Linux-Hardware Digest #554, Volume #9 Wed, 3 Mar 99 03:13:56 EST
Contents:
Re: Considering Linux: Is my hardware good enough? (Allen)
Considering Linux: Is my hardware good enough? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: x color depth? ("Chris Tobiassen")
Re: cdr (Tony S)
Re: Compaq P50 HEADACHE!!! (khryu)
Playing sound files just get noise? (Kevin White)
trident 9680 (Oscar Lovera)
Re: Cause of HD IRQ/DMA timeouts? (Kyle Gonzales)
Linux as network printer identifier for Windows users ("Mark Kaplan")
Re: DVD-RAM Drive Panasonic LF-D101 (Jason McKnight)
Re: Request for kernel compile w/ cmd640 support (Alex Butcher)
Re: setup probs: 19" Sony Trinitron P990, STB nVidia TNT 16MB (William Montgomery)
Re: Pentium III Boycott and survey info (Sergio)
Re: BIOS adjustments for Red Hat 5.2 Install (John Burton)
Re: 230k+ serial support? (Alex Butcher)
Re: Colorado parallel port tape backup not working ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Are you new to Linux? Thne read this ("Jeff")
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Allen)
Subject: Re: Considering Linux: Is my hardware good enough?
Date: 3 Mar 1999 05:53:45 GMT
I've read in the hardware compatibility HOWTO, that VL-bus is not well
supported. Your system is old enough that that may not be an issue, thought
many of the 486 era motherboards had a problem with 16 bit DMA that would only
show up with more than 16 Mb of RAM, so you may be gnashing your teeth soon than
later if you stay with that base. I don't recognize the model number of the
Adaptec SCSI, but if you can run OS/2 with it, then you can probably do the same
with Linux. If the video card will work, then the rest of the system will
probably work too.
BTW, one can get a Celeron 266 for $50, a (GOOD) motherboard - Abit BH6 for
$100, 64 Mb of PC 100 SDRAM for $95, an ATX case for $40, and good video card
for less than $100, (all prices in US$), and you can run the Celeron at 400 Mhz
from the start, with no problems.
Allen
(email addy; user ID portion has a numeral one in place of word
onespoiler, and of course, delete the bogus secondary domain of nospam.)
fight spam everywhere!!!
The irony is that Bill Gates claims to making a
stable operating system and
Linus Torvalds claims to be trying to take over the world.
Linux; The Official OS of the New Millennium
http://www.linuxlink.com
On Tue, 02 Mar 1999 20:32:04 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>I am pinching pennies to be able to buy a new computer. But in the mean time
>I want to get the most out of my current machine. I have been an OS/2 user
>since version 2.0 came out, but can see the writing on the walls telling me I
>may soon be in a dead-end niche.
>
>I am interested in trying Linux, but I am not sure how well it will run on my
>current hardware. I know it won't be state-of-the-art, but will it perform
>reasonably well?
>
>Zeos 486-66 VL-Bus(purchased 1993) 256k cache Martin motherboard
>Upgraded CPU using Evergreen 586 module (AMD 586 120mhz)
>On-board SCSI (Adaptec 6360??)
>Toshiba SCSI 4x CD-ROM
>32 MB RAM
>420 MB HD
>850 MB HD (Bios can only see 540 MB, but OS/2 allows HPFS partition in the
>remaining space)
>Diamond Speedstar VL-Bus video card
>Sound Blaster 16
>
>I plan to add a 2GB SCSI hard drive for the linux partition.
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Considering Linux: Is my hardware good enough?
Date: Tue, 02 Mar 1999 20:32:04 GMT
I am pinching pennies to be able to buy a new computer. But in the mean time
I want to get the most out of my current machine. I have been an OS/2 user
since version 2.0 came out, but can see the writing on the walls telling me I
may soon be in a dead-end niche.
I am interested in trying Linux, but I am not sure how well it will run on my
current hardware. I know it won't be state-of-the-art, but will it perform
reasonably well?
Zeos 486-66 VL-Bus(purchased 1993) 256k cache Martin motherboard
Upgraded CPU using Evergreen 586 module (AMD 586 120mhz)
On-board SCSI (Adaptec 6360??)
Toshiba SCSI 4x CD-ROM
32 MB RAM
420 MB HD
850 MB HD (Bios can only see 540 MB, but OS/2 allows HPFS partition in the
remaining space)
Diamond Speedstar VL-Bus video card
Sound Blaster 16
I plan to add a 2GB SCSI hard drive for the linux partition.
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From: "Chris Tobiassen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: x color depth?
Date: Tue, 2 Mar 1999 22:03:57 -0800
You're almost right but you're missing a "-". It should be startx -- -bpp
32
Kevin White wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>Hi, I have an ATI Rage Pro 3d agp video card with 8MB ram. I am using
>the Mach64 X server. It runs good in 1024x768 at 8 bits per pixel (256
>colors), but I would like to get to 16bpp or 32bpp. I have tried
>"startx --bpp 16" and "startx --bpp 32" but it always runs in 8bpp. Any
>ideas? Am I using the right commands for different color depths?
>
>Thanks in advance,
>
>Kevin
>--
>Kevin White, Software Engineer
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
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From: Tony S <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: cdr
Date: Mon, 1 Mar 1999 23:21:46 -0500
yes my system has an ide ricoh cdrw. what i had to do was compile in, the
ide-scsi option and put this:
append="hdd=ide-scsi"
in my lilo.conf (hdd is where my cdrw is attached to ) and rerun lilo.
when you reboot hdd will become sr0 and the system will use it as a scsi
cdrw. after all this is done xcdroast will work (if you are root of
course)
tony santiago
tired bseet student
at SUNY farmingdale
On Tue, 2 Mar 1999, 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
>
>
>
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From: khryu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: ahn.tech.linux,alt.os.linux,de.comp.os.unix.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Compaq P50 HEADACHE!!!
Date: Wed, 03 Mar 1999 15:31:49 +0900
I'm sorry
X server (S3 server) does not support Trident 3DImage 985 (Jaton) yet.
Igor Raznatovic wrote:
> I am using Trident 3DImage 985 (Jaton)
>
> Eric wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>
> >What type of vid card do you have? Many S3V based cards won't work unless
> you
> >choosed the W/O 600x800 resolution choice in the monitor setup.
> >Eric
> >
> >
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Date: Tue, 02 Mar 1999 21:42:51 -0700
From: Kevin White <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,alt.os.linux.slackware
Subject: Playing sound files just get noise?
Hi,
I have installed the 2.2.2 kernel (and other required updates) over a
slackware 3.6 install. I have a creative ensoniq es1371 sound chipset
on the motherboard, and compiled that support into the kernel. After
building the kernel and rebooting with the new image, I am able to use
workbone to play cd's (albeit very quietly). However, anytime I do
something like:
cat filename.wav > /dev/dsp
I just get noise. It almost sounds like there is some pattern to it,
like it's trying to play the right file, but is just really has a lot of
messed up noise in it as well. Any suggestions?
Also, how to adjust the volume of the sound card, as in win95?
Thanks for any suggestions,
Kevin
--
Kevin White, Software Engineer
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Oscar Lovera <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: trident 9680
Date: Tue, 02 Mar 1999 14:02:57 -0800
I trying to configure a trident 9680 pci card on a pc running linux red
hat 5.0
to run X window. So far I can only make it work at the lowest resolution
300 x 200.
Apparently the system fail to recognize the ram memory of the card when
I used
Xconfigurator and it ignores whatever I manually set. (it thinks that
the
card have only 64k or something like that)
I tried playing by manually changing the XF86Config file but when the
monitor and memory
parameters are correct it fails to find a Modeline that work.
I'm probably missing something but I don't know much linux.
Had somebody installed a card like who could give some guidelines to
proceed?
I would really appreciate any help.
-Oscar
--
Oscar Lovera
Department of Earth & Space Sciences
Geology Building
595 Circle Drive East
University of California, Los Angeles, 90095-1667
Office: Ph. and Fax: (310) 206-2657
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From: Kyle Gonzales <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Cause of HD IRQ/DMA timeouts?
Date: Tue, 02 Mar 1999 23:01:13 -0500
Hi Dave,
This my sound stupid, but...
On my motherboard (Micronics Twister AT w/ Award BIOS), I have to turn
off UDMA support on the motherboard to get Linux to support it. With the
UDMA off, I have UDMA rates from the hard drive (10meg sustained/33meg
burst, rates garnered by using "hdparm -tT /dev/hda"). When I turn UDMA on,
Linux is buggy, then it trashes my file system. My kernel is 2.0.36. Who
knows? Everytime I ask for a good answer about UDMA (not just DMA),
everyone ignores me, or thinks I'm a freak for asking.
Anyway, try disabling UDMA on the motherborad, and see what happens. You
might be surprised.
Good luck, Dave!
Kyle Gonzales
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Dave Swegen wrote:
> I just got a new mobo (an Asus P5A), and since it supports UDMA as do my
> HDs I thought I'd try enabling it. I got a patch down for 2.2.2 and
> tried compiling it. However, when booting my main linux drive (hdb) is
> slow as anything ( < 3 mb/s), and using hdparm -d1 causes a DMA timeout
> followed by and IRQ timeout. I know for a fact that the patch works, as
> other people have reported having great success with it. Any pointers as
> to what might be wrong would be much appreciated.
>
> Cheers
> Dave
> --
> Dave Swegen | Debian 2.0 on Linux i386 2.2.1
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | PGP key available on request
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | Linux: The Choice of a GNU Generation
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
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From: "Mark Kaplan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Linux as network printer identifier for Windows users
Date: Tue, 2 Mar 1999 22:08:27 -0600
Using DHCP I'd like to have my Linux box identify network printers so that
the Windows 95/98 machines on our network can use their "add printer"
function to print to network printers. Is there a guide as to how to make
Linux a DHCP server and/or another methodology to have Linux do what Netware
does in making network printers appear on a list that can be found by a
Windows user?
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Mark Kaplan
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From: Jason McKnight <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: DVD-RAM Drive Panasonic LF-D101
Date: Tue, 02 Mar 1999 17:14:46 -0500
If you are using Linux then you are out of luck until a driver is written
for it. If you are using Windows then you are posting in the wrong group.
Wolfgang Balzer wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> I am the proud owner of a DVD-RAM drive as indicated in the subject
> string. Does anyone has a clever idea how I can use it to write on
> DVD-RAM disc. Up to now I just managed to use it like a CD-ROM drive,
> but that is somehow boring.
>
> Looking forward for your replies ...
>
> Ciao
> Wolfgang
>
> PS: The drive is connected to the SCSI controller.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Alex Butcher)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Request for kernel compile w/ cmd640 support
Date: Tue, 02 Mar 1999 22:22:37 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Fri, 26 Feb 1999 12:39:35 -0600, Patrick Mueller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>The problem is that I don't currently have Linux installed. I can't install
>because the RedHat CD *is* a CD and therefore I can't have both hooked up at
>once.
>
>I have a favor to ask -- could someone compile a small kernel *with* CMD640
>support included? I would greatly appreciate it! If could do me that and email
>it to me at <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, that would be great.. I can then replace the
>kernel on the RedHat boot disk. Tell me if that won't work: can I boot another
>Linux boot floppy, mount the RedHat floppy, rm the included kernel and cp the
>new kernel?
Why not disable you secondary controller and place the CD-Rom drive on the
primary controller with the disc you wish to install Linux onto?
That's what I had to do when I had a CMD640.
Best Regards,
Alex.
--
Alex Butcher Using Linux since '95 - because windows are too easy to break.
Berkshire, UK URLBLAST:slashdot.org:www.freshmeat.net:www.dejanews.com:
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From: William Montgomery <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: setup probs: 19" Sony Trinitron P990, STB nVidia TNT 16MB
Date: Tue, 02 Mar 1999 17:26:35 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
You need to get version 3.3.3.1 (the latest version) of XFree86 for
support of the RIVA TNT chipset. Go to www.xfree86.org for more explicit
instructions on how to do this. (Also, try to use a mirror site to dl
the necessary files, instead of ftp.xfree86.org; their ftp server always
seems really bogged down). This will also fix the problem of not letting
you select more than 16mb of video mem (although you can always edit
your /etc/XF86Config file by hand to set this or any value to whatever
you desire).
NOTE: select a conservative (i.e. *low*) refresh rate and resolution at
first for your monitor, as selecting a refresh rate that is too high can
actually physically destroy your monitor; even start a fire :) A 19"
Sony Trinitron should almost certainly handle 1280x1024 at a 60hZ
refresh. If you feel the need to crank up the refresh rate, find some
documentation stating your monitor (NOT just your video card) can handle
it before trying.
Anonymous wrote:
>
> i can't seem to figure out what the settings for these 2 parts needs to be
> in XF86Config. does anybody know what the specs are for the monitor, or
> where i could find out? and can i set the video card settings above 8MB?
> it doesn't seem to allow me to do that right now.
>
> much thanks,
> eli
>
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From: Sergio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: Pentium III Boycott and survey info
Date: Tue, 02 Mar 1999 19:45:54 +0000
Tom Emerson wrote:
>
> The solution, then, is incredibly simple -- at least, at the first level.
>
Your very simple solution wouldnt really work, all that is needed to
cover the program which is trying to steal your ID is a simple XOR with
the number or with the instruction and then you cant know if you are
been tracked, when i say a XOR you can also apply any other encryption
technic.
Sergio.
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From: John Burton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: BIOS adjustments for Red Hat 5.2 Install
Date: Tue, 02 Mar 1999 22:24:10 GMT
"B.J. Mora" wrote:
>
> Any other suggestions for tweaking the BIOS? I've tried the suggestion
> below, as well as booting from CD vs. floppy, disabling PnP, disabling
> cacheable BIOS...
>
> On Tue, 02 Mar 1999 15:59:14 +1100, Charles Gretton
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >Wrus 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
>
> >I actually know of a few people who had a similar problem. Some of the
> >new BIOS have a virus protection option. This prevents you from writing
> >to the boot sector of the hard drive and so LILO won't work. Try
> >disabling virus protection and see then if it works!
>
> --
> BJ Mora / Listen! http://www.imagineradio.com/mymusiclisten.asp?name=beej6
>
> It's what you learn after you know it all that counts.
Did you try running the install in "expert" mode and force loading the
supplemental disk?
John
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Alex Butcher)
Subject: Re: 230k+ serial support?
Date: Tue, 02 Mar 1999 22:22:39 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Mon, 01 Mar 1999 19:54:22 GMT, Travis Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I am trying to use an external ISDN adapter at 230k with computer that
>has 16550A UART with rh5.2. The I/O chipset is a SMC37C669FR which
>supports up to 460k on the serial ports. After setting the baud_base to
>230400 with setserial I am still unable to communicate with the terminal
>adapter at this speed. I have applied the shsmod over115k patch
>(http://www.os.rim.or.jp/~gigo/over115K/index_e.html)to Win95 and can
>succesfully send commands and use PPP with the TA at 230k. They have a
>Linux patch on the over115k site, but I can't unarchive the tar file
>(this might be a Locale problem since the author is Japanese, but I have
>never worked with different Locales under Linux so I really don't know).
>
>So the questions are:
>
>1) Do I need to patch the serial driver on Linux to run at 230k with a
>16550A or is there a setting/program/compile option? somewhere that I
>don't know about?
No.
Try using something like this for rc.serial to get 230400 baud:
#!/bin/sh
/bin/setserial -v /dev/modem port 0x2f8 irq 3 spd_vhi
/bin/sleep 1s
/bin/setserial -v /dev/modem port 0x2f8 irq 3 spd_cust \
baud_base 460800 divisor 2
/bin/sleep 1s
/bin/setserial -v /dev/modem port 0x2f8 irq 3 spd_vhi
/sbin/irqtune -s -V
The sleeps may not be necessary, but I found the spd_vhi lines were, otherwise
my modem would be opened at 57600 baud!
>2) If I do need a patch can you please tell me where I can find it? I
>have exhaustively searched the net and haven't been able to find
>anything.
>
>Thanks,
>Travis
Best Regards,
Alex.
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Berkshire, UK URLBLAST:slashdot.org:www.freshmeat.net:www.dejanews.com:
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Colorado parallel port tape backup not working
Date: Tue, 02 Mar 1999 22:00:23 GMT
Grant,
Thank you very much for this posting!
I was unaware that ftape did not support this. Will try PARIDE!
Your help is VERY much appreacited!
Brad
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I never saw the orginal posting of:
>
> >At 21 Feb 99 02:09:26, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote to All:
> >
> > p> I have a Colorado 8GB tape dfrive (parallel port) and it is as dead
> > p> as a
> > p> dodo
> > p> with both kernel 2.2.0 and the very latest ftape, so I
> > p> know that it's not a version problem
>
> Note that the Colorado 5GB and 8GB drives are _NOT_ floppy tape drives.
> The parallel port versions are supported by the PARIDE 'pt' driveri,
> not ftape.
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Grant R. Guenther [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
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From: "Jeff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.networking,alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: Are you new to Linux? Thne read this
Date: Wed, 3 Mar 1999 02:07:15 -0500
Allen wrote in message <7bif56$bk9$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>Hallelujah. I'll take every resource I can get. I think I've nearly got
voting
>stock in O'Reilly & Associates by now.
If you need a good book just to get you started I would suggest:
A Practical Guide to Linux
By Mark Sobell with Foreword by Linus Torvalds.
ISBN 0-201-89549-8
This book is a readable textbook to walk you through being a newbie. Its not
a hardcore system administrators book. Its a book that you sit down at the
terminal with and start from logging on and go from there. The truely
remarkable thing is its readablility. And you can fly through the first part
and get a firm grasp on the stuff you need to know down the road quickly.
Truely a beginners guide. Well worth the money.
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