Linux-Hardware Digest #154, Volume #9 Mon, 11 Jan 99 14:13:35 EST
Contents:
Re: Modem (Rockwell 56.6 PCI data/fax) probs (M. Buchenrieder)
Re: Help w/ Sun GDM-20D10 Monitor (Trinitron Tube) ("Steve Bell")
Lilo problems (Kostas Aboudolas)
Re: Lilo problems (John Dryselius)
Re: Help w/ Sun GDM-20D10 Monitor (Trinitron Tube) (Casper H.S. Dik - Network
Security Engineer)
Support for 32-bit CardBus PCMCIA under RH5.2 ("Ditlev Brodersen")
Dell PowerEdge 2300 + RedHat 5.2 ("Benoît Cousson")
Zip Zoom and Zip Plus driver problems ("Number 6")
Re: Drivers for Riva TNT (Carlie Coats)
Hp 820 cxi & linux (Andrew Male)
Using Targa+ Video Overlay Board ("Norm Dresner")
Serious problem after statx!! ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Software RAID on a Pentium 233? (Kevin Mills)
Re: monitor/keyboard/mouse switch advce requested (gus)
Re: fastest video card supported by redhat 5.2? (Erik Olson)
howto install SCSI driver for Adaptec 1505? ("Guenter")
Pace 56k Internal Modem Under Linux ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Choosing a HP color printer (David Fox)
Re: Sparc vs Intel (Erik Olson)
Re: Linux on iDot computers? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (M. Buchenrieder)
Subject: Re: Modem (Rockwell 56.6 PCI data/fax) probs
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1999 08:45:00 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rob Clark) writes:
>In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
>Dave Rodgman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>The modem appears to be completely dead. I have tried echoing commands to
>>/dev/modem and /dev/cua3, but nothing happens. It works fine under
>>Windows... albeit with a terrible ping. Does anyone know if I've been sold a
>>rebranded winmodem, or maybe have some suggestions?
>You probably have a Winmodem.
[...]
Right. This is a Rockwell HCF modem (don't know the actual ID string) .
Junk it.
Michael
--
Michael Buchenrieder * [EMAIL PROTECTED] * http://www.muc.de/~mibu
Lumber Cartel Unit #456 (TINLC) & Official Netscum
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From: "Steve Bell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.sys.sun.hardware,sci.electronics.repair
Subject: Re: Help w/ Sun GDM-20D10 Monitor (Trinitron Tube)
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1999 15:28:59 -0000
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message
<77d07k$ieq$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>Hello!
>
>I just picked up a Sun Sparcstation 2 with a Sun GDM-20D10 monitor. Soon
>after I booted the machine up I noticed two thin black lines running all
the
>way across the monitor. One is roughly 4" down from the top, and another is
>about 4" up from the bottom. I originally thought it may have been a cable
>problem, but reseating and/or flexing the video cable has no effect.
>
>I've heard that all (older? circa 1995?) Trinitron tubes exhibit these thin
>black lines, but I really hope that is not the case. They are VERY
noticable,
>especially once you become aware of them on a bright background .. I recall
a
>
>Any help is greatly appreciated!
>
>Mark
>
The lines you see are a natural feature of Trinitron CRT's. Without them the
fine wires that make up the aperture grill would be unstable. Most people
get used to them, I have 2 17" and 1 20" with Trintron CRT's in the office
here and never see the lines while I work. Then again I've heard of some
people returning Trinitron monitors as they could never get on with the 2
lines.
Steve Bell
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From: Kostas Aboudolas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Lilo problems
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1999 13:59:08 +0200
I have a machine with 2 hd, the one is Primary master and the second is
Secondary master.At Pimary master I have NT4.0(NTFS)
and at the second(FAT) I have installed Redhat 5.1.The first is hda(NT)
and the second is hdc, I have two partitions, one
Swap(hdc1) and one native(hdc2). I am trying to use NT Loader with the
known process ( the comman dd and the change at the
boot.ini in NT). The message I am getting when I am selecting Linux from
the menu NT,NT VGA,Linux is a black screen and <LI>
This is my lilo.conf:
boot=/dev/hdc2
map=/boot/map
install=/boot/boot.b
default=linux
prompt
timeout=50
image=/boot/vmlinux
label=linux
root=/dev/hdc2
read-only
other=/dev/hda1
label=NT 4.0
table=/dev/hda
When I am running sbin/lilo I get a message like this :
< Warning : /dev/hdc2 is not on the first disk
Added Linux*
Added Nt 4.0 >
Thank you, If you can imagine what the problem is, send me a mail.
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From: John Dryselius <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Lilo problems
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1999 13:54:39 +0100
Try add the following lines to lilo.conf:
disk=/dev/hdc
bios=0x81 (or 0x80, you should see that during booting)
The warning /dev/hdc2 is not on the first disk should disappear
/John
Kostas Aboudolas wrote:
>
> I have a machine with 2 hd, the one is Primary master and the second is
> Secondary master.At Pimary master I have NT4.0(NTFS)
> and at the second(FAT) I have installed Redhat 5.1.The first is hda(NT)
> and the second is hdc, I have two partitions, one
> Swap(hdc1) and one native(hdc2). I am trying to use NT Loader with the
> known process ( the comman dd and the change at the
> boot.ini in NT). The message I am getting when I am selecting Linux from
>
> the menu NT,NT VGA,Linux is a black screen and <LI>
>
> This is my lilo.conf:
>
> boot=/dev/hdc2
> map=/boot/map
> install=/boot/boot.b
> default=linux
> prompt
> timeout=50
> image=/boot/vmlinux
> label=linux
> root=/dev/hdc2
> read-only
> other=/dev/hda1
> label=NT 4.0
> table=/dev/hda
> When I am running sbin/lilo I get a message like this :
>
> < Warning : /dev/hdc2 is not on the first disk
> Added Linux*
> Added Nt 4.0 >
>
> Thank you, If you can imagine what the problem is, send me a mail.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Casper H.S. Dik - Network Security Engineer)
Crossposted-To: comp.sys.sun.hardware,sci.electronics.repair
Subject: Re: Help w/ Sun GDM-20D10 Monitor (Trinitron Tube)
Date: 11 Jan 1999 16:09:08 GMT
[[ PLEASE DON'T SEND ME EMAIL COPIES OF POSTINGS ]]
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>I've heard that all (older? circa 1995?) Trinitron tubes exhibit these thin
>black lines, but I really hope that is not the case. They are VERY noticable,
>especially once you become aware of them on a bright background .. I recall a
>Sony CPD-1304 monitor I had quite a few years ago developing this problem
>after a few years of use. I never investigated the issue with that model as I
>moved up to a larger unit. This 21" GDM-20D10 seems to have a very high
>quality picture (with the exception of the two lines) so I'm hoping there is
>a fix for this problem!
No,, all Trinitron monitors have these two lines (or one on smaller 14"
monitors).
It's a small support wire soldered behind the mask.
The newest Trinitron's still have them.
Casper
--
Expressed in this posting are my opinions. They are in no way related
to opinions held by my employer, Sun Microsystems.
Statements on Sun products included here are not gospel and may
be fiction rather than truth.
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From: "Ditlev Brodersen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Support for 32-bit CardBus PCMCIA under RH5.2
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1999 17:20:10 +0100
I need some help configuring a 32-bit PCMCIA network adapter card (the
CardBus standard) under RedHat Linux 5.2, more specifically Accton EN2220
10/100 Mbit. This card is different from the EN2212/EN2216 series which are
only 16-bit cards. My impression is that I will need to compile and 'insmod'
a loadable kernel module myself.
My notebook is a SONY VAIO PCG-812, P-II 233, 64MB, 4GB, NeoMagic graphics
serving X via the XBF extension to XFree86.
Does anyone have experience with this situation?
Thanks in advance,
Ditlev Brodersen
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From: "Benoît Cousson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Dell PowerEdge 2300 + RedHat 5.2
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1999 14:16:11 +0100
Hello.
I'm thinking about building a server for linux and
would like any feedback on the hardware I'm considering based on Dell
PowerEdge 2300-350.
Chipset Intel 440 BX
SCSI adapter: - AIC7890 Ultra-2 LVD
- AIC7860 Ultra-Narrow SCSI
Intel EtherExpress Pro 10/100 Plus PCI
Is this hardware compatible with Red Hat 5.2?
Thanks in advance.
benoit Cousson.
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From: "Number 6" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Zip Zoom and Zip Plus driver problems
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1999 11:59:37 -0500
I have the Zip Plus drive and use the Zip Zoom Scsi card. I load the drivers
for the aha152x card compiling the kernel and load them at boot time using
the append line in LILO. I set the presets to the address, IRQ, SCSI id and
LUn, as dictated by the card jumper. The problem is when the card loads it
is detected but it says the IRQ is wrong. As well the device cannot be
detected and the driver probes for many ids (I assume for the id of the
drive). I have tried everything, but the driver does not want to work right.
Any suggestions (I can use them all)?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Carlie Coats)
Subject: Re: Drivers for Riva TNT
Date: 11 Jan 1999 11:45:35 -0500
In article <777go5$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Patryn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hello, I've just installed Red Hat 5.2 and I can't use anything that is in
> Graphic mode. In the list of RH 5.2 was the Riva 128 but not Riva TNT.
> Anyone can tell me where can I find the drivers for my video card.
Get the XFree86 3.3.3-1 RPMs from updates.redhat.com
That's what I'm using on my machine for my Riva TNT-based STB 4400
-- Carlie Coats
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Andrew Male)
Subject: Hp 820 cxi & linux
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1999 10:48:40 -0000
Hallo
is my Hp 820 cxi usable under Linux ?
Thanks !
Andrew
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From: "Norm Dresner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Using Targa+ Video Overlay Board
Date: 11 Jan 1999 13:43:17 GMT
I need to get a Targa+ video overlay board running under linux. Since it's
only being used as an auxiliary overlay board and not being used as the
main display, I probably don't need XFree86 drivers, but I need a way to
get the board configured and running.
I'd appreciate any suggestions, hints, pointers, links, URL's, and even a
note of sympathy or two.
Thanx
Norm
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Serious problem after statx!!
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1999 01:55:32 GMT
Hi there,
My computer is IBM PC 300GL,videocard is Cirrus Logic 5465 with 2M VRAM.
The Xwindow can be nomally start up, but after a while the machine will be
dead. help me pls!!
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kevin Mills)
Subject: Re: Software RAID on a Pentium 233?
Date: 11 Jan 1999 17:56:53 GMT
In article <IJsS0mRP#[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] says...
>It really depends on what you have planned for the server. If you want it
>to be a file server (and rarely log into the machine at the console) - then
>a Pentium 233 is an excellent processor. A dual-processor configuration
>wouldn't necessarily help because of modern UDMA chipsets and the fact that
>the bottleneck is almost always at the ethernet card level. If you plan on
>using the machine to do many different tasks, consider a faster processor:
>K6-300 is an excellent inexpensive card that can do the job quite nicely.
This will be a file server for other machines in a small network (5 to 10
Windows machines and 2 other Linux machines) running at 100 Mbit. It will also
serve as an X workstation for me (which is why I was considering a dual
processor).
I'm hoping that loading programs (like Microsoft Word) will be faster when
loaded from the Linux file server since the Windows machines are older and not
using SCSI or Ultra DMA IDE drives. Am I being realistic?
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From: gus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: monitor/keyboard/mouse switch advce requested
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1999 18:11:14 +0000
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Not A Number wrote:
>
> Hi folx-
>
> I am looking to set up a second machine for pure linux. To avoid
> duplicating all this stuff, I am thinking of a monitor/keyboard/mouse
> switch. A two-way switch seems fine, although I would go to three or
> four if the marginal cost wasn't much.
>
> If anyone has a story to tell or a device to recommend/avoid I'd
> appreciate hearing from you.
>
> Also, to check my assumption: I assume that I can use this to switch
> back and forth between machines while both are on and running, right?
> I know that the keyboard controller chip in PCs has/had something to
> do with memory (A20 line?) but hardware really isn't my thing and I
> have no idea what the implications of that are.
>
> Thanks in advance for any pointers or other help. ;)
I have travelled quite a learning curve on this one. Here is my
experience ...
Bought a cheap (£29 -- that is 29 British Pounds if the £ does not work
for you) mechanical switch whic many people describe as the A-B switch.
I needed to buy extension cables for mouse (PS/2) keyboard, and monitor.
I have a Win98 machine driving the monitor at 1280x1024 (up to 1600x1200
with the new Matrox G200 now) and the Linux machine on a Millenium II
card. I was expecting great things, and was sorely disappointed.
Firstly, the mouse expects almost constant connection to the machine,
and suffers a delay at switch while the protocol resyncs or something.
Next, the microsoft Intellimouse with wheel thing is my mouse of choice,
and I believe that most mice use one less pin in the PS/2 connector than
the intellimouse, and the mechanical box simply ignored this pin, so the
intellimouse caused great constenation.
Third, the image on the monitor was slightly wobbly at 800x600, and
downwrite unacceptable at my expected 1280x1024 resolution. Headaches
from the image vibration occurred after about 1 minute ;-0
I upgraded the cables from these cheap pencil thin jobs to sheilded
"quality" cables. The shake was much reduced, but there was still too
much for comfort.
I also removed the mouse from the switch mechanism, and used two.
Still upset by the quality, I bought CRT terminal software to connect to
the linux machine, and installed VNC which is free software which allows
you to capture your one computer's screen to a window in your other
machine (assuming a network link). Disconnected the switch totally.
While I am at it, I started the process with a Trio64(something) card in
the Linux machine, and it would only boot up as black and white if the
monitor was not switched to the linux box. THe windows machine would
bitch incessantly if the keyboard was not "attached" at boot time.
Then forked out a packet for the Omniview product. E-mail me for details
of the product, but this is a "digital" switch. It emulates keyboard and
mouse and monitor to the machines it is *not* switched to, and all
machines boot fine. I still have problems with the intellimouse, and I
use two still! I can run the Windows machine at it's maximum 1600x1200
with only a little wobble. I have settled on my "happy" 1280x1024 for
the windows machine, and I have a slight wobble only on the bottom left
of my screen.
I have not been able to get hold of very high quality short monitor
cables. I would like to. Currently they are both 3 meters, and I find
the "wobble" changes depending on where I run the cables. I started with
them coiled up, and it was horrendous.
As an aside, the manual box used true "extension" cables for the
monitor, i.e. it had one male and one female connector. The digital
boxes seem to all have "switch" cables which are male at both ends.
Means if you "upgraded" like me, then you had to buy a new set of
monitor cables anyway.
All in all, I would say that my learning experience has cost me £400
(excluding time) which I am writing off to "school fees". If you are
keen on image quality, do not waste your money on the mechanical box,
and be sure to read the specs of the digital box.
gus
P.S. I am selling some cables ... ;-)
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From: Erik Olson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: fastest video card supported by redhat 5.2?
Date: 11 Jan 1999 18:16:58 GMT
Nicholas Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Oded Arbel wrote:
>
>> I think that the RivaTNT I use is realy fast.. unlike most cards I
>> heard about, this one is just a litle slower in X-Windows then in win95,
>> and it is definetly blazing fast.
>> Oded
> I guess benchmarking is difficult, how have you actually compared them?
> How quickly it redraws the screen with multiply windows in it?
Try x11perf and Xmarks, http://www.xig.com has some nice pages and files
of Xmarks of its Accelerated X driver vs. the XFree one.
> I was considering the G200 instead because I thought that the TNT was
> slower in linux. I might have to reconsider.
Now what would really be nice is for someone with a TNT card to run x11perf
and post this and the Xmarks. Here is a dump of some Xmarks:
Matrox G200 16bpp 233MHz P2 Xi server
weighted x11perf of Xi Graphics, Inc. server = 52343
Weighted x11perf of SparcStation 1 server = 2119
Xmark = 24.7075
Matrox G200 16bpp 350MHz P2 Xi server
Weighted x11perf of Xi Graphics, Inc. server = 66552
Weighted x11perf of SparcStation 1 server = 2119
Xmark = 31.4147
Matrox G200 16bpp 450MHz P2 XFree server
Weighted x11perf of The XFree86 Project, Inc server = 50704
Weighted x11perf of SparcStation 1 server = 2119
Xmark = 23.9338
Sun Ultra2 dual processor 360MHz, accel video hwd, Sun X server
Weighted x11perf of Sun Microsystems, Inc. server = 47514
Weighted x11perf of SparcStation 1 server = 2119
Xmark = 22.4278
As you can see the 233MHz P2 with Xi's server is faster than a
450MHz P2 with the XFree86. Now how much of this is real performance
and how much is tweaked is a question for x11perf. When you look at the
raw x11perf data you see that the common X ops are indeed faster with
Xi's server but so are the rather useless ops that aren't used often,
and some of these are 10X faster thus un-realisticly weighing the Xmark
in Xi's favor.
I haven't tried the Xi server yet, but for the people who have, is it
really 30% faster as the benchmarks say?
erik olson
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From: "Guenter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: howto install SCSI driver for Adaptec 1505?
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1999 10:07:45 -0500
I'm running linux 2.0.35 and I can't fnd any options for the adaptec 1505.
If there is a module what is the name?
Thanks for any hint
Gunter
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Pace 56k Internal Modem Under Linux
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1999 16:51:55 GMT
I have a Pace Internal 56k modem, and I can't get linux to recognise it. Is
there any way to get this thing working?
Many Thanks
Rgds
Stuart J. Ewen
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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)
Subject: Re: Choosing a HP color printer
Date: 11 Jan 1999 10:19:56 -0800
Johan Pelgrim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I'm about to buy a color printer.
> Since I have good experience with my HP Deskjet 500, I think it's going
> to be a Hewlett Packard again.
>
> I've heard some bad stories about windows-only printers and don't want
> to make that mistake.
> So has anyone good experiences with one of the following printers:
> HP 420C
> HP 670C
> HP 710C
> HP 720C
> Which one is the best?
Why not consider an Epson Photo 700? Currently I have all HP
printers, but their whole Winprinter thing is too confusing for me to
buy another.
--
David Fox http://hci.ucsd.edu/dsf xoF divaD
UCSD HCI Lab baL ICH DSCU
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From: Erik Olson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Sparc vs Intel
Date: 11 Jan 1999 18:32:12 GMT
Dug Birdzell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I am about to set up RedHat 5.2 and I have 2 options for hardware:
> a sparc station 20 with 2x75mhz HyperSparc processors, 96mb ram and
> approx 4gb hd for $2000, vs a Dell with 1 350mhz pentium II, 128mb ram
> and 8gb hard disk, for $2100.
No contest, you are comparing 1994 technology vs 1998 technology.
The 2x75MHz HyperSparc's are going to be about 2 x 2 SPEC95 ints = 4 vs
14 SPEC95 ints for a 350MHz P2 and 17 SPEC95 ints for a 450MHz P2.
Also $2100 seems expensive for this Dell, I put together a similar system
several months ago, 450MHz P2, 128M 6.4G HD, Matrox G200, Intel Seattle
motherboard from a local vendor which can be had for less than $1300 today.
> the promise of more speed makes the Dell attractive, yet the sun's
> multiprocessing architecture could render that point moot.
Best case you're talking 4 SPEC95 ints vs 14 and thats for something
that is 100% parallel and cache based. I have great memories of
using Sparc20s many years ago, they were great machines for the time,
but like I said, that was years ago.
erik olson
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.misc,linux.redhat.install
Subject: Re: Linux on iDot computers?
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1999 18:25:57 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Jason Taverner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 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.
>
Jason,
We will be offering Linux on our machines shortly. We have been wanting to
launch it sooner, but other things have taken precedent.
Thanks,
Greg Rychlik
>
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