Linux-Hardware Digest #628, Volume #9 Thu, 11 Mar 99 02:13:42 EST
Contents:
Re: Can Linux use 36-bit Xeon addressing? (Philip Brown)
Can not detect/mount CD-Rom ("Antonio")
More Help with HP722C (Greg)
Re: Can Linux use 36-bit Xeon addressing? (Tomasz Korycki)
Sound Blaster AWE64... <<=Question==>> ("CH")
jaz jet scsi / etherexpress pro IRQ problem... ("Frank Dziuba")
Re: Speed..Speed..Speed ("Jeffrey J. Potoff")
Re: Speed..Speed..Speed ("James Giles")
Re: HELP: K6-2 motherboard w/ Linux; Perf. compares/ PII ("D. C. & M. V. Sessions")
Re: ES 1888 Sound Card (Michael Taylor)
Re: Pentium III Boycott and survey info ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Hard drive install problem (user name)
Please help identify old NIC..I'm desperate ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: bad superblock? (Rick Luna)
Re: Epson Stylus 740 under SuSE 6.0 (Grant Taylor)
Re: Sound Blaster AWE 32 in Kernel v. 2.2.1 (Bill Anderson)
Re: Voodoo Banshee under Linux ? (Greg White)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Philip Brown)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Can Linux use 36-bit Xeon addressing?
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 11 Mar 1999 01:57:07 GMT
On 10 Mar 1999 16:38:51 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>...
>MS doesn't want to do business on unix. it could interfere with its
>windows sales. if i could run ms-office on solaris, then i could make
>a solid case to my boss to get rid of my pc running microsoft windows
>and get me a sparcstation on my desktop.
but why can't you run staroffice, or corel WP suite, or applixware, and
still make that solid case to get rid of the PC right now?
It's compatible with office?
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From: "Antonio" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Can not detect/mount CD-Rom
Date: Wed, 10 Mar 1999 22:56:05 -0600
Installing RH 5.1 with a Back Pack CD-Rom.
Shows Back Pack, when slected, and autodetected it sais it can not mount on
dev/bpcd. I have enterd linux hdX=cdrom where x is a,b,c or d.
Can any one help?
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From: Greg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: More Help with HP722C
Date: Wed, 10 Mar 1999 21:02:45 -0800
I am using RED HAT. I made a directory in my /home directory HP722c and
I was able to untar the file. I did a make 720 and placed the pbm2ppa
file in /usr/bin and pbm.conf.720 into /etc and add the lines from
README.REDHAT into printerdb file like the README and INSTALL files
said. I'm stuck now. I still can't get the printer to print. Can you
help??
Greg
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Thanks
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From: Tomasz Korycki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Can Linux use 36-bit Xeon addressing?
Date: Thu, 11 Mar 1999 00:46:37 -0500
"Stuart R. Fuller" wrote:
>>>>>>>> snip! <<<<<<<<
> And, Cutler was involved in VMS, but he was not *THE* main architect.
>
> Stu
My mistake: I meant main NT architect. As I remember he also brought a
lot of people from Prism/Mica project at DEC in 1988.
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From: "CH" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Sound Blaster AWE64... <<=Question==>>
Date: Wed, 10 Mar 1999 21:29:02 -0800
I have a Sound Blaster AWE64 (value), and am trying to set it up under
SUSE 5.3...
I have read the Sound-HowTo, but that wasn't much help.
Any explanations I have seen for the SB64 setup in the past have not been
that clear. In addition, they have been for older versions or different
distributions.
I guess what I'm looking for is either some clear instructions on how to
set this up or a referance to a site that has such instructions.
It would be greatly appreciated if anyone could help me out... =)
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From: "Frank Dziuba" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: jaz jet scsi / etherexpress pro IRQ problem...
Date: Wed, 10 Mar 1999 21:54:42 -0800
I have Red Hat 5.1 with a year old IOMega Jaz Jet SCSI card and an Intel
Etherexpress pro 100+ card.
Both cards hook IRQ 10, and both are detected at boot. No errors are
reported at boot.
But, the ethernet card doesn't work unless I remove the Advansys based
SCSI card. Is there any way to change the SCSI card IRQ? Or Intel IRQ?
They work under Windows ok.
thanks
frank
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From: "Jeffrey J. Potoff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.lang.fortran
Subject: Re: Speed..Speed..Speed
Date: Wed, 10 Mar 1999 23:09:39 -0500
wizard wrote:
>
> Usally I find that the purchase of Intel based platforms has nothing to do with
> performance. This is a point of view based largely on to much time spent in a
> large corporation.
> If you have to buy a dual processor Intel system to keep up with a Alpha, you
> will not see a large price differential.
This is not necessarily true.
> In any event if this problem is
> truely FP bound you will not benefit from dual processors unless you can
> implement some sort of parrallel processing.
Again, not necessarily true. If you have a lot of jobs that need to run,
each CPU gives you additional throughput. It's the age old question of
do you buy lots of slower processors or fewer faster processor ?. I think
the answer lies somewhere inbetween, depending on your application.
> Even at that you will not equal
> the performance of the Alpha.
No, of course not, but you can equal or surpass the *throughput* for less money
with Dual PII Intel boxes in many cases.
> Now if there is a great deal of integer
> processing or systems overhead to deal with then a dual processor Intel may have
> an advantage.
>
If you have a lot of integer work, Intel is surely the way to go. They
are great for work with lattice Monte Carlo simulations.
> >
> >
> > > If your seriously considering chips in the
> > > XEON line, then a Alpha is not out of the price range, nor would a PowerPC
> > > based machine. You might even be able to find a SPARC in this price
> > > range.
> >
> > Yeah, but why ? Intel is cheap and will have a much better price/performance
> > ratio than any Sun platform. These days it really seems that it's down to
> > Intel or Alpha if you are doing computational work.
>
> Not really systems built to maximize the performance of an Intel based system
> are not cheap.
Again, not necessarily true. For an FP bound code, a machine built to "maximize
performance" is usually going to be a waste of money since most of the extra
dollars are going to improve the I/O situation.
> Especially when looking at High performance dual processor
> units.
Dell has Dual 450 MhZ PII systems well configured for $3800. In my
book, that counts as cheap.
I would agree that some of the SPARC units would not be in the same
> price performance ball park, however this is not true of the Alpha or PowerPC
> line. While the Alpha is currently the fastest FP processor on the market
> the PowerPC has a much better balance of Integer to FP performance. The only
> reason for not suggesting the PowerPC or the Power series in general is the
> limited availability of low cost hardware that is well supported by Linux.
>
> >
> >
> > > Start looking for Alpha powered units from Microway, ASPEN or
> > > DCG to name just a few.
> > >
> > > The nice thing about a totally open system like Linux is the freedom to
> > > choose the hardware of you choice.
> >
> > Totally open, but the compilers aren't so hot.
>
> True the compilers aren't the best optimizers. On the otherhand they hold
> there own as far as usability, compliance to standards and cost. Depending on
> how serious this computational task is, specially developed and optimized
> libraries may be part of the solution.
Huh ? I know how to program, but there's no way in hell I'm going to
come anywhere close to writing libraries that are better than, say, Compaq's.
And how much is the time worth that I waste writing a library instead of
doing science ? That's a big reason why we run DU and NT on Alphas instead
of Linux. Why pay a premium for a faster CPU and then cripple (to the
tune of 20-30%) with g77 ? In that case, you're really better off with
an Intel box.
Jeff
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From: "James Giles" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.lang.fortran
Subject: Re: Speed..Speed..Speed
Date: 11 Mar 1999 05:34:55 GMT
Jeffrey J. Potoff wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>> Even at that you will not equal
>> the performance of the Alpha.
>
>No, of course not, but you can equal or surpass the *throughput* for less money
>with Dual PII Intel boxes in many cases.
Throughput has always been an irrelevant measure of system performance
to end users. All anyone cares about the the turnaround on thier major
code. Increased throughput is only of interest to the extent that it may
be correlated to turnaround. Unless you can multiprocess your main
code, multiple units does not enhance the most important measure of
performance.
--
J. Giles
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From: "D. C. & M. V. Sessions" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup,redhat.hardware.arch.intel
Subject: Re: HELP: K6-2 motherboard w/ Linux; Perf. compares/ PII
Date: Wed, 10 Mar 1999 21:23:11 -0700
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> I'm looking to buy a K6-2 system (400MHz) to run
> the following software:
>
> Linux 5.2/6.0 SSE + Apache + PHP + mySQL.
>
> The K6-2 system I'm looking at has:
>
> - Motherboard: SIS598, (same AMPTRON 9900?)
> - BIOS: AMI
> - 1MB cache
> - 64MB RAM
> - 100MHz bus
> - 6GB disk (UDMA, 5400 rpm)
> - 8MB video AGP (on motherboard)
> - 40x CD
> - sound + speakers (16-bit sound on motherboard)
> - NO monitor
> - mouse, keyboard
> - 1 year warranty
> >
> > Price is around: $750. (OK pricing?
>
> Q's:
>
> 1. Should the above system be able to compile/run
> RedHat 5.2 or 6.0 ?
>
> 2. I read some people have trouble w/ the motherboard.
> Anyone heard of: SIS598, (same AMPTRON 9900?)
Our Amptron MB is gathering dust -- we replaced it because
it was just too flaky. Same CPU, peripherals, memory,
different MB are rock-solid.
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From: Michael Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: ES 1888 Sound Card
Date: Wed, 10 Mar 1999 20:05:46 -0500
Kory W. Koziar wrote:
> I am having problem setting my ES1888 sound card up with RH 5.2
>
> There is a setting for ES 1868 and SB compatable, but neither work.
>
> Has anyone else had this problem (and fixed it), if so, please help
I am having the same problem. I have run sndconfig and hear the test
sound just fine. As a matter of fact, the sound actually works for the
first few minutes after rebooting the machine despite the reported
interrupt test failure on IRQ 5 from dmesg | more. I tried isapnp
tools, but after running pnpdump > /etc/isapnp.conf, the card does not
show up in the file. Sndconfig does not recognize the card as a pnp
either, so I have to set up the parameters manually. No big deal, irq=5
io=0x220, etc, etc.
Then, the sample sound plays, I have sound for about 60 seconds playing
XGALAGA, and then it dies. I have checked all the relevant
documentation and still can't turn up an answer. Any help would be
greatly appreciated.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: Pentium III Boycott and survey info
Date: Wed, 03 Mar 1999 17:54:15 GMT
On Tue, 02 Mar 1999 19:48:49 +0000, Sergio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Boycott Swintel wrote:
>>
>> Pentium III chip with the individual serial number that can
>> track your web surfing and buying habits can now have the ID number
>> turned on and off by software. Following some links I found the
>> www.fightdivx.com website and noticed that they have a Intel Boycott
>> page with links, quotes and info on why you should boycott the
>> invasion of privacy Pentium III chips. Just like everyone suspected,
>> the ID number can be taken without a customers knowledge. Just like
>> cellular phone fraud, once someone has your unique ID number, they
>> could pose as you on the internet. Do not be fooled by reports that
>> this problem is fixed because Intel disabled this feature by software
>> on their up coming chips. Information is power. They want to know
>> your surfing and buying habits. That is what this is all about. Here
>> is the link to the page with the boycott info and links.
>
>Im not really sure if this discussion will take you anywhere, after all
>if you have a net card you already have a component with unique identity
>(mac number) which can be used to track you with a simple "arp".
>
>Sergio.
Routers don't route arp requests
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (user name)
Subject: Hard drive install problem
Date: 11 Mar 1999 05:56:35 GMT
My situation is that I have just brought an old 386 that I can't change
the bios settings due to numerous reasons. I want to add a bigger hard
driver to it, however I can't tell bios that I have installed a new
harddrive. I used another machine to install Lunix and lilo on the hard
drive, however this does not work when putting it back into the 386.
I can't boot from a floppy because it only has 5.25 and wont fit
the boot image on a disk. Without any setup software for the bios am I
doomed?
Regards
N Martyn
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Please help identify old NIC..I'm desperate
Date: Thu, 11 Mar 1999 06:24:07 GMT
I found an old NIC in a machine and I'm trying to make it work under Linux.
I can't find what model it is. The chipset reads
sm909f
9519 ed
It has no FCC registration info, but the NIC ADDRESS is 004005 1B1FD0
I looked the ADDRESS range up in the web and it belongs to
00-40-05 (hex) ANI COMMUNICATIONS INC.
004005 (base 16) ANI COMMUNICATIONS INC.
8 ANZIO
IRVINE CA 92714
BUT THIS CORP. DOES'NT SEEM TO EXIST!! I've looked it up in the WWW, DejaNews
and in several engines..
Please help!! The card had a "Runs with Netware" stamp..if that helps..
Thanks in advance
Hugo
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From: Rick Luna <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: bad superblock?
Date: Thu, 11 Mar 1999 00:54:45 -0500
> Is it, by chance, a FAT32 partition? AFAICR, Linux doesn't yet have FAT32
> support, and cant read such filesystems.
yup, FAT32. Since I have RH 5.0, maybe 5.2 has the support I need, and
if so, how do i go about upgrading my Kernel? Were you speaking of linux
in general doesn't have support for fat32?
-rick
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From: Grant Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Epson Stylus 740 under SuSE 6.0
Date: 03 Mar 1999 13:50:17 -0500
Christopher James Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Does anyone know how to configure apsfilter to print at 1440 DPI using
> microweave on an Epson Stylus 740 printer under SuSE 6.0 (Ghostscript
> 5.something).
Yes. Apsfilter 5 includes support for uniprint drivers. There is a
fellow working on a uniprint parameter file for the 740; his initial
version which mostly works was posted to Usenet a few days ago. Find
it in Dejanews.
I'm not sure how you add new upp drivers to apsfilter; worst case you
can just modify the apsfilter script to include the new one, or you
could select the 640 and replace instances of 640 with 740 in the
resulting configuration.
> Also, is anyone going to write USB drivers?
Yes, someone is working on that. I have no idea where it stands.
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From: Bill Anderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Sound Blaster AWE 32 in Kernel v. 2.2.1
Date: Wed, 03 Mar 1999 18:30:16 +0000
"David J.V. Brown" wrote:
>
> Caleb Land wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> > Using the default kernel which comes with RH 5.2 I can play MP3 files,
> > but after I upgrade to 2.2.1, I cannot play them. The computer locks up
> > when I attempt to listen to an MP3 file.
> > In both kernels, however, I can `cat meepmeep.au > /dev/audio`, and `cat
> > meepmeep.au > /dev/dsp` successfully.
> > I used sndconfig to set up the sound card in 2.0.36, and the sample file
> > plays correctly.
> >
> > Any input would greatly be appreciated,
> >
> > -Caleb
> > ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
>
> Caleb:
>
> If you are trying to play the mp3 files with x11amp, you can't until x11amp
> gets fixed -- kernel 2.2.1 exposes a flaw and breaks it. If you run x11amp
> from the bash prompt, you'll see that you get a socket error.
>
> If you're not using x11amp... well... I dunno! Once I found my x11amp was
> broken, I tried kjukebox (I use KDE 1.1) and it plays the mp3's fine... though
> the list creator still suffers from a really annoying floating point
> exception...
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> David
> ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
With what setup does x11amp do this on 2.2.1?
Runs fine on mine.
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From: Greg White <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,fr.comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: Voodoo Banshee under Linux ?
Date: Wed, 10 Mar 1999 21:57:10 -0800
K�vin MARIE wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I'm looking for an X-server concerning a '3D Blaster Banshee PCI'.
> I've just read this card wasn't supported yet. If anyone know how to use
> this card under Linux ...
> thank you for answering me.
>
> _________________________________________
> /*****< >*****/|
> / _______________________________________/*|
> | Kevin MARIE |*|
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> | |*|
> | |*|
> | [EMAIL PROTECTED] |*/
> |________________________________________|/
There is 'alpha' ( ;) ) level support, via an X server that a very
great man was kind enough to write and compile for us newbies. Here is
the URL:
http://glide.xxedgexx.com/3DfxRPMS_vb_glibc.html
Feel free to email me, but the instructions on his page are pretty good.
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