Linux-Hardware Digest #446, Volume #9 Tue, 16 Feb 99 23:13:42 EST
Contents:
Making my living room a friendlier place... (mlkesl)
RPM X 3.3.3-1 ("Joe Farkas")
Anyone successfully used Addtron ISA NIC? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: BIOS cache settings ? (Francis Devereux)
disk "write buffer" [was: Same Disk RAID and Mirroring] (Paul M. Aoki)
Re: Redhat 5.2 over Prosignia 4/25 + Smart1 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Linux crashes every time I boot ("Alan Forster")
Re: fujitsu mo problem solved (Robert Dale)
Re: Linux on Compaq Proliant 7000 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
video card upgrade? ("Bill Jones")
Redhat 5.2 over Prosignia 4/25 + Smart1 (Pierre GRAMONT)
Re: disk "write buffer" [was: Same Disk RAID and Mirroring] (Paul M. Aoki)
Re: Linux and "Winprinters" ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Is it the Mouse or the Video Display? ("James Moss")
Re: Compaq Deskpro 6000 and PCI BIOS ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Run X on a Toshiba laptop? ("Christian Lépine")
Re: RPM X 3.3.3-1 (Marty Wicks)
Re: Good news!!! ("Daniel B. Tolman")
Re: Putting Linux on my notebook (Tim Lines)
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From: mlkesl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux
Subject: Making my living room a friendlier place...
Date: Tue, 16 Feb 1999 20:06:47 -0600
Hello,
First of all I must ask that you reply via email. When I get this all
worked out I will be able to listen to newsgroups, now I can not.
I want to set up what I would call a network, in my home. The primary
reason for this is to allow two 'other' machines simple Internet access,
much like one gets through a telnet->shell interface. The secondary reason,
more an added benefit, would be the ability to share files.
Ideally, the 'network' (As I will call it from now on because I am lazy)
would work regardless of my connection. The net connection will simply
allow the other machines to 'use the net' most likely stuff like telnet,
irc, and lynx.
I currently have a 56k modem based Internet connection but will be
upgrading to something faster as soon as I can, which may be as far away as
a year or more or as near as a few months. If this matters at all.
I want to have one machine with regular Internet access, which is currently
PPP. I want the other machines to be more or less terminals to this
machine, just like a shell-like, text-only, Internet access. Of course, if
allowing them all access to the same PPP connection through the main
machine is done easily enough that would be even better.
I guess this would be accomplished by some LAN telnet access these
'terminals' might have on my main machine. This seems to me to be the best
way, but there is probably something better I do not know of.
My questions are...
How can i do this? Have two machines act as terminals to my main machine
and be able to share it's Internet access if only through a text only
shell. What are the options available to me? I want to know what software i
will need on each of the machines as well as what hardware. I think there
are many options. However, I do not know any in detail, they are just ideas
and 'should work's.
The following are the machines which will participate:
---Io---
K6-2 350 Linux with Windows (64Megs Ram, 12.9Gig Drive)
All standard ports, PS/2, Parallel, Serial and USB*
56k Internal Fax/Data Modem
Intel Etherexpress Pro network card
* Unsupported by Linux
---atom---
Pentium 100 Linux with Windows (24Megs Ram, 1Gig Drive)
Has a single PS/2 port, as well as Parallel and Serial ports
2400 Baud External Modem
Cabletron E2219 network card*
* Unsupported by Linux
---Ganymede---
Unknown Dos boot disk (640k Ram, 2 Floppy Drives)
A very old IBM PS/2 (8525) running a Dos boot disk.
Disks currently have Kermit and Telix on them. Telix I used myself but
not Kermit. Kermit was used to allow it to be a terminal for the VMS server
at my college for students' email and other junk. (I have two of these
actually, only one floppy on the other)
Has parallel port
14.4 internal Voice/Fax/Data Modem
Cabletron E2219 network card*
Unknown coaxial network card*
* Unsupported by Linux
Thanks for reading,
Please reply via email
Mike Kesl
(compression = making the font size smaller in Microsoft Word)
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From: "Joe Farkas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: RPM X 3.3.3-1
Date: Wed, 17 Feb 1999 21:21:37 -0500
I know the rendition 2100 chip set is included in the XFree86 3.3.3-1
release. When I install red hat, then RPM 3.3.3-1, then run setup, the
svga server does not list the chip set. I installed it once before this
way, and the SVGA server showed the rendition chip set, don't know what I'm
doing wrong this time.
I tried completely repartitioning, and installing from scratch. used
rpm -ivh which should install and show progress, which seemed to go
smooth. Just that when running setup, it does not show the chip set ???
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Anyone successfully used Addtron ISA NIC?
Date: Wed, 17 Feb 1999 02:29:12 GMT
I'm trying to install RedHat via ftp. The network card I'm using is an ISA
card made by Addtron, and is supposed to be NE2000 compatible. So when I'm
going through the installation process, I can't get the card to be
recognized. It worked fine according to the hardware diagnostic that came on
the Addtron floppy disk. I've tried a bunch of different I/O's and IRQ's, and
"autoprobe" as well as "specify". Has anyone had better luck than me with
this card? What did you do? Thanks,
Miles Eddins
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From: Francis Devereux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: BIOS cache settings ?
Date: Wed, 17 Feb 1999 00:32:20 GMT
Michael Thomas Cope <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> I'm redirecting this to comp.os.linux.hardware since it seems more
> relavent there.
> matthew mcglynn <not> wrote:
>
> : I've looked for the answer to this question -- faqs, linux.org,
> : howtos, dejanews, etc., and found nothing, which leads me to believe
> : the answer is obvious, or the question is really stupid.
>
> : Hopefully someone will be able to set me straight.
>
> : My motherboard, the M-549 from M Technology [1], uses BIOS
> : from Award [2]. A variety of options for cacheing are
> : available, but I don't know if any of them will (a) speed
> : up Linux performance or (b) break it.
>
> : The options I question are:
> : - CPU Internal Cache (enable/disable)
enable is definitely faster
> : - External Cache (enable/disable)
enable is faster
> : - Video Adapter BIOS shadow (enable/disable)
i don't know
> : - Read Pipeline (enable/disable)
enable probably faster
> : - Write Pipeline (enable/disable)
enable probably faster
> : - Video BIOS cacheable (enable/disable)
i don't know
> : - System BIOS cacheable (enable/disable)
i don't know
>
> : I'm configuring this machine as a web server, so it
> : will run Linux 2.0.36, Apache, PHP, MySQL, SSH, qmail
> : and probably not a lot else. It won't run X. The CPU
> : is a 200 MHz Cyrix chip.
>
> : I'm getting ready to put it into production and I don't
> : want something to break a few days or weeks from now
> : because I've set some BIOS option the wrong way and long
> : since forgotten that that might be the cause.
>
> : Any assistance would be appreciated.
>
> : Thanks!
>
> : [1] http://www.mtechnology.com/m549.htm
> : [2] http://www.phoenix.com/support/bios.html
>
> : --
> : matthew mcglynn "matt at debris dot com"
>
>
> --
> Michael Cope: Harvey Mudd College '00; Armand Hammer UWC '96
> E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Paul M. Aoki)
Crossposted-To: comp.arch,comp.arch.storage,alt.os.linux,comp.periphs
Subject: disk "write buffer" [was: Same Disk RAID and Mirroring]
Date: 17 Feb 1999 03:02:27 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Paul M. Aoki)
Andy Glew <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
| A recent issue of IEEE Computer (I think) has a paper that proposes
| allocating a separate disk, or a portion of the local disk, as a disk
| cache - absorbing writes when DRAM based disk caches overflow
| during a write burst, and then emptying this "disk based write buffer"
| to the ordinary disk blocks once the write burst is over.
|
| This is pretty much what I proposed in my original post - ordinary writes
| into a sequential log, later distribution to the regular disk blocks.
at the level of generality given here, this is essentially the WADS
(write ahead data set) scheme used in IBM's IMS since the '70s (at
least).
see http://patent.womplex.ibm.com/details?pn=US04507751__&language=en
or "transaction processing" by gray and reuter.
the key to systems research in 1999 is to find the point in history at
which the design parameters were similar to today's, and then spin that
ol' wheel of reincarnation :-)
--
Paul M. Aoki | Computer Science Division, EECS #1776
[EMAIL PROTECTED] | University of California
| Berkeley, CA 94720-1776 USA
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.rpm
Subject: Re: Redhat 5.2 over Prosignia 4/25 + Smart1
Date: Wed, 17 Feb 1999 02:44:50 GMT
Hi
First thing is that Smart Array Controller driver is not recognised during the
installation. For this you need to compile the kernal with the patch given in
the web site given below. Follow the procedure given in the Readme which is on
the website.
This is beta version driver.
http://www.insync.net/~frantzc/cpqarray.html
Regarding installing Redhat 5.2 using CD and Embedded SCSI controller card
not recognised, what error do you get on this.Is the CD drive is IDE or SCSI.
Is the CD bootable. If the CD is bootable then it is an IDE CD Drive. Let me
know these stuff and I will solve your problem.
Waiting for your reply. Send the mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Regards
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Pierre GRAMONT <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I try to install Linux Redhat 5.2 over Compaq Prosignia 4/25 (with
> Pentium 83 overdrive) + Smart 1 array controler, but Linux can't see
> internal SCSI controler (it's an integrated motherboard controler, but I
> can't known which one), where CD drive is connected.
>
> So, I try an FTP installation, but Linux can't see SmartArray controler
> where hard drive disks are connected.
>
> Can you help me please!
>
> Pierre GRAMONT
>
>
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From: "Alan Forster" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Linux crashes every time I boot
Date: Wed, 17 Feb 1999 10:11:18 +1000
Linux crashes every time I boot. I have to reset the computer about 5 times
on average before the system comes up ok. I get error messafes like;
block .... on freelist, isn't free
fork.. cannot allocate memory
general protection fault
once I get it up it seems fine. I have redhat 5.2, and i run it on a 2.4g
hd. I have tried using different partion sizes etc. I had the same problem
with 5.1 and 5.0 so maybe my hard drive dosn't like linux?
Can anyone help me with this problem?
Alan Forster
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From: Robert Dale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: fujitsu mo problem solved
Date: Wed, 17 Feb 1999 02:56:32 GMT
Pas Moi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: 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.
Do you have the address for the german site?
Thanks!
--
Robert Dale
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Linux on Compaq Proliant 7000
Date: Wed, 17 Feb 1999 02:53:31 GMT
Hi
I have done the installation of Redhat Linux 5.1 and 5.2 several time. Their
is absolutly no problem in installing the linux.
First you need to execute the System configuration utility from the Smart
Start CD and during installation you need to select the NCRc8xx when it ask
for "Do you have any SCSI controller in your system". this will recognise
your hard disk connected to your embedded controller. And also ensure that
you have made the Embedded controller as First order controller when you
executed the System configuration utility.
Send me know your feedback to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Let me know if you
have any problem with linux on Compaq hardware.
Waiting for your reply.
Regards
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Yin Tan Cui <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> David Moore wrote:
> >
> > I have a Compaq Proliant 7000 that I would love to migrate from NT to Linux.
> > Unfortunately, I have never installed Linux before. I know I will need to
> > patch things up to recognize the Smart Array II controller, as well as
> > recompile for SMP. My problem is that I cannot finish the boot process from
> > the diskettes (RedHat5.2). It appears that the kernel is looking for a hard
> > drive, but doesn't recognize a disk attached to the imbedded SCSI. Just for
> > grins, I dropped an Adaptec 2940-UW card into the machine, added a 9Gb
drive,
> > disabled the Smart Array controller, and the two imbedded controllers. I
> > figured this would allow me to install on the machine and apply the patches.
> > Unfortunately, it still won't boot. Does anybody have any suggestions?
> > Error messages encountered during boot:
> > VFS: cannot open root device 08:18
> > Kernel Panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 08:18
>
> This error is due to that you don't have RAM disk support in the
> instllation disk you used.
>
> > David Moore
> > Summit Electric Supply
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
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From: "Bill Jones" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.video,rec.autos.simulators
Subject: video card upgrade?
Date: Wed, 3 Feb 1999 10:08:21 -0500
Last night on ZDTV's Screen Savers program, they talked about PC upgrades
and said that it makes sense to upgrade older 2D video cards now to a 3D
card. They said even an inexpensive card like the TNT ($89??) would be a
noticeable improvement.
I currently have an ATI Winturbo (Mach64) PCI video card with 2MB VRAM. I
also have a Monster 3D graphics accelerator. The PC has no AGP or USB
capability at present.
We have a family PC, a Gateway2000 Pentium 233 MMX, 64MB RAM, and a 17"
monitor. It's used as a general purpose machine; my son uses it for gaming
and school work (in that order!); the wife surfs the Net and uses MS Office;
my daughter uses it for school work and occasional games; and I use it for
all kinds of things (MS Office, Visual Basic programming, Internet and
e-mail, Linux, and racing simulation games). The performance now seems very
good - in Viper Racing for instance I'm getting about 25 fps frame rate at
full detail, and I get 25-30 fps in MS CART Precision Racing at full detail.
The question is, should I bother to replace my ATI with a newer card?
Should I keep the Monster 3D, or get an all-in-one 2D/3D card? The only
reason I'd want to upgrade is if I'd get a noticeable frame rate increase in
the 3D games, and keep the Linux compatibility.
<remove 7of9 for e-mail replies>
--
Bill Jones e-mail addresses:
Computer Sciences Corp. (work) [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Norwich, Connecticut (play) [EMAIL PROTECTED]
(860) 437-5650 WWW: http://pages.cthome.net/billj
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From: Pierre GRAMONT <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.rpm
Subject: Redhat 5.2 over Prosignia 4/25 + Smart1
Date: Tue, 16 Feb 1999 12:34:57 +0100
I try to install Linux Redhat 5.2 over Compaq Prosignia 4/25 (with
Pentium 83 overdrive) + Smart 1 array controler, but Linux can't see
internal SCSI controler (it's an integrated motherboard controler, but I
can't known which one), where CD drive is connected.
So, I try an FTP installation, but Linux can't see SmartArray controler
where hard drive disks are connected.
Can you help me please!
Pierre GRAMONT
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Paul M. Aoki)
Crossposted-To: comp.arch,comp.arch.storage,alt.os.linux,comp.periphs
Subject: Re: disk "write buffer" [was: Same Disk RAID and Mirroring]
Date: 17 Feb 1999 03:31:29 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Paul M. Aoki)
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Paul M. Aoki) writes:
| Andy Glew <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
| | A recent issue of IEEE Computer (I think) has a paper that proposes
| | allocating a separate disk, or a portion of the local disk, as a disk
| | cache - absorbing writes when DRAM based disk caches overflow
| | during a write burst, and then emptying this "disk based write buffer"
| | to the ordinary disk blocks once the write burst is over.
|
| at the level of generality given here, this is essentially the WADS
| (write ahead data set) scheme used in IBM's IMS since the '70s (at
| least).
allow me to observe that andy glew's original posting described a more
involved scheme (i.e., the whole single-disk raid thing). so, to be
absolutely clear: my literature comment applies ONLY to the specific
excerpt above.
also, this:
| the key to systems research in 1999 is to find the point in history at
| which the design parameters were similar to today's, and then spin that
| ol' wheel of reincarnation :-)
is an in-joke -- glew mentions sutherland's "wheel of reincarnation"
paper in comp.arch fairly often...
--
Paul M. Aoki | Computer Science Division, EECS #1776
[EMAIL PROTECTED] | University of California
| Berkeley, CA 94720-1776 USA
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Linux and "Winprinters"
Date: Wed, 17 Feb 1999 03:15:04 GMT
> The real problem is that some manufacturers don't want to give out the
> interface specifications. For some reason that I don't understand they
> would rather loose sales.
>
It's certainly a problem I don't understand. Some years ago, a video card was
shipped with WordPerfect, Windows, OS/2, Paintbrush, Ventura & Autocad
drivers. Now they don't want to write any drivers other than Windows
(FreeBSD, Linux & OS/2 are still alternatives)nor they want them written by
others.
By the way, I'm interested in learning how to interface the drivers to the
OS, or "how to write a Linux driver" Do you have any WWW link or document
about it??
Thanks in advance
Hugo González
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From: "James Moss" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Re: Is it the Mouse or the Video Display?
Date: Wed, 17 Feb 1999 13:17:08 +1000
I would pu tthe switch into pc-at mode and try selecting generic serial
mouse in Xconfigurator. If that doesnot work then try selecting generic PS/2
compatible.
Bill Polhemus wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>Hi. I have a problem (of course!)
>
>First, a preface: I am what used to be called a "computer hobbyist,"
>back before we all got so serious with our boxes, using them to make
>money, in businesss, etc. Oh, I still have to use my computer at work
>to DO work, but I love to tinker.
>
>Way back in 1993, I bought a new 486-66 (generic clone), and decided
>that I really didn't like that Windows thingie that everyone was
>beginning to use, since it wasn't "32-bit" like my new computer. So I
>installed OS/2 2.0, and the rest was history. I used OS/2 up until
>about a year and a half ago, when it was obvious I couldn't get any work
>done at home with it (since we were using NT at work, and the apps
>wouldn't go on my OS/2 system).
>
>However, as you might imagine, I got a LOT of experience, tinkering with
>the OS/2 system, applying patches, upgrades, fixpaks, adding hardware
>and trying to get OS/2 to recognize it.
>
>I thought those days were gone forever.
>
>Then, the other day, I splurged and bought a new computer system for
>home, came (of course) with Windows 98 and all the trimmings. A nice
>machine, which the wife and I can use for our productivity stuff at
>home.
>
>But here is my old 486, still perfectly good, just sitting there waiting
>to be retired.
>
>So, on a hunch, I bought a copy of Red Hat Linux 5.2 at the store where
>I purchased the new machine. Only $20. I'd heard a lot about it (and
>remember that Linux advocates had often spilled over onto the
>comp.os.os2.* newsgroups back when I used to haunt them myself). I was
>intrigued, and had the idea that this could signal the resumption of my
>"hobbyist" career put on the shelf when I abandoned (reluctantly) OS/2.
>
>Well, I finally got the install begun last night. So far so good, but
>of course I've already run into a problem with (I'm sure this is no
>surprise to most reading here) hardware compatibility.
>
>Now, I've got old, "legacy" hardware. The 486 is and ISA bus machine,
>and the video card is a Diamond SpeedStar 64 ISA, which I believe uses
>the Cirrus Logic chipset. As far as I can tell, the install routine was
>able to pick up the display, and "configure" it. The mouse is
>problematic; it's a three-button job I got for about $15 at Wal-Mart
>when my last Microsoft Mouse went kablooey. On the bottom of the mouse,
>there is a slider switch you can set for "MS AM" (not sure what the "AM"
>stands for--"adorable mouse?") and "PC AT". It has a PS/2 plug on the
>end, but came with an adapter which I simply plugged into the COM1 port
>when I was using Windows 95.
>
>Anyway, for some reason, when I startup up the X Windows system, it
>comes up O.K., but the MOUSE doesn't seem to work. The cursor just
>flies all over the place, all around the periphery of the screen,
>seemingly uncontrollable.
>
>I THINK that the window manager is FVWM2 (at least I remember seeing
>that designation somewhere on the screen); someone here familiar with
>Red Hat 5.2 will probably know. Anyway, I can't get the X Windows
>environment to function; very frustrating.
>
>What do any of you think? Any suggestions for "fixing" this problem?
>
>Oh, BTW, the setup is (off the top of my head): i486DX2-66 all-ISA, 20MB
>RAM, 1.03MB Conner HD, 24X Toshiba ATAPI CDROM, Diamond SpeedStar 64 ISA
>Video with 1 MB RAM, Iomega ZIP Drive (Parallel).
>
>Thanks for any help you could render.
>
>Regards.
>
>Bill Polhemus
>Houston, Texas
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Compaq Deskpro 6000 and PCI BIOS
Date: Wed, 17 Feb 1999 02:48:04 GMT
Hi
You need to just type "insmod tlan" at the prompt and execute the netconf to
configure your Networkcard. Thats it your network is up.
Send your feed back to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Regards
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Evgueni Tzvetanov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Try to download the latest kernel of 2.2.x family. This kernel has some very
new
> features and maybe you'll succeed. If you have any trouble after downloading
the
> source, please let me know...
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> > Hello all, OK, I think I've read all the readme's and Howto's before
> > coming here so I am desperate for any help. I need to get my onboard
> > NetFlex-3 PCI Ethernet card working in Linux. Everything else works great
> > with this RedHat 5.2 installation. I have a Compaq DeskPro 6000 with a
> > Pentium Pro 200, Adaptec 2940U PCI SCSI Host adapter with a 2 2GB seagate
> > hard drives, an IDE CD-ROM, 96MB RAM and a RedHat 5.2 Install CD. Currently
I
> > have my 1st HD setup with 2 Partitions, NTFS for the c: drive and FAT for
the
> > d: drive, both approximately 1GB each. On the second drive, I have a 24MB
DOS
> > partition, a 47MB Swap partition (sdb2) and a 1947MB Linux root partition
> > (sdb1). Neither Linux, nor the Redhat Installer will recognize the
> > onboard PCI ethernet card. It is a NetFlex-3 PCI card. From what I've read,
> > this is because the PCI bios on this model is stored in Hi-MEM and is
> > inaccessible by Linux. Fair enough, I can find the Compaq movepci.exe file,
> > load it on a DOS bootable floppy and go. Problem is, hoe to get Linux
> > to boot from here so that I can take advantage of this change? Using
> > loadlin, I have gotten the error "Idle task could not sleep" which seems to
> > have a resolution and is posted all over the web in German. All I THINK I
> > need to do now is boot into Linux from this point and do an insmod and
> > ifconfig to get the card going. Is there an easier way to do all this? Am I
> > on the right track? Th kernel I'm using is copied right off the Linux root
> > partition and boots the machine fine from the NT boot.ini file. Any help
> > anyone could give me would be very appreciated. Thanks in advance. --Dave
> > Reuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "Christian Lépine" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.help
Subject: Run X on a Toshiba laptop?
Date: Tue, 16 Feb 1999 22:15:59 -0500
I'm trying to run Xwindows on a toshiba 4800.
I have the lastest version (2.0.35) of linux and the lasted version of
the distribution files of Xwindows. I'm not able to run startx: the
screen flash and the laptop freezes. I think that video card is a
Western Digital. Is there any person who have a config file which works
fine on this type of laptop? If so, Is it possible for me to have it?
Thanks!
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Marty Wicks)
Subject: Re: RPM X 3.3.3-1
Date: Wed, 17 Feb 1999 03:37:33 GMT
On Wed, 17 Feb 1999 21:21:37 -0500, "Joe Farkas"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I know the rendition 2100 chip set is included in the XFree86 3.3.3-1
>release. When I install red hat, then RPM 3.3.3-1, then run setup, the
>svga server does not list the chip set. I installed it once before this
>way, and the SVGA server showed the rendition chip set, don't know what I'm
>doing wrong this time.
>I tried completely repartitioning, and installing from scratch. used
> rpm -ivh which should install and show progress, which seemed to go
>smooth. Just that when running setup, it does not show the chip set ???
I'm barely a newbie myself, but try rpm -Uvh. This should update
rather than just install??
Cheers,
Marty
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From: "Daniel B. Tolman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Good news!!!
Date: Tue, 16 Feb 1999 21:16:50 -0600
Could I bother you for the names of TFM's that you bought? I've been having
a hard time finding a good book...
Thanx in advance!
Kyle Gonzales <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>No questions this time around!
>
>I simply wanted to share with the users of this NG that I now have my
>RedHat 5.2 up and running well. So far, everything is working fine. As
>a new Linux user, this is an accomplishment for me.
>
>BTW, searching DejaNews for answers to my problems was very helpful.
>Solved both my sound card question and my printer problem this way.
>Took all of 5 minutes. The Linux HOW-TO's on Metalab (formerly Sunsite)
>were very helpful as well.
>
>To other new users, please take my advice:
>1) RTFM (Read the f***ing manual, I mean the fine manual!) I got
> two books that have helped me alot with commands and general
> info. It is worth the money.
>2) SEARCH DejaNews. I found many answers to my problems
> there in a very short period of time. Very useful.
>
>Thank you to everyone who takes their time to post answers to this NG.
>For your effort, you have another convert!
>
>Kyle Gonzales
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
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From: Tim Lines <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.networking,alt.os.linux,atl.os.linux.projects,comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: Putting Linux on my notebook
Date: Wed, 17 Feb 1999 03:51:07 +0000
It's a chips and technologies 65554. I found this out by going to www.tais.com
and clicking on intuitive looking places. I ended up at
http://www.csd.toshiba.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/Toshiba.woa/-/SSDetailedSpecs.wo?productTypeId=1&productFamilyId=6&productSeriesId=68
I have a Toshiba 435CDS and set it up easily. Slightly different chip set so I
don't know if it means anything. Good luck.
Zilog wrote:
> I am needing guidance to getting my Toshiba Satellite 220 loaded with Linux.
> I am having problems with the X setup due to not knowing what the Video system
> is on this older second hand laptop. I do know that it is a Chips and
> Technologies chip set. I also am having difficulty getting my Megehertz
> xjem336 PCMCIA 'ethermodem' card working. Any direction in either of these
> would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks
>
> Daniel Curry
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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