Linux-Hardware Digest #634, Volume #10 Wed, 30 Jun 99 17:13:38 EDT
Contents:
Re: Viper 550 PCI vs. 3dfx Voodoo3 2000 PCI (I need 1600@1200 with best overall 2D
quality) ("Jimmy Nilzohn")
Re: UDMA-4, U/66 performance ("Ron Reaugh")
SGI Visual Workstation 540 and Qlogic 1080.... (Phil LoCascio)
Re: adsl (Lew Pitcher)
Tipping (Gregg Cercy x1532)
/dev/ttyS* & Slack4.0 ("falling_grace")
Re: ATI Rage Fury 32MB AGP and SuSE Linux 6.1 (Lars Degenhardt)
Re: UDMA-4, U/66 performance (Jonathan nospam"@cove.com>)
Help: Buy a new tape drive (Tony Zhou)
Re: BTTV / BT829? (Lars Degenhardt)
Re: !!! HELP !!! (Christian Lenzenhofer)
Re: UDMA-4, U/66 performance ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Viper 550 PCI vs. 3dfx Voodoo3 2000 PCI (I need 1600@1200 with best overall 2D
quality) ("J.W.")
Re: ADSL versus Cable modem. ("falling_grace")
Re: Viper 550 PCI vs. 3dfx Voodoo3 2000 PCI (I need 1600@1200 with best overall 2D
quality) (JohnT)
Re: Dual boot ("Ron")
CMI3880 sound card ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Problem with Linux and Hardware (process swapper) (Joern Jung)
Re: PAS16: how?? (Piotr)
Pen computing (John Mc)
Where is MAKE ??? ("eric chazase")
windows printers??? (Kristian Poulsen)
Adaptec 2940 UW SCSI Problem (Warwick Ward-Cox)
Re: Direct Install on Hardware RAID 5? (James Culbertson)
Re: sound prob (Opti 931) ("Sreenivasa Sista")
Re: Compatible Modems for Linux ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
APM patch for sysvinit (poweroff) (Leslie)
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From: "Jimmy Nilzohn" <[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 20:19:17 +0200
Vladimir NOVIKOV <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> skrev i
diskussionsgruppsmeddelandet:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Hello all,
Hi Vladimir,
> 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).
The TNT's 2D is awful at those resolutions IMO. The V3's 2D is very good
though.
> 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.
Or 3dfx Banshee, or Matrox G200 PCI. In fact, I recommend you the G200.
> 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.
Hmm...this must be the other way around :) IMO the TNT's 2D quality isn't
good at all, but the V3's is nice, the G200's even better. The Banshee 2D
isn't too good either.
> 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).
Neither I know if V3 works well with Linux, but I know that Matrox' cards
works very well.
> So, Viper or Voodoo, that's a question?
The G200 :)
I actually do recommend you the G200. Good (the best?) Linux support, the
best 2D. You what you're asking for :)Not so good 3D though.
> BTW, is Pentium 100 enough for these cards?
No, it's not.. both cards want more CPU horsepower, but okay, they do work
with a P100.
> Many thanks for your help,
Hope this helps.
--
Jimmy Nilzohn
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From: "Ron Reaugh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: asus.support.english.mainboard.p2bx,alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.asus
Subject: Re: UDMA-4, U/66 performance
Date: Wed, 30 Jun 1999 11:58:20 -0700
Duncan Reed wrote in message <7ld4gg$rdd$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>Tim Moore ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
>
>: Check out Seagate's sustained transfer rates for one of their own drives
>: that is manufactured in both formats. First the U/66 version, then the
>: U/33 version.
>
>: I see no blinding speed. Has anyone seen a Promise U/66 controller
>: actually be as fast as advertized?
>
>As far as I'm aware the 66 refers to the transfer rate of the i/o bus not
>the harddrive. So you should be able to have 2 EIDE harddisks going at
>full tilt without saturating the i/o bus,
Only a single EIED/UDMA device per cable can be in operation at any one
time. There is no disconnect-reconnect as in SCSI which is currently
implemented.
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From: Phil LoCascio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.dev.scsi
Subject: SGI Visual Workstation 540 and Qlogic 1080....
Date: Wed, 30 Jun 1999 15:15:48 -0400
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi All,
OK, I just got my spanking new SGI VW 540, and after perusing the
available SGI resources, I find that SCSI is not supported yet. Since
the adpater is the Qlogic 1080, I assume that is the target. I read,
however, that the 1080 is supported for linux.
This is perplexing.
I have 2 questions to put me at ease, and to avoid the need for me to
buy an IDE drive to install Linux....
1) Is there a definitive reason why SCSI will not work, other than noone
has had a go? I am no expert(on SCSI) but a technical decscription would
be helpful, in case I can help cobble a solution together.
2) If there is a reason, how horrible is the solution likely to be?
If there is anyone from SGI reading this, some elucidation would
be nice, as I cannot *wait* to try this baby out!!
Cheers
PHiL
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Lew Pitcher)
Subject: Re: adsl
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Wed, 30 Jun 1999 19:23:44 GMT
On Wed, 30 Jun 1999 11:28:07 -0700, j <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>looking to connect 3 computers to an adsl line and use just the one ip
>address that the isp is going to give me. any ideas on how to do this
>quickly and/or cheaply?
Connect the ADSL line to a Linux box
Enable Linux kernel features - IP Masquerade
- IP Forwarding
Assign 'private' IP addresses to the NICs on the inside lan
Implement IP Masquerading rules on Linux to map your private addresses to your public
one
public IP address
:
The ---- +-------------+ private IP addresses
Net / |N| Linux |N|
--ADSL--+I| |I+===================
|C| IP Masq |C| I I
+-------------+ +---+---+ +---+---+
| NIC | | NIC |
|-------| |-------|
|system1| |system2|
+-------+ +-------+
Added benefits: you get a firewall for free.
>any help is appreciated.
>
>j.
>
Lew Pitcher
System Consultant, Integration Solutions Architecture
Toronto Dominion Bank
([EMAIL PROTECTED])
(Opinions expressed are my own, not my employer's.)
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From: Gregg Cercy x1532 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Tipping
Date: Wed, 30 Jun 1999 15:17:38 -0400
In solaris I can send AT commands to the modem via tip, how can I do
this in Linux?
Debian/GNU Linux!!
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From: "falling_grace" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,alt.linux.slakware,alt.os.linux,alt.os.linux.slackware
Subject: /dev/ttyS* & Slack4.0
Date: Thu, 1 Jul 1999 03:40:13 -0400
I have recently installed Slackware 4.0. I am aware that
the previous modem device
scheme produced two devices: /dev/cua* and /dev/ttyS* for
sending/recieving calls.
I installed slackware 4.0 from scratch, but ran a heavily
custom/upgraded slack3.4
before. I have a 33.6 PnP modem, which worked fine before,
using isapnptools, and
dialing using the /dev/cua2 device (COM3 assigned by
isapnptools). When I installed
slack4.0 /w a PnP kernel, I noticed that the kernel wasn't
recognising it, so I used
my previous isapnptools configuration. That seems to work
fine by assigning it
to 0x3E8 (COM3). I have set my com programs to use the
/dev/ttyS2 device, and it
works, and will even connect. But for some reason, the
messages are delayed about 20 seconds, which means there's a
40 second delay from when I enter a command to the modem and
get a response. This obviously makes it impossible for me
to set up a PPP
connection. I thought it might have had something to do
with shared interrupts, but have since ruled that out.
/dev/ttyS2 is the only device that will give me any response
at all.
I am clueless. Any insight would be greatly appreciated.
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From: Lars Degenhardt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: ATI Rage Fury 32MB AGP and SuSE Linux 6.1
Date: Wed, 30 Jun 1999 18:58:58 +0200
Brent Justice wrote:
>
> Ok I have an ATI Rage Fury 32MB AGP Video Card. This video card is based on
> the Rage 128GL Chipset. I am running SuSE Linux 6.1 Now on the box it says
> the kernel is version 2.2.5 but when I installed it it said it was kernel
> 2.2.7 so maybe I have a better version? Anyways how do I get X Windows to
> use the Rage 128? The only ATI video card chipset listed that comes close
> is the Mach 64 chipset but thats not the right one. It dosen't list the
> video card or the chipset. How do I set it up? Or am I stuck with the SVGA
> module.
Hi,
consider using XiGraphics X-Server (I know it's bit expensive but....it
works)
--
Lars Degenhardt
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
ICQ: 32305911
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From: Jonathan <"jonn>nospam"@cove.com>
Crossposted-To: asus.support.english.mainboard.p2bx,alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.asus
Subject: Re: UDMA-4, U/66 performance
Date: Wed, 30 Jun 1999 15:52:37 -0400
Actually I own a promise card. With a 5400 rpm drive I see NO
difference, however, with the 7200 there is a mark difference in
performance. It is not an incredible difference. The card let me
install 4 more ide drives.
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Date: Wed, 30 Jun 1999 10:08:37 -0600
From: Tony Zhou <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Help: Buy a new tape drive
Hi All:
I installed mandrake linux 6.0 (no SCSI). Now, I try to add a tape
backup system on this server. What kind of type drive is easy to install
and should buy?
Any suggestions are welcome.
Thanks in advance.
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Lars Degenhardt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: BTTV / BT829?
Date: Wed, 30 Jun 1999 18:55:14 +0200
Bjoern Giesler wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> is there a version of BTTV / Video4Linux with BT829 support? I have a laptop
> with a video input that I would love to have working under Linux...
>
> TIA,
> --Bjoern
> --
> --------------------------------/\--One OS to rule them all---Windows NT-----
> Bjoern Giesler / \ One OS to find them
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> / <> \ One OS to bring them all
> -----------------------------/______\--And in the Darkness bind them---------
> Thank you for your time, worship the Antichrist, and have a nice day.
Hi,
I think you might be in luck if you look at the video4linux2 pages.
Now there is some ATI BT819/829(I think, no sure) support, even a
capture
enabled program.
Hope this info was of some use for you. (If so mail me directly, 'cause
I have an ATI-TV board which is somewhere in the cellar)
--
Lars Degenhardt
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
ICQ: 32305911
>------<Make it so>------<
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From: Christian Lenzenhofer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.linux,alt.uu.comp.os.linux.questions,at.linux,comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: !!! HELP !!!
Date: Wed, 30 Jun 1999 19:05:04 +0200
"Dariusz Goi=F1ski" wrote:
> =
> I have got STB Horizon64 graphic card with Sierra Falcon64 chipset. =
I
> can't run XFree86 on my machine (RadHat 6.0). I heard about special
> accelerated driver for my card, but I don't know where can I find (down=
load)
> it. Standard XFree86SVGA library doesn't work.
> Please help me.
> =
> Send any sugestions to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> =
> Thank You :)
Try out the AX AcceleratedX 5.0-Server Demo from ftp.xig.com!
=====================
Christian Lenzenhofer
Vienna
Powered by Linux
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: asus.support.english.mainboard.p2bx,alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.asus
Subject: Re: UDMA-4, U/66 performance
Date: Wed, 30 Jun 1999 17:22:34 GMT
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>I'm waiting for someone to develop the psychic caching algorithm which
>caches sectors before you realise you want them then UDMA-66 will be
>really useful ;-)
here it is -
http://www.ataharddrives.con/schemes/whats-NEXT/udma99/suckers/
you'll have to write your own predictive drivers tho.
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From: "J.W." <[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 10:39:30 -0700
Reply-To: "J.W." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Brian Merrill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:7ldcp4$k9l$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> 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.
I hear a lot of people suggesting to others that it will only cost $100 or
so to upgrade a Pentium or some such slower processor to a celeron.
However, that's not taking into account the fact that he'll probably need to
purchase a new case and memory as well. While it's probably a good idea to
do so, it'll definitely cost more than $100. And I know. :) I've been
thinking about upgrading my PPro 200 for some time now, but I don't want to
purchase a new computer just so I can have an AGP slot.
J.W.
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From: "falling_grace" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: ADSL versus Cable modem.
Date: Thu, 1 Jul 1999 16:01:23 -0400
hac wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>gus wrote:
>>
>> This is the one major philosophy difference between the
technologies.
>>
>> ADSL is a guaranteed bandwidth mechanism, i.e. if you
subscribe to a
>> 128k service, you will always have 128k bandwidth
available. With Cable,
>> you share a larger bandwidth with a number of other
subscribers. This
>> can lead, in peak times, to transfer rates substantially
less than the
>> 128k.
>>
>The Internet is a shared bandwidth system. Meaning that
you get high
>peak rates, while paying for low average rates. That's the
whole point
>of packet switched networks. One that the telephone
companies, with
>their guaranteed bandwidth, switched circuit mindset have
had trouble
>coming to grips with.
>
>Packet switching allows a large number of users with
sporadic traffic to
>share higher bandwidth than any individual user could
afford. The
>closer you can get the shared part to the user, the better
it works.
>After you have aggregated a sufficient number of users
together, the
>traffic starts to level out, and a constant bandwidth
connection makes
>more sense. Ironically, ADSL puts the guaranteed bandwidth
part near
>the user, where it is not cost effective, and then combines
users into a
>shared pipe to the Internet, where guaranteed bandwidth
would work
>better.
>
>Another way of phrasing the previous post is that during
peak times,
>ADSL and Cable both provide their minimum bandwidth,
whatever that may
>be. During off-peak times, ADSL continues to provide the
same minimum
>bandwidth, and Cable provides its maximum bandwidth.
>
>A guaranteed minimum bandwidth is a good thing, and worth
comparing.
>Setting the maximum to be equal to the minimum is not a
benefit, but
>that's what happens when you don't have shared bandwidth.
>
>--
>Howard Christeller Irvine, CA [EMAIL PROTECTED]
But, for a little over $100 a month (plus usage, and service
provider charges), ADSL can provide 7.1Mbps. A T1 is much
more expensive.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (JohnT)
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 17:45:09 GMT
On Wed, 30 Jun 1999 09:26:20 -0600, "Brian Merrill"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>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.
>
>
Let us go through this once again.
The V3 has the 16 bit limit in 3D.
In 2D one has the option of using 16bit, 24bit, or 32 bit.
Most of the reviews say that the V3 has 2D output on par with the
Matrox. Both are at the top.
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From: "Ron" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Dual boot
Date: Wed, 30 Jun 1999 13:29:22 -0400
I installed RedHat 6.0 on my system (stats below) and couldn't get it to
boot.. I have two scsi drives using a Adaptec 2940U2W; a Quantum (ID#6) and
Seagate (ID#0).. now Windows 98 is installed on the Quantum (ID#6) just
because my SCSI controller is set to that HD... I used System Commander
Deluxe and it installed.. used the Linux boot floppy and the installation
went fine.. UNTIL I got to the LILO... I pointed it to the Seagate (ID#0..
because Linux says LILO must be installed on SCSI ID#0).. and it seemed to
work... but then when I rebooted, I got the System Commander with Linux
showing.. but when I select it and try to boot.. I get the letters
LI
and it freezes.... Windows 98, by the way, when selected works fine.. any
ideas.. the Seagate (ID#0) is formated the correct way (EXT2, and swap with
/root and /)... but the Quantum (ID#6) is the only drive formated fat32.....
HELP PLEASE!!!
Thanks
Ron
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: CMI3880 sound card
Date: Wed, 30 Jun 1999 19:37:15 GMT
I can't get it to work!
it asks me to put in the IRC, ect.. manully.
Anyone know what they are?
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From: Joern Jung <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Problem with Linux and Hardware (process swapper)
Date: Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:30:06 +0200
I had some Problems with the Linux Installation.
I have a SuSe Linux 6.0 with Kernel 2.0.36 (other Kernel's have the same
Problem)
My Hardware is a 266 AMD with 64 MB Memory, a Matrox Mylenium mit 2 MB,
a Teles 16.0 and an PCI NE2000.
Is there someone who can help me with the Problem.
Here is the ErrorMessage:
general protection: 0000
CPU: 0
EIP: 0010:[<00111f8a>]
EFLAGS: 00010206
eax: 74c08404 ebx: fc558b55 ecx: c483d2ff edx: 01c41444
esi: 00000717 edi: 00000000 ebp: 001fce7c esp: 001fce50
ds: 0018 es: 0018 fs: 002b gs: 0018 ss: 0018
Process swapper (pid: 0, process nr: 0, stackpage=001faef4)
Stack: 74c08404 00000000 001fced0 00000000 00000000 00000018 00000018
0000002b
00000018 fffffffe 00109948 00001000 00109958 001fd6a8 0010aa09
00000100
00109618 001fee50 001fced0 00000000 00001000 ffffffda 00000018
00000018
Call Trace: [<00109948>] [<00109958>] [<0010aa09>] [<00109618>]
[<001094a5>]
Code: ff d1 83 c4 04 85 db 75 e5 c7 05 e0 ae 1f 00 00 00 00 00 8b
kfree of non-kmalloced memory: 001fcf3c, next= 00000000, order=0
kfree of non-kmalloced memory: 001fcf2c, next= 00000000, order=0
kfree of non-kmalloced memory: 001fd440, next= 00000000, order=0
idle task may not sleep
idle task may not sleep
idle task may not sleep
idle task may not sleep
idle task may not sleep
Thanks Joern
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From: Piotr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.mandrake,alt.os.linux,alt.os.linux.slackware
Subject: Re: PAS16: how??
Date: Wed, 30 Jun 1999 13:37:11 -0700
> Is anything using DMA 1? The PAS16 driver is, for some reason I have yet to
> decipher, hardcoded to use DMA1.
>
I do not think so. All I have inside is the modem, 3c509 and PAS16.
How can I check DMAs? Not in /proc like interrupts and ioports?
It started to work (boots up with no errors) with these settings:
alias sound pas2
options sb pas2=1
options pas2 io=0x388 irq=9 dma=5
The sound is awful.
cat /dev/sndstat gives me such non-empty entries:
Audio devices: and Midi devices: and Mixers:
0: Pro Audio Spectrum
Timers:
0: system clock
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From: John Mc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x,redhat.x.general
Subject: Pen computing
Date: 30 Jun 1999 20:30:45 GMT
I am looking for a stylus based computer and I am trying to figure out how
hard it will be to get a useable linux system running on one.
Has anyone had experience using linux on pen computers? I am mostly
worried about the interface to the X Window System: Do the touch-screens
on machines like the Fujitsu Stylistic 2300 emulate a PS/2 mouse or is
there another driver similar to the Wacom tablet? Are there virtual
keyboards for X?
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From: "eric chazase" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Where is MAKE ???
Date: Wed, 30 Jun 1999 19:58:13 -0000
I am trying to setup a network card on my computer, because i need it to
connect to the internet. I've tried it at first with a Mandrake 6, and then
with a RedHat 6.
I'm a begginner, and the only way to do so i've figured out with the how-to
needed to use the 'make' command. (make menuconfig).
But the bash shell tells me that it doesn't know that command, and 'man
make' gives the same result.
This file is supposed to be in usr/src/linux.
In mandrake 6, this directory doesn't even existe, and in the redhat distrib
it has a slitly differente name.
Anyway, I did a search on the hole Hard disk, with no results
Do I have to do something to install the MAKE commanfd, or is there an
utility, like XF86Setup for the video, that could help me install the
network card ?
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From: Kristian Poulsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: windows printers???
Date: Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:34:48 +0200
I'm still wondering if it's psible to use the windowsprinter on linux,
and with driver??
The printer is a brother HL 820
When it works, I might consider to use Linux
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Warwick Ward-Cox)
Subject: Adaptec 2940 UW SCSI Problem
Date: Wed, 30 Jun 1999 20:35:34 GMT
I'm running Redhat 5.2 on a Compaq Deskpro 350
Kernel 2.0.36 stock standard
128 Meg ram
I have a 4.3 Gig IDE drive working fine, and have just added a
AHA-2940UW SCSI adapter and a 9 Gig Seagate Barracuda drive to the
system
I did an insmod aix7xxx.o to install the scsi module it found the
controller and drive all normally.
I've managed to partition the drive and create the file systems.
My problem now comes in that after I copied about 2 gig's of data into
the partitions without any hassles I'm now getting the following
messages repeated every 30 seconds or so :
SCSI host 0 aborted (PID xxxxx) timed out - restarting
SCSI bus being reset for host 0 .....................................
Has anyone got any ideas on what is causing this?
Many thanks in advance
Warwick.
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From: James Culbertson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Direct Install on Hardware RAID 5?
Date: Wed, 30 Jun 1999 15:15:54 -0400
I contacted DPT about drivers for their PM2654U2 Raid controller for Red Hat
Linux 6.0. They sent me the following options:
Thank you for your recent inquiry concerning the PM2654U2 controller and
Linux. There is a driver for Red Hat 5.2 and its corresponding source code on
our Internet site. We also have a patch that will take the driver from the
Linux 2.0.36 kernel to the 2.2.5 kernel and its source code and a combined
source code for the 2.0.36 driver plus patch. In order to install Red Hat 6.0
you
would have to make your own boot disk. To do this you would have to install Red
Hat 5.2, upgrade the driver and source codes to the 2.2.5 kernel. Then you
could
make your Red hat 6.0 boot disk by reading the documentation in the /misc.src./
trees directory. The mkboot script is what you would want to look at.
Basically,
you would have to build a 2.2.5 kernel with support for the DPT controller via
the source code) and then use that to build a new boot disk. If this is too
much, we should have a bootable Red Hat 6.0 install disk available sometime
this
summer.
I'm still thinking of buying a DPT Raid controller. If anyone knows of a
hardware Raid controller card that is better, faster, and cheaper I'm open for
suggestions.
Jim Culbertson
Jeff Groves wrote:
> Tony Platt wrote:
>
> >
>
> > >I'm thinking of buying a DPT SmartRaid V Century Ultra 2 SCSI Raid
>
> > >Controller, because DPT claims to have drivers for Red Hat Linux 5.2
>
> > >that I can download [http://www.dpt.com/].
>
> >
>
> You can install RH 5.2 directly to the DPT Smartraid V controller (I've
>
> done it) using their supplemental install diskette.
>
> Currently, they do not provide an easy way to install RH 6.0 (which is what
>
> I need). DPT provides source code for the 2.2 driver (which compiles with
>
> no problem), but I have not been able to figure out how to create an
>
> install diskette with the new driver. So far, DPT support has not been
>
> very helpful in providing information on how to do this. I don't know why,
>
> since there must be someone there who wrote and tested the driver under the
>
> 2.2 kernel. Maybe if a few more people complain, they'll get off their butt
>
> and provide better support for their product under Linux.
>
> Jeff Groves
>
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From: "Sreenivasa Sista" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: sound prob (Opti 931)
Date: Wed, 30 Jun 1999 20:10:35 GMT
Hi,
I also have the Opti931 sound card on my system. I've got it working with
the RH6.0 (2.2.5 and 2.2.7) without any problems. RH6.0 comes with a utility
sndconfig which starts the isapnp, sets the configuration parameters in
isapnp.conf, adds the entries in the conf.modules. I am not sure about the
init scripts in the slackware distribution.
Try these steps (before recompiling the kernel, make sure you have backup of
the old kernel)
1) Try recompiling the kernel with the following sound options (also install
the modules)
sb - module
mpu401 - modules
mad16 - module
genering opl3 FM synthesizer - module
2) get the isapnp.conf file using the pnpdump. Uncomment the io, irq, dma
according to your windows configuration, including ACT Y
3) Add a line for isapnp in your init script before you load the module
4) Make entries for the sound modules in the /etc/conf.modules (refer
configuring the modules).
"OR"
follow the instructions in the following web page
http://www.physics.mun.ca/~jwoodfd/opti931.html
I've used these instructions with my earlier versions of RH and I had no
problems .
The only problem you would face is related to the volume (it is low).
Good luck.
SP
Den <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>
> I have an Opti 931 based card (no name). I've tried everything to get
> it going but it just aint happenin. There are no messages between
> Sound initialisation started.
> Sound initialisation complete.
> I understand this to be a configuration problem.
> Attempted so far:
> - configured isapnp.conf
> - followed instructions in /usr/src/linux/Documentation/sound/Opti
> and the sound HOWTO
> - tried soundblaster settings (220,5,1)
> - compiled as module and into kernel
>
> My hardware:
> celeron 400, 64MB ram, onboard video, disabled on board sound, 4.3 G
> HDD, network card using 0x300, irq11(isa),
> Linux info: Slackware 4.0 Kernel 2.2.6
>
> Please help.
> Soundless.
> Den.
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Compatible Modems for Linux
Date: Wed, 30 Jun 1999 18:07:13 GMT
While on the topic, does anyone know about Hayes Accura 56K modems
under Linux?
Since Hayes is now sold, prices are low and the quality of these modems
is very good. Anyway, they don't *appear* to be winmodems, but one
never really knows for sure.
Thanks, anyone.
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Share what you know. Learn what you don't.
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Date: Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:17:07 +0200
From: Leslie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: APM patch for sysvinit (poweroff)
hello!
I am looking for a patch to let sysvinit tools shut down
my box, running 2.2.10 kernel.
any link?
thx
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