Linux-Hardware Digest #455, Volume #9 Thu, 18 Feb 99 05:13:29 EST
Contents:
Re: 10base-T recommendation? (Markku Verkkoniemi)
soundblaster 64PCI ("Todd K. Vorce")
Where to get an internal V.90 modem (Andrew Comech)
Dell Sound Support ("Geoffrey E. Gallaway")
Zoltrix Audio Plus 6400 PCI ("J. J. Horner")
Re: Is it the Mouse or the Video Display? (Bill Polhemus)
Re: Ensoniq AudioPCI, ALSA, .mid files (Colin Day)
Sound Card Problem from Newbie (Need Help !!!!!!!!!) (Virach Wongpaibool)
Problems when removing SCSI-HDD (Stefan Wuerthle)
Touchpad driver question ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
ISA modems (Linux Newbie)
Re: ethernet problems ("Tom Emerson")
printing a header (roe)
Re: Printing with a DeskJet 722C (Greg Balls)
Re: Problems with Linux on a new Dell (Ruben Safir)
HP3100 all-in-one usable with Linux? (Marc Kool)
Re: Winmodems and Linux? (Jose Urena)
Re: Running another windows manager!!! (James McBoyle - Sun Ireland - SunSoft ELC
[Student])
Re: printing a header (Michael Powe)
installing sound card prevents ethernet card detection ("Patrick Berge")
Re: 3c509 + 3c59x = Barfff ("J. Ken Zur")
Re: printing a header (Gordon Weast)
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From: Markku Verkkoniemi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: 10base-T recommendation?
Date: Wed, 17 Feb 1999 19:37:33 +0100
Paul Braun wrote:
>
> Try to find 3com cards. They are unconditionally guaranteed for life. Anytime
> I've ever had one go out, a quick phone call netted a replacement to exchange
> for the bad one. Always keep one or two spares on hand, and you will never run
> out of NIC's. I think National Semiconductor's cards may have the same
> guarantee, but my main experience is with the 3com's. Plus they are built like
> tanks and hardly ever break.
I just bought a 3com 509 card for ten Swedish crowns (around $1.20) for
my home Linux
machine. It works perfectly between my laptop's (running Win95) 3c575
card and the home
machine using a crossover cable.
Markku
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From: "Todd K. Vorce" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: soundblaster 64PCI
Date: Thu, 18 Feb 1999 02:48:19 +0000
Is it possible to get the SoundBlaster 64PCI to work with linux 2.2?
If so how is it done?
Thanks for your help
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From: Andrew Comech <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Where to get an internal V.90 modem
Date: 17 Feb 1999 22:43:27 -0500
Hi,
I just received an internal AOpen FM56-ITU modem: It is an
internal V.90 K56Flex ISA modem, jumper configurable, no PnP.
It has Rockwell RCVDL56ACFW/SP chipset. It is indeed a decent
hardware modem which worked in Linux right away.
In my countryside, I connect at 44000bps. I wonder whether one
could get more than that.
The modem was ordered from www.877PCPARTS.com, phone 888 993-5528.
Their web site sucks: it only mentions an internal K56 ISA modem
with no other details. Not to mention that this is just unreadable
with lynx. One has to call to make sure that he/she is buying this
particular model, AOpen FM56-ITU, with this particular Rockwell
chipset RCVDL56ACFW/SP. The price is $41 plus $9 for shipping.
References:
http://www.o2.net/~gromitkc/winmodem.html
http://www.math.sunysb.edu/~comech/tools/CheapBox.html#modem
http://www.aopenusa.com/products/modem/fm56itu.htm
http://www.877pcparts.com/
Please post a followup if you know where to get cheaper modems
which would work under Linux; AFAIK, all V.90 modems which are below
$30 on PriceWatch are winmodems.
Cheers,
Andrew
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From: "Geoffrey E. Gallaway" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Dell Sound Support
Date: Wed, 17 Feb 1999 14:39:56 -0500
I have a Dell Dimension V333c with on-board sound. I would like to use its
sound card under linux, as linux is the only OS im running on it. I was told it
has a Yamaha based sound system, maybe a DS-XG Legacy Sound. If anyone has any
experience in this, please let me know.
Please reply via email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "J. J. Horner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Zoltrix Audio Plus 6400 PCI
Date: Wed, 17 Feb 1999 14:41:51 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Does anyone know about getting the above sound card working in Linux?
Thanks,
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J. J. Horner
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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 11:58:29 -0600
fred smith wrote:
> I'd guess that when it says MS it emulates a 2-button MickeySoft
> mouse,
> and the other position would emulate a Mouse Systems "PC Mouse", which
> is/
> was a 3-button rodent.
Thanks much for your response. The 'groups are usually a "vast
wasteland," but this hierarchy seems to be pretty useful!
Here's hoping I can contribute in some meaningful way in future.
Regards.
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From: Colin Day <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Ensoniq AudioPCI, ALSA, .mid files
Date: Thu, 18 Feb 1999 05:42:48 +0000
Colin Day wrote:
> "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]
Also the MPU listed in Windows 95 (dual boot) has an IRQ and a hex address.
Does this mean it's hardware?
Colin Day [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Virach Wongpaibool <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Sound Card Problem from Newbie (Need Help !!!!!!!!!)
Date: Thu, 18 Feb 1999 05:47:25 GMT
Does anyone know how to set up the sound card on on the Intel SE440BX-2 Board?
The sound card is included in the board and SoundBlaster compatible. I've been
trying to make the sound card working for more than a month without any
success. Most importantly, I'm a newbie and don't know much
about LINUX. I'm desperately waiting for your help.
Thank you very much in advance,
Virach
e-mail address: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Stefan Wuerthle)
Subject: Problems when removing SCSI-HDD
Date: Wed, 17 Feb 1999 20:19:45 GMT
Hi,
when I remove my first SCSI-HDD (Win98; /dev/sda) I can't boot any
more from my second SCSI-HDD (Linux; /dev/sdb) because /dev/sdb
becomes now /dev/sda.
How can I solve this problem without installing Linux once again?
Thanks,
Stefan.
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Touchpad driver question
Date: Thu, 18 Feb 1999 06:10:13 GMT
I just installed Red Hat 5.2 on my Gateway notebook. Everything is running
smoothly, except for one thing: X Windows insists on behaving as though every
touch on my touchpad is a mouse click! I understand that this is a normal
feature of Synaptic touchpads, but it is one that I'd very much like to
disable. I have installed C. Scott Ananian's touchpad driver
(http://www.pdos.lcs.mit.edu/~cananian/Synaptics) and I'm running it with the
"disable tapping" option on, but to no avail. I hypothesize that Scott's
driver is failing to override the PS/2 driver that is automatically installed
at boot-time, but I don't know how to proceed. Must I disable the default
PS/2 driver? If so, how? If not, what?
Thank you in advance for your help.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Linux Newbie)
Subject: ISA modems
Date: Thu, 18 Feb 1999 06:27:34 GMT
I have another question. Can ISA modems be winmodems? Or
does this only apply to PCI modems?
--
"Linux: The best things in life are free"
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From: "Tom Emerson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: ethernet problems
Date: 18 Feb 1999 01:54:37 GMT
The Seeker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in article
<7affm2$jp1$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> First of all : I am (yet) a NEWBIE with linux (as much as it concerns
> troubleshooting!). So if can help and willing to answer, please be as
> specific as possible in your answer.
we all were once, it's groups like this that gets us past this stage :)
> I believe that this question will have been posted a million times !!!
Linux
> is not the operating system with the easiest way to make your lan work !
I
Many would disagree, your case sounds distinct, however...
> have done everything i could have imagined in order to make my lan work
> (with the linux pc) but all my attempts have failed. So i ask help from
you.
> This email has as much info as i have imagined that would be helpful. If
you
Yes, and more! It is refreshing to see someone take the time to gather the
relavent (and sometimes irrelavent) information -- I think I can offer an
idea or two:
> My LAN has 4 PCs. Three with win98 (192.168.0.2 - 192.168.0.4)[...]
> i can ping all
> pcs and the lan is running ok. TCP-IP protocol has been setup normally.
>
> When i boot with linux, i cant even ping the other pcs. In fact, i am not
> sure whether linux detects or does not detect my network card (in the
> 192.168.0.1 pc). In the starting procedure (dmesg) only one message
appears
> (related to eth0) and this is the following:
> -delaying eth0 initialisation
>From the stuff below, I don't see the NE2000-PCI module banner; this is a
BIG clue...
> The card is a CNet PowerNIC network interface card (NE2000 combatible)
pci
[grabbing later part of message:]
> [pci] /proc/pci
>
> PCI devices found:
> Bus 0, device 15, function 0:
> Ethernet controller: Realtek 8029 (rev 0).
> Medium devsel. IRQ 5.
> I/O at 0xe400.
translation: cheap [inexpensive] NE2000 clone; since it works "in windows",
it should work here as well. Useful info in that it shows it's using IRQ 5
> [dmesg] , i suppose you know about that !!
[skipping unrelated items]
> Probing PCI hardware.
> Warning : Unknown PCI device (8086:7190). Please read
include/linux/pci.h
> Warning : Unknown PCI device (8086:7191). Please read
include/linux/pci.h
> Warning : Unknown PCI device (12d2:18). Please read include/linux/pci.h
> Warning : Unknown PCI device (121a:2). Please read include/linux/pci.h
First big clue -- other PCI devices have been found; there may be a
conflict with one or more. Since the device is "unknown", perhaps "kernel
support" hasn't been included [more later]
> Swansea University Computer Society NET3.035 for Linux 2.0
> NET3: Unix domain sockets 0.13 for Linux NET3.035.
> Swansea University Computer Society TCP/IP for NET3.034
> IP Protocols: IGMP, ICMP, UDP, TCP
[more "other stuff"]
> sysctl: ip forwarding off
> Swansea University Computer Society IPX 0.34 for NET3.035
> IPX Portions Copyright (c) 1995 Caldera, Inc.
> Appletalk 0.17 for Linux NET3.035
> CSLIP: code copyright 1989 Regents of the University of California
> PPP: version 2.2.0 (dynamic channel allocation)
> PPP Dynamic channel allocation code copyright 1995 Caldera, Inc.
> PPP line discipline registered.
> registered device ppp0
> Swansea University Computer Society IPX 0.34 for NET3.035
> IPX Portions Copyright (c) 1995 Caldera, Inc.
> Appletalk 0.17 for Linux NET3.035
Hmmm... no mention of the NE2000 driver nor the NE2k-pci driver -- this
generally means that "support" for that card has not been "compiled in" or
created "as a [loadable] module". Usually, the "stock" kernels for Redhat
include all known LAN cards (even though this ends up a "bloated" kernel,
it covers all the hardware bases) I suspect then you've created and
compiled a "custom" kernel -- most likely, you've skipped or chosen the
wrong item under network support for this NIC.
SINCE this is actually a "PCI" ne2000 clone, you REALLY need the NE2K-PCI
driver/module, not the original "ne2000" module. Usually, there's a line
in the startup that, if memory serves, refers to drivers by "Donald Becker
and (???)" and a web address [I just now looked it up -- it is/was a
.nasa.gov address, but nasa's website search/index refers to the new
location for it: http://www.beowulf.org/linux/drivers/index.html -- there's
a note there that many drivers still "refer" to him and that webpage
because other people took his "skeleton code" and fleshed it out,
forgetting, of course, to put their own name on it...]
That page has a SPECIFIC link to the REALTEK 8029 (rtl8029) and a note that
the "default" driver is actually a broken version...
I'll refer you to that location for your next step up on the learning
(curve) stairway...
Tom
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From: roe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: printing a header
Date: Wed, 17 Feb 1999 15:38:03 -0500
How do I print a header on the top of each page of a text file?
I need each page to have time, date, file name.
I can't seem to figure out how to do this.
Any suggestions?
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From: Greg Balls <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Printing with a DeskJet 722C
Date: Wed, 17 Feb 1999 20:40:21 GMT
The solution, in retrospect, was obvious. I'm posting it here in case
anyone else has similar problems in the future. It had nothing to do with
most of the stuff mentioned below. The moral - if you have a BIOS that
offers you a choice like this:
PnP operating system? yes/no CHOOSE NO!
The BIOS had disabled my printer port, expecting that the OS would enable
it. Linux does not enable it. Once the BIOS was told to enable the printer
port, everything worked fine again.
Thanks again to those who responded.
-Greg
On Tue, 16 Feb 1999, Greg Balls wrote:
> Last week I was printing just fine.
>
> Then I got a cable modem. It took me about half a day to get the
> ethernet card working in Linux: I had to build a new kernel because my
> old one didn't support the card.
>
> Once I got that fixed, I fixed my isapnp.conf file, which had been
> broken but never caused me any problems (everything worked, even though
> the file wasn't read).
>
> Then I downloaded, built, and installed KDE since I had a cable modem
> and downloading stuff was no longer a problem.
>
> Today I noticed that I can no longer print. (I hadn't needed to print
> anything for about a week.)
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> More details:
> RH5.0 (kernel 2.0.31)
> upgraded to kernel 2.0.36 with parallel printer support
> I have the necessary linux software for the printer (pbm2ppa)
>
> I feel like I've tried everything: I reinstalled the original kernel; I
> broke my isapnp.conf file again; I moved the ethernet card to a
> different slot; I took out the ethernet card completely; I even tried
> debugging lp.c.
>
> The only information produced by the lp module is
> lp: Driver configured but no interfaces found.
>
> The printer works fine under Windows95
>
> Thanks,
> Greg
>
>
>
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From: Ruben Safir <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Problems with Linux on a new Dell
Date: Wed, 17 Feb 1999 15:33:55 -0500
Dell Computers are intentionally screwed up so that OS's other than Windows
don't work correctly on them.
Don't by a dell
Ruben
--
www.brooklynonline.com
Brooklyn's Home on The World Wide Web
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From: Marc Kool <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: HP3100 all-in-one usable with Linux?
Date: Wed, 17 Feb 1999 23:32:46 +0100
Hi,
I am interested in the HP3100 all-in-one (printer/fax/copier/scanner).
The technical data sheet says that it uses PCL.
HP state on their web, however, that the PCL that this machine speaks
works only with the Windows (95/NT) drivers.
I am no PCL expert but it sounds strange to me, so is there anybody
who can explain whether the HP3100 is usable under Linux or not ?
PS: I don't need the scanning functionality, printing is my main concern.
Marc
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From: Jose Urena <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Winmodems and Linux?
Date: Wed, 17 Feb 1999 15:54:59 -0500
Buy a new One
"A. Ashton" wrote:
> This may be obvious to some:
> Can you use a USR WinModem with Linux? I've been thinking of kicking
> the Microsoft habit but I don't wanna have to buy a new modem. I know
> WinModems are supposed to only work in Windows (hence the name) but I
> figured maybe they weren't counting on Linux when they made them. Are
> there drivers for these? Please post or email any help. THanks! A.
> Ashton
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (James McBoyle - Sun Ireland - SunSoft ELC
[Student])
Subject: Re: Running another windows manager!!!
Date: 18 Feb 1999 08:56:00 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], "BBQ" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>Hi,
>
>My existing window manager is Fvwm, how can I to another one (e.g aftersetp
>or kde)
>
>I try to run afterstep under X, but error message "another windows manager
>is running" come out
>
One thing you can try is to start X with startx <windowmanagername>
ie: startx fvwm2 or: startx enlightenment or: startx icewm :-)
HTH
Have Fun
Jim
--
James McBoyle
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
...the Goddess could not spend all Her time persuading the Kings and Queens of
the world of the idiocy of war. Therefore She invented tacticians...
(Diane Duane, The Door into Shadow)
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From: Michael Powe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: printing a header
Date: 18 Feb 1999 00:50:52 -0800
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roe> How do I print a header on the top of each page of a text
roe> file? I need each page to have time, date, file name. I
roe> can't seem to figure out how to do this. Any suggestions?
Go look for a2ps. It is a filter package that includes a great many
features, -- among them is the default printing of headers and borders
on text files and source code.
mp
- --
Michael Powe Portland, Oregon USA
[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.trollope.org
"Three hours a day will produce as much as a man ought to write."
-- Anthony Trollope
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From: "Patrick Berge" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: installing sound card prevents ethernet card detection
Date: Thu, 18 Feb 1999 04:10:57 -0500
I installed Redhat Linux on an old 486 PC and it worked fine. My NE 2000 ISA
ethernet card was detected and configured. I then was able to find an old
Creative Labs Sound Blaster Pro ISA lying around and used the sndconfig
utility with RedHat to set it up. The sound card worked fine but my Ne
2000 ethernet card was no longer detected? The ethernet card was using IRQ
3 and port 0x300 and my sound card was set to IRQ 7 and port 0x220. I was
unable to see any conflicts? I then tried using the kernald program that
comes with RedKat to set up my NE2000 again. It just had a message
'delaying eth0 initialization' during startup.
I got both cards working with Win95 with the Soundcard using I/O 220-22F and
388-38B using IRQ=7 and DMA=1and the NE2000 using 300-31F (I am confused why
win95 does not list an IRQ, but it works?)
Anyway any ideas how to get both cards workinging Linux ... I really would
hate to use Win95 just to have both cards work.
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From: "J. Ken Zur" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.install
Subject: Re: 3c509 + 3c59x = Barfff
Date: Wed, 17 Feb 1999 23:48:43 -0600
Question....
How does one tell the driver to use the 3c509 AIU, or the RJ41 interface?
The driver picked my BNC and I am using the RJ41. Help!!!!!! I'd really love
to get this interface up and running.
Thanks in advance
aasland wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>Good news! I got a response from Donald Becker, here's what he wrote:
>
>> I compiled them into the kernel, so that counts as built-in, right?
>
>Yup.
>
>> However, they do show up in kerneld.
>
>Hmmm, what do you mean by that?
>
>Anyway, you should put the following line in /etc/lilo.conf:
> append = "ether=0,0,eth1 ether=0,0,eth2 ether=0,0,eth3"
>
>Note: some old versions of LILO were picky about spaces, so put in two (as
>above).
>
>Alternately, you can use the 3c509 driver as a module.
>
>
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From: Gordon Weast <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: printing a header
Date: Wed, 17 Feb 1999 16:45:31 -0500
roe wrote:
>
> How do I print a header on the top of each page of a text file?
> I need each page to have time, date, file name.
> I can't seem to figure out how to do this.
> Any suggestions?
Look at the 'pr' command, 'man pr'.
For example, to print the file 'junk.txt' to lpr with page breaks,
and header:
pr -f junk.txt | lpr
The -f puts in real form feeds at the end of a page. Without it,
pr tries to put in the correct number of line feeds which is
usually wrong :-).
Gordon Weast
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