Linux-Hardware Digest #441, Volume #9 Mon, 15 Feb 99 22:13:35 EST
Contents:
Re: Linux + Multilink PPP? (Ruairi McFarlane)
Re: Linux and "Winprinters" (Mark Hahn)
Siemens 2.4Ghz 2420 Gigaset only $369 and MORE ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
LINUX BOX (Richard Kim)
good UPS? (Thomas Frese)
Re: Linux and "Winprinters" (Mark Hollett)
help: Adabtec AHA-1502 ("Jason Clark")
'can't read hda' ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Ensoniq soundcard problem (Sam Vere)
Re: Problems with Linux on a new Dell (Tim Kirksey)
Re: How can I make my linux machine beep with internal speaker?
([EMAIL PROTECTED])
FS:Linux Compatable Video Cards for Sale-S3 Chip Set. (dlewis)
SiS 6326 AGP and X (Jim Moser)
fujitsu mo problem solved (Pas Moi)
Re: Ensoniq AudioPCI, ALSA, .mid files ("matthew.r.pavlovich.1")
printing with 2.2.1 kernel ("Alex M. Aisen")
Re: no high memory space availabe (David Hinds)
Re: Compaq 1600r progressing but... ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: What means: Can not load interpreter (Norbert Goebel)
Re: Ensoniq setup problem (Joe Piskor)
Re: Linux on antry level PCs ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Linux and "Winprinters" ("David A. Frantz")
Re: Linux Redhat 5.2 with Compaq proliant 1500 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Adaptec SCSI 7896 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Pentium III support (FXSR) (Dan Nguyen)
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From: Ruairi McFarlane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux + Multilink PPP?
Date: Mon, 15 Feb 1999 10:45:16 -0800
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Daniel O'Neil wrote:
>
> Is this possible? I own the SupraSonic II, the dual analog modem from
> Diamond. It's really cool. Now i realize that diamond's software won't work
> under linux since it doesn't work under windows. but does linux have any
> support for multilink ppp? the only site i saw that had any info about it
> didn't sound too promising. I really like being able to download at
> 10k/sec, but can't stand windows 95. i'm about ready to kill my damn
> computer. linux is a really nice os, but it won't do me any good to not be
> able to use my modem. i'm pretty sure it's not a winmodem (not 100%, how do
> i tell?). any help anyone can offer me would be much appreciated.
>
> Daniel O'Neil
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi there,
I have this modem too and it works great either in jumperd or PnP mode.
I already e-mailed diamond asking for the source code for the drivers.
This is not a Winmodem, it connects to the ISA slot and the best mode
for it I believe is in jumpered mode. What diamond does is emulate an
ISDN terminal adapter by using software. During the setup of a DUN
connection you have to use the shotgun adapter to use the dual modem.
Multilink is okay but heavily flawed. Let's flood diamond with requests
for either a driver from them or the source code so we can build our own!
--
Sincerely,
R. M.
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From: Mark Hahn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux and "Winprinters"
Date: 15 Feb 1999 18:40:38 GMT
> If a printer company were so motivated, is it possible for them to
> create a /dev/lp-something driver that could allow Linux to print to a
> "windows" printer, or is it simply impossible in the Linux architecture?
there is no such thing as a windows printer. there are only printers
whose manufacturers refuse to honestly document their products.
(this is illegal in the auto business, for instance, and reportedly
illegal in Europe.) there is no downside to documenting what your
products do, since the support cost is trivial (just put the docs
on a web site, and they certainly already have docs.)
for instance, epson printers have a primitive, low-level protocol.
but epson documents it, therefore Linux can print to epson printers.
most hp's have documented protocols, and some others have been
reverse-engineered in spite of hp's anal-retentiveness. IBM (lexmark)
is by far the worst - they refuse to even acknowlege that their
printers could, in principle, be used on anything other than windows.
Linux can do it. some vendors are asses.
but specifically, the vendors wouldn't create a new device, or anything
nearly that hard. support for the printer would be merely another
backend to ghostscript, which lpr filters requests through. the device
is just a mundane parallel port, so would need no change.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To:
biz.comp.hardware,biz.marketplace,biz.comp.misc,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.networking
Subject: Siemens 2.4Ghz 2420 Gigaset only $369 and MORE
Date: Mon, 15 Feb 1999 23:59:55 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Richard Kim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: LINUX BOX
Date: Mon, 15 Feb 1999 14:29:36 -0500
OK, Say I decide I want a Linux box, what is the main benefit of buying on
pre-built with the OS installed, for example 'The Netwinder' by Corel
http://www.corelcomputer.com/products/linux/netwinder_gs.htm or buying a
PC for less, one that has Linux compatibole hardware and installeing the
same server version and hardware specs?
Any one know?
Thanks,
Rich
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From: Thomas Frese <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: good UPS?
Date: Mon, 15 Feb 1999 14:26:31 -0500
Has anybody any recommendations for a reasonably
cheap and good UPS that works well with Linux,
i.e. unattended shutdown, voltage correction and
command to shut down the UPS once the machine halted?
Also, what is the Linux software to control these UPS's?
I was looking at APC Back-UPS Pro 650 for example....
Any suggestions are appreciated
Thanks
Tom
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From: Mark Hollett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux and "Winprinters"
Date: Mon, 15 Feb 1999 16:15:31 -0800
Mark Hahn wrote:
>
> > If a printer company were so motivated, is it possible for them to
> > create a /dev/lp-something driver that could allow Linux to print to a
> > "windows" printer, or is it simply impossible in the Linux architecture?
>
> there is no such thing as a windows printer. there are only printers
> whose manufacturers refuse to honestly document their products.
> (this is illegal in the auto business, for instance, and reportedly
> illegal in Europe.) there is no downside to documenting what your
> products do, since the support cost is trivial (just put the docs
> on a web site, and they certainly already have docs.)
>
> for instance, epson printers have a primitive, low-level protocol.
> but epson documents it, therefore Linux can print to epson printers.
> most hp's have documented protocols, and some others have been
> reverse-engineered in spite of hp's anal-retentiveness. IBM (lexmark)
> is by far the worst - they refuse to even acknowlege that their
> printers could, in principle, be used on anything other than windows.
>
> Linux can do it. some vendors are asses.
>
> but specifically, the vendors wouldn't create a new device, or anything
> nearly that hard. support for the printer would be merely another
> backend to ghostscript, which lpr filters requests through. the device
> is just a mundane parallel port, so would need no change.
Technically, should't the same be true for winmodems then too? If the
manufacturers made the specs avaliable, would it be possible to write a
driver for a winmodem??
mark h
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From: "Jason Clark" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: help: Adabtec AHA-1502
Date: Mon, 15 Feb 1999 14:04:19 -0600
Hello all. I have a Adabtec AHA-1502 single device scsi card running my
cd-r that I don't have a driver for. Does anyone know of a HOWTO or where
to get a driver?
Thanks,
Jason
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: 'can't read hda'
Date: Mon, 15 Feb 1999 22:30:33 +0100
this is the message that fdisk return after a mouving ext2 partition (n.4)
and resizing extended DOS partition (n.2).
I have tree primary partitions and I wanted to inrease the tird one
(Win95). So I reduced the extended DOS partition (2), wich contains a
logical DOS partition and the Linux swap partition. I also created a new
logic partition for DOS in n.2.
I used PRESIZER and FIPS.
I had to reformat partitions 1 (DOS boot) and 3 reinstall DOS and Win9
and rerun LILO. But now I receive the message 'can't read hda' if I start
fdisk under linux Debian. Same result if I try to reinstall linux with
boot/root disk.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Sam Vere)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Re: Ensoniq soundcard problem
Date: Tue, 16 Feb 1999 00:19:50 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Sun, 14 Feb 1999 16:53:11 -0800, Eric Turner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>I'm running Slackware and have had the same problem. There are
>commercial drivers for the Ensonic Audio PCI (available from OSS). I
>tried the demo driver and it work great, but I'd rather not pay for a
>friggin DRIVER! A while back I heard there was supposed to be support in
>the 2.2.x kernels, but I haven't had the time to check into it since the
>new release...
I've just compiled a 2.2.1 kernel with AudioPCI support.
Works just fine.
(Note that there are *two* drivers - one for before & one for after
the Creative takeover.
If you don't know which you've got, use the tool lspci with the -n
option - it's all explained in the kernel documentation.)
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From: Tim Kirksey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Problems with Linux on a new Dell
Date: Mon, 15 Feb 1999 16:03:01 -0500
I noticed your discussion of Dell XPS PIIs and Linux and hope you can answer my
question. I am in the market for a new Dell (probably an XPS R450) for running
Linux and Win98. I have tried looking thru the hardware compatibility list on
Red Hat's site and am thoroughly confused (typical Mac user, eh?). Also, I have
called Dell and the tech support guy said "what is Linux?'. I know Dell has
certified their servers and workstations for Linux but have heard nothing about
desktops. Can any of you Dell XPS400 users running Linux share infor on your
hardware configuration? Thanks in advance.
Tim Kirksey
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: How can I make my linux machine beep with internal speaker?
Date: Mon, 15 Feb 1999 22:16:58 GMT
On Mon, 15 Feb 1999 11:36:19 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
(Gerd Roethig) wrote:
>Hello,
>
>On Sat, 13 Feb 1999 19:33:06 +0100 Klaus Kocheisen
><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>>Anthony Pioli schrieb:
>>>
>>> If a beep is all you want:
>>>
>>> print "\a";
>>>
>>> Anthony
>
>>Looks like you didn't read the message of Tobias thoroughly. He wrote,
>>that his script beeps happily if run at the console or a terminal but
>>not within a cron job. The reason why it's not beeping is that cron is a
>>daemon and thus, any job run by cron runs (like cron itself) without a
>>controlling terminal. Therefore, any data written to stdout or stderr
>>goes to nirvana.
>
>So maybe it helps if output of the script is redirected to something
>like /dev/console in the commandline invoked by crond?
>I mean a line like
>
>/where/your/script/is/testscript > /dev/console
>
>or
>
>/where/your/script/is/testscript 2> /dev/console
>
>if you want to catch output to stderr.
>
>Just a suggestion, but I am interested in the results, too :).
>
>Cheers
>
>Gerd
why not just copy the ding.wav from windows and
cat /path/ding.wav >/dev/audio
set my computer with startup/shutdown sounds this way. ( using
different wav files of corse )
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From: dlewis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: FS:Linux Compatable Video Cards for Sale-S3 Chip Set.
Date: Mon, 15 Feb 1999 18:53:11 -0600
PCI Windows Graphics Accelerators for sale. 1 meg of ram, upgradable to
2 meg. Visit
www.execpc.com\~dlewis for more info.
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From: Jim Moser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: SiS 6326 AGP and X
Date: Mon, 15 Feb 1999 20:57:59 -0600
Greetings All:
I have a new K6-2 motherboard with the SiS6326 AGP Graphics with 8MB of
video RAM. Some have said that AGP support is growing. Does it exist in
the latest
version of RH Linux? I have downloaded the latest XFree86 from RH and
will find out tonight
if it does. Anybody else out there solved this problem? Any work arounds
to getting an SVGA
screen. The only X screen I can get is a 320x200 screen which is almost
useless (with no Virtual
screen capability!) When I come out of X the feedback from the X server
indicates that it
was an unrecognized SiS chipset.
Current RH distribution is 5.2, not sure what version of XFree86 is
installed.
Thanks!
Jim
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From: Pas Moi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: fujitsu mo problem solved
Date: 14 Feb 1999 00:15:18 -0500
i was having problems with my fujitsu 640se drive (m2513el).
untarring large files or just trying to get toc files from archives
would inevitably fail. running fsck on mo discs would lock up the
machine. it seems the problem was in the kernel patch i was using. i
had patched my 2.0.36 kernel sources with the 2048dif-2.0.36 patch
that i retrieved from a japanese site. ftp.liniere.u-tokyo.ac.jp or
something like that. after comparing the contents of the
fujitsu2513a-2.0.36.diff, i -R'd the first patch and applied the
german one.
it worked.
yay!
g.y.
--
Guy Yasko -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] [remove noise]
There's enough money here to buy 5000 cans of Noodle-Roni!
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From: "matthew.r.pavlovich.1" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Ensoniq AudioPCI, ALSA, .mid files
Date: Mon, 15 Feb 1999 20:55:53 -0500
I read in the kernel docs, that the Ensoniq AudioPCI can only do MIDI
through software. Part of it is in the the wavsets that can be loaded, i
believe. Need to send question to ALSA ppl.
-Matt
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Mon, 15 Feb 1999, Gary I Kahn wrote:
> I've got an AudioPCI card, the 1370 version. I'm running kernel
> 2.2.1. I tried the kernel's built-in sound driver, but was
> unable to get either RealAudio or .mid files to make even a
> peep. Other audio formats (.voc, .au, .wav) worked, but not with
> distortion. I tried compiling with only support for the 1370
> card, then added (in various combinations) FM, generic Yamaha,
> and several other things. No success. (The patched version of)
> RealAudio generated an Error dialog box, and playing a .mid file
> said that the /dev/sequencer device hadn't been configured.
>
> With the ALSA driver does better, but I still can't play .mid
> files. "playmidi" and "kmidi", and "timidity" all give lots of
> errors about "no instrument mapped" and fail to put out any
> noise. RealAudio works well, and the other sound file formats
> that I tried also worked well.
>
> Can anyone help me get either the ALSA driver or the kernel
> driver to play .mid files?
>
> Thanks.
> Gary
>
>
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From: "Alex M. Aisen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: printing with 2.2.1 kernel
Date: Mon, 15 Feb 1999 20:58:57 -0500
I have RH5.2 running on a Gateway G266M, with what I assume is a pretty
standard parallel port. Printing to a local Epson Color Stylus 800 used
to work under the 2.0.36 kernel, but doesn't work on the 2.2.1 kernel I
recently compiled and installed.
(I did change the device to lp0 from lp1)
When the new kernel boots, I see a message that the parport is being
initialized with 0x378 (which is correct); I never see a message that
/dev/lp0 is being established.
I tried adding
append "parport=0x378,7 lp=parport0" to the lilo.conf (and rerunning
lilo); this didn't help (though it did use the irq, so the kernel saw
the argument)
Any one have any suggestions? I do admit to being a relative newbie. I
think I turned on all the appropriate kernel options when I did make
menuconfig, but maybe there's one I forgot?
Thanks!
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David Hinds)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.portable
Subject: Re: no high memory space availabe
Date: 16 Feb 1999 02:09:27 GMT
Ahmed Abukmail ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
: Hi Guys, I notices this message at boot time on my new laptop that I
: haven't noticed on my desdktop running the same exact linux RH 5.1, it
: indicates no high memory space available. In case
: this info helps, I have 128Mb RAM all of which is recognizable by the
: top program, also I have a little over 30Mb of swap space, I appreciate
: any help on this one...
It is just a warning, and is documented in the PCMCIA-HOWTO. It means
that your /etc/pcmcia/config.opts file is left over from an older
version of the PCMCIA package and doesn't have a line like:
include memory 0xa0000000-0xa0ffffff
to define a high memory window, mostly useful for mapping CardBus
devices.
-- Dave Hinds
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,linux.redhat.install
Subject: Re: Compaq 1600r progressing but...
Date: Mon, 15 Feb 1999 23:25:38 GMT
Take a look at /misc/src/ on the Redhat cdrom or at
ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/pub/linux/redhat/redhat-5.2/i386/misc/src/
Martin Giguere
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mathew A. Hennessy) wrote:
> ...it is moving _really_ slowly.. I just built a booting
> partition set on the SMART-2 array logical drive and booted off it into
> single user mode, so I know I can do it. But..
>
> Can anyone point me to the source for the RedHat boot and
> supplemental disks, so I can patch them to recognize this Compaq HW? I
> prefer to load rpms than the tedious download-compile-install, and if
> anyone can get me a link to those sources and I come up with successful
> patches, I'll be happy to hand back those patched floppies as .img files
> ..
>
> Cheers,
> --
> Mathew A. Hennessy ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
> 'So the next time someone says, "I have a 50K file for you," your next
> exclamation needs to be, "Wow, that's cold!"' - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
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From: Norbert Goebel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: What means: Can not load interpreter
Date: Wed, 10 Feb 1999 09:26:02 +0100
Evgueni Tzvetanov wrote:
> It probably means that something is eating your memory and you have no free
> memory for the bash interpreter to load.
>
> It sometimes happened with me long time ago, whan I start replicating a
> laaaaarge database and I haven't optimized the proces, but used the fast way
> - RAM to dump the records there and then to load them to the replication
> palces.
>
> Don't worry about the message - it is OK. The memory is your problem!
> Something is EATING it!
>
> Norbert Goebel wrote:
>
> > Sorry to ask this question in this group, but I think it�s a hardware
> > problem.
> >
> > Sometimes trying (trying because it hangs) to reboot my linux box, which
> > worked nice before, the shutting down process gets awfully slow and than
> > shows the message:
> > "Can not load interpreter"
> > and some other error messages (but these change almost randomly
> > everytime this happens) about not beeing able to shut down eth0 or scsi
> > timed out, or something other hardware related.
> >
> > But what does "can not load interpreter" mean?
> > What does linux try to load?
> >
> > I realize that this happens not regularily, but sometimes and seems only
> > after I mounted a FAT32 drive and worked on it for some time, or if I
> > used my Fritzcard for some time.
> >
> > I am using Suse Linux 6.0 (kernel 2.0.36) on a
> > Tyan Thunder 100 S1836DLU Dual PII mb with onboard 3940UW SCSI
> > Celeron 300A
> > 128MB PC-100 SD-RAM
> > 2 SCSI Hdd
> > 1 SCSI CD-ROM
> > Creative Riva TNT
> > SB 128PCI
> > AVM Fritzcard Classic
> > DIGI32 PCI (without drivers for Linux)
> > NE2000 PCI clone
> > Hauppauge Win/TV card
> >
> > Thanks for your help.
> > Norbert
But what is eating my memory?
And why does xosview tell me, that 80% is in use, but most of it (about 55%
total go to Buffers and Cache).
I am only using KDE and am using 2 Filemanager windows, 2 xterms, netscape (up
to a maximum of 10 windows), xosview, alsomixer (and from time to time kedit),
and kisdnload
And this does not happen during work, it happens after killing the xserver
(strg alt bacspace) and then typing reboot or shutdown.
And than I get this message.
Norbert
P.S.: The most anoying about this problem is the fact, that the next Linux boot
takes 5 minutes because of the filesystem checks.
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From: Joe Piskor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Ensoniq setup problem
Date: Mon, 15 Feb 1999 23:46:07 +0100
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> I am a Linux newbie and am having difficulty configuring my sound
> card. The machine is an old Gateway P5-133. The sound card is an OEM
> Ensoniq Soundscape 16bit ISA PnP. I don't know the exact
> model...maybe someone could tell me how to determine the model of the
> card.
stuff deleted
> I don't really know how to interpret this. Any ideas/suggestions?
>
> K
man isapnp
Cheers!
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Linux on antry level PCs
Date: Tue, 16 Feb 1999 02:07:00 GMT
Hi
Just check out with the Compaq website http:\\www.compaq.com you will get the
price list and you can configur your own system over here. Select the products
option on the web site.
If you need any further info feel free to send the mail to
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Regards
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Marco La Cascia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >
> > Hi
> >
> > I feel Compaq is best suitable for your requirement. Compaq is the No.1 PC
> > manafacturing company in the world. Its cheeper and more stable compare to
> > any other systems on any OS. On Linux I feel it is the best system to have.
>
> I was talking about PC in the $500-700 range. Is there any Compaq PC
> that sells for that price?
>
> -- Marco
>
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From: "David A. Frantz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux and "Winprinters"
Date: Mon, 15 Feb 1999 21:15:54 -0500
Mark Hahn wrote in message <7a9pn6$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>> If a printer company were so motivated, is it possible for them to
>> create a /dev/lp-something driver that could allow Linux to print to a
>> "windows" printer, or is it simply impossible in the Linux architecture?
>
>there is no such thing as a windows printer. there are only printers
>whose manufacturers refuse to honestly document their products.
>(this is illegal in the auto business, for instance, and reportedly
>illegal in Europe.) there is no downside to documenting what your
>products do, since the support cost is trivial (just put the docs
>on a web site, and they certainly already have docs.)
I've alway wondered about the auto business. Why is it that the average
Joe can't hook up his laptop to the computer in his car and do a little
diagnostic work. Seems like if the auto industry is supose to document
thier products, we would be able to do this. As it is finding a free or
lowcost application, for any OS, to run on your laptop is damn near
impossible. Personally I'd vote with my wallet if any Auto manufacture
would open up the diagnostic channel to the cars controllers. Controllers
is plural on purpose, some cars even have fairly advanced networks in them.
Just venting Guys.
Dave
>
>for instance, epson printers have a primitive, low-level protocol.
>but epson documents it, therefore Linux can print to epson printers.
>most hp's have documented protocols, and some others have been
>reverse-engineered in spite of hp's anal-retentiveness. IBM (lexmark)
>is by far the worst - they refuse to even acknowlege that their
>printers could, in principle, be used on anything other than windows.
>
>Linux can do it. some vendors are asses.
>
>but specifically, the vendors wouldn't create a new device, or anything
>nearly that hard. support for the printer would be merely another
>backend to ghostscript, which lpr filters requests through. the device
>is just a mundane parallel port, so would need no change.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Linux Redhat 5.2 with Compaq proliant 1500
Date: Tue, 16 Feb 1999 02:18:09 GMT
Hi
You need to change the dirctory to /usr. Change to X11* dirctory. Then change
the dirctory to bin. Execute the Xconfigurator at the prompt. Select the
General VGA Compatible option during Adaptor selection . Take Custom for
Selection of Monitor. Then Select the Vertical Sync range as 40-150 (fourth
option). Then select 1024x768 SVGA interlaced option. Try executing startx at
the prompt.
Now your resolution will be increased.
Regards
In article <79se19$ck7$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"ziphnab" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I can't seem to get a resolution over 640x480 on my presario 4122 (don't
> laugh), I've tried to find detailed specs on the vidoe-chip, but I can't
> find them
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] heeft geschreven in bericht
> <79r5hr$mvk$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> >Hi
> etc.
>
> >Let me know if you have any other problems on Compaq hardware with Linux.
> >
> >
> >Regards
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Adaptec SCSI 7896
Date: Mon, 15 Feb 1999 23:32:32 GMT
Support in being worked on as we speak. It will be part of the aic7xxx driver
Martin Giguere
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Johnny Stork <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have just decided to upgrade to a Gigabyte dual cpu, dual SCSI UW2
> mother board but it looks like the Adaptec 7896 chipset is not supported
> in the 2.2.1 kernel. Does anyone know if it will work, or if anyone is
> going to do a driver??
>
> _______________________________________________________________
> Johnny Stork, Msc Candidate
> UNBC Psychology Program
> Prince George, BC
> Home Page: quarles.unbc.ca/psych/gradstudents/stork/johnny.htm
>
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From: Dan Nguyen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Pentium III support (FXSR)
Date: 16 Feb 1999 00:17:28 GMT
Stephen Polkowski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: I was just scanning the 2.2.1 kernel and I noticed that it doesn't
: support the Pentium III's FXSAVE and FXRSTOR instructions in its task
: switching code. Is KNI going to be supported in Linux? Does any know of
: a kernel patch? Thanks in advance.
Do you have a P3? If not, wait until you get one then ask. The
optimizations for the P3 are new, and won't be added to later.
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http://www.cse.msu.edu/~nguyend7 | -George Sand
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