Linux-Hardware Digest #97, Volume #10 Sun, 25 Apr 99 04:13:38 EDT
Contents:
Problems with Mill II + Iiyama 502pro, with Win98 AND Linux ("Tommy Kelly")
Re: Q: ABIT vs ASUS vs GIGABYTE for linux (Tim Moore)
Re: Linux and the Fasttrak (Tim Moore)
Paralell Port Zip Drive ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: RH5.2 and Sound Blaster 16 (Jim Sublette)
Re: scsi emulation and cdrw (Chris Hodgson)
Re: Programmers are gods (Craig Kelley)
3Com EtherLink III (Tom Hua)
dual monitors under linux? ("isaac1")
Re: camera for linux-based notebook? ("Peter Caffin")
Quick modem question... ("Alex Wolfe")
Re: All the current OSes are idiotic (was Re: Is Windows for idiots?) (Johan
Kullstam)
Re: ESS Maestro ("Patrick Berge")
Re: Iomega Zip100 in Linux (Tim Moore)
Re: Xircom PE3? ([EMAIL PROTECTED],[EMAIL PROTECTED],[EMAIL PROTECTED])
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From: "Tommy Kelly" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.comp.periphs.videocards.matrox,comp.os.ms-windows.video
Subject: Problems with Mill II + Iiyama 502pro, with Win98 AND Linux
Date: Sun, 25 Apr 1999 00:09:00 +0100
This Millenium II plus Iiyama pro502 problem is driving me nuts.
Thanks to all who have made suggestions so far, but the
problem is still here.
Here are the details so far - I'd be grateful for any more help:
Problem is, after installing the Matrox driver in Win98 I get vertical red
lines - about a character width (in lo res) apart. Increasing the res
makes the lines fainter but they are still there. Moving windows
or icons around leaves vertical lines lying around (even after releasing
the mouse button, so it isn't a delayed response "trail").
A win98 reinstall seemed to solve things, but it came back again
after a few days(!?).
1. Hardware is:
Celeron 366, ABIT BH6, Soundblaster Live Value, NE2000-type
ethernet adapter, and the Matrox Millenium II (8byte)
OS is :
Win98, but I'm also seeing the problem now with Linux RH5.2
2. In Win98 the problem only appears after I install the Matrox driver.
Up till then the display is low res, but clean.
3. I've tried latest driver, latest certified driver, and unified driver.
All show the problem.
4. I've updated the Mill II BIOS. Didn't help.
5. I've tried the complete deinstall then reinstall as suggested by
one poster. Didn't help.
6. I reinstalled Win98. This completely solved the problem for
a couple of days, then it came back.
7. I thought Linux was clean but I noticed problems a few days after
the install. Faint blue vertical lines against the main background.
Moving icons around "erased" the faint lines, leaving me with
the normal blue X background.
8. Phoned Matrox - they suggested newest drivers and a BIOS
upgrade (both of which I then tried to no avail). They also
suggested an ABIT BIOS upgrade too which I haven't tried.
But good grief, surely that shouldn't be necessary?
9. Phone Iiyama. They said it was unequivocally a card/driver/OS
problem - not a monitor one.
9. Some details I get from the Matrox tools:
Accelerator: 2164W
RAMDAC Speed: 250MHz
VGA BIOS version: 1.5
Display driver version: 4.11.01.4330
VDD Version: 4.11.01.4330
Powerdesk version: 4.33.045
10. I am using the Iiyama driver as supplied with the monitor.
11. Varying resolutions can help (typically the higher the better)
but never solves it.
12. I'm using BNC not D-SUB, but surely that wouldn't cause
rubbish like I am seeing?
Any ideas?
Specifically - can I be sure that the monitor isn't busted (I think so)?
Or the card - could it be damaged (the RAM say)??
And if not, then what?
:-(
t
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Date: Sun, 25 Apr 1999 03:13:18 +0000
From: Tim Moore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Q: ABIT vs ASUS vs GIGABYTE for linux
I've had P2L97, P2B and currently running P2B-F. ASUS boards even run
w9x and NT :)
> >> I am planning to build a pentium linux box and have narrowed my choice of
> >> motherboards to three:
> >> ABIT BX6 (REV 2.0)
> >> ASUS P2B-F
> >> GIGABYTE GA-6BXE
> BX6r2 (very new) seems a bit buggy to me. The chipset is
> PIIX4 so 2.0.X kernels won't work properly with it. My UDMA
> 44x cdrom only works at 20x, and only with the UDMA option
> disabled ib the BIOS. P2B works well with linux.
>
> --
> =======================================================
> Dr Rowan Hughes [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Qld Dept Natural Resources Forestry Bldg, 4.06
> CIS group, Indooroopilly. W:07-38969705 H:07-38768083
PIIX4 chipset has nothing to do with it. I get 22MB/s on software RAID0
on ATA drives. Make sure you have these in /usr/src/linux/.config:
CONFIG_PCI=y
CONFIG_PCI_OPTIMIZE=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_TRITON=y
[asus@asus mini]$ cat /proc/pci
PCI devices found:
...
Bus 0, device 4, function 3:
Bridge: Intel 82371AB PIIX4 ACPI (rev 2).
Medium devsel. Fast back-to-back capable.
Bus 0, device 4, function 2:
USB Controller: Intel 82371AB PIIX4 USB (rev 1).
Medium devsel. Fast back-to-back capable. IRQ 255. Master
Capable. Latency=32.
I/O at 0xd400.
Bus 0, device 4, function 1:
IDE interface: Intel 82371AB PIIX4 IDE (rev 1).
Medium devsel. Fast back-to-back capable. Master Capable.
Latency=32.
I/O at 0xd800.
Bus 0, device 4, function 0:
ISA bridge: Intel 82371AB PIIX4 ISA (rev 2).
Medium devsel. Fast back-to-back capable. Master Capable. No
bursts.
Bus 1, device 0, function 0:
VGA compatible controller: Unknown vendor Unknown device (rev 4).
Vendor id=10de. Device id=20.
Medium devsel. Fast back-to-back capable. IRQ 11. Master
Capable. Latency=64. Min Gnt=5.Max Lat=1.
Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xe1000000.
Prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xe3000000.
Bus 0, device 1, function 0:
PCI bridge: Intel 440BX - 82443BX AGP (rev 3).
Medium devsel. Master Capable. Latency=64. Min Gnt=136.
Bus 0, device 0, function 0:
Host bridge: Intel 440BX - 82443BX Host (rev 3).
Medium devsel. Master Capable. Latency=64.
Prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xe4000000.
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Date: Sun, 25 Apr 1999 03:02:30 +0000
From: Tim Moore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux and the Fasttrak
I had no problems with the fasttrak under linux. It is recognized as
and works just like an Ultra/33 card. Oddly I could not get it to work
under OSR2 for digital video so upgraded to 7200 IBM drives and put the
Ultra/33 back in. No dropped frames, fasttrak goes back.
Jason Morris wrote:
>
> OK. I know the fasttrak isnt supported so this isnt really a question on
> how to get
> the fasttrak to work under linux.
> Here is my gig.
> Im using a 8.4 gig drive to boot Win98/linux off of. I also have two 10 gig
> drives
> on a Fasttrak card which I used for digital audio editing from win98.
>
> All is great while installing linux to the 8.4 gig drive which is attached
> to an onboard IDE controller. The problem is that every other time I boot
> into Linux it detects that Fasttrak card
> and the system freezes. And again this only happens every other time.
>
> Is there a way I can get Linux to jsut ignore that darn card? or am I outta
> luck running linux with that card even being plugged into the pc? I was
> hoping that I would at least be able to use the fasttrak out of win98 and
> jsut run linux off the onboard IDE controller.
> guess not.
>
> any clues?
>
> Thanks
>
> Jason
>
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> http://www.searchlinux.com
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Paralell Port Zip Drive
Date: Sat, 24 Apr 1999 23:46:03 GMT
I realise this must have been asked a million times but I can't seem to get
it to work... I'm a newbie - who's first venture out to Linux failed (RH
5.1), now I'm back with RedHat 5.2 for another try at it, and already I feel
right at home (accidentally deleted Win98 too! DOH!)..
Anyway I have an external ParPort Zip Drive and I can't seem to make it work,
I'm using RedHat 5.2 (from Macmillan Publishing), and I have an HP 600C
printer chained to the Zip Drive.
I could swear I had the Zip working under 5.1 but don't recal how I did that.
Thanks in advance,
-Sergio Najera
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jim Sublette)
Subject: Re: RH5.2 and Sound Blaster 16
Date: 25 Apr 1999 02:25:51 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Fri, 26 Mar 1999 10:15:20 +0100, Arnulf QUADT <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Joel Ebel wrote:
>>
>> **Nick Brown wrote:
>> >
>> > Don't know if Red Hat's default kernels contain sound support, but you
>> > generally need to rebuild the kernel, adding sound support, and
>> > /dev/audio support.
>> >
>> > Arnulf QUADT wrote:
>> > > in the process of installing RH5.2 I also tried to setup my Sound
>> > > Blaster 16 card using sndconfig. I can chosse the DMA and IRQ, but at
>> > > the end of the configuration procedure sndconfig tells me that there was
>> > > an `error opening /dev/audio'.
>>
>> Don't know if this helps any, but redhat does include sound support in
>> the kernel by default. You shouldn't have to do anything but run
>> sndconfig andlet it autodetect it.
>>
>> Good luck,
>> Joel Ebel
>
>Yes, this is what I thought. In fact recompiling the kernel where the
>sound option was already turned on according to the config menu does not
>change the situation, implying that sound support is by default in the
>redhat kernel. Given that the card is a SB16 and not a SB16 PnP The
>autodetect or pnpdump don't seem to allow any automatic detection. My
>impression is that I need to do something else to be able to write my
>explicit specification of the card DMA, IRQ ... somewhere and access
>/dev/audio.
>
>Arnulf
I am getting in on this late, so if you posted your configuration
I missed it. I had the exact problem in my case it turned out to be
my network card was keeping it from being seen my pnpdump.
I pulled out the net card, configured the sound card. Then everything
plays together okay.
May or may not be of any help. I did not have to recompile the kernel.
Just ran sndconfig with the net card pulled out of the machine. If
you have a plug and play modem you may want to pull that also. After
configuring the sound card all those cards should work together okay
for me.
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From: Chris Hodgson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: scsi emulation and cdrw
Date: Sat, 24 Apr 1999 18:04:41 -0700
On 24 Apr 1999, RLopez6836 wrote:
> Subject: scsi emulation for cdrw
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (RLopez6836)
> Date: 4/23/99 7:51 PM Pacific Daylight Time
> Message-id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> I recently added a cdrw and recompiled my kernel for scsi emulation because my
> drives are ide. I got the recorder working and am burning at will but now I can
> not mount either my cdrom or my cdrw. When I try I get the message "wrong
> filesystem type, or too many filesystems mounted, or wrong options." I created
> the symbolic link from /dev/cdrom to /dev/hdc, and I edited fstab to take into
> account the new device name., but to no avail. I have the cdrw as a slave to
> the cdrom. What confuses me is that both devices are recognized at start up and
> I can copy from one drive to the other using cdrecord and xcdroast. I would
> greatly appreciate any suggestions as I have exausted all my resources (my
> library is no help).
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mark
It is my understanding that once you have compiled the kernel with
SCSi-emu, you must mount the cd-rom drive as sc1 or sc2 - because the hdc
is the atapi driver, (which is non-existant) while sc# (or was it sd..) is
the scsi cd-rom driver (your drive is now scsi, supposedly, as far as the
OS is concerned).
Perhaps you can help me with my problem - I'm using a HP 8100i burner
(aTAPI) and have been unable to get the SCSI-emulation to work at all -
I'm currently using the 2.2.1 sources, and I'm wondering if there are any
fixes to the scsi-em code in the newer versions.. What happens is, during
the initialisation of the scsi devices, it recognises the first cd-rom
drive, prints out the message that it was recognized and then crashes when
it tries to reset the bus to scan for the next device. It prints out a hex
error code just before it locks up. ( idon't recall it)
Chris Hodgson
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Crossposted-To:
comp.lang.java.advocacy,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Programmers are gods
From: Craig Kelley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 24 Apr 1999 01:03:38 -0600
Andrew Fan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Another thing is that I absolutely HATE long functions. Have you ever
> tried to match the 'end' of an 'if' statement when it is some 200
> lines above and beyond your editor window's viewport?
Gotta love emacs' magic brace matching.
Of course it pukes on perl constructs like:
${$self}{'Key'} = "blah";
because it assumes that ${ is a variable, which it isn't in this case.
--
The wheel is turning but the hamster is dead.
Craig Kelley -- [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.isu.edu/~kellcrai finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] for PGP block
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From: Tom Hua <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: 3Com EtherLink III
Date: Sat, 24 Apr 1999 18:44:42 -0700
Hi all,
I've got a 3Com EtherLink III 3C509B installed in an old 486DX2 and
am having problem obtaining an IP connection from the DHCP server. Does
anyone know a way round? Any help would greatly appreciated. Thanks.
Tom
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From: "isaac1" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: dual monitors under linux?
Date: Sun, 25 Apr 1999 06:13:44 GMT
hi,
is there a way to have dual monitors under the console or x in linux?
thanks
isaac
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From: "Peter Caffin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: camera for linux-based notebook?
Date: 23 Apr 1999 04:40:20 GMT
jan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> We are desperately looking for available solutions to connect
> a video-camera to a linux based notebook.
> Either via PCMCIA-card or via the parallel-port.
Be careful of parallel port cams for this setup. A large proportion of
them expect to get their power by taking it via a keyboard plug. If your
notebook doesn't have one (PS/2 or AT), then..
> (Or is there an USB-solution by now as well?)
Some of the new Logitech Quickcams are USB. However Logitech are
apparently refusing to show their specs to Linux developers (unlike
Connectix, who they bought out) and so Linux support is apparently limited
to the pre-Logitech models (unless I've been looking at out-dated
webpages -- I hope).
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From: "Alex Wolfe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Quick modem question...
Date: Sun, 25 Apr 1999 01:21:07 -0500
I have two modems, neither of which I am able to use currently. Prior to my
last reinstallation of RH5.2 I was able to use a U.S. Robotics Sportster (I
dunno if it's a winmodem).
Statserial reports that my modem is located at cua1, but modemtool does not
successfully softlink the modem to /dev/modem. At least, that is my initial
diagnosis. After I use modemtool I attempt to use the modem with "ifup
ppp1" but the command is unsuccessful because Linux can't see the device.
Any ideas?
Thanks a million.
-ChipShot-
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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: Johan Kullstam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 24 Apr 1999 22:42:04 -0400
Tor Iver Wilhelmsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Yes. It's a pity, though, that you cannot name a file "Important:
> read/send" for instance, because it "disallows" some characters in
> file names.
unix disallows that one too. you cannot have / in a filename.
--
J o h a n K u l l s t a m
[[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Don't Fear the Penguin!
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From: "Patrick Berge" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: ESS Maestro
Date: Sun, 25 Apr 1999 02:26:00 -0400
So I read the web page and it really did not tell me much? How do enable
the legacy features mentioned?
Which ESS driver is the best one to try 688, 1688 or 1868 ?
Bradley M Keryan wrote in message ...
>On Fri, 23 Apr 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:?
>
>> Has anybody gotten Red Hat 5.2 to work with the ESS Maestro sound board.
I
>> have tried many different settings and it always says it is busy. Any
>> suggestions?
>>
>
>The status of ESS Maestro support is at
>http://roadrunner.swansea.uk.linux.org/oss.shtml
>with a hint as to how to get it to possibly work even though it's not
>really supported yet.
>
> Brad
>
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Date: Sun, 25 Apr 1999 02:50:48 +0000
From: Tim Moore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Iomega Zip100 in Linux
Slip Gun wrote:
>
> Hi,
> I have just purchased a Zip100 drive and would like to get it running
> under redhat 5.2. How exactly would I go about mounting it? (and what
> part of /dev is it in?)
> Cheers,
> Ed
/usr/doc/HOWTO/mini/ZIP*
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Subject: Re: Xircom PE3?
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED],[EMAIL PROTECTED],[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To:
alt.gothic,alt.politics.homosexual,uk.test,alt.drugs.hard,alt.os.linux.slackware,comp.os.linux.portable
Date: 25 Apr 1999 05:03:46 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED],[EMAIL PROTECTED],[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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