner Kallweit)
Re: Divde by zero error (Guillaume Cottenceau)
RHL is great but I need help setting up XF86 (Jeff Tackett)
Re: Install problem - Redhat Linux on Maxtor HD (Codifex Maximus)
Re: 3c905b - Forcing speed? (Support Dept.)
Re: 3com 3C905B-TX Problem ("Eugene E. Devereaux")
Linux on iDot computers? (Jason Taverner)
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From: "Jürgen Exner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
linux.redhat.install,comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: PLEASE STOP POSTING REPLIES TO ALL MY POSTS !!!
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1999 08:42:22 -0800
Please excuse my ignorance but now I'm a bit confused.
It was my understanding that newsgroups are for asking and offering help and
for discussions. And if someone posts an article this implies that he
actually expects other people to reply, either with a suggestion how to
solve his problem or with a contribution to a discussion.
Now you are asking the world ***not*** to reply to your postings?????
Maybe you could help me to understand this contradiction, please?
jue
--
Jürgen Exner; microsoft.com, UID: jurgenex
Sorry for this anti-spam inconvenience
DG wrote in message <36939d6b.3288485@news>...
>I won't reply to any of your posts under "Want to do direct ..." or
>"please help...", or any of my other posts if you all will stop
>replying first. Terminating my account will not stop me since I like
>any other human being can always change ISPs.
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From: Kazin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: flat panel monitors
Date: Tue, 05 Jan 1999 22:54:57 -0500
Adam Husik wrote:
>
> I was in Computer City today (needed an ethernet cable immediately) and I
> was surprised to see that there are more and more flat panel monitors out
> for under $1,000. Does anyone have one working well with Linux and can
> comment about the resolution/performance in X? I could really use some more
> space on my desktop and buying a bigger desk isn't really viable :)
> This could make for a pretty neat looking Linux system.
They ought to work just like laptop displays, they have fixed
frequencies, and usually fixed sizes. Shouldn't be hard to make work at
all.
Though I like the one my old boss had, a 21" NEC running at 1280x1024.
VERY nice. $6000 though...
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Mike Stella Software / Systems Engineer
http://www.sector13.org/kazin Thirteen Technologies, LLC
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Byron A Jeff)
Subject: Re: AMD K62-3d and 2.0.36
Date: 6 Jan 1999 12:28:56 -0500
In article <76qd3r$2jq$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, BL <no.spambots.please> wrote:
-Larry D Snyder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
-: I have been running a K2-350 at 400 for 2 weeks continuous without any
-: problems (NNTP/WWW server on the internet).. I think the key is getting a
-: solid motherboard. And it's much faster than a Pentium II or Celeron.
-
-I once thought so. then I did a test with 2 100mhz systems (as close as I
-could get, with parts on hand). I have:
-
-k6-2/300 128meg sdram
-p2-350 128meg sdram
-
-both at 100mhz bus.
-
-I did a 2.0.36 kernel compile with same options and the p2 system came in at
-under 3 minutes. the k6 system came in at well over 3 minutes.
-
-the difference was pretty significant - but I don't have the exact numbers
-handy. and both systems used the same kind of 7200 disk (udma).
Did I miss something here or is the P2 really being clocked 50 Mhz faster
than the K6-2? If so then I figure it would be no big deal that the P2 was
faster.
Clock both at the same speed and run the test again.
BAJ
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From: Kunal J Mehta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: HP printers compatible with linux
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1999 12:28:41 -0500
Hi,
I would like to know which of the latest HP deskjet printers are
compatible with the linux operating system, or where can I find such an
information.
Kunal Mehta
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Kunal Mehta
1429-K Spartan Village
East Lansing
MI 48823
Tel: 517-355 1054
E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Website: http://www.egr.msu.edu/~mehtakun
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From: Guillaume Cottenceau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Sound Blaster AWE64
Date: 06 Jan 1999 18:40:52 +0100
"Gary J Sanderson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> At the risk of sounding stupid (being new to Linux myself) I had the same
> problem, if you can get into Windows and make nots of the IRQ, DMA's &
> memory ranges (I think they're called). Then rename the isapnp.conf file to
> something else - then run sndconf. Hey..... it worked for me!
>
> I tried for ages to get the damn thing to work before removing the
> isapnp.conf file! My modem works too now!
>
> HTH, Gary.
>
>
Hmmm.
PnP cards are just usual cards, but their settings must be software-set at the
setup of a system.
This is the aim of isapnp, which reads isapnp.conf and then tell the card to set
up its IRQ, DMA and so on, to values specified in the file.
Now, it needs the "hard address" to being able to talk to the card at the setup.
This is the aim of pnpdump to talk to all PnP devices in one system, asking them
their address.
Pnpdump just generates a basic file, which you can modify, and it will be
isapnp.conf ; just edit it to set up the right settings.
Now it appears to be a good thing if you want to use Windows then warm boot to
Linux, to use the same settings, because the card can have problems being set to
other settings that Windows'.
"man isapnp.conf"
manpages rule.
--
"Power to the people. Linux is here." -- Matt Welsh
Guillaume Cottenceau, 4eme annee informatique, I.N.S.A Rennes.
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From: "Christopher J. Mark" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: ASUS P2B-S Motherbd, SONY DVD
Date: Wed, 06 Jan 1999 13:10:01 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I'm afraid I can't be much help, but I have a Creative Labs Dxr2
DVD-ROM, and SuSE 5.3 recognized it just fine (as a CD-ROM, that is). At
first it was set as Secondary slave due to my 3 HD's, but one of them
started dying, so I took it out, and rejumpered the DVD to be master
(still on the Secondary IDE controller) and there still was no problem.
Linux regards it as the LAST HD though, not as hda. (E.g. hdd when there
were 3 HD's and hdc now).
Dave M. Belk wrote:
>
> I still can't get it to recognize the Sony DVD that is on the IDE
> controller. I put in the "linux hda=cdrom" statement and it seems to
> make no difference. Looking at the messages (Ctrl-Alt-F3 or F4) it
> finds an ATAPI device type 17 on hda, which it says is unrecognized.
> Any ideas on this.
>
> Davy
>
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: Guillaume Cottenceau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: AMD K62-3d and 2.0.36
Date: 06 Jan 1999 18:35:42 +0100
Kazin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> Tim Kelley wrote:
> >
> > Is anyone running 2.0.x with an AMD? I have an intel P233 now, I am
> > considering switching. Is the K62 worth getting?
I've got lots of friends using 2.0.34/35/36 with a K6-233 without any trouble ;
I'm using it with a K6-2/333 just perfectly.
> > Also, it seems my kernel's already been "optimised" for intel 586 ...
> > will it boot if I plug an AMD in, or should I recompile first?
Anyway, the K6 is Pentium-MMX harware-compatible! :)
(and so is the K6-2...)
So don't forget to select "Pentium Processor" when compiling the kernel.
--
"Power to the people. Linux is here." -- Matt Welsh
Guillaume Cottenceau, 4eme annee informatique, I.N.S.A Rennes.
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From: Matthew Tackett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: ATI Mach64
Date: Wed, 06 Jan 1999 00:40:55 -0500
I have a Mach64 and it won't go over 8 bit display, anyone help?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kevin Martin)
Crossposted-To:
linux.redhat.install,comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: PLEASE HELP !!! PLEASE HELP !!!
Date: Wed, 06 Jan 1999 05:53:12 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Please don't feed the troll. Thanks.
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, it says Randal
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>My, how pleasent. Spend much time with street kids do you?
>
>On Tue, 05 Jan 1999, DG wrote:
[Nothing of any relevance to any of these many groups.]
--
Kevin Martin No-spam zone.
<brasscannon No prisoners. No warning shots.
@usa.net>
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Date: Fri, 01 Jan 1999 09:07:20 -0800
From: Geoffrey Anderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.misc,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage,comp.periphs,comp.periphs.scsi
Subject: Re: Travan NS20 tape drives?
Stephan Loescher wrote:
> Hi!
>
> Has anyone a Travan NS20 tape drive?
>
> [deleted for brevity]
>
> Are there great differences?
>
> What's the difference between Travan-5 and NS20?
>
> TIA!
>
> Stephan.
>
While my experience is mainly with TR4 drives, I feel I can help you out
a bit here. The native Travan drives do not have hardware compression.
That will require your main CPU to provide the horsepower to do the on
the fly data compression. The newer NS drives list hardware compression
as a feature. This is a "Good Thing". I recently went to a DDS2 drive
with hardware compression, and the load on the CPU went down
dramatically during a backup/verify cycle. I have to admit that I can
now play net quake during a backup without noticable loss of speed. IT
makes that much of a difference. Spend the extra money for an NS drive.
That said, I have had great experiences with Seagate drives. The
software they ship works well too (even though I now use BRU on Linux).
I have had so-so luck with an older Colorado drive. If you can afford
it, I am quite happy with my DAT drive, and the tapes are < $10.00.
A huge plus.
Remember, backup often, and verify EVERY time.
Geoff
>
> --
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> http://www.leo.org/~loescher/
> Try the LEO-archive: http://www.leo.org/archiv/archiv_e.html
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Date: 06 Jan 1999 19:50:00 +0200
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Heiner Kallweit)
Subject: Re: Ensoniq AudioPCI 1370 - SB64
> Hi
> I have problems with my Ensoniq AudioPCI 1370 (SoundBlaster 64/128 PCI) PnP.
> It reconizes the card when I type sndconfig, but then I can't select
> I/O, IRQ, or DMA. (Does it depends on the PnP?)
Don't bother with sndconfig. At least from the latest 2.1-kernels the SB64
is supported. I don't know if patches for 2.0-kernels are available.
Just choose ES1370. Give the card an interrupt in the BIOS, the rest is
automatic. My SB64 happily shares one interrupt with SCSI and works great.
> Bjorn W
Heiner
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* Heiner Kallweit, Berlin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> *
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From: Guillaume Cottenceau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Divde by zero error
Date: 06 Jan 1999 18:26:00 +0100
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>
> Has anyone experienced the following anomalies.
> I am installing RED hat 5.0 on my machine which consists of a 300 Mhz
> AMD with 64 Meg of Ram on a i430TX chipset motherboard. I also have a
> 1.2 Gig Fireball IDE HD and and 6.2 Meg WD IDE drive and a x40 IDE
> CD-ROM and a IDE ZIP
>
> The anomalies I'm experiencing is that when I try to install the OS the
> systems locks up and displays a divide by zero error message and a dump
> of what appears to be the contents of the stack. I have not experienced
> any problems under Win95.
>
> Could the problem be in the CPU or motherboard or a combination of both.
>
> Does any on have any ideas.
>
> Signed
> Confused
>
>
>
>
Linux is known to be much more sensitive upon hardware problems than Windows.
Are you sure that Win95 never locked without apparent reason? (within a normal
use Win95 nearly lock up, I must admit it)
Does the lock and divide by zero happens exactly at the same time, exactly doing
the same thing?
Is your Linux CDROM known to be a valid one?
Is the divide by zero happening while booting the floppy disk? (can be a problem
with the floppy!)
How old is your machine?
Is the processor overclocked?
--
"Power to the people. Linux is here." -- Matt Welsh
Guillaume Cottenceau, 4eme annee informatique, I.N.S.A Rennes.
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From: Jeff Tackett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: RHL is great but I need help setting up XF86
Date: Wed, 06 Jan 1999 00:48:27 -0500
I sent the last two messages with my brothers setting, they are the ones
from Matthew Tackett.
I would like a reply about getting MWave to work and the Mach64 to go
over 8 bit. I have tried startx --bpp 16 and that don't work.
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From: Codifex Maximus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Install problem - Redhat Linux on Maxtor HD
Date: Wed, 06 Jan 1999 13:56:57 -0600
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[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I am trying to install Redhat Linux 5.2 for the first time on my box. I have
> two Maxtor HD. One is 1.6GB and the second is 7.0GB EIDE. Due to the
> limitation in the BIOS. I am able to use only 2GB of the 7.0GB. When, I
> tried to install Redhat Linux, the machine hangs after this following
> section:
>
> hdb: hdb: dma_intr: Status =0x59 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest Error }
> hdb: dma_intr error=0x04 { DriveStatus Error }
>
> It goes through fine for the 1.6GB (hda)
> Model of 7.0GB : Maxtor EIDE 90720D5 (Ultra DMA Mode 2)
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Regards
> Magesh.
>
> -----------== Posted via Deja News, The Discussion Network ==----------
> http://www.dejanews.com/ Search, Read, Discuss, or Start Your Own
I think you were given a MaxBlast floppy with your harddrive. I didn't have to
use mine but there may be some tools on it that could help. The best thing to
do, though, would be to upgrade your BIOS (i.e. get a new motherboard). The BIOS
is having a hard time identifying your HD; you HD should be identified by the
BIOS as using a UDMA mode or something other than CylHdSec translation mode.
It's time to upgrade the motherboard.
--
Codifex Maximus
I tried to drown my problems but they can swim!
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[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
<BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE>I am trying to install Redhat Linux 5.2 for the first
time on my box. I have
<BR>two Maxtor HD. One is 1.6GB and the second is 7.0GB EIDE.
Due to the
<BR>limitation in the BIOS. I am able to use only 2GB of the 7.0GB.
When, I
<BR>tried to install Redhat Linux, the machine hangs after this following
<BR>section:
<P>hdb: hdb: dma_intr: Status =0x59 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest
Error }
<BR>hdb: dma_intr error=0x04 { DriveStatus Error }
<P>It goes through fine for the 1.6GB (hda)
<BR>Model of 7.0GB : Maxtor EIDE 90720D5 (Ultra DMA Mode 2)
<P>Any suggestions?
<P>Regards
<BR>Magesh.
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I think you were given a MaxBlast floppy with your harddrive.
I didn't have to use mine but there may be some tools on it that could
help. The best thing to do, though, would be to upgrade your BIOS
(i.e. get a new motherboard). The BIOS is having a hard time identifying
your HD; you HD should be identified by the BIOS as using a UDMA mode or
something other than CylHdSec translation mode.
<P>It's time to upgrade the motherboard.
<PRE>--
Codifex Maximus
I tried to drown my problems but they can swim!
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Support Dept.)
Subject: Re: 3c905b - Forcing speed?
Date: Wed, 06 Jan 1999 07:51:47 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Support Dept.)
[EMAIL PROTECTED] spake thusly and wrote:
>>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
>>
>>-----------== Posted via Deja News, The Discussion Network ==----------
>>http://www.dejanews.com/ Search, Read, Discuss, or Start Your Own
>hey, i had the same problem and i just set the media select to 10mbs
>and it works great.
Oh, that old problem. Run it as a module and try in conf.modules
alias eth0 3c59x
options 3c59x full_duplex=1 options=1 debug=0
(assuming you will be having full duplex with your 100 speed)
(also assuming you have a reasonably recent driver code)
No warranty express or implied and this might even ruin your computer!!!
(but it works fine here ;-) )
Steve
--
http://www.sellcom.com
Telecommunications and internet networking hardware
Cyclades / Siemens / STB / Zoom Modems & Cameras
Secure online ordering and special pricing
New 2.4ghz cordless phone at www.sellcom.com/awesome
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Date: Wed, 06 Jan 1999 11:26:35 -0800
From: "Eugene E. Devereaux" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: 3com 3C905B-TX Problem
Alex Ng wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I got a problem when probing 3com 3c905B TX (as it failed to recognise).
>
> Does anyone tell me how to install it please?
>
> Thanks in advance!
I run this card in my Linux box. ASUS P5A, AMD K6-2 333Mhz cpu running
Redhat 5.2 release. It works great right out of the box.
Cheers
Gene Devereaux
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Jason Taverner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.misc,linux.redhat.install
Subject: Linux on iDot computers?
Date: Wed, 06 Jan 1999 15:40:23 -0500
I'm looking for a really cheap disposable machine to putter around with
Linux on. iDot computers look plenty cheap. But I have no idea how
well suited they are.
Can anyone inform me? Thanks in advance.
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