Linux-Hardware Digest #215, Volume #9 Tue, 19 Jan 99 01:13:40 EST
Contents:
Re: IDE/ATAPI Tape. Is the a FAQ or HOWTO? (Alan Mead)
Re: lp not configured -- parallel printer problems (David Todd)
Re: Good motherboard for Linux (Ray)
Re: K56flex modem problem (Ray)
Re: Any TV/Video combo cards supported? (BL)
Re: 19 inch monitor recommendations sought (Andreas Bombe)
AcerOpen Modem Problem ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: celery 450's and linux ("karlo")
Re: recommend a sound card for Linux? (Grant Leslie)
help me with LINUX ("Couger")
Panasonic P70 monitor timings (Bernhard Ott)
HELP NIC: 3C900B-TPO (Jeff Barriault)
Re: UMAX Astra 610S Scanner support... ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Full ATX Tower (Matthew Pound)
celery 450's and linux ("karlo")
Re: Any TV/Video combo cards supported? ("karlo")
Re: Anyone using S3 Trio3d??? (Grant Leslie)
Re: Air Filters: making your own... (Phil Houstoun)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Alan Mead)
Subject: Re: IDE/ATAPI Tape. Is the a FAQ or HOWTO?
Date: Tue, 19 Jan 1999 03:52:32 GMT
On Sat, 09 Jan 1999 05:32:39 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (George) wrote:
>Finally have RH5.2 supporting all my hardware, but I don't have an
>approach to using my IDE/ATAPI tape drive for backups. Can someone
>point me in the right direction?
I'm more a software guy.... but wouldn't the ftape HOWTO be helpful?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David Todd)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.misc,linux.redhat.install
Subject: Re: lp not configured -- parallel printer problems
Date: 19 Jan 1999 04:45:14 GMT
In article <7803e1$ai2$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] says...
>
>Dear Colleagues,
>
...
> The problem is characterized in the most simple way
>as failure of the printer system to print in Linux. A check with
> lpc status
>shows that the printer daemon is running but that it is waiting for
>the printer to come offline. If you check with
> grep lp /var/log/messages
>you find the message that "lp not configured". If you check
>/proc/interrupts and /proc/ioports, you find no entry for lp.
>
Dear Colleagues,
What a great community!
This is a followup to my message earlier today. In that note
I summarized my attempts to resolve my "lp not configured" situation
in which my RH 5.1 Linux system would not print *most of the time*.
So far, this seems to be a problem with Compaqs, and since it seems
related to BIOS it might be limited to Compaqs, but I'll do this
general posting so others can avoid the frustration.
Shortly after I sent my note I got a response from
Tom Aschenbrener in Dallas that identified the source of the problem
and solution. I've appended his message for those who can't try
my alternative solution.
I foolishly assumed that the PC/printer interface would be most
likely to work correctly if the printer were on during reboots. So I was
carful to have the printer turned on when I rebooted my PC. Tom
found that just the opposite is true and the printer should be turned
*off*.
As Tom suggested, I found that the problem is with the BIOS
setting for the parallel port mode (on Compaqs, at least). Tom's
solution works if you need EPP, ECP, or bidirectional mode. If you
can use "compatible" mode, the printer system works whether the
printer is on or off during reboot.
I got a number of responses to my note. Thanks to you all.
I hope that summarizing back helps repay the community just a bit.
> David......have the same trouble here with a Compaq 4824. Does it under
> RH5.0,5.1, and 5.2. My "solution" - albeit not clean at all.... is to try
> to remember to turn the printer off when doing a reboot of linux. 100% of
> the time if I turn the cpu off, on,reboot, THEN turn the printer on all
> will be well.
> If I forget to turn the printer off or am doing a warm reboot (not
> turning the cpu off) I can turn the printer off ..... then do:
> modprobe lp; rmmod lp; insmod lp. The printer will come back up as
> indicated when you do a "tunelp /dev/lp1" you will get the the
> ".....using polling" message as a response.
> I looked at the lp.c source and the thing determines if the lp port is
> there by trying to write then read from the port.....something in the
> Compaq system cause this test to fail if there is a printer plugged in. I
> forgot to mention that I get the same results as above if I unplug the
> printer rather then turning it off.
> The printer in use here is HP682C but i got the same results with about
> three other kinds.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ray)
Subject: Re: Good motherboard for Linux
Date: 19 Jan 1999 04:44:43 GMT
On Sat, 16 Jan 1999 00:49:43 -0900, italio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I'm building my own system and have a K6-2 400mhz processor. I was
>wondering if anyone knows a good motherboard that has 5 PCI, 2 ISA,1 AGP,
>100mhz cache, and will run with RH Linux 5.2.
>The only boards I could find had only 4 PCI slots, and many couldn't support
>the processor speed. Also, are there a lot of incompatibilities between
>linux and the motherboard?
Check out the Soyo 5EMA+
--
Ray Van Hoogen
ray AT sonictech DOT net
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ray)
Subject: Re: K56flex modem problem
Date: 19 Jan 1999 04:53:28 GMT
On Mon, 18 Jan 1999 04:00:34 +0200, Jukka Ylim�ki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>hi ! my problem is this.
>When i type AT in minicom
>i get result Ok
>When I type ATDT ...n
>the modem dials ok and contacts the opposite...
>then the problem appears. During handshake modem
>says NO CARRIER ?!"!!! :(
>this only happens when contacting My ISP
>and other k56 sites
>when I dial out to v34 everything works fine
>Got any Ideas how to get rid of this nuisance
>The modem is not PNP or WInmodem
See if there is a flash upgrade available for your modem. It might not hurt
to find out for sure if these ISPs are really still using k56 or if they
have moved to V.90. Some modems can't support both v.90 and k56 at the same
time and need to be flashed to one or the other.
>It uses rockwell chip RCVDL56ACF /SP R6761-21
>brand and model is LEGATO Golden hornet k56
AT+MS=11 should tell your modem not to bother with k56/v90 and just try a
v34 connection.
--
Ray Van Hoogen
ray AT sonictech DOT net
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From: BL <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Any TV/Video combo cards supported?
Date: 19 Jan 1999 02:42:19 GMT
Reply-To: no.spambots.please
Matt Vrablik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: I'm building up a pc machine, and was originally planning on getting a
: basic diamond video card, but had seen an ad for a combo tv/video card: is
: there any such device supported in linux, or am I completely dreaming? If
: not, is something such as a diamond speedstar 8meg a good choice? Any
: advice appreciated.
: -matt
much better to go with discrete cards.
I just bought the hauppauge card (winCast/tv). it works in both my supermicro
p2 system as well as my FIC k6-2/300 system. HOWEVER, on the FIC system, the
channel tuning is off by a few notches. I have to adjust the fine tuning to
get a clear picture. I'm guessing that it derives timing from the pci bus and
that the FIC is slightly out of spec. so know this going into it ;-)
other than that, its pretty cool having a tv image inside an Xwindow ;-) and
the cpu overhead is low. as an example, I was able to do all this at once:
- browse some websites at isdn speeds (using an ether card) via netscape
- compile a kernel
- watch tv
- burn a cd-r at 2x.
all worked and the cdr was never less than 96% buffer-full.
I'm still surprised all this worked. but hey, its linux - it works ;-)
--
AntiSpam: For email, change all 'zero' chars to letter 'o' chars.
bryan, http://www.Grateful.Net/
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From: Andreas Bombe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: 19 inch monitor recommendations sought
Date: 7 Jan 1999 20:10:07 +0100
Michael Meissner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> James Turner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> I'm in the market for a new monitor, and I've decided to go with a 19
>> inch of some type.
> You might also look at the Nokia 446Xpro. Before I went to a 21"
> Nokia, I had a 17" ViewSonic, and then went to a 17" Nokia. It was
> amazing the difference in clarity between the two (and the clarity
> between the Mag I'm currently using on my home machine and the
> ViewSonic was also amazing with the ViewSonic coming in better, but
> less than the Nokia -- in monitors, you tend to get what you pay
> for). Of course at the time, the Nokia was going for 1000, and the
> ViewSonic about 700 (IIRC, in terms of 19" monitors, the Nokia is
> about $100 more than the ViewSonic).
Yep, the 446Xpro gives really sharp and clear images (I bought one a
few days ago :-). I can really suggest it to anyone who looks for a
high quality 19" monitor.
>> Also, what advantage, if any, does using a BNC cable offer? Should
>> this be an important factor in my decision?
> A BNC cable can produce a slightly better screen (on the other hand,
> buying a $50 premium shielded vga cable can also do the same).
The main advantage for many maybe is that if you have BNC connectors,
you have two inputs and can connect two computers. However, not many
monitors are designed for that use and therefore the BNC/D-Sub switch
is often deeply buried somewhere in the on-screen menus.
Some monitors do have a separate BNC switch at the front side which
allows easy switching. Of the 19" monitors, these are:
- the Nokia 446Xpro
- the Mitsubishi Diamond Scan 90e and
- the CTX 950EX / 1995UE
--
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http://home.pages.de/~andreas.bombe/
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: AcerOpen Modem Problem
Date: Mon, 18 Jan 1999 23:50:31 GMT
I have recently installed RedHat Linux 5.1 and can not get my modem to
work. It is an AcerOpen F34PVS Fax/Modem at 33.6 bps. Under windows
the modem is set up on COM4, IRQ3 and I/O 02E8h-02EFh.
When I issue the command
echo "ATDTXXX-XXXX/n" >/dev/cua3
to test the modem, I receive no dialtone, dialing or busy signal.
Any help to correct this problem would be greatly apprecieated.
Tom
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From: "karlo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: celery 450's and linux
Date: 19 Jan 1999 05:07:39 GMT
But as soon as I turn on the computer it happens. Does the celery overheat
in a matter of seconds?? also tried it with a big fan blowing into it and
still the same.
You must have a slightly better celery chip.
Did you do any special bios setting, like changing ram from cas2 to cas3 or
something like that??????
thanks
karlo
Scott W. Seago <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in article
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> karlo wrote:
>
> > Has anyone got this happening here. Tryed it out at a friends house.
> >
> > Windows worked ok
> >
> > but linux froze at around the point starting apple talk or around
there,
> > not always in the same spot.
> >
> > anyone with a celery 450 and running linux with it???
>
> Yup. Celeron 300A @464, 2.0V, still stable after 15 hrs running rc5des
--
> maybe you need better cooling?
>
> Scott
>
>
>
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From: Grant Leslie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: recommend a sound card for Linux?
Date: Tue, 19 Jan 1999 00:32:16 -0400
2.2.0pre7 configured sound driver is the ES1370
same driver is in the RedHat 2.0.36 kernel, not sure if it's stock in
2.0.36 or not..
Steve Foster wrote:
>
> Which Kernel are you using for this?
--
"It looks so lovely, and fragile. Imagine how many millions of people
are living on it, and don't even realize how fragile it is."
Alan B. Shepard, 1971, said with a tear in his eye, on the
Apollo 14 mission looking back at earth from the moon
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From: "Couger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: help me with LINUX
Date: Tue, 19 Jan 1999 12:54:19 +0800
I obtained a complete HP VECTRA UNIX/LINUX 468DX/2 machine dated 1994. It
comes with 19"
HP, get this.....fixed frequency monitor C2746A. There are 5 BNC holes in
the hind (R, G, B, H,V). I was supplied with a monitor cable with only 3 BNC
connectors (R, G, B).
The darn thing is not working!! The screen showed a flash and all frames
shook so fast even Schumacher can't catch up. Then...zzzzzttttooitt...no
more display. It happened every time within 5 sec.
1st round
I tried using a RGB monitor cable w/ 5 connectors bought from IMBI to
connect but no avail.
2nd round
I called HP and no avail too. They only can tell me it is a UNIX machine.
DUH..even Barny can tell me that but I have to take my hats off to them for
their quick responses and positive attitude.
3rd round
If not possible in UNIX, maybe in Win98.
I format the PC by connecting an old SVGA monitor with it. It is ok and now
running in DOS. However, once it goes into Windows, the frames go haywire
again...flickering all over the place. Darn...I cant even play any DOS game
with it.
4th round
I tried to hook up the HP monitor with a normal Win98 machine and only a
short 2 sec display fzzzzz.....and then out..no more display
Pit Stop
It seems the CPU unit wont connect to any monitor and the HP monitor wont
work with any system (I still suspect it is the cable).
5th round
Internet. No new information regarding the CPU unit and the monitor at all.
6th round
The built in VGA card has 14 holes instead of 15 holes.
There is no second hole on the second line. So, I cant hook up a LG monitor
with it and I wont be that stupid to pull out the pin in the LG monitor to
connect into the VGA card.
Last resort, I am thinking of salvaging the CPU unit by adding another VGA
card into it (it has built-in VGA card), hoping it will connect with other
monitors. So, now I need an ISA VGA card...anybody can help? The chances of
working should be high.
Uuu...wait....then, what the hell am I gonna do with the monitor??
**** If only I can make either the CPU or the monitor to work with each
other or with other units.
Regards.
I WANT TO CREATE A LINUX MACHINE!!!
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Date: Tue, 19 Jan 1999 00:25:22 +0100
From: Bernhard Ott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Panasonic P70 monitor timings
Before I try to change the X-Server modelines on my own (and ruin my
monitor) - does anybody have *exact* timings (and modelines) for the
PanaSync Pro P70?
I use this monitor with a Diamond Fire Gl 1000 Pro and the
standard-timings generated by xf86config.
Display is not too bad - but could be *much* better!
There are no timings in the manual and even Panasonic support (!) told
me, that they are sorry that they have no further information for me
(!!!)...
Thanks for your help in advance!
Regards - B.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jeff Barriault)
Subject: HELP NIC: 3C900B-TPO
Date: Tue, 19 Jan 1999 01:08:05 GMT
Greetings,
I have a Win 95 system with a 3Com 3C900B-TPO NIC, and I would like to
convert the system over to use Linux. The Linux Ethernet-Howto doesn't
list this card as supported. Before I waste a lot of time trying to
get this card to work, I was wondering if anyone had any experience
with it and could at least tell me what driver to use?
Thanks,
Jeff B.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: UMAX Astra 610S Scanner support...
Date: Tue, 19 Jan 1999 05:12:59 GMT
How did you connect your 610s to your SCSI bus? I just bought a UMAX Astra
610s at CompUSA for $40 after rebates. It has a weird SCSI connector on it
-- it looks like a DB25. What do you know, it matches the ISA SCSI card that
came with it, but my system doesn't have any free ISA slots. I do have a
SCSI card already, which I would like to use. However, my SCSI card has, I
think, a SCSI 2 connector. (I don't know much about the different varieties
of SCSI. It has 50 pins in two rows about 3 cm long.)
CompUSA doesn't sell an adapter (nor do any of the other stores around here
(Northern Virginia, USA) that I've checked). One place sells a cable that
would the adapting, but it's about $30 for a 3 foot cable. I just can't see
spending $30 to get the $40 scanner working. If I'm going to spend that kind
of money, I'd rather save for a while more and get a better scanner.
JDR sells SCSI adapters that should do the job, but again, the cost is a
little high ($20 + about $10 shipping).
Any other ideas? How hard/feasible/costly is it to wire up an adapter myself?
Where can I get the pinouts for going from a DB25 to the HDB50? I have 9 days
to get it working before I have to return the scanner and get my money back.
Thanks,
-Jeremy
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Glenn Trigg) wrote:
>
> FYI, I am using a UMAX Astra 610s. I bought a PCI based Advansys SCSI card
> and have been very happy with both it and the scanner. I'm using SANE 1.0
> as the driver and linked it with the gimp for scanning straight into an
> image editor.
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>
> > Patrick Mayer wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I'm currently running linux on my computer (Red-Hat 5.2 distribution.
Kernel
> > > 2.xxx: I'm new at this!) and I would like to know if it is possible to use
a
> > > UMAX 610S scanner with it (that's the SCSI version). Any guesses of where
I
> > > should look for a driver?
> > >
> > > Thanks in advance!
> > >
> > > Another guy slowly getting addicted to AfterStep!
> >
> > Yes, with a SCSI card that is supported in Linux.
> >
> > I just got a UMAX Astra 2100S myself, and have read about linux support
> > for it at:
> > http://www.mostang.com/sane/
> > http://www.wolfsburg.de/~rauch/sane/sane-umax.html
> > http://www.wolfsburg.de/~rauch/sane/sane-umax-doc.html
> >
> > The card UMAX ships doesn't seem to have avaliable drivers for Linux,
> > but if you run the scanner with a supported SCSI card, it will work.
> >
> > I am looking to get a scsi card for my scanner now, so if you have any
> > recomendations, please read my post titled "SCSI Cheap/Supported?" in
> > this newsgroup, and respond ;-)
> >
> > --
> > "Robert W. Current" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - email
> > http://www.current.nu - personal web site
> > "Hey mister, turn it on, turn it up, and turn me loose." - Dwight Yoakam
>
> --
> Glenn Trigg - Computer Generation Incorporated
> 4th Floor, 564 St Kilda Road, Melbourne, Australia 3004
> Tel: +61 3 9521 7431 Fax: +61 3 9521 7136
> Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Matthew Pound)
Subject: Re: Full ATX Tower
Date: 19 Jan 1999 05:24:17 GMT
: Can any one make any comment on which full ATX tower is the best on the =
: market. I'm looking for something that is easy to get into, upgradable =
: to extra fans, lots of space and a very good power supply. Do they make =
: power supplies that go to sleep when no power is being drawn?
I just purchased the Supermicro SC750-A and it kicks ass, everything inside is
pretty much customizable, you kan move the
3.5 drive bays arround whereever you want, tonnes of room, places for every possible
fan you want, i think it's 14 fan max, heh.
Abouit the power supply's that shut off when no power is being drawn, that's not the
powersupplies job, it's your mobo's job to
tell it this. Check the specs on the mobo, ATX2.01 (which is the wake-on-lan spec) is
about the most current as far as i know.
But i'm dumb. later.
--
To contact via email pounm000 AT unbc DOT ca
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From: "karlo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: celery 450's and linux
Date: 19 Jan 1999 01:12:56 GMT
Has anyone got this happening here. Tryed it out at a friends house.
Windows worked ok
but linux froze at around the point starting apple talk or around there,
not always in the same spot.
anyone with a celery 450 and running linux with it???
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From: "karlo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Any TV/Video combo cards supported?
Date: 19 Jan 1999 01:19:18 GMT
An Obsidian voodoo-2 has tv out and voodoo is supported in linux
that might work for you, I do not know if the tv out thing is wincrap
specific ?
I had a s3 virge which had a tv out upgrade on but never got it. The
manual said that simultanius tv-out and svga monitor was possible so this
card might work for you.
It's made by viewtop check out their home page.
I would reccomend to get both of the above mentioned as both should give
you tv-out in linux and with a voodoo-2 card you cannot go wrong because
you will be able to play QII in 3d.
I would reccomend not to but diamond as they are expensive, just get a
cheap ass card which uses the same chipset as the diamond you want to get,
performance will be the same which ever one you choose
karlo
Matt Vrablik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in article
<780l36$5aa$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> I'm building up a pc machine, and was originally planning on getting
a
> basic diamond video card, but had seen an ad for a combo tv/video card:
is
> there any such device supported in linux, or am I completely dreaming? If
> not, is something such as a diamond speedstar 8meg a good choice? Any
> advice appreciated.
> -matt
>
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From: Grant Leslie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Anyone using S3 Trio3d???
Date: Mon, 18 Jan 1999 21:53:03 -0400
Ops, my mistake :-) should have added XFree86 to that....
Thomas Roell wrote:
>
> "Grant Leslie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > There are no current Xservers supporting it directly yet, so you need to use
> > another method..
>
> Not correct. Accelerated-X does support this chip. Fully accelerated
> of course.
--
"It looks so lovely, and fragile. Imagine how many millions of people
are living on it, and don't even realize how fragile it is."
Alan B. Shepard, 1971, said with a tear in his eye, on the
Apollo 14 mission looking back at earth from the moon
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From: Phil Houstoun <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Air Filters: making your own...
Date: Tue, 19 Jan 1999 02:12:55 +0000
Ray Eads wrote:
>
> I'm planning on getting a bunch of fairly vented cases. I saw some
> bulk filter material designed for home AC/Heating floor vents which
> looked about right. I'm thinking of covering the holes in the
> computer case with this kind of material to keep dust out.
>
> Has anyone had good experiences making homemade air filters.
> My concern of course is 1) Heat, and also 2) chemical residue
> from the filter.
>
> --
> Ray Eads ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------
>
I've done just that, used the filters (they come pre-cut and bundled)
for my heating ducts and they work splendidly. I have two case fans
blowing INTO the case to cool internal SCSI drives and an overclocked
CPU. Without those filters, I took the case off after a week of running
and everything was coated with a fine, almost talcum powder-like,
residue that was a bitch to get off (maybe says more about the state of
our housekeeping?). I've only put one in front of each case fan (i.e.
haven't covered ALL the holes in the case) and it has cut down on the
dust markedly. It doesn't seem to affect the heat to any measurable
degree either. The carton doesn't provide a list of ingredients, so I
don't even know what chemicals might be contained in the filters.
--
Phil Houstoun Voice: (613) 991-7173
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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