Linux-Hardware Digest #538, Volume #9 Mon, 1 Mar 99 13:13:32 EST
Contents:
Re: AMD vs. Cyrix vs. Pentium MMX (Hilaire Fernandes)
Re: Modem Mystery? ("Lawrence S. Lee")
Pick a card ... any card. (Justin Wood)
Re: AMD k6 2 350 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
HP Deskjet 720C (Mathieu Sutter)
Q: tv tuner on a remote xterm? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
help: RedHat5.2 and HP Deskjet 720C ("J. Bolze")
Re: Modem configuration problem, I've all tried, HELP!!!! (Rick Brice)
Laptop suspend *not*on*disk* ? (Eric GAUDET)
Re: Install Linux over 2 small HDs to span filesystem ? (Michael Wagner)
Re: Problem while booting linux through LILO or boot-disk (Parag Batavia)
Maxisound 64 sound card? (Mathieu Sutter)
Re: Treasure!! ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Winmodem woes (Mickey Stein)
help: SMC9432TX ehternet card with RedHat5.2 ("J. Bolze")
Re: HP Deskjet 720C (Mickey Stein)
Re: RED HAT 5.2 INSTALLATION PROBLEM ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Configuring the Creative RIVA TNT Card ("Renalthi")
need backpack CD-ROM advice ("Folcke-Wolfe")
Panasonic CD-ROM Compatibility (John P. Raynor)
Re: Help! Over 8.4G disk! (Andries Brouwer)
Re: Add another HD causes boot faiure (Andries Brouwer)
Driver for SMC1211TX (Marcus Schmitz)
Re: Digital Cameras (Jim Howes)
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From: Hilaire Fernandes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: AMD vs. Cyrix vs. Pentium MMX
Date: Mon, 01 Mar 1999 20:07:44 +0800
Shon Frazier wrote:
>
> Hilaire Fernandes wrote:
>
> > Greg H. wrote:
> > >
> > > BCD User ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> > >
> > > > I am going to upgrade my CPU and am wondering if there is any
> > > > performance data regarding the big three CPU's. I suppose AMD's 3-DNow
> > > > is essentially useless for Linux, but is that true for MMX instructions
> > > > as well? I am moving from a pentium 100. Motherboard is Super 7. Tom's
> > > > Hardware guide only gives 95 and NT performance data.
> > >
> > > As far as I know, Linux currently does _not_ take advantage of the
> > > MMX instruction set.
> > >
> >
> > Don't use AMDK6 if you don't want to mess in crasy problems.
> >
> > About the MMX support I may suggest you looking in the Bogomips howto.
> > I enclose twos rate speed for Pentium200 with and without MMX
> >
> > Pentium/200 81.92 bogomips
> > Pentium MMX/200 400.59 bogomips
> >
> > Interprete yourself but read the howto!
> >
> > --
> > Hilaire Fernandes
> > Dr Geo project http://members.xoom.com/FeYiLai/dr_geo/doctor_geo.html
>
> What exactly are the problems with AMD K6? I've had Linux running on an AMD K6
> 300 for several weeks without problems.
>
It seems that some K6 with some motherboard and Ram wont't work with
Linux, event it that works with NT or Windows.
I just have 25 K6 PC ok with NT and Win but where I can't install Linux
(from RedHat 4.2 to 5.2) :((
--
Hilaire Fernandes
Dr Geo project http://members.xoom.com/FeYiLai/dr_geo/doctor_geo.html
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From: "Lawrence S. Lee" <llee1*SPAMSPAM*@idt.net>
Subject: Re: Modem Mystery?
Date: Mon, 01 Mar 1999 07:34:10 -0500
> You don't give much other info... Please clarify with a complete list
> of your hardware setup.
Sorry 'bout that. I was trolling the newsgroup for an answer before posting my own
question and I was hoping that my question about disabling ports was "generic"
enough to not require putting together a hardware list.
I've since gotten the modem to work (I put up a related "it works" post yesterday
that includes a full hardware list. Look for a "Success! Red Hat 5.2, Diamond Supra
288i..." subject line), but to answer your questions for completeness in case
someone else is in a similar bind:
> If as you say, you are already using your other serial
> ports, then you can't disable the onboard ports without disabling whatever
> you're using them for. If one of them is a serial mouse, then I'd suggest
> getting a PS/2 mouse if your hardware will support it.
Correct. Luckily, it is a PS/2 mouse... Circue touchpad to be exact. It emulates a
PS/2 mouse with no problems.
> This will move the mouse
> to IRQ 12, and free up the need to use one of your onboard ports, and
> alternatively, if you have a PS/2 port enabled in bios, and are not using it,
> then disable it to free up an interupt.
As it turns out, I use serial port 1 as a connection to my UPS (for communication to
PowerChute under Win95) and serial port 2 is used for my Palm III cradle.
> Next question. Do you have and are you using a Soundblaster compatible
> sound card? They default to IRQ 5, though the PnP ones may be able to be
> reconfigured to some other one,
Yeah, the Micron (Micronics) motherboard comes with an on-board Vibra16 chip, but it
seems to have been set for IRQ10 instead (which I saw via Win95's Control Panel ->
System -> Device Manager).
> and last but not least... Do you have a printer
> (or 2) plugged in to the machine? LPT 1 defaults to IRQ 7, and LPT 2 defaults
> to IRQ 5, which is why Creative Labs could get away with using that for sound
> cards, since most people don't have more than 1 printer...
Yup, read that in one of the HOWTO's. The (first) parallel port is being used for a
PaperPort scanner under Win95 (yes, this is a dual-boot machine), and there is no
second parallel port.
> These questions that most ask could all be answered much better and with
> much less bother on the part of the people answering or trying to, if they would
> only include a complete hardware list of what is installed/connected with their
> questions.
Agreed. And possibly by using more descriptive subject lines, too.
larry
--
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"My other car is a Millenium Falcon."
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Justin Wood)
Subject: Pick a card ... any card.
Date: Mon, 01 Mar 1999 12:47:01 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I currently have a S3 Trio3D (AGP) card on my machine which is only
supported by VGA16. I also have my old S3 virge card lying around.
If I install the S3 virge as well as the 3DTrio how do I tell Linux
which card to use? (I still want to use the Trio for Windows on the
same machine). I know that the frame buffer support on the new
kernel update can solve my problem. But I don't want to go to all
the trouble of updating my kernel yet.
Any help?
Justin Wood
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: AMD k6 2 350
Date: 1 Mar 99 12:46:28 GMT
Hilaire Fernandes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> From the Redhat documentation there is buggy K6 who won't work with
> Linux... and there is no patch for.
> http://www.redhat.com/support/docs/rhl/intel/rh52-hardware-intel-3.html
Right. What that links basically says is this: If you're using bad
hardware, you'll have to buy some more because there is no software
that can fix broken hardware.
robert
--
robert cope austin, texas [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.linuxwizard.net [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Mathieu Sutter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: HP Deskjet 720C
Date: Mon, 01 Mar 1999 14:06:24 +0100
Hi all,
I have a HP Deskjet 720C printer. I think this is a WPS device, and is
not recognized by my Linux distribution (Redhat 5.1). Do you know if
(and how) it can be used by Linux?
Thanks in advance,
--
Mathieu Sutter
EDS France, GM\Delphi Europe SBU
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Q: tv tuner on a remote xterm?
Date: Mon, 01 Mar 1999 13:28:41 GMT
Can someone tell me if a 10mbit ethernet network is fast enough to
support a pci based tv tuner in a linux server (p233 128 meg) to allow
running a reasonable tv window on a remote xterminal (tektronix or
hds) or is the video data so extreme it needs to be hard wired and
available only on console?
Thanks
ps: can someone recommend a VERY stable tv tuner card to look for for
linux redhat 5.2?
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From: "J. Bolze" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: help: RedHat5.2 and HP Deskjet 720C
Date: 1 Mar 1999 13:40:00 GMT
Can anybody help, how I can use the HPDeskjet720C printer with RH5.2?
Thanks.
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From: Rick Brice <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Modem configuration problem, I've all tried, HELP!!!!
Date: Mon, 01 Mar 1999 08:29:18 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
No post is totally useless,
"IT CAN ALWAYS BE USED AS A BAD EXAMPLE!"
Main problem what kind of modem, ISA I hope or external, what manufacturer and
part number and what functionality.
This would be a minimum start to a good post.
I'm surprised anyone tried to help at all!
Rick
Creal wrote:
> I have a modem on COM4 under Dos/Windows and it works.
> But under Linux, I can't make it work... Please help me...
> I've read some HOW-TO's (modem, serial and ppp) to resolve my problem, I've
> tried setserial, configure inittab etc. but it does'nt work, who can help
> me?
>
> Who has already configure a intern modem on COM4 under linux ?
> Who can tell me exactly what to do ?
>
> Thanks you... bye!
--
==============
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: Eric GAUDET <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Laptop suspend *not*on*disk* ?
Date: Mon, 01 Mar 1999 22:02:14 +0900
Hi,
I have linux 2.2.1 (redhat 5.2 upgraded) running great on my laptop with
afterstep. I have a suspend/resume button on my laptop, but when I use
it under linux, I can't resume : everything is frozen, I can't even move
the mouse or ctrl-alt-del the machine : I have to switch it off.
It doesn't seem to be the apmd suspend to disk feature, nor a bios
suspend to disk, but a suspend "in ram", thus consuming some power.
Does anybody nows hows to deal with that ?
Eric
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Michael Wagner)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Install Linux over 2 small HDs to span filesystem ?
Date: 1 Mar 1999 14:51:07 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, gus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
|> > Michael McCarthy wrote:
|> > I have two 200MB ide hard drives and would like to install redhat 5.2
|> > or another distributions of linux using the two seperate drives as one
|> > filesystem. ie a basic redhat5.2 install with networking etc is over
|> > 200 MB.
|> >
|> > When the first HD is full the install produces errors (no space left
|> > on device etc :-) .
|> I may be mistaken, but I believe it is now possible to have Software
|> based Striping RAID for the root filesystem. What this means is that you
|> can have a multiple disk filesystem as your root partition. Thus, you
|> should be able to "join" the disks together in a seamless fashion.
Wouldn't it be easier to just mount one drive as root (/), the other as /usr.
I did this when I installed Suse6.0 last month. When configuring your hard drives
during the initial setup, I mount one as /, the other as /usr.
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From: Parag Batavia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup,cmu.comp.os.linux,cmu.cs.linux.forum
Subject: Re: Problem while booting linux through LILO or boot-disk
Date: 01 Mar 1999 09:51:40 -0500
Hello - if you are using a 2940UW card, the supplied driver on the RH 5.2
boot disk doesn't work. You'll need to go to www.redhat.com/support, and
dig through the 5.2 stuff 'till you find the new boot/supp disks.
If you are running something other than 2940UW, this doesn't apply.
Parag
Kumar Dwarakanath <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Hi,
> I have a SCSI (AHA2740-2840-2940) card for my CD-ROM drive. While doing
> the
> installation (Redhat 5.2) the program is able to probe and find out the
> card and initialize
> the CD-ROM to function properly. This helps me in completing the
> installation.
>
> When I want to boot using LILO or the boot disk I get the following
> error and the
> system stops booting:
> Loading aic7xxx module..
> (SCSI0) found at EISA slot....
> (SCSI0) Twin channel....
> (SCSI0) Downloading sequencer code... 423 instructions downloaded
> (SCSI0) BRKADRINT error (0x8):
> Sequencer Ram Parity error
>
> Kernel Panic: aic7xxx: unrecoverable BRKADRINT
> Aieee: scheduling in interrupt 0016d2a0
> Aieee: scheduling in interrupt 0016d2a0
> Aieee: scheduling in interrupt 0016d2a0
> Aieee: scheduling in interrupt 0016d2a0
> Aieee: scheduling in interrupt 0016d2a0
>
>
> Please help with any suggestions. I have been trying various things
> but it does not seem to work. Have spent so much time just getting
> the system to boot!!!
>
> Thanks in advance.
> Kumar.
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From: Mathieu Sutter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Maxisound 64 sound card?
Date: Mon, 01 Mar 1999 14:03:47 +0100
Hi all,
Do you know if it is possible to use a MaxiSound 64 sound card with
Linux (RedHat 5.2)? And, if yes, how?
Thanks you very much
--
Mathieu Sutter
EDS France, Delphi Europe SBU
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Treasure!!
Date: Mon, 01 Mar 1999 15:20:41 GMT
These cards come from the Cubix ERS-Fault Tolerant II line of computers.
They use a back plane card and you can use 8 of them in one system. Got any
other Cubix parts?
Ed
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From: Mickey Stein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Winmodem woes
Date: Mon, 01 Mar 1999 08:03:13 -0800
pacific turbocomm (i use their 16750 isa card) works in linux (2.1.53 and
greater kernel) and is about to release a pci card. they've got great
customer service. i just use this because i use an isdn external at 230k.
another way to go if you just want a straight-ahead non-windows pci
modem, would be to check out multitech's site because they've got one. I
can't get to the url right now but it is or used to be here
(http://www.multitech.com/products/FamilyHomePages/tn.asp).
mick
Paul Hovnanian wrote:
> I have been reading tales of winmodem woes on this (and other n.g.s).
> At this time, winmodems are not an issue with me, because all of
> my ISA-deprived machines 'talk' to my ISP over an ethernet connection
> to one machine that does IP masquerading, hence no need for a modem.
>
> However, it seems that the one reason for desiring a Winmodem,
> even after the realization of their shortcomings, is the desire to
> save scarce ISA slots. So, here is my question:
>
> Are there any PCI serial/parallel port cards (that work with linux)
> out there? It seems to me that, if one were available, it would be
> a simple matter to add an external modem without wasting ISA slots.
>
> --
> Paul Hovnanian mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> ------------------------------------------------------------------
> Matter can not be created or destroyed, nor can it be returned
> without a receipt.
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From: "J. Bolze" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: help: SMC9432TX ehternet card with RedHat5.2
Date: 1 Mar 1999 13:42:38 GMT
I just installed RedHat 5.2.
But I have a problem with my SMX9432TX Network card. The SMC9000 series
should be supported, but during the installation procedure it cannot be
detected, also not with autoprobe.
What's wrong?
Thanks!
Joerg
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From: Mickey Stein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: HP Deskjet 720C
Date: Mon, 01 Mar 1999 08:08:42 -0800
it's not much of a problem although color support isn't yet there. i use
one without any problems. check out the following url:
"http://www.rpi.edu/~normat/technical/ppa/"
this handles the series of hp printers that talk ppa lingo. This guy who's
written this driver seems to be very much into it and is (or so i hear)
adding color support at some point too.
Mick
Mathieu Sutter wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I have a HP Deskjet 720C printer. I think this is a WPS device, and is
> not recognized by my Linux distribution (Redhat 5.1). Do you know if
> (and how) it can be used by Linux?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> --
> Mathieu Sutter
> EDS France, GM\Delphi Europe SBU
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux,linux.redhat
Subject: Re: RED HAT 5.2 INSTALLATION PROBLEM
Date: Mon, 01 Mar 1999 14:18:37 GMT
In article <01be634b$a740ee60$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Wrus" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I am having a problem installing red hat 5.2 in computer labs. Most
> machines are fine, but about 1/3 of the newer machines crash early in
> the installation (step 1 or 2 - screen goes dark and system locks
> up). Our MIS department (Novell & NT folks) say that LINUX is just
Are these machines Dells or Gateways or Compaqs or other garbage machines
with proprietary bioses? They are very problematic -- many companies are
producing what are essentially "Win-machines" which only work with loser95 or
NT. Won't run linux, OS/2, or Solaris X86. Sometimes you can play with the
bios setup and get linux to work, but not the others. The above companies are
now claiming to support linux, but probably only on some models. We quit
buying from them long ago after getting burned. Tell you MIS dept. it's not
the "new" hardware, it's the crap hardware.
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From: "Renalthi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Configuring the Creative RIVA TNT Card
Date: Mon, 1 Mar 1999 11:08:22 +1000
Well I figured out how to get my Creative RIVA TNT card to work with
XWindows
here's how I did it.
I downloaded the current versions from one of the redhat mirror sites in the
'update/i386' or something similar, might be ('current/update/i386') not
sure, from that directory
and downloaded the following files
XFree86-VGA16-3.3.3.1-1.i386.rpm
XFree86-SVGA-3.3.3.1-1.i386.rpm
XFree86-3.3.3.1-1.i386.rpm
XFree86-devel-3.3.3.1-1.i386.rpm
XFree86-libs-3.3.3.1-1.i386.rpm
XFree86-XFree86Setup-3.3.3.1-1.i386.rpm
Xconfigurator-3.89-1.i386.rpm
XFree86-75dpi.fonts-3.3.3.1-1.i386.rpm
XFree86-100dpi.fonts3.3.3.1-1.i386.rpm
and then installed them in the above order order using the rpm with the -U
(for update) switch.
Then just run Xconfigurator and select the 'RIVA TNT' option that is
displayed in the cards list and then select your monitor.
That's about it.
Hope it helps!
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From: "Folcke-Wolfe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: need backpack CD-ROM advice
Date: Mon, 1 Mar 1999 11:42:24 -0500
I want install Redhat 5.2 on a friends computer (an old 486) that does not
have a CD-ROM. He wants to get a parallel port backpak CD-ROM. The hardware
page states the device must use the version 2 protocol but none of the web
pages
seem to go into this kind of detail.
Does anybody have experience with one that works?
Thanks,
Clu
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John P. Raynor)
Subject: Panasonic CD-ROM Compatibility
Date: 1 Mar 1999 17:39:25 GMT
Does anyone whether Linux is compatible with the Panasonic's "KXL-D745"
external CD-ROM drive? It's a SCSI-based drive (allegedly, the
documentation says that it's "SCSI-2 Softward Command Compatible," but
I only have that second-hand), with a PCMCIA interface card. It's
PCMCIA card, however, is a strange beast, because it also has "a
sound card built in [which] allows older laptops without sound to have
it through this sound card/drive interface card...the drive has two
speakers for audio output." I checked the HOWTO page re. CD-ROM drives,
and didn't see the KXL-D745 mentioned, so I'm inclined to suspect that
it won't work with Linux, but perhaps I looked in the wrong place.
- J. Raynor
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Andries Brouwer)
Subject: Re: Help! Over 8.4G disk!
Date: Mon, 1 Mar 1999 17:25:57 GMT
"Itchie Whitemore" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
: I got 10G hard disk in my computer.
: But Linux (Slackware 3.1, kernel 2.0.32) only find the 8.4G.
: Anybody knows how to do that?
:
If the disk is set to Normal in the BIOS setup
things will work fine with a 2.0.34 kernel or newer.
If it is set to Large or LBA or so,
things will work fine with a 2.2.2 kernel.
In the first case, if you want to use 2.0.32,
read http://www.win.tue.nl/math/dw/pp/aeb/linux/Large-Disk-11.html
and adapt ide.c a little.
(The problem is that the drive reports C/H/S=16383/16/63, but
that describes an 8.4 GB disk, and the kernel should recognize
that 16383/16/63 has a special meaning.)
In the second case, if you want to use 2.0.32,
read http://www.win.tue.nl/math/dw/pp/aeb/linux/Large-Disk-11.html#ss11.1
and give "hda=CYLS,HEADS,SECTORS" on the Linux command line.
(The problem is that the BIOS does not know that 16383/16/63
has a special meaning and translates it to 1027/255/63 or so.
So, the kernel should also recognize the BIOS-mangled versions
of 16383/16/63.)
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Andries Brouwer)
Subject: Re: Add another HD causes boot faiure
Date: Mon, 1 Mar 1999 17:39:40 GMT
"Aaron Dershem" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
: I tried to add a second HD to my machine (using linuxconf in X), but it
: failed on me. Then when I rebooted, it went into maintenance mode (RH 5.2).
: I had to vi the fstab to get rid of the /dev/hdb1 entry to get my machine to
: reboot properly. What did I do wrong? Should I use fdisk? If so, how do I
: format the partition that was created?
: I need a little bit of steering, please.
>From a random HOWTO:
You got a new large disk. What to do? Well, on the sotware side:
use fdisk (or, better, cfdisk) to create partitions, and then mke2fs
to create a filesystem, and then mount to attach the new filesystem
to the big file hierarchy.
Maybe linuxconf does these things, I have no experience with it.
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From: Marcus Schmitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Driver for SMC1211TX
Date: Mon, 01 Mar 1999 11:31:43 +0000
Hi!
Does somebody know which driver makes this network card work?
(SMC EZ Card 10/100 (SMC12111TX))
Thanx
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From: Jim Howes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Digital Cameras
Date: Mon, 01 Mar 1999 14:38:55 +0000
David Fox wrote:
> "The Infernal One" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > Does anyone either know or have good source information on
> > which digital cameras support linux? TIA.
>
> Olympus DL-600 works fine using the photopc package. Many other
> models use the exact same chipsets and software. (Sure does eat
> batteries though.)
I have an Olympus D900Z; Works extremely well with photopc
over a serial line. I prefer working from the command line
anyhow. The same code should work with any camera that uses
the Fujitsu chipset, which includes many cameras made by
sanyo, epson, fujitsu and olympus, and probably others.
Most digital cameras eat batteries. I have aquired a single
set of 4xNiMH AA batteries, which last quite well, as well as
a bucketload of NiCd cells.
Regards,
Jim
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