Linux-Hardware Digest #4, Volume #10 Mon, 12 Apr 99 14:13:29 EDT
Contents:
Wyse Terminals & Console ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
IBM Token Ring PCMCIA Card ("Paul Stanyer")
Soundpro 3d onboard (Maxim Sadsag)
Re: stealth II s220 ("S. Collins")
Re: stealth II s220 ("S. Collins")
Re: Parallel Port HP-7200e CDR (Grant Guenther)
X-windows ("MaYToUCh")
Re: All the current OSes are idiotic (was Re: Is Windows for idiots?) (Craig Kelley)
Re: All the current OSes are idiotic (was Re: Is Windows for idiots?) (Craig Kelley)
Re: All the current OSes are idiotic (was Re: Is Windows for idiots?) (Leslie
Mikesell)
Re: All the current OSes are idiotic (was Re: Is Windows for idiots?) (westprog)
Re: Ax59pro and Linux..How well does your system work? (Anthony Sims)
Re: All the current OSes are idiotic (was Re: Is Windows for idiots?) (Leslie
Mikesell)
Re: With dual-processor system, is SCSI a must or is Ultra-DMA enough? (BL)
Re: Soundpro 3d onboard (Erwin van Akkeren)
Re: All the current OSes are idiotic (was Re: Is Windows for idiots?) (Leslie
Mikesell)
Re: Mediavision "Memphis" kit PAS16 card - ssslllloooowwwww playback . . .
([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: promise pci ide cards ("dpc")
Re: On-board CMI8330 Sound Chip (Erwin van Akkeren)
ati 3d rage lt pro experience anyone? (Michael Wagner)
Re: Nec 4X4 CD Shuffler? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: S3 Virge/GX ("Walter B. Burke")
Re: ES 1938 sound card - no rec (Janusz Smolinski)
ISDN ( AVM Fritz Card )---problem!!! (Thomas Dauda)
Re: All the current OSes are idiotic (was Re: Is Windows for idiots?) (Chris Welch)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Wyse Terminals & Console
Date: Mon, 12 Apr 1999 13:49:52 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hello All,
I looked for a HOW-TO (or mini), and/or FAQ on how to hook up a Wyse (50)
terminal to the serial port as the console. Can this be done? which Wyse
terminals are supported? Is there a whitepaper, faq, of howto? What is the
URL of the document?
Thanks
Scott
Scott Boss
C{E,F,T,O}O
sboss dot net
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From: "Paul Stanyer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: IBM Token Ring PCMCIA Card
Date: Mon, 12 Apr 1999 16:59:15 +0100
I am running Suse 6 on an IMB Thinkpad 765. I installed Suse 6 no probs.
Set up the TR card using the built in drivers and it installs OK, but when
setting up network interface onboot up, Linux just sits there. I have
checked all config that I know of (IP address, DNS etc...)
Any ideas anyone?
Regards
P Stanyer
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From: Maxim Sadsag <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Soundpro 3d onboard
Date: Mon, 12 Apr 1999 17:01:50 +0300
Hello People,
I recently bought an PC100 mainboard with an "PCI Sound Pro CMI 8338 3D"
sound
card on board. Under Win9x the card installed the drivers with the cd.
But
under linux (Redhat-5.2) it cannot be autoprobed by the sndconfig tool.
An device is detected on the pci bus as Multimedia controller on IRQ9
and i/o DE00h, Unknown Vendor, Unknown device but I don't know how to
setup the card.
Can someone help me figure this out?
Maxim
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From: "S. Collins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: stealth II s220
Date: Mon, 12 Apr 1999 10:44:26 -0500
The readme file says the driver works with the AGP version of the Stealth II
S220, think it would have any problems with the PCI version, or are the
drivers pretty much written specifically for AGP?
Brian Matthew Sperlongano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>
>This driver is available with the XBF package, available from RedHat.
>grab the XBF servers and the custom xf86config tarballs. Doing a seach
>for "XBF" on FTPSearch should point you in the right direction.
>
>-Brian
>
>> > I am looking for a driver or a work around for configuring my video
card
>> > of
>> >
>> > stealth II s220 Rendition v2100
>> >
>> > any help would be nice..
>> >
>> > ttfn
>> > goat
>>
>> The driver is available with the newest release of X. You will have to
>> upgrade to the new release.
>>
>> www.xfree.org
>>
>> www.cdrom.com
>>
>> Later,
>> Fred
>>
>>
>>
>
>-----------------------------------
>Brian Matthew Sperlongano
>Worcester Polytechnic Institute
>(508) 831-6282 (School)
>(401) 828-0746 (Home)
>
>Senator, Student Gov't Association
>-----------------------------------
>
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From: "S. Collins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: stealth II s220
Date: Mon, 12 Apr 1999 10:44:26 -0500
The readme file says the driver works with the AGP version of the Stealth II
S220, think it would have any problems with the PCI version, or are the
drivers pretty much written specifically for AGP?
Brian Matthew Sperlongano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>
>This driver is available with the XBF package, available from RedHat.
>grab the XBF servers and the custom xf86config tarballs. Doing a seach
>for "XBF" on FTPSearch should point you in the right direction.
>
>-Brian
>
>> > I am looking for a driver or a work around for configuring my video
card
>> > of
>> >
>> > stealth II s220 Rendition v2100
>> >
>> > any help would be nice..
>> >
>> > ttfn
>> > goat
>>
>> The driver is available with the newest release of X. You will have to
>> upgrade to the new release.
>>
>> www.xfree.org
>>
>> www.cdrom.com
>>
>> Later,
>> Fred
>>
>>
>>
>
>-----------------------------------
>Brian Matthew Sperlongano
>Worcester Polytechnic Institute
>(508) 831-6282 (School)
>(401) 828-0746 (Home)
>
>Senator, Student Gov't Association
>-----------------------------------
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Grant Guenther)
Subject: Re: Parallel Port HP-7200e CDR
Date: 12 Apr 1999 15:10:19 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Sun, 11 Apr 1999 13:27:38 -0400, Jacques Fortier
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Thanks a lot. The page was very helpful, but there's still one problem.
>Using PARIDE and pcd, I can get the drive to read. If I load pg, I can
>get the drive recognized as a cd-rw, but I can't get xroastcd to use it.
>What I mean is, when pg is loaded, it displays a message saying it's
>recognized my HP-7200e etc etc. However, when I go into xcdroast's setup,
>I can't select the device.
That's because xcdroast doesn't support pg. End of story. Use
cdrecord directly.
> I read the xroastcd readme and found out I have to use IDE-scsi
>emulation.
No - it won't do a think for pg, except to get you confused.
==========================================================================
Grant R. Guenther [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "MaYToUCh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: X-windows
Date: Mon, 12 Apr 1999 23:59:37 +0700
I would like to install x-windows Slakware 3.6
on my AST 910N but I don;t knows
it VGA Chip, ramdac, etc, and what refresh rate I shold select
please help.
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Crossposted-To:
comp.lang.java.advocacy,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy
Subject: Re: All the current OSes are idiotic (was Re: Is Windows for idiots?)
From: Craig Kelley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 12 Apr 1999 10:57:26 -0600
westprog <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>>> UNIX fans don't like shared libraries. They can always point to
>>> DLL hell as proof that they don't work. In fact, the DLL debacle
>>> shows how you can implement anything badly if you reallly want.
>>
>>
>> We certainly write programs that dynamically link to
>> libraries, you do know that...
>
> Indeed you do, and so do I. What you don't get on Unix, to any great extent,
> are system-wide shared libraries that provide common functionality for all
> programs.
Ever heard of libc?
> For example - I am running various X-windows applications on Solaris. There
> are three seperate styles of scroll bar. I can't think of any possible reason
> why I should want this. On Windows, all the graphical applications use common
> controls to ensure a standard look and feel.
Oh? What about tk, Qt, and gtk+ on my Windows box?
This argument is tired. "I don't have any choices when I develop a
Win32 application, and this is a good thing." The problem with
deciding on the One True Library is that it is quioxic in nature.
What one peson feels is good, another will loathe.
The Open Source initiative will solve this "problem" eventually,
because all the good bits of every widgetset will be incorporated into
the perfect set.
> I dare say there are some examples of system wide library sharing on
> Unix, but it is not the preferred way to operate.
Whatever.
Download GNOME sometime.
--
The wheel is turning but the hamster is dead.
Craig Kelley -- [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Subject: Re: All the current OSes are idiotic (was Re: Is Windows for idiots?)
From: Craig Kelley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 12 Apr 1999 11:01:30 -0600
westprog <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > Again:
> >
> > $ rm -i -- *
>
> There may well be a lot of ways to disarm the bomb and make it safe. That
> doesn't mean the bomb should be there in the first place.
>
> The problem is caused because the use of the '-' character is just a
> convention on Unix; it has no 'official standing'. It is thus
> permitted to be a filename.
>
> If the Unix file system were a little less generous, there would be
> a range of characters available which would be clearly not file
> names. This would lead to clarity. Clarity is good.
Perhaps you are correct, but this has all been blown out of proportion.
The people who do not understand the CLI will be making use of the
easy-to-use filemanagers anyway, and they know how to deal with these
files. The people who actually care about these obscure issues also
know how to deal with them.
--
The wheel is turning but the hamster is dead.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Leslie Mikesell)
Crossposted-To:
comp.lang.java.advocacy,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy
Subject: Re: All the current OSes are idiotic (was Re: Is Windows for idiots?)
Date: 12 Apr 1999 12:03:11 -0500
In article <7et6cf$tlg$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
westprog <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>> Incredibly enough, programmers (particularly C hackers) really do program
>> with this mentality. Hence, Knuth: Premature eja^H^H^H optimisation is the
>> root of all programming evil.
>
>This is the reason for case-sensitive operating systems, file systems and
>programming languages. Nobody really wants a system that can't recognise
>"MyFileName" as the same as "MyFilename", but it saved a few cycles back in
>the valve age.
you speak only for yourself here. i most certainly do want case
sensitivity in my filesystems and programs. why use more than one
case if they don't mean something different?
les mikesell
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From: westprog <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.lang.java.advocacy,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy
Subject: Re: All the current OSes are idiotic (was Re: Is Windows for idiots?)
Date: Mon, 12 Apr 1999 16:18:32 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Johan Kullstam wrote:
>
> > > It made parsing easier in the days when a big Unix system had 8K RAM
> > > and ASCII characters were 7-bit.
> >
> > do you seriously think that a conscious decision was made to save one
> > extra compare? make is a pretty complex program. requiring tab
> > versus allowing tab or space wouldn't have made any significant
> > difference. compiler options or the phase of the moon would have made
> > more of an impact.
>
> Incredibly enough, programmers (particularly C hackers) really do program
> with this mentality. Hence, Knuth: Premature eja^H^H^H optimisation is the
> root of all programming evil.
This is the reason for case-sensitive operating systems, file systems and
programming languages. Nobody really wants a system that can't recognise
"MyFileName" as the same as "MyFilename", but it saved a few cycles back in
the valve age.
J.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Anthony Sims)
Crossposted-To: alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.aopen
Subject: Re: Ax59pro and Linux..How well does your system work?
Date: 11 Apr 1999 18:40:22 GMT
On 10 Apr 1999 22:07:20 GMT, Matthias Kilian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
[snip]
>Strange enough, it doesn't work on my mainboard. May be my vendor gave me an
>old motherboard? Here is some output from /proc/pci:
[snip]
You should also have the following two devices.
Bus 0, device 7, function 2:
USB Controller: VIA Technologies VT 82C586 Apollo USB (rev 2).
Medium devsel. IRQ 10. Master Capable. Latency=64.
I/O at 0x6800 [0x6801].
Bus 0, device 7, function 3:
Bridge: VIA Technologies VT 82C586B Apollo ACPI (rev 16).
Medium devsel. Fast back-to-back capable.
You need to enable the USB ports in your BIOS setup, to make these devices
visible.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Leslie Mikesell)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy
Subject: Re: All the current OSes are idiotic (was Re: Is Windows for idiots?)
Date: 12 Apr 1999 12:24:21 -0500
In article <7et1ir$pa7$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
westprog <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I simply cannot accept that being able to change the behaviour of commands by
>putting dummy files in a directory is good design. Good design should be
>clear. Having a file called '-f' is a way of telling lies to the program, or
>at least playing jokes on it.
So, don't name files '-f'. They are your files - what's the problem?
>I also don't accept that this is as a result of Unix being so amazingly
>powerful that only very clever people can use it safely. This is very
>gratifying if you happen to use Unix, because it makes you part of a special
>elite. I just think it is bad design, period.
You miss the point of unix completely. The effect is the result of
an elegant simplicity not some horribly elaborate design scheme.
The fact that clever people have learned to do tricky things to take
advantange of the shells parsing order and other simple things should
not be mistaken for a complexity in the design.
Les Mikesell
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: BL <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: With dual-processor system, is SCSI a must or is Ultra-DMA enough?
Date: Mon, 12 Apr 1999 17:21:19 GMT
one word of advice: if you want to go dual cpu, get BOTH at the SAME TIME.
its said that both cpu's should be from the same stepping or production run.
if you buy the 2nd later on, they may not match well enough.
multi user and multi process are the same things to linux ;-)
if you run background daemons or builds, then the more processes, the better
the 2nd cpu will work for you.
I run 2 desktop linux systems with SMP and the 2nd processor is well worth it.
(of course, I didn't pay $500 for each p2/450 - I used overclocked/modified
cel 300a chips at $100 ea - so even if the 2nd cpu was idle for a bit of time,
the money didn't bother me so much) ;-)
re: scsi: a good idea even if single cpu. if you put both cpu's to good use,
then scsi will really help out.
if you're cost concious, then get an ncr chipset card. I got a tekram dc390
that is ultra2 for under $200. not a big investment, really.
Michael Hucka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: I'm in the process of buying desktop workstations for some of our users. We
: want dual-processor-capable systems (initially configured with one 450 Mhz
: PII but able to go to 2 in the future). I've read many times that SCSI holds
: an advantage over IDE-type disks for preemptive multitasking operating
: systems, especially in server applications. But what about a single-user,
: *dual-processor* workstation running Linux? Will the performance gained by
: the second CPU be compromised by the lack of SCSI? Most of what our users
: run are: compute-bound simulations, Matlab-based data analysis programs
: (moderate I/O), and 2D and 3D visualization programs, with lots of Java-based
: code coming in the future.
: We use SCSI disks in nearly all of other our systems (which include Suns and
: SGIs), but the cost difference between a SCSI and non-SCSI-based PC is
: substantial enough that I must weigh this issue carefully.
: --
: Michael Hucka, Ph.D. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED]
: GENESIS Development Group, Division of Biology, Caltech
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Erwin van Akkeren)
Subject: Re: Soundpro 3d onboard
Date: Mon, 12 Apr 1999 17:27:27 GMT
On Mon, 12 Apr 1999 17:01:50 +0300, Maxim Sadsag <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>Hello People,
>I recently bought an PC100 mainboard with an "PCI Sound Pro CMI 8338 3D"
>sound
>card on board. Under Win9x the card installed the drivers with the cd.
>But
>under linux (Redhat-5.2) it cannot be autoprobed by the sndconfig tool.
>An device is detected on the pci bus as Multimedia controller on IRQ9
>and i/o DE00h, Unknown Vendor, Unknown device but I don't know how to
>setup the card.
>Can someone help me figure this out?
I've never heard of the CMI8338, but I assume it is a typo and that
you actually mean the CMI8330. You can find a mini-HOWTO at
http://home.gelrevision.nl/~h.wolter/CMI8330_0.05.txt
Regards,
Erwin
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Leslie Mikesell)
Crossposted-To:
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Subject: Re: All the current OSes are idiotic (was Re: Is Windows for idiots?)
Date: 12 Apr 1999 12:15:44 -0500
In article <7et0o5$od6$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
westprog <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> > UNIX fans don't like shared libraries. They can always point to DLL hell as
>> > proof that they don't work. In fact, the DLL debacle shows how you can
>> > implement anything badly if you reallly want.
>>
>> We certainly write programs that dynamically link to
>> libraries, you do know that...
>
>Indeed you do, and so do I. What you don't get on Unix, to any great extent,
>are system-wide shared libraries that provide common functionality for all
>programs.
Errr, what is libc.*.so? libcurses.so?
>For example - I am running various X-windows applications on Solaris. There
>are three seperate styles of scroll bar. I can't think of any possible reason
>why I should want this. On Windows, all the graphical applications use common
>controls to ensure a standard look and feel. If you want to override the
>standard controls on Windows, it is as easy to do so as with X-Windows.
This has more to do with vendor independence than anything else. If you
are willing to sell your soul to a single vendor you could do that
in X - or even multiple vendors with motif.
Where is the cross-platform support even at the curses level under
ms-windows?
>Of course, the original design for shared libraries on Windows - write a DLL
>and dump it into \windows\system - was terrible. After a mere ten years or
>so, Microsoft figured out the right way to do it (or at least a less wrong
>way), and made sure that COM objects are subjected to a bit of discipline.
>DLL's are still a nightmare though, and a major cause of instability on
>Windows. This is not an excuse for Unix, though.
>
>I dare say there are some examples of system wide library sharing on Unix, but
>it is not the preferred way to operate.
I see next to nothing statically linked on my machine except for the
things where it is necessary for distribution restrictions of some
libraries. Shared libs have worked very well in most unix flavors
for 15 years or so.
Les Mikesell
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Mediavision "Memphis" kit PAS16 card - ssslllloooowwwww playback . . .
Date: Mon, 12 Apr 1999 17:26:32 GMT
How strange. I've got a memphis too in an Single P100 and mine sounds like
alvin and the chipmunks.
I've tried to oss driver to with the same result.
SB Emulation seems to work fine.
In article <7cuvjm$au7$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Yes, the PAS16 is ancient, but it's still a great card. I have C and D revs,
> use SCSI for CDRom too. $30? Where?
>
> In article <7bd9rc$cg8$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Eric Jorgensen) wrote:
> >
> >
> > Yes, I know these things are aincent. But there's a place online
> > selling them for $30, brand new. Guess somebody dug up MV's old stock.
> >
> > I've been using a PAS16 Rev. C in my Linux system for years now,
> > and it's worked reasonably well so I haven't seen much of a reason to
> > upgrade. I've got a whole other card for high quality general midi so all
> > I use it for is MP3's.
> >
> > The memphis kit makes a pretty decent standalone cd player, and
> > it's nice to have access to a cdrom drive without going in the closet. (My
> > linux system is very loud, i keep it behind closed doors)
> >
> > I had originally planned to order it and just slide it in.The
> > Memphis kit comes with a board that carries the same chips (near as i can
> > tell from available documentation) as a PAS16 Rev. D, which has a
> > proprietary connector out to an external housing with fairly nice speakers
> > and a NEC CDR-210 scsi cdrom drive. It's got two lineins, two lineouts,
> > midi in, and midi out on the case. This saves quite a few wires that would
> > otherwise be running undernieth the closet door.
> >
> > So, I installed it. The modules work fine, don't complain,
> > /dev/sndstat still says I have a Pro Audio Spectrum 16. But anything that
> > plays digital audio (mpg123, wavplay, etc) produces what sounds like
> > someone playing a reel-to-reel tapedeck at 1/2 or maybe 1/4th the recorded
> > speed. I can put the old Rev. C back in and it works fine.
> >
> > Here's my setup. I hope you're impressed:
> >
> > IBM PCServer320 w/ dual P133 processors (Micronics motherboard,
> > Intel Neptune chipset)
> >
> > kernel 2.2.2-ac5 running on freshly installed S.u.S.E. 6.0
> > (catastrophic hardware failure a few weeks ago, trusty root drive died,
> > reinstalled from scratch) I have compiled the kernel with SMP enabled.
> > It's the only way to fly, there's just nothing like having two threads
> > open at once.
> >
> > PAS16 is using io 0x0388, dma 7, irq 14 (no ide in this box, and
> > for some reason irq 5 is being weird)
> >
> > This sounds like it's a simple timing issue somewhere in the
> > driver. I've looked through all the documentation i can find and haven't
> > found anything that would obviously relate to this sort of thing.
> >
> > The best i can figure is that it's some sort of detection code
> > issue. but my understanding of c is sketchy and i'm not quite sure what
> > I'm looking at in pas2_card.c
> >
> > As i said, the board seems to be indistinguishable from a PAS16
> > rev. D from a hardware standpoint. The two boards appear to have all the
> > same chips, with the exception that the Rev. D is shown using a Zilog
> > 5380 scsi chip and the Memphis uses an AMD 5380 chip (surely, this is
> > entirely irrelevant)
> >
> > Is there anybody out there who's familiar with this code and might
> > be able to offer a suggestion of where to hack next? I have attempted
> > defining BROKEN_BUS_CLOCK, but it didn't solve the problem. The other
> > bus-speed-related #define it accepts seems only to relate to very old
> > motherboards. I suppose i could try it, but the bug it refers to should
> > also effect my Rev. C
> >
> > Any thoughts?
> >
> > - Eric
> >
>
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From: "dpc" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: promise pci ide cards
Date: Mon, 12 Apr 1999 10:10:14 -0400
The promise Ultra33 is natively supported by Linux from about Kernel 2.0.*
and up. If you've got the Ultra66 however, you'll have to do some tweaking.
Check out the Ultra DMA howto. There's one here:
http://www.redhat.com/mirrors/LDP/HOWTO/mini/Ultra-DMA.html
Just follow the howto for the Promise Ultra33 - it works the same way.
dpc
Ralph Blach wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>Hi,
>
>are the promise pci ide cards supported by linux?
>There website is
>http://www.promise.com
>
>Thanks
>
>Chip
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Erwin van Akkeren)
Subject: Re: On-board CMI8330 Sound Chip
Date: Mon, 12 Apr 1999 17:24:53 GMT
On Mon, 12 Apr 1999 16:03:49 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (D. D. Brierton)
wrote:
>I'd be grateful for any pointers on how to get Linux (Red Hat 5.2) to
>work with the CMI8330 sound chip on my motherboard (PC Chips M747).
>Thanks in advance ...
http://home.gelrevision.nl/~h.wolter/CMI8330_0.05.txt
Regards,
Erwin
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From: Michael Wagner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: ati 3d rage lt pro experience anyone?
Date: Mon, 12 Apr 1999 13:25:03 -0400
Does anyone have experience running X on a notebook with an ATI 3d RAGE
LT Pro graphics chipset? I'm considering buying a laptop that comes
with one and would appreciate hints/links/tips.
Thanks!
-- Michael
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Nec 4X4 CD Shuffler?
Date: Mon, 12 Apr 1999 14:20:09 +0059
See http://unfix.org/projects/changer
Haven't tried it myself yet, but it looks like the solution to this long
standing problem.
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Reply-To: "Walter B. Burke" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
From: "Walter B. Burke" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: S3 Virge/GX
Date: Mon, 12 Apr 1999 08:54:43 -0500
Yeah it's a DP4000
Daniel L. Ashbrook wrote in message <7eo2b2$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>Walter B. Burke ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
>: Are there any documented problems with X and the S3 Virge/GX video cards?
>: After starting and leaving X, the text display is completely scrambled
and
>: stays that way until reboot.
>
>Are you using a Compaq system? I'm having the same problem with a
>Deskpro 4000, whether or not I use a Virge card. The Virge makes the
>problem worse, but using an MGA card doesn't fix it entirely. Anyone
>know how to fix this?
>
>
>Daniel Ashbrook
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From: Janusz Smolinski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: ES 1938 sound card - no rec
Date: Mon, 12 Apr 1999 19:10:07 +0200
Matej Zerovnik wrote:
>
> hm... ftp to alsa.jcu.cz and download drivers,utils and lib
> compile awaythink and read README or INSTALL
> i only know that audiopci is that modul... well whatever read INSTALL its
> all there...
>
> it work to me
> LeVaK
And for me...
But can't make ES1938 record anything.
All programs i tried exit with sthing like "device not supported"
I tried to cat both OSS and Alsa sound devices, to no success.
Deleted all "mute" from mixer configuration file.
Playback is OK, still no recording.
Any idea? i use kernel 2.2.1, alsa 0.3.0-pre4(?). ES1938 onboard of
CT-6esv (EX chipset).
Regards
Janusz
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Thomas Dauda)
Subject: ISDN ( AVM Fritz Card )---problem!!!
Date: Mon, 12 Apr 1999 15:43:21 +0200
Does anyone know something how I can configurate my ISDN Card under Red Hat
5.2 ? I am a beginner, so please, can you keep it sort of easy?! Or should I
better get SuSE???Or what should I do?
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From: Chris Welch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.lang.java.advocacy,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy
Subject: Re: All the current OSes are idiotic (was Re: Is Windows for idiots?)
Date: 12 Apr 1999 17:33:18 GMT
In comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy westprog <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> This is the reason for case-sensitive operating systems, file systems and
> programming languages. Nobody really wants a system that can't recognise
> "MyFileName" as the same as "MyFilename", but it saved a few cycles back in
> the valve age.
Nobody as in a whole lot of people? That irks me most about Dos. "bob" and
"Bob" are the same thing. My question is why _wouldn't_ you want it? It
doesn't hurt anything. If you want "MyFileName" then type that.
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