Linux-Hardware Digest #245, Volume #11 Mon, 13 Sep 99 16:13:40 EDT
Contents:
Re: Linux, x.25 cards... ("DrEvil")
Sound under X is skipping and popping (Andy Robertson)
Re: Creative TNT2 Ultra need help (Mike Moulton)
Re: AMD K6 III 400 problems with Linux (Rod Roark)
Re: MS-compatible mouse won't work at all, HELP (Mircea)
OfficeJet 720 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: > 16 SCSI Devices with Linux (Craig Henry)
Re: Scsi troubles (Robert Sheskin)
Re: AGP (Eilrahc of Omer)
Re: Avoid ATI Graphics like the plague (David C.)
Re: Ethernet 100 vs 10 BT (David C.)
Re: FREE EAST TIMOR!!! STOP THE KILLING!!! ("Gene Heskett")
Re: help with configuration - dual celeron ("Michael")
Re: Problem about upgrade from 2.2.5 to 2.3.17? (Brian Dudek)
Does joystick work with SBLive?? ("dkmallick")
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From: "DrEvil" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux, x.25 cards...
Date: Mon, 13 Sep 1999 12:35:54 -0500
Thanks, just about what I was looking for.
David C. Hoos, Sr. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:7rjbh1$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
:
: DrEvil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
: news:Rw9D3.4591$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
: > Are there any good Linux compatible X.25 card solutions out there? I
: really
: > need one, and the company we've used in the past (Eicon), doesn't
support
: > linux, only SCO Unix, we'd like to use linux from now on, but we need a
: > driver.
: >
: have you looked at www.sangoma.com ?
:
:
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From: Andy Robertson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Sound under X is skipping and popping
Date: Mon, 13 Sep 1999 12:37:23 -0500
Hello everyone
I am trying to get my Linux workstation to do sound. I am running an
AMD K63-450, 256 meg ram, S3Virge DX 4mb graphics card, Sound Blaster
PCI 128 sound card, with the X-Free86 SVGA server.
Sound runs fine (except for the CD-ROM, but that's another issue). But,
whenever a window under X get's refreshed (I go to a new page under
netscape), moved (under enlightenment), I hear a popping or clicking
sound
on my sound card. Sometimes this occurs when I type text in a window or
move the
mouse over the window. This noise is sometimes like static, other times
it is like
running finger nails over a chalk board.
The sound files are wav's or MP3's. The distortion is less sever under
mpg123 versus X11Amp, but it is still mostly there. Does anyone have
any
idea how to fix this? Is it that the drivers for this sound card are
not that sophisticated? Is it that this is a problem for all Linux
sound
cards? Is this a problem with X?
To fix this, I have tried two things so far. 1: upgrading system from
p166 w 64meg ram to K63-450 with 256meg ram, didn't help the least.
2: was to try booting with "linux no-hlt" under lilo. It
didn't help either.
I would appreciate any pointers, posted to this newsgroup or emailed
directly to me.
Thanks!
andy
--
Let us read and let us dance - two amusements that will never
do any harm to the world. -- Voltaire
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From: Mike Moulton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Creative TNT2 Ultra need help
Date: Mon, 13 Sep 1999 13:23:44 -0400
As well...the new version of Mandrake 6.1 supports the TNT2 Chipset along
with full Mesa support.
Hope this helps. Otherwise you could go to XFree86 and get their latest
version of the X-server which also has support. Mine seems to work great
with Mandrake.
Mike Moulton
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From: Rod Roark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: AMD K6 III 400 problems with Linux
Date: 13 Sep 1999 13:37:57 GMT
Dirk Witvrouwen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Is there any reason why the AMD K6 III 400 should give poblems with Linux?
>I want to buy a new PC but it has to be able to run Linux.
It works as well with Linux as with any other OS. Other parts
(motherboard, video, sound, modem, etc.) may have Linux compatibility
issues. Find a dealer who supports Linux, or else get model numbers
for all components and plan to spend some time in Deja News.
See also http://metalab.unc.edu/mdw/HOWTO/Hardware-HOWTO.html.
-- Rod
======================================================================
Sunset Systems Preconfigured Linux Computers
http://www.sunsetsystems.com/ and Custom Software
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From: Mircea <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: MS-compatible mouse won't work at all, HELP
Date: Mon, 13 Sep 1999 10:37:29 -0400
Thomas Skyt Jessen wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> my recently bought Mitsumi MS-compatible mouse worked fine under Linux
> (SuSE 6.1, Cx6x86-166) the first day, but now, after only two days, it
> won't do that anymore. I am not experiencing any problems under Windows,
> and so I assume the problem to be in Linux itself.
> GPM and X are configured to look for the mouse as an MS-protocol 2-button
> serial mouse on ttyS1 (COM2), where it does reside. The mouse itself is a
> Mitsumi ECM-S3101, does anyone know what to do???
>
> Thomas.
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
See the alt.os.linux.slackware FAQ in the respective newsgroup, it
contains something that may be the answer to your problem.
MST
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: OfficeJet 720
Date: Mon, 13 Sep 1999 17:27:55 GMT
For RH6.0, does anyone know which printer I should select when setting
up for an OfficeJet 720? None of the office jets are listed, I select
the color deskjet but I haven't tried using it yet. I expect that the
color deskjet uses the same HP PCL3 commands so the filter should work.
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Share what you know. Learn what you don't.
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From: Craig Henry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: > 16 SCSI Devices with Linux
Date: Mon, 13 Sep 1999 14:31:16 GMT
Craig Henry wrote:
>
> Frank v Waveren wrote:
> > 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.
> > --
> >mknod is definitely the start for creating more device definitions.
> I am running 31 drives under slackware 4.0 by manual mount after boot.
> I could not exceed 16 physical drives with stability under RH 6.0.
> It would appear that the device major # of 65 was not being interpreted
> correctly. UPDATE 9-13-199: All OK under RH 6.0 now, original SCSI
adapters were not stable (now using DPT PM2554U2, also OK w/ Adaptec
2940UW).
>
> > Frank v Waveren
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > ICQ# 10074100
>
>
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From: Robert Sheskin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Scsi troubles
Date: 13 Sep 1999 13:00:55 -0500
>>>>> "M" == M Buchenrieder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
M> Robert Sheskin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>>>>>>> "M" == M Buchenrieder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
M> [...]
>> Same problem when I use irq=11 I have put the io=0x200 line
>> first and get io invalid parameter. Same with insmod or
>> modprobe.
M> [...]
M> Hmm. Following the driver source, the correct LILO syntax
M> should be
M> sym53c416=0x200,11
M> You might perhaps want to give it a try.
I did no errors but also no scsi ;-(. I will have to make some time to
read up on it I guess thans for your help.
--
Robert Sheskin
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
net
Remove "nospam" for email
ICQ 5788323
AIM RobertLS
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Eilrahc of Omer)
Subject: Re: AGP
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Mon, 13 Sep 1999 18:12:08 GMT
On Fri, 10 Sep 1999 08:08:33 GMT, Paul Overbey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I have an ATI All-In-Wonder 128 16MB AGP. When I install Caldera OpenLinux
>2.2, my monitor goes black if I try to test resolutions and/or after it
>boots into Linux.
>
>I have a Sampo KM-810. Horizontal 30-95 KHz and vertical 50-150 Hz. Any
>suggestions?
>
>Thanks
Look on SuSE's page (http://www.suse.de) for new ATI X servers.
--
--Eil
http://www.geocities.com/siliconvalley/8043
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David C.)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Avoid ATI Graphics like the plague
Date: 13 Sep 1999 14:11:47 -0400
Thanks for the info, but your reply isn't really relevant to my comment.
The Rage-128 is still not directly supported. From the XFree86 FAQ:
http://www.xfree86.org/FAQ/#rage128
Q.F24- Does XFree86 support the ATI Rage128?
SuSE has made available a Linux binary of a Rage128 server
called XFCom_Rage128. You can get this server at the XSuSE
website. As with all previous XFCom servers, sources for this
server will be included in the next XFree86 release.
-- David
Eric <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> XFree86-3.3.5 is now available!
>
> This is a full release, that completes the missing pieces from the somewhat
> less optimal 3.3.4 release in July 1999. If you are having problems with a
> prior release, please try XFree86-3.3.5 first before asking for help.
>
> Highlights of the new release include
>
> DG/ux ix86 support was added
> Linux/x86-only S3 Savage4 driver was added (provided from S3)
> Fixes for SiS 530/620 (provided from SiS)
> Fix Mach64 server to support Rage LT and LT Pro
> Misc bug fixes for several drivers
>
> http://www.XFree86.org/3.3.5/Mach645.html#5
> The following is a list of cards that have been tested with this release.
> Many other cards should work including All-In-Wonder and
> All-In-Wonder Pro cards as well as motherboards with Mach64, 3D Rage II and
> Rage Pro included on them. ATI Rage IIC.
>
>
> David C. wrote:
> >
> > "zerocool" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > >
> > > Alas, I just dropped 250 bucks for an All-in-wonder 128 card, and I'm
> > > SOL in regards to X support. I just downloaded the latest demo of
> > > Accelerated X, and I'm hoping that might work, I may have to drop down
> > > another 100 bucks to buy that IF it works. But the neat features of
> > > this card will probably never be supported under X
> >
> > I will never understand why someone will buy a new card, and only after
> > getting it home decide to find out if there is driver support available.
> >
> > I recently upgraded my video card, and the _FIRST_ thing I did was
> > download the XFree86 compatibility list from their web site. I braught
> > the list into the store and rejected a-priori any chipset not on the
> > list.
> >
> > The result is that the new card (based on Riva-TNT, in case anybody
> > cares) works great, and no special effort was required to make it work.
> >
> > If I didn't do that, I would probably have ended up with a Rage-120 or
> > Voodoo-whatever card, and I'd be scrambling to try and find somebody on
> > the net with a driver.
> >
> > -- David
>
>
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> http://www.searchlinux.com
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David C.)
Subject: Re: Ethernet 100 vs 10 BT
Date: 13 Sep 1999 14:22:57 -0400
Eugene Blanchard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Thomas Forlenza wrote:
>>
>> What is the wireing diagram for running 100BT cables? Can someone
>> point me to the right documents.
>
> Use EIA568A or B wiring standard for the color codes. I believe this
> is EIA568B color code:
>
> 1st Twisted Pair Pins 1&2 Org/Wh Wh/Org
> 2nd Twisted Pair Pins 3&6 Grn/Wh Wh/Grn
> 3rd Twisted Pair Pins 4&5 Blu/Wh Wh/Blu
> 4th Twisted Pair Pins 7&8 Brn/Wh Wh/Brn
>
> Pin 1 goes to 1, 2 to 2 and so on. The important part is the twist
> pairs. Do not unravel more than 1/2" or you will degrade performance.
> The reason for the strange pairing goes back to Token Ring which uses
> pairs 3&6 and 4&5 to make RJ45 connectors capatible with RJ11.
The actual colors used for each pair isn't important. What is important
is that each pair (1/2, 3/6, 4/5, 7/8) has wires that are twisted
together. And that the pairs match up on both ends, of course.
Wires that are twisted together are usually indicated via their
insulation. Twisted pairs are the same color - one solid and one
striped. Or sometimes both stripped with different thicknesses. When I
make cables, I usually follow a pattern similar to what you describe:
1 - orange stripe
2 - orange
3 - green stripe
4 - blue
5 - blue stripe
6 - green
7 - brown stripe
8 - brown
-- David
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Date: 13 Sep 99 09:40:30 -0500
From: "Gene Heskett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: FREE EAST TIMOR!!! STOP THE KILLING!!!
Unrot13 this;
Reply to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Gene Heskett sends Greetings to Lisa Evans;
LE> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
LE> "Gene Heskett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
LE> *****snip
>>
>> This world is not always the paradise the young would like to
>> believe in, but its what we (speaking for humanity as a whole) make
>> of it. If you want to change it, offer your physical presence
>> there, and do what you can. BTW, you'll need food, guns, ammo, and
>> kevlar underwear.
LE> Just
>> don't tell the frogs about the underwear, its better they think its
>> magic when you get up and walk away. You might even be famous for
>> 15 minutes...
>>
>> Cheers, Gene
>> --
>> Gene Heskett, CET, UHK
LE> This goes out to all my lovely flamers:
LE> It's amazing how much indignation can be provoked when you try to
LE> get Americans to peer out of their insular, all things beef and
LE> ammo, truth justice and the american way, precious little world.
LE> I'm an Australian. I would never try to justify my governments'
LE> actions over East Timor. They've been abhorrent. And don't laud
LE> your right to bear arms over the plight of small peoples like the
LE> East Timorese. Your country has reserved the right to arm every
LE> oppressive, tyrranical government the world has seen. Where did
LE> Saddam get his weapons, hmmm? Straight from Uncle Sam.
Bot recently he hasn't, and we blew most of them, those that haven't
worn out from the sands of time, all to hell 5 or so years ago.
LE> I love the response "Well if you care so much, go over there and
LE> fight," like a three-year-old. I wasn't asking for the US to go
LE> in and fight. No one expects them to. This is Asia, and there are
LE> no communists, so, like, who cares?
No communists? What do you call 2/3rds of these little tin horn
dictators that run some of these places we read/hear about in the news?
LE> Australia is leading the
LE> peace keeping effort, and the US is wishing us luck. So much for
LE> all the fighting we've done in your wars - Korea, Vietnam, the
LE> Gulf, etc.
And if you succeed where we have failed, we will at least attempt to
study how our approaches differed, and possibly fix ours. That of
course depends on what it does to the price of energy due to its effects
on the board rooms of the oil folks in a lot of country's, not by any
means a 'US' exclusive action. Sad, but true. Are we not supplying
some of the tools with which you are working on this 'situation'?
LE> Anyway, have a nice time playing with your little nerd boxes and
LE> making your little Bill Gates jokes. Rest assured that no one is
LE> ever going to walk in and hack your children to death, because
LE> you're Americans, and hell, you're all armed to the teeth just in
LE> case.
Amen, my dear. We're rather proud of the fact that we can stick a poster
on a front window that says "Warning, this house guarded by shotgun 3
nights a week. _You_ guess which 3..." without being the scandal of the
neighborhood. I can go to sleep nights knowing full well that if some
jerk wants to break in and rob, rape or otherwise raise hell, I at least
have to tools to hold his sorry ass till the fuzz can be summoned. If
he is equally armed, and we believe we are in a life ending situation,
it is quite within our rights to blow him away with those same tools.
No amount of legal mumbo-jumbo about his deprived childhood can mitigate
the fact that entering *my* home was _his_ choice, and his choice only.
How does it feel to know that since your government took away your guns,
in the past calendar year, murders are up about 3.5%, and that the
weapon of choice being an illegal gun has gone up 40%? If I were you, I
don't think I'd sleep quite as soundly. Yes Linda, we read the stats over
here too, _very_ carefully.
You'll note that I refer to a gun as a tool. Thats precisely what it
is, a tool to do what you want it to do. A gun, all by itself on the
wall or in a drawer, has never in recorded history killed anybody. It
takes consious action by someone using that tool to aim and pull the
trigger. I contend that whoevers finger is on the trigger, is 100%
responsible for the results of pulling that trigger. It was his choice,
not the tool, the tool was just doing its job.
And with that, I will end my side of this off topic exchange.
Cheers, Gene
--
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: "Michael" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: help with configuration - dual celeron
Date: Mon, 13 Sep 1999 14:19:16 -0400
Hello,
As an off topic aside, your work units are taking 50 hours with a PII 400?
I am running a PII 400 and processing the Seti@home work units, and am able
to complete work units in under 9 hours. Perhaps running without the GUI
(if you are doing so) would boost performance?
Michael
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>BP wrote:
>>
>> hi all:
>>
>> i want building a machine with the following configuration:
>>
>> dual 400 mhz celerons
>> tyan tiger 100 motherboard / abit bp6
>>
>> running redhat 6.0
>>
>> has anyone had any bad experiences with such a configuration?
>>
>> comments/suggestions
>> tia
>>
>> bp
>
>I just built a new machine on a BP6. I used 2 Celeron 366MHz chips. It
>runs great with the front side bus set to 100MHZ. I did bump the cpu
>voltages up to 2.1v, although they seemed stable at 2.0v. The BP6 mobo
>is an overclocker's dream. The bios soft jumpers make configurations a
>snap. If you go with the BP6 keep in mind that the multiplier factor on
>the cpu is locked. A 400MHz Celeron has a 6x factor. That will keep you
>from taking advantage of the 100MHz front side bus. You'll be stuck at
>66MHz or some speed less than 85 - 90MHz. With a 5.5x factor the 366 MHz
>Celeron is just right for running at 550MHz on a 100Mhz fsb. Another
>plus for the 366MHz is at $80 +\- you can't go wrong. I have been amazed
>at how fast it is. I've been processing seti work units. On a 400MHz PII
>it takes about 50 hours. On the dual 366MHz and RedHat 6.0 it finishes
>in 14 hours. Overclocked to 550MHz it will process a work unit in 9
>hours or less. The SMP worked great right out of the install. No kludges
>to get going.
>Good luck and have fun,
>
>Wayne
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From: Brian Dudek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Problem about upgrade from 2.2.5 to 2.3.17?
Date: Mon, 13 Sep 1999 09:20:55 -0600
Yes, these types of things are know to happen with non stable kernels
(odd second digit) Solution, recompile 2.2.5.
As far as APM goes, it is a power management module. In general it is
more specific for laptops. I have a number of RH 2.2.5 boxes in my
cluster, the same one will always fail to load this kernel support too.
A little bother some to see a FAIL message but I don't think it is
anything to worry about. Even on boxes where I kill this daemon, no
effect.
Brian
Jack wrote:
>
> Hi,
> I use RedHat 6 and I upgrade my kernel from the 2.2.5 to 2.3.17.
> when I finished upgrade, I can't config my sound card: Sound Blaster PCI
> 128.
> I have setup the module for sound card.
> another problem is there is a APM daemon failed when my start linux.
> what's the APM? Please help me to resolve these two problem.
> Thank you!
>
> Jack
>
>
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From: "dkmallick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.uu.comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Does joystick work with SBLive??
Date: Mon, 13 Sep 1999 14:26:56 -0500
I am trying to use my MS Sidewinder Precision Pro joystick in Linux. I am
running Linux-Mandrake 6.0. The joystick is connected to SBLive card. I have
installed the latest driver for SBLive ( I believe rev. 3) which is supposed
to have joystick support. The sound is working fine with the sound card.
I have compiled kernel 2.2.10 with supports for joystick as well as
sidewinder pro as module. The module joystick.o loads fine at boot-up but
not the sidewinder.o. When I try to do 'insmod sidewinder.o' I get the error
message that the resource is busy.
Any suggerstions as to what I can do?
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