Linux-Hardware Digest #97, Volume #9 Sun, 3 Jan 99 18:13:38 EST
Contents:
Re: Help with soundcard in redhat 5.2 (Frank Sweetser)
Re: Want to do direct install of Redhat 5.2 via FTP since I have Cox@home but am
stuck in the DUNGEONS OF DOOM !!! SO HEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEELP !!! (DG)
i740 video card 8mb agp in 256 colours? (Fx Fraipont)
linux viruses ("x")
Re: Slow Printing With Optra EP (Horst Eyermann)
please help, 2 Linux boxes 1 runs 1 don't ??? ("Richard F. Jr.")
Re: PS/2 Mouse Problem (Kenny Keslar)
Newbie sound card and printer question. (Hao Zhang (Richard))
Re: Microsoft Elite keyboard (Blake Sobiloff)
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From: Frank Sweetser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup,linux.dev.sound,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: Help with soundcard in redhat 5.2
Date: 03 Jan 1999 14:33:18 -0500
"Billy Bob" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> When I try to install my sound card I am getting an error message
> saying unable to ... /dev/audio I was told that I need to enable to
> AUDIO and DSP support. How do I go about doing that???
> I had this sound card working fine but quit working when I upgraded my PC
> with a different hard drive, motherbord and new CPU. Since then the card has
> not worked. I did a clean install. I did not have any problems with the old
> one.. what could be wrong now. This setup was perviously using win98 and
> worked fine...
try re-running sndconfig.
--
Frank Sweetser rasmusin at wpi.edu fsweetser at blee.net | PGP key available
paramount.ind.wpi.edu RedHat 5.2 kernel 2.2.0pre3 i586 | at public servers
I surely do hope that's a syntax error.
-- Larry Wall in <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (DG)
Crossposted-To:
linux.redhat.install,comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Want to do direct install of Redhat 5.2 via FTP since I have Cox@home but
am stuck in the DUNGEONS OF DOOM !!! SO HEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEELP !!!
Date: Sun, 03 Jan 1999 17:53:34 GMT
PAY ME $300 FIRST !!!
On Sat, 02 Jan 1999 22:19:30 GMT, Pat Crean <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I'm afraid you don't understand. You've forfeited the right to free=20
>advice and assistance and will have to pay normal consulting fees if=20
>you want help. Mine start at $200/hour and go up, depending on how=20
>much guff I have to take from the customer.
>
>Don't bother replying to this post --- you've finally earned the right=20
>to be the third (in over 20 years of usenet posting) entry in my kill=20
>file. Congratulations.
>
>
>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
>
>On 1/2/99, 2:28:15 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (DG) wrote regarding Re: Want to=20
>do direct install of Redhat 5.2 via FTP since I have Cox@home but am=20
>stuck in the DUNGEONS OF DOOM !!! SO HEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEELP=20
>!!!:
>
>
>> Why don't you pay me $300 first and then I'll follow your crappy
>> advice.
>
>> On Wed, 30 Dec 1998 22:22:58 -0500, "umm" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> wrote:
>
>> >Welp you could fork out the $14 for the RedHat
>> >CD-ROM at your local computer store but that kinda
>> >nullifies the value of RedHat being freeware.
>> >
>> >Unless you have 2 hard drives I think you will
>> >have to partition your hard drive to have at least
>> >2 partitions one could be 32bit but the other
>> >should be split into a RedHat native and a RedHat
>> >swap partition.
>> >
>> >
>> >Probably the easiest way for you to install on a
>> >2 disk system is to have 2 partitions on the
>> >first drive with the downloaded files on the
>> >second partition
>> >
>> >c:\ =3D 32bit
>> >logical drive of HD1 d:\ is 16 bit and contains the RedHat
>> >
>> >then on HD2
>> >
>> >fdisk and format it and scan disk it
>> >
>> >Then use your boot floppies to install RedHat on
>> >Physical drive 2
>> >from Physical drive 1 logical drive D:\RedHat\
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >I am almost at the point that I think RedHat is
>> >becoming useless. The development is getting
>> >pretty far behind on support for current Hardware
>> >
>> >Its getting to the point that you really have to plan
>> >on purchasing a system that will do only Linux.
>> >
>> >There are no 56k PCI modems for Linux
>> >AGP is poorly supported
>> >No USB and
>> >X will fry your monitor
>> >
>> >I mean what use is it
>> >
>> >If your running a home system there are tons
>> >of free daemons and software for Windows that
>> >will work just fine and install in a matter of minutes.
>> >
>> >
>> >I mean I just think its time for Eric Raymond
>> >to come to grips that he is totally wrong.
>> >
>> >
>> >Linux or any Unix system may be fine for an
>> >a speciality application, Intranet Mail Server or
>> >even a web server but it doesn't even come close to
>> >being a system that you can install on your desktop.
>> >Let alone a system that you can share with the family
>> >let kids play games and learn and mom and dad can
>> >do a little work at home.
>> >I would rather use dos 2.0 with Gem.
>> >
>> >Linux is not free you really need to buy it on CD-ROM.
>> >Then you need hardware that will support Linux.
>> >Then you need a manual and months of training
>> >to be able to really understand and perform the
>> >configuration correctly and fully.
>> >
>> >Sure you could probably get it to boot in a full day of work
>> >including partitioning re-configuration of PnP Hardware
>> >hunting down Video signal specs.
>> >
>> >Then when you do what is it good for ?
>> >
>> >You can chat on IRC all day run some Warez FTP servers
>> >or spoof some mail.
>> >
>> >
>> >If Sun, Linux, SCO, BSD, AIX were so great
>> >Microsoft would be suing them I guess
>> >
>> >And such is proof that it will really be a BE OS
>> >or some similar thing that will be Microsoft's demise
>> >20 years from now.
>> >
>> >
>> >The time has come to forget all this BS and start
>> >becoming productive with tools that are available
>> >and useable.
>> >
>> >If you waste a day or a week or a few hours a
>> >day or week and you continuously need to read arcane
>> >manuals on sendmail and write scripts and use perl
>> >to manage a system that is basically a headache and doesn't
>> >support your needed hardware or software
>> >then what is the real price.
>> >
>> >
>> >I guess its like an old car
>> >you can buy one and make it work well
>> >but if you need a part or technical info you have
>> >to spend a long time hunting it down.
>> >If you can't find what you need you have to
>> >make the part which means a large investment in time.
>> >And Time =3D Money.
>> >Most of all there is no dealer to get your money back from.
>> >
>> >
>> >Just writing this news post I could have written
>> >an article for my website which would have been
>> >another 2 pages that could have banners on them
>> >making me money.
>> >
>> >
>> >Honestly from now on I am gonna point my friends
>> >towards Windows and "enemas" towards Linux.
>> >
>> >
>> >Then again Ill make you a deal
>> >If Clinton is thrown out of office I will devote 1 day a week
>> >to providing help to New Linux users.
>> >
>> >Its all about reality I guess its just time to wake up
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >THE DUNGEONS OF DOOOOOOOOOOM wrote in message=20
><368ac28d.9690894@news>...
>> >>Hi. i do apologize if my message sounds a bit too long but at least
>> >>you all will be able to figure out the sticky problem I'm stuck with=
>
>> >>and may even know how to help me out of it. I currently am running
>> >>Windows 98 on one hard disk. However, since it is 7.5 GB and it's
>> >>32-bit, Linux won't recognize it when I first install Linux. At=20
>least
>> >>that's what I have been told and eventually found out. Besides, sure=
>=20
>I
>> >>can download 500 MB in 2 hrs without any trouble via my cable modem,=
>
>> >>but I would still need to copy it to a CD-R or CD-RW disc or=20
>something
>> >>and I'm not gonna pay $200 - $400 for CD-R/RW (in case you all=20
>wanted
>> >>to know why I would not prefer to copy to a storage device and then
>> >>install). I'm not sure if Linux will do it off my zip disks if I=20
>copy
>> >>linux to 6 zip discs. In any case, these wonderful people keep on
>> >>changing the versions of RH Linux. Therefore having got fed up with
>> >>it, I looked in the book which talked about RH Linux and how to
>> >>install. Well, I had versions 3 and 4 of RH but since some of my
>> >>crucial hardware at that time could not be recognized I abandoned RH=
>
>> >>until I finally found out that if I had a direct connection with
>> >>Cox@home just like corporations and universities that have a direct
>> >>connection with their T1, T3, OC-3, etc... server, then you don't=20
>even
>> >>have to download RH linux. All you really have to download are the
>> >>boot.img and supp.img files and transfer them to two blank but
>> >>formatted 3.5" high density disks. So I did just that and booted up =
>
>my
>> >>machine and when I got to the installation method option, I chose=20
>ftp
>> >>method. When I got to the ethernet card question, I 3c509 driver. By=
>
>> >>the way, I still have the 3c509b PnP 16-bit Ethernet adaptor which I=
>
>> >>obtained when I used to attend another university. Rather than sell
>> >>it, I kept it for something like a cable modem. In fact that same
>> >>ethernet card I had was part of the requirements for my cable modem
>> >>installation. Anyway, RH Linux never in the past had any trouble
>> >>recognizing my ethernet card. The only trouble was recognizing my
>> >>video cards,my parallel port zip drive, and my higher capacity hard
>> >>drive. here, in 5.2 that was not the problem. however, when I got to=
>
>> >>the options of DHCP, BOOTP, and Static Address, I chose the Static
>> >>option and filled in my fields correctly. However, I got an error
>> >>message saying unable to connect to host. I fully verified the ftp
>> >>site address and typed it correctly. So I then went back and tried=20
>the
>> >>other two options only to get the "no response" error message from
>> >>bootp and dhcp. So the question still remains, isn't it possible to
>> >>install via ftp with cox@home and if so, how and what configurations=
>
>> >>are to be made during installation?
>> >>
>> >>P.S:
>> >>PLEASE DO NO TELL ME TO USE ANOTHER VERSION OF UNIX SINCE I KINDA AM=
>
>> >>USED TO RH LINUX. ALSO, PLEASE DO NOT TELL ME HOW TO PARTITION MY=20
>HARD
>> >>DRIVE SINCE MY 75. GB HARD DRIVE IS NEARLY FILLED UP. I PLAN TO
>> >>INSTALL REDHAT LINUX 5.2 TO MY OLDER 730 MB HARD DRIVE SO PLEASE DO
>> >>NOT BRING IN 7.5 GB INTO THE PICTURE UNLESS YOU ARE GONNA GIVE ME A
>> >>FREE CD-RW DRIVE FIRST !!! ALL I AM ASKING IS THAT YOU GIVE ME A
>> >>SOLUTION FOR THE PROBLEM I GOT. DO NOT GIVE ME IRRELEVANT BULLSH**
>> >>SUCH AS TELLING ME TO PARTITION MY OTHER HARD DRIVE. I WILL CONTINUE=
>
>> >>TO POST THIS MESSAGE UNTIL SOMEONE HELPS ME FIX THIS PROBLEM !!!
>> >>
>> >>Please post a reply to this message. I've had to switch ISPs in the
>> >>past due to people spamming and framing my acount(s).
>> >>
>>=20
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From: Fx Fraipont <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: i740 video card 8mb agp in 256 colours?
Date: Sun, 03 Jan 1999 21:32:42 +0100
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I have a 8mb A-Trend agp video card; after installing linux, I could
only get it to work in vga 16.
Then I installed the XBF_i740 server succesfully, and it now works, but
I still can only get a 8bit display (256c in 1024x728). I have tried
just about everything. Any ideas?
Thanks
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From: "x" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: linux viruses
Date: Sun, 3 Jan 1999 14:22:00 -0800
is it possible to get a virus protector for linux?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Horst Eyermann)
Subject: Re: Slow Printing With Optra EP
Date: Sun, 3 Jan 1999 17:31:32 +0100
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
well, that really get´s on my nerves, I think all of them
ask you to contact your operating system vendor, but hey
would you / they trust M$ to write a driver for your
brand new ... printer ???? - I doubt that!
I would be glad, if all of you do just the same as me,
and tell them (lexmark, epson, hp, ....) just that,
as I did, perhaps it helps a little to make them think,
(it´s unlikely, I know)
Horst
In article <753td0$j49$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> nothing the graphic is just sent to the printer) it takes about 30 minutes. i
> already asked lexmark about this, but they answered they have no linux driver
> and advice me to contact my operating system vendor. i do not think that the
--
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Horst Eyermann
Am alten Sportplatz 6
67814 Dannenfels
Germany
Check: http://home.t-online.de/home/eyermann
http://www.online.de/home/Eyermann
Date: $d
Time: $t
delete the NOSPAM part in my email adress for correct delivery !
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From: "Richard F. Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: please help, 2 Linux boxes 1 runs 1 don't ???
Date: Sun, 03 Jan 1999 17:55:14 -0500
I worked on this for 3 days and CAN NOT get my other box up to run X
??? :-(
Here is the deal, I am trying to install S.u.S.E. Linux 5.3 on a system
as fallow,
Specs - Supermicro, Dual Pentium II P6DBE Motherboard 100MHz PC 100 RAM
Running - 2* Pentium II 400MHz CPU's - Diamond FirePort 40 SCSI host
Adpt.
Toshiba SCSI CD-ROM
Hard disks are, 1 - 4.3 GB, 2 - 4.3 GB, 3 - 6.4 GB All Western Digital
for Video - Diamond Viper 330 ( 8 MB vRAM ) PCI
======================
So, here's the problem, I can install fine, everything goes fine - no
Errors as of yet...
I then run "xf86config" and the try to start X, the X Server starts and
the "vwm" WM
so I go to change to "vfwm2".... then that is where everything goes
wrong,
I look at the error, it is - << Fatal server error, cannot start
vfwm2... restarting vwm >>
also I get , Broken pipe, call for vfwm2 unsuccessful...
the I get some type of error code, that's as far as I get... I check all
my packets, everything
is there for a X Windows system, and no errors installing them... I had
this same setup on an AMD K6 300 MHz and NO TROUBLE AT ALL, the only
thing different is the bored and
CPU's -- even if I reinstall I get the same error, by the way I AM
installing Linux on my
3rd IDE hard drive the 6.4 GB one, that means it is my Secondary
Master.. is that Ok
Sorry for the long post, please help...,
Rich
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Kenny Keslar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: PS/2 Mouse Problem
Date: Mon, 04 Jan 1999 06:27:00 +0900
The device is /dev/psaux
as root type:
rm /dev/mouse
ln -s /dev/psaux /dev/mouse
You might have to change some settings... but I'm not sure of which ones..
Kenny
blizzard wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I need help using my mouse in Linux. On my old Pentium 100 machine I
> had a serial mouse connected to a serial port or com1. When I set up
> Linux, I set up the device to point to /dev/cua0 (for com1). This
> worked - I was able to get into Linux and use X windows and the mouse
> worked.
>
> I've since upgraded to a Pentium II 350 with a BX6 motherboard. I have
> connected up a PS/2 mouse and it works fine in windows 98. It is on IRQ
> 12. However, when I go into Linux and into X windows - the mouse
> doesn't move. It is not connected to com1 (IRQ3) anymore.
>
> So is that the problem??? How do I get Linux to work with a PS/2 mouse
> on IRQ12??? I guess I have to assign the /dev/mouse device to some
> other /dev!!!
>
> Could someone please help???
>
> Thanks!!!!!!
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Kenny Keslar
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.kfk2.com
2214965 On ICQ
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John 3:16
For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only
Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal
life.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Hao Zhang (Richard))
Subject: Newbie sound card and printer question.
Date: 3 Jan 99 21:11:40 GMT
Hi. I just installed Redhat 5.1. My computer is a Dell Dimension
R350. The sound card is Turtle Beach Montego A3D 64 Voice PCI.
When I did the installation, the sound card was not detected.
I tried all I could find, but nothing worked. There is absolutely
no sound at all. Can anyone help me?
Also, I have got a Samsung Quick Laser 85G printer. I realize that
this is quite possibly a Windows only printer. Is there any
work-around to get it to work? I would be satisfied to print ASCII
files only. Thanks.
Please send me emails.
--
Richard.
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From: Blake Sobiloff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.ms-windows.win95.setup
Subject: Re: Microsoft Elite keyboard
Date: Sun, 03 Jan 1999 18:05:47 -0500
K R Davies wrote:
>
> I recently bought a Microsoft Natural Elite keyboard (Hobson's choice at the
> time) and it has worked out rather well typing wise. The problem is, it
> seems to slow down my computer at certain times, usually during heavy disk
> access. The NUMLOCK light flashes off briefly and (unrelated) the ALPHALOCK
> light (and indeed the key) only works when it feels like it. This slow down
> is consistent enough for me to know that the keyboards the problem, swapping
> it for another solves the problem every time.
The first Natural Elite keyboard I bought was DOA with some keys not
working (Enter, space, and a few letters). The second one works fine.
You might have a bum keyboard.
Also, when having problems hooking it up to my laptop, Microsoft tech
support claimed that the Elite is a power hog and that it won't work off
the serial ports of some computers because the port can't supply enough
power. Are you running off a laptop? This might make sense w/ your
report that the problems occur mostly when your hard disk is active;
maybe the power drain from driving the hard disk is dropping the
available power system-wide, thus causing your keyboard problems.
(BTW, Microsoft's suggested solution was to return my Elite and try to
find one of the original Naturals that don't require as much power. Feh.
Turned out that the serial port on my IBM came from the factory disabled
and I had to use IBM's ThinkPad configuration tool to re-enable it in
the BIOS.)
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Blake Sobiloff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Higher Education Consulting
KPMG -- "It's time for clarity"
Washington, DC
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