Linux-Hardware Digest #53, Volume #10 Sat, 17 Apr 99 21:13:34 EDT
Contents:
Re: Non-destructive HD repartition? (James Youngman)
Re: how to edit ("Erik")
Suse 6.1 beta ("folkert meeuw")
Re: Linux, here I come... (James Lee)
RH 5.2 and Matrox g200 agp ("Gardoonza")
Re: Sound Card Problems (cdog)
Syquest SparQ 1.0GB drive (wesa)
Re: Sound Card Problems ("Tom Barnes-Lawrence")
ATI Xpert 98 AGP problems in Xwindows (Dominic Hargreaves)
Re: SB PCI64 and SLab! (Blackwidow)
SCSI card recommendation (Randy Edwards)
Re: A New 'puter Board for Me (Rich Looke)
Microsoft Mouse on X at 1280x768 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: [Fwd: Source Code To Windows 98 (programmer humor) (fwd)] (Matt Cole)
Re: AGP i740 card ("dpc")
Re: All the current OSes are idiotic (was Re: Is Windows for idiots?) ("Didier H.
Besset")
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From: James Youngman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Non-destructive HD repartition?
Date: 17 Apr 1999 20:04:57 +0100
"4Season" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> What's the best way to repartition a hard drive, without disturbing
> the data on it?
>
> I goofed and only allocated maybe 10 megabytes to /OPT, only to find
Unix filenames are case sensitive. You mean /opt.
Unmount /opt then remove the now-empty mount point /opt with "rmdir",
and then
mkdir /usr/opt
ln -s /usr/opt /opt
Problem solved.
If you want to re-use the 10Mb partition, use it for /boot if it's
below the 1024 cylinder mark.
--
ACTUALLY reachable as @free-lunch.demon.(whitehouse)co.uk:james+usenet
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From: "Erik" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: how to edit
Date: Sat, 17 Apr 1999 19:14:47 +0200
Gno Phun heeft geschreven in bericht ...
>I need to edit my xf86 config file, but I don't know how. What editor do I
>use and how do I execute it?
>
emacs, gvim, jed, joe, pico and vim can all be used. Execute by typing
editor name + filename.
But I would recommend using the edit option in the filemanager Midnight
Commander (executed by 'mc'). To do so start mc, go to directory /etc/X11 en
select XF86Config then choose edit, do your thing and save.
Good luck.
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From: "folkert meeuw" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Suse 6.1 beta
Date: Sat, 17 Apr 1999 22:51:34 +0200
I installed with a friend today Suse 6.1 beta.
We had at first a problem with the NIC, a NE2000 compatible Card.
Booting the System it always put the message, that the ne NE*000 i/o = 0*300
was not found. We tested with ping the functionality, but the card will not
work.
Then I build a new Kernel with a monolithic part for NE2000 NICs.
But the card will not work. Then I changed the i/o to 0*02df, and the system
wasn't comming up after reboot, it stops when loading the NIC.
And then the PC-Bios switched. No bootdisk will get the system up.
It switched always to the defect Linux Installation.
Any suggestion here, what was going wrong ?
MfG Folkert Meeuw
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From: James Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux,at.linux,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.ms-windows.nt.setup.misc,comp.os.ms-windows.win95.setup
Subject: Re: Linux, here I come...
Date: 17 Apr 1999 16:27:20 -0500
In alt.os.linux Ren Fournier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: First, I "think" I want four partitions on my 10gig drive (running a Dell
: 350, 128MB RAM, ATI RagePro):
: 3GB: NT (work)
: 2GB: Win98 (play)
: 1GB: Linux/BeOS/Who-knows-what (learn)
: 4GB: Data (me)
Good... but how about also a swap partition of about 32-64M (depending
on your RAM size)? You could of course use swap file instead of a
swap partition, and even share your linux swap file with Windows.
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From: "Gardoonza" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: RH 5.2 and Matrox g200 agp
Date: Sat, 17 Apr 1999 16:00:14 GMT
Hello all,
does anyone have any information on getting a Matrox g200 agp working with
linux?
Jason
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From: cdog <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Sound Card Problems
Date: Sat, 17 Apr 1999 12:49:56 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Is upgrading your kernel and support programs and option? The AWE64 is
supported very well in kernel 2.2.6.
It's kinda rough patching problems that weren't fixed until 2.0.36.
Jonathan Wiens wrote:
> I am having trouble setting up my sound card to run under Linux. I have
> a Sound Blaster AWE 64 PnP and I am running Red Hat 5.1 with Kernel version
> 2.0.35
> When I attempt to run sndconfig, everything works fine until I get to
> the testing stage. Here it states that there is an error running modprobe.
> I have also noticed that when booting, the messages "Can not find module:
> sound" and "Can not find module: midi" appear.
> I have reviewed the file /etc/isapnp.conf and everything seams to be
> alright. It appears that the card is recognized.
> Would anybody be able to help me get my sound card working?
>
> Jonathan Wiens
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: wesa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Syquest SparQ 1.0GB drive
Date: Sat, 17 Apr 1999 11:54:39 -0400
I've read that Redhat Linux v5.2 is incompatible with IDE removable
media, including Syquest's. Does anyone know of driver for the SparQ
1.0GB drive for Redhat 5.2?
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From: "Tom Barnes-Lawrence" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Sound Card Problems
Date: Sat, 17 Apr 1999 17:23:11 +0100
Jonathan Wiens wrote in message <7f8gka$k0k$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> I am having trouble setting up my sound card to run under Linux. I
have
>a Sound Blaster AWE 64 PnP and I am running Red Hat 5.1 with Kernel
>version 2.0.35
I don't know that much about your specific distro, the only RedHat box I
have is currently 4.0, and I intend to upgrade to 5.2.BUT I have a
suggestion.
If I knew your installation (and sndconfig) I'd know if it could be right or
not.
I'm only answering in case no one else does (because not getting an
answer sucks, I know), do not think I have the right answer, as I DO NOT
KNOW RH5.1 OR SNDCONFIG, just basic kernel stuff. Hopefully it may be on
right lines, but I'm mainly guessing how sndconfig works.
> When I attempt to run sndconfig, everything works fine until I get to
>the testing stage. Here it states that there is an error running modprobe.
>I have also noticed that when booting, the messages "Can not find module:
>sound" and "Can not find module: midi" appear.
RIGHT. Now, I can think of 2 things this might be, basically both
involving the modules not being there. You don't seem to know, so I suspect
they aren't.
1) Perhaps you have recompiled the kernel yourself, and compiled the sound
support, but not as modules. Sounds like sndconfig wants modular drivers
rather than in-kernel drivers.
2)Perhaps your distro has no modular drivers for sound pre-installed. I
don't think that sounds too likely if sndconfig came with it. I don't know
quite how sndconfig works.
ALSO:
Does kernel 2.0.35 support AWE64 cards? I've got 2.0.34 on my Slackware box,
and I'm sure *that* doesn't. Are you sure you don't need a 2.2 series
kernel?
If RH5.1 came with sndconfig and 2.0.35, I can't think what would be
wrong (unless 2.0.35 doesn't do the AWE64)
If sndconfig didn't come with RH5.1 and you haven't setup anything else,
maybe you need to compile the kernel to get the driver modules.
> I have reviewed the file /etc/isapnp.conf and everything seams to be
>alright. It appears that the card is recognized.
Being recognised by the isapnp utils doesn't mean the kernel would know
what to do with it.
This has probably been useless to you, so hopefully someone who knows
sndconfig, and the RH5.1 installation will reply too.
If, however, you reply and say:
(1) whether that kernel and sndconfig actually came with RH5.1, and
(2) what things sndconfig asks, and what things it detects,
(3) roughly how new you are to Linux,
then I will probably be able to figure whats wrong and explain in terms
relative to your experience (or look embarrassed if you're an old hat with
it).
--
Tom Barnes-Lawrence (aka Tomble the Bod)
Kindly remove eggs and spam from email address
in order to email me.
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From: Dominic Hargreaves <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x
Subject: ATI Xpert 98 AGP problems in Xwindows
Date: Sat, 17 Apr 1999 23:40:57 +0100
Ok, here is a complete description of my problem. I don't think it can
be due to faulty hardware because I have had the same problem with two
different PCs from the same supplier.
The following occurred at startup and again when I subsequently ran
XConfigurator:
Message: PCI probing found
PCI entry: Mach64 GB
X Server: Mach46
I selected Generic monitor from the list (I don't feel confident setting
up a custom monitor from my manual, it's an unbranded one and I couldn't
understand all the parameters. Is this a possible cause?
It then probed the video card and said:
There was an error detecting the video card.
I responded that there were 8 megs of ram, and no clockchip setting
(recommended)
It the probed for checks, and the clock probe failed, so the next time
round I chose skip. The program then wrote to the config file and
exited. I selected 8 bit, 16 bit and 24 bit color in 640 by 480 and 800
x 600
When I run startx I get a 640 by 480 screen even if I have selected
higher modes.
Ctrl-Alt-+ doesn not change this. When I exit X I get the following
messages:
PCI (92) and CONFIG_CHIP_ID (124) don't agree on Chiprev, using PCI
value
Card type: AGP
Memory type: 4
Clock type: Internal
Maximum allowed dot-clock: 230.000 MHz
Mode "640 x 480": mode clock = 25.175
There is no mode definition named "800 by 600"
Removing mode "800 x 600" from list of valid modes
Virtual resolution 800 x 600
Video RAM: 8192k
Using hardware cursor
Using 16MB aperture @ 0xe4000000
Using 4KB register aperture @ 0xe6000000
Ramdac is internal
Ramdac speed: 230 MHz
Using 8 bits per RGB value
Pixmap cache: 0 256x256 slots, 0 128x128 slots, 0 64x46 slots
Font cache: 0 fonts
waiting for X server to shut down mac64ProgramClkMach64ct: Warning: Q <
16.66666667
I have a PII 400 MHz, 64 MB RAM, and a P2XBL/e Rev A+ System board.
I am running Red Hat 5.2 with 2.0 kernel and XFree86 3.3.2.3-25.
Please can someone help me on this, I want to get stuck into KDE
installation and configuration, but I want to get this sorted first. In
640 x 480 my monitor chops off a bit of the screen at the right, so I
can't see some stuff.
I would appreciate a copy to my email if you are replying from a
newsgroup.
Thanks.
--
Dominic Hargreaves
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://fly.to/dominic
"If at first you don't succeed, you must be a programmer"
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From: Blackwidow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: SB PCI64 and SLab!
Date: Sun, 18 Apr 1999 00:50:36 +0100
Alan W. Jurgensen wrote:
>
> Hi Yall,
>
> Ive Got the Create Version of AudioPCI Card, es1371...
> Cant Figure out how to load these as modules..?
>
> I can do a modprobe es1371 and it appears to load with minimal
> complaint...
>
> but cat /dev/sndstat doesn't give any info...
> HELP
> thankx!!!! alman
>
> Jochen Henneberg wrote:
> >
> > Black Widow wrote:
> > >
> > > How did you get linux to recognise the SB PCI64? It can't even see it on
> > > mine.
> > > TIA.
> > > --
> > > Have fun!
> > >
> > > Black Widow �{:-)>
> >
> > Kernel 2.2.4 support the ensonique chipset on the pci64 card. Try out
> > the test mentioned in the kernel help. It's a driver calles 1370 or
> > 1371, you must find out which chipset is on your card. Then it should
> > work nice!
> >
> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > Jochen Henneberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Technical University Hamburg-Harburg
> > AB 4-09
> >
> > Jochen Henneberg
> > Technical University Hamburg-Harburg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > AB 4-09
> > Ohlsdorfer Str. 1 Home: +49 (0)40 460 29 37
> > Hamburg Work: Student
> > 22299 Netscape Conference Address
> > Germany
> > Tel.: +49 (0)40 460 29 37
> > Additional Information:
> > Last Name Henneberg
> > First Name Jochen
> > Version 2.1
Cheers Folks
2.2.4 spotted the es1370 straight away. Took me a couple of days to
realise I was guessing the icons wrongly, and to select line2 input.
Just got to remember to turn the volume down before I play anything, as
it dosn't keep the settings for some reason.
BTW Any ideas how to sort my video out, I'm using S3 Savage 3D with the
vga server, but I'm getting tired of only 16 colours. I have to reboot
to windoze to do image manipulation.
TIA.
--
Have fun!
Black Widow �{:-)>
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Date: Sat, 17 Apr 1999 13:57:54 -0400
From: Randy Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: SCSI card recommendation
I've finally decided to break down and put a SCSI card into my system.
What I was wondering was what folks would recommend for a good SCSI card with
solid Linux drivers.
I'd like to get a decent card but don't want to spend ridiculous amounts of
money. PCI's a must, and U2 would be nice to have since I want to keep this
card for a good while.
Right now I'm thinking of the Adaptec 2930U2W but since I'm a SCSI newbie I
was wondering what others would recommend for a good <$300 SCSI card --
suggestions? Thanks in advance.
--
Regards, | Microsoft -- innovative? Don't make me laugh.
. |
Randy | "Subversion is always our best tactic."
([EMAIL PROTECTED]) | Microsoft Manager of Java Relations John Ludwig
http://www.golgotha.net | (Quoted in Oct. 21, 1998 San Jose Mecury News)
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From: Rich Looke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: A New 'puter Board for Me
Date: Sat, 17 Apr 1999 19:38:19 -0400
Thanks Jeff,
And also thanks to Adam and Jim for the reply.
To further clarify what I'm doing, I currently use 3Com Impact ISDN
modems on both ends of my link. These are serial modems that support 230
kb UART's. At the office I use a Turbo Express serial card to get the
high baud rate. And the Win98 machine that I currently use to connect to
the office machine uses a USB to RS232 converter which also has support
for fast Baud Rates.
I have already bought a pair of Ascend Pipeline ISDN Routers that I will
eventually replace the 3Coms with when I learn how to use them. One's a
Pipeline 50, and the other is a Pipeline 75. These Routers are not much
problem to setup for dial-in. But they are more difficult to setup for
dial out. They are optimized for dial on demand applications and that's
great if you only have one destination. But I don't want to use dial on
demand at all so I think I'll end up writing a little utility that can
initiate the connections to the various destinations I use.
Anyway, overkill or not, I think I'll go with a 500 MHz job anyway just
so I can have something that's real fast. So I'm still looking for the
right MB and still appreciating your suggestions.
Also, at this point, I pretty sure I'll end up using multi-headed
version of Accelerated-X. They can bundle it with the OS which should
make install easier and they say they'll give me unlimited tech support
for it. They couldn't recommend a mother board though, they just say
they haven't had any complaints from customers regarding MB specific
problems.
Rich
Jeff McWilliams wrote:
>
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Rich Looke wrote:
> Rich,
>
> Wow, that's a tall order. Here are a couple comments based on my own
> experiences.
>
> First off, I don't think the stardard XFree86 supports any sort of dual
> display functionality right now. Check www.xfree86.org. You may be REQUIRED
> to run a dual headed version of Xi's X server to take advantage of your card.
> I'd also check with them to see if their card has the support you're looking
> for.
>
> Further, I think you'll be fairly challenged in finding a motherboard which
> supports more than 2 ISA slots these days. Most people buying new ATX
> motherboards seem to value 5 PCI slots, 2 ISA, and 1 AGP slot. If you're
> building a new machine, then I suspect you don't plan on using a lot of old
> legacy hardware in it. Just about anything you might want to plug into such a
> board these days will be PCI based, except for cheap PCI cards and possibly an
> internal analog modem.
>
> Stay away from PCI modems. It sounds like you're going to have an ISDN
> connection in which case you may not need an analog modem anyway. Go to
> www.dejanews.com and search comp.os.linux.networking for stuff about ISDN.
> When I looked there and in the kernel documentation for ISDN it seemed that
> most of the internal ISDN modem support was for European based ISDN.
>
> Here at work we use an ISDN router. It's a Netgear RT328. You plug it into
> your ISDN line, and then plug it into your twisted pair ethernet network. Set
> it up and you magically have a LAN that's connected via ISDN to whatever is on
> the other end. They're pretty affordable too - might make more sense than the
> hassle of an ISDN "modem".
>
> I hope this helps a little. It doesn't directly answer your questions, but it
> may give you some additional insight on choosing some hardware.
>
> Jeff
>
> --
> Jeff McWilliams - Advanced Development Engineer, ACE Technologies
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Microsoft Mouse on X at 1280x768
Date: Sat, 17 Apr 1999 22:47:32 GMT
Hi there,
I still can't manage to use X on RH5.2 Linux at 1280x768 resolution showing
the mouse pointer... it's there because the pop-up menu system works well
but the pointer isn't visible!
I've configured my mouse at Setup as a Microsoft Compatible mouse... it also
uses 3-button mouse emulation since it's a two button mouse -if i had know
of Linux/Gnome before i'd do other mouse.. :)- well, so what's wrong?
Please somebody help me with this. My monitor is a Goldstar 1465SD monitor
with vertical refresh at 50-90 Hz.. the 1280x768 screen paints very well,
but the mouse pointer doesn't get painted at all...
i love that resolution so please help me...
thanks a lot.
Antonio,
from Lima, Peru.
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From: Matt Cole <[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: Sat, 17 Apr 1999 19:18:01 -0500
In MS-DOS, any value returned by a program is placed in the hidden
environment variable called ERRORLEVEL. This (for the most part) is
useful only in two situations:
1) In writing batch files where the course of the batch file depends on
the return value of the program, or
2) In writing programs that run other programs, where the return value
of the second program determines the course the first program takes.
Matt Cole
James Goldman wrote:
> Olaf Walkowiak wrote:
> > Useful for things like
> >
> > test || echo "Something went wrong";
> > test && echo "Cool, it worked!";
>
> Ah.. I see. The UNIX command line is pretty good, eh?
>
> Thanks for the explanation.
>
> James
--
"So Lone Starr, now you see that evil will always triumph, because good
is dumb."
-- Dark Helmet (Rick Moranis), "Spaceballs"
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From: "dpc" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: AGP i740 card
Date: Sat, 17 Apr 1999 20:28:36 -0400
Try setting it up with XF86Setup - When installing my Stealth II G460 (i740
chip) it said not to use XF86Setup, but that's the only thing I found
worked. Good luck!
dpc
Guillaume Serri�re wrote in message <7fautb$dqb$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>Hello,
>
>like many other users, I tried to install Linux SuSE 6.0 'cause I'm fed up
>with MSBug98... But X server doesn't appreciate my AGP V2740 Asus card
(i740
>chip), while it's in the list of supported hardware... What shall I do ?
>
>Thanks for your answer !
>
>
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From: "Didier H. Besset" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.lang.java.advocacy,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy
Subject: Re: All the current OSes are idiotic (was Re: Is Windows for idiots?)
Date: Sat, 17 Apr 1999 13:10:24 +0200
Osvaldo Pinali Doederlein wrote in message <7f4a6d$sjl$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>Well, Java supports Unicode there... I hope people will not be stuffing
lots
>of greek or chinese symbols in the code to make it more maintainable.
Well, it depends. I certainly would welcome the possibility of writing a
real greek letter when I need one. This sure helps when working on maths
stuff.
Going further, having a super/sub-script notation like in differential
geometry (variant and covariant indices e.g.) would be MUCH more readable
than myVector[i].
One could even implement implied summation (same variant and covariant
index) but that may be a little far fetched...
As for Chinese characters, I might agree with you...
Didier
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