Linux-Hardware Digest #501, Volume #10 Wed, 16 Jun 99 03:13:40 EDT
Contents:
Re: Dual Celerons, is it possible? (Lee Sau Dan ~{@nJX6X~})
Re: lilo.conf, vga=<number>, VESAfb, etc. ("Shamsuddin, Amir (EXCHANGE:MDN05:7E24)")
AudioPCI microphone problems with 2.2.x (Brian Olsen)
Boot from Network Y/N (Phil Griffiths)
Re: newbie:printer drivers (Daniel Naughton)
Re: Setting up the modem (Michael Argy)
Re: Vodoo Banshee ("John Bjorgen")
Serial console - Sys msg, but no login! ("dpc")
Creative Labs Banshee 3D video Card (Pizano)
Re: SB Live driver does SB Live Value? (Bill Crawford)
Savage4 (Ken Arromdee)
Re: Trouble with serial port (james daniels)
Re: Riva Tnt's and x windows... (David Little)
Re: Riva Tnt's and x windows... (Timothy Murphy)
Performance Opinions? Xeon PII vs 2 x PIII (Alex Russell)
Re: Riva Tnt's and x windows... (David Little)
Re: Booting headless? ("dpc")
scsi iomega zip, scsi emul (Ollivier Civiol)
Linux support for printer/scanner/fax? (Richard Myers)
Zoom 14.4ex modem ("Andrew Sackville-West")
Pre-Configured Linux Computers (Dean Pan)
Vga hell (Jamie Labonte)
Re: Please help fine tune X-window display ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Linux Backup Solution. (Greg de Freitas)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Lee Sau Dan ~{@nJX6X~})
Subject: Re: Dual Celerons, is it possible?
Date: 16 Jun 1999 10:15:47 +0800
>>>>> "Tony" == Tony Enriquez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Tony> Are there motherboards that support dual celeron processors?
Tony> Is this even possible?
Dual Slot1 motherboards will do the job. Simply use PPGA Celerons
with Slot1-->Socket370 adaptors. Get a pair of adaptors which are
prewired for dual.
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Lee Sau Dan $(0,X)wAV(B(Big5) ~{@nJX6X~}(HZ)
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From: "Shamsuddin, Amir (EXCHANGE:MDN05:7E24)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.x,comp.windows.x.i386unix,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: lilo.conf, vga=<number>, VESAfb, etc.
Date: Mon, 14 Jun 1999 17:36:31 +0100
"A. Sielaff" wrote:
> HMMM... Why won't LILO recognize 0315 or 789 in lilo.conf, but accept it
> at the prompt? How can I remedy this situation? Any help/input would be
> very much appreciated.
>
I can tell you that it isn't LILO which is propmting you for a new mode,
thats the linux kernel which has recieved a bad mode from lilo. I have no
idea why lilo wont accept vga=789 at the prompt (I know it works for me), but
using 0315 as a lilo option I don't think works, you'd need to try "0x315".
Hope this helps,
Amir Shamsuddin
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> Thanks A Lot,
>
> Alex S.
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From: Brian Olsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: AudioPCI microphone problems with 2.2.x
Date: Wed, 16 Jun 1999 03:52:03 GMT
I've got a machine with an ensoniq audiopci 1370 under redhat 6.0
I've installed the driver for it and can play sounds just fine.
However, after turning on record mode onthe mixer I can't seem
to get any sound out of my microphone.
I have an sblive! card which i load the 2.2.5 modules with no sweat,
blammo and it recorded. Does anyone know what I need to do to get the
audiopci mic to work?
Thanks!
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Phil Griffiths <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Boot from Network Y/N
Date: Wed, 16 Jun 1999 03:22:53 +0100
I have recently obtained an old ISA nic to put into a 486 machine which
I am using as a linux email server. Since installing the card, I get the
message Boot from Network Y/N. Pressing N will allow the machine to boot
normally, however this is incredibly irritating as this machine
monitorless and only powered during office hours.
Using a boot disk bypasses this message however with the machine being a
486 it increases the bootup time enormously.
Could some kind soul please advise me on how to disable this message?
Any help is eagerly awaited.
--
TIA
Phil
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From: Daniel Naughton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: newbie:printer drivers
Date: Tue, 15 Jun 1999 03:14:17 +0000
I good place to check out drivers is on the ghostscipt home page there.
I had good luck getting my Epson Color Stylus 440 with their drivers.
There are many helpful links from people on that site as well:
http://www.cs.wisc.edu/%7Eghost/index.html
Dan
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From: Michael Argy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Setting up the modem
Date: Tue, 15 Jun 1999 22:59:03 -0500
I replaced my Rockwell PCI modem with an ISA modem, one with jumpers to set
the com port and IRQ. This is the solution I came up with after wrestling
with the Rockwell for about a week.
The Rockwell modem will not work with Linux, to my knowledge. (due to the
poor design of the modem, not Linux) Hardware manufacturers have begun to
believe that everyone runs Windoze.
Mike
Crash wrote:
> I have same problem i can not setup mi PCI roskvel 56 modem in Linux !!
> Eny one have a tip or ptogram whic can hrlp me !
>
> Thanks you in future :)
>
> Crash
>
> percy wrote in message <7k1ddj$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> >can you tell me how to setup a PNP modem in linux ?
> >
> >Chris Lachaux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> >news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> >> Not quite true. I use isapnp to setup my PNP modem, works just fine.
> >> I'm pretty sure you can find isapnp at the RedHat site. It came with my
> >> Suse distribution.
> >> Chris
> >
> >
> >
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From: "John Bjorgen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Vodoo Banshee
Date: Tue, 15 Jun 1999 15:22:55 -0400
Try http://glide.xxedgexx.com/3DfxRPMS_vb_glibc.html or
http://developer.soundblaster.com/linux for a X server for the
Banshee chipset
Teresa Catalina Ronconi wrote in message <7k5sjm$op$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>How i configure my Vodoo Banshee to run whit linux and xwindows ??
>
>Im sebastian
>plese back at [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
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From: "dpc" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Serial console - Sys msg, but no login!
Date: Wed, 16 Jun 1999 00:11:06 -0400
OK. Let me calm down for a sec, <g>
I'm trying to set up a serial console. First I'll go over approximately
what I've done so far.
Have a null-modem cable from com2 on NT box to ttyS1(com2, of course) on
linux box.
Enabled serial console support in the kernel and recompiled.
I've got CRT open in NT waiting on com2.
Modified /etc/inittab and added a line for the serial port, i.e.
S1:2345:respawn:/sbin/getty ttyS1 57600 vt100
I have tried many variations of this such as getty -h and DT38400 for the
speed, and agetty, etc. None have worked.
Also found I didn't have a /etc/gettydefs file, so I added the appropriate
lines to that.
I also type Linux console=ttyS1,<SPEED> at the boot prompt... (Could that be
locking up the port so it's not able to open it for a login??) The
suggestion doesn't seem to be the case as even when I don't add anything at
the boot prompt, I still get no login prompt on the serial.
In any case, I usually get the error message INIT: Id "S1" respawning too
fast: disabled for 5 minutes. but other than that, I can't recall any other
one. But if I hit Alt+F9 I believe it is, I see an error message (I think
this is with agetty, pardon me for being vague, I'm losing braincells here)
with the tail end looking like "ioctl Input/Output Error".
Alright, I'm spent - I think that's all the info I can give. If anybody can
give me any pointers here, I will deeply appreciate it. This is driving me
nuts! hehe Thanks again!
dpc
Remove AllYourClothes to reply directly to me.
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From: Pizano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Creative Labs Banshee 3D video Card
Date: 16 Jun 1999 04:30:47 GMT
Hi,
I have a Creative Labs Banshee 3D video Card and I was wondering if there
are any current versions of the X windows system that will support it. I
cannont run X windows with my current card. Any help in configuring X
windows to run with this card is greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance,
Pizano
P.S. I am running Red Hat 5.2 and every thing else works fine.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bill Crawford)
Subject: Re: SB Live driver does SB Live Value?
Date: Wed, 16 Jun 1999 03:51:29 GMT
On Tue, 15 Jun 1999 19:43:24 +0100, "Steve Doney" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>What hacking did you need I have Suse 6.1 (2.2.7) & Sblive value so would be
>interested to know?
>
>Steve
>
>Bill Crawford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
>news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>> Works passably well under SuSE 6.1 (kernel 2.2.7...a little text
>> hacking was necessary, but minor). No MIDI, but everything
>> else is okay...
I got this from someone else, but it worked for me...
>login as root
>download sblive-0.2b.tar.gz to a temp directory and extract it.
>(tar xzvf sblive-0.2b.tar.gz)
>This will create a new directory called 'package' . Change to this directory
>(cd package)
>edit the script named 'install_sblive' so that it looks for your kernel.
>(vi install_sblive)
>Move the cursor to the 5th line where it says V2=2.2.5
>Move your cursor under the '5'
>type (rx [x=the patch level, in your case 7] so type r7)
>save the file and exit
>( :wq! )
>next (and last) rename sblive.0-2.2.5 sblive.o-2.2.7
>(mv sblive.o-2.2.5 sblive.o-2.2.7)
>now run install_sblive
>(./install_sblive)
>it will tell you to reboot. That isn't neccesary unless you add a line to your
>/etc/conf.modules file to force the driver to load under the wrong kernel ( I haven't
>figured out what to add, yet)
>
>anyway, you can do that manually:
>
>unload the soundcore.o module
>(modprobe -r soundcore) --it isn't neccesary, but if you get any errors, your problem
>isn't sblive
>load it again
>(modprobe soundcore)
>load sblive!
>(insmod -f sblive) --this should turn on you sblive. if not, reboot and load the
>modules again
>
>test it: locate a sound file and type:
>( cat [ path to the sound file goes here] > [this is the redirection symbol]
>/dev/audio
>
>another test (requires microphone)
>( dd bs=16k count=10 </dev/audio >test.wav ) --this records 10 seconds of 16 bit
>audio to a wave file
>play it back:
>( cat test.wav > /dev/audio )
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From: Ken Arromdee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Savage4
Date: 16 Jun 1999 04:07:56 GMT
Is anyone working on a driver for this card, at least a 2D one? (I'd imagine
that it'd be too new for a driver to be out already.)
While we're at it, anyone know if the card is any good?
--
Ken Arromdee / [EMAIL PROTECTED] / http://www.rahul.net/arromdee
"I have never seen the inside of the building at Microsoft where the top
executives hang out, but I have this fantasy that in the hallways, at regular
intervals, big red alarm boxes are bolted to the wall. Each contains a large
red button protected by a windowpane. A metal hammer dangles on a chain next
to it. Above is a big sign reading: IN THE EVENT OF A CRASH IN MARKET SHARE,
BREAK GLASS." -- Neal Stephenson
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From: james daniels <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.install,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Trouble with serial port
Date: Tue, 15 Jun 1999 21:00:03 GMT
Andrey Zmievski wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I've successfully installed Redhat 6.0 on my computer, but I'm having a
> bit of trouble with the modem on the serial port.
>
> For some reason, both under Windows and Linux, the internal modem seems
> to be on /dev/ttyS2 (COM3). So I tried setting up a PPP connection, and
> it connects at 28,800 and works, except that the port seems to be going
> at an incredibly slow speed. Ping times to my ISP are 100x slower that
> usual. I've heard that this may happen if something else is using the
> same IRQ as the modem. So I checked the ports using setserial and I got
> that /dev/ttyS0 and /dev/ttyS2 are using IRQ 4, while /dev/ttyS1 and
> /dev/ttyS3 are using IRQ 3. So I thought maybe mouse is interfering
> with the modem, and I did:
>
> setserial -b /dev/ttyS2 irq 3
>
> And connected again and it was still doing the same thing. Any idea on
> how I can go about fixing this? Why is modem reported to be on
> /dev/ttyS2, when the standard for it is COM2?
>
> Thanks for prompt replies,
>
> -Andrey
>
> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> Share what you know. Learn what you don't.
Andrey
Try turning off your COM2 under your BIOS and retry to setting up your
modem on COM2.
Jim
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"Linux is always used here"
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From: David Little <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.comp.periphs.videocards.nvidia,alt.uu.comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Riva Tnt's and x windows...
Date: Wed, 16 Jun 1999 00:58:05 -0400
make that 3.3.3.3
David Little wrote:
>
> either get the xfree86 3.3.x rpms (whatever the latest is) or get RH
> 6.0. the TNT is not compatible out of the box with rh 5.x
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Timothy Murphy)
Crossposted-To:
alt.comp.periphs.videocards.nvidia,alt.uu.comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Riva Tnt's and x windows...
Date: 16 Jun 1999 04:29:58 +0100
"George Holt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>Hi... I'm having problems configuring my nvida riva-tnt (16mb) to work with
>my distribution of Red Hat 5.1 and X windows...
>the card will work fine in text mode and in Windows 98....
I think you probably have to upgrade X.
Easier to go over to RedHat-6.0 --
the X there (SVGA) supports Riva TNT.
--
Timothy Murphy
e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
tel: +353-1-2842366
s-mail: School of Mathematics, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland
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From: Alex Russell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Performance Opinions? Xeon PII vs 2 x PIII
Date: 15 Jun 1999 21:33:46 -0700
Friends,
A little research reveals that cost of a dual pentium III
system is roughly that of a single pentium III Xeon system. For
administrative reasons, these are the only possibilities. Which should
I prefer?
My usage profile: I usually run a number of single-threaded
applications over X; in general, only one of them expresses heavy load
at a time, though, of course there is occasional overlap. Of course X
is always running the background, along with all the other fat in RH6.
A quick glance through some available benchmarks suggests that
the Xeon offers roughly 10% improvement in the above scenario.
Many thanks,
Alex Russell
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From: David Little <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.comp.periphs.videocards.nvidia,alt.uu.comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Riva Tnt's and x windows...
Date: Wed, 16 Jun 1999 00:38:24 -0400
either get the xfree86 3.3.x rpms (whatever the latest is) or get RH
6.0. the TNT is not compatible out of the box with rh 5.x
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From: "dpc" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Booting headless?
Date: Tue, 15 Jun 1999 22:45:30 -0400
Found this on deja while looking for something else. <g>
UltraPenguin 1.1.9 boots and installs headless just fine. It uses kernel
2.2.2 by default.
> I remember an early packaged version of Linux - don't recall if it was RH
or
> Slakware that provided an option to configure the install for a headless
> server. Ring anyone's bell?
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From: Ollivier Civiol <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: scsi iomega zip, scsi emul
Date: Wed, 16 Jun 1999 01:32:39 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi,
My zip drive is seen by linux (seen in dmesg)
scsi1: Iomega VPIO (ppa) interface
how can I mount that drive ?
Also, the SCSI emulation for IDE ATAPI devices is mounted (scsi0)
but programs like cdrecord or xcdroast don't see the CDRW :-(
thanks
--
Best Regards,
Ollivier Civiol
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Richard Myers)
Subject: Linux support for printer/scanner/fax?
Date: 15 Jun 1999 23:43:59 GMT
Is there a good-quality printer/scanner/fax combination system
available for around $600-$1200??? Prefer wide-format, but
can live with 8.5 inch if wide format not available.
best wishes,
richard myers
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From: "Andrew Sackville-West" <andrews@NO SPAMbedrockdc.com>
Subject: Zoom 14.4ex modem
Date: Tue, 15 Jun 1999 23:56:30 -0400
Well, having discovered that my lovely v.90 PCI bus modem is, in fact, not a
modem, I scavenged and old Zoom Telephonics 14.4 EX modem from work. Now I
find that is has the RPI+ configuration from Rockwell, and that this too,
may not work with Linux. I have poked around and not found any definitive
information on how to test and/or use this modem in Linux. Any help is
appreciated.
Andrew
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From: Dean Pan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Pre-Configured Linux Computers
Date: Wed, 16 Jun 1999 05:35:43 GMT
Hi! I am thinking of getting a pre-configured Linux Computer to
save some time for writing the code. I have looked the following
vendors, and found that they all have very good deals.
Any commend, experience, or feedback from dealing with them?
http://www.gatoronline.com/linux.html
http://www.allboot.com/
http://www.tcu-inc.com/sub500net.html
http://www.thelinuxstore.com/
http://www.qlitech.net/
Thanks!
Dean
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jamie Labonte)
Subject: Vga hell
Date: 16 Jun 1999 05:32:59 GMT
I can only run at 640 by 480 but that SHOULD be okay cause it's supported
by the very first selection of monitors in redhat 6.0. The only thing is
that when I run Xwindows, the desktop is humungous. How do I get the
desktop to simply the same size as the screen? I tried to use windows
manager but it didn't do a thing... How do I edit the Xfree86.conf
file?(If that's the real name of it?)
"The secret to flying is knowing how to throw yourself at the ground and
miss"- Arthur Dent
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Please help fine tune X-window display
Date: Mon, 14 Jun 1999 11:19:32 -0400
I think you need to make sure that the "Virtual" entry in your XF86Config file
is set to the same as your screen resolution. The Virtual entry defines the
'virtual desktop' which can be larger than your viewable area. Setting it equal
to your maximum screen resolution (mode) should help.
Dave
John Zbesko wrote:
> I have a Gateway 19" vx900 monitor and STB Velocity 128 video card. I can't
> seem to xconf a desktop that is sized to just fit the screen. Switching to
> higher resolutions helps, but I still have to move the cursor to the edge to
> see the edges of the desktop. The HOWTO's are very technical and I can't
> seem to find what I need. Please help.
>
> John Zbesko
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From: Greg de Freitas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Linux Backup Solution.
Date: Mon, 14 Jun 1999 15:20:03 GMT
Marc Mutz wrote:
>
> 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?
> >
> Go with a cheap (e.g. used) DDS-2 DAT. Maybe even DDS-1 suffices,
> because you don't need to save static data (e.g. /usr) and the rest
> should fit in 4-8G.
> DAT has the great advantage of protability and widespread use.
>
> Marc
[AFAIK] Minimum = DDS3 (DDS2=2~8Gb, DDS=1.3~2Gb) for 10 Gb+ (he did say '+' :-)
TEMPORARILY...
If you need to save everything in order to 'experiment',I'd suggest a 10+Gb Hard
Disk Drive (!) in the interim;
o Cheap these days, buy two!.
o On-line access to backed-up data!.
o Fast backup!.
o Use some of it for swap!
o Set the root f/s up in lilo.conf, = emergency boot!
(only need to change
/backupdisk-mnt-pnt/etc/fstab afterwards)!
o Bootable backup is better than _NO_ backup!
--
Ciao 4 now, Greg.
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