Linux-Hardware Digest #52, Volume #11 Thu, 19 Aug 99 20:13:38 EDT
Contents:
Re: 3D CreativeLabs Voodoo^2 ("Bubble")
Re: purchasing new system - suggestions? (David Ripton)
Re: Savage4 (Pinwu Xu)
Re: REQ (QuestionExchange)
Re: WhereToFind? Socket 7 motherboard with onboard ethernet, sound, (Shawn Green)
Apsfilter: Configuration (Richard V. Brown, Sr.)
Re: > 16 SCSI Devices with Linux (Frank v Waveren)
Re: Linux file-size limit? (John Thompson)
Re: Which soundcard is best for Linux? (Matthias Benkmann)
Re: tcl (Raymonds Doetjes)
Re: Which soundcard is best for Linux? (Oliver Rudolph)
Modem (Hakeem850i)
Re: Dual Celeron (Bryan)
Re: Nothing under /mnt/cdrom... (Frank v Waveren)
Re: Linux file-size limit? (Allen Crider)
Intel I740 8Mb Sgram AGP... (KDan)
How to connect to Internet using modem in Linux? (Jack Liu)
Re: NE2000 ISA help (Question 2) ("John Bekas, Jr.")
Re: how to get a fastest linux box ? (Jeremy Fincher)
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From: "Bubble" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: 3D CreativeLabs Voodoo^2
Date: Thu, 19 Aug 1999 16:18:22 -0400
Yes it does. Go to http://www.3dfx.com, and pick up the drivers. You
install as VGA16 at first...
pces <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Can someone point out whether or not this 3D accelerator card works with
>
> Linux( specifically, for the SuSE 6.1 distribution)?
>
> I'm thinking of buying it (or the Diamond Monster 3D), but am not sure
> of its
> compatibility with Linux. I've checked the 3DfX howto, but it doesn't
> specifically
> list it, so thus my query.
>
> Any information appreciated.
>
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David Ripton)
Subject: Re: purchasing new system - suggestions?
Date: 18 Aug 1999 20:14:41 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In article <7pbori$v79$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I'm planning a new system that I'd like to purchase:
>
>- Abit BP6 motherboard
>- 2 x Celeron 366
>- 2 x 256 MB PC100 DIMMs
>- Western Digital Expert 27.2 GB HD
>- NIC ?
>- Video Card ?
>
>A couple of questions:
>
>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?
Netgear FA310TX. About $25, 10/100, works fine.
I don't think it's worth buying NE2000 clones anymore, now that
fast cards are so cheap. But they will also work.
>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.
Matrox Millennium G200 (make sure it's the real Millennium with
the 250 MHz RAMDAC for decent refresh rates in 1600x1200)
I think my Creative TNT 1 is also fine for 1600x1200, but some
people say their TNT cards are fuzzy in hi-res.
The latest cards (TNT2, Voodoo 3, G400) should work fine, but
you'll have to download something. IMO it's only worth buying
the latest cards if you need the faster 3D.
>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.)
Sorry; if you want 1600x1200, you will end up editing modelines.
No big deal; just ask on the net and someone with the same monitor
will send you one. In the meantime pick "monitor that supports
1280x1024 @ 75 Hz," which should work fine with any decent 19".
>Finally, does anyone have any recommendations as to where I should
>purchase the above items? I'm looking for somewhere that has good
>prices, plus that I will be able to ask for week 14-26 celerons
>specifically and not have them laugh at me.
Later than week 26 is okay; the SMP crippling rumor was false.
I'd buy the Celerons at a local store, where you can look at
the serial numbers. There are places on the net that sell
"guaranteed overclockable" 366s, but they charge way too
much for them, and any non-guaranteed chip from those shops
probably failed the test.
--
David Ripton [EMAIL PROTECTED]
spamgard(tm): To email me, put "geek" in your Subject line.
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From: Pinwu Xu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup,linux.dev.newbie,linux.dev.svgalib,linux.dev.x11
Subject: Re: Savage4
Date: Wed, 18 Aug 1999 16:11:47 -0400
The provided configuration file is not complete. You can compare the
generated file and your original file (if you just added the Savage4 card
to replace your old card and have a working XF86Config file), little
change will get you to 1024x768x24.
Also there are HOWTOs on setting up modeline, which should be helpful.
If you really want, I could send you mine XF86Config, I am using it at
1024x768@16bpp.
Phillip wrote:
> I have downloaded the Savage4 pro drivers from Creative, followed the
> instructions to the case sensitive letre and still no joy. A chunky 640x480
> on a 17" monitor is no fun. On the same theme, according to the instructions
> it says in the readme file, and I quote:
>
> a: Before trying to to install the Server, make sure that your VGA device is
> Savage4 and that you have root access privilages.
>
> unquote: For those who are interested, I have tried that on SuSE 5.2, RedHat
> 5.2 with both on kernels 2.2.10. Here is the origianl XF86Config file. If
> anyone out there can tell where in this file do I put that info:
>
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From: QuestionExchange <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: REQ
Date: 18 Aug 1999 20:27:26 GMT
> I am currently building another computer for linux .... I
would like
>
> to save a little money and buy a Tekram DC-390U2W over
Adaptec
> AHA-2940U2W... I already have a dual 400 with a Adaptec AHA-
2940U2W in
> a Linux box, and runs like a champ. I guess I am just curious
to see
> if anyone thinks its worth saving $80... ? I appreciate any
hope,
> fear, prayers, concerns, etc...
>
> Thanks again.
>
>
It is certainly worthwhile saving the
money. I hear good things about the Tekrams
for Linux. I use an Asus pci-sc875 with
no problem, it was cheap and works great,
and it uses a Symbios sym53c875
I/O controller. The point: Tekram uses a
similiar chipset, and the driver works
very well. You should have no problem.
--
This answer is courtesy of QuestionExchange.com
http://www.questionexchange.com/servlet1/showUsenetGuest?ans_id=2843&cus_id=USENET&qtn_id=2273
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From: Shawn Green <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.portable
Subject: Re: WhereToFind? Socket 7 motherboard with onboard ethernet, sound,
Date: Thu, 19 Aug 1999 13:21:30 -0700
Not criticizing at all. In fact, I think it's a killer idea. It was just
the initial image I got in my head of a tower in the trunk....could see HDD
dying by the dozen there.
>From what I'm reading thus far, sounds like it could be cool. Let me know
what you get together....I might be interested in trying something similar,
if you don't mind.
Shawn
Greg Weeks wrote:
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> David Scott Copus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > I didn't know if it is even possible to *run* Linux from a read-only
> > media and just let it use a RAM drive for it's logging, etc. If anybody
> > knows if Linux can be ran on read-only medium... let me know!
>
> Sure it is. Look at http://www.toms.net/rb/ for a single floppy
> distribution that you remove the floppy after the boot. I use it as a
> rescue disk, but there's no reason you couldn't set up something
> similar that boots from a cdrom and then mounts the cdrom ro. CD rom
> booting uses a floppy image after all.
>
> Greg Weeks
> --
> http://durendal.tzo.com/greg/
--
Shawn M. Green 408-543-9483
Systems Administrator [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cygnus Solutions http://www.cygnus.com
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From: Richard V. Brown, Sr. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development.apps,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Apsfilter: Configuration
Date: Wed, 18 Aug 1999 14:30:49 GMT
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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http://www.searchlinux.com
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Frank v Waveren)
Subject: Re: > 16 SCSI Devices with Linux
Date: Thu, 19 Aug 1999 23:35:28 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Jeff Maki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I have a giant disk array, with 18 SCSI devices. The server has 3 in it
> also. Problem is, Linux will only allow me to access the first 16. Does
> anybody know how to get more SCSI devices? They are detected, I just
> can't access them in /dev.
>
> Thanks!!
do the devices exist? (In /dev/ I mean). If not, make them with mknod.
see man mknod.
--
Frank v Waveren
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
ICQ# 10074100
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From: John Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Linux file-size limit?
Date: Tue, 17 Aug 1999 16:54:55 -0600
Carlos Collazo wrote:
> I'm trying to backup a 5Gig ext2 partition onto another ext2 partition
> on another hard drive. No matter which software I use, BRU, taper, tar,
> TkZip, etc., I get the same outcome--when the growing archive file
> reaches 2147482624 bytes it stops! The smarter backup software such as
> BRU says to (insert the next volume). When I use tar in the following
> manner:
>
> tar cvZX /root/tarexclude.lst -f /mnt/sdc1/rhonibmide.tar.Z .
>
> I get "write error onstdout file too long, broken pipe"
>
> Info / Observations:
>
> 1. I do not have quotas enabled.
>
> 2. I'm running as root.
>
> 3. It is not related to the compression utilities, since it also occurs
> without compression enabled.
>
> 4. Running RedHat 5.2. I also own several other distributions if this
> is the problem.
>
> Questions:
>
> 1. Is there a limit to the file size hardcoded in the kernel?
AFAIK, this is an intrinsic limitation of the filesystem.
>
> 2. What do I have to recompile in order to solve this or get around it?
Rather than backing up to another partition, you can backup
to a device that does not use a filesystem; eg, a tape
drive. Tar can handle multi-gigabyte archives on a tape
drive without size limitation problems beyond the physical
limitations of the media used.
--
-John ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Matthias Benkmann)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Which soundcard is best for Linux?
Date: Thu, 19 Aug 1999 22:08:23 GMT
On 18 Aug 1999 19:38:46 +0100, Tim Izod <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>
> Or in preference, use the ALSA driver
>(http://www.alsa-project.org or look on freshmeat). The ALSA drivers
>are free, they're GPL and IMHO they sound better. Plus you get
How can they sound better? The sound is created by the sound card,
after all. I don't see how one driver makes a 22Khz sample byte stream
sound different than another driver. MSB
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From: Raymonds Doetjes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: tcl
Date: Fri, 20 Aug 1999 00:08:32 +0200
About the turtle card, try looking into the OSS Open Sound System or
ALSA wich is a free alternative for OSS. OSS costs 49$
Raymond
Icculus wrote:
> 2 questions:
>
> Does anyone know of any online tutorials for the tcl scripting language?
>
> Does anyone know of any sound drivers being developed for the Turtle Beach
> Montego 2 sound card? It supports A3D and I haven't found anyhting yet
> that will un this under linux.
>
> thanks,
> Icculus -- a new gu
>
> ------------------ Posted via CNET Linux Help ------------------
> http://www.searchlinux.com
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From: Oliver Rudolph <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Which soundcard is best for Linux?
Date: Fri, 20 Aug 1999 00:52:11 +0200
> How can they sound better? The sound is created by the sound card,
> after all. I don't see how one driver makes a 22Khz sample byte stream
> sound different than another driver. MSB
Well, there's slight a difference between all the soundcards
available... Don't forget about the MIDI-Chips. I think the Yamaha XG
ones are the best. So go for a Waveforce 192XG or something like that
Best regards,
Oli
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Hakeem850i)
Subject: Modem
Date: 19 Aug 1999 23:05:32 GMT
I'm trying to find out if my moden is a winmodem or not because i can't seen to
get it to work on linux. how would i know. Please email answer.
thanks.
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From: Bryan <Bryan@[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Dual Celeron
Date: Thu, 19 Aug 1999 22:38:06 GMT
CTI <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: Hi all,
: I want to build a dual celeron system. I am going to buy that ABIT BP6
: board, the thing that scares me is the processors. I know i need to get
: them at the same rev level and MHz. I read that certain vendors pair
: processors for this, can someone point me to their sites. What celeron's
: are good for overclocking too? I have read to get the 300a 370 without
: the cache ( i think).
300a chips don't exist anymore (new).
366 are the next best things.
there are no 'stepping' numbers on celerons; they're all the same, for
any given speed of celeron.
: DO the chips need any modifications with that board (ABIT BP6)?
no.
--
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] (Frank v Waveren)
Subject: Re: Nothing under /mnt/cdrom...
Date: Thu, 19 Aug 1999 23:29:29 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Lt. Brandon Szalai, USNR" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> <!doctype html public "-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en">
> <html>
> You must remount the cdrom in order to gain access to it. It doesn't automatically
> do it when you boot up your machine. Just type in "mount /mnt/cdrom" and
> you should hear your cdrom drive spin up. Then just "cd" into /mnt/cdrom
> and do an "ls".
> <p>Brandon Szalai</html>
Please keep you postings in plain text. It's a lot easier to read for those
of us who don't use netscape/ie/etc. (You can change the setting in
Edit>Preferences>Mail&News).
--
Frank v Waveren
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
ICQ# 10074100
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From: Allen Crider <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Linux file-size limit?
Date: Thu, 19 Aug 1999 15:54:54 -0700
John Thompson wrote:
>
> Carlos Collazo wrote:
>
> > I'm trying to backup a 5Gig ext2 partition onto another ext2 partition
> > on another hard drive. No matter which software I use, BRU, taper, tar,
> > TkZip, etc., I get the same outcome--when the growing archive file
> > reaches 2147482624 bytes it stops! The smarter backup software such as
> > BRU says to (insert the next volume). When I use tar in the following
> > manner:
> >
> > tar cvZX /root/tarexclude.lst -f /mnt/sdc1/rhonibmide.tar.Z .
> >
> > I get "write error onstdout file too long, broken pipe"
> >
> > Info / Observations:
> >
> > 1. I do not have quotas enabled.
> >
> > 2. I'm running as root.
> >
> > 3. It is not related to the compression utilities, since it also occurs
> > without compression enabled.
> >
> > 4. Running RedHat 5.2. I also own several other distributions if this
> > is the problem.
> >
> > Questions:
> >
> > 1. Is there a limit to the file size hardcoded in the kernel?
>
> AFAIK, this is an intrinsic limitation of the filesystem.
>
> >
> > 2. What do I have to recompile in order to solve this or get around it?
>
> Rather than backing up to another partition, you can backup
> to a device that does not use a filesystem; eg, a tape
> drive. Tar can handle multi-gigabyte archives on a tape
> drive without size limitation problems beyond the physical
> limitations of the media used.
>
> --
>
> -John ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Use cpio.
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From: KDan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Intel I740 8Mb Sgram AGP...
Date: Thu, 19 Aug 1999 23:08:32 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Well... I've been desperately trying to get that damn card to work on
my dad's computer, and after trying out everything I could I've given
up and decided to come here.
I tried to use the S3 and S3V and SVGA servers, and all sorts of
different card settings (including telling it that it has less memory -
in case that should be the problem)... It can see the card in some way
since it detects the dot clock settings (apparently) properly...
BUT
when I try to start X-windows, it can't find the card and downgrades
back to good (bad?) old Generic VGA...
This isn't really that urgent, since that's just my dad's computer, and
on my computer everything works fine (with a Mystique), but it kind of
bugs me that I can't show him how cool Gnome and KDE look... :-) (in
another resolution that 320x200...)
I got X to work on a Mystique, on a Millenium AGP, and even on a god
damn Compaq laptop, but I just can't do it on his brand new out of the
box Celeron... well... any ideas anyone?
Thanks...
Daniel
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jack Liu)
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.x
Subject: How to connect to Internet using modem in Linux?
Date: 19 Aug 1999 22:34:06 GMT
Hi,
I use Redhat 6.0,I have setup the ppp0 in the networking configure. Can you
help me to tell me how to use modem to connect Internet using ppp.
Thank you very much!
Jack
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From: "John Bekas, Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,redhat.hardware.arch.intel
Subject: Re: NE2000 ISA help (Question 2)
Date: Thu, 19 Aug 1999 14:36:35 -0500
I just purchased an Asante EtherPak ISA NE2000 compatible card, and I'm
having similar problems.
I've turned off the PnP and I set the irq to 5 and memory address to
0x320. I've also compiled the ne2000 driver into the kernel (I get
undefined symbols if I try to load it as a module). My problem is that
the card is found, and I can ifup/ifdown and ifconfig it. However, I
can't contact anything on the network. The params to
/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 and /etc/resolv.conf are the
same as with my last card (Intel EtherExpress 10), which I got rid of
due to stability problems with its driver.
Other info: Both the network lights are on on my card, and my LAN modem
sees the machine. The card and config work fine under Windoze. No
problems can be seen from viewing /var/log/messages.
Suggestions?
John
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jeremy Fincher)
Subject: Re: how to get a fastest linux box ?
Date: 18 Aug 1999 17:39:34 GMT
>Also, the K6-2
>has OK integer, but a big boost in floating point.
If I understand correctly, the intel FPU is far superior to anything AMD has
come up with until Athlon, and the AMD integer performance is better than that
of an equally clocked celeron/p2/p3.
Jeremy
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