Linux-Hardware Digest #335, Volume #9 Tue, 2 Feb 99 13:13:40 EST
Contents:
Newbie-Gray screen with startx-Redhat 5.1 ("Quinn")
HP SureStore T4i (Colum Paget)
HP PaintJet configuration ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Turtle Beach Sound Card (Mark Riehl)
Matrox Image640 (nick nelissen)
Re: 3c509b under RH 5.1 (Philip Hirschhorn)
Re: Newbie-Gray screen with startx-Redhat 5.1 ("Bob Glover")
Re: Mouse Problems in Linux (John Strange)
Re: Hard Drive install for Red Hat 5.2 won't WORK!!! (David Fox)
Re: To all ATI Owners !!! (Chilly Willy)
Re: 3COM sells crippled modems (was 3COM "support" (was: any voice capable/fax
modem software for use in warp4?)) ("�g�H")
DAT Drives ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: 3COM sells crippled modems (was 3COM "support" (was: any voice capable/fax
modem software for use in warp4?)) ("�g�H")
Any driver for Xircom Cardbus Ethernet 10/100 + modem 56 ? (Hugo Croonenborghs)
Re: Support for the NCR53C7XX in COmpaq Prosignia? (Jacob Gladish)
Cirrus Logic GD5446 and PCI detection ("Michael")
Problem with Adaptec SCSI card during installation (Alan Po)
Re: The 3com Etherlink (Jason Kennemer)
Re: HELPME ->config 1106cyclnder disk under RH5 (LieQuan Lee)
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From: "Quinn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Newbie-Gray screen with startx-Redhat 5.1
Date: Tue, 2 Feb 1999 07:58:51 -0500
Newbie-Gray screen with startx-Redhat 5.1
I am very new to Linux, the Redhat 5.1 installation from Que seemed clean
and straightforward. Install picked up the PS2 (MS IntelliMouse), NIC, also
had correct selection of Video Equipment: Optiquest V95 and STB Velocity
128. My processor is a PII400 Intel 440bx chipset 128 MB SDRAM�.
The first install I made sure that X-Windows was selected and the color
depth was automatically determined. When I try to start x I hang with just
a dark gray screen, no crunching of the HDD (waited about 10 min�. nothing)
The second install I set up the color depth myself and selected the no
chipset standard. The same thing happened.
Suggestions ?
Thank you for your time
Jason
Please email me at [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Colum Paget <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: HP SureStore T4i
Date: Tue, 02 Feb 1999 12:35:35 +0000
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hello All,
I work at a small company where we used to have an NT server. It was
unreliable, costly and just gave us a few to many surprises. So we
switched to Linux, but we've inherited an HP surestore T4 tape drive
which, although it works, doesn't do certain things under Linux:
1) Compression. This appears to need the hp drivers for NT to make it
work, indeed, reading between the lines I get the impression that it's a
bit of a fib that it does compression, and I suspect that this is done
by the driver software using the computers CPU, rather than on the
drive. Can anyone shed any light on this
2) Streaming. I cant get the drive to stream, its all stop-start
stop-start. I'm using tar to do the backups, with the -z option to
compress the data. I suspect that the time that it takes to compress the
data is such that the system can't keep the drive supplied with a
constant flow of data ( so it has to keep stopping to let gzip finish
zipping up more data for it to write), however, I have also heard things
intimating that it has something to do with tar not being very
efficient. Again, can anyone illuminate me regarding this?
Finally can anyone tell me what kind of advantages (if any) I can expect
to get from messing around with the tapes blocksize and density using
mt?
TIA
Colum
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: HP PaintJet configuration
Date: Tue, 02 Feb 1999 13:23:22 GMT
I have RedHat Linux 5.1 installed on my machine with a HP PaintJet printer. I
tried to create the postscript.conf file using the RedHat tool but it doesn't
work as it gives me a sed error. So I tried guessing what the conf file
should be and it works OK except that it always assumes I am printing on A3
(even if I have tried to specify A4 and Letter sizes). Has anybody got the
proper prostscript.conf file for a HP PaintJet? or could anyone tell me where
I could get one from? Many thanks.
Paul
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From: Mark Riehl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Turtle Beach Sound Card
Date: Tue, 02 Feb 1999 08:20:09 -0500
Guys,
I've got a Dell 400 Turtle Beach Montego A3D sound card. I'm running
Slackware 3.6 (kernel 2.0.35) and know that this card is not supported
in the kernel.
Are there any patches out there for this card? Has anyone been able to
get it to work under Linux?
Please CC any replies to me.
Thanks,
Mark
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From: nick nelissen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Matrox Image640
Date: Tue, 02 Feb 1999 16:45:53 +0800
Hi,
Has anybody ever used a Matrox Image640 capture card (ancient) with
linux. Or perhaps there is some source code for a similar driver out
there.
Thanks,
Nick
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Philip Hirschhorn)
Subject: Re: 3c509b under RH 5.1
Date: 2 Feb 1999 07:10:16 GMT
yx ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
: Hello all,
: 3c509 under RH 5.1can not work( can not ping itself ip), which is good under
: Win98 with PnP Disable.
: Thanks in advance,
: Sheng
: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I've been running a 3c509b under Linux for a year and a half now, with
no problems. You should definitely use the msdos setup program it
comes with to disable PnP, and to set the IRQ and I/O port (you say
you've done that). If it's still not working, you most likely have a
conflict with either your IRQ or your I/O port. Give the commands
cat /proc/interrupts
cat /proc/pci
cat /proc/ioports
to get an idea what's already in use (although not everything shows up
in there). If you can't find a conflict, you can try randomly
changing the IRQ and/or I/O port until things work.
Good luck.
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From: "Bob Glover" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Newbie-Gray screen with startx-Redhat 5.1
Date: Tue, 2 Feb 1999 14:17:14 -0000
What are the contents of the file ~/.xinitrc ?
Quinn wrote in message <796tn9$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>Newbie-Gray screen with startx-Redhat 5.1
>
>I am very new to Linux, the Redhat 5.1 installation from Que seemed clean
>and straightforward. Install picked up the PS2 (MS IntelliMouse), NIC,
also
>had correct selection of Video Equipment: Optiquest V95 and STB Velocity
>128. My processor is a PII400 Intel 440bx chipset 128 MB SDRAM�.
>
>The first install I made sure that X-Windows was selected and the color
>depth was automatically determined. When I try to start x I hang with just
>a dark gray screen, no crunching of the HDD (waited about 10 min�. nothing)
>
>The second install I set up the color depth myself and selected the no
>chipset standard. The same thing happened.
>
>
>Suggestions ?
>
>Thank you for your time
>Jason
>
>Please email me at [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Strange)
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,alt.uu.comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Re: Mouse Problems in Linux
Date: 2 Feb 1999 12:39:26 GMT
take the -R out of the gpm string in /etc/rc.d/rc.local
Michael Dvorak ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
: I am stuck. I am so close to having x-windows working. First it was the
: video card, now it is the mouse. When I start-up the mouseconfig program,
: the little block moves around the screen with the mouse. Then, after I
: start up x-windows, I get nothing. Just a little pointer that sits on the
: screen. I tried two mouses (Logitech Mouse Man and a regular PS2). Redhat
: does not say much about what to do in this case. Please help.
: Michael Dvorak
: Minnesota
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From: d s f o x @ c o g s c i . u c s d . e d u (David Fox)
Subject: Re: Hard Drive install for Red Hat 5.2 won't WORK!!!
Date: 02 Feb 1999 06:31:16 -0800
David Starke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Kyle Gonzales wrote:
> >
> > I tried to do a hard drive install for RH5.2, following every
> > instruction in my manuals and on the Red Hat web site. I get to where
> > it asks for the location of the RedHat/RPMS & RedHat/base directories.
> > No matter where I put it, it says, "Location [whatever] does not appear
> > to contain a Red Hat installation tree." Anyone have any ideas?
>
> I have tried this also. Eventually went out and bought the CD. Maybe
> its a ploy to sell more RH5.2. I was disappointed to have to explain to
> my son why this "free" OS was costing us.
Good opportunity to explain the difference between "freedom" and
"free lunch"... :)
--
David Fox http://hci.ucsd.edu/dsf xoF divaD
UCSD HCI Lab baL ICH DSCU
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Chilly Willy)
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: To all ATI Owners !!!
Date: Tue, 02 Feb 1999 07:13:44 GMT
I don't know what exactly your discussing but I have an 8MB ATI
XpertPlay AGP video card. I set it up in XF86Setup as the Mach 64
family and it works great. No problems whatsoever. This is with
RedHat 5.1 and 5.2.
On Mon, 01 Feb 1999 00:27:36 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Don Pedro)
you spoke these great words:
>On Wed, 20 Jan 1999 15:59:56 -0500, "binaryhead"
><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> As we all know ATI is a pretty good and popular video card. They have
>>excelent drivers for M$ products.
>> BUT they will not release information how to take advantage of the 3D
>>acceleration for Linux.
>
>YasHC (Yet Another Shrunken Head Company), I think.
>
>...of course another chapter from the still unwritten ' support-Howto'
>
>But on the other hand: There is an OpenGL-Driver for the ATI Card I
>own..... (..but only for Windows NT, not for Windows 9xx)
>
>...some kind of braindead, ehhh ?
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From: "�g�H" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: 3COM sells crippled modems (was 3COM "support" (was: any voice
capable/fax modem software for use in warp4?))
Date: Tue, 02 Feb 1999 07:02:56 GMT
In <36b63c92$1$woehfu$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on 02/01/99
at 06:42 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Brush) said:
>If your present ISP does fail to jump on the latest as quick as you like,
>will you dump them? I only ask because I have waited for a time with my ISP
>on occasion, as I would rather not change my email address, move my web
>page, and get all new links into the search engines. Perhaps you don't have
>such an investment and could switch in a minute.
I can do that easy... Web pages? I had someone hosting it for me... E-Mails?
I had it on someone else's POP/SMTP server as well...
My ISP merely acts as a on-ramp... it doesn't matter which one, so long as
it is fast and reliable... :)
>That would be nice, but not everyone can. Just wanted to point out another
>perspective.
Get forwarding E-Mail address...
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: DAT Drives
Date: Tue, 02 Feb 1999 13:40:20 GMT
I have a computer running RH 5.2
I want to buy a 4mm DAT Drive.
Which one I should?
Is the interface usually SCSI?
Please advise
Jawahar
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From: "�g�H" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: 3COM sells crippled modems (was 3COM "support" (was: any voice
capable/fax modem software for use in warp4?))
Date: Tue, 02 Feb 1999 07:07:16 GMT
In <795tet$8kv$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on 02/02/99
at 04:03 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Chris Lee) said:
>There were a number of reasons, the most important one was compatability.
>Most of the ISP users were/are using v.90/56k flex modems, not USR X2
>modems.
Wrong again... V.90 is not 56KFlex... AFAIK, USR was the first vendor with
V.90 capable modems...
And 56K Flex were somewhat on an even playing field as compared to X2
protocal, and as well, a lot of larger ISPs are also using X2...
As for your claim of saving money... Yeah, wasted time, saved money... Stuck
with 14.4 for a great long time... didn't even had the chance to use
V.34+...
too fregging bad.
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From: Hugo Croonenborghs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Any driver for Xircom Cardbus Ethernet 10/100 + modem 56 ?
Date: Tue, 02 Feb 1999 08:30:00 +0100
Hi,
Very short : Is there a driver for this 32 bit card ?
If yes, where to find it ?
If no, is there another way (without buying another card) ?
Thanx !
Hugo
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From: Jacob Gladish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Support for the NCR53C7XX in COmpaq Prosignia?
Date: Mon, 01 Feb 1999 23:04:06 -0500
Henk-Jan (Linux news.*) wrote:
>
> Does the 2.2.1 kernel support the NCR SCSI Chipset in the COmpaq Prosignia
> VS or not?
>
> --
> Met vriendelijke groeten,
> With kind regards,
>
> Henk-Jan Kloosterman
> (Nederland, Friesland)
yes. from my /proc/ioports/ "8000-807f : ncr53c7,8xx"
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From: "Michael" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Cirrus Logic GD5446 and PCI detection
Date: Mon, 1 Feb 1999 21:16:32 -0500
Hello,
I am hoping somebody here can help me out.
I have a linux system which uses a GD5446 2MB video card in a PCI slot.
When the kernel boots, it does not recognize the card, though I do get video
(from reading dmesg I've found that it doesn't recognize the card as a known
device). While in terminal mode, no sweat, but as soon as I get into
Xwindows, there are problems. I can only enable 256 colors, and this really
bites a bit, esp. since I am using KDE.
I've run scanpci as root, and it tells me: No PCI !
Well, I do have PCI. I've looked in the pci.h file, but don't really know
what kind of entry to make for the GD5446 card.
The question is, then, am I looking in the right place to fix the problem,
and if so, can somebody help me fix it with the correct entry in pci.h? If
I'm walking down the wrong path, could somebody let me know that to and
perhaps suggest a better course of action?
As always, I appreciate any and all suggestions.
Thanks!
Michael
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Date: Tue, 02 Feb 1999 12:35:57 +0800
From: Alan Po <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Problem with Adaptec SCSI card during installation
Dear sir,
I have tried to install Red Hat to my computer which contain two hard
disk. An IDE hard disk for Win98 and a 1G SCSI hard disk which want to
install Red Hat.
However, when Red Hard try to detect my SCSI card, it hang up. I have
tried to install by using expert mode and I find the Linux fail to scan
my SCSI card.
What is the problem? Please give me some idea or hints. Furthermore, I
find that I need to Cold Boot my computer after the failure, otherwise,
my SCSI card cannot detect my hard disk. However, my SCSI hard disk is
working properly under Win98.
Thanks for any help,
Alan Po ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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From: Jason Kennemer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: The 3com Etherlink
Date: Tue, 02 Feb 1999 08:25:41 GMT
Jim Ray wrote:
> does anyone have any idea how I would diable plug and play under WinNT?? I
> appreciate it in advance!
>
> Jim
> to reply via email, please remove ".nospam"
>
> Sonnik wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> >Had the same problem...
> >
> >According to a mini-faq I found @ linux.org, Linux probably doesn't like
> the
> >plug-and-play features of your card. Get the setup program, if you don't
> have
> >it already, and disable the plug-and-play. Linux should be able to
> recognize
> >the device. However, Windows may need to install ISA drivers for your card
> >after you boot into Windows the first time after that. After this, Windows
> >and Linux should be able to use the Ethernet card in harmony.
> >
> >Jim Ray wrote:
> >
> >> Are the drivers for the Etherlink III (3c900B-TPO) compiled in the kernel
> >> that is included with Redhat 5.1? Yes, I'm very much a newbie, but I
> went
> >> out and bought this ethernet card and now it doesn't seem to want to
> work.
> >> Thanks!
> >>
> >> Jim
> >> to reply via e-mail remove ".nospam"
> >
create a dos boot floppy, put the 3c5x9cfg.exe file on it, and boot your system
with the floppy and run the config util to disable plug & play.
-jrk
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From: LieQuan Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.admin,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.unix.admin
Subject: Re: HELPME ->config 1106cyclnder disk under RH5
Date: 01 Feb 1999 14:03:54 -0500
"Johnny El" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Hi folks
> this is my 2nd attempt to get an answer on this.
> I'll be more specific this time.
> I'm trying to configure a scsi disk drive under RH5, but it wont mount the
> disk.
what does "wont mount the disk" mean? You had better attach error
messages or describe the phenoma nore specificly. Also you should
include your hardware information such as the SCSI controller.
> I think its because a cylnder limit, can you confirm that?
> the errors I get are:
> -------
> [root@linuxhost /root]# fdisk /dev/sda
> The number of cylinders for this disk is set to 1106.
> This is larger than 1024, and may cause problems with:
> 1) software that runs at boot time (e.g., LILO)
> 2) booting and partitioning software form other OSs
> (e.g., DOS FDISK, OS/2 FDISK)
>
Basically, this is only an warnning. If you stick to this disk in one
OS such as Linux, you can safely ignore this message.
> Command (m for help):
> =================================
> Command (m for help):
> Command (m for help): p
>
> Disk /dev/sda: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 1106 cylinders
> Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 bytes
>
> Device Boot Begin Start End Blocks Id System
>
> Command (m for help):
I have a SCSI disk which has exact the same heads, sectors, and
cyclinders. However, because I donot know what the SCSI controller and hard
disk is, I only can guess the problem is your Linux kernel have not a
proper modules for the SCSI controller. For example, only the lastest
2.0.36 kernel with proper configuration supports Adaptec 78xx SCSI
controllers.
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