Linux-Hardware Digest #632, Volume #10 Wed, 30 Jun 99 14:13:46 EDT
Contents:
Re: Need Iomega Ditto 3200 (3.2G) Tape Drive info ("Actarus [VL]")
Re: S3 TRIO 3D ("Cyril Dominicy")
Re: Viper 550 PCI vs. 3dfx Voodoo3 2000 PCI (I need 1600@1200 with best overall 2D
quality) ("Brian Merrill")
Re: Memory Problem,I'm Desperate ! ("Brian Merrill")
Re: Dual/Quad K6??? ("Andrew J. Norman")
Re: Intel could nip dual-Celeron move in bud (Greg Yantz)
Wietek P9100 video and linux (John)
SoundCard (Anthony Lacey)
Re: tape backup drive SEAGATE CONNER CTT8000-S ("Andrew J. Norman")
Accton PCMCIA ethernet card ("Castor")
Re: RAID -Array with MYLEX controller DAC960P (bryan)
Re: WHAT KIND OF LANGUAGE IS THAT ? ("Charles Sullivan")
Re: Newbie SuSE 6.1 Printer problems (Michael Gruner)
newbie-printer and emacs... ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
looking linux for 186/188? ("Manut Chaisiriniwat")
Re: Help needed installing Snd drivers - COL 2.2 (Alberto Bellorin)
Re: WD 18 GB Expert losing settings ("Neil L")
Re: Compaq Proliant 2000R ("Tony Platt")
efficient SpeedStream 3010 (Tele Danmark Internet Kundeservice)
Re: ATI AGP card (Dennis Heltzel)
FWD- Hardware site petitions Intel over SMP Celerons (Alex Lam)
Re: 'Out of Memory error' after overwriting /etc/fstab (Greg Wierzchowski)
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From: "Actarus [VL]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.os2.misc,comp.os.os2.setup.misc,comp.os.ms-windows.win95.misc,comp.sys.hp.hardware,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.systems,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Need Iomega Ditto 3200 (3.2G) Tape Drive info
Date: Wed, 30 Jun 1999 11:44:31 -0400
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> On 06/29/99 at 10:26 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ron Gibson) said:
>
> >I'm considering getting an Iomega 3200 (3.2 G) floppy connected internal
> >tape backup.
>
> Wow... that's GOTTA be slow.
Nope... a floppy port connection is faster than a parallel port. Trust
me, my Ditto 2000 is external.
>
> Why don't you try a DITTOEASY 3200 external Parallel port.
> Works with Backmaster just fine in Warp4 (that is until FP10 zapped it).
>
> --
> ---------------------------------------
> Andrey Lasichuk ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
> ---------------------------------------
--
La haut, La haut tres loin dans l'espace
entre la terre et venus
le ciel garde encore la trace
du prince Actarus...
ICQ #7414084
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From: "Cyril Dominicy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: S3 TRIO 3D
Date: Wed, 30 Jun 1999 12:29:17 +0200
Same Problem Here. I suppose it's the same card S3 Trio 3D/2X EN362.
Can't get it to work better than VGA16.
Any help would be much appreciated
Cyril
Eduardo Figueres <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:7l8uh8$act$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Hi,
>
> I'm a debian 2.0 user with AMD K6II-350MHz/128Mb and S3 TRIO 3D AGP video
> card, and i want to install a better x-server than VGA16, but I can't.
Some
> body knows a free xserver who supports this video card, Need I some kernel
> version ( I have the 2.2.x, i don't know exactly). I you know something
can
> help me, tell me, please !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
>
> thanks
>
>
> Edu. [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
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From: "Brian Merrill" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.video
Subject: Re: Viper 550 PCI vs. 3dfx Voodoo3 2000 PCI (I need 1600@1200 with best
overall 2D quality)
Date: Wed, 30 Jun 1999 09:26:20 -0600
Definitely do not get the Voodoo3 as it can not handle 32 bit color well in
2D or 3D from what I understand (see Voodoo3 review on
www.sharkyextreme.com). I question, though, what kind of performance
improvement (if at all) you'll see with a new video card running at such a
high resolution on only a Pentium 100. Any modern video card you by is
going to be severely underpowered. Why not spend a little extra and buy a
cheap K6-2 or Celeron plus Motherboard for a $100 bucks (or less if you shop
around) and get an AGP card instead (they're even cheaper than the PCI
version in some cases). You might also consider a Matrox G200 as it should
have even more superior 2D quality to that of the TNT, though I'm not sure
what kind of Linux driver support is available so you'll have to check on
that. Good luck.
Vladimir NOVIKOV <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Hello all,
>
> I have a small Pentium 100 with 64 Mb RAM using Windows 98 and Linux.
>
> I need to uprgade urgently my graphic card to obtain the best 2D
> quality (GIMP, Photoshop, Pagemaker, no games) at 1600@1200 (85 Hz).
>
> And I found that there is almost no PCI cards on the market these
> days. All new chips (TNT2, G400 and so on) are AGP only.
>
> It seems that my only choice is Viper 550 (TNT) or 3dfx Voodoo3 2000
> PCI.
>
> I've read some reviews to find that TNT seems to have best 2D quality
> (with G200 PCI), but that Voodoo3 has higher refresh rates because of
> the 300 MHz RAMDAC. It seems also that Voodoo3 is primarily 3D chip
> with only average 2D quality for its price.
>
> I also don't know if Voodoo3 works well with Linux (TNT does, my
> friends has one Viper 550 AGP, so I know it for sure).
>
> So, Viper or Voodoo, that's a question?
>
> BTW, is Pentium 100 enough for these cards?
>
>
> Many thanks for your help,
>
>
>
> Vladimir
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From: "Brian Merrill" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Memory Problem,I'm Desperate !
Date: Wed, 30 Jun 1999 09:36:00 -0600
This is from a previous post on this same newsgroup:
From: Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: recognizing all my RAM
Date: Tuesday, June 29, 1999 12:35 PM
I also found (when I was using redhat 5.x) that upgrading to the most
recent 2.0.x kernel (2.0.36 at the time) had it detect all the memory.
You might want to try upgrading to 2.0.37 (the most recent 2.0.x kernel)
and see if that helps.
And the followup:
That should work. Maybe even take a further step and try the latest
2.2.10 kernel. I believe it recognized the 128M I have all on its own.
Regardless, you could also add the following line to the kernel boot
sequence in your lilo.conf file
append="mem=<whateveramountofmemory>M"
next run /sbin/lilo
Santosh H. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:Pine.SOL.3.96.990630155701.15121A-100000@giasbga...
> Hi all,
> I have a pentium 120MHz with 32 MB RAM installed.Win95 agrees.During
> boot up 32 Mb of RAM is detected.I'm running SlackWare 3.5 kernel 2.0.34
> .When I run free i am told that my total memory is 13MB & 12MB is used.So
> i've only 1MB left :-( !!
>
> Thats why i think Netscape takes 1/2 an hour to load :-( and then runs
> like a bullock cart:-(.
>
>
> Could some linux god tell me how i can get this great OS to recognize
> that my comp has 32mb of RAM.I know this is stupid but i've done a umsdos
> install.
>
> Lot's of cries of sadness
>
> thanx in advance for any help .
>
> pls reply via email ASAP to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> Bye
> Santosh
>
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From: "Andrew J. Norman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Dual/Quad K6???
Date: Wed, 30 Jun 1999 16:21:33 GMT
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Just a correction to make to your post: The K6 DOES support SMP
operation, but do to licensing restrictions from Intel it does not support
MPS 1.1 or 1.4 and the Intel chipsets do not support the protocol that AMD
and Cyrix use. The same is true for the line of Cyrix processors. This
means that while it is possible to find dual and quad pentium boards, the
K6 can not operate correctly in an SMP mode on them.
The new K7 will run on a different platform with a non-intel chipset
(either a VIA or a DEC...well formerly DEC). This chipset will support the
SMP modes of the new AMD processor. As well as the DEC Alphas (see
Digital's information on their new chipsets)
Andrew J. Norman
______________________________________________________________
Dept. of Physics Phone: 757-221-3571
College of William & Mary [EMAIL PROTECTED]
"It is only with the heart that one can see rightly;
what is essential is invisible to the eye" -The Little Prince
______________________________________________________________
On Tue, 29 Jun 1999, Dave Howland wrote:
> unfortunately amd's k6 line doesn't support SMP, it's exclusive to intel's
> processors. although the new athlon (k7) that amd recently released is
> supposed to be SMP capable...
>
> good luck
>
> dave
>
>
> On Tue, 29 Jun 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> > Hello All,
> >
> > I am looking for a motherboard (supported under Linux) that will support
> > Dual if not Quad AMD K6 CPUs. I prefer a 100mhz board so I can use the
> > K6-II chips. Does anyone know of such a motherboard? If so, where can
> > I buy one?
> >
> > Thanks
> > Scott
> >
> >
> > --
> > Scott Boss
> > Atlanta Perl Mongers Fearless Leader
> > website: http://atlanta.pm.org
> > community: http://www.dejanews.com/~apm
> >
> >
> > Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> > Share what you know. Learn what you don't.
> >
> >
>
>
>
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From: Greg Yantz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Intel could nip dual-Celeron move in bud
Date: 30 Jun 1999 12:53:53 -0400
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Tmack) writes:
> Philip Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >On Tue, 29 Jun 1999 08:51:17 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >>That will just shift the mind share away from them and onto AMD. If Intel
> >>doesn't want to sell two celerons then I'm sure AMD would be happy to sell
> >>two K7s. I just hope the K7s drop below $200 in the next few months.
> >huh? Is AMD finally making multiprocessor capable cpus? Last I checked,
> >AMD chips didn't do that.
AFAIK, the K5 was SMP-capable, but noone ever produced a chipset to
support it. With the K6 they didn't bother. The K7 is supposed to be
SMP-capable, but we'll have to wait and see if anyone produces a
shipset and mb to support it.
If the K7 lives up to it's billing, performance-wise, this would seem
to be *the* ideal time for AMD to attack the high end, and that means
offering multi-processor systems.
-Greg
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John)
Subject: Wietek P9100 video and linux
Date: Wed, 30 Jun 1999 16:04:29 GMT
(Sorry if this has been asked frequently; I just found this group)
Hello, all:
I have a Wietek P9100 chip (PCI, 2MB) video card and was wondering if
linux wouldsupport it in accelerated capacity. I know that the P9000
has support from the Debian distribution, and maybe RedHat, but am not
sure about the P9100. I also realize that the "AcelerateX" commercial
software will support it in the Linux environment, but I am cheap (the
card was essentially free, anyway).
Any ideas? Thanks...
Please remove the NOSPAM from my email address, if you care to respond
to me personally.
John T.
VPI
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From: Anthony Lacey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: SoundCard
Date: Wed, 30 Jun 1999 17:04:00 +0100
Hi,
Im thinking of adding a soundcard to my system and wondered what people
thought was the best choice. Im running Linux (2.2.5) and 98 (just for
games). I want some decent sound but Im not sure if I need to feel
immersed in some 3D experience (I just dont believe that a set of �50
speakers can do that). Basically I will be playing games in 98,
listening to CDs and maybe some web audio under both and I may record
some of my vinyl onto cd in the furture. From my local dealer the
choices seem to be:
soundblaster 64 PCI - �17
soundblaster AWE64 ISA - �27
soundblaster 128 PCI - �30
soundblaster live value - �43
all oem.
So what do people think is a good choice? I dont want too much hassle
in setup and want the card to work as well as can be expected in both
linux & 98. Im only going to spend about nother �30 on speakers too.
Any advice gratefully recieved.
--
Dr. Tony Lacey - Imaging Science & Bio-medical Engineering, University
of
Manchester Stopford Building, Oxford Rd., Manchester. UK. M13 9PT
[+44 (0)161 275 5570] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.niac.man.ac.uk/~ajl/
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From: "Andrew J. Norman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: tape backup drive SEAGATE CONNER CTT8000-S
Date: Wed, 30 Jun 1999 16:10:13 GMT
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The way to access a scsi tape drive (assumming that you have included
support for it in your kernel either as a module or as a monolithic part
of the kernel proper) is to send commands to /dev/st0 and the like (the
first tape drive is 0 the second 1 and so forth)
For an IDE tape drive the device label will be /dev/ht0 and the like.
To test you device try issuing a command like:
"mt -f /dev/st0 rewind" or "mt -f /dev/st0 retension"
These should access the device and either rewind or retension the tape in
the drive.
For compatibility you may want the make the appropriate links to /dev/rmt0
and /dev/mt0 standing for "magnetic tape" and "rewindable magnetic tape"
essentially sending information to /dev/rmt0 will always cause the data to
be written and then the tape to be rewound. Sending to /dev/mt0 will not
rewind the tape (used for incrimental writes) These devices are not
standard on most Linux systems but are used substantially on
SparcStations, AIX boxes and other UN*X machines. (So if you are trying
to port code from one of these platforms and it can't find /dev/rmt0 you
will know why)
Andrew J. Norman
______________________________________________________________
Dept. of Physics Phone: xxx-xxx-xxxx
College of William & Mary norman AT physics DOT wm DOT edu
"It is only with the heart that one can see rightly;
what is essential is invisible to the eye" -The Little Prince
______________________________________________________________
On Tue, 29 Jun 1999, Dan wrote:
> How do I turn on my tape drive? Or access it? It is a scsi drive. I can't
> access it as /dev/sd??
>
> Thanks
> Dan
>
>
>
>
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From: "Castor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Accton PCMCIA ethernet card
Date: Wed, 30 Jun 1999 10:52:29 +0200
Reply-To: "Castor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Does the Accton EN 2226 Ethernet PCMCIA card work with Linux? What's the
driver to be used?
Thanks for your response.
Castor
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From: bryan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: RAID -Array with MYLEX controller DAC960P
Date: Wed, 30 Jun 1999 16:39:28 GMT
I built mine into the booting kernel.
maybe its not meant to be a module. and if you boot from raid, it CAN'T be a module.
can you free up room in the kernel to build this in and make something else a module?
F.Griehsel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: Hi,
: i have a problem to install the MYLEX under linux kernel rev. 2.2.5.
: The sources and object files for this driver are in my distribution. (SUSE
: 6.1). When i try to install the module with the command
: insmod DAC960, i get the message "driver or device busy"
: Who can help ???
: Thank's Frank
: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
: subscribe
--
Bryan [at] Grateful.Net
http://www.Grateful.Net
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From: "Charles Sullivan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: WHAT KIND OF LANGUAGE IS THAT ?
Date: Wed, 30 Jun 1999 11:20:10 -0400
Equinox wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>On Mon, 28 Jun 1999 12:48:43 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
>>I feel offended...Red Hat instalation offers an option to install in
>>BRAZILIAN...this language doesn't exist. It's like calling AMERICAN to
>>ENGLISH.
>>Note: PORTUGUESE is the language spoken in Brazil and after English and
>>Spanish is the third European language in the world. I love Brazil but
>>I'm sorry people there still speak PORTUGUESE
>>
>>Tony
>
>Perhaps it was a joke. Red Hat 5.1 had an option to install in
>"Redneck". A friend and I even attempted to install it using that
>option.
>
>Perhaps I shouldn't admit this, but we understood it perfectly. :)
One might also ask how Portuguese usage in Brazil differs from the
same usage in Europe. I understand that American Spanish is quite
different from any of the European Spanish dialects, at least as spoken.
My own experience after having studied French in high school (USA) was
that I had no trouble communicating in France, but might just as well have
being speaking Martian when trying to communicate with French Canadians
or individuals from any of the former French colonies.
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From: Michael Gruner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Newbie SuSE 6.1 Printer problems
Date: Wed, 30 Jun 1999 17:34:19 +0200
Hi,
have You ever tried: cat /etc/inittab > /dev/lpx
lpx means lp0, lp1 depends where Your Printer is connected to.
If this works the device is okay and it is only a matter of installing
the right apsfilter.
Hope this helps a bit.
regards
Michael
Fusion Youth Housing schrieb:
>
> Hi all...
> Running SuSE 6.1 with Corel WP8. My printer just wont seem to run. It is
> supportted under ghostscript and l have attempted to setup through
> g'script and YaST. Each time l attempt to print the document goes into
> the spool, and l still can't print. The printer works fine under
> windows. Any suggestions?
>
> Thanks in advance..
> Printer: BJ10sx (Canon) being setup under emulation of BJ10e
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: newbie-printer and emacs...
Date: Wed, 30 Jun 1999 16:19:26 GMT
Hello everyone,
could someone tell me what is wrong when a printer tested prints
perfectly a color postscript (from controlpanel/printool) and
then it doesn't for regular use? Also, sometimes the job appears in the
queue but doesn't print anything? Have a Canon BJC4100 which worked very
good (but mono) in RH 5.1 but with 6.0 is being difficult.
Also, does anyone know if Xemacs is available in RH6.0? I can't make it
work nice (meaning the gui version, with icons and all that...)
Thanks
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Share what you know. Learn what you don't.
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From: "Manut Chaisiriniwat" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: looking linux for 186/188?
Date: Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:59:28 +0700
i working in lab embedded.
i'am looking linux for 186/188
who is can recomment me?
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From: Alberto Bellorin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Help needed installing Snd drivers - COL 2.2
Date: Wed, 30 Jun 1999 13:07:32 -0400
Duncan Cumming wrote:
>
> I am trying to get my sound card (CM 8338) to work in Linux (Caldera
> 2.2) and find it somewhat confusing as to the steps involved:
>
> Here's what I've done so far:
> 1. Downloaded the drivers from the manufacturer.
> 2. As root - Backed up the Config.in and makefile in
> /usr/src/linux/drivers/sound (I also have a
> /usr/src/linux-2.2.5/drivers/sound directory - not sure which I should
> use)
> 3. Extracted the downloaded tar file in the above directory
> 4. cd /usr/src/linux (also tried /usr/src/linux-2.2.5)
> 5. here's where my real trouble starts - 'make menuconfig' (aborted
> because of an error)
> 5. then tried 'make config' - it seems with this command that I had to
> specify every single bit of h/w & s/w that my machine has - there were
> defaults that were shown but I had no idea in about 75% of the questions
> what I should be picking. As soon as the defaults looked wrong I
> aborted the execute as I didn't want to lose everything.
> 6. The instructions that I have say to "select sound card
> (Config_Sound=m") support & CMPCI driver (Config_sound_cmpci=m) as
> modules.
> I never got that far to see those prompts.
>
> If anyone has some info that would help I would sure appreciate it.
>
> The Red Hat distribution seems to include a sndconfig program that
> simplifies the installation. Why doen't Caldera have something similar?
Hi there
I did exactly as you did, but instead of menuconfig or config I did a
xconfig, so you might try make xconfig or use the modules I alredy
compiled and I am sending attached to this message.
(untar as root from / " cd /; tar xvzf path/cmpci_sound.tgz)
I hope it works
Bye
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From: "Neil L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: WD 18 GB Expert losing settings
Date: Wed, 30 Jun 1999 10:32:59 -0500
To follow up, I looked in the messages log and found the following:
hdparm : HDIO_SET_DMA failed: Operation not permitted
(then it goes through the optimisation for hd(a/g/e))
<snip>
kernel: VFS: can't find an ext2 filesystem on dev ide2(33,0)
kernel: hdg: timeout waiting for DMA
kernel: hdg: irq timeout: status =0x58 { DriveReady SeekComplete
DataRequest }
kernel: hdg: DMA disabled
kernel: ide3: reset: success
...over MY head...
I hope some of those big brains on the internet can help!
NeilL
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From: "Tony Platt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Compaq Proliant 2000R
Date: Thu, 1 Jul 1999 02:46:14 +1000
John wrote in message <7ldglv$5ar$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>I am attempting to install linux on a Compaq Proliant 2000 R
>It has an EISA SCSI 32-Bit Compaq Smart Array Controller that slackware
4.0,
>RedHat 6.0 will not recognize. I am going to try suse 6.1 but suspect the
same
>problem.
>Any help would be appreciated.
>Thanks!
The Compaq Smart Array controller works with redhat
when installing and it comes to the controller selection
select other
choose the compaq controller
and pass the option
smart2=0x1000
where
0x1000 = the EISA slot number the board is in
ie
0x2000 = slot 2
0x5000 = slot 5
etc
but you will have to configure you (logical) drives in the compaq bios first
Hope it helps
Tony Platt
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From: Tele Danmark Internet Kundeservice <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: efficient SpeedStream 3010
Date: Wed, 30 Jun 1999 17:46:10 +0200
Hello Linuxers...
I am considering switching to ADSL, when my ISP will provide it. But I
have one problem. Linux does not support the driver I will have to use
to get connected.
The name of the Card: SpeedStream 3010. Efficient who makes the card
(www.efficient.com) are willing to give out information to the Linux
community, if we want to make a driver.
I know there is a development project going on for FreeBSD at:
http://www.whitebarn.com/~bob/atm/
Here is what Efficient says about Linux/BSD
---[ Begin ]----
Efficient Networks supports Windows 95/98 and NT OS for
our SpeedStream 3010 (25.6) card. We are aware of BSD
development http://www.whitebarn.com/~bob/atm/ but
nothing for Linux. Efficient Networks does not develope
Linux, BSD, etc, drivers instead we've enabled those user
communities to create that software.
---[ End ]---
Does anyone know if any development is going on?
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From: Dennis Heltzel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: ATI AGP card
Date: Wed, 30 Jun 1999 13:26:40 -0400
Check to see if you have the Mach64 server installed. Try the following
command:
rpm -q -a|grep XFree86-Mach64
If not, go back to you install media and install it with:
rpm -i XFree86-Mach64*
Then make sure that /usr/bin/X11/X points to the Mach64 Xserver.
Dave Dawson wrote:
> I have RH 5.2 which came with Red Hat Linux Unleashed. I originally
> installed it with an ISA 512K video card. I installed an ATI AGP Expert 98
> card with 8 MB. When I run Xconfigurator, it recognizes the card as a
> Mach64, and assigns the server as Mach64. I have no options. When I
> startx, it says something about not being able to find the Mach64 server.
> (Can't say exactly, it's on my computer at home)
>
> I have run xf86config, and I can get the Xwindows to run, but Netscape
> complains incessantly about not having the right color level. It shows
> almost everything in shades of grey (about 2), and gives constant error
> messages. I can't run control-panel for the same reason.
>
> How do I solve this?
>
> Dave Dawson
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From: Alex Lam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: FWD- Hardware site petitions Intel over SMP Celerons
Date: Wed, 30 Jun 1999 09:18:43 -0700
=============FWD================
Posted 30/06/99 8:27am by Mike Magee, The Register, London, UK.
Hardware site petitions Intel over SMP Celerons
A leading hardware site has asked Intel nicely not to implement a
plan to prevent the production of dual Celeron systems.
(See Intel could nip dual Celeron move in bud)
CPU Review has posted a petition to its site which can be viewed
here.
http://www.cpureview.com/smp_petition.html
At Computex in Taiwan at the beginning of the month, a motherboard
manufacturer
showed a design which allowed twin Celerons to run together.
The idea was originally invented by a Japanese engineer, and
according to reports,
Intel was unhappy with the idea, and therefore wanted to nobble such
designs by
disabling the feature that allowed for dual Celerons.
When we spoke to Intel earlier this week, a representative pointed
out that
implementing dual Celerons was not part of the original system spec
for the cut down
Pentium II processor.
CPU Review's petition reads: "We, the undersigned consumers hereby
respectfully
request that Intel does not disable the SMP capabilities of the
Celeron processors.
We believe that business users will use Pentium II, III and Xeon
processors for
production servers due to their large L2 cache sizes. Disabling SMP on
Celerons will
only hurt technical enthusiasts."
We don't know if Intel responds to petitions and it's an interesting
idea. �
======================
Alex Lam.
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From: Greg Wierzchowski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.linux
Subject: Re: 'Out of Memory error' after overwriting /etc/fstab
Date: Wed, 30 Jun 1999 12:44:26 -0400
> Derek Colley wrote:
>
> > I think I'm getting an out of memory error because of the lost fstab
> > file.
> >
...
> > So I have to rebuild the fstab file from scratch but I don't have the
> > right settings for hdb or for the swap partition (set at 50Mb at
> > installation). The cdrom, floppy and zip drives are not a problem.
> >
> > Also disturbing is the fact that I'm running on 128Mb RAM but only 64Mb
> > seems to be recognised!
> > When I run 'top', I get the following mem stats:
> > Mem: 64104 av, 62912 used, ...
> >
> > Can anyone provide any guidance.
> >
> > TIA
> > Derek
Let's fix your problem with memory first. Linux kernel recognizes only
up to 64MB of RAM on boot. You have to tell it that you have more. To do
this, modify your /etc/lilo.conf, inserting the line:
append="mem=128M"
after you linux "image" specifier. *NOTE*: you may not have all of the
memory available to linux, in that case the system will lock-up. I have
128MB on my ThinkPad, but some of the memory is used by BIOS(?), so I
had to put "mem=127M" on mine.
Then you just have to run lilo to update the boot sector.
Now, to fstab: do you know what your partitions are? If not, run fdisk
(don't write anything, just look) and write down which partitions are
swap and which are ext2
It's also a good idea to put "proc" filesystem back.
Here is my fstab (RH 6.0):
/dev/hda3 / ext2
defaults 1 1
/dev/hda5 /boot ext2
defaults 1 2
/dev/hda1 /home ext2
defaults 1 2
/dev/hda4 swap swap
defaults 0 0
/dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy vfat
sync,user,noauto,nosuid,nodev,unhide 0 0
/dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom auto
user,noauto,nosuid,exec,nodev,ro 0 0
/dev/zip /mnt/zip vfat
user,noauto,nosuid,nodev,unhide 0 0
none /proc proc
defaults 0 0
none /dev/pts devpts
gid=5,mode=620 0 0
--
Greg.Wierzchowski @usa.net
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