Linux-Hardware Digest #206, Volume #10 Tue, 11 May 99 03:13:29 EDT
Contents:
writing to fat32 partition (Chris Klement)
Re: Tough Question About Linux (Eric Lee Green)
Re: Linux display driver for Matrox G200 (Len Huppe)
Re: Linux on dual Pentium system (Len Huppe)
Onstream Tape Drives (Dave Byrne)
Re: New SCSI card (Len Huppe)
Re: Ataptec AVA 1502AP not detected ("Gene Heskett")
Re: Network Card (Len Huppe)
Re: PS/2 Mouse under KDE 1.0 (Len Huppe)
Re: Need Info On DEC Alpha with Linux (Len Huppe)
Re: MED3931 turning of PnP ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Can't make a module for my nic with new kernel (Ruud Dekkers)
Re: New HDD 18GB will this work? (Eric Lee Green)
Re: PS/2 Mouse help! (Eric Lee Green)
Re: PS/2 Mouse under KDE 1.0 (Eric Lee Green)
Re: No printing after kernel upgrade - help (Michael Meissner)
Re: Anyone know if a Nvidia TNT-2 will work with X11? (Brad Pepers)
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From: Chris Klement <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: writing to fat32 partition
Date: Tue, 11 May 1999 03:00:33 GMT
Here is a relativly easy problem that i cannot figure out. Any help
would really be appreciated.
I want to be able to write to my data drive (a seperate physical drive)
that is fat 32 as a normal
user (not root). I can write to it easily as root, but when I am not I
only have read permissions.
I tried changing the permissions (chmod) and setuid root... but to no
avail. Here is my fstab:
/dev/hda5 / ext2
defaults 1 1
/dev/hda7 /home ext2 defaults
1 2
/dev/hda6 /usr ext2
defaults 1 2
/dev/hdd1 /mnt/data vfat defaults 1 2
/dev/hda1 /mnt/win vfat defaults 1
2
/dev/hda8 swap swap defaults
0 0
/dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy ext2 noauto
0 0
/dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom iso9660 noauto,ro 0 0
none /proc proc
defaults 0 0
(excuse the formating). My data drive that I want to write to is hdd1
(/mnt/data). How do
I write as a user??? Thanx in advance.
Chris
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Eric Lee Green)
Subject: Re: Tough Question About Linux
Date: 11 May 1999 02:07:58 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Sun, 09 May 1999 07:08:30 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> I have a consulting company here in Highland, IL. We are following Linux
> very closely. We have a question regarding the newly released OpenLinux
>2.2 which just recently hit the retail channel. StarOffice 5.0 is included
>with the package. Is this the "full" StarOffice 5.0 or just a limited
>"personal edition"?
>
>We are looking for the best way to introduce this (Linux) into our
>organization and our clients. We are very impressed with the reviews but
>are concerned about a few things. Caldera uses KDE as the Gui and Redhat
>uses GNOME. Without actually using them, it's impossible to tell which is
>best and more importantly if one will become a standard. We have relied
>on the reviews and they seem to be mixed as to which Gui is best and will
>subsequently become the standard. Can you share your input on this?
I do not think it is important. I switch at will between KDE and Gnome. I can
run my KDE applications while GNOME is the active desktop -- in fact, under
Red Hat 6.0 the KDE applications appear on the GNOME 'start' menu.
Red Hat 6.0 also includes KDE.
>We also have questions about Linux in general. The issues are hardware
>compatibility. If your answers are what we expect, we will purchase
>OpenLinux 2.2 and install it on a test system that has Win95B and use the
>dual boot capability. The test system has a HP820 CES deskjet printer and
>a Umax Astra 610p (parallel port connection). The system itself (CTX
>233mhz Pentium II) has a Soundblaster compatible sound card, Cirrus Logic
>546X AGP Video Card-4 meg video, 96 meg memory, Tatung 24x CD-Rom
>and a 4.3gig Quantum Eide Hard drive. It also has a 56k V.90 modem
>with the Lucent chipset (believe-not sure-this could be known as a
>Winmodem).
Please note that hardware compatibility is always "iffy" with Linux. The
best bet is to get a Linux-compatible system from an outfit like
http://www.thelinuxstore.com/ (since you appear to be aiming at the low end
of the market -- http://www.varesearch.com if you're aiming slightly higher
in the food chain). It is currently very hard to get a dual-boot system
from any manufacturer, they are having troubles meeting the demand for
Linux and dual-boot systems are much harder to set up and configure.
>
>Can we expect OpenLinux 2.2 to recognize all these peripherals so that they
>will be functional? Do not believe that there is anything extraordinary in
>this configuration, but feel it would be the best test system for us.
Parallel-port scanners are a lost cause. The vendors refuse to release
adequate specifications on the protocols used. Check the hardware
compatibility on the SANE web site, only SCSI scanners are compatible
with Linux and only some of those. "Winmodems" are a lost cause.
Again, the vendors refuse to release adequate specifications on the
protocols used. "Soundblaster-compatible" is the biggest misnomer in
the universe -- the only real way to know whether it will work is to
read the number off of the sound chip that's on the motherboard, and
see if it's on the hardware compatibility guide. Many low-cost ink-jet
printers will not work because they are "WinPrinters". If the box and
documentation say that it will work with DOS, it most probably uses
PJL (PaintJet Language) or some other language that is documented, but
if it is a "WinPrinter", Microsoft defined that protocol and refuses
to release the documentation to Linux developers.
>We look forward to hearing from you very soon as we would like to steer
>our client base (and ourselves) away from Windows 9x and NT.
I honestly do not believe that steering your clients away from Windows
9x and NT on the desktop is appropriate at this time. Linux is an
excellent server replacement for Windows NT. It also makes an
excellent workstation for special-purpose applications such as
scientific modelling, engineering design, program development,
etc. However, the desktop features of Linux are still very immature --
KDE has been under development for only two years, GNOME for a little
over one year. General-purpose desktop software for Linux is similarly
immature. For example, StarOffice was rather crudely ported to Linux
by using a Windows compatibility library, and as a result does not
function much like the rest of the Linux applications suite (though
people who are accustomed to Windows like it).
Don't get me wrong, I don't have Windows on my machine at the office, and
I rarely boot into Windows here at home (basically, only when I have
to use that @#$%@#$% parallel-port scanner -- oh well, it was cheap!).
But I don't claim to be a "typical" user either.
--
Eric Lee Green [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.tripod.com/~e_l_green
One database programmer/system administrator for hire, see web site above
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From: Len Huppe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux display driver for Matrox G200
Date: Mon, 10 May 1999 22:43:43 -0500
Most, if not all of the Matrox G200-based boards run under the SVGA
server with xfree86 3.3.x
Morten Eriksen wrote:
> Does anybody know how where to find and how to install subject ?
>
> Thanks
> Morten Eriksen
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Len Huppe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux on dual Pentium system
Date: Mon, 10 May 1999 22:48:52 -0500
Not if the kernel was compiled without SMP support. You will have to
re-compile the kernel with SMP support enabled to utilize more than one
processor. You should be able to leave all other kernel configuration
settings unchanged.
Good luck
Janos Ero wrote:
> Is there a possibility to reconfigure my Linux for
> using both processors - without recompiling the Kernel?
>
> Janos Ero
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Date: Mon, 10 May 1999 18:49:41 -0700
From: Dave Byrne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Onstream Tape Drives
Does anyone know if there is a third party or manufactuers linux driver
available for the Onstream 30Gig Tape drive?
<a href="http://www.onstream.com">http://www.onstream.com</a>
Dave Byrne
Webmaster, Litecon. LLP.
CGI, Perl, HTML, Javascript
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Len Huppe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: New SCSI card
Date: Mon, 10 May 1999 23:17:26 -0500
I have an AHA-2940UW and it works fine with Linux on my K6 system. The
AHA-2940U2WKI will most likely work fine as well. You should know
however that LVD stands for low voltage differential. Differential SCSI
systems are nice but they're also very expensive, and incompatible with
single-ended hardware.
If you need to replace an existing SCSI adapter in a PC, its most likely
single-ended, which means that your SCSI hard drive is also
single-ended. You can't mix single-ended and differential hardware on
the same SCSI bus. I know for sure that the AHA-2940U2W is available
for single-ended systems. Make sure that you match your SCSI adapter
and hard drives to prevent problems.
good luck
Kari Laine wrote:
> I need to buy new scsi card.
>
> Does Linux support AHA2940U2WKI adapter? It is LVD type of card.
>
> Best Regards
> Kari Laine
>
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Date: 10 May 99 20:08:34 -0500
From: "Gene Heskett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Ataptec AVA 1502AP not detected
Reply to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Gene Heskett sends Greetings to Klaus Weiler;
KW> Hy
KW> I got a Ataptec AVA 1502AP SCSI card.
KW> the normal Installation (Red Hat) was not able to detect any SCSI
KW> device How can I run my card and is it possibel to run an Scanner
KW> with Linux or a CD-Toaster
KW> Thanks! Klaus
Linux doesn't seem to see that card unless you jumper it for the
alternative 0x340 address. at aha152x=0x340,11,7 it works just fine
with any disk drive I've thrown at it so far.
Cheers, Gene
--
Gene Heskett, CET, UHK |Amiga A2k Zeus040 50 megs fast/2 megs chip
Ch. Eng. @ WDTV-5 |A2091,GuruRom,1g Seagate,CDROM,Multiface III
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> or |Buddha + 4 gig WDC drive, 525 meg tape
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>|Stylus Pro, EnPrint, Picasso-II, 17" vga
RC5-Moo! 22kkeys/sec isn't much, but it all helps
--
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From: Len Huppe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Network Card
Date: Mon, 10 May 1999 23:31:06 -0500
Do you have the interace to your card configured? You can find out if
Linux sees your network card by running 'ifconfig -a' as root. If
ifconfig can see an eth0, then you can configure the interface by
running ifconfig from your /etc/init.d/network file. Do a man ifconfig
if you aren't sure how to use it. Otherwise, you will have to
re-compile your kernel with the driver for your card before running
ifconfig.
good luck
Vitor Pedro Bonucci Pias wrote:
> I have a Ethernet card of Bay networks Model FA 310TX
>
> My Linux box detectected (cat /proc/pci) LiteON LNE100TX
>
> but i cannot put to work with my Linux BOX.I don't Know
>
> if Linux suport it.
>
> Any help is greatfuly appreciated
>
> Pedro Pias (Portugal)
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From: Len Huppe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: PS/2 Mouse under KDE 1.0
Date: Mon, 10 May 1999 23:36:17 -0500
Try running xf86config again and make sure that you configure /dev/psaux
for a mouse location. That should work with any PS/2 mouse because
/dev/psaux is your PS/2 mouse port.
good luck
Klaus Weiler wrote:
> Hy!
>
> I got a problem, its not possible for me to install my Logitech
> PS/2 - Pilotmouse unter KDE, it dosen�t runs!
> If i start Linux i see a Cursor and I can move it
> if I startx, the cursor make anything
>
> Thanks
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From: Len Huppe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Need Info On DEC Alpha with Linux
Date: Mon, 10 May 1999 23:40:59 -0500
Try calling the guys at DCG computers. I know them, I've purchased from them,
and they provide good systems. Their web site is at www.dcginc.com.
good luck
Robert Young wrote:
> Hi Linuxer,
>
> I am interested in purchasing a DEC Alpha. This Alpha will be running
> Linux.
> The questions that I will be asking are:
>
> 1. Where can I purchase this DEC Alpha?
> 2. Is there a web browser for this DEC Alpha Linux, i.e. Netscape?
> 3. I have seen a recent released of Lyx. Does anyone know if this
> Lyx is portable to DEC Alpha under Linux?
> 4. Is there a FREE accounting + ledger package for this DEC Alpha under
> Linux?
> 5. Has anyone ported Octave to this DEC Alpha under Linux?
>
> I certainly would appreciate if you could reply through e-mail. Thank you.
>
> --
> Robert Young,
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: MED3931 turning of PnP
Date: Tue, 11 May 1999 01:18:53 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Andrew Congdon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >
> > I'm using ExpertColor MED3931 based on OPTi 82c931 chip but it is
not
> > supported uner Linux 2.0.34 the kernel I'm using . Is there any way
to turn
> > of PnP and make it compatible with OPTi 82c930. You will make me
wery happy
> > if you point to some link for MED3931 tech report. (dont bother with
> > www.expertcolor.com it seems it is down for good) Is this card
supported
> > under new kernel 2.2.5? Thanks
>
> I'm having exactly the same problems with the same card in 2.2.5. It
> seems
> close to working and I found a few postings to suggest it's worth
trying
> to get working but no joy. FWIW, that site you're looking for is:
>
> http://www.dataexpert.com.tw
>
> --
> Andrew
>
I've made it sing under kernel 2.2.2 so my gues is it have to work under
2.2.5 also . Chek your /etc/conf.modules it may couse some problems.
Here is my conf.modules
===================
options sb mad16=1
alias sound mad16
alias midi opl3
options opl3 io=0x388
options sb mad16=1
options mad16 io=0x530 irq=7 dma=0 mpu_io=0x330 mpu_irq=5 joystick=1
===================
vlado
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From: Ruud Dekkers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Can't make a module for my nic with new kernel
Date: 11 May 1999 06:32:41 GMT
Hello,
I'm new with linux so i don't know very much about it. I have bougt de
redhat distrubution en installed it on my server. During the installation
i was asked if i wanted to configure for lan. Off course i wanted to do
that but my nic wasn't in the list. I have a nic with a realtek 8139
chipset. I know i know. it's cheap. I found in the direcotry
/lib/modules/nic the module rtl8139.o. After i inserted the module in the
kernel with insmod. I have a linux box with a networkcard. Now i wanted to
upgrade my linuxbox to kernel 2.2.4. unpaked the kernel. did a make
mrproper en had the problem that i coulnd select the netwerkcard in the
list networkdevices. I have searched for a module rtl8139.o but coulnd
find that the only thing i found was a file called rtl8139.c (there was no
rtl8139.h). So i wonder. What do i have to do so i can use the new kernel
(kernel 2.2.5 that i had downloaded later) with this networkcard.
Greatings Ruud
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Eric Lee Green)
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: New HDD 18GB will this work?
Date: 11 May 1999 01:22:31 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Sat, 8 May 1999 22:56:27 -0500, Todd Ostermeier <> wrote:
>And for the record, every distribution I've seen lately puts kernels in
>/boot. older versions of slackware didn't, and I'm not sure what else
>didn't, but I don't think it's a big problem anymore.
The last time I installed both Debian and Caldera, they did not stash
the kernel in /boot. In fact, Caldera 2.2 managed to wipe out my whole
partition table on drive hda (I was installing it onto drive hdc). NOT
RECOMMENDED, because my co-worker had the same problem (PartitionMagic
didn't do its magic, Caldera 2.2 wiped his partition table), and lost
his wife's prospectus. Needless to say he spent the next two days
re-typing it from the last printout (the alternative was, well,
D-I-V-O-R-C-E, y'know). Wait for Caldera 2.3. [Oh, by luck I was
flipping through the screens while it was installing, noticed where it
had zeroed out my /hda partition table, and noted the old values right
above the new zeroed-out values... I got my data back by going into fdisk
and putting the numbers back in, but I was NOT happy].
Pacific HiTech at one time had a problem where it would not work
properly with a separate /boot partition. They may have fixed that by
now.
--
Eric Lee Green [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.tripod.com/~e_l_green
One database programmer/system administrator for hire, see web site above
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Eric Lee Green)
Subject: Re: PS/2 Mouse help!
Date: 11 May 1999 01:41:26 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Sun, 09 May 1999 21:12:37 -0500, Len Huppe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Try changing the device name for your mouse to /dev/psaux. Both GPM and
>xf86config will recognize that as the proper device name for a PS/2 mouse
>port.
He'll also need to change the mouse TYPE in both his GPM config and
in his XF86Config. In his XF86Config, the mouse type for a PS-2 Mouse
would be in Section "Pointer" and would be
Protocol "PS/2"
rather than
Protocol "MS"
(or whatever protocol was there for the serial mouse).
Since I don't know where Slacker stashes its GPM config, or in what
format, I won't even begin to comment on that one.
--
Eric Lee Green [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.tripod.com/~e_l_green
One database programmer/system administrator for hire, see web site above
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Eric Lee Green)
Subject: Re: PS/2 Mouse under KDE 1.0
Date: 11 May 1999 01:43:43 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Mon, 10 May 1999 23:29:20 +0200, Klaus Weiler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hy!
>
>I got a problem, its not possible for me to install my Logitech
>PS/2 - Pilotmouse unter KDE, it dosen�t runs!
>If i start Linux i see a Cursor and I can move it
>if I startx, the cursor make anything
Sometimes it helps to kill 'gpm' first.
Check your XF86Config and make sure that under the "Pointer" section
you have the Device set to "/dev/psaux" and the Protocol set to "PS/2".
--
Eric Lee Green [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.tripod.com/~e_l_green
One database programmer/system administrator for hire, see web site above
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Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: No printing after kernel upgrade - help
From: Michael Meissner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 10 May 1999 21:51:04 -0400
"Aaron Dershem" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I recently upgraded my kernel from 2.0.36 to 2.2.6. Everything went well
> (after I figured out how to complete the compile). Now I can't print to my
> printer. In xconfig, I thought I chose everything for printing support, but
> maybe I didn't. I chose the parallel interface support, and printer support
> in two different locations. No printer. Does anyone have any specifics on
> what options need to be set when I do "make xconfig"?
Quoting from /usr/src/linux/Documentation/Changes:
Parallel Ports
==============
As of 2.1.33, parallel port support can now by handled by the parport
driver. Be aware that with Plug-and-Play support turned on, your
parallel port may no longer be where you expect it; for example, LPT1
(under DOS) was sometimes /dev/lp1 in Linux, but will probably be
/dev/lp0 with the new Plug-and-Play driver. If printing breaks with
the new driver, try checking your lpd configuration. A good source of
more information is the Documentation/parport.txt file included with
the kernel.
--
Michael Meissner, Cygnus Solutions
PMB 198, 174 Littleton Road #3
Westford, Massachusetts 01886
email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] fax: 978-692-4482
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From: Brad Pepers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Anyone know if a Nvidia TNT-2 will work with X11?
Date: Tue, 11 May 1999 07:01:43 GMT
System Administrator wrote:
>
> forgive my ignorance, but i just purchased a machine with the riva tnt
> chipset and could not find support for it either. at present i do not wish
> to move to suse (i have redhat 5.2), and have read that X now supports the
> chipset, just not it's 3d capabilities. if this is this true, where/how
> might i gain this support ? would it involve recompiling the kernel ? i have
> only limited experience with this (kernel stuff) and any advice is
> appreciated.
I'm using a DELL computer with a TNT chipset right now on Red Hat 5.2
and it works fine. What I needed to do was grab the updated XFree86
packages on the http://www.redhat.com web site (under Errata) and follow
the update instructions.
Good luck!
--
Brad Pepers
Linux Canada Inc. Home of Linux products in Canada!
http://www.linuxcanada.com Proud supporter of Cyclades, Red
[EMAIL PROTECTED] Hat, and Caldera.
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