Linux-Hardware Digest #453, Volume #9 Wed, 17 Feb 99 19:13:37 EST
Contents:
Re: C Programming for ISA Card ("Rick Wheeler")
Re: Driver for Madge Smart 16/4 AT Plus Ringnode? (PCH)
Re: 386/486 Motherboard Schematics (Tmack)
What's the Linux Lab? WAS Re: C Programming for ISA Card ("Norm Dresner")
pcmcia module crashes laptop ("Mario Schrijver")
I can't connect Colorado LPT tape device :-( (Max Tulyev)
PPP under Redhat 5.2... (Max Tulyev)
I'm being burried alive in parts!!!!! (WEMU-FM)
Two quickies about modem and NIC (Mike Ford)
Xerox Docuprint P-12 : Which driver to use? ("LingDragon")
Re: Running another windows manager!!! (Shashank Misra)
Re: Windows & Linux File Transfer ? ("Tom Emerson")
Re: What's the Linux Lab? WAS Re: C Programming for ISA Card (Mike Mangan)
Sound Help! (kurzon)
Re: Lexmark 1100 Color Jetprinter & Redhat 5.1 (Robert Wiegand)
Re: RTL8139 Network card transmission timeout (Orion Pax)
Accelerated Server for Rendition? ("Derek Ruths")
Re: Is it the Mouse or the Video Display? (Bill Polhemus)
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From: "Rick Wheeler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.os.linux.misc,linux.dev.c-programming,linux.dev.serial
Subject: Re: C Programming for ISA Card
Date: Thu, 18 Feb 1999 07:34:19 +1000
The board is made by Decision Computer Peripherals, Taiwan
(www.decision.com.tw). They have code examples for VB (using a supplied
DLL), which is no use to me. I really need those C examples.
Regards,
Rick Wheeler.
mlw wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>Rick Wheeler wrote:
>>
>> I have an ISA Industrial Digital I/O card, caple of driving up to 64
>> seperate outputs (namely, Relays). I need to be able to drive solenoids
off
>> each relay separately & eclusively. I have programming examples for VB on
>> Windows 95/NT using the DLL provided by the manufacturer. I wish to
control
>> the card via a Linux application written in C.
>>
>> Can anyone provide programming examples, documentation or other advise
that
>> may be of benefit to me?
>>
>> Thanks
>> Rick
>
>Who makes the card? Is it a Keithley or a Computer boards product? Is it
>based on standard PIO chips? It should be easy enough to write a device
>driver to do it.
>
>
>--
>Mohawk Software
>Windows 95, Windows NT, UNIX, Linux. Applications, drivers, support.
>Visit the Mohawk Software website: www.mohawksoft.com
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Date: Wed, 17 Feb 1999 15:28:10 +0000
From: PCH <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Driver for Madge Smart 16/4 AT Plus Ringnode?
I seem to recall that Madge does have Linux drivers - try searching their
site, or send them an email.
Stephan Loescher wrote:
> Hi!
>
> Does Linux support the "Madge Smart 16/4 AT Plus Ringnode"-token ring
> adapter?
> Where can I get a driver or kernel patch for it and how do I install it?
>
> TIA,
> Stephan.
>
> --
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> http://www.leo.org/~loescher/
> Try the LEO-archive: http://www.leo.org/archiv/archiv_e.html
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Tmack)
Subject: Re: 386/486 Motherboard Schematics
Date: 17 Feb 1999 14:53:37 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Christopher Burnside <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I'm looking for schematics for 386/486. we are running linux and it is
>networked. The problem is we have a severe size constraint and we must
>make a smaller board. The only thing is we don't want to get into a lot
>of development time trying to come up with a new computer. we just want
>to rearrage an exisiting design that we know already works. It can have
>isa or pci. Built-in sound/video or networking is o.k. A built-in
>network card would be awsome, but not a nessecity. Thanks
>
Try looking at www.adlogic-pc104.com
They have basically exactly what your looking for, but its pricey.
The modules are 3.6x3.8" and range from a 386 to a p166MMx. The MSM-p5s
is their top-of-the line one, with a p166MMX smart cpu, 32-64M ram,
VGA/lcd on board controller, 10bT ethernet, floppy, E-ide, 2M SSD, com1,2,
lpt1, hardware watchdog timer, pc/104+ bus interface, and an optional
3channel NTSC/PAL video input. All this in a package 4"x3.6"x.75", using
[EMAIL PROTECTED] at 100%... thats only 7watts, no fan/heatsink required.
Using the pc/104 bus you can attach other stuff to it, like a sound card,
net card, IDE flash drive, pc-card adapter, etc..
I requested their price sheet, but only got prices for their 386 and 486
models, accessories, and options. To give you an idea tho, a AMD386/33
4M ram, com1,2,3, lpt1, floppy, e-ide, watchdog, lcd/vga = $406
bulk orders are less
Tmack
--
blah
bleh
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Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.os.linux.misc,linux.dev.c-programming,linux.dev.serial
From: "Norm Dresner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: What's the Linux Lab? WAS Re: C Programming for ISA Card
Date: Wed, 17 Feb 1999 14:07:32 GMT
Does anyone have a URL for the "linux lab" project?
Thanks
Norm
Mike Mangan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in article
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> try the linux lab project.
> good luck.
> -mike
>
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From: "Mario Schrijver" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
apana.lists.os.linux.x11,comp.os.linux.portable,comp.os.linux.powerpc,de.comp.os.linux.hardware,de.comp.os.linux.x,fa.linux.x11,linux.act.laptops,linux.dev.laptop,linux.dev.svgalib,linux.redhat,linux.redhat.announce,linu
Subject: pcmcia module crashes laptop
Date: Wed, 17 Feb 1999 20:25:32 +0100
Hi,
I've got a Micropoint Ilission 266 Mhz. PII Notebook with 256 MB RAM. I'm
using the Redhat 5.2 distribution, which has the 3.0.5 version of the pcmcia
module. I've got a Psion Ethernet Gold card and so i've applied
pcmcia-cs-3.0.8, which supports this card. After compiling the kernel and
the new module the system crashes terribly when starting up the pcmcia
service. Only a cold reboot helps.
Does anyone have got a solid suggestion how to tackle this problem?
Regards,
Mario Schrijver
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Max Tulyev)
Subject: I can't connect Colorado LPT tape device :-(
Date: Tue, 16 Feb 1999 12:48:41 +0200
���������, All!
I have a problem with subj. I downloaded ftape-1.4, successfully compiled
it, and when I trying to load module trakker.o, it fails and writes in
syslog:
=== cut ===
Feb 16 12:22:11 phantik kernel: trakker.c: trakker_register @ 0x080459f4
Feb 16 12:22:11 phantik kernel: [009] 1 trakker.c (read_mem_ps2) -
checksum error.
Feb 16 12:22:11 phantik kernel: [010] 1 trakker.c (trakker_speedtest)
- delay: 0.
Feb 16 12:22:11 phantik kernel: [011] 1 trakker.c (trakker_probe) - no
irq found.
Feb 16 12:22:11 phantik kernel: [012] 1 trakker.c (trakker_checksum)
- checksum error (off by eb).
Feb 16 12:22:11 phantik kernel: [013] 1 trakker.c (trakker_checksum)
- checksum error (off by eb).
Feb 16 12:22:11 phantik kernel: [014] 1 trakker.c (trakker_checksum)
- checksum error (off by eb).
Feb 16 12:22:11 phantik kernel: [015] 1 trakker.c (trakker_checksum)
- checksum error (off by eb).
Feb 16 12:22:11 phantik kernel: [016] 1 trakker.c (trakker_detect) -
can't find
trakker interface for ftape id 1.
Feb 16 12:22:11 phantik kernel: [017] 1 trakker.c (trakker_detect) -
ft_parport_probe(fdc, &trakker->parinfo) failed: -6.
=== cut ===
Where is mistake? How to fix it? Adding parameters ft_base_addr and
ft_fdc_irq not helps, parallel port is enabled in bios (378/IRQ 7,
ECP+EPP, DMA 3).
Bye!
[Linux KEY #66318-***** http://counter.li.org] [Enigma] [Zonnery Must
Die]
[Information must be free!] [RMFO!!!] [Team ����� ����] [maxtul AKA
�����]
[email: maxtul AT microsoft.kiev.ua] [FNW^Team]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Max Tulyev)
Subject: PPP under Redhat 5.2...
Date: Tue, 16 Feb 1999 12:25:24 +0200
���������, [EMAIL PROTECTED]!
At 16 Feb 99 15:16:24, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote to All:
X> configuration is correct. I can ping the IP address that assigned
X> from ISP but can't ping the ISP's address..
Try "route add default ppp0" or something like that. Do you add
"defaultroute" parameter to your pppd?
But it isn't hardware problem! ;-)
Bye!
[Linux KEY #66318-***** http://counter.li.org] [Enigma] [Zonnery Must
Die]
[Information must be free!] [RMFO!!!] [Team ����� ����] [maxtul AKA
�����]
[email: maxtul AT microsoft.kiev.ua] [FNW^Team]
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From: WEMU-FM <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
biz.comp.hardware,alt.ibm.pc.hardware,alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt,alt.comp.hardware.homedesigned
Subject: I'm being burried alive in parts!!!!!
Date: Wed, 17 Feb 1999 16:18:08 -0500
Hello, I have tons of spare parts I need to get rid of, and so do my
friends. If you have any use for anything from an 8088 to a 486,
expansion cards, old hard drives, etc.... One of us probably has it!!
We love trades, and would be happy to trade with you, or we can sell the
stuff too. Depending on what you need we may even give it away for the
price of the shipping!!
Just send me an email and if I can't help you I will pass your message
along.
Leif Burrow
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From: Mike Ford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Two quickies about modem and NIC
Date: Wed, 17 Feb 1999 09:55:45 -0600
First, I currently have what Windoze calls an LT 56K modem. My computer
manufacturer (don't knock me, I didn't have time to build it) couldn't
give me any real info, but I think it's a winmodem. My gf has a 28.8
Sportster and was wondering if I'd do better off switching them.
Next, I also currently have an SMC EZ 10. It uses the RTL8029 driver,
but the manual says it's NE2000 compatible. Anyone using one? If not,
what about one of the following, Intel EtherExpress (I know it's
compatible, but is there any setup or will RH 5.2 get it immediately?),
or LinkSys Ether16? I have both, but they're in my roomie's and gf's
boxes, respectively.
Oh, and one last thing, will the driver for ESS1868 work for 1869? I
don't really want to use the one from 4Front since supposedly I'll have
to reconfigure it periodically.
Thanx for any replies,
Mike Ford
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From: "LingDragon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Xerox Docuprint P-12 : Which driver to use?
Date: Wed, 17 Feb 1999 15:56:48 GMT
Has anyone else configured this printer for use in xwindows?
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From: Shashank Misra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Running another windows manager!!!
Date: Wed, 17 Feb 1999 10:05:18 -0800
Add a line in .xinitrc in your homw directory-
'exec <name of executable that starts another window manager>'
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From: "Tom Emerson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.linux,comp.os.linux.questions,linux.redhat
Subject: Re: Windows & Linux File Transfer ?
Date: 17 Feb 1999 22:25:04 GMT
Colin Day <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in article
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> Mike wrote:
>
> > Samba, ships on the Redhat CD or http://www.samba.org
> >
> > Chris Marai wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> > >Hello,
> > >
> > >I was wondering if there is anyway to move files on my dos partition
to the
> > >linux partition? Or at least read/write them from linux and windows ?
I'm presuming you want to move these files within the same box -- i.e.,
these partitions are on the same drive, just different formats. Linux
supports MANY file systems other than ext2fs -- FAT, FAT32, VFAT (?), and
HPFS, just to name a few of the more "popular" PC OS formats :) Sometimes,
that support is 'read-only' (at least, from the kernel) meaning you could
"pull" the data from one partition to another.
I've also read recently that there is a virtual file system/driver for
win9x that can read [and perhaps write, but "at your own risk"] ext2fs
partitions.
> Can one use Samba as server and client on the same CPU? I have
> a dual-boot system (Win95 and Linux). I wouldn't think so, but I'm
> a little curious.
since you need to STOP running one OS in order to run the other, the answer
is "no". In a network environment however, this works (which,
coincidentally, is how and why Samba was designed...) [ok, stop sarcasm
mode, start blue-sky mode] I wonder if... Since MS claims windows is
multi-tasking, and we know Linux is, could some future computer setup
actually "switch" tasks between MS and Linux OS's? Nevermind for the
moment the technical difficulty in doing so [like deciding who gets
"control" of the hardware at any given moment in time] or the user
interface [is that a windows active-X control or an X widget you just
"clicked"?] Would going through the "loopback" interface "work" for
Windows/samba interconnectivity? Somehow I doubt it, because the windows
network CLIENT will NOT connect to the network SERVER if the CLIENT and
SERVER names are the same. [try it -- share a directory and then try to
open it as a shared drive on the same computer -- if this worked, I'd solve
a problem I have at home where I'm sharing a directory so that two people
can work on the data at the same time -- if I open it, the program things
the data is all on drive C:\some\directory\structure; on the remote
computer openeing the same project complains that the source files aren't
found, and "looking" for them finds them on V:\<rootlevel>. If I could
"connect" to my own computer and treat c:\.... as v:\, then my problem
would be solved...]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mike Mangan)
Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.os.linux.misc,linux.dev.c-programming,linux.dev.serial
Subject: Re: What's the Linux Lab? WAS Re: C Programming for ISA Card
Date: Wed, 17 Feb 1999 15:35:23 -0600
opps, i forgot to include it. the URL for the Linux Lab Project is:
http://www.llp.fu-berlin.de/
-mike
In article <01be5a7d$cdf6ada0$8aea689b@w784749>, "Norm Dresner"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Does anyone have a URL for the "linux lab" project?
> Thanks
> Norm
>
> Mike Mangan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in article
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> > try the linux lab project.
> > good luck.
> > -mike
> >
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From: kurzon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.setup,alt.os.linux.questions
Subject: Sound Help!
Date: Wed, 17 Feb 1999 16:17:55 -0600
I run sndconfig and enter the settings. But then it says:
Error: There was an error running modprobe.
Is there really something wrong with modprobe?
I have an ESS Technologies 2306 PnP 3D sound card. I'm using Redhat 2.1.
I followed the HOWTO where i try to recompile the kernel but the command
"make config" doesn't work. I don't even have the
/usr/src/linux/drivers/sound directory. So, I try to isapnp and it wants
a isapnp.conf file, which i don't have. I only have isapnp.gone.
I just figured i could run sndconfig and enter the irq settings. But
this modprobe error always pops up. I really don't know what else to
do...
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Robert Wiegand <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.install,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Lexmark 1100 Color Jetprinter & Redhat 5.1
Date: Wed, 17 Feb 1999 04:01:26 +0000
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I've installed Redhat 5.1 on my PC. I recently purchased the Lexmark 1100
> Color Jetprinter. Judging from several postings in this and other newsgroups,
> Lexmark does not provide drivers for Linux (Fat chance!!), and Linux (RedHat,
> Debian, Suse, etc.??) does not support Lexmark printers. However, the
> printer's manual does say that it is compatible with HP Deskjet 500C drivers.
> This is listed in Redhat's printer compatibility list. So, I installed the HP
> Deskjet 500C filter. But, I am still unable to print anything. Either a blank
> page gets printed or the printer head(??) prints everything on the same spot
> (leaving a big messy blot on the paper). Is there anybody out there with more
> experience with this type of problem? Should I set something in the CMOS
> setup (Bidirectional printing??), or maybe disable PostScript printing, or
> install it as a plain, old text-only printer?
Sorry, but I don't believe there is any way to get this to work.
The printer is not directly HP Deskjet compatible.
The feature you read about in the manual is a DOS driver that lets the
printer look like a Deskjet to DOS programs. This isn't going to do any
good under Linux however.
--
Regards,
Bob Wiegand [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Orion Pax <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: RTL8139 Network card transmission timeout
Date: 16 Feb 1999 17:22:22 GMT
Mark Swindell <mark.swindell@[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'm stuck trying to get my laptop (reliably) talking to my network. I've
> just about run out of things to try so any help is appreciated.
> The rtl8139 module (apparently loads OK) using "modprobe rtl8139". The hub
> light goes out indicating something has happened. "dmesg" shows :-
> rtl8139.c:v0.99B 4/7/98 Donald Becker
> http://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/linux/drivers/rtl8139.html
> eth0: RealTek RTL8139 at 0x3080, IRQ 3, 00:10:44:84:30:77
> Next "ifconfig eth0 192.1.13" and the hub light returns.
> After "route add -net 192.1.1.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 eth0" Im ready to try
> a ping.
> The result is a transmit timeout. dmesg shows :-
> eth0: Transmit timeout, status 0d 0000.
I also got these errors on a Pentium MMX Desktop machine.
I only use Linux (2.0.33 patched to .35) on this machine
so I don't know if it functions under Windows or not.
I noticed that the brand of card I had specified that
the system must be capable of bus mastering, which might
have been the problem (ie bad or no bus mastering
support)?
If anyone can forward the information along to me as well
it would be much appreciated.
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From: "Derek Ruths" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Accelerated Server for Rendition?
Date: Wed, 17 Feb 1999 10:54:45 -0600
Is there an accelerated server for X11 for the Rendition chips (verite)? I
know that the SVGA server supports verite, but does not accelerate it. Is
there any 3rd party that supports an accelerated server for this chipset?
Thanks,
DereK
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From: Bill Polhemus <[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 10:29:22 -0600
> I've got a cheap serial mouse which I have set as a 3-button mouse
> and X likes it just fine. What you need to do is set the switch to
> whichever mode you want it to use (X supports 3-button mice, so I'd
> suggest that mode) then tell X about that. If you wish to get your
> hands
> dirty, edit /etc/X11/XF86Config, and find the section that resembles:
>
> #
> **********************************************************************
>
> # Pointer section
> #
> **********************************************************************
>
> Section "Pointer"
> Protocol "MouseSystems"
> Device "/dev/mouse"
>
> and set the Protocol either as you see above, or as "Microsoft" if you
>
> prefer the 2-button mode.
UPDATE:
I found some info on the Belkin website:
[QUOTE MODE ON]
Q: What is the PC and MS switch for on the bottom?
When the switch is in MS mode it sets it to a standard Mouse Systems
2-button mouse and the middle button in most cases does not operate.
When the switch is in the PC position it allows full operation of the
mouse but may not work with most 2-button drivers.
[QUOTE MODE OFF]
So "MS" means "Mouse Systems," not "Microsoft". Therefore, If I put it
in "PC" position, and use "Generic 3-Button Mouse" in the configuration,
it should work, RIGHT?
Gonna take a couple of vacation days and get this puppy workin'!
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