Linux-Hardware Digest #479, Volume #10 Sun, 13 Jun 99 00:13:34 EDT
Contents:
Re: Courier v.34 Modem (John Connell)
Re: mt ... fsf not working (Andreas Kyek)
biZaRRe: X changes pErmisSiOns of /dev/audio*. ????????? (Igor)
Re: eth1 probes but... (Jacques Abada)
Re: Some USR modems are MS-only, Re: [SURVEY] Who has an internal modemin his
linux box ? (Ray)
Re: Celeron or PII? (Chris Mauritz)
Re: DVD ROM drive (indira)
Analog Devices Soundport? (Eric Wick)
Re: Celeron or PII? ("Jack Coates")
Re: SupraExpress 56i modem driver? ("1stFlight !")
Linux Backup Solution. (Kyle Christensen)
Re: DVD ROM drive (indira)
Re: DVD ROM drive (indira)
cs4232 (Kevin der Kinderen)
Re: Powering off problems (Yasuyuki Saito)
Re: NICs needed badly ("W. Kiernan")
Re: SANE 1.0. start problems HELP needed ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Recommend Components for Hardware Upgrade ("Jack Coates")
zip drive (Zheng Xie)
Re: Linux Backup Solution. ("Robert C. Paulsen, Jr.")
Epson Color 800 Printer/Caldera (Wayne Sweet)
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Date: Fri, 11 Jun 1999 22:53:18 -0400
From: John Connell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Courier v.34 Modem
John Connell wrote:
> I am *very* new to Linux. I have a USR Courier v.34 external modem. I am
> trying to set it up with mucho problems. Please note that this is the first
> real OS I have used. I have been a sole user of
> MSWin up until now. I am using RH6.0 and KDE is my GUI of choice. I have
> copied my ppp files from /usr/doc to /usr/bin and edited appropriately, also
> edited hosts and resolv.conf files. KPPP
> ID's my modem, will query it, dials my ISP tries to log on, quits and
> redials again and again and again..... I just really need a step by step
> procedure, have read the "How-tos and the man pages, but am doing nothing
> but getting more confused . If I use minicom I can get to my ISP's server
> type in my ID and PW then get a NETWORK/LOGIN as KEYWORDS, If I login again
> I get a No CARRIER response. Beats me......
Well, here I am , using Netscape and RH Linux to post my first newsgroup
message! Needless to say, I got the modem working. The last step was to remove
my Init String from the KPPP Modem setup and retype it exactly the same as it
was before.....TADA! It worked, YAHOO!
John
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Date: Mon, 07 Jun 1999 13:30:19 +0200
From: Andreas Kyek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: mt ... fsf not working
Hello Paul,
this sounds as if you are using an "always rewind" device.
I'm not so familiar with the linux device names, but from my experience on
IBM and HP machines I know that there is a rewindable and a non-rewindable
tape device.
So for all but the last write you have to use the non-rewindable device.
That should work.
Andreas
Paul Smicker wrote:
> Hi All--
>
> I'm trying to set up a simple backup dump to an HP Surestore DAT24 DDS3
> drive--the backup script consists of:
>
> mt -f /dev/nst0 rewind
> /usr/sbin/dump 0fu /dev/nst0 /dev/sda7
> /usr/sbin/dump 0fu /dev/nst0 /dev/sda1
> /usr/sbin/dump 0fu /dev/nst0 /dev/sda6
> mt -f /dev/nst0 rewoffl
>
> Everything seems to write ok but no matter whether I issue:
>
> mt -f /dev/nst0 fsf
> mt -f /dev/nst0 fsf 1
> or
> mt -f /dev/nst0 fsf 2
>
> followed by:
>
> restore ivf /dev/nst0
>
> I *always* get sda7's files , never sda1's or sda6's . Even if I issue
> multiple instances of 'mt -f /dev/nst0 fsf' I always get sda7.
>
> Am I doing something wrong? thanks in advance for any ideas...
>
> ------
> Paul Smicker
> Computer Specialist
> WestEd
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Date: Sat, 12 Jun 1999 19:46:35 -0500
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Igor)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: biZaRRe: X changes pErmisSiOns of /dev/audio*. ?????????
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I have a problem. Whenever I start X windows, it changes the owner and
the permissions of /dev/audio*, /dev/dsp*, and /dev/mixer*.
I run redhat 6.0.
Any ideas? I am getting really frustrated. I want to listen to the
freaking sound and not to waste hours messing with this nonsense. Thanks.
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From: Jacques Abada <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: eth1 probes but...
Date: Sun, 13 Jun 1999 01:11:20 +0200
Comes this not from the fact that your two aliases point to the same
name, eg "ne". Try different aliases names and maybe this will work.
RONIN a �crit :
>
> I have two CNet PowerNIC 600E plus cards in my box. Using redhat 5.2 I
> edited my etc/conf.modules to the following:
>
> alias eth0 ne
> alias eth1 ne
> options ne io=0x240,0x340
>
> My cards are in the specified io's, verified with the provided dos setup
> program. The error I get is for the one card (eth1 in 0x240) with the
> following ID: 08 00 08 00 08 00. The message I get when Linux probes this
> card is "invalid signiture 08 00" Anyone have any ideas besides the fact
> that its a cheapo card? Thanks.
>
> --
> What you Think, you Do. What you Do, you Become.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ray)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Some USR modems are MS-only, Re: [SURVEY] Who has an internal modemin
his linux box ?
Date: Sat, 12 Jun 1999 08:57:39 GMT
On Fri, 11 Jun 1999 20:28:17 -0500, 9wands <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>I have a Diamond Supra Express 56i internal in my Linux box and it
>worked fine until I upgraded to RH 6. 6 set up /dev/ttyS2 as crw-------
>with root as owner. Anybody know how to change permissions for a
>character device? Neither hard linking nor symlinking to it seems to
>help.
man chmod
--
Ray
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From: Chris Mauritz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Celeron or PII?
Date: Sun, 13 Jun 1999 01:18:35 GMT
Fraser Hutchinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Given that I have a Celeron 333A, and a ASUS P2BS motherboard, can I overclock
> my CPU, and if so, how?
A "painless" way would be simply to change the bus frequency to 75mhz with
the jumpers on the motherboard. That should work without incident and get
you up to 375mhz.
C
--
Christopher Mauritz
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: indira <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: DVD ROM drive
Date: Sat, 12 Jun 1999 20:24:23 -0500
Yes, I just installed Redhat 6.0 on my Gateway PC which has an ATAPI 32X
DVD-ROM drive. But I have heard that to actually access the DVD drive
from within Linux, you may a have to configure it to make it appear like
a CD-ROM drive. Does anyone have any idea how to configure ?
Thanks,
Indira
Vijay Ramachandran wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I have bought DELL inspiron 7000 laptop with a DVD ROM drive. Can
> I install linux on my system even though I don't have a CD ROM drive.
> That is, will I be use my DVD ROM drive as a CD ROM drive ?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Vijay
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Eric Wick)
Subject: Analog Devices Soundport?
Date: 7 Jun 1999 07:18:05 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hello,
which Kernel is needed to get use of a "Analog Devices Soundport" that will be
Microsoft Soundsystem compatible?
Just want to install a D4/133 with this onboard to my Hifi-Equipment.
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From: "Jack Coates" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Celeron or PII?
Date: Sat, 12 Jun 1999 18:32:08 -0700
Yes.
How:
Open a search engine. I suggest www.google.com. Type in "overclock Celeron
333A ASUS P2BS" without the quotes and hit enter. Read the results.
Fraser Hutchinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Given that I have a Celeron 333A, and a ASUS P2BS motherboard, can I
overclock
>
> my CPU, and if so, how?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Fraser
>
> >
>
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From: "1stFlight !" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: SupraExpress 56i modem driver?
Date: Sat, 12 Jun 1999 09:49:57 -0400
If you're running an ISA version of the card I just got mine going, its a bit
lengthy so if you'd like I can email you or post how I did it here.
Darryl
Rui Soutelino wrote:
> I've got the same problem, but I still believe it will work because when I
> try it in win98 appeared in a window on control panel a message like "to use
> this modem in DOS use the following settings .... " witch were different
> from the settings on win, my question is:
> if it can work in DOS, is it a Winmodem?
> And by the way it has two nice Chips from Rockwell, this means anything?
> If anyone has any clue about it please post it, please.
>
> Rob Clark wrote in message ...
> >In article <7japot$3ie$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> >David Rais <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >>I have problem with instalation of SupraExpress 56i internal pci modem. My
> >>RedHat 5.1 distribution seems not to support it. Could you help me finding
> >>the right driver or give a good advice?
> >
> >It's probably a Windows-only software modem. Please check the table at:
> > http://www.o2.net/~gromitkc/winmodem.html
> >in the Diamond Multimedia section to see if it's listed.
> >
> >Rob Clark, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
--
"Though we are not now that strength which in old days moved earth and heaven,
that which we are, we are; one equal temper of heroic hearts made weak by time
and fate but strong in will to strive, to seek, to find and not to yield"
Tennyson's "Ulysses"
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From: Kyle Christensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Linux Backup Solution.
Date: 13 Jun 1999 01:30:43 GMT
I'm currently looking for a good scsi 10gig+ reasonably priced backup
solution with good support in linux. Can any suggest a drive in particular?
Thanks.
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From: indira <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: DVD ROM drive
Date: Sat, 12 Jun 1999 20:23:27 -0500
Yes, I just installed Redhat 6.0 on my Gateway PC which has an ATAPI 32X
DVD-ROM drive. But I have heard that to actually access the DVD drive
from within Linux, you may a have to configure it to make it appear like
a CD-ROM drive. Does anyone have any idea how to configure ?
Thanks,
Indira
Vijay Ramachandran wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I have bought DELL inspiron 7000 laptop with a DVD ROM drive. Can
> I install linux on my system even though I don't have a CD ROM drive.
> That is, will I be use my DVD ROM drive as a CD ROM drive ?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Vijay
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From: indira <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: DVD ROM drive
Date: Sat, 12 Jun 1999 20:22:54 -0500
Yes, I just installed Redhat 6.0 on my Gateway PC which has an ATAPI 32X
DVD-ROM drive. But I have heard that to actually access the DVD drive
from within Linux, you may a have to configure it to make it appear like
a CD-ROM drive. Does anyone have any idea how to configure ?
Thanks,
Indira
Vijay Ramachandran wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I have bought DELL inspiron 7000 laptop with a DVD ROM drive. Can
> I install linux on my system even though I don't have a CD ROM drive.
> That is, will I be use my DVD ROM drive as a CD ROM drive ?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Vijay
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From: Kevin der Kinderen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: cs4232
Date: Sat, 12 Jun 1999 22:07:12 -0400
Has anyone got the cs4232 sound to work on kernel 2.2.7? I'd love to see
your conf.modules file. sndconfig (RH5.2) finds the card but the
parameters it comes up with are unacceptable to 2.2.7's modules.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Kevin
--
Kevin der Kinderen
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From: Yasuyuki Saito <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.asus
Subject: Re: Powering off problems
Date: 12 Jun 1999 12:26:59 GMT
Hello.
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> at
comp.os.linux.hardware,alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.asus
Stefan Opperskalski wrote:
>>
>> The problem is that Intel-based Dual-Processor motherboards DO NOT
>> IMPLEMENT APM CORRECTLY. At least P2B-D (i've got one too) does not for
>> sure. AFAIK Intel promises to correct the problem, but when ? I don't
>> know...
>
>On Linux 2.0.36 the power off worked well (on ASUS P2B-DS too), but now
>with 2.2.x no power off any more.
>I think the problem is to locate in the kernel and not on the bios.
I think the problem is solved to add an argument
halt -p
in /etc/rc.d/init.d/halt if you use kernel 2.2.x.
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E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yasuyuki Saito
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From: "W. Kiernan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: NICs needed badly
Date: 11 Jun 1999 12:30:49 PDT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Vince wrote:
>
> Hello, I am in desperate need for 10 NICs for my RedHat Linux 5.2
> boxes.
>
> I have read the http://www.redhat.com/hardware page so please don't
> tell me to look there.
> I have had no luck in finding supported NICs for my RedHat Linux
> boxes.
> Please, if someone could point me to a site that has supported NICs I
> would be very very very thankful.
If you'd be satisfied with 10 mbps ISA cards you can get 3C509s from
www.buy.com for less than $30. That's for the fancy shrink-wrapped
package too. They work great in Linux once you disable Plug-n-Play.
Unfortunately they ship with Plug-n-Play enabled, which is a pain in
either Linux or Windows NT. I'm told there is a way to disable
Plug-n-Play from Linux, but I used the supplied 3C5X9CFG.EXE
configuration program from MS-DOS to do that. (Actually there is a
bacth file on the configuration diskette, PNPDSABL.BAT, which calls
3C5X9CFG.EXE with command-line switches to disable PNP.) You also must
use 3C5X9CFG.EXE to set the I/O port and IRQ for this card; it has no
jumpers, alas.
Yours WDK - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.misc,linux.dev.scsi,linux.redhat.misc,linux.scsi,list.linux-activists.scsi
Subject: Re: SANE 1.0. start problems HELP needed
Date: Sun, 13 Jun 1999 02:36:48 GMT
In article <7jun10$20k$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Dirk Demuynck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hi,
>
>Can someone tell me what to do exactly when.SANE is reporting the error
>'SANE_START : invalid argument whentyping the command 'scanimage'
>
>Xscanimage gives the same error ==> failed to start scanner:invalid
>arguments
>
>thanks
>
>
>
Well, I have a umax scanner connected to device /dev/sgc, and I
invoke scanimage like this:
scanimage --device-name=umax:/dev/sgc --resolution 100 \
-l 0 -t 0 -x 50 -y 50 > test.ppm
in order to scan something 0 millimeters from the side (-l) 0 from the
top (-t) 50 mm wide (-x) and 50 mm long (-y) with a resolution of 100 dpi.
I could also create a symbolic link /dev/scanner to /dev/sgc and
dispense with the device name argument. I'd throw in a -mode Grey if
I wanted grayscale (and redirect it to test.pgm) or -mode Lineart for
pure black and white with no shades of gray (test.pbm). Did it come
with man pages? man scanimage, man sane-umax (or sane- whatever type of
scanner you have).
I don't know how you acquired sane but if you downloaded the source
tarball, did a configure, make, make install, under the build directory
tree's tools subdirectory is a useful little program called find-scanner
that you might want to try out.
--
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adaptation of a sig from Cato the Elder regarding the city of Carthage.
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From: "Jack Coates" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Recommend Components for Hardware Upgrade
Date: Sat, 12 Jun 1999 18:42:41 -0700
Most things NT4-compatible will work with Linux.
Motherboards aren't going to make a big difference in my experience -- YMMV,
but I would buy the bottom-of-the-line board from a name-brand manufacturer
like ASUS. Definitely upgrade the RAM, otherwise you won't be taking full
advantage of the motherboard.
I would not buy an Intel CPU unless you intend to overclock -- otherwise buy
an AMD.
Hard disks manufacturer doesn't make much difference -- everyone releases
bad batches from time to time, and the noise you hear on Usenet about
manufacturer X doesn't mean much. Look for fast seek times first, then
buffers.
You don't mention video, which is very important. Look on the hardware
compatibility list for your chosen distribution. For cheap-but-good, I've
had good luck with STB.
Good luck!
Jack
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Hey Guys,
>
> I box I currently have runs NT4, but I going to do a dual boot with
> Linux in the near future. At the same time, I am also planning to
> upgrade components. This box has three different users and is used
> primarily for web research, web authoring and scientific
> research/computation/data entry/report writing. The current setup,
> originally a Micron Millennia MME 200, is as follows:
>
> Intel Pentium 200 MMX
> 96 MB SDRAM
> 6.4GB Maxtor HD
> Floppy Drive
> Pioneer 32X CD-ROM
> Iomega ZIP (ATAPI)
> USR 56K modem (ISA, not winmodem)
>
> What I am thinking about doing is putting in a new MotherBoard (and
> most likely newer & faster RAM), new processor, and extra 4.3GB
> harddrive. The other hardware would continue to be used and not
> upgraded. I have a couple of questions that I would love some
> feedback and recommendations on:
>
> 1) What do you think of ASUS, ABIT, and INTEL motherboards,
> specifically is one brand better than another for LINUX and/or dual
> boot situations? If so, which model motherboard from that brand?
>
> 2) Should I go with a PII 350 MHz or 400 MHz or one of the newer
> Celerons, maybe even a dual Celeron configuration? Also, why should I
> do this?
>
> 3) Lastly, from personal experience, who do you think makes the best
> IDE harddrives? I only ask because I have heard bad things about
> Maxtor and thought I might try something new.
>
> I greatly appreciate your feedback on this. Take care and have a
> great week!!!
>
> -Pearce
>
>
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From: Zheng Xie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: zip drive
Date: Sun, 13 Jun 1999 02:54:04 GMT
Hi, Can I get my zip drive to be read by linux and how?
Thanx.
Sachin
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From: "Robert C. Paulsen, Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux Backup Solution.
Date: Sat, 12 Jun 1999 22:49:28 -0500
Kyle Christensen wrote:
>
> I'm currently looking for a good scsi 10gig+ reasonably priced backup
> solution with good support in linux. Can any suggest a drive in particular?
>
> Thanks.
>
> ------------------ Posted via SearchLinux ------------------
> http://www.searchlinux.com
I use an Aiwa NS20 drive. There are also several other manufacturers
that make NS20 drives.
The tapes hold 10gig uncompressed, 20gig compressed. It is quite fast --
60 MB/min uncompressed 120 MB/min compressed. I average about 80 MB/min.
The drive has built-in hardware compression. It also has a head
arrangement that allows it to read the data as it is written and do data
compares on the fly, eliminating the need for a second pass to verify
the data.
www.firstsource.com has it for $305.48 (internal SCSI)
I believe you can also get NS20 drives in IDE format.
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If my return address contains "ZAP." please remove it. Sorry for the
inconvenience but the unsolicited email is getting out of control.
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From: Wayne Sweet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Epson Color 800 Printer/Caldera
Date: Sat, 12 Jun 1999 20:29:52 -0700
Anyone with Caldera 2.2 able to print with the Epson 800?? All I can do
is root send directly to the device via cat.
Wayne
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