Linux-Hardware Digest #196, Volume #9 Sun, 17 Jan 99 02:13:45 EST
Contents:
Re: 3DLabs Permedia2 and Redhat5.2, X problems (#1) (Dwight Payne)
Re: Modem trouble (Mircea)
Ditto Max Tape drive - Success ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: LILO trashes Toshiba portable IDE drive (David Maslen)
Matrox Rainbow Runner support in Linux ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Hard Disk corruption ("Arif Islam")
Re: Newcom 56kefxA v90 External modem doesn't work with Linux. ("Wing")
Re: linux support for expanded memory? (Paul Hovnanian)
DirecPC ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: RH52 Linux/SPARC: h/d boot problem (BuckCherry)
Re: Want Linux bogomips numbers for Intel PII-450 (Blaine Lupulack)
Re: Time to split up the newsgroup?? (BuckCherry)
Re: Will winmodems ever be supported?? (John Mock)
Re: DirecPC (Kevin Martin)
ESS Sound Card Problem ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
3DLabs Permedia2 and Redhat5.2, X problems (#1) (Martin Schultz)
Re: Want Linux bogomips numbers for Intel PII-450 (Jeremy Crabtree)
Re: USB ("Hans Mondeel")
Re: Large IDE drives (Simone Piccardi)
Netgear FA310TX and Redhat 5.2, tulip installation (#2) (Martin Schultz)
Re: PLEASE HELP ME W/ HW Config (BuckCherry)
iomega 2GB jaz drive (with iomega SCSI) and RedHat 5.2, installation (Martin Schultz)
Linux compatiblity with Colorado tape drives. ("Patrick D. Rockwell")
Re: Linux compatiblity with Colorado tape drives. ("Patrick D. Rockwell")
Re: AGP Creative Labs TNT - HELP! (King Nothing)
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From: Dwight Payne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: 3DLabs Permedia2 and Redhat5.2, X problems (#1)
Date: Sun, 17 Jan 1999 04:46:46 GMT
Martin Schultz wrote:
> After a week of frustration, I realize I should probably have looked
> into
> the hardware compatibility lists before I got this fancy new computer
> from Microcenter (a PowerSpec6320). There are several hardware
> components
> that are not supported by Redhat Linux 5.2:
> * a 3DLabs Permedia 2 graphics card
> * a Netgear Fast Ethernet adapter FA310TX
> * a iomega SCSI adapter (came with the new 2GB jaz drive)
[big snip]
I can't help you with the graphics or SCSI adapter problem, but most of the
NetGear 10/100 network adapters use the Digital Tulip chip, and it is well
supported in Linux. In face, when I just installed one the other day in an
NT machine for a client, I noticed that they had a Linux folder on the
installation diskette, and it held driver code that you could Make to
install
it in Linux if your kernel doesn't have it by default.
Having said all of this, I am not sure if your adaptor is the same one
(but the name looks like the same card), and I have recently seen
NetGear cards whose chip says NetGear, but I thought that was just
a branding silkscreen on the same old Digital chip (but I could be wrong).
Good luck,
Dwight
std.disclaimer(TRUE); -- Speaking for myself only.
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From: Mircea <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Modem trouble
Date: Fri, 15 Jan 1999 23:16:56 -0500
Reply-To: stNOamasdATexSPAMciteDOTcom
You have a winmodem. It will not work in Linux, no matter what you do.
MST
Habib Najm wrote:
>
> I have a Diamond Supra 56K V.90 PCI voice/fax modem on a new 300MHz Intel
> PC, with the SE440BX motherboard (sound on board). I run the system under
> either Win98 or linux RH5.2. On the windows side I can access the modem with
> no problems. It is on COM2, port 0x02f8-0x02ff.
>
> On the linux side, it does not look like the OS sees the modem at all. Here
> are the symptoms.
>
> 1. cat /proc/interrupts gives nothing on IRQ 3 or 4, and no serial IRQ is
> evident.
> 2. mincom tries to dial a number on the modem, but of course nothing
> happens, the phone line is free.
> 3. I tried, using setserial, to assign IRQ 3 to cua1 (or ttyS1) but it did
> not help matters
> 4. also tried to connect to the modem in linuxconf to no avail.
> 5. setserial -a /dev/ttyS1 gave an unknown uart. I was able to set it
> manually to 16550, did not help.
>
> After looking at the HOWTO, it looks like part of the problem may be the IRQ
> seting windows is using for the modem.
> When I check on windows, I find the modem on IRQ11, with automatic setting
> checked. Also looks like other things are on IRQ11. The HOWTO suggests that
> I should change this so that the modem has a fixed unique IRQ, 3 or 4.
>
> Am I correct in this conclusion? If so, any clues on how to do this safely
> on the windows side and keep things running?
> If this is not the problem, any clues or diagnostic recommendations are
> welcome.
>
> Thanks.
> H.Najm
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Ditto Max Tape drive - Success
Date: Sun, 17 Jan 1999 03:08:05 GMT
For anyone who's trying to get the Ditto Max(mine is the 3.5gig type) tape
drive to work with RH 5.2(kernel 2.0.36), after messing with it for 2 weeks,
i got it to work. All of my tapes are full right now, so I have not written
anything but at least it recognizes the drive and can read the tape.
If anyone is still having problems with it, feel free to email me.
joe
http://www.oracle-dba.com
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From: David Maslen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.portable
Subject: Re: LILO trashes Toshiba portable IDE drive
Date: 16 Jan 1999 15:20:48 +1100
So you tried booting with a dos floppy and typing fdisk /mbr ?
And the drive was still wrecked after that?
Very strange. If it's truely destroyed, then certainly I think linux
users, OS2 users and anyone who would contemplate using an different
boatloader should be warned. I reckon you need to confirm your sources
first though. It sounds unlikely to me.
--
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243 Brunswick Street, Fitzroy, Melbourne, Australia. 3pm - 1am
http://www.binary.net.au/ Running on Debian/GNU Linux
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: alt.comp.periphs.videocards.matrox
Subject: Matrox Rainbow Runner support in Linux
Date: Sat, 16 Jan 1999 03:50:31 GMT
I was wondering if anyone was working on drivers for this
piece of hardware (under Video 4 Linux). If not, I might
have the information necessary to start working on support.
Email me directly.
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From: "Arif Islam" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Hard Disk corruption
Date: 17 Jan 1999 04:07:12 GMT
Hello, I have been having problems running Debian Linux on my computer. It
is a Celeron 266 using a Abit BH6 motherboard and a 4.3Gb Fujitsu HD. It
seems that Linux is able to read from the drive correctly but whenever it
tries to write to the disk it corrupts the data. I have tried moving the
HD to another computer and installing from there. This worked fine so I am
pretty sure the HD is not the problem. However when I moved the HD back to
the Celeron computer I encountered data corruption again. The corruption
also seems quite severe ie not just a few bad bytes (more like complete
garbage). I was wondering if there is any way to solve this problem.
Could it be a problem with this specific motherboard? Or could it be a
combination of the motherboard and HD. I seem to be at a loss with this
problem. Any help in this matter would be greatly appreciated.
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From: "Wing" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Newcom 56kefxA v90 External modem doesn't work with Linux.
Date: 15 Jan 1999 20:37:52 PST
I think there is another model without voice that is compatible with linux.
check it out.
Regards,
Wing
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From: Paul Hovnanian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: linux support for expanded memory?
Date: Sat, 16 Jan 1999 20:56:53 -0800
Dick Repasky wrote:
>
> Does linux support expanded memory? I can't find a definitive statement
> one way or the other. The Hardware-HOWO says dram, sram, and edo, but
> I do not know whether expanded memory qualifies as dram.
>
> The XMS information from DOS msd.exe is XMS XMS Version: 3.00.
XMS and EMS are DOS software drivers used to address memory above 640K.
Linux will support pretty much any system memory you can put into the
system. The key here is 'system memory'.
> If the memory isn't supported, with it foul up the kernel if the
> board stays in the computer?
When you say "the board", are you refering to system memory? That is,
memory that is on the system's memory bus. On most motherboards, this
is in the form of SIMMs although I have an old Compaq 386 that has memory
expansion boards that plug into special motherboard slots. Linux handles
this just fine. Yeah, I've still got a 386 running Linux. It runs all
my old DOS S/W via dosemu just fine and I can run it over my LAN on X).
On the other hand, there were some memory boards that plugged into ISA
I/O slots (the ones you plug other interface cards into). These required
special drivers to address, but this stuff pretty much died out with
the PC/XT architectures, which won't run linux anyway.
--
Paul Hovnanian mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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nor can it be returned without a receipt.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: DirecPC
Date: Sat, 16 Jan 1999 04:57:49 GMT
Greetings;
Is anyone out there using DirecPC under Linux? I know that
Helius makes a driver/proxy package for the decoder card; does it work
well? Anyone running it under SuSE? I was hoping for perhaps something
a bit less expensive than that package for home-only use. Any
alternatives? Thanks for any info.
--Eoin
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (BuckCherry)
Subject: Re: RH52 Linux/SPARC: h/d boot problem
Date: 16 Jan 1999 05:07:28 GMT
Wish I could help ya. I just loaded 5.2 on a SparcClassic just the other day
and the install, as well as the SILO boot, went without a hitch. Some things,
such as sound and screensavers, aren't working though. I've been all over the
net searching for "sound" advice but there isn't any.
I purchased the CD package from RedHat and booted off the CD w/o a problem
with my PROM version being 2.9.
NFS loading may have corrupted the boot image??? So far RedHat states that
there are no reported problems in loading and using 5.2 on a Sparc. Your model
is supported so I would venture to say corruption.
Just a thought from the peanut gallery.
-Dave-
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From: Blaine Lupulack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.sys.intel,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.arch,alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: Want Linux bogomips numbers for Intel PII-450
Date: Sat, 16 Jan 1999 21:57:24 -0800
Rod Roark wrote:
> Bjorn Lindgren <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >Hi, anyone run Linux on Intel PII-450 that can post the
> >bogomips number from /proc/cpuinfo
> >
> >Want numbers from as many diffrent ppl as possible.
>
> Somewhere between 450 and 451... I forget the exact number offhand.
> But you know it's not useful as a benchmark, right?
>
For Intel chips, the bogomips rating is approx. the same as the MHz. For
AMD, it's 2xMHz..
And yes, it's a useless benchmark ( bogus - mips ). Near as I recall,
it's strictly for the OS to
determine how many NOP's are req'd for a 1sec pause.
--
Blaine Lupulack
BC, Canada
--
An optimist is one who feels that we live in the best of all possible
worlds, a pessimist is one who fears he may be right...
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (BuckCherry)
Subject: Re: Time to split up the newsgroup??
Date: 16 Jan 1999 05:22:19 GMT
Awesome idea. Architecture specific groups coupled with devices would be a
great help also. But would anyone post to them????
-Dave-
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: John Mock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Will winmodems ever be supported??
Date: 16 Jan 1999 19:56:51 -0800
Is there any work in progress to add support for winmodems to linux??
It will be a matter of someone convincing one of the modem manufacturers
to release enough information to do this. And then later, to get other
manufacturers to follow suit. Since that's a political/economic issue
and not a technical one, who knows when (or if) this might happen.
Without technical information, LINUX support is not feasible, and so for
all practical purpose, the answer is NO.
So, call them 'LoseModems' and forget about them for a long time, if you
can.
-- KD6PAG (Networking Old-Timer, "F newbie")
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kevin Martin)
Subject: Re: DirecPC
Date: Sat, 16 Jan 1999 05:48:32 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, it says [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Is anyone out there using DirecPC under Linux?
Well, I tried... RH and Caldera both. Then NT. The only way I can get this
birdbath to work at all is a specific version of the Hughes Win95 software.
Period. Can't go back to their 1.6D, can't go forward to their 2.015.
>I know that Helius makes a driver/proxy package for the decoder card; does
> it work well?
Wasn't able to get it working at all and Helius was of little help in
figuring out why. They appear (IMHO) to have spent about twice as much
effort on their license manager as they did on the product they're
licensing. (Not really, but perception is a subjective thing.)
> Anyone running it under SuSE?
They (say that they) support RedHat and Caldera. Why it should matter, I
dunno -- I'd think that glibc vs libc5 and the kernel version would matter
more than anything else. But RH does have its little eccentricities....
>I was hoping for perhaps something a bit less expensive than that package
>for home-only use.
You can say THAT again! :-(
> Any alternatives?
Someone posted to c.o.l.networking and claimed that they had it working
using a variation on IP masq. (Which sounds unlikely; Hughes DES-encrypts
everything they put over the bird.) I asked for more info but they haven't
replied. If you find out anything, please post. I certainly will.
PS
If you can read alt.satellite.direcpc, it might change your mind about
subscribing. I don't have any high-speed alternative myself, and for me it
works more or less as advertised. But I'm grandfathered on a pricing plan
they no longer offer, too. I wouldn't touch their new plans with a ten foot
pole.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: ESS Sound Card Problem
Date: Sun, 17 Jan 1999 05:18:47 GMT
I'm running RedHat Linux 5.2 on a P166/32 MB RAM, etc etc etc.
With an ESS1689 PnP sound card!
Sndconfig detects the card fine, but when it tries to play the sample sound,
it quits because the 'device or resource busy'. Grrr.
lsmod doesn't show any obviously unnecessary c**p. I tried using 'insmod
sound' and 'modprobe sound' and both came up with the 'device or resource
busy' message. WTF is going on?
I read the Sound-HOWTO and it *didn't* help. Read it again. And again.
During the system startup when the rc.sysinit script tries to detect the sound
card, it comes up with the same error as well.
This is really ticking me off. Also, it does the same thing with my Iomega
ZIP drive, and I can't figure out why either.
I'm a _newbie_, but lay it on thick. If you give me a message full of
technogarble, that's great! It'll keep me busy looking it all up to see what
it means!
Long Live The Penguin!
Christopher
-= Nothing is more uncommon than common sense =-
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From: Martin Schultz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: 3DLabs Permedia2 and Redhat5.2, X problems (#1)
Date: Sat, 16 Jan 1999 00:34:34 -0500
After a week of frustration, I realize I should probably have looked
into
the hardware compatibility lists before I got this fancy new computer
from Microcenter (a PowerSpec6320). There are several hardware
components
that are not supported by Redhat Linux 5.2:
* a 3DLabs Permedia 2 graphics card
* a Netgear Fast Ethernet adapter FA310TX
* a iomega SCSI adapter (came with the new 2GB jaz drive)
In this message, I would like to describe my troubles with X and the
graphics
card. Without help from you folks I would probably give up on linux ...
After I searched www.xfree86.org for Permedia 2, I realized that I would
have
to download version 3.3.3-1 (Redhat 5.2 ships 3.3.2), including a 3DLabs
driver.
Using the rpm commands as indicated worked fine
rpm -K --nopgp *rpm
rpm -Uvh --force XFree86*
and when I query the current modules with
rpm -qa | grep XFree
I get the new ones listed.
As I understand, I now have to run xf86config to configure the X server.
This seems to be straightforward; I figured if I specify everything as
plain
VGA, chances ar best to arrive at some result. However, I must skip the
X-only probe, otherwise my screen goes blank and into some undefined
mode.
Afterwards I looked at my XF86Config file (which doesn't tell me too
much,
I must admit), and I made sure that the path where it resides
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11 is included in PATH (after /usr/X11R6/bin).
Then I try startx, and my screen goes blank with the same symptoms as
before.
Ctrl-Alt + changes nothing, and Ctrl-Alt back has no effect either. The
only thing
that helps is Ctrl-Alt-Del (= shutdown).
My monitor is a Korea Data 9500, i.e. a 19" thing that can display
1280x1024 with
16M colors and 80Hz under Win98.
QUESTIONS:
* What could cause this behaviour?
* What do I have to enter into the XF86Config file in order to have
linux understand
my graphics card?
* Are there any other files that I have to modify in order to be able to
run X?
* Are there any commands I have to issue in order to make the X server
work?
Thanks VERY much for any help!!!!
Martin.
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===================================================================
Dr. Martin Schultz
Department for Engineering&Applied Sciences, Harvard University
109 Pierce Hall, 29 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA-02138, USA
phone: (617)-496-8318
fax : (617)-495-4551
e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Internet-homepage: http://www-as.harvard.edu/people/staff/mgs/
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jeremy Crabtree)
Crossposted-To: comp.sys.intel,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.arch,alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: Want Linux bogomips numbers for Intel PII-450
Date: 17 Jan 1999 05:39:46 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Rod Roark allegedly wrote:
>Bjorn Lindgren <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>Hi, anyone run Linux on Intel PII-450 that can post the
>>bogomips number from /proc/cpuinfo
>>
>>Want numbers from as many diffrent ppl as possible.
>
>Somewhere between 450 and 451... I forget the exact number offhand.
>But you know it's not useful as a benchmark, right?
Useless though it may be, I saw a PII/300 that got 599
--
"Being myself a remarkably stupid fellow, I have had to unteach myself the
difficulties, and now beg to present to my fellow fools the parts that are
not hard" --Silvanus P. Thompson, from "Calculus Made Easy."
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From: "Hans Mondeel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: USB
Date: Sun, 17 Jan 1999 07:11:18 +0100
Look at http://wwwhome.cs.utwente.nl/~ia_ric/uusbd-www/index.html
There are people wordking on the USB...
Walter L. Williams heeft geschreven in bericht
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>Good afernoon
>
>Is there any one out there know if Linux
>supports Universal Serial Bus?
>
>Reguards
>
>Walter L. Williams
>
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From: Simone Piccardi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Large IDE drives
Date: Fri, 15 Jan 1999 16:58:30 +0100
I'm running on a sistem with a 12.7 Gb Hd, so I don't think that tour Hd
will be a problem. You can have some trouble if you have more than 8Gb,
but with what you have you must only to say to lilo (and to the bios if
it is not too old) to use linear mode (LBA).
In any case the 2.0.36 kernel should recognize your geometry
automatically, be suer that you are using a new distribution (like
RH5.2).
In any case the Large Disk Mini HOWTO is your best friend.
Bye
Simone
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From: Martin Schultz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.os.networking,[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Netgear FA310TX and Redhat 5.2, tulip installation (#2)
Date: Sat, 16 Jan 1999 01:05:13 -0500
--
===================================================================
Dr. Martin Schultz
Department for Engineering&Applied Sciences, Harvard University
109 Pierce Hall, 29 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA-02138, USA
phone: (617)-496-8318
fax : (617)-495-4551
e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Internet-homepage: http://www-as.harvard.edu/people/staff/mgs/
===================================================================After
a week of frustration, I realize I should probably have looked
into
the hardware compatibility lists before I got this fancy new computer
from Microcenter (a PowerSpec6320). There are several hardware
components
that are not supported by Redhat Linux 5.2:
* a 3DLabs Permedia 2 graphics card
* a Netgear Fast Ethernet adapter FA310TX
* a iomega SCSI adapter (came with the new 2GB jaz drive)
In this message, I would like to describe my troubles with the Netgear
Fast Ethernet card FA310TX. I really need your help on this one!
My web search found a reference to a tulip driver that supports this
card under
http://maximus.bmen.tulane.edu/~siekas/tulip.html
including some hints for building this driver and installing it "into"
RedHat linux 5.0.
After compilation
gcc -DMODVERSIONS -DMODULE -D__KERNEL__ -I/usr/src/linux/include/net
-Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -O6 -c tulip.c
(I had to change the -I parameter from /usr/src/linux/net/inet)
I copied tulip.o into /lib/modules/2.0.36-07/net
Then I tried
depmod -a
which told me that tulip.o has unresolved symbols. (Please see a list of
those symbols below (depmode -ea)).
I installed about every package from RedHat 5.2 that just faintly
smelled like it could be needed for networking, but I still got the same
result.
__inw
__inlc
__outlc
__outwc
virt_to_phys
suser
skb_put
__constant_memcpy
__inwc
__constant_c_memset
__memory
init_timer
phys_to_virt
mark_bh
__constant_c_and_count_memset
skb_reserve
set_bit
clear_bit
__outl
__outw
__memset_generic
__inl
Can anyone tell me what's wrong here?
Also, once I will (hopefully) have "linked" the driver, I wonder how I
can get
it to work (the description says to include
alias eth0 tulip
options tulip options=X debug=Y
in /etc/conf.modules
Is that all?? Is the options number unique ? Or can one "network cable"
serve more than one configuration?
How do I then configure the network so that it knows my PC and the rest
of the world? (Note that I cannot use any X tool so far, since I am also
having trouble with my graphics card ...)
Any help much appreciated,
Martin.
===================================================================
Dr. Martin Schultz
Department for Engineering&Applied Sciences, Harvard University
109 Pierce Hall, 29 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA-02138, USA
phone: (617)-496-8318
fax : (617)-495-4551
e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Internet-homepage: http://www-as.harvard.edu/people/staff/mgs/
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (BuckCherry)
Subject: Re: PLEASE HELP ME W/ HW Config
Date: 16 Jan 1999 05:16:11 GMT
There is a keystroke sequence that I'm a little rusty on. Its along the lines
of cntrl +, or cntrl-alt-+, or some damn thing like that! The sequence is
performed while you are in X windows. Using the key sequence will change your
resolution.
Sorry but its the best I can remember.
-Dave-
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Martin Schultz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: iomega 2GB jaz drive (with iomega SCSI) and RedHat 5.2, installation
Date: Sat, 16 Jan 1999 01:07:18 -0500
After a week of frustration, I realize I should probably have looked
into the hardware compatibility lists before I got this fancy new
computer
from Microcenter (a PowerSpec6320). There are several hardware
components that are not supported by Redhat Linux 5.2:
* a 3DLabs Permedia 2 graphics card
* a Netgear Fast Ethernet adapter FA310TX
* a iomega SCSI adapter (came with the new 2GB jaz drive)
In this message, I get to the last point: How can I "reach" my jaz
drive? Apparently the iomega SCSI adapter is not (yet) supported by
RedHat.
Otherwise, I have the impression that it would boil down to a simple
mount
question. Does anyone have experience with this card and the 2GB jaz
drive?
Although this is the least of my installation problems, it would of
course be nice to
get the system run as a whole.
Again: any help appreciated,
Martin.
--
===================================================================
Dr. Martin Schultz
Department for Engineering&Applied Sciences, Harvard University
109 Pierce Hall, 29 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA-02138, USA
phone: (617)-496-8318
fax : (617)-495-4551
e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Internet-homepage: http://www-as.harvard.edu/people/staff/mgs/
===================================================================
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From: "Patrick D. Rockwell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.linux.development.abbs,comp.os.linux.misc,alt.os.linux
Subject: Linux compatiblity with Colorado tape drives.
Date: Sat, 16 Jan 1999 22:30:31 -0800
I'm planning to set up a multi platform system with Dos 6.22, Windows
95, OS2 Warp, and Linux. I
have a T1000 tape drive, but I'm planning to get a Colorado 4/8 Gb tape
drive (part number C4386B). I
know that Dos and Windows 95 work with it. What about Linux? Is there a
Linux driver which will
work with the tape drive that I'm planning to get? Is there a drive
which will work with all four OS's?
In particular, I'm planning to get Redhat Linux, but if there is another
better Linux out there which will
work with the Colorado 4/8 Gb tape drive, please let me know.
Thanks in advance.
--
Patrick D. Rockwell
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "Patrick D. Rockwell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Subject: Re: Linux compatiblity with Colorado tape drives.
Date: Sat, 16 Jan 1999 22:35:25 -0800
I'm planning to set up a multi platform system with Dos 6.22, Windows 95,
OS2 Warp, and Linux. I
have a T1000 tape drive, but I'm planning to get a Colorado 4/8 Gb tape
drive (part number C4386B). I
know that Dos and Windows 95 work with it. What about Linux? Is there a
Linux driver which will
work with the tape drive that I'm planning to get? Is there a drive which
will work with all four OS's?
In particular, I'm planning to get Redhat Linux, but if there is another
better Linux out there which will
work with the Colorado 4/8 Gb tape drive, please let me know.
Thanks in advance.
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Patrick D. Rockwell
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From: King Nothing <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: AGP Creative Labs TNT - HELP!
Date: Sat, 16 Jan 1999 01:28:28 -0700
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Will this also work on 5.1?
I have the same card and love it on windows, but I would like to see it on
linux.
Thanks
Mark
Mark Paulus wrote:
> You need to update your XFree86 to 3.3.3. Get the updated
> Libs, base files, Fonts, and the SVGA and VGA16 XServers.
> Re-Run XF86Setup, and choose RIVA TNT (401 or so) for
> your video Type.
>
> Get the updated RPMs from any redhat/mirror site under the
> updates/5.2/i386 directory. I use
> ftp://ftp.tux.org/pub/redhat/updates/5.2/i386
>
> On Tue, 12 Jan 1999 21:40:01, Graham Perkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I just picked up an AGP Creative Labs Riva TNT card, I haven't put it
> > in just yet..................... BUT... I'd like to know how t go about
> > configuring it, when I finally put it in... on XConfigurator & XF86Setup
> > I only see a listing for the Diamond Viper v550 (which I was going to
> > buy, but the Creative ended up being 70 bucks cheaper!).. Anyhow... any
> > insight would be much appreciated! Thankx!
> >
> > -Graham Perkins
> >
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