Linux-Hardware Digest #996, Volume #9 Sun, 11 Apr 99 23:13:31 EDT
Contents:
Re: ez-scsi speed settings and aic7890 (Tonny Sejr Kromann)
S3 Trio 3d Video card (Leo Cambilargiu)
FS: SUN FE Handbooks On ebay Stating@$9.99 (Jay)
Re: How fast is your HD? Use bonnie!! ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Mounting MacIntosh 3'5" Disks (Travis Chase)
help on Xircom CE-II Plus PCMCIA card (WEI SUN)
laptops and linux (Scott Knight)
Re: laptops and linux ("John E. Garrott")
Re: Turning an old 486 into a term/xterm (Gary Momarison)
Re: Laser printer, which one will in Linux (Bob Tennent)
Re: [Fwd: Source Code To Windows 98 (programmer humor) (fwd)] (Lawrence Kirby)
Re: Newbie Mouse question (Paula and Daniel)
help on Xircom CE-II Plus PCMCIA card (WEI SUN)
Re: Partition-table problem on my 1st harddisk (Wilhelm Wienemann)
Re: Zip for parallel port - kernal question (Paula and Daniel)
Re: DMA errors (Nick Lucent)
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From: Tonny Sejr Kromann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.scsi
Subject: Re: ez-scsi speed settings and aic7890
Date: Sun, 11 Apr 1999 23:50:24 +0000
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> (scsi0:0:3:0) Synchronous at 20.0 Mbyte/sec, offset 15.
As you saw with my problem (In thread from 11. april), the reported speed
changed when I changed it in the scsi-bios. At first when it was untouched it
reported 20MB/s and the scsi-bios said 80MB/s. When I lowered it to 10MB/s it
also reported 10MB/s.
--
Kind regards
Tonny
(Asus P2B-S, kernel 2.2.1)
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From: Leo Cambilargiu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: S3 Trio 3d Video card
Date: Mon, 12 Apr 1999 09:53:41 +1000
The XWindows system which comes with RH5.0 doesn't support this video
card.
Does anyowe know were I can find a version which does?
A Celery PII on VIA chipsets with a S3 Trio 3d w/ 4 mg vram <==
LCamBilARgiu
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jay)
Crossposted-To:
alt.unix.wizards,comp.sys.sun.admin,comp.unix.admin,comp.unix.questions,comp.unix.solaris
Subject: FS: SUN FE Handbooks On ebay Stating@$9.99
Date: Mon, 12 Apr 1999 00:37:33 GMT
I have SUN Microsystems Field Engineer Handbooks Volumes I & II
sixteenth edition, dated 4/16/97 for sale on EBay.
The starting bid is $9.99
http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=89381663
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: How fast is your HD? Use bonnie!!
Date: 12 Apr 1999 00:08:58 GMT
Michael W. Ryder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: I ran the test as hdparm -gt (could not use -i as it is not supported
: for SCSI drives) and received the following results: 32MB in 2.47
: seconds=12.96 MB/sec.
For a more reliable test one could better use bonnie, a program
written ages ago by Tim Bray. I put it on my webpage for you to grab:
http://people.a2000.nl/dbijwaar/bonnie.c
I also put my own results there.
http://people.a2000.nl/dbijwaar/bonnie.results
Note that you need to run bonnie with at least twice as much harddisk
space as your main memory, to avoid cache reads messing up the results.
The disksize can be set in the size variable in the main{} function.
--
Kind regards,
Dennis Bijwaard (remove antispam to reply)
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From: Travis Chase <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.linux,alt.linux.sux,alt.os.linux,alt.os.linux.caldera,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.protocols.smb
Subject: Re: Mounting MacIntosh 3'5" Disks
Date: Mon, 12 Apr 1999 00:35:14 GMT
Tony Langdon wrote:
> It's 06 Apr 99 23:12,
> We'll return to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and All's
> discussion of Mounting MacIntosh 3'5" Disks
>
> da> Having had the fortune to have my wife win an iMac, we are attempting
> da> to transfer some software from an old Mac Classic II to the new
> da> machine. Unfortunately, with no floppy drive on the iMac, it seems
> da> that transferring onto the local network via my linux box might be the
> da> preferred solution, and FTPing from there. Unfortunately, at a first
> da> glance it seems that the high density mac disk format (sometimes
> da> emulated on a PC) is not supported by most distributions of linux
> da> (currently using slackware, with kernel 2.0.33).
>
> da> Any suggestions or pointers for this one? Transferring from the Mac
> da> Classic to my win95 PC on to the linux machine and thence to the iMac
> da> is just too tortuous a path to want to contemplate!
>
> I thought HFS was supported, but there is another way. If you can
> network the Macs, installing Appletalk and netatalk (Appleshare server)
> on the Linux box should do the trick. :-)
>
> .. For every action, there is an equal and opposite criticism.
> --
> |Fidonet: Tony Langdon 3:633/284.18
> |Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> |
> | Standard disclaimer: The views of this user are strictly his own.
If you want to use a floppy with Imacs try here http://www.imac-floppy.com/
Travis Chase
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From: WEI SUN <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: help on Xircom CE-II Plus PCMCIA card
Date: Sun, 11 Apr 1999 20:52:09 -0400
hi all,
I had a Toshiba Tecra 8000 laptop, with Xircom CreditCard Ethernet
Adapter IIps (CE-II) card. I installed RedHat 5.2 Linux. I followed
the HOWTO steps tring to install the PCMCIA card. for some reason I
couldn't make it work. even the cardmgr won't start when reboot.
can anyone give me some suggestions? thanks in advance.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Scott Knight)
Subject: laptops and linux
Date: Sun, 11 Apr 1999 21:12:16 -0500
I have a question for anyone out there. Next year I'm heading off to
college and i was thinking about buying a laptop, because i plan on taking
my other computer (a mac running linux) i thought a pc laptop would save a
lot of space. My question is, i would be using the laptop to run linux and
do devolopement. So i would need somehting that could handle X Windows,
handle sound, and graphics. Have a floppy and cdrom, around 64-96MB
memory. Im thinking a pentium II type processor. Anyway my question is,
where could i find a nice laptop for around 2,000 - 3,000 dollars, that
will run linux beutifully? Thanks in advance.
Scott Knight
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From: "John E. Garrott" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: laptops and linux
Date: Sun, 11 Apr 1999 18:41:52 -0700
Scott Knight wrote:
>
> I have a question for anyone out there. Next year I'm heading off to
> college and i was thinking about buying a laptop, because i plan on taking
> my other computer (a mac running linux) i thought a pc laptop would save a
> lot of space. My question is, i would be using the laptop to run linux and
> do devolopement. So i would need somehting that could handle X Windows,
> handle sound, and graphics. Have a floppy and cdrom, around 64-96MB
> memory. Im thinking a pentium II type processor. Anyway my question is,
> where could i find a nice laptop for around 2,000 - 3,000 dollars, that
> will run linux beutifully? Thanks in advance.
>
> Scott Knight
One possible source is Broadaxe Systems, Inc. I think they offer
a version of the Sager computer.
http://www.industrial-portable.com/notebook/np6600/np6500_intro.htm
I haven't tried their product, but the do offer RedHat 5.1 in their
operating system selection.
Good luck,
John
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From: Gary Momarison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Turning an old 486 into a term/xterm
Date: 11 Apr 1999 18:43:31 -0700
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> I have a pretty decent 486 DX4/100 sitting here that used to work very well
> as my primary workstation until I got a new machine. I was wondering what I
> could do with it besides using it as a doorstop/test machine...anyway I could
> turn it into an x-terminal or simply a dumb terminal to connect to my new
> machine...another keyboard/mouse/monitor setup would help me out and I was
> planning to pick up a used terminal anyway...just wondering if anyone has
> done anything like this with an old machine before...i remember seeing
> somewhere how to make an x-term but never a dumb terminal :)
I set up a real dumb terminal by replacing a "mingetty" line
in /etc/inittab with this:
6:2345:respawn:/sbin/getty ttyS1 2400,4800,9600 tvi921c
The "agetty" program might be good too. It's simpler. Both have man pages.
I suppose you just do this on both computers.
--
Look for Linux info at http://www.dejanews.com/home_ps.shtml and in
Gary's Encyclopedia at http://www.aa.net/~swear/pedia/index.html
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From: r d t@c s.q u e e n s u.c a (Bob Tennent)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,linux.debian.user
Subject: Re: Laser printer, which one will in Linux
Date: 12 Apr 1999 01:30:08 GMT
On Mon, 12 Apr 1999 10:31:05 +1200, henk van der knaap wrote:
>
>I intend to buy a laser printer. The following brands are available here:
>
>Hewlett Packard, Canon, Oki, Brother (These are the main names)
>
>Can anybody, please, advise me which one works particularly well under
>Linux?
>
http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/pht/printer_list.cgi?predef=BL
Bob T.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Lawrence Kirby)
Crossposted-To:
comp.lang.c,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.x,alt.os.linux,comp.lang.c++
Subject: Re: [Fwd: Source Code To Windows 98 (programmer humor) (fwd)]
Date: Sun, 11 Apr 99 10:54:44 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
[EMAIL PROTECTED] "Michael Rubenstein" writes:
>On Sat, 10 Apr 99 23:01:43 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>(Lawrence Kirby) wrote:
>
>>A slighly different question is whether void main() is a true MS-C extension
>>i.e. is explicitly documented to work. Many things work by accident on
>>many compiler versions, but they can't be considered true extensions
>>unless the compiler provides some guarantee, and more than just usage in
>>code examples.
>
>Microsoft's documentation for main doesn't mention void main, but
>many (most?) of the examples do use void as the return type.
If it isn't explicitly documented as supported then it isn't supported.
--
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Lawrence Kirby | [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Wilts, England | [EMAIL PROTECTED]
=========================================
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From: Paula and Daniel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Newbie Mouse question
Date: Sun, 11 Apr 1999 21:49:53 -0400
hello,
First, make sure your kernel has support for /dev/psaux compiled in. I
think it's in by default, but you might wanna check. I don't recall the
exact name of that parameter in the kernel (I'm hacking on my
girlfriend's computer pending my upgrade) but it's pretty obvious. I
think you also need "user misc device drivers" support also, not sure.
Can't hurt.
Second, if you want it to work under X, make sure GPM isn't being loaded
first. Dunno why, but for some reason GPM breaks PS/2 under X. Works
okay with serial, but not busmice or PS/2.
Third, make sure your xf86config points to /dev/psaux. I've had bad
luck with the symlinks from /dev/mouse to /dev/psaux. It's supposed to
work...but you know how that goes........
Hope this helps,
Dan
Craig Christensen wrote:
>
> How do I get a PS/2 Mouse working?
>
> Craig
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: WEI SUN <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: help on Xircom CE-II Plus PCMCIA card
Date: Sun, 11 Apr 1999 20:50:39 -0400
hi all,
I had a Toshiba Tecra 8000 laptop, with Xircom CreditCard Ethernet
Adapter IIps (CE-II) card. I installed RedHat 5.2 Linux. I followed
the HOWTO steps tring to install the PCMCIA card. for some reason I
couldn't make it work. even the cardmgr won't start when reboot.
can anyone give me some suggestions? thanks in advance.
--
| | Wei Sun, Cisco Systems
||| ||| 7025 Kit Creek Road
||||| ||||| RTP, NC 27709, USA
.:|||||||:. .:|||||||:. Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
.::|||||||||||:::|||||||||||::. Phone: 919.472.5727, Fax: 472.2177
---C I S C O----S Y S T E M S-- http://www.cisco.com/
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Wilhelm Wienemann)
Subject: Re: Partition-table problem on my 1st harddisk
Date: 10 Apr 1999 15:21:36 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Wilhelm Wienemann)
HAC <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> informed
comp.os.linux.hardware with the following:
> Wilhelm Wienemann wrote:
> >
> > hdd: IBM-DTTA-351010, 9671MB w/466kB Cache, CHS=19650/16/63
>
> I have one of those. But using an ABIT BX6-2, with LBA enabled I get
> this:
>
> hda: IBM-DTTA-351010, 9671MB w/466kB Cache, CHS=1232/255/63, UDMA
>
> Note the the Intel BX chipset identifies this as a UDMA drive.
Thank you Howard for this description!
Sorry, but I don't use an Intel _BX_ chipset and in the BIOS setup there
isn't LBA enabled for this harddisk. I'm affraid that your explanation
wouldn't be a solution for my partition-table-problem.
Thanks again!
bye - Wilhelm
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>>>>>>>>> Wilhelm Wienemann, Amselweg 10, D-47546 Kalkar/Germany <<<<<<<<<
==========>>>>> E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <<<<<===========
"And since you are the future keepers of everything, including music, we
hope you will keep it well, with love, and in joy." (Frederick Fennell)
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From: Paula and Daniel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Zip for parallel port - kernal question
Date: Sun, 11 Apr 1999 22:09:15 -0400
hello,
I was running 2.2.3 with a parport zipdrive (old PPA) and a dot matrix
printer on the same parport. No probs at all. In 2.0.34, I had to swap
modules around every time I wanted to do something. I actually managed
to have a module-less kernel...then ripped the thing apart and sent the
brains off to Mom...am now awaiting new motherboard......:(...it's an
Alpha...:)
Dan
Kyle Dansie wrote:
>
> Steve Morgan wrote:
> >
> > I have received numerous responses to my previous post (thanks!),
> > unfortunately my zip isn't working yet, but I have a question for kernal
> > mavens: If lp is compiled into the kernal, and lp is conflicting with
> > ppa when I try to "insmod ppa", could I solve the problem by recompiling
> > the kernal without lp?
> > Thanks, Steve
>
> If you are using kernel 2.0.x then set ppa and lp as modules in the
> kernel.
>
> If you are using 2.2.x then you can set them up with port sharing. I
> have not done this yet, but I have read about others doing it without
> problems.
>
> Later,
> Kyle
> --
> --------------------------------------------------------
> Linux Rules Iomega Zip Drive Mini - HOWTO
> -
> http://njtcom.com/dansie/zip-drive.html
> or
> http://metalab.unc.edu/mdw/HOWTO/mini/ZIP-Drive.html
> --------------------------------------------------------
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Nick Lucent)
Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux.caldera,alt.linux,alt.linux.sux,alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: DMA errors
Date: 12 Apr 1999 02:22:53 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Sun, 11 Apr 1999 16:38:49 -0700, TURBO1010 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
<>It's an HX chipset, and disabling UDMA in the bios took the errors away.
<>Trying SCSI now, just can't get it to recognize my Adaptec 2940U2W.
<>
your right, Im just out of it tonight. Ive used a aha2940uw w/ mine, I would
imagine them to be similar. Are you not seeing the adaptec bios come up on
boot?
Nick
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