Linux-Hardware Digest #340, Volume #10 Thu, 27 May 99 11:13:29 EDT
Contents:
Re: Echec using FBDev server with ati rage 128 chip... (Anne Possoz)
Support for ESS Maestro sound card on Dell I7K Laptop (Kevin Haines)
Re: Boot off SCSI not IDE (John Thompson)
Re: Hardware requirements ("AnglianWater")
Re: Netscape is black&white? (Patrick Colbeck)
Setting the PIO mode (Sergio Brandano)
Re: new install, VERY slow... (Jeff Mitchell)
Re: Netscape is black&white? (Klaus Singvogel)
Re: Aureal Vortex Sound Card not working (Jaroslaw =?iso-8859-1?Q?Br=FCst?=)
Re: Attempted RedHat install kills HDD ("Shawn Phillips")
Gateway 2000 Telepath 28.8 modem ? (T. Joseph W. Lazio)
Re: Which modem to buy? (Chris Aiken)
Re: Help with modem setup (Eugene VonNiederhausern)
filesystem ("Stryx")
Re: Terabite Plus Filesystems (Bob Hoekstra)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Anne Possoz)
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Echec using FBDev server with ati rage 128 chip...
Date: 27 May 1999 12:33:25 +0100
In article <7hjhf1$3qj$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Bruno Bozon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
|> Hello,
|>
|> first, i would apologise for the very bad english.
|>
|> I tried to use the FBDev X server to at least get a X session (i'm borred
|> with bash!) but this doesn't work. I'm a beginner in linux environnment, ok,
|> but I'd follow the advices and read a lot of stuff about the subject. They
|> all said the same thing, and everybody seem to mean that there's no problem.
|> First, when configuring XF86Config at hand, with in "screen" section only
|> the FBDev noticed, when attempt to run startx, i have a warning saying that
|> the svga server must be configured...(?) So, when i install an svga screen
|> section, (but no X pointing at, X point only on FBDev) the startx don't give
|> me any warning, but my screen getting blank...
|>
|> Well, now the question : is there someone here with a ati rage magnum who
|> could send me his XF86Config, or if you understand what I wrote before,
|> advice me.
|>
|> ps : the FBDev was the libc and I run a compiled-with-the-good-options
|> 2.2.5 kernel.
Bonjour Bruno,
After reading carefully the document :
http://ruff.cs.jmu.edu/~beetle/ragefury.htm
we succeeded to startx.
There is also some information in french at:
http://www.multimania.com/gijoe/
What we did (I use redhat 6.0 distribution):
0. install the rpm XFree86-FBDev-3.3.3.1-49
1. take the XF86Config from
http://www.uno.edu/~adamico/banshee/files/XF86Config
and put it in /etc/X11
2. remove the link /etc/X11/X
3. create the good link
ln -s /usr/X11R6/bin/XF86_FBDev /etc/X11/X
4. patch /etc/lilo.conf to add a line (just
before "read-only" in the vmlinuz part)
VGA=ASK
5. run lilo
6. reboot
7. be carefull at boot time to type a ENTER and
then a number corresponding to the value you want
(refer to
http://metalab.unc.edu/LDP/HOWTO/mini/Vesafb-5.html)
8. startx should work.
We are still busy to improve our configuration.
--
Anne Possoz
Service Informatique Central
Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne
1015 Lausanne (Switzerland)
Tel : (41/21) 693.22.49
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From: Kevin Haines <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Support for ESS Maestro sound card on Dell I7K Laptop
Date: Thu, 27 May 1999 08:08:50 +0100
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Anyone know how to configure the kernel to support this (or if it's
possible)? I'm currently at v2.2.9.
TIA
Frankie.
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From: John Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Boot off SCSI not IDE
Date: Wed, 26 May 1999 21:41:10 -0600
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Whether you can boot from the SCSI card depends entirly on the BIOS of
> your **SCSI** card. If your SCSI card does not have a boot BIOS, you
> won't be able to boot from it.
>
> However, I *think* you can install LILO on the IDE boot disk (or
> probably even a floppy) and boot directly into Linux on the SCSI drive
> from LILO.
This should work; I have a similar setup here: I have Win95
and OS/2 on an IDE drive and linux on an SCSI drive. OS/2's
Boot Manager resides on the IDE drive and can boot all three
systems without difficulty. I imagine lilo ought to be able
to do the same.
--
-John ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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From: "AnglianWater" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Hardware requirements
Date: Thu, 27 May 1999 11:37:55 +0100
I have installed Red Hat Linux 5.0 on an old 486SX 25 with one of those
586/133 upgrade thingies with 8 M of RAM and a 406Mb HD. It's running X as
well but it is very slow.
Any one know if Linux works with those cheapo Winchip processors?
*snip*
>>COMPUTERWORLD is wrong. The requirements vary depending on what you
>>install, but for a fairly basic installation this is close:
>>
>> 80386 or better processor
>> 8 MB of RAM
>> 100 MB hard disk.
>>
>>Note that this won't let you run X or WordPerfect for Linux or other
>>big stuff. The laptop you're describing is probably fine, as long as
>>it has enough RAM. I ran Linux on a 486/33 for a year.
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From: Patrick Colbeck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.netscape,alt.netscape.buggy-products,alt.os.linux.caldera,alt.os.linux.madrake,alt.os.linux.slackware,alt.uu.comp.os.linux,alt.uu.comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: Netscape is black&white?
Date: 27 May 1999 09:24:55 +0100
This is a common problem with Netscape. Check your colour depth, as
netscape has problems with 24bpp. If you try 8, 16 or 32 bpp it should
be OK.
Strangley this appears to be a problem only with XFree86 as the guy
who owns X-inside said that it doesnt occur using their x-server.
Pat
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From: Sergio Brandano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Setting the PIO mode
Date: Thu, 27 May 1999 10:07:16 +0100
Hi.
I have the following Hard Disk:
> hdparm -it /dev/hda
/dev/hda:
Model=QUANTUM FIREBALL EX6.4A, FwRev=A0A.0D00, SerialNo=27683313
Config={ HardSect NotMFM HdSw>15uSec Fixed DTR>10Mbs }
RawCHS=13328/15/63, TrkSize=32256, SectSize=21298, ECCbytes=4
BuffType=3(DualPortCache), BuffSize=418kB, MaxMultSect=16, MultSect=off
DblWordIO=no, maxPIO=2(fast), DMA=yes, maxDMA=2(fast)
CurCHS=784/255/63, CurSects=12594960, LBA=yes, LBAsects=12594960
tDMA={min:120,rec:120}, DMA modes: mword0 mword1 mword2
IORDY=on/off, tPIO={min:120,w/IORDY:120}, PIO modes: mode3 mode4
Timing buffered disk reads: 32 MB in 2.55 seconds =12.55 MB/sec
=========
According to Quantum, my HD should work as follows:
UDMA/33 : 33.3 Mb/sec
PIO mode 4 : 16.6 MB/sec
However ...
> hdparm -p 4 /dev/hda
/dev/hda:
attempting to set PIO mode to 4
HDIO_SET_PIO_MODE failed: Function not implemented
Is there any way to set the HD to that PIO or, even better, to set it
to UDMA/33 ?
Thank you,
Sergio
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From: Jeff Mitchell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.debian.user,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: new install, VERY slow...
Date: Thu, 27 May 1999 06:57:57 -0400
Got the problem resolved. Just needed to enable the bios cache, (thought I had
already done that!!). Prior to fixing it I did try removing all but 8M of memory,
without effect.
Jan Pieter wrote:
> Jeff Mitchell wrote:
>
> > > In comp.os.linux.hardware Jeff Mitchell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > : I've just spent the weekend putting Debian 2.1 on an i386 based machine
> > > : I pieced together. The installation went extremely slowly, and running
> > > : virtually anything on it is much slower than (I think) it should be.
>
> > I got this motherboard and case for free, and was told that the bios might be
> > a little flaky. I upgraded it, however, and haven't seen any flaky behavior
> > beyond this slow running.
>
> I also experienced the same on a 486 motherboard I got for free. When I put
> more than 16MB of memory in it, the speed drops to the same speed as when I
> switch the cache off in the BIOS setting. The problem goes away when I take
> all memory >16MB out. Wanna give that a try? And if someone has any idea of
> resolving my (and maybe your) problem, I would be very happy - I really need
> some extra memory on this machine.
>
> Jan Pieter.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Klaus Singvogel)
Crossposted-To:
alt.netscape,alt.netscape.buggy-products,alt.os.linux.caldera,alt.os.linux.madrake,alt.os.linux.slackware,alt.uu.comp.os.linux,alt.uu.comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: Netscape is black&white?
Date: 27 May 1999 12:10:40 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
"vancaf" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>I'm using Caldera OpenLinux 2.2, and Netscape Communicator(browser, mail,
>news reader, etc..) is all black&white. It displays web contents in color,
>however the program's own buttons and menus are all black&white. I can't
>recognize them unless there are popup help.
>Is this normal? How do I fix this?
Seems, you don't have set the "DefaultColorDepth" of the X11
server to 32 bit. If your graphic card has at least 8 MB and
your resolution is not larger than 1280x1024, you can simply
fix this by editing your "/etc/XF86Config" file (as root).
Logout and "restart the X server".
But don't complain me, if your graphic system doens't work later.
Regards,
Klaus.
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From: Jaroslaw =?iso-8859-1?Q?Br=FCst?= <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Aureal Vortex Sound Card not working
Date: Thu, 27 May 1999 13:45:21 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Madhu wrote:
>
> Hi,
> My sound card brand is PCI-338 A3D. It uses the Aureal Vortex chipset.
> OSS detected it as Aureal Vortex, but it says its not supported yet. I'm
> really looking forward to using my Redhat 5.2 with the sound card installed.
> My X and everything else is working perfectly well otherwise. Can somebody
> please help me with this???
Use newest OSS driver (http://www.opensound.com/).
--
Jaroslaw Br�st
eMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "Shawn Phillips" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Attempted RedHat install kills HDD
Date: Thu, 27 May 1999 12:26:31 +0100
I have exactly the same problem Using an MSI 1647 all in one board, I recon
its the BIOS myself.
I would also be greatfull if anyone can help?
cheers
SP
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (T. Joseph W. Lazio)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Gateway 2000 Telepath 28.8 modem ?
Date: 27 May 1999 12:10:09 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
We recently gutted a computer at work. I was able to snag a GW2k
Telepath 28.8 (internal) modem from it, sans manual.
I'm not sure I have the jumper settings correct. Anybody have a
manual and willing to enlighten me?
For the record, the modem has two sets of jumpers, labelled in the
following manner:
1 2 3 4 2 3 4 5 6 7
| | | | | | | | | |
Thanks in advance.
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From: Chris Aiken <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Which modem to buy?
Date: Thu, 27 May 1999 08:07:30 -0400
I have a Viking Model RFM56KEXT external. Works great on
Windoz 95/98/NT4/MAC and Linux. Cost about $100US at
www.compusa.com May be cheaper elswhere.
Hope this helps...
...cwa
patrick wrote:
> just buy an external one
>
> David Fox wrote:
>
> > SamIam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> >
> > > I've made a switch to Linux but because my system has a 33.6 winmodem I
> > > keep having to go back to windows to connect to the internet. I figure
> > > this is a good excuse to upgrade to a 56k modem. Does anyone have any
> > > suggestions on a good modem to buy at a good price that will work under
> > > Linux? I've been thinking of getting the USR faxmodem because they are
> > > a reliable company but the price (~$120) kind of scares me away.
> >
> > The Best Data "Smart One" (56SF) looks like a good choice - $55 from
> > buy.com. Verify at http://www.o2.net/~gromitkc/19990525a.html.
> > --
> > David Fox http://hci.ucsd.edu/dsf xoF divaD
> > UCSD HCI Lab baL ICH DSCU
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From: Eugene VonNiederhausern <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,linux.redhat
Subject: Re: Help with modem setup
Date: Thu, 27 May 1999 08:03:28 -0500
I have a 56k modem and when I installed redhat 6.0 I had the problem of not
getting the UART set.
If you type
setserial
it will display the information about the serial ports. I found that the serial
port with my modem had a uart of uknown.
I typed
setserial /dev/XXXX uart 16550a
/dev/XXXX=serial device
which set the uart on the serial port and my modem started working.
I don't know if you have the same problem, but it sounded similar to the problem
I had.
�
Stephen Workman wrote:
> Could someone please tell me what to do to set up my modem.
>
> I've got Redhat 5.1, and an internal 56K modem, but I can't get access to
> it.� The modem FAQ was of little use, and I don't know what to configure, or
> what to compile into the kernel to get it going.
>
> Please help!
>
> Stephen.
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From: "Stryx" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: filesystem
Date: Thu, 27 May 1999 14:27:08 +0200
Can i read filesytem from NEXT under LINUX?
Thanks
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From: Bob Hoekstra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.os.ms-windows.nt.admin.misc,comp.sys.sun.admin,comp.sys.hp.misc
Subject: Re: Terabite Plus Filesystems
Date: Thu, 27 May 1999 15:05:52 +0200
Interesting project! What you don't say is how many files you have per
directory. This is particularly important for NT.
I feel that if your data is important and you want a file server that comes
up and stays up, you should discount NT immediately. I have heard some
horror stories about NT with very large directories -- as a test, try
creating 100,000 small files in a single directory and pointing Windows
Exploder at it. You will find that you can go and have a cup of coffee and a
cigarette while the screen updates! This sort of activity affects the
performance of the server as a whole.
While I am a fan of Linux, but I would think twice about this sort of task
for it. This leaves (IMHO) only HPUX and Solaris from your list. My personal
preference is for Solaris, but I don't think that's critical and I cannot
really justify it.
Furthermore, I would resist using intel-based hardware. PCs are just not
built to the same standard as most of the "real" Unix boxes from Sun, HP,
IBM, SGI, etc. The one exception that comes to mind would be the Sequent
range. This brings in some new flavours of Unix (AIX, Irix, Dynix, etc), and
pretty much any of them will do a good job, and you seem to be open to this
- maybe you should look for a good deal on a second-hand box (ex-rentals are
often a good buy) rather than going for intel just to save money.
Lastly, consider if a 64 bit hardware/OS combination may benefit. UltraSPARC
+ Solaris 7 is one option here, but so is DEC Unix (or whatever Compaq is
calling it now) on an Alpha box.
Jake Maizel wrote:
> We are building a system that needs to handle a huge number of files
> that are 500KB-1MB in size (1-2TB total). Our only constraint right now
> is the desire to use intel-based hardware for the host computers for
> cost purposes. My question really is regarding which OS would best
> handle a filesystem of this size. We are using lots of unix and NT so
> we don't have a bias one way but we don't have experience with any OS
> using a filesystem this big. What we are considering for hardware are
> HP LPr hosts connected to a AL-FC RAID system (probably HP). We would
> want to pick either HPUX, linux, NT or Solaris x86. Any experience
> that could be passed would be great.
>
> jake
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