Linux-Hardware Digest #444, Volume #9 Tue, 16 Feb 99 02:13:33 EST
Contents:
Re: ?: marvel video cap under linux (John Williams)
Re: Ensoniq AudioPCI, ALSA, .mid files (Colin Day)
How to use Iomega Ditto (Juergen Fiedler)
Re: printing with 2.2.1 kernel (Colin Day)
Re: SBLive! & Linux? (Jim Zubb)
Re: good UPS? (adam)
Re: HP 690C and ghostscript (Brian D. May)
video card CL-GD5420 ("Ron")
Re: HP 722C (MikeM)
Re: "uncompressing linux" takes 19 seconds !!! (Leon Garde)
Re: Help: Diamond V550 AGP (hazzmat)
Abit BH-6 ide problems ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Linux and "Winprinters" (Matthew C Weigel)
Re: 3COM sells crippled modems ("Wembley")
Re: SANE???????????
PPP under Redhat 5.2... ("BBQ")
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From: John Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.comp.periphs.videocards.matrox,rec.video.desktop
Subject: Re: ?: marvel video cap under linux
Date: Tue, 16 Feb 1999 13:56:50 +0800
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Missed the start of this message, are you trying to capture the linux
screen or a windows one. If it is windows then there are a few products
designed for this, one is lotus screen cam which will capture and
produce an AVI of whatever you like. Other option is if you don't want
ultra smooth animations is to put what you want on screen and use a
program like paint shop pro to capture screen at a time (you could use
the Print Screen key and go to/from the clip board but PSP will change
files automaticaly for you, all you have to do is click the right mouse
key anytime you want to capture.) I think the shareware version of PSP
will do it for 30 days.
Check out the lotus web page (don't know the address but it's probably
something like www.lotus.com etc...) and see if they have a usable demo.
ronald s chong wrote:
>
> On 16 Feb 1999 04:10:05 GMT, "Jimbo Barber" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
>
> > Ok, I'll bite. What's the point of capturing under Linux if you're going to
> > reboot into Win95 to edit? There would be zero benefit to capturing under
> > Linux...
>
> agreed. i'm trying to find a way to capture the screen output; i want
> to avoid videotaping the monitor. ick. i was dreaming that maybe
> there was a way to route the tv-out from the marvel to the video-in
> and then cap the video-in. <shrug> i would then reboot to w95 to
> edit the cap file in premeire. hair-brained?? i'm a rookie at this
> stuff so it's okay to scream "YES". :)
>
> -ron
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From: Colin Day <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Ensoniq AudioPCI, ALSA, .mid files
Date: Tue, 16 Feb 1999 06:19:01 +0000
"matthew.r.pavlovich.1" wrote:
> 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]
My HP 8240 came with Ensoniq AudioPCI, and it has hardware wavetable.
Or does midi require more?
Colin Day [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Juergen Fiedler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: How to use Iomega Ditto
Date: 16 Feb 1999 06:07:24 GMT
Hi,
I have to set up some backup solution. Urgently. The only piece of
hardware in my possession that looks remotely usable for this task
is an old Iomega Ditto Max. Now the question:
How do I go about compiling support for it into the kernel?
I heard that I need SCSI support. Then I also heard about compiling
a ppa module. Which option (say, in 'make menuconfig') enables that?
I have Slackware 3.6 with a 2.0.36 kernel. Seems it comes with ftape-2.08.
Should I download a 4.x ftape? Can I unpack that into the Linux source tree
or should I keep it separately? Can someone please tell me how to configure
it?
I'm really at a loss. I spent lots of time setting this Linux box up
and I don't dare to play around with it too much before backing it up.
Could some nice soul please help me out?
TIA,
Juergen
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From: Colin Day <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: printing with 2.2.1 kernel
Date: Tue, 16 Feb 1999 06:24:51 +0000
"Alex M. Aisen" wrote:
> 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)
Did you change this in printtool?
>
>
> 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!
Are you getting the following lines
parport0: PC-style at 0x378
lp0: using parport0 (polling)
Also, there is an extra line in the kernel configuration
for PC-style hardware. Did you see this?
Good luck!
Colin Day [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Jim Zubb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.comp.periphs.soundcard.sblive,alt.os.linux.caldera,cybergate.linux,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: SBLive! & Linux?
Date: Mon, 15 Feb 1999 22:25:12 -0500
Udo Giacomozzi wrote:
>
> No, there is *no* SB Live! driver for Linux. There is a binary driver made
> by CL announced for 4Q '99. I posted a similar question in the ALSA mailing
> list some days ago and they told me it's better to buy another sound card as
> binary-only drivers aren't good for Linux. Check yout the ALSA home page at
If I understand correctly Creative is going to be releasing
a binary only driver sometime, soon maybe, which will allow
for basic operations. Then they are going to make a library
which will allow anybody to program for the card, opening up
the full potential of the card. Very similar to the
situation with the 3Dfx drivers and the Glide library.
Sounds interesting, we will see if they can pull it off.
--
Jim Zubb
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: adam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: good UPS?
Date: Tue, 16 Feb 1999 01:42:35 -0500
I have a APC BackUPS Pro 500 and it works fine for me. I get it to
signal
the servers when power goes down too. With a SmartUPS you might get more
info from the UPS, like how much juce you have left in it and more.
In the HOWTO you will find I beleve a program called apcupsd, I used
that one for a while and was very happy with it.
cheers, adam
Thomas Frese wrote:
>
> 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: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Brian D. May)
Subject: Re: HP 690C and ghostscript
Date: 2 Feb 1999 17:56:56 GMT
Pietro Abate ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
: HI,
: I don't know how to use my Deskjet with ghostscprit.
: I've tried to compile ghstscript with hpdj, but seems doesen't work, and i
: don't find any RH package with this feature.
: Someone have experience about that ? Someone have a suitable rpm package
: (for RH) ?
If you upgrade to gs 5.10 from:
http://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/distributions/redhat/contrib/i386/
ghostscript-5.10-6.i386.rpm
ghostscript-fonts-std-5.10-7.noarch.rpm
i.e., rpm -U ghostscript-5.10-6.i386.rpm
rpm -U ghostscript-fonts-std-5.10-7.noarch.rpm
You will be able to use the following devices:
$ gs -h
Aladdin Ghostscript 5.10 (1997-11-23)
Available devices:
x11 x11alpha x11cmyk x11gray2 x11mono lvga256 vgalib eps9high eps9mid
epson epsonc ibmpro lq850 deskjet djet500 laserjet ljetplus ljet2p ljet3
ljet3d ljet4 djet820c cdeskjet cdjcolor cdjmono cdj500 cdj550 cdj670
cdj850 cdj890 cdj1600 djet500c dnj650c pj pjxl pjxl300 hpdj uniprint
bj10e bj200 bjc600 bjc800 cp50 jetp3852 st800 stcolor tek4696 faxg3
faxg32d faxg4 dfaxhigh dfaxlow pcxmono pcxgray pcx16 pcx256 pcx24b
pcxcmyk pbm pbmraw pgm pgmraw pgnm pgnmraw pnm pnmraw ppm ppmraw tiffcrle
tiffg3 tiffg32d tiffg4 tifflzw tiffpack tiff12nc tiff24nc bmpmono bmp16
bmp256 bmp16m psmono psgray bit bitrgb bitcmyk pngmono pnggray png16
png256 png16m jpeg jpeggray cgmmono cgm8 cgm24 sgirgb pdfwrite pswrite
epswrite pxlmono pxlcolor nullpage
which includes hpdj.
Should work for you.
Cheers,
Brian
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Brian May
Department of Oceanography email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Dalhousie University phone: (902) 494-7007 (work)
Halifax, Nova Scotia phone: (902) 462-3364 (home)
B3H 4J1 Canada fax: (902) 494-2885
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From: "Ron" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: video card CL-GD5420
Date: Mon, 15 Feb 1999 22:23:34 -0800
I have a ISA video card of unknown origin that has a cirrus logic CL-GD5420
chip on on it with 1MB memory. When I set it up in Xconfigurator I cant get
any more that 640 x 480 with 8 bit color depth. This card should be capable
of more display modes. When I probe the card it only returns the 640 x 480 x
8bit display mode. When I set it up manually and selected a higher color
depth i.e. 640 x 480 x 16bit and select 1MB memory, Xwindows cant start and
returns the error 'no display modes' and it also reports that it has 1MB
memory(so it doesnt seem to be a memory issue). Anyone have any ideas?
TIA
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From: MikeM <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: HP 722C
Date: Tue, 16 Feb 1999 06:39:07 GMT
matthew.r.pavlovich.1 wrote:
I'm having the same problem, I saw a while ago a program you can get to
convert Ghostscript files to the correct printer file, it then will send
it to the printer.....if your interested e-mail me, and I'll try to
remember where I saw the program...I don't know if it works...but I'm
looking for the 722c also..
Mike
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Anyone have luck w/ that printer? If so, which filter package?
>
> -Matt
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Leon Garde)
Subject: Re: "uncompressing linux" takes 19 seconds !!!
Crossposted-To: alt.comp.hardware,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.questions
Date: 16 Feb 1999 11:50:41 -0800
Thielemann ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
: Hello,
: while booting, my machine uncompresses linux very slow, though it is a
: 486DX2/66 with 32 Mb RAM.
: I got my BogoMips checked: 33.18. The corresponding number to my system is
: 33.
32 megabytes on a 486 motherboard ... hmm
you want to be sure it can cache more then 16 megabytes.
sometimes those motherboards go really slow when there is more then
16 megabytes of main ram.
: Why is the system so slow, though the BogoMips are all right ?
the bogomips run purely in the cpu cache which is unaffected by the slow
motherboard.
: How can I locate the lack of speed to solve the problem ?
take out 16 megabytes of ram.
: It can't be caused by a wrong RAM-config as I'm using a single 32 Mb module.
OOPS ! change it for a 16 megabyte one.
: Can 2 HDDs (master/slave-jumpered) be a reason ?
no.
: Thanks for every advice,
: Beni
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From: hazzmat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Help: Diamond V550 AGP
Date: Tue, 16 Feb 1999 06:25:33 GMT
Hello,
You need to have 6 packages (more optionally) from the new xfree86
release. xfree86-3.3.3.1-1
I'm assuming you don't have them since you didn't mention trying to install
them and no Linux distribution except the SuSE 6.0 beta ships with them yet.
you need :
thebase install --XFree86-3.3.3.1-1
the required libraries XFree86-lib-3.3.3.1-1
the standardfonts XFree86-75dpifonts-3.3.3.1-1
the XF86Setup 3.3.3.1-1
he VGA16 3.3.3.1-1 (used by xf86setup)
the SVGA 3.3.3.1-1
read all about it at
http://www.redhat.com/support/docs/rhl/rh52-errata-general.html#XFree86 and
http://www.xfree86.org/3.3.3.1/RELNOTES.html
That's assuming your system is RPM built. If not, then you can read up on
installing xfree86 binaries by hand at the xfree86.org site.
check which rpms for xwindows you have on your system with the following
command... rpm -qa | grep XFree86
You will probably see 3.3.2 or 3.3.2.3-25 or similar. If you have not gotten
3.3.3 or later the TNT will not work, beyond what you see now: 16 colors, small
screen, crummy refresh . Download 3.3.3.1-1 rpms and test them for integrity
like this.. rpm -K --nopgp (packagename here w/o parentheses)
Your system's usable modelines and mine may vary despite the fact that we have
the same card --the horizontal synch ability of your monitor may be higher for
example, making faster refreshes possible for you. To get the desktop's area
right it's not usually necessary to edit the modelines, just editing the
SVGA server section/etc/XF86Config to look like what you see below produced
entirely satisfactory results.
( I generated the XF86Config file with a text-based program called xf86config.
I already had the latest version on my hardrive. You can get the latest
xf86config (3.2 knows about the TNT and the Viper 550) from updates.redhat.com
in the XBF folder No, it isn't specific to the i740 .)
XF86Setup will probably work just fine, though. My vertical refresh is a
soothing 81hz at 1024x768 with a 1600x1200 virtual desk. Just make sure that
those 6 XFree86 packages are current-- 3.3.3 or 3.3.3.1-1 , preferably the
latter--and all the same vintage. The *other* Xfree86 packages you will
discover on your system (Xnest, devel, Xvfb )have to do with development and
you can skip upgrading them if you like.
After installing and running XF86Setup, or xf86config start your X up like
this... startx -- -bpp 32 (yeah , all those little dashes have to be there)
otherwise X will start up in its default depth of 8bpp. You can make an alias
that forces X to start at 32bpp instead by adding this line to your
/root/.bashrc file and-or /home/ username/.bashrc...
alias startx="startx -- -bpp 32"
===================================================================================
......from my /etc/X11/XF86Config ( I gave each depth a different screen rez to
be sure I was seeing what I asked for)
The Colour SVGA server
Section "Screen"
Driver "svga"
# Use Device "Generic VGA" for Standard VGA 320x200x256
#Device "Generic VGA"
Device "Diamond Viper 550"
Monitor "ac"
Subsection "Display"
Depth 8
# Omit the Modes line for the "Generic VGA" device
Modes "640x480"
ViewPort 0 0
# Use Virtual 320 200 for Generic VGA
Virtual 1600 1280
EndSubsection
Subsection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "800x600"
ViewPort 0 0
Virtual 1600 1280
EndSubsection
Subsection "Display" ***this depth does not work with the TNT driver
Depth 24
Modes "512x384"
ViewPort 0 0
Virtual 1280 1024
EndSubsection
Subsection "Display"
Depth 32
Modes "1024x768"
ViewPort 0 0
Virtual 1600 1200
EndSubsection
EndSection
If you are going the hand editing route (joy!) you can shorten/
lengthen the display, and make it wider/narrower and center it with xvidtune
(which is invoked by typing... xvidtune & from a xterm , or other shell
window) Write down *all* the numbers in a table on paper with their
corresponding labels: horizontal-synch-start and horizontal-synch-end , Pixel
clock, and Htotal and Vertical Synch Start and so on. Once you have moved the
screen around with xvidtune's buttons so that it looks like you want it to,
make a second table with *all* the new xvidtune figures. Everything but 1024 x
768 will have changed.
Open with vi /etc/XF86Config or /etc/X11/XF86Config --wherever you find
it to be--in your xterm, without quitting xvidtune. Pagedown to the modeline
section. You now figure out *which modeline* to edit by finding a 1024x768
modeline with a *kHz hsynch * number that exactly matches what xvidtune told
you horizontal-synch *was* in your first table. (This is why you write it
down) Be sure that you are really seeing 1024x768 on the screen--xvidtune will
tell you what resolution is being shown (HDisplay and VDisplay). All the
numbers in the 'modeline' will be found in your first table. Using the labels
in the table make sure you know what each entry in the modeline refers to.
Get used to the sequence
Modeline "XXXxXXX" pix-clock hdisplay hsync-start hsync-end
htotal vdisplay vsync-start vsync-end vtotal
Replace the values (including pix clock and hsync ) with their
corresponding, modified values from the second table you wrote down. Now check
your edited modeline against the xvidtune window and save the file only when
you are sure you have the numbers right. The modeline in the xterm, the
*second* table you wrote down on paper , and the xvidtune window will all read
exactly the same.
Next time you startx you should see the display appear just the way it did
after futzing around with xvidtune. Definitely make a backup copy of
XF86Config before laying hands on it. That will save you some panic if you
happen to goof one of the modeline entries. Not that you couldn't just run
xf86config or xf86setup again.....
XF86Setup probably does all this for you automatically or close to it. But for
some ppl --maybe you too-- it just ain't Linux unless you hacked it in vi.
Stick with it. Once you see the vast, mighty X windows running at millions of
colors with KDE 1.1 or Gnome-Enlightenment, an' multiple desktops and a
gazillion open, stable apps (stable OS anyway) and scrolling virtual-screen
real estate you won't ever want to C:\ Windows\Desktop again!
Jason Clark wrote:
> Hi all, I'm a very new user of Linux (few days) and I need help getting up
> and running to a usable level.
>
> I have a Diamond V550 AGP 16MB (RIVA TNT) card that I can't get to work with
> X. I was wandering if anyone knew how to get this it work and if so could
> send me all the instructions on how to get it going. Ideally I just want
> 1024x768x32 to work. It works fine in Windows so it should work in X right?
>
> Anyhow I will need to know the whole nine yards. What files to get and what
> to replace. I think I have the XF86Config file done right but if you have
> an example I could see that would be great.
>
> Thanks,
> Jason Clark
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Abit BH-6 ide problems
Date: Tue, 16 Feb 1999 02:22:44 GMT
Hi - I'm having several problems with my Abit bh6's ide controller under
linux... i've read variations of these problems before but none of the
suggestions worked for me so here's my specifics:
1. I have two maxtor 4 gig drives on ide0, with linux installed on the slave
drive. fdisk and lilo both give me a hard time; fdisk seems to work but gives
geometry errors, and lilo will only work with the 'linear' option but when I
try to boot it just prints the endless 10101010... I have fdisk 2.1 and lilio
2.0 which are supposed to work ok with large disks; and the problems happen
both in kernel 2.0.36 and 2.2.1
2. It doesn't seem to recognize ide1 with kernel 2.2.1. I have the two hdd's
on ide0 which are recognized ok, but my ide cdrom on ide1 isn't seen. It
works fine with kernel 2.0.36. AFAIK i picked the right options while
building the 2.2.1 kernel. here's my dmesg output:
--- START DMESG --- Linux version 2.2.1 (root@chef) (gcc version 2.7.2.3) #5
Thu Feb 11 19:59:47 EST 1999 Detected 451032967 Hz processor. Console:
colour VGA+ 80x25 Calibrating delay loop... 450.56 BogoMIPS Memory:
128416k/131008k available (668k kernel code, 408k reserved, 1480k data, 36k
init) CPU: Intel Celeron (Mendocino) stepping 00 Checking 386/387 coupling...
OK, FPU using exception 16 error reporting. Checking 'hlt' instruction... OK.
POSIX conformance testing by UNIFIX PCI: PCI BIOS revision 2.10 entry at
0xfb3e0 PCI: Using configuration type 1 PCI: Probing PCI hardware Linux
NET4.0 for Linux 2.2 Based upon Swansea University Computer Society NET3.039
NET4: Unix domain sockets 1.0 for Linux NET4.0. NET4: Linux TCP/IP 1.0 for
NET4.0 IP Protocols: ICMP, UDP, TCP Starting kswapd v 1.5 Detected PS/2 Mouse
Port. Serial driver version 4.27 with no serial options enabled ttyS00 at
0x03f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A ttyS01 at 0x02f8 (irq = 3) is a 16550A ttyS03 at
0x02e8 (irq = 3) is a 16550A pty: 256 Unix98 ptys configured PIIX4: IDE
controller on PCI bus 00 dev 39 PIIX4: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs
later ide0: BM-DMA at 0xf000-0xf007, BIOS settings: hda:pio, hdb:pio ide1:
BM-DMA at 0xf008-0xf00f, BIOS settings: hdc:pio, hdd:pio hda: Maxtor 84320A5,
ATA DISK drive hdb: Maxtor 84320D5, ATA DISK drive hdc: IRQ probe failed (0)
hdc: IRQ probe failed (0) ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14 hda: Maxtor
84320A5, 4119MB w/256kB Cache, CHS=525/255/63, (U)DMA hdb: Maxtor 84320D5,
4119MB w/256kB Cache, CHS=4185/32/63, UDMA Floppy drive(s): fd0 is 1.44M FDC
0 is a post-1991 82077 Partition check: hda: hda1 hda2 < hda5 hda6 > hdb:
hdb1 hdb2 < hdb5 hdb6 hdb7 hdb8 > VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem)
readonly. Freeing unused kernel memory: 36k freed --- END DMESG ---
Thanks for any tips, or pointers to HOWTO's I might've missed... one last
thing; the slave maxtor on ide0 is autodetected as a 495mb drive by the bios;
I tried setting it as LBA and manually entering the CHS settings but it
wouldn't let me choose the 4185/32/63 numbers that linux detected. This
hardware works fine in 95 and NT so aside from a BIOS setting I don't think
it's a hardware problem. I usually have it oc'd to 450mhz but this still
happens at 300.
-Tom
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Matthew C Weigel)
Subject: Re: Linux and "Winprinters"
Date: 16 Feb 1999 03:56:58 GMT
Mark Hollett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>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??
Concievable. But Winmodems just plain suck, so why would you? With regular
modems, you essentially just send strings of information to them, and they
send strings back, and the modem itself takes care of a lot on its own.
With Winmodems, they're essentially dumb pieces of electronics that suck CPU
time and provide the necessary hardware.
Winmodems are analagous, in that respect, to USB speakers, and any number of
other 'dumb' devices -- how would you like a 'dumb' 3d card? Why a modem?
--
/-------------------------------------------------------------------------\
--Matthew OS/2 | Lignux Lab Consultant--
\\--Weigel Be | NeXT Programmer--//
\\--------------------------+----------------------------//
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From: "Wembley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: 3COM sells crippled modems
Date: Tue, 16 Feb 1999 00:54:51 -0600
Exception for laptops with PCMCIA slots. Those cards are easy to kill and
reinsert, of course.
Trane Francks wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>Allen wrote:
>
>[ snip ]
>
>> any built-in SCSI controller on a Supermicro P6DOF board, but I'll not
>> likely ever use most of the ISA slots for anything but a modem, a
>
>[ snip ]
>
>Realizing that this post was a follow-up to a lighthearted
>post, I still would like to take this opportunity to point
>out probably the biggest benefit of using an external modem
>over an internal modem. In the event that an internal modem
>has to be reset, you need to toggle the power on the system;
>an external modem has its own power switch that can be flipped
>without affecting the rest of the system.
>
>This is important, especially for mission-critical servers.
>For the rest of us, powering off a system plays havok with our
>system's uptime. ;-)
>
>trane (184 days, 16 hours, 17 minutes and still counting)
>--
>//------------------------------------------------------------
>// Trane Francks [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tokyo, Japan
>// Practice random kindness and senseless acts of beauty.
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From: <>
Subject: Re: SANE???????????
Date: 10 Feb 1999 09:41:43 GMT
John Thrasher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schreibt: > Hello,
> I have downloaded SANE and would like to get my scanner (generic)
> working under Linux RH5.0. I thought I unzipped and installed it
> correctly but can't seem to figure out how to set up my scanner for it
> to work with it. Actually my real question is why didn't xscanimage
> install with it? And how do I get it to? I really don't have any use for
> a text based scanner program. To be quite honest I am not very
> experienced in command level Linux and would just like to get my
> hardware up and running so I can leave Windoze . . . for good.
First you have to figure out what type of Scanner and (important) what
type of SCSI-Controller you use for it. After this you will have to compile
a new kernel with SCSI-Support (depends on your type of Controller). For
further steps read the fine manual, which is included in the SANE archive.
Bye
Armin
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From: "BBQ" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: PPP under Redhat 5.2...
Date: Tue, 16 Feb 1999 15:16:24 +0800
Dear all,
I got a problem while I use PPP to connect my ISP under RH5.2.
and need someone help.....
Althought I successfully make PPP connecting to my ISP and get an IP
adddress from it, I can't open any web site with my beowser.....
I have check the resolv.conf and hosts files to make sure that the
configuration is correct. I can ping the IP address that assigned
from ISP but can't ping the ISP's address..
What's wrong ...............
Please help me.... ^_^
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