Linux-Hardware Digest #14, Volume #9 Wed, 23 Dec 98 08:13:36 EST
Contents:
Re: Linux SMP revisited (Richard Ingram)
Re: Compatible tape backup systems? (Frank Miles)
SB-128bit-PCI Problems HELP NEEDED ("Stephen C. Nabet")
Monster Fusion (Felipe Gustavo de Almeida)
Re: Linux SMP revisited ("Osvaldo Pinali Doederlein")
Re: NetGear FA310TX only does 10Mbps (Gregory Abbey)
Re: IDT WinChip ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
ensoniq + /dev/sequencer help (Tim Kelley)
Re: took out simms now no video, help ("LiuFeng")
Re: What is good video board for OpenGL? ("francois")
Re: CDRs I burn in Windows NT server are not readable in Linux ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
WinModems - any work being done for Linux? (Colin Brough)
Re: Monster Fusion (Dan Nguyen)
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: Linux SMP revisited
From: Richard Ingram <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 22 Dec 1998 15:31:36 +0000
"ne..." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Fri, 18 Dec 1998, Jason Baeder wrote:
>
> >On Fri, 18 Dec 1998 15:43:38 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Maury
> > Markowitz)
> >wrote:
> >
> >>In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Jason Baeder wrote:
> >>> With my bad phone lines, it's a near-eternal wait for the user too ;-)
> >>
> >> Indeed! I just bit the bullet and got ADSL, although I cringe giving
> >>Bell more of my money.
> >>
> >>Maury
> >>
> >
> >Lucky you. According to Bell Atlantic's web site they don't even offer xDSL
> >in my exchange. Then there's the highway robbers at the cable company -- at
> >$60/month for unlimited access.
> I am sure you will be happy to know that just a short distance
> away in Baltimore the damage is ~$42/month, unlimited of course
> by cable.
At least you have Cable Modems, Telewest in the UK have been promising them
for the last couple of years - still waiting! I really don't understand their
attitude, especially as they are US Cable Co owned (well majority share).
Richard.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Frank Miles)
Subject: Re: Compatible tape backup systems?
Date: 22 Dec 1998 16:15:29 GMT
In article <75mv6g$ffl$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Bruce Barnett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>I have a IBM Thinkpad 385XD running Redhat 5.1.
>I'm looking for a backup system, and was thinking of a low-cost tape
>system. I have two questions.
>
> Which tape drive is suitable, without being too expensive?
> A parallel port system around $300 seems to fit the bill.
> I saw a HP Colorado tape unit for $279 at CompUSA.
Parallel port systems are mostly supported, I think. Not as well
as direct floppy-controlled drives. Have you checked the ftape
home page, or the ftape mailing list? Not all drives work; I have
an old Colorado 'Jumbo 1400'. It seems to have fallen through the
cracks. Some of the newer drives (e.g. Ditto) take a lot of
resources to work properly, and will only work on the fastest machines.
> Where is dump/restore? I've search my system, and I didn't
> find it. Is there an optional package that has this? (dump is
> much better than tar). I don't need compression, because I'm
> backing up a 1GB partition.
You didn't say anything about your distribution. If you are running
Debian, look for the package 'dump'. It should be in the utils
section. Sorry, don't know about RH or Slackware or SUSE or Caldera...
-frank
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From: "Stephen C. Nabet" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: SB-128bit-PCI Problems HELP NEEDED
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1998 18:31:26 +0100
Does anyone know how to make my brand new Sound Blaster 128 bit PCI
sound card work under linux REDHAT 5.2
Thanks
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From: Felipe Gustavo de Almeida <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Monster Fusion
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1998 14:15:36 -0500
XFree86 3.3.3 support Diamond Monster Fusion (Banshee) ??
Both AGP and PCI versions???
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From: "Osvaldo Pinali Doederlein" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: Linux SMP revisited
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1998 09:10:20 +0100
William Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>IMO, SMP is really needed at the very high-end and at the very low end.
>IF, Win98 could use SMP, imagine the performance of a 3D game running on
>dual K6-2 3D chips (for the price of a single P2/450 cpu).
I don't think K6's are designed to support SMP. You cannot plug any CPU in
a motherboard with two or four CPU slots and expect it to work. The SMP
supporting logic which is embedded in every Intel chip is one of the reasons
why Intels are more expensive.
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From: g-abbey@ 'nospam' home.com (Gregory Abbey)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: NetGear FA310TX only does 10Mbps
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1998 17:58:58 GMT
Robert:
I tend to agree with you . . it seems that a RAM-RAM transfer is the
fastest (i.e. when the file is cached) . . and drive activity
definitely eats into the thru-put.
Do you think it's a coincidence that the Utilization lamp bar graph on
the FE104 Hub has four lamps . . 1% 10% 20% 30% ??
My transfers ramp up between 25-27 Mbps . . and the LED lamps run up
to 20% . . and the 30% lamp 'flickers' as the transmission rate
fluctuates!! I have asked Baynetworks (NetGear) why the Utilization
lamps stop at 30% and don't continue up to 100%.
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On 21 Dec 1998 01:07:25 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Paul Kimoto)
wrote:
>In article <367ef713.4406756@news>, Gregory Abbey wrote:
>> Local FTP transfers (between machines) are however limited to
>> typically 9.95Mbps and the fastest ever observed was 25.4Mbps (and I
>> think that was cached).
>>
>> How can I make the NetGear compnents work up to their specified
>> 100Mbps transfer rate?
>
>Doesn't "100Mbps" mean 100 megaBITS/second? That would be ~12.5
>megaBYTES/second; in my experience ftp programs always report numbers
>in bytes.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: IDT WinChip
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1998 08:12:54 GMT
In article <75p75c$h4$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> ok, I just installed Linux onto the Box with IDT WinChip inside.
> No special trouble yet. Everythings seems to work alright :-)
I agree, it just works. I have a WinChip 200 in my file server, and just
reviewed a WinChip 240. Its slower than an M2 or K6-2, but will work in older
motherboards.
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From: Tim Kelley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.misc
Subject: ensoniq + /dev/sequencer help
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1998 07:13:12 -0600
Hello everyone.
I have an ensoniq audio pci (1370), Red Hat 5.2.
I get pcm audio files to play just fine, but no midi. I have mpu401
compiled as a module (default with RH 5.2, right?) Any use of
/dev/sequencer gives me "device invalid or busy". It has the proper
permissions set.
If I have to recompile the kernel, what exactly should I choose? I've
read that some sound modules already have mpu401 taken care of and in
this case one shouldn't use the mpu401 module ... can someone tell me
what is the case with Audio PCI (1370)? Or is there something else
wrong?
If I try "insmod mpu401" I get
/lib/modules/preferred/misc/mpu401.o: unresolved symbol
sound_alloc_timerdev_R51e354b2
/lib/modules/preferred/misc/mpu401.o: unresolved symbol
sound_notifier_chain_register_R4b3f958e
/lib/modules/preferred/misc/mpu401.o: unresolved symbol
midi_synth_load_patch_Rfb2c91b3
/lib/modules/preferred/misc/mpu401.o: unresolved symbol
midi_synth_set_instr_R8d8cb400
/lib/modules/preferred/misc/mpu401.o: unresolved symbol
sequencer_timer_R1f479c18
/lib/modules/preferred/misc/mpu401.o: unresolved symbol
midi_synth_panning_Re0aefb59
/lib/modules/preferred/misc/mpu401.o: unresolved symbol
midi_synth_setup_voice_Rdbe67623
/lib/modules/preferred/misc/mpu401.o: unresolved symbol
seq_input_event_R1349ae26
/lib/modules/preferred/misc/mpu401.o: unresolved symbol
sound_timer_devs_R91b15dc4
/lib/modules/preferred/misc/mpu401.o: unresolved symbol
conf_printf_R106e9ebc
/lib/modules/preferred/misc/mpu401.o: unresolved symbol
midi_synth_send_sysex_R5f83baa4
/lib/modules/preferred/misc/mpu401.o: unresolved symbol
sound_unload_mididev_R93be66c8
/lib/modules/preferred/misc/mpu401.o: unresolved symbol
midi_synth_reset_Radf11bab
/lib/modules/preferred/misc/mpu401.o: unresolved symbol
do_midi_msg_R943a3eeb
/lib/modules/preferred/misc/mpu401.o: unresolved symbol
midi_synth_controller_Rf02d7b28
/lib/modules/preferred/misc/mpu401.o: unresolved symbol
synth_devs_R860b663c
/lib/modules/preferred/misc/mpu401.o: unresolved symbol
seq_copy_to_input_Raa2eb23b
/lib/modules/preferred/misc/mpu401.o: unresolved symbol
midi_synth_ioctl_Rc79efb50
/lib/modules/preferred/misc/mpu401.o: unresolved symbol
midi_synth_kill_note_R4d964ec1
/lib/modules/preferred/misc/mpu401.o: unresolved symbol
sequencer_init_Rf78f6363
/lib/modules/preferred/misc/mpu401.o: unresolved symbol
midi_synth_bender_R6cb8a09b
/lib/modules/preferred/misc/mpu401.o: unresolved symbol
midi_synth_start_note_R175039ea
/lib/modules/preferred/misc/mpu401.o: unresolved symbol
sound_alloc_mididev_Rba413f87
--
Tim Kelley
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
New Orleans, LA
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From: "LiuFeng" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.unix,alt.uu.comp.os.linux.questions,at.linux,comp.os.linux.development.apps
Subject: Re: took out simms now no video, help
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1998 00:59:05 -0900
Sounds like you don't have any memory at all now...
Most computers these days won't start without a minimum of 1 meg of RAM..
Remco Treffkorn wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>Moritz Moeller-Herrmann wrote:
>>
>> On 16 Dec 1998 14:23:39 GMT, Greg Waters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> >
>> >
>> >Hi,
>> >
>> >Has anyone had this problem. Did I cut out the cmos, damage the video
>> >card,
>> >or damage the Mother Board.
>> >
>> >Cannot reach anything on my computer.
>> Sounds like Greg has this problem.
>>
>> Now what do you want me to do? And what has this got to do with linux?
>> I�d say you ask again in a hardware group and describe what you did, and
what
>> happens and then somebody might help you.
>>
>
>Be linient with Greg. He probably had to type this blind and
>so he got it into the wrong news group.
>
>Anyhow, it does not help to send him to a h/w group, since
>he will not be able to read your reply because his video is out.
>
>--
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From: "francois" <*nospam*@nordnet.fr>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: What is good video board for OpenGL?
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1998 10:47:04 +0100
What OpenGL ?
The main problem of OpenGL is to share the hardware video chip with X11.
I know at least 4 implementation of OpenGL for Linux.
MESA : the only one free
I think this lib has 3 mode:
1) pure software for the 3D part , so any 2D with board Xfree86
support is good.
2) On top of a Linux port of GLIDE, so 3DFX should be 3D
accelerated. (I have not investigated too much in that part)
3) On top of a interface called GGI. there should be alpha drivers
for 3dlabs card last time I checked.
the 3 others are commercial products still at the beta stage.
http://www.conix3d.com/Linux/Linux.html
http://www.metrolink.com/extreme3d/index.html
http://www.xig.com/dev/td.html
The 2 last products need their own X11 server and their own drivers.
a Linux 3D page : http://www.gamers.org/dEngine/xf3D/
Exept for conix3d wich come from macintosh, all seems to have in common
support for 3dlabs.
The remaining problem is that permedia 2 (diamond fire gl 1000, creative
labs gaphic blaster exxtreme) is the old product and will
be replaced by permedia 3 in 99. (was expected q4 98).
charles anderson a �crit dans le message
<75mmfv$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>What are the best choices for video boards that support OpenGL
>under Linux for under $500? Thanks.
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: CDRs I burn in Windows NT server are not readable in Linux
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1998 04:24:22 GMT
This exact thing with HP 8100i has happened to me when using a noname
CD-R for a dollar and 50 cents. Verbatim and HP CD-Rs that cost some
70 cents more work fine. I burned on Win95 though. And certainly you
have not used CD-RWs, have you?
Good luck
Roberts Klotins
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (OLCAY BOZ) wrote:
>[ Article crossposted from comp.os.linux.misc ]
>[ Author was OLCAY BOZ ]
>[ Posted on 19 Dec 1998 01:24:49 GMT ]
>I bought a HP CDWruter 8100i and installed it to my Windows NT server PC.
>I have another PC and I am running Linux 2.0.33 on it. I wanted to backup my
>linux system to CDRs. I created backup files in tar.gz format and ftped
>them to my NT server. Then burned the CDR. CDr is iso9660, it is CDROM (not
>CRDROM XA). I can read that CD in NT Server (used Winzip32). But when I try to
>mount it on linux first it sometimes mounts it sometimes it complains about
>the superblock or filesystem on the CD. If I can mount it I can read some
>of the files and for some of the files it gives me STDIO error.
>I used to burn CDRs on a SCSI CD writer before. Those were working OK, (I
>burned those under windows 95).
>Does anybody have any idea? I had this problem with two HP CDWriter 8100i.
>I will appreciate any help,
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From: Colin Brough <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: WinModems - any work being done for Linux?
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1998 10:28:19 +0000
Recently made the annoying discovery that the modem in my Dell is a USR
Sportster 56x2 WinModem - which doesn't work under Linux. My
understanding
of WinModems is that all the hardware is there, it should (in theory)
just be a case
of writing the right software... admittedly very low level, but...
Question: is anyone working on drivers for such devices? Is there
sufficient
information in the public domain for this to be possible, or are
USR/3COM and
other Winmodem manufacturers not releasing the relevant technical
details?
Cheers
Colin
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From: Dan Nguyen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Monster Fusion
Date: 22 Dec 1998 18:59:42 GMT
Felipe Gustavo de Almeida <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: XFree86 3.3.3 support Diamond Monster Fusion (Banshee) ??
No. This question has been answered quite a few times. Try searching
on dejanews (www.dejanews.com) for the answer. Hint: framebuffers
: Both AGP and PCI versions???
There are no fundemental differences between AGP and PCI. Any
differences would not cause one video card to work but not another.
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http://www.cse.msu.edu/~nguyend7 | -George Sand
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