Linux-Hardware Digest #182, Volume #11 Sun, 5 Sep 99 00:13:39 EDT
Contents:
Re: CPU Comparison (Greg Leblanc)
sis6326 video prblems ("Mick")
Re: FS: 5 DEC VRT19-HA 19" Triniton monitors ; $135 US (Greg Leblanc)
Re: Using Multiple Monitors?? (Justin B Willoughby)
Re: Hardware support: Linux vs. BeOS (Mohd H Misnan)
Help! I screwed up fstab kernel panics ("Tom Baldridge")
SuSE Linux 6.2 - Voodoo Banshee Problem ("Chris Wright")
Re: 8" floppy (B'ichela)
Re: Can I compile the kernel using a cc other than gcc? (David T. Blake)
Re: Modelines for OLD monitor (B'ichela)
Re: Help! I screwed up fstab kernel panics (Gene Wilburn)
Re: ETHERNET .- ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
maintainer of SCSI? ("J. David Eisenberg")
Re: which modem to buy? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Logitech wheel mouse (Mohd H Misnan)
Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 00:30 (Caspar von Seckendorff)
Re: Mach64 as X server in COL 2.2 (newsseeker)
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From: Greg Leblanc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: CPU Comparison
Date: Sun, 05 Sep 1999 00:18:54 GMT
Well, offhand, I can't think of anything. Benchmarks are WAY too easy
to manipulate. The only benchmarks that mean anything are how it feels
to use the computer that has that CPU in it. If I upgrade my K6-2 300
to a 600MHz anything, that's going to be faster. So I might as well do
it for as cheaply as I can. Servers are a slightly different story, in
that they're usually dedicated to doing one thing. You find out what
that thing is, and find somebody (who doesn't write the software that
you want to run) who's done comparisons of systems to run it on, and go
with those. For the most part, I think that CPU comparisons are a bit
silly, you should be comparing SYSTEM speed, as in how well/fast all of
the components work together.
Greg
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Robert (Bob) McGwier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Okay, you tell us what benchmarks you will accept.
>
> Greg Leblanc wrote:
>
> > In article <7qhq18$cu4$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> > Benjamin M Protas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > You can't say that the AMD K6-II is faster than a PII in
general...it
> > is
> > > particularly slow with floating point operations, and not too
great
> > with
> > > integer ops either. My P2-333, running RC5, get approximately
200,000
> > > keys per seconds more than my K6-2 450, all other things being
equal.
> >
> > That's really a bullshit comparision. My K6-2 300 is as fast as my
P-II
> > 400 running Seti@home, but that's NOT a test of number skills. They
> > have a lot of number crunching going on in both of those programs,
but
> > it's not a good way to test CPUs. I can't tell the difference
between
> > my AMD 300MHz system at home, and my P-II based system at work,
except
> > that my hard drive at home is MUCH faster.
> >
> > >
> > > A K6-III is much closer in performance, but also in price, to the
> > P-II.
> > > Similar for the Athlon -- it outperforms the P3, but it is no
longer
> > > significantly cheaper, as the K6-II was.
> >
> > Actually, the K6-III is very cheap compared to the P-II. About the
> > same, or slightly higher than the Celeron. The Athalon should be
priced
> > at just about the same price point as the P-III (not the P-II) and
> > should totally outperform it at damn near everything.
> >
> > >
> > > Paul Robert Marino <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > Bradley Dunn wrote:
> > > >>
> > [snip]
> > --
> > It's pronounced "sexy" not "scuzzy"!
> >
> > Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> > Share what you know. Learn what you don't.
>
>
--
It's pronounced "sexy" not "scuzzy"!
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From: "Mick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: sis6326 video prblems
Date: Sun, 05 Sep 1999 01:24:05 GMT
I have a pc100 motherboard with sis6326 8mb agp onboard.
Anyone know how to configure it for RH6.0.
Email me at [EMAIL PROTECTED] or icq : 21786720
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From: Greg Leblanc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.vms,comp.sys.dec,misc.forsale.computers.monitors
Subject: Re: FS: 5 DEC VRT19-HA 19" Triniton monitors ; $135 US
Date: Sun, 05 Sep 1999 00:44:51 GMT
Where would these be shipping from Kent? Do you know if they're
essentially the same as the Sony GDM-1962? If they are, they should be
useful on Sun systems as well.
Greg
In article <O1Vz3.749$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Kent Rankin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The monitors are located in Pulaski, VA, 24301.
>
> They are DEC model VRT19-HA monitors with Triniton tubes. Quite
nice
> monitors, mind you, as I use several of them on a daily basis. Sony
OEM
> part number GDM-1961, in case that's useful.
>
> Do send any questions that you might have.
>
> Thanks,
> Kent Rankin
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Justin B Willoughby)
Subject: Re: Using Multiple Monitors??
Date: 5 Sep 1999 01:02:20 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Justin B Willoughby)
Jason Bond ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) writes:
> Please forgive me if I ask a stupid question. I know
> XFree86 does not offer multiple monitor support (yet...I
> believe 4.0 will), but are there any other comparable
> free programs out there that do? Thanks kindly in advance,
None that are free. If you want to use multiple monitors you will need to
purchase a commercial X server that supports multiple monitors.
- Justin
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mohd H Misnan)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.sys.be.advocacy
Subject: Re: Hardware support: Linux vs. BeOS
Date: 4 Sep 1999 08:54:36 GMT
On Thu, 2 Sep 1999 16:43:45 -0400, Johnny Favorite (it means \"Flying Jellybean
Attack\") wrote:
>Stanislav Kelman wrote:
>> How come Linux lags behind BeOS in hardware support?
>
>You can't be serious. By and large my experience is that Linux has far
>broader hardware support than BeOS does. I wish it was the other way
>around.
His is trolling, forget him. I haven't run BeOS but going thru' the hardware
supported lists, don't think I'll ever get BeOS running on my machine, espically
my iMac which run LinuxPPC just fine.
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From: "Tom Baldridge" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Help! I screwed up fstab kernel panics
Date: Sat, 4 Sep 1999 22:34:36 -0400
Help!
The message says it all. I tried to reduce the size of an empty primary DOS
partition (using cfdisk) from 2 gig to about 100 megs and then used cfdisk
to partition the 1.9 gigs into several partitions of type Linux. I did not
change the mount statement in the fstab, and this (I think/hope) is what's
causing the kernel panic. During boot up, the following line :
sda: sda1 sda2< sda5 sda6 sda7 sda8 sda9 sda10 sda11 sda 12>
appears, followed by 3 lines, all relating (I think) to the DOS partition.
The first begins starting with:
[MS-DOS FS Rel. 12,FAT 16,...
I get a line about Transaction Block Size = 524, then the line:
Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 08:05
The rescue disk I made before starting in with this foolishness produces
read errors.
If it is the fstab file I need to fix, anybody have any ideas about how i
get to it? I f you have any other suggestions, please let me know.
Thanks,
Tom Baldridge
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From: "Chris Wright" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: SuSE Linux 6.2 - Voodoo Banshee Problem
Date: Sun, 5 Sep 1999 03:09:16 +0100
I have been trying to configure XFree86 in Linux 6.2 for use with my Generic
Banshee card. This, I believe, is built into the SVGA server.
I can configure it fine, however when starting X, there is a moving "noise"
down the left third of the screen. There is also more "noise" caused by
moving or resizing windows.
It's not a problem with the card, since I can install it fine in Redhat 6
with the
additional rpm's available.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. TIA
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (B'ichela)
Subject: Re: 8" floppy
Date: Sat, 4 Sep 1999 20:13:58 -0400
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Fri, 3 Sep 1999 15:50:23 -0400, Charles Sullivan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>Stan Barr wrote in message ...
>
>>If its any help, there used to be a CP/M emulator for DOS systems that
>>could read a wide variety of disk formats, including many 8-inch ones.
>>I used to have a copy, but I can't remember its name ;-( I'll try
>>to remember, and if I do I'll post it.
>
>
>I remember a program named XENOCOPY - perhaps that's what
>you have in mind.
>
Don't forget Syndex's 22Disk a nice little disk transfer
utility to covert CP/M files to msdos. also could copy to CP/M from
Dos. it was a shareware program that was not timedated or crippled.
Syndex also had Anadisk that would Anylize a disk and tell you how it
was created. Teledisk that lets one transfer disks via files, and 22
Nice which was a CP/M 2.2 emulator for Msdos. They may even have a web
page. try http://www.sybex.com or is it http://www.syndex.com The
latest shareware programs can be found on the oak.oakland.edu in the
Simtel disk area. or check out ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/pub/simtel
http://www.cdrom.com also has an online search engine for looking for
files.
--
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David T. Blake)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.os.linux.portable
Subject: Re: Can I compile the kernel using a cc other than gcc?
Date: 5 Sep 1999 01:50:08 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Randall Parker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The DEC C compiler is way faster on Alpha. So if Compaq/DEC/et
> al could get Linux ported to that compiler then Alpha Linux could
> be much faster.
I get about 10-15% speed improvements for cc over gcc under OSF
if I take my time and try different combinations of optimizations
for each.
You can note this comparison is impossible to do under linux
as Dec doesn't have ANY compiler that works under linux.
There is a chance Compaq, in its infinite wisdom, may port a
compiler to linux as a 'value added' option (in fact their reps
told me it was under consideration), but I don't see anyone using
it except people really concerned with 'super' computing. As to
the kernel folks making any sort of concessions for a proprietary
compiler, I'd be surprised.
I'd much rather see Compaq working with the folks at Cygnus to
make gcc on alpha faster. That would sell more alpha linux boxes,
as well as generate a lot of positive PR. Compaq might be best
off trying to maximize hardware sales instead of convincing
people to use the poorly administered Dec licensing scheme, and
'value added' options under linux.
--
Dave Blake
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (B'ichela)
Subject: Re: Modelines for OLD monitor
Date: Sat, 4 Sep 1999 20:27:03 -0400
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Sat, 04 Sep 1999 00:42:14 -0400, Mark Richards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>G'day all... I've got an old Samsung monitor... it's black and white
>VGA and I can't get it to work with X... I have a feeling it has to do
>with the refresh rate. I already emailed Samsung about it and they had
>no idea what I was talking about. If anyone has any suggestions, I'd
>appreciate it.
>
>The monitor is:
>
>Monochrome Display Monitor
>Model ML4571
>Manufactured March, 1991
Did you try setting it up as a standard VGA? that uses a
31.5khz and 60hz Heres a snip from my XF86Config reguarding the
monitor modes I use
# **********************************************************************
# Monitor section
# **********************************************************************
# Any number of monitor sections may be present
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "compaq"
VendorName "compaqq"
ModelName "monovga"
# HorizSync is in kHz unless units are specified.
# HorizSync may be a comma separated list of discrete values, or a
# comma separated list of ranges of values.
# NOTE: THE VALUES HERE ARE EXAMPLES ONLY. REFER TO YOUR MONITOR'S
# USER MANUAL FOR THE CORRECT NUMBERS.
HorizSync 31.5
# HorizSync 30-64 # multisync
# HorizSync 31.5, 35.2 # multiple fixed sync frequencies
# HorizSync 15-25, 30-50 # multiple ranges of sync frequencies
# VertRefresh is in Hz unless units are specified.
# VertRefresh may be a comma separated list of discrete values, or a
# comma separated list of ranges of values.
# NOTE: THE VALUES HERE ARE EXAMPLES ONLY. REFER TO YOUR MONITOR'S
# USER MANUAL FOR THE CORRECT NUMBERS.
VertRefresh 50-70
# Modes can be specified in two formats. A compact one-line format, or
# a multi-line format.
# These two are equivalent
# ModeLine "1024x768i" 45 1024 1048 1208 1264 768 776 784 817 Interlace
# Mode "1024x768i"
# DotClock 45
# HTimings 1024 1048 1208 1264
# VTimings 768 776 784 817
# Flags "Interlace"
# EndMode
# This is a set of standard mode timings. Modes that are out of monitor spec
# are automatically deleted by the server (provided the HorizSync and
# VertRefresh lines are correct), so there's no immediate need to
# delete mode timings (unless particular mode timings don't work on your
# monitor). With these modes, the best standard mode that your monitor
# and video card can support for a given resolution is automatically
# used.
# 640x400 @ 70 Hz, 31.5 kHz hsync
Modeline "640x400" 25.175 640 664 760 800 400 409 411 450
# 640x480 @ 60 Hz, 31.5 kHz hsync
Modeline "640x480" 25.175 640 664 760 800 480 491 493 525
# 800x600 @ 56 Hz, 35.15 kHz hsync
ModeLine "800x600" 36 800 824 896 1024 600 601 603 625
# 1024x768 @ 87 Hz interlaced, 35.5 kHz hsync
Modeline "1024x768" 44.9 1024 1048 1208 1264 768 776 784 817
Interlace
EndSection
It turns out that both my Compaq MonoVGA and my IBM 8512 use
the same Horizontal and Vertical timings. I do not need to change any
XF86Config info if using Either.
Be aware that at the most you will get with that mode is
648x480 at 256 colors.
--
A pearl of wisdom from the y2K newsgroups:
=========================================================================
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potential to be a dandy.
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==========================================================================
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Gene Wilburn)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Help! I screwed up fstab kernel panics
Date: Sun, 05 Sep 1999 03:11:57 GMT
On Sat, 4 Sep 1999 22:34:36 -0400, Tom Baldridge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Help!
>
>The message says it all. I tried to reduce the size of an empty primary DOS
>partition (using cfdisk) from 2 gig to about 100 megs and then used cfdisk
>to partition the 1.9 gigs into several partitions of type Linux. I did not
>change the mount statement in the fstab, and this (I think/hope) is what's
>causing the kernel panic. During boot up, the following line :
>
>sda: sda1 sda2< sda5 sda6 sda7 sda8 sda9 sda10 sda11 sda 12>
>
>appears, followed by 3 lines, all relating (I think) to the DOS partition.
>The first begins starting with:
>[MS-DOS FS Rel. 12,FAT 16,...
>
>I get a line about Transaction Block Size = 524, then the line:
>
>Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 08:05
>
>The rescue disk I made before starting in with this foolishness produces
>read errors.
>
>If it is the fstab file I need to fix, anybody have any ideas about how i
>get to it? I f you have any other suggestions, please let me know.
If your rescue disk is dinged, then go to a PC somewhere and download
tomsrtbt -- there is a version you can install from DOS.
http://www.toms.net/~toehser/rb/
tomsrtbt is a Linux-on-a-disketter. Use this as your rescue disk, mount the
partition that contains /etc, and edit the fstab file.
Gene
--
I've got a bad feeling about this! -- Han Solo
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.portable,redhat.config
Subject: Re: ETHERNET .-
Date: Sat, 04 Sep 1999 19:26:07 -0400
I might Be able to help
what u need to do is find the Model #
>From what i know ,u will have to manualy
enable it after boot. (unless someone else
has a better solution)
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Jorge Dominguez wrote:
> Hi all :
>
> I've installed in my notebook a nic ethernet 10/100 3com Megahertz and i
> dont know wich is the correct driver for linux red hat 6.0 .-
>
> Can you help me ?
>
> TIA .-
>
> Jorge Dominguez
> Corrientes-Argentina
>
> ------------------ Posted via CNET Linux Help ------------------
> http://www.searchlinux.com
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From: "J. David Eisenberg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: maintainer of SCSI?
Date: 05 Sep 1999 03:16:43 GMT
I can't seem to find my "maintainers" FAQ.
To whom should I forward a SCSI kernel panic
summary?
--
J. David Eisenberg http://www.best.com/~nessus
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: which modem to buy?
Date: 04 Sep 1999 20:36:59 PDT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In <j5%z3.3640$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Bert Douglas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>I need to buy a new modem.
>The winmodem that came with my PC died from lightning.
Cool! How big a lightning rod did you need to use??
<chuckle>
>I want to install Linux.
>What modem should I get?
>
Avoid PCI modems.
Some US Robotics (now 3com) ISA modems will work.
Some Zoom internal ISA modems will work.
AOpen makes an ISA modem that will work.
>Do USB modems now work in Linux?
USB support for anything is spotty.
>
>Thanks,
>Bert Douglas
>
>
--
Just my $0.02 worth.
Hope this helps,
Gordon
Sure this is my real e-mail address. Just try
to get past my spam filters.
There are minor children in this house.
Any adult related spam will result in a
complaint to applicable athorities.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mohd H Misnan)
Subject: Re: Logitech wheel mouse
Date: 5 Sep 1999 02:44:52 GMT
On Sat, 04 Sep 1999 14:39:11 +0000, Andrew Dresden wrote:
>Any one know how to get a Logitech wheel mouse to work in all Linux
>apps?
Check this one out:
http://www.inria.ft/koala/colas/mouse-wheel-scroll/
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From: Caspar von Seckendorff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 00:30
Date: Sat, 04 Sep 1999 23:54:55 -0400
Hi,
the whole problem began with Windows98. I tried to reduce the size of my
Windows Partition with Partition Magic by 7 MB. When I restarted
scandisk found 400 MB lost clusters... Actually all still looked fine.
But from time to time my system froze and I was getting weird messages
that my registry is damaged. Than these errors occurred more often and
finally they didn't occur anymore - Windows would not start at all :-(
I tried to overwrite the installation by starting setup again - didn't
help. Also Norton Disk Doctor would not find any HD-errors.
Thus finally I decided to split the partition and install Redhat Linux
6.0. This actually works pretty fine except for some strange behavior
that I have not experienced before with Linux. E.g. when using XWindows
it may occur that suddenly the XServer would shutdown without any error
messages (at least not in /var/log/messages).
Also I usually have to start my computer 2-3 times because of this error
message:
VFS: Cannot open device 00:30
Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 00:30
I really would like to know whether these errors have the same reason
and what causes them. Defect memory, HD, setup????
RFC
Caspar
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From: newsseeker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Mach64 as X server in COL 2.2
Date: Sat, 04 Sep 1999 22:51:38 -0500
Morten Kriek wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> eventhough I am a newbie (sorry) I am making rapid progress. However, I am
> stuck at the moment because I can't seem to install my Graphics card.
> I have an ATI 3D Rage Pro (in the list as ATI Mach64 3D Rage Pro).
I have an ATI Xpert 98 (also a 3D Rage Pro) running the Mach64 Xserver.
> When I am
> in XF86Setup and select this card I get the following message: "Mach64 not
> installed as Xserver. Install Mach64 server as /usr/X11R6/bin/XF86_Mach64".
> My next step was to try and install the server package. In console I tried
> to install this package by using "rpm -i Mach64" and "rpm -i XF86_Mach64"
> but without any joy.
If you are trying to install Mach 64 using RedHat's distribution, you need to
go to the CD and look under the /RedHat/RPMS directory for
XFree86-Mach8-3.3.3.1-49.i386.rpm or some variation (not just Mach64). You
need to do a
rpm -Uvh XFree86-Mach64-3.3.3.1-49.i386.rpm from the directory this rpm is
resident,
or a
rpm -Uvh --force XFree86-Mach64-3.3.3.1-49.i386.rpm if you are having conflict
problems. This will get Mach 64 on your system.
> In xf86config I can't seem to get things right to get KDE to work. I have a
> Philips 107S monitor, Hsync 30-70, Vsync 50-140.
Once you get Mach 64 on, xf86config should straighten up for you (If you are
using Redhat, Xconfigurator should probe your video card and set it up
automatically (you should be prompted to put your monitor specs in).
Good Luck,
--nwskr
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