Linux-Hardware Digest #466, Volume #9 Fri, 19 Feb 99 19:13:41 EST
Contents:
Re: S3 Trio 3D 4Mb AGP ("Tha Du!)
My Leadtek Winfast S320 Riva TNT does not work with XFree86 3.3.3. Help!!!!!!!!
("Juan Miguel")
Re: 3151 Terminal. ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Ensoniq AudioPCI, ALSA, .mid files (David Ripton)
SMC PCI ("matthew.r.pavlovich.1")
Adaptec 2930 U2 ("G G")
Library support for Linux? (Bird Chen)
Re: FS: 7 Sun 3/50 and 3/60's (Darin Johnson)
printing with 2.2.1 kernel (Nikolaus Massolle)
Re: 3151 Terminal. (Bob Shair)
Re: Sound on Dell OptiPlex GX1 (CS4236) (Richard Moxley)
Re: Same Disk RAID and Mirroring (Malcolm Weir)
Re: Help with choosing a printer (Grant Taylor)
Re: HP DeskJet 890C Driver? (Grant Taylor)
Adaptec 1542 SCSI-II lockup (Paul Farber)
Help needed with Diamond Stealth 2 S220 (Aalzen Wiegersma)
Re: Printers again: nothing but color (Grant Taylor)
fsck error at boot-time ("A.G.")
Networking - please help me! ("Cody")
Re: Network help!!! (Norman Elliott)
Re: Linux and "Winprinters" (Grant Taylor)
Re: 9 track or 3480 tape drives on Linux ("Michael W. Ryder")
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From: "Tha Du!<e" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: S3 Trio 3D 4Mb AGP
Date: Thu, 18 Feb 1999 20:52:21 +0100
Hi,
I've got a S3 trio 3D (daytona) AGP and it still don't work with a fine
resolution, I guess it's a nice try good buy :-)
TROESTLER Christophe wrote in message
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>
>Hi everybody !
>
>I need to buy a cheap computer for a non-profit organization. In all
>the offers I've received, I've been proposed me the following graphic
>card (why? :-)
> S3 Trio 3D 4Mb AGP
>
>Do you know to which extend this card is supported by Linux/XFree86?
>Some information to set it up can be found somewhere?
>
>Thanks for any help. Please forward a copy to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>Have a good Linux day!
>Christophe
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From: "Juan Miguel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: My Leadtek Winfast S320 Riva TNT does not work with XFree86 3.3.3.
Help!!!!!!!!
Date: Thu, 18 Feb 1999 20:28:44 +0100
How I could work in linux with Riva TNT.
The XFree86Setup only let me work with 640x480x8 and I must configure the
card manually (the name of card is "none").
Please help me!
Thank you for all
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.unix.aix
Subject: Re: 3151 Terminal.
Date: Fri, 19 Feb 1999 20:23:04 GMT
Hmm.. how exactly can I hot-key between 2 sessions on my Infowindow 3153? I
have been looking for this answer for quite some time.. never been able to
find it... also, I just acquired 9 IBM 3151's, and I'm not sure how to
access the terminal setup (within the terminal itself.. there has to be a
way..)
I would appreciate any assistance. Thanks!
-Roger
P.S. Could you C.C. any replies to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thanks!
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> A 3153 will let you hot key between two sessions or hook up to two
> systems. I don't believe the 3151 has that capaibility - it has one "host"
> port and one pass-thru port for a printer. You can certainly use the 3151
> terminal on Linux if you send the terminfo (or termcap - depending on which
> the applications you use on Linux use) entry for the 3151 and it should be
> just fine.
>
> Regards,
> Paul
>
> Derek Kwan wrote:
>
> > Hello World,
> >
> > I have just order a IBM 3151 terminal, and I was wondering if it is
> > possible to use as a regular dumb terminal. For example hook up with my
> > Linux box (BTW, isn't 3151 have 2 comm ports?) so I can switch between
> > terminals?
> >
> > Derek
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David Ripton)
Subject: Re: Ensoniq AudioPCI, ALSA, .mid files
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Fri, 19 Feb 1999 20:37:42 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Colin Day <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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.
>
>My HP 8240 came with Ensoniq AudioPCI, and it has hardware wavetable.
>Or does midi require more?
Wavetable just means that midi is implemented using samples of
real instruments, rather than computer-generated approximations.
Hardware wavetable means that the sound card does this all
internally; software wavetable means that samples go in system
RAM and a program does the conversion and then sends digital
audio to your sound card. Sounds just as good assuming
identical samples, but hogs CPU and memory.
Some wavetable cards have a fixed patch set in ROM. That's
easiest, but you can't change the patch set without replacing
the ROM.
Others have RAM and require that you download the samples to it
each time you boot. Good for flexibility, but it adds that
extra step, which takes a while at ISA speed (about 20 seconds
for my old Turtle Beach Maui). This is a real advantage for
PCI sound cards; they can use cheap RAM and blast in samples
every boot without the user noticing a delay. (Unfortunately,
that's another thing that the Linux driver programmers have
to support.)
Still others have both a default ROM patch set and RAM for
additional samples, or store patches in NVRAM. Better
solutions, but they cost more.
--
David Ripton [EMAIL PROTECTED]
spamgard(tm): To email me, put "geek" in your Subject line.
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From: "matthew.r.pavlovich.1" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: SMC PCI
Date: Thu, 18 Feb 1999 14:20:21 -0500
Anyone using a PCI SMC card w/ the DEC chip on it that uses the Tulip
driver?
The driver initializes, but doesn't turn on or sense the cable
connection, so consequently there is no link. The link light is actually
on up until the point of kernel boot.
-Matt
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From: "G G" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Adaptec 2930 U2
Date: Fri, 19 Feb 1999 20:31:37 -0000
I am new to Linx and would appreciate if anyone cold give me some assistance
with this problem.
During installation the system reports the following
" PCI Probing SCSI Devices"
"PCI Probe found 1 SCSI Device"
"Module unknown not in install table"
and
"SCSI : 0 hosts"
"SCSI : Detected Total"
As my hard drive is not detected i can not get beyond the SCSI card
detection stage of teh install process.
I have tried installing both Red Hat 5.2 and SUSE 6.0.
I have tried the following without any success.
Setting the "no probe" options and entering aic7xxx='no_reset.extended' and
various other options containd within README.aic7xxx.
Downloading the latest boot images from Red Hat and booting from them.
My system has the following configuration
Gigabyte GA-5AX MB, AMD K6-2 400MHz, 64MB PC100 RAM, ADAPTEC 2930U" SCSI
card(SCSI ID 0), Quantum Viking II 9.1 GB HD (SCSI ID 0). The SCSI card
bios is set up to default and bios enabled.
Grant
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From: Bird Chen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Library support for Linux?
Date: Sat, 20 Feb 1999 04:36:54 +0800
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi,
Is there any one who have the experience on library support for linux?
Like DAT autoloader, or MO jukebox? Any software like lan backup server
or storage server for this? Thanks for your comments.
Bird Chen
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From: Darin Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.sys.sun.wanted,misc.forsale.computers.workstation,alt.folklore.computer
Subject: Re: FS: 7 Sun 3/50 and 3/60's
Date: 18 Feb 1999 12:29:30 -0800
Kent Rankin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Hopefully there are a few college students out there... somewhere,
> that would give a few dollars for the lot of them.
Hmm, but aren't these the diskless desktop things? If so, they're
pretty useless to most people. But maybe you could hook up a linux
server to act as boot disk. Is there even a linux kernel/dist for a
680x0 Sun?
> I don't have room for them to sit in my garage any longer. They are
> about to become cannon fodder.
Give them as Xmas gifts. Or be creative (how about removing the
picture tube and replacing it with a fish tank, which would make a
great conversation piece).
--
Darin Johnson
"Particle Man, Particle Man, doing the things a particle can"
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Nikolaus Massolle)
Subject: printing with 2.2.1 kernel
Date: Thu, 18 Feb 1999 21:41:24 +0100
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
High,
i've met this:
alias parport_lowlevel parport_pc
options parport_pc io=0x378 irq=7
to my /etc/conf.modules and after that it worked.
This was descibed in the file
/usr/src/linux/Documentation/parport.txt
so long NIkolaus
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From: Bob Shair <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.unix.aix
Subject: Re: 3151 Terminal.
Date: 19 Feb 1999 21:23:14 GMT
In comp.unix.aix [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hmm.. how exactly can I hot-key between 2 sessions on my Infowindow 3153? I
> have been looking for this answer for quite some time.. never been able to
> find it...
'If you've connected two host cables (A or C AND B or D), and you wish to
run in "dual session" mode, enter Setup (Ctrl-Scroll Lock) and set
"Sessions=Two" in the Quick (F1) menu.'
... InfoWindow || 3153 User's Guide, Section 2, Setup ...
also, I just acquired 9 IBM 3151's, and I'm not sure how to
> access the terminal setup (within the terminal itself.. there has to be a
> way..)
May vary by model and keyboard type. On mine, it's
Left-Ctrl+Setup, the lower-leftmost and upper-rightmost keys
on the keyboard. Setup is engraved on the front, not the top,
of its key.
--
Bob Shair [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Open Systems Specialist Champaign, Illinois
/* Opinions expressed are mine... go get your own! */
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From: Richard Moxley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Sound on Dell OptiPlex GX1 (CS4236)
Date: Fri, 19 Feb 1999 16:57:45 -0500
Never mind! I upgraded to sndconfig-0.27-3 and the
automatic configuration succeeded flawlessly.
Cheers,
R
Richard Moxley wrote:
> When I run sndconfig, it correctly identifies the
> CS4236, but the sample sound fails to play and none of
> the settings I choose for manual configuration seem to
> work.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Malcolm Weir)
Crossposted-To: comp.arch,comp.arch.storage,alt.os.linux,comp.periphs
Subject: Re: Same Disk RAID and Mirroring
Date: Thu, 18 Feb 1999 20:56:30 GMT
On Tue, 16 Feb 1999 16:03:59 -0600, Andy Glew <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> caused to
appear as if it was written:
>I think that I understand, now, the source of this somewhat acrimonious
>misunderstanding: basically, I was posting to *ASK* if the most common
>physical disk block failure modes would mandate putting the parity block
>in a different track or cylinder, or whether it would be acceptable to put
>the parity block in the same track.
>
>If it is acceptable to put the parity block in the same track as the data
>block, then the overhead is as I calculated it.
>
>If it is required - i.e. if most surface errors kill entire tracks - then
>not only will you want to put the parity block in a different track,
>but you would also want to skew the data blocks across different tracks
>in the same cylinder. In which case the overhead of "Single Disk RAID"
>would be extremely high, especially for writes, but also for reads
>because of the necessity of switching active head and resynchronizing.
>I.e. if track switching is required, then there would be little or no benefit
>of locality.
>
>This is the big question that would kill or not kill the idea of single disk
>RAID: error distributions. Apart from the anecdotal testimony that multiple
>disks are better than one (fine, but not what I was talking about), I saw only
>one piece of evidence about error distributions --- the fellow who said that
>radial scratches were a common error mode. Radial scratches would allow
>the parity block to be put on the same track as the data block.
Actually, they don't.
You are looking at the disk from an abstract, system viewpoint, where
sectors discrete entities, separated by gaps. Within each sector, each bit
is stored as a discrete element, just like the old 1200 baud (and slower)
modems transmitted each bit as a separate tone.
In reality, these days a disk is a rather different animal. First, the
digital bitstream is encoded into something that can be guaranteed to result
in a certain number of flux transitions on the media. Early versions used a
simple Run Length Limited (RLL) scheme, but nowdays rather more complex RLL
arrangements are used. The significance of this is that the inversion of a
single bit on the media can in fact wipe out several signals bits. This
implies that even the smallest defect may corrupt several signal bits.
Secondly, to compensate for the above, there is a large ECC segment for each
sector following the user data.
To eliminate the need for separate servo tracks, each sector also has a
preamble, which basically delineates the start of the sector.
Lastly, most topological defects (like scratches) "deafen" the head
circuitry for a few bit-times, increasing the impact of such damage. (Note
that there are also material defects, where a particular section of media is
just less able to correctly store a flux pattern. These don't bother the
analog circuitry; they just don't store data properly -- and are usually
caught by the factory and added to the base defect list).
So, let's consider a radial scratch.
If it occurs within the data area of the sector, it will either be small
enough to be caught and corrected by the ECC, in which case the host
controller will only see a "recovered by ECC" condition.
More likely, though, the combination of the damage, the RLL, and the head
deafening effect (which disk people call something else) will be too severe
for ECC to recover, resulting in an unreadable block. The higher-level RAID
logic would then recreate the missing data, and all would be well...
HOWEVER... there is absolutely no reason to presume that our radial scratch
will be kind enough to occur within the data area of the sector. Suppose it
occurs towards the end of the ECC segment. Even though the user data is
fine, by corrupting the ECC the drive *has* to determine that the sector is
unreadable... IN ADDITION, the scratch may have resulted in the drive being
unable to read the preamble for the next sector, which means that the
adjacent sector is also unreadable.
And suddenly you have a problem that your RAID solution cannot fix.
Malc.
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From: Grant Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Help with choosing a printer
Date: 19 Feb 1999 17:05:57 -0500
Thomas Skyt Jessen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Benjamin T. White, M.D. wrote:
>> I need some help in deciding on a printer for a Linux system
I've just setup an online printer support database for Linux (and
other Unix) users, as part of the Printing HOWTO. See
http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/pht/printer_list.cgi
>> I need an inexpensive color injet for light home use. I have been
>> to the stores and have done a bit of online research. The printers
>> I have seen include:
>> HP 697C
>> HP 895Cse
>> HP 712C, 722C -- PPA printers, not a good choice
>> Canon BJ 4400
>> Epson 440
Of these, my (somewhat incomplete) database includes only the 722C as
a bw-only PPA printer. I do have the HP 690, and 890, and the
BJC-4300 listed as working fine; I suspect that the 697, 895, and
BJC-4400 are merely variations on these and should work.
Please add any ifnormation you find out to the printer support
database so that it can appear in teh HOWTO and help the next guy.
>> I have gone over the Ghostscript printer compatability home page, and
>> most of these printers are not listed. Most of the injet printers
>> listed on that page are not easily found. My question is has anyone out
>> there had any experience with these printers, and if anyone has some
>> suggestions on picking an inexpensive color injet for use with Linux.
There are over 50 printers in my database now with reasonably reliable
information; many of these work perfectly and should be quite suitable.
> at home, I use a Canon BJC-4300 and it works very well in black/white as
> an IBM X24E, but I haven't made it work in colourmode yet, but it should
> work.
Noted; I have it listed as working well in color with the bjc600
driver, but with a question about bw printing. I'll remove the
question and suggest the ibmpro driver for bw.
> As far as I know, the Epson series should be a good choice, at least
> it's rather inexpensive - compared to HP - and the first few tries,
> you'd better buy some extra ink for the printer as you'll have to
> try different configurations.
Yes, most of the Epson Styluses appear to work, and they can apparently
produce arguably better results than the Canon or HP offerings.
> The HP 69x-series should work well too, a friend of mine is
> currently using a HP 690 without greater difficulties.
Yes, there is a third-party Ghostscript driver for the 690 at
http://www.erdw.ethz.ch/~bonk/hp850/hp850.html
--
Grant Taylor - gtaylor@picante<dot>com - http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/
Cellphone information: http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/cell/
Libretto information: http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/
Linux Printing HOWTO: http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/pht/
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From: Grant Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: HP DeskJet 890C Driver?
Date: 19 Feb 1999 17:46:14 -0500
garv <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Gabriel Heijmer wrote:
>> I'm looking for a printerdriver for HP DeskJet 890C. Does anybody
>> know where I can find that - HP doesn't supply one with
>> Linux-printerDrivers.
> Don't know if it's close enough, but I used the 5xx/6xx option for
> my HP 855c during install of RH5.2 ; works quite well.
There is a Ghostscript driver specifically for the 855 and 890 at
http://www.erdw.ethz.ch/~bonk/hp850/hp850.html
--
Grant Taylor - gtaylor@picante<dot>com - http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/
Cellphone information: http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/cell/
Libretto information: http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/
Linux Printing HOWTO: http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/pht/
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From: Paul Farber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Adaptec 1542 SCSI-II lockup
Date: Fri, 19 Feb 1999 18:30:17 -0500
Hello all
Running RH 5.1 and I am trying to install a Adaptec SCSI-II card for a
CD-R I bought. The kernel is compiled with SCSI support and when I boot
the computer the scsi line said that it DID fing the board at io 0x134,
IRQ=15 blah blah blah and that 1 scsi device was found. But then the boot
process locks up.
Any tips?
Paul D. Farber II
Farber Technology
717-628-5303
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Aalzen Wiegersma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Help needed with Diamond Stealth 2 S220
Date: Sat, 20 Feb 1999 00:05:01 +0100
Does anybody have an idea how to get the Diamond Stealth 2 S220 working
for X ? It's not in the card database when I run xf86config.I tried to
runthe XFREE86-SVGA server but that doesn't work.SuperProbe can't detect
the card.I have this problem with both Slackware 3.6 and Redhat 5.2.
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From: Grant Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Printers again: nothing but color
Date: 19 Feb 1999 18:29:41 -0500
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Matthew C Weigel) writes:
> I want a printer that will *only* do color prints.
> So, I looked at the GS documentation like any good little UNIX boy,
> and I discovered that searching for a good printer that way was
> inefficient -- it would be much faster to narrow down the search to
> generally good & cheapish printers, and then narrow it down to
> generally good cheapish *compatible* printers.
I (well, we) maintain a compatibile printer listing as part of the
Printing HOWTO. This listing is intended to be a superset of the
Ghostscript one; it includes printers that work for reasons unrelated
to gs. http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/pht/printer_list.cgi
> What printers can people recommend that meet some of the (unordered)
> criteria below: o sub-$250 o reliable; I don't have time to muck
> with the insides of a printer along with everything else o nice
> print-outs -- I play at art occasionally o supported using gs
> (Alladin GS is fine)
> The main printers I've considered thus far are:
> o NeXT Color LaserJet printer (on the NeXTstation -- but poor quality)
> o Lexmark 3200 white (I have considered installing OS/2 on the 486 to get
> support for this one, has anyone got this one to work?)
Almost all of the Lexmark inkjets are paperweights so far as Linux is
concerned. One fellow has half a driver written that makes the 7000
work in bw only, but that's hardly what you need. The main Lexmark
inkjet exceptions are the Optra 40 and 45, which have full postscript
support and the pricetag to match (~$350).
> o Epson [46]40 (heard that it's OK for color with good paper, unreliable)
> o HP's (no specific models, also heard uses some proprietary formats)
The earlier Epsons printed better (given snazzy paper) than HPs,
however late models of both lines print quite well. Epsons, however,
suffer from a permanent print head; if it gets clogged you're in
trouble. This problem plagues other brands less: HP has mainly
integrated head/cartridges, while many Canon models may have the best
of both worlds: integrated head/cartridges with removable ink tanks.
The Canon solution is probably best from a cost of consumables
standpoint, although they don't print as well as others...
In short: many printers from Epson, HP, and Canon are fully supported;
consult the list and see what suits you.
--
Grant Taylor - gtaylor@picante<dot>com - http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/
Cellphone information: http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/cell/
Libretto information: http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/
Linux Printing HOWTO: http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/pht/
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From: "A.G." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: fsck error at boot-time
Date: Thu, 18 Feb 1999 18:15:50 -0500
Hi all:
When I boot into Linux I get the following warning:
/dev/hda2: Inode 237785 has illegal block(s)
/dev/hda2: UNEXPECTED INCONSESTENCY Run fsck MANUALLY
fsck RETURNED ERROR CODE - REBOOT NOW
what am I to do about this?
/dev/hda2 mounts as /usr, and can't be unmounted. fsck freaks out that I
want to use it on a mounted partition.
Any input hightly appreciated!!
Thanx,
Arcady
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From: "Cody" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Networking - please help me!
Date: Sat, 20 Feb 1999 00:38:16 +0100
I've laid my hands on an isa ethernet card which is NE2000 compatible,
according to to package. Under the features section its written: "Complies
with IEEE802.3 Ethernet standard" and "Directly uses NE2000 drivers" among
others.
(the only brand I can find is "SN2000")
I have the same as above but the pci model, and linux (RH5.2, 2.0.36)
detects it without any problem.
How do I know if the system is aware of the network card's presence?
Can Linux autodetect ISA cards? (if so, how?)
If anyone have any ideas, please answer a soon as possible - I still can
return the ISA card...
Thanks in advance!
/Cody
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From: Norman Elliott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Network help!!!
Date: Thu, 18 Feb 1999 23:05:25 +0000
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Aaron Dershem wrote:
>
>
> OK, I loaded RH 5.2 and got everything set up except for the networking
> part. RH setup couldn't detect the card. It is a D-Link DFE-530TX (not a
> card that RH recognizes). So I went poking around on the web and newsgroups
> and found a link that took me to the C++ code (the via-rhine.c file).
> Here's where my troubles began. What exactly do I do with this?
> I don't know anything about
> the
> >.c file you mention. It seems to me you make it more complicated then
> >it really is.
>
> Again, RH 5.2 didn't help as it couldn't see the card.
>
> I'd like to get this box set up for the network soon, as I plan to install
> either Cable Modem access or ADSL soon, and I want this to be my gateway/web
> server/mail server/whatever else I can think of.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Aaron.
Hi,
What you seem to have is the source code for the driver ( well you have
source
code for something. ). You will need to compile it to produce the
executable.
ie the nic driver itself. You will also need to put it in the right
place
so Red Hat can find it. Can't help there as I use Slackware.
Did you get anything else or just the .c file ?
Source code is readable so you could view it with vi. Maybe, just maybe,
you
will see info as comments in the file to tell you what to do. Otherwise
I
would be inclined to go back to the site you got it from to see if there
are any readme files or installation guides there.
best wishes
norm
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From: Grant Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux and "Winprinters"
Date: 19 Feb 1999 18:42:02 -0500
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Martin ) writes:
> While it is certainly true that you can write a driver for anything
> which is adequately documented, at least in the case of "windows
> printers" this would be a pretty major task - the point of them is
> that their protocol is effectively the Windows GDI spec. This has
> benefits for the printer manufacturers since it means that the
> device driver (at least under Windows) is much thinner and, in
> principle, at least, it should result in higher performance.
Oh, no, the printers themselves speak protocols far simpler than the
GDI API. The typical winprinter accepts a datastream consisting of a
few bytes of setup info and bazillions of bytes of oddly encoded CMYK
data in exactly the order the printhead will need to fire the jets.
In a few printers it's possible to send data that would make the jets
damage themselves, or so the makers claim. In others there are indeed
peculiar timing constraints or even odd parallel port interfaces, both
of which Linux could certainly handle if it were worht someone's while.
All the rendering that goes on in the Windows GDI layer and printer
driver can happen just as easily (if not better) in Ghostscript.
--
Grant Taylor - gtaylor@picante<dot>com - http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/
Cellphone information: http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/cell/
Libretto information: http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/
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From: "Michael W. Ryder" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: 9 track or 3480 tape drives on Linux
Date: Fri, 19 Feb 1999 13:34:38 -0800
If Linux is compatible with other Unix varieties it should be able to
use any SCSI tape drive without any problems. We used an old 9 track on
our AIX machine by converting the interface to SCSI and have had zero
problems accessing it for reading or writing.
As far as the EBCDIC problem, I read and write to that format using a
translation table to convert EBCDIC codes to ASCII and back. I can
read or write to the tape as a text file or using the tar, dd, etc.
commands.
I haven't connected our 9 track or other SCSI QIC tape drive to my Linux
machine yet (problems with cable lengths, etc.) but if the question
really needs to be answered positively I probably could for a short
demo of the possibility.
I hope this helps.
Michael W. Ryder
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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> Does anyone know what models of 9 track drives (if any) are supported
> by Linux? Also, same question for 3480/3490 tape drives.
>
> If you attach a 9 track drive to Linux, is there any software that
> will allow it to read/write IBM compatible tapes (EBCDIC), or will it
> be limited to handling tapes in tar format?
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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