Linux-Hardware Digest #182, Volume #10 Fri, 7 May 99 20:13:37 EDT
Contents:
Re: CD-AUDIO (killbill)
Building a Linux System? (Chris Sequeira)
Re: Boycott Intel on your own webpage (Andrew Comech)
Linux 2.0.34 and AHA1542 ("Vincent Martin")
Re: LaserJet 1100 (Mister Zer0)
Re: Linux Port (Frank Sweetser)
Re: Video Card and Monitor ("Jos Shepherd")
Re: Multiprocessor performance on script intensive web server (Swietanowski Artur)
WD Graphics Controller (Jochen Gerlach)
ISDN help (Sorin Balea)
Re: RedHat 5.2 3C509 io conflict with SoundBlaster (Phil DeBecker)
Re: USR 56k Int Voice/Faxmodem and COL 2.2 ("Russell E. Smith")
Re: Solution: RIVA TNT & linux ("gm")
Re: How to distinguish ECC memory? (steven)
Re: "soft" modems in emachines ("David Murray")
kernel can't open cd (Bo Williams)
Re: Video Card and Monitor ("David Murray")
OT: How do you pronounce Llinux?? Was Re: softk56 modems (Lew Pitcher)
Re: Adaptec 2940UW & RH6.0 ("Keith Miller")
Re: pci chip driver (ellis)
Re: Building a Linux System? (Sam Halicke)
Re: Programmers are gods ("Clifton T. Sharp Jr.")
Re: Best Super7 Motherboard (Gerry Larkin)
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From: killbill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: CD-AUDIO
Date: Fri, 07 May 1999 15:35:40 GMT
In article <7gut20$1ct$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"David Bildstr�m" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have a SB PCI64 (es1370) and I'm using RedHat 6.0. My problem is that I
> can't play audio-cd:s. It's working fine in Windoze. Does anyone else have
> this problem?
I am using an ensoniq card that is virtually identical. The mixer settings
under Linux work a little funny, play with them some and see if you can get
sound. That card has a _bunch_ of different analog channels (for voice
modem, multiple cd-roms, mic, line in, etc), and both the windows and the
linux drivers seem a little confused about what mutes what and which sliders
control the volume of which. I usually (as any self respecting engineer
would) just keep slapping sliders and pressing buttons until I hear a noise.
I forget which mixer I am using... I can dig it up if you keep having
problems. Both the Linux and the Windows (Creative driver w/ directx) mixer
behave oddly, but with enough guessing both seem to work fine.
In other words, try giving it a few "virtual whacks", and play with every
virtual knob.
Hope this advice is not too technical :)
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From: Chris Sequeira <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Building a Linux System?
Date: Fri, 07 May 1999 20:45:51 GMT
I currently run RedHat Linux 4.2 on a 486DX4/100, and I'm planning to
build my own Linux system when I get the money (which probably won't be
too far off from now). However, it's clear that there is less of a
hardware/driver selection when it comes to Linux machines.
Here's my question: can anyone mention a good list of parts to buy? I'm
weary of buying a prebuilt machine because:
1. I might not get the stuff I want
2. I must run Linux and Win98 (for the family)
I'm thinking of a single-CPU Pentium II or Pentium III machine using IDE
or UDMA drives (I don't want to spend too much money... no more than
$2000). I also want a card with 3DFX support, as well as a sound card.
So I'd like to hear everyone's opinions on motherboards, monitors,
drives, sound cards... everything. Also, does anyone know if Linux
supports the ATI All-In-One video card (I think that's what it's
called... it has support for video and audio capture), or is there a
better solution for video and audio capture? Remember, all of this must
run under Win98 and Linux, and I can't spend too much. Thanks.
--
>From Chris Sequeira: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Andrew Comech)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: Boycott Intel on your own webpage
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 7 May 1999 01:45:30 -0500
On 6 May 1999 15:56:47 -0500, A Guy Called Tyketto wrote:
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> Actually, I'll make it better, and take the whole damned thread out
>of c.o.l.misc and c.o.l.hardware. Followups are now set to
>comp.os.linux.advocacy ONLY. go bitch about your CPU wars there. that's
>what the group is for. 'nuff said.
>
> BL.
Hi Brad,
What does it have to do with advocating Linux?
The guy I yelled at was unnecessarily rude when speaking to an
underage who started the thread, but then the "damned thread" was
peacefully discussing certain hardware issues which are also
Linux-relevant.
Regards,
Andrew
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From: "Vincent Martin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Linux 2.0.34 and AHA1542
Date: Fri, 7 May 1999 23:36:06 +0200
Hi,
My problem is as follow, I do have a Linux box with a Intel Motherboard
(PCI, integrated IDE, etc-
This board is configured with 4 disks (3 HD and 1 CDROM)
I did find a Baracuda Drive 4Gb SCSI and Adaptec 1542B in an old of my PC.
When I try to install it I can't get it properly configured.
Any idea ? Help is really welcome.
Vincent.
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From: Mister Zer0 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.periphs.printers
Subject: Re: LaserJet 1100
Date: Fri, 07 May 1999 17:17:57 -0400
For general purpose printing (text-only), you probably don't need it.
But if you print from the Web or any graphical content, the extra memory
speeds up processing and capacity for the image size.
I've been recommending to anyone who asks that they go with Kingston
rather than prioprietary memory. 100% compatible and about 1/4 the
price. The Kingston part no. is KTH-LJ4000E/16 for a 16Mb (I bought it
for $44.95 at buy.com).
Richard Lewin wrote:
> I am going to buy an HP LaserJet 1100. What I would like to know is, is it
> worth upgrading the memory? Will there be a significant performance
> increase and if so should I get an 8MB or 16MB upgrade? I will be using the
> printer under Windows as well as Linux.
>
> Thanks very much in advance.
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From: Frank Sweetser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.sys.sgi.misc,linux.sources.kernel
Subject: Re: Linux Port
Date: 07 May 1999 12:06:59 -0400
Greg de Freitas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Erik Wahlstrom wrote:
> >
> > Has Linux been ported to the SGI Indigo? Could you post references. Thanks
> >
> > Cheers Erik
> Has Linux been ported to the SGI O2? Could you post references. Thanks
http://www.linux.sgi.com/
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paramount.ind.wpi.edu RedHat 5.2 kernel 2.2.5 i586 | at public servers
I think $[ is more like a coelacanth than a mastadon.
-- Larry Wall in <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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From: "Jos Shepherd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Video Card and Monitor
Date: Fri, 7 May 1999 17:23:45 +0100
Manny D. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:7guamd$p9g$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I have RedHat V6.0 installed. I cannot use X windows. My monitor and
> graphics card is not supported. Perhaps someone out there can point me to
> where the drivers are for my hardware.
>
> Monitor: PiXie
> Model: PBC-1450
>
> Video Card: ATI Rage GL 128
> Bus Type: AGP
> Memory: 32MB
>
> -Manny
Yeah, me too - I've got a Rage Fury and a dell monitor and no joy with x.
Jos
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From: Swietanowski Artur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Multiprocessor performance on script intensive web server
Date: Fri, 07 May 1999 19:58:54 +0200
David Morgan wrote:
> Has anybody seen or know info about how much performance you would gain
> if you used added a second cpu to a script intensive webserver? (e.g
> apache+modperl/php+database)
SMP means that at any time up to N processes may be active and running
simultaneously (with N=number of processors). Even a single user
workstation gains a lot, since at any given time you have dozens of
processes just waiting to get to some processor. With a web server and
many scripts, you'd have the web server itself as one CPU-hungry process
and the scripts will be started as seperate processes. Add kernel and
other daemons and you can see, that under heavy load you will get almost
N times the CPU performance of a single processor.
> Does linux break the apache's client requests over the two CPU's ?
If they are started in seperate threads, yes. If scripts are run (e.g.,
CGI or Pearl) they are run in separate processes, so the workload is
spread as well.
> It seems to me, with the great linux disk cache, the disk won't be
> limit factor, it will be, (hard to say in linux world), cpu limited.
Memory, memory and more memory. Then the disk may be less of a problem.
> Since UDMA works well for Linux, the ASUS P2B-DS is such an expensive
> board (especially if you are not going to use scsi), (...)
Actually, I'd strongly suggest buying a few small SCSI disks and
using SCSI for:
(a) swap, with a swap partition on each drive,
(b) data accessible via the WWW server, again spread over the disks.
For (b) it'd be a good idea to use some kind of a RAID solution to
have a few SCSI disks appear as one logical device. I have not done
this myself yet, so I invite others to add more specific
instructions.
I'd start with, say, two SCSI HDD's and see if disk performance is OK.
If not so, I'd add another disk(s) and possibly go in direction of
a RAID solution.
HTH,
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From: Jochen Gerlach <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: WD Graphics Controller
Date: Sat, 08 May 1999 00:16:33 +0200
Hi Folks!
Does anybody know the technical specification of the WD 90C24A2 graphics
controller? I need it to run the board with XFree86.
Thank you in advance
Jochen
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From: Sorin Balea <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: ISDN help
Date: Fri, 07 May 1999 12:58:58 -0400
Hi
Can someone tell me what is the best ISDN modem to use with Linux?
Is there any howto, faq or other kind of docs on this subject?
I'm planning to buy one pretty soon and I really don't want to alter my
"Microsoft free" status of my machine:)
BTW, I'm in New Jersey, so probably my ISP will be BellAtlantic...
Thanks in advance
Sorin
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Date: Fri, 07 May 1999 12:03:07 -0400
From: Phil DeBecker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: RedHat 5.2 3C509 io conflict with SoundBlaster
Curt Corum wrote:
> Hello Linux Folks,
>
> I just added a SoundBlaster 16 to my Linux system.
>
> "eth0" interface no longer works due to an io base address conflict
> between the 3Com Ehterlink III 3C509 ISA PNP ethernet card and the ISA
> PNP sound blaster.
>
> The SoundBlaster requires in "/etc/isapnp.conf" the base address to be
> 0x220 so I've tried changing the 3C509 to 0x210 and 0x230 with the
> RedHat "kernelconf" control panel. This has not worked.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
It would be simpler to use the Etherdisk diskette and configure the 3c509
to use a non-PnP fixed I/O address. You can then just get rid of the
isapnp entry for the network card; Linux will probe for the I/O and IRQ
settings on the board and your conflict will go away.
Phil
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From: "Russell E. Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.caldera
Subject: Re: USR 56k Int Voice/Faxmodem and COL 2.2
Date: Fri, 7 May 1999 10:54:20 -0600
Thanks for all your guys' help, but it still doesnt work. No matter where I
set the modem (/dev/modem, /dev/cua2, /dev/ttyS2), whenever I query the
modem or attempt to get it to dial, it says "Modem Not Responding" or "Modem
Busy". Any other suggestions?
Jeanette Russo wrote in message <7gtcjd$r1c$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>Same thing happened to me what is 3Com trying to pull? They have resorted
>to putting the winmodems in the fax modem boxes and trying to pass them off
>as the regular hardware faxmodems. I sent mine back.
>Jeanette
>
>
>
>
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From: "gm" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] REMOVE NOSPAM to reply>
Subject: Re: Solution: RIVA TNT & linux
Reply-To: "gm" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] remove NO_SPAM to reply>
Date: 7 May 1999 11:56:27 -0600
> (8bit, 16bit, etc). So, if you edited the list to be:
> "800x600" "1024x768" "1280x1024" "640x480" 8bpp
> "800x600" "1024x768" "1280x1024" "640x480" 16bpp
> "800x600" "1024x768" "1280x1024" "640x480" 24bpp
Interesting, but the documentation that comes with the
ASUS board shows a color depth of 8, 16, and 32.
Usually when a manufacturer omits 24bpp it is because
the chip does not do 24bpp. It should not be a problem
leaving this line in for the server to delete what the server
does not do.
What cold hard evidence is there that the chip does 24bpp?
regards,
gm
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From: steven <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.misc,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.systems,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.chips
Subject: Re: How to distinguish ECC memory?
Date: Fri, 07 May 1999 18:37:11 +0200
In the bios you can select to use or not use ECC on your memory module.
If you have non-ECC memory, The option is "grayed-out".
This is at least true for AWARD bios'.
Tango wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I just bought a new computer with a single 128MB ECC module (CL2). I
> have doubts that it is really ECC. Is there a way that I can tell
> between ECC and non-ECC memory? A program that can detect that, or by
> physicaly looking?
>
> Thank you,
> E.
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From: "David Murray" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: "soft" modems in emachines
Date: Fri, 07 May 1999 17:54:24 GMT
Take this modem outside and run over it about 4 times with your car or
truck. Then pour gasoline on it and light it on fire. Then, beat it with
a hammer, then send it back to whatever asshole company produced such a
piece of crap! Then go to whoever bundled that with your system and demand
a refund for the cost of that modem (Probably $5) and put that towards a
real modem! Win-modems, soft-modems, etc... they aren't real modems and
thus don't work on real operating systems.
--DavidM.
> I'm wondering if I'd be better off just buying a cheap modem.
>
> Thanks in advance,
> David Greig
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From: Bo Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help
Subject: kernel can't open cd
Date: 2 May 1999 19:23:32 GMT
I installed RedHat 6.0, and for a few days everything worked beautifully.
Then, my machine started crashing inexplicably. I look, and find in the
logs "kernel: cdrom: can't open" followed by "previous message repeated
120 times". So, I build a new 2.2.7 kernel, and yet when I boot with that
kernel I get the same problem. Both 2.2.5 (the kernel that come with
RedHat 6) and 2.2.7 recognize that the cdrom is the primary on the second
IDE bus and mount it as hdc. They even recognize the type (NEC 40X).
Anyone have any ideas? Right now I can avoid the crashes by just not using
the CD-ROM drive, but that's hardly a solution...
Bo Williams
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From: "David Murray" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Video Card and Monitor
Date: Fri, 07 May 1999 17:41:19 GMT
The monitor is mostly irrelivant.. the only thing important is to find an
X-server (otherwise known as a driver) for your video card, which I don't
"believe" there is one last time I checked.. but you can always go to
www.xfree86.org and check it out.
Manny D. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in article
<7guamd$p9g$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> I have RedHat V6.0 installed. I cannot use X windows. My monitor and
> graphics card is not supported. Perhaps someone out there can point me
to
> where the drivers are for my hardware.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Lew Pitcher)
Subject: OT: How do you pronounce Llinux?? Was Re: softk56 modems
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Fri, 07 May 1999 19:24:40 GMT
On 07 May 1999 10:54:48 -0400, Johan Kullstam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>"koziarmich3's News" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
>> Hello everyone.
>>
>> I've installed slackware 3.6 and upgraded to kernel 2.2.5 does llinux have
======
Would this be pronounced with the welsh LL, as in Llewellyn or Lloyd ??
Lew Pitcher
System Consultant, Integration Solutions Architecture
Toronto Dominion Bank
([EMAIL PROTECTED])
(Opinions expressed are my own, not my employer's.)
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From: "Keith Miller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Adaptec 2940UW & RH6.0
Date: Fri, 7 May 1999 13:42:51 -0400
I did.. Didn't have to do much..
Wayne Sweet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:7guqpi$2q8$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Has anyone got this controller to work with Red Hat's 6.0 distribution??
>
> Wayne
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (ellis)
Subject: Re: pci chip driver
Date: 7 May 1999 17:49:24 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Holger Blinzinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
>> Holger Blinzinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>> >I want to run a pci interface chip (PLX9080) on Linux.
>>
>> Doing a quick grep of the kernel source I see that the PLX-9080
>> is already supported. What do you want to do with it?
>I need this chip to gain access to a FPGA and be able
>toinitialize/configure it this way. Can you tell me how I can set this
>driver up to work with my device (PLX9080)?
I still don't see what you are trying to do. Is the PLX9080 part
of a motherboard?
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From: Sam Halicke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Building a Linux System?
Date: Fri, 07 May 1999 23:38:29 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I currently run RedHat Linux 4.2 on a 486DX4/100, and I'm planning to
> build my own Linux system when I get the money (which probably won't be
> too far off from now). However, it's clear that there is less of a
> hardware/driver selection when it comes to Linux machines.
>
Yep.
*snip*
> I'm thinking of a single-CPU Pentium II or Pentium III machine using IDE
> or UDMA drives (I don't want to spend too much money... no more than
> $2000). I also want a card with 3DFX support, as well as a sound card.
Well, for a pretty solid price you can pick up a UDMA drive (I recommend it
because most processors out nowadays support 33/mb sec transfers and udma
architecture). For a motherboard, Abit is probably one of the best
manufacturers. The BM and BH series are a good pick. Sound card...best I can
think of for the price-minded is the appropriately named SB Live!
Value...beware, though, this has limited driver support. Check slashdot for
updates. (www.slashdot.org). Video - there are too many choices. Do your
homework :P
> So I'd like to hear everyone's opinions on motherboards, monitors,
> drives, sound cards... everything. Also, does anyone know if Linux
> supports the ATI All-In-One video card?
*snip*
You can find out at http://www.xfree86.com to see if X supports it, or check
the hardware list for your distribution.
-- Sam
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From: "Clifton T. Sharp Jr." <[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: Fri, 07 May 1999 19:03:43 -0500
Leslie Mikesell wrote:
> That's really funny. I take it you don't know much about Rob Pike,
> the source of the quote.
Wasn't he the commander of the Enterprise in the first two episodes? <g,d&r>
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From: Gerry Larkin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Best Super7 Motherboard
Date: Sat, 8 May 1999 09:08:58 +1000
I've been running an Epox MVP3C-M for a few months now, using both Windoze and
Linux - Cyrix 333, 64Mb -
5 PCI slots, 3 ISA, 1 AGP, on board temp monitoring, supports up to 500mx AMD,
100Mz memory, 3 dimm slots, VIA chipset
Cheap, and no problems at all
Hope this helps
Cheers
On Fri, 07 May 1999, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>>system that will run LINUX and WINDOWS.
>
>I know it's that WINDOWS thing isn't it.
>
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