Linux-Hardware Digest #551, Volume #9 Tue, 2 Mar 99 23:13:33 EST
Contents:
Re: Are you new to Linux? Then read this ("Snoopy :-))")
Creative Lab 3D Booshee 16M (VGA Acc Card) ("Hong-Sen Wu")
Re: Problems with NE1000 (Nathan)
Re: Need a 16 meg Video card recommendation w/RedHat 5.2 support. (Chris Leahy)
Re: Emachine ATI IIc AGP 4mb Soloution for X 3.3.X (Lordaerom)
Re: io conflict with ethernet card (3com 3c509b) (Paul Rowland)
Intellistations (Jean Jordan-Sweet)
Network card config (Paul Rowland)
Re: RedHat install crashes -- "buggy cmd640b" error (leslie barstow)
X, Diamond Viper ("�� Nobody's Perfect ��")
Re: anyone have a ATI tv tuner card working in Linux? (Paul Hovnanian)
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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 13:52:03 -0500
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From: "Hong-Sen Wu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Creative Lab 3D Booshee 16M (VGA Acc Card)
Date: Tue, 2 Mar 1999 18:10:05 -0000
Hi! friends,
Is these anyone know that is any the Xserver's driver available for this PCI
card (Creative Lab 3D Booshee 16MB Ram)? I got my S3 VGA card working
properly, I do not know when I use the Creative Lab 3D 16M ram. Which chips
should I use or what kind of server is required?
Thanks,
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Forrest, Hong-Sen Wu
Civil and Structural Engineering Dept
University of Sheffield
Tel/Fax(h): +44 +(0)114+2725819
Tel(o): +44 +(0)114+2225728
icq# 5916716
Address(h):
103 Ingram Road,
Sheffield,
S2 2SB,
U.K.
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http://143.167.58.8
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Date: Tue, 02 Mar 1999 14:36:06 -0500
From: Nathan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Problems with NE1000
Or, maybe you compiled this card as a module. If so, you'll need to update
your /etc/conf.modules so that an alias points to this module. The alias name
is eth0 if I remember correctly and I have no clue what the module would be
called, but you should be able to determine that by poking around in
/lib/modules/. The module name should be something like ne1000.o or something
similar. Then you put the line
alias eth0 ne1000
in your /etc/conf.modules. If you didn't compile it as a module, then
nevermind.
The InkFreq wrote:
> use the command "dmesg | more" and look to see if the card was found by the
> kernel. If not, then your card was not detected due to conflicts, chip
> problems, etc...
>
> if you can see the card was detected, but can't see it with ifconfig, then
> try using:
>
> ifconfig eth0 up <ip address>
>
> and then see if you can see the card with ifconfig
>
> STLim wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> >I have an NE1000 on my card after having swapped a 3C503 out of it.
> >After the swap, I did a simple recompilataion of the kernel, by
> >setting the options for the experimental NE1000 to "Y". However,
> >after restarting the system with this new kernel, I was unable to find
> >the device with ifconfig.
> >
> >Advice?? My kernel is 2.2.1
> >
> >Ciao
> >ST Lim
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From: Chris Leahy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.x,linux.redhat.install,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: Need a 16 meg Video card recommendation w/RedHat 5.2 support.
Date: Tue, 02 Mar 1999 19:40:45 +0000
Charles and Deborah Tewksbury wrote:
>
> Has anyone tried n STB card?
Diamond Viper 550 w/RivaTNT Chipset works great for me
--
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From: Lordaerom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Emachine ATI IIc AGP 4mb Soloution for X 3.3.X
Date: Tue, 02 Mar 1999 19:43:17 GMT
I got my AGP IIc 8mb video card working with the mach64 driver...
nine99 wrote:
>
> I recently posted a message asking for an XF86Config file for my card. I
>
> was running X 3.3.3.1 and I couldn't get the damned thing to work.. So
>
> guess what I did for the work around?
>
> I said "F*ck" it and reinstalled my system (i had a mess made of it anyway)
>
> and when i did the install and x section came up when it prompted for a
>
> video card i simply clicked the Unsupported/Listed Vga Compatible, then it
>
> will ask which server u wish to use.. simply reply with the SVGA server.
>
> And then fill in the modes u wish.. and it works great.
>
> X is beautiful.. and will work fine until i can get a hack working for the
>
> actual accelerted server..
>
> Now I currently have it set on -bpp 24 with 1024 resoloution.. I'm not
>
> messing with it.. I'm happy!!!
>
> For now
>
> nine
>
> any questions.. contact me guys!
>
> ------------------ Posted via SearchLinux ------------------
> http://www.searchlinux.com
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From: Paul Rowland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: io conflict with ethernet card (3com 3c509b)
Date: Tue, 02 Mar 1999 22:43:53 -0500
Justin C Miranda wrote:
>
> I recently installed linux on my pc and during installation I was unable
> to configure my network card (3com 3c509). When I booted linux, I tried
> running a few of the utilities to get the card configured. However, after
> a few unsuccessful tries I went to Red Hat's HowTo's to see if I could
> find the problem. I tried a few things and found out that a device was
> taking up the IO port reserved for the network card. However, the HowTo
> didn't explain how to resolve this problem. Now I'm trying to figure out
> how to configure the "conflicting" device (busmouse) to use another io
> port and to set up the network card to use its proper io ports. I can do
> the second part, but I haven't figured out how to get the mouse on another
> port. I know about mouseconfig, but I'm not sure about the side effects
> of reconfiguring devices. If anyone has any advice or suggestions I would
> appreciate them.
> Is there a config script to detect the type of network card?
> Justin Miranda
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Jean Jordan-Sweet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Intellistations
Date: Tue, 02 Mar 1999 14:02:53 -0500
Hello,
Has anyone had experience with installing Linux (Redhat) on IBM
Intellistations? I'm particularly interested in the 6889-46U.
Specs are: Pentium II, PCI/ISA bus plus SCSI Wide
Ultra, 256MB SDRAM ECC, Wide Ultra SCSI drive with S.M.A.R.T.,
32X EIDE CDROM, don't know about audio....I think it's some SB-16 type.
I'm most interested in whether the graphics adapter (Intergraph Intense
3D Pro3400 + 3400GA on PCI slot) is supported. It is SVGA 3D
Accelerator 3D OPenGL type. I could possibly replace
it with a Matrox Millenium... Any info is much appreciated.
Jean Jordan-Sweet
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From: Paul Rowland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Network card config
Date: Tue, 02 Mar 1999 22:44:54 -0500
Is there a script that can detect the type of network card?
Thanks.
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From: leslie barstow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: RedHat install crashes -- "buggy cmd640b" error
Date: 3 Mar 1999 03:49:09 GMT
Patrick,
I also have a CMD640 controller (a really cheap PCI/ISA multi-function
card), and have had nothing but trouble with it. Linux does better than
most, but my secondary drive still reports short reads on imaginary sectors.
MS-DOS won't even recognize the secondary controller - I have to initialize
using Linux.
I am using RedHat (5.0), and the kernel comes with CMD640 support compiled
in (that's why you're getting the "buggy cmd640" messages - if it weren't,
you wouldn't get those messages). This looks like a real problem, perhaps
with the CMD640 workaround code, or perhaps with your system. Your best
bet is to get an add-on IDE card with BIOS, and go from there (actually,
your best bet if you're shopping is to just get a new mainboard, CPU, and
case for a couple hundred - you'll thank yourself in the morning)
Good Luck
In comp.os.linux.development.system
Patrick Mueller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: I am trying to install RedHat 5.2 on a system I inherited. It is a (gasp!)
: Packard Bell Model 3960CD; a P60 with 40MB RAM. I have disconnected the
: proprietary CDROM, and hooked up a spare IDE (Panasonic 24x, I don't have the
: model number here). They are both on the PCI IDE port: the 4.3GB HD as master,
: the CD as slave.
: [I should add that I also upgraded the 400MB HD to the 4.3GB].
: The kernel loads fine w/ only the HD, but once the CD is attached
: to the chain,
: the crash occurs. I have also tried a different CDROM (Creative 32x), but it
: still crashes. Unfortunately, the other IDE connector is so badly placed, that
: it and the floppy connector cannot both be used at the same time; so I can't
: test if the "PCI IDE" connector is bad.
: Anyway, here's the guts of the problem -- I hope there's a guru out there who
: can help me with this. The dump goes like this:
: ide0: buggy cmd640b interface on PCI(type 2) config=0x3e
: ide1: not serialized, secondary interface not responding
: cmd640: drive 0 timings/prefetch(on) preserved, clocks=2/3/3
: cmd640: drive 1 timings/prefetch(on) preserved, clocks=4/16/17
: divide error: 0000
: CPU: 0
: EIP: 0010:[<0016f2d5>]
: EFLAGS: 0010246
: <dump of the registers>
: Code: f7 74 24 0c 89 c1 66 89 4b 20 8b 7e 78 80 4b 0c 40 0f b6 43
: I am checking w/ PBell, to see if there is a BIOS upgrade I can get to see if
: that will help, but I am not confident that they offer much support
: (especially for a relatively old box like this P60).
--
Les Barstow | Apple ][ Forever!
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From: "�� Nobody's Perfect ��" <�@�.nl>
Subject: X, Diamond Viper
Date: Tue, 2 Mar 1999 20:46:07 +0100
Does anyone know how to get X (need driver I think) configurated with:
Diamond Viper 550 , 16 MB , Nvivda Riva Chipset.
I use Red Hat 5.1
thX
�� Nobody's Perfect ��
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From: Paul Hovnanian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: anyone have a ATI tv tuner card working in Linux?
Date: Tue, 02 Mar 1999 19:40:07 -0800
Bruce Forsberg wrote:
>
> Klement, Christopher (EXCHANGE:CRK:5T31) wrote:
>
> > Hi I am wondering if anyone has an ATI tv tuner to work in Linux. if
> > anyone does, i would appreciate an info on how to do it. thanx.
> >
> > chris
>
> For latest info on using TV tuner with ATI cards under linux see:
>
> ati.veiled.net
>
> Also please sign the petition at this site.
Very interesting!
I have been doing some research on DTV (digital TV, HDTV, etc.) and
I had some interesting run-ins with ATI and other PC hardware mfg.s.
First of all, consider whether you want to spend a few hundred $$
on an NTSC-only video card. HDTV broadcasts are here now and there
may be far more interesting stuff to be done with this than plain
old TV.
Second, there is currently a battle between the TV people and the
PC people. This is due in large part to the TV manufacturers not
wanting to see the Evil Empire in Redmond run the entertainment world.
At this time, the DTV standards have not been finalized, so any
software may have to be re-written and hardware codecs may end up
being expensive landfill. Regardless of which way the PC market
goes, the lion's share of the DTV market will be TV sets and this
appears to be where the technical clout is in defining the specs.
In researching DTV tuners and decoders, I have found what appear to be
two groups. Those who have sold their soul to WinTV and those who are
holding out. I'm just guessing, but ATI's response to requests for
information may mean that they have sold out to WinTV. The TV set
manufacturers appear to be working with the other manufacturers.
Also, based upon some information from Sony, the TV manufacturers
may be planning a last minute protocol switch to cripple the outsiders.
This might include ATI.
Another interesting note: following a recent consumer electronics
trade show, where quite a few manufacturers announced their DTV
plans, ATI stock's short ratio jumped 5000%. Someone is betting
that they fall on their face big time. Other PC hardware
manufacturers heard that message and a few of them are backing away
from the proprietary TV standards. I wouldn't spend too much
time worrying about a tuner card that might end up becoming
expensive landfill.
--
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