Linux-Hardware Digest #508, Volume #10 Wed, 16 Jun 99 21:14:08 EDT
Contents:
Amptron "Sound Pro" sound chip (Odessa131)
Re: All the current OSes are idiotic (was Re: Is Windows for idiots?) (Odessa131)
Re: PCI Eth Card w/ IRQ=5? (DanH)
Re: Sound Blaster Live (Darryl Bryant)
Re: Sound Blaster PCI 128 (Ward)
Re: Booting headless? (Greg Koch "@usa.net>)
can't play sounds, but Gnome sound effects work! (Michael Sherman)
Re: Linux on Palm-PCs (bill davidsen)
Re: Backup recommendations? (Greg Koch "@usa.net>)
Re: LS120 mega floppy and DVD-rom support ("Gene Heskett")
HELP!!! Compaq Netflex 3/p card (mike)
Re: Problem with vremap function (Danny Sung)
Re: ATAPI ZIP (Michael Sherman)
Re: Best sound card for use w/ Linux? (Gravot)
Re: lilo installable on FAT32? (Greg Koch "@usa.net>)
HELP! Compaq Netflex 3/P network card (vdg)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Odessa131)
Subject: Amptron "Sound Pro" sound chip
Date: 16 Jun 1999 23:02:00 GMT
Note: I'm not a linux guru, things that seem obvious to you may not be to me.
Here's the problem. I need onboard sound for what I am doing so I tested Linux
on an Amptron MB with a "Sound Pro" chip. Sndconfig detects the bastard as
that cs4232 or whatever (the "common onboard chip), but then I can't hear any
output when its testing the sound. So I manually configured the Sound Blaster
16 setting. I get a short blip when its playing the test sound, but nothing
with the midi. So I go back and set up the csXXXX with the correct IRQ's and
DMA's and I hear Linus, but it is totally distorted and no midi plays.
Suprisinly enough mpg123 plays mp3s fine with this set up. Unfortunately after
a reboot I have to do the same process all over again to get the sound to work.
Is there any easy fix for this or is there a way to load up the SB16, uninstall
the module and load the csXXXX module, all at boot time?
Thanks,
Tom H.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Odessa131)
Subject: Re: All the current OSes are idiotic (was Re: Is Windows for idiots?)
Date: 16 Jun 1999 22:29:48 GMT
>9wands (who once paid $54.00 for 2 1" wide steel strips just so he could
>mount a second hard drive in a Presario cabinet).
HAHA, i just propped mine up with a peice of plastic, it was the original
Maxtor so I figured it didn't really matter if it were grounded or not.
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From: DanH <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux,linux.redhat.misc,linux.redhat.install,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: PCI Eth Card w/ IRQ=5?
Date: Wed, 16 Jun 1999 23:48:03 +0000
John Hovell wrote:
>
> 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.
'Taint the card that determines the interrupt request on PCI slots.
When your computer is in it's memory count stage, hit whatever key or
combonation that brings up your BIOS configuration and look around in
the "Advanced Configuration" or "Adaptor Configuration" or whatever it's
called in yours.
You'll see one of the options of "PCI slots use xxxx"
The options there will probably be 'automatic' and 'manual'. If you get
them to manual, you'll be able to set the slot you're looking for to IRQ
5.
Dan
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From: Darryl Bryant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Sound Blaster Live
Date: Thu, 17 Jun 1999 10:05:02 +1000
Tobias Haf wrote:
>
> Will there be any SB LIVE Support anytime?!?
have a look here
dAz
http://developer.soundblaster.com/linux/
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ward)
Subject: Re: Sound Blaster PCI 128
Date: Wed, 16 Jun 1999 22:46:21 GMT
On Wed, 16 Jun 1999 15:15:21 +0200, Martial Boniou
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hello,
>
> I've got a PC under Linux Debian 2.1 with kernel 2.0.36 and with a SB
>PCI 128 sound card. I don't know how to configure my kernel to have
>sound. If you have the same card let me know how I can do to make it
>work well even if i must compiled a newer 2.2.x kernel.
>
> Martial
>
I have an SBPCI64 that I only got to work when I upgraded
the kernel from 2.0.34 to 2.2.5-15 (RH 5.1 -> 6.0). I'm not sure if
the 64 and the 128 have similar chips, but the module I successfully
used was the es1370 module. I think this module or the es1371
should get you going.
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From: Greg Koch <"gkoch<enough_with_the_spam>"@usa.net>
Subject: Re: Booting headless?
Date: Wed, 16 Jun 1999 23:32:47 GMT
"Drew M. Mooney" wrote:
> I've got an old PC Chassis sitting around that I'd like to utilize as a RAS
> [Remote Access Server].
>
> I'm thinking Cyclades for the multi-port serial stuff. I had some exposure
> to their terminal servers a while back and they seemed okay. Any other
> vendor suggestions/recommendations?
>
> And the _really_ big questions are these:
>
> 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?
Rings a bell but perhaps not loud enough. Might be redhat APX (alpha CPU) I'm
thinking of.
>
>
> I assume I'll need to have a keyboard and monitor connected just to get
> networking configured and the new kernel crunched up, but what about
> post-install? I just want to park this thing on a shelf and forget about
> it - other than for occassional diags and backups.
>
A cheap solution that I use is a data switch box like the old printer
switchers. I have one to switch between 4 computers, monitor/keyboard/mouse.
One win98 and 3 linux boxes.I paid about $25-30 I think. You could even modify
an old printer switch I would think.
Some keyboards and mice have troubles with this but it works for occational
use. I've had the mouse lock up in windows often but I use a USB mouse also. I
have had both key and mouse lock up sometimes when I shut a box off with the
switch set to it. Other than that it works fine.
>
> How do you get past the boot-time errors when the system fails to detect the
> monitor and keyboard?
>
check your BIOS to disable boot time errors. On the subject of BIOS, there are
serial versions of some of the BIOS's. What I mean is the setup is accessed
thru the serial port as well as console. You may want to contact your BIOS mfg
about that. That would be an expensive option most likely but rather handy.
>
> Are these error messages non-critical to a box that can boot network-ready?
>
> Are there any arcane HOWTO's on this subject? Construction guides for
> monitor / keyboard port "dummy loads" perhaps?
>
> I've been through the online docs with every recent release - and don't find
> any mention of this type of setup - yet I _know_ I've seen a reference to it
> somewhere / sometime during an install....[that drives me nuts!]
>
> TIA,
>
> -Drew
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From: Michael Sherman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: can't play sounds, but Gnome sound effects work!
Date: Wed, 16 Jun 1999 20:31:53 -0400
My Gnome sound effects work (sliding bar swish, etc), but
I cannot play MP3s or use xplay to play .au files. When
I try xplay, it complains:
/dev/dsp: Device or resource busy
Any reason? My sound card is correctly compiled in, and
like I mentioned the Gnome effects work great. Is this
a hardware conflict or something fishy with esd?
Running RedHat 6.0, E, Gnome.
Creative Ensoniq sound card
Thanks in advance,
-Mike
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (bill davidsen)
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.development.apps
Subject: Re: Linux on Palm-PCs
Date: 16 Jun 1999 23:04:45 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Michel van der Kleij <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
| I've tried and tested a Linux version for the Psion Series 5. It used up most
| of my 8Mb memory (kernel, "disk-image" etc.) but it works! Getting stuff to and
| from the Linux S5 was awkward because it had to be in diskimages. It's been a
| while since I last played with it, so I've forgotten where I got it from. Must
| have been the "PsionKing" site or something.
The folks who did lzop have done a software which allows execution of
compressed executables. I think this might be useful, since the memory
saving from having all the executables compressed should be
considerable.
--
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The Internet is not the fountain of youth, but some days it feels like
the fountain of immaturity.
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From: Greg Koch <"gkoch<enough_with_the_spam>"@usa.net>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Backup recommendations?
Date: Thu, 17 Jun 1999 00:26:49 GMT
Marc Mutz wrote:
> Thom Caldwell wrote:
> >
> > I backup to a second hard drive also. An added advantage is that you can
> > quickly put it into service replacing the first drive with very little
> > effort.
> >
> If you really mean to *backup* your system then don't do it on a second
> hard drive. If your PC gets cooked by a lightning strike or the like,
> both HD will be killed.
> Use tape drives. Get yourself a used DAT and you have an open upgrade
> path and a very good power-per-dollar (I even saw simple new DAT's (no
> hw compression) for around 250$).
You could use a drive caddy to remove the drive so it doesn't get cooked. It
will be more vulnerable to damage from dropping than tape tho. Drive caddies
I've seen as cheap as $25. I wouldn't use them long term in a caddy tho as the
cheap ones tend to trap heat. They are also not really hot swappable but some
do disable power as you unlock them for removal and I'ld look for that feature
when shopping.
>
>
> Marc
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Date: 16 Jun 99 18:11:51 -0500
From: "Gene Heskett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: LS120 mega floppy and DVD-rom support
Reply to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Gene Heskett sends Greetings to Martin ;
The IDE version works quite well. I've been using mine on the linux box
since HR5.2. Support *may* depend on your bios, if its not seen in the
early bootup screen before lilo even starts, the chipset may not support
it on *your* board. Thats a good excuse to go looking for a bios
upgrade.
I've no knowledge about any parport versions of it however.
> Hi, does anybody know of any support for these?
> I'd hate to have to bin my nice LS120...though I have a parallel
> port 100 meg Zip drive too, and yes, does anybody know how I can
> get that running too? ;-) Jeez, I hope it's worth it in the
> end...... M.
Cheers, Gene
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From: mike <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: HELP!!! Compaq Netflex 3/p card
Date: 17 Jun 1999 00:30:52 GMT
Hello,
I'm trying to install a network card Compaq NETFLEX 3/P(tlan.o module) and
here is what I got:
1.ifconfig output:
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:80:5F:D4:6F:84
inet addr:192.168.0.3 Bcast:192.168.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:100
Interrupt:17 Base address:0xf4f0
2. console output:
Jun 14 19:48:45 linux1 kernel: TLAN driver, v1.0, (C) 1997-8 Caldera, Inc.
Jun 14 19:48:45 linux1 kernel: TLAN: eth0 irq=17 io=f4f0, Compaq
NetFlex-3/P, Rev. 16
Jun 14 19:49:02 linux1 kernel: TLAN: eth0: Link forced.
2. message when I'm trying to use "insmod tlan irq=5 io=0xf4f0
speed=10Mbs"
/lib/modules/2.2.9/net/tlan.o: invalid parameter parm_irq
/lib/modules/2.2.9/net/tlan.o: invalid parameter parm_io
/lib/modules/2.2.9/net/tlan.o: invalid parameter parm_speed
As you can see the IRQ detected is 17.....!!!! I know(with a DOS program)
that the card is on 5 ...
I did tried kernel 2.2.6,7,8,9 with Caldera 2.2 and SUSE 6.1.
I tried to put as a parameter in conf.modules:
"alias eth0 tlan
options tlan io=0xf4f0 irq=5"
and I got the same message: "invalid parameter parm_irq" etc...
What's strange is that after I load the module..with that strange IRQ...I
have conectivity for about 2-3 min...and then nothing...it's really weird.
I've changed 3 cards, I've changed the slot on the mainboard,I've enable
and
disable PNP in BIOS..I did everything!!!
So how can I force to use that IRQ(5)? Or am I doing something wrong here?
Michael Deacon
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Danny Sung)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.os.linux.development
Subject: Re: Problem with vremap function
Date: Wed, 16 Jun 1999 23:41:24 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>IIRC, you should be using ioremap, rather than vremap (read
>/usr/src/linux/Documentatio/IO-Mapping.txt).
>
>I'm not sure, but I think they are the same function, however.
They are the same function. vremap() was renamed to ioremap()
sometime in the 2.1.x kernels (I think). So, 2.2 kernel users will
see ioremap() 2.0 kernel users will see vremap(). The text file you
described is in kernel 2.2, and shows how to deal with backward
compatible modules (just a simple #ifdef).
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From: Michael Sherman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: ATAPI ZIP
Date: Wed, 16 Jun 1999 20:48:35 -0400
> 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!
http://njtcom.com/dansie/zip-drive.html
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From: Gravot <[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 23:35:55 GMT
Thanks for the responses. I'd like to use something that doesn't
generate a lot of noise though. The AWE64 was quieter than it's
predecessors but still not as quiet as something like the Diamond
Monster series or the TB Montego & Montego II cards. Does there exist
any support for DSP-based soundcards in Linux?
Gravot
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From: Greg Koch <"gkoch<enough_with_the_spam>"@usa.net>
Subject: Re: lilo installable on FAT32?
Date: Thu, 17 Jun 1999 00:05:27 GMT
killbill wrote:
> In article <7jvada$bpi$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> Fraser Hutchinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Hi folks,
> >
> > Hope this is not a FAQ.
> >
> > I want to install LILO on my system, but I have Windows 98 installed,
> > and it formatted my
> > boot disk as as FAT32.
> >
> > I have installed Linux (floot boot) on another partition, but I don;t
> > know if it is safe to install
> > LILO on my boot disk.
> >
>
> I can't speak for win98, but I did put lilo on my win95 OSR2 FAT32
> system, and it all works fine. Microsoft will of course wipe lilo
> whenever installing windows, but you just put it back and the two
> happily coexist (linux because it is friendly, windows because it does
> not have a clue).
>
> So, if it does not work, it was a win98 thing, not a FAT32 thing.
I works just fine with FAT32 and win98. If I remember it even survived an
upgrade from win95. You may also want to set up loadlin just in case.
Also keep a boot disk on hand. There are many windoze viri that will
destroy the boot block and any lilo info. After you clean the windoze
partitions and sys the boot block with a win boot disk you'll need to boot
a linux disk and run lilo again using the lilo.conf on your linux
partition. Does it sound like I have experienced this?
>
>
> --
> 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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Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup,alt.os.linux.caldera,linux.redhat,linux.redhat.install
Subject: HELP! Compaq Netflex 3/P network card
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (vdg)
Date: Thu, 17 Jun 1999 00:13:00 GMT
Hello,
I'm trying to install a network card Compaq NETFLEX 3/P(tlan.o module) and
here is what I got:
1.ifconfig output:
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:80:5F:D4:6F:84
inet addr:192.168.0.3 Bcast:192.168.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:100
Interrupt:17 Base address:0xf4f0
2. console output:
Jun 14 19:48:45 linux1 kernel: TLAN driver, v1.0, (C) 1997-8 Caldera, Inc.
Jun 14 19:48:45 linux1 kernel: TLAN: eth0 irq=17 io=f4f0, Compaq
NetFlex-3/P, Rev. 16
Jun 14 19:49:02 linux1 kernel: TLAN: eth0: Link forced.
2. message when I'm trying to use "insmod tlan irq=5 io=0xf4f0 speed=10Mbs"
/lib/modules/2.2.9/net/tlan.o: invalid parameter parm_irq
/lib/modules/2.2.9/net/tlan.o: invalid parameter parm_io
/lib/modules/2.2.9/net/tlan.o: invalid parameter parm_speed
As you can see the IRQ detected is 17.....!!!! I know(with a DOS program)
that the card is on 5 ...
I did tried kernel 2.2.6,7,8,9 with Caldera 2.2,SUSE 6.1 and Redhat 6.1.
I tried to put as a parameter in conf.modules:
"alias eth0 tlan
options tlan io=0xf4f0 irq=5"
and I got the same message: "invalid parameter parm_irq" etc...
What's strange is that after I load the module..with that strange IRQ...I
have conectivity for about 2-3 min...and then nothing...it's really weird.
I've changed 3 cards, I've changed the slot on the mainboard,I've enable and
disable PNP in BIOS..I did everything!!!
So how can I force to use that IRQ(5)? Or am I doing something wrong here?
Michael [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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