Linux-Hardware Digest #66, Volume #10 Mon, 19 Apr 99 22:13:36 EDT
Contents:
parallel port not found (Kostis Mentzelos)
newbie question - X11 server incorrect ("Karl B. Barnes")
VST Zip 100 drive (Stefano Casadei)
LCD Display under Linux? (Roman Zydra)
Re: parallel port (Piniek aka Piotr Ingling)
Sonic Impact ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Hardware Advice Please! ("x")
Re: 3com / US robotics 56K (Mark Nielsen)
Why DMA gets disabled? (Jason Hong)
Plextor 32X SCSI CD (Phil D.)
Re: Need Sound Card Suggestions (Scott Stone)
Re: RFC - DSL LinModem ("Edward P. Lee")
Install Help: RH5.2 & laptop & Paralell port CD-ROM ("Arne B. Olsen")
2940U2W on Linux problems.. can i just use it as UW...? ("x")
Q. lists for compatibility? (HokuLoa2)
Re: Building a Better Distribution. (WAS: X munges the graphics card? (Re: Windows
2000 Rah! Rah! Session falls flat)) (Reality is a point of view)
Re: Microsoft Mouse on X at 1280x768 (Ed Wilts)
Re: Programmers are gods ("Osvaldo Pinali Doederlein")
Re: Non-destructive HD repartition? (John Thompson)
Re: Using IDE Tape drives (John Thompson)
Lp : Driver configured but no interfaces found ? (Saqr Binghalib)
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From: Kostis Mentzelos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: parallel port not found
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1999 23:51:44 +0300
I can't use the onboard parallel port of almost every
compaq proliant 1600 I have configured
The lpt is on irq 7 at 0x03bc (bios settings) but linux refuses to see
the port.
Any thoughts?
Kostis Mentzelos
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From: "Karl B. Barnes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux,alt.os.linux.caldera,comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: newbie question - X11 server incorrect
Date: 19 Apr 1999 14:04:05 GMT
All -
I recently started teaching myself Linux. The tutorial I got came with
Caldera OpenLinux 1.3. The installation went well, but I chose the wrong
X11 server during installation.
Can someone tell me how to install a different X11 after installation? I
found a couple of utilities like LISA, but they only seem to display
information & don't allow you to alter the system setup (at least, not how
I want to change it).
If anyone has URLs for good beginners web sites, I'd appreciate knowing
about them as well.
Please copy replies to the address below (it's been spam-proofed). Many
thanks in advance.
kb.
--
============================================================================
=====================
Karl B. Barnes
Sr. Network Engineer
City of Alexandria, VA
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
add a .va between alexandria & us in the above address.
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From: Stefano Casadei <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.portable
Subject: VST Zip 100 drive
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1999 14:55:01 -0400
Has anyone tried the VST Zip 100 on a linux laptop ?
Thank you.
Please reply to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Stefano
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Roman Zydra)
Subject: LCD Display under Linux?
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1999 19:37:29 GMT
Hi,
is it possible to use a Viewsonic VPD 150 digital LCD panel connected
to an Elsa Winner II under Linux Suse 6.1 or Caldera Open Linux 2.2?
Thanks
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Piniek aka Piotr Ingling)
Subject: Re: parallel port
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1999 07:01:50 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Dnia Sat, 17 Apr 1999 15:08:57 +0200, "RobV" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> napisa�(a):
>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.
And it will only work there. It's a GDI printer. There's a project that
_partialy_ enables Linux to use HP's GDI printers but I can't remember its
name.
Piotr Ingling
e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Sonic Impact
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1999 07:03:36 GMT
Hi!
Before installing Linux to my system, I'd like to know if my Diamond
Sonic Impact S90 works under Linux?
de Jani
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From: "x" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
de.markt.comp.hardware,tw.bbs.comp.hacker,comp.os.linux.misc,de.comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: Hardware Advice Please!
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1999 02:27:45 +0200
> From what I've heard hardware prices can vary significantly from Europe
> to North America. You might want to consider a **reputable** North
> American vendor and have them ship.
any suggestion ?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mark Nielsen)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: 3com / US robotics 56K
Date: 19 Apr 1999 17:01:49 -0400
i might be jumping into the middle of the conversation, but I sell USR
robotics modems are $84 that are jumperable for com1 and com2. I also sell
an external modem and a cheaper internal modem.
I am sure if you went to pricewatch ot pricescan, you can find it cheaper.
Mark
--
Mark Nielsen "Where 98 has no meaning."
www.tcu-inc.com [EMAIL PROTECTED]
The Computer Underground, Inc. 614-485-0506
computers, programming, networking, Perl, PHP, SQL, HTMl, Linux, Unix
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jason Hong)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Why DMA gets disabled?
Date: 19 Apr 1999 08:09:03 GMT
I run RedHat 5.2 and see error messages below.
from dmesg....
Partition check:
sda: sda1
sdb: sdb1 < sdb5 >
hda:hda: timeout waiting for DMA
hda: irq timeout: status=0xd0 { Busy }
hda: DMA disabled
hdb: DMA disabled
ide0: reset: success
hda1 hda2 hda3
hdb: hdb1
I have hardware setup as below.
-- Pentium200 with Asus 97-X motherboard.
-- 64 M Toshiba RAM.
-- 3.2 UDMA drive (Quantum Fireball) --> /dev/hda
I have 2.9G of NTFS and 2 127M of linux swap partition
-- 1.6 UDMA drive (Quantum Fireball) --> /dev/hdb
Linux root disk
-- 2.0 SCSI II disk --> /dev/sda
Linux /local disk
-- 1.0 SCSI II disk --> /dev/sdb
NTFS files
I've seen the error message from RedHat 5.0 and 5.1.
taurus:~ 1203# hdparm -v /dev/hda
/dev/hda:
multcount = 0 (off)
I/O support = 0 (default 16-bit)
unmaskirq = 0 (off)
using_dma = 0 (off)
keepsettings = 0 (off)
nowerr = 0 (off)
readonly = 0 (off)
readahead = 8 (on)
geometry = 782/128/63, sectors = 6306048, start = 0
taurus:~ 1204# hdparm -v /dev/hdb
/dev/hdb:
multcount = 0 (off)
I/O support = 0 (default 16-bit)
unmaskirq = 0 (off)
using_dma = 0 (off)
keepsettings = 0 (off)
nowerr = 0 (off)
readonly = 0 (off)
readahead = 8 (on)
geometry = 782/64/63, sectors = 3153024, start = 0
I can enable DMA option on my UDMA disks but they are reset to dma off soon.
If you have any idea, please let me know.
I am using kernel-2.2.5 now.
Thank you
Jason
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From: [email protected] (Phil D.)
Subject: Plextor 32X SCSI CD
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1999 22:03:55 GMT
I'm having problems with time-out errors using Plextor's 32X CDROM drive. The drive
mounts OK, and sometimes it will work for a little while, but then nothing. It is
connected to a Fireport 40 card using the ncr53C8XX driver. I have a Zip drive also
on
the same card which works fine.
I am running RedHat 5.2, dual booting with win98. The CDROM works perfectly in
windows or DOS. I had this problem with Linux from day one, had to copy the Redhat CD
to a hard drive partition to install. I've since upgraded the kernel to 2.2.3 but the
problem with the CD persists. Otherwise, all is currently rosy in Linux-land.
Anyone have any advice to offer?
Phil D.
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From: Scott Stone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Need Sound Card Suggestions
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1999 16:25:20 -0700
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> Steve Orosz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Hi,
> > I am going to buy a new sound card for my computer and I would like
> > to get one that supports Linux and Windows. So far the only card that
> > I've liked so far is the SoundBlaster 128PCI. However I'm not sure if
> > it is supported in Linux. If anyone can help me in choosing a good
> > soundcard for my computer. So if anyone has any suggestions for a PCI
> > soundcard PLEASE let me know. I would prefer a PCI sound card but if
> > there are some good ISA soundcards also tell me about them.
> > Thank you very much
> >
> > Steve
> >
> >
>
> NEVER EVER buy Plug'n'Play!! I did, and I regret it deeply!
>
The PCI soundblasters don't work with the standard Linux kernel sound
drivers. You can buy a driver suite for $30 that does, though. I'd
recommend a good ol SB AWE64. I know *that* works :)
--
==========================
Scott M. Stone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
UNIX Systems/Network Admin (Consultant)
Taos Mountain Software
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From: "Edward P. Lee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: RFC - DSL LinModem
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1999 15:58:06 -0700
Arran wrote:
> Umm, here's a little bit of info about DSL that might help.
>
> First it's a digital line so there isn't really a need for a modem (no
That's why I need a FIR filter at the receiving end to pull in the digital
signal.
>
> need to modulate/demodulate in a purely digital environment). The DSL
> line usually requires a proprietary hardware splitter to peel it off
> of the POTS line. The splitter then spits out a signal in ethernet
> format so that any box with an ethernet NIC can connect to it.
Am I sharing the DSL lines with another phone customer?
Do I need a splitter if I don't use the lines for anything else?
In some case, the splitter is limiting the bandwidth down to 128K.
>
> As for connecting two Linux boxes via DSL, the first challenge will be
> to get your telco to run a DSL line between two private addresses.
It's OK to have both lines hooked-up to the phone company central office.
>
> They probably won't, because they like to run them from your
Perhap the phone company should not be allowed to be an ISP or own one.
Anyway, i don't really want these lines to link into the internet
directly.
>
> house/office to an isp (preferably one that they own) that supports
> DSL. I'm not even sure that it's possible to run the line between two
> private addresses because it requires one end to have a central office
> type switch to drive the downstream line. If you think of it like 56K
> modem technology you get the idea. It's asymmetric connection
> requiring special hardware at the isp level.
>
> Once you had the DSL line in place I imagine you could put a linux box
> at either end with a NIC and run TCP/IP.
>
> As for bandwidth I've heard of 7Mbps downstream and 1Mbps upstream.
> Again this is with a connection to an isp that has the appropriate
> switching hardware.
>
> Good luck,
Thank you for your inputs.
>
>
> Arran
>
> On Thu, 01 Apr 1999 14:24:45 -0800, Edward Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrotg:
>
> >Hi, folks, I want to build some modems to connect pairs of Linux
> >on DSL lines. What am i up against? These modems would not talk
> >to anything else, so i don't need V.anything compatible. I am
> >thinking about minimum hardwares (in the spirit of WinModem).
> >A linux driver will handle the protocols and compressions.
> >Can i transmit 1 MB/s reliably on DSL lines, with a FIR filter
> >at the receiving end. Where can i get more technical information
> >on DSL? For example, what loading/impedance can i expect at the
> >phone company switching stations? The Finite Impulse Response (FIR)
> >filter will be implemented with run-time configurated gate array.
> >What other hardware would you add to this. Is anyone doing a
> >similiar project?
> >
> > +-------+ +-------+
> > TX -> | D/A | -> | ISO | -> DSL
> > +-------+ +-------+
> >
> > +-------+ +-------+ +-------+
> > RX <- | FIR | <- | A/D | <- | ISO | <- DSL
> > +-------+ +-------+ +-------+
> >
> >PS: Just like WinModem, this is a fool's Modem,
> >but i won't overpaid myself for it.
> >
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From: "Arne B. Olsen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Install Help: RH5.2 & laptop & Paralell port CD-ROM
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1999 22:24:23 +0200
Hello,
I have a problem; I want to install rh5.2 on my laptop (486DX2) and the only
way i can do that is to use a parallell port cdrom device (DiscTec
RoadRunner CD-4x).
I have tried redhat's boot.img and also downloaded a image named rh52pp2.img
but not of those seems to have support for my cdrom.
Anyone got any Idea's ?
Arne
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From: "x" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.periphs.scsi
Subject: 2940U2W on Linux problems.. can i just use it as UW...?
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1999 00:03:08 +0200
i have adaptec 2940u2w only one scsi drive on it,
kernel 2.2.5, aic7xxx patches for 2.2.1(sucked even more without them) but
sometimes
drive gets blocked ( repeated timeouts..).
questions:
- since 2940u2w linux drivers seem to still be experimental
can i just use UW connectors ??(again, have only one drive, but it is
U2W(Seagate Cheetah))
- anyone successfylly using 2940UW with linux ?
- should i better go for another controller ? which one would you suggest ?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (HokuLoa2)
Subject: Q. lists for compatibility?
Date: 20 Apr 1999 00:48:31 GMT
Does anyone know of a site with lists of compatible hardware for Linux? I am
building myself a new box but do not know what will work with both Linux and
that Redmond OS.
Cheers,
hoku
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Reality is a point of view)
Crossposted-To:
comp.lang.java.advocacy,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Building a Better Distribution. (WAS: X munges the graphics card? (Re:
Windows 2000 Rah! Rah! Session falls flat))
Date: Tue, 20 Apr 1999 00:18:20 GMT
[note: followup set in an effort to promote on topic posts]
+---- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote (Mon, 19 Apr 1999 15:26:23 -0700):
| On Sun, 11 Apr 1999 18:56:54 -0500, Todd Ostermeier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
|wrote:
| >On 11 Apr 1999, Bloody Viking wrote:
| >: In comp.os.linux.advocacy Jeff Szarka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
| >: : I'd probably use linux myself if it weren't for a few things that
| >: : still make it impossible to switch. Maybe once corel gets their distro
| >: : out I'll think about it. Here's a perfect example of why I can't/won't
| >: : use linux:
| >:
| >: : Problem: I want to change my resolution.
| >:
| >: : Win9x/NT:
| >: : Right click on desktop - properties - settlings - done
| >:
| >: : Linux:
| >: : Edit config files and god know's what else
+----
While can't/won't is a little extreme for some, it is
applicable for others. Maybe even most, if most are new to
computers.
You are right. The variance in configuring GNU/Linux
applications is a major roadblock to wide acceptance.
The endless back and forth with at least some of those replying
to you is pointless, as they are unwilling to admit any
weakness of GNU/Linux, even when they are plainly mistaken.
--
Gary Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Privacy on the net is still illegal.
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From: Ed Wilts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Microsoft Mouse on X at 1280x768
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1999 20:23:14 -0500
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> 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...
You didn't say what your graphics chip set is, but I'll try and guess
anyway. Try adding "sw_cursor" to your /etc/X11/XF86Config file in the
device section and see what happens.
.../Ed
--
Ed Wilts, Mounds View, MN, USA
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "Osvaldo Pinali Doederlein" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.lang.java.advocacy,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Programmers are gods
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1999 11:37:34 +0200
Martin Ozolins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:7fe818$dt6$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Try a cross platform port of engineer fortran (different from IT fortran)
> every index variable is 'i' the number of times 'i' is repeated is the
> depth in imbeded if's or loops. ie:
> if (i)
> if(ii)
> endif
> ednif
Hey, I didn't know this idiom. How cool. :))) And I know no FORTRAN by
I've read that you can reuse keywords like identifiers and do very odd
things, is that right? e.g. "if if then then = else else then = if"...
Serious now, although some people want lengthy names everywhere e.g.
recordIndex instead of i, I'm completely in favor of some ewxceptions when
mathematical notation justifies it. Names like i/j/k for iteration over
arrays up to three dimension are okay. But, do they do it for other
iterations? because FORTRAN types do tons of matrices.
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From: John Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Non-destructive HD repartition?
Date: Sun, 18 Apr 1999 19:56:14 -0600
Charles Ritchie wrote:
> 4Season wrote:
>
> > What's the best way to repartition a hard drive, without disturbing the data
> > on it?
> PartitionMagic 4.0 (by PowerQuest) supports Linux ext2 ans swap partitions as
> well as many others (NT, Win98, etc.). I was able to resize and move several
> Linux partitions, including the root partition, non-destructively. It took
> maybe 15 minutes, not including the installation time for PartiionMagic
> itself. I ran PartitionMagic under Win98 on a dual-boot machine and pointed it
> to my dedicated Linux drive -- it sounds like your setup is similar to mine.
>
> I'm not sure whether you can use this product on a machine that doesn't also
> have a copy of DOS or Windows (NT, 95 or 98). However, a recent announcement
> about Caldera OpenLinux 2.2 noted that PowerQuest partitioning software is
> included. It wasn't clear whether this was PartitionMagic or a similar product
> from the same company.
Partition Magic v4 includes a bootable OpenDOS diskette
image you can use to run the program if you don't have a DOS
partition or diskette to use.
--
-John ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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From: John Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Using IDE Tape drives
Date: Sun, 18 Apr 1999 20:46:03 -0600
Stephen Miller wrote:
> Are there any sites or documentation on using IDE tape drives with
> Linux? I've installed a Sony tape drive in a dual boot Win95/Linux
> system(still need some Win95 programs), and can't quite seem to get the tape
> working with Linux. Works like it is supposed to with Win95. Any help would
> be most appreciated.
Do you have the IDE tape device support available (either as
a module or compiled into the kernel)? What kernel version
are you using? My Colorado 5GB IDE drive was recognized by
kernel 2.0.34 but wouldn't work properly until I went to
kernel 2.2.1. Now it works fine using tar.
--
-John ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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From: Saqr Binghalib <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Lp : Driver configured but no interfaces found ?
Date: Sun, 18 Apr 1999 18:33:38 -0700
Hi,
I have RedHat 5.2, and I am trying to install my printer. But when I
choose the printer parallel ports and print a file, nothing happens.
And I also get a message ((" Lp: Driver configured but no interfaces
found ")) this appears usally in 2-3 in intervals..
I have no clue as to what to do, searched the newsgroups and found a
similar posting but was written in german or french,, so that was no
help..
Would appreciate anyhelp
Thanks,
Saqr
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