Linux-Hardware Digest #106, Volume #10 Tue, 27 Apr 99 08:13:25 EDT
Contents:
Re: Programmers are gods (Andrew Fan)
Re: Epson Stylus Color II printer and Samba 2.0.3 and NT Workstation 4.0 (SP4) == NO
GO :~< ("Bleh")
Re: Riva 128 Question (Andrew Fan)
Re: HP Deskjet 600C and Caldera 1.3 Linux. (Christopher Mahmood)
Re: Linux and Win98? (Christopher Mahmood)
Re: good networking card for linux (Christopher Mahmood)
Re: Several Linux Problems from Newbie (Christopher Mahmood)
Re: Matrox Millenium MGA-G200 AGP under Redhat 5.2? (Christopher Mahmood)
sb16 drivers ("name")
S3 Virge/DX (again) (**Nick Brown)
Re: Linux constantly accessing HD? (Christopher Mahmood)
Re: HP 695C printer (Beverley Eyre)
Re: Help!! Linux on K6-2 -problem!!! (Blanckaert Bart)
SB 16 *PCI* (Simon Holgate)
Databox Speed Dragon (Michael Heckert)
Re: How to install the Asus V3400TNT 16mb AGP Video In/Tv Out ????? ("gm")
Re: Programmers are gods (Donal K. Fellows)
Re: Programmers are gods (Donal K. Fellows)
es1371, dma timed out?? <- what? (Paul 'Tok' Kiela)
Re: SB 16 *PCI* ("Andre Malafaya Baptista")
Re: Help!! Linux on K6-2 -problem!!! ("Andre Malafaya Baptista")
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From: Andrew Fan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.lang.java.advocacy,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy
Subject: Re: Programmers are gods
Date: Tue, 27 Apr 1999 09:46:03 +0800
Mechanical engineering needs the documentation because they need
to work out the cost of each component and make effects to maximize
profits. Also, the manufacturer can be held liable for any injuries/
deaths caused by a badly designed part (if proven).
For a motor manufacturer, they tend to reuse designs extensively,
even in a "new" design. In other words, they design a "new" car
by examining their components lists first, if a part does not fit
the specification, then a new part is created.
It would be really nice to be able to pick a software module off
a supermarket shelf, stick it in your main loop and it'll interface
perfectly. But then, does your company really need a software
engineer to go shopping? Couldn't the secretary do it?
Andrew :)
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From: "Bleh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Epson Stylus Color II printer and Samba 2.0.3 and NT Workstation 4.0
(SP4) == NO GO :~<
Crossposted-To:
comp.protocols.smb,linux.samba,linux.redhat.misc,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking,alt.linux,alt.os.linux,comp.os.ms-windows.nt.misc,microsoft.public.windowsnt.misc
Date: Tue, 27 Apr 1999 02:10:34 GMT
> Alternatively, you can setup a "raw" queue on Linux and direct the
> NT's Stylus driver at that.
How do I setup a "raw" queue on Linux? I am running Redhat 6.0, and the
'printtool' dowsn't show "RAW" in the list of available printer drivers.
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From: Andrew Fan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Riva 128 Question
Date: Tue, 27 Apr 1999 09:59:18 +0800
How did you extract the files?
Did you use use "rpm -Uvh --force XFree86*"?
Andrew :)
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From: Christopher Mahmood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: HP Deskjet 600C and Caldera 1.3 Linux.
Date: 26 Apr 1999 09:30:24 -0700
Caldera uses the LPRng print system and not the plain old BSD one. Either install
the latter or read the (very good) LPRng docs.
-ckm
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From: Christopher Mahmood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux and Win98?
Date: 26 Apr 1999 09:36:50 -0700
are you asking if linux can do smb? then yes, see samba.
-ckm
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From: Christopher Mahmood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: good networking card for linux
Date: 26 Apr 1999 09:35:00 -0700
i've never had any problems with any, but it's probably in
your best interest to buy from 'linux-friendly' company
such as 3com.
-ckm
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From: Christopher Mahmood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Several Linux Problems from Newbie
Date: 26 Apr 1999 09:39:38 -0700
1)
X on 8mb would be painful, RAM is cheap.
2)
no one can tell you why if you don't tell us what the
'bunch of errors' said.
-ckm
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From: Christopher Mahmood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Matrox Millenium MGA-G200 AGP under Redhat 5.2?
Date: 26 Apr 1999 09:40:52 -0700
not that i has anything to do with your success, but it's so nice
to see someone be polite for a change....
-ckm
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From: "name" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: sb16 drivers
Date: Tue, 27 Apr 1999 09:38:51 +0400
Hello, everyone !
Since i've installed Slackware 96 (kernel 2.0.0) i've only heard 8-bit
noise from my speakers, though i have SB16. Are there anyone here, who knows
the location of SB16 drivers ? May be kernels with SB16 support ? Or
something else what can make me hear my SB16 playing. Please, help.
One more question : what is sound support in Linux ?
If anyone can reply, please mail me to
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
because i have very rare acess to i-net and i can read newsgroups only
once a week.
Or you can mail to
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
- my FIDO adress.
Sorry for awful English (is it really awful ?).
Signed, Sustretov Dmitry.
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From: **Nick Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: S3 Virge/DX (again)
Date: Tue, 27 Apr 1999 08:50:04 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
It seems like this has been asked loads of times before, but I didn't
see a precise answer:
Xfree86 3.3.2.3 has support for "S3 Virge". I have an "S3
Virge/DX"-based card, which apparently is supported in 3.3.3.1.
1) Will this work (even if not using 100% of the acceleration) with "S3
Virge" ?
2) If I get Xfree86 3.3.3.1, can I just install the latest S3v driver,
rather than having to
install all of it (my X setup is nice and stable right now) ?
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From: Christopher Mahmood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux constantly accessing HD?
Date: 26 Apr 1999 05:24:54 -0700
then unplug the drive's led. seriously, your disk should be accessed
every 3 seconds or so. that's just the kernel flushing the buffers.
-ckm
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From: Beverley Eyre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: HP 695C printer
Date: Mon, 26 Apr 1999 23:51:17 -0700
What are you trying to print? Ascii, or postscript?
For ascii, you just have to have the latest version of ghostscript.
Make sure you run lpd. As root, use the printer tool to set up
printcap, or do it manually, and it should run.
For postscript, you need a filter to run with gs.
Bev
KN wrote:
>
> I can't use my Hewlett Packard 695C printer under Linux.
>
> Why ? Can someone help me ?
>
> - Karim Naamani -
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http://www.ee.ucla.edu/~eyre Of late therefore I have been saucy...
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From: Blanckaert Bart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Help!! Linux on K6-2 -problem!!!
Date: Tue, 27 Apr 1999 10:45:51 +0200
On Wed, 7 Apr 1999, Clarence Riddle wrote:
I have the same problem..
Sometimes I get a register dump.. sometimes only black screen and reboot.
I used to have a amd k6-2 300 now I have a 350 but just the same problem.
I changed the memory.. and video card..
My mb is soyo 5eh..
If someone has a clue ??
Oh windows crashes too but that's no reference :)
> Hi,
> I have a K6 2/350, 100 mhz buss. No problem yet.
>
>
> cgr
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> jacopo wrote:
>
> > I have installed linux debian 2.0 in a k6-2 with a mb VIA.
> > Linux Crashes after boot or until 1-2 hours...
> > Does Linux (2.0.34) support K6
> > I need to recompile the kernel...
> > Is the motherboard....
> >
> > Thanks...
>
>
>
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From: Simon Holgate <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: SB 16 *PCI*
Date: Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:02:11 +0100
Hi,
I'm trying to get a brand new SB16 PCI card to work under kernel 2.2.6.
I've compiled the kernel with sb16 sound support and PnP, but the card
isn't detected at boot.
cat /dev/sndstat shows:
OSS/Free:3.8s2++-971130
Load type: Driver compiled into kernel
Kernel: Linux aardvark 2.2.6 #1 Sun Apr 25 22:14:02 BST 1999 i586
Config options: 0
Installed drivers:
Type 1: OPL-2/OPL-3 FM
Type 26: MPU-401 (UART)
Type 2: Sound Blaster
Type 29: Sound Blaster PnP
Type 7: SB MPU-401
Card config:
(Sound Blaster at 0x220 irq 5 drq 1,5)
(SB MPU-401 at 0x330 irq 1 drq 0)
(OPL-2/OPL-3 FM at 0x388 drq 0)
Audio devices:
Synth devices:
Midi devices:
Timers:
0: System clock
Mixers:
i.e. installed but not detected. My motherboard is a new TMC VG15+ and
I've both enabled and disabled PnP at various boots but no change.
There seems to be very little information on this card as it is new.
Tech support at Creative tells me that it is the standard SB chipset and
that it is PnP (though the box doesn't say that). The configuration
above is the same as Creative Tech support has under Win95.
The sound how-to suggests booting in DOS to initialize PnP then doing a
warm re-boot into linux, but I don't have (and don't want) DOS.
Being a new card I doubt that I have a hardware problem (though I can't
totally rule it out).
Does anyone have any advice/suggestions? Is it likely that the SB16 ISA
drivers would work with a PCI card anyway? (There is nothing about a
commmercial OSS driver for the SB16 PCI on the 4Front web site either)
Cheers,
Simon
--
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Department of Earth Sciences, (Rm 114, Oceanography)
University of Liverpool, Geology - 794 5202
P.O. Box 147, (Rm B17, Herdman Bldg)
Liverpool, L69 3BX E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Michael Heckert)
Subject: Databox Speed Dragon
Date: Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:20:31 +0200
Wie kann ich die Databox Speed Dragon unter SuSE konfigurieren?
Danke
Michael
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From: "gm" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] REMOVE NOSPAM to reply>
Subject: Re: How to install the Asus V3400TNT 16mb AGP Video In/Tv Out ?????
Reply-To: "gm" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] remove NO_SPAM to reply>
Date: 27 Apr 1999 01:42:15 CST
> How to install the Asus V3400TNT 16mb AGP Video In/Tv Out??
> Can somebody help me to install this video card in Linux Red Hat
5.2??
> And how should I configure the resolution??
In the distribution the VGA16 server can be used, as it supports
most chips. Get a hold of the XFree86_SVGA server, version 3.3.3.1
as it supports the higher resolutions for the RIVATNT. The
resolutions
to be used are dependent on your monitor specifications.
regards,
gm
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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: 27 Apr 1999 10:29:35 GMT
In article <7g203t$18u2$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Leslie Mikesell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I thought we were talking about program development. The internals
> of these programs have changed enormously over the years.
But sendmail still speaks SMTP and works with UNIX mailboxes (and uses
sendmail.cf - oh well :^)
Apache still talks HTTP and works with CGI scripts.
Perl hasn't changed majorly since the jump to v5 (which was widely
announced, in case you missed it.)
The interfaces that matter and the desired security properties are
well known in all cases. How exactly those are implemented is not as
important, and in any case, the algorithms are not part of the spec.
Libraries and operating systems need a much tighter specification than
programs. Thats why POSIX is such a good thing - it gives (amongst
other things) a clear definition of what is the correct behaviour of
the C library.
Donal.
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-- 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: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Donal K. Fellows)
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: 27 Apr 1999 10:34:38 GMT
In article <7g1ucp$17v2$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Leslie Mikesell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Which means that it maps remarkably well to a lot of real-world
> problems - unlike a lot of strongly-typed languages.
I disagree. Just because the problem was hard to understand in the
first place doesn't mean that the code should be hard to understand
when you read it. Perl was designed by an �berhacker, and it shows.
Is there an Obfuscated Perl Contest? If there is, why do they bother?
Donal (user of another typeless language that handles real-world
problems very nicely thankyouverymuch.)
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-- 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: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Paul 'Tok' Kiela)
Subject: es1371, dma timed out?? <- what?
Date: 27 Apr 1999 00:07:53 -0400
After installing Debian 2.1, I found myself upgrading to kernel
2.2.6.. I have a Creative Labs Esoniq based card, running fine from the es1371
under kernel 2.2.3, but after the upgrade to 2.2.6, the card seemed to start up
fine, but after about an hour of playing mp3 audio (or any audio, i assume),
started skipping whenever an xterm would be opened, or when netscape would
be launched. dmesg further reveals that the messages related to the skipping
are:
es1371: dma timed out??
es1371: dma timed out??
(en masse)
Now. If need be, I will downgrade to kernel 2.2.4, since 2.2.5 seems
to have had some changes made to its es137* drivers. But my question here is,
what could be causing this? has anyone else had this problem? how have you
fixed it?
Regards,
Paul.
NB: Replying by email? feed my mailto: to a bash shell to get my email addy
The one up top won't accept any.
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-- Paul Kiela - Linux: Be Free - "hit any user to continue"
-- mailto: echo tokvgeminifphysicsfmcmasterfca | sed s/v/@/ | tr f .
"My title isn't Public Relations. If it was, I would have said something nice"
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From: "Andre Malafaya Baptista" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: SB 16 *PCI*
Date: Tue, 27 Apr 1999 12:08:19 +0100
If it's PnP, you need to set it up first.
In Linux:
type 'pnpdump >/etc/isapnp.conf'
open the file '/etc/isapnp.conf', find the lines that regard your sound
card, uncomment the lines with the resources you want (IO0, IO1, IO2, IRQ,
DMA1, DMA2) and uncomment the line ACT Y.
Type 'isapnp /etc/isapnp.conf' and you should be set.
Then you should add the previous command to the startup scripts.
HTH,
Andr�
Simon Holgate <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Hi,
>
> I'm trying to get a brand new SB16 PCI card to work under kernel 2.2.6.
> I've compiled the kernel with sb16 sound support and PnP, but the card
> isn't detected at boot.
>
> cat /dev/sndstat shows:
> OSS/Free:3.8s2++-971130
> Load type: Driver compiled into kernel
> Kernel: Linux aardvark 2.2.6 #1 Sun Apr 25 22:14:02 BST 1999 i586
> Config options: 0
>
> Installed drivers:
> Type 1: OPL-2/OPL-3 FM
> Type 26: MPU-401 (UART)
> Type 2: Sound Blaster
> Type 29: Sound Blaster PnP
> Type 7: SB MPU-401
>
> Card config:
> (Sound Blaster at 0x220 irq 5 drq 1,5)
> (SB MPU-401 at 0x330 irq 1 drq 0)
> (OPL-2/OPL-3 FM at 0x388 drq 0)
>
> Audio devices:
>
> Synth devices:
>
> Midi devices:
>
> Timers:
> 0: System clock
>
> Mixers:
>
> i.e. installed but not detected. My motherboard is a new TMC VG15+ and
> I've both enabled and disabled PnP at various boots but no change.
>
> There seems to be very little information on this card as it is new.
> Tech support at Creative tells me that it is the standard SB chipset and
> that it is PnP (though the box doesn't say that). The configuration
> above is the same as Creative Tech support has under Win95.
>
> The sound how-to suggests booting in DOS to initialize PnP then doing a
> warm re-boot into linux, but I don't have (and don't want) DOS.
>
> Being a new card I doubt that I have a hardware problem (though I can't
> totally rule it out).
>
> Does anyone have any advice/suggestions? Is it likely that the SB16 ISA
> drivers would work with a PCI card anyway? (There is nothing about a
> commmercial OSS driver for the SB16 PCI on the 4Front web site either)
>
> Cheers,
>
> Simon
>
>
> --
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Simon Holgate, Tel: (+44) (0151) 794 4102
> Department of Earth Sciences, (Rm 114, Oceanography)
> University of Liverpool, Geology - 794 5202
> P.O. Box 147, (Rm B17, Herdman Bldg)
> Liverpool, L69 3BX E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> ENGLAND. http://george.seos.uvic.ca/people/simon/simon.html
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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From: "Andre Malafaya Baptista" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Help!! Linux on K6-2 -problem!!!
Date: Tue, 27 Apr 1999 12:09:14 +0100
Get into kernel 2.2.x.
Blanckaert Bart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> On Wed, 7 Apr 1999, Clarence Riddle wrote:
>
> I have the same problem..
> Sometimes I get a register dump.. sometimes only black screen and reboot.
> I used to have a amd k6-2 300 now I have a 350 but just the same problem.
> I changed the memory.. and video card..
> My mb is soyo 5eh..
>
> If someone has a clue ??
>
> Oh windows crashes too but that's no reference :)
>
> > Hi,
> > I have a K6 2/350, 100 mhz buss. No problem yet.
> >
> >
> > cgr
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
> > jacopo wrote:
> >
> > > I have installed linux debian 2.0 in a k6-2 with a mb VIA.
> > > Linux Crashes after boot or until 1-2 hours...
> > > Does Linux (2.0.34) support K6
> > > I need to recompile the kernel...
> > > Is the motherboard....
> > >
> > > Thanks...
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>
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