Linux-Hardware Digest #263, Volume #9 Mon, 25 Jan 99 06:13:28 EST
Contents:
Re: Want Linux bogomips numbers for Intel PII-450 (Terje Mathisen)
Re: Really weird problem with G200. (Klaus Konzept)
Re: AudioPCI question (Tim Moore)
Turbo Mouse configuration (James Huff)
Re: Diamond Viper compatibility? (James Huff)
AHA-3940UW = no Linux??? ("Ben Goble, Lakewood Colorado")
Re: emachine 300c Cyrix - Any Red Hat 5.2 Success? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: WHAT KIND OF COMPUTER I NEED TO USE LINUX? (Peter Eades)
Infrared Keyboard support.... (Max Lock)
This is a question about hardware + networking (Tessai)
Re: Linux keyboard? (For emacs use) (Bob Nelson)
Logitech QuickCam VC (Stef)
Re: Bttv & Help (Tim)
Re: Wacom Woes... (Bruce Stephens)
3c562b not recognized automatically by Install ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Problems mounting JAZ drive (doug)
Re: Lightweight Laptop (Matthew Faupel)
Re: aha1542cf not detected (Christoph Lorenz)
Re: HP printer (Earnest Bovine)
Re: HP OfficeJet 600 with Linux? (Earnest Bovine)
Re: Logitech QuickCam VC (Grant Leslie)
Mad16 / Opti 82C924 / miro PCM12 Rev.E (Karsten Mueller)
Re: Media Vision PCMCIA soundcard? (MiragePhotos)
Re: Cyrix 6X86 166+ ("Sebastian T. Tkocz")
Re: Help: can't generate snd-audiopci module in compiling ALSA driver (Bob)
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From: Terje Mathisen <[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: Mon, 25 Jan 1999 09:19:47 +0100
Martin H. Kristiansen wrote:
>
> 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
I can indeed tell you, the short answer is that the original Pentium
cannot correctly predict a loop consisting of a _taken_ branch on every
cycle.
I first verified this (for loops with up to 7 branch instructions, with
or without regular integer instructions paired with the branches) a few
years ago.
Agner Fog however did much more, he actually reverse engineered the
exact mechanism by which BTB update/replacement happens. He wrote a very
good article about this which you'll find on his home page.
(http://announce.com/agner/)
Terje
--
- <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Using self-discipline, see http://www.eiffel.com/discipline
"almost all programming can be viewed as an exercise in caching"
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From: Klaus Konzept <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.questions,alt.comp.periphs.videocards.matrox,alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.x,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.help,de.comp.os.linux.x,de.comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: Really weird problem with G200.
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1999 08:14:44 +0100
> Tabman wrote:
>
> > Hi folks.
> >
> > I have this really strange problem with my Millennium G200 running in Linux.
> > The icons in Netscape Navigator ( the ones on the toolbar, etc. Even the
> > Netscape icon in the top right corner ) are in black and white, but
> > everything else is in perfect colour ! Even Navigator's start up page, which
> > shows the Netscape logo, displays everything correctly ! No joke. It's just
> > the icons.
I�ve had the same problem with my Millenium G200.
The reason was very simple, I used 24 Bit color instead of 32 Bit !!
have a lot of fun...
K.Konzept
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Date: Mon, 18 Jan 1999 23:19:47 -0800
From: Tim Moore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: AudioPCI question
Sorry. I change it ad hoc and don't always remember the sig.
--
[Replies: remove the stuff in the middle]
"Everything is permitted. Nothing is forbidden."
WS Burroughs.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (James Huff)
Subject: Turbo Mouse configuration
Date: Mon, 18 Jan 1999 23:36:58 -0800
Hi all,
Has anyone successfully configured the Kensingtion Turbo Mouse to use all
__4__ buttons? I really miss this functionality from Mac/Win world. I can
only get it to reconize 3 events - Left, right, and cord click. I would be
extremely interested and grateful for anyone that may have some knowledge
on where to go for info. I checked all the mini howtos and such but they
only cover 3-button mice. I left an email at Kensington site about a
possible driver for Linux. Any news would be better than no news. Thanks.
-James
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (James Huff)
Subject: Re: Diamond Viper compatibility?
Date: Mon, 18 Jan 1999 23:32:34 -0800
Thanks to Micheal, coats and Georg!!
The answer if any are interested is it that the current XFree86
distribution does not support the TNT Nvidia chipset. However 3.3.3 does.
Here is a response I recieved that sums it up well. I can't wait to test
it out. Thanks.
<snip>
Well RedHat 5.2 is not shipped with suitable drivers but you can download
the update packages for XFree86-3.3.3 which includes full support for the
Diamond Viper and I myself used it successfully. Remember to update all of
the XFree86 rpm-packages installed.
<end snip>
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (James Huff) wrote:
> Does anyone know if there is support for the Diamond Viper V550. I checked
> Rehat's hardware list and it is currently unsupported. I would be _very_
> interested to know if someone has a driver or knows where to find one for
> the Viper. I just bought a new system and I ***have*** to run Linux to any
> work done. :)
>
> Thanks.
> James H.
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Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1999 23:51:55 -0700
From: "Ben Goble, Lakewood Colorado" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: AHA-3940UW = no Linux???
My CD works fine with Win98 and if I put the RH 5.2 CD in
the drive it will auto boot but when it looks for the CD drive
it comes back with the message "mount failed: Block device
required" The same thing happens when I use the
RH 5.2 boot diskette.
When looking for a SCSI controller it finds a 2940.
I have a 3940UW which the hardware HOWTO
says is supported since 1.3.6
Here are my SCSI devices.
Channel A ID #0 ST34520w Internal
ID #9 ST34520w Internal
ID #10 ST34572w Internal end device ACTIVE
termination
ID #12 ST39173w Internal
Channel B ID #4 ST34371n Internal end device ACTIVE
termination
ID #6 Plextor 8x CD External end device ACTIVE
termination
For channel A the controller card is the end device and is
manually terminated, not 'automatic'.
For channel B the controller card termination is set to 'disable'.
I have tried the default controller termination (automatic) also,
and still have the problem.
M/B is an ASUS TX-97-XE with the most recent BIOS.
Does this error message mean I will not be able to run Linux?
Any suggestions or wild guesses welcomed.
--
Ben Goble Lakewood, Colorado USA
bgoble at uswest dot net bgoble at nyx dot net
A Stranger and a Pilgrim on the Earth
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: emachine 300c Cyrix - Any Red Hat 5.2 Success?
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1999 07:07:30 GMT
Successfully installed Linux 5.2 today on e-machine 300c (Cyrix)
purchased yesterady. Left the installed copy of Windows 98 in place,
nondestructively shrinking the original partition, which occupied the
whole disk originally, to make room for a new partition for Linux.
To do so, followed the instructions by Dan Kegel posted to
comp.os.linux.setup 1/2/99. You can find those by going to
www.dejanews.com and searching for the text 'steps to install $499'
Our Linux user group had an installfest this morning and Dan was
there. So was another guy with an emachine on which he had Linux
running.
Did not get X going yet, but found recipes for that from others on
dejanews and plan to try.
"Dirk Leas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Anybody successfully gotten this to fly? My installation fails at the point
>the packages are being copied/installed with tons of I/O errors. I've seen
>lots of success with the older 266Mhz Cyrix, and the 300Mhz Celeron, but
>haven't heard from anybody with this new box.
>
>
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From: Peter Eades <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.linux.slakware,alt.os.linux,alt.os.linux.caldera,alt.sex.fetish.linux,aus.computers.linux,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.linux.powerpc,tin.it.computer.pc.linux
Subject: Re: WHAT KIND OF COMPUTER I NEED TO USE LINUX?
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1999 22:26:20 +1000
If oyur going to run X and lets face it most of us "non technical
useres" do, then 8M is the minimum and 16 is recomended. 24 should be
heaps.
Stefan Hartsuiker wrote:
>
> You need an 386 with 4Mb of memory and about 120-500 Mb of harddisk space :)
>
> Look it up, it's true.
>
> Bill Unruh wrote in message <78ftm5$j4v$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> >In <78fibt$epa$[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "ULY" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> >
> >>I'VE GOT A PENTIUM 133MHZ 24MB RAM
> >That is fine. However, under linux you will have to get a new keyboard
> >that also does lower case letters. It is important in Linux that you be
> >able to use lower case letters, or it will not work.
> >
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From: Max Lock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Infrared Keyboard support....
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1999 08:58:00 +0000
Hi Folks,
I haven't seen much on this, so here goes..
I've got a digital edge free wire infrared keyboard with a built
in `joystick' that seems to operate much like those found on
laptop keyboards. It's a pressure sensitive `button'. I also have
various extra non-standard keys, marked up WWW, plus CD
controls'etc.
I want to map these extra buttons, and also have the mouse
respond to the joystick movement. Does anyone know how to do
this?...
FWIW it was purchased from PC World in the UK
-Thanks, Max.
--
Maxwell Lock, Systems Specialist, CRAY Research / SGI UK. 01189 307806
"There are two major products that come out of Berkeley, LSD and UNIX.
We don't believe this to be a coincidence." -Jeremy S. Anderson
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Tessai)
Subject: This is a question about hardware + networking
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1999 08:04:35 GMT
When I installed Linux (RedHat) I was using a cable modem line that
connected to an ethernet card in one of my PCI slots. My provider uses
dhcp to issue IP addresses, so I had eth0 use dhcp on startup. Also,
at this time, I was using kernel 2.0.34. In addition, I was using LILO
to load both Linux and Windows. My hard drive crashed. I bought a new
one and tried to reinstall Linux on the new drive. This time, however,
I used a boot disk, which I assume uses the same kernel that is
compiled during installation. Now, when I load up Linux, using the
boot disk, it says that it is delaying dhcp for my eth0 device, which
has not been changed, and was configured to run at startup. If you
have any suggestions, please let me know.
Tessai
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From: Bob Nelson <[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: 25 Jan 1999 01:45:34 -0600
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In comp.editors Erik Naggum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> * [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Gabor)
> | You did precisely that when you asserted, erroneously, that I am a
> | right wing religious fanatic.
> I did in fact not assert you were. comparing your behavior to their so
> you would feel ashamed of looking like one, yes, but I was not asserting
> you were. your intelligence is showing, again.
say, I just so happen to be a right-wing Southern (US) male and, as a
bonus, quite religious (fundamentalist Christian) like many here in
the state of Texas. in spite of this, I think Erik has made a very
worthwhile point regarding econony of keystrokes to convey information.
there's little doubt that we'd strongly disagree on political and
spiritual matters, I'm also certain he wouldn't care for my choice
of music either (southern gospel, western swing and C&W). nevertheless,
he's persuaded me that this particular style is not without merit.
by the way, I also don't care much for syntax highlighting of source
code. perhaps this prediposes me for not needing the visual cue of
a capital to begin a sentence?
--
========================================================================
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http://www.oldradio.com/archives/nelson/open-computing.html
``Those who don't understand UNIX are condemned to reinvent it, poorly.''
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From: Stef <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Logitech QuickCam VC
Date: 25 Jan 1999 10:29:59 +0100
Can the Logitech QuickCam VC be used in with linux? What software woul
I need?
Stef
--
WebMaster D-WERK
UNIX and Windows NT administration, SOS-ETH
ETH Zurich
[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://hoes.li
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From: Tim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Bttv & Help
Date: 25 Jan 1999 10:15:37 +0000
Jake Kassen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Hello,
>
> I recently got a very cheep WinTV (Bttv chip) and I am trying to get it
> to work under linux. After a few kernels, I went with the newest
> (2.2.0pre-9). I had it built into the kernel and I am attempting to use
> Xawtv to display the output. It works great with the composite input,
> but not with the normal "TV" plug. Xawtv displays static on a small part
> of the display box and black elsewhere. I here static, but little
> happens when I change channels. The card is model 404 with mono sound.
> Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks.
I got this with a wintv primio. The tuner chip isn't suported
in the kernel version of bttv AFAIK. This is what I did and mine now
works.
Recompile the kernel without any of the video4linux stuff
Get the bbtv0.6.x stuff (find from Freshmeat) which is the
latest version of bttv.
Build it (and stick the modules in /lib/modules/[whatever].)
Insert the modules and start xawtv etc.
All I need to get it to do now is to give me sound under 2.2.0pre9 ;)
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From: Bruce Stephens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Wacom Woes...
Date: 24 Jan 1999 19:37:56 +0000
Peter Gilbert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Yes, but is that ttyS1 or cua0. Do I have to make a link between the
> two??.
You misunderstand. ttyS0 is the same as cua0, and ttyS1 is the same
as cua1. (The cua* are not recommended.) But ttyS0 would be called,
in DOS language, COM1. Similarly, ttyS1 would be COM2.
So, if, in Windows, your tablet is on COM1, then under Linux, it's on
ttyS0.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: ch.comp.os.linux
Subject: 3c562b not recognized automatically by Install
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1999 10:14:40 GMT
Hi,
The automatic install of Red-Hat Linux knows how to recognize a 3c562 netowork
card (etherlink III), but does not recognize the 3c562b version,
that includes a modem.
Is there a fast cure to it ?
If somebody could point me to the source, and maybe what should be done,
we might do the work here too.
thanks !
/Shmulik
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From: doug <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.help
Subject: Re: Problems mounting JAZ drive
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1999 23:06:48 -0500
Loren Osborn wrote:
>
> Steven Headley wrote:
> >
> > Hello everyone,
> > I am having problems mounting my Jaz drive to RedHat Linux 5.2. This
> > same procedure worked on RedHat 5.0 but dosen't want to work in 5.2.
> > When I try:
> >
> > mount -t ext2 /dev/sdb4 /backup:
> >
> > I get the following:mount: /dev/sdb4 is not a valid block device.
> >
> > I know the system recognizes the drive since it shows in the
> > /var/messages:
>
> You may want to try running fdisk on /dev/sdb to see which partitions
> are actually allocated... for instance when I use a Zip disk with a FAT
> filesystem on it, it's almost always /dev/sda4, but usually when I put
> an ext2 filesystem on it, I re-partition it to use /dev/sda1... Usually
> you get that error when the filesystem you are trying to mount a
> partition that doesn't exist.
>
> Loren Osborn
> NOCCC Linux/Unix SIG Leader
Loren,
Ya know what? Your right. <but you knew that> :O)
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From: Matthew Faupel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Lightweight Laptop
Date: 25 Jan 1999 10:29:15 +0000
"Wallace P. Heller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I am in the market for a lightweight laptop which can handle
> Linux and Win 95. Can someone recommend a make and model?
I use an Acer Travelmate 312T dual booting Linux and Win98 (you get a free
choice of Win95 or Win98 as they ship restore disks for both). I chose it in
preference to the more well known "sexy" ultrathins as it was the smallest
machine (volume-wise) that I could find with an 800x600 display. It also
has more ports built in than most ultrathins, comes with CD-ROM and
(Win)modem as standard, and is significantly cheaper. Its possible downsides
are a keyboard that some might find too small (though I can touchtype on it
OK) and a 2 hour battery life.
Installing Linux is a bit of a pig because you need a minor change to the
IDE driver to get the CD-ROM working, and you need the CD to install to be
able to edit the driver... It is possible though. Having got past that
hurdle, I've had no problems with Linux on the machine at all.
Cheers,
Matthew
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Subject: Re: aha1542cf not detected
From: Christoph Lorenz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 25 Jan 1999 10:41:45 +0100
Mircea <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Lamer :-(
> To the original poster: I had the same problem. Apparently, Linux cannot
> detect this card if the I/O address is set low, i.e. 0x130 or 0x134.
Can't be... My 1542CF runs fine on 0x130.
The only thing is, that I have to specify this at boot time.
Ciao
Christoph
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From: Earnest Bovine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: HP printer
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1999 02:05:13 -0800
The HP website
www.all-in-one-home.com/products/600.html
says Windows only. No Unix.
Too bad; I have OfficeJet 300.
Dustin Jones wrote:
> I have a hewlet packard deskjet 693c and i need to know if there are any
> drivers for it? If there arent is there a generic printer driver that will
> allow me to print using linux. I have the Debian 2.0 distribution.
>
> Thanks
> Dustin
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From: Earnest Bovine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: HP OfficeJet 600 with Linux?
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1999 02:06:07 -0800
The HP web site
www.all-in-one-home.com/products/600.html
says Windows only. No Unix.
Too bad; I have OfficeJet 300.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I'm currently without a printer and am looking at combination
> printer/scanner/etc. machines. The HP OfficeJet 600 got good reviews in
> Consumer Reports, but claims to work only with Windows. Will I be able to
> print PostScript files on it in Linux and use it as a scanner?
>
> I tried searching www.google.com for "hp officejet 600 linux" and the most
> useful-looking hits were dead links.
>
> Thanks for any help!
>
> --
> "It seems certain that much of the success of Unix follows from the
> readability, modifiability, and portability of its software."
> -- Dennis M. Ritchie, September, 1979
>
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From: Grant Leslie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Logitech QuickCam VC
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1999 05:35:12 -0400
Stef wrote:
>
> Can the Logitech QuickCam VC be used in with linux?
Sadly no. It can't, only the B/W, and the Early Color Quickcams.
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From: Karsten Mueller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Mad16 / Opti 82C924 / miro PCM12 Rev.E
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1999 09:56:25 +0100
Hello,
did anybody get the Soundcard "miro PCM12 Rev. E"
working ? The soundcard contains the opti-chip 82C924.
The loading of the modules
insmod soundcore
insmod soundlow
insmod sound
insmod ad1848
insmod uart401
insmod sb mad16=1
works fine. Only the last module
insmod mad16 io=0x530 irq=9 dma=1 dma16=0 mpu_irq=10 mpu_io=0x330
does NOT work with the stupid error-message:
/lib/modules/2.2.0-final/misc/mad16.o: module_init: Device or
resource busy.
The kernel (/var/log/messages) gives no error-messages. There
is also no irq/dma-problem, because I checked the /proc/dma
and /proc/interrupts. Also (in the meantime), I tried all irq's
and dma's.
I'm afraid that the reason for the problem is, that the
opti 82C924 is a pnp-chip. (Opti sayes this.) But the soundcard
miro PCM12 Rev.E is NOT pnp. Also pnpdump gives nothing.
Perhaps the miro must be initialized which is not possible
under linux. (I have NO windows to check this.)
Thanks for all hints.
Karsten.
The mad16-module can also not be loaded with kernel 2.0.36.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (MiragePhotos)
Subject: Re: Media Vision PCMCIA soundcard?
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1999 09:53:57 GMT
On 24 Jan 1999 17:37:11 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Stephen R.
Savitzky) wrote:
>My new laptop's main limitation is that it only has one channel of audio
>input. If it weren't for that it would make a great direct-to-digital
>recording device.
>
>I picked up a Media Vision PCMCIA Soundcard for $30 at a local surplus
>joint. The only documentation is a single sheet explaining how to
>install it under Win95. Looking at the list of SUPPORTED.CARDS in
>pcmcia-cs-3.0.6 (pretty recent, if not actually the latest) I don't see
>it either in the supported or the unsupported list. Anyone know of a
>driver?
Steve,
Most of Media Vision's cards were manufactured here in Taiwan or the
parts made here but assembled in India. I know some of their former
local suppliers so if you can send me a little bit more info, I'll do
what I can. I must tell you however, that most of their suppliers were
pretty low-end and some have gone belly up.
Corey
Mirage Photos
Taipei, Taiwan
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From: "Sebastian T. Tkocz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Cyrix 6X86 166+
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1999 11:10:52 GMT
Hi,
David Guillot wrote in message <77g25s$m8c$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>Novice in the free Linux's World I 've a lot of problems in the X mode. My
>Pc is crashing and my keyboard is out. My config is the following :
>Cyrix 6X86 166+, 64mo Ram, Carte vid�o Matrox mystique 4mo, Ecran Smile
>1706, DD Seagate 2 Go just for Linux...
>If you can help this poor guy, thanks a lot...('xcuse my bad english)
I'm using 6x86 166+ w 64MB FPM/EDO and S3V graphics card at home, and it
works
fine. (I use RedHat 5.2 now.) The Cyrix 6x86 P166+ had some heat/cache
problems
prior to revision 2.7 (which I use) - if You have some older revision, You
might try
"cooling down" the processor by setting it's "suspend on halt" register.
I've seen a linux
program doing that, but all I remember is it's name: 6x86set.
Sebastian T. Tkocz ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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From: Bob <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.development.apps,comp.os.linux.developement.system
Subject: Re: Help: can't generate snd-audiopci module in compiling ALSA driver
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1999 06:36:05 -0500
Yongbin Wei wrote:
> I have been using the ALSA sound driver (forget the version)
> in the past several monthes. My sound card is Soundblaster
> PCI64, everything worked fine, playing cd, realaudio, ...
>
> As Version 0.3.0-pre2 came out, I decided to update it.
> When I compile it, I found out that the module *snd-audiopci*
> was not generated. I am pretty much sure that is the module
> for my card. I am not expert on Linux, can somebody
> help me on this? any input will be appreciated.
>
> BTW, I am using Redhat 5.1.
>
> YW
I got the alsa source in Debian potato, and it wanted a kernel 2.1.128
or
later, and there isn't source for that in Debian. I went to
sunsite/megalab
and got 2.1.132 and 2.2.0-final source. alsa has about four *.o in its
own
tree, and links them version-specific, so I had to pick one kernel or
the
other. I picked 2.2.0-final, and alsa ./configure bombs out on the
"-final"
non-numeric. I edited kernel-source-2.2.0-final/Makefile, the line near
the top somethingEXTRA="-final". Fine, now uname -r says 2.2.0, and
alsa's configure script works.
kernel:
make mrproper
make menuconfig
make dep
cd /usr/src/modules/alsadriver
./configure
make clean install
cd /usr/src/linux (kernel-source-yours)
make etc.
pnpdump>/etc/isapnp.conf
....uncomment there as appropriate
/usr/src/modules/alsadriver/alsaconf/alsaconf
...wrote /etc/modutils/alsa
update-modules
...get that into /etc/conf.modules
...hand edit /etc/modules to put the module names from
/etc/modutils/alsa in
Now mine loads with no errors, soundblaster awe32.
amixer -c 1 out-gain 100 unmute norec
aplay demo.au
...no sound.
-Bob
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