Linux-Hardware Digest #218, Volume #9 Tue, 19 Jan 99 12:13:28 EST
Contents:
Re: Asus V3400TNT (Mark Paulus)
STB nVIDIA TNT ("Monson Hayes")
Re: PLEASE HELP !!! PLEASE HELP !!! (Darren Greer)
Re: Weird SCSI problem (Mark Paulus)
Sound Blaster PCI64 (FX)
Epson 700 Photo (Martin Booth)
Re: lilo wont install/reboot (-???-)
Install QT?????? HOW??? (very simple,prob.) ("Paul Suurbach")
Re: Not able to use AHA2940 scsi under X ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
M-Systems Disk-On-Chip with Linux? (Roger Boulanger)
Newbie hardware compatibility questions ("Demented Demigod")
Re: X Windows Display Problem ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Linux keyboard? (For emacs) (Thomas L|fgren)
Lilo Pbs ... (Damien Ercole)
Re: X Windows Display Problem (King Nothing)
Re: Netscape 4.5 makes screen blink frequently (King Nothing)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mark Paulus)
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Asus V3400TNT
Date: Tue, 19 Jan 1999 14:32:56 GMT
Should work with same SVGA server, as the server is looking
for nVidia TNT chipset, not specific manufacturer brand.
When you set it up, look for "RIVA TNT" as your Video card
type in the list.
On Sun, 17 Jan 1999 01:46:34, "Mark Vandersteen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> Anyone tried these cards with linux, I'm more interested in one of these as
> there are quicker (and cheaper here in Aust.) than the V550 will the same
> XSVGA xserver work ??
>
> Mark Vandersteen [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Powered by Linux ! Obsessed with women !
> The thoughts here are not necessariy mine !
>
>
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From: "Monson Hayes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: STB nVIDIA TNT
Date: Tue, 19 Jan 1999 07:56:37 -0500
I am trying to install RedHat Linux 5.2 on a Dell Dimension XPS R450 with
an STB nVIDIA TNT 16MB video card with a 21" Dell Monitor. The video
card is not listed on the supported list and would like to know if it is
possible
to get Linux running with this hardware.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Darren Greer)
Crossposted-To:
linux.redhat.install,comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: PLEASE HELP !!! PLEASE HELP !!!
Date: Thu, 07 Jan 1999 21:57:15 GMT
Of course there is always the possibility that he is trying to get
someone at hdtv fired....and is just masking his e-mail to do so.
DrGreer
On Thu, 07 Jan 1999 16:54:08 +0000, David Shepherd
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
-->Whilst this obnoxious person has been winding everyone up, there has
-->been mention of what his ISP would think of his antics. Assuming he uses
-->an ISP. I just pointed my browser at www.hdtv.com and it turns out to be
-->a company called Image Circuits, consulting engineers specializing in
-->the design of digital video systems. There is no mention of providing an
-->Internet Service, so it would appear that he is an employee. Perhaps
-->the management of Image Circuits would be interested?!
-->
-->Dave
-->
-->Wendy & Joe Velazquez wrote:
-->>
-->> What are you ?
-->>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mark Paulus)
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.periphs.scsi
Subject: Re: Weird SCSI problem
Date: Tue, 19 Jan 1999 14:41:54 GMT
You might try this post in comp.periphs.scsi. But something
else to try is to NOT use auto-termination on your 3940.
Try setting the Host termination manually to ON or OFF.
Seems like on some cards, the auto-termination doesn't
work quite correctly all the time.
On Mon, 18 Jan 1999 21:49:19, "Mark Lynn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Greetings.
>
> I have two Micropolis 3243 drives connected to channel A of an
> Adaptec 3940. Channel B has a bunch of other devices all of which
> are working fine. The two drives are set to ID 0 and ID 1 with ID 0
> being the end of the chain and thus the terminated drive.
>
> Recently, drive 0 has been disappearing during boot so that
> I get a boot error since this was the bootable drive. This happened
> every so often and got periodically worse until I could rarely get the
> machine to boot. I figured some sort of cable or connection
> degradation and opened the machine to investigate.
>
> I reseated all the connections and swapped to different cables -
> all to no avail. So, I started checking the drives themselves, and
> here's where it gets weird.
>
> When drive 1 (meaning ID 1) is removed from the setup,
> drive 0 appears every time no problem. How could removing
> drive 1 which was in the middle of the chain without termination
> suddenly allow drive 0 to work ok?
>
> To test drive 1, I reinstalled the termination packs and placed it as the
> only drive in the system (at the end of the same cable used to
> test drive 0). The drive could not be seen. I tried this with termination
> power supplied by the host adapter (the recommended Adaptec
> setup) and by the drive. No difference. Finally, by accident, I
> discovered that the drive would work with the termination packs
> removed (i.e. no termination at the end of the chain). With the
> termination packs installed it is not recognized unless of course
> it is in the middle of the chain. Then, it is recognized, but not the
> other drive. What is up with this drive?
>
> Based on the above, I have concluded that there is something
> wrong with drive 1 (remember drive 0 works by itself with the
> expected termination).
>
> Any suggestions would be appreciated.
>
>
> Mark Lynn
> Sabado Technologies
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
>
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From: FX <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Sound Blaster PCI64
Date: Tue, 19 Jan 1999 15:39:28 +0000
Hi,
I've bought PCI 64 sound card from Creative Labs, and I can't manage to
install it under Linux. I've got Red Hat 5.1 with kernel 20.35.
Does anyone know how to install it ?
I know that this question has already been asked, but I haven't seen any
answer.
Thank You !
FX
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From: Martin Booth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.periphs.printers
Subject: Epson 700 Photo
Date: Tue, 19 Jan 1999 13:07:13 +0000
Dear Folks,
I'm looking for a home printer to do *good* photo printing and I'm
looking at the Epson 700, it seems a good machine, but there are two
questions: a) is it as good as the brochure reproduction (which does
look rather good), or is there a better comparably priced machine; b)
I'm intending it to be used from Linux predominantly so is it easy for
it to print plain text as well and can I print pictures from the GIMP
onto it? i.e. is it well supported under Linux, or is it a nightmare to
print to?
Any help would be appreciated.
Martin Booth.
P.S. In case of E-mails remover the nopsam.
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From: -???- <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: lilo wont install/reboot
Date: Tue, 19 Jan 1999 13:25:34 +0100
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> hi, linux gurus, (i think anyone who can install linux without glitch a guru)
>
> install two identical machines proload with win98 with Red hat 5.2, all come
> down to point that lilo installation error. (new machine with 3.2G disk).
>
Lilo has problems with the (WIN9x) FAT32 MBR.( I couldn't boot either untill I
had a FAT16 partition to start from)
> partition disk to linux/dos and install lilo to MBR. when I reboot from hard
> disk, it says "002 no MOS basics \n, 001 system halted", I can boot from boot
> disk and runs great, but no way I can boot from hard disk( can't get to lilo
> at all). boot from a DOS disk, using fdisk check, I see partitions: 1. no dos
> 4M, (I guess it is my /boot partions) 2. ent DOS 3080 ----- which is the rest
> of my hard drive, it think it is a DOS partition (I only assign 1555M to DOS
> 16bit =>32M type, why fdisk cannot see rest of no dos partition, is it safe
> using dos a:>format /s c: ?).
>
What does the linux fdisk say???
I think that first 4M partition is the problem... your BIOS looks for your OS
starter (eg. lilo)in the MBR of the first partition of the first drive. Since it
isn't a DOS drive, you should check if it is a Linux native drive. If so, back
it up and reformat it to be FAT16. If it isn't anything at all (not formatted)
you can just boot dos, claim it using fdisk and format it. ( PROBABLY format c:,
check first or make a complete backup of your drive) lilo should install on it
now.
The easiest (?) way to get things to work is to completely repartition your
drive, since Dos reports having 3080 MB in the second (extended?)partition. But
this takes some time and you REALLY have to backup things you made yourself or
things you can't get your hands on again when it is deleted. Then you have
reinstall everything (this is the time consuming part). If you have enough
space left on the drive you should consider using partition magic, but still
BE CAREFUL it is very easy to mess things up ( as i know from experience :-) ).
>
> I figure there is mismatch problem with BIOS. How am I going to fix it, I
> notice in my /boot doesn't have map file ( I think due to failed lilo
> installation) and when I run /sbin/lilo it also product an error.
>
Your BIOS has nothing to do with your partitioning it just needs to know the
physiscal parameters of your drive correctly.
>
> Please help me, thanks a lot
>
> david liu
>
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Slackware Rulez!
Linux fortuyn 2.0.36 #8 Mon Jan 4 17:50:34 CET 1999 i586 unknown
12:55pm up 2:40, 1 user, load average: 0.09, 0.14, 0.14
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From: "Paul Suurbach" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Install QT?????? HOW??? (very simple,prob.)
Date: Tue, 19 Jan 1999 15:02:21 +0100
I'm a total newbie (2 days) and using RedHat 5.2 i managed (with help) to
setup my video card en modem....so i downloaded QT and unpacked it... but
what now?? How do i install this???
Greetingz Paul
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Not able to use AHA2940 scsi under X
Date: Tue, 19 Jan 1999 14:35:13 GMT
Did you check if there is any IRQ conflict between the video card and the
SCSI device?
In article <781itv$gvg$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I've a problem with using a scsi cdrom on a adaptec pciAHA2940AU interface
> when running X. On loading the AICx7xx driver in a xterm session the system
> hangs. When I load the driver in a console session I can access the cdrom
> drive without any problems. I'm running kernel 2.0.36 on a PII-233.
>
> What cancause the system to hang when starting X ?
>
> Eric van der Sanden
>
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Date: Mon, 18 Jan 1999 23:51:59 -0600
From: Roger Boulanger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: M-Systems Disk-On-Chip with Linux?
I would like to hear from anyone who has had experience with using the
M-Systems Disk-On-Chip device with Linux, instead of hard disk or
floppy.
Roger Boulanger
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "Demented Demigod" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Newbie hardware compatibility questions
Date: Tue, 19 Jan 1999 22:09:49 +0800
G'day folks,
I'm going to get linux sometime in the next few days but I just want
to know if I will have any compatibility problems BEFORE I try to install it
into a system that wont work. The system I have is:
celeron 300A
64M 100Mhz SDRAM
ABIT BX motherboard
monster fusion 16M agp vid card
5.1G hdd (brand unknown)
pioneer 32X cd-rom
10/100 ethernet card (brand unknown)
k56felx external modem
adi 4v 14inc monitor
Are all of these compatible with linux, and if not, which bits aren't? All
help is greatly appreciated. I'm going to try to install linux myself, but I
didn't want to start off on the wrong foot.
yours appreciatively
Chris S
============================================================================
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"Sanity and insanity go together hand in hand. Don't ever be afraid of which
side of the line you stand." - Gorefest
============================================================================
----
Chris Stevens - Student, School of Comp. and Elec. Engineering
Curtin University of Technology
Perth W.A.
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.iinet.net.au/~cats
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To:
alt.linux,alt.os.linux,alt.uu.comp.os.linux.questions,at.linux,comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.x,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: X Windows Display Problem
Date: Tue, 19 Jan 1999 14:35:45 GMT
On Fri, 15 Jan 1999 23:49:18 GMT, Andy Molnar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>I recently installed Red Hat 5.1 Linux. I'm a newbie for Linux, so I
>don't know much. I started X Windows, and display height is too large.
>The width is fine on my monitor, but the height reaches about a
>half-inch above and below the display area. I've selected different
>drivers during install for my video card, but the results are always the
>same. The video card I use is an ATI Mach64 VT. My monitor is a one
>not on the list (Packard Bell PB 8538SV), so I selected generic in setup
>(I doubt the monitor is the problem... I don't have the display problem
>in the shell prompt). If anyone knows how to fix this, please email
>me. Any help is appreciated.
>
>Regards,
>Andy Molnar
>
I'm a newbie myself, but when I had a similar problem I fixed it by
adjusting the vertical size and position knobs on my monitor. I still
have to make minor adjustments when moving in and out of Xwindows, but
at least I'm up and running.
Jim Scott
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Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.misc,comp.unix.questions,comp.unix.misc,comp.emacs,comp.editors
Subject: Re: Linux keyboard? (For emacs)
From: Thomas L|fgren <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 19 Jan 1999 17:04:05 +0100
>>>>> "Ilya" == Ilya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Ilya> I am interested in a "soft-touch" keyboard for a Linux
Ilya> workstation that has one Control key on the home row - by
Ilya> the "A" key or "Caps lock" key, instead of 2 Control keys on
Ilya> the bottom like on Windows keyboards.
I agree with you; the control key belongs on the home row. In fact, I
think the use of caps lock should be banned world wide. You are aware
of the fact that you can easily remap your broken keyboard to behave
the way you want to, right? I even think that you can change just one
line in your /etc/XF86Config to swap places of caps lock and control.
Other physical key placements are more annoying on these types of
keyboards, however.
Followups slightly trimmed.
Tom
--
Wherever I lay my .emacs, that's my ${HOME}
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From: Damien Ercole <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.misc,linux.redhat.install,fr.comp.os.linux
Subject: Lilo Pbs ...
Date: Tue, 19 Jan 1999 16:24:11 +0100
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi all,
I've been trying to get LILO to work on my Hard Drive
for 2 days now without any success ..so maybe someone
can help me ...Here is my problem ...
I have an IBM DeskStar 16GP 10.1Go (UDMA33) on which
I have a primary Dos partition (of 5Go) declared as
FAT32, that holds my win98 system. I want to install
Linux RedHat 5.2 on the remaining 5Go.
* When I start the RedHat 5.2 installation ..it detects
only 1024 cylinders (out of the 1232) and thus I only
have 8Go. To solve this problem I start the
installation with the parameter hda=1232,255,63 and
that works fine ....but can anyone tell me why I have
to pass this argument ?
* After I have finished the installation, the system
ask me where I want to put Lilo ... and I answer on
the MBR of hda. When I reboot to start ..... LILO
stops right after the first L without any error code
... so I don't know what's happening .....
Do I put the LILO at the wrong place ? Is there a
compatibility problem with my Hard Drive ?
* The only way I can start is to boot from a floppy..
then I can access to the partition table :
Part | Type | Size | Mounted as
===========================================
hda1 | Fat32 | 5Go | /DosC
hda3 | Linux Native | 3Go | /usr/local
hda5 | Linux Native | 2Go | /
hda6 | Swap | 127Mo |
- Why isn't there a hda2 ?
- I use Disk Druid and I can't make a big Linux Native
partition of 5Go. I have to split in smaller
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From: King Nothing <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.linux,alt.os.linux,alt.uu.comp.os.linux.questions,at.linux,comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.x,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: X Windows Display Problem
Date: Tue, 19 Jan 1999 09:11:47 -0700
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
You may try using xvidtune. This utility allows you to change setting in X
rather than you monitor. It is not that hard to use once you get use to it
and it works pretty well.
Mark
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> On Fri, 15 Jan 1999 23:49:18 GMT, Andy Molnar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
>
> >I recently installed Red Hat 5.1 Linux. I'm a newbie for Linux, so I
> >don't know much. I started X Windows, and display height is too large.
> >The width is fine on my monitor, but the height reaches about a
> >half-inch above and below the display area. I've selected different
> >drivers during install for my video card, but the results are always the
> >same. The video card I use is an ATI Mach64 VT. My monitor is a one
> >not on the list (Packard Bell PB 8538SV), so I selected generic in setup
> >(I doubt the monitor is the problem... I don't have the display problem
> >in the shell prompt). If anyone knows how to fix this, please email
> >me. Any help is appreciated.
> >
> >Regards,
> >Andy Molnar
> >
>
> I'm a newbie myself, but when I had a similar problem I fixed it by
> adjusting the vertical size and position knobs on my monitor. I still
> have to make minor adjustments when moving in and out of Xwindows, but
> at least I'm up and running.
>
> Jim Scott
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From: King Nothing <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.portable,comp.os.linux.x,comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: Netscape 4.5 makes screen blink frequently
Date: Tue, 19 Jan 1999 09:16:36 -0700
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Ummm be careful running netscape 4.5. I know the mac versions have a
cache-cow bug that allows others access your cache and cookies. I do not
know if this is true of other versions.
Mark
Michael Dartt wrote:
> I've recently done a clean install of Red Hat 5.2 (kernel 2.0.36), along
> with an update of all of the XFree86 RPMs (even ones I don't need) to
> 3.3.3-1 and Netscape to the 4.5 RPM from NS's site. Now, whenever I run
> the browser, my screen will sporadically blink, often when I've just
> followed a link. This problem only seems to occur when a Netscape
> window is open.
>
> I'm using a laptop with a Trident Cyber 9397DVD, and as an earlier post
> mentioned, this hasn't been a problem when I've run Windows, so I don't
> think it's the hardware.
>
> Does anyone have any suggestions? Also does anyone know whether one of
> the two choices for the Cyber 9397 in the XFree86 Setup program is
> preferred, or are they identical?
>
> As a final question, does anyone know how to configure an ESS 1968S
> (Maestro-2) sound card under Linux?
>
> Thank you for your time and assistance.
>
> Michael Dartt
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