Linux-Hardware Digest #385, Volume #10 Tue, 1 Jun 99 17:13:30 EDT
Contents:
Two PC's one modem ? (Matt)
Re: Epson printer (David Huff)
Re: Jaton Video-87AGP and XWindows (Y Chen)
Re: DVD support for RedHat 5.2 (Yasuyuki Saito)
Re: aWE32 wont work Help please ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Promise UDMA66 -> can't finde the harddisk ("Roland Mauer")
Re: Mediamarkt Notebook and XWindows problem :-( (Marcus Metzler)
FA: Pentium Pro System - Cheap!!! ("North Star")
Re: ATI Rage Fury (Peter Tamayo, Jr.)
Re: hauppauge wintv pci (Henrik Carlqvist)
Re: help! Can't find which video card i have. (Henrik Carlqvist)
Re: please help me ! ~~~~ (Henrik Carlqvist)
Re: Cloning a Linux box (Michael Perry)
Re: IDE RAID - Promise Fasttrak ? (John Burton)
Re: Slow drive ("Peter Christy")
Re: IDE RAID - Promise Fasttrak ? (Anon)
Re: Parallel Printer Problem (Yan Seiner)
AZT3000,AZT2320 sound pnp (Chirok Han)
Re: Problems with TV card (Udo Wolter)
Re: AGP versus PCI ("Lee Sharp")
Re: Two PC's one modem ? (Tmack)
amptron 3748 motherboard with Linux? ("Sebastien Grenier")
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From: Matt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Two PC's one modem ?
Date: Tue, 01 Jun 1999 15:25:56 +0100
Hi,
How do you connect 2 PC's using one modem without swapping the
connectors out of the PC's. Is there a cost effective way of doing
this without buying a switch ?
ie 2 nine pin connectors to one 9 pin connector would this work ?
Or is there a networking solution to this ie connect from the NT
box and not via Linux or the otherway around.
Setup.. 1 x NT box, 1 x Linux box, 1 x 3com Message modem.
Could someone please email me the solution ?
Many thanks
Matt
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From: David Huff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Epson printer
Date: Tue, 01 Jun 1999 12:34:33 -0500
B Barry wrote:
>
> I have an Epson Stylus Photo 700. I've tested it using an
> ASCII test page and it worked okay. I then tried a test
> using PostScript and now my printer keeps printing blank
> pages after the intial page with garbage on the first line.
> <snip>
Just FYI, Egil Kvaleberg <http://www.kvaleberg.no/> is working on a
Ghostscript driver for several models of the Epson Stylus Photo line of
printers.
Good luck,
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Y Chen)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux,alt.os.linux,alt.linux,comp.os.linux.help
Subject: Re: Jaton Video-87AGP and XWindows
Date: Tue, 01 Jun 1999 14:21:55 -0400
In article <37534594.1174468@news>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jeff Morrow) wrote:
> I've been trying to set up XWindows for a few days now in Red Hat 6.0
> with a Jaton Video-87AGP video card. I've tried all sorts of
> combinations of settings, including other Jaton cards and generic
> settings. Each time I try to run XWindows, I get no screen. Are there
> any curealls or drivers? Thanks.
>
> Jeff Morrow
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
You may try frame buffer server, it should work
with all vesa2.0 compatible card.
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From: Yasuyuki Saito <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: DVD support for RedHat 5.2
Date: 1 Jun 1999 17:38:58 GMT
Hello.
In article <7isf95$[EMAIL PROTECTED]> at comp.os.linux.hardware
"David Kanter" wrote:
$B!B(BBefore I go ahead and start partitioning my hard drive to install RedHat
$B!B(B5.2, I want to be sure that my DVD-ROM is supported by RedHat 5.2. I have a
$B!B(BToshiba DVD-ROM SD-M1202.
$B!B(B
$B!B(BI read the RedHat hardawre compatability list for DVDs, but I'm a little
$B!B(Bconfused. It sounds like the DVD drive will run CD-ROMs, but not DVDs. Is
$B!B(Bthat abbut right? Will I even be able to install the RedHat CD-ROM off the
$B!B(BDVD drive?
I use LF-100J which is DVD-RAM drive (Panasonic). Now, I
can use DVD-RAM as a HDD on ext2 format and UDF format.
Of cause, read-write is OK.
Usually, DVD-RAM is recognized by kernel as CD-ROM drive.
You must apply "scsi patch" to kernel and recompile the kernel
if you use DVD-RAM drive to be desireble work. Then, DVD-RAM
drive will be recognized as SCSI device.
Please see below my Web page.
http://www.jaist.ac.jp/~sight95/linux/dvd-ram/dvd-ram-english.html
I think you must modify the patch, and my Web page
provides useful information for you.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: aWE32 wont work Help please
Date: Tue, 01 Jun 1999 14:47:52 GMT
Kobus Wolvaardt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: I'm a really new newbi , could some one explain what error parsing
: isapnp.conf on or around line 342??
: Please give me a fix (very detailed if you can)
: Or a site i can go to please
: tnx
You will need to send a copy of your isapnp.conf for us to be able to
know what is on line 342.
The best source of info about AWE32 setup that I know of is the
Soundblaster-AWE mini howto:
http://metalab.unc.edu/mdw/HOWTO/mini/Soundblaster-AWE.html
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From: "Roland Mauer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Promise UDMA66 -> can't finde the harddisk
Date: Tue, 1 Jun 1999 19:52:41 +0200
Hi!
I bought a new system with a Promise Ultra ATA66-Controller. Is there a
possibility for the SuSE 6.1 to recognize this controller and my harddisk?
Thanks in advance!
Roland
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From: Marcus Metzler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Mediamarkt Notebook and XWindows problem :-(
Date: 01 Jun 1999 16:52:05 +0200
Dirk Kaspar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Hi,
>
> I have just buyed a Network NBI-300MP Avangarde at Mediamarkt and tried
> to install SuSE Linux 6.1
>
> Configuring the X Server i got some problems.
> I dont know which horizontal or vertical frequence the 14"TFT Display
> has. Also I heard that there are some problems with the ATI Rage LT Pro
> and a TFT Display
>
> does anyone have had the same problem or could help me with this
> problem?
>
> Thanks and Bye
Take a look at http://www.eecs.umich.edu/~steveh/inspiron/ or
http://www.rvs.uni-bielefeld.de/~heiko/linux/fujitsu_notebook.html
Marcus
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From: "North Star" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.comp.hardware.overclocking,alt.os.linux.redhat,comp.sys.intel,intel.microprocessors.pentium_pro,misc.forsale.computers.workstation
Subject: FA: Pentium Pro System - Cheap!!!
Date: Tue, 1 Jun 1999 13:35:59 -0500
Reply-To: "North Star" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
on eBay...
http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=109785452
Loaded System... Current high bid $177.50 no reserve...
Auction ends 6/2/99 21:57:29 PDT
I can't believe this is only bidding at $177.50!?!?!
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From: Peter Tamayo, Jr. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: ATI Rage Fury
Date: 1 Jun 1999 19:31:13 GMT
Earle,
I also have an Ati Rage Fury 128mg. I have done extensive searches on the
Net and the ATI site, according to ATI they do not support it yet.
Unlike PCI video cards, AGP cards require custom driver programming of
internal CHIP API interfaces.
If you find another solution let me know. You may also want to check with
Xmetro and several of the other acellerated X Windows system from the
redhat.com site.
Thanks,
Pete
>
> I cannot get X windows to work with my ATI Rage Fury 32Meg video card.
> Can somebody email me detailed instructions on how to set this up?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Squire
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From: Henrik Carlqvist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: hauppauge wintv pci
Date: Mon, 31 May 1999 19:57:26 +0200
Dieter Franzke wrote:
> my wintv pci card is running well under win98.
> Under Linux suse 6.1 Kernel 2.5 the card won�t run.
> Neither xtvscreen nor kwintv work!
Did you get some kind of error message?
> All packages are installed but nothing happened!
Did you load the bttv modules?
Maybe you will have better luck with xawtv which you will find at
http://www.cs.tu-berlin.de/~kraxel/linux/index.html#xawtv
regards Henrik
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From: Henrik Carlqvist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: help! Can't find which video card i have.
Date: Mon, 31 May 1999 19:58:38 +0200
jerseyboyz wrote:
> I think i need to enter my video card into linux, but i can't find
> the make and serial number.
Try to run the program SuperProbe.
regards Henrik
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From: Henrik Carlqvist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: please help me ! ~~~~
Date: Mon, 31 May 1999 20:10:21 +0200
"������" wrote:
> I suppose that my modem is not winmodem. Because my modem is operate
> on the dos.
Are you really running real dos with no windows in the background? Did
the modem come with any floppies? What kind of files were on those
floppies?
> But my modem is not recognize in the LINUX.
Real internal modems should be recognized as serial ports. Does any
serial port at all get recognized? Does the modem have jumpers to set
com-port and irq?
regards Henrik
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Michael Perry)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Cloning a Linux box
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Thu, 27 May 1999 14:31:31 -0700
On Sat, 22 May 1999 23:57:32 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I read a post in comp.os.linux.networking about using Ghost to clone an
>ext.2 disk to a DOS partition on a second disk. My copy of Ghost doesn't
>see my non-DOS partitions. Does anyone know how this is done?
>
>Joe
>
Hi-
We are using the version of ghost (perhaps 5.0h?) which is on symantec's
website and have cloned drives with no problems. You may want to download
the latest version and see if that helps.
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From: John Burton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: IDE RAID - Promise Fasttrak ?
Date: Tue, 01 Jun 1999 15:48:23 GMT
Paul Gregg wrote:
>
> To summarise what I think I've learned from this thread:
>
> Build the box with 2 x Promise Ultra-33 cards and perform software RAID
> (vinum in FreeBSD) or (md in Linux).
>
> Sounds good to me :-) Just going to find a case now that will hold 8 ATA
> drives plus CD plus floopy ;)
Ummm...has anybody looked at the RAIDZONE product
(http://www.raidzone.com) which promises to do IDE raid and can handle
hot swapping, etc? Support under linux is in the Beta stage with full
support supposed to be available within the next month... I'm interested
in buy one, but would like to hear what others have to say...
John
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From: "Peter Christy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Slow drive
Date: Tue, 1 Jun 1999 20:08:32 +0100
Andr� Malafaya Baptista wrote in message <7j0hj2$il9$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
<The drive reporting 0k of cache is normal as this is not standardized and
several disk manufacturers don't implement this.>
Aha! That answers one question! Thanks!
<Have you compiled you own kernel? With the CMD640 buggy chipset support
enabled?>
Yes and yes!
Actually, I'm starting to get somewhere. By using hdparm -c3 -m16 I've
managed to get the transfer speed up to around 2 MB/sec, over ten times
faster! The system is MUCH livelier. It seems that for some reason it is
defaulting to very slow parameters, despite the fact that hdparm -i reports
things correctly.
Next question (remember, I'm a relative newbie to Linux!) where do I place
an hdparm statement so that my chosen parameters are selected automatically
at boot up?
Pete
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From: Anon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: IDE RAID - Promise Fasttrak ?
Date: Tue, 01 Jun 1999 10:27:57 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
The biggest problem I've found using large numbers of IDE disks is that
the cables are too short to reach to farthest disks. I have a full tower
with 9 bays at the top of the case (front and back) and only two 3.5" at
the bottom of the case where the motherboard is. Even with the onboard
IDE, I can't reach to the top of the case with a standard 19" UDMA cable
if more than one drive is attached. I can't reach the bays on the rear
of the case at all.
A basic U2W cable can easily connect to 5 drives in ANY bay. Of course 8
SCSI disks cost roughly 3 times as much as 8 UDMA drives of comparable
performance.
WT
Paul Gregg wrote:
>
> To summarise what I think I've learned from this thread:
>
> Build the box with 2 x Promise Ultra-33 cards and perform software RAID
> (vinum in FreeBSD) or (md in Linux).
>
> Sounds good to me :-) Just going to find a case now that will hold 8 ATA
> drives plus CD plus floopy ;)
>
> Thanks all.
>
> Paul.
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From: Yan Seiner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Parallel Printer Problem
Date: Tue, 01 Jun 1999 15:30:30 -0400
You need to fiddle with tunelp. This looks like a problem with printing
with IRQs. Change to polled, and play with the various timing factors.
Yan
Kurt Heine wrote:
>
> Hello all. I am having a problem with a printer problem. I am running
> Red Hat 5.2 (no updates) and when I print to a parallel printer (lp1)
> the printer prints a few lines, then pauses, prints again, pauses, etc
> until the print job has finished. Now it prints random amounts of lines
> and also pauses for a random amount of time. Has anyone had this
> problem before and if so what caused the same problem. Or can someone
> help me understand what is causing it or how to diagnose the problem
> further. When I print I use the following command :
> l /dev ? /dev/lp1
> My printer is a Star ZA-200 Dot Matrix Printer if that is of any help.
>
> Thanx for any help.
>
> Kurt Heine
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Chirok Han <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: AZT3000,AZT2320 sound pnp
Date: 1 Jun 1999 15:09:22 GMT
I have azt3000 (azt2320 compatible) pnp sound card.
I set PnP to be initialized by the bios, so my linux
(Slackware 4.0, kernel 2.2.6) detects the card.
Currently, the sound card works at SB Pro compatible mode.
But it works only at 8 bit mode. I'm sure that it's
a 16 bit card from the experience with MS windows 98.
Does anybody know how to make it work?
Thank you.
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From: Udo Wolter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Problems with TV card
Date: 01 Jun 1999 18:07:58 +0200
Tino Krist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > What's the problem here ? I really don't know what to do. I tried
> > all tuners in the tuner.o module but none of them worked.
>
> I had the same problem, but no satisfied answer. It started with my new
> grafic card. First it works fine, after inserting my new card, it failed
> the
> way you described. The only way to compensate this was switching to a
> color deep to 8 bit. With 15, 16, 24 and 32 it does not work. But this
> solution is
Nice hint. I'll try this.
> I thougth it depends on the X Server. But I cannot prove this. Its only
No, as long as XFree is the same XFree in FreeBSD & Linux it the X Server
can't be the problem. In FreeBSD I have a terrific picture.
> Or it is bttv. Try a newer one... and please tell me your results!!
I tried the newest I can get. Or is there a higher version than 0.63 ?
Thanx & Bye,
Udo
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From: "Lee Sharp" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: AGP versus PCI
Date: Tue, 01 Jun 1999 15:13:20 GMT
James Stafford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in article
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > Haven't heard anything about NT, yet, but I'll bet that they do
pretty
> > well there, as well.
> I just bought a AGP Banshee and according to the docs NT will not support
> AGP until v5 (as if I care anyway). I think you can use a AGP card in a
PCI
> slot though, the docs say to chose a open AGP or PCI slot to install the
> card in. I could be wrong though.
Ahhh.... No. The slots are different. The reason they say "open AGP
or PCI slot" is that the same documentation is used for both versions. An
AGP card will work fine in NT, and Linux, but the advanced AGP features may
not all be supported.
Lee
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Tmack)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Two PC's one modem ?
Date: 1 Jun 1999 15:22:15 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Matt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hi,
>
>How do you connect 2 PC's using one modem without swapping the
>connectors out of the PC's. Is there a cost effective way of doing
>this without buying a switch ?
>
>ie 2 nine pin connectors to one 9 pin connector would this work ?
>Or is there a networking solution to this ie connect from the NT
>box and not via Linux or the otherway around.
>
>Setup.. 1 x NT box, 1 x Linux box, 1 x 3com Message modem.
>
There are many ways to do it. One way would be to setup a nullmodem
(crossover serial cable) between the two, possibly run a parallel
link and use plip, another would be to put
a netcard in each and run either 10b2 or 10/100bT (crossover).
Simply use ipmasq or ipchains on the linux machine to masq/chain
between the modem and network. Might also want to run a proxy
for stubborn things that dont like masq'd firewalls. You could
use the NT machine as the modem's host, using a proxy. But why
would you do that when you have linux, and it can do so much more?
Tmack
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From: "Sebastien Grenier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: amptron 3748 motherboard with Linux?
Date: Tue, 1 Jun 1999 12:12:29 -0400
Hi,
Do you know if the amptron 3748 motherboard is compatible with Linux
redhat?
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