Linux-Hardware Digest #1, Volume #10 Mon, 12 Apr 99 04:13:29 EDT
Contents:
Re: Recommended ULTRA SCSI / SCSI 3 Cards/Hard Drives? (Michael Meissner)
Re: unstable screen under X (Michael Meissner)
I need help with a Mustek Scanner (System Admin)
Re: What is AGP - in vidio card terms? (Michael Meissner)
Re: Linux performance (Alpha or Intel?) (Swietanowski Artur)
Re: X terminal? (Michael Meissner)
Re: Laser printer, which one will in Linux ("Jeremy L. Buchmann")
Re: X windows+ win/NT Terminal hardware question (Michael Meissner)
Re: maxblast ("Dominic Leland")
Re: Drivers for Diamond 3Dfx Voodoo 2 card? ("Dominic Leland")
Looking for a 3COM PCMCIA Driver ("Taz")
Re: 56K FAXMODEM (David Tate)
Re: X terminal? ("E. Robert Tisdale")
X-Interface for Hercules mono non-vga card (mike)
Re: I need help with a Mustek Parallel Scanner ("Dominic Leland")
PCI interrupt sharing problem (**Nick Brown)
Re: [Fwd: Source Code To Windows 98 (programmer humor) (fwd)] (Matt Brunk)
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Recommended ULTRA SCSI / SCSI 3 Cards/Hard Drives?
From: Michael Meissner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 12 Apr 1999 02:15:19 -0400
"Alan W. Jurgensen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> What are people using?
>
> Want to do Ultra Scsi / scsi 3 around 40 mb/s or 80 mb/s transfers...
> what works well in linux? what cards are supported the best...
The motherboard (Intel L4400GX) that I'm using has a builtin dual channel
Adaptec 7896 controller (one channel LVD, one channel single ended) that works
with 2.0.36 (at least long enough for me to compile the 2.2.5 kernel) and
2.2.5. I'm using two IBM 10k rpm 9 gig drives that report model names of
'DRVS09V' in /proc/scsi/scsi. The guy who built my system said the disks run
cooler than the Cheatahs he has installed in other systems (heat was a big
concern in my setup).
I believe I've seen reports that the TekRam ultra2 controllers also work well.
> anyong using these with Linux Software RAID?
Not at present.
> am working out specs for WWW server doing Ecommerce....
>
> Where are some up-to-date SCSI HOWTOs for linux?
--
Michael Meissner, Cygnus Solutions
PO Box 98, Ayer Massachusetts, USA 01432-0098
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Re: unstable screen under X
From: Michael Meissner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 12 Apr 1999 02:27:43 -0400
Abdullah Ramazanoglu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> In some howto or faq it was openly stated that PS/2 mouse doesn't get
> along with X. I don't quite remember where it was, but I clearly
> remember what was said. The recommended action was using a serial mouse
> if possible.
> (On the other hand there are quite a few people out there using PS/2
> mouse. They don't use X? :)
> Good luck,
> Abdullah
I think you've been reading some old documentation. PS/2 mice have been
working with X for some time.
--
Michael Meissner, Cygnus Solutions
PO Box 98, Ayer Massachusetts, USA 01432-0098
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: System Admin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,alt.os.linux
Subject: I need help with a Mustek Scanner
Date: Mon, 12 Apr 1999 06:28:01 GMT
Can someone tell me how I should configure linux
to use my Mustek 600 III EP scanner (parallel port)?
thanks in advance
Chris
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Subject: Re: What is AGP - in vidio card terms?
From: Michael Meissner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 12 Apr 1999 02:35:11 -0400
Les Hazelton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Michael Meissner wrote:
>
> > PCI slots). I eventually settled for a 16 meg Diamond Viper 550 card, which
> > uses a TNT chipset.
>
> The reason for the original post is that I need to get much better color depth
> than my current 8 bit for a 1280x1024 display. During the day my X server supports
> a lot of AIX applications that are always out of colors. Looks really bad much of
> the time.
> Still, in the evening, when it switches to more personal use, I wouldn't mind a
> game or two. So, some suggestions on a reasonable dual purpose card would be
> quite welcome.
I run the above Diamond Viper 550 PCI card at 1600x1200 with 32-bit color
(using the 3.3.3.1 servers and a 19" Nokia 446Xpro monitor). While I'm not a
gamer, the TNT card is one of the ones that are usually mentioned by that
crowd, so I imagine it has good 3d support.
--
Michael Meissner, Cygnus Solutions
PO Box 98, Ayer Massachusetts, USA 01432-0098
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Swietanowski Artur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux performance (Alpha or Intel?)
Date: Tue, 06 Apr 1999 13:24:33 +0200
Mike V wrote:
> - How can I maximize network throughput if the Linux box is serving up
> to 40 PC's.
> Simply installing 2 NIC's in the Linux server doesn't mean you get 200
> mbs of throughput, correct? How can I boost the ability of the server
> to shovel data as fast as possible?
Someone correct me if I'm wrong here, but:
(a) I assume Linux will be server for the PC's, while the PC's will
have little (or no) need to communicate directly with each other.
(b) Then dividing your network into 2, 3 or 4 sub-nets will provide
2, 3 or 4 independent 100Mb networks. The Linux server would then
have a seperate network interface for each subnet. Routing packets
between those networks would be done in software on the Linux box.
Based on assumption above, routing will not be critical and you
will be able to squeeze out the max. data throughput from the
Linux box.
(c) If you do manage to get 3 or 4 fast NIC's on the server, then you
may find out that the performance bottleneck shifts to another
area, like disk performance or CPU speed/power.
If (a) is false, then indeed, solutions like channel bonding
(mentioned by another poster in this thread) would be better.
HTH,
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Artur Swietanowski mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Institut fuer Statistik, Operations Research und Computerverfahren,
Universitaet Wien, Universitaetsstr. 5, A-1010 Wien, Austria
tel. +43 (1) 427 738 620 fax +43 (1) 427 738 629
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: X terminal?
From: Michael Meissner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 12 Apr 1999 02:38:55 -0400
"E. Robert Tisdale" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Chris Evich wrote:
>
> > What company makes them? Can I find them on the net anywhere?
NCD is/was a maker of X terminals. There were a few others that have slipped
my mind.
> You don't want to buy a new Xterminal.
> A Linux workstation is much cheaper.
>
> Most systems administrators won't let you put an old Xterminal
> on the local area network because they soak up bandwidth.
In general I would imagine that an X terminal will soak up as much bandwidth as
a Linux workstation acting as an X terminal. Traffic is traffic.
--
Michael Meissner, Cygnus Solutions
PO Box 98, Ayer Massachusetts, USA 01432-0098
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "Jeremy L. Buchmann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,linux.debian.user
Subject: Re: Laser printer, which one will in Linux
Date: 12 Apr 1999 06:42:22 GMT
In comp.os.linux.misc henk van der knaap <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: Dear Readers,
: 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?
If you have the money, get one that understands Postscript. That saves A
LOT of trouble! NEC and Lexmark (not on your list, unfortunetly) offer
small laser printers for about $300-$350US that have optional Postscript
modules that cost an additional ~$100. Otherwise, most laser printers
that understand Postscript cost at least $1200.
--
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Jeremy Buchmann "Those who trade freedom for safety deserve
[EMAIL PROTECTED] neither freedom nor safety." -- Ben Franklin
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Crossposted-To:
comp.terminals,comp.os.ms-windows.networking.misc,uk.comp.os.linux,uk.comp.misc,comp.os.ms-windows.networking.win95,comp.os.ms-windows.networking.tcp-ip
Subject: Re: X windows+ win/NT Terminal hardware question
From: Michael Meissner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 12 Apr 1999 02:45:06 -0400
On Thu, 08 Apr 1999 17:03:20 +0100, Matt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I am looking for a maker of a terminal that will work with win95, NT and
>Linux
>it must contain connectors for Keyboard, Mouse and network card and if
>poss audio too.
>
>The idea is to pass all connections via one UTP cat 5 to a CPU wiithout
>going via
>a PC extender.
>
>Any help would be wellcome.
I don't know why you ruled out a PC extender. Have you looked at the Cybex
(http://www.cybex.com) LongView which is two boxes that you connect with a
single cat 5 cable, and it passes video, keyboard, serial port, ps/2 mouse,
microphone, and audio output (one box is hooked up to the monitor, keyboard,
speakers, etc. and the other box hooks up to the computer). If you need to
talk to multiple computers, you can then hook it up to a Cybex SwitchView or
something similar which allows multiplexing between 4 computers. I saw a
little ghosting at 1600x1200 but it wasn't that bad.
--
Michael Meissner, Cygnus Solutions
PO Box 98, Ayer Massachusetts, USA 01432-0098
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "Dominic Leland" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: maxblast
Date: Mon, 12 Apr 1999 06:46:20 GMT
You will come to the part in the installation where it gives you a choice of
where to install LILO (the Linux boot manager). The choices will probably be
either in the MBR or in the main Linux partition--DO NOT INSTALL IN THE MBR!
If you do, you'll overwrite maxblast and Win98 will think you have a boot
sector virus (it's not crazy about anything touching the MBR behind its
back).
Once you have everything installed, you'll have to switch between Win98 and
Linux one of two ways (there may be more, these are the only ones I know
about):
1. a boot disk. The installer will probably give you an opportunity to make
one--do it.
2. Manually switching bootable partitions with fdisk (either dos' or linux's
depending on where you're at. When using Linux fdisk, be sure you only end
up with one bootable partition at a time. Windows also freaks out when you
have 2 bootable partitions.
Dominic Leland
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:7erb1l$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I previously installed Win98 on my primary partition, and created a D & E
> partition. And since it's a 13.6gig hd, used MaxBlast (installed in the
MBR)
> so I could see all the partitions.
>
> Before installing Linux, I removed the D & E partitions, so I'd have some
> space to install it on. I also created a boot disk for Linux to boot
from.
>
> Now I'd like to be able to use the Linux Boot Manager to boot from, but am
> wondering. Since Maxblast is installed as the boot manager so I could see
> partitions, would installing the Linux BM screw up my way to get at my
> Win98.
>
> When I installed Linux, it saw the Win98 partition.
>
> Thanks
> Ken
>
>
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From: "Dominic Leland" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Drivers for Diamond 3Dfx Voodoo 2 card?
Date: Mon, 12 Apr 1999 06:54:55 GMT
> Also, I have a soundcard that came with my HP Pavilion 7270 model that
> I cannot get soundcfg on 5.1 to recognize. I really don't know what
> kind of card it is but I would have thought that in late 97 it would
> be a Soundblaster 16 bit derivitive. Any ideas on what to do about
> the sound card?
>
Many computer manufacturers use proprietary equipment in their machines.
Just because your sound card is SB compatable doesn't mean a lot,
unfortunately. (Before I switched to Linux,) I used to be stuck with an IBM
MWave card which is just now almost working through linux regardless of its
SB compatability.
In Windows, go to Control Panel, then System, then click the plus sign next
to "Sound, Video and Game Controllers." You'll most likely have several
entries for different "areas" of your sound card (midi, wave synthesis,
etc.) Then read the hardware compatability documents on the Internet.
You're sound card is probably a plug and play card. You'll need to use the
linux program isapnptools to get it working (if it is supported).
This should give you a start. Good Luck!
Dominic Leland
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From: "Taz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Looking for a 3COM PCMCIA Driver
Date: Mon, 12 Apr 1999 06:57:12 GMT
Howdy to anyone who reads this ...
I am looking for a 3com driver for a 10/100 lan with Xjack pcmcia card.
The exact model of the card is 3CXFE575BT
Any help on getting this or information pointing me to a possible source for
this would be greatly appreciated ...
Thanks
Taz
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From: David Tate <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: 56K FAXMODEM
Date: Mon, 12 Apr 1999 01:43:41 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I have recently installed a USR 56k PCI with success. I had to run
pnpdump >isapnp.conf. Then edit it to set up the same irq that windows
uses (irq 10). Then I copied it to /etc. I also made sure that modem
was linked to /dev/ttys1.
I hope this helps for PCI.
David A Tate <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
M navarro-viera wrote:
> Anyone has had problem getting a US56K FaxModem to work on Linux?
> This one works fine with Win95, however, Linux doesn't even detect it
> when I try to connect. It changing the COM ports sufficient, or is
> there something else to do???
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Mandy.
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From: "E. Robert Tisdale" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: X terminal?
Date: Sun, 11 Apr 1999 23:05:08 -0700
Michael Meissner wrote:
> "E. Robert Tisdale" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > Chris Evich wrote:
> >
> > > What company makes them? Can I find them on the net anywhere?
>
> NCD is/was a maker of X terminals. There were a few others that have slipped
> my mind.
>
> > You don't want to buy a new Xterminal.
> > A Linux workstation is much cheaper.
> >
> > Most systems administrators won't let you put an old Xterminal
> > on the local area network because they soak up bandwidth.
>
> In general I would imagine that an X terminal will soak up as much bandwidth
> as a Linux workstation acting as an X terminal. Traffic is traffic.
You're probably too young to remember Xterminals.
The X server ran on a remote host
and every action would cause the X server to refresh
the Xterminal display pixel by pixel over the local area network.
If you buy a new "X terminal" today,
you actually get a diskless workstation with a crippled operating system
which can only run an X server downloaded from a remote host.
The problem is that systems administrators don't always appreciate
the difference between these two types of "X terminals"
and won't let you connect either one to the local area network.
E. Robert Tisdale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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From: mike <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: X-Interface for Hercules mono non-vga card
Date: Sun, 11 Apr 1999 18:24:43 -0400
I am looking for an interface so that I can use
X-Windows on my RedHat Linux 5.1 old 486-66 computer
I just want it to do the rudimentary things, like
using the graphical config utilities of X rather
than setting up everything manually on the old machine.
Windows 3.x ? allowed one to use the old hercules
mono card, the one that used the old pc mono monitors.
Any ideas or suggestions?
Mike
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From: "Dominic Leland" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: I need help with a Mustek Parallel Scanner
Date: Mon, 12 Apr 1999 07:20:19 GMT
There is some work on this, but it's comming along very slowly. It's
proprietary so the person who is working on it is trying to reverse-engineer
it. Go to http://www2.prestel.co.uk/hex/scanners.html and keep checking
back.
I have a parallel port Mustek too. I e-mailed them asking for them to
release the specs so that someone could write a driver. But the person who
answered said that she didn't have that information and even if she did, she
probably couldn't release it. Let's hope the guy working on it succeeds.
Dominic Leland
System Admin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> how can I get it to work within Linux.
> Sane supports every SCSI Mustek scanners,
> but it doesn't say anything about parallel
> versions. Does anyone have one working or
> know how to get it to work.
> thanks. my email [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: **Nick Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: PCI interrupt sharing problem
Date: Mon, 12 Apr 1999 09:12:39 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I have a PC with a Digital DE435 Ethernet card (PCI, IRQ 12) and an
NCR53C810 SCSI card (also PCI, also IRQ 12). This works fine with
Debian in all my 2.0.36 kernel configurations (various combinations of
kernel drivers vs modules).
However, using the tomsrtbt mini-distribution, which loads the Ethernet
driver in the kernel, I can't then load the ncr53c8xx module after
booting. It says "request IRQ 12 failure".
If I use the kernel from the tomsrtbt floppy on my Debian setup, it
works fine. And my "Debian" kernel also gives the same problem on the
tomsrtbt distrib. So I'm assuming that Debian loads "something" to
allow IRQ sharing, which tomsrtbt doesn't.
If I boot tomsrtbt with a kernel that doesn't contain the Ethernet card,
then I can load both drivers as modules with no problem. So the problem
is "with tomsrtbt, a kernel driver won't allow a module loaded later, to
share the same IRQ".
Any ideas ?
--
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Nick Brown, Strasbourg, France (Nick(dot)Brown(at)coe(dot)fr)
Protect yourself against Word 95/97 viruses, free - check out
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From: Matt Brunk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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: Mon, 12 Apr 1999 00:31:38 -0700
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Michael Rubenstein wrote:
>
> 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.
> --
> Michael M Rubenstein
What version of Microsoft's compiler are you using?
If you're using Microsoft VC++ 5.0 or 6.0, the documentation *does*
mention void main. Just search for "main" and then click the "Program
Startup: the main Function" topic.
As to whether Microsoft implements void main as an extension, that is
another topic for discussion.
--Matt Brunk
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