Linux-Hardware Digest #659, Volume #10 Sat, 3 Jul 99 22:13:29 EDT
Contents:
BANSHEE WITH MANDRAKE 5.3 ("Lanfeust")
Re: Riva TNT2.... (Ryan S Warner)
Re: Abit BP6 (dual Celeron) ATA66-Controller? ("Gunther Huygens")
Modems to buy (Jeremy Fincher)
Re: Celeron, what's the catch? ("Mark Siegel")
To RAID or not to RAID? -that is the question... ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Dual cpu question (Inspector #8)
TV out (Lars Bensmann)
Re: Windows easy to install? BULLSHIT! (Drakmere)
Re: Native ESS 1688 driver specs? (Giandomenico De Tullio)
Re: Dell Inspiron compatibility? What is best laptop? (Dave Brown)
TV overlay using Philips SAA7111 ([Corfiot])
Re: turtle beach soundcard... ("J. Blair")
Re: The Computer Underground? OK? (Marc Mutz)
Re: 2.2 and Proliant 2500 scsi nondetect (Marc Mutz)
Re: Celeron, what's the catch? (Marc Mutz)
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From: "Lanfeust" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: BANSHEE WITH MANDRAKE 5.3
Date: Sun, 4 Jul 1999 02:34:50 +0200
How can i do to make my Voodoo Banshee, work properly????
I've just started using Linux, so if someone could help me step by step,
that would cool!!
Lanfeust
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
www.multimania.com/webtroll
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From: Ryan S Warner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Riva TNT2....
Date: Sat, 03 Jul 1999 18:25:22 -0500
> I believe the TNT, TNT2 are supported by the SVGA server right now.
> Go to Nvidea's website for Mesa (openGL drivers).
Nvidia has a X server for the TNT2 out now as well. They say it doesn't
utilize the full capabilities of the chip, because XFree86 can't. They
also said that will change when XFree86 4.0 comes out.
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From: "Gunther Huygens" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.comp.hardware.overclocking,alt.computer,be.comp,be.comp.os.linux,comp.infosystems.www.servers.misc,comp.infosystems.www.servers.ms-windows,comp.infosystems.www.servers.unix,comp.misc,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.misc,nl
Subject: Re: Abit BP6 (dual Celeron) ATA66-Controller?
Date: Sun, 4 Jul 1999 02:26:40 +0200
> : Thank you for the info!
> : Oh just a bit of triva, you've probably heard that Intel is planning on
> : releasing the P-III's in a 370 package later this year....so even if
they
> : do disable the pin on the celerons the Abit board will still be a good
> : investment!
>
> Bad luck, pal. It now seems clear that Intel would like to have
> socket 370 stay in the low-end market, so they will also disable
> the SMP capabilities of socket 370 P-IIIs. A new socket --- 418
> I believe --- will be introduced for SMP P-IIIs.
>
> Therefore I suppose that BP6 will only work with Celerons and
> nothing else. Too bad, isn't it?
>
> -- Chuan-kai Lin
So
lets summarise in my epox kp6-bs or abit BP6 comparison
abit BP6 : up to 3x 256 MB ram <-> epox 1G RAM
abit : ATA 66 <-> epox : ATA 33
(i am going to buy new HD : so Western digital ATA 66 7200 rpm becomes
interesting, yes ??)
epox can take up to PIII 600
than PIII PPGA comes ????? will epox be able to take 2 future PIII with PPGA
or will intel make new socket for dual smp PIII ????
(k7 slot A is dual capable but too different busarchitecture
two k7 on epox with slot1 -> slot A adapter not possible?)
Can abit BP6 take future PIII if they would be PPGA and not socket 418 or
something ?????
I am making the most of it, please correct my mistakes and help me in the
quest
for : epox kp6-bs or abit BP6
thanks in advance (please also mail me)
will be buying new dual cpu system (dual cele at first)
new HD
new monitor
the whole works
ideas for good 2d/3d videocard with good price / quality ratio?
will run redhat 6.0 , winnt sp4
greetings from flanders
gunther
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jeremy Fincher)
Subject: Modems to buy
Date: 04 Jul 1999 00:15:26 GMT
I currently have an LT Winmodem, which I would assume, based on the name,
doesn't work with Linux. Correct me if I am wrong.
Anyway, assuming that it does not work with Linux, what kind of modem should I
buy? Internal/External? Any specific products?
Thanks,
Jeremy
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Have a good day, and good luck in your endeavors!
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From: "Mark Siegel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.chips,comp.sys.intel
Subject: Re: Celeron, what's the catch?
Date: Sat, 3 Jul 1999 12:09:42 -0500
You conclusion may be in error. On any given benchmark
you are likely to see various results. Some of them will show
the Celeron to be faster some the PII. There are just two many
variables conclude which is a faster processor. What can
be concluded is the price performance of the PIIs are much
poorer then the Celerons.
Suleyman Karabuk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:7lkidn$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I am a Ph.D. student at Lehigh and recently assembled myself a Celeron
> machine running at 488 Mhz (overclocked from 433). I was very curious
about
> its performance compared to regular Pentium IIs in scientific computing. I
> ran a mathematical optimization package called CPLEX on my machine and on
a
> regular Pentium 400. The result is that the regular Pentium II outperforms
> my machine (celeron 488) by about 10%. Extrapolating from here I conclude
> that the Pentium performs about 25% faster than an equally clocked Celeron
> in intensive computing tasks. Therefore for fractals and chess expect a
> similar behaviour.
>
> However, I think it will do almost as well on routine Windows tasks such
as
> word processing, web surfing, MP3 processing etc. In my opinion the
Celeron
> is a very good value. For me as a student the marginal cost of getting a
> Pentium II is more than its marginal benefit.
>
> Suleyman Karabuk
> IMSE Dept.
> Lehigh University
>
>
> FM <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:7lkhc3$n2c$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > I'm buying a PC soon for college (from college) and the standard package
> > offered
> (http://www.dartmouth.edu/comp/newstudentinfo/buying/hardware.html)
> > is Celeron 433, 6GB, 64MB, 15" (quite the worst point) etc. While I have
> not
> > seen the specs of higher-end systems or the price, but so far it seems
> that
> > this one will fit my budget best (well their systems seemed a bit
> overpriced
> > despite alleged academic discounts;
> > http://www.dartmouth.edu/~store/pricelist.html). But before making the
> > decision, I'd like some information on Celeron systems since I have some
> > reservation about the chip (I guess due to some early criticism I didn't
> > really heed but was exposed to nevertheless). First, does it perform as
> well
> > as the benchmarks suggest? I've seen some FPU benchmarks indicating that
> > Celeron outperforms similarly clocked PII and some Integer benchmarks
> where
> > it still holds fairly well. But do these benchmarks reflect the overall
> > system performance considering the slower bus speed (66mhz) and other
> > compromises? Second, are there any particular application areas where
> > Celeron fares poorly? For example my hunch is that its design (smaller
but
> > faster L2 cache) wouldn't favor applications that require intensive but
> > repetitive memory/disk access (server? compilers?) but is the difference
> > worth noting?
> >
> > As for my use, it will be primarily used as a desktop Linux machine
> (Redhat
> > 6.0 with GNOME or KDE) with some casual server daemons like http, ftp,
> > telnet, etc. Other tasks would include (ordered by approximate
> > frequency/priority) wordprocessing, internet client apps,
> > programming/compilation, image-manipulation (small-scale for my
> > yet-to-be-purchased digital camera and yet-to-be published webpage), MP3
> > (incase I can't afford a stereo), fractals, and maybe some chess
programs
> > (hmm maybe this is where Celeron might show its weaknesses?). I'm not
> > planning on playing games much and when I do, I'm unusually tolerant of
> > low-res/low-framerate, not to mention that I'm not into modern
> > graphic-intensive 3D shootemups (yeah I'm the guy who used to play
> starcraft
> > on P75 overclocked to P100 and didn't find the setup disturbing at all).
I
> > will also have a 2-gig partition for Win98 for compatibility reasons
> > (barring a scenario where I actually get to purchase vmware, which seems
> > nice but a bit expensive).
> >
> > Any answers to any of the above questions or any relevent
> > information/point/discussion regarding my inquiry would be extremely
> > appreciated. And thanks in advance to those who made it this far through
> the
> > rambling (with all the parenthetic nonsense).
> >
> > Dan.
> >
> >
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.databases.informix,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.periphs.scsi
Subject: To RAID or not to RAID? -that is the question...
Date: Sun, 04 Jul 1999 00:36:45 GMT
Hello all,
I am trying to set up an Informix database (7.3) on
Linux (Redhat 6.0) on an Intel box (dual PII 400).
Since this is going to be a production machine, I
will be using mirroring of database chunks. I want
to get some advice from people who have setup or
have considered setting up such a configuration as
regards to disk storage: Will I be better off using
RAID or should I use dual SCSI controllers and just
mirror the database chunks. Does it make sense to
mirror the database chunks on a RAID?
Lets assume that cost is a not a factor in the decision
-I just want to get the best possible setup. I have been
considering the Mylex 960 DAC for the RAID and Adaptec
2940U2W for the SCSI controllers. Thanks in advance for
your time.
Sandeep
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From: Inspector #8 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Dual cpu question
Date: Sat, 03 Jul 1999 23:27:33 GMT
Brian McCullough wrote:
>
> If I get the following;
> 1 - Asus P2B-D - Dual PII, ATX, 440BX
> 2 - Celeron 433 128K cache
>
> Do I need anything to put the CPUs on the mainboard?
>
> IF need some kind of kit? What is it called and where can I get it?
>
> Does anyone have a list of what the known stable over clocking
> speeds are per CPU speeds?
Don't go 83mzh FSB without a "Full" backup
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Lars Bensmann)
Subject: TV out
Date: 04 Jul 1999 00:22:16 GMT
Hello,
is there any card with TV out that works under Linux? I just returned
my Erazor III TV, because support told me it would autodetect a TV and
activate TV out without any drivers. Well, that was not true of course :-(
So, is there any other card where you can use this feature with Linux?
cu,
Lars
--
The first time Microsoft makes something that doesn't suck is when they
start making vacuum cleaners.
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy,comp.os.linux.setup
From: mattrol@DON'TCCRESPONSESTOMEuscom.com (Drakmere)
Subject: Re: Windows easy to install? BULLSHIT!
Date: Sun, 4 Jul 1999 00:42:56 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Hobbyist)
did bestow the following nugget of wisdom:
>On Sat, 3 Jul 1999 14:01:01 GMT, Drakmere, in an attempt to show us how
>smart and informed he is wrote ...
>
>> First, Microsoft is "Unsupported software" since Bill Gates only releases
>> patches when there is a panic.
>>
>
>Bullshit.
>
Alright, alittle far off, but the only difference between M$ and "unsupported"
is where you get the support.
--
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drakmere9
The irony is that Bill Gates claims to be making a stable operating system and Linus
Torvalds claims to be trying to take over the world.
If anyone has an extra organs lieing around, pickle them in a jar and send them to me.
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From: Giandomenico De Tullio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Native ESS 1688 driver specs?
Date: Mon, 21 Jun 1999 10:32:21 +0200
Shaun Noonan wrote:
>
> Has anyone contacted ESS Tech about getting specs for writing a driver for
> the AudioDrive chips? What as their attitude on it?
www.alsa-project.org ?
:)
--
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Microsoft Outlook : dove vuoi vuoi vuoi vuoi vuoi postare oggi?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dave Brown)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.portable,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Dell Inspiron compatibility? What is best laptop?
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 4 Jul 99 00:55:37 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Serban-Mihai Popescu wrote:
>Philipp Maier wrote:
>>
>> "David J. Topper" wrote:
>> [snip]
>>
>> > I'd love to hear comments / get input from folks. I've already
>> > contacted the OSS folks about audio support, but have yet to hear. I'm
>> > of course concerned about support for various components like the 3com
>> > combo 56k + 10/100 that comes with the Dell. DVD? PCMCIA? Video Card?
Actually, the SVGA server after XFree 3.3.2 supports some Neomagic chips--at
least the one in the Inspiron 3200. Mine runs Linux nicely, with X and
WordPerfect7 for Linux.
My 2 complaints about the Inspiron 3200: the "power switch" is not always
active! You have to push it at just the right time (i.e., after it goes
through POST, but before it starts loading the operating system... although
it will power off on shutdown with APM activated. Even then, it's hung up
a couple of times, and I had to eject the battery to get the unit to power
down. Second complaint is the touch-pad mouse. If you have any serious
work to do, you'd better bring a real mouse along. And in some Xwindows
windowmanagers, the touch-pad will drive you crazy.
And my Inspiron 3200 came with a real modem PC card, not a winmodem.
--
Dave Brown Austin, TX
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From: [Corfiot] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.x
Subject: TV overlay using Philips SAA7111
Date: 4 Jul 1999 01:30:49 GMT
ASUS 3DP2000 (3D Explorer) with Phillips SAA7111AH2 video chip without a
tuner.
Anyone have any suggestions to get the TV input overlay to work on linux?
I really want to remove win98 from my machine :))
Maybe bttv or video for linux 2 would work with properly assigned ports?
Please reply by email as well as post since my access to newsgroups is
scarce.
techfacts:
http://www-us.semiconductors.philips.com/pip/SAA7111AH
Thanks!!
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From: "J. Blair" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: turtle beach soundcard...
Date: Sat, 3 Jul 1999 20:21:08 -0500
ok, found the ans to my own question on voyetra.com (the manufacturer of the
montego 2)...
"Currently, Voyetra Turtle Beach only supports Microsoft operating system
platforms, as these are the dominant in the PC market (as the PC market
changes so will Voyetra Turtle Beach.) LINUX, BeOS and OS/2 are not
currently supported operating systems.
However, Aureal, the chipset manufacturer Aureal is working with other
developers to develop drivers for alternative operating systems:
LINUX
4Front Technologies is working on supporting the Vortex 1 & 2 chipsets in
their OpenSound package (www.opensound.com).
BeOS
Aureal is working with Be (www.be.com) on supporting Vortex 2 natively
in BeOS.
OS/2 / Windows 3.x
Aureal (www.aureal.com) currently has drivers posted for the Vortex 1
chipset
in OS/2 and Windows 3.x. There is no planned support for the Vortex 2 in
OS/2 or Windows 3.x at this time.
IMPORTANT NOTE: The Montego 2 utilizes the AU8830 Vortex 2 chipset."
looks like i'm going to go to the opensound site to see if i can get help...
J. Blair <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:iDff3.2116$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> is the turtle beach montego 2 (ada320v) compatible with linux? i'm going
to
> buy a dell, and this card is one of the choices for the computer. i asked
> the rep what the chipset of the card was, to which he replied the "aureal
> au8830." does this mean anything to anybody? is it the vortex (or the
> vortex 2) chipset that's been in the newgroups for weeks now? i can't
find
> any info on aureal.com to help me. can i use oss to get it to work?
> thanks for your help...
> jimmy
>
>
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Date: Sat, 03 Jul 1999 17:22:10 +0200
From: Marc Mutz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: The Computer Underground? OK?
John McKown wrote:
>
> dual PIII/450Hz with
> 128M ram, 20Gb HD, <snip>
> - SCSI HD's are EXPENSIVE!).
>
You want to use a IDE disk with _that_ machine? Oh, well, just forgot
that you have _2_ CPU's: While the first one waits for the other one to
release the lock on the disk, the other one shakes hand with every byte
that drops through the line...
If SCSI seems too expensive for you: Buy a dual-Celeron system instead.
That will cost you 50% of your P3 system, will perform equally well &
fast and you can spend the saved money for a _real_ HD.
Marc
--
Marc Mutz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://marc.mutz.com/
University of Bielefeld, Dep. of Mathematics / Dep. of Physics
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Date: Sat, 03 Jul 1999 16:58:32 +0200
From: Marc Mutz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: 2.2 and Proliant 2500 scsi nondetect
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> I am attempting to upgrade from 2.0.36 to 2.2.9 on a proliant
> however the 2.2.9 is not seeing the proliant's ncr scsi.
>
> The 2.0.36 was working with the scsi however.
>
To begin with the simplest: Have you compiled in the driver for your
scsi card?
Go through any sub-items of the ncr driver and {dis,en}able as you need.
Marc
--
Marc Mutz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://marc.mutz.com/
University of Bielefeld, Dep. of Mathematics / Dep. of Physics
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Date: Sat, 03 Jul 1999 17:14:11 +0200
From: Marc Mutz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.chips,comp.sys.intel
Subject: Re: Celeron, what's the catch?
Hi!
If you can wait three more months - do it. Then get yourself an
K7/Athlon system. K7 will be cheaper than PII will be, is one nose ahead
in integer and 50% (!) ahead in fp performance with equally clock spped,
and - most important - is not from Intel.
Marc
--
Marc Mutz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://marc.mutz.com/
University of Bielefeld, Dep. of Mathematics / Dep. of Physics
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