Linux-Hardware Digest #253, Volume #10 Mon, 17 May 99 02:13:33 EDT
Contents:
MSI motherboard compatibility with Linux 2.2? (Carl Kumaradas)
Re: However my ATI RAGE 128 AGP 8MB doesn�t work ("Carlo Leorini")
Re: Stopping Linux Startup (Brian Seitz)
Re: CTX EzBook FC2A300A ("Dennis")
Re: Printing into a file ("Gene Heskett")
Re: Help with Sblive-o.1b.tar: (rogermarks)
Re: Online shop in California (Errno Mobay)
CD ROM not recognised. (John C.E. D'Alton)
Re: SUN Keyboard (Gerald Willmann)
Re: Adaptec 2940UW and "device not configured" (Richard Steiner)
PCMCIA Modems
SB Vibra16 Problems. ("Kevin MacPherson")
Re: PCMCIA Modems (Allen Wong)
Re: Quad/Dual Motherboard? (Douglas Darrah)
Re: PCMCIA Modems (Allen Wong)
Re: CD-RW on RedHat 6.0 .... (Shad Van Den Hul)
Re: Exhaustive testing of a suspect hard drive ("JACK")
Re: SB Vibra16 Problems. (Janet)
Re: SB Vibra16 Problems. ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: mouse, gpm and X (Lukasz Wiklendt)
Re: IDE and scsi hard disks on one CPU (Gary Maltzen)
Re: problems with old SMC/WD 8-bit ethernet card (Gary Maltzen)
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From: Carl Kumaradas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: MSI motherboard compatibility with Linux 2.2?
Date: Fri, 14 May 1999 20:17:37 GMT
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I'm purchasing a system that comes with an MSI MS-5169 motherboard,
which uses an Aladdin-5 M1531/M1543 chipset. It will have a K6-2/400
CPU.
One of the changes in Linux 2.3.1 listed at LinuxHQ is "IDE ALI M15x3
chipset support added" which worries me a bit since it implies that
this cipset is not supported in previous kernel versions (which I will
use).
Does anyone know if Linux 2.2 supports this chipset? Am I worried for
no reason?
Thanks for any help. CC your reply to my email address if possible.
Regards,
Carl.
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J. Carl Kumaradas Ontario Cancer Institute
[EMAIL PROTECTED] University of Toronto
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From: "Carlo Leorini" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x,es.comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: However my ATI RAGE 128 AGP 8MB doesn�t work
Date: Mon, 17 May 1999 00:20:20 +0200
Hi,
I have the ati 128 fury and i could configure it with FBDev (and kernel
2.2.5, RedHat 6)
I think the 0317 value is when you answer to the lilo prompt (when vga=ask)
This is in hexa.
But in /etc/lilo.conf you must put it in decimal: 791
Here are other values:
Colors 800x600 1024x768
16bits 0314 (788) 0317 (791)
24bits 0315 (789) 0318 (792)
And look at mini-howto for vesa
Good luck
javierlt a �crit dans le message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>Hi all
>I�m trying to configure my graphics board (see topic) following the
>instructions of this newsgroup (comp.os.linux.hardware) but it doesn�t
>work.
>If I try to change the vga resolution with 0317 parameter in my
>lilo.conf file, the screen becomes black and I have to shutdown the
>system.
>If I configure XF86Config with the FBDev driver I get this messages when
>type startx:
>
>---------------------------------------------------
>XFree 86 Version 3.3.2 /X Window System
>(protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6300)
>Release date: March 2 1998
>Operating System: Linux 2.1.119 i 686 [ELF]
>Configured drivers:
>FBDev: Server for frame buffer device
>(patchlevel 7): mfb, iplan2p2, iplan2p4, iplan2p8, ilbm, afb, cfb8,
>cfb16, cfb32
>
>Fatal sever error:
>xf86OpenConsole: Cannot open /dev/fb0 (operation not supported by
>device)
>_X11TransSocketUNIXConnect: Can�t connect: errno = 111
>giving up
>--------------------------------------------------
>
>What�s the matter?
>
>Thanks in advance.
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From: Brian Seitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Stopping Linux Startup
Date: Sun, 16 May 1999 22:28:15 +0000
Kachi Armony wrote:
>
> Hi. I'm a new linux user and I just installed the Voodoo Banshee drivers for
> my graphics card. I think I may have made an incorrect monitor selection
> though. As a result on starting X Windows (which is done automatically at
> startup) my monitor blinks on and off repeatedly. I would therefore like to
> halt the startup proceedure before X Windows kicks in. How does one do that?
You should be able to do a control-alt-F1 (or F2 through F6) to get into
the shell. X will still be running (and you can get back to it by doing
control-alt-F7) and you can kill it several different ways. I've never
personally installed xdm (which is what I presume what you're using) but
I would think you could kill it by doing "killall xdm" or just do "ps
aux" and "kill" all the things that look like they have to do with X.
As for actually stopping it before it starts, that depends on your
distribution, but try looking in .bash_profile in your home directory
and /etc/profile.
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From: "Dennis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: CTX EzBook FC2A300A
Date: Sun, 16 May 1999 15:43:56 -0700
You will probably find some answers at this web site.
http://web.clas.ufl.edu/users/ken/linux/fc2a300-linux.html
Dennis
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Date: 16 May 99 19:00:55 -0500
From: "Gene Heskett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Printing into a file
Reply to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Gene Heskett sends Greetings to Guido Ehlert;
GE> Has anybody an idea how to print a postscript document into an
GE> file?
GE> Thanks, Guido.
use -sOutputFile=/path/to/file%03d
which will give you page numbered files, numbered from the current
startup session. You can then 'cat file | lpd' to print them.
Cheers, Gene
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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: rogermarks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Help with Sblive-o.1b.tar:
Date: Sun, 16 May 1999 19:49:47 +0000
David Leathers wrote:
>
> Hi
> I have just installed red hat 6.0. I have a sound blaster live value sound
> card. I found and downloaded the file sblive-o.1b.tar which is the Linux
> drivers for the card.
>
> My problem is that I have no idea how to install these drivers. Could
> someone point me in the right direction on this installation.
>
> Thanks:
If you don't have any luck installing the supplied drivers, then check
out the drivers available for Creative Labs supplied by Open Sound at
www.opensound.com
I have a Soundblaster 128PCI - their driver works fine on my system,
though admittedly it's RedHat 5.1. I don't know if they have released
anything for RH 6.0 yet, but check out www.opensound.com (yes I've just
repeated myself).
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Errno Mobay)
Subject: Re: Online shop in California
Date: Sun, 16 May 1999 23:25:31 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Evanstud) wrote:
> There are two ways that I suggest getting parts for computers. If you want
>to order online only I suggest www.env.com. If you want to get things even
>cheaper go to the Computer Fair in Pomona. Find a Microtimes to figure out
>when the next one is. They usually hold one a month. Most everything at the
>computer show is 15% cheaper than you can find anywhere. You can get anything
>from hardware to software at the computer show. The only catch is that it is
>$5 for parking and $8 for entrance fee. So go only if you actually plan on
>getting something. Oh, and go prepared with what you think you want to buy.
>Otherwise they will sell you on just about anything
Forget this advice. Go to http://www.pricewatch.com/. You can see
tables of prices, sorted cheapest first, for anything you want. It's
the only way to go.
Errno
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Remove the leading "x" in my email addr before replying to me.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John C.E. D'Alton)
Subject: CD ROM not recognised.
Date: Mon, 17 May 1999 00:18:17 GMT
Dear helpers, Monday 17 May 1999.
My CD ROM player not on the install list. It is a brand "IMES" Model
ICD-900/AT manufactured by IMES Co, Ltd, Kanagawa-Ken, Japan.
My son has used UNIX and LINUX for years and is helping me install it
on my system. From a CD ROM InfoMagic Linux June 1998. This one of
four discs is SLACKWARE. I am trying to install from SLACKWARE.ZIP but
can't recognise the CD ROM player.
We tried "BARE.I" first then he forced a PROBE but no success.
Is my CD player under another name? Could save a few hours.
Thanks in anticipation.
Juan.
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Mr J.C.E.D'Alton E-mail is :- [EMAIL PROTECTED]
My Home Page is at:- http://members.wbs.net/homepages/j/o/h/johncarloszag.html
God Bless.
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From: Gerald Willmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: SUN Keyboard
Date: Fri, 14 May 1999 18:04:55 -0700
On Fri, 14 May 1999, Loic Lagadec wrote:
> Does anyone know if it's possible to replace pc-keyboards by SUN
> keyboards
> under Linux.? (to keep the left 10 function keys)
> Any feed back would be highly appreciated.
Loic: probably not the answer you expected, but why not get an older Sun
(IPXs are rather cheap these days, a colleague just bought one for $ 150)
and run Linux on it. Will work with a Sun keyboard for sure :)
Gerald
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Richard Steiner)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Adaptec 2940UW and "device not configured"
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sun, 16 May 1999 19:26:39 -0500
Here in comp.os.linux.setup, "Christopher R. Pond" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
spake unto us, saying:
>I am unable to install Redhat Linux 6.0 (or 5.2 for that matter) on my
>Micron Millenia PII-300 machine with an Adaptec 2940UW adapter and 2
>drives (one is 4 GB, the other 9.1 GB) + a SCSI CDROM drive.
There was a known problem in the SCSI support on the default boot disk
for Red Hat 5.2, and there was a link and a fix posted here some time
back. You might find it worth your while to do a Deja.com search on
"2940UW" in the "*linux*" newsgroups.
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-Rich Steiner >>>---> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>---> Bloomington, MN
OS/2 + Linux (Slackware+RedHat+SuSE) + FreeBSD + Solaris + BeOS +
WinNT4 + Win95 + PC/GEOS + MacOS + Executor = PC Hobbyist Heaven!
Proof of sanity forged upon request.
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From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: PCMCIA Modems
Date: 17 May 1999 01:31:00 GMT
Does anyone know if there's a driver for PCMCIA modems? I am looking for
one that will run under Linux. I currently run an IBM PCMCIA Modem card.
Any help will be greatly appreciated. Jeremy Rodecap, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "Kevin MacPherson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,linux.redhat.install
Subject: SB Vibra16 Problems.
Date: Sun, 16 May 1999 22:09:49 -0400
Has nayone had any experience with a SB Vibra16 PnP Sound card.
I try to get it to install but under Sndconfig when it goes to test I get a
Modprobe error?
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Allen Wong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: PCMCIA Modems
Date: Mon, 17 May 1999 02:06:25 +0000
As long as it's not a Winmodem, there should be no problems. I have
a Silicom Multimedia V.90 PC Card modem (not exactly a household name)
which works well Red Hat 5.2 and Slackware 3.6. Just make sure that
PCMCIA support is started on boot up. Good luck!
Allen
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Linux: If you're not careful, you might actually learn something.
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From: Douglas Darrah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Quad/Dual Motherboard?
Date: Sun, 16 May 1999 19:21:34 -0400
Gavin McCord wrote:
>
> 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
Three months ago I got a dual SuperMicro MB and case, along with two PII
400s and 256 megs of 100mhz RAM. Cost for the components was about
$1200US. I imagine you could get the same gear for around $1000US now
(if not lower). Installation of the components was easy, and the system
has performed flawlessly: with kernel 2.2.x SMP, performance is
excellent.
Hope this helps,
Doug
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From: Allen Wong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: PCMCIA Modems
Date: Mon, 17 May 1999 02:07:50 +0000
As long as it's not a Winmodem, there should be no problems. I have
a Silicom Multimedia V.90 PC Card modem (not exactly a household name)
which works well Red Hat 5.2 and Slackware 3.6. Just make sure that
PCMCIA support is started on boot up. Good luck!
Allen
--
Linux: If you're not careful, you might actually learn something.
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From: Shad Van Den Hul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: CD-RW on RedHat 6.0 ....
Date: Sun, 16 May 1999 22:33:28 -0400
"Gary L. Robinson" wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am a Linux newbie -- about a month old.
> I really would like to get my CD-RW machine set up and running on
> my RedHat 6.0 installation. I have read the GOD_AWFUL HOWTO on CD
> Writing. I have added the appropriate modules, created the device
> files in /dev, and generally screwed around for days without getting
> anywhere.
> I've also installed mkhybrid and mkisofs .... Running cdrecord
> -scanbus still gets me a "no taget found" message. Sure could use
> some help.
> Is there a site with CD-RW setup info for people who aren't
> Linux gurus? Any documentation for people who aren't Unix experts?
> Please don't refer me to the "CD-Writing" HOWTO .... it is too
> generic and doesn't seem to specifically cover IDE drives (mine is
> a HP-7100 CD-RW). It also references several files that aren't
> a part of my Linux distribution.
> Some specific info from a RedHat 6.0 person would be better.
>
> --
> email : [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Well, I run X-CD-Roast on FVWM X-windows on Red Hat 5.2 with no
problems. I downloaded the RPM and it virtually set up itself. I have
Ricoh MP6200s (scsi) on an Advansys ISA card.
It runs beautifully in X-CD-Roast, as well as Adaptec's Easy CD Creator
(Win9x). The only problem (and I really haven't tried to solve it yet)
is that Roast doesn't realize that my ATAPI CD-ROM (36x USDRIVE) can
extract Audio files.
Try Roast, it can be downloaded at www.linuxberg.com .
Shad Van Den Hul
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From: "JACK" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Exhaustive testing of a suspect hard drive
Date: Mon, 17 May 1999 04:32:32 +0100
howdy
>My question: Is there a way I can thoroughly scan the disk for bad
>sectors and surface problems? Something like scandisk under dos,
>perhaps?
i have an app that dose lowlevel checking of hardisks..it is from the
gateway boot
disk...you can get this from the gateway web site or if you want i can mail
you the
app,. you need to have a dos boot disk for it to work..
j
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From: Janet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,linux.redhat.install
Subject: Re: SB Vibra16 Problems.
Date: 16 May 1999 20:00:40 -0700
I got mine to work by using
modprobe sound io=0x220 irq=5 dma=1 dma16=3
"Kevin MacPherson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Has nayone had any experience with a SB Vibra16 PnP Sound card.
> I try to get it to install but under Sndconfig when it goes to test I get a
> Modprobe error?
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,linux.redhat.install
Subject: Re: SB Vibra16 Problems.
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Mon, 17 May 1999 03:24:43 GMT
According to Kevin MacPherson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Has nayone had any experience with a SB Vibra16 PnP Sound card.
> I try to get it to install but under Sndconfig when it goes to test I get a
> Modprobe error?
Go read: http://linux.umbc.edu/fom/fom-serve/cache/75.html
Also, be aware that there are several different versions of the SB16
PnP, so what works fine for someone else may not work for you...
-p.
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From: Lukasz Wiklendt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: mouse, gpm and X
Date: Mon, 17 May 1999 14:36:45 +1000
Gene Heskett wrote:
Bus mice don't have to be expensive.
I bought my Mitsumi Bus Mouse for AU$12 which is about US$6 or 7.
I admit it is only two button, but it works perfectly.
> Bus mice are great mice for the working man, and its unfortunate that
> they are, with the exceptions of the junk they sell us amigaites, too
> damned expensive, and special order at your local cpu peddlers. I
> wouldn't object to paying 40-60 bucks for a well built bus mouse, but
> the last quote I had of special ordering one was in the $110 area.
> 'scuse me? I may be old fashioned, but for something like a mouse, I
> want to feel the motions, and hear the buttons click before I cut the
> check.
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Subject: Re: IDE and scsi hard disks on one CPU
From: Gary Maltzen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sun, 16 May 1999 22:51:56 CDT
Unless your ROM BIOS has a specific option for booting SCSI before IDE, it will
try to boot from the IDE drive. The only solution is to disable the IDE drive
in the ROM BIOS as Linux, once booted, will find the drive.
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Peter wrote:
> I just got this P150, with a scsi controller and HD. I formerly had an
> IDE disk on an i486. How can I hook up the IDE hard drive without the
> BIOS thinking it is the primary drive? Because it has a primary DOS
> partition to load loadlin. I haven't really tried anything yet just
> thought I would post something so I can do it right the first time.
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Subject: Re: problems with old SMC/WD 8-bit ethernet card
From: Gary Maltzen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sun, 16 May 1999 22:51:57 CDT
It looks like you have your parameters in the wrong order...
Try the simpler line: "linux wd=0x240,7"
In article <7ha03k$g61$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Andy wrote:
> I have an old 8-bit SMC/WD 10T ethernet card that I'm trying to get
> configured in my system to no avail. I've read the ethernet howto and
> various postings which indicate that I should be using the wd8003 driver
> (the chip on my card is the 83c690). I've recompiled the kernel to
> include the SMC/WD network device drivers, but the card is still not
> recognized at boot. I've also tried passing parameters to the kernel
> based on how my card is configured (I know the configuration for
> positive as I ran SMC's utility, ezsetup, from a dos boot disk which saw
> the card just fine.) The string I'm passing LILO is
> "linux ether=7,0x2A0,0xC000,0xC8000,eth0" (card configured on IRQ 7, RAM
> 0C8000, I/O 2A0) I suppose it's possible I don't have the kernel
> parameter syntax quite right, in which case I'll need some help with
> that.
>
> Anyway, does anyone out there have ideas on how I can fix my problem?
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