Linux-Hardware Digest #506, Volume #10 Wed, 16 Jun 99 19:13:52 EDT
Contents:
Linux and Diamond Rio MP3000 (Camille Keeler)
good and compatible modems ("tha D")
Help needed with Diamond PCI Modem ("Chris Spiller")
A good AT MB for Cel Processor (PhilD)
Re: modems (Andrew Comech)
Re: Best sound card for use w/ Linux? Trident 4DWave ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Sound Blaster Live ("Tobias Haf")
PCI cards for pc (Patrick Sauvinet)
Re: 5 printing related questions - need help, please? (Henrik Carlqvist)
Re: SCSI cd writer (Eric Thomas)
Strange problem with my RH6.0 box... (Robert Nickel)
Re: Vga hell (Jamie Labonte)
Re: Linux printer recommendations? ("Donald E. Stidwell")
Re: Is it possible for a brand new 4.3 GB SCSI-3 to be sold at US$40 ? ("Alex")
Do I need to update my Redhat to 6.0 for my SiS 6C215 video card? ("Harry Li")
PCI Eth Card w/ IRQ=5? (John Hovell)
Good AT MB for Cel Processor (+Pablo+)
Network Card Configuration Problem ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Celeron or PII? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Riva Tnt's and x windows... (David Frye)
IRDA ("Steve Vladmir")
Configuring Canon LBP-660 (S�bastien Fournier)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Camille Keeler)
Subject: Linux and Diamond Rio MP3000
Date: 16 Jun 1999 10:21:51 -0600
Hi!
I was wondering if anybody has gotten one of those mp3 players to
work under linux (download files to the player). I can't seem
to find any help on the web about this.
Thanks!
Camille
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From: "tha D" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: good and compatible modems
Date: Wed, 16 Jun 1999 09:03:33 +0200
Ciao tutti,
Will someone tell me what modem they use and how easily configured it was.
I just realized I have a win modem and need to know which modems work
seemslessly with Linux. Please reply to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
GIA (grazie in advance),
D
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From: "Chris Spiller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Help needed with Diamond PCI Modem
Date: Wed, 16 Jun 1999 18:32:57 +0100
Has anyone managed to get a Diamond SupraExpress 56i PRO PCI internal modem
working under Linux. The system I am using is a Pentium 150 with 64Mb RAM, a
4.3 E-IDE Hard Disk, ATI Rage Pro Graphics Card and a Soundblaster AWE 64. I
am running RedHat 5.2, with kernel version 2.2.2.
The modem is using IRQ 11 and has a base address of 03e8 (Hex), but I am
unable to get the modem to respond. I would be very appreciative of any help
or advice anyone could give me, even if it is just a recommendation for a
new modem.
Thanks in advance
Chris Spiller
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From: PhilD <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: A good AT MB for Cel Processor
Date: 16 Jun 1999 19:30:47 GMT
Hello everyone. I am planning on putting a second box together for
Linux. I have a friend giving me an old box (486DX2-50 Fullsize tower AT
case) with 3gig SCSI, CD-Rom, floppy, Sim ram, and a really old vid card.
I know this would run Linux fine, but I would like something a little more
powerful. The box might end up as a file server or web server. Anyway, I
am planning on using the Drives and such from the old box and just
upgrading the MB, CPU, Ram, and vid. Since my funds are limited, I have
decided a Cel 300A or 333A would be my best bet for a cheap upgrade. The
problem with this is that I need a AT board. Looking around, I have found
the Alton 726 BXcel. This looks like a good board. It has the following
specs.
Alton 726 BXcel AT
3PCI 2ISA 1AGP
3DIMMs
233to500 CPU 66/100 bus
3D SOUND Hardware Monitoring for CPUs
My question is, are there any other AT boards out there that are
recommendable. Is this a decent board? Is there anything I sould look
out for, other then the chip set for the sound? And any other general
information you can spare. would like to keep the total upgrade to around
$250. I have a 15" Sony monitor and was planning on 64MB PC-100 DIMM and
a ATI Xpert 98 8MB vid card (looks to be well supported). So that only
leaves about $140 or so for a MB/CPU combo.
Thank you for taking the time to read this. Any information will be
greatly appreciated!
Philip Dean
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Andrew Comech)
Subject: Re: modems
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 16 Jun 1999 15:44:42 -0500
On Wed, 16 Jun 1999 13:43:24 -0400,
Andrew Sackville-West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>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.?
It just works. There is no _performance_; being K56Flex
modem it connects at around 45000bps while my former (also 100% reliable)
V.34 modem could not climb above 26400bps: my line is terribly noisy
(as you can hear ;-) noise level at around "20" vs. regular "3".
AFAIK this insensitivity to the noise is an advantage of K56Flex protocol.
You set port and interrupt jumpers, you plug the modem in... that's it.
Linux even determines the interrupt I set (if I change the jumper from
IQR5 to say IRQ6, then the next time I boot up everything is working again).
Cool!
Best,
a.
PS. Make sure that you want K56Flex, not x2! Who knows whether
everything's standard V.90 now...
--
Looking for a Linux-compatible V.90 modem? See
http://www.math.sunysb.edu/~comech/tools/CheapBox.html#modems
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Best sound card for use w/ Linux? Trident 4DWave
Date: Wed, 16 Jun 1999 18:57:25 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I loaded Linux on a spare system last friday night and I
> am smitten! [...] I am especially curious about sound
> cards. Is there any one card that is more suitable than
> the rest? If so, what is the reasoning? Any favorites?
If you don't mind the bleeding edge, consider getting a card
based on the Trident 4DWave chips. Trident Microsystems has
provided The ALSA Project with "first cut" GPL'd drivers
(MIXER & PCM devices only) & documentation for their 4DWave
(DX & NX) PCI audio chipsets
(http://www.tridentmicro.com/HTML/products%20folder/audio.htm)
and these drivers are now included in the standard ALSA
releases (use 0.3.1 or later). ALSA (Advanced Linux Sound
Architecture) is the next-generation sound system intended
to be standard in the next stable kernel series, and now
available separately from http://www.alsa-project.org. ALSA
is undergoing intense development lately, so those averse to
getting under the hood should wait for a stable release.
Initial evaluations from those who have tried these cards
have been positive. Inexpensive cards based on the older DX
series of chips are available from web-retailers; NX cards
are still rare, but supposedly sound great and are available
with digital I/O. Even if the hardware were just average,
vendor-written drivers released under the same license as
the kernel would put these cards in a class by themselves.
This is an opportunity to show hardware manufactures that
GPL'd Linux driver support pays off; what we buy today
determines what will be available tomorrow.
Tim.
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From: "Tobias Haf" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Sound Blaster Live
Date: Wed, 16 Jun 1999 21:55:44 +0200
Will there be any SB LIVE Support anytime?!?
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From: Patrick Sauvinet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: PCI cards for pc
Date: Wed, 16 Jun 1999 22:52:20 +0200
Hello,
I am looking for informations about the way to build drivers for pci bus
cards.
Please send me informations by mail.....
Patrick
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From: Henrik Carlqvist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: 5 printing related questions - need help, please?
Date: Tue, 15 Jun 1999 20:54:02 +0200
Denis wrote:
> 4) at school on Unix I have in my .cshrc file:
> alias lpe0 "/usr/local/bin/enscript -2r -fCourier8 -L58 -h -G -g
> -pscriptfile.ps \!:1"
> that help me to transfer _plain_ text to ps format with some
> convinient details. Is anything like that available in Linux for
> plain text?
There is a program called something like a2ps or anything2ps. That one
is able to convert text to postscript with pretty-printing.
>
> 5) What is CMY? CMY+K? CMYK?
That stands for Cyan, Magenta, Yellow and blacK. Cyan, Magenta and
Yellow are used by color printers to produce any color on white paper
just like Red, Green and Blue are used to produce any color on a black
monitor. Better printers also use blacK to get better colors and save
ink.
regards Henrik
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Eric Thomas)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: SCSI cd writer
Date: 16 Jun 1999 20:35:59 GMT
Stefano Ghirlanda ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
: Hi everyone,
: I'm about to buy a SCSI cd writer... should I take particular attention to
: anything special that is not in the CD-Writer-HOWTO or the hardware
: compatibility list?
: Thanks a lot,
: Stefano
Make sure to get one that does disc-at-once. otherwise you get lovely 2
second pauses in between each song.
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From: Robert Nickel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux
Subject: Strange problem with my RH6.0 box...
Date: Wed, 16 Jun 1999 13:32:57 -0700
So, there I sat, happily plinking away in my KDE window. I needed to
leave the room and decided that I would log off. Doing so, my Linux
machine obediently charged toward respawning kdm an BOOM, purple
vertical lines on the screen and a locked up machine. Ack! I thought.
I guess it's time to drop back and kick. So I hit the reset button
expecting to be told all about how a check is being forced since I
didn't shut down correctly. However, as I watched the machine go
through the BIOS and start to ramp up I notice that I don't have LILO:
on the screen, but I get LI and a locked up machine! Now the box that
has been my trusted companion for the last year is suddenly taken ill.
I don't understand exactly what's going on.
Ok, so here are the facts:
The crash was sudden. Although I had seen a similar crash in the
past, a reboot and patient
wading through fsck usually fixed it.
The LI portion of LILO: shows up whether booting from the hard drive
or a bootable floppy.
No hardware changes have been made for at LEAST 6 months.
Has anyone else seen this type of problem before? I'm fairly certain
that it is some type of hardware issue, but I just can't seem to finger
it out.
Thanks in advance,
--Robert
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(remove the no_spam and .no.spam irritation avoiders to get email to
me)
p.s. e-mail responses are preferred, but I check the list often enough
if you simply post it here.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jamie Labonte)
Subject: Re: Vga hell
Date: 16 Jun 1999 20:50:56 GMT
I did that already and the desktop is still huge! I definitely have a VGA
640 by 480 monitor(not svga) but I should still get a reasonable desktop
right? It's like a desktop for the nearsighted...
Shamsuddin, Amir (EXCHANGE:MDN05:7E24) ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> 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
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
"The secret to flying is knowing how to throw yourself at the ground and
miss"- Arthur Dent
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From: "Donald E. Stidwell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux printer recommendations?
Date: Wed, 16 Jun 1999 21:53:25 GMT
James T Mourra wrote:
>
> 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
Definitely don't buy the P8 - it's a WinPrinter. I had one and dumped it
for a Brother HL-1040 that does work at 300dpi under Ghostscript. Any HP
laser printer should work well (heard good reports on the HP 1100).
Don
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From: "Alex" <valkyrie@rocketmail%.com>
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 14:45:47 -0700
I think the question was rhetorical to get you to go bid. He's the seller.
When will people learn these ebay people will do anything....
David Casey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> 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: "Harry Li" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Do I need to update my Redhat to 6.0 for my SiS 6C215 video card?
Date: Wed, 16 Jun 1999 17:04:40 -0400
Hi:
I bought a Redhat 5.2 and it seems cannot support
SiS 6C215 card for 800x600-16bit color mode( at least I don't know
how to make it working). Now I learned that the new version(3.3.3.1) of
XFree86 supports this card now.
So do I need to update my Redhat to 6.0, or just download some
kind of patches to fix this problem?
Any comment will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance!
Harry Li
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From: John Hovell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux,linux.redhat.misc,linux.redhat.install,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: PCI Eth Card w/ IRQ=5?
Date: Wed, 16 Jun 1999 21:23:05 GMT
I am having problems finding an ethernet card that will work in my
machine since so many of today's cards are PNP and you can't change the
IRQ.
Bottom line: The only IRQ I have left availible in my system is IRQ 5.
Does anyone know a PCI Ethernet card that can use (or be configured to
use) IRQ 5? I have tried the Linksys and Intel to no avail.
Any suggestions would be much appreciated.
TIA,
John Hovell
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (+Pablo+)
Subject: Good AT MB for Cel Processor
Date: Wed, 16 Jun 1999 22:18:13 GMT
On 16 Jun 1999 17:30:48 GMT, PhilD <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
<snip>
>upgrading the MB, CPU, Ram, and vid. Since my funds are limited, I have
>decided a Cel 300A or 333A would be my best bet for a cheap upgrade. The
>problem with this is that I need a AT board. Looking around, I have found
>information you can spare. would like to keep the total upgrade to around
>$250. I have a 15" Sony monitor and was planning on 64MB PC-100 DIMM and
>a ATI Xpert 98 8MB vid card (looks to be well supported). So that only
>leaves about $140 or so for a MB/CPU combo.
check out www.shoppingplanet.com
This is only my opinion:
they have amd k6/2 - 350 for $69 (less than a Celery 333)
they have 64MB PC-100 DIMM for $50
choose any M/B with 1MB cache for around $75
the ATI card is $51
========================================
$241 + shipping
also try www.pricescan.com for each item on your shopping list, watch
out for hidden "handling" charges though...
usual disclaimers, no affiliation, blah, blah, YMMV..
+Pablo+
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Network Card Configuration Problem
Date: Wed, 16 Jun 1999 21:10:13 GMT
I have RedHat 6, and during the installation I didn't do the LAN
configuration, but now that I've learned a bit of Linux, I do want to
use my 3com Etherlink XL 3c900 Combo card. The problem is whenever I try
to run ifconfig with eth0 (I have been told that this should be my
ethernet card) it errors out saying that there is no such device, and
indeed there IS no such device in /dev. I have created an interface
named eth0 using netcfg. What I am trying to do is configure my network
card, so I can use another computer as a proxy server. I already have
the proxy stuff configured, because I can do it in windows. So, does
Linux even know I have a network card? If not, how can I "let it know"?
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
Chris Oldenburg
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Celeron or PII?
Date: Wed, 16 Jun 1999 20:43:14 GMT
Yah man, they are like totally different, after all NT stands for New
Technology! How could he ever has mixed a reference to winblows and the
Unstoppable Microsoft NT, I mean, it has lots of New Technology that you
need, maybe you don't realize it, but you gotta have it! Bill sez so!
In article <zGQ83.6$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
bryan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Suran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> : bryan wrote:
> : >
> : > Mohd H Misnan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> : > : On Thu, 10 Jun 1999 20:38:17 GMT, bryan wrote:
> : > : >in fact, just the opposite, imho. its known that linux heats
cpu's up
> : > : >less when the system isn't running at full 100% util. linux
executes
> : > : >the HALT instr which saves energy. 'doze, otoh, is ALWAYS in a
busy
> : > : >loop and generates more heat just doing nothing (being idle).
> : >
> : > : There're few utilities out there which do the above, one is
called RAIN.
> : >
> : > I just heard about 'rain', recently. its interesting that a third
> : > party ends up releasing an OS patch that enables such a basic
property of an
> : > OS, yet wasn't ever there in any shipping version ;-)
>
> : Wrong! NT does it.
>
> did I mention NT? I was referring to 9x. oh, I said 'doze - maybe
> you didn't know that that refers to 'windows' ;-)
>
> --
> Bryan [at] Grateful.Net
> http://www.Grateful.Net
>
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From: David Frye <[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 22:24:36 GMT
George Holt wrote:
> 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....
>
> but even when I try for the normal vga mode I run into serious problems....
> When I've tried it with the svga server (not accelerated) it either displays
> in a resolution near the 300's or hi res garbage. I don't know where to go
> for setup info on this card... It's OEM. My monitor is a viewsonic e771 and
> they've provided all of the information needed to set it up properly...
>
> Monitor properties
> video syncs
> horizontal 30-70 hz
> vertical 50-120 Hz
>
> works upto 1280x1024 NI at 66hz
> 1024x768 at 87
> 800x600 at 110
> 640x480 at 120
>
> card properties
>
> frequencies are for 8bpp 16bpp and 32bpp
>
> 640x480 240hz
> 800x600 240hz
> 960x720 120hz
> 1024x768 170hz
> 1152x864 140hz
> 1280x1024 100hz
> 1600x1200 85hz
> 1920x1080 85hz
> 1920x1200 75hz (60hz for 32bpp)
>
> Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] as well as the newsgroups...
>
> thanks ahead of time...
>
> George Holt
Go to http://www.nvidia.com/ to get an updated driver for Riva TnT's chipset.
Had to do it this morning to get a Diamond Viper 770D to work under RedHat
5.2.. I have the complete url to go directly to it on their site at work, but
not with me at home.
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From: "Steve Vladmir" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: IRDA
Date: Thu, 17 Jun 1999 07:45:49 +1000
Does anyone know How to make/design or have information about how to
construct a IRDA transceiver, for use with with a PC?
Thanks!
Steve
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From: S�bastien Fournier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Configuring Canon LBP-660
Date: 16 Jun 1999 06:30:46 GMT
Hi everybody.
When I installed RedHat 6.0 five days ago ;) I have selected "PostScript
Printer" for my LBP660, but it doesn't seem to work...
Got an idea ?
Seb
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