Linux-Hardware Digest #542, Volume #10 Sun, 20 Jun 99 20:13:32 EDT
Contents:
Re: memory on presario (Syd Logan)
Re: FIC VA503+ with AMD K62-400 and 66MHz Memory. DO THEY WORK TOGETHER? (Byron A
Jeff)
ISDN ("John")
Left handed mouse (Peter Chant)
Re: IBM L40SX Laptop (Marc Wilhelmi)
USR OEM Alana DFV PCI V.90 modem (cookies)
Re: @home ISP Sucks! (Dae)
Re: @home ISP Sucks! (Dae)
Re: Redhat 6 and Matrox G200 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
FIC 503+ and system clock (Nico)
Re: SCO Unixware ("Donald E. Stidwell")
Which hardware 2 buy? ("WME")
Framebuffer console problems w/ Ati 3d rage II+DVD ("Vincenzo Ciancaglini")
Re: Problem with Iomega Zip ("Alice Hansen")
2 modems HOW??? (Anthony NK)
How do I set up a SCSI card manually? ("EddieC")
Re: SCO Unixware (mumford)
Re: Left handed mouse (bowman)
Re: xatitv/Gatos/Itk/2.2.. kernel (Michel)
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From: Syd Logan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.portable
Subject: Re: memory on presario
Date: Sun, 20 Jun 1999 22:09:56 +0000
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Jacek Pliszka wrote:
>
> > both cards easily and remove them. So, we placed the 2 64MB cards in and
> > booted. Linux (Red Hat 5.1, kernel 2.0.34) sees on 64MB. We restored the
> > original 16MB and left in a 64MB, still only sees 64MB.
>
> It is VFAQ. You need to give mem=128MB or whatever you have
> to your kernel startup (e,g, lilo or loadlin). REad:
> Hardware HOWTO for detailed description.
>
I went ahead and bought my 128MB RAM, after reading your reply, and
installed it in the presario 1210. NT 4.0 sees it fine, as I reported.
I read the *&^?ing FAQs, and also man lino.conf. The way it is described
there, I need to add the following:
append="mem=128M"
as an argument to the image= clause in /etc/lilo.conf (this example is
from my desktop linux box, the sample should clarify what I did):
boot=/dev/hda5
map=/boot/map
install=/boot/boot.b
prompt
timeout=50
image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.0.34-0.6
label=linux
append="mem=128M" <-- this is what I added
root=/dev/hda5
read-only
other=/dev/hda1
label=NT4.0
table=/dev/hda
other=/dev/hda2
label=NT4.0VGA
table=/dev/hda
I tried modifying /etc/lilo.conf on both my internal hard drive and the
boot floppy (I boot from floppy at the momemt). I still get reports of
only 64MB when I boot. Either 1) I am doing something wrong or perhaps
the kernel (2.0.34) is actually recognizing 128MB but reports it as 64.
I also tried many variations, including placing the append line in
various places of the file, and changing the 128M to 128MB. Nothing
worked, always reports 64MB.
--
Syd Logan
Unix/Linux Software Engineer
E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Web: http://www.users.cts.com/crash/s/slogan
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Byron A Jeff)
Crossposted-To: alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.fic
Subject: Re: FIC VA503+ with AMD K62-400 and 66MHz Memory. DO THEY WORK TOGETHER?
Date: 20 Jun 1999 18:05:06 -0400
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
-The MVP3 Apollo chipset on this MB claims to support asynchronous operation
-where the CPU and L2 cache run at 100 MHz FSB while the main RAM runs at
-66Mhz. I want to use this feature to upgrade to a new CPU while keeping my
-existing 96MB of old EDO RAM.
-
-But, the one poster (Matt Goheen) reported:
-
-> The Apollo chipset in the VA503+ and PA2013 supports asynchronous memory/bus speeds
-> (so I've heard/read). I assumed that meant you could use whatever memory you
wanted.
->
-> I suppose the point is that whatever memory you HAVE is the cheapest, assuming it
-> works. I happened to have a bunch of old EDO memory and thought it would work
(slowly)
-> with the K6-2/350 on the FIC MB. I was wrong.
-
-
-Does anyone have a FIC VA-503+, an AMD K62-400 (running 100 MHz FSB), and
-older 66MHz EDO RAM working together? If so, were there any problems that
-had to be resolved? If not, what problems did you encounter.
I have a couple of systems that's close enough to compare. It works fine.
Both of mine have 66Mhz EDO RAM and 112Mhz FSB overclocking the 300Mhz CPUs
to 336Mhz. The RAM speed is set to AGP which is 2/3 of FSB (75Mhz in my case)
In both cases the MB is a FIC 503+.
Both systems have worked fine for the last 9 months or so. I'm typing this
message on one of them.
BAJ
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From: "John" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: ISDN
Date: Sun, 20 Jun 1999 16:53:48 -0400
I am thinking about connection to the Internet via ISDN and was looking for
some ISDN modems that are compatable with SuSE 6.1. Anyone got any
suggestions?
Thanks!
Chris Mader
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Peter Chant)
Subject: Left handed mouse
Date: 20 Jun 1999 22:41:10 GMT
Is there any way to swap the mouse buttons for a left handed user (ie me)?
BTW Slackware 3.4 and XFree86 3.3.1 (I think)
TIA
Pete
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--
Peter Chant
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Marc Wilhelmi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: IBM L40SX Laptop
Date: Fri, 18 Jun 1999 23:59:37 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> Hi,
> i have tried for a long time to install Linux on an very old IBM L40SX
> Laptop with
> 4 MB RAM and an 65MB harddisk. I tried many different distributions from
> SuSE to some smaller distributions (Dragon Linux, Small Linux ...) but no
> success. The Laptop crashed every time after first reboot. Sometimes it
> crashes with Kernel Panik after booting from the install-disk with the
> messages that no scsi disk is found or so.
>
> Everybody has installed Linux on this Laptop and can help me?
>
> I�m a poor student an have no money to buy an "real" computer so i thought
> it might be possible to install a small Linux only for writing on this
> Laptop.
>
> Thanks in advance,
> tobi
Hi tobi,
at the moment i�m trying to install Linux (SuSE 6.1) on a ThinkPad 720. It�s
a MCA with 8MB and 160 MB.
During the first attempts Linux always found an SCSI adapter and device, wich
are defenitly not present.
So I reserved the io Adress of the "SCSI-adapter" and now I can boot it from
floppy. I still can not use the internal ESDI HD, because of severl i/o
errors. If I can solve it, I�ll let you know.
Marc
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From: cookies <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development.system,redhat.hardware.arch.intel
Subject: USR OEM Alana DFV PCI V.90 modem
Date: 20 Jun 1999 22:30:51 GMT
Hi, all!
I got a USR OEM Alana DFV PCI V.90 modem, I didn't find it in the list of
Winmodem. But I am not sure it will work under Linux 5.2. is there anyone
who can help me?
Yours,
John
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From: Dae <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: @home ISP Sucks!
Date: Sun, 20 Jun 1999 18:53:29 -0400
The problem I find with @home capping the upsteam is that they DO NOT
DISCLOSE this information in their advertising.
About how are they going to stop someone from using all the upstream
bandwidth? Well it's easy. If the cable provider is using the Motorola
Cyber Sufer modem (my local cable provider does use this modem), then
the modem does this itself by polling or something. The information is
available on the Motorola site. This allows no cap since the modem
checks to see how much bandwidth is being used with others and shares
what is available.
I also read on ZDnet that possibly the reason that @home is doing this
is because they are getting ready to come out with a new pln, where you
get better upstream for more pay.
Bottom line is that it's not right for @home to do this since they don't
advertise the cap, all they advertise is that it is 100x the speed of
28.8 (problem is 28.8 modems can run that speed both ways) and if you
already have no cap in place, then one is placed, then @home should
discount the monthly fee, since now they are giving you less that what
you/I had originally bought.
<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>
bryan wrote:
>
> in a way, I don't blame @home.
>
> cable modems and (for example) dsl have two entirely different market
> segments. if you need always-on static-ip server style connectivity,
> then dsl (cheap) or t1 (expensive) is what you should buy.
>
> if you are a casual net.user and don't run servers at home, the cable
> may be right for you.
>
> but you SHOULD understand the target markets of both before you buy.
> its not @home's fault that they want to be in one space and you want
> to be in another.
>
> taking the side of an ISP (for a second), how would YOU protect the
> interests of your subscribers if someone was eating up all the avail
> b/w? if your users are complaining about lack of b/w, how else would
> you react?
>
> the cable plant has certain constraints. the dsl plant has different
> constraints. simply choose the right service for your connectivity
> needs. a little homework beforehand goes a long way...
>
<snip>
> Bryan [at] Grateful.Net
> http://www.Grateful.Net
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From: Dae <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: @home ISP Sucks!
Date: Sun, 20 Jun 1999 18:54:40 -0400
The problem I find with @home capping the upsteam is that they DO NOT
DISCLOSE this information in their advertising.
About how are they going to stop someone from using all the upstream
bandwidth? Well it's easy. If the cable provider is using the Motorola
Cyber Sufer modem (my local cable provider does use this modem), then
the modem does this itself by polling or something. The information is
available on the Motorola site. This allows no cap since the modem
checks to see how much bandwidth is being used with others and shares
what is available.
I also read on ZDnet that possibly the reason that @home is doing this
is because they are getting ready to come out with a new plan, where you
get better upstream for more pay, while your getting LESS then what was
originally purchased.
Bottom line is that it's not right for @home to do this since they don't
advertise the cap, all they advertise is that it is 100x the speed of
28.8 (problem is 28.8 modems can run that speed both ways) and if you
already have no cap in place, then one is placed, then @home should
discount the monthly fee, since now they are giving you less that what
you/I had originally bought.
<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>
bryan wrote:
>
> in a way, I don't blame @home.
>
> cable modems and (for example) dsl have two entirely different market
> segments. if you need always-on static-ip server style connectivity,
> then dsl (cheap) or t1 (expensive) is what you should buy.
>
> if you are a casual net.user and don't run servers at home, the cable
> may be right for you.
>
> but you SHOULD understand the target markets of both before you buy.
> its not @home's fault that they want to be in one space and you want
> to be in another.
>
> taking the side of an ISP (for a second), how would YOU protect the
> interests of your subscribers if someone was eating up all the avail
> b/w? if your users are complaining about lack of b/w, how else would
> you react?
>
> the cable plant has certain constraints. the dsl plant has different
> constraints. simply choose the right service for your connectivity
> needs. a little homework beforehand goes a long way...
>
<snip>
> Bryan [at] Grateful.Net
> http://www.Grateful.Net
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Subject: Re: Redhat 6 and Matrox G200
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sun, 20 Jun 1999 22:37:12 GMT
According to Tomas Edstrom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> I've just installed Redhat 6 on a HP Brio w integrated Matrox G200 graphics
> card.
> It was not easy... Most of the configurations for the X environment (that I
> _thought_ would work) just didn't work.
Such as? I was quite pleased when RH 6.0 set my Matrox G200 just fine
right "out of the box."
> But... at last I got it working,
> with a little problem... Matrox has a hardware-zoom, which seems to be
> invoked, so now I have a very nice desktop, but it is 4 times larger than
> the screen. I don't like it. What can I do?
Is hardware zoom something different than the XFree86 virtual desktop?
If you are referring to the virtual desktop, the XFree docs are quite
clear as to how to disable this feature.
-p.
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From: Nico <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: FIC 503+ and system clock
Date: Sun, 20 Jun 1999 22:51:54 +0000
I have 10ns DIMM non PC100 and I can't go 100mhz FSB but just 95, I saw
on my 503+ that there's a jumper setting for system (not FSB) speed
divided for 2.5x instead of 3x, so I should get : processor 380mhz(I
have a k6-2 333), FSB 95mhz and system (PCI etc. ) 38mhz instead of 31.6
. I tried it but the system don't boot... does anyone tried these
setting?
nico
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From: "Donald E. Stidwell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: SCO Unixware
Date: Sun, 20 Jun 1999 23:16:07 GMT
Mathew Threadgill wrote:
>
> I am thinking of purchaseing UnixWare7.1 from SCO. But wanted to do my
> homework first. Is Unixware better in any way to linux? Also is the
> installation any different or easier than linux?
Biased answer: Stick with Linux. I work with commercial Unix (AIX) and
have installed others (SCO and Solaris) and Linux is much easier to
setup/configure/install and has *many* more free or cheap applications
than any commercial Unix.
I just stuck a Solaris box on my home network to play around with, but
I'd never give up Linux for Solaris. I never realised how comparitively
easy Linux is until I started working with commercial flavours of Unix.
(I will admit that SMIT makes AIX a joy, but it don't beat Linux).
Don
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From: "WME" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Which hardware 2 buy?
Date: Sun, 20 Jun 1999 17:55:05 -0400
I am thinking of buying the following items:
- UMAX Astra 1220P scanner.
- IOMEGA Zip 250 parallel drive.
- WACOM tablet.
- Western Digital 13.1G HDD.
>From those 4 items, I know that there is no problem with the hard drive, nor
should there be a problem with the tablet because Wacom as far as I have
seen has drivers for linux. Can anybody tell me about the scanner and the
zip drive? Please note that it is a 250M not the 100M.
Thanks
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From: "Vincenzo Ciancaglini" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Framebuffer console problems w/ Ati 3d rage II+DVD
Date: Mon, 21 Jun 1999 01:06:45 +0200
Hi everyone!
Does anybody know how to avoid screen blanking when I try to set the
framebuffer console with loadlin?
I use this string :Video=atyfb,mode:1024x768,font:sun12x22,cmode:24,vram:4
with a kernel 2.2.10 (but i did it also with 2.2.7 and 2.2.9), and when I
set the hex value in the video selection menu (vga=ask) to 0318
(1024x768x24), the screen blanks and I can't see anything for the rest of
the boot...I heard it 's a quiet common problem, so maybe anyone here
already answered this question...
Pliz help!!
THx..
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From: "Alice Hansen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.misc,linux.redhat,linux.scsi,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Problem with Iomega Zip
Date: Sun, 20 Jun 1999 19:33:11 -0400
Sorry... can't help you with your problem.... but was wondering... My zip
drive is an external scsi.... I have the AVA 1505 card for it and have not
been able to get my Linux RedHat 6.0 to find it... Any chance you could
help me?? Thanks...
~Alice
Luca Satolli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I've a paraller port Iomega zip.
> It works good with Linux Red Hat 6.0, I've just to do modprobe ppa and
> then to mount the zip disk.
> I also have an AVA1505 used to drive my Scanner (Agfa 1236s). It also
> work fine after 2 days of hard work.
> The problem is that when I exec modprobe ppa the scanner don't work!
> When I exec rmmod ppa the scanner works fine.
> Why happens these? Is possible to make work both scanner and Zip?
> Thanks a lot & Best Regards
> Luca Satolli
>
>
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From: Anthony NK <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: 2 modems HOW???
Date: Sun, 20 Jun 1999 07:49:47 +1000
Mouse /dev/ttyS0 02f8-02ff
External modem /dev/ttyS1 03f8-03ff
Hello,
I've been trying to set up my second ISA internal modem in Red Hat 6 but
so far without success. In isapnp.conf, the internal modem is set to use
IRQ 10 and resource 03e8-03ef (which i believe is free because
/proc/ioports doesn't list any devices using this resource), however
when I do a isapnp isapnp.conf, the following error is returned
"Fatal - resource conflict allocating 8 bytes of IO at 3E8 (see
/etc/isapnp.conf)
/etc/isapnp.conf:71 -- Fatal - Error occurred executing request
'<IORESCHECK> ' --- further action aborted"
Same goes when I changed the resource to 02e8-02ef.
In Windows, the internal modem uses the same IRQ and resource and it
seems to work just fine.
Please help!
Anthony.
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From: "EddieC" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: How do I set up a SCSI card manually?
Date: Sun, 20 Jun 1999 18:37:09 -0500
I have a SCSI card that works properly under windows but Linux cannot
autodetect it. I have found that it needs the aha152x driver but I don't
know the rest of the line, or how to start the driver manually. Can anybody
help?
I need to use the aha152x driver on a card w/ IRQ12 and IO 0140-015F. What
is the line and where can I put it to use my card. Thanks.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (mumford)
Subject: Re: SCO Unixware
Date: Sun, 20 Jun 1999 23:38:40 GMT
A while ago, Mathew Threadgill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> begot:
>I am thinking of purchaseing UnixWare7.1 from SCO. But wanted to do my
>homework first. Is Unixware better in any way to linux? Also is the
>installation any different or easier than linux?
Having been forced to use Unixware (an older version, but still SCO) at
one of my former jobs, I highly recommend going with Linux. Unixware
is stable enough--in that it is more stable than Win*, but from my ex-
perience:
1: it's a pain to build a system around it. Unixware supports a much
(_MUCH_) smaller set of hardware than Linux.
2: it's a pain to configure. Lots of non-standard programs required to
configure your system. Apparently no commercial Un*xen allow just
editing a text file anymore.
3: it's a pain to build software on... especially free software. When
I left, we were still working on getting gcc-2.7.something to com-
pile so we could get something else compiled. We had been working
on it for at least 2 months. Emacs wouldn't compile at all, but
xemacs would (but would crash intermittently)... strange, eh?
4: unixware is SVR4 style, meaning it has STREAMS. Configuring net-
working & terminals can be a real pain. I don't know how many times
I got bit in the ass by the various stream control programs while
trying to set up a print server. While I'm not trying to start
another holy war between the pro and con STREAMS crowds, I can say
if it's something you're not familiar with, then you definitely
want to avoid it.
5: it's slower than Linux. This is from first hand experience running
Unixware and Linux _on the same_ dual PPro system.
You should take this with a grain of salt (actually, a salt-lick might
be more appropriate)... you are asking in a *.linux group. You are
going to get a biased opinion.
--
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Email to me must have my address in either the To: or Cc: field. All other
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From: bowman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Left handed mouse
Date: Sun, 20 Jun 1999 17:23:48 -0600
Peter Chant wrote:
>
> Is there any way to swap the mouse buttons for a left handed user (ie me)?
> BTW Slackware 3.4 and XFree86 3.3.1 (I think)
try
xmodmap -e "pointer = 3 2 1"
in your .xinitrc
--
Bear Technology Making Montana safe for Grizzlies
http://people.montana.com/~bowman/
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From: Michel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.linux,alt.uu.comp.os.linux.questions,at.linux,comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: xatitv/Gatos/Itk/2.2.. kernel
Date: Sun, 20 Jun 1999 19:59:35 -0400
The Author said me :
> This sounds like a problem we have already fixed. Try the newest"CVS Tarballs" of
>ITK and GATOS and let me > know if they fix your > problem.
> --Insomnia (Stea Greene)
And that's run with this brand new drivers, better than old itk/gatos.
The "overclock" are stable and channels too !
That's it ! I would like that help you (me)
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> On Sun, 20 Jun 1999 11:05:21 -0400, Michel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
>
> >Hi,
> >
> >I have genuine SB16 Value from Creative, configured perfectly on my
> >2.2.9 (same on 2.2.5, 2.2.7) kernel with SuSE 6.1 and ati all in wonder
> >Pro rage II. xatitv Gatos and itk.
> >
> >My sound card run perfectly on music cd, mp3 etc. but not on xatitv. I
> >have sound in xatitv only if I boot win98 BEFORE Linux...
> >
> >Kernel compiled with sound and SB16 or kernel compiled with sound
> >modules OSS 3.8.1z = same results, I have sound everywhere but not in
> >xatitv/gatos.
> >
> >So, anybody know if gatos/xatitv support 2.2.. kernels with glibc2 or if
> >the problem come from there or what ?
> >
> >Thanks for your help
> >
> >mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> Hello!
>
> It was working for me on RedHat 6.0 (2.2.5). (I say was because I've
> replaced it with a TNT2. Still miss the darn tv tho. *sigh*)
>
> I take it you've turned off the internal sound setting in Gatos,
> right?
>
> -chrome
> ---
> "Victims, aren't we all?" - The Crow
> http://www.heckman.net/chrome for codes & keys.
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