Linux-Hardware Digest #609, Volume #9 Tue, 9 Mar 99 15:13:38 EST
Contents:
Ethernet ("Mika�l STEHLY")
Re: Can't get PC100 motherboard w/sound to work ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
oki printer and linux (T Stichelbout)
Sony or Toshiba DVD ? (Gianni Mariani)
Spontaneous machine reboot on kernel load (David Pearce)
Buying a new computer for linux (Gerard Thornley)
Re: Linux Printer Drivers for the HP Desk Jet 1120C (Grant Taylor)
Re: Speed..Speed..Speed ("Kevin G. Rhoads")
How to install and use Second IDE controller? (Dangerouse)
SiS 6326 and XFree86 3.3.3.1 (Kurt Mehlhoff)
Re: ATI Rage Pro Turbo + XWindows ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Speed..Speed..Speed (Douglas Graham)
Re: SIS 6236 PROBLEMS WITH XWINDOWS. (Ed Wilts)
Re: Speedstar A50 (Ed Wilts)
Re: Diamond SpeedStar A50 XFree86 support? (Ed Wilts)
Re: sis6326 display card. (Ed Wilts)
/dev/sndstat: operation not supported by device (Bo Green)
Re: SiS 6326 and XFree86 3.3.3.1 (Ed Wilts)
Re: Installing ATI 3D Rage LT Pro AGP 2X with XFree (Henrik Carlqvist)
Problem compiling kernel on Suse 5.x (Patrick Mueller)
Re: newbie: RivaTnT support for xfree86 3.3.3 (Daniele Bernardini)
Re: iomega jazz drives ("Michael Faurot")
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From: "Mika�l STEHLY" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Ethernet
Date: Wed, 10 Mar 1999 11:20:17 +0100
I'm looking for the linux driver of my ethernet card : SN5100TX....
where can I find it ?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Can't get PC100 motherboard w/sound to work
Date: Tue, 09 Mar 1999 15:37:57 GMT
On 8 Mar 1999 07:17:49 -0600, "David Calladine" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>Greetings,
>
>
>I have a PC100 motherboard with onboard sound, and I cannot get it to work
>at all. I have tried 2 kernels, 2.0.36 and 2.2.2, and have had no joy. (or
>sound!). I have tried compiling the kernels with both modules sound
>support and direct, I have run sndconfig and select every possible
>parameters combination.
>
>I'm sure there is a way, any suggestions?
>
> I am running Redhat 5.2, kernel 2.2.2, the sound card info from the
>motherboard book...
>
Did you check the motherboard jumper to enable the onboard sound?
Also there usually is a bios setting to turn sound on.
By the way , I have a similar motherboard and I couldn't get it to
work either. :-) My awe32 sounds better anyways.
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From: T Stichelbout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: oki printer and linux
Date: Tue, 09 Mar 1999 15:35:03 GMT
Hi,
There is a page which reference some of the oki printer working under
linux :
http://picante.com/~gtaylor/pht/printer_list.cgi?make=Okidata
including ol 410e, ol 610e, okipage 4w, 6e, 6c, 8c
Regards
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Gianni Mariani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Sony or Toshiba DVD ?
Date: Tue, 09 Mar 1999 15:39:06 GMT
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Gianni Mariani wrote:
> So should I go for the Toshiba MD1202 - 4.8X or the Sony 5X ?
>
> Also, any comments on the SMP config ?
>
>
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Config:
> Dual Pentium II 400Mhz - 440GX Chipset
256MB ECC RAM
2 Channel UW SCSI Controller (On mainboard)
17.2GB UDMA HDD
5x Sony DVD Drive, Sony 1.44MB FDD
10/100 BaseT Ethernet (On mainboard)
CL Vibra Audio (On mainboard)
8MB Xpert@Play Video
6 PCI & 1 ISA (Shared) Slots Free
2 Serial, 1 Parallel, PS/2 Mouse/KB
> Sub-Tot Qty Ea Description Url
426 1 426 S1836DLUAN
http://www.paragoncomp.com/cgi-bin/w3-msql/cart.html?productid=MBS1-TYAN-GX-01&
440GX,SCSI,AUDIO,Ether
570 2 285 PII/400 - Retail 3yr dynastyexpress PartNumber=214
382 2 191 128M PC100 ECC Lifetimedynastyexpress PartNumber=374
56 1 56 EN-7237 MidTower ATX dynastyexpress PartNumber=113
18 1 18 Sony 1.44MB Floppy dynastyexpress PartNumber=630
264 1 264 17.2GB - Maxtor Diamonddynastyexpress PartNumber=682
Max
61 1 61 ATI XPERT@PLAY 98 8MB http://www.compuplus.com/
AGP
140 1 12+128 Sony DDU220E 5x
DVD-ROMhttp://www.invado.com/invado/products/index.htm?category=DVD+Drives
Drive
1917 Total
>
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Gianni Mariani wrote:
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<PRE>So should I go for the Toshiba MD1202 - 4.8X or the Sony 5X ?
Also, any comments on the SMP config ?
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<HR WIDTH="90%" SIZE=4>
<P>Config:
<TABLE>
<TR>
<TD>Dual Pentium II 400Mhz - 440GX Chipset </TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD>256MB ECC RAM </TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD>2 Channel UW SCSI Controller (On mainboard) </TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD>17.2GB UDMA HDD </TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD>5x Sony DVD Drive, Sony 1.44MB FDD </TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD>10/100 BaseT Ethernet (On mainboard) </TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD>CL Vibra Audio (On mainboard) </TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD>8MB Xpert@Play Video </TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD>6 PCI & 1 ISA (Shared) Slots Free </TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD>2 Serial, 1 Parallel, PS/2 Mouse/KB </TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
</pd>
<TABLE BORDER >
<TR>
<TD>Sub-Tot</TD>
<TD>Qty</TD>
<TD>Ea</TD>
<TD>Description</TD>
<TD>Url</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD>426</TD>
<TD>1</TD>
<TD>426</TD>
<TD><A HREF="http://www.tyan.com/html/s1836dluan.html">S1836DLUAN
440GX,SCSI,AUDIO,Ether</A></TD>
<TD><A
HREF="http://www.paragoncomp.com/cgi-bin/w3-msql/cart.html?productid=MBS1-TYAN-GX-01&cartid=174816538">http://www.paragoncomp.com/cgi-bin/w3-msql/cart.html?productid=MBS1-TYAN-GX-01&</A></TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD>570</TD>
<TD>2</TD>
<TD>285</TD>
<TD>PII/400 - Retail 3yr</TD>
<TD><A
HREF="http://www.dynastyexpress.com/advscripts/programs/signin.asp?PartNumber=214">dynastyexpress
PartNumber=214</A></TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD>382</TD>
<TD>2</TD>
<TD>191</TD>
<TD>128M PC100 ECC Lifetime</TD>
<TD><A
HREF="http://www.dynastyexpress.com/advscripts/programs/dobook.asp?PartNumber=374">dynastyexpress
PartNumber=374</A></TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD>56</TD>
<TD>1</TD>
<TD>56</TD>
<TD>EN-7237 MidTower ATX</TD>
<TD><A
HREF="http://www.dynastyexpress.com/advscripts/programs/dobook.asp?PartNumber=113">dynastyexpress
PartNumber=113</A></TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD>18</TD>
<TD>1</TD>
<TD>18</TD>
<TD>Sony 1.44MB Floppy</TD>
<TD><A
HREF="http://www.dynastyexpress.com/advscripts/programs/signin.asp?PartNumber=630">dynastyexpress
PartNumber=630</A></TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD>264</TD>
<TD>1</TD>
<TD>264</TD>
<TD>17.2GB - Maxtor Diamond Max</TD>
<TD><A
HREF="http://www.dynastyexpress.com/advscripts/programs/dobook.asp?PartNumber=682">dynastyexpress
PartNumber=682</A></TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD>61</TD>
<TD>1</TD>
<TD>61</TD>
<TD>ATI XPERT@PLAY 98 8MB AGP</TD>
<TD><A HREF="http://www.compuplus.com/">http://www.compuplus.com/</A></TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD>140</TD>
<TD>1</TD>
<TD>12+128</TD>
<TD>Sony DDU220E 5x DVD-ROM Drive</TD>
<TD><A
HREF="http://www.invado.com/invado/products/index.htm?category=DVD+Drives&cart_id=352636.14382">http://www.invado.com/invado/products/index.htm?category=DVD+Drives</A></TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD>1917</TD>
<TD>Total</TD>
<TD></TD>
<TD></TD>
<TD></TD>
</TR>
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From: David Pearce <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Spontaneous machine reboot on kernel load
Date: Tue, 09 Mar 1999 13:27:26 -0500
The spontaneous reboot occurs as soon as the kernel finishes
decompressing (as soon as it starts), with no readable message. It
instantly resets the entire machine, all the way to the memory check.
The system:
Chips and Tech. VGA card (also tried RealTek cheapie, no change)
20MB of RAM (also pulled that out and installed 8MB only)
486DLC processor (supported in MB BIOS - Acer BIOS) + Cx87DLC CoPro
Acer M1419 based motherboard
Winbond IO card (verified working in another machine)
I have tried disabling all cache, and switching all bios settings to the
minimum, to no avail. I have a sinking feeling its the fault of the
M1419 chipset, but if someone could reaffirm or perhaps give a
workaround, I'd appreciate it. I have an eeprom burner/eraser, so if you
know of an update to the BIOS, I'd be happy to accept.... the parts were
free so if I could get the thing running, I'd be very happy.
Thanks,
David
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From: Gerard Thornley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Buying a new computer for linux
Date: Tue, 9 Mar 1999 17:38:44 +0000
Hi,
I'm in the process of selecting parts for a new computer. I'm planning on
building it myself, so no problems as far as being able to get a
particular configuration, but I don't know what bits of hardware have
drivers written for them, etc...
I have no previous experience of linux, so sorry in advance for any stupid
mistakes.
Please bear in mind when making any suggestions that I want to have a dual
boot Windows 95/ Linux system, but I really don't care too much about the
windows setup, since I only want it for a few games.
So, firstly, is there a web site that's kept well up to date, listing all
the currently available drivers?
or, alternatively, could someone tell me if the following have drivers,
and if neccesary (not included in current RedHat installation, or
whatever), where to get them.
STB Velocity 4400 AGP graphics card
Creative Labs Sound Blaster Live
And could anyone make suggestions for the following bits:
Hard disk - approx. 8Gb, cheap, fast
CD Drive - not especially fast 12x would suit, but reliable and well
supported essential.
Zip Drive - Again, I want something that won't give me any hassle.
Network card - I want to be able to use both types of network connection -
Sorry, I know one of them is BNC, I don't know the other - the one that
looks like a telephone connection. :-)
I'd prefer replies to be sent directly to myself, but I'll check the group
anyway.
Cheers...
--
Gerard Thornley
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.dur.ac.uk/~d7249y
or mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] or http://www.bigfoot.com/~g247
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From: Grant Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux Printer Drivers for the HP Desk Jet 1120C
Date: 09 Mar 1999 13:26:54 -0500
"Gary Lindgren" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Does anyone know if HP will be building printer drivers for the HP 1120C
> printer. What is the closest driver to use with Linux Redhat 5.2.
The third-party ghostscript driver "hpdj" is known to work "at least
bascially" with this printer. See
ftp://ftp.pdb.sni.de/pub/utilities/misc/hpdj.html
It is probable that other cdj* printer drivers will work also.
Several contributed Ghostscript RPMs are known to inlcude the hpdj
driver; look for one of those.
When you have it going, please report how well it does or doesn't
work, or just update the Printing HOWTO's compatability listing
yourself to include this printer.
http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/pht/printer_list.cgi
--
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: "Kevin G. Rhoads" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Speed..Speed..Speed
Crossposted-To: comp.lang.fortran
Date: 9 Mar 1999 18:28:56 GMT
Your question is indefinite, it is not obvious whether
your program is compute-bound or i/o-bound.
If these 500Meg files are just written line by line as results
are computed, then their size is probably irrelevant and
your program is likely compute-bound. Faster processor,
faster cache and more main RAM are what you need then.
If those 500Meg files are scratch pads that you access over
and over again, then disk i/o speed may be limiting. If that
is the case, then adding LOTS more RAM and devoting a
big chunk to disk caching can help more than anything else.
Even if you are compute-bound, whether raw processor speed,
cache size or main RAM size is most helpful is not obvious.
Questions:
Have you profiled the code to find out where it is spending time?
Have you tried changing the OS disk cache settings to see what
effect (if any) that has?
Do you know whether your EXE and all allocated memory fits
in available RAM or does it go out into swapfile?
Tell us more and we can make better suggestions.
--
Kevin G. Rhoads, Ph.D. (Linearity is a convenient fiction.)
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Date: Tue, 09 Mar 1999 12:07:28 -0700
From: Dangerouse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: How to install and use Second IDE controller?
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I looked for a HOW-TO for installing a second IDE controller but found
none. Has anyone out there done it? What kind of problems might
I expect?
Thanks, Roger
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From: Kurt Mehlhoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: SiS 6326 and XFree86 3.3.3.1
Date: Tue, 09 Mar 1999 09:45:03 -0600
I have just installed Red Hat 5.2 on my system and most things are
working well, but I cannot get X going. I read that the 3.3.3.1 version
of XFree86 had support for my video card (SiS 6326 with 8MB) so I
downloaded and installed it.
I can run xf86config and that seems to work ok, but when I bring up X it
looks hosed. My mouse pointer appears on the screen and I can control
it, but the screen itself looks strange. Mostly black with a couple of
dots and tiny images which look like the resize controls on windows.
Junk.
I can even move some of them around, but the system is not exactly
usable.
The X server complains about the amount of RAM on the card and claims
there is only 1 MB.
I also cannot get xvidtune to run.
Any ideas?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: ATI Rage Pro Turbo + XWindows
Date: Tue, 09 Mar 1999 15:38:23 GMT
Please reply to me too: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Sjonnie Jordaan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Can anyone tell me how to get my videocard running properly on Xwindows?
>
> I'm new at this, so be patient.... :-)
>
> I'm getting an image, but I can only get 400x300 image and the desktop
> itself is 800x600
>
> I'm running the Mandrake distribution of Linux with KDE installed.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Michel Buis
>
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From: Douglas Graham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.lang.fortran
Subject: Re: Speed..Speed..Speed
Date: Tue, 09 Mar 1999 15:09:12 +0000
For fpu the PIII outperform for the k6-2 and k6-3 however WIAT FOR THE K7 it
is gonna wipe the floor with anything that intel can produce. I have it on
good faith that the 500K7 will out perform the Xeon(P3)600
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From: Ed Wilts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: SIS 6236 PROBLEMS WITH XWINDOWS.
Date: Tue, 09 Mar 1999 13:07:41 -0600
Walter Harms wrote:
> sailorsm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> >i use sis6326 , and xfree86 3.3.3 . it can start x-windows but the
> >screen show only icon no any works. and auto change colour on the screen
> >when i use mouse click on the screen.
>
> >Elton Brown wrote:
>
> >> Has anyone got a sis 6236, and got it work with Xwindows.
> >> Any help would be appreciated.
> >> TIA.
>
> the support db from www.suse.com (i looked at suse.de)
> gives some options to make the SIS 6326 work.
> no_accl, no_linear,sw_cursor
> Since i have done it the card works fine.
The no_accel option is actually not a good one to try, since it limits the
color depth to 8-bit (if I'm remembering the restriction correctly). Pick
"no_bitblt" and "no_imageblt" instead, as follows:
Section "Device"
Identifier "My Video Card"
VendorName "Unknown"
BoardName "Unknown"
VideoRam 8192
Option "no_bitblt"
Option "no_imageblt"
Option "sw_cursor"
# Option "no_accel" # Use this if acceleration is causing problems
# Option "fifo_moderate"
# Option "fifo_conserv"
# Option "fifo_aggresive"
# Option "fast_vram"
# Option "pci_burst_on"
# Option "xaa_benchmark" # DON'T use with "ext_eng_queue" !!!
# Option "ext_eng_queue" # Turbo-queue. This can cause drawing
# errors, but gives some accel
# Insert Clocks lines here if appropriate
EndSection
This is working fine on my Diamond Speedstar A50 AGP card with 8MB video
ram.
.../Ed
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From: Ed Wilts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Speedstar A50
Date: Tue, 09 Mar 1999 13:11:37 -0600
Woutur wrote:
> Ok,
>
> When I go to X, THer are serveral icons on my desktop en they're all messed
> up. The Desktop is black and when I cilick om an icon containing a menu, the
> menu is black too, so I can't read anyting.
>
> Bye,
>
> Woutur
>
> Richard Finney heeft geschreven in bericht ...
> >On Mon, 1 Mar 1999, Woutur wrote:
> >
> >> Hello Boys and Girls of another Linux newsgroup!
> >>
> >> I have a Diamond Speedstar A50 and the newest version of XFree86 (with
> >> support for that card). But it doesn't work! My X-windows are @#$-up.
> Does
> > ^^^^^^^^^^^
> > WHAT EXACTLY IS HAPPENING?
> >
> >> anyone know how I can configure my card so X-windows works?
> >>
> >> Greetinx,
> >>
> >> Woutur
> >
Been there, done that. The configuration is screwed up. XConfigurator gets a
few things wrong, and you can manually edit /etc/X11/XF86Config to fix it.
Here's the relevant piece:
Section "Device"
Identifier "My Video Card"
VendorName "Unknown"
BoardName "Unknown"
VideoRam 8192
Option "no_bitblt"
Option "no_imageblt"
Option "sw_cursor"
# Option "no_accel" # Use this if acceleration is causing problems
# Option "fifo_moderate"
# Option "fifo_conserv"
# Option "fifo_aggresive"
# Option "fast_vram"
# Option "pci_burst_on"
# Option "xaa_benchmark" # DON'T use with "ext_eng_queue" !!!
# Option "ext_eng_queue" # Turbo-queue. This can cause drawing
# errors, but gives some accel
# Insert Clocks lines here if appropriate
EndSection
Cheers,
.../Ed
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From: Ed Wilts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Diamond SpeedStar A50 XFree86 support?
Date: Tue, 09 Mar 1999 13:15:58 -0600
Karim Hernandez wrote:
> Is there an X server that supports the SpeedStar A50 8Meg APG
> videocard around, and if so, where can I download it?
You need the latest XFree86. I'm using 3.3.3.1-1 and it's working
fine. Here's the relevant piece out of /etc/X11/XF86Config:
Section "Device"
Identifier "My Video Card"
VendorName "Unknown"
BoardName "Unknown"
VideoRam 8192
Option "no_bitblt"
Option "no_imageblt"
Option "sw_cursor"
# Option "no_accel" # Use this if acceleration is causing problems
# Option "fifo_moderate"
# Option "fifo_conserv"
# Option "fifo_aggresive"
# Option "fast_vram"
# Option "pci_burst_on"
# Option "xaa_benchmark" # DON'T use with "ext_eng_queue" !!!
# Option "ext_eng_queue" # Turbo-queue. This can cause drawing
# errors, but gives some accel
# Insert Clocks lines here if appropriate
EndSection
Cheers,
.../Ed
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From: Ed Wilts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: sis6326 display card.
Date: Tue, 09 Mar 1999 13:18:09 -0600
sailorsm wrote:
> hello:
> I'm using Slackware 3.6 distribution, and use sis6326 display
> card.
> When i installed the X-windows, The windows show only 320*200*256. I
> look some docunment said that older x-windows not support sis6326, so i
> download the xfree86 3.3 . when i installed it and type "startx" start.
> The
> windows sometime show black or white screen. only have the icon but
> below no words show. Use the mouse click on the screen, the colour
> changed , red , green, blue, black, yellow...etc. Any one can help me?I
I'm using XFree 3.3.3.1-1 and it's working with the Diamond Speedstar
A50. Here's the piece out of the /etc/X11/XF86Config file:
Section "Device"
Identifier "My Video Card"
VendorName "Unknown"
BoardName "Unknown"
VideoRam 8192
Option "no_bitblt"
Option "no_imageblt"
Option "sw_cursor"
# Option "no_accel" # Use this if acceleration is causing problems
# Option "fifo_moderate"
# Option "fifo_conserv"
# Option "fifo_aggresive"
# Option "fast_vram"
# Option "pci_burst_on"
# Option "xaa_benchmark" # DON'T use with "ext_eng_queue" !!!
# Option "ext_eng_queue" # Turbo-queue. This can cause drawing
# errors, but gives some accel
# Insert Clocks lines here if appropriate
EndSection
Cheers,
.../Ed
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From: Bo Green <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.linux.os.questions
Subject: /dev/sndstat: operation not supported by device
Date: Tue, 09 Mar 1999 16:04:20 GMT
I have fairly recently installed Redhat 5.2, and I'm up to
kernel 2.2.1. I have an Ensoniq AudiPCI 1370, which
seems to work fine. But, I can't get "cat /dev/sndstat"
to work. I get the following message:
cat: /dev/sndstat: Operation not supported by device
I'm at a loss. And the thing is, I have an app which needs
this function (Multitrack 2.2).
Help is appreciated!
Bo Green
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From: Ed Wilts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: SiS 6326 and XFree86 3.3.3.1
Date: Tue, 09 Mar 1999 13:22:35 -0600
Kurt Mehlhoff wrote:
> I have just installed Red Hat 5.2 on my system and most things are
> working well, but I cannot get X going. I read that the 3.3.3.1 version
> of XFree86 had support for my video card (SiS 6326 with 8MB) so I
> downloaded and installed it.
>
> I can run xf86config and that seems to work ok, but when I bring up X it
> looks hosed. My mouse pointer appears on the screen and I can control
> it, but the screen itself looks strange. Mostly black with a couple of
> dots and tiny images which look like the resize controls on windows.
> Junk.
> I can even move some of them around, but the system is not exactly
> usable.
>
> The X server complains about the amount of RAM on the card and claims
> there is only 1 MB.
>
There's a bug in the XConfigurator. Here's the piece out of my
/etc/X11/XF86Config file:
Section "Device"
Identifier "My Video Card"
VendorName "Unknown"
BoardName "Unknown"
VideoRam 8192
Option "no_bitblt"
Option "no_imageblt"
Option "sw_cursor"
# Option "no_accel" # Use this if acceleration is causing problems
# Option "fifo_moderate"
# Option "fifo_conserv"
# Option "fifo_aggresive"
# Option "fast_vram"
# Option "pci_burst_on"
# Option "xaa_benchmark" # DON'T use with "ext_eng_queue" !!!
# Option "ext_eng_queue" # Turbo-queue. This can cause drawing
# errors, but gives some accel
# Insert Clocks lines here if appropriate
EndSection
Cheers,
.../Ed
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From: Henrik Carlqvist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Installing ATI 3D Rage LT Pro AGP 2X with XFree
Date: Sun, 07 Mar 1999 20:35:39 +0100
Martin Boyer wrote:
> Unfortunately, he can't find the proper XFree driver for it. I'd
> appreciate any info on this.
> ATI 3D Rage LT Pro AGP 2X
I would guess on the Mach 64 driver. Did he try to run SuperProbe?
regards Henrik
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From: Patrick Mueller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Problem compiling kernel on Suse 5.x
Date: Tue, 09 Mar 1999 13:18:09 -0600
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hello, I have compiled a few kernels in my time, but not in quite a while.
Here's what I do:
cd /usr/src/linux
make config -- hold down return to get the "defaults"
make dep
make clean
make zImage
It dies when trying to link:
"ld -qmagic ... head.o ...
ld: warning cannot find entry symbol -start;
defaulting to 000ffe0
kernel/kernel.o: ln funciton 'show_task':..."
Any ideas? Is is something I am doing who or a problem with the SuSe install?
Any help greatly appreciated! Thanks..
-- Patrick
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From: Daniele Bernardini <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: newbie: RivaTnT support for xfree86 3.3.3
Date: Tue, 09 Mar 1999 18:55:14 +0100
Bradley Yen wrote:
>
> I'm using a Creative Labs Riva TNT Blaster on my Linux system. I'm using
> Linux Mandrake distribution (basically Red Hat 5.2 + KDE 1.1). XFree86 3.3.3
> should run be compatible with all the Riva TNT graphics cards. You'll be
> running the SVGA server which is kind of the generic driver for all SVGA
> cards/monitors. Hopefully there will be an update with a driver/server
> special to the TNT cards which will make X go a lot faster.
>
> Yes... just get any TNT card you want.
>
> Felix Natter wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> > I'm trying to get a new PC together and I'm planning on buying a RivaTnT
> > card with 16Mb RAM. In the cardlist.html on www.xfree86.org they don't list
> > all RivaTnT cards. I was wondering if it is indeed possible to run *any*
> > card that uses the RivaTnT-chipset with an nVidia-driver, or similar.
> > Suggestions on which card to buy would also be welcome!
> > Thanks,
> > Felix Natter
The fact that is called xsvga does not mean that is not accelerated.
If I remeber the release notes from Xfree86 3.3.3, the xsvga server is
still not accelerated as it could be for the riva TNT but it is
accelerated.
If you want to compare with a not hardware acc. server try xvga, you
will
see the difference ;)
Regards,
Daniele
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From: "Michael Faurot" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: iomega jazz drives
Date: 9 Mar 1999 18:35:45 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
: does anyone know anything about support/drivers for
: Iomega Jazz drives on linux?
All that's required to use the Iomega Jaz drives is a supported SCSI
card.
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