Linux-Hardware Digest #555, Volume #10 Tue, 22 Jun 99 09:13:26 EDT
Contents:
Help!! Red Hat 6.0 & S3 Trio 3D ("Sea")
TV Tuner cards in linux (sonnik)
Re: Diamond Viper TNT AGP + XWindows (The Krow)
SoundBlaster PCI 16 or Ensoniq AudioPCI (Kevin C. Weissman)
Re: IDE not IDE (David Spigelman)
SuSE vs Red Hat (Malik Richardson)
Re: Backpack CD with Install and Thinkpad (Grant Guenther)
Hardware Questions... ("Steve Kowski")
Asus v2740 Display Card ("Michael Chang")
Re: choosing an OS for a retired Sun workstation (The UnSeen)
Re: Problem with Iomega Zip (Luca Satolli)
Re: RIVA TNT (JeroenHoppenbrouwers)
RH6.0 Network Failure... (Evhen Loj)
RH 6.0 Network Failure... (Evhen Loj)
Re: FIC VA503+ with AMD K62-400 and 66MHz Memory. DO THEY WORK TOGETHER? (Len)
Does Linux support PC104 based systems with SSD disks? (Dr.
=?iso-8859-1?Q?S=F3lyom=20Andr=E1s?=)
Re: Adding SCSI tape to Redhat 6.0 (John Thompson)
DHCP in token ring (Kasper Leonhardt)
Re: System Won't Turn Off (Dr. =?iso-8859-1?Q?S=F3lyom=20Andr=E1s?=)
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From: "Sea" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Help!! Red Hat 6.0 & S3 Trio 3D
Date: Tue, 22 Jun 1999 12:12:37 +0200
Help me please
I have just installed RH6.0, and i own a video card S3 Trio 3D, it seems
that the Xconfigurator recognize the card, but when i start the X Server, it
starts only in 16-colours VGA mode
Indeed it is a bit frustrating, i tried to edit the XF86Config file, but it
seems that i found no way to force X to use the SVGA mode.
Ther'is another initialization file?
Moreover, the Clock of the card is bounded to 28.32Mhz !!! while i should go
up to 90!
Does anyone know how to solve mi problem???
... :-(
nospam please <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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From: sonnik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help
Subject: TV Tuner cards in linux
Date: Tue, 22 Jun 1999 09:42:57 GMT
Has anyone been successful in getting a TV tuner card to work under
linux...
According to...
http://www.komm.hdk-berlin.de/~rasca/xttv/ it's possible.
Specifically, I'm trying to get an STB TV PCI (which is listed as having
been reported as working). I've downloaded all the related stuff, and
it appears to almost have worked at one point (got a garbled graphic
image in the window).
When I run XTTV i vary between err messages ... unable to open
/dev/bttv0 (the tv tuner driver) or unable to open /dev/video (both are
phyiscally there).
My kernel should be compiled for modularization (to best of my
knowledge, any way to verify this)?
To respond, delete _nospam in my email adress (if it's there)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (The Krow)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: Diamond Viper TNT AGP + XWindows
Date: Tue, 22 Jun 1999 10:00:56 GMT
On Mon, 21 Jun 1999 01:53:18 GMT, Jeremy Buhler
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>In comp.os.linux.hardware Michael Meissner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> I have a TNT, so the answer's moot for me. I believe you have to explicitly
>> edit the XF86Config file for TNT2 to tell it that it needs to use the TNT
>> driver (ie, it can't autodetect a TNT2, which was released after the 3.3.3.1
>> sources were released). In theory, the first public beta of XFree 4.0 should
>
>I believe you can find a source patch to the SVGA server for 3.3.3.1 at
>www.nvidia.com that should enable it to autodetect the TNT2.
>
>--
>## Jeremy Buhler * peace through superior algorithms * U. Washington ##
I found and installed the nvidia patch. My TNT2 works great, mind you
I still need to tweak the settings more but it does work. You need the
patch to make the card work right.
The Krow
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kevin C. Weissman)
Subject: SoundBlaster PCI 16 or Ensoniq AudioPCI
Date: Mon, 21 Jun 1999 20:31:40 GMT
Which is supported better? A Creative Labs SoundBlaster 16 PCI or and
Ensoniq AudioPCI. Can the onboard midi sequencer/port be used on either of
these? Thanks.
--
/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\
Kevin C. Weissman (KW) |ACORN "techie" and proud UNIX advocate.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] |Warning: failed.
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From: David Spigelman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: IDE not IDE
Date: Mon, 21 Jun 1999 16:33:54 -0400
You might try buying an EIDE controller with LBA. I know that Promise
made one - that's the one I'm using.
-- DS
Garry Wright wrote:
> I have an old 486Dx which uses the AMIbios chip.
>
> I try to install a 2.1 Gb drive with 4092 cyl and invariably get
> a hd controller failure from the bios. In addition, when RH6
> tries to boot from the install floppy, it reports the drive
> correctly, in terms of cyls etc but then claims it is not an
> IDE drive. Anyone know what is happening here?
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From: Malik Richardson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: SuSE vs Red Hat
Date: Mon, 21 Jun 1999 17:00:44 -0400
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<html>
I just installed SuSE Linux v6.1 on a clean hard drive. I must say
that the installation was a piece of cake compared to the procedures with
Red Hat's setup. I was afraid at first to put it on my machine because
I hose up my RH linux filesystems with Partition Magic and got the dreaded
"LI...."!.. As a semi-newbie with Linux, I am impressed with the features
that SuSE offers, such as SaX & YasT...I refuse to use LILO as a boot
loader and now boot linux via floppy.... I must say it's lovely....
My next goal is to work on hooking up with my ISP... Peace... mrich</html>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Grant Guenther)
Subject: Re: Backpack CD with Install and Thinkpad
Date: 21 Jun 1999 20:34:47 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Mon, 21 Jun 1999 12:03:22 GMT, The Rev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>when I installed RH 5.2 on my Thinkpad 360CSE I simply told it that I
>wanted it to use my Backpack CDROM and it did so.
>
>With RH6.0 (choosing local CDROM, Backpack, autoprobe) the installer
>says: "I can't find the device anywhere on your system!".
The backpack driver on the 6.0 boot disk is bad. RedHat are aware of the
problem and are planning to release a new boot floppy. Check their
web site.
==========================================================================
Grant R. Guenther [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Reply-To: "Steve Kowski" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
From: "Steve Kowski" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Hardware Questions...
Date: Tue, 22 Jun 1999 06:36:40 -0400
I am kinda new to the Linux thing... I am enjoying it and have learned a lot
just by reading the News Groups, so I figured i would ask away in here. I
am running RH 6 and I am having a modem problem. I have an old USR
Sportster 33,6 that has jumpers for Com and IRQ's. I have it set to IRQ5
(which is unused on computer) and Com1. Linux doesn't find it. I read
somewhere that some of the Sportster series isn't supported, mostly the ones
that have Voice, which mine does not. Any suggestions on getting this one to
work or can someone reccomend a inexpensive modem that is known to work with
Linux.
Thanks for any help in advance...
Steve Kowski
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From: "Michael Chang" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Asus v2740 Display Card
Date: Tue, 22 Jun 1999 19:07:26 +0800
I'm a newbie to LInux. I am currently using Red Hat Linux 6.0. i seriously
need help running xf86config, i can't add my v2740 display card. I have
already downloaded the driver from precision insight. After i extracted it
using RPM, i still can't see it in the list of display cards in xf86config.
Help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks for your time
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (The UnSeen)
Subject: Re: choosing an OS for a retired Sun workstation
Crossposted-To:
comp.unix.bsd.openbsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.sys.sun.hardware,comp.unix.solaris,comp.os.linux.misc
Date: Tue, 22 Jun 1999 10:49:33 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jason Hong) writes:
>
> That is why Solaris comes with Linux nowadays.
Err, I've never seen an official Solaris OS distribution from Sun that
included Linux/SPARC. Unless something has changed recently...
<snip>
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From: Luca Satolli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.misc,linux.redhat,linux.scsi,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Problem with Iomega Zip
Date: Mon, 21 Jun 1999 14:32:59 +0200
HI Alice,
I've a AVA1505, I don't succeed in make it work with ISAPNP.conf. So I've
added the module with kernelcfg. It' trivial, you have just to add an
hostadapter (type 1520, the driver is the same fot 1505, 1510, 1520) with
following option: 0x140, 11, 7 (your base address, the IRQ and the SCSI ID).
It should work fine.
Obviuosly, if u add a new component to your PC IRQ may change, and u must
change the options.
Bye
Luca Satolli
Alice Hansen wrote:
> 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...
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (JeroenHoppenbrouwers)
Subject: Re: RIVA TNT
Date: 22 Jun 1999 11:28:45 GMT
Greg Dickson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> 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
The standard SVGA driver I used (Slackware 4) understood RIVA TNT by itself.
No special server required.
--
dr.ir. Jeroen Hoppenbrouwers, Senior Researcher at | Stop recycling code;
Infolab, Tilburg University, The Netherlands | start recycling ideas!
http://infolab.kub.nl/people/hoppie
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From: Evhen Loj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: RH6.0 Network Failure...
Date: 17 Jun 1999 06:30:49 GMT
Someone PLEASE HELP!!!
I've been trying to setup a web server utilizing Red Hat 6.0, Apache
Web Server, and Real Audio Basic Server (libc version) for the last two
weeks. Unfortunately after about 20-30 minutes of not being accessed by
anyone from the Net, I am unable to ping or gain access to any of my
network services remotely (HTTP, FTP, or Telnet). If I attempt to ping from
home, I get a request timed out. All network services work fine and can be
accessed by people on the Net until that 30~ minutes elapse. I can regain
access if I stop and then start the network again, but for only 30 minutes.
Our 3COM 595 Tx appears to work fine and reports no errors when we run
"ifconfig." We even checked with Redhat support and they confirmed it is a
"tier one" card. The network setup was checked by a few Linux wizards and
they said all looks good.
Nothing in the logs are recorded at the time we can't gain acces to the
services. People have checked them and couldn't find anything to indicate
a problem. I've surfed the Net fine with the machine, getting out isn't the
problem, it's getting in after a given amount of time.
We have disabled all APM services in the BIOS and removed the APM daemon
from Linux. There is nothing in the logs to indicated that HTTP, FTP, or
Telnet are going down. In fact they are still up, but cannot be accessed.
Our only log error is:
maul inetd[1769]: execv /usr/sbin/in.identd: No such file or directory
I'm running RH 6.0 on an Intel Celeron 400, w/128MB of Ram, 8.4G HD, and a
3COM 595 Tx NIC. It is a co-lo with on a T1 connection. Linux has been
reinstalled a number of times with different setups (Custom, Server, etc)
yet the same result. The swap and other partitions are all fine. We've
changed the NIC card three times! I even reinstalled it without the Real
Server installed and it still happens.
Any timely advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks,
- [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Evhen Loj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: RH 6.0 Network Failure...
Date: 17 Jun 1999 06:30:49 GMT
Someone PLEASE HELP!!!
I've been trying to setup a web server utilizing Red Hat 6.0, Apache
Web Server, and Real Audio Basic Server (libc version) for the last two
weeks. Unfortunately after about 20-30 minutes of not being accessed by
anyone from the Net, I am unable to ping or gain access to any of my
network services remotely (HTTP, FTP, or Telnet). If I attempt to ping
from home, I get a request timed out. All network services work fine and
can be accessed by people on the Net until that 30~ minutes elapse. I can
regain access if I stop and then start the network again, but for only 30
minutes. Our 3COM 595 Tx appears to work fine and reports no errors when
we run "ifconfig." We even checked with Redhat support and they
confirmed it is a "tier one" card. The network setup was checked by a few
Linux wizards and they said all looks good.
Nothing in the logs are recorded at the time we can't gain acces to the
services. People have checked them and couldn't find anything to
indicate a problem. I've surfed the Net fine with the machine, getting out
isn't the problem, it's getting in after a given amount of time.
We have disabled all APM services in the BIOS and removed the APM daemon
from Linux. There is nothing in the logs to indicated that HTTP, FTP, or
Telnet are going down. In fact they are still up, but cannot be accessed.
Our only log error is:
maul inetd[1769]: execv /usr/sbin/in.identd: No such file or directory
I'm running RH 6.0 on an Intel Celeron 400, w/128MB of Ram, 8.4G HD, and a
3COM 595 Tx NIC. It is a co-lo with on a T1 connection. Linux has been
reinstalled a number of times with different setups (Custom, Server, etc)
yet the same result. The swap and other partitions are all fine. We've
changed the NIC card three times! I even reinstalled it without the Real
Server installed and it still happens.
Any timely advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks,
- [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Len <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.fic
Subject: Re: FIC VA503+ with AMD K62-400 and 66MHz Memory. DO THEY WORK TOGETHER?
Date: Tue, 22 Jun 1999 07:47:35 -0400
Larry Mintz wrote:
>
> : So it works for 300 and 400 but not 350 and I assume 450???
> : It seems like it only works for even (3x,4x,etc) multipliers.
> : Is that your conclusion as well.
>
> Not true. My VA-503+ supports the 3.5x multiplier as well. There are others
> listed in the manual. So I am running a 350MHz unit with the 100MHz bus and
> a 3.5 multiplier to yield 350MHz.
I know it supports a 3.5x and 4.5x multiplier. I was asking if it
worked with EDO or FPM memory running at AGP frequency with those
multipliers. The other poster suggested that it only worked at
even multipliers like 3x and 4x with the non-PC100 memory.
Well, you could answer the question depending on what memory you have.
Do you have PC100 or older EDO or FPM and are you running it at front
side bus or AGP frequency?
--
Len
Please reply to newsgroup so everyone may benefit.
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From: Dr. =?iso-8859-1?Q?S=F3lyom=20Andr=E1s?= <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Does Linux support PC104 based systems with SSD disks?
Date: Tue, 22 Jun 1999 14:04:22 +0200
The subject says it all.
I am working on a project for a BIG company and I want to persuade them to use
Linux instead of DOS for their PC104 embedded system if that is possible. The
hardware now has a 486 processor, 32 Mb RAM and a 32 Mb flash (SSD) disk. It
presently run DOS (so most of that RAM is wasted...)
Any information would be very helpful!
Andras
--
________________________________________________________________
Question #7: How Can I Make Linux More Like Windows?
'Hmmm. Rebuild the kernel to use every memory-hogging feature you can find.
Reboot every
couple of days whether you need to or not. And every 18 months or so, send a
check for $99
to Bill Gates. That should do the trick.' (CNET - 10 questions about Linux
[4.28.1999])
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From: John Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Adding SCSI tape to Redhat 6.0
Date: Mon, 21 Jun 1999 17:09:19 -0600
Vic Ryan wrote:
>
> Morning All,
>
> Linux newbie here, I have added a SCSI tape drive to a box already loaded
> with Redhat 6.0 and need to install the driver to access it. I have
> linconf 1.16 but can not figure out how to get the SCSI driver to load
> and talk to the drive. Any suggestion would be welcome.
If you already are using SCSI HD device the tape device
should be located and identified when the system boots and
probes the SCSI bus. If the SCSI support is new, you will
have to compile the proper driver for your HBA (either in
the kernel or as a module) before you can use the tape
device.
--
-John ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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From: Kasper Leonhardt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: DHCP in token ring
Date: Tue, 22 Jun 1999 10:56:01 GMT
Hi
I have some troubles setting up dhcpd on redhat 5.2 upgraded to kernel
2.2.10
The system contains two network adapters, on Ethernet connected to an
isdn router (eth0, 194.192.161.170) and one token ring adapter (tk0,
192.168.1.1). both adapters works fine.
I believe that it is the token ring adapter that gives problems. Do
anyone know about a DHCP Server that works on a token ring network.
The Internet Software Consortium who is distributing the DHCPd
2.0b1pl27 does mention that it may not work under some circumstances,
and the version 3.0 Alpha Does not work either.
If you believe that 2.0b1pl27 works with Token Ring, or do you know an
other DHCP server that works with token ring, please write.
Some techs:
The source was successfully compiled and installed from
dhcp-2.0b1pl27.tar
My /etc/dhcpd.conf file looks like this:
default-lease-time 600;
max-lease-time 7200;
option subnet-mask 255.255.255.0;
option broadcast-address 192.168.1.255;
option routers 192.168.1.1;
option domain-name-servers 192.168.1.1;
option domain-name "blaa-sommer.dk";
subnet 192.168.1.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 {
range 192.168.1.30 192.168.1.100;
}
Running dhcpd -f gives following output:
Internet Software Consortium DHCP Server V2.0b1pl27
Copyright 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999 The Internet Software
Consortium. All rights reserved.
Please contribute if you find this software useful.
For info, please visit http://www.isc.org/dhcp-contrib.html
No subnet declaration for eth0 (194.192.161.171).
Please write a subnet declaration for the network segment to
which interface eth0 is attached.
exiting.
Why?
I don't want to setup any dhcp on eth0
I tried to disable the Ethernet adapter with ifdown eth0.
Then i got following output when running dhcpd:
Internet Software Consortium DHCP Server V2.0b1pl27
Copyright 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999 The Internet Software
Consortium. All rights reserved.
Please contribute if you find this software useful.
For info, please visit http://www.isc.org/dhcp-contrib.html
socket: Protocol not available - make sure CONFIG_PACKET and
CONFIG_FILTER are defined in your kernel configuration!
But CONFIG_PACKET and CONFIG_FILTER _is_ compiled to my kernel (not as
modules)
Can anyone give at tip? I have heard that nothing could be more easy
than setting up DHCP!
--
Venlig hilsen / Best regards
Kasper Leonhardt
E-mail: kl+internetgruppen.dk (+ -> @)
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Share what you know. Learn what you don't.
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From: Dr. =?iso-8859-1?Q?S=F3lyom=20Andr=E1s?= <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: System Won't Turn Off
Date: Tue, 22 Jun 1999 14:15:24 +0200
PD wrote:
> ...
> now here's the crazy part. when i pushed the power button the system
>
> rebooted instead of turning off. when i used to run windows98 the computer
>
> turned off automatically when i do a shutdown. is there a similar
>
> capability with Linux? i still have no idea why my power button doesn't
>
> work. has anybody seen this this kind of thing before. below is the
>
> motherboard that i'm using.
keep the power button pressed for about 4 seconds, It will then turn the power
off. The new ATX power supplies usually can be switched off totally with a
separate switch (usually on the power supply.) If that switch is in the ON
position then the power supply is in a standby state ready to start again. So
as not to make possible to inadvertently turning off the computer a short
single press either does nothing (when the system is up ) or turns the system
on.
--
________________________________________________________________
Question #7: How Can I Make Linux More Like Windows?
'Hmmm. Rebuild the kernel to use every memory-hogging feature you can find.
Reboot every
couple of days whether you need to or not. And every 18 months or so, send a
check for $99
to Bill Gates. That should do the trick.' (CNET - 10 questions about Linux
[4.28.1999])
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