Linux-Hardware Digest #51, Volume #10 Sat, 17 Apr 99 10:13:28 EDT
Contents:
Re: ultra scsi2 resetting (James Stafford)
Re: How to install cheapest X Terminal for every room?? (eisme@theoldsameplace)
Aztech labs soundblaster pro (Torjus Gaaren)
REalmagic (Tony Ekron)
Re: Download file like NetVampire or Getright ??? (Andre van Dijk)
lilo and 560 MB hard disk in 386? (Georg Schwarz)
VW320 & Composite ("Chris Delaney")
Strange Monitor on std VGA? (Maik Hassel)
Re: Which scsi controller? (Left Hand of Xenu)
Re: sound with Dell wks 410/rh5.2 (Keith Rhodes)
Cyclom-YeP problem with kernel 2.2.5 ("Kenneth Ho")
sound with Dell wks 410/rh5.2 (Michael Roberts)
Re: LS-120 drive and Linux ("ytleem")
kodak Photo-CD-Writer (Maik Hassel)
parallel port ("RobV")
Re: A New 'puter Board for Me (Jim Henderson)
Re: Adapdec 2940UW on Linux (Joop Marijne)
Linux Laptop FORSALE on eBay (h)
Re: controlling Linux via telephone (?) (Daniel)
Re: Wich chipset does ATI Mach 64 use ? (Joe Bonanno)
Re: parallel port (Sverre Andreas Larssen)
Re: Matrox G100 w/4mb memory ("David S. Baker")
Re: TNT change to 16bit color ("David S. Baker")
Re: more then 64MB Ram ("David S. Baker")
RedHat with two NICs ("Stephen E. Fritz")
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From: James Stafford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: ultra scsi2 resetting
Date: Fri, 16 Apr 1999 23:56:41 -0700
morgan wrote:
> ACK! Asus p2b-ds with 7890 chipset seagate 4.5 and ibm 9 gig u2
> drives.
> redhat 5.2, kernel 2.2.1, 1/2 gig of memory.
> Machine works flawlessly for a copula days after bootup and then
> the scsi bus/controller/whatever starts acting up. ack! Have another
> similar machine(tyan dual proc board with 7890 chipset) and it works
> fine with redhat 5.2(But I don't know if it has a 2.2 kernel or not)
> Is there a common problem here that I am missing? Thanks for any help,
> Morgan
> (email replies are appreciated as well!)
>
> Sometimes it shows this:
>
> Apr 13 15:05:24 blast kernel: (scsi0:0:0:0) Parity error during Command
> phase.
> Apr 13 15:05:39 blast kernel: scsi : aborting command due to timeout :
> pid 67889, scsi0, channel 0, id 0, lun 0 Write (6) 01 18 36 04 00
> Apr 13 15:05:39 blast kernel: scsi : aborting command due to timeout :
> pid 67890, scsi0, channel 0, id 0, lun 0 Write (6) 01 18 3c 02 00
> Apr 13 15:05:39 blast kernel: scsi : aborting command due to timeout :
> pid 67891, scsi0, channel 0, id 1, lun 0 Write (6) 01 00 6c 02 00
> Apr 13 15:05:39 blast kernel: scsi : aborting command due to timeout :
> pid 67892, scsi0, channel 0, id 1, lun 0 Write (10) 00 00 6d cd ca 00 00
> f4 00
> Apr 13 15:05:39 blast kernel: scsi : aborting command due to timeout :
> pid 67893, scsi0, channel 0, id 1, lun 0 Write (10) 00 00 6d ce be 00 00
> f4 00
> Apr 13 15:05:39 blast kernel: scsi : aborting command due to timeout :
> pid 67888, scsi0, channel 0, id 0, lun 0 Request Sense 00 00 00 10 00
> Apr 13 15:05:41 blast kernel: SCSI host 0 abort (pid 67888) timed out -
> resetting
> Apr 13 15:05:42 blast kernel: SCSI bus is being reset for host 0 channel
> 0.
> Apr 13 15:05:44 blast kernel: (scsi0:0:0:0) Synchronous at 80.0
> Mbyte/sec, offset 15.
> Apr 13 15:05:44 blast kernel: (scsi0:0:1:0) Synchronous at 80.0
> Mbyte/sec, offset 15.
>
> And sometimes this:
>
> Apr 14 14:15:08 blast kernel: (scsi0:0:0:0) Parity error during Command
> phase.
> Apr 14 14:15:23 blast kernel: scsi : aborting command due to timeout :
> pid 519171, scsi0, channel 0, id 0, lun 0 Write (10) 00 00 33 5a ee 00
> 00 02 00
> Apr 14 14:15:23 blast kernel: scsi : aborting command due to timeout :
> pid 519170, scsi0, channel 0, id 0, lun 0 Request Sense 00 00 00 10 00
> Apr 14 14:15:24 blast kernel: SCSI host 0 abort (pid 519170) timed out -
> resetting
> Apr 14 14:15:24 blast kernel: SCSI bus is being reset for host 0 channel
> 0.
> Apr 14 14:15:27 blast kernel: (scsi0:0:0:0) Synchronous at 80.0
> Mbyte/sec, offset 15.
>
> It seems like randomly it resets one or both of the drives? Both drives
> are on same bus.
I think it might help if you go into your SCSI card's BIOS and turn off the
parity. Parity should only be turned on if you have a SCSI devise that
supports it.
jamess
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From: eisme@theoldsameplace
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: How to install cheapest X Terminal for every room??
Date: Sat, 17 Apr 1999 09:15:50 GMT
On Sat, 17 Apr 1999 01:54:11 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>> I am starting a home automation project, and I am thinking of having a
>> computer installed in every room. The perfect solution is for all these
>> to be X Terminals which are diskless and connects to the main server in
>> the closet. What is the cheapest and easiest way to do this?? I will
>> probably need sound capability so I can route voice messages etc.
>>
>> I just saw someone in another newsgroup selling HP Enzivex X-Terminals
>> for $150CND, will they be useful??
>
>I would go with cheap PC's running Linux or *BSD for the following reasons:
>
>* If you ever decide that that was a dumb idea, you can yank and re-sell or
>re-use them.
>
>* If you find you need more capabilities (e.g. you need 100baseT for that
>real-time video you're pumping out to the dining room from the guest bedroom),
>you will need to be able to upgrade the hardware.
>
>* Cheap PCs are.... well, cheap (a $500 system from 6 months ago resells
>around $150-$200, and has more nads under Linux or *BSD than your livingroom
>is likely to need for some time).
>
>* You'll probably want a flat-panel display in at least ONE room.
>
>* Sound is more readily available.
>
>* I've never seen a beowulf-based house ;-)
>
>-AJS
cheap 486 machines with t/10 isa lan cards would run about $50. An 8
port hub is about 50$. The real expense is the monitors, and ram.
if you buy some used ibm terms that some bank used to use, you might
get them for $25-35. (ibm 3515?)
You would still need the hub, and the ram is all in your server
unit(s).
I would go with the 486 terminals for your first attempt at a home
network. Make sure they all have an acceptable amount of ram for your
processes.
__
eisme
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From: Torjus Gaaren <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Aztech labs soundblaster pro
Date: Sat, 17 Apr 1999 09:27:16 +0200
Is it supported in any kernel version or is there any way at all I can
make it work (compatibility with another soundcard)?
Thanks
Torjus Gaaren
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From: Tony Ekron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: REalmagic
Date: Sat, 17 Apr 1999 13:04:05 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi all
Firstly I want to thank all of you in the linux community for
making the best OS around and all those that support it by
writing some damn good software
Ok I have been using linux for about 6 months now and it is
great
still a few bugs to work out but that is nothing
My questions is Is the Realmagic lite card supoorted under
linux for the playback of CD-i movies
and video CD's
if so how do I get it working
also I know that tons of people have asked this question but I
would like to know
has anything been done with winmodems yet if not I would like
to take a crack at it
and if there is a group working on it would I be able to
join and assist in the development of drivers
for these little boards from hell(winmodems SUCK)
Thanx in advance
Tony
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Andre van Dijk)
Crossposted-To:
alt.linux,alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.x,comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.os.linux.development.apps,comp.os.linux.development
Subject: Re: Download file like NetVampire or Getright ???
Date: 17 Apr 1999 09:46:42 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On 16 Apr 1999 19:13:39 GMT, Dr H. T. Leung wrote:
>
>GNU wget. It is *much* better than anything in the windows world.
Erhm, there's also a Windows version of wget :^)
(And quote below the original messages!)
--
A. van Dijk Hmmm, I smell Bacon, Elvis is in the kitchen
mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Denis Leary
icq : 4249631 There's no place like Gnome
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Georg Schwarz)
Subject: lilo and 560 MB hard disk in 386?
Date: 17 Apr 1999 07:28:13 GMT
I've a 560 MB IDE hard disk (Samsung SHD-30560A) which can be jumpered to
two different setups:
"LBA, ATA-2": 560 MB, 1086 cyl, 16 heads, 63 sectors
or
"DOS": 528 MB, 1024 cyl, 16 heads, 63 sectors
I'd like to use it as a boot disk in a 386. Booting is done with lilo. It
works fine when I format the disk in the second mode, but it fails (lilo
hangs after printing LI) in the first one. Can Linux on a 386 handle the
first mode? Can I somehow (explicitely specifying drive geometry? making
suitable partitions?) make lilo boot with the first mode as well?
--
Georg Schwarz ([EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], PGP 2.6ui)
Institut f�r Theoretische Physik +49 30 314-24254 FAX -21130 IRC kuroi
Technische Universit�t Berlin http://home.pages.de/~schwarz/
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From: "Chris Delaney" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: VW320 & Composite
Date: Sat, 17 Apr 1999 02:56:07 -0500
I have a visual workstation 320 right now on loan from SGI. I'm wanting to
try to output video from something like windows media player or quicktime
from the composite out (or even S-Video out) to a television set. What are
the necessary steps for doing this? I can get the color bars to appear on
the television by selecting the option in the sgi video control panel, so I
know at least some kind of signal is going through. The audio works as well.
What does it take to redirect the video from an .mpg or other movie variant
out of that port?
I know this is an amature question, but the video stuff is new to me.
Thanks in advance.
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Maik Hassel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Strange Monitor on std VGA?
Date: Sat, 17 Apr 1999 09:54:00 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi there!
I just got a (Miro) monitor with a strange 25pin (2rows!) connector! It
seems that it has been attached to a SUN workstation, but I=B4m not shure=
about this!
Does anyone know if it is possible to use this kind of monitoron std.
VGA? Is there a converter or something like that?
Thanks
Maik
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Left Hand of Xenu)
Subject: Re: Which scsi controller?
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 17 Apr 1999 00:59:09 -0700
On or about Fri, 16 Apr 1999 21:10:29 +0000, Eric Hesselberg Intoned thusly:
>Can anybody suggest a good scsi controller? Just looking for a good
>ultra wide controller. Thanks
>
>Eric Hesselberg
Well, as a SCSI novice I have only tried one card, but my TekRam 390F
card seems to work fine with Linux.
--
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They laughed at Isaac Newton | for my pgp | It's just people
But they also laughed at | key block | I can't tolerate
Bozo the clown |___________________|
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From: Keith Rhodes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: sound with Dell wks 410/rh5.2
Date: Sat, 17 Apr 1999 12:58:42 +0200
Michael Roberts wrote:
>
> Okay, this is kind of a wierd deal. Sound has worked on this machine
> before, but with RedHat 5.9. I didn't like 5.9, so I went back with
> 5.2, and decided that I liked the sound that 5.9 gave me, and I ran into
> a wall. I'm running the same kernel that I was running in 5.9 (2.2.3)
> and I can't get sound to work. When I run sndconfig it detects the
> sound chip as being a CS4236B, but when it gets to testing the card it
> says there is a problem opening /dev/audio. I know the audio works with
> other distributions, I just can't figure out why it doesn't work with
> this. It's bugging me. :(
>
> Michael Roberts
> IATS-LaDS
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> http://tool.iats.missouri.edu/ <---back in business
>
> "forty-six and two, are just ahead of me"-mjk
I didn't know REdHat was already up to 5.9!!!! And kernel 2.2.3!!
Take a look at the article I posted a couple of days ago (search
messages in this group for 'sender contains rhodes'). I've had a similar
problem, in that sound worked with redhat 5.1, but gave me 'problem
opening /dev/audio' under 5.2
Keith
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From: "Kenneth Ho" <kh(anti_spam)@(anti-spam)macbrush.net>
Subject: Cyclom-YeP problem with kernel 2.2.5
Date: Sat, 17 Apr 1999 19:44:29 +0800
Reply-To: "Kenneth Ho" <kh@(anti-spam)macbrush.net>
Problem: The box hanged completely if I access any of the 8 ports.
Config: RedHat 5.2, Kernel 2.2.5 with Kernel 2.2 erratas, Cyclades
Cyclom-YeP.
Setting:
crw-rw-rw- 1 root tty 19, 0 Apr 17 08:10 ttyC0
crw-rw-rw- 1 root tty 19, 1 Apr 17 08:10 ttyC1
crw-rw-rw- 1 root tty 19, 2 Apr 17 08:10 ttyC2
crw-rw-rw- 1 root tty 19, 3 Apr 17 08:10 ttyC3
crw-rw-rw- 1 root tty 19, 4 Apr 17 08:10 ttyC4
crw-rw-rw- 1 root tty 19, 5 Apr 17 08:10 ttyC5
crw-rw-rw- 1 root tty 19, 6 Apr 17 08:10 ttyC6
crw-rw-rw- 1 root tty 19, 7 Apr 17 08:10 ttyC7
ttyC0, Line 0, UART: Cirrus, Port: 0x0000, IRQ: 11
Baud_base: 115200, close_delay: 50, divisor: 0
closing_wait: infinte, closing_wait2: infinte
Flags: spd_vhi skip_test auto_irq session_lockout
Card Info:
Bus 0, device 8, function 0:
Communication controller: Cyclades Cyclom-Y below 1Mbyte (rev 1).
Medium devsel. Fast back-to-back capable. IRQ 11. Master Capable.
Latency=32.
Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xe2002000 [0xe2002000].
I/O at 0x6600 [0x6601].
Non-prefetchable 20 bit memory at 0xc8000 [0xc8002].
Cyclom-Y #1:
Bus : PCI
Base Address: 0xc00c8000
Interrupt : 11
TTY devices : ttyC0 - ttyC7 (8 ports)
CD1400 revision per chip:
#0 : 0x46
#1 : 0x46
Any idea what might be wrong?
Thanks
Kenneth
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From: Michael Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: sound with Dell wks 410/rh5.2
Date: Fri, 16 Apr 1999 10:31:16 -0500
Okay, this is kind of a wierd deal. Sound has worked on this machine
before, but with RedHat 5.9. I didn't like 5.9, so I went back with
5.2, and decided that I liked the sound that 5.9 gave me, and I ran into
a wall. I'm running the same kernel that I was running in 5.9 (2.2.3)
and I can't get sound to work. When I run sndconfig it detects the
sound chip as being a CS4236B, but when it gets to testing the card it
says there is a problem opening /dev/audio. I know the audio works with
other distributions, I just can't figure out why it doesn't work with
this. It's bugging me. :(
Michael Roberts
IATS-LaDS
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://tool.iats.missouri.edu/ <---back in business
"forty-six and two, are just ahead of me"-mjk
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From: "ytleem" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: LS-120 drive and Linux
Date: Sat, 17 Apr 1999 17:40:15 +0800
Eric Hesselberg wrote <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
Works great here under 2.0.36 or 2.2.X. It shows up as another drive.
Mine is hdc, just mount it as a floppy.
Good luck.
Eric Hesselberg
Mine is on hdd. I installed successfully from CD ROM without making a
boot disk. Did anyone have experience making boot & rescue disks for LS120
on hdd?
Yung-Tien Lee
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From: Maik Hassel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: rec.photo.digital,rec.photo.misc
Subject: kodak Photo-CD-Writer
Date: Sat, 17 Apr 1999 12:28:58 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi!
What is the difference between a Kodak Photo CD writer and a normal
CD-writer? What spezial software is needet to use it? Does anyone have
any specs about the PCD writer?
Thanks a lot...
Maik
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From: "RobV" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: parallel port
Date: Sat, 17 Apr 1999 15:08:57 +0200
Hallo Linux users,
Please who can help me with the following problem:
I have my parallel port configured default at 0x278H and IRQ 7. Although I
believe so, according to dmesg command. The character device is /dev/lp1
A printer (HP 720 C) is connected at this port and functions pretty good
when I print using Windows.
However, when I perform a e.g. cat /etc/resolv.conf > /dev/lp1 nothing
comes out, not a single character (it's like /dev/null). I am logged in as
root at linux 5.2
Who has tips? Somebody knows what I must do to be able to print this way?
This should work at least before I begin configuring a nice printer spooler.
I spent many hours already and gave it up nearly. Thank you very much
beforehand,
Regards,
Rob Visser.
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From: Jim Henderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: A New 'puter Board for Me
Date: Fri, 16 Apr 1999 09:35:16 -0600
The system I have Linux running on has an ABIT BX-6 system board in it.
I really like it, and it handles Celeron and PII processors, so there's
a good upgrade path.
Jim
--
Jim Henderson
Novell Support Connection SysOp - http://support.novell.com/forums
Homepage at http://www.bigfoot.com/~jhenderson (email instructions
located here)
Please note that as an NSC SysOp, I do not provide support for Novell
products on a personal basis - if you need help with a Novell product,
please post a reply in the public newsgroup or visit the Novell support
forums at the URL above.
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From: Joop Marijne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: rmit.comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: Adapdec 2940UW on Linux
Date: Sat, 17 Apr 1999 15:08:59 +0200
>
We have 5 servers working with the aha-2940UW card, had the same problem.
When we updated to kernel 2.0.35, or 2.2 (I am not sure) the problem
dissapeared.
Hope's this helps,
Kind regards,
Joop Marijne
Netherlands
> [1] when it's working, it works great as far as i can tell. the
> machine boots fine from cold start or reset button. however, upon
> a reboot using shutdown -r, it hangs where the scsi card bios
> should be doing its thing. i have no idea why...
>
> --
> johan kullstam
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.portable
From: h <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Linux Laptop FORSALE on eBay
Date: Sat, 17 Apr 1999 13:03:41 GMT
Due to an upgrade, I'm selling my Mitsubishi Amity CN which is set up as
a dual boot Win95/Linux (Red Hat 5.2) system.
If you're interested, please check it out on eBay:
http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=90620327
Regards,
Ken
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From: Daniel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: controlling Linux via telephone (?)
Crossposted-To: comp.home.automation
Date: Sat, 17 Apr 1999 13:17:26 GMT
In comp.home.automation [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
: Does anyone knows a way to exexute commands on a Linux box by telephone?
: What I mean is to call the PC with the normal telephone, dial a security code
: and then press 1 for executing a particular comman, 2 for anotherone, etc.
Another software product for linux is Xtend from David Shaw
http://www.jabberwocky.com/software/xtend/
It's nicely configurable, can run from cron, etc.
--
Daniel B. Suthers, CCP
E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Web: http://www.tanj.com/
- -Youth is a difficult time, and it gets more difficult after 30.- -
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Joe Bonanno)
Subject: Re: Wich chipset does ATI Mach 64 use ?
Date: Sat, 17 Apr 1999 13:41:19 GMT
I am also having a big problem with the Mach 64. I have the ATI all in
Wonder Por 8 MB pci card and I can't even select that driver in
XF86Setup since when I do and I run x all I get is a flashing screen
display. The only x server that gives me a display and that I am
forced to use is the standard vga which of course is big bulky and way
below the level of the card that I have. I do not yet have
XFREE3.3.3.1, I believe I have 3.3.2. Does this driver only work well
with 3.3.3.1? I just got Linux so am not very knowledgeable about how
to solve this problem. Any ideas would be most welcome Thanks
On Sun, 28 Mar 1999 16:49:21 -0500, Colin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Derk-Jan wrote:
>>
>> Hello and thank you for reading.
>>
>> Does anybody knows wich chipset the ATI Mach 64 videocart is using so that I
>> can properly configure my videocart under Redhat 5.2, now I can only work at
>> 600 x 400 and that's a little to big.....
>>
>> If possible please respont to my emailadres: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>
>> Thank you for your help.
>>
>> Derk-Jan
>
>ATI Mach 64 *IS* a chipset. However, there are quite a few variations of
>the Mach 64 chip which makes it a bit confusing.
>
>However, XFree86 3.3.3.1 should support all the Mach 64 chips. It's up to
>you to choose the correct one with xf86config.
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From: Sverre Andreas Larssen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: parallel port
Date: Sat, 17 Apr 1999 15:51:56 +0200
RobV wrote:
> Hallo Linux users,
>
> Please who can help me with the following problem:
>
> I have my parallel port configured default at 0x278H and IRQ 7. Although I
> believe so, according to dmesg command. The character device is /dev/lp1
>
You should have the printer on as you turn on the computer.
Does cpanel's printersetup report any contact with the lp1 ?
Try the program pnp_parport
Does it report anything ?
I had the same problem, but after this procedure lp1 is talking to the printer
:)
--
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Voice: +47 37272154 (rarely)
Institutt for informatikk Universitetet i Oslo
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From: "David S. Baker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Matrox G100 w/4mb memory
Date: Sat, 17 Apr 1999 12:22:13 +0100
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Telia Test <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes
>I can't configure this card to work properly under X, all help will be much
>appreciated. I run RH5.2 with no updates/upgrades
>
>
I have just finished installing RH5.2 on a system with a Matrox G100
with 8mb ram. The installation was relatively simple. If you are having
problems take a look at the README.MGA document. It should be located in
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/doc
(if you can't find it there try 'find / -name README.MGA -print' or
check your installed packages)
You may be advised to hit the Redhat ftp site and get the latest
Xservers and version of X, although I am not sure whether this is
strictly necessary for this particular card. (I got the impression that
it was supported under the RH5.2 standard distribution, however I
installed the updates anyway)
All the bpp modes are supported, however I am experiencing poor image
quality and 'wavering' on the display even after trying the suggestion
in the above mentioned document.
Hope this helps
Cheers
Dave
--
David S. Baker
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From: "David S. Baker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: TNT change to 16bit color
Date: Sat, 17 Apr 1999 12:37:15 +0100
In article <7f37ig$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, ben
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes
>Hi,
>
>Have you tried "startx -- -bpp 16" or "startx -- -bpp 32"?
>Better yet, I added "DefaultColorDepth 32" to my XF86Config under
>"Screen".
>
>I have a Velocity 4400 and it is setup as "Riva TNT". I think if you are
>not using the right card setting, it won't set the ramdac or the dot
>clock right and you won't be able to use more than 8 bit color.
>
>Ben
>
>
Correct me if I'm wrong (please do because I've had no joy with the 32
bpp mode at 1280x1024, which unfortunately is what I wanted to run for
the graphics work we do) the V550 card is in the list of cards supported
in XF86Steup program using the SVGA Xserver (you might need the latest
5.2 update from RH?). You can select 16 bpp with no problem, this all
works fine, however you can't select 24 or 32 bpp modes with this
graphics card/Xserver as it appears that it is not supported.
Cheer
Dave
--
David S. Baker
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From: "David S. Baker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: more then 64MB Ram
Date: Sat, 17 Apr 1999 12:48:25 +0100
In article <7f2s71$cv0$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Mark Nielsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
inc.com> writes
>In article <7f2mq8$hc8$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
>peter-h <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>hi guys,
>>
>>how can i use more then 64MB of Ram ?
>>i have 128MB of Ram installed, what must i do
>
>Some later releases of RedHat and other Linux oss have more than 64 megs
>enabled. If you read the Lilo howto, or possibly the manpage on lilo, it
>tells you how. I forget the exact command, but I had to use it at one
>point myself.
>
>Mark
>
>
As previously stated the append='mem=128M' added to your lilo.conf file
is a simple way to achieve this. Check your /proc directory to ensure
that the change has worked. 'ls -l' of this directory will show you an
entry for kcore (at least I think that is the name you're looking for,
I'm doing this from memory) which should show a size value in bytes the
same as your available memory (around 133,***,*** for 128MB RAM)
Cheers
Dave
--
David S. Baker
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From: "Stephen E. Fritz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: RedHat with two NICs
Date: Sat, 17 Apr 1999 09:57:21 -0400
I've been trying to get RedHat to recognize two ethernet cards, but have
been having trouble. There are no resource conflicts, and both cards
test OK using the manufacturer's setup programs. The Intel Pro100 was
recognized fine during the install, but when I tried to add a Linksys
PCI card using various X utilities (Linuxconf, Kernel configurator,
Network Configuration), I was informed that the NE2 PCI module was not
found. I checked the directory, and it was indeed there.
Any suggestions?
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