Linux-Hardware Digest #134, Volume #10 Sat, 1 May 99 19:13:40 EDT
Contents:
SoundBlaster PCI128 problems (Salman Ahmed)
awe 64 isapnp and quake2&3 (Jusitn Desilets)
dvd (waco)
Re: Linux for R6000? ("Paul S. Brown")
Model PC-SG 2 time reference card & Linux ("Mustafa L. Civelek")
Trident 9850 3D Video Card ("Hua Gan")
Re: Modem problems : new newsgroup required. (M. Buchenrieder)
2 CDROM drives ("Claus H�yer")
Re: removing cooling fans--how dangerous? (Alexander Klietz)
Re: removing cooling fans--how dangerous? (Alexander Klietz)
Re: waiting the moment (Jens Schmidt)
Re: removing cooling fans--how dangerous? ("Stevyn")
Yamaha DX Chipset and Linux ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: SiS 530 Video Chip ("Erik")
Re: CD RW and RedHat 5.2: (taniwha)
Re: Trident 9850 3D Video Card (Andrew Comech)
Re: Can I install redhat 5.2 in 4.3GB HDD ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Trident 9660/9680 and CTX VL710 (Andrew Comech)
Re: How to set up 2 graphic cards? (Neil Steadman)
Re: monitor specs (Neil Steadman)
Re: Mouse at /dev/ttyS0 - not possible! (Neil Steadman)
Re: Strange Monitor on std VGA? (Neil Steadman)
Linux and my Thinkpad 760ED ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Printer ("Elliott Paiken")
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From: Salman Ahmed <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.dev.sound,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: SoundBlaster PCI128 problems
Date: Sat, 01 May 1999 14:11:48 -0400
I am running RedHat 5.2 w/ kernel 2.0.36. sndconfig gives an error message
"Unable to play audio: sox: Can't open output file /dev/dsp : operation not
supported by device".
I tried to setup the card using the ALSA drivers (following the instructions in
the
ALSA mini-HOWTO) , but that didn't work either.
After building and installing the alsa-driver package, I went and tried to
compile
the alsa-lib package. When running "./configure" on the alsa-lib package, at the
end the configure script complained that "alsa-driver package must be installed
first"!! But I thought I had already done that when I had installed the
alsa-driver
package (and that seemingly went without any problems).
Can anyone offer detailed instructions on howto setup the PCI128 card
without having to recompile the kernel ?
Do I have to upgrade to one of the 2.2.x kernels to be able to setup the PCI128
?
Thanks.
--
Salman S. Ahmed
ssahmed AT interlog DOT com
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to reply to this message.
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From: Jusitn Desilets <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: awe 64 isapnp and quake2&3
Date: Sat, 01 May 1999 18:24:39 +0000
when I first installed linux i was able to get sound support in quake2.
Then I upgraded kernels to 2.2.5 and i lost sound support in the game.
the documentation mentions something about /dev/dsp is what it uses for
sound but I am still new and don't know what that means. I can get
normal sounds like the water drops to play if i enable the sound mod
through Afterstep. but if i run sndconfig it dosen't detect the card.
it says that i don't have a kernel new enough for support.
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From: waco <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: dvd
Date: Sat, 01 May 1999 14:38:04 -0400
Does anyone know if the Pioneer SCSI DVD is "seen" in Linux?
I'm not too concerned about DVD mode, just CDROM mode for now..
J,
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From: "Paul S. Brown" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux for R6000?
Date: Sat, 1 May 1999 20:44:51 +0100
Cokey de Percin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Depends.. Is it MicroChannel or PCI? If it's MC, then it's an old
> Power2 machine and you're out of luck AFAIK. If it's PCI then you've
> got a chance.
Actually you are not quite correct here.
C10 - 80MHz PPC 601 - MCA
R50 - Lots of PPC 604+ - MCA
There are more, but you get the point. While all Power/Power2 machines
are MCA (Except for the 397 Power2SuperChip box), the PowerPC variants
have both types.
Paul
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From: "Mustafa L. Civelek" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Model PC-SG 2 time reference card & Linux
Date: Fri, 23 Apr 1999 23:03:03 +0300
I have a PC Plug-in Card Synchronized time Generator from TrueTime for an
ISA bus PC and I want to run Linux on it. The problem I have is I do not
have a driver software for this specific hardware. If you have any
suggestion please let me know.
Bets regards.
Mustafa L. C?VELEK
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From: "Hua Gan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Trident 9850 3D Video Card
Date: Sat, 1 May 1999 13:08:45 -0700
Hi,
When I tried to configure XF86, it doesn't recognize my Trident 9850 Video
card (REDHAT5.2). It does support older Trident card. I tried to use VGA,
but failed. How to set clock chip, etc? Thanks a lot.
FS
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (M. Buchenrieder)
Subject: Re: Modem problems : new newsgroup required.
Date: Sat, 1 May 1999 15:05:42 GMT
[Note FollowUp-To: header]
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>I think we need a different newsgroup just to address the
>issue of installing modems on Linux. There have been
>"39 MESSAGES" in the past 2 days just addressing modems...
>so do we have a problem here??
[...]
Yes. There are too many people unwilling to read the messages
already posted first, prior to posting the 40th message with
identical content.
I fail to see how _another_ group would help there.
Just one more group for useless crossposting isn't highly
desirable, IMHO .
Michael
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From: "Claus H�yer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: 2 CDROM drives
Date: Sat, 1 May 1999 22:28:21 +0200
Can anyone help me how to set up an additional CDROM drive. It�s recognized
in boot sequense but which /dev device should i use, and how is the setup in
fstab ?
(redhat 5.2)
Thanks
Claus H�yer
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Alexander Klietz)
Crossposted-To: alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt,alt.comp.hardware.overclocking
Subject: Re: removing cooling fans--how dangerous?
Date: Sat, 1 May 1999 22:52:48 +0200
If you don't want to cool with air (that means using fans) the only
possibility left is using water for transporting the heat out of your
computer case. Works fine for the processor, is not possible for the power
supply. Passive heatsinks and Peltiers alone are no help, cause you still
have to use fans. Water-cooling is a little bit risky, but running a Pentium
or better cpu without any cooling is far more risky.
Use slower harddrives and graphic cards. Performance or silence, it's your
choice :-)
Concerning the power supply, try to find a temperature-regulated supply.
Regards
Alexander Klietz
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Alexander Klietz)
Crossposted-To: alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt,alt.comp.hardware.overclocking
Subject: Re: removing cooling fans--how dangerous?
Date: Sat, 1 May 1999 22:51:39 +0200
Krip Tick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb in im
Newsbeitrag: 7geolm$9ek$[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Umm, there are these things called thermostats you know.
Do you know where to get a peltier with thermostat?
If the thermoelement is placed between the bottom of the Peltier and the
processor, it would be very effective. But adding a thermostat to an
existing peltier cooler makes not very much sense, cause you can't measure
the temperature at the right place.
Regards
Alexander Klietz
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Date: Sat, 01 May 1999 05:07:03 +0100
From: Jens Schmidt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: es.comp.hackers,es.comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: waiting the moment
KrayZ wrote:
> El n� de tarjeta que comentas se corresponde con la direcci�n MAC de la misma (nivel
>2 de la OSI) y es
> algo que por hw llevan todas. Lo �nico que debes de hacer es configurarla para que
>linux la vea y luego
> configurar los protocolos TCP/IP para poder ver los dem�s equipos de la red. Para
>ello ejecuta netconfig
> y a partir de all� te pedir� la IP local, DNS, Gateway, ... (todos los datos que
>necesita). Luego, para
> poder compartir recursos de tu linux con los dem�s equipos y para poder "disfrutar"
>(m�s bien sufrir)
> los de Puaj'95 debes de configurar el paquete samba (e instalarlo si no lo tienes).
>Para ello te
> aconsejo el SMB-HOWTO (est� en castellano en LuCAS).
>
> Suerte.!
> KrAyZ!
CHEERS TO YOU TOO, \:)
Jens
--
Linux Cube puzzler
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From: "Stevyn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.comp.hardware,alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt,alt.comp.hardware.overclocking
Subject: Re: removing cooling fans--how dangerous?
Date: Sat, 1 May 1999 17:11:33 -0400
here's a way to solve your problem:
pour acid on the computer and watch it burn away. This will happen quickly
and you won't have to wait the month or two for it to burn itself. hope i
was of help.
Stevyn
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message <7gb5fh$nj1$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>I would like to get rid of the cooling fans in my computer (cpu and power
>supply) since the noise bothers me (I want the computer to be totally
silent;
>I already know how to spin down hard discs). Here's what I need to know:
>
>- Where can I get silent coolers to replace those fans? E.g. Peltier
elements
>or radiators. They should preferably be as cheap as possible (definitely
less
>than $100 for replacing all fans).
>
>- If completely silent coolers are not available for cheap, where can I get
>the cheapest (working) very-low-noise, heat sensor-controlled fans?
>
>- If I simply toss out the fans without replacing them by anything, what
will
>the consequences be? If the cpu gets too hot, will it be destroyed
immediately
>or stop working in time for me to detect that something is wrong?
>
>The computer is never on for more than a few hours, the environment
>temperature is moderate (<80 F in summer, typically about 60 F), and I
could
>live with the computer crashing every now and then; I could not live with
the
>computer going up in flames (no pun intended). All operating systems that I
>run support "idle"-cooling of the processor. And the installed hardware is
>pretty minimal, so the power supply would not get hot too quickly.
>
>All responses appreciated: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Yamaha DX Chipset and Linux
Date: Sat, 01 May 1999 21:42:44 GMT
I have a Dell Dimension V400 computer with a Yamaha DX soundcard built in to
the motherboard. Obviously, there is no built in support for this in
Sndconfig, and supposedly no support at all for linux. However, the card
indicates that it has a sound blaster compatible setting. Has anyone had any
luck getting this sound card to work?
Thanks for your help
Matt Dobbertien
Linux Newbie
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From: "Erik" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: SiS 530 Video Chip
Date: Sat, 24 Apr 1999 00:33:12 +0200
George Del Monte heeft geschreven in bericht
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>Has anyone discovered the driver for this on-board video interface?
>
>George Del Monte
SuSe has a driver XFCom_SiS with support for SiS 530 (or was it SiS520? wel,
go to SuSe and you will find the answer).I believe it's located at
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse_updates/X/XFCom/glibc2/xsis_3.*.rpm/tar.gz and
it's an enhenced version of the XF86_SVGA-3.3.3.1 driver. After installing
repoint link /etc/X/X to XFCom_SiS server.
Erik Akkermans
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From: taniwha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: CD RW and RedHat 5.2:
Date: Sat, 01 May 1999 22:22:35 +0000
Kees Schrama wrote:
> I have a HP 8100, works perfectly, for example with xcdroast0.96e. Here's
> how.... (partially from the xcdroast- readme.ATAPI):
Basicly I want to add "what he said" - I put in an 8100 into 5.2 last week
for the first time so I just went thru this (I'm using a 2.2 kernel
though).
Check out the latest CD writing HowTo at:
http://www.shop.de/~winni/linux/cdr/
Booting with a normal kernel you should see the CD as an hdxx device
(make sure that the BIOS can see it too) if not you probably have
a jumpering or cable problem.
Now build a kernel with all the stuff mentioned in the HowTo (and
by Kees) - make sure you add scsi emulation in the IDE section and
remove the IDE support for SCSI drives etc etc (there's a great
little table in the HowTo - the names sadly don't quite match the
questions in the 2.2 make config). Add the entry to your
lilo.conf to tell it to emulate that disk.
Once you think you have it together and you have the kernel booted
cdrecord -scanbus
should show your disk as "CDWriter+ 8100" - when you can get it to
show this you're done and can now start using the tools to write CDs
Paul
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Andrew Comech)
Subject: Re: Trident 9850 3D Video Card
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 1 May 1999 18:47:15 -0500
On Sat, 1 May 1999 13:08:45 -0700, Hua Gan wrote:
>Hi,
>When I tried to configure XF86, it doesn't recognize my Trident 9850 Video
>card (REDHAT5.2). It does support older Trident card. I tried to use VGA,
>but failed. How to set clock chip, etc? Thanks a lot.
>FS
Hi,
It is a good idea to get a newer version of Xfree86 (at least 3.3.2,
which already knows Trident985).
You should use SVGA xserver with Trident cards.
Briefly, as README.trident says, you need the following in XF86Config:
ClockChip "tgui"
# Turn on programmable clocks. This is the default for TGUIs.
This option is default for e.g. 9850, but if you add it, then your
card _might_ work even if it was not recognised.
There may be other problems with this chipset... I wrote up something
for 9750 which I cherish, but 9850 should work in a similar way.
See
http://www.math.sunysb.edu/~comech/tools/3DImage975.html
Cheese,
a.
--
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http://www.math.sunysb.edu/~comech/tools/CheapBox.html#modem
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Subject: Re: Can I install redhat 5.2 in 4.3GB HDD
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sat, 24 Apr 1999 00:38:47 GMT
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.
-p.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Andrew Comech)
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.misc,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Trident 9660/9680 and CTX VL710
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 1 May 1999 18:52:04 -0500
On 30 Apr 1999 19:52:01 -0500, Michel wrote:
>Leroy Pluard wrote:
>>
>> Does anybody have a Xconfig that works with the Trident 9660/9680 with 2
>> megs and the CTX VL710 Monitor?
>>
>> I got it to work in the 1280 x 1024 mode and the 640 x 480 mode, but
>> not the 600 x 800 and 1024 x 768.
>> I'd really rather use the 1024 x 768, but nothing I do with XF86config
>> seems to get it to work...
Hi,
I had had very similar problems with Trident 9750 and then managed to
get it work using some particular orders of resolutions in the Modes line.
Have a look at
http://www.math.sunysb.edu/~comech/tools/3DImage975.html
Cheese,
Andrew
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Neil Steadman)
Subject: Re: How to set up 2 graphic cards?
Date: Sat, 1 May 1999 04:06:51 +0059
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Wed, 28 Apr 1999 22:10:08 +0200, Piotr Wiench wrote:
>I'd like to install 2 graphic cards: ISA and PCI. ISA would serve the
>consoles, and on the PCI card I would like to run a separate process that
>would display results on the second monitor. How to do it, is there any
>HOWTO where I can find the solution? (I couldn't find anything in the
>standard Redhat manuals and howtos)
>Piotr
I think it's a sore point, in theory X windows is a great candidate for
multiple screens, but in it's current incarnation (XF86) won't do it.
Apparently you can buy X server solutions for this, or...
The strange solution I've come up with is:
Monitor on ATI Mach 64 for 2D X-Windows / terminal,
Monitor on Voodoo2 for graphics output,
and I'm about to try using the latest kernel support for an old fashioned
Hercules mono text only monitor as a third screen...
Must build a bigger desk...
Neil.
--
"They say the grass is greener on the other side,
we'll I've been there and I'm dying to get back."
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Neil Steadman)
Subject: Re: monitor specs
Date: Sat, 1 May 1999 04:12:52 +0059
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Wed, 28 Apr 1999 20:46:45 -0400, Lee Parker wrote:
>Does anyone know or know where to look for the specs on a Radio ShackVGM-480
>svga monitor?
>Thanks,
Stunned...
Have you tried... The internet?
--
"They say the grass is greener on the other side,
we'll I've been there and I'm dying to get back."
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Neil Steadman)
Subject: Re: Mouse at /dev/ttyS0 - not possible!
Date: Sat, 1 May 1999 04:16:45 +0059
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Fri, 30 Apr 1999 18:32:55 GMT, Alexander Kaltenbrunner wrote:
>I have the DEBIAN GNU/Linux 2.0 Version installed and I wanted to use
>my mouse. I have tried to conect it with gpm on /dev/ttyS0 but gpm
>answered me that this is "not supported by thy device" I also cannot
>install my Modem on /dev/ttyS1. The programs do not find it.
Try /dev/cua0 and /dev/cua1, I know they're supposed to be obsolete,
but my setup seems much happier that way. And you'll find life easier
if you make symlinks in /dev, like /dev/mouse -> /dev/cua0.
Neil
--
"They say the grass is greener on the other side,
we'll I've been there and I'm dying to get back."
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Neil Steadman)
Subject: Re: Strange Monitor on std VGA?
Date: Sat, 1 May 1999 04:32:38 +0059
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Thu, 29 Apr 1999 20:38:38 +0200, Henrik Carlqvist wrote:
>There are converters at least so you can connect a standard VGA monitor
>to a SUN. Maybe there are also converters the other way. However, at
>least older sun monitors were not multisync and unable to show VGA
>resolutions.
I've got a converted fixed to multisync sun monitor hooked up to my VGA
card. 140Hz vertical retrace, 17" screen, not bad for an older monitor.
So mr original poster, keep at it, first step would be to find out the
specs for the monitor, and what they called the connector (mines a 13w3 or
something catchy like that). There are web sites full of weird connectors,
but you do need to know what you're looking for...
Neil.
--
"They say the grass is greener on the other side,
we'll I've been there and I'm dying to get back."
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Linux and my Thinkpad 760ED
Date: Sat, 01 May 1999 17:58:09 GMT
Hi.
I would greatly appreciate if anyone could help me out on this (please
bear in mind that I am a *TOTAL* Unix illiterate!).
I own an IBM Thinkpad 760ED. This computer model only allows you to
use one removable type media at a time: when I turn on the computer, I
must have either the floppy drive module or the CD-ROM drive module
inserted in a small bay at the front of the computer. If I am using
the floppy drive and need to access a CD-ROM, I must turn off my
computer, remove the floppy drive, insert the CD-ROM drive, turn on
the computer, etc...
In order to install Linux I had to boot from a floppy, therefore I
couldn't access the Cheapbytes CD. That's why I copyed the 380MB-large
"Redhat" directory from the CD to my harddrive, inserted the Redhat
boot floppy in the drive and installed a part of the linux OS after
choosing to perform a "hard drive install" at the install menu.
The problem is that due to lack of HD space, I could only install the
basics: no X-Windows, no Emacs, etc.
Now that I have Linux up and running, with Lilo asking me to choose an
OS each time I turn on the computer and everything in order, I would
like to:
(1) remove the huge Redhat directory from my Windows partition,
(2) resize the partitions (using a great app called "Partition
Resizer"), creating 380 free MB in my linux native partition, and
(3) , while running Linux, install X-Windows *directly* from the
Cheapbytes CD-ROM into the recently-created free space in my
harddrive.
Can anyone please tell me how I can "teach" Linux to recognize my
CD-ROM drive? I already noticed that, when I boot Linux with the
floppy drive module inserted, at startup it reads "floppy drive
detected in fp0" (or something like that...). But when the CD-ROM
drive is in, there is no similar message.
What can I do?
Besides, even if I manage to access (mount ? unmount? unclear
concepts) the CD-ROM how I can I call the install program which
started automatically after I inserted the original boot floppy?
Thank you very much for your attention.
Bye,
Theresa
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From: "Elliott Paiken" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Printer
Date: Sat, 1 May 1999 03:52:34 -0400
I have a problem when I print a page that it does not print the text I want
the printer to print instead it prints out all this weird information about
some font. thanks
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