Linux-Hardware Digest #251, Volume #9 Sat, 23 Jan 99 17:13:37 EST
Contents:
Re: Linux keyboard? (For emacs use) ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Linux keyboard? (For emacs use) ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Linux keyboard? (For emacs use) (Erik Naggum)
Re: printing to Apple Laserwriter pro 630 ("Tony Perring")
Re: SMP linux crashes badly ! (Stephen Sill)
Re: need help: add ide HDD to scsi system --> lilo fail (Simone Piccardi)
IRQ 5 Freeze on Sound Card (Victor H. Auerbach)
Re: nVidia RIVA TNT ("Jim Orfanakos")
Re: Want Linux bogomips numbers for Intel PII-450 ("Martin H. Kristiansen")
Re: RH5.2 SCSI bus timeout - aic7880/aic7860 - help? (BL)
5.1 hw support vs 5.2 (Josh Bertram)
Linux (RedHat 5.2) and AGP (Vlemings Stieven)
Linux only sees 16 megs of RAM! ("Steve Z.")
Re: SCSI - Is it worth it? (Michael Meissner)
Re: Future Modem support. (C. C. McPherson)
Mouse configuration (Greg Bush)
Diamond stelth II G460 whit Linux X ("Jonas Larsson")
Re: System Beeps (sultan)
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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 use)
Date: 23 Jan 1999 18:40:40 +0100
Erik Naggum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> sheesh. people who want sentence-initial capitals are so _irrational_.
I'm amazed at all this fuzz about practically nothing. I bet there
are cultures out there which are *very* different from the Western
culture, and it would be interesting to study them, yet people get all
excited about such a little matter such as capital letters.
I prefer sentence-initial capitals because I'm more used to them, but
that doesn't mean I want to flame Erik for not using them. And
seriously, folks, if Erik's messages are hard to read it's because
he's got a pretty good command of the English language and uses it,
too, so sometimes sentences get to be a bit long which might be hard
to follow at times :-)
Btw, I've got the cheapest keyboard I could find because I think it's
the best keyboard I could find. I don't usually bother looking at the
little black itchings on the keytops, so I don't really notice that my
Ctrl key has `Caps Lock' written on it. The keyboard has got a nice
large Backspace key, too, only the Esc key is a bit far away. It's a
no-name Yakuma keyboard and it cost me about 13 Euros (which is USD 14
or so). Keys offer little resistance, too. But my Sun type 5 kbd is
still better.
kai
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Subject: Re: Linux keyboard? (For emacs use)
Date: 23 Jan 1999 18:48:32 +0100
Michael Powe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Me, I'm glad for the present practice of capitalizing words that begin
> sentences, though yes, you are right -- it probably would be easier to
> read if all Nouns were capitalized. (But, would German be easier to
> read if the sentences were subject-verb-object instead of
> subject-object-verb? )
What I find peculiar about the English language is that one doesn't
seem to use commas anywhere except very near the beginning or end of a
sentence, like this. Sometimes it takes me quite a while to dissect a
sentence because, as a German, I'm used to commas setting off a
sub-sentence (dunno the right term).
I think that German is easier to read when the author uses some
variation in the sentence structure. As in English, you can vary
sentence structure quite a bit in German.
`I gave him a book' can be written several ways:
- Ich gab ihm ein Buch.
- Ein Buch gab ich ihm.
- Ihm gab ich ein Buch.
Same as in English:
- I gave him a book.
- A book was what I gave him. (You don't really have this order in
English...)
- Him, I gave a book.
Difference is emphasis. Or: Emphasis is where the difference is...
kai
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From: Erik Naggum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.misc,comp.unix.questions,comp.unix.misc,comp.emacs,comp.editors
Subject: Re: Linux keyboard? (For emacs use)
Date: 23 Jan 1999 17:59:06 +0000
* Michael Carley<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
| It seems, psychologically, that well-differentiated characters are useful
| to aid the reader which is why I favour capitals at the start of a
| sentence---they mark points in the structure clearly and visually.
it seems at least equally, if not more, valid to argue that the words
that start a sentence are _needlessly_ differentiated form the other
words in the sentence and violate the "word picture" model. if "it" and
"It" are different word pictures (and they are), there is undoubtedly a
loss of recognition at the start of a sentence.
BTW, Josef Albers' points about sans-serif are valid for print quality,
only. the "fashionable preference for sans-serif" probably comes from
the fact that they _are_ more legible on low-resolution media, like most
computer displays. furthermore, sans-serif fonts have been used in what
is called "display text" for many years, i.e., headers, titles, etc,
because serifs are _not_ to be scaled with the rest of the character, and
a 72-point serif'ed letter is probably better of in sans-serif because
the serifs get in the way and works against the purpose that the serif
has in sizes from 8 to 12 points.
it's important to listen to experts, but even more important to know
enough about their field of expertise to know when _not_ apply what they
have said uncritically. this is all too frequent among non-typographers,
as if typography wasn't a real field of expertise. incidentally, this is
somewhat like computers, where everybody thinks they are entitled to an
opinion. this is simply not so.
#:Erik
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SIGTHTBABW: a signal sent from Unix to its programmers at random
intervals to make them remember that There Has To Be A Better Way.
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From: "Tony Perring" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: printing to Apple Laserwriter pro 630
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1999 19:51:16 -0000
I have a similar problem. Apple laserwriter 2g postscript printer that works
fine in 98
the printer is on com 2. All I get in my SuSE 5.2 system is a blinking
"ready to print" light. I have found no useable info on configuring this
port for a printer. Help would be greatly appreciated.
tp.
Tony Dahbura <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>I cannot figure out how to setup a print queue in RH 5.2 to print to a
>parallel attached Laserwriter pro 630.
>
>Any help would be appreciated it.
>
>Thanks,
>Tony
>
>
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From: Stephen Sill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,";"
Subject: Re: SMP linux crashes badly !
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1999 20:11:26 GMT
root wrote:
>
> Fred wrote:
>
> GREAT !
> I've compiled kernel 2.2.0-pre9 and everything seems to be fine ;-)))
> I still have to test it though ...
>
> Thanx
I have an ASUS P2b-ds running with 2 350 mhz processors, runs fine
under 2.2.0-pre9 with a heavy load.
Stephen
--
Meester, do you vant to buy a duck?
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Troglodytism does not necessarily imply a low cultural level.
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From: Simone Piccardi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: need help: add ide HDD to scsi system --> lilo fail
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1999 19:50:45 +0100
I had some trouble (but different) using a 12.7 Gb EIDE Hd, this because
the bios limitations. Did you check that you partitioned the Hd with the
right geometry? And did you put the kernel in the first 1024 cyclinders?
I have not more suggestion, but try to read the Large disks HOWTO
Bye
Simone
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Victor H. Auerbach)
Subject: IRQ 5 Freeze on Sound Card
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1999 20:46:06 GMT
I am using Red Hat Linux 5.1 updated to v. 2.0.36 on a Dell 450. The
hard drive has Windows 98 below and Linux in the upper reaches. Using
'make xconfig' I was able to use the Sound Blaster default to bring up
my sound card (Crystal 3D 64 V Intergrated Sound).
Upon booting (as read in /var/log/dmesg) there were two lines which
read:
Sound initialization started
<Sound Blaster Pro (3.2)> at 0x220 irq 5 dma 1,5
and I had full sound, CDROM etc., for a few days. Then, inexplicably,
the second line, upon a reboot, changed to:
s.b. Interupt test on IRQ5 failed - device disabled.
Sound still works in Windows and Windows tells me that only the sound
card uses IRQ 5. I have removed all system sounds in Linux and cleaned
up the files. Nothing helps. Recompiling the kernel without sound and
then with sound again does nothing.
Does anyone know of a way to unlock a locked interupt test, or any
other workaround for this problem?
Thanks,
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From: "Jim Orfanakos" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: nVidia RIVA TNT
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1999 14:25:00 -0500
Check out http://www.d128.com/ for the latest RIVA X-Server Drivers. I had
problems with X-Windows conflicting with my Ethernet Card and my STB 128
video card. Once I downloaded the Riva SVGA X-Server everything worked
fine.
BIOHAZARD wrote in message <78c7du$q14$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>PLEASE HELP ME!
>
>I have a Intel Pentium II 350MHz MMX and 64MB SDRAM (100MHz) with a Diamond
>Viper V550 16MB SGRAM AGP2x.
>
>The problem is my videocard, Linux doesn't support it!
>It is a nVidia RIVA TNT chipset I tried the P9000 server it doesn't work in
>KDE and X Window System.
>
>HELP ME!
>
>
>
>
>Marco
>
>
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From: "Martin H. Kristiansen" <[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, 23 Jan 1999 21:52:28 +0100
Stephen Jenuth wrote:
>
> In comp.os.linux.hardware Chris Ebenezer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> : I have an AMD K6-2 300MHz which gives me a bogomips rating of 399.95
>
> Even worse, my K6-2 300 MHz reports the following in /proc/cpuinfo
>
> model name: K6-2 (PR233 - PR333)
> cpu MHz: 300.720951
> bogomips: 599.65
> Sometimes I really wonder what is being measured. The system runs
> linux 2.1.130
This probably has to do with the newer kernel. I would guess that the old
bogomips was a simple nop loop performing one nop for every iteration. The K6
would decode 1 nop and 1 loop instruction per cycle. This kills the classic
Pentiums because of some stall when succesive branchspredictions occur (Tejre
can probably tell you). So the Kernel people probably unrolled the bogomips loop
so that a high number of nops are executed in each loop iteration causing the
K6/2 to decode close to 2 nops/cycle (the K6/2 looses nops right after decode).
For some reason the P-II only executes 1 nop/cycle (deliberate?)
Cheers
Martin
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From: BL <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: RH5.2 SCSI bus timeout - aic7880/aic7860 - help?
Date: 23 Jan 1999 20:56:16 GMT
Reply-To: no.spambots.please
Andrea Borgia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: On Thu, 14 Jan 1999 18:09:33 -0500,
: in article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Aaron Bredon) wrote:
:
: >> < --- snip --- >
: >> Jan 14 14:17:52 felix kernel: (scsi0) Cables present (Int-50 YES, Int-68 YES,
:Ext-68 YES)
: >> Jan 14 14:17:52 felix kernel: (scsi0) Illegal cable configuration!! Only two
: >> Jan 14 14:17:52 felix kernel: (scsi0) connectors on the SCSI controller may be in
:use at a time!
: >> < --- snip --- >
: >
: >The card is detecting 3 cables attached to the SCSI bus - this is not
: >allowed. I would suggest getting 68-50 pin adapters to connect narrow
: >devices to the wide scsi internal cable, and disconnect the 50 pin cable.
: >If you do not have 3 cables connected, then something else is wrong.
: Our server has a cd writer on the narrow cable, two disks on the wide
: channel and a dat unit on the external connector attached to the wide
: channel. The driver complains, but nothing wrong happens.
then you're JUST under the limit of the allowable termination/impedance
window. add one more device and it all could go to hell. specs are there for
a reason; if you ignore them, then you run at your own risk. don't yell if
things fall apart then..
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From: Josh Bertram <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: 5.1 hw support vs 5.2
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1999 20:38:49 +0000
Hi,
What I need:
==========
I'm new to linux and I'm trying to determine what hardware RH5.1
supports. RH's web site covers 5.2 hw support in detail (at least to
the level that I'm seeking). I'm mostly looking for video cards, sound
cards, and other misc multimedia hardware. The basic goal is that I'm
working on a project that's going to use a robot to teleconference. The
robot vendor is still working on drivers for 5.2 but has drivers (or
will soon) for 5.1. So, the simple answer, "5.2 is better... go to
that," won't suffice in this case... my constraint is the robot's
hardware device drivers.
What I've done:
==========
I've been to RH mirror sites, and I've been looking through the 5.1
manual. I've found limited information on video cards, but I question
the accuracy of the document. Have new devices been added to the 5.1 hw
support list? Here's the page I've been looking at regarding the
supported video cards:
ftp://ftp.unet.brandeis.edu/pub/redhat/redhat-5.1/i386/doc/rhmanual/manual/doc052.htm#i346
Please respond via email. Thank you!
Josh Bertram - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Vlemings Stieven <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Linux (RedHat 5.2) and AGP
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1999 21:27:31 +0100
Hello everybody there,
I just confinced my brother to go out and buy linux.
But there is just one small problem, i can't seem to get X running with
his videocard.
The card is a S3Trio3D AGP.
I also downloaded xfee86-3.3.3.1, and used XF86Setup
The only videomode that i can use is 320x300-8bpp, while under windows
it runs up to:
1280x1024-24bpp.
Can anyone tell what i have to do to get a higher videomode?
thanks in advance
Phoenix
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From: "Steve Z." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Linux only sees 16 megs of RAM!
Date: Mon, 18 Jan 1999 00:44:48 -0800
I've installed Linux on a new Compaq Presario 5710 (I think that's the model
number... I'm not sitting by it right now). When I run "free", it only
reports 16 megs of RAM, when there is 128 megs in the system! Does anyone
know why?
I remembered an option in the kernel to limit memory usage to the lower 16
megs, so I re-compiled the kernel with this option turned off, to no avail.
FYI, it's the latest Slackware (downloaded yesterday) installed with UMSDOS
onto my C: drive. This is a stock Presario, nothing has been added...
TIA for any advice!
Steve
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From: Michael Meissner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: SCSI - Is it worth it?
Date: 23 Jan 1999 13:12:24 -0500
Nik Anderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Often you can find the same drive with either an ide or scsi interface. The
> difference in price between the scsi drives reflect the more complicated
> logic that must be on a scsi drive. I would say, though, that you shouldn't
> see any difference in reliablilty in an investigation based on interface
> alone.
People are always saying that `often' you can find the same drive with either
interface. I tend to think its rarer than `often' would suggest, at least in
the last few years. Off the top of my head, there is the Quantum Fireball and
the Seagate Medalist Pro. The fireball scsi version has been repeatily slammed
for having bad scsi support in the review sites. I believe the price
difference is not the logic per se, but more that disk mfgrs know they can get
a higher profit for scsi disks (though less volume).
--
Michael Meissner, Cygnus Solutions (Massachusetts office)
4th floor, 955 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
[EMAIL PROTECTED], 617-354-5416 (office), 617-354-7161 (fax)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (C. C. McPherson)
Subject: Re: Future Modem support.
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1999 16:22:11 -0500
Gee Rob, and here I am spending all spare time researching all I
can on HSP and software modems trying to get enough data to write
a "little" driver for them. So it's a no-winner? I tend to
agree, because micro$oft has their hands in it. The bad part is
the fact that not all HSP modems are the same as well as software
modems are not all the same. The worst part is writing the Signal
Processor, and CoDec. Did you say you had a RPI spec :-) ?
Whew! My "little" task is getting bigger. In the next few weeks I
plan to buy one of those winmodems just to see what I can do with
it via the kernel. What modem do you recommend, I am thinking of
a USR Winmodem (I can get this one free), what do you think?
Clyde
> In article <Brnq2.1390$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> Jason Hardman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >Does anyone out there know if there is any planned support, or someone
> >working on the drivers for internal PCI type modems?
> >Unfortunately I bought a Diamond SupraExpress i56k PRO before getting Linux.
> >While it isn't totaly necessary for me as I can still use Win98 to do my
> >downloading, It is a Royal pain in the butt.
>
> The problem with that particular modem is not that it's PCI, but that it's
> an HCF-style Winmodem. So instead of writing a driver for a functioning
> peripheral, you'd have to write "modem emulation" software. Not an
> impossible task, and some people have expressed interest in having it
> done for their particular modems, but no large scale effort exists.
>
> Imagine you're Nala Xoc, super Linux hacker, and someone throws a
> SupraExpress PRO on your desk and says "make it work, would you?" Well,
> you've already got a perfectly good modem, but what the heck, South Park
> isn't on for a few hours yet, so you figure you can at least look at it.
> Having done work on amateur radio drivers, and having previously gotten
> a Rockwell chipset manual to prop up your desk, you manage to get it
> talking back.
>
> But it's a no-win situation: people will complain if it's slower under
> Linux than Windows and people will want ALL of the Winmodems to work.
> Meanwhile, there are new gadgets to play with... especially USB, which is
> probably much more critical to the acceptance of Linux.
>
> Rob Clark, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> http://www.o2.net/~gromitkc/winmodem.html
>
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From: Greg Bush <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Mouse configuration
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1999 15:38:18 -0600
I recently installed RedHat Linux 5.2 and I can't seem to get my mouse
to work under either X or gpm. Windoze95 calls it a "Standard Serial
Mouse" on COM1, so I have /dev/mouse linked to /dev/cua0. In my
/etc/X11/XF86Config I've tried both MouseType="Microsoft" and
MouseType="Intellimouse" and neither work. Is there any way (besides
reinstalling) to get a list of pointer protocols and try each one until
one works? Or does anyone have any other suggestions? Thanks in
advance...
Greg
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From: "Jonas Larsson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Diamond stelth II G460 whit Linux X
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1999 22:50:04 +0100
I am trying to install a Diamond card but i can`t find any driver
for it.
Using Red Hat Linux.
Thank you.
Jonas
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From: sultan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.misc
Subject: Re: System Beeps
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1999 15:06:48 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> I have searched for beep sequences on the net, and the only reference I
> have to continues beeping is bad power supply, I have replaced that and
> no change.
>
> Before I go mad and have to take all this stuff back to the shop, is
> there anyone who can enlighten me on what the beeps mean.
i don't think that this information will help in your case,
but if anyone is doing a lot of work with computers, unicore
software makes a POST code tester that slides into an ISA
slot, and translates what the 'puter is testing and can show
you where the m/b is hanging during the boot. it also is great
for testing a m/b without having to hook up a vid card and a
monitor to see if it's useable. i bought the POST code card
and a program suite called CHECKIT (which has been pretty
useful to me as well) for $100
http://www.unicore.com/
-sultan
--
it's been a long december
and there's reason to believe
maybe this year will be better
than the last.
-counting crows
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