Linux-Hardware Digest #37, Volume #11 Wed, 18 Aug 99 03:13:52 EDT
Contents:
Re: Another Soundblaster Live! problem ("Gene Heskett")
Re: Diamond Monster Sound (Mike Deem)
Ultra ATA/66 Hard Drive Interface w/Linux ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
abit BP6 & celeron SMP (M17)
Re: Redhat 6.o w/viper 550 agp (Craig McFarlane)
RH6 Install and Partition Prob, Expert level ("Phillip Soloweszyk")
HELP bldg this box, see any probs w/RH6.0? ("Mr. Mike")
Interview Questions ("Robert L. Gutierrez")
HD not supported in RH5.1 setup -> cannot install (mscdex)
Re: SPARCclassic X Terminal with KDE and Linux (Greg Weeks)
overclocked system? (Tim)
Voodoo vs. Riva TNT (Frank Turner)
Re: Gigabit Ethernet cards (Tim Moore)
Re: Can't get 2 NIC's to work (Roy Grimm)
Re: abit BP6 & celeron SMP (Bryan)
Need some advices with buying ZIP drive (Richard Kr.)
$1/MINUTE PHONESEX W/ REAL PEOPLE LIKE YOURSELF 60381 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: overclocked system? (Tim Moore)
Re: how to get a fastest linux box ? (Tim Moore)
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Date: 15 Aug 99 22:52:41 -0500
From: "Gene Heskett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Another Soundblaster Live! problem
Unrot13 this;
Reply to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Gene Heskett sends Greetings to Kevin Theobald;
Did you re-run depmod? Or mkinitrd?
KT> I'm also having troubles with the Soundblaster Live! module. I'm
KT> running Debian 2.1 (kernel 2.0.36, which is supposed to be
KT> supported in the emu10k1-0.3b driver). I used the manual method
KT> in the README file since the script is supposed to be for RH
KT> only. When I get around to 'insmod emu10k1' I get the following
KT> error messages:
KT> /lib/modules/2.0.36/misc/emu10k1.o: unresolved symbol
KT> unregister_sound_dsp
KT> /lib/modules/2.0.36/misc/emu10k1.o: unresolved symbol
KT> unregister_sound_midi
KT> /lib/modules/2.0.36/misc/emu10k1.o: unresolved symbol
KT> register_sound_dsp
KT> /lib/modules/2.0.36/misc/emu10k1.o: unresolved symbol
KT> register_sound_mixer
KT> /lib/modules/2.0.36/misc/emu10k1.o: unresolved symbol
KT> unregister_sound_mixer
KT> /lib/modules/2.0.36/misc/emu10k1.o: unresolved symbol
KT> unregister_sound_special
KT> /lib/modules/2.0.36/misc/emu10k1.o: unresolved symbol
KT> register_sound_special
KT> /lib/modules/2.0.36/misc/emu10k1.o: unresolved symbol
KT> register_sound_midi
KT> Any ideas?
Cheers, Gene
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From: Mike Deem <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Diamond Monster Sound
Date: 17 Aug 1999 21:19:10 -0500
David Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have a Diamond MX300 Monster Sound card with the Aureal chip in it. I am
> interested to know if this card can be made to work with Linux. If so, can
> some one help me on my way?
> Thanks.
I have the same card. Opensound says that they will have a beta by Sept. 99.
Check out the Vortex 2 on their site.
--
Mike Deem
[EMAIL PROTECTED]@
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Date: Tue, 17 Aug 1999 22:45:17 -0500
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Ultra ATA/66 Hard Drive Interface w/Linux
Are there any problems using a hard drive with the ultra
ATA/66 interface with Linux-Mandrake? Specifically, I am
looking at a Quantum 6.4 GB CX. Any info that you can
provide is appreciated. Thanks in advance.
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From: M17 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: abit BP6 & celeron SMP
Date: Wed, 18 Aug 1999 00:44:18 -0400
To Whom It May Concern:
I'm interested in an ABIT BP6 motherboard. BP6 is a dual socket
370/celeron board. I just wonder if anyone is using this board with 2
celerons under linux kernel 2.2.x?
1. Are there any problems with SMP and dual celerons setup?
2. What is the performance gain one processor vs. two?
3. How does a dual ( for example 466Mhz ) celeron setup compares to
single P3 500Mhz or 550Mhz?
4. How good are the ABIT boards?
Thanks To All
M17
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Craig McFarlane)
Subject: Re: Redhat 6.o w/viper 550 agp
Date: Wed, 18 Aug 1999 14:30:03 +1000
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Sean H <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I am trying to get better resoultion than 8bit at 800x600.
>
>Has anyone got the viper to 24bit at 1024x760?If so can you please help.
Mine works out of the box with RH 6.0 at 24-bit, 1024x768. Default install too.
cya
Craig.
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ACN 058 140 702 PO Box 84 Forest Hill Vic 3131 AUSTRALIA
"My opinions had better be those of the management, or they're FIRED!"
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From: "Phillip Soloweszyk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: RH6 Install and Partition Prob, Expert level
Date: Wed, 18 Aug 1999 04:54:16 GMT
Hello,
I am trying to install RedHat 6.0 on an 18gb WD18000RTL hard drive. I
have a primary NTFS partition of 4 gigs that I would like to keEp on the
drive already. The rest of the space is unformatted and that leaves about
14 gigs of unformatted free space. I have used only the Windows NT
install to make the 4 gig NTFS partition.
The expert mode in fdisk shows:
size:18043 Cylinders:34960 Heads:16 Precomp:65535 Landz:34959
The bios on my Gigabyte 6BXE recognized my HDD this way and that is how it
is set up in the bios.
When I reach the stage of the RedHat install that requires the partitions
to be made, I try to make the first / partition of 100 megs and DiskDruid
tells me there is not enough space available for the partition. I have
tried enlarging and shrinking the partition to no avail.
Next I tried using fdisk to make the partitions but when I use the v
command to verify the partition tanle, fdisk tells me my partitions
overlap.
With 14 gigs of free space on my primary master HDD this oughta work. I
have no concept what is going on here. I would like to end up with a dual
boot system between NT4.0 and RedHat 6.0 Any help would be greatly
appreciated.
My icq# is 11035638 and on AOL IM I am dreamr0102 Feel free to contact me
either way.
Thank you all for your help,
Phillip S.
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From: "Mr. Mike" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: HELP bldg this box, see any probs w/RH6.0?
Date: Tue, 17 Aug 1999 19:05:46 +0000
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Before criticizing someone, walk a mile in their shoes. Then when you do
criticize them, you will be a mile away and have their shoes.
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From: "Robert L. Gutierrez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Interview Questions
Date: Tue, 17 Aug 1999 22:57:19 -0500
I have a couple of questions related to the computer/network industry,
could you please answer?
Robert L. G.
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Funniest interview you have ever conducted?
Scariest interview you have ever conducted?
Biggest lie you have ever heard in an interview?
Funniest lie you have ever heard in an interview?
You knew the person was full of shit when?
Strangest habit that annoyed you in an interview?
Weirdest person you have interviewed?
Biggest loser you have ever interviewed?
Worst dressed you ever interviewed?
Funniest resume etc�?
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From: mscdex <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: HD not supported in RH5.1 setup -> cannot install
Date: Tue, 17 Aug 1999 23:05:54 +0200
hello I'm Charlie,
I've following problem and I hope anyone can help me, please, please.
-> I have a second PC, it's a i386SX with mathematically co-processor,
and I tried to install a RedHat 5.1 system there, but in the setup I get
the message that there is no drive where it can copy the files.
First I thought the IDE-controller was the reason because it's an old
16bit ISA-controller. But when I tried two other controllers (16bit ISA
cards too, but newer) I got the same message.
The HD itself is OK because I've already installed a system when it was
build in my Pentium-PC. But I have to install system on it's own PC, for
the right X-server and other peripheral, you now.
thanks and regards
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Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Greg Weeks)
Subject: Re: SPARCclassic X Terminal with KDE and Linux
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Date: Tue, 17 Aug 1999 21:51:27 -0500
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Wolfgang Ganzert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Hello,
> after different attempts for help in several mailing lists this group is
> my last chance for my problem.
>
> I am interested in using a SPARCclassic (Sun) X-Terminal runing KDE (and
> Redhat Linux). Maybe You can help me since up to now I am new in the
> configuration of X-Terminals in the net.
>
> The SPARCclassic X-Term. is a supported hardware device for RedHat Linux
> 6.0. We have several of them and would like to use them. Secondly we
> have a SPARCstation 10. On this machine RedHat Linux 6.0 with KDE as the
> window manager is running successfully.
>
> Now we would like to use the xterminals in such a manner that the window
> manager KWM from the KDE package is running on the terminal itself (on
> the local cpu of the terminal) and not on the host, since the host is to
> slow to feed all the connected terminals with the window manager data.
> So it would be an improvement if the window manager is running on the
> terminal.
>
> What do I have to do in order to achieve this?
>
> TFTP and BOOTP on the server is running.
>
> Is it necessary to run a "small" Linux kernel on the terminal cpu (maybe
> the tftp.img boot image from the distribution) in order to set the KDW
> ontop of it?
>
> If You could give me some advice I would be glad since no one answered
> to my questions in the sparc-list-request mailing list.
Using it as an X terminal should be trivial. It sounds like that's not
what you want to do though. I've never messed with the X terminal
version of the th classic, so some of this is from ignorance. Can you
put a local disk on it? That sounds more like what you're wanting to
do. Then you install a minimal Linux with X.
Greg Weeks
--
http://durendal.tzo.com/greg/
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Tim)
Subject: overclocked system?
Date: Wed, 18 Aug 1999 05:04:13 GMT
I was thinking about installing linux on my system which has an
overclocked 300a to 450 on an Abit bx6 board. I heard linux is more
"sensitive" to overclocking than windows, but scince I'm not
overclocking the pci bus (running at the 100 bus) I wondered if people
had success with it. Thanks.
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From: Frank Turner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Voodoo vs. Riva TNT
Date: Tue, 17 Aug 1999 21:53:45 -0400
I'm looking to get a 3D accelerator for my PC.
I'm hoping to get on that has the best graphics and the best Linux
support
for under $120. (I'm poor.... : )
I was thinking about the Rava TNT, just caus it's som simple, only one
card....
BUT.... I've heard good things about the Voodoo2 & 3...
What about other 3dFX cards?
What's the best 3D card?
Thanks!
-Frank
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Date: Tue, 17 Aug 1999 23:10:39 -0700
From: Tim Moore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Gigabit Ethernet cards
Point-to-point (testing).
I believe Tigon II cards support 9k frames and VLAN.
http://www.alteon.com/products/linux.html
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> Tim Moore ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) writes:
> > I've used the Alteon Tigon I under several 2.2.x kernels. +25MB/s in
> > point-to-point test configs (ASUS P2B, 300MHz PII, 64MB). 8k r/w, UDP,
> > NFSv3. Netgear also has a 2.2.x supported GbE card. No sign of a
> > driver for the intel pro/1000.
>
> What switch were you using? Did you try jumbo frames? Is it possible to
> configure VLANs / sub-interfaces on the card?
>
> Thanks for the response,
>
> -Ronan
--
timothymoore "Everything is permitted. Nothing is forbidden."
bigfoot WS Burroughs.
com
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From: Roy Grimm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Can't get 2 NIC's to work
Date: Tue, 17 Aug 1999 16:19:30 -0500
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> I have 2 identical 3com 905b NIC's. When I use just
> one to connect my machine to the outside world
> everthing is fine. As soon as I try to put both cards
> in nothing works. On bootup I get a delaying
> initialization message for both eth0 & eth1. Also adm
> takes forever to start when this happens.
>
> thx,
>
> Ryan
>
> ------------------ Posted via CNET Linux Help ------------------
> http://www.searchlinux.com
The two cards are probably conflicting with each other. The 905 should
be a PNP card. Try one of three things:
1. Set up your BIOS to configure them
2. Set them up with the Linux PNP configuration utilities
3. Use the 3Com utility under windoze to take at least one of them out
of PNP mode and set the I/O address and IRQ manually.
Personally, I would try option 3, as a "hard coded" IRQ and I/O address
is easier to work with.
Roy
--
"If it ain't broke, you're not tryin!" - Red Green
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From: Bryan <Bryan@[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: abit BP6 & celeron SMP
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Date: Wed, 18 Aug 1999 06:28:16 GMT
In comp.os.linux.hardware M17 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: To Whom It May Concern:
: I'm interested in an ABIT BP6 motherboard. BP6 is a dual socket
: 370/celeron board. I just wonder if anyone is using this board with 2
: celerons under linux kernel 2.2.x?
: 1. Are there any problems with SMP and dual celerons setup?
no, but enable mps spec 1.4 in the bios (not 1.1).
: 2. What is the performance gain one processor vs. two?
1.75% increase.
: 4. How good are the ABIT boards?
the bp6 is solid.
--
Bryan, http://www.Grateful.Net - Linux/Web-based Network Management
->->-> to email me, you must hunt the WUMPUS and kill it.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Richard Kr.)
Subject: Need some advices with buying ZIP drive
Date: Wed, 18 Aug 1999 06:06:00 GMT
Hello!
I'm interrested in buying 100MB ZIP drive, and i have no idea about
which one to buy :(
I need some advices about this?
Thanks in advance, richard kr.
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development.system
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Date: Tue, 17 Aug 1999 23:15:35 -0700
From: Tim Moore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: overclocked system?
asus:~ > cat /proc/cpuinfo
processor : 0
cpu : 686
model : Celeron (Mendocino)
vendor_id : GenuineIntel
stepping : 0
fdiv_bug : no
hlt_bug : no
f00f_bug : no
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid : yes
wp : yes
flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 sep mtrr pge mca
cmov 16 17 mmx 24
bogomips : 462.03
Asus P2B-F, PCI @33MHz. You'll find linux less sensitive to
overclocking.
> I was thinking about installing linux on my system which has an
> overclocked 300a to 450 on an Abit bx6 board. I heard linux is more
> "sensitive" to overclocking than windows, but scince I'm not
> overclocking the pci bus (running at the 100 bus) I wondered if people
> had success with it. Thanks.
--
timothymoore "Everything is permitted. Nothing is forbidden."
bigfoot WS Burroughs.
com
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Date: Tue, 17 Aug 1999 23:25:15 -0700
From: Tim Moore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: how to get a fastest linux box ?
I saw a 1U, 667MHz 21264, 1-64bit PCI, 512MB memory, internal disk for
$3500 at the Monterey USENIX.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> what is the right way to get a fastest linux box ?
> (I mean quad processor or octal processor whatever,
> UDMA-66 disk, etc) is there right box vendor or
> should we have to do it by ourselves ? (I don't mind
> assembling one) If DIY is not the best way, which vendors
> are reliable and good ? If DIY is the best way,
> .. which components are the best ? such as:
>
> motherboard(this may end up with dummy backbone for
> some configuration)
> CPU(intel pII[I][-Xeon] or Celeron ? K6[2|3] or K7 ? Cyrix ? Winchip ?)
> memory if it makes any difference ?
> disk ?
>
> I don't think anything else would make any difference
> in computing speed.
>
> price/performance is also very important. So fancy $30k alpha
> single processor is out of range.
> This machine is going to be used for massive floating point
> number crunching such as huge sparse matrix solving. So no multimedia
> support is necessary.
>
> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> Share what you know. Learn what you don't.
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