Linux-Hardware Digest #547, Volume #9 Tue, 2 Mar 99 15:13:40 EST
Contents:
Are these components supported by Suse-Linux? (Andreas Jung)
APC Smart UPS under Linux - Setup ("Till Mommsen")
Re: Matrox Video Driver (Trevor Simmons)
Re: Printer opinions (Grant Taylor)
Re: Help: NEC Supersript 1260N setup prob. (Grant Taylor)
Re: cdr (Tim)
Re: TEKRAM DC310 SCSI card and linux (Laurent Papier)
Re: need backpack CD-ROM advice (Grant Guenther)
Re: Parallel port HD ? (Grant Guenther)
Re: Are you new to Linux? Then read this ("Snoopy :-))")
ISDN: Internal isa/pci card ("Christian Bjerre")
Re: Help! My printer won't print at all! (Youngser Park)
Re: CDROM:can't mount (Robert Schiele)
Re: ATI All-in-Wonder Pro setup woes (Nick)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Andreas Jung)
Subject: Are these components supported by Suse-Linux?
Date: 2 Mar 1999 19:08:51 +0100
Hello Linux-Experts,
yesterday, a local dealer made me an offer by arranging a computer
configuration for me.
Unfortunately, he wasn't willing to give me a guarantee that Linux
supports every component, nor a right to exchange.
A view into the data base of those components which are supported
by Suse-Linux (http://www.suse.de/cdb/D/) wasn't very fruitful,
because this database seems to be partially obsolete. So I want
to ask if someone of you could give me some information about
the following components:
* Mainboard AGP GA6BX(E) PII Gigabyte
Isn't contained in the database, but shouldn't make any problems.
* HDD 8.4 GB AT IBM DTTA-35840 Deskstar
Two such drives shall run in my computer, one for Linux and one
for Windoze.
The drive isn't contained in the database. The dealer said that
it is a standard drive which won't make any difficulties, but
he didn't want to give me a guarantee.
* CD-ROM LW Lite-On LTN-362 36x Max ATAPI
Isn't contained in the database. Somewhere I have read that actual
ATAPI-bus CD-ROM drives are generally supported by Linux.
Is this true?
* MO-LW Iomega ZIP ATAPI 100MB int.OEM
The database only contains the drives 100E (EIDE), 100P (parallel)
and 100S (SCSI). What about this internal ATAPI-bus drive?
* VGA AGP ATI XPERT 128 16MB SDRAM OEM
According to the database, this component is "probably" supported
by XFree86 (since version 3.3.3), module mach64.
The dealer said that this card is so new that there is no chance
to be supported by Linux. So he offered me something more expensive.
Has anyone more precise information?
* Modem Trust int. 56k PCI Communicator
Cannot be found in the database.
Well, I think that Linux has surely no problems at all with 1.44 MB
disk drives, logitech mice and German Windows Keyboards. Or are there
still exotic ones which don't work together with Linux?
Thanks a lot in advance,
Andreas Jung.
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Andreas Gisbert Jung DL9AAI Tel:0381/498-3364 Fax:0381/498-3366
Theoretische Informatik mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Universitaet Rostock http://www.informatik.uni-rostock.de/~ajung/
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From: "Till Mommsen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: APC Smart UPS under Linux - Setup
Date: Tue, 2 Mar 1999 18:14:13 +0100
Hello,
I am trying to install APC Smart UPS 700 on a Linux system. I am using the
standard RS232 cable that comes with the UPS; it is connected to COM1
(/dev/ttyS0). When I put the following lines into the inittab:
# what to do when power fails/returns
pf::powerwait:/sbin/init.d/powerfail start
pn::powerfailnow:/sbin/init.d/powerfail now
pn::powerfail:/sbin/init.d/powerfail now
po::powerokwait:/sbin/init.d/powerfail stop
I get a message during boot-up "Powerstatus bad", indicating to my
understanding that the UPS isn�t recognized.
I also tried the package ARGOUPS which tells you to put the following lines
into inittab:
nw:234:respawn:/sbin/nwrescued -local /dev/ttyS0
sh:234:powerfail:/sbin/shutdown -h -t 60 now THE POWER IS FAILING
However, when I am doing this, I get the following message during bootup:
starting upsd version 1.9 SN xxxxxx
Unable to open port /dev/ttyS0
UPS daemon started on port /dev/ttyS0
then, after bootup complete, I get several of the following messages:
intit: Id "nw" respawning to fast: disabled for 5 min....
When I try
>setserial /dev/ttyS0
I get a message
/dev/ttyS0 UART:16550A , Port: 0x03f8, IRQ: 4
Who can help?
Thank you very much,
Cheers, Till
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From: Trevor Simmons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Matrox Video Driver
Date: Tue, 02 Mar 1999 18:37:06 +0000
**Nick Brown wrote:
> There's no specific accelerated driver, but just use the SVGA driver and
> tell it your card (or as close as you can get) and it will work OK.
It doesn't I've tried, my only options are to either buy a new video card or
wait until there is a specific driver available. It could be that my copy of
Linux, Red Hat 5.1 using xfree86 is screwed. I've tried advice from people on
other lists but nothing has worked so far.
Trevor.
--
"Busy, Busy, Busy" - Kurt Vonnegut, Cat's Cradle.
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From: Grant Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Printer opinions
Date: 02 Mar 1999 13:38:34 -0500
Paul G Cooper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> HP 69xC (are they all basically the same?), Cannon bj4300, and
> Epson 440.
> Can anyone with any experience shed any light on their good/bad
> points or give any relative ratings. I guess it would be used mostly
> for colour presentations, but also b&w latex stuff as well.
Well, there is one difference between those three that I can point
out. Each has a different refill mechanism: with the HP, you get a
cartridge that includes the print head. With the Epson, you get a
cartridge with just the ink. And with the Canon, you get a cartridge
with the ink plugged into a replaceable head cartridge.
The ability to replace your head is pretty much a good thing(tm); ink
jets can clog or get gook in them that just won't go away. This is a
flaw in the Epson design.
None of these printers offers fully independant relaceable heads and
ink cartridges; that is a feature reserved for higher-end printers.
None of these printers offers separate CMY ink either; if you print
lots of light blue, you'll be wasting lots of magenta and yellow ink.
That's what you get in a cheap printer.
If all else fails, you can usually ask canon, epson, or hp for a print
sample to be mailed to 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: Grant Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Help: NEC Supersript 1260N setup prob.
Date: 02 Mar 1999 13:44:16 -0500
"mkrug" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Hi, I just installed Red Hat Linux 5.2 on my computer but I'm having
> a problem trying to setup my printer. It's a NEC Superscript 1260
> w/network card, on an ethernet network. I can't figure out how to
> setup my printer as a "remote" printer in Linux. I would appreciate
> any help!
With Red Hat 5.2, you should be able to easily configure this in the
printtool so long as the printer "speaks" lpd; it probably does.
If that fails, consult the Printing HOWTO; URL below.
I beleive that you want to use Ghostscript's ljet2p driver for this
printer; you may only be able to print at 300dpi since the printer
appears to speak only PCL level 4. I may however be wrong; please let
me know if so so that I can update the HOWTO's compatability listing
with better information.
--
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: Tim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: cdr
Date: 02 Mar 1999 12:57:29 +0000
Erwin de Beus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> "John E. Hagensieker" wrote:
>
> > I have RH 5.2 with a Mitsume 2401 IDE 2x writer. I downloaded xcdroast but
> > as soon as I start it....it screams at me for Generic SCSI support. Since
> > I'm not running SCSI in my linux box I hit okay and move on. When I get to
> > the setup it shows my reader (sony 32x) but not the writer.
> >
> > I have read the FAQ's and scanned the groups and still can't find the
> > answer.
> >
> > Anybody know how to set up xcdroast in RedHat 5.2?
> >
> > John
>
> You need SCSI for xcdroast to work. Recompile your kernel with SCSI emulation
> for IDE enabled and don't forget to enable generic SCSI support as well.
>
> This will probably solve your problem.
It should do: it did it for me when I found that instruction
when I read the docs with cdrecord and in the HOWTO. If you can't get
it to work, mail me and I'll give yo u a detailed list of what I did
to get my Mitsumi cdr to work.
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http://surf.to/timzpayj
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Laurent Papier)
Subject: Re: TEKRAM DC310 SCSI card and linux
Date: 2 Mar 1999 13:04:10 GMT
Christophe DELAPLACE ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
: someone can tell me if the DC310 SCSI CARD of tekram is good for linux ?
: thank you
Yes, I have one and there is even 2 different drivers for it !!!
Works really fine. The DC-310U is also supported.
Laurent
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Grant Guenther)
Subject: Re: need backpack CD-ROM advice
Date: 2 Mar 1999 12:24:23 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Mon, 1 Mar 1999 11:42:24 -0500, Folcke-Wolfe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>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?
The folks at RedHat have got themselves a little bit confused about
support for the backpack. The real problem is that the driver on their
boot disk is old, obsolete and buggy (no, I'm not slagging them, I wrote
it). Unfortunately they don't have space on the disk to install the newer
"PARIDE" drivers.
However, if you go to the Linux parport web page:
http://www.torque.net/parport/
you'll find a link to a page with a replacement boot disk for RedHat 5.2.
That boot disk supports several brands of parallel port CD-ROMs (many of
which can obtained for significantly less than the MicroSolutions products).
The most economical solution might be to get an empty case from H45 (they're
sold by Tiger Direct in the US) and put in an old ATAPI CD-ROM from your
spares collection ;-)
There's nothing wrong with the MSI backpacks, by the way - they are
good value, and well built. The irony is that one of them will set your
friend back more than the value of his 486 !
Anyway ... if you find a brand of PP CD-ROM and you aren't sure if the
alternate boot disk supports it, please feel free to contact me.
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Grant R. Guenther [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Grant Guenther)
Subject: Re: Parallel port HD ?
Date: 2 Mar 1999 12:27:17 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Tue, 02 Mar 1999 09:03:45 +0100, **Nick Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Does Linux (or an add-in) support Plugger-type parallel-port hard disks
The generic answer is yes. Go to http://www.torque.net/parport/ for
more details.
But, the brand name "Plugger" is not known to me, can you point me to
a web page for this product, or help me get old of a DOS installation
disk for one ? (I can often identify the device from a listing of
the files on the installation disk.)
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Grant R. Guenther [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "Snoopy :-))" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.networking,alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: Are you new to Linux? Then read this
Date: Tue, 2 Mar 1999 13:47:30 -0500
Yeah They just changed it Today. But all you have to do is click on the New
link. But to save you some time and to show you what a nice guy I am; here
is theDIRECT- NEW Link http://metalab.unc.edu/LDP/
Actually The follownig is their Home Page. Notice, that at the end it's not
"html" but "shtml". I don't know why?? I've never seen "shtml" before
http://metalab.unc.edu/metalab.shtml
If you go here you should Click-On---1-Collection Index; 2-Computer Related;
3--The Linux Documentation Home Page.
Bingo !!!! What you see is--What you get :-)) :-))
Snoopy :-)) :-))
Rufus V. Smith wrote in message <7bgv0t$bgh$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>I clicked on:
> http://metalab.unc.edu/LDP/ldp.html
>and got
> 404 : FILE NOT FOUND
>
>Rufus
>
>Snoopy :-)) wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>>Accept My Congradulations :-))
>>I am sure that the Newbies who will be fortunate enough to read your Post
>>and go to the suggested Link will probobly remember you with gratitude for
>a
>>long time...
>> ... But I've found another
>>Place on the Web which I think is even better, since here you can find the
>>above mentioned Guide and also download the whole Guide in many different
>>Formats (I prefer the HTML) in addition you will find many other Goodies
>>:-))
>>Here it is: http://metalab.unc.edu/LDP/ldp.htm
>
>
>
>
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From: "Christian Bjerre" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: ISDN: Internal isa/pci card
Date: Tue, 2 Mar 1999 14:03:29 +0100
Anyone had any luck installing Aceex or other brand name
internal ISDN adaptor under linux (RedHat 5.2)
Christian
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Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup,linux.redhat.misc
From: Youngser Park <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Help! My printer won't print at all!
Date: Tue, 2 Mar 1999 08:51:41 -0500
Hi!
Thank you for your quick response.
My solution was much simpler.
As someone else mentioned on other threads, I realized that
my BIOS setup for the parallel port was "auto". After I
changed it to "enable", voila! it prints ok.
I remember I played with it a while ago, and also recompiled
my kernel several times, so it must be messed up at that time.
Thanks again for your help!
- Youngser
On Mon, 1 Mar 1999, Gary Krupa wrote:
> Youngser,
>
> Thank you for your response (albeit somewhat
> delayed) to my posting.
>
> Since posting my distress-call article, I've
> compiled a new kernel with parallel-port printing
> enabled. Since then I've had no problem printing.
> Lp1 has been completely cooperative.
>
> I still have no explanation for the phantom
> printer driver. All I know is that when the
> problem happened, lp1 didn't appear at bootup, and
> now it does. Cat /proc/devices displays lp1 now,
> where it didn't before. I wish I could say that it
> was due to my imagination that I was able to print
> prior to first running ghostscript. But I'm afraid
> that I can't -- I remember being able to print at
> least once before then.
>
>
> Gary Krupa
>
>
>
> On Mon, 1 Mar 1999, Youngser Park wrote:
>
> > Hi!
> >
> > I have a similar setup (RH 5.2, 2.0.36) with a HP 6MP printer,
> > and have the same problem. I do remember this printer works
> > with an older kernel.
> >
> > After the printer jobs failed, I checked "dmesg" again, and
> > it said:
> >
> > lp: Driver configured but no interfaces found.
> >
> > My printcap entry is as follows;
> >
> > ##PRINTTOOL3## LOCAL ljet4 600x600 letter {} LaserJet4
> > Default {}
> > lp:\
> > :sd=/var/spool/lpd/lp:\
> > :mx#0:\
> > :sh:\
> > :lp=/dev/lp0:\
> > :if=/var/spool/lpd/lp/filter:
> >
> > and "lpc status" shows;
> >
> > lp:
> > queuing is enabled
> > printing is enabled
> > no entries
> > waiting for lp to become ready (offline ?)
> >
> > Changing lp0 to lp1 or lp2 didn't help, either.
> > Does anyone have a solution for us??
> >
> > Thanks in advance.
> >
> > - Youngser
> >
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From: Robert Schiele <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: CDROM:can't mount
Date: Tue, 02 Mar 1999 20:25:50 +0100
Van Belton wrote:
>
> I am haging the same problem. I show no link to /dev/hdd. What should it
> be linked to?
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4 Jan 25 08:38 /dev/cdrom -> hdd
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 22, 64 Jan 20 05:28 /dev/hdd
>
> W. Scott Grant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> >go into /dev and do a ls -l -a cdrom and see if it has a link to /dev/hdd
> >you also must make sure that you mount it do a mount point such as
> >/mnt/cdrom......So the command would look like
> >
> >mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom
> >or
> >mount /dev/hdd /mnt/cdrom
> >
> >I have a couple of linux boxes that don't show the cdrom with bootup...ie
> >they are not bootable cdroms, but I can mount them. I suspect that is your
> >case....
> >
> >Zack Kluczenko wrote:
> >
> >> I installed Linux 5.2 using my Sony CDU-711 (IDE) and the autoboot
> >> command. Autoboot found the CDROM with no problem and the install went
> >> correctly. Now, when I boot Linux it does not show up as anything (i.e.
> >> hba, hdb, hdc, or hdd) and when I try to run the mount command for the
> >> IDE device where it should be located I get an error. Do Sony drives
> >> need special command lines at boot? I wouldn't imagine so being that it
> >> worked fine during installation during autoboot.
> >>
> >> Please email a response to
> >>
> >> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
> >
> >
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From: (Nick)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: ATI All-in-Wonder Pro setup woes
Date: Tue, 02 Mar 1999 19:56:41 GMT
I'm not a Linux expert either, and haven't toyed with it in several
months. However, I have the same video card, and RH5.1, and haven't
had any problems, except that it keeps defaulting to 1280x1024 mode
which is too small. I think it does default to the Rage Pro, which is
the brain of the AIW Pro card. I don't know if there's any
differences between British English and American English. All I can
say is that itt does/can work. God Luck.
Nick
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On Wed, 24 Feb 1999 20:55:31 -0000, "Richard G Norman"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I am a newbie to Linux and am finding it impossible to setup my hardware for
>X. Can anyone help, please?
>
>I use an ATI All-in-Wonder Pro card with 8MB which runs fine under Windows
>NT at 1024*768 on my Dell monitor at a refresh frequency of 75Hz. NT reports
>the chip type as ATI 3D RAGE PRO PCI (GT-C2U2) and the DAC as an ATI
>Internal DAC with BIOS information of 113-41503-101.
>
>No matter what settings I select in xf86config and Xconfigurator in RedHat
>5.1, when I start the X server the monitor reports that the signal is out of
>scan range. I have even tried the standard VGA and SVGA modes with the same
>results.
>
>Does anyone have any ideas about how I can get this combination to work,
>please?
>
>Thanks in advance.
>
>Richard Norman
>e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
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