Linux-Hardware Digest #554, Volume #10 Tue, 22 Jun 99 06:13:46 EDT
Contents:
Re: Best dual cpu board for Linux recommandation needed. Thx. (Alex Lam)
Re: Windows easy to install? BULLSHIT! (Aaron Miller)
Re: PAS16: how?? (Jan Panteltje)
Re: Any problems using a AMD K6 CPU?
Re: Best dual cpu board for Linux recommandation needed. Thx. (Alex Lam)
SV: IDE Tape and TAR ("Svein Norland")
Re: Driver for Epson Stylus Color 740 (Falk Brettschneider)
Start ppa for zip on linux boot (Kerry Brown)
Re: Turtle Beach Montego A3D (Dxx-Richard_T_Myers(00))
Re: How to compile SMP driver( just -D__SMP__?) into RedHat 6.0 kernel? ("robert_c")
Re: Cloning a Linux box (Lucius Chiaraviglio)
Epson Stylus Color 740 shared as network printer on SAMBA (Falk Brettschneider)
Can Single Processor driver run under SMP Kernel(2.2.*) ("robert_c")
RIVA TNT (Greg Dickson)
Re: And with Dell Latitude ? (was SOLVED: IBM ThinkPad i1720 & Linux (Alan Schmitt)
Help: More colors for KDE ! ("Mr. Erwin SOTIRI")
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From: Alex Lam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Best dual cpu board for Linux recommandation needed. Thx.
Date: Tue, 22 Jun 1999 00:24:54 -0700
Swietanowski Artur wrote:
>
> Alex Lam wrote:
> >
> > I am building a server, want some recommendations on dual cpu
> > board, scsi adapter
>
> ASUS P2B-DS (with Adaptec 2940 U2W on board). I've a couple of those,
> another P2B board at home. I run Win95, Win98, Win NT, Solaris 7,
> and now Linux (RedHat 5.2 and 6.0 / Mandrake 5.3 and 6.0).
>
> Never a hint of a problem. Also, many, many favourable reports all
> over the hardware NG with *no* problem reports that I recall.
>
Thanks. It seems to me ASUS P2B series is the way to go, judging from
all the replies. I'll be running Linux and FreeBSD on it.
Thanks.
Alex Lam.
> HTH,
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> Artur Swietanowski mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Institut f�r Statistik, Operations Research und Computerverfahren,
> Universit�t Wien, Universit�tsstr. 5, A-1010 Wien, Austria
> tel. +43 (1) 427 738 620 fax +43 (1) 427 738 629
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From: Aaron Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Windows easy to install? BULLSHIT!
Date: Tue, 22 Jun 1999 02:32:21 -0500
> Linux requires a great deal more initial planning
> before you set it up, whereas most of the problems with Windows happen
> *after* you install it.
Please excuse my profanity, but what the hell are you trying to get
across? Would you rather have to re-do a Linux install once or twice, or
have your Windoesnot box crash a year from now and lose everything on
it? I mean, are you an idiot, or *what*?
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for Aaron Miller by Channel 42. m r@ol edu
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jan Panteltje)
Subject: Re: PAS16: how??
Date: Tue, 22 Jun 99 08:52:08 GMT
Well I got both working, although the 'native' channel sometimes causes a
hardware crash (it also does that under DOS, so I think the problem is in the
PAS, or maybe my MB).
This is my /dev/sndstat:
I use cmix as a simple command line mixer.
You can find it at http://www.panteltje.demon.nl/newsflex/download.html
All this on Slackware 3.4 on a 486 DX 2 66 with VESA localbus :)
Sound Driver:3.5.4-960630 (Sat May 22 19:27:45 CEST 1999 root,
Linux panteltje 2.0.30 #7 Fri Aug 21 15:08:22 CEST 1998 i486 unknown)
Kernel: Linux panteltje 2.0.30 #1 Sat May 22 19:30:14 CEST 1999 i486
Config options: 0
Installed drivers:
Type 1: OPL-2/OPL-3 FM
Type 3: ProAudioSpectrum
Type 2: Sound Blaster
Type 7: SB MPU-401
Card config:
ProAudioSpectrum at 0x388 irq 10 drq 3
Sound Blaster at 0x220 irq 7 drq 1,5
(SB MPU-401 irq 1 drq 0)
OPL-2/OPL-3 FM at 0x388 drq 0
Audio devices:
0: Pro Audio Spectrum
1: Sound Blaster (2.0)
Synth devices:
0: Yamaha OPL-3
Midi devices:
0: Pro Audio Spectrum
1: Sound Blaster
Timers:
0: System clock
Mixers:
0: Pro Audio Spectrum 16
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ()
Subject: Re: Any problems using a AMD K6 CPU?
Date: 22 Jun 1999 07:19:01 GMT
On Mon, 21 Jun 1999 08:34:22 +0100, Peter Christy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message ...
>>No problems now with a K6-2 350 with ALI-V M1542 chipset,
>>but be careful with hdparm settings.
>Brien,
> Could you be more specific? I'm running a K6-2 350 over clocked
>to 400 on an Asus P5AB mobo (Ali chipset). In 2.2 kernels it defaults to
>pio. Following my experience with a Compal P120, which was transformed by
>tweaking hdparm, I tried the same on the Asus, and trashed my system disk
>8-( It seemed to be activating 32 bit transfers that caused the problems,
>but I'm not completely sure, and have no wish to try it again!
>I've been trying kernel 2.3.5, which has support for the Ali chipset. So
>far, this has performed flawlessly, with a useful increase in speed. It
>correctly detects UDMA, but I haven't tried tweaking anything yet (nor do I
>intend to, 'till I know a bit more about the effects!)
I wish I could be of more help, but your experience is the same
as mine. The setting that munged my filesystem was hdparm -m(x).
I've had some success with kernel 2.3.5 too, and like you haven't
any plans to risk repeating my recent misery (it did get me to
upgrade to Slack4.0 however).
I'm using one of those flaky Taiwanese boards (SP-A586B) and
finally have everything running nicely, except UDMA, for whatever
that's worth. It won't work with Win98 or NT either.
BTW, anyone having problems with kernel 2.3.7 baling out at
compiling msdos filesystems?
--
Brien
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From: Alex Lam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Best dual cpu board for Linux recommandation needed. Thx.
Date: Tue, 22 Jun 1999 00:22:54 -0700
wizard wrote:
>
> Alex Lam wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> > I am building a server, want some recommendations on dual cpu
> > board,
> > scsi adapter and cd-rw. Stability and speed are the #1 concerns, no
> > over-clocking.
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > Alex Lam.
>
> Alex;
>
> Probally the best deal goning these days if you want a P2 capable board
> with a BX chipset is the ASUS P2B series. Yes this board is liked by
> overclockers but you don't have to use it that way. I think its fair
> to say that there are very few boards on the market, if any, as stable
> as this one. The board also has a fairly nice BIOS.
>
> Its just to bad that intels product line is wavering all over the
> place. It would be nice to know that we will have an upgrade to slip
> in the SLOT-1 slot a year or two down the road.
>
> The only thing you might want to consider is a board based on the GX
> series chipsets. But you will have to evaluate weather they are worth
> the money. Personally I would look at a Alpha systems if a dual P2
> machine is not going to be enough.
>
> Best of luck
> dave
Thanks for all the tips and info. I think an Alpha box will be overkill
for what I've in mind.
Thanks.
Alex Lam.
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From: "Svein Norland" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: SV: IDE Tape and TAR
Date: Tue, 22 Jun 1999 10:51:51 +0200
Ben Humphreys <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> skrev i
meldingsnyheter:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Hi,
>
> I have recently installed an IDE Travan tape under Linux and am using TAR
on
> the device /dev/ht0
>
> I am having a few problems and would like to know if this is the correct
> device to use, is there an interpreted device. I'm getting the feeling
that
> this is the RAW device and i'm not meant to be using it.
>
> Also, how do I do a tape format,reten, rewind, etc under linux. Thanks in
> advance for any help you may be able to give.
>
> Regards,
> Ben Humphreys <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
You can use /dev/ht0 or the non-rewinding version /dev/nht0
Use the mt command (have not seen format and I don't think you need it)
If you define TAPE=/dev/nht0:
mt rewind
mt erase
mt eod
mt status
mt tell
etc.
see man mt
regards
-svein
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From: Falk Brettschneider <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Driver for Epson Stylus Color 740
Date: Tue, 22 Jun 1999 09:42:40 +0200
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> =
> I'm guessing maybe you didn't change In /etc/printcap
> the device /dev/lp1 to /dev/lp0.
Yep, but the problem is /dev/lp0 is used by my fine-working laser
printer. The Epson printer is really plugged in /dev/lp1. That=B4s why I
guess I have to use this device. What do you think about it?
=
> =
> Check the Suse Support Database for the printer check list.
They don=B4t write about a suitable printer driver. :-(
> =
> Also you still need to load stc740ih.upp and stc740pl.upp for the high
> resolution stuff.
Yep. I copied them to /usr/share/ghostscript/5.50.
> Hang in there, I worked about a month on this : )
> You will get it!
Thanks. Unfortunatelly I=B4ve been scarcely working on this for 2 days...=
> =
> > waiting for stc740p.upp-ascii to become ready (offline?=
)
Why doesn=B4t that printer become ready?
-- =
Ciao,
--Falk
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Date: Sun, 20 Jun 1999 19:50:49 -0700
From: Kerry Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Start ppa for zip on linux boot
How do I set ppa to start on bootup? If I "insmode ppa" I can mount my
zip drive but I can't get it to start up automatically on bootup. I
tried the following in /etc/conf.modules "alias scsi_hostadapter ppa"
but it doesn't seem to do it. I'm running RedHat 5.2
Thanks in adavance from a linux newbie.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dxx-Richard_T_Myers(0)0)
Subject: Re: Turtle Beach Montego A3D
Date: 22 Jun 1999 08:03:50 GMT
Joe Mason ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
[...]
: >I don't know where to find README.Vortex* but I expect it might be downloadable.
: Yeah, it is. Just search for it with your favourite search engine.
In fact Dev Mazumdar of 4Front Technologies (the OpenSound people) was
nice enough to tell me via email that it is at:
http://www.opensound.com/readme/README.Vortex.html
: My roommate has a Montego. It took him quite a while to get it working, but
: I think most of that was because he didn't know about the OSS. The OSS
: driver seems to work fine for him for playback, but recording isn't
: implemented yet. Also, the OSS "demo velison" has a weird shareware
: protection scheme where the driver only works for 20 min. before you have
: to reset it manually.
: Regardless of that, he's got it working well enough that I'm planning on
: a Vortex-based card for my new system, so that I can get the A3D sound
: for Windows games.
: Joe
That is certainly good news. I note that there are quite a few of us who
have the Montego II (messages in various Linux newsgroups), and it seems
this should be a good driver to have (fully) developed for Linux.
I'm looking forward to the day I no longer have to be angry at the Dell
salesman who lied to me about sound card compatibility -- "sure, it will
work in Linux, you shouldn't have *any* problems..."
thanks for the response,
best wishes,
--
richard myers
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From: "robert_c" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development.apps,comp.os.linux.development.system
Subject: Re: How to compile SMP driver( just -D__SMP__?) into RedHat 6.0 kernel?
Date: 22 Jun 1999 09:25:36 GMT
Dear Peter:
Sorry for ask in advance.
1. I mean I want to write a hardware driver to support SMP kernel (in
single Processor, it works fine), but I heard in kernel 2.2.X, we can
ignore -D__SMP__, so I ask this question.
2. BTW, I guess SMP driver coding method is like following, but I don't
know it's true or not, could you give me an advance. Thanks for your help.
*use spinlock() and spin_unlock in driver.c to protect critical section
*compile it with additional option than in Single Processor -D__SMP__
*use insmod to load it into kernel
3. do you have any information(Web Site) about how to write SMP driver
in linux?
Robert
Peter Samuelson ���g��峹 <7kn6pl$s1r$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>[robert_c <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>]
>> Could someone tell me about the following: How to compile SMP driver
>> ( just -D__SMP__ or need more options or __SMP__ can be igored?) into
>> RedHat 6.0 kernel?
>
>Assuming by "RedHat 6.0 kernel" you mean "Linux 2.2.x kernel", it
>depends on what you really want -- you weren't quite specific enough.
>
>If you mean how to compile a third-party module (like Don Becker's
>updated Ethernet drivers), make sure to use -D__SMP__ -D__KERNEL__
>-DMODULE and maybe -DMODVERSIONS, depending. Also if you are using
>egcs 1.1 or newer, make sure to add -fno-strict-aliasing to the cflags.
>(The current kernel has illegal constructs that work great ... until
>you do aggressive type alias analysis, as the late-model gcc's can.)
>
>If you want to compile something that comes *with* the kernel source,
>just use `make config' (or `make menuconfig' or whatever) to select the
>feature you want, and whether to compile as a module or no. Then use
>the standard kernel make instructions: `make dep', `make bzImage' and
>`make modules'. Installation of kernel and modules is left as an
>exercise (in reading README files) to the reader.
>
>(Note: I believe a kernel is the *only* Linux software which actually
>requires a reboot to upgrade. Is it true that Solaris 7 even gets
>around *that*, or am I misremembering an article somewhere?)
>
>--
>Peter Samuelson
><sampo.creighton.edu!psamuels>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Lucius Chiaraviglio)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Cloning a Linux box
Date: Tue, 22 Jun 1999 06:50:27 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I would have just mailed this, but I figure the issue with
Compaq computers might bite someone where it hurts when partitioning,
so here it is:
Swietanowski Artur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> You must also inform the BIOS of the disks' presence and of their
> "geometry". Usually, you enter the BIOS setup programme by pressing a
> key during the system boot-up. Here's what to do for some common
> BIOSes:
>
> American Megatrends (AMI): Del key during Power-On Self-Test (POST)
Our Dell Dimension P200v also uses this.
> Compaq: F10 key after the square appears in the top right corner of
> the screen during boot-up
Don't forget that on all but very old Compaq computers, you
have to have their BIOS setup partition on the hard disk for this to
work. Otherwise, you have to boot from a BIOS setup floppy. Ackph.
Warning when partitioning your disk (not just Linux, but any OS): you
have to leave room for this partition. I'm not sure if it has to be
at the beginning of the disk, but that's where Compaq's BIOS setup
program installer puts it. You had best run their BIOS setup program
on a new or wiped hard disk BEFORE creating any other partitions, or
it might not work. Also, although the BIOS setup and diagnostic
programs in this partition seem to be DOS programs, the partition
itself does not show up as a DOS partition in DOS FDISK (I haven't yet
tried looking at one under Linux).
> Dell: Ctrl-Alt-Enter
I have seen this on very old Dell computers.
> (I'm interested in receiving information on other BIOSes to add them
> to this list.)
In addition to the above, fairly new Micron and HP computers,
and also IBM Aptivas and PC300GL's: press F1 or F2 during POST. I
always forget which one and have to find out during boot of the actual
computer. Some different models from the same manufacturer are
different. Some older IBM Pentium computers (PC340?) would only allow
BIOS setup after power-on (not reboot).
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From: Falk Brettschneider <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: de.comp.os.unix.linux.hardware
Subject: Epson Stylus Color 740 shared as network printer on SAMBA
Date: Tue, 22 Jun 1999 11:12:27 +0200
Hi,
Falk wrote:
> =
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >
> > I'm guessing maybe you didn't change In /etc/printcap
> > the device /dev/lp1 to /dev/lp0.
> Yep, but the problem is /dev/lp0 is used by my fine-working laser
> printer. The Epson printer is really plugged in /dev/lp1. That=B4s why =
I
> guess I have to use this device. What do you think about it?
Hey, I=B4ve found what was wrong!!!
As I said: cat /etc/hosts > /dev/lp1
I got an error message that the device is not installed.
And really: I forgot to load the 2. parallel device driver.
I fixed that and now everything works fine on Linux.
Thanks!!!
But the NEXT PROBLEM:
I want to make my Epson printer available for all the WindowsNT4.0
workstations in the LAN. Using SAMBA this is in most of all cases no
problem. But it is with the Epson Stylus Color 740.
That Epson is visible in the Windows' network neighborhood and I can
install it as network printer using the appropriate driver-CD. But
whenever I want to print anything, I only get an error message box:
"Cannot print. Wrong parameter!".
I don=B4t have a clue what that parameter could be. :-(.
I tried to install the Epson Color ESC/2 printer driver and that works
fine (means: I can print well) but this driver only provides 360dpi
resolution. That=B4s why it doesn=B4t satisfy me.
Do anyone have similar problems?
-- =
Ciao,
--Falk
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From: "robert_c" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development.apps,comp.os.linux.development.system
Subject: Can Single Processor driver run under SMP Kernel(2.2.*)
Date: 22 Jun 1999 09:40:55 GMT
Could someone tell me like following:
If run Single Processor driver under SMP kernel (2.2.X), it will be OK or
not? (and what will happan for above case?)
robert
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From: Greg Dickson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: RIVA TNT
Date: Tue, 22 Jun 1999 17:40:18 +0800
Hi All
I am looking for a XFree86 driver for a
ASUS Riva TNT AGP-V3400TNT Video Card
Can anyone let me know where I can get one
or which standard one will work and work best
Thanks
Greg Dickson
--
Greg Dickson
('> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
//\ Linux System Admin,
v_/_ Perl and Java Programing
Margaret River Western Australia
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From: Alan Schmitt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.portable,comp.sys.laptops,alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: And with Dell Latitude ? (was SOLVED: IBM ThinkPad i1720 & Linux
Date: Tue, 22 Jun 1999 08:40:35 +0000
Hi,
> using Winblows, click the control panel's System item, then right-click
> the audio device and select Properties... you'll see the list of io
> addresses, irq and dmas...
Thanks for your answer. I did that and was able to find the irq this way, but no
io addresses, just two areas of memories (FAC00000 - FAFFFFFF and FDA00000 -
FDAFFFFF) which definitely do not look like io addresses to me.
Is it possible that this card do not use any io address ? Or the same one than the
video chip (since they are on the same chip).
Thanks for any help about this,
Alan.
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From: "Mr. Erwin SOTIRI" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,fr.comp.os.linux
Subject: Help: More colors for KDE !
Date: Tue, 22 Jun 1999 09:46:27 GMT
Hi,
I assembled a computer with some old parts just to give it a try with
Linux. I had used Unix at school so I am familiar with the most common
"line commands".
I run an old 8bit ALogic 1Mb graphic card. I checked that it is is
specified in card's docs that it supports 16 bit colors mode. However
there is no way I can get more than 16 colours (8 bit mode) for a
640x400 resolution !(?) I tried to change the 8 bit to 16 bit in
XF86config but I get an error:
"16 bit SVGA not supported for this chip"
and
"no screens found".
I also tried probing with Xconfigurator but I only get the 8 bit mode
supported. What am I missing here ? I have put the monitor as Generic
SVGA supporting 640x400 (and it is actually the highest resolution it
supports, but I have seen that monitor displaying 16 bit colours under
Win 95)
I Then decided to add a PowerVR graphic accelarator with 4Mb hoping
that this could help (could it ?). As there is (of course) no Linux
driver with the PowerVR I wonder how can I declare it to the system and
make it to change the display of KDE from 8 bit colors to 16bit (if this
is possible ?).
thanks,
Erwin
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