Linux-Hardware Digest #505, Volume #10 Wed, 16 Jun 99 16:13:45 EDT
Contents:
Re: Lockups using BladeEnc... ("Jeff Volckaert")
Re: Setting up the modem ("Crash")
ATAPI ZIP (John Connell)
Re: Is sound blaster live value incompatible with linux? ("jeff")
Linux printer recommendations? (James T Mourra)
Re: 2 GB JAZ (Alex Yung)
Promise Drive Max (Don McKeown)
Re: Diamond Multimedia SupraExpress 56e ("Rui Soutelino")
Re: Kensington "Expert Mouse 5.0" w/ Linux (Andy Loening)
Re: modems (Andrew Sackville-West)
k6-3 400 mhz + asus mb + 64 mb pc-100 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Best sound card for use w/ Linux? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Printer prints an extra blank page ?!! (killbill)
Re: Is it possible for a brand new 4.3 GB SCSI-3 to be sold at US$40 ? (Kent Perrier)
Re: AXEL SN2000 network adapter. Is it compatible?
Re: Linux on Sparc 10? (Kent Perrier)
Re: Is it possible for a brand new 4.3 GB SCSI-3 to be sold at US$40 ? (David Casey)
Re: Genius 56K modem + Redhat 6.0 doesn't work ! (Jim Chisholm)
Re: Riva Tnt's and x windows... (Chris Williams)
Help with RedHat 5.2 initrd.img file (Leslie Smith)
Help! Identify this board. (Woody Woodworth)
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From: "Jeff Volckaert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Lockups using BladeEnc...
Date: Wed, 16 Jun 1999 08:07:38 -0400
Well, it turned out to be bad ram. I knew I had a serious problem when I
couldn't compile the new 2.2.10 kernel. After doing some swapping and
testing my ram in another machine I found a bad one.
Thanks to all who replied for the good advice.
Jeff Volckaert
Jeff Volckaert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:...
> I use ripenc, cdparanoia, xmcd, and bladeenc. The only step which is a
> problem is encoding. I tried a different encoder (encode 1.0) and still
had
> the same problem so it's not limited to bladeenc.
>
> Jeff Volckaert
>
> Brett Neely <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > I can only guess what you are attempting: reading a CD and encoding it
> > directly to MP3.
> >
> > If this is incorrect, ignore the rest of this message.
> >
> > Otherwise, you can have a lot of problems by attempting to convert
> > directly from CD to MP3. You will get the best (in terms of quality and
> > errorless operation) results by ripping from audio CD first into WAV or
> > similar "raw" format, and converting that data to MP3. The reason is
> > that MP3 encoding is CPU intensive, and you may experience buffer
> > problems when attempting to do it direct from CD.
> >
> > Jeff Volckaert wrote:
> > >
> > > Hello Everybody,
> > >
> > > I posted a few days ago about a problem with during CD ripping. Well,
I
> > > narrowed the problem down to BladeEnc. I get "Unable to handle kernel
> > > paging request at virtual address" error on the first track BladeEnc
> trys to
> > > encode. I also get "Call Trace", "process Kswapd", "kernel Panic
VFS",
> &
> > > LRU block list corrupted" messages among other things. If the machine
> > > didn't hard lock I would cut and the paste the entire thing.
> > >
> > > This is running on a P120, 32mg ram, Matrox Mystique 2mg, Sound
Blaster
> 16,
> > > 4X Eide CDrom, Adaptec 1502e (with microtek scanner), and 6.4G Quantum
> > > bigfoot.
> > >
> > > Any help is appreciated.
> > >
> > > TIA,
> > > Jeff Volckaert
> >
> > --
> > Brett Neely, Technical Support Engineer, Linuxcare, Inc.
> > 415.354.4878 x269 tel, 415.701.7457 fax
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.linuxcare.com
> > Linuxcare. At the center of Linux.
>
>
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From: "Crash" <[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 22:11:13 +0200
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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Date: Wed, 16 Jun 1999 09:22:54 -0400
From: John Connell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: ATAPI ZIP
Could someone either tell me or point me in the right direction on how to use my
ATAPI Zip drive with RedHat 6.0? Thanks!
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From: "jeff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Is sound blaster live value incompatible with linux?
Date: Thu, 17 Jun 1999 00:16:38 +0800
Thanks a lot!!!!
Jeff
Aaron and Hifumi ���g��峹 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>Works fine on my computer. Did you actually go to creative to look for a
>driver before you posted here? I think not. But, I'll do the legwork for
>you this time.
>
>http://developer.soundblaster.com/linux/
>
>Enjoy.
>
>Aaron
>
>jeff wrote:
>
>> Dear all,
>>
>> I cannot make my sound blaster live! value work.
>> Is it incompatible with my redhat 5.2?
>> Is Creative labs has drivers for this card?
>> and how can I get my sound card work?
>>
>> many many thanks!!!
>>
>> Jeff
>
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From: James T Mourra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Linux printer recommendations?
Date: Wed, 16 Jun 1999 10:51:27 -0400
I need a fast, functional, and cheap laser that will work under linux. I
was looking into a $280 Xerox P8, but i cant tell if it is only a windows
compatible. Please help. Any other printer recommendations would be
helpful. (Please reply to my email, since I can never get to the good
responses in time) Thanks,
James Mourra
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
<or>
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Alex Yung)
Subject: Re: 2 GB JAZ
Date: 16 Jun 1999 14:49:46 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Jens (ein HSS-Fan) ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
: 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 show 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
I have 3 cartridges which are formatted as ext2fs. One failed
after a while (same error message as your). I went to their home
page http://www.iomega.com/ and filled out the return merchandise
authorization form online. I sent in the bad disk and they sent me
another one 10 days later.
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From: Don McKeown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Promise Drive Max
Date: Wed, 16 Jun 1999 10:59:04 -0400
Has anyone had any positive or negative experiences with using a Promise
Drive Max card in order to upgrade their bios to install a large HD? I
have a 486-25 PC into which I'm considering using the Promise card w/ a
2.5 gig EIDE drive, onto which I'd like to install Linux (distribution
undecided).
Thanks in advance,
Don
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From: "Rui Soutelino" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Diamond Multimedia SupraExpress 56e
Date: Wed, 16 Jun 1999 18:10:07 +0100
Yes, it's suposed to work (I hope), I just send my Supra Express 56i PRO
pci back and ordered the 56e, because a lot of peaple said that it will
work
By the way the pci version is a Winmodem. JUST NEVER GET ONE!
David Bell wrote in message
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>Does the SupraExpress work with linux? If so, how well? If not, are there
any
>inexpensive and fast alternatives?
>
>-------------------------
>David Bell
>
>Please don't email me just reply on the board.
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From: Andy Loening <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Kensington "Expert Mouse 5.0" w/ Linux
Date: 16 Jun 1999 18:30:48 GMT
For all those with kensington expert mouse woes:
I have one of these babies. It has a serial plug and then a serial to ps/2
converter which I use to plug it into the ps/2 mouse port.
Try running mouseconfig and setting it to Kensington Thinking Mouse
(ps/2). After I did this, I got the desired three button behavior
(although I still don't know how to make the fourth button useful).
Later,
Andy
Zane AE wrote:
> So I have this trackball, called the "Expert Mouse 5.0" made by
> Kensington. I really like it, except for the fact that I can't get any
of
> the 4 buttons to act like a middle button. I can't even get pressing two
> buttons at once to work. I've tried emulate 3 button, and generic 3
> button, and (on the off chance they were related to each other)
Kensington
> Thinking Mouse. It behaves the same way no matter what. Has anyone else
> had any luck getting the other buttons to work? I've looked around on
the
> web for a driver specific to this trackball and haven't found any.
> Kensington seems not to know that Unix of any flavor exists. Any ideas?
> Zane AE
>
>
==============================================================================
> Zane A. Crawford (AE) __o zane at ugcs dot caltech dot edu
> home : 831.457.0318 _`\<,_
http://www.ugcs.caltech.edu/~zane/
> work : 831.427.7842 (*)/ (*) "If we don't change direction
soon,
> BS, E&AS, Caltech 1998 we'll end up where we're going."
> finger me for my PGP key
>
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From: Andrew Sackville-West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: modems
Date: Wed, 16 Jun 1999 13:43:24 -0400
Andrew Comech wrote:
>
> >Acer America fm56-itu/2 56k isa v90 voice dual standard
> >ActionTec deskvo0ce 56k isa v90
>
> The first one is definitely OK (I am using it now).
> I believe it is avaliable at http://www.compuplus.com/
> for $30.. see the link at the bottom.
>
> For the second one, look up
> http://www.o2.net/~gromitkc/winmodem.html
>
> Best,
> a.
>
> --
> Looking for a Linux-compatible V.90 modem? See
> http://www.math.sunysb.edu/~comech/tools/CheapBox.html#modems
Can you post information on how you configured this modem and your
opinions of its performance etc.?
thanks
Andrew
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: k6-3 400 mhz + asus mb + 64 mb pc-100
Date: Wed, 16 Jun 1999 17:29:20 GMT
I'm planning an upgade of my system and wanted to make sure that linux
wouldn't have any trouble with this set up
k6-3 400 mhz
asus mb
64 mb pc-100
hercules thriller 3d vid card
if anyone sees problems please let me know soon
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Best sound card for use w/ Linux?
Date: Wed, 16 Jun 1999 14:02:17 GMT
In article <O5N93.6$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Jeroen Verhoeven" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I agree. creative labs cards are installed with hardly any efford
under
> linux.
I'll second that. One gotcha I've found: the configuration
script (make config) defaults the IRQ to 7, but I've seen
clone hardware (e.g. Aztech, CMI8330) that was on IRQ 5.
The SoundPro/CMI8330 IRQ mixup is probably a PnP issue on
my new (to me, at least :-) P233MMX motherboard. Your
mileage may vary.
--
Laura Halliday VA3LDH "Que les nuages soient notre pied
Grid: FN03gs a terre..." - Hospital/Shafte
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From: killbill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Printer prints an extra blank page ?!!
Date: Wed, 16 Jun 1999 17:33:45 GMT
In article <yDy0jHAJ$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Jamie Allen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 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 ?!
You did not mention the distribution you are using. With Red Hat, using
printool to configure the printer, I seem to recall a click-box
somewhere that enables/disables sending a form feed at the end of a
document. Some printers need this, some don't, perhaps yours does not.
May not solve your problem, but I thought it was worth mentioning.
--
Bil Kilgallon ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
--"I believe, what I believe, has made me what I am. I did not make
it, It is making me, it is the very truth of God, not the invention
of any man". Rich Mullins, quoting G.K. Chesterton.
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From: Kent Perrier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.periphs.scsi,misc.forsale.computers.storage,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage,alt.comp.periphs.cdr,alt.iomega.zip.jazz
Subject: Re: Is it possible for a brand new 4.3 GB SCSI-3 to be sold at US$40 ?
Date: 16 Jun 1999 13:50:44 -0500
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> Is it possible for a brand new 4.3 GB SCSI-3 to be sold at US$40 ?
>
> http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=117730901
Sure. You just wont make money doing it :)
Kent
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From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: AXEL SN2000 network adapter. Is it compatible?
Date: 16 Jun 1999 18:30:49 GMT
Svante B�rjesson wrote:
>
> I posted earlier about a network adapter. I got the product and the
producer
> wrong, however.
>
> So my question is. Can I get the ISA SN2000 card to work in a Linux
> <-->Win98 setup? Has anybody done it? Could anyone point me in the right
> direction.
>
> Thanks,
>
> - Svante
>
>
Hi Svante
Yes, I just installed 2 SN2000CT cards last night.
One on a 486 at RH5.0 upgraded to kernel 2.0.36.
One on a Pentium II at RH5.2 upgraded to kernel 2.2.5.
Be aware that the SN2000C and SN2000CT are not Plug and Play.
They are jumperless and you probably will have to set the irq and ioport
using the floppy disk with the setup program.
After a bootup to DOS, insert the floppy disk for the card.
Run
a:\utility\setup
On the menu, disable Plug and Play.
As needed, set connection type, ioport, and irq, and then save (F2) the
new values to the card.
(I picked RJ-45, ioport=0x0240, irq=9, to avoid conflicts.)
In the windows control panel, prior to booting to DOS, I had deleted the
network adapter erroneously configured as PnP mode.
In Linux, use the driver ne (or ne.o).
Since I built mine as a module, I edited /etc/conf.modules to include
alias eth0 ne
options ne irq=9 io=0x0240
I removed any reference to the card in isapnp.conf.
I used control-panel to assign IP addresses and activate the port.
By the way, when trying to run the card in PnP mode, many things appeared
to work correctly.
This is an illusion.
Regards, Nick
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From: Kent Perrier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux on Sparc 10?
Date: 16 Jun 1999 13:45:44 -0500
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Georg Schwarz) writes:
> Does anybody have experience with installing Linux (e.g. RedHat 6) on a
> Sparc 10. ours has a 400 MB disk, 48 MB RAM and a 20" Trinitron monitor.
> I'm thinking of booting from an installer floppy and then installing via
> anonymous ftp. Does anybody know whether X11 will work on that machine?
This should work. I have a sparc 10 with RH60 on it. I got 128 meg and a 1
gig disk, but the ftp install worked like a charm.
Kent
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From: David Casey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.periphs.scsi,misc.forsale.computers.storage,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage,alt.comp.periphs.cdr,alt.iomega.zip.jazz
Subject: Re: Is it possible for a brand new 4.3 GB SCSI-3 to be sold at US$40 ?
Date: Wed, 16 Jun 1999 18:47:55 GMT
That drive will hit $150ish before it sells. Sometimes you can get
decent bargains Ebay if you are patient.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> Is it possible for a brand new 4.3 GB SCSI-3 to be sold at US$40 ?
>
> http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=117730901
>
> please help
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From: Jim Chisholm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Genius 56K modem + Redhat 6.0 doesn't work !
Date: Wed, 16 Jun 1999 18:49:39 +0000
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[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have just got a Genius 56K PnP modem to replace my old ISA one. I
> have set the BIOS to disable Com2 and told it I have a non PnP OS.
> I have win98 on the same machine and according to it and the diags
> that came with the modem it is working fine, however I cannot dial
> out using "Dial up Networking".
>
> I got the irq and the io ranges for the modem and booted into linux,
> which is RedHat 6.0. I tried to use setserial to set the irq and i/o
> ranges for /dev/ttyS1 that win98 had given me. The irq was fine, but
> how do I set a pair of i/o ranges ? Win98 gave me two ranges for the
> modem, but it seems that setserial will only allow me to set one
> value for the ioport.
>
> I set the ioport to be the low values of the first range win98
> specified, but when I then ran setserial it did not identify the
> UART correctly, it just said it was "unknown". When I ran it on
> /dev/ttyS0 it was fine. Unsurprisingly when I ran minicom and
> just typed "at" I got no reponse from the modem. Chat just said
> that it couldn't get the terminal i/o.
>
> Any ideas or suggestions as to what I may be missing. To the best
> of my knowledge this is not a winmodem.
>
> Thanks a lot.
>
> Simon.
>
> P.S If possible please copy me on your reply.
>
> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> Share what you know. Learn what you don't.
To the best of *my* knowledge any and all PCI modems are
winmodems..someone correct me if I'm wrong..
Jim
--
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Jim Chisholm
Dalhousie University, Dept. Physics Halifax N.S. Canada
http://electron.phys.dal.ca
Halifax Regional Fire and Emergency Service
Lieutenant #2 Bay Road Station 59
http://www.fire-ems.net/firedept/view/HalifaxNSCA
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[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
<blockquote TYPE=CITE>Hi,
<p>I have just got a Genius 56K PnP modem to replace my old ISA one. I
<br>have set the BIOS to disable Com2 and told it I have a non PnP OS.
<br>I have win98 on the same machine and according to it and the diags
<br>that came with the modem it is working fine, however I cannot dial
<br>out using "Dial up Networking".
<p>I got the irq and the io ranges for the modem and booted into linux,
<br>which is RedHat 6.0. I tried to use setserial to set the irq and i/o
<br>ranges for /dev/ttyS1 that win98 had given me. The irq was fine, but
<br>how do I set a pair of i/o ranges ? Win98 gave me two ranges for the
<br>modem, but it seems that setserial will only allow me to set one
<br>value for the ioport.
<p>I set the ioport to be the low values of the first range win98
<br>specified, but when I then ran setserial it did not identify the
<br>UART correctly, it just said it was "unknown". When I ran it on
<br>/dev/ttyS0 it was fine. Unsurprisingly when I ran minicom and
<br>just typed "at" I got no reponse from the modem. Chat just said
<br>that it couldn't get the terminal i/o.
<p>Any ideas or suggestions as to what I may be missing. To the best
<br>of my knowledge this is not a winmodem.
<p>Thanks a lot.
<p>Simon.
<p>P.S If possible please copy me on your reply.
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<br>Share what you know. Learn what you don't.</blockquote>
To the best of *my* knowledge any and all PCI modems are winmodems..someone
correct me if I'm wrong..
<p>Jim
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Chisholm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Dalhousie University, Dept. Physics Halifax N.S.
Canada
<A HREF="http://electron.phys.dal.ca">http://electron.phys.dal.ca</A>
Halifax Regional Fire and Emergency Service
Lieutenant #2 Bay Road Station 59
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From: Chris Williams <[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 15:46:37 -0400
Actually, the VGA16 server works, but of course the resolution sucks.
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] (Leslie Smith)
Subject: Help with RedHat 5.2 initrd.img file
Date: 16 Jun 1999 19:53:05 +0100
Dose anyone know how to make a the initrd.img file, also could
anyone tell me what is in the file ?
Regards
Leslie...UK:-)
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From: Woody Woodworth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Help! Identify this board.
Date: Tue, 15 Jun 1999 20:42:24 +0000
I have a PCI graphics card with a cirrus 5446 VGA chip, 4MB, and a TV
Tunner.
The card works fine for X-windows. What TV driver (if any) will work
with it?
I have a manual, which has 'Samoo System' printed on it. All the good
the manual does is explain how to install the Windoze software/drivers.
Help.
Woody.
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