Linux-Hardware Digest #69, Volume #11 Sun, 22 Aug 99 04:13:56 EDT
Contents:
Re: Need last word on AMD K6-2 (Scott H)
Re: I HATE LT WIN MODEM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ("Charles Sullivan")
Re: [Q] Installing linux with CD-RW (Carl Fink)
Re: Help with SiS 530 chip set ("Allix")
Re: SIS 620 in high resolution? ("Allix")
PCI information. (Sai Prasad Matam)
Trident 3dimage+flyvideo=crash??? Please help! (=?iso-8859-1?Q?Ra=FAl?= del Pino)
Re: Help: Jaz setup on msdos or vfat (Bob White)
How to I remove Lilo (BD)
Re: Need last word on AMD K6-2 ("Bobby D. Bryant")
Re: Need last word on AMD K6-2 (stephen chan)
Re: Dual Celeron (Jeremy Fincher)
password difficulties (Jeremy Fincher)
Re: Questions about modem setup and new software install? ("TC")
Re: Machine freezon when trying to load GUI ("Crossbones")
Dual Soundcards in Linux (Mark Richards)
Re: Need last word on AMD K6-2 (Scott H)
Re: Tape Drive Suggestions ("Little Rascal")
Token Ring 16/4 Speed Problem (Harold Hotelling)
Re: I HATE LT WIN MODEM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ("Little Rascal")
Re: I HATE LT WIN MODEM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (Jordi Backx)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Scott H)
Subject: Re: Need last word on AMD K6-2
Date: Sun, 22 Aug 1999 03:32:09 GMT
On Fri, 20 Aug 1999 21:36:04 -0700, "stephen"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Alright, then which motherboard is most stable for a K6-2 350 or 400?
>
>Thanks
>Stephen
>
I'm running my K6-2 450 on an FIC PA-2013 revision 2 board with one
meg cache. But if I had to do it again, I would more than likely pick
up an Epox EP-MVP3G2. FIC's tech support leaves a lot to be desired,
while I've heard nothing but good things about Epox and their
products.
Mind you, I have no complaints about my board...I just think that FIC
is a little screwy in general. :) My 450 is running great @ 112 x 4
(448).
Here's the spec page for the Epox board:
http://www.epox.com/products/mboard/mvp3g2_1.html
have fun & let us know what you decide!
Scott H.
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From: "Charles Sullivan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development.system,redhat.hardware.arch.intel
Subject: Re: I HATE LT WIN MODEM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Date: Sat, 21 Aug 1999 23:53:55 -0400
You should have spent some time reading these newsgroups instead
of fiddling with your winmodem. There are about 10 messages
a day which state that winmodems don't work, and can't be made
to work, under Linux (unless the manufacturer supplies a Linux
driver or interface specs, which none do at present).
liuyb wrote in message ...
>I have a lt win modem, but I can't let it work in linux. I tried all means
>and spend a lot of time , the result is the same. So I hate it.
> I HATE WIN MODEM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>
>------------------ Posted via CNET Linux Help ------------------
> http://www.searchlinux.com
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Carl Fink)
Subject: Re: [Q] Installing linux with CD-RW
Date: 22 Aug 1999 02:40:03 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Sat, 21 Aug 1999 23:31:58 GMT Andrew Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I have a creative Blaster 2224 CD-RW as master and a standard CD-ROM as
>slave on the secondary channel. Will this affect my installation (ie. will I
>have to install from one drive in particular, or does it not matter?)
I can't imagine why it would matter. Use the standard CD-ROM if you can,
it's almost certainly much faster.
>Does anyone know whether this CD-RW will work under linux (I can't find any
>specific information in any of the FAQs). If it doesn't work, can I still
>use it to read CDs, as I am not too bothered about writing CDs from linux?
I have a Creative 4224 Blaster CD-RW on this system, and it works fine. If
2224 isn't a typo for this model, though, I can't help you.
--
Carl Fink [EMAIL PROTECTED]
"This fool wishes to reverse the entire science of astronomy."
-Martin Luther on Copernicus' theory that the Earth orbits the sun
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From: "Allix" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Help with SiS 530 chip set
Date: Sat, 21 Aug 1999 23:22:45 -0400
Well I have a SIS 620 , which is pretty similar, kinda needed more
information, do you get this error when you try to go into 16, 24, and 32
bit modes ? or is this just 8 bit mode ?
>I am having some hassles with a SiS 530 motherboard (Gigabyte Socket 7
>board).
>I am trying to get X working, however I seem to be observing some funnies
>when using
>the XFCom Server from Suse (running on a RedHat installation).
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From: "Allix" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: SIS 620 in high resolution?
Date: Sun, 22 Aug 1999 00:22:55 -0400
I just typed in : Option "nobitblt"
to get the 16 24 and 32 bits to work , but it splits the display into two
images , like seeing double, two images overlaping, and one splits to the
right.
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Hi Allix,
>I did the same, and I still have a lot of problems, can't see much
>difference can you?
>
>Regards,
>John.
>
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From: Sai Prasad Matam <"saimatam(removeme)"@yahoo.com>
Subject: PCI information.
Date: Sat, 21 Aug 1999 21:28:45 -0700
I am a newbie. I would like to get PCI information using the BIOS calls.
I cannot locate source code in the linux distribution that interacts
with
the BIOS.
Any pointers will be appreciated.
thanks in advance.
-- Sai
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Date: Sun, 22 Aug 1999 00:20:53 +0200
From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Ra=FAl?= del Pino <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Trident 3dimage+flyvideo=crash??? Please help!
Hello. I got a Trident 3dimage 975 AGP video card and a Lifeview
Flyvideo TV card. I have managed to configure Xwindows without much
trouble, but when I try to run xawtv, the system hangs *completely*, no
keyboard and the monitor displays a lot of multicolor parallel lines
(sometimes, other times just gets black). I'm quite certain that bttv,
bt848 and every driver have been
correctly configurated, and I think there is some kind of conflict
between those two cards. I say this, because the same thing happens
under Windows, when I use the program that comes with the TV card. But
when I use some other Windows programs (MoreTV, for example) it works
just right. It also works when I use the program that comes with the
card, if I use a resolution of 640x480 and 256 colors, but if I try that
with xawtv, it won't work because it needs at least 16 bits of color
depth.
So, anybody knows anything I can do to make my TV card work with
Linux? I have Debian 2.1, with kernel 2.2.10, and I use the TV drivers
included with this kernel. Thanks in advance...
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From: Bob White <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Help: Jaz setup on msdos or vfat
Date: Sat, 21 Aug 1999 22:37:42 -0600
Yes wrote:
> The Jaz drive will not mount /dev/sda with a file type of msdos or
> vfat but will work with ext2 when formated under Linux. I have also
> tried mtools with no luck.
> Have set up a mount point of /mnt/jaz
> I am a newbe to Linux.
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] drop the last net
Try:
mount /dev/sda4 /mnt/jaz
for some reason jaz drives come as sda4 although you can change them as
you did when you formatted with Linux. You could also have formatted
them as vfat with Linux on sda1, but I'm not sure how that would work
with windows.
I usually add a line to /etc/fstab like this:
/dev/sda4
/mnt/jaz vfat
noauto,user 0 0
Then I can just say:
mount /mnt/jaz
and all of the information about which device and what kind of file
system is gotten from the fstab file. The 'noauto' keeps the device
from being mounted at boot. Trying to do that can cause problems if you
don't keep a disk in the drive. 'user' allows me to mount and umount
without being root.
do a
man fstab
for more information about the fstab parameters. You do have to be root
to change the file, and be sure you don't change anything else, or you
can have some real headaches when you re-boot.
Bob White
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From: BD <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
linux.redhat,linux.redhat.misc,linux.redhat.help,comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.x,alt.linux,alt.os.linux
Subject: How to I remove Lilo
Date: Sun, 22 Aug 1999 15:41:17 +1000
I recently installed linux 5.2 and installed lilo. Well today I booted
up my computer and linux partition and everything else (bar my C: drive
for windoze) was gone.
So now im stuck with lilo at bootup. How do I delete it?
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From: "Bobby D. Bryant" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Need last word on AMD K6-2
Date: Sun, 22 Aug 1999 00:32:20 -0500
Scott H wrote:
> I'm running my K6-2 450 on an FIC PA-2013 revision 2 board with one
> meg cache. But if I had to do it again, I would more than likely pick
> up an Epox EP-MVP3G2. FIC's tech support leaves a lot to be desired,
> while I've heard nothing but good things about Epox and their
> products.
>
> Mind you, I have no complaints about my board...I just think that FIC
> is a little screwy in general. :) My 450 is running great @ 112 x 4
> (448).
I have that board, a K6-III-450, and PC-100 memory, but I can't run it at
112MHz.
Are you using faster memory? Special BIOS settings?
Thanks,
Bobby Bryant
Austin, Texas
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From: stephen chan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Need last word on AMD K6-2
Date: Sat, 21 Aug 1999 22:30:43 -0700
Hello Scott and everyone who answered my message:
I went to this page:
http://www.super7.net/mboards/Default.htm
and found a whole bunch of info on socket 7 motherboards.
Good users comments on the Asus P5A and Epox(s) motherboard.
I haven't seen any Epox locally here in Vancouver, Canada,
but have to check again. What do you all think about the Asus P5A?
Cheers
Stephen
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Scott H wrote:
> On Fri, 20 Aug 1999 21:36:04 -0700, "stephen"
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >Alright, then which motherboard is most stable for a K6-2 350 or 400?
> >
> >Thanks
> >Stephen
> >
> I'm running my K6-2 450 on an FIC PA-2013 revision 2 board with one
> meg cache. But if I had to do it again, I would more than likely pick
> up an Epox EP-MVP3G2. FIC's tech support leaves a lot to be desired,
> while I've heard nothing but good things about Epox and their
> products.
>
> Mind you, I have no complaints about my board...I just think that FIC
> is a little screwy in general. :) My 450 is running great @ 112 x 4
> (448).
>
> Here's the spec page for the Epox board:
>
> http://www.epox.com/products/mboard/mvp3g2_1.html
>
> have fun & let us know what you decide!
>
> Scott H.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jeremy Fincher)
Subject: Re: Dual Celeron
Date: 22 Aug 1999 05:15:03 GMT
>It simply isn't true that most of the 366's oc to 550. I believe that
>the success ratio is well over 50%.
In most cases this would qualify as "most", but also, most people in the know
would give the success rate (without extreme/costly measures) at about 80%.
Some others would say 90%. I just say "most".
Both my celerons 366 oc to 550, albeit at 2.2 voltage on my BP6.
Jeremy
==================================
If i ever forget to capitalize a proper noun, forgive me. i'm a big fan of ee
cummings
My ICQ # is 28153190. My AIM/AOL name is either jemfinch02 or Cassius80.
Have a good day, and good luck in your endeavors!
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jeremy Fincher)
Subject: password difficulties
Date: 22 Aug 1999 05:18:55 GMT
I was installing linux-mandrake (R) on two computers the other night, and set
the root password to "web$ter". Both computers would then not let me log on as
root with that password. I check capslock and everything. Reinstalled, used a
different password, and it worked. Anyone know why "web$ter" would not work?
Thanks,
Jeremy
==================================
If i ever forget to capitalize a proper noun, forgive me. i'm a big fan of ee
cummings
My ICQ # is 28153190. My AIM/AOL name is either jemfinch02 or Cassius80.
Have a good day, and good luck in your endeavors!
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From: "TC" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: Questions about modem setup and new software install?
Date: Sun, 22 Aug 1999 00:18:02 -0500
That modem is a winmodem...it will not work in Linux
TC
Jack Liu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Hi,
> I use Linux Redhat 6.0 not long, I have two questions about it, hope you
> can help me, thanks!
> 1. I use Rockwell 56K PCI internal modem, the linux don't know this modem,
> how to setup it that I can connect to Internet using ppp.
> 2. Can I select the directory where the new software to be installed using
> rpm type?
> Thank you very much!
>
> Jack
>
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From: "Crossbones" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.linux,alt.os.linux.dial-up,alt.os.linux.mandrake,comp.os.linux.install,comp.os.linux.installation,comp.os.linux.redhat
Subject: Re: Machine freezon when trying to load GUI
Date: Sun, 22 Aug 1999 05:54:45 GMT
Chi Lin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:7pn5j2$bns$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I am a newbie in Linux, and I have heard it is very stable, but the things
> happened to me does not give me the impression.
>
> I am using KDE as the GUI, sometimes it works fine, but now many times,
even I
> used shutdown -r now, to shutdown the machine, it still does not unmount
the
> drives corrected, and then, nextime when I am trying to login, the GUI
will not
> appear, it can not find something, but the screen went blank, so I do not
know.
Have you upgraded any of the packages for Mandrake (6.0)? Try grabbing and
installing the initscripts and the kernel upgrade. Those two caused similar
problems for me.
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From: Mark Richards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Dual Soundcards in Linux
Date: Sun, 22 Aug 1999 02:07:07 -0400
G'day!
I have a slight issue... I'd like to get both my soundcards
(Creative SB Vibra 16 and ESS 1868, both ISA PNP) working in linux (Red
Hat 6.0). I can get the SB16 working fine, both Windows and Linux
assign it the proper resources you'd expect for a sound card. The
second sound card is detected and configured by ISA PNP but I don't know
how to get the sound module to load for it... I don't know if I have to
load it twice, or if I have to specify two groups of settings (like with
two NE2000 cards) or what. The sound HOWTO I read only really discusses
dual SB16's in the monolithic kernel, but I tried that and it doesn't
work. The ESS 1868 is supposed to work as a soundblaster 16. Note that
I can get both cards working fine in Windows 98.
Please CC to my email if possible.
Thanks,
Mark
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Scott H)
Subject: Re: Need last word on AMD K6-2
Date: Sun, 22 Aug 1999 06:52:33 GMT
On Sun, 22 Aug 1999 00:32:20 -0500, "Bobby D. Bryant"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Scott H wrote:
>
>> I'm running my K6-2 450 on an FIC PA-2013 revision 2 board with one
>> meg cache. But if I had to do it again, I would more than likely pick
>> up an Epox EP-MVP3G2. FIC's tech support leaves a lot to be desired,
>> while I've heard nothing but good things about Epox and their
>> products.
>>
>> Mind you, I have no complaints about my board...I just think that FIC
>> is a little screwy in general. :) My 450 is running great @ 112 x 4
>> (448).
>
>I have that board, a K6-III-450, and PC-100 memory, but I can't run it at
>112MHz.
>
>Are you using faster memory? Special BIOS settings?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Bobby Bryant
>Austin, Texas
Actually, I'm currently using two 64 meg sticks of PC66 SDRAM left
over from a previous computer. The chipset has the option to set the
memory speed to the AGP bus speed which is what I've done. I had
thought of upgrading to PC100, but kept putting it off. :) After
upgrading nearly everything else, I've almost got enough parts to make
another computer. After I buy another hard drive I'll be slapping it
all together with my PC-66 RAM into a computer for my girlfriend and
her children. I'll probably snag some PC-133 for myself then in
preparation for a future upgrade to a K7.
I've heard of other people with PC-100 having problems running @ 112.
I wonder if the fact that I'm only running the RAM at AGP speed is the
reason I don't have any problems? If I had any PC100 on hand I'd test
this out for you. :) You might try it - I'd imagine that the K6-III
isn't too terribly sensitive to main memory speed. If you have some
spare time and a reliable benchmark for memory performance, you might
try comparing 4.5 x 100 with the memory set to 100, then 4 x 112 with
the memory set to AGP speed. I'd sure be interested in the results!
The only BIOS tweaking I did was to set my memory timings to "turbo"
and disabling a couple of features (read around write? I don't
remember) so that my Riva TNT would work properly. Nothing
spectacular, eh?
If you run that test please forward the results - I'd be very
interested.
thank you,
Scott H.
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From: "Little Rascal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Tape Drive Suggestions
Date: Sun, 22 Aug 1999 06:59:10 GMT
Tandberg Data Technical Support <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in article
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> We still manufacture tape drives that are capable of reading/writing to
> DC6150/6250 data cartridges. For more information, please refer to
> www.tandberg.com or contact our Sales department at 800-TANDBERG.
>
> Tandberg Data Technical Support
>
FYI:
I work for a company that used the 250 meg drives and we now have to use
a jaz drive as the tape drive is now obsolete. Beware.......
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From: Harold Hotelling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Token Ring 16/4 Speed Problem
Date: Sat, 21 Aug 1999 23:55:19 -0700
Hey,
Anybody know how to disable Auto Speed Detection in the token ring
module ibmtr.o?
My Linux box has a Turbo 16/4 Token Ring card from IBM in it, and I'm
trying to network it with a token ring XStation.
I've got my Linux box plugged into an IBM 8228 MAU, and the only other
thing plugged in there is the XStation 160. I'm trying to get the
XStation to go to Linux, but when I do a "modprobe ibmtr" under RedHat
6, it gives me a periodic
tr0: No signal detected for Auto Speed Detection
while the MAU clicks. The modprobe detects the card, giving me the
correct MAC address for the card - so I have high hopes. If I could
just force the Linux box into 16 Mbps, I think the XStation would follow
it's lead...
Thanks,
Harold
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "Little Rascal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: I HATE LT WIN MODEM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development.system,redhat.hardware.arch.intel
Date: Sun, 22 Aug 1999 07:09:31 GMT
liuyb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in article
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> I have a lt win modem, but I can't let it work in linux. I tried all
means
> and spend a lot of time , the result is the same. So I hate it.
> I HATE WIN MODEM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>
> ------------------ Posted via CNET Linux Help ------------------
> http://www.searchlinux.com
>
Thats what you get when you buy brain dead micro shaft products. Buy a
real modem instead.
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From: Jordi Backx <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development.system,redhat.hardware.arch.intel
Subject: Re: I HATE LT WIN MODEM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Date: Sun, 22 Aug 1999 09:16:48 +0200
liuyb wrote:
> I have a lt win modem, but I can't let it work in linux. I tried all means
> and spend a lot of time , the result is the same. So I hate it.
> I HATE WIN MODEM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>
> ------------------ Posted via CNET Linux Help ------------------
> http://www.searchlinux.com
Bad news: there are also WIN-printers, e.g. HP deskjet 710.
Burn all WIN-shit !!!!!
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