Linux-Hardware Digest #645, Volume #10 Thu, 1 Jul 99 23:13:27 EDT
Contents:
Re: Overclocking CPU ("James Young")
Re: Compatible Modems for Linux (Greg Fruth)
Maestro ESS1968 (sthl)
Re: Creative Labs CD120 (Carl Fink)
CL SB16 Waveffects (ViBRA 16X) (Greg H)
ATAPI Zip Drive Linux 2.0.10 fails ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
6gig HDD thinks it's 2.4gig. (chris)
Bus Error at setup of Slackware 4.0 (Mike Geiger)
Linux and RS/6000 ("David Edwards")
Re: Memory Problem,I'm Desperate ! (CodeWright)
courier v.everything NON WIN MODEM ("Tom")
Is there support for Yamaha soundcard (Vasiliy)
Re: RH6.0 - mouse problem in text mode (mimmo)
Re: Windows easy to install? BULLSHIT! (Brian Hartman)
Re: Windows easy to install? (Brian Hartman)
Re: Linux and RS/6000 (Rob Clark)
Re: courier v.everything NON WIN MODEM (Rob Clark)
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From: "James Young" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Overclocking CPU
Date: Thu, 1 Jul 1999 21:14:17 +0100
Chris <chris @ email.wilsonmfg.com> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> It might just me a Maxtor problem. I had the same problems as Tim in
Win98 with
> my Maxtor drive but not my WD drive and I wasn't even overclocking. I
unchecked
> DMA for the Maxtor in the Device Manager and it works fine.
Hmm, I don't know about that, because I've seen the same behaviour with
*some* Quantum Fireballs - I think they were the ST variant, but I could be
wrong - I'd have to check. It's a shame my Maxtor pukes with a fast IDE
clock, because they're _very_ fast drives - if they didn't have a problem
with overclocking, I'd recommend them to anyone and everyone. Oh well.
Maybe the new Diamond Max+ drives (I think they're the 5000 series) don't
have this problem...maybe. Trust me to go and buy a 2500 series when
they're just about to be replaced... :-(
marm
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Greg Fruth)
Subject: Re: Compatible Modems for Linux
Date: 2 Jul 1999 00:04:47 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Shonne D. Beavers
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I have a Creative Labs Modem Blaster
> v.90/k56.
> Has worked for my under SuSE, Redhat, Slackware, and debian
Consider yourself lucky. "Creative Labs Modem Blaster v.90/k56" describes
both the DI5601 model (works under Linux) and the DI5630 model (doesn't work),
as well as several others. The definitive list of Linux-compatible modems is
at:
http://www.o2.net/~gromitkc/19990701a.html
--
Gregory Fruth ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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From: sthl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Maestro ESS1968
Date: Fri, 02 Jul 1999 00:20:22 GMT
Hi,
I have been for hours on end I have tried to get the alsa-driver.0.3.2
to work with my PCI sound board but I always get "Device or resource
busy"
After some trial n error I installed the alsa driver ok, but it does not
find any card no matter what I throw at it.
Has somebody gone this path before ???
I could really use the assistance
BR /Stefan
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Carl Fink)
Subject: Re: Creative Labs CD120
Date: 2 Jul 1999 00:21:50 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Thu, 1 Jul 1999 12:33:30 -0700 Don McDaniel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>The problem is when the Install program asks for the cd,
>i put the cd in, and then the install program presents me with a list of
>CDROM drives. Of course, my Creative Labs CD120 8 speed drive is not on the
>list.
My old Creative CD-ROM was seen by Linux using /dev/sbpcd. Of course
you have to compile sbpcd into your install kernel for that to work.
I ended up using Debian Linux because the Red Hat install kernel
didn't recognize the drive, and Red Hat's presales support basically
said, "We won't help you unless you pay us first."
Try downloading the Debian install disk (www.debian.org) and see if
it will recognize your drive.
--
Carl Fink [EMAIL PROTECTED]
"This fool wishes to reverse the entire science of astronomy."
-Martin Luther on Copernicus' theory that the Earth orbits the sun
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From: Greg H <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: CL SB16 Waveffects (ViBRA 16X)
Date: Thu, 01 Jul 1999 23:36:59 GMT
Hi all,
I've searched as best I could and still cannot find
any concrete information as to the status of using the
Creative Labs Sound Blaster 16 Waveffects soundcard with
the ViBRA 16X chip (CT 4170). Some things I want to know
and if they are possible, how to enable them:
- Can 16-bit sound be played despite having two (2) 8-bit
DMA channels? (I hear that this is done via software in
Windoze.)
- Can it be used in full-duplex mode?
sndconfig in RedHat 6.0/Linux Mandrake 6.0 detect the card
fine, but the lines in conf.modules only seem to enable it
for 8-bit play. I'm by no means an audiophile, but CD's
sound just fine, as well as MP3's. How do I know if I am
getting 16-bit sound or not? Please bear with me as I do
not know a hell of a lot about sound playing/recording with
computers. Overall, I just want to know how to get as much
out of this card as I can in Linux. It sound great in Windoze,
so I hope I'm not getting my hopes up too high :-)
Thanks in advance!
Greg H.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: ATAPI Zip Drive Linux 2.0.10 fails
Date: Fri, 02 Jul 1999 00:52:49 GMT
Incidentally, is ataflop.c still under development? The date on it is
December 1998, the last logged change seems to be March 1997.
I believe IOMEGA may have changed some of its internals in the meantime,
which could explain the problems....
/ivo welch
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Share what you know. Learn what you don't.
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From: chris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: 6gig HDD thinks it's 2.4gig.
Date: Thu, 01 Jul 1999 08:27:26 +0000
I used Partition Magic back when I had a windows partition to, well,
manage partitions. I no longer have a windows partition, but, and I
think this happened just before I finally got rid of it, I screwed up
somehow and fdisk, PQMagic, and even the BIOS think I have a tiny HDD
when I actually have a somewhat non-tiny HDD. I realize this cannot
possibly be enough information, so I'm hoping a question or two will be
posted to help me refine the problem.
I _can_ completely reinstall linux; all my large shit is on zipdisks. If
the answer just points me to wiping and reusing the HDD, cool. I should
note that I've already tried a DOS and a Linux fdisk wipe to no avail.
They wipe what they see to be what's available, 2.4G.
thanks,
chris
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From: Mike Geiger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Bus Error at setup of Slackware 4.0
Date: Fri, 02 Jul 1999 01:30:52 GMT
Hi,
I've recently purchased Slack 4.0 and installed it on my Bentium. That
worked fine.
Now what I'm trying to do is setup a AMD386DX40 for IPmasq/chains, the
problem is, after i fdisk the drive(s - I've tried many) i run setup and
the console just sits there repeating "Bus error", after about 10 lines it
stops doing caridge returns and only does linefeeds (so i get a stiarcase)
If i let it do this for several minutes it will bring up the first screen
and continue making bus errors.
I've tried this on two nearly equiivalent systems and I have no Idea what
the problem is, it can't be hardware unless Slack4.0 doesn't like
AMD386s...
Any ideas?
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From: "David Edwards" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Linux and RS/6000
Date: Thu, 1 Jul 1999 21:31:26 -0400
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David
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From: CodeWright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Memory Problem,I'm Desperate !
Date: Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:37:24 -0400
"Santosh H." wrote:
>
> 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
A couple of things...
1) 16MB is enough to run Netscape in X at a reasonable speed even on a 486
My 'server' machine reports...
merlin:~$ cat /proc/cpuinfo
processor : 0
cpu : 486
model : 486 DX-25/33
vendor_id : GenuineIntel
stepping : unknown
fdiv_bug : no
hlt_bug : no
f00f_bug : no
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid : no
wp : yes
flags :
bogomips : 39.83
merlin:~$ cat /proc/meminfo
total: used: free: shared: buffers: cached:
Mem: 15409152 14848000 561152 14823424 1970176 6266880
Swap: 68120576 12288 68108288
MemTotal: 15048 kB
MemFree: 548 kB
MemShared: 14476 kB
Buffers: 1924 kB
Cached: 6120 kB
SwapTotal: 66524 kB
SwapFree: 66512 kB
and Netscape only takes about 30 seconds to start up, and runs at an
acceptable speed.
I'd guess that your throughput problem isn't entirely memory related.
2) Check your CMOS settings for something like "Enable memory hole at 15M".
Disable this
and Linux should recognize all 32M of memory.
--
Lew Pitcher
Master Codewright and JOAT-in-training
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From: "Tom" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: courier v.everything NON WIN MODEM
Date: Thu, 1 Jul 1999 20:21:31 -0500
I have a Courier V.everything that is upgraded to V.90 and am using RH6.0.
The main reason I do not use Linux is because it will not work with my
modem.. The modem is set to use COM 3 and IRQ 9 in Win98 and there is no
problems, (hyperteminal works fine). Why does every time I start Minicom
that the INIT string is displayed very, very slowly? It takes about 30
seconds to display ATZ! It does dial but as I said it is extremely slow.
Kppp says the modem is not responding or is busy on every port I try. I
went to 3com's sight and read about some 1 page instruction on how to get it
to work in "unix" but all it said was which DIP switches to put down (which
I did) I bet no one on these news groups can give a decent answer because
no one has for a year.... good luck..
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From: Vasiliy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Is there support for Yamaha soundcard
Date: Fri, 02 Jul 1999 02:21:32 GMT
I'm trying to configure 2.2.x kernel to work with onboard YAMAHA XG YMF 724F
soundcard w/o any success. Does anybody know if it's supported?
--
Vasiliy
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (mimmo)
Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux,alt.uu.comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup,it.comp.linux,it.comp.linux.setup,linux.redhat.misc,tin.it.computer.pc.linux
Subject: Re: RH6.0 - mouse problem in text mode
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Fri, 02 Jul 1999 01:57:17 GMT
Il Wed, 30 Jun 1999 18:21:27 +0200, Neno <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> sriveva:
>I am running RH6.0 and have a normal serial logitech mouse (3 buttons)
>In X mode my mouse works perfectly.
>In text mode with the gpm daemon running, I see the mouse moving as I
>want and the copy & paste feature works too.
>The problem is when I run Midnight Commander. The buttons don't work (I
>cannot pull down the menus, moving through the directories and so on).
>Before using RH6.0 I have used for a few days a Debian distribution and
>in that case the mouse was working correctly both in text and X modes.
>
I have the same problem (but I have Ps/2 mouse).
When I used redhat 5.2 all worked fine, but after upgrading to RH6.0 I lost
the graphical ascii character (do you see them?) and the mouse.
I put manually the line:
gpm -t ps/2
in my /etc/rc.d/rc.local
and now the mouse works but with the same your problem...
I am still looking for a solution...
If I try it I mail to you (I hope you will make the same) ;-)
Bye
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From: Brian Hartman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Windows easy to install? BULLSHIT!
Date: Thu, 01 Jul 1999 22:33:08 -0400
Shashank wrote:
> Hey chief- it usually doesn't matter if you have someone to blame or no. If
> it aint workin, it aint workin.
>
> > Exactly. "Unsupported software" aspects sound like corporate lingo to
> > me. To make it even worse, there's no accountability for it so you
> > can't blame no one but yourself for using it --- use at your own risk.
> > You'll have to find the patches for yourself, unless of course you know
> > how to write code.
> >
> > Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> > Share what you know. Learn what you don't.
If you have someone else to go to, at least you can get the insight of someone
who knows the problem. In most cases, there's no way to contact the writer of
a freeware program. (Happily, there are exceptions to this rule, such as
ppa2pbm, which is supported quite nicely via email).
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From: Brian Hartman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Windows easy to install?
Date: Thu, 01 Jul 1999 23:02:15 -0400
Jim Henderson wrote:
> Brian Hartman wrote:
> > Actually, I think my BIOS might be at fault. My understanding is there are AMI
> > BIOS "clones" out there, and I might have one. That might explain why my CMOS
>says I can
> > boot from the CD. But it doesn't mitigate the fact that Linux distros ought to
>come with
> > bootable floppies rather than relying on bootable CD-ROMs (which are only
>supported on
> > newer machines).
>
> Is RAWRITE so difficult to use?
>
No, but it ought to be unnecessary. This little bit of housekeeping ought to be done
for the
user. And regardless, the boot disk ought to be there simply to let the user know
that it's
possible to use it. When I got my CD, and only my CD, frankly, I didn't know what to
do with
it. When someone suggested booting from it, the thought had never ocurred to me (and
didn't
work). The disk should be included for the convenience of the user. One hurdle Linux
has
from being heavily adopted is that those people programming the OS seem to disregard
the
user's convenience and opt instead for their own convenience.
>
> I find that OSes that include a diskette and don't include a diskette
> image tend to suffer from more problems - the diskette can be affected
> magnetically and over time (much less time than the life of a CD) can
> become unusable. Then you're SOL if you want to install the OS again
> (or *have* to). I carry a Win98 CD and diskette with me, but I'll
> probably end up burning an image of the diskette onto a CD just in case
>
> the diskette goes bad.
>
For the sake of redundancy, you should probably have both, but at the minimum, you
ought to
have a boot disk. The chances of your CD not being recognized by an OS are much
higher than
the chances of your floppy not being recognized.
>
> It's been amusing reading this discussion, it really has - on both sides
> of the fence. I use Win95 and WinNT at work - NT is *much* more stable
> than 95 could even dream of being. My 95 machine gets rebult about once
> every 3 weeks. The NT machine has been rebuilt 3 times, once because I
> replaced the machine and swapping the hard drive from the old machine to
> the new machine didn't work (not that I expected it to).
>
> I've got a machine at home that boots DOS 6.22, 95, 98, NT, and RedHat
> 6.0 - of all the OSes installed, I've never had to completely reinstall
> RedHat 6.0, though when I upgraded from 5.2, I opted to wipe and start
> over rather than do an in-place upgrade.
>
> My FAT partition (which holds all of the different MS OSes) needs to be
> reinstalled about every 3 weeks - this may partly be due to minor
> incompatibilities in the Win95/Win98 registry, though that machine
> mostly gets used under Win95 and RedHat 6.
All those OSs under the same roof (particularly 95/98 and NT) are a recipe for trouble,
unfortunately. 95 and 98 might even be fighting each other over posession of files,
depending
on how it's installed. Honestly, though, I've never used 98, and I haven't booted
into 95 for
months.
> I've got it down to an easy
> process, so most problems never get troubleshot:
>
> 1. Select an option from my boot menu (System Commander Deluxe). This
> logs me into my NetWare server as PQDI.
> 2. Select the image to restore.
> 3. Wait and reboot.
> 4. Login to the server under DOS.
> 5. Nuke my USER.DAT file stored on my network drive
> 6. Reboot
> 7. Login as myself
> 8. Install applications using Z.E.N.Works application delivery (from
> Novell)
> 9. Reboot
>
> Takes about 20 minutes.
>
> Normally, I do this after I start seeing the dreaded "Fatal exception
> 0E" messages from Win95.
>
> RedHat hasn't been perfect - the IPX connectivity scripts aren't right,
> but at least I could fix those by looking through the scripts and fixing
> them myself.
>
> I've been working with computers for the better part of 20 years, PCs
> since 1986, and networks since 1989. I've programmed in at least 13
> languages, reverse engineered Intel x86 interrupt-level code, and worked
> on systems varying from Commodore PET (2K models and above) to AS/400s,
> Vaxes, S/390, and other 'big iron' systems.
>
> Of all the systems I've worked on, Linux has been one of the easiest -
> certainly the most flexible. I won't say it is the easiest, because DOS
> will probably always be the easiest, unless you count things like the
> Commodore 64. <G> But in terms of flexibility and ease of *fixing*
> problems (as opposed to just living with them), Linux provides the best
> support for this.
>
I think it depends on the problem. Just a couple of days ago, my machine was
mysteriously
unable to boot into X. It kept spawning gpm, then konking out and saying that it was
spawning
too fast, putting me at a command prompt. The accompanying error messages were
informative as
to the problem (it couldn't find some font files for X) but not to the solution, or
even what
file to deal with. It was only after much trial and error and checking on Redhat chat
groups
that I was able to track down the problem. In order for the OS to be more fixable,
the system
needs to be made more flexible (e.g., having defaults to load when the regular
settings can't
load) and more verbose in its error messages.
>
> It's really fun to watch the discussions about computer newbies and how
> Windows makes it 'easier' for them. I say that people should learn a
> bit rather than be hand-fed everything. That way, when they get a fatal
> exception on their system, they aren't clueless. I tend to agree with
> the assessment that even though a lot of the documentation for Linux is
> incorrect, it's still better than the Microsoft help files and
> knowledgebase.
>
The problem I have with "you should learn about the system" arguments is that the
computer is
a tool, and not an end to itself. Most users have neither the time nor the
inclination to
hunt down fatal exception errors and/or core dumps. The diagnosis of these problems
ought to
be done programatically, rather than at the user end. Additionally, a trial-and-error
method
endangers the user's data. It's all fine and dandy if your system crashing only means
you
have to reinstall Quake. It's quite another thing if that report or term paper you've
been
writing for the past 2 months gets nuked (along with the program you composed it with).
I think part of this debate is spurred by elitism, frankly. "I learned, it -- so
should you,
and so should everyone else" is a common thread going through many posts. But that's
not the
way things ought to be. In order for computers to become the tools they ought to be,
they
need to be (ideally) powerful no-brainers. Obviously, this goal has some
contradictions. The
easier things get, the less powerful they become, because more is done for you, and you
potentially have less options. But in order for these tools to be truly usable, they
need to
be easy enough to pick up right away. Let the user who wants to learn and be
presented with
more options, but let the beginner get their work done easily. Because nothing can
happen
before the OS is installed, this task must be a no-brainer as well.
>
> Jim
> --
> Jim Henderson
> Novell Support Connection SysOp - http://support.novell.com/forums
>
> Homepage at http://www.bigfoot.com/~jhenderson (email instructions
> located here)
>
> Please note that as an NSC SysOp, I do not provide support for Novell
> products on a personal basis - if you need help with a Novell product,
> please post a reply in the public newsgroup or visit the Novell support
> forums at the URL above.
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Subject: Re: Linux and RS/6000
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rob Clark)
Date: Fri, 02 Jul 1999 02:17:56 GMT
In article <xJUe3.392$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
David Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>-=-=-=-=-=-
>
>I might be buying an RS/6000 model R40 soon. Will linux run on it?
Thke a look at this page:
http://www.linuxppc.org/hardware/
Good luck!
Rob Clark, gromitkc@o2,net
http://www.o2.net/~gromitkc/winmodem.html
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Subject: Re: courier v.everything NON WIN MODEM
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rob Clark)
Date: Fri, 02 Jul 1999 02:14:46 GMT
In article <7lh43n$l17$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Tom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I have a Courier V.everything that is upgraded to V.90 and am using RH6.0.
>The main reason I do not use Linux is because it will not work with my
>modem.. The modem is set to use COM 3 and IRQ 9 in Win98 and there is no
>problems, (hyperteminal works fine). Why does every time I start Minicom
>that the INIT string is displayed very, very slowly? It takes about 30
>seconds to display ATZ! It does dial but as I said it is extremely slow.
Classic IRQ conflict symptoms. Try 'man setserial' to find out how to
tell Linux how address/IRQs should be allocated. Presumably, you have
devices on COM1 and COM2 so you used COM3. Since COM1 and COM3 share an
IRQ by default, you must adjust this state of affairs.
[..]
>I bet no one on these news groups can give a decent answer because
>no one has for a year.... good luck..
This is your analysis of how many hits on dejanews? :*)
Rob Clark, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.o2.net/~grom,itkc/winmodem.html
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