Linux-Hardware Digest #245, Volume #10 Sun, 16 May 99 01:13:21 EDT
Contents:
Re: linux for DECpc 433 ? Is there any? ("P.Lj")
Advansys JAZ Jet / 3c509 conflict (Tony Mulligan)
Re: InkJet printer help. ("Donald E. Stidwell")
IDE and scsi hard disks on one CPU (Peter)
Re: Quad/Dual Motherboard? ("Tony")
Re: UDMA33 hard drive runs at 6 megs/second - WTF? ("Gene Heskett")
Re: making linux go away (Chris Lee)
X Serevr for Voodoo 3/Banshee (AK)
Re: making linux go away ("Cameron Spitzer")
Re: All the current OSes are idiotic (was Re: Is Windows for idiots?) ("Clifton T.
Sharp Jr.")
Re: Help to configure sound. (Kenneth Pinyan)
Re: CD writer suggestions? (James Youngman)
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From: "P.Lj" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: linux for DECpc 433 ? Is there any?
Date: Sun, 16 May 1999 02:39:57 +0200
hi
it's a 486, found promissing information in slackware dist. downloaded
scsi.s
but it didn't found any scsi-devices or network devices, the pc got the
following
devices: SCSI Adaptec AHA-150x/1510/152x/AIC-6x60 SCSI
Network: DEC (DE 100) Ether Works LC
thought that 433 gave a hint... sorry.
>>> ^P.Lj
Walter Harms wrote:
> "P.Lj" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> >some kind of linux on a DECpc 433,SCSI-based, No-CD, have tried Debian
> >(didn't support ftp-installation), Redhat (didn't find the
> >SCSI-controller). NetBSD was quite good at the
> >beginning since it found SCSI but it didn't found the ethernet-device,
>
> ah a hint .. what chip ???
>
> you can give lilo the name of the scsi driver and it will use it.
> read the install procedures of you dist.
>
> walter
>
> --
> -----
> "Oh, it's just the unknown, then!"
> -----
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From: Tony Mulligan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Advansys JAZ Jet / 3c509 conflict
Date: 16 May 1999 02:42:49 GMT
3c509 on IRQ 10 0300-030f PNP turned off
Advansys Jaz Jet IRQ 11 6c00-6c0f
Red Hat 5.2
The ethernet card functions correctly until the Advansys card is installed.
With the SCSI card present I get no error messages when loading the 3c509
module or from ifconfig. SCSI card functions correctly.
Anyone have a suggestion what to try ?
Thanks
Tony Mulligan
Email: mulligan _at_cyberport_dot_net
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From: "Donald E. Stidwell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: InkJet printer help.
Date: Sat, 15 May 1999 22:36:49 -0400
Dae wrote:
>
> I'm looking for an Ink Jet printer that uses separate ink cartridges for
> color (I'm tired of having to replace a good color cartridge on my Epson
> cause one color has run out.) that is low cost. (Wish I could find one
> under $200) I'm looking at the Canon BJC-6000. Does anyone know if this
> will work with Linux? If so, do you like the speed and output?
>
> BTW, is there another color Inkjet that uses separate cartridges for the
> colors that you might recommand?
>
> TIA - Dae
> Phat Fish Website
> http://www.attach.net/users/webster
> -----
The BJC-6000 is the successor to the BJC-5000 which is a Win-Printer
that does not work under Linux. Check carefully before buying.
Don
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From: Peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: IDE and scsi hard disks on one CPU
Date: Sat, 15 May 1999 22:06:28 -0400
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I just got this P150, with a scsi controller and HD. I formerly had an
IDE disk on an i486. How can I hook up the IDE hard drive without the
BIOS thinking it is the primary drive? Because it has a primary DOS
partition to load loadlin. I haven't really tried anything yet just
thought I would post something so I can do it right the first time.
-peter
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From: "Tony" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Quad/Dual Motherboard?
Date: Sun, 16 May 1999 12:21:27 +1000
If you want duel you have the choice of pentium Pro , normal Pentium or
Pentium II
if you are after more then you can (AFAIK) only go the Pro route
Tony
Gavin McCord wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>Rather than buy a single expensive superfast PII on a single mainboard, I'd
>like to go dual/quad motherboard with cheaper processors i.e. 266-300MHz
>
>Any recommendations on boards to buy?
>
>
>--
>"I'm Keyser Soze. No, I'm Keyser Soze. I'm Keyser Soze and so's
>my wife..."
>-Monty Python plays The Usual Suspects
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Date: 15 May 99 22:18:44 -0500
From: "Gene Heskett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: UDMA33 hard drive runs at 6 megs/second - WTF?
Reply to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Gene Heskett sends Greetings to Steve Ponsford;
SP> Hi Gene,
SP> Mmm, pull it out of your PC and give it a whirl on you miggy :)
SP> if you got Linux installed on it and the proper cables to support
SP> that drive to your interface.
Mmm, hadn't given that a thought, and I do have an ide cable from the
second header of my buddha sticking out from overf df1: :)
SP> The newer
SP> 2.3.x kernels support Amigas native Gayle IDE controller and the
SP> Buddha/Catweasel IDE interface. Of course your PIO settings may
SP> not even be recognized but it may be interesting to see the speed
SP> difference between the two systems. Also try this with hdparm
SP> hdparm -i /dev/<drive> and look at you MaxMultSect if it's
SP> supported by your drive. Take the number returned from
SP> MaxMultSect=?? and set the -m option to that number. However, if
SP> you have a WD Cavair series drive set -m to a lower number (try 4
SP> or 8). Read the man pages on hdparm for more info on WD drives.
SP> I might also help if you have
SP> 32-bit transfer
SP> mode on by setting -c option to on. Then do a 'hdparm -t -T
SP> /dev/<drive>' before and after you changed the settings to see if
SP> your performance as increased any. Hope this helps.
I've pretty well been there, and done that. I even use the wd_ata66.exe
to turn the UDMA66 mode off, leaving 33,(mode 2) but this kernel doesn't
support dma undere any conditions I guess.
So, I'm trying to compile 2.2.9, which does, but I'm getting a
(preprocessor derived?) error I haven't seen since before we got
'Ansifront' on the coco, along with a later c.prep (mine)
Its concatenating a couple of function names in
./arch/i386/net/compress.c, such that they are then identical, and the
redefine causes make to yell for help, with an error 2.
See my other post re that. But thanks for the suggestions, I appreciate
them. A thought... Do you have any idea where I could find a
SuperDMAC-04? The worldwide supply has apparently been comsumed, and I
have an A3000T/040 with a bad one, something came in the scsi port and
ate both an -08a scsi chip and the SDMAC in it.
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: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Chris Lee)
Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux,alt.os.linux.caldera,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: making linux go away
Date: 16 May 1999 03:02:26 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] says...
>
>I hate to tell you this Chris but only very small companies run a
>Linux only enviroment, big companies tend to run Solaris and even
>bigger ones will go for AIX. Depending on their need and what they can
>afford. And I find it very hard to belive that there are Unix only
>places.
Who cares what you belive?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (AK)
Subject: X Serevr for Voodoo 3/Banshee
Date: Sun, 16 May 1999 03:37:48 GMT
I have received requests to explain exactly how I got my Voodoo 3 card
to work with Linux (Red Hat 5.2). Unfortunately, that is difficult,
because I don't keep notes on what I did and why it worked. I just
keep trying different things and when it eventually works, I just go
with it rather than writing down the successful procedures. But I do
habe some wisdom to impart for those trying to set up this goddamned
thing.
If you are a Linux user and you are considering buying this card for
your system- DON'T. Great for PC gaming - bad for Linux. In the future
I am (pretty) sure the support for it will improve. So wait.
The first thing you need to do is visit
http://glide.xxedgexx.com/3DfxRPMS_vb_glibc.html.
Get all three RPMs from the page. There are also instructions on how
to convert the files if your system doesn't use RPMS. One of the files
is an XF86Setup program for the server. DON'T install this one with
the others. I had to re-install the old XF86Setup, use it to configure
the server, then re-install the 3dfx XF86Setup. I have no idea why.
So when I first tried to install these RPMs, it gave me lip about
"failed dependencies" so I used the "--force". That will force the
RPMs to install. The full command that worked was:
rpm -Uvh --force XF*.rpm.
Once the files are successfully installed, use XF86Setup (or whatever
else you use) to setup the server. Select Generic SVGA, unknown
chipset. Do not specify any settings. Let the server detect
everything.
When I reached this point, the server ran successfully but the
settings were terrible. Every time I tried to configure with
XF86Setup, I got horrible bloody crashes. So I re-installed the
3dfx-XF86Setup, and it worked. The difficult part was selecting the
proper settings without the X-server crashing. For instance, when I
set the resolution and the color depth at the same time, it crashed,
but when I set them individually, no problem. It was a process of
trial and error, but eventually I got 1280 X 1024 at 32b color depth.
I haven't tried for 1600 X 1200, but I'm happy with it the way it is
now.
I'm sure others have had different experiences with this server, but
at least you have the testimony of one person that got it to work and
is (more or less) happy with it. Email me if you have any questions.
AK
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From: "Cameron Spitzer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux,alt.os.linux.caldera,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: making linux go away
Date: 16 May 1999 03:30:05 GMT
In article <7hlcg2$5d3$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Chris Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] says...
>>
>>I hate to tell you this Chris but only very small companies run a
>>Linux only enviroment, big companies tend to run Solaris and even
>>bigger ones will go for AIX. Depending on their need and what they can
>>afford. And I find it very hard to belive that there are Unix only
>>places.
>
>Who cares what you belive?
I believe www.yahoo.com runs on FreeBSD and www.dejanews.com runs on Linux.
They're pretty big.
Oh, and {www,ftp}.cdrom.com claims to be the busiest single FTP server
in the world, and it's on FreeBSD. (My favorite place to download Linux!
I'm always user #3499 out of 3500; how do they do that?)
Cameron
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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
Subject: Re: All the current OSes are idiotic (was Re: Is Windows for idiots?)
Date: Thu, 13 May 1999 18:08:36 -0500
Brad BARCLAY wrote:
> If you wish to move from an OS with less
> constraints to one with more simply because other people are, then that's fine
> with me - but don't try to use it to make your previous OS somehow look like
> it's lacking.
I moved to linux from WfWG 3.11. My previous OS managed to look like it
was lacking all by itself, thank you very much. :-)
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From: Kenneth Pinyan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Help to configure sound.
Date: Sat, 15 May 1999 20:12:07 -0700
Alexander Dymerets wrote:
> Hi, All!
> I have sound card with OPTi930 chipset and I can't configure it
> in RH5.2. When system boots I get the following messages:
> no dependency information on mad16.o
> no dependency information on opl3.o\
Run from kernel source 'make modules; make modules_install' over again.
Sounds like modules.dep is missing from your /lib/modules/kernel/
directory.
Good luck; the OPTi can be a challenge to get going (especially if it
boots up in PnP mode like my '931 does).
Ken Pinyan
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From: James Youngman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: CD writer suggestions?
Date: 15 May 1999 18:18:23 +0100
Nick Zentena <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Hi,
> Any suggestions on CD writer?
I have a 'YAMAHA CDR400t 1.0q'. Very happy with it. CD-RW.
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ACTUALLY reachable as @free-lunch.demon.(whitehouse)co.uk:james+usenet
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