Linux-Hardware Digest #42, Volume #11 Wed, 18 Aug 99 18:13:50 EDT
Contents:
Re: Need help! want to intsall Linux but Compusa says No! (Sorin Balea)
Re: Voodoo vs. Riva TNT (QuestionExchange)
Re: usb camera support? (QuestionExchange)
Re: 100BaseTX NIC recommendations? (David Ripton)
Re: How to use Floppy and ZIP driver in Linux Redhat 6.0? ("Andy Erickson")
Re: Redhat 6.o w/viper 550 agp (Roy Grimm)
floppy problems (MuRpHy)
ISDN in Linux ("news.wmol.com")
Can I compile the kernel using a cc other than gcc?
Re: SB Pro and MP3's (David Ripton)
Re: Linux & PeniumIII ("Tim Teller")
DIALD HELP FOR DUMMY ("Marco")
Re: [Q] Parallel port access program permission (Brent R Brian)
Re: How to use Floppy and ZIP driver in Linux Redhat 6.0? (Ernst-Udo Wallenborn)
Re: Problem solved (Re: Another Soundblaster Live! problem) (Josef Maltan)
Re: Need help! want to intsall Linux but Compusa says No! (T.J. Boberek)
Re: purchasing new system - suggestions? (Sorin Balea)
tulip.c recognizes Macronix MX98715AEC but brings link down (Benjamin Kunz)
Re: ide-scsi/cdrecord problem (Larry Ozarow)
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From: Sorin Balea <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Need help! want to intsall Linux but Compusa says No!
Date: Wed, 18 Aug 1999 19:57:55 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I am thinking about installing Linux on a new computer.
> It will have the below listed hardware.
>
> AMDK6-3 400
> 128M PC100
> FIC-2013a MB
> 8.4G HD
> 44X CDROM
> Ricoh CDRW
> Adaptec-SSCII 1569??? Can?t remember number
> SB value 64 sound card
> STB TV adapter card
> ATI Rage Pro AGP or New AGP card.
> Cardinal Connecta 3440 modem V.90 ISA
> NE2000 PCI net card
>
> I went to CompUSA to buy a copy of Linux for $29.95, but the sales
> Staff told me I would have problems with the OS and my hardware. They
> said that Linux had no support for CD?s (The program was on a CD) or CD
> Writers and that I would have a problem setting up my sound card and
> Modem and most of the hardware.
>
First of all, DON'T trust the sales stuff. They make some $$ with every
windows
licence the sell, so they will tell you to use windows. And I'm not very
pleased with
the level of knowledge of our local CompUsa staff, at least when it comes
to Linux.
(Read "they don't have a clue")
Now for your hardware:
CPU, MB, HDD, CDROM are all ok
CDRW: see here cdrecord's list of supported units (that's the software
you'll use):
http://www.fokus.gmd.de/research/cc/glone/employees/joerg.schilling/private/cdwriters-1.8.html
Ricoh may or may not be supported, depending on the model.
videocard is supported
netcard is supported
soundcard should be supported AFAIK, though you may need to tweak it
manually
Netcard is supported
Modem: if it is a regular modem, with a real DSP chip on it, it should
work. If it is a winmodem, or
so called host based DSP, then it won't be supported...
The TV card: dunno, maybe...
>
>
> Also I heard that the OS is free on the Internet. How do you download
> and install it? I have a T1 line here and should be able to get it
> fairly fast. Which directories do I copy from the FTP sites? I also
> heard Corel was giving away WordPerfect for Linux.
>
Yep, you can download it from various sources.
I would recommend to get the CD-images if possible, so you can burn your
own set of
CDs..
www.debian.org
www.mandrake.org (I would recommend this one)
Or you can go to ftp.redhat.org (or mirrors)and get the distribution under
the i386 dir (dunno exact path)
But you'll need to dld it under a Unix system, so you'lll preserve the
case for the file names and
the links...
But i'll say to go for mandrake, it's redhat based... and a little bit
better
Or, if you want to be really funky and make your T1 burn, do a network
install, RedHat
supports this, just get the boot disks, write them on a couple of floppies
and start the install.
You'll need to know how to set up a TCP/IP connection. Then connect to the
RedHat mirror
of your choice and start installing
>
> Thanks in advance for the information!
>
You're welcome
Sorin
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From: QuestionExchange <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Voodoo vs. Riva TNT
Date: 18 Aug 1999 20:27:45 GMT
Ok, lets not try to step on someones religion here, this could
get ugly.... I am a big fan of the Riva cards, they do work
quite nicely with linux, and Nvidia even ships linux drivers
off theyre website. 3DFX voodoo 3's are essentially the same,
except bear in mind, it will be a while before full rendering
support is created. If I recall, glide is not supported by
linux, so the major bennifet to 3Dfx is lost. Instead you have
to use OpenGL which is supported by both. Depending on the
test, most often the Riva comes out on top, however when
comparing the Riva TNT with the Voodoo 3, you tend to have a
problem, as your jumping generations, the voodoo 3 being
(technically) a third generation card, and the TNT being second
generation. I reccomend personally, if this is just a user end
system, not a graphics workstation (in which case, drop the
cash for a real videocard) that you go with the TNT cards, only
because drivers are shipped by nvidia. However, if you want to
dual boot to windows, more games use glide there, so it might
not be bad to look into the 3dfx cards. Best of luck.
> 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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http://www.questionexchange.com/servlet1/showUsenetGuest?ans_id=2849&cus_id=USENET&qtn_id=2279
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From: QuestionExchange <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: usb camera support?
Date: 18 Aug 1999 20:27:33 GMT
> Hi
>
>
> for a project I'm working on, I need multimedia equipment
(for things
> like video conferencing). Since the testbed is going to be
almost
> entirely based on Linux, I want hardware that is supported by
Linux. For
> the fixed PCs I intend to use a WinTV or similar card with an
analog
> camera. But the laptops need a different solution, because
they cannot
> use a PCI addon card. USB seems to be supported or will be
soon
> supported (if I understand Linus' words correctly), but I
have not seen
> any web-sites about USB-camera support for Linux...
>
> I wonder if I'm not looking for the right key-words in the
> search-engines or if the problem is perhaps trivial and there
is no need
> for special support.
>
> Are all these USB camera's using different protocols/formats
or is there
> a common one that everyone uses?
>
> any additional information on this subject would be most
helpful!
>
> TIA
>
> Simon.
>
>
Here is one link you should look at.
(the project leader stopped working on it)
http://peloncho.fis.ucm.es/~inaky/uusbd-www/news.html
No usb camera support, yet, either. Basically,
your best bet is to wait into the future.
It will come, it always does if there
is enough interest in something.
I'd recommend mailing the appropriate people
and companies expressing your concerns,
this can make a difference.
--
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http://www.questionexchange.com/servlet1/showUsenetGuest?ans_id=2852&cus_id=USENET&qtn_id=2275
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David Ripton)
Subject: Re: 100BaseTX NIC recommendations?
Date: 18 Aug 1999 19:42:03 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In article <7pcivg$k60$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I know SMC, Intel, and 3COM make great cards, but I'm a home/university
>student user. Is it worth shelling out an extra $60 for one of those cards?
I think not.
>Does any know if the OEM boxed versions are good to buy? Or is it better to
>buy a retail boxed Netgear or Linksys?
I know of no differences between OEM and retail boxed versions of any
NIC, besides the pretty box and docs you don't need.
>From what I've read in the past few days, Netgear and Linksys used to run on
>the Digital Tulip chip. Now they use these cheapo clones it seems from no
>name companies.
Right, DEC stopped supplying the Tulip chip, so these companies had to switch
to clones. The clones were not quite 100% compatible, so for a brief period
the newer cards did not work under Linux. This was quickly rectified; a
half-recent tulip.c will work with the clones.
>How are Netgear and Linksys? Linksys is having a back to school sale now and
>an EtherFast PCI card (100BaseTX) is only about $11 after rebate. That is an
>extremely enticing deal for a student strapped for cash. A bus mastering PCI
>card kicks NE2000 ass (I have a NE2000, works great at home, sucks in the
>dorms)
>
>Would such a card be sufficient for my needs? (occasional web browsing, file
>transfers, remote logins, x redirects, forwarding) I'm not planning to use
>my computer as a server, nor do I require mission critical reliability.
I use 3 Netgear FA310TX cards, and they're great. More than fast enough
for what you're doing, and the tulip driver is considered one of the
best in the Linux kernel. No personal experience with the Linksys cards,
but they're very similar, and I expect they'll work fine as well.
At $11, I'd try the Linksys card. (Of course, it'll probably take you
several months to see the rebate. I consider a dollar of hardware
rebate to be worth about 25 cents of real money.)
--
David Ripton [EMAIL PROTECTED]
spamgard(tm): To email me, put "geek" in your Subject line.
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From: "Andy Erickson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: How to use Floppy and ZIP driver in Linux Redhat 6.0?
Date: Wed, 18 Aug 1999 16:44:42 -0400
Try: mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy (not /dev/hd0)
for the internal atapi zip drive try:
mount -t vfat /dev/hdc4 /mnt/zip
you may need to cycle through hdx4 for the zip drive, i.e. hdb4, hdc4, hdd4,
etc. until you find which drive the zip is pointing to. This worked for me
on an internal atapi zip drive in a toshiba Satellite Pro 425CDS laptop.
lets see if I remember...try: dmesg | grep '^hd'
to see explicitly which drive is the zip drive.
hope that helps,
Andy
Jack Liu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Dear Sir,
> I set up the Linux Redhat 6.0 and I can mount the CD-ROM rightly. I can
> find Floppy in Local driver information using Linuxconf. But when I use
> mount -t msdos dev/hd0 /mnt/floppy to mount the floppy, there is an error.
> I have the floppy directory in /mnt. So can you help me to use my floppy
> driver in Linux? I havn't setup PICIA in installing Redhat, How can I use
> the interal ATAPI Zip driver?
> Thank you very much!
>
> Jack
>
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From: Roy Grimm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Redhat 6.o w/viper 550 agp
Date: Wed, 18 Aug 1999 12:14:38 -0500
Sean H 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.
Try checking the settings for your monitor. If the X config files say
your monitor can't support above 800x600 at 8 bit color depth, it
probably won't even try. I was able to get 1600x1200 with my adapter
and monitor combination right out of the box.
Roy
--
"If it ain't broke, you're not tryin!" - Red Green
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From: MuRpHy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: floppy problems
Date: Wed, 18 Aug 1999 20:44:12 +0200
i'm new to linux and have a problem mounting the floppy in 'fstab'
the error-message on boot up is 'fd0 is not a valid block device'
i wrote 'auto' at the position where the file-system is defined...
perhaps this is was the mistake? ..
can anyone help me?
MuRpHy
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From: "news.wmol.com" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: ISDN in Linux
Date: Wed, 18 Aug 1999 14:14:39 -0400
I have a Diamond NetCommander ISDN modem and I was wondering if someone
could tell me if you can get this modem to work in RedHat Linux version 6.0.
If anyone can tell me please email [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.os.linux.portable
Subject: Can I compile the kernel using a cc other than gcc?
Date: Wed, 18 Aug 1999 20:30:51 GMT
I just started working on a LinuxCE project. At first I need to choose a
compiler, and I do not want to change any architecture-independent parts
in the kernel source. My question is, do I have to use gcc to compile
the kernel? Could other compilers work? Thanks in advance.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David Ripton)
Subject: Re: SB Pro and MP3's
Date: 18 Aug 1999 20:56:07 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In article <7pc3i1$7qb$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I have just got my _old_ original Soundblaster Pro
>working on my Suse 6.1 system using OSS. When I
>tried to play MP3 on the card (using xmms/X11amp),
>there was alot of popping and generally poor
>playback. I tried switching the IRQ in case there
>was an I/O confilct, to no avail.
>
>My question is Is the original Soundblaster Pro
>capable of playing MP3's at an acceptable speed?
>Or is it a problem with the drivers?
The SBPro is an 8-bit card. Your MP3 players emit
16-bit digital audio. Pop goes the weasel. You'll
hear the same kind of thing if you try to play a
16-bit wave file.
I don't know if there exists an MP3 player with
the option to directly emit 8-bit digital audio.
If not, you could have xmms output a wave file,
and then use a sound editor to downsample it
to 8-bit. Or you could get a 16-bit sound card.
My old SB16 plays MP3s fine.
--
David Ripton [EMAIL PROTECTED]
spamgard(tm): To email me, put "geek" in your Subject line.
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From: "Tim Teller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux & PeniumIII
Date: Wed, 18 Aug 1999 14:39:33 -0600
Arkadiusz, I am running Redhat 6.0 on a PIII 450 without a problem...
Tim
Arkadiusz Raj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:gCxu3.28259$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Hello,
>
> Are there any troubles with running linux on PeniumIII machine???
>
> Regards,
> Arek
>
>
>
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From: "Marco" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: DIALD HELP FOR DUMMY
Date: Wed, 18 Aug 1999 20:53:32 +0200
Hi -
i need help to setup diald. I want to dial up over a linux box to connect my
lan to the internet on demand.
please dont tell my to read this hard to read howtos i did it. i also read
the man's.
i just want to know what i have to do on the first step etc etc etc.
i use SUSE 6.1 K 2.2.7.
each advice is welcome
i will help too - everybody can write me an email - i will help to if i get
the information i need.
CU Marco
please use the email to write back. Thank you
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Brent R Brian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.development,comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Re: [Q] Parallel port access program permission
Date: Wed, 18 Aug 1999 14:49:46 -0400
If you open "/dev/lp0" you may have to set permissions to rw for "other"
groups.
BrentRBrian
Dmitry A. Fedorov wrote:
>
> YANAGIHARA wrote:
> >
> > I made parallel port access program. When ueser is root, I
> > can successfully read and write binary to parallel port.
> > But when ueser is not root, ``Segmentation Fault'' occur at
> > inb/outb function. Tell me how to change this program's
> > permission ? Or, do I have to do another action ?
> >
> > -- My program's abstract is following...
> > 1) include header file ``asm.h''
> > 2) get 3 ports permission from base address of available
> > parallel port by permio().
>
> ioperm() allowed to root only.
>
> > 3) read by inb(), or write by outb().
>
> ftp://ftp.inp.nsk.su/export/fedorov/soft/ioperm-1.17.tar.gz
>
> Sets permissions for port I/O, lowers euid,egid to real ones
> and execute command.
>
> combine it with super(1)
> ftp://ftp.ucolick.org/pub/users/will/super-3.12.1.tar.gz
> to allow restricted users restricted access to low I/O ports
> without root privileges.
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Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: How to use Floppy and ZIP driver in Linux Redhat 6.0?
From: Ernst-Udo Wallenborn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 18 Aug 1999 22:46:55 +0200
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jack Liu) writes:
> Dear Sir,
> I set up the Linux Redhat 6.0 and I can mount the CD-ROM rightly. I can
> find Floppy in Local driver information using Linuxconf. But when I use
> mount -t msdos dev/hd0 /mnt/floppy to mount the floppy, there is an error.
mount -t vfat /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy
or use mtools
--
Ernst-Udo Wallenborn
Laboratorium fuer Physikalische Chemie
ETH Zuerich
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From: Josef Maltan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Problem solved (Re: Another Soundblaster Live! problem)
Date: Wed, 18 Aug 1999 19:49:45 GMT
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Urspr=FCngliche Nachricht <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
Am 18.08.99, 01:05:17, schrieb Kevin Theobald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> =
zum Thema Problem solved (Re: Another Soundblaster Live! problem):
> > I'm also having troubles with the Soundblaster Live! module. I'm
> > running Debian 2.1 (kernel 2.0.36, which is supposed to be supported=
> > in the emu10k1-0.3b driver). I used the manual method in the README=
> > file since the script is supposed to be for RH only.
> OK, I fixed the problem. I copied a soundcore.o file from somebody
> with the same kernel into /lib/modules/misc, and lo, I'm playing MP3s!=
> Just for my info, can someone explain what the soundcore.o file is for=
> and how it relates to Creative's own driver?
> P.S. Creative, maybe you should add a soundcore.o file to your tar=20
file
> and suggest this in your manual installation list as a workaround. =20
And
> thanks for supporting Linux!
-snip-
Hi,
soundcore.o is made when you did soundsupport in your kernel=20
configuration as a module like advised.
When you do then a make modules and a make modules_install it creates=20
soundcore.o and copies it to /lib/modules
So Creative does not need to attach the file and the way you solved=20
the prob worked but lucky and not the usual way.
soundcore.o gives you the things /cat/dev/sndstat it showing you.
But good you can listen music now. Question: Have you tried do run=20
soundtracker for mod's and it is working ?
Greets, Mike
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From: T.J. Boberek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Need help! want to intsall Linux but Compusa says No!
Date: Wed, 18 Aug 1999 20:50:01 GMT
Your sound card SHOULD work. I have an older SB AWE 64, and it works
perfectly with RH6. The video card, again, should be no problem, just try to
get the manual and specs on it (for the monitor, too!). The other stuff I'm
not sure of, but look in the back of the book Linux for Dummies...it has a
pretty good list of compatible hardware (and a site that keeps the list
updated).
Good Luck, and don't listen to those bums at CompUSA (just joking, guys!)
-- T.J. Boberek
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Share what you know. Learn what you don't.
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From: Sorin Balea <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: purchasing new system - suggestions?
Date: Wed, 18 Aug 1999 19:31:16 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
>
> I'm not sure what NIC I should go with. I don't really need a
> 100MB/sec card; I just want one that will be autodetected by
> RedHat 6.0. Suggestions?
>
I have a 3COM 905B, it was detected smoothly, even in RH5.2, not to
mention 6.0
I also have one with Intel chipset, not sure exactly which one... PCI
anyway
> Also, I'd like a video card that will be autodetected by RedHat
> 6.0, has strong linux support (no visual artifacts in XFree86),
> and preferably supports 1600x1200 with at least 16 bit colour.
I have an ATI RageIIc, dunno if it can do 1600x1200, my monitor isn't up
to
it...
Also a great card is a Riva TnT, but it won't be autodetected, had to
download the driver
from Nvidia.
>From What I've heard, ATI, Matrox and S3 are quite good and supported
> I may also upgrade my 17" monitor to a 19" monitor. Does anyone
> have any suggestions for a good 19" monitor that will (again) be
> supported by the RedHat 6.0 install? (I'd prefer not having to
> edit modelines, etc. for XF86.)
Sony Trinitron, if you can afford it...get the model with the highest
horizontal
frequency....
I would love one of these... well, I guess I'm stuck with my MAGs for
some time...
Sorin
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From: Benjamin Kunz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: tulip.c recognizes Macronix MX98715AEC but brings link down
Date: Wed, 18 Aug 1999 20:44:47 +0200
Hi.
Well, the Subject says it - The MX98715AEC chip is apparently recognized
by the tulip driver, but does not function - the link LED goes off - is
there any chance to get these cards to operate with linux?
Thanks in advance -
ben
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From: Larry Ozarow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: ide-scsi/cdrecord problem
Date: Wed, 18 Aug 1999 14:43:46 +0000
pasha wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> stuff
>
> I am new to this CD-R game myself, but I think you are not supposed to load
> modules for SCSI support if you want it to work. Reconfigure your kernel
> and recompile it with SCSI support built in. Read Kernel-HOWTO for more
> info on recompiling.
>
> - Pavel K
No you can load the scsi emulation and support as modules. Make sure ide-cdrom
is NOT loaded, and
link /dev/cdrom from /dev/sr0 (or sr1), not sg0. You also need the module
sr_mod, but that should autoload when you try to mount the drive.
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