Linux-Hardware Digest #476, Volume #9 Sun, 21 Feb 99 07:14:58 EST
Contents:
What generic SCSI II card for 2.0.9 and DAT ? (Andy Heath)
Status of QuickCam Pro support? (John Kielkopf)
ZIP Parallel Port Under Red Hat 5.2 (Bill Polhemus)
AGP Diamond Speedstar A50 Setup Problem, need help ("Greg Hill")
Dual CPU's ("Leonzo E. Miller III")
Re: Can't mount vfat (FAT32) partition under 2.2.1 (Joel Andrews)
Re: "uncompressing linux" takes 19 seconds !!! ("Bob Fahey
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Problems with the Creative 3D Blaster Banshee. ("������������� ��������")
Problems with the Creative 3D Blaster Banshee. ("������������� ��������")
Riva TNT and X, Can anybody help me???? ("Michael Gigli")
Re: Run X on a Toshiba laptop? (Jim Harper)
Re: Ensoniq AudioPCI, ALSA, .mid files (Harry)
Cirrus 5446 Video Card problems with X ("Kanwaldeep Chahal")
Free stuff on the net (Grant)
Re: Problem to config. my sound card ("Al Kooz")
Re: just making sure (diff between cua2 ttyS2) (Clive DaSilva)
LinkSys EtherFast 10/100tx & Linux 2.2 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
RH 5.1 and HOST Name (Ahmed Abukmail)
_Good_ (support 5+ systems) Monitor/Mouse/Keyboard switch for pc... ("Man")
Re: Dual CPU's (Douglas Jerome)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Andy Heath)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: What generic SCSI II card for 2.0.9 and DAT ?
Date: Sun, 21 Feb 1999 08:04:26 GMT
Help - What generic SCSI II card for 2.0.9 and DAT
I need to put a SCSI card (only need SCSI II) in a machine
running 2.0.9 ELF (pre glibc) to drive a DAT drive. Soon I shall
be putting Redat 5.2 on there but not yet.
When I ask our technicians to order a card they can only
come up with the latest whizz-bang do everything 90mph
ultra-wide SCSI III device which isn't quite in the hardware list
(at least for 2.0.9) for example "Adaptec 2940UWOF Ultra Wide Open
Firmware SCSI Card Kit" because that's what people want to sell.
What I want is something generic that works
(PCI slot or ISA - I don't care as lonmg as its fast enough
for the DAT).
What card should I tell them to get that you can still get easily
and will work with 2.0.9 PCI bus machine and a DAT ?
(It has to work *before* I put rh5.2 on).
Will the 2940UWOF work with kernel 2.0.9 (re-compiled of course) ?
Please COPY replies to
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as I don't want to miss them
Thanks
Andy
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From: John Kielkopf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Status of QuickCam Pro support?
Date: Fri, 19 Feb 1999 21:50:11 -0500
Does anyone know if Logitech released technical documentation for its
QuickCam Pro
or if there is work in progress on Linux support?
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From: Bill Polhemus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: ZIP Parallel Port Under Red Hat 5.2
Date: Sat, 20 Feb 1999 03:40:15 GMT
The following is from the Red Hat 5.2 Installation Guide:
[QUOTE MODE ON]
E.9.8.1 Question
How do I use my parallel port zip drive?
E.9.8.2 Answer
Here's something you can try: edit /etc/conf.modules and add
the following line to the others:
alias scsihostadapter ppa
If you need to send the ppa driver any options about which
LP is being used etc, you would add the line:
options ppa ppa=<options go here.>
[QUOTE MODE OFF]
Now, this just begs a few more questions:
1) when I pull up /etc/conf.modules, I get a BLANK PAGE! In
other words, there's nothing there! Is this "normal"? And
if so, can I just go ahead and try to add the line as stated
(even if it will be the ONLY line in the file)?
2) Under <options go here.>: What options? If I'm using
the DOS LPT1:, what is the corresponding device name in
Linux that I should use? Anything else?
Believe me, folks, I've spent about four hours this evening
poring over web pages, and I STILL can't get a good answer
to the question: How do I get Linux to recognize my Zip
Parallel Port drive? There's GOTTA be more clarity than
this!
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From: "Greg Hill" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: AGP Diamond Speedstar A50 Setup Problem, need help
Date: Sun, 21 Feb 1999 08:44:56 GMT
I just upgraded to a 300mhz AMD k6-2 on ASUS P5A motherboard which came with
Diamond Speedstar 8mb AGP video card. I am running Caldera Lite. The version
that came with the installation did not suport this card, so I downloaded
XFree86 3.3.3.1 which supports this card and chip with updated SVGA server.
Installation seemed to go fine, but when I run XFSetup with Diamond card I
get vertical bar B&W screen without mouse "X", shifts to gray off center
screen, and hangs. Only way out is to hit reset. System works fine with old
Trio PCI card. I tried xfconfig but no luck there. Used minimal settings for
monitor, which is Gateway Vivitron 1572/CPD-15F13. Couldn't find monitor
listed in database, maybe someone could suggest settings? I can start KDE
with Diamond card but display goes haywire. Card works fine with Win98 or
31.1 I am recent to Linux and not a hardware guru, and would appreciate any
sugestions.
Greg Hill
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From: "Leonzo E. Miller III" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Dual CPU's
Date: Fri, 19 Feb 1999 23:18:30 -0500
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From: Joel Andrews <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Can't mount vfat (FAT32) partition under 2.2.1
Date: Sat, 20 Feb 1999 00:01:37 +0400
Ok, I have a question.. I have Win98 on hda1 or C:, and Linux on another drive, how
do I mount C: to copy files to my Linux drive? C: is FAT32..
David Brown wrote:
> Ha!
>
> I figured it out. Just in case anyone runs across this message and made a similar
>error, here's
> what it was:
>
> When I compiled 2.2.1 I made a mistake in selecting the character set to be used in
>interpreting
> the filenames under fat/vfat. I selected the first option (Codepage 437(?)
>US/Canada) in
> menuconfig, rather than the ISO Latin 1 character set way down below.
>
> So, the low-level processes all saw /dev/hda1 as a valid fat32 partition, but the
>filenames were
> all psuedo-corrupted by my use of an incorrect character set.
>
> Woulda been nice if there had been some kind of error message there instead of a
>console hang, but
> hey... this is how I learn about all this stuff...
>
> D
>
> --
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
> David Brown, MD [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> (Remove "NOSPAM_" when sending replies.)
>
> "It's not that Linux isn't user-friendly, it's just that it's really
> selective about *who* its friends are!" -- (who said that?)
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From: "Bob Fahey [[EMAIL PROTECTED]]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.comp.hardware,comp.os.linux.help
Subject: Re: "uncompressing linux" takes 19 seconds !!!
Date: Sun, 21 Feb 1999 02:38:17 -0500
Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Good Move!
That same reasoning works for Win95/98. Putting the 'swap' on a different
HD, preferably on the secondary IDE controller, will speed up your system.
For the same reasons that you should put your CDROM on the secondary
controller, to let your system work with the primary drive while it
reads/writes to the devices on the secondary controller.
Clayton J. Ramseyer wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>I would like to offer another possibility.
>I have always installed Linux in multi HD situations with / and the swap
>on the same physical drive.
>
>Recently I attempted seperating the two between two different devices.
>My system sped up dramatically though my BogoMIPS never changed.
>
>The other issue is for a 486 your performance doesn't sound too bad to
>me.
>
>I have a Petium 150 and a rather small kernel and it take about as long
>to uncompress it kernel image.
>
>Good luck,
>--
>Clayton J. Ramseyer - CyberZard
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] and/or [EMAIL PROTECTED] - ICQ# 2968751
>"One of the worst performance of my career, and they never doubted it
>for a
>second." - Ferris Beuller's Day Off - Starring Matthew Broderick
>
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From: "������������� ��������" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Problems with the Creative 3D Blaster Banshee.
Date: Sun, 21 Feb 1999 11:57:11 +0200
I have just purchased the Redhat Linux 5.2. I have the card I have mentioned
above and I can't run the X-Window system in a color depth other than 4-bit.
I want Linux drivers for this card immediately
Thank you.
My e-mail adress is [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "������������� ��������" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Problems with the Creative 3D Blaster Banshee.
Date: Sun, 21 Feb 1999 11:59:01 +0200
I have just purchased the Redhat Linux 5.2. I have the card I have mentioned
above and I can't run the X-Window system in a color depth other than 4-bit.
I want Linux drivers for this card immediately
Thank you.
My e-mail adress is [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "Michael Gigli" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Riva TNT and X, Can anybody help me????
Date: Sun, 21 Feb 1999 21:14:16 +1100
I hava a diamond viper 550 and I cant get x to run. Can I do it? If so How
Mick
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From: Jim Harper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.help
Subject: Re: Run X on a Toshiba laptop?
Date: Sat, 20 Feb 1999 04:31:07 GMT
Tim Lines wrote:
>
> Step 1: Figure out your video chipset.
> For you to do this you should contact your manufacturer, in this case
> http://www.tais.com. Then search for your machine.
>
> Here we run into some difficulty. Toshibas website claims no knowledge of
> the machine you claim. They do claim knowledge of a Toshiba Satellite
> 4080. Is this what you meant? The website claims that it has a Trident
> Microsystems Cyber 9525.
That's the trouble with Toshiba... they put out more model numbers than
China has people. And then they conveniently forget about the
customer...
Toshiba Support: "A T2115CS? Never heard of it. Maybe it's an older
model"
Me: "I just bought the damn thing six months ago!"
Toshiba Support: "Sorry, we can't help you."
While other manufacturers play the model number game, Toshiba seems to
be particularly good at it!
Why not just open the thing up and have a look at the chipset?
-Jim
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From: Harry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Ensoniq AudioPCI, ALSA, .mid files
Date: Sun, 21 Feb 1999 05:13:01 -0500
pardon me for butting-in....�
I've got an Ensoniq AudioPCI Wavetable sound card in my Gateway
box and can't figure out how to use it with Linux - can you give
me some pointers? The card appears to be detected, but beyond v
that I can say more.e
HarryI
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From: "Kanwaldeep Chahal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Cirrus 5446 Video Card problems with X
Date: Fri, 19 Feb 1999 20:41:50 -0800
Hi,
Does anybody know how to get X working with Cirrus 5446 video adaptar. The
drivers that come with the distribution are really bad and cause Shadows of
applications. Does anybody know how I can fix this.
Kanwaldeep
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From: Grant<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Free stuff on the net
Date: 21 Feb 1999 10:37:52 GMT
Please check out my free stuff page, magazines,coupons, CDs etc.
http://www.corosswinds.net/montreal/~electgra/freestuf.html While you are there check
out my Electronic and computer web page.
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From: "Al Kooz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Problem to config. my sound card
Date: Sun, 14 Feb 1999 19:04:22 +0100
I had the same problem :
try adding (VERIFYLD N) to your /etc/isapnp.conf file... I should give you
the error message anymore ...
Alex
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Clive DaSilva)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: just making sure (diff between cua2 ttyS2)
Date: Sat, 20 Feb 1999 01:27:21 GMT
hi
;))) go to options and options.demand in /etc and change /dev/cua2 to
/dev/ttys2
:)
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>Hi, i run linux slackware and recently upgraded (well backed up formated
>reinstalled restored ;> ) to slackware 3.6.0 and it all went smoothly. but
>when i setup ppp and then tried the ppp-go script it gave me this:
>
>tty_io.c: process 109 (pppd) used obsolete /dev/cua2 - update software to use
>/dev/ttyS2
>tty_io.c: process 109 (pppd) used obsolete /dev/cua2 - update software to use
>/dev/ttyS2
>tty_io.c: process 112 (pppd) used obsolete /dev/cua2 - update software to use
>/dev/ttyS2
>tty_io.c: process 115 (pppd) used obsolete /dev/cua2 - update software to use
>/dev/ttyS2
>tty_io.c: process 118 (pppd) used obsolete /dev/cua2 - update software to use
>/dev/ttyS2
>
>now i just went to the /dev/ dir and mv'd /dev/modem -> /dev/modem.bak and
>made a sym lnk modem file linked to /dev/ttyS2 and everything *seems* to be
>working ok... my question is: IS this fix too half ass? I have had fixes in
>the past that really <so i have been told> shouldn't have worked.
>
>Last question: wht is the diff between cua and tty ? they seem to be the same
>but the computer seems to think otherwise.
>
>
>thank you,
>
>
> -Gaiko
>
>
>Gaikokujin Kyofusho
>Student Extraordinare & UN*X Guru Wannbe
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: LinkSys EtherFast 10/100tx & Linux 2.2
Date: Sun, 21 Feb 1999 11:14:07 GMT
Hi,
I recently purchased a Linksys Etherfast 10/100tx ethernet card for a linux
server I run. However, I upgraded to Linux 2.2 and it appears that there are
some imcompatability problems when I try to use the tulip drivers. I have
tried compiling them into the kernel and using them as modules, but no-go on
getting it on the network. I have link lights between the card and the hub
(which is an autosensing Linksys 10/100 24-port hub). I notice that after
about 10 to 15 minutes after the server is on, with the tulip drivers loaded,
and attempting to send packets, the kernel will panic and force me to reboot
the system.
My question is, how compatable are these cards with the 2.1.x and/or 2.2.x
kernels? Are there any drivers I should try? What works? And has anyone
been experiencing the same problems? It is essential I get this card
operating at 100mb/s with as little downtime as possible.
Please advise.
Thanks in advance,
--t.j. weber
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Interplanetary Media |
phone: 847.205.5200 |
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From: Ahmed Abukmail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: RH 5.1 and HOST Name
Date: 20 Feb 1999 06:10:22 GMT
Hi Guys, when I used to use RH 4.2 and I dial up, my hostname remained
localhost.localdomain, which is perfect for me running MPI. Now that I
upgraded to RH 5.1, the host name is dynamic evertime it changes.
I would like to know how I can set up my system to keep the hostname as
localhost.localdomain w/o rebooting. This only happens after I dial up,
if I boot w/o dialing up, my hostname is still localhost.localdomain.
Thanks
Ahmed
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From: "Man" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: _Good_ (support 5+ systems) Monitor/Mouse/Keyboard switch for pc...
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.ms-windows.nt.admin.networking,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.video,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.ms-windows.nt.misc
Date: Sat, 20 Feb 1999 07:04:26 GMT
I currently have a two-computer vga/serial/kb switch that is made by PC
Concepts that I purchased from Fry's Electronics for ~$35. Now, I am
looking to add another computer and would still like to have control over
all three boxen from my single monitor, mouse, and keyboard. Could anyone
suggest a better one than the one I have now, possibly one that just just
push a soft button instead of turning a large (0.5") switch for each
computer...
Thankx in advance to anyone who can help =)
p.s. - I didn't know which NG was the exact one approprate to post to, so I
posted to all the ones I thought could help, considering I use a Linux box
and an NT box (workstation)...
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From: Douglas Jerome <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Dual CPU's
Date: Fri, 19 Feb 1999 22:00:01 -0700
Leonzo E. Miller III wrote:
>
> Will linux run on a machine with two CPU's on the motherboard?
>
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>
% uname -a
Linux superman.primenet.com 2.2.1 #1 SMP Fri Feb 19 21:34:06 MST 1999
i686 unknown
^^^
|||
+++-- Symmetric Multi Processor
%
% cat /proc/cpuinfo
processor : 0
vendor_id : GenuineIntel
cpu family : 6
model : 5
model name : Pentium II (Deschutes)
stepping : 2
cpu MHz : 333.061063
cache size : 512 KB
fdiv_bug : no
hlt_bug : no
sep_bug : no
f00f_bug : no
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 2
wp : yes
flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge
mca cmov pat pse36 mmx osfxsr
bogomips : 332.60
processor : 1
vendor_id : GenuineIntel
cpu family : 6
model : 5
model name : Pentium II (Deschutes)
stepping : 2
cpu MHz : 333.061063
cache size : 512 KB
fdiv_bug : no
hlt_bug : no
sep_bug : no
f00f_bug : no
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 2
wp : yes
flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge
mca cmov pat pse36 mmx osfxsr
bogomips : 332.60
--
Douglas Jerome
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