Linux-Hardware Digest #638, Volume #10 Thu, 1 Jul 99 00:13:36 EDT
Contents:
Re: Best sound card for use w/ Linux? (Michel Catudal)
Re: Tipping ("Michael Faurot")
Re: old conner 40MB ide drive (Ralph W. Crane)
Zip Parallel Port and Soundscape (Mike Dombrowski)
Re: What is the best Fast Ethernet 100Mbs card for linux??? ("Chris")
Re: Best sound card for use w/ Linux? (Jeremy Crabtree)
Re: SCSI Scanner
external CPU cache (Stefano Ghirlanda)
Re: mounting mitsumi 2801 CDR (LTh122816)
Re: Dual cpu question (Steve Hutton)
Re: Need Iomega Ditto 3200 (3.2G) Tape Drive info (James Moe)
Re: Maestro 2 Soundcard under Linux (Jessica Boyd)
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From: Michel Catudal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Best sound card for use w/ Linux?
Date: 30 Jun 1999 21:24:03 -0500
David Fox wrote:
>
> According to listening tests at
> http://www.pcavtech.com/soundcards/summary/index.htm the SB Live has
> only mediocre fidelity. Certainly not the best.
>
Their emulation of SB16 is what sucks.
If ran under winblows it works great and sound good.
My friend has been unable to get it to work under Linux so to
say that it is a good choice would be a poor judgment call.
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From: "Michael Faurot" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Tipping
Date: 30 Jun 1999 22:48:42 GMT
Gregg Cercy x1532 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: In solaris I can send AT commands to the modem via tip, how can I do
: this in Linux?
Via cu, which is part of the UUCP package.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ralph W. Crane)
Subject: Re: old conner 40MB ide drive
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:17:09 -0400
On Tue, 29 Jun 1999 23:33:01 +0200,
Pierre Wulveryck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I want to recover data from a old conner hard disk (type 17 for bios).
>
>This drive in declared to bios as type 17, has 17 sector only but linux
>tries to read sector 26 and more...
>
>I tried append="hdc=977,36,17" in lilo.conf, but nothing changes.
>Are the parameters in the right order ? Is it another thing to try.
>
>thanks
>
>
Are you sure of your parameters? I just looked at a list of Conner drives
I copied from the Seagate web site (www.seagate.com -- Seagate bought out
Conner some years ago) and don't see anything there that matches.
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From: Mike Dombrowski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Zip Parallel Port and Soundscape
Date: Thu, 01 Jul 1999 02:02:57 GMT
I have my linux box working except for the two above pieces of hardware, the
Soundscape being the more important of the two. For the soundscape I've tried
using isapnp to set it up. IN my bios I have pnp bios installed yes and yes
to autoconfig of irqs. I then run the pnpdumb program and output the results
to my /etc/isapnp.conf file. I then edit that file and unremark the setup
that is what I want, including to uncomment the enable one. I then run the
isapnp program and load the opl3, mpu401 and ad1848 modules. Then when I try
to load the adlib_card module I get the error
-- ./adlib_card.o: init_module: Device or resource busy
For the Zip I get the same error. I've tried SPP, ECP, EPP, and EPP&ECP
settings in my bios but none work. I'm using the old zip drive. Here's some
info about my system:
Pent 150
32mb Ram
Tyan 1571S motherboard
Adaptec 1502 IRQ12 IO140
NE2000 IRQ10 IO300
Parallel Port IRQ 7
Kernel 2.2.7
Could the scsi card DMA be conflicting? Does it use DMA? Here's my
isapnp.conf:
red:/lib/modules/2.2.7/scsi# insmod ppa
./ppa.o: init_module: Device or resource busy
red:/lib/modules/2.2.7/scsi# cat /etc/isapnp.conf
# $Id: pnpdump.c,v 1.15 1998/05/25 17:22:16 fox Exp $
# This is free software, see the sources for details.
# This software has NO WARRANTY, use at your OWN RISK
#
# For details of this file format, see isapnp.conf(5)
#
# For latest information on isapnp and pnpdump see:
# http://www.roestock.demon.co.uk/isapnptools/
#
# Compiler flags: -DREALTIME -DNEEDSETSCHEDULER
#
# Trying port address 0203
# Board 1 has serial identifier 8e 00 00 70 c2 81 30 d3 15
# (DEBUG)
(READPORT 0x0203)
(ISOLATE PRESERVE)
(IDENTIFY *)
# Card 1: (serial identifier 8e 00 00 70 c2 81 30 d3 15)
# Vendor Id ENS3081, Serial Number 28866, checksum 0x8E.
# Version 1.0, Vendor version 0.0
# ANSI string -->ENSONIQ Soundscape<--
#
# Logical device id ENS0000
#
# Edit the entries below to uncomment out the configuration required.
# Note that only the first value of any range is given, this may be changed
if required
# Don't forget to uncomment the activate (ACT Y) when happy
(CONFIGURE ENS3081/28866 (LD 0
# Multiple choice time, choose one only !
# Start dependent functions: priority preferred
# Logical device decodes 16 bit IO address lines
# Minimum IO base address 0x0330
# Maximum IO base address 0x0330
# IO base alignment 16 bytes
# Number of IO addresses required: 16
(IO 0 (BASE 0x0330))
# IRQ 5 or 7.
# High true, edge sensitive interrupt (by default)
(INT 0 (IRQ 5 (MODE +E)))
# IRQ 9.
# High true, edge sensitive interrupt (by default)
(INT 1 (IRQ 9 (MODE +E)))
# First DMA channel 1.
# 8 bit DMA only
# Logical device is not a bus master
# DMA may execute in count by byte mode
# DMA may not execute in count by word mode
# DMA channel speed in compatible mode
(DMA 0 (CHANNEL 1))
# Next DMA channel 0 or 3.
# 8 bit DMA only
# Logical device is not a bus master
# DMA may execute in count by byte mode
# DMA may not execute in count by word mode
# DMA channel speed in compatible mode
(DMA 1 (CHANNEL 0))
# Start dependent functions: priority acceptable
# Logical device decodes 16 bit IO address lines
# Minimum IO base address 0x0330
# Maximum IO base address 0x0330
# IO base alignment 16 bytes
# Number of IO addresses required: 16
# (IO 0 (BASE 0x0330))
# IRQ 5, 7 or 9.
# High true, edge sensitive interrupt (by default)
# (INT 0 (IRQ 5 (MODE +E)))
# IRQ 7, 9 or 10.
# High true, edge sensitive interrupt (by default)
# (INT 1 (IRQ 7 (MODE +E)))
# First DMA channel 1 or 3.
# 8 bit DMA only
# Logical device is not a bus master
# DMA may execute in count by byte mode
# DMA may not execute in count by word mode
# DMA channel speed in compatible mode
# (DMA 0 (CHANNEL 1))
# Next DMA channel 0 or 3.
# 8 bit DMA only
# Logical device is not a bus master
# DMA may execute in count by byte mode
# DMA may not execute in count by word mode
# DMA channel speed in compatible mode
# (DMA 1 (CHANNEL 0))
# Start dependent functions: priority functional
# Logical device decodes 16 bit IO address lines
# Minimum IO base address 0x0330
# Maximum IO base address 0x0330
# IO base alignment 16 bytes
# Number of IO addresses required: 16
# (IO 0 (BASE 0x0330))
# IRQ 5, 7 or 9.
# High true, edge sensitive interrupt (by default)
# (INT 0 (IRQ 5 (MODE +E)))
# IRQ 7, 9 or 10.
# High true, edge sensitive interrupt (by default)
# (INT 1 (IRQ 7 (MODE +E)))
# First DMA channel 0, 1 or 3.
# 8 bit DMA only
# Logical device is not a bus master
# DMA may execute in count by byte mode
# DMA may not execute in count by word mode
# DMA channel speed in compatible mode
# (DMA 0 (CHANNEL 0))
# Start dependent functions: priority functional
# Logical device decodes 16 bit IO address lines
# Minimum IO base address 0x0350
# Maximum IO base address 0x0350
# IO base alignment 16 bytes
# Number of IO addresses required: 16
# (IO 0 (BASE 0x0350))
# IRQ 5, 7 or 9.
# High true, edge sensitive interrupt (by default)
# (INT 0 (IRQ 5 (MODE +E)))
# IRQ 7, 9 or 10.
# High true, edge sensitive interrupt (by default)
# (INT 1 (IRQ 7 (MODE +E)))
# First DMA channel 0, 1 or 3.
# 8 bit DMA only
# Logical device is not a bus master
# DMA may execute in count by byte mode
# DMA may not execute in count by word mode
# DMA channel speed in compatible mode
# (DMA 0 (CHANNEL 0))
# End dependent functions
(ACT Y)
))
# End tag... Checksum 0x00 (OK)
# Returns all cards to the "Wait for Key" state
(WAITFORKEY)
Thanks so much
Mike Dombrowski
Icq UIN: 11874015
Tax the churches
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From: "Chris" <chris @ email.wilsonmfg.com>
Subject: Re: What is the best Fast Ethernet 100Mbs card for linux???
Date: Wed, 30 Jun 1999 20:25:33 -0500
I'm using a D-Link DFE-530TX (via-rhine module). It was cheap, easy to setup,
supports full-duplex, and I have no problems with it.
--
Chris
"Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority,
it's time to pause and reflect." -Mark Twain
<d s f o x @ c o g s c i . u c s d . e d u (David Fox)> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> "Matthew Hager S." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > interzone wrote:
> > <snip>
> > > Which one are known to work the best with linux? Not in speed, in term
> > > of stability , and compatibility...
> > <snip>
> >
> > IMHO, and I may get lambasted for this, I use the 3Com 90x family of
> > 10/100 PCI ethernet cards. (This includes the Cyclone, Boomerang,
> > et.al). They are widely integrated into professional systems and have a
> > viable driver built into the 2.2.x kernel. I wouldn't say they are the
> > BEST 10/100 cards available performance wise, but they have alot of
> > support information available and fairly decent driver support.
>
> I use the Netgear cards from Bay Networks, which have the advantage
> of costing $20 each and coming with a Linux driver (not that you need
> it, the standard one works fine.)
> --
> David Fox http://hci.ucsd.edu/dsf xoF divaD
> UCSD HCI Lab baL ICH DSCU
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jeremy Crabtree)
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Best sound card for use w/ Linux?
Date: 1 Jul 1999 02:43:30 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Michel Catudal allegedly wrote:
>David Fox wrote:
>>
>> According to listening tests at
>> http://www.pcavtech.com/soundcards/summary/index.htm the SB Live has
>> only mediocre fidelity. Certainly not the best.
>>
>
>Their emulation of SB16 is what sucks.
>If ran under winblows it works great and sound good.
Check the site. They DID run it under windows, the performance was still
disappointing...and the digital I/O didn't work very well.
>
>My friend has been unable to get it to work under Linux so to
>say that it is a good choice would be a poor judgment call.
Well...there are drivers, and people have gotten them to work...but it
still would be on my list of recommended cards.
--
"Being myself a remarkably stupid fellow, I have had to unteach myself
the difficulties, and now beg to present to my fellow fools the parts
that are not hard" --Silvanus P. Thompson, from "Calculus Made Easy."
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ()
Subject: Re: SCSI Scanner
Date: Wed, 30 Jun 1999 19:19:17 -0700
On Wed, 30 Jun 1999 21:16:08 +0400, Radek Zitek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Could someone point me to good source of information about how to deal
>with SCSI scanners under Linux.
http://www.mostang.com/sane/
>
>I have HP 5p and Nikon LS-1000 connected to Initio 9XXX host adapter. I
>have SCSI support compiled in the kernel, I have initio.o loaded as well
>as sg.o. Both scanners are found and reported as /dev/sga /dev/sgb.
>
>What do I do next? Ultimatelly I would like to get SANE and xscanimage
>working? Thanks for any help.
>
>BTW if I run scanimage it tells me
>
>.... error opening /dev/scanner ... well I understand that, there is no
>device like that
>
>if I run scanimage -d /dev/sga I end up with
>
>.... open of device /dev/sga failed: Invalid argument
>
>What am I missing??? And sorry if it's obvious!
SANE perhaps.
>
>Radek
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Stefano Ghirlanda)
Subject: external CPU cache
Date: 28 Jun 1999 09:32:33 GMT
Hi,
I have two old 486 boxes which I assembled into one picking the best
pieces. I chose the one who looked easier to expand, e.g. better-organised
chassis and connections, free RAM slots in case I come across some RAM.
The two processors are both i486 SX/33 so I thought it would have made no
difference which box to choose in this respect. However, before
cannibalizing I noticed that one of the processor gives a bogomips count
of 33 (as I would more or less expect) while the other one (the one I
choose to use of course) only about 16.5. I can see from the BIOS menu
that this machine lacks external CPU cache might this be the reason?
If yes, can I take the cache from the other machine? How does it look
like?
If no, any other suggestions that could account for the bogomips
difference?
Unfortunately before remembering this fact I had completely set up the 16
bogomips box so, besides the motives mentioned above, I am unwilling to go
back...
Thanks for your help and excuse the dumb questions,
Stefano
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (LTh122816)
Subject: Re: mounting mitsumi 2801 CDR
Date: 01 Jul 1999 02:03:43 GMT
Greetings !
Under RedHat5.2 my cdrw is called scd0.
You might try max_scsi_luns=1 in lilo.conf
I don't think it's necessary [could be wrong] to remove ATAPI cdrom support for
recent kernels
Let me know if you succeed and how you did it, please. I'd very much like to
know.
Thanks,
Courtney
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Steve Hutton)
Subject: Re: Dual cpu question
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Thu, 01 Jul 1999 03:47:03 GMT
On Thu, 01 Jul 1999 00:37:45 GMT, Mike Dombrowski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Brian McCullough <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> :
>
>If the Celerons are PPGA you will need two converters modified for dual
>operation. I think MSI sells them.
>
Abit has just release a dual celeron MB that eliminates the need
for the converter boards:
http://www.firingsquad.com/hardware/bp6/default.asp
Steve
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From: James Moe <[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: Thu, 01 Jul 1999 03:48:17 GMT
Ron Gibson wrote:
>
> I'm considering getting an Iomega 3200 (3.2 G) floppy connected internal
> tape backup.
>
> What problems might be encountered with a Pentium II system if any.
>
> Other comments are recommended especially on any locations for
> refurbished or closeouts on Travans units (URL or phone number)
>
> Please, I'm not interested in an high end DAT unit or SCSI unit if any
> kind unless I can buy it for $75.
>
After years of using QIC and Travan I would re-think your position.
QIC/Travan is a money pit. The drives are relatively cheap bur the media
is waaay expensive. Each time I get another drive it cannot use the
earlier media; more money down the hole. I was regularly outraged to
have to dump $35 tapes becasue they had a bad block and the backup
programs would not format it because the format is "proprietary."
The only truly decent tape solution I have peronally used is DAT.
It's expensive; and worth every penny for its reliablity, and the media
is cheap.
Recently I got an ORB removable hard drive. $200 for the drive, $30
per 2.2GB disk. I could not retire my tape drives fast enough (except
the DAT)!
So, if you are interested, I happen to have a couple of Iomega Ditto
2GB tape drives, one external parallel port, the other internal
floppy-connected. With tapes...
--
sma at rtd dot com
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From: Jessica Boyd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.portable,comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: Maestro 2 Soundcard under Linux
Date: Thu, 01 Jul 1999 03:30:36 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Stuart Moffatt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
ESS has a beta driver out for Maestro-1 and Maestro-2 you might want to
try that. Or, you can run the maestro drivers for dos and then boot
with loadlin which will also work.
- Jess
> Has anyone had any luck using a Maestro soundcard under Linux ? I
> recently installed Red Hat 6.0 onto my laptop (a Transmonde Vibrant
LS),
> and have been unable to get the sound going. The impression I got
from
> references on the Web was that this card wouldn't work under Linux,
> although my manufacturer implied that their hardware was all
> Linux-compatible when I bought the machine -- and in every other case
it
> was. For the most part, Linux runs perfectly on my machine (No more
> constant crashes), but sound support still eludes me. I know that the
> hardware itself is fine, since it still works under Win98. The card
is
> an ESS Technologies Maestro-2� PCI Audio Accelerator.
> Also, is it possible to use a Zip250 under Linux with a PCMCIA
SCSI
> adapter ? This is the one other nagging problem I've had, with my
> Zipdrive still working under Windows but not Linux. I'm willing to
> tweak it a bit, if I just know where to start. The PCMCIA itself is
> working, and supports my modem perfectly, but my system won't
recognize
> any SCSI devices on the machine.
>
> Thanks for any help you can give me,
>
> - Stuart ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
>
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