Linux-Hardware Digest #581, Volume #9 Sat, 6 Mar 99 13:13:32 EST
Contents:
Re: Embedded Linux ("Norm Dresner")
How can i use my I740 under linux ? (Duclaux Bertrand)
Re: How can i use my I740 under linux ? (David Kirkpatrick)
Linux killed the drive? Coincidence? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Asus P5A MB with onboard ESS PCI sound (Shaw Carruthers)
Re: Can Linux use 36-bit Xeon addressing? (Robert Krawitz)
Re: USB (Jim Bisnett)
Re: 16bit mode in XWindows (Kawouter)
Re: zip drive mount question.. (Robert Schiele)
Diamond Monster Sound MX300 (Paul van den Bogaard)
Re: 16bit mode in XWindows (Jeff Steinkamp)
Diamond Monster Sound MX300 (Paul van den Bogaard)
Re: Help with external IDSN pls ("DJ Irvin")
Dual CPU and Screen Blanking Questions (Craig Block)
Re: Xircom RealPort Card problem (Rene Kuijf)
Re: mke2fs: option -m0 possible/necessary ? (Paul Hughett)
Re: How can I use my UMAX S6E scanner (SCSI) under linux (Red Hat 5.2)?
("matthew.r.pavlovich.1")
Re: Dell DVD-ROM drive under Linux (Anneungar)
Re: HP 822C printer support? (Anneungar)
3Com TokenLink compatibility ("bart.goossens")
Teles S0 PCI ISDN-adaptor ("Dennis Duggen")
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From: "Norm Dresner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Embedded Linux
Date: Fri, 5 Mar 1999 13:04:47 GMT
Try
http://www.linux.org.uk/ELKS-Home/index.html
Norm
John Kenyon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in article
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> Pascal Goguey wrote:
> >
> > Hi there!
> >
> > I have found a page about embedded Linux a while ago, and I wrote
> > for more
> > info, but nobody replies.
> > Does anybody have some pointers / know somebody who implemented
> > something interesting / know somebody who knows somebody... ?
> >
> > Any pointer welome!
> >
> > Pascal
>
> ELKS is what you are looking for - sorry I don't have a URL
> to hand but a web search engine should get you there.
>
> /John
>
>
> replies to ng please, .x. becomes x for email.
>
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From: Duclaux Bertrand <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.windows.x.i386unix,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.x,comp.windows.x,comp.windows.x.kde
Subject: How can i use my I740 under linux ?
Date: Sat, 06 Mar 1999 16:06:30 +0100
Hello, I'm french so all apologies, my language is too bad
I have the suse release 5.3 and I can't setup my I740 graphic card
altough i download the last xsvga package named:
xsvga-3_3_3_1-3_i386.rpm.
I have installed this package but neither in XF86config nor in SAX i
don't see my graphic card in their list, what can i do ?
My C++ teacher said me that he configured perfecty his i740 card with
this new package so it's obviously possible !
Please help me, I have to make a little game in C++ but now i can't do
it and i'll have to give it to my teacher on Tuesday so please help me
!!!
Thanks
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From: David Kirkpatrick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.windows.x.i386unix,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.x,comp.windows.x,comp.windows.x.kde
Subject: Re: How can i use my I740 under linux ?
Date: Sat, 06 Mar 1999 10:32:19 +0000
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Veldrane,
This is a common problem:
>From RH ftp site or mirrors search for
XBF-i740-glibc-1.0.0-1.i386.rpm
for RH 5.x install it as README.i740 describes and you can work
fine
with X. Also you need the xf86config-glibc-1.0.0.i386.tgz this
program
support the XBF_i740 X server.
"H. Altay Guvenir" wrote:
Duclaux Bertrand wrote:
>
> Hello, I'm french so all apologies, my language is too bad
>
> I have the suse release 5.3 and I can't setup my I740 graphic card
> altough i download the last xsvga package named:
> xsvga-3_3_3_1-3_i386.rpm.
>
> I have installed this package but neither in XF86config nor in SAX i
> don't see my graphic card in their list, what can i do ?
>
> My C++ teacher said me that he configured perfecty his i740 card with
> this new package so it's obviously possible !
>
> Please help me, I have to make a little game in C++ but now i can't do
> it and i'll have to give it to my teacher on Tuesday so please help me
> !!!
>
> Thanks
--
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Linux killed the drive? Coincidence?
Date: Sat, 06 Mar 1999 15:26:18 GMT
I installed Linux last weekend onto my master drive, which went smoothly
enough; however, after the install was complete my slave hard drive (an 11
month old Western Digital Caviar 5.1 AC35100L) went south.
It now reports S.M.A.R.T. status as bad on boot up, and scandisk can't
read/repair the "end" of the drive.
Does this seem like an extremely unfortunately timed coincidence, or could any
part of a Linux install cause something like this?
I'm sure it's the former, but thought it's worth asking, just in case...so I
don't fry another drive. <g>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Shaw Carruthers)
Subject: Re: Asus P5A MB with onboard ESS PCI sound
Date: Sat, 06 Mar 1999 14:59:57 GMT
Richard Griswold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I'm thinking about buying an Asus P5A MB with onboard ESS PCI sound (I'm
>not sure what the exact chipset is). Is this sound hardware supported
>under Linux? Am I better off getting the MB without onboard sound and
>putting in a separate sound card?
It is supported by Alsa: http://alsa.jcu.cz/
as ess-solo.
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From: Robert Krawitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Can Linux use 36-bit Xeon addressing?
Date: 05 Mar 1999 10:09:15 -0500
Mark Mokryn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Depending on the architecture of Linux (which I am not familiar with), this
> may or may not be a ton of work. But in any case, from what I've heard in
> this discussion, Linux cannot even utilize more than 1 or 2 GB (depending who
> you ask) of physical memory, on ANY architecture. Why? This will seriously
> hurt Linux in the server arena.
Just to make it clear, this is what I'm advocating -- allowing the
kernel to use the full amount of physical memory -- not to allow
programs to play segmentation games.
As I understand it, the kernel at present maps all of physical memory
into the kernel's virtual address space. The kernel reserves about 1
GB for its own use. By default, it allows 2 GB address space for each
process, which leaves 1 GB of address space for RAM. This can be
tuned by tweaking a header file and recompiling the kernel, but the
upshot is that there's a linear tradeoff between largest process
address space and maximum usable RAM (so a common tradeoff is 1 GB
address space and 2 GB RAM).
2 GB RAM is a satisfactory virtual address space for a single process
for most purposes, but 1 or 2 GB RAM is not a satisfactory upper limit
on RAM today.
(One possibility might be to configure the extra RAM as a RAM disk and
swap to it. This isn't completely satisfactory either, since a
particular job mix might well need more VM total than the amount of
RAM. The right idea here would be to use multi-level paging of some
sort where pages are first kicked out to the RAM disk and only then to
other swap spaces. Then there's the whole issue of how to cache pages
from memory mapped files.)
--
Robert Krawitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.tiac.net/users/rlk/
Tall Clubs International -- http://www.tall.org/ or 1-888-IM-TALL-2
Member of the League for Programming Freedom -- mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
"Linux doesn't dictate how I work, I dictate how Linux works."
--Eric Crampton
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From: Jim Bisnett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: USB
Date: 5 Mar 1999 15:10:01 GMT
This may be off topic, but is USB going to survive? Doe anyone know of a
discussion group that is talking about this? I have been reading a
number of sites that are stating it is a failure. (ie Tom's hardware
guide at
sysdoc.pair.com) I like the idea of USB. I am about to buy a new
computer and wanted to know more about it. Like the limits on the number
and speed of devices on the line. I also thought there was supposed to
be two USB connects of varying speed on a single computer, but when I
look I seem to only see one on them.
Yes I use linux redhat and Win98. I am just looking for some place on
the web that will be a good source of information.
thanks.
jim
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kawouter)
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Re: 16bit mode in XWindows
Date: Fri, 05 Mar 1999 15:05:18 GMT
Go to the file /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/XF86Config (edit this
file with emacs)
Search for Depth (by pressing CTRL-S)
You find the word depth in a section caled SVGA
Behind the word depth is a number, 8 in you case. Make 16 of it
and voila!
Succes,
Woutur
On Wed, 3 Mar 1999 13:54:22 -0600, "Keith A. Folske"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>How do I force XWindows to start in 16bit mode? It always starts in 8bit
>mode and I know my hardware is capable of 16.
>
>
>--
>Keith A. Folske
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
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From: Robert Schiele <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: zip drive mount question..
Date: Fri, 05 Mar 1999 16:07:42 +0100
Steve wrote:
>
> OK, that would explain some things then. I did format one of the disks
> under Yuk95's Iomega Zip package v6.0..The other disk likely came as a
> pre-formatted disk from the factory.
>
> Would you guys have any suggested methods of formatting these puppies
> so that they all come out as partiton 4? I use a PC, not a mac. (I'm a
> bit of a newbie to Linux)
Just partition the disk with fdisk (new primary partition 4).
Then make file system with 'mkfs.ext2 /dev/hdd4' if you want ext2 file
system or 'mkfs.msdos /dev/hdd4' if you want msdos file system.
>
> Having to mount hdd1, then hdd4, then back to hdd1 is bit of a pain!
> (This is one of the older ATA IDE zip drives by the way)
>
> Thanks,
> Steve
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From: Paul van den Bogaard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Diamond Monster Sound MX300
Date: Sat, 06 Mar 1999 17:34:12 +0000
Is there allready support for the 'Diamond Monster Sound MX300' card ?
--
Paul van den Bogaard
Frans Halsstraat 97
3781 EV VOORTHUIZEN
Netherlands
+31(0)342471900
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Jeff Steinkamp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Re: 16bit mode in XWindows
Date: Fri, 5 Mar 1999 09:07:32 -0700
On Thu, 04 Mar 1999, Martin wrote:
>Dave Philips wrote in message ...
>>On Wed, 3 Mar 1999, Keith A. Folske wrote:
>>
>>| How do I force XWindows to start in 16bit mode? It always starts in 8bit
>>| mode and I know my hardware is capable of 16.
>>
>>startx -- -bpp 16
>>
>This can be made the default by editing the file /usr/bin/startx. Near the
>top of the file is the following line :-
>
> serverargs=""
>
>change this line to read :-
>
> serverargs="-bpp 16"
>
>now the server will automatically start in 16 bpp mode
>
>>dave
>>
> Martin
Don't know if this helps, but I have the same problem with my video card. I
have on of those Cirrus Logic 5428 on the mother bord jobs. Thing works great
in Winders at 16 bit color up to 800 x 600, but will only address 8 bit in
Linux. Seems the only way to address this card is with 16 bit color is with
something called liner addressing. According to some obscure file I ran into
the only way to use liner addressing is with less than 14mb of memory. Since
my box has 56MB I'm stuck with 8 bit color. This may apply to other video
cards as well.
Jeff
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From: Paul van den Bogaard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Diamond Monster Sound MX300
Date: Sat, 06 Mar 1999 17:36:41 +0000
Is there allready support for the 'Diamond Monster Sound MX300' card ?
--
Paul van den Bogaard
Frans Halsstraat 97
3781 EV VOORTHUIZEN
Netherlands
+31(0)342471900
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "DJ Irvin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup,alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: Help with external IDSN pls
Date: Sat, 6 Mar 1999 11:11:28 -0600
ATS80=1 does do the MLPPP, and you have to add it to your chat script
that line should read
'OK' 'ATS80=1D5551212'
obviously substitute the number you have to dial, and make sure your
pap-secrets file is also set up
Dean
Martin Hodge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] says...
>> ok, to anyone who can help with isdn pls do. I got my network and ip
>> masquerading working. but it only works on one b channer not both? Is
>> there anything i can do to force it to use both b channels? both work
>> fine under windows. Just can't get them to work under linux. Its a
>> external 3com Impact IQ and 115k or 230k with hi speed serial port
>> *which i do NOT have* just trying to get my 115k going. any suggestions
>> will be greatly appriciated.
>> p.s. i'm a newbie and still new to commands and such. if your gonna
>> offer any commands to fix this please be spicific.
>
>From one Newbie to another...
>
>For the 3ComImpact IQ, you need to set register 80 to 1 (ATS80=1) which
>controls MultiLink-PPP. Also, are you using PAP authentication? My ISP
>will allow both PAP and name/password, but would not do ML-PPP with
>name/password. Once I set up PAP it connected both B channels.
>
>-MH
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From: Craig Block <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Dual CPU and Screen Blanking Questions
Date: Fri, 05 Mar 1999 07:19:07 -0800
Hello;
I'm running 2.0.33 and I need to compile a kernel with support for a
dual P5 200 on a Tyan Tomcat IV mainboard. I noticed in the Makefile
there are two lines that reference dual CPU support.
SMP = 1
SMP_PROF = 1
Do I need to uncomment both? What does the second one do?
Also. Does anyone know how to inhibit the screen blanking? It stops my
monitor from shutting down when the BIOS puts the system in standby. I
can set the system to go into standby before the screen blanks and its
fine, but the time is really too short, I think ten minutes.
Thanks
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From: Rene Kuijf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Xircom RealPort Card problem
Date: Fri, 05 Mar 1999 16:21:30 +0100
Hy Bapu,
I'm using the same card in a Toshiba tecra 8000. I just went plug and
play....
I'm using Redhat 5.2 too.
Rene Kuijf
Bapu Patil wrote:
> Hello
> I have installed Redhat-Linux 5.2 on my HP-4100 Omnibook.
> I have got some problems with my Xircom card.
> System is not recognizing the card.
>
> I use Xircom RealPort Ethernet 10/100+ Modem 56.
> I am unable to use network functions.
>
> Please let me know if you know .....
>
> -thanks in advance,
>
> Bapu Patil
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Paul Hughett)
Subject: Re: mke2fs: option -m0 possible/necessary ?
Date: 6 Mar 1999 17:50:10 GMT
Dieter Rohlfing ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
: The -m <number> option with mke2fs reserves <number> percent of the
: space on the device for the superuser, <number> defaults to 5 (according
: to the man page). On a 1 GB partition it cost you 50 MB.
: Is there any need for a percentage > 0 for this option? When is the
: reserved space used? What are the disadvantages, if I specify -m0?
Here's a case why you might need that reserved space: Your disk has
filled up. You see some files that could be compressed because they
are not heavily used, so you type "gzip foo". Oops! You need to
temporarily store both the original and compressed versions while
the compression is being done. It's insurance against somehow painting
yourself into a corner than you can't easily recover from, even as root.
That being said, you can specify -m0 and it works. I do this routinely
with Zip disks, on the assumption that I can always use space on the
hard disks if needed, but take the default reserve on hard disks.
One other word of advice: Use the -c option on mke2fs to check for
bad blocks on the disk; this protects you against bad blocks and
accidently specifying more cylinders than actually exist on the disk.
I speak from painful experience here.
Paul Hughett
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From: "matthew.r.pavlovich.1" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How can I use my UMAX S6E scanner (SCSI) under linux (Red Hat 5.2)?
Date: Sat, 6 Mar 1999 11:52:59 -0500
Check into SANE. THey have a list of compatible scanners.
-Matt
On Sat, 6 Mar 1999, James Wanless wrote:
> I've successfully got Linux RH 5.2 to recognize my SCSI card, and the
> boot-up messages apparently also recognize my scanner - but are there any
> drivers/apps available (preferably with RH5.2?) to allow me to use my
> scanner e.g. as TWAIN source, to input and edit picture files? Any help
> appreciated, please
>
> --
>
>
> James Wanless
> http://www.jwanless.freeserve.co.uk
>
>
>
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Anneungar)
Subject: Re: Dell DVD-ROM drive under Linux
Date: 6 Mar 1999 17:52:50 GMT
I'm new to linux and don't really know what
I'm talking about, BUT... I didn't have any
problem installing RedHat 5.2 from a CD in
my DVD-ROM drive that I got from Dell.
So, at least when used as a CD-ROM drive,
things seem okay without my having to do anything or know what I'm doing.
(Note: I have a hardware decoder for my DVD, not a software one.)
Peter Arnold>Hi,
>
>Can anyone confirm/deny whether the Toshiba DVD-ROM drive Dell use in their
>Dimension R/Txxx series machines works under Linux, either as a CD-ROM drive
>or a DVD-ROM (if such a thing is possible)?
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Anneungar)
Subject: Re: HP 822C printer support?
Date: 6 Mar 1999 17:58:38 GMT
> Has anyone gotten an HP 882C printer to work under Linux?
>It looks like it uses the PCL3 protocol, but it's described by HP as the
>successor to the (partially supported) HP 722C.
> Just curious about the expected timetable for support...
Hi! Did you ever find the answer to your
question? I'm interested in buying that printer, but I want to figure out if
it will work with Linux. A call to HP was pretty useless, except that they
kept insisting it was a "Windows" printer, which makes me nervous.
Peter Arnold
preferred reply address: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "bart.goossens" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: 3Com TokenLink compatibility
Date: Fri, 5 Mar 1999 16:19:07 +0100
Is the 3Com 3C319 TokenLink Velocity ISA compatible with Caldera Openlinux
? If not, how can I install it anyway
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From: "Dennis Duggen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Teles S0 PCI ISDN-adaptor
Date: Sat, 6 Mar 1999 18:38:48 +0100
How do I make a Teles S0 PCI ISDN adaptor work under Linux?
i.e.: How do I - explained very detailed - make it work under SuSE 6.0 ???
It currently won't work under any circumstances! Yast obviously doesn't save
the settings to the full, at least the adaptor is always scanned for as
being an ASUS-adaptor.
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