Linux-Hardware Digest #47, Volume #11 Thu, 19 Aug 99 06:13:38 EDT
Contents:
Old mainboard manual for 486 need (Max Loginov)
S3 trio 3d AGP ("Rob Youl")
Re: Suggestion: External Modem on RH6.0
Re: Actiontec External Call Waiting Modem
Ghostscript unrecoverable error...? (Magnus Ehinger)
linux on vaio laptop (Lionel Steinitz)
Re: 2 Ppro's - 1 hot, 1 cold??? ("Paul Nelson")
Re: Diskette Longevity (Mike Dowling)
Re: Where did my sound card go??? (Me Here)
Re: S3 Virge DX Chipset ("Leonard Stiles")
red hat on laptop (Lionel Steinitz)
Re: Apsfilter: Configuration (James Stafford)
Re: Capturing video from a digital camcorder/camera through the serial (Steve Macko)
Re: Need help! want to intsall Linux but Compusa says No! (James Stafford)
help with AMI MegaRAID controller (tfox@meta[spam]creations.com)
Re: swap partition size issues (James Stafford)
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From: Max Loginov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.misc,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.systems
Subject: Old mainboard manual for 486 need
Date: 18 Aug 1999 16:41:50 GMT
Hi!
I need jumpersetting for my old motherboard for 486.
I tried to contact with manufacturer, but there is no result...
And there is no such board in http://members.xoom.com/WEB_HQ/
Can anybody help me?
I think that is M921 by PCChips (but not exactly):
in BIOS I found manufacturer - Hsing Tech Enterprises CO, LTD (PCChips).
This is motherboard description:
not Flash AMIBIOS, BIOS ID: 41-P400-001437-00101111-101094-486AVIP-H
3 PCI, 4 ISA, 2 72-pin SIMM, chipset UM8881,UM8886, 2 COM, 1 LPT, 2 IDE
Please, reply to e-mail, I have no access to USENET.
Best regards, Max Loginov
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From: "Rob Youl" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,aus.computers.linux
Subject: S3 trio 3d AGP
Date: Thu, 19 Aug 1999 18:27:11 +1000
Is there an X server for this card apart from XF86_VGA16???
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From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Suggestion: External Modem on RH6.0
Date: Thu, 19 Aug 1999 08:30:54 GMT
I bought Actiontec External Call Waiting Modem 2 weeks ago. It's fully
support Redhat 6.0. You can buy it at around $130. Also, you can find more
help at http://www.actiontec.com/support/modems/cwefaq.html#installbe
Good Luck,
Ben
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Richard Wu wrote:
>
> Recently, I bought a computer set which include a USR 56K internal
> modem. When I install Redhat 6.0, everything works fine except the modem
> setup. After looking for the solution, unfortunately, my modem is a
> "winmodem", Holy! I have try many times, but still doesn't work. Now I
> give up and wanna buy a cheap external modem. Any suggestion(I want to
> ensure it works under linux)? Thanks.
>
> Richard WU
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From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development.apps,redhat.general
Subject: Re: Actiontec External Call Waiting Modem
Date: Thu, 19 Aug 1999 08:30:54 GMT
Dan Miller wrote:
> I have Red Hat Linux 6x installed. I want to buy a external call waiting
> modem. Any suggesting? Some one told me that Actiontec External Call
> Waiting Modem works fine with RH Linux 6x, is it true?
>
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Actiontec call waiting modem works perfect under Red Hat Linux 6.0. You can
get one at around $130. More info is at
http://www.actiontec.com/support/modems/cwefaq.html#installbe
Ben
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From: Magnus Ehinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Ghostscript unrecoverable error...?
Date: Thu, 19 Aug 1999 09:38:32 +0200
I'm having trouble printing from Linux.
The printer: an HP DeskJet 520. I installed ghostscript at the same time
Linux (Redhat 5.2) was installed. The printer prints ASCII text nicely
(tried it in printtool), but if I open GhostView and print any .ps file,
I get the following error (printed by the printer):
Unrecoverable error: rangecheck in .putdeviceprops
(1488)op_array(486)0x817b0cc:E
The same thing happens if I try to print from any program that would use
GhostScript. So, does anybody know what this means? What can I do to
resolve the problem? Any other suggestions? I'd be thankful for any
help!
/Magnus
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From: Lionel Steinitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: linux on vaio laptop
Date: Thu, 19 Aug 1999 11:18:02 +0900
hello
I need information about the installation of the red hat 6 on a Sony
laptop, Vaio. Does someone know ifit is possible or not?
thank you for reply
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From: "Paul Nelson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.comp.hardware,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.chips
Subject: Re: 2 Ppro's - 1 hot, 1 cold???
Date: Thu, 19 Aug 1999 00:27:59 -0700
Thanks for all your suggestions...
After trying a couple of new fans and Sebastian's thought about only one cpu
being used I tried compiling a Linux kernel 9 times
(for x in 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9; do make clean; make -j2;
done)
That killed it in no time at all. I then tried a brand new cpu running alone
with a different hard drive and memory. The computer still crashed, it did
not even get through a Red Hat install, so I think I'm left to thinking it's
the motherboard. I found an Intel dual Ppro board for $64 via
www.pricewatch.com . I'll pop that in and see if that solves it.
Thanks,
;-) Paul
Tony Platt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:6Uxu3.1648$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Are both processors of the same STEPPING ???
>
> Tony Platt
>
>
> Paul Nelson wrote in message ...
> >Hello Folks,
> >
> >I having trouble with a Dual Ppro computer with two 180 cpu's.
> >
> >The machine started crashing as the weather got warmer. I thought it
might
> >be a cooling problem. I found that when touching the heat sinks, one is
> warm
> >(not hot, just warm) and the other is cold. I tried switching cpu's and
> heat
> >sinks/fans but it seems that it's the slot that determines which one gets
> >warm (secondary). I even tried a different VRM module and this makes no
> >difference.
> >
> >Both cpu's are working and my Linux SMP kernel runs just fine until
things
> >get warm.
> >
> >Any suggestions appreciated,
> >
> >;-) Paul
> >
> >--
> >==========================================================
> >Paul Nelson................... [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >Riverdale School, 11733 SW Breyman Ave, Portland, OR 97219
> >school (503)636-4511.....................fax (503)635-6342
> >Riverdale Web Page......... http://www.riverdale.k12.or.us
> >==========================================================
> >
> >
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mike Dowling)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Diskette Longevity
Date: 19 Aug 1999 09:15:03 GMT
On Thu, 19 Aug 1999 04:52:22 GMT, Richard Petty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>In article <7pejko$2t4$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>Steve Jobs was right, in spite of all the Wintel complaining, to drop
>floppies drives from Macs. Anything is better than floppies, and all those
>iMac buyers (close to 2-million this year) seem to be doing nicely without
>them.
The only problem people can have with floppies is to trust them. However,
trashing floppies altogether seems to me like cutting off your nose to spite
your face. They are a very useful medium for transferring small amounts of
data. I transfer data daily from the office to my home computer, and that,
for me, is the sole purpose of having floppies. I would certainly miss them
if I no longer had them. All you have to remember is not to use the floppy
as a storeage device, and to keep all data elsewhere if a floppy gives up
the ghost.
Cheers,
Mike Dowling
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From: Me Here <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Where did my sound card go???
Date: Thu, 19 Aug 1999 03:14:06 -0500
Ron Gibson wrote:
>
> It seems the sound configuration has changed. Now I've got kernel 2.2.6
> and although the Sound HOWTO says my old PAS 16 is supported when I
> compile the kernel for sound that card never comes up. In fact plain
> old SB 16 doesn't come up either. According to the HOWTO it should.
>
> What am I missing here? I've compiled 1.2.13 and 2.0.30 kernels many
> times for this card and it was never a problem.
>
> email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
You just need to dig a little deeper when configuring the new kernel.
If, for example, you are using menuconfig, checking OSS Sound Modules(or
something like that) brings up a list of many different sound cards. I
think that is what you were looking for.
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From: "Leonard Stiles" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: S3 Virge DX Chipset
Date: Thu, 19 Aug 1999 09:32:57 GMT
Pearce <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote...
> I have searcghed Deja and am now a bit confused. I have a Diamnond
> Stealth 3D 2000 Pro video card with 4MB RAM and the S3virge DX
> chipset. What is the most stable X server to use? I want the highest
> resolution possible.
The first place to look in such cases is the XFree86 Video card/server list
at http://www.xfree86.org/cardlist.html .
Here is an extract:
<cite>
Diamond Stealth 3D 2000 PRO ............................ XF86_SVGA
</cite>
The XF86_SVGA server from XFree86 version 3.3.4 might offer slightly better
performance than earlier versions.
HTH
--
Leonard Stiles
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
ICQ 28845586
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From: Lionel Steinitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: red hat on laptop
Date: Thu, 19 Aug 1999 11:47:11 +0900
hello
I want to install the red het 6 on a Sony Laptop Vaio
does someon know if it is possible.
the linux.org/harware/laptop does not say anything about sony laptops
thank you for reply
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From: James Stafford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development.apps,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Apsfilter: Configuration
Date: Thu, 19 Aug 1999 02:46:35 -0700
Richard, V., Brown, "Sr." wrote:
>
> I am a "Linux neubie [?spell]" with a total of two months experience with
> Caldera's Open-Linux 2.2 distribution. My printer is a new Lexmark Optra
> 45 [post script].
>
> Within my Win 98 OS the printer prints perfectly in mono and color. Within
> my Linux OS the printer prints perfectly in mono ONLY. I was advised to
> download and install the most recent version of apsfilter which I did from
> www.freebsd.org/~andreas.
>
> I was able to extract the gnuzipped tar.
>
> I was able to install the filter using # cd apsfilter
> # ./SETUP
>
> I have attempted to follow the detailed instructions from Andreas but for
> the life of me I do not have the skills to edit the system wide apsfilterrc
> file!
>
> I would be very willing to pay someone to write a "fool proof" set of
> directions that would enable me to get this printer to print in color
> within the Linux OS! It is so frustrating to run that lovely test page
> that comes with apsfilter [which include 4 different heads of a tiger] and
> have the darn thing come out in mono!
>
> Help and thank you in advance for any help you can provide.
>
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Just one question, why are you trying to configure the system wide
apsfilterrc? When you run the apsfilter SETUP you should be asked if the
printer is a color printer, if you answer yes then your printer should
print color. Go to /etc. and look at the printcap file, see which lp is
setup for color. On my computer lp4 is the letter color driver, I've
never had to edit the apsfilterrc file to be able to print in color.
Are you sure that the goshtscript on your computer is setup correctly to
print color?
jamess
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it said 'Requires Windows 95 or better'. So I installed Linux."
-Anonymous
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From: Steve Macko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development.apps,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Capturing video from a digital camcorder/camera through the serial
Date: Thu, 19 Aug 1999 09:36:40 +0000
"Dr. Ram Samudrala" wrote:
> In comp.os.linux.misc Dr. Ram Samudrala <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >Is there any software for Linux out there that can capture video or
> >still images from a digital camera through the serial port? I have a
> >JVC camcorder and there exists a Windows program that can capture
> >still images through the serial port.
>
> I've found the best solution is to use a TV/video capture card, which
> can capture (with the right software) up to 30 frames a second 640x480
> resolution. This is good enough for editing and putting back to tape
> (if you have a large enough hard disk).
>
> --Ram
>
> --
> email@urls || http://www.ram.org || http://www.twisted-helices.com/th
> \ /
> \/ Valine long
> \/ and prosper.
I have an Olympus 340DL and an Epson 550 that both work with gphoto. The Epson
550 is an odd model and the Win version of the driver is NOT available for
download, because it was produced by another company and there are legal
issues... I gave up trying to call Epson and have the driver shipped. Gphoto
has no such limitations and configured itself for both cameras in all of 30
seconds. The software is better than either of the Win applications for either
of my cameras. Go linux!
Go to www.gnome.org for a complete list of the gnome software......
Steve
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From: James Stafford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Need help! want to intsall Linux but Compusa says No!
Date: Thu, 19 Aug 1999 02:56:11 -0700
[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.
>
> I wanted to get the REAL scoop on this.
>
> Will I be able to use my CD writer? MOST IMPORTANT!
> I thought this was a good OS with support for most hardware. I read the
> package, but it did not say anything about compatible hardware so I put
> it down and did not buy.
>
> Please help! I want to try the OS but do not want to give up the CD
> writer or net card. The other items such, as the TV card isn't so
> Important. Can anyone lead me into the right direction, a Web page or
> something to study up on the hardware compatibility.
>
> 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.
>
> Thanks in advance for the information!
>
> Old555
>
> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> Share what you know. Learn what you don't.
I say to heck with CompUSA they are a bunch of idiots. Go someplace
where they know something about computers a get your computer. I've been
using Linux for about 4 or 5 years now and I hardly ever use anything
else.
jamess
--
"On the side of the software box, in the 'System Requirements' section,
it said 'Requires Windows 95 or better'. So I installed Linux."
-Anonymous
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From: tfox@meta[spam]creations.com
Subject: help with AMI MegaRAID controller
Date: Wed, 18 Aug 1999 17:07:52 GMT
I compiled the Megaraid support into my stock RH6 kernel, but my
megaraid is still not identified at boot time. Are there any tricks to
this?
Thanks
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From: James Stafford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: swap partition size issues
Date: Thu, 19 Aug 1999 03:00:26 -0700
"Bobby D. Bryant" wrote:
>
> Jeremy Fincher wrote:
>
> > I'll be succint here: I have 256mb of ram. How big should I make my swap
> > partition?
>
> Everyone has a different opinion. I think almost everyone would say you need
> *some* swap space, but disagree over how much.
>
> I built a 256Mb system a few months ago and gave it 256Mb swap (actually 2 x
> 128Mb, since I did not know at the time that swapfiles can be > 128Mb under
> recent kernels). I run a resource meter applet, and the only time it shows me
> using a substantial fraction of my swap is when I work with large graphics files
> or large LyX documents, or when Netscape goes into memory-grabbing mode. This in
> spite of the fact that I use a resource-intensive desktop and tend to keep lots
> of things open simultaneously. I'm sure I'd be OK with 128Mb of swap, or probably
> even only 64Mb, but the difference between that and 256Mb is not significant on
> today's large disks, so I don't regret deciding to allocate the large swap space.
>
> IANAExpert, but I understand that Linux likes to kick idle things out to swap so
> it can allocate big chunks of physical memory for buffers and the like. If disk
> space is not an issue for you, go ahead and grab a big chunk for swap. It's
> easier to live with a bit of "wasted" disk space if you allocate too much, than
> to go back and repartition to create more if you allocate too little. Also,
> history tells us that next year's apps will be more resource-hungry than this
> year's are.
>
> But if you have a small disk, 64Mb will surely be OK unless you run a lot of
> really memory-intensive applications simultaneously. 256Mb of physical memory
> goes a long way under Linux.
>
> If you have multiple hard disks, you'll get some benefit from putting a smaller
> swap partition on each physical disk rather than creating a single large one.
>
> Good luck,
> Bobby Bryant
> Austin, Texas
I agree, mostly because of Netscape. Every time I've tried to run
Netscape without at least some swap space Netscape starts to misbehave
until it dies.
jamess
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it said 'Requires Windows 95 or better'. So I installed Linux."
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