Linux-Hardware Digest #92, Volume #10 Sat, 24 Apr 99 00:13:32 EDT
Contents:
AWE64 PnP ("Eman")
Pro-Multimedia PM-(S)240N OPTi-82C924 Sound Card (Bob Hepple)
Re: brother hl-1040 and linux (Jack Andersen)
Re: Red Hat 5.2 Question (Cataldo Thomas)
Re: Any news on the SBLIVe? (Juha Koskela)
Re: Programmers are gods (Donal K. Fellows)
Re: ATI Rage 128 VR AGP w/ SONY CPD-200ES and Linux ("Tom Bowden")
AFBACKUP: full_backup not working w/ftape (Frank Miles)
MPC310AT Missing 2GB ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
generic kernel question (Roger Sondermann)
Re: All the current OSes are idiotic (was Re: Is Windows for idiots?) (Chris
Costello)
Re: cdrom locking system (Laddy Ospanik)
Re: Need Help With Xwindows !!!!! Xfree86 3.3.3.1 And Creativelabs (James
Stafford)
Re: Can I install redhat 5.2 in 4.3GB HDD ("Paul S. Brown")
AWE 64 configuration problen (Al)
Does LINUX work for the following hardware? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Linux on a palmtop yet?? (Casiopeia) (root)
Re: VMware mouse problems (Brian Servis)
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From: "Eman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: AWE64 PnP
Date: Fri, 23 Apr 1999 08:30:03 -0400
Hi I have an ISA pnp sbAWE64 and I just doesnt want to work. I got all the
resource settings from windoze and it didnt want to take it in sndconfig. I
installed OSS which actually works but its shareware and its MONO
sound..which sucks too. Will a kernel upgrade resolve these issues? Im
currently running 2.0.36
Any ideas would be greatly appreciated. I SO MUCH want to make the
conversion to Linux from win95 but these bindups are really discouraging and
nerveracking. My wife is gonna leave me from spending so much time every
night after work trying to set it up! :)
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Date: Fri, 23 Apr 1999 13:36:40 +0000
From: Bob Hepple <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Pro-Multimedia PM-(S)240N OPTi-82C924 Sound Card
I've been stuffing around trying to get this thing to work under RedHat
5.2 (Linux 2.0.36) and looking for Usenet solutions. Couldn't find
anything in the FAQs, HOWTOs and comp.os.linux.hardware but eventually
stumbled on the answer by accident. Thought someone out there might need
this.
The sound card is (according to the Sound-HOWTO) one of many
'Soundblaster compatibles' - which isn't very compatible. It is not
enough to use the SB or SB Pro drivers. The following may well work with
other 82C924 cards as well as the Pro-Multimedia - however, the card
used to be used in a Win95 system and may have been configured by PnP to
the setting below. I don't know. If you are also floundering around with
this thing and my settings don't work - maybe you need to try all the
different settings for I/O Port etc until it does work. Yes, I know this
is lamentable.
This worked for me:
===================
Apply a jumper to the 'disable PnP' strap on the card. (I have not tried
this without disabling PnP - I disable that by default whenever I put a
card in the system.
Use sndconfig to set the driver to MAD16 Pro (OPTi 82C929/82C930)
Set the following:
I/O Port 0x530
IRQ 7
DMA1 1
DMA2 0
MPU I/O 0x300
MPU IRQ 5
.... well that worked for me after simply ages of stuffing around. Best
of luck!!
Bob
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http://www.finder.com.au
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Date: Fri, 23 Apr 1999 14:39:21 +0200
From: Jack Andersen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: brother hl-1040 and linux
>
> At least the hl-1050 is ok, so the hl-1040 should also work (both support
> the same PCL version). If you decide to buy a brother printer, take
>
Yes - go for the 1050. The 1040 supports PCL-4 - while the 1050 supports
PCL-6 - so you will get 600x600 dpi printouts from Linux (1200x600 from
windows). You will be able to expand the memory of the 1050 with a standard
72 pin SIMM module of up to 32 MByte.
I just bought a 1050. It works fine - my only complaint is, that it is a bit
noisy
with internal fan etc. - So hear it before you buy it !
Jack...
BTW.: Thanks to Grant Taylor for his posting to my questions earlier this
week on
the same matter - and for his list of printers at
http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/pht/
Note, that the 1050 lists as working "mostly" (will not come up on the list
of
printers working "perfectly") - must be because you will not get the full
1200x600
dpi from the Laserjet driver in Linux.
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From: Cataldo Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Red Hat 5.2 Question
Date: Fri, 23 Apr 1999 17:22:40 +0200
Sal Capaci wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I just ordered a new computer and want to know if the newest version of
> Red Hat Linux will work on it. I new to Linux and don't know much about
> it. My new system is:
>
> Intel Pentium III 450 Mhz
> 128 MB RAM
> 4.8X DVD
> 16 MB Voodoo Banshee Video Card
> AGP Bus
> Win 98
>
> I hate Windows, and the college I'm going to for Computer Science next
> year says that I need Linux. So will it work with my new system? And
> also, I play alot of games on my computers and I know some don't work on
> the Linux OS. So is there a way to, when I boot up the system, have a
> way to choose either Red Hat Linux or Windows 98? Thanks alot.
>
> Chris
Linux will work really well... except for the XServer.
There is a developpement version of it.
And perhaps the frame buffer X server will work.
With out an Xserver, you won't be able to enjoy Gnome and eyecandies like
enlightenment.
Tom
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Juha Koskela)
Subject: Re: Any news on the SBLIVe?
Date: 23 Apr 1999 11:47:44 GMT
In comp.os.linux.hardware Panic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: Which website do they mean check? www.sblive.com or the developers one?
: > Definately go with the SB Live! card, its awesome. We currently are
: > working on Linux drivers for the card, they should be released hopefully
: > within the next few weeks. Keep checking our website to see if/when we
: > release the drivers.
: >
I think they ment developers site.
At least there was this line at the end of posting I got from creative.
(However it was not mentioned where to look at.. and there is linux text
(not link yet) in the drivers&patches section.)
developer.soundblaster.com <------------NEW! developer website
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Donal K. Fellows)
Crossposted-To:
comp.lang.java.advocacy,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy
Subject: Re: Programmers are gods
Date: 23 Apr 1999 15:05:55 GMT
In article <7fpmlf$kaa$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
westprog <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The right way to do it is to update the design where needed, so that
> at the end of the project, the design documents match the code
> produced. This sounds simple but it is very difficult to do.
And that is what I'm advocating. Plus the fact that any time I change
those docs, I must publicise the fact that I have made a change to all
interested parties. The bugfix (i.e. code-change) reporting can
mostly be saved for a (weekly/monthly) newsletter unless someone has
expressed a particular interest...
Donal.
--
Donal K. Fellows http://www.cs.man.ac.uk/~fellowsd/ [EMAIL PROTECTED]
-- The small advantage of not having California being part of my country would
be overweighed by having California as a heavily-armed rabid weasel on our
borders. -- David Parsons <o r c @ p e l l . p o r t l a n d . o r . u s>
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From: "Tom Bowden" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: ATI Rage 128 VR AGP w/ SONY CPD-200ES and Linux
Date: Fri, 23 Apr 1999 14:55:14 -0700
My apologies.. I did not have the correct email information here... realized
that when I went to look at the post and saw 'Dummy'.. although at times I
definitely feel like that :-)
Tom
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Hey all,
>
>I just bought the following configuration of a computer, and am trying to
>get LINUX to run on it:
>
>P III (450 Mhz)
>Sony Trinitron (CPD-200ES)
>ATI Rage 128 VR AGP
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Frank Miles)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,linux.debian.user,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: AFBACKUP: full_backup not working w/ftape
Date: 23 Apr 1999 20:04:59 GMT
full_backup ... properly loads the right device driver modules,
and the tape driver _starts_ to run. It soon halts, though,
and nothing has been written to tape.
cartis 1 and label_tape (think that's the right name) ran
seemingly successfully.
Once halted after 10 to 15 minutes of waiting, afbackup e-mails
me a message that it was unable to operate the tape drive
(sorry, forget exact wording). full_backup is being run by
root, so permissions should not be an issue.
The ftape home page says that afbackup is supposed to work with
the ftape driver.
'tob' works, but afbackup seems more appropriate for my nascent
home-network.
Any thoughts as to what might be wrong -- would be much appreciated.
I've tried both the current Debian/slink version as well as
downloading & compiling the original source.
-frank
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: MPC310AT Missing 2GB
Date: Fri, 23 Apr 1999 16:34:07 GMT
I have recently built a PC using a Fujitsu MPC3102AT (10.2 GB) HDD and a
Supermicro P6SBA Motherboard with the intention of running various O/Ss in
different partitions. On installing the Hard disk and beginning to partition
it I realised that the disk was being reported as 8GB. On checking the bios
It seems that the geometry had been autodetected as 8.4GB with c/h/s as
16383/16/63 (Which when multiplied out gives about 8GB). On checking the
table on the drive, the folowing disks are shown C H S 8.45 GB 16383 16
63 9.74 GB 16383 16 63 10.2 GB 16383 16 63
Needless to say the supplier hasn't much idea and Fujitsu's website is just
plain confusing with the following info
Formatted storage capacity 10,240 MB
Disks 3
Heads (read/write) 6
Track capacity (formatted) 110,592 ~ 172,032 bytes
Bytes per sector 512 bytes
Cylinders 11,116
Sectors per track 192 ~ 336
I've never seen an approximate sectors per track before!
Has anyone managed to get the full 10.2 GB out of one of these? or has anyone
any ideas on how I'd go about it
Any help appreciated
Ian Salt
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Roger Sondermann)
Subject: generic kernel question
Date: Fri, 23 Apr 1999 19:39:50 GMT
Greetings,
I have changed to Mandrake 5.3 from SuSE.
During install I forgot to include the aha152x module for my internal
SCSI-ZIP. Can anyone help me to include the module now.
Everything works fine with "insmod aha152x aha152x=0x140,9,7,1", but
where is the place to include a command to auto-load the module when
needed? I've tried to add it to conf.modules:
alias sound sb
alias midi opl3
alias scsi_hostadapter aha152x
options sb io=0x220 irq=5 dma=1 dma16=5 mpu_io=0x330
options opl3 io=0x388
options aha152x aha152x=0x140,9,7,1
but this did not work.
I also don't know which ghost loads all the other modules :-(
Thanks in advance.
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Roger Sondermann
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Chris Costello)
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: Fri, 23 Apr 1999 23:52:28 GMT
In article <7et0o5$od6$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, westprog wrote:
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Chris Costello) wrote:
> > In article <7dqere$9nd$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, westprog 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.
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. If you want to override the
> standard controls on Windows, it is as easy to do so as with X-Windows.
libX11?
> 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.
>
> J.
>
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From: Laddy Ospanik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: cdrom locking system
Date: 23 Apr 1999 12:45:22 PDT
More info:
Took cdrom out of system - system booted.
Boot from hard drive.
Running version 2.0.36
System hangs right after : Vendor: Toshiba Model: CD-ROM XM-5701TA Rev: 0167
Type:
CD-ROM ANSI: SCSI revision: 02
Detected scsi CD-ROM sr0 at scsi 0, channel 0, id 1, lun 0
light on cd-rom blinks - system hangs with no error message
hit reset couple times - system boots, but when issue command mount -t iso9660
/dev/cdrom /cdrom -
sytem hangs with no error message.
Thank You,
Laddy
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From: James Stafford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,alt.os.linux,linux.redhat.install,list.linux.x11
Subject: Re: Need Help With Xwindows !!!!! Xfree86 3.3.3.1 And Creativelabs
Date: Fri, 23 Apr 1999 00:31:50 -0700
PeeWee wrote:
> hi ,
>
> I have a Big Problem , With My Nvidia TNT From CreativeLabs.
>
> My Pc = PII400 ,DFI MB , 64mb , 10 gb hd,CL TNT 16MB,sb Live.
>
> "RedHat 5.2" + Xfree86 3.3.3-1
>
> The installation goes Perfect ,
>
> i logon ask root , update xfree86 , and canot find my Card listed.
> So i take a look a like, and that is the Domain Viper 550.
> But when i choose This one it gives this massage :
>
> " Segmentation Fault (core Dumped) !!!!!!????????
>
> So i do not use Xconfigurator and takes a other one.
> I use XF86Setup.
> there is still no " CL TNT" card listed so i use the onther one.
> it says oke starting Server
>
> And come out With this Error message:
>
> "_X11transSocketUNIXConnet : cant Connet : Error no 111 x init Connection
> refused Unexpected siganel 2"
>
> What Must i do to let it work ????????
>
> Thanks Peter Weima
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> Ps i have tryed al kinds of cards With Xconfigurator butt with all of them
> it says Segmentation Fault (core Dumped)
>
> Please Help
>
> pelh esaelp
I have a Creative TNT and use the Riva TNT driver in X and it works
perfectly. I had to use the Riva 128 driver until I upgraded my kernel. Try
one of these two drivers and it should work. The Diamond driver won't work
with my card either.
jamess
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From: "Paul S. Brown" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Can I install redhat 5.2 in 4.3GB HDD
Date: Sat, 24 Apr 1999 01:47:32 +0100
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> According to Kwok-ho <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>> Does redhat 5.2 support a hard disk larger than 2GB?
> I think you can install *all* of RH 5.2 in about 1 gig, including
> reasonable space for root and swap partitions.
A correct, but nonetheless irrelevant answer.
A relevant answer is that Redhat 5.2 ships with a 2.0.35 kernel which
as far as I am aware can support up to 18 disks of completely arbitrary
size.
I have run a machine with 5 18Gb drives under this Kernel, so
you should have no problem with larger than 2GB drives.
Files can only be 2GB, but filesystems can be vast.
Paul
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From: Al <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: AWE 64 configuration problen
Date: Fri, 23 Apr 1999 21:50:38 -0400
Reply-To:
I have RH 5.2. sndconfig recognizes my sound card (Creative SB AWE64
PnP).
When it tries to test the sound card it gets the following error.
An error occurred opening /dev/audio
sndconfig wants me to manually configure the card.
How do I get my sound casd to work.
Thanks
Al
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Does LINUX work for the following hardware?
Date: Fri, 23 Apr 1999 22:08:19 GMT
Hi,
I am buying DELL Dimension T PIII-450Mhz
12.9GB Ultra-ATA hard drive,
3com us robotics v.90 telephony modem for sound
3com 3c900b tpc 10mbit combo nic
I want to put win98 and linux on this machine.
Is the above hardware compatible with linux?
I checked up with the redhat site which doesn't say the above will not work.
I could find any information confirming the working with the above components.
Thanks,
Srini.
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From: root <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Linux on a palmtop yet?? (Casiopeia)
Date: Fri, 23 Apr 1999 22:11:22 +0000
Has anyone heard of a linux for my palmtop. I really hate MS sometimes
and would like to put a linux derivative on my Casiopeia. I know that CE
resides on a chip, but I don't see why it is not possible. Either that,
or I have to dump $100 for CE 2.x. Not my idea of an upgrade!
Laterz
Ken
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From: Brian Servis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: VMware mouse problems
Date: Fri, 23 Apr 1999 18:35:35 -0500
James Doutsis wrote:
>
> If anyone has installed VMware and gotten Win95\98 to work fully, could you
> please email me. I am having mouse problems, i tell it that com1 and com2
> are /dev/cua0 and /dev/cua1 and in the mouse options i specify /dev/cua0
> where my mouse is. When i power on my VM, all mouse movement is locked, I
> can use my keys sometimes, but usually a reset is in call for. If anyone
> can pleez help me out i would be very thankful. Email [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> if you can help. THANX!
Ummm...cua* devices are obsolete. Besides they were orginally only
ment for dial-out devices. Use the ttyS0(com1) ttyS1(com1) devices.
Also vmware has its own news server at news://news.vmware.com, check
out the newsgroups there for better support.
--
Brian
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