Linux-Hardware Digest #506, Volume #9 Fri, 26 Feb 99 12:13:24 EST
Contents:
Re: Overclocking (was: Re: K6-2 and Linux, Are there any Bug?) (Christopher)
Viratalink ATML 1025/2025 (Karma)
Is BJC5000 supported on linux yet? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Zip Drive Parallel Port Printing ("Rene")
Re: Raw writing to PCMCIA SRAM cards ("Mark Smith")
Re: Printing under Linux (jik-)
Re: A NEW linux user....hopefully! (gemelburg)
Re: linux on Compaq ProLiant 1600 (gemelburg)
Re: linux on Compaq ProLiant 1600 ("Jeff Lapsley")
Printer problem with form feed ("Frank Stiller")
Re: Installing Linux From A local Hardrive (MikeM)
HP 820C (Jose Carlos Machado)
Re: zip drive question.. (Steve)
Some debris that might be of interest. (BOB DUCKWORTH)
Re: Modem on COM5? (Rick Brice)
sblive/yamaha (Paradise)
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From: Christopher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux.slackware,comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Overclocking (was: Re: K6-2 and Linux, Are there any Bug?)
Date: Thu, 25 Feb 1999 10:45:19 -0600
BL wrote:
>
> : the only chips i hear of that can be is celeron but besides that.... the
> : chip is not made to be over clocked..... if it was supposed to be over
> : clocked it would RUN at THAT SPEED not 50-100 MHz slower
>
> ever hear of "Marketing"?
>
> do you think that simply marking numbers on a chip is enough for gullible
> consumers to believe that that's all the chip was -designed- to do?
>
> sometimes the markings are accurate (technically) and sometimes not.
>
> don't accept blanket statements about o/c-ing. it all depends on the
> particular chip. check the net first before taking such a hardline on the o/c
> issue... a lot of people can o/c the celeron, whereas other chips may
> actually be at their marked limits. it all depends.
My friend is overclocking dual PII300Mhz.(350 actually) at 450Mhz. He hasn't had a
problem. I'm running a
PII266 at 300/75Mhz fsb. I'm going to drop in a 350 and push it to 450. So the chip
might die sooner, By
then I'll be buying a new one anyway. Try to find a PII300Mhz these days. It's
possible but hard. Because
everyone was buying them, because the could atleast clock it to 350/100 fsb. or
faster. Intel realized
this because no one was buying 350's. Why pay for a 350 when you can overclock a
300(350).
Chris
--
Jupiter Server running Lucas-Lehmer Formula (MPRIME) 24/7 on Linux 2.0.35
In search of a new Mersenne Prime number(GIMPS)
http://www.mersenne.org/prime.htm
-->> Don't waste idle CPU time! Put it to good use. <<--
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From: Karma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Viratalink ATML 1025/2025
Date: Fri, 26 Feb 1999 11:31:13 +0100
Hi there !
Here is my problem :
I'm looking for a way to install my viratalink atml 1025/2025 network
(pci) device, and Linux seems not to support it.
Does anyone know where I can find a driver for this card ?
Can I use a generic driver (like Ne2000), and if so, hopw to use it ?
(parameters, etc...)
Thanks for your help :o)
kArmA
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Is BJC5000 supported on linux yet?
Date: Wed, 24 Feb 1999 19:49:25 GMT
I've got the latest ghostscript, but before I waste too much time seeing if I
can get my Canon BJC5000 printing I was wondering if anyone knew for sure if
it is even possible at this time. Will the bjc600 driver in ghostscript work
for a bjc5000? Or are there any others that will work?
Pardon the dejanews post, but I'm at work and they don't have a news server
here.
Thanks much
David J. Keenan
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From: "Rene" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Zip Drive Parallel Port Printing
Date: 22 Feb 1999 13:36:06 GMT
I think you have to unload the zip module (ppa) before you load the printer
modul.
I heard it's one of the new features of kernel 2.2 that it can deal with
both at the same time.
hope this helps
Rene
Richard W. Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb im Beitrag
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> Ever since, I was able to get my Zip Drive mounted, (RedHat 5.2) Iam
> unable to print anything. When I attempt to configure my printer
> (BJC4200) Auto detect finds nothing. It is my understanding that the
> Parallel Port Zip Drive can be shared with a printer if you have only
> one Parallel Port. (Printer cable is attached to the back of the Zip
> Drive) Printing can be done as long as the Zip Drive is not being
> used. I tried configuring the printer with the Zip Drive mounted,
> didn't work, then I tried configuring the printer with the drive
> unmounted still didn't work. Both times I got a message saying that
> I may have a hardware problem. Any assistance would be greatly
> appreciated.
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
>
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From: "Mark Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.portable
Subject: Re: Raw writing to PCMCIA SRAM cards
Date: Fri, 26 Feb 1999 11:31:16 -0000
Hmmm, I'm not so sure that your qualified to answer this question ... do you
have any experience in this subject ?
;-)
Seriously though, I take it I would could just copy my program to the memory
card ie. "dd if=test.bin of=/dev/mem0c0c" or is there a nice pre-made
program that will do it for me ?
Regards
Mark
David Hinds wrote in message <7b445b$ghl$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>Mark Smith ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
>: Hello,
>:
>: With the PCMCIA drivers under Linux is it possible to write a binary to
an
>: SRAM card ?
>
>Absolutely.
>
>-- Dave Hinds
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From: jik- <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Printing under Linux
Date: Fri, 26 Feb 1999 03:41:41 -0800
Instead of converting your image to PostScript, and
> then having Ghostscript convert it to PCL (or whatever your printer
> wants), it converts the image to PCL directly.
When I said PDL, I meant PDL and not PCL....they letters are close on
the keyboard and alphabet, don't know if you thought I made a mistake or
not, but I didn't.
PDL stands for Page Description Language, which PCL is ONE of hundreds.
Only some printers use PCL, which is a more common standard PDL like
PS,...but not THAT common. If you have a printer that uses some other
PDL and not PCL...like Canon (who also makes a standard PDL
CaPCL...which my canon doesn't use :P) this plugin will not help
you....you will need gs unless there is one that covers your printer's
PDL.
PCL also stands for a type of Lisp :P
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From: gemelburg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: A NEW linux user....hopefully!
Date: Fri, 26 Feb 1999 13:34:35 +0100
Hi Chris, I am myself kind of new in Linuxland but VERY enthusiastic. As for
hardware I don't think the built in AGP motherboard is something you would want
to buy as AGP is not that much supported in Linux (so i hear). If you stick to
good old components you won't have a shred of a problem. Just put in the cdrom
and there you are half an hour later, up, running, grinning and thinking about
where you wan't to go tomorrow.;-}
I have installed two linuxboxes up till now and it is different but not that
different and it just keeps on going. Where windows says it won't crash Linux
keeps quiet and goes on working as it should be.
succes!
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hello,
> I just wanted to say that I have finally decided to sell my Acer Aspire, and
> ditch Windoze, and build a new computer for LINUX. It's about time right?
>
> Well, I just wanted some suggestions on HARDWARE COMPONENTS, I'm thinking of
> buying this setup that has a motherboard with a built in AGP 8mb video card
> and a built in 16 bit sound card. Are there any ideas on this? I'm starving
> for money, and that's the motivator. If there have been peripherals that
> have worked great for any other "beginners" out there, please tell me. I
> will be doing PERL, C++, X-Windows, HTML, and graphic design mainly.
>
> Thanks for being supportive, and for the help.
>
> Chris Ten Harmsel
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
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From: gemelburg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: linux on Compaq ProLiant 1600
Date: Fri, 26 Feb 1999 13:35:53 +0100
No, but I am interested in anything you find out as we have a compaq proliant
and are getting interested in Linux!
Peter Baars
"Christian B. Westermann" wrote:
> Is it possible to run Linux on a Compaq ProLiant 1600? Has anybody
> already installed Linux on a Compaq ProLiant, or is it some kind of
> difficult to install it because there are to many problems coming with
> it?
> I'm grateful for every hint I can get.
> Thank you in advance.
> Chris
> --
> ====================================================================
> Ch. B. Westermann
>
> University of Bern
> Physikalisches Institut
> Sidlerstrasse 5 phone: +41(0)31 6314417
> 3012 Bern fax: +41(0)31 6314405
> Switzerland email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> http://phimcasymir.unibe.ch/casymir/cas_SS.html
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From: "Jeff Lapsley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: linux on Compaq ProLiant 1600
Date: Fri, 26 Feb 1999 06:49:39 -0600
I have Redhat 5.2 on a Proliant 7000. Problems?
1. The On-board SCSI isn't supported.
2. The Smart2 RAID controllers are not supported out-of-box. (there are
drivers though)
3. Compaq servers (mine at least) do not support fixed IDE disk boots.
I used boot floppies to install to the IDE, then installed the RAID drivers
and switched the system to the array. I now use a boot floppy to point to
the root on the array. Working great so far.
Jeff
gemelburg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>No, but I am interested in anything you find out as we have a compaq
proliant
>and are getting interested in Linux!
>
>Peter Baars
>
>"Christian B. Westermann" wrote:
>
>> Is it possible to run Linux on a Compaq ProLiant 1600? Has anybody
>> already installed Linux on a Compaq ProLiant, or is it some kind of
>> difficult to install it because there are to many problems coming with
>> it?
>> I'm grateful for every hint I can get.
>> Thank you in advance.
>> Chris
>> --
>> ====================================================================
>> Ch. B. Westermann
>>
>> University of Bern
>> Physikalisches Institut
>> Sidlerstrasse 5 phone: +41(0)31 6314417
>> 3012 Bern fax: +41(0)31 6314405
>> Switzerland email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>
http://phimcasymir.unibe.ch/casymir/cas_SS.html
>
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From: "Frank Stiller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Printer problem with form feed
Date: Fri, 26 Feb 1999 14:02:52 +0100
My printer (HP Deskjet 895 Cxi) always prints another blank page after he
did the normal print job. I think, this is a form feed based on linux. My
printer is connected with my server where linux is installed. On my computer
Win98 is installed and the RAW data is send to the server and the server
send the data directly to the printer port. Someone says, that you can
deactivate the form feed option in linux, but where?
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E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Homepage: http://come.to/08-15-Homepage
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From: MikeM <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: aus.computers.linux,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Installing Linux From A local Hardrive
Date: Wed, 24 Feb 1999 16:01:01 GMT
This is what I had to do, you have to make sure first linux can read you
dos drive....to make things very easy make sure the dos partition is
fat16... from there you create a redhat directory then you copy some of
the directories over....I don't remember which ones, but there are docs
which tell you how to do this....but the real key is the fat 16 for dos..
mike
Tony wrote:
> Hello
>
> Can someone please head me to some tips on installing linux from a local
> harddrive. I have a dos drive and will copy all the redhat distribution
> onto it, then i plan to install it from there.
>
> Any help/tips most appreciated
>
> Thanks
>
> Tony
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From: Jose Carlos Machado <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: HP 820C
Date: Fri, 26 Feb 1999 12:52:25 +0000
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi
I set up my HP820C printer under Linux using the pbm2ppa driver.
It works, but I still have some stupid problems if I try to use lpr with
the postscript script and printing under X11.
Is there anybody that was able to successfully set up (with all possible
funcionality) the HP820 under Linux with the pbm2ppa driver?
If so, please let me know so that I can ask you for detailed help
regarding some aspects of the setup.
TIA
--
============================================================
Jose Carlos Machado
IPATIMUP Fax: +351 2 5570799
Tel: +351 2 5570700 ICQ#21957199
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Steve)
Subject: Re: zip drive question..
Date: Fri, 26 Feb 1999 13:52:01 GMT
That's it Kyle..It worked!
Apparently a while back I did have vfat activated and was able to use
the long filenames but I took it off because at the time I couldn't
see what it's purpose was. Now I see!!
Thanks,
Steve
>First you need to have vfat compiled into the kernel. You need vfat for
>the long file names to work. msdos type gets you 8.3. Then modify your
>fstab.
>There are lots of different ways to do this, but this is what mine
>looks like
>------------------------------------------------------------------
>/dev/hdb3 / ext2 defaults 1
>1
>/dev/hdb2 swap swap defaults 0
>0
>
>/dev/hdc /cdrom iso9660 ro,noauto,user
>0 0
>
>none /proc proc defaults 0
>0
># End of YaST-generated fstab lines
>/dev/sda1 /zip ext2 noauto,rw,user,nosuid,sync
>/dev/sda4 /zipdos vfat noauto,rw,user,nosuid,sync,mode=0777
>-----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>Now you can mount a windows type disk with
>mount /zipdos
>
>Notice the numbers used on /dev/sda as in 1 or 4. Iomega disks come
>with number 4.
>I just allways fdisk my ext2 disks using number 1. What number you use
>is personal choice, just be consistant with the numbers.
>
>Cheers,
>Kyle Dansie
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Date: Fri, 26 Feb 1999 09:13:11 +0000
From: BOB DUCKWORTH <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Some debris that might be of interest.
Sun SPARC LX repackaged as a laptop. RDI Britelite LX. TFT
display, 32meg, not sure if disk is 500meg or 1gig, floppy,
presently running Solaris 2.51. Linux on this? I haven't
tried. Video drivers available???? RDI drivers for Solaris work
with Linux???? I do not know. DO not buy this expecting to
run Linux without some research and possibly serious driver work.
$450.00 plus ship on 20lb from 30306.
Motorola RISCPC (powerstack) 604E, 64meg, 2gig, CDROM, 133MHz $450
I installed linux on one of these and it runs fine.
plus ship on 35lb from 30306
Dec Alpha 400/233, 128megm 2gigm CDROM, NIC, $675.
Linux installed on this machine
plus ship on 50lb from 30306
Compaq/BSR DLT library. 225gig native, 450gig compressed, SCSI2
selectable as SE or differential, A very nice rackmount unit,
unused, 15 cart loader and DLT 15/30 that has passed all diags.
plus ship on 130lb from 30306
Sun SS2, 32meg, 480meg, no video, no mouse, no keyboard. I am running
squid on one and it's plenty for my small network. Ran my dns and mail
on one for years. Also makes a nice little www server running apache
and takes up so littl rack space. $150 with no OS. They do have floppy
and ethernet (AUI) so a network install is pretty easy. Or, $200 and
I'll load up Linux. plus ship on 28lb from 30306.
cisco 7010 with RP and SP only. $1450. write if interested.
cisco 4500M, base config, $3300, write if interested.
cisco IGS TR/R. Old router with tokenring and serial. $250 and
I'll throw in an ISA tokenring or a Sbus token ring card.
Too much debris and not enough time to play!
Will be putitng up www page with photos soon so watch for www.debris.org
-bob
-bob
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From: Rick Brice <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Modem on COM5?
Date: Fri, 26 Feb 1999 10:12:55 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sounds wonderful, Brian,
but the bottom line is R.T.F.M !
If he wasn't so lazy( and others like him) there wouldn't be so many nonsense
messages here.
This group and linux became successful because of serious work from a lot of
people.
Everytime I see a post about PCI Modems, Winmodems, and related stuff, its from
people who haven't done their homework and don't intend to. In fact, they are so
uninformed and disorganized, they've probably already bought a Winmodem without
ever checking whether it will work or not. Stupid people!
Sympathy is found in the dictionary between sh*t and syphillis(and I don't care
if its spelled wrong).
Regards,
Rick
Brian wrote:
> And just maybe you are very STUPID for replying to a very good question and
> wasted your own bandwidth and time. What do you seem to gain by replying in
> this manner? It took up your time and the individual did not get the answer
> he was looking for. You are very agogant and an Asshole! Replys of this
> nature help no one in this newsgroup. If you are not ready to give an
> honest answer do not reply at all. This newsgroup is not being personnally
> stored on your hard drive so do not act like repeated questions are taking
> up your time or hard drive space. There are newbies out there that do not
> wish to peruse the internet in search of an answer that might not be so
> easily found. And as a mater of fact, there are only 8 messages that cover
> linux and com5. This is nowhere near the billion messages you are refering
> to. Do everyine a favor and sit in your room and adimire yourself and shut
> the #$%& up unless you are here to give valid replies to the questions aske
> here....
>
> To all the "Newbies" out there, please excuse any replies like the one
> listed below. Ask your questions here. Linux has recieved its grace due to
> it's open liscenseing and GROUP EFFORT where we become a community of our
> own and and support each other. No one knows all the answers. Even longtime
> "expert" users of Linux run into stumbling blocks from time to time and seek
> help of thier peers. It is this sense of community that makes Linux a great
> OS!
>
> >Jim Hill wrote:
> >> (Had you checked Deja News prior to acquiring this device you would
> >> have seen, oh, about a billion messages covering this.)
--
==============
Futility is ... speeding to a 'red' light.
Stupidity is ... tailgating someone who's not.
R dot W dot BRICE at LMCO dot COM (Only do it in lowercase)
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From: Paradise <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: sblive/yamaha
Date: Fri, 26 Feb 1999 16:45:41 +0100
does anyone have/know about sound blaster live or yamaha 3d (with
ymf724) linux drivers?
i was wondering when soneone will care about writting ones (maybe sb
developers, huh?;))
paradise
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