Linux-Hardware Digest #6, Volume #11 Fri, 13 Aug 99 20:13:38 EDT
Contents:
Expertcolor MED3931 + linux => ? ("tomek")
Re: Tarjetas madre con todo (Olivier Dornberger)
Re: What kind of equipment should I get? (Stuart R. Fuller)
refresh problems with S3 ViRGE (Jesse Richmond)
Re: Modem on Linux (Chris Mahmood)
Re: USR 56K ISA Modem (Chris Mahmood)
Re: IBM Thinkpad 570 (Chris Mahmood)
Re: What linux for my 386 ? (Olivier Dornberger)
Re: mswinpr2 driver for gdi printing ("Donald E. Stidwell")
Re: Ok, I'm stumped - SMC Ethernet config on 2.2.6 - help! (Thomas Kaemer)
Re: Motherboard for Redhat 6.0 (Olivier Dornberger)
Re: Good sound card? (Andrew I Rothstein)
Re: Older model RS6000 port? (Olivier Dornberger)
Re: Diamond Viper V770 Ultra - Driver? ("Wally\"Equinox\"")
Pls help!(soundblaster live) ("Real Digga")
Re: ATX features (Matthias Kilian)
Re: Problems with SCSI-Zip-Drive ... (Richard Bumby)
Cannot get joystick port to work on Ensoniq 1371 Sound Card using Red Hat Linux 5.2
("Matthew & Elizabeth Heironimus")
Delaying eth0 initialization!!! (Kevin Wong)
how to configure Virtual screen ("nd")
Re: SB Live RedHat6 ("Real Digga")
Ati rage 128 & Linux ("St�phane")
Re: dual cpus of different model? (Peter Lubke)
Re: Ftape 4.x on Caldera 2.2 (Douglas Bollinger)
PCMCIA MODEM: IBM 56KV90 COMPATIBLE? (Ana Cristina Souza Lima Gouvea)
Re: Building a Windows & Linux Compatible PC ("Wally\"Equinox\"")
Re: What kind of equipment should I get? ("jemmons")
Re: 486 is REALLY Slow (Olivier Dornberger)
Re: SB Live RedHat6 (Josef Maltan)
I'm going mad!!!! over a Microcom Deskporte 28.8P External Modem ("dude")
Re: Pls help!(soundblaster live) (Josef Maltan)
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From: "tomek" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.x,linux.redhat.install
Subject: Expertcolor MED3931 + linux => ?
Date: Fri, 13 Aug 1999 18:13:45 GMT
I cannot run my sound card under Linux.
My linux is : Red Hat 6.0 with kernel 2.2.5
My soundcrad : Med3931 with chip OPTi 82c3931 PnP
Haw I must konfig my kernel what must I do or where I can find information
about it?
If someone can help me I will be very plesased.If not let someone show me
apriopriate way.
Thank in advice for help.
Tomek Dynia from Poland.
this text is probably in English , isn't it ?
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From: Olivier Dornberger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: redhat.config,redhat.general
Subject: Re: Tarjetas madre con todo
Date: Sat, 14 Aug 1999 00:13:11 +0200
Hola!
Escribe en ingl�s, tedras m�s respeustas.
Tu motherboard funciona con linux - pero tienes de identificar cada una de las
unidades para si misma :-(
De primore, debe de trabajar sin a) X b) sonido c( modem.
Trabaja solamente en mode "terminal" - lo despues de la instalaci�n. Luego
a~nades el sistema X seg�n tu manual del motherboard y al final tu modem (o
vice versa, como quieras).
Al principio tienes que dar los datos mas conservativos (svga, ...) despues
puedes esperar m�s.
Radames wrote:
> Tengo la duda de si mi tarjeta madre PC100 M748MR es compatible con alguna
>
> versi�n de Linux, es de las que trae de todo (video, sonido, modem) pero
>
> tengo la duda de estos dispositivos onboard que solo funcionan con Windows,
>
> por favor alguien aclareme esto. Quiero cambiarme a Linux. URGENTE
>
> ------------------ Posted via CNET Linux Help ------------------
> http://www.searchlinux.com
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Stuart R. Fuller)
Subject: Re: What kind of equipment should I get?
Crossposted-To: alt.ham-radio,alt.ham-radio.packet,comp.os.linux.misc
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Fri, 13 Aug 1999 21:10:02 GMT
jemmons ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
: Why doesn'y my response get posted? [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Stop and think about this for a minute. If your response didn't get posted,
then no one would see this response, and you will have posted for no good
reason.
Stu
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From: Jesse Richmond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x
Subject: refresh problems with S3 ViRGE
Date: Fri, 13 Aug 1999 22:30:47 GMT
I'm using the Diamond Stealth 3D 2000, with the ViRGE chip, and I'm having
some problems getting it to not flicker with my monitor(Iiyama Vision
Master Pro). Under Windows, I run it at 1024x768 with 16bpp colour. It runs
fine and without any flickering. However X with the same setting has so
much flicker it's almost unbearable to look at for any length of time.
Under Windows, if I set it for a generic ViRGE chip I get flickering nearly
as bad as X, but if I set it for specifically the Diamond Stealth, the
refresh kicks up and is nice looking. Anyone got any ideas on how to set X
so it will have a better refresh rate?
Thanks in advance!
Jesse Richmond
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From: Chris Mahmood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Modem on Linux
Date: 13 Aug 1999 13:59:07 -0700
"Stephen P. Fitzgerald" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I recently installed Red Hat 6 and I am having difficulty getting the OS to
> recognize my modem.
Here we go...
> It is an internal modem operating on a Rockwell chip
> set.
Is it PCI? Chances are that it is a "Winmodem" which isn't really a
modem. There are PCI modems, but they are rare.
>I know the COMM port it's on, but whatever I try I am not able to get
> Linux to recognize it.
Internal modems don't use a serial port, they replace one.
>
> I could use some help.
Have a look at http://www.idir.net/~gromitkc/winmodem.html and see if
yours is listed. This list isn't exhaustive yet, but it's fairly
complete.
-ckm
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From: Chris Mahmood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: USR 56K ISA Modem
Date: 13 Aug 1999 13:47:34 -0700
James Ciesielski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> My goal is to set-up a ppp conection to my local ISP. Can anyone
> recommend some decent documentation or any hints as to how I can achieve
> this goal (without screwing up my set-up in Win98)? Any help would be
> greatly appreciated.
PPP-howto, Serial-howto. Why would using your your modem in Linux
screw up windows?
-ckm
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From: Chris Mahmood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: IBM Thinkpad 570
Date: 13 Aug 1999 13:49:30 -0700
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Christos Efstratiou) writes:
> I am thinking about buying an IBM Thinkpad 570. Although I know that
> Thinkpads are well supported by Linux I would just like to confirm that
> Linux can be installed without problems on the specific one.
http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/kharker/linux-laptop/ to read about
others experiences.
-ckm
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From: Olivier Dornberger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: What linux for my 386 ?
Date: Fri, 13 Aug 1999 23:58:14 +0200
If you find an older version (kernel 0.98 or before) everything works fine (I
started with 0.96 on such a computer: 386, 4MB. For new kernels, try to run
them without ELF support (only "a.out"). I still have my old computer running
under slackware, kernel 0.99?. Trying to run X made me buy
1st: a new hard disk
2nd: more memory
3rd: a new computer
Everything else is still fine - enjoy it!
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hello all.
>
> I would like to install a linux on my 386/4mb (no 387). I plan to use it
> only to learn/play-around with linux, and maybe some development software.
> I would like to install xWindows, too (If such a thing is possible at all
> on my Oak/512kb svga). What distribution of Linux should i download &
> install ? As an added irritation, I have a slow connection to the net,
> which i have to pay for by the hour; so i can't get, say 10mb files.
>
> please advise me.
>
> yours,
> me.
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From: "Donald E. Stidwell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: mswinpr2 driver for gdi printing
Date: Fri, 13 Aug 1999 22:37:13 GMT
Barry Latter wrote:
> Hi again,
> I've still not been had any luck trying to talk to my OKI page plus 4W
> from Linux.
> (Thanks for the suggestion Phil, but it doesn't work with the 4W)
>
> Can anyone else suggest how I might be able to print to a Windows
> printer from linux?
> please!
>
Did you try using RedMon on the Ghostscript site? This is what I used for
printing to my BJC-5000. One PC running Linux and the other running Win98
with the BJC-5000 connected. This is a serious WinPrinter, but RedMon does
the trick. Check it out on the Ghostscript home page.
Don
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From: Thomas Kaemer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Ok, I'm stumped - SMC Ethernet config on 2.2.6 - help!
Date: Thu, 12 Aug 1999 22:36:29 +0200
BHinMarin schrieb:
>
> (The card is configured non-PnP IRQ 10/io300. Anyway, that didn't seem
> to work.)
>
Hi !
Maybe that your mainboard use memory at adress 300.
Try another adress and also check if the interupt used by another card.
CU Thomas
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From: Olivier Dornberger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Motherboard for Redhat 6.0
Date: Sat, 14 Aug 1999 00:31:48 +0200
It does work - you may get troule with your graphic card; the scsi bus and
eth should work. Just take a look at www.supermicro.com; they've got a
link to other sites attesting their linux compatibility ...
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Is there anyone out there who could recommend a motherboard for redhat
> linux 6.0. Our local computershop sells Super Micro's P6SBA - does
> anyone know whether Redhat linux 6.0 runs on this motherboard ?
>
> At www.redhat.com I read that problems have been reported with Super
> Micro's P5MMA and P5MMA98 - Life and money is too short to fight with
> hardware compatibility problems ... What I need is just a * STABLE *
> well-proven motherboard - speed is not too critical.
>
> Any help/hint is appreciated
>
> Thanks in advance
> /Mads
>
> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> Share what you know. Learn what you don't.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Andrew I Rothstein)
Subject: Re: Good sound card?
Date: 13 Aug 1999 18:58:08 GMT
btw. it's driver needs to be SMP-friendly....
Drew
On 12 Aug 1999 12:58:31 GMT, Andrew I Rothstein ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
: I'm looking for a high quality sound card that is going to work in Linux.
: Any suggestions? Preferably PCI as my modem is sitting in the lone ISA slot.
: Thanks,
: Drew
: --
: Andrew I. Rothstein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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: "Can't this wait till I'm old? Can I live while I'm young?" -phish
: "Nothing left to do but smile, smile, smile." -gd
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"Can't this wait till I'm old? Can I live while I'm young?" -phish
"Nothing left to do but smile, smile, smile." -gd
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From: Olivier Dornberger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Older model RS6000 port?
Date: Sat, 14 Aug 1999 00:51:11 +0200
IBM announced it; in april! Just wait for 2005;
in serious, it has not yet been decided (and my company [Bull] has
finished the SMP part for the old RS/6000 = Bull Escala systems) whether
linux will be fully supported on the old AIX work stations. But look a
http://www.rs6000.ibm.com/france/linuxexpo.html
It's french but they cn tell you more ...
Kaj-Michael Lang wrote:
> Is there someone porting Linux to the older model RS6000 computers ?
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From: "Wally\"Equinox\"" <wally@(_REMOVE_ME_)equinox.demon.nl>
Subject: Re: Diamond Viper V770 Ultra - Driver?
Date: Fri, 13 Aug 1999 20:49:11 +0200
Jay Whyatt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schreef in berichtnieuws
7p0goe$41b$[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> I am trying to configure this AGP card on my system running RedHat 6.
> Xconfigure recognises the card name but then fails when running the probe
> and requests clocking chip details.
>
> Has anybody managed to configure the V770 successfully? If so what setting
> were used?
>
> I can only seem to get it going at 640x480 with 16 colours, which is a
> complete waste of time.
Diamond V770 running as smooth as silk (SuSE linux 6.1 2.2.5 kernel).
Dowloaded the drivers from the Nvidia site, untarred and installed them.
Used XF86Setup to configure X-windowing. No need to probe the card nor
mention the clocking chip. Am currently running 1152x864 and KDE sure looks
great.
Wally
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From: "Real Digga" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Pls help!(soundblaster live)
Date: Sat, 14 Aug 1999 02:54:35 +0800
How to set Soundblaster live! in rh6.0?
i have emu10k1-0.3b.tar.gz and extracted it, but it said that it couldn't
execute the extracted files(install_emu10k1).
What's wrong? Can anyone tell me pls? coz i tried many methods but still not
work for a night!
I have it read the README, and follow the automatic install by typing
"Run ./install_emu10k" but it still not works.(can't run it)
It also tells me to use manual method but i dunno how to use it.
I think the problem to me is that i dunno how to run that script, can anyone
help me pls?
Thx!
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Matthias Kilian)
Subject: Re: ATX features
Date: 13 Aug 1999 20:55:58 GMT
Andy Johnstone ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> Does anyone else get a screen full of what looks like debug information
> AFTER the computer prints system halted? Is that b/c i have an atx
> board/case?
I bet this is a BIOS problem (see my posting some days ago). Unfortunately
there exist many BIOSes which do not fully conform to APM standards.
Kili
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Richard Bumby)
Subject: Re: Problems with SCSI-Zip-Drive ...
Date: 13 Aug 1999 14:56:48 -0400
CHristian Niss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>...
>Thanx, I did compile the kernel with disk support, but when loading
>Linux I did still load the old kernel ...
>...
It sounds like you haven't told lilo how to find your new kernel.
Simply adding the information to your lilo.conf file is not enough.
You must also run the /sbin/lilo program to record the information
where it can be found during at boot time.
When the device is properly detected, it will be identified as
/dev/sd? (with ? replaced by the next available letter), and the data
will be in the partition /dev/sd?4 in the standard format. You can
change this with fdisk if you plan to use the Zip drive only with this
system.
--
R. T. Bumby ** Rutgers Math || Amer. Math. Monthly Problems Editor 1992--1996
[EMAIL PROTECTED] ||
Telephone: [USA] 732-445-0277 (full-time message line) FAX 732-445-5530
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From: "Matthew & Elizabeth Heironimus" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Cannot get joystick port to work on Ensoniq 1371 Sound Card using Red Hat
Linux 5.2
Date: Fri, 13 Aug 1999 17:38:57 -0500
I have an Ensoniq AudioPCI card (1371) and Red Hat Linux 5.2. The sound
works great, but I cannot get the joystick port to work. When I try to load
it using insmod, it says that it could not find a joystick.
I have tried re-building the joystick.o file, but that didn't help.
I have tried using the joystick=1 option and joystick=15, but neither seem
to help.
What should I try next?
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From: Kevin Wong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To:
comp.dcom.lans.ethernet,fj.net.media.ethernet,comp.os.linux.ansers,comp.os.linux.hardawe,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Delaying eth0 initialization!!!
Date: Fri, 13 Aug 1999 18:38:52 GMT
When I start up RedHat Linux 6.0!~
and When "Bring up eth0"
It said:
"Delaying eth0 initialization"
and when I type "ifup eth0"
It also said:
"Delaying eth0 initialization"
How to fix this problem?
THANK YOU FOR REPLY!
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Reply-To: "nd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
From: "nd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: how to configure Virtual screen
Date: Fri, 13 Aug 1999 16:07:07 -0700
How do I configure so that I DON'T get that virtual screen which you can
have multiple screens?
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From: "Real Digga" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: SB Live RedHat6
Date: Sat, 14 Aug 1999 02:59:30 +0800
try this:
1. see the properties of the install file.
2. change v2=2.2.5-15 to 2.2.9.
3. add inmod -f emu10k1.o under .bash_profile in the root directory.
4. reboot.
Alpine Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I have the mandrake, / RedHat 6 kernel 2.2.9
> and have yet to be able to install the emuk driver or the sblive driver
> it is yelling at me about the wrong version of the kernel
> anyone have any sugestions for a work around?
>
>
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From: "St�phane" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Ati rage 128 & Linux
Date: Fri, 13 Aug 1999 20:15:10 +0200
Salut tous le monde,
Pour ceux qui veulent utiliser leur ATI Rage Fury sous linux, je vous
propose mon site, o� tout est expliqu� simplement que ce soit pour les
d�butants ou les experts. Si vous avez des critiques ou des remarques �
faire n'h�siez pas � m�crire.
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Ah au fait l'adresse du site : http://perso.libertysurf.fr/steph2/index.html
Merci de votre future visite.
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From: Peter Lubke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: dual cpus of different model?
Date: Fri, 13 Aug 1999 23:11:34 GMT
I know it's already been answered for you - and correctly for a Xeon too -
but the answer is more complex. As I understand it, Xeons you cant mix
because they redundantly check each other which means that they have to be
identical, other posts have reported using different mixes of processors
successfully though.
Darren Chan wrote:
> I'm running Redhat on a Pentium 3 Xeon 550mhz. Is it possible for me to
> add a Pentium 3 Katmai 550mhz and run in SMP? Thanks!
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Douglas Bollinger)
Subject: Re: Ftape 4.x on Caldera 2.2
Date: Fri, 13 Aug 1999 19:11:48 -0400
Clint Davis at [EMAIL PROTECTED] says...
> Anyone get this to compile yet?
>
> I tried various "beta" versions of 4.x but still no luck.
> Clint
If Caldera is anything like RH6.0, you must get the lastest build of
ftape to get it to compile. The development snapshots are what you
need.
This tarball, ftape-4.x-1999_06_30.tar.gz, compiled fine on my
machine.
--
Douglas Bollinger
Mt. Holly Springs, PA 17065
My other computer runs Linux.
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From: Ana Cristina Souza Lima Gouvea <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux
Subject: PCMCIA MODEM: IBM 56KV90 COMPATIBLE?
Date: Fri, 13 Aug 1999 15:03:44 -0400
I would like to know if anybody already used
the modem from IBM, 56KV90, and if any problem
were encountered.
The PCMCIA HOWTO does not report any incompatibility
with this card, howevere any comment is greatly appreciated.
Bye
Ana
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From: "Wally\"Equinox\"" <wally@(_REMOVE_ME_)equinox.demon.nl>
Subject: Re: Building a Windows & Linux Compatible PC
Date: Fri, 13 Aug 1999 21:04:44 +0200
Larry Ozarow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schreef in berichtnieuws
osSs3.1742$[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> "Wally\"Equinox\"" <wally@(_REMOVE_ME_)equinox.demon.nl> writes:
>
> >
> > Why do some linux folks have such a grudge against MS Windows ???. Are
some
> > simply to dumb to appriciate each OS for it's place in the world or is
it
> > plain ignorance. Please DON'T bother replying on this one, it is an
argument
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
> Yeah that must be it. All us Linux zealots never saw enough of Windows
> to appreciate its very special goodness. That Mr. Gates fellow really
> ought to get out of the lab where he does all that secret scientific
> invention and spend a little time marketing that there OS of his.
>
You asked for it and are going to get it.
For a simple generic every day user linux is far to complex and powerfull.
John en Jane Doe don not need login/logout and do not want to mount a floppy
just to write some files to it. Most people are happy using Windows based
software 'cause they are familiar with it and do not wish to start adopting
to some new OS. I'd rather sell Windows 98 to some poor sod buying his first
computer without previous encounters of the digital kind. OK linux might be
cheaper and is a great pinch in the bumm for Bill G., but the newbie would
be screaming his/her head of after bootstrapping the machine.
> The grudge most of us have is MS's monopolistic greed and bullying
> approach to the PC world. I use MS when appropriate (to launch games
> once in a while at home, and to the occasionally necessary Word or
> Powerpoint file at work) but mostly use my computer as a workstation
> on which I simulate communications and math problems. Windows truly
> sucks for this application, but if Microsoft had its way, I'd have no
> alternative (at least on PC hardware).
You're right. The monopolistic view of Bill G. is over the top. Heck I play
games on Windows 98 but use Linux (SuSE 6.1, kernel 2.2.5) for a SMB
file/printer -server (SAMBA) 'cause it costs a fraction of NT server and can
be run on modest hardware (Intel 200 Mhz MMX, 64 MB RAM, 5 GB drive, Matrox
Millenium 2 Mb, 4 speed cdromplayer, 10 Mbit Realtek NIC). I even use Linux
to do wordprocessing (WP 8 or StarOffice 5) instead of bloatware Office
97/2000.
No alternative, what about Mac, Dec Alpha, HP-hardware, plenty beyond M$ I'd
say.
>
> I daresay most Linux users know far more about Windows than most
> Windows users know about Linux (or about Windows, for that matter).
>
Doubledare you're right. No need to get frustrated about it. Most of the
linux users have been playing around with different OS-ses. John and Jane
Doe are just happy to have a running machine that helps them get their job
done.
>
> > that will last forever.
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
> Then why should you have the last word?
>
No comment ;-p
Wally
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From: "jemmons" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.ham-radio,alt.ham-radio.packet,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: What kind of equipment should I get?
Date: Fri, 13 Aug 1999 19:27:55 GMT
David, I would first suggest "Now You're Talking" to study for your license.
You will find packet radio activity on 2-meter vhf bands in
metropolitan areas. Entry level ham licensing would allow you to
transmit there. I have no experience with hf bands more suitable for
long range transmisisons, but I would guess there is less packet
activity. Transmissions over greater distances requires some type
of repeater system just as voice communications would. Besides,
small vhf antenna sizes are work better for apartment dwellers.
I'm sure you could get going for tww hundred dollars. You'll need a
tnc (terminal node controller and a 2-meter tranceiver( $50 and $100).
The book goes into greater detail.
As for interfacing these items to a Linux box, I know it can be done,
but I have not done it. I am sure there is something useful to you at
http://sunsite.unc.edu/LDP/HOWTO/AX25-HOWTO.html or some other Linux
Documentaion site. I found this sort of stuff at /usr/doc/HOWTO on my
Linux6.0 installation. Jimmy KC5WPY
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I'm planing on getting a Ham Radio of which then I can work on obtaining
> my license. Eventually I want to connect the radio to my Linux computer
> system and use it to communicate via packet. I have no real specific
> reason to do any of this other than I want to experiment and learn new
> things. Anyway, what I want is to buy a Ham Radio that will get good
> reception/signal pretty much around the world without too much
> distortion (if any), but without too much power as I live in an
> apartment and don't want to cause interference with neighbors. I also
> need an interface card/device that has good support with Linux to
> connect to the Ham for packet communications. Please give me your
> opinion(s) on what hardware/radio equipment works best for you and why?
> I, just like any other prude shopper, want to get the 'real' idea of
> what I'm getting. Thank You for your input.
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From: Olivier Dornberger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: 486 is REALLY Slow
Date: Sat, 14 Aug 1999 01:57:30 +0200
Try older kernel versions (between 0.9.8 and ELF support).If you avoid KME,
even X will work better than mu-soft
Richard Petty wrote:
> I'm putting on the finishing wraps on a 486 Frankenstein machine.
>
> Specs are:
>
> 486DX @ 66-Mhz
> 1.6-Gig Maxtor hard drive
> 28-Meg RAM
>
> Red Hat Linux 6.0
> Kernel 2.2.5
> 75-Meg swap space
>
> I'm new to the Intel side, so could someone tell me if this machine is
> supposed to be this freaking slow?!
>
> Any of the X GUIs are almost useless. Booting up takes over ten minutes.
> It takes 25-seconds just to open a new terminal window. Stare at your
> watch for 25-seconds to see how long this is...
>
> Is there something really big and obvious that I missed? It is unrealistic
> to expect to be able to use KDE on a 486?
>
> --Richard
>
> PS: Please reply via email, too --
> I'm not a frequent visitor here.
>
> --
> Spam deterent: Remove the "bogus" part for a correct address.
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From: Josef Maltan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: SB Live RedHat6
Date: Fri, 13 Aug 1999 21:27:39 +0200
"Real Digga" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>try this:
>1. see the properties of the install file.
>2. change v2=3D2.2.5-15 to 2.2.9.
>3. add inmod -f emu10k1.o under .bash_profile in the root directory.
>4. reboot.
>
-snip-
or do like discribed in the README:
1. Determine your kernel sound modules installation location
(usually /lib/modules/2.x.y/misc)
2. Copy the appropriate driver to that location as emu10k1.o
(eg. /lib/modules/2.x.y/misc/emu10k1.o)
3. Unload all existing soundcard drivers, including soundcore
4. Remove all old soundcard references from /etc/conf.modules
5. Add a new reference to the driver in /etc/conf.modules:
(eg. "alias sound emu10k1" or "alias char-major-14 emu10k1")
6. If your kernel is compiled with version information, add the following=
=20
lines to /etc/conf.modules after the previous statement:
pre-install emu10k1 insmod soundcore
post-remove emu10k1 rmmod soundcore
7. Load the driver: "modprobe emu10k1"
--=20
I have a dream...and it will be a nightmare for ?indows,
LINUX for a free generation ;-)
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From: "dude" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: I'm going mad!!!! over a Microcom Deskporte 28.8P External Modem
Date: Fri, 13 Aug 1999 20:01:19 -0400
Here's the pitch:
Can someone please, please, please help me set this up.I've used
setserial -a -g (even tried autoconfig) to probe the ports and can't find a
damn thing. I've used kppp(?- I think that's what it's called) to try and
find the modem but it tells me that either it can't find anything or it's
busy. How do I get the info on the parallel ports? Is the parallel port what
external modems use? Or is it some com port? I've probed ttyS0-3 and my
modem is not there. I tried the same with cua0-3, same result nothing. Tried
setserial on lp0 and got an error. All I ask is to be able to surf IN linux
to learn it. I don't think this is to much to ask, do you? Since I've been
inside linux( the Xgui-Gnome-works fine, all my drives are there and
mountable, my sound card is working;-)-see, I HAVE been reading the mans-)
I've come to realize it's potential and when I boot Win98 I feel
so........closed in, restricted.....well, I can't really DO anything, it's
all done for me whether I like it or not, linux is cool, I NEED to learn
but, I've been reading mans for 5 days and still my modem is not seen:-( I
read the modem HOWTO at least 480 times and the setserial HOWTO is never to
be forgotten. I've thrown the useless peice of paper it was printed on out
'cause I will rely soley on the burned in imprint upon my poor battered
brain. I've been going to bed at 5 or 6:00 a.m. and getting up at 9 or 10:
a.m. for at least forever. Linux is a great woman but boy is she ever
demanding. She sucks my will and drains my energy at every turn, but, aren't
all wild rides the best? I'm going insane.......I have nightmares about ppp0
and kppp and cua0 the worst are the lp0's they haunt even my waking
moments.....please for the love of sanity(mine) someone help me..........)
Thank You.
Jon
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From: Josef Maltan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: Pls help!(soundblaster live)
Date: Fri, 13 Aug 1999 21:32:02 +0200
"Real Digga" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>How to set Soundblaster live! in rh6.0?
>i have emu10k1-0.3b.tar.gz and extracted it, but it said that it couldn'=
t
>execute the extracted files(install_emu10k1).
>What's wrong? Can anyone tell me pls? coz i tried many methods but still=
not
>work for a night!
>I have it read the README, and follow the automatic install by typing
>"Run ./install_emu10k" but it still not works.(can't run it)
>It also tells me to use manual method but i dunno how to use it.
>I think the problem to me is that i dunno how to run that script, can an=
yone
>help me pls?
>Thx!
Hi,
which kernel are you running ?
--=20
I have a dream...and it will be a nightmare for ?indows,
LINUX for a free generation ;-)
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