Linux-Hardware Digest #982, Volume #10 Wed, 11 Aug 99 07:13:25 EDT
Contents:
Re: automatic power off after shutdown (Yasuyuki Saito)
Re: SB Live with SuSE 6.1 (Pedro Sam)
FS: 2 DECServer 500 64-port terminal servers ("Kent Rankin")
Re: connect/setup w/Rockwell HCF PCI v.90 modem ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Digital EZ51R-VA Solid-state Disk Drive in Storageworks case ("Kent Rankin")
Re: Problems with a K6 system:Exact same problem (Scott Marlowe)
gcc programming for A/D card] (Gwyer)
Re: HELP... weird problem (Sergio Lalli)
Re: More memory greater speed?? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Partitions and Partitioning (Jeremy Fincher)
Re: Upgrade (Scott Marlowe)
Re: Partitions and Partitioning (Tim Clapp)
BT878 sound problems (Nick C.)
Re: Zip drive Doesn't Work - Sounds like a broken record ("R.K.Aa")
Unknown ISA IDE controller ("Jonathan D. Proulx")
Re: Best Laptop for Red Hat 6.0? (Chris Mahmood)
bttv module locks up my system!! (Mike Gorsuch)
Re: complete freeze with RH6 (Mark Hovey)
Re: #@$%&%( WINMODEMS are a pain in the A#$^& ("Karl McMurdo")
Re: Unknown ISA IDE controller ("Jonathan D. Proulx")
3dlabs VX1 drivers ("Tsung-Fang Tu")
FS: 2x 19" HP Monitors ; $75 each ("Kent Rankin")
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From: Yasuyuki Saito <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: automatic power off after shutdown
Date: 11 Aug 1999 06:58:25 GMT
Hello.
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> at comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.hardware
Tung-Sheng Lin wrote:
‖Is it possible to turn off the power automatically after shutdown the
‖Linux (Like Windows 98 does in most PC)? Thanks!
You must recompile the kernel as using APM and
modify, if you use RedHat Linux, /etc/rc.d/init.d/halt.
You modify the entry
command="halt"
to
command="halt -p"
I could solve this problem to try above.
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JAIST, Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
Address: 1-1 Asahidai Tatsunokuchi Nomi Ishikawa, 923-1292, JAPAN
E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yasuyuki Saito
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From: Pedro Sam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: SB Live with SuSE 6.1
Date: Wed, 11 Aug 1999 01:57:17 -0400
ok... this may not apply to you, but this works on my slackware 4.0.
I've tried sblive.o and the emu10k1 driver and they work fine.
here it is:
I'll paste in the reply I gave to the other gentleman about getting the
driver working with anything other than 2.2.5. Assuming you're using a
newer kernel you need to use insmod with the -f option to force the
module
to load. As for the two programs at once, I'm afraid I can't help you
with
that. I'd take a guess that as the driver code is still reasonably new
it
just doesn't support that function yet, but I may well be wrong.
Good luck,
Bp.
You'll need to add the following lines to the rc file that loads modules
on
your system (rc.modules under Slack, I'm not sure for others)
insmod -f sblive.o
insmod -f soundcore.o
The reason for using insmod with the -f switch as opposed to modprobe is
that if you use any kernel other than those specified in the driver
names
(ie 2.0.36-0.7 or 2.2.5) then modprobe refuses to load the module. The
-f
switch forces insmod to load the module regardless. The driver should
work
with kernels newer than their numbers, support for older ones is not
guaranteed. I use a 2.2.10 kernel and it gets along just fine.
=====Original Message=====
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Pedro Sam
Sent: 24 July 1999 17:18
To: Ben Price
Subject: soundblaster live!!!!
hey dude... I saw your post on alt.os.slackware,
I've a sb live! as well... just wondering how did you get it to work? I
try to install the file from www.soundblaster.com, but it only supports
kernel 2.2.5, and it doesn't allow 2 programs to play sounds
simutanelously, like in windows... any help would be greatly
appreciated.
Pedro.
If all else fails, get the 2.2.5 kernel, that oughta work.
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PS
What? I said PS!! Why are you still reading? They are my initials.
Pedro Sam
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From: "Kent Rankin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.vms,comp.sys.dec,comp.terminals,misc.forsale.computers.workstation
Subject: FS: 2 DECServer 500 64-port terminal servers
Date: Wed, 11 Aug 1999 04:01:51 GMT
They are located in Knoxville, TN 37922-3449.
They have 8 cards of 8-ports(CXY08 cards), 1 AUI ethernet interface, and
2 console ports for management.
I'd like to get $150 each.
Thanks,
Kent Rankin
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,alt.os.linux.mandrake,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: connect/setup w/Rockwell HCF PCI v.90 modem
Date: Wed, 11 Aug 1999 04:13:12 GMT
Can someone help!!
I've had no success in setting up an AOpen FM56p PCI modem with
Linux-Mandrake 6.0.
Tech support from RomNet only goes as far as a 'generic' approach and,
like a previous writer, I get 'Modem Ready'; 'Initializing
Modem'(forever!) or 'Modem is busy' on trying to connect.
Querying modem gives blank AT responses.
Thanx
Geoff
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From: "Kent Rankin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.vms,comp.sys.dec,misc.forsale.computers.other.systems,misc.forsale.computers.workstation
Subject: Re: Digital EZ51R-VA Solid-state Disk Drive in Storageworks case
Date: Wed, 11 Aug 1999 04:25:41 GMT
Kent Rankin wrote in message ...
> I'm not too horribly familiar with the Storageworks line(much less this
>little fellow). But, I kind of have a feeling that it would be better off
>in someone's hands seeing some action than sitting about waiting to be used
>here. =)
>
> Anyhow, it's SCSI-2 based, and is in a Storageworks drive sled. I've
>got a Storageworks cabinet that I can sell with it that has a power supply,
>inserts, etc.
>
> As I recall, it's 153MB in size(although I could be off by a few).
I've
>got the manual over on the shelf if anyone needs info on it before
purchase.
>
>-
>
> Once again, I'm not too familiar with this one, so I don't really know
>what type of price to place on its head. Due to that, I'm kind of forced
to
>stick it in the "Make me an offer" category. =P Sorry about that.
>
>
> Thanks,
> Kent Rankin
Just wanted to make a correction. The EZ51R-VA is a 107MB SSD.
Thanks,
Kent Rankin
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From: Scott Marlowe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.mandrake
Subject: Re: Problems with a K6 system:Exact same problem
Date: Wed, 11 Aug 1999 01:44:34 -0600
Stephen Carville wrote:
> OK, I had a couple of hours to try the above tests. No good. Even at
> 250 Mhz (as slow as I can go -- I think) and 2.3V, after running a few
> hours, the system will not complete the kernel+module compile. Looks
> like I have an expensive boat anchor...
>
> At least I still have the old P150. It aint't too fast (no Myth II on
> that box) but it runs.
Try running it with the external cache turned off, and see if it is a bad cache. You
may be able to achieve solid and reliable P100 performance with no L2 cache if it is
a bad cache. I've often seen L2 cache blown out on machines where the CPU was
installed with poor attention to ESD procedures.
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From: Gwyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux,alt.uu.comp.os.linux.questions,alt.linux,it.comp.linux.development
Subject: gcc programming for A/D card]
Date: Wed, 11 Aug 1999 22:10:27 +0000
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hi ..
I am trying to compile my source file to get access to A/D card.
This is inside my source file (ie. ad.c)
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <asm/io.h>
int HI, LOW;
int main (void) {
LOW=1;
HI=0;
ioperm(0x22d,2,1);
/* initialize A/D card for base+14 and base+13, where base=544
in decimal */
outb(LOW, 0x22d);
outb(HI, 0x22e);
return 0;
}
i compiled using this command "gcc ad.c -o ad", then i got this error
message:
/tmp/ccc00289: In function `main':
/tmp/ccc00289(.text+0x36): undefined reference to `outb'
/tmp/ccc00289(.text+0x4b): undefined reference to `outb'
please help !
Thankx.
regards,
Gywer
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From: Sergio Lalli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat,alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: HELP... weird problem
Date: Wed, 11 Aug 1999 00:40:16 -0700
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
"Klement, Christopher (EXCHANGE:CRK:5T31)" wrote:
> Hi, I just installed RH6 and it was working fine
> for about 10 minutes until i restarted my x session.
> then it wouldn't let me open any xterms. in the log
> it says that
>
> 'there are no available ptys'
>
> arent there 256 ptys? what is gobbling them all up?
> i tried being root.. different windows managers...
> rebooting the machine... nothing worked. Can anyone
> help me here?? Please??
>
> i am using windowMaker - gnome inabled
> i dont want to reinstall unless i have to...
>
> thanx...
> chris
>
> ps: why doesn't xv come with RH anymore??? what
> a pain in the arse
I have no idea concerning your pty problem, but they got Electric Eyes
and GQView to replace xv, and they look a lot nicer too
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: More memory greater speed??
Date: Wed, 11 Aug 1999 04:09:51 GMT
I went from 32 Mbyte to 64 Mbyte and the speed increase was dramatic. I
had almost constant hard drive activity when I had 32 Mbyte, obviously
the swap space was being heavily used. With 64 Mbyte, this has
completely stopped.
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
John Wilkinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I have a K6 2 350MHz machine with 32M of memory, I am running SUSE
6.1,
> all OK.
> If I go to 100M of memory will this improve anything?
>
> Thanks.
> John.
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jeremy Fincher)
Subject: Partitions and Partitioning
Date: 11 Aug 1999 08:03:52 GMT
Ok, I will be installing windows 98 second edition, windows NT 4.0 workstation,
and caldera openlinux on a western digital hard drive. It seems from my other
post that I should install these in the order they are listed above. Many
people have also given good recommendations as to how to do my partitioning
scheme. The question for me now, however, is how should I go about making
these partitions? I don't want to pay money for something like PartitionMagic,
and preservation of previous data is not an issue, as there is no previous
data. Any recommendations?
Thanks for always being so helpful,
Jeremy
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From: Scott Marlowe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Upgrade
Date: Wed, 11 Aug 1999 01:50:20 -0600
Ray Curtis wrote:
> I am planning to upgrade a old 486 box I use as server to a new
> AMD III-450 and need a good recommendation for a motherboard.
> I have looked at some and it looks like the FIC 503+ or FIC 503A
> might be good choices since this is an old AT style chassis.
> The FIC 503A looks better since it has more PCI slots, but I have
> yet to see anyone mention using it, all seem to use the FIC 503+.
The most important point on these mobos, and all Via MVP3 series chipset
motherboards, is cacheability of main RAM. It's linearly related to the size
of the L2 cache, where 512k L2 cache=128 Meg cacheable ram, 1M cache = 256 Meg,
and 2 Meg = 512 Megs.
If you are going to add a lot of memory, look for one with 1 or 2 Meg cache.
I've had good luck with the VA 503+ so far, with 5 servers running mostly 24x7
on Linux and NT with no real problems. I use an Epox at home, with 512k cache
and 128 Meg RAM. It's a great little machine, and when I'm running X windows
with Netscape and a couple of Apps, top says:
Mem: 128028K av, 122848K used, 5180K free, 52864K shrd, 22288K buff
Swap: 104384K av, 6080K used, 98304K free 42428K cached
So I'm using most of my memory, but only 6 Megs of swap. I kinda wish I'd of
gotten the 1 Meg cache version...
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From: Tim Clapp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Partitions and Partitioning
Date: Wed, 11 Aug 1999 10:36:44 +0100
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Jeremy Fincher wrote:
>
> Ok, I will be installing windows 98 second edition, windows NT 4.0 workstation,
> and caldera openlinux on a western digital hard drive. It seems from my other
> post that I should install these in the order they are listed above. Many
> people have also given good recommendations as to how to do my partitioning
> scheme. The question for me now, however, is how should I go about making
> these partitions? I don't want to pay money for something like PartitionMagic,
> and preservation of previous data is not an issue, as there is no previous
> data. Any recommendations?
>
Use fdisk. This exists for all the operating systems you mention. For
best results use the fdisk appropriate to the OS you are about to
install.
Tim.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Nick C.)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: BT878 sound problems
Date: 11 Aug 1999 09:45:41 GMT
Trying to make this concise-
I have an AverMedia TV98(BT878/Philips NTSC tuner), kernel 2.2.10, bttv
drivers 0.6.4e (although the included bttv drivers in 2.2.10 have the same
problem). When I try to use xawtv, I get a fine picture, but no sound. I'm
installing the bttv module with "card=10 radio=0" and have uncommented
"-D_RESET_MSP_HAUPPAUGE" in the Makefile. The msp3400 patch has been applied.
I have tried setting "mixer = mixer" is .xawtv and trying all of the values
I get from the error message, but none of them work. All that happens is that
I get static and popping noises from my speakers after I load the modules
but before I run xawtv. When I do run xawtv, the static and popping either
stop or get very faint. I can hear the TV sound very faintly in the background.
When I type dmesg, it appears that all the modules are loading without
problems. I cannot, for the life of me, figure this problem out. This is
the most trouble I have EVER had getting a piece of hardware to work with
Linux, and I've been using Linux for years on many different computers.
The AverMedia TV98 is a pretty popular card, so there must be SOMEONE who's
gotten it to work with Linux, unless it just plain doesn't work.
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From: "R.K.Aa" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Zip drive Doesn't Work - Sounds like a broken record
Date: Tue, 10 Aug 1999 22:20:52 +0200
Just a mal-apropos to the heading:
Iomega ZIP drives sometimes suffer from a phenomena known as "the click
of death" - a hardware error described by that sound. Perhaps an idea to
test it on a windows machine - just to see if it works at all. The
"click of death" thing you should be able to find more about on web, but
if that's what you have - that drive is doomed.
K.
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From: "Jonathan D. Proulx" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Unknown ISA IDE controller
Date: Tue, 10 Aug 1999 20:59:04 GMT
Hi,
I've got an IDE controller from an old i386 that I'd like to install as
a secondary controller in an i486. Is there any hope of figuring out
the jumper settings on this relic?
Or perhaps a software solution?
TIA,
Jon
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From: Chris Mahmood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Best Laptop for Red Hat 6.0?
Date: 10 Aug 1999 02:17:30 -0700
NSAG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Can anyone recommend the best laptop platform for Red Hat 6.0 - looking
> to buy a few that
> will be easy to support as far as PCMCIA and CDROMs.
"Best" sort of depends on how much money you're willing to spend--VA
and other Linux VARs offer some impressive looking laptops, but they
are expensive. On the cheaper end, I purchased a Fujitsu E340 for
~$1500 a couple of months ago and am very happy with it. The easiest
laptop I've ever put linux on.
>
> I had an IBM 600 Laptop which gave me a lot of problems supported cards
> & IDE devices.
Those non-compatible IBM compatibles, eh? Be sure to have a look at
http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/kharker/linux-laptop/ before you buy.
-ckm
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From: Mike Gorsuch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: bttv module locks up my system!!
Date: Wed, 11 Aug 1999 04:55:09 GMT
Hey everyone,
I've been trying for the last couple hours to get my Hauppauge
WinTV 404 card to work. I am using Redhat 6.0 with kernel 2.2.10. I
tried telling the Kernel to use the Video4Linux driver, and it just hangs
when it detects the card. I then made it into a module, and it still hung
up. Just downloaded the source driver, compiled, and it all hung up. Am
I missing something here? I'm tired now, so I'll turn it over to you.
Thanks a ton,
Mike Gorsuch
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From: Mark Hovey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: complete freeze with RH6
Date: 10 Aug 1999 23:26:48 -0400
My system also completely freezes at random times under RH6.0 and
Gnome/Enlightenment. Its a Celeron 400 with 128 Mb RAM, only 4Mb memory
on the video card. So far it has not done this under fvwm2 or without X
running. This is a major bug, assuming it is a bug--I can only be
thankful these crashes haven't corrupted my filesystem or hard drive
yet.
Mark Hovey
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From: "Karl McMurdo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: #@$%&%( WINMODEMS are a pain in the A#$^&
Date: Tue, 10 Aug 1999 23:26:01 -0600
David C. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> FS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> 3: PCI cards tend to be easier to set up. Things like interrupt levels
> and port numbers usually require no manual configuration.
>
Arrrggghhhh!!!!!!!!
And as a result anyone who actually knows what their doing is now forced
into Plug'N'Pray Hell. I'd much rather have control over the situation
(Which I will admit with 'some' bios's I still have, but with others a
poorly behaved card shifts things around on you and boom) I just spent ages
getting a 'non-supported' nic up and running under Unixware, if I had the
option of manually forcing the irq/port it would have been a 1/2 hour job
because it is perfectly compatible with a supported card, except it uses a
port the driver didn't have in it's 'possible' list.
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From: "Jonathan D. Proulx" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Unknown ISA IDE controller
Date: Wed, 11 Aug 1999 10:34:12 GMT
Jim Reidford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Is there an FCC ID on the card or any clues to the manufacturer
FCC ID HBQUMC862A
also:
SST-2845 is printed prominently on the circuit board
The jumper block is 7 columns by 3 rows:
x x x x x x x
x x x x x x x
x x x x x x x
most of the chips are manufactured by Goldstar (just like my
Kmart television...)
Thanks,
Jon
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From: "Tsung-Fang Tu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.graphics.api.opengl,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.os2.setup.misc,comp.os.os2.setup.video
Subject: 3dlabs VX1 drivers
Date: Wed, 11 Aug 1999 01:29:11 -0400
I'm interested in 3dlabs VX1, I'd like to know is there
drivers for Linux and OS2? I know 3Dlabs doesn't
support these operation systems, but I hope their
partnerships do. Thanks!
Tsung-Fang Tu
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From: "Kent Rankin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.sys.hp.hardware,misc.forsale.computers.monitors,misc.forsale.computers.workstation
Subject: FS: 2x 19" HP Monitors ; $75 each
Date: Wed, 11 Aug 1999 04:17:40 GMT
The units are located in Knoxville, TN, 37922.
They are of the following models :
HP 98752A
HP 98751A
Both have a Triniton tube and 3-BNC plugs(making them Sync-on-green
models).
The reason for their low cost is that the have a little of the paint on
the front rubbed off(a dark-grey, rubbed off around the edge to the
underlying light-grey).
Anyhow, pictures are available for anyone interested.
Once again, I'd like to get $75 US for each.
Thanks,
Kent Rankin
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