Linux-Hardware Digest #879, Volume #10 Thu, 29 Jul 99 16:13:41 EDT
Contents:
Re: New Hardware(Tyan s1590/ATI All in Wonder 128) (David C.)
Re: Scsi Tape: Input/Output Error (Stuart R. Fuller)
Vernuenftige Hardware fuer SUSE 6.0 ? ("Fred")
Re: Modem for Linux (David C.)
Re: SB Live under SMP kernel? (Billy Donahue)
Re: $2000 to spend on computer stuff ("Lee Sharp")
Re: Red Hat 5.2 on a 386 ("Chi K. Chan")
I need help using a diffrent server than the 1 that isreccommended after
autodetection (FreakynU)
HELP!!!!! I have an ati rage IIc and vido is distorted in X (FreakynU)
Re: Kernel drivers vs. Kernel modules? (Derek Smithies)
Re: 56K modem and scanner driver needed. (RKAA)
Re: Cirque touchpad and PS/2 port ("John D. Verne")
S3 Trio 3D ("Tom Arnot")
Re: Bad Media = Scsi Tape: Input/Output Error (Stuart R. Fuller)
Re: Linux is not detecting my HD cache correctly (Stuart R. Fuller)
Re: HP false advertising!!!! (Stuart R. Fuller)
Re: HP Colorado 5Gb tape backup (John Thompson)
Re: can two distributions share a swap partition? (Norman Levin)
Re: 56K modem and scanner driver needed. (RKAA)
Re: Q: UMAX Astra 1220S Flatbed Scanner ("W. Christopher Everhart")
SIEMENS ISDN I-Surf 2.1 run with LINUX 6.1 ("Lothar Plappert")
Re: IBM Netfinity 5500 and Caldera 2.2 Problems ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Kangaroo-mouse under Redhat 6.0 X-server (Bill Stapleton)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David C.)
Subject: Re: New Hardware(Tyan s1590/ATI All in Wonder 128)
Date: 29 Jul 1999 13:07:16 -0400
NeoFax <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> I plan on purchasing a Tyan s1590 motherboard and a ATI All in Wonder
> 128. My question is whether these will work under Linux. I have
> already gone through enough trouble, or fun?/experience?, with a
> Voodoo Rush card and a WinModem and that damnable SoundBlaster Live!
> cards.
I don't know about the motherboard.
The All in Wonder 128 uses ATI's RAGE-128 chipset with 16M of SGRAM.
That chip is not listed on the xfree86.org's site, so I don't know if it
will be compatible or not. The older RAGE-series chips (RAGE, RAGE-II
and RAGE-Pro) are all suported and work well.
Historically, ATI has made their chipsets backwards compatible with
earlier versions, so it is possible that the existing RAGE-* support of
the MACH64 X server will work, but you may not want to take that
chance. I don't know if it actually will work or not.
ATI doesn't officially support Linux. They point customers at the
xfree86.org site.
They do mention that they don't know of anyone currently supporting the
video input/output, TV tuner, video capture or DVD playback features
under any UNIX environment. If you don't plan on ever running Windows
on this box, you should probably save some money and get the Xpert-128,
which is the same card without the A/V/DVD features.
If you don't want to risk incompatibility, you may want to go with
something based on ATI's older RAGE-Pro chipset (like the XPert-98).
These are only 8M cards, but they should be fine if your primary use is
an X desktop. I've used them for a few months now and have had no
problems.
Of course, there's no reason you have to go with an ATI card, either.
The xfree86.org site has lots of useful information. Check out the list
of compatible chipsets:
http://www.xfree86.org/3.3.4/README3.html
and the list of supported cards:
http://www.xfree86.org/cardlist.html
and the list of card-specific README files:
http://www.xfree86.org/3.3.4/
When I went shopping for a video card, I printed out the list of
chipsets and only considered cards based on chips on the list. I ended
up getting a Creative Labs Graphic Blaster TNT. Using the generic Riva
TNT driver already included in XFree86, it worked perfectly the first
time around.
-- David
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Stuart R. Fuller)
Subject: Re: Scsi Tape: Input/Output Error
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Thu, 29 Jul 1999 17:10:01 GMT
Richard Bumby ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
: The "Density code 0x0 (default)" looks odd. I recall that my drive (a
: SONY SDT-5000) always reports DDS density (even when there is a DDS-2
: tape in the drive).
What density code does your SDT5000 report when there is NO tape in the drive?
I'll bet it's "0x0".
Stu
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From: "Fred" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Vernuenftige Hardware fuer SUSE 6.0 ?
Date: Thu, 29 Jul 1999 20:02:51 +0200
Hi Linux Fans,
habe das erstemal in meinem Leben Linux installiert und war von der tollen
Oberflaeche sehr ueberrascht !!.
Waraber leider sehr enttaeuscht, dass mein 486 Dx2/66 mit 16 MB Ram mit der
garphischen Oberflaeche von Linux (X-Window) voellig ueberfordert ist.
Habe doch gehoert Linux muesste auch auf 386er halbwegs vernuenftig
laufen - oder ?
Was sind mindest Hardware Voraussetzungen fuer normales Arbeiten von Linux
mit X-Windows Oberflaeche ?
Kann man unter Linux SUSE 6.0 auch problemlos jeden AMD bzw. Cyrix Prozessor
verwenden oder ist doch besser ein INTEL angesagt ??
MfG Fred
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David C.)
Subject: Re: Modem for Linux
Date: 29 Jul 1999 13:19:56 -0400
Mark Lyttle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> My question is two fold
> 1) I have a US Robotics Sportster Voice 38k modem (internal) which I
> can't get to work with Linux. Somewhere in the PPP FAQ or some other
> of the related documents I've read this week, I think I read that
> Linux does not support PCI modems. Does anybody know if this is the
> case.
There's nothing per-se wrong with PCI modems. The problem is that most
PCI cards called "modems" are not relaly modems, but cheap pieces of
junk that only behave as modems when used in conjunction with large,
CPU-intensive software drivers. These pieces of junk are sometimes
known as software modems or "winmodems". The software drivers needed to
run them have (to the best of my knowledge) never been ported to any
platform other than Windows. The reason they're so popular is that they
cost close to nothing to manufacture, and sell for close to nothing in
stores.
External modems, ISA modems, and the small number of PCI modems that
actually have modem hardware should all work fine under Linux.
> 2) Assuming that I need to replace my modem (I was thinking of a v90
> modem anyway) can anybody suggest one that will work with Linux and
> Windows 95 (dual boot).
I recommend anything external. You know you're not going to get a
software modem. You have a power switch, so you can turn it off without
turning the computer off (modems have been known to crash. You don't
want to have to reboot your system to reset it.) You've got status
lights, which are useful for diagnosing problems. And you can attach it
to non-PC hardware (in case you decide you want to replce your PC with a
Sun workstation or something.)
-- David
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From: Billy Donahue <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: SB Live under SMP kernel?
Date: Thu, 29 Jul 1999 13:15:40 -0400
David Fox wrote:
>
> William Zhao <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have a Sound Blaster Live Value sound card and Red Hat Linux 6.0
> > I managed to get it to work with Creative's beta drivers. But only under
> > a uni processor kernel. I understand those drivers don't support smp
> > kernels.
> > Does anyone have any idea how to get it to work on a dual processor
> > machine?
>
> You would probably need to build it from source to get the module
> symbols right. I.e., not possible. But I'm guessing.
Creative is giving out binary-only drivers for that card?
Fuck that! I almost got one of those, thinking it was
non-evil hardware. Close call, I guess..
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From: "Lee Sharp" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: $2000 to spend on computer stuff
Date: Thu, 29 Jul 1999 13:25:34 -0500
Jeremy Fincher wrote in message
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
|>|> I would get the OKI 6e. It is a LED printer, but you can't tell it
|>from
|>|> laser. It is a Win Printer, but there is a Linux driver. I have used
|>these
|Would the print quality be the same as the Lexmark Optra E310? And is the
|postscript capability of the Lexmark worth the $150 extra it costs?
I have not seen the Lexmark, so I don't know. It looks like HP 5si print
to me. Only difference is speed and first page out. First page is a bit
slow...
As for Postscript, that depends. Postscript makes for much nicer
graphics. Usually it is a several hundred dollar option, so $150 is cheap.
But if you don't need it, you don't need it.
Lee
--
SCSI is *NOT* magic. There are *fundamental technical reasons* why it is
necessary to sacrifice a young goat to your SCSI chain now and then. * Black
holes are where God divided by zero. - I am speaking as an individual, not
as a representative of any company, organization or other entity. I am
solely responsible for my words.
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From: "Chi K. Chan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Red Hat 5.2 on a 386
Date: 29 Jul 1999 17:45:08 GMT
donald-martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: Carl Baines wrote:
:> Has anyone ever loaded this version RH5.2 on a 386 machine? It has
:> a CD and 8meg of ram. It says on the box that it would load on a 386
:> if installed properly. I would like to try it but I don't want to waste a
:> lot
:> of time.
: I have 2.0.27 (from a Slackware distribution) running on a 386-20SL with 8
: megs of RAM. No reason RedHat shouldn't load, just look for the
: installation to be REAL slow. Don't even try to run X on it. It's a good
: little machine for 'lynx', though. Also, I understand a lot of people are
: setting them up as routers and firewalls.
I'm curious as to why everyone says X on a 386 is unbearable ?
I used to run X fine on a 386-25 with co-processor, 8Meg, 340Meg HD,
and a Diamond Stealth24 graphics card. This was version 0.99 something
of Linux and Xfree86 version 2.x. Has the kernel and X become bloatware ?
I actually got the same 386 box, with 40Meg HD and Monochrome card
to install Linux and run X, now that's not pretty.
Chi
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (FreakynU)
Subject: I need help using a diffrent server than the 1 that isreccommended after
autodetection
Date: 29 Jul 1999 17:56:43 GMT
I have a built in ATI rage IIc agp card and a Real3d I740 pci
when i disable the ati card it wont let me select the i740 server
it keeps attempting to use the mach64
and when i enable the ati card it doesn't work properly with the mach64 server
and when i try to use a SVGA server it keeps starting the mach64....is there
anything i can do?
I am using suse 6.1
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (FreakynU)
Subject: HELP!!!!! I have an ati rage IIc and vido is distorted in X
Date: 29 Jul 1999 17:50:29 GMT
I have an ati rage IIc and vido is distorted in X.
I am running SUSE 6.1 using a MACH64 server with a proview monitor
I am getting replication and fuzzyness on the right side of the screen
in there any thin i can do?
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From: Derek Smithies <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: redhat.kernel.general,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Kernel drivers vs. Kernel modules?
Date: Thu, 29 Jul 1999 02:31:19 GMT
Using modules are advantageous as
a) when adding new hardware to your system you dont have to recompile
then kernel
b)memory is conserved by using modules. This is very relevant when
using Linux on a memory deprived machine (386, palmtop, etc).
--
There may be a performance benefit/cost to using modules or monolithic
kernel. I don't know, but the effect would be minuscle.
> Would some please explain to me what the advantages/disadvantages are of
> compiling a driver into the kernel as opposed to compiling it as a
module?
>
> Is there CPU overhead when a module is loaded/unloaded.
> It just seems more simple to put everything directly into the kernel
since
> my hardware will not change or ever be upgraded on this machine.
>
> Are some drivers better to compile into the kernel while others, like
> sound, better for modules?
>
> What's the prevailing opinion out there?
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From: RKAA <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: 56K modem and scanner driver needed.
Date: Thu, 29 Jul 1999 17:51:13 +0000
"David B. Hostetler" wrote:
> I am trying to find out what 54K modems work well under Red Hat 6.0.
> I am also looking for a scanner driver program for an Ultima Artec A6SE
> paralell port scanner.
> I have several RPM's for Artec's SCSI scanners but nothing for the
> paralell port model.
> Are there any Plug Ins for GIMP that can allow me to scan an image
> directly into GIMP?
> Thanks
> If you want to reply directly just remove the nospam. from my email
> address.
Rule of the thumb is that external 56K/v.90 modems are "safe". "Modems"
to avoid are hardware called "Winmodem", "softmodem" or anything using
those terms - they need MSWindows to do some of the work for them. Be
careful with internal modems.
The Redhat hardware compatability list explicitly states that scanners
are
not supported, even at tier 3. However.....check out:
http://www2.prestel.co.uk/hex/scanners.html
Your scanner lists there.
Also study the various link regarding paralell port IDE and SCSI devices
under Linux, found at:
http://www.torque.net/parport/
Using SANE and xsane you should be able to scan right into the GIMP -
provided you manage to get the scanner up and running first. (Proud
owner
of another cheap headache-scanner myself, so can't help you beyond
this.)
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From: "John D. Verne" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Cirque touchpad and PS/2 port
Date: Thu, 29 Jul 1999 13:51:15 -0400
Have you tried changing the pointer type in XF86Config to "GlidePoint/PS2" ?
Also, if you have mouse sensitivity set high, the GLidePoint may repsond
erratically.
John
UpInTheAir wrote in message ...
>I have installed Linux (Mandrake 6.0) on a system with a Cirque Smartcat
>touchpad connected to the PS/2 port. The touchpad emulates a Microsoft
mouse
>by default, so I initially set up Linux that way. When I try to move the
>cursor in X, it jumps wildly all over the screen and menus pop up randomly.
>If I connect the touchpad to a serial port instead and configure Linux to
>read it there, it works fine. Is there some trick to making the touchpad
>work through the PS/2 port under Linux
[...]
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From: "Tom Arnot" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: S3 Trio 3D
Date: Thu, 29 Jul 1999 19:03:08 +0100
I have recently got a copy of Slackware 3.6, and I am having difficulty
running X windows, I can not get it to run in svga mode in a high
resoulotion than 320 by something else! Can anyone help me solve this
problem?? If so could they please let me know, as it is really hindering me
using Linux!!
Cheers,
Tommy
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Stuart R. Fuller)
Subject: Re: Bad Media = Scsi Tape: Input/Output Error
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Thu, 29 Jul 1999 18:10:08 GMT
Eric ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
: 2 out of 4 brand new tapes were bad. I finally tried a third and yes,
: you guessed it, Third tape's a charm. ;)
: 3m is gonna get an earful from me.
:
: Sorry for the distraction and thanks.
It's still interesting that no error was displayed in your messages file.
One of the things that I do is to edit /etc/syslogd.conf to make ALL messages
go to /dev/tty8. That way, I can get an immediate indication of a problem.
Stu
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Stuart R. Fuller)
Subject: Re: Linux is not detecting my HD cache correctly
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,ucb.os.linux
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Thu, 29 Jul 1999 18:10:08 GMT
Dirk Aust ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
: Akop Pogosian wrote:
:
: > Hello, I have just noticed that Linux (v2.2.10) detects only 80kb of
: > cache on my 6GB Quantum Fireball SE hard drive:
: >
: > hda: QUANTUM FIREBALL SE6.4A, 6149MB w/80kB Cache, CHS=784/255/63, (U)DMA
: >
: > The manufacturer claims that this drive has 128kb of cache.
: > Is there a away for fix this?
: >
: > BTW, this drive was performing great and was faster than my 3.2 GB
: > Western Digital ultra-ata drive, which has twice as much cache (256kb),
: > I was just wondering why Linux detects only 80kb of cache on the first HD.
: >
: > --
: > Akop Pogosian
: >
: > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
:
: This seems to be normal, the 128kB means that there is a chip with 128kB
: inserted in the drive but the firmware of the drive needs also some memory,
: this is the difference in memory.
I don't know if it's related, but it is curiously coincidental that 80(hex) is
128(decimal).
Stu
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Stuart R. Fuller)
Subject: Re: HP false advertising!!!!
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.portable,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.sys.laptops,comp.sys.intel
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Thu, 29 Jul 1999 18:10:08 GMT
Darryl L. Pierce ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
: On Tue, 20 Jul 1999 05:00:04 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Stuart R.
: Fuller) wrote:
:
: ;Calm down and get a life.
:
: That's easy to say when it wasn't _your_ money spent on the system...
Yes, you are correct that it's easy for me to kibbitz on the side here when
it's not my money on the line.
However, I was commenting more on the issue of "bold [sic] faced lie", and "do
we have a case", suggesting that this was a deliberate attempt by HP to
separate the poster from his money, and soliciting opinions as to whether he
should sue HP over the matter.
So, in retrospect, I should have just suggested that he "calm down" and skip
the "get a life". 1000 apologies.
Stu
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From: John Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: HP Colorado 5Gb tape backup
Date: Thu, 29 Jul 1999 06:55:50 -0600
Ian Briggs wrote:
> John Thompson wrote:
> :In any case, I have been using a Colorado 5GB
> :IDE travan tape unit since Feb. 1999 and it's been fine. I
> :did have to update my kernel from v2.0.34 to 2.2.1 to have
> :the device properly recognized.
>
> My Colorado 8GB IDE seems to be working with 2.0.something.
I think the support was added in kernel 2.0.36 but I figured
as long as I was updating the kernel I may as well bite the
bullet and go for the most recent stable version, which at
the time was 2.2.1. I haven't had a compelling reason to go
beyond that yet.
> :"tar" reads/writes to it
> :just fine using /dev/nht0
>
> How do you know if it's non-rewinding?
It doesn't rewind when it's done? :-)
>My 8GB responds to both ht0 and nht0.
/dev/nht0 is the non-rewinding device; ht0 is the rewinding
device. Use whichever you prefer.
--
-John ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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Date: Thu, 29 Jul 1999 12:40:54 -0500
From: Norman Levin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: can two distributions share a swap partition?
They should be able to use the same paging area. (Note, I understand that
redhat 5.2 and redhat 6.0 can support different size swap areas and different
number of devices so you MIGHT have to re-initialize this area)
However, in general, page/swap area has NOTHING of lasting significance.
Basically, it should should be logically empty at a new start, so a different
linux should be able to use it.
--
Norman Levin
vm/dynAmIX inc.
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From: RKAA <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: 56K modem and scanner driver needed.
Date: Thu, 29 Jul 1999 17:45:01 +0000
"David B. Hostetler" wrote:
> I am trying to find out what 54K modems work well under Red Hat 6.0.
> I am also looking for a scanner driver program for an Ultima Artec A6SE
> paralell port scanner.
> I have several RPM's for Artec's SCSI scanners but nothing for the
> paralell port model.
> Are there any Plug Ins for GIMP that can allow me to scan an image
> directly into GIMP?
> Thanks
> If you want to reply directly just remove the nospam. from my email
> address.
The Redhat hardware compatability list explicitly states that scanners are
not supported, even at tier 3. However.....check out:
http://www2.prestel.co.uk/hex/scanners.html
Your scanner lists there.
Also studythe various link regarding paralell port IDE and SCSI devices
under Linux, found at:
http://www.torque.net/parport/
Using SANE and xsane you should be able to scan right into the GIMP -
provided you manage to get the scanner up and running first. (Proud owner
of another cheap headache-scanner myself, so can't help you beyond this.)
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From: "W. Christopher Everhart" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Q: UMAX Astra 1220S Flatbed Scanner
Date: Thu, 29 Jul 1999 19:32:14 GMT
Michael Meissner wrote:
> David Dahl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > I was hoping someone who has successfully set up a UMAX or
> > other scanner could possibly see where I've gone wrong and
> > lend a hand. Thanks in advance.
>
> I suspect your scsi card just isn't up to it. My tekram DC-390U handles the
> 1220S just fine once I got an DB50->??25 scsi cable (and of course put on the
> terminator that came with the 1220S). I've seen it at onsale and other places
> for about $70. Whether or not a cheaper scsi card (such as the TekRam DC-390
> without a suffix which uses an AMD controller, or an Adaptec 1505 ISA
> controller would work I dunno.
>
I remember reading something (maybe on Deja?) that stated that the 1-device only
Adaptec knockoff that comes with the UMax will NOT work on Linux. I eventually
purchased a Tekram DC-390 at a computer show, but couldn't get that to work
either. In fact, it failed with the same results as above. After I upgraded to
RedHat 6.0, I discovered that the scanner works if and only if I load the Tekram
driver as a module. Compiling it into the kernel will not work. I supose loading
scsi as a module on my previous distribution (Slackware) would have also worked.
>
> --
> Michael Meissner, Cygnus Solutions
> PMB 198, 174 Littleton Road #3, Westford, Massachusetts 01886
> email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] phone: 978-486-9304 fax: 978-692-4482
--
W. Christopher Everhart
Senior Systems Analyst
Christiana Care Health System
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "Lothar Plappert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: SIEMENS ISDN I-Surf 2.1 run with LINUX 6.1
Date: Thu, 29 Jul 1999 21:22:16 +0200
Hi,
Does anyone know, if the SIEMENS ISDN I-Surf (V2.1) run with
SUSE LINUX 6.1.
Thank you
Lothar
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: IBM Netfinity 5500 and Caldera 2.2 Problems
Date: Thu, 29 Jul 1999 19:00:18 GMT
In article <7no0bo$lqk$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Robert C Flisik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> We have Netfinity 5500's and would like to move from NT to Linux. We
> purchased the 2.2 distribution of Caldera. Each time we try to load in
the
> install, the system will hang at the load kernel message. Afterwords a
hard
> reboot is required.
> We have tried the shipped install floppy, and well as LISA - both with
> similar results - a lock up at the LILO message.
> We would like to use the Caldera distribution, but I have read that
RedHat
> does support the ServeRaid II controller in the Netfinity series. Can
> anyone help?
>
> Details:
> 450 PII, 128MB, (2) 9GB drives.
>
> Thanks in Advance,
> Bob Flisik
Bob
I am currently running two 5500's with the beta driver using Red Hat
Linux 6.0 in my office. It seems pretty stable, but there are several
issues I am dealing with:
1) The SeveRAID controller does NOT like SCSI tape drives. IBM
suggests that you get a seperate controller for them.
2) The Linux driver will NOT recognize an Iomega SCSI Zip 100.
I have purchased the IBM SCSI controller (part # 76H3579 {which is an
Adaptec 2940UW packaged with IBM cables}) and the tape and Zip both seem
to be fine.
All other hardware on the server comes up fine under Red Hat 6.0.
If my testing continues as well as it has gone so far, I will probably
deliver these systems to clients during the second week of August even
though the drivers are betas. My conversations with IBM software
engineers indicate that they are very close to releasing the driver.
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Share what you know. Learn what you don't.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bill Stapleton)
Subject: Re: Kangaroo-mouse under Redhat 6.0 X-server
Date: 29 Jul 1999 19:12:30 GMT
Reply-To: Bill Stapleton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
|> Am 27.07.99, 20:50:01, schrieb "Cybersnake" <cybersnake @ alt2600 . com>
|> zum Thema Kangaroo-mouse under Redhat 6.0 X-server:
|>
|> > Hiya all,
|> > i got a little problem with my new Mouse.
...
...
|> > I have a 3 button mouse(logitech M-S48) with a scroll wheel and a PS/2
|>
|> > connector.
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Beat Rupp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
|> OEM mice from Logitech (they have a b/w logo) are crap for Linux. I
|> just replaced mine with a cheap M$ Intellimouse (hey, it was cheap!)
|> and it works perfectly. You have to set your mouse to a simple
|> standard PS/2 mouse and it will work as such but NO wheel...
Recent X distributions recognize it:
Protocol "IMPS/2" # or "intellimouse" for serial
ZAxisMapping 4 5
Recent RedHat distributions have some of the X-Resources settings that
allow the wheel to scroll the page.
See this page for more info about wheel mice & X:
http://www.inria.fr/koala/colas/mouse-wheel-scroll/
I've been using my Intellimouse with the wheel for quite some time and
I love it...
--
Bill Stapleton University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
[EMAIL PROTECTED] Information & Media Technologies
Web Janitor, http://www.uwm.edu/ Technical Solutions
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