Linux-Hardware Digest #226, Volume #10 Thu, 13 May 99 14:13:39 EDT
Contents:
Re: Epson Stylus Photo driver expected? (David Huff)
CMI8338 soundcard (Blade Runner)
Re: "Drive Size To Big" When Installing RedHat 5.2 (diahedrial)
Re: Linux install on >8.4gb hard disk? Possible? (Bill Petro)
Re: Winmodem Rip Off Baskets (mj)
Re: List of multiport Ethernet cards supported. (Eric Lee Green)
HELP PLEASE - BOCA IOAT66 Serial card config ("Brian")
Newbie scsi problem (mwatkin)
Re: Dual video cards? (mj)
Re: Microsoft IntelliMouse ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: CD-RW's for Linux ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Redhat 6.0... the good, the bad, and the ugly (Chudman)
Re: IBM Token-Ring (Wouter Liefting)
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From: David Huff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Epson Stylus Photo driver expected?
Date: Thu, 13 May 1999 10:33:33 -0500
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> I understand from news and from Grant Taylor's excellent
> Printing HOWTO that the Epson Stylus Photo 750 is currently
> only supported in 4-color mode. Is anyone working on a
> driver to support all six of its colors?
I'm interested in this myself, so I made an offer for it (one of three)
on the "Free Software Bazaar" at:
http://visar.csustan.edu/bazaar/bazaar_list.html
The offer number is 990105A, and I've had some preliminary notice from
regis rampnoux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> that:
"I have received an "alpha/beta?" version of the driver for
GS5.50. It seems to work. I need to do more tests of course.
"The Gimp" and 14400 dpi are not yet supported. This version
0.1 is working for 360 and 720 dpi on ghostscript 5.50.
It was send to me by Egil Kvaleberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>"
So perhaps progress is being made :)
Regards,
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__| |_ David P. Huff | "Linux: Because reboots
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From: Blade Runner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: CMI8338 soundcard
Date: Fri, 14 May 1999 00:29:17 +0800
greetings
i'm using cmi8338 sound card with red hat 6.0......until now, i still
can't setup my sound ...is there anyone here using the same card as mine
(CMI8338) and successfully configure it in linux ?....kindly advise....
thanks in advance
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From: diahedrial <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: "Drive Size To Big" When Installing RedHat 5.2
Date: Thu, 13 May 1999 09:23:26 -0700
Try creating a "/boot" partition first, and make sure it's below
the 8Gig level of the drive or else Linux won't be able to boot.
IMO, use fdisk, it's more versitile. If you have win98 installed
and using more than 8Gig of the drive, you will need to reduce
the size of it's partition, using FIPS or partition magic or some
program like that. 20MB is plenty of space for the "/boot" partition
and Linux should be able to use the rest of your drive, it just
needs to have the kernel located below the 8gig level of the drive,
it's a limit of the BIOS.Hope this get's you going...
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> Hi.. I have a 12.7G QF EX hard drive and apparently Red Hats Disk Druid &
> Fdisk wont allow me to create a linux native partition. Ive seeked help from
> teachers at Tafe and students & also looked through the linux webpages but to
> no avail. I understand with RedHat 5.2 you have to create two partitions but
> it wont let me create the first. In the Disk Druid partitions screen I can
> see my Win98 partition which occupies the whole hdd besides the 1gig
> partition i have reserved for linux which I am supposed to delete then
> replace with the linux native partition but when I go to create it It says
> the drive is to big. It seems to be that Disk Druid is going on the size of
> the whole hard drive and not the partition reserved for linux alone. Ive also
> removed Windows and setup a linux partition without 98 but it still wont
> create it on the disk. The main error is that it says "Drive size to big" (or
> similar).
>
> I would appreciate any information as Im sure that someone has accomplished it
> without messing around with the cylinders and so forth in FDisk, and there
> would have to be some high end servers out there running big hard drives with
> linux installed on them...
> So any help would be greatly appreciated..
> Aaron H
> (all replys please send to [EMAIL PROTECTED])
>
> Once again Thanx......:)
>
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Date: Thu, 13 May 1999 09:54:55 -0600
From: Bill Petro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux install on >8.4gb hard disk? Possible?
I've heard (from Red Hat) that the new 6.0 addresses this problem
especially if you have a modern BIOS. Has anyone confirmed that
this is not necessary?
Thanks,
Bill Petro
Phone: 719 260-8107
Web: http://www.billpetro.com
Email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Neil Koozer wrote:
>
> >> > Is there any "easy" way to install linux on one hard disk larger than
> 8.4gb
> >> > (therefore breaking that stupid 1024 cylinder limit) with a dual boot
> into
> >> > windows95/98?
>
> (1) put windows on the first primary partition.
> (2) set LBA mode in the bios, and put the kernel and /boot directory
> anywhere below 8.4g
> (3) put everything else anywhere you want it.
>
> >> you have to be aware of that LILO needs its files under the first
> >> 512 MB of the harddisk. So there your root filesystem has to be. Do
>
> With LBA, the 1024 cyl limit occurs at 8.4g
>
> Neil.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (mj)
Subject: Re: Winmodem Rip Off Baskets
Date: 13 May 1999 13:09:00 GMT
Hi,
Im so tired about this NoModem Flooded Computer market (here in Chile), so i
decided to buy a external one (56k V.90). Its more pricy, but i thinks it's
worth (~ US$100). I'll be saving a nonexisting expantion slot too :-), and
cutting off the ttyS1's (COM2) eternal vacations (who uses ttyS1 ?).
External Modems can't be Win(NO)Modem.
bye.
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Andrew Comech) wrote:
>On Tue, 04 May 1999 10:13:52 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>>Hi!
>>
>>Originally for uk.legal, but I thought it might interest you...
>>
>>Get a load of this for the ultimate in a Microsoft dominated world :
>>
>>I bought a Pace 56k Internal modem from a local computer store for 59.99.
It
>>was an ISA modem and works perfectly with Windows, Linux and anything else
you
>>care to throw at it. Having recommended this modem to a friend, I went in
and
>>purchased what I thought was the same one for him, again for 59.99. Only
this
>>time, it turns out it was a PCI controllerless modem (i.e. you need to be
>>running Windows in order for it to work (winmodem)).
>
>So far, there is not a single PCI modem available which would run
>under Linux. One has to avoid them as well as modems marked as soft-, HCF-,
>and HSP- nonmodems.
>
>You are certainly in your right if the modem was marked as ISA, but
>turned out to be PCI (which is not likely).
>
>If it was marked as PCI...
>Well, certainly Windows is among the system requirements, as it is on
>_most_ modems (including those of ISA modems which are _true_ modems)...
>
>What you can try is to find in the specifications of that particular
>modem that it is controllerless or whatever, _without_ the firmware (also,
>look up the specifications of the chipset), and then to demonstrate that
>this _was not_ mentioned on the box. If you are persistent, this could lead
>to a refund. Although almost all PCI modems are software-based, the
>manufacturers still have to write the description of what's in the box...
>
>These guys do not bother much to write all this stuff on boxes
>with ISA modems, and that's why people end up with winmodems so often.
>
>>Remember, next time you buy an internal modem, specify that it's for Linux
and
>>you'll get one that operates properly. Cos Windows won't be here forever.
>
>You would not have much luck with this until the next year, I guess.
>
>a.
>
>PS. parity -> logic parity, ECC-compatible.. But there is also this good
>old "no parity".
>
>modem -> software modem, winmodem, host-controlled modem...
>Should not there be "no modem" on the box?
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Eric Lee Green)
Subject: Re: List of multiport Ethernet cards supported.
Date: 11 May 1999 01:15:49 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Sun, 09 May 1999 21:02:55 -0400, Russell McOrmond
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I am looking to purchase a (minimum 4 port) ethernet card for a Linux
>server (Running Kernel 2.2). While I can find a list of chipsets, I am
>looking for specific card brands/etc which I can then tell my hardware
>dealer.
>
> Is there a list somewhere of such cards that I have just not been able
>to find yet?
I'm not aware of such a list. One card I am aware of is made by
Intraserver ( http://www.intraserver.com ), but I do not know whether
it is still available (it was based on the Tulip chipset, which is not
as cheap or widely available as it once was).
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One database programmer/system administrator for hire, see web site above
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From: "Brian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.slackware,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: HELP PLEASE - BOCA IOAT66 Serial card config
Date: Thu, 13 May 1999 16:57:38 GMT
Hi Tech Wizards:
I just got a new/old BOCA IOAT66 6 port serial card and wish
to install it in my AMD586-133MHz box.
I am already using the 2 onboard serial ports (remote login
and modem).
I have read the BOCA HowTo but that applies to a BOCA 2016
16-port card.
Here is my problem. I wish to build support for this card
into the kernel but am confused about the IRQ problem. I am
given two choices:
Individual IRQs for each serial port - silly!
Shared IRQ for serial ports - ok...
Combination of fixed and shared IRQs - rather not.
Here is how the shared IRQs are handled by an 8 bit status
register at either 208 or 2F0 and connected to either IRQ4
or IRQ5 (I am pretty sure I can route a jumper from the IRQ
12 line to the Shared IRQ pin).
The card allows you to select 1 of 2 port addresses for each
serial port - I have that figured out.
What I want to know is how to enable the scanning of IRQ
status register in serial.c?
The status register is as follows:
port7 port6 port5 port4 port3 port2 port1 port0
1* 1* F E D C B A
(* always 1 - no serial ports present)
Bits 0-5 equal zero for each active interrupt on serial
ports A-F respectively.
Can anybody lend assistance or perhaps put me on the right
path? Be advised I am not a great programmer so please make
allowances if I have missed something obvious.
Once the hardware is configured and found during boot, I can
handle the rest, thank yo.
Best regards,
Brian
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (mwatkin)
Subject: Newbie scsi problem
Date: Fri, 14 May 1999 00:00:18 +1000
Hi,
I have a celeron 300 machine running linux slackware 2.0.34.
Installed is an ISA advansys scsi card and a Sony sdt-7000 tape drive.
The problem is that although the scsi card is being detected the tape
drive isn't being found. below is a dmesg of boot up
scsi0 : AdvanSys SCSI 3.1E: ISA PnP 16 CDB: BIOS C800, IO 190/F, IRQ 11, DMA 6
scsi : 1 host.
scsi : aborting command due to timeout : pid 0, scsi0, channel 0, id 0, lun 0 Te
st Unit Ready 00 00 00 00 00
scsi : aborting command due to timeout : pid 0, scsi0, channel 0, id 0, lun 0 Te
st Unit Ready 00 00 00 00 00
scsi : aborting command due to timeout : pid 1, scsi0, channel 0, id 1, lun 0 Te
st Unit Ready 00 00 00 00 00
scsi : aborting command due to timeout : pid 1, scsi0, channel 0, id 1, lun 0 Te
st Unit Ready 00 00 00 00 00
scsi : aborting command due to timeout : pid 2, scsi0, channel 0, id 2, lun 0 Te
st Unit Ready 00 00 00 00 00
scsi : aborting command due to timeout : pid 2, scsi0, channel 0, id 2, lun 0 Te
st Unit Ready 00 00 00 00 00
scsi : aborting command due to timeout : pid 3, scsi0, channel 0, id 3, lun 0 Te
st Unit Ready 00 00 00 00 00
scsi : aborting command due to timeout : pid 3, scsi0, channel 0, id 3, lun 0 Te
st Unit Ready 00 00 00 00 00
scsi : aborting command due to timeout : pid 4, scsi0, channel 0, id 4, lun 0 Te
st Unit Ready 00 00 00 00 00
scsi : aborting command due to timeout : pid 4, scsi0, channel 0, id 4, lun 0 Te
st Unit Ready 00 00 00 00 00
scsi : aborting command due to timeout : pid 5, scsi0, channel 0, id 5, lun 0 Te
st Unit Ready 00 00 00 00 00
scsi : aborting command due to timeout : pid 5, scsi0, channel 0, id 5, lun 0 Te
st Unit Ready 00 00 00 00 00
scsi : aborting command due to timeout : pid 6, scsi0, channel 0, id 6, lun 0 Te
st Unit Ready 00 00 00 00 00
scsi : aborting command due to timeout : pid 6, scsi0, channel 0, id 6, lun 0 Te
st Unit Ready 00 00 00 00 00
scsi : detected total.
I haven't added an append to the lilo file but linux seems to find the
card ok and there is no conflict of dma, irq or io as I can see.
I have tried 3 different scsi cables so I'm sure it's not them. I've also
tried the drive in another machine with exactly the same setup (kernal
linked scsi setups) and the drive works fine and is detected with the scsi
card in that machine. Any help would be most appreciated please could you
make explanations simple :) and reply by email would also be good as I
don't get to the news groups much.
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http://www.kokojo.com.au
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (mj)
Subject: Re: Dual video cards?
Date: 13 May 1999 13:22:40 GMT
Hi,
Do as i did with Debian 2.0:
Connect to www.xfree86.org
and download the latest xfree86 release (3.3.3.1 works with Riva TNT)
You don't have to dowload the fonts, and other stuff again.
All you'll need is:
XSVGA
XVGA16 (XF86Setup is included here, and you may need it)
Xbin
Xset
Xconfig
Xlib
Xdoc
(I hope im not missing one!)
untar this archives into your Xfree86 dir, over your existing X installation,
run XF86Setup, select your video card (Elsa erazor II, Creative Riva TNT, STB
4400, Diamond Viper550 or whatever,) don't forget to select the right monitor
mouse, keyboard, etc, and you'll be fine. I did it and it works OK.
bye.
>Is it possible to use an AGP TNT video card (Creative Labs) AND a S3Virge4MB
>(PCI) in the same system with linux?
>
>I am using Redhat 5.2 and the stock xservers do not seem to support the TNT,
>which is my primary video card under winblows98. Anybody shed some light on
>how to do this?
>
>-nhluhr
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Microsoft IntelliMouse
Date: 13 May 99 13:43:52 GMT
Douglas Ritschel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I am trying to use a Microsoft IntelliMouse as a wheel mouse. I made the
> following changes to my XF86Config file:
> Section "Pointer"
> Protocol "IMPS/2" #change for your mouse type.
> Device "/dev/psaux" #change for your device.
> BaudRate 1200 #This is probably not
> needed!
> Resolution 100 #And neither is this!
> ZAxisMapping 4 5 #This is necessary!
> Buttons 3 #Use this instead of
> Emulate3 stuff!
> EndSection
> I downloaded imwheel-0.9.6.tar.gz, and did make install.
> Then ran: imwheel -k.
> When I restart XFree86 (I have version 3.3.3.1, the mouse pointer jumps
> all over the screen.
> Does anyone know how to fix this?
One possible reason could be that you have a serial mouse and are trying
to use the setup meant for PS/2 mice...
Also, OTOH you need to set Buttons to 5 (I may be wrong here).
HTH,
Suresh
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Subject: Re: CD-RW's for Linux
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Thu, 13 May 1999 17:08:04 GMT
According to Swietanowski Artur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> You can read a CD-R in normal CD-ROM's, but not a CD-RW. I don't
> think I even saw a CD-ROM capable of reading a CD-RW.
Actually, just about all computer CD-ROM drives and most modern audio
CD players can read CD-RW media. All the drive needs is an AGC
circuit (automatic gain control) on the laser pickup to compensate for
the lack of reflectivity of the CD-RW disc.
The only drives that I have found that cannot read CD-RW media are (1)
thoroughly ancient CD-ROM drives (2) home audio cdplayers 5 years or
older and (3) just about all car-audio cdplayers, even those currently
in production.
> But when DVD-RAM takes over, the CD-RW will be history as well.
I'm not so sure about that. The advantage of CD-RW is that just about
every desktop machine has a CDROM drive from which to read them. Most
modern PCs are now shipping with DVD drives, but these are *not*
compatable with DVD-RAM discs.
> And MO is more convenient
> already now. Also, fully supported (as it is just a removable disk
> from the OS's point of view).
Convenience in the eye of the beholder. For me, it is more convenient
to be able to throw data onto a cdrom and know that I can read it on
just about any machine just about anywhere in the world. If I used
just one machine in one location, MO would indeed be more convenient.
> And, depending on the use you plan for the drive, the question of
> being obsolete may not mean the same thing. If you need to store
> your data for, say, 5 years or more, then everything you buy today
> will in a sense be obsolete. But as long as the drive is operational
> and the media hold up, you don't care.
Actually, this is an argument for CDROM technology. ;-) I can pretty
much guarantee you that every desktop machine sold in the next ten
years will come with the capability to read a CDROM.
-p.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Chudman)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Redhat 6.0... the good, the bad, and the ugly
Date: Thu, 13 May 1999 14:41:06 GMT
Reply-To: Post Here
On 10 May 1999 16:43:18 -0700, Ronald Cole wrote:
>: > : > Best Buy for 64.95
>: >=20
>: > CompUSA shrinkwrapped at the front counter for $79.99 . . . .
>:=20
>: Are these *real* Redhat distributions, or are they the Macmillan
>: distributions like all the RH5.2 copies at Staples and Costco are?
>: The Macmillan distros require you to register with them instead of
>: Redhat for support (or so says the registration card included in the
>: box).
>:=20
>: If support is of concern to you, you might want to double check.
The one I bought from Best Buy is a real Redhat distribution.
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From: Wouter Liefting <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: IBM Token-Ring
Date: Thu, 13 May 1999 19:17:50 +0200
Richard van Denzel wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I recently got Debian 1.3-1 installed on a PS/2 model 95. The only
> problem I got that I got stiuck with my TR card.
> It's an IBM Token-Ring 16/4 Adapter A, with io=0xa20 and irq=9.
Sounds ok to me.
> When I try to add the options to /etc/conf.modules it complains that
> there is no symbol for parameter irq was not found.
> When I don't specify the irq, there are repeated messages:
> first: tr0: Initial interrupt: shared RAM located at 00DC2D4
> repeated: tr0: Unrecoverable error: error code = 0011
Same message I get, when my TR cable *is not connected to the network*.
Usually when I forget to take the PCMCIA TR card out of my laptop when I
work out of the office.
Are you sure you�ve got a good network connection?
> consequently the ifconfig command gets stuck.
>
> When I specify the irq=9 in /etc/conf.modules no errors appear but the
> card still doesn't work.
>
> When I try ifconfig tr0 172.16.150.22 netmask 255.255.255.0 up the
> messages appear:
> SIOCSIFADDR: No such device
> SIOCSIFNETMASK: No such device
>
> The part of conf.modules look like this:
>
> alias tr0 ibmtr
> options ibmtr io=0xa20 irq=9
>
> Has anyone got this card working and how did he/she do it?
>
> Thanx in advance,
>
> Richard
> --
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Another problem might be that you are the first on the network, and your
card is trying to autodetect the line speed (4 or 16 Mbps). If noone is
there, the autodetect fails and you will get errors. You probably need to
disable auto speed detection then on the adapter somehow. (But I wouldn�t
know how, unfortunately. Jumpers, dip switches, configuration program in
Win95 or OS/2?)
- Wouter.
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