Linux-Hardware Digest #503, Volume #10 Wed, 16 Jun 99 12:13:31 EDT
Contents:
Re: Vga hell ("Shamsuddin, Amir (EXCHANGE:MDN05:7E24)")
Re: ASUS V3800 TNT2 with linux ("Spengy")
Epson Stylus Color 300
Re: Riva Tnt's and x windows... ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Music CD ("Anders Gulden Olstad")
vodoo3 3000 ("Kyle Hittle")
more voodoo3 3000 ("Kyle Hittle")
Re: AMD53CF94 (CMD 6520) SCSI adapter driver for Linux?? (filippo sartori)
Strang sound problem! (Wang Meng)
2 GB JAZ ("Jens (ein HSS-Fan)")
Problem with AVM B1 card and linux 2.2 (Fernando Perez Mate)
Re: Is Linux capable of clustering ??? (Brian McCullough)
Re: Adding a second SCSI adapter ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Repartition EXT2 without data loss? (Geoff Short)
Kyocera Laserprinter installation (Bernd Mueller)
Re: Compaq ProSignia and ProLiant ("Tony Platt")
Re: Vodoo Banshee ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Vodoo Banshee ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Vodoo Banshee ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Printer prints an extra blank page ?!! (Jamie Allen)
ISDN router - any advice, please ?! (Jamie Allen)
What's this monitor? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
How to config SiS 6215C video card for XFree86? ("Harry Li")
Re: Is Linux capable of clustering ??? (Ton Nijkes)
Re: Linux Backup Solution. (killbill)
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From: "Shamsuddin, Amir (EXCHANGE:MDN05:7E24)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Vga hell
Date: Wed, 16 Jun 1999 11:15:20 +0100
Jamie Labonte wrote:
> manager but it didn't do a thing... How do I edit the Xfree86.conf
> file?(If that's the real name of it?)
>
Use a text editor to edit "/etc/X11/XF86Config"
There is a line with the word "Virtual" which specifies your virtual
resolution, change this to 640 by 480 and that should fix it. Oh yeah, you
need to fix this line in the section for the Xserver you're using, possibly
the "Vga" or maybe the "Svga" bits. (Just change all such occurences to be
safe)
Also the above location of the file may or may not be the actual file, on
some systems it is a pointer to the file somewhere else, but the point I'm
getting at is that I don't know for RedHat6.0
Hope this helps,
Amir Shamsuddin
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From: "Spengy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: ASUS V3800 TNT2 with linux
Date: Tue, 15 Jun 1999 20:16:37 +0200
Peter a �crit dans le message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
[...]
>It's an awsome card, video I/O,
[...]
While on the subject, does anyone know if it is possible to use the video
input
with, say, Video4Linux ? (BTW, what kind of chip is it anyway ?)
Jean.
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From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Epson Stylus Color 300
Date: 15 Jun 1999 18:30:48 GMT
Hi,
i search for a printfilter for a Epson Stylus Color 300 who enables
printing with 720x720 dpi and use not the cgy-colors for mixing black.
Sorry about my english.
thanks
Markus
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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 07:08:49 -0400
"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....
Get Xfree86 version 3.3.3.1. That will support it. Also, if you wish,
after getting that, go to nvidia's site and download their X server. I
hear it's faster.
Jimmy
reply to jimmy at linuxstart dot com
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From: "Anders Gulden Olstad" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Music CD
Date: Wed, 16 Jun 1999 13:56:34 +0200
Len Maziarski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I've been trying to mount an Audio CD. I have it mounted for data
> retrevival using:
> mount -t iso9660 /dev/hdc /mnt/cdrom
> But when I try to listen to a music CD, I get an error message. What am I
> missing?
You are missing the fact that an audio cd doesn't have any filesystem.
Just a stream of data. You can only mount media with filesystems, supported
by the Linux kernel.
Just start a cd audio application, like "cdp" or "xplaycd" (in X) to listen to
the music cd.
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From: "Kyle Hittle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: vodoo3 3000
Date: Wed, 16 Jun 1999 16:30:08 -0400
any known support for this new 3dfx card?
also how do i add support for a realtek 10/100 pci nic?
thanx
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From: "Kyle Hittle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: more voodoo3 3000
Date: Wed, 16 Jun 1999 16:31:36 -0400
i am using rh 5.2
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From: filippo sartori <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: AMD53CF94 (CMD 6520) SCSI adapter driver for Linux??
Date: Wed, 16 Jun 1999 12:56:43 +0100
filippo sartori wrote:
> Help!
> Any pointer to how to support this SCSI adapter under linux?
>
> Regards
>
> Filippo Sartori
> Pls mail me also.
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From: Wang Meng <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Strang sound problem!
Date: Wed, 16 Jun 1999 15:06:59 +0200
Computer: Digital Hinote VP765
OS : Redhat Linux 6.0
Kernel : 2.2.5-15
Sound : cs4232
Symptom :
I think I have configured my sound card well. But after starting Linux,
logging on and trying to test the sound, it doesn't work. And there are
some items of the same message:
Sound: DMA (input) times out - IRQ/DRQ config error?
However, if I stop the sound modules by "rmmod" and restart them by
"modprobe sound", or just run the redhat's "sndconfig" without changing
any parameters again, the sound works well!
Help : Can anyone give me any idea on it? Thanks a lot.
Best regards,
Meng
PS: below is the stuff of my /etc/conf.modules
#=========================================================
alias sound cs4232
pre-install sound insmod sound dmabuf=1
alias midi opl3
options opl3 io=0x388
options cs4232 io=0x530 irq=5 dma=1 dma2=3 mpuio=0x330 mpuirq=9 \
synthirq=-1 synthio=-1
#=========================================================
I am using the same parameters as in Windows. I installed the two OSs on
my laptop.
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From: "Jens (ein HSS-Fan)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: 2 GB JAZ
Date: Wed, 16 Jun 1999 15:08:51 +0200
Hi,
We are using Linux + a internal 2 GB JAZ drive.
The truth of the matter is we use each new disk for only one time: we can
read/write on it when it is new; due to the filesystem of linux, we have to
re-format the disks. After having formatted, all disks schow up with "read
errors".
We tried several tools to check out where the error stems from: all tools
resulted as follows: sense key -- medium error
Any-one who can help..?
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From: Fernando Perez Mate <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Problem with AVM B1 card and linux 2.2
Date: Wed, 16 Jun 1999 08:21:52 +0000
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From: Brian McCullough <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.sources.kernel
Subject: Re: Is Linux capable of clustering ???
Date: Wed, 16 Jun 1999 07:58:51 -0500
Tom Frank wrote:
> (..) I would like to know if
> it is possible to make a Cluster configuration as an fail-over
> with Linux as with other Unix-variants and NT.
>
> In a real workable Cluster-configuration (in my opinon) are following
> nessessary:
> Heartbeat network
> Shareable disc-arrays among server-cluster
> Resource-handling on disc
> Cluster-package (application) fail-over facilities to move a
> from one cluster-server to an other. application
> Virtual TCP/IP configuration.
In other words you are saying;
"Is there a free linux clone of the VERITAS cluster server?"
http://www.veritas.com/products/csrv/
As far as I know there is not one yet.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Adding a second SCSI adapter
Date: 16 Jun 1999 09:03:28 GMT
David C <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: Yes. At this point (after I figured out the rc.modules script) I'm
: asking mostly out of curiosity.
: The RedHat installer got my 2940 card set up without requiring anything
: in the rc.d directory, so I would expect to be able to do the same
: thing, but the one attempt I made (adding a new "alias scsi_hostadapter"
: line to /etc/conf.modules) didn't do any good. Adding a line to
: /etc/conf.modules with some other alias didn't seem to work either. I
: just don't understand why, and not knowing bothers me.
The problem is with the method Linux lets you access the SCSI devices. All
known SCSI devices are mapped one after the other to the relevant devices,
hard disks to /dev/sd*, cdroms to /dev/scd* and/or /dev/sr*, generic
ones to /dev/sg*. With this method, Linux can only insert the SCSI modules
automatically, when there isn't already a SCSI modules installed, this is
why your 2940 works. Further SCSI adapters can't be configured automatically
by the kernel, because it can't determine if the device which you want to use
is on the already installed one or on another one. If Linux had a scheme
like some other Unices, like having /dev/scsi/0/0/0/1 for the first partition
on the first device on the first channel on the first adapter would allow
to configure it this way:
alias scsi0 sym53c8xx
alias scsi1 aha1542
and to get the modules properly inserted with kmod by simply using the device.
: I know about the mkinitrd function for making the initial ramdisk
: image. But it only adds modules that are aliassed as scsi_hostadapter
: in /etc/conf.modules (or so the man page claims), so I don't think it
: will work if simply adding the line to /etc/conf.modules didn't work.
: (Althought I haven't tried that approach yet.)
You could simply tweak mkinitrd to use all modules which are aliased to
'scsi*' if you insist on it.
Bye,
Nils
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Geoff Short)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Repartition EXT2 without data loss?
Date: 16 Jun 1999 14:02:43 GMT
Joe Robertson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
: Greets.. I am running a server with a moderate amount of users.. we have
: installed disk quotas, but unfortunately we have put everything on 1
: partition. That means that any user who is over his/her quota, once
: expired, will not be able to receive any more e-mail, because the quota
: affects the mailbox size as well.
: Therefore, I would like to reduce this filesystem by about 1GB, and move
: /var to a new filesystem, without quotas. Is this possible, and how? I've
: fooled around in fdisk, but I'm afraid to do anything.. there's no
: clear-cut path on this issue(as far as fdisk mans go).
Don't even think about mucking about with a partition which has all your
users' files on it. Do it properly: bring the machine down, repartition
as you want it, then restore from the backups.
If you don't backup your user data then now is the time to start ...
Geoff
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From: Bernd Mueller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Kyocera Laserprinter installation
Date: Wed, 16 Jun 1999 15:25:27 +0200
hi,
has anybody installed the laser printer
FS-800 from Kyocera using the KPDL-module.
There are some driver-files .ppd but no doc
what to do.
Thanks in advance,
Bernd
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From: "Tony Platt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Compaq ProSignia and ProLiant
Date: Thu, 17 Jun 1999 00:10:52 +1000
>Sounds interesting...How about the integrated NetFlex Card?
The Netflex card isn't supported if it is before a netflex 3
>Would you like to help me out with a few hints? I've installed a
>separate SCSI-card to use for the CD. I will settle for RH5.2. In what
>way do I help the installation (parameters, modules) to detect the RAID
>under EIDE?? (and the net-card if possible...)
You will have to install redhat onto a scsi drive (single) first then
recompile the Kernel with the raid support & drivers.
Then move everything across to the raid.
this is if you use 5.2
If you use 6.0 apparently it just installs straight to the raid !!!
I can send you an email of how to do it if you like???
Please email me if you want the instructions
Tony Platt
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Vodoo Banshee
Date: Wed, 16 Jun 1999 12:55:03 GMT
Try reading:
http://glide.xxedgexx.com/3DfxRPMS_vb_glibc.html
In article <7k5sjm$op$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Teresa Catalina Ronconi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> How i configure my Vodoo Banshee to run whit
linux and xwindows ??
>
> Im sebastian
> plese back at [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Vodoo Banshee
Date: Wed, 16 Jun 1999 12:55:04 GMT
Try reading:
http://glide.xxedgexx.com/3DfxRPMS_vb_glibc.html
In article <7k5sjm$op$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Teresa Catalina Ronconi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> How i configure my Vodoo Banshee to run whit
linux and xwindows ??
>
> Im sebastian
> plese back at [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Vodoo Banshee
Date: Wed, 16 Jun 1999 12:58:06 GMT
Try reading:
http://glide.xxedgexx.com/3DfxRPMS_vb_glibc.html
In article <7k5sjm$op$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Teresa Catalina Ronconi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> How i configure my Vodoo Banshee to run whit linux and xwindows ??
>
> Im sebastian
> plese back at [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
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From: Jamie Allen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Printer prints an extra blank page ?!!
Date: Wed, 16 Jun 1999 15:17:51 GMT
Hiya
I'm sharing a HPLJ 4 and a colour inkjet, connected to a linux box, to a
win 98 machine, using samba and apsfilter. Whenever I print a document,
to either printer, it dishes out one bonus blank sheet at the end of
*every* job. I'm sure this is one of those dumb questions... but I just
can't work out how to stop it doing it :) Help ?!
Cheers
Jamie.
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From: Jamie Allen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: ISDN router - any advice, please ?!
Date: Wed, 16 Jun 1999 15:17:52 GMT
Greetings
We have a small LAN here of Win 95 machines, with an ISDN router on the
network. The router is set as the default gateway on the windows
machines, and this works easily and effectively.
I have now installed linux on one of the machines, and would like it to
access the internet in a similar way.
Is there a howto for configuring a network in this way ? Has anyone done
it, and know the pitfalls ? How do I set up the rooting, and is there
any danger of the linux machine demanding a dial-up every couple of
minutes during the night ?! And is there any smart software that might
be able to tell me whether the router is online or not ???
Any help or advice with this would be greatly appreciated !
Thank you.
Cheers
Jamie.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x
Subject: What's this monitor?
Date: Wed, 16 Jun 1999 14:13:44 GMT
Hi, I have a second-hand monitor installed on my PII350 box. The
monitor doesn't have a manual with it now as I got it from a friend who
got it from another friend... The label on the monitor is "Micron".
Win95 recognizes it as "Mag Computronic Colorview/15". What's its name
in the XFree86 Monitor List? Thank you!
Di Yu
6.16
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From: "Harry Li" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: How to config SiS 6215C video card for XFree86?
Date: Wed, 16 Jun 1999 11:07:04 -0400
As Title, thanks!
Harry Li
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Crossposted-To: linux.sources.kernel
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ton Nijkes)
Subject: Re: Is Linux capable of clustering ???
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Wed, 16 Jun 1999 15:51:29 GMT
On Wed, 16 Jun 1999 07:58:51 -0500, Brian McCullough wrote:
> Tom Frank wrote:
> > (..) I would like to know if
> > it is possible to make a Cluster configuration as an fail-over
> > with Linux as with other Unix-variants and NT.
> >
> > In a real workable Cluster-configuration (in my opinon) are following
> > nessessary:
> > Heartbeat network
> > Shareable disc-arrays among server-cluster
> > Resource-handling on disc
> > Cluster-package (application) fail-over facilities to move a
> > from one cluster-server to an other. application
> > Virtual TCP/IP configuration.
>
> In other words you are saying;
> "Is there a free linux clone of the VERITAS cluster server?"
> http://www.veritas.com/products/csrv/
> As far as I know there is not one yet.
Check out the High-Availability Linux Project at
http://www.henge.com/~alanr/ha/
It also has some links to commercial products. The one called RSF-1 seems
to fit the bill...
Greetings,
Ton.
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From: killbill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux Backup Solution.
Date: Wed, 16 Jun 1999 14:26:35 GMT
In article <7k66pl$7am$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Matthias Kilian) wrote:
> David C ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> > In terms of software, I make all my backups using tar. I insert a
tape
> > of sufficient length and issue the command:
> >
> > tar cMpPf /dev/nst0 --checkpoint /
>
> Did you ever try a restore of a multivolume backup made with GNU tar?
It seems
> to be difficult synchronizing at EOT when you're restoring from
> DDS2 with hardware compression enabled. This also applies to other
software
> that is able to do multivolume backups.
>
> Another problem is that GNU tar is buggy wrt handling of sparse files
(option
> 'S').
I'll second your problem and raise you a problem...
I don't understand why the multi-volume option and the compress option
are mutually exclusive...
As a response to that problem, I wrote a GPL package called backburner
(see www.freshmeat.net) that will chop up, fixate, and recombine
streams. It is a pretty simple collection of Perl scripts, that could
be easily tweaked to allow you to safely do the multivolume thing, with
the added flexibility of allowing your CPU do the compression (if you
wish). It was written mainly to do backups to CDRW drives, but it is
flexible enough to handle any removable media or network connection, and
could be easily adapted for a tape drive.
Of course, a fixed tar would be a better solution, but I did not do
that, as it still would not help me back up to my CDRW (which is what
started me down this whole path to begin with).
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