Linux-Hardware Digest #133, Volume #11 Mon, 30 Aug 99 03:13:33 EDT
Contents:
PCI Modem Problems (Sethuraman Baranidharan)
More fonts for X Server (Jorge O. Martinez)
Re: compaq netelligent with BNC ("Tony Platt")
Re: More fonts for X Server (letdown)
Re: G400 Max w/360 MHz RAMDAC? (Chang Lin)
How do i get my Herculese Stringray 128/3d working with XF86? (John Porra)
Re: Problem with Yamaha opl3-sa3 sound card ("djm@ecki da mp3masta")
ATI Xpert@play 98 AGP and Red Hat 6.0 ("Andrew Chan")
Re: Sound in Linux ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Setup X for Dell Inspiron 7000C notebook (Tim Roberts)
Re: RISC&CISC ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
stereo graphics card for linux (nick nelissen)
Re: Diamond MX300... is it supported? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
VIA onboard soundcard (Nestal Wan)
Re: RISC&CISC ("Andrew J. Norman")
Re: adaptec aha1542 not being detected ("Gene Heskett")
Re: Sound Blaster Live - How do you Activate a sound card ("Gene Heskett")
Re: making linux go away ("Chauzie")
Re: Print filter help - Caldera 2.2 ("Gene Heskett")
Re: BJC-5000 Printer ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: making linux go away (Frank v Waveren)
Re: How do i get my Herculese Stringray 128/3d working with XF86? ("Teo The Tiny!")
Re: Anyone got a Umax Astra 1220S working? ("Scott Simpson")
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Sethuraman Baranidharan)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.install
Subject: PCI Modem Problems
Date: 29 Aug 1999 22:18:37 -0500
Ok, I have a Lucent PCI modem 56K v.90 and I know it may not work, but keep hearing
that some of them do.
(Yes, I have seen http://www.o2.net/~gromitkc/winmodem.html and it didnt help me,
sorry).
Here is the situation:
In Windoze the modem works at COM3 with IRQ 5.
Just before LILO I find that PCI resources are listed and I see
"BUS 0 DEVICE 17 SIMPLE COMMUNICATION CONTROLLER, VENDOR 11C1, DEVICE ID 0440 IRQ 5."
Then I login into root (under RH 5.2). I look into dmesg and see
______________________________________________________________________
Probing PCI hardware.
Calibrating delay loop.. ok - 349.80 BogoMIPS
Memory: 127776k/131072k available (748k kernel code, 384k reserved, 2164k data)
Swansea University Computer Society NET3.035 for Linux 2.0
NET3: Unix domain sockets 0.13 for Linux NET3.035.
Swansea University Computer Society TCP/IP for NET3.034
IP Protocols: IGMP, ICMP, UDP, TCP
Linux IP multicast router 0.07.
VFS: Diskquotas version dquot_5.6.0 initialized
Checking 386/387 coupling... Ok, fpu using exception 16 error reporting.
Checking 'hlt' instruction... Ok.
Linux version 2.0.36 ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) ...
Starting kswapd v 1.4.2.2
Serial driver version 4.13 with no serial options enabled
tty00 at 0x03f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A
tty01 at 0x02f8 (irq = 3) is a 16550A
PS/2 auxiliary pointing device detected -- driver installed.
Adding Swap: 128484k swap-space (priority -1)
...etc
________________________________________ENd OF DMESG___________________
/proc/pci contains
PCI devices found: Bus 0 Device 17 Comm controller UNKNOWN vendor L56xMF (rev 1)
Medium devsel fast back-to-back capable IRQ 5 Master capable no bursts
Min Gnt 252, Max Lat=14, Non prefethcable 32 bit memory at 0xe8101000.
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I started xwindows, used modemtool and pointed /dev/modem to COM3.
Then setserial /dev/cua2 uart 16550A port 3e8 irq 5. (I also tried ttyS2 and
the result was the same).
Started netcfg and setup correct ip numbers etc. Now "activate" command
does not lift and dial. Nothing happens.
Then I went into /var/log/messages and saw that the error was in 'chat'.
Simply 'alarm' 'failed' and 'exit'. Basically there is no dialog between
the system and the modem.
I tried isapnp and the isapnp.conf file contains only lines with
#trying some address
#no boards
I dont think I have any Plug-N-Pray devices (also saw the Bios setup and noticed
PnP disabled there).
Any suggestions? Would help if you give a step by step instruction on
how to set the modem up. Pl avoid the default answer "go get another modem"!
Thanks
-Barani
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Jorge O. Martinez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.x
Subject: More fonts for X Server
Date: Mon, 30 Aug 1999 03:31:05 GMT
Hi there:
I installed Linux (Suse 6.2, love it!), X server, and can use several
different windows managers: Enlightment, KDE, etc. with no problem.
I really love it, but there is still something that I don't know how or
where to get: more fonts. You see, Netscape now only has like 10 or 15
fonts, and all the web pages look pretty much the same (not too good), and
sometimes, like right now, the letters looks really tiny. Is there
something that can be done? Is that dependent on the X server installed? or
the hardware?
Thanks for any help before hand,
Jorge M.
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From: "Tony Platt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: compaq netelligent with BNC
Date: Tue, 24 Aug 1999 19:53:28 +1000
emeurant wrote in message ...
>I have a compaq deskpro 4000 (5166)with mandrake6 and the netelligent is
>recognised during setup. But impossible to ping anybody else than the
>localhost adress. I'm using BNC as a media, is it possible that the
>problem is due to the fact I use BNC instead of UTP?
what do you mean by localhost address????
if you mean 127.0.0.1 then you can't do that
give each machine an IP address of say
192.168.0.2 <<machine one
192.168.0.3 <<machine two
both with a netmask of 255.255.255.0
then try pinging the machines at 192.168.0.2 or 3 and see what happens
localhost is just what it says, LOCAL to that machine only
Tony
>Is there some workaround in this case ?
>
>Thanks to all
>
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From: letdown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: More fonts for X Server
Date: Sun, 29 Aug 1999 20:25:42 -0400
Jorge O. Martinez wrote:
> Hi there:
>
> I installed Linux (Suse 6.2, love it!), X server, and can use several
> different windows managers: Enlightment, KDE, etc. with no problem.
>
> I really love it, but there is still something that I don't know how or
> where to get: more fonts. You see, Netscape now only has like 10 or 15
> fonts, and all the web pages look pretty much the same (not too good), and
> sometimes, like right now, the letters looks really tiny. Is there
> something that can be done? Is that dependent on the X server installed? or
> the hardware?
>
> Thanks for any help before hand,
>
> Jorge M.
>
> ------------------ Posted via CNET Linux Help ------------------
> http://www.searchlinux.com
You will have to install a True-Type fonts server like xfstt. You can find
more info
at http://www.io.com/~kazushi/xtt/
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From: Chang Lin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: G400 Max w/360 MHz RAMDAC?
Date: Sun, 29 Aug 1999 22:54:32 -0500
I am using a G400 16MB 300MHZ RAMDAC, X recognizes this card without any
problem and works perfectly at 1600X1200x32 resolution. The only
difference from MAX is the RAMDAC, which doesn't affect X I think, but you
probably will only use 16MB of RAM for the moment with the X 3.3.4 server
which should be enough already for 2D applications.
G400 is really a fast card as compared to my old ATI Xpert 98, MAX should
be even faster.
On Sun, 29 Aug 1999, A. Teutonico wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> is anybody actually using the Matrox G400 MAX card with 360 MHz
> RAMDAC and 32 MB VRAM successfully under Linux?
>
> I am aware, that Xfree86 3.3.4 is listing the G400 as "supported"
> and have seen several posts saying, the G400 is working. But, I have
> also seen the G200 being listed by Xfree as "now fully supported",
> when in reality only the 8 MB VRAM version worked, but NOT the 16 MB
> version of the same G200 card!
>
> Because of that I'd very much appreciate anybody telling me first
> hand, that this _specific_ model, the G400 MAX (360 MHz), is
> actually working in X.
> (I understand, certain features, such as Dualhead etc., are not yet
> supported but will be hopefully soon. I am interested wether at
> least the basic X Windows stuff will work with this card.)
>
> Thanx already for your help!
>
> Ciao
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
>
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From: John Porra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.x
Subject: How do i get my Herculese Stringray 128/3d working with XF86?
Date: Mon, 30 Aug 1999 03:31:04 GMT
I am new to Linux, and have a Herculese Stingray 128/3D card. I'm trying
to get it to work with Caldera Openlinux 2.2 and am having terrible
troubles.
Has anyone got any tips for getting this thing to work?
Thanks in advance.
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From: "djm@ecki da mp3masta" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Problem with Yamaha opl3-sa3 sound card
Date: Sun, 29 Aug 1999 21:45:07 +0200
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> =
> I recently installed RH Linux 6.0 (kernel 2.2.5-15), and am having
> problems getting my soundcard to work. I ran 'sndconfig', which detecte=
d
> correctly that I have a Yamaha OPL3-sa3 card. Fearing a lockup, I asked=
> it not to autoprobe. After it asked me for I/O and IRQ settings, (of
> which I only know that the card has IRQ 5 and DMA 0 and 1 - how can I
> find I/O settings through Windows?), I got the following errors:
> =
> sh: insmod: command not found
> ad1848: No such file or directory
> =
> Now, 'insmod' *is* in /sbin, where it should be, and my path includes
> that folder. I am also logged in as root. What's the problem here? I
> also get the following error when linux boots up:
> =
> /lib/modules/2.2.5-15/misc/opl3sa2.o : init_module : Device or resource=
> busy [ FAILED ]
> =
> What's my problem here? I asked around in #linux on DALnet, but no one
> could offer help except to "compile the sound card into my kernel" (and=
> i'm a newbie, so I'm not experienced or brave enough to do that). I als=
o
> tried a 'pnpdump > /etc/isapnp.conf', and got a listing of I/O ports an=
d
> IRQs and all that...but I don't know which selection to uncomment. Any
> thoughts?
> =
> -sean o. | [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> =
> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> Share what you know. Learn what you don't.
Make sure your /etc/isapnp.conf file is good (don=B4t forget to start
isapnp).
Before you can attach opl3sa2.o to your kernel, you have to compile
following modules:
<M> MPU-401 support (NOT for SB16)
<M> Generic OPL2/OPL3 FM synthesizer support
<M> PSS (AD1848, ADSP-2115, ESC614) support
After that, run following commands:
insmod soundcore
insmod sound
insmod ad1848
insmod mpu401
insmod opl3sa2 io=3D0x370 mss_io=3D0x530 mpu_io=3D0x330 irq=3D5 dma=3D0 d=
ma2=3D7
insmod opl3 io=3D0x388
So, this should work. When not, please reply.
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From: "Andrew Chan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: ATI Xpert@play 98 AGP and Red Hat 6.0
Date: Mon, 30 Aug 1999 13:58:43 +0900
Hi all,
I am using the above card together with a Dell 17es monitor.
I have been trying everything to get this card to work in X... with no luck.
I just read it somewhere today that the Mach64 server would display funky
things if trying to startx with a cable connected to the TV out. Just
wondering if anyone has any ideas of what could be wrong.
I can get another video card working with the monitor I have so I doubt it's
the Monitor that's giving me the headache.
Also, does anyone know of the display setting "XF86Setup" uses? That app
ran well... I want to at least have something to look at under X.
Thank you in advance.
Andrew
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Sound in Linux
Date: Mon, 30 Aug 1999 06:09:01 GMT
Ying wrote:
> I have a computer based on IWill's LE370 motherboard with an onboard
> Aureal 8820 soundchip. I tried Suse 6.1 and Redhat 6.0 - both runs well
> but can't configure sound. E-mail to Iwill and A3D were not replied -
> what can I do? - (Worse case - disable the sound chip on board and buy a
> compatible soundcard........!!!!!). Thanks in advance.
>
> Regards - YP
>
> ------------------ Posted via CNET Linux Help ------------------
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Try Open Sound System. I think the original Aureal chipset is supported.
Check www.opensound.com/linux.html to be sure
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Tim Roberts)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.portable,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: Setup X for Dell Inspiron 7000C notebook
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Mon, 30 Aug 1999 05:11:21 GMT
In article <7qcheh$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, JJ wrote:
>There is a fourth: In a few weeks, Dell is reportedly going to support
>Linux on the I7k. The drivers should then appear on their website.
Sure about that? The press release I saw said they were going to be selling
workstation and server systems preconfigured with Linux. I have seen nothing
which indicates they'll be shipping Linux on laptops. Given the sorry state of
the sound drivers and the trickiness of the rest of the configuration, I would
be very surprised to find this is true.
--
- Tim Roberts, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.
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Crossposted-To: redhat.general
Subject: Re: RISC&CISC
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Mon, 30 Aug 1999 05:20:48 GMT
According to thaar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> what are the defferences between RISC & CISC arch.'s?
There are probably *many* references to this on the web, but off the
top of my head, these will give you a quick overview:
http://www.whatis.com/risc.htm
http://www.whatis.com/cisc.htm
> can linux installed on RISC arch.?
Linux runs on both CISC (Intel x86) and RISC (MIPS, PPC, Sparc, Alpha)
processors.
-p.
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From: nick nelissen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: stereo graphics card for linux
Date: Mon, 30 Aug 1999 13:46:46 +0800
Hello,
I am looking for a stereo graphics card for linux (with glassed output).
I need a card that is well documented (unlike rendition chipsets)
because I need to write a special driver for it.
Can recommend one?
Thanks,
Nick
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Diamond MX300... is it supported?
Date: Mon, 30 Aug 1999 06:18:47 GMT
XraySpeX wrote:
> could use the help.. i'm new to Linux... i have SuSE 6.2 installed
> currently...from what I can see already, Linux kills windows! I'm way too
> excited!
If memory serves me well, Open Sound System has vortex 2 chipset drivers
planned
for future / or under development.
check www.opensound.com
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Nestal Wan)
Subject: VIA onboard soundcard
Date: 30 Aug 1999 05:52:28 GMT
I have a VIA chipset mother board, which includes an onboard soundcard. I would like
to ask which sound driver should I choose in Linux?
Nestal Wan
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Crossposted-To: redhat.general
From: "Andrew J. Norman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: RISC&CISC
Date: Mon, 30 Aug 1999 05:26:43 GMT
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Originally RISC stood for a "Reduced" instruction set architecture, while
CISC was the "Complex" instruction set. Roughly speaking the difference
between the two is the way in which certain classes of instructions are
implemented.
In a RISC arch there is a small core set of instructions which are
typically all implemented with the same opcode length, latency etc...These
core instructions are then used to "create" more complicated instructions.
In a CISC arch a large number of instructions are supported, but with
varied lengths, latencies, calling conventions, prefixes, etc....The
result is that some instructions are supported directly and do not need to
be built from a simpler core of instructions (as in RISC) but at the cost
normally of optimizations and physically larger dies (a large instruction
set requires large numbers of transistors)
The reason for the split was that the RISC designers knew they could
reduce over all instruction execution times by focusing on a specific set
of instructions. While the CISC designers knew that they could implement
some of the more common complex tasks better if they supported them
directly than if they built them from the core instruction set.
The Result is that in general RISC architectures have better execution
time for standard code (code made of normal instruction patterns) While
CISC machines have better execution time for certain types of algorithms
that can benefit from the richer instruction set.
As an example consider the operation of converting from a big to little
endian representation of a number.
In the RISC implementation this would be accomplished by a byte and half
word swap procedure. In reality it would be done using a series of
register shifts and register to register copies. All told it would take
about 12 operations, but all of them would be simple and fast.
In the CISC implementation (using the Intel instruction set) this could be
accomplished by simply issuing the "bswap" opcode on %eax. All told it
takes a couple of cycles but ends up being faster than the RISC
version.
On the other hand something as simple as an long integer multiplication
will typically take about half as long on a RISC machine (and you tend to
multiply far more often than swap byte representations)
Prior to the 80686 arch, the Intel family of processors was CISC in
nature. This changed with the release of the Pentium Pro family of
processors. These implement the standard x86 CISC instruction set by
decoding it into simpler "micro-ops" (RISC instructions) and sending these
strings of simple instructions to the actually execution units. This
approach is sometimes termed a "hybrid" of RISC and CISC.
Similarly the DEC Alpha and other modern descendents of the original
RISC branches can implement an emulation of the x86 instruction
set via software translation of the code, but at their core remain true to
the RISC design.
To answer the second part of your question, "Yes" Linux can run on some
traditionally RISC platforms (the Alpha being a prime example) but this
has more to do with compiler support for the platform and porting of the
code to match various differences in register layouts etc...than any
philosophic difference between RISC vs. CISC micro processor design.
Andrew J. Norman
______________________________________________________________
Dept. of Physics Phone: 757-221-3571
College of William & Mary [EMAIL PROTECTED]
"It is only with the heart that one can see rightly;
what is essential is invisible to the eye" -The Little Prince
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On Sun, 29 Aug 1999, thaar wrote:
> what are the defferences between RISC & CISC arch.'s?
> can linux installed on RISC arch.?
>
> thanks in advance
>
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>
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Date: 27 Aug 99 20:40:37 -0500
From: "Gene Heskett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: adaptec aha1542 not being detected
Unrot13 this;
Reply to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Gene Heskett sends Greetings to Landon Humphrey;
LH> I have compaq presario and running redhat 6.0. I have an adaptec
LH> 1542b controller card used for a dat tape drive. I have used it
LH> for years. It is not being detected. The card io is 0x230. I
LH> chaned the source code aha1542.c to reflect these changes. But
LH> now how do I recomplie this module to check it out. PLease step
LH> by step. " I have rebiult Kernels before on older systems but it
LH> was not modulareized. PLease help.
This is part and parcel of the kernel compile process. If you, when
doing the make menuconfig or make xconfig operation, tell it the
aha1542.c is to be a module rather than compiled into the kernel, then
the compile sequence must include a 'make modules' and a 'make
modules_install', a 'depmod' from the /boot directory, and if you are
using the ramdisk, a 'mkinitrd' with all the options. Then edit
/etc/lilo.conf to reflect the new kernel and such, and run 'lilo -v' to
install it all. Reboot.
This is pretty much covered in the kernel Howto's.
Cheers, Gene
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Ch. Eng. @ WDTV-5 |A2091,GuruRom,1g Seagate,CDROM,Multiface III
|Buddha + 4 gig WDC drive, 525 meg tape
|Stylus Pro, EnPrint, Picasso-II, 17" vga
RC5-Moo! 690kkeys/sec isn't much, but it all helps
email gene underscore heskett at iolinc dot net
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Date: 28 Aug 99 10:44:19 -0500
From: "Gene Heskett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Sound Blaster Live - How do you Activate a sound card
Unrot13 this;
Reply to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Gene Heskett sends Greetings to cjh ;
My modules.conf, or whatever file installs the emu10k_3b driver, has an
option line on the next line giving it a -f. That is supposed to work
for all kernels 2.2.5 and up in the 2.2.x series. Its worked ok with
the 2.2.9, 2.2.10 , and the 2.2.10-ac12 kernels here.
> There's a driver on Creative's developer site, but I couldn't get it
> to work with RH6. It said it was the wrong kernel version, but it
> does support
> 2.2.5. I just put a cheap Ensoniq in there till someone writes a
> better driver.
It does seem to need help, it occasionally stumbles for a few
milliseconds here, and even the right kernel version does it.
I get the impression its a DMA or IRQ conflict of some sort.
> Reagan wrote:
>> Hi People,
>> I recently installed Linux 6.0, and have been getting along
>> with it
>> relatively nicely with one major exception. I can't get any sound.
>> I can't even find where to add a sound card driver or change
>> settings. My computer has a Sound Blaster Live (Value) card on it.
>> It wasn't listed on Linux's compatibility list, but c'mon... its
>> Sound Blaster... I thought for sure some one would have a driver
>> for Live! or that at least one of the sound blaster drivers would
>> work.
>>
>> My question is... how do I install a driver for my Sound Blaster,
>> and where do I find one for Live! if it exists. Has anyone else
>> tried to use Live! with linux?
>>
>> Reagan
>>
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Cheers, Gene
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Gene Heskett, CET, UHK |Amiga A2k Zeus040 50 megs fast/2 megs chip
Ch. Eng. @ WDTV-5 |A2091,GuruRom,1g Seagate,CDROM,Multiface III
|Buddha + 4 gig WDC drive, 525 meg tape
|Stylus Pro, EnPrint, Picasso-II, 17" vga
RC5-Moo! 690kkeys/sec isn't much, but it all helps
email gene underscore heskett at iolinc dot net
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From: "Chauzie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux,alt.os.linux.caldera,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: making linux go away
Date: Sun, 29 Aug 1999 22:00:34 -0700
What are you running? Win95/98 or NT. I run NT, and dual booting NT/Linux
is easy. I let NT do the booting. I haven't tried Win95/Linux combo yet.
But I saw a mini-HowTo on my Caldera CD showing how to dual boot Linux with
different OS'es. Look under the /doc directory of your linux CD. These
mini-HowTo are short and to the point. No geeky talk from linux snobs.
BTW, I notice that linux access the h/d slower than NT, and the graphic
refreshing (like when you drag a window accross several other windows) under
linux is way slower than NT. Any of you notice this? I guess device
drivers under linux suck.
Dario Andrade <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:7qclhj$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Taking advantage of this conversation, how do I SETUP lilo on my MBR??
>
> I mean, the easiest way, without having to read tons of man pages to do
> something really stupid (in my opinion)...
>
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Date: 27 Aug 99 20:29:55 -0500
From: "Gene Heskett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Print filter help - Caldera 2.2
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Unrot13 this;
Reply to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Gene Heskett sends Greetings to Dan Warren;
DW> I have an HP Deskjet 880c and using Ghostscript 5.50 with the HP 880
DW> patch have successfull been able to print postscript from the command
DW> line. However, text comes "stair stepped". Does anyone know how to fix
DW> the stair stepping? Is there a print filter that I could use to
DW> distinguish between text and postscript that would fix my stair stepping
DW> also? This is a caldera 2.2 machine.
I've seen some references to that in the apsfilter package that I'm
using for that, but have not had that problem. I think the install
defaulted to the right mode for me and my printer.
Some printers will take a chr$(10) as both a linefeed and a carraige
return. If yours in stair-stepping text, then it needs both the
chr$(10) and the chr$(13) to do the lf/cr combination.
Cheers, Gene
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Gene Heskett, CET, UHK |Amiga A2k Zeus040 50 megs fast/2 megs chip
Ch. Eng. @ WDTV-5 |A2091,GuruRom,1g Seagate,CDROM,Multiface III
|Buddha + 4 gig WDC drive, 525 meg tape
|Stylus Pro, EnPrint, Picasso-II, 17" vga
RC5-Moo! 690kkeys/sec isn't much, but it all helps
email gene underscore heskett at iolinc dot net
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: BJC-5000 Printer
Date: Mon, 30 Aug 1999 05:15:33 GMT
hi,
take the magicfilter tool and use the driver for bjc600. this should
work for every bubble-jet-printer from canon.
if there is already a printcap and any filter you can do the following
as root:
magicfilter --force
christian
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Frank v Waveren)
Subject: Re: making linux go away
Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux,alt.os.linux.caldera,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup
Date: Mon, 30 Aug 1999 06:08:32 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Chauzie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> BTW, I notice that linux access the h/d slower than NT, and the graphic
> refreshing (like when you drag a window accross several other windows) under
> linux is way slower than NT. Any of you notice this? I guess device
> drivers under linux suck.
Many people have lesser graphics performance under XFree than under windows.
(This is however not always the case, I'm using a custom XFree for the Monster
Fusion, and though I haven't done any benchmarking, it feels faster than under
windows). If you want better performance, you could invest in the accellerated
X server. I've heard it gives about 25%-40% improvement.
hard disk access slowing down is not normal, either you have a very non-normal
hard disk/controller (hmm, so much for grammar), or you need to tweak it.
See man hdparm.
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From: "Teo The Tiny!" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: How do i get my Herculese Stringray 128/3d working with XF86?
Date: Sun, 29 Aug 1999 15:43:23 -0700
John Porra wrote:
>
> I am new to Linux, and have a Herculese Stingray 128/3D card. I'm trying
> to get it to work with Caldera Openlinux 2.2 and am having terrible
> troubles.
>
> Has anyone got any tips for getting this thing to work?
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> ------------------ Posted via CNET Linux Help ------------------
> http://www.searchlinux.co
I got it working under Redhat 5.2 and 6.0 but I cant get it working
under Suse 6.2.
I think it use XfreeSVGA?
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From: "Scott Simpson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Anyone got a Umax Astra 1220S working?
Date: Sun, 29 Aug 1999 22:48:58 -0700
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:7qbiai$1if$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> In article <7q9d2q$g90$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> "Scott Simpson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I have this one working on Redhat 5.2 (2.0.36 kernel) but I'm not using
the
> > crappy SCSI card that came with the scanner.
> Don't scare me, the SCSI card is much of the reason I'm buying this model,
> but I could still return it. What's so crappy about the included SCSI
card?
I don't remember what is so crappy about it, but the SANE page (somewhere. I
don't remember where) said that the card was junk and I don't know if it is
supported under Linux. I already had an Adaptec 1520B so I used it instead.
The scanner works great, but the paucity of software caused me to move it
back to my Windows box (the 1220S comes with lots of Windows software).
Scott
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