Linux-Hardware Digest #337, Volume #9 Tue, 2 Feb 99 17:13:43 EST
Contents:
Re: 300A@450 linux reboots as it's boots up ("Paul Nevin")
Re: Cheapest Linux "Hardmodem"? Less than $55.95? (Dae)
Re: Amazing Intel i740 display card ! Please help !! (Xiaoyong Wu)
Re: Hard Drive install for Red Hat 5.2 won't WORK!!! (Brian Rutledge)
Re: Linux keyboard? (For emacs use) (Erik Naggum)
Tape file marks (Ken)
Problems with Linux on a new Dell (Justin White)
Re: Yamaha CDR-100, Adaptec 2940 & SCSI timeouts ("Alain Chappuis")
6 CD-ROM's -- can only see 3 (Lucky)
Re: ALS100 sound chips? (Joe Ringer)
Re: Linux apps in win2000 port news! (Bill Crosby)
/etc/conf.modules syntax for sound (Jord)
Newbie Install Problems (Al Votolato)
Re: QIC02 TAPE, SuSE 5.3.. how to install and read? Thank you fellows in advance!
(M. Buchenrieder)
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From: "Paul Nevin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: 300A@450 linux reboots as it's boots up
Date: Tue, 2 Feb 1999 18:07:30 +0800
I had the same problem with a Celron 300a overclocked to 450MHz and a Celron
333a overclocked to 500MHz. Both chips worked fine at the overclocked
speeds in Windows 98 and NT, but would not boot in Linux.
Perhaps the linux OS requires more accuracy than that Microsoft crap!
karlo wrote in message
<01be4e62$a8d5d4a0$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>I have a strange problem?
>Windows boots fine @450
>but as linux is booting up it just restarts the computer??
>
>what the hell is going on here???
>anyone have any clues???
>
>thanks
>karlo
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From: Dae <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Cheapest Linux "Hardmodem"? Less than $55.95?
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1999 14:56:40 -0500
I think the best price I was was on a Newcom External at Office Max for
just under $70. I wish I would have picked it up, when I was in
Delaware, since there are no OfficMax stores here in MD, and it seems
none of the stoers here carry their externals.
Best price external modem I found around here that is Linux compatiable
is the Zoom (2949 model) for $99 at Office Depot and the guy on the
phone told me there is currently a $20 rebate.
Later- Dae/MD
=======
<snip>
>
> What's the best price you've seen at an office supply store for
> a Linux compatible modem?
> --
> David Fox http://hci.ucsd.edu/dsf xoF divaD
> UCSD HCI Lab baL ICH DSCU
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From: Xiaoyong Wu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Amazing Intel i740 display card ! Please help !!
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1999 14:51:44 -0500
Hi, Chris,
I have an i740 AGP, and what I did to config it was just replace the
normal XF86_SVGA with the X server XBF_i740. Then reconfigure it,
it works well for me.
As for your case, there must be some link problems. Try to run X, xinit, etc.
If using one of them, u will get a 1600*1024, then try to get the path of
that.
Then look to see if startx is also starting from that path.
Hopefully, that will help.
-Xiaoyong
Chris wrote:
> I am a new user of redhat linux 5.2, I have a intel i740 display and setup
> as instruction which provide by redhat in ftp. I can display in 320*200
> resolution only (type startx to enter into X Windows), however I have
> 1600*1024 resolution only when I enter X window by command "xdm". If who
> have any ideas, please email me [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> Chris Leung
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From: Brian Rutledge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Hard Drive install for Red Hat 5.2 won't WORK!!!
Date: Tue, 02 Feb 1999 15:20:31 -0500
I was reading the "Known problems" section of the Red Hat homepage, and
found something that might address your problem.
http://www.redhat.com/support/docs/rhl/rh52-errata-general.html#BootImg
I, too, had this problem, but eventually got the CD.
Brian
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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: 02 Feb 1999 20:14:26 +0000
* [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jerry James)
| But that is not the only place where information is lost in English
| writing. For example, does an apostrophe indicate a contraction or a
| possessive? Does a period indicate the end of a sentence or an
| abbreviation?
using a period after abbreviations is losing followers in several
languages, and the official caretakes of Norwegian (whatever is left of
it, anyway) have all but abolished them. I applaud this particular move.
apostrophes are indeed used for a number of disparate things. however,
the contractions are relatively easy to deal with, and possessive is also
fairly easy to detect.
but at least it isn't as bad in English as parentheses are in C++.
| Ironically, while typing this message, the announcement for Pterodactyl
| Gnus v0.75 arrived. This version contains, in part:
|
| (gnus-treat-capitalize-sentences): New variable.
| (article-capitalize-sentences): New command and keystroke.
well, Lars and I work together, although that fact has nothing to do with
this particular amusement...
#:Erik
--
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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Date: Tue, 02 Feb 1999 02:10:07 -0800
From: Ken <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Tape file marks
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.networking
I do two consecutive dumps to dump my root and /usr partitions, using
the non-rewinding device. I follow this with a rewind and two
consecutive verifies (ie. "restore Cf /dev/nst0". The second verify
fails with error "tape read error: Success". If I do a 3rd verify, it
finds the dump for /usr and completes the verify. What's going wrong?
What do I need to do to get the second restore/verify to start in the
right place? I tried "mt fsf" thinking I needed to skip over the EOF of
the first dump, but that nets the same error when I issue the
restore/verify.
Here's my backup script:
#!/bin/sh
# backup system using dump
# dump just / and /usr
mt -f /dev/tape rewind
dump 0ufB /dev/tape 12000000 /
dump 0ufB /dev/tape 12000000 /usr
mt -f /dev/tape rewind
# verify the root dump
restore Cf /dev/tape
# next restore fails with "Success"!
restore Cf /dev/tape
# next restore finds the /usr dump
restore Cf /dev/tape
/dev/tape is a symbolic link to /dev/nst0, my HP 12/24gb SCSI DAT.
--
Ken
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.well.com/user/shiva/
http://www.e-scrub.com/cgi-bin/wpoison/wpoison.cgi (Death to Spam!)
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From: Justin White <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Problems with Linux on a new Dell
Date: Tue, 02 Feb 1999 14:26:19 -0800
I have a brand new Dell Dimension XPS R400 that refuses to cooperate
with Caldera OpenLinux. It has an ATI XPERT 98D AGP video card that
isn't supported when I run XF86Setup. I can't even get it working with
a generic Mach64 setting.
Linux also won't detect my network card, which is a 3Com Fast EtherLink
XL 10/100Mb Tx (3C905B). Does anyone know of any web sites that I can
dig up some information on this? Any help would be much appreciated.
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From: "Alain Chappuis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Yamaha CDR-100, Adaptec 2940 & SCSI timeouts
Date: Tue, 2 Feb 1999 11:05:05 +0100
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Lucky)
Subject: 6 CD-ROM's -- can only see 3
Date: Tue, 02 Feb 1999 11:20:54 GMT
I have 6 SCSI CD-ROM's -- 5 on an adaptec 1522 and 1 on an adaptec
2940UW. All are seen by the system on bootup and assigned sr0-sr5. I
can mount scd0-scd2, but scd3-scd5 give invalid block device error.
I tried to re-make the device files, but it didn't help. Can anyone
help me figure out what to try next?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Joe Ringer)
Subject: Re: ALS100 sound chips?
Date: 2 Feb 1999 11:23:36 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On 31 Jan 1999 11:52:08 GMT, McZapkie wrote:
>Are Avance Logic 100 ported into linux?
>ALS007 from RedHat doesn't work.
I have a no-name soundcard with an ALS-100 chip working in a Debian2 box.
Treat it as a SB16 clone, configure the kernel as if it was a SB16. Here's
the SOUND section from my .config:
#
# Sound
#
CONFIG_SOUND=m
# CONFIG_PAS is not set
CONFIG_SB=y
# CONFIG_ADLIB is not set
# CONFIG_GUS is not set
# CONFIG_MPU401 is not set
# CONFIG_UART6850 is not set
# CONFIG_PSS is not set
# CONFIG_GUS16 is not set
# CONFIG_GUSMAX is not set
# CONFIG_MSS is not set
# CONFIG_SSCAPE is not set
# CONFIG_TRIX is not set
# CONFIG_MAD16 is not set
# CONFIG_CS4232 is not set
# CONFIG_MAUI is not set
CONFIG_AUDIO=y
CONFIG_MIDI=y
# CONFIG_YM3812 is not set
SBC_BASE=220
SBC_IRQ=5
SBC_DMA=1
SB_DMA2=5
SB_MPU_BASE=0
SB_MPU_IRQ=-1
DSP_BUFFSIZE=65536
# CONFIG_LOWLEVEL_SOUND is not set
Oh yeah, if your card is PnP you'll need to use isapnptools to configure it. In this
case you'll also need to compile sound as a module and install it after isapnp has
done its thing.
--
clear skies, |http://www.erols.com/jringer3/astro1.htm
Joe |
|The internet treats censorship like
|damage and routes around it.
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From: Bill Crosby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.development.apps,comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: Linux apps in win2000 port news!
Date: Tue, 02 Feb 1999 12:32:45 -0800
Ya, Hummingbird Communications has been doing this for awhile. Its fair, but no where
compares to the Linux OS. Linux X11 emulating a MS environment is more
stable than MS Windows emulating a X11 Linux environment. NT crashes (BSOD) too much
when pushed by heavy apps.
http://www.hummingbird.com/products/nc/exceed/index.html
M Sweger wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Just saw on the biz wire that a company http://www.interix.com has
> developed a 64 bit application that runs a a unix/linux emulator within
> the MSoft Win2000 (NT5.0) platform environment. They want alot of
> Linux apps ported to their API interface so that Unix runs within Windows.
> Seems kind of ironic since Linux is trying to run Windows apps in Unix;
> but we don't have the source code to their stuff, but they have ours.
> Hmmm! seems like there isn't any competition again. Msoft is supporting them
> though.
>
> They have a limited list of things they want ported such as gcc (all compilers and
>assemblers) and emacs and Tex to name a few. You have 2.5 months to do it
> by -- they end of January 1999. Anything else is nice but they won't pay for.
> Those they'd like you to port will only pay a maximum of $1000 to a cheap
> payment of $500. They didn't mention [conveniently] that they would like the
> linux kernel or Sunos x86 kernel etc to run within the interix Win2000.
> The reason it was supposed to be done by the end of January 1999 (now past)
> is due to todays press release about this product.
>
> Hmmm! if you can't get the Unix software vendors to port their stuf from Unix
> to Window Nt, then make the Unix apps run within NT! In this way you can
> say that your OS is a engineering workstation.
>
> --
> Mike,
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Jord <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: /etc/conf.modules syntax for sound
Date: 02 Feb 1999 22:42:39 +1100
Hi,
I have just successfuly installed my sound card (ESS1689 on RH5.2 / 2.0.36)!!! In
addition to the "100% SB" module I also loaded the Generic OPL3 and V-MIDI as
modules during kernel recompile and can happily "modprobe -a .." them all by
mimicking /usr/src/linux/Documentation/sound/ESS1868 but I am unsure of the proper
syntax for use in conf.modules. HOW-TOs seem a bit thin on the ground.
All help gratefully appreciated.
Jord
--
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Job 38:4
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From: Al Votolato <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Newbie Install Problems
Date: Tue, 02 Feb 1999 14:43:25 -0500
I recently tried to install the Debian OS(Linux) on a 25MHz 486 based (EISA
bus)system. It has an NEC disk drive(EIDE;2GB; new, no os installed.), and an
SIIG serial/floppy/EIDE ISA controller with its own BIOS.
I initially tried to install to a 500MB partition. When it tried to find bad
blocks in the partition(read-only) it would hang up and need to be rebooted.
Eventually, it passed this test, but, when the install tried to copy to this
partition it failed with numerous references to freelist size problems(fext2
type file system).
I cut the partition down to 50MB. The file system was created and the base os
was successfully installed on the 2nd try. The system now boots the os and
appears to be stable.
I don't know for sure what went wrong here; if anyone can explain this please
do(kernel/hardware mismatch?).
I suspect that the hard drive needs to be low-level formatted. Is there a Linux
utility or "package" that can do this type of format?
When the os boots, it displays two indentical error messages. One is from
eata-dma the other is from eata-???(Sorry about the lack of detail. I'm doing
this from memory.). The messages complain that the BIOS does not have the DOS32
extensions that these drivers "still" need.
Questions: Can someone explain what functionality I am losing by not having
these DOS32 extensions? Will this, eventually, be a problem? and What, if
anything, can I do about it?
Thanks in Advance,
Al Votolato
My comments are my own, not those of my employer.
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Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.setup
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (M. Buchenrieder)
Subject: Re: QIC02 TAPE, SuSE 5.3.. how to install and read? Thank you fellows in
advance!
Date: Tue, 2 Feb 1999 14:01:55 GMT
"Blackey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>Hello!
>I have old fashion QIC02 Tape (150MB extended to 250MB) which is connected
>through slot as modem etc and then, as a 25pin connector to the external
>drive. I think that manufacturer is ARCHIVE.
>According instructions I made new kernel but I don't know how to init
>(mount) and to read data from tape.
[...]
Is your QIC02 card found at bootup ? If so, reading and writing
files from/onto the tape can be done with "tar" or "taper" .
The drive should be addressed as /dev/tpqic150 .
You can't mount it that way, though there is a tool out there
which would allow addressing the tape just like any other HD partition.
Michael
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