Linux-Hardware Digest #268, Volume #11 Thu, 16 Sep 99 14:13:33 EDT
Contents:
Lilo +10gig drive setup options. ("Wes Robbins")
modem & video card configuration ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: REQ: The fastest Window Manager for a slow Laptop? (Eduard Bloch)
The Graphic interface appears too big in the video ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Anyone using Linksys Fast Ethernet 10/100 Network in a Box ? ("R.A. Wilson")
Re: Easy Modem Question (Bill Unruh)
Re: XF86Config problems (trying to set monitor resolutions) (Brad Silliker)
Re: Can a Linux Expert Answer This?? ("G.T.")
Re: (Not so) High quality printing w/ gs and Espon Stylus Color 740 (Robert
Kesterson)
Re: Someone who knows Linux modems PLEASE HELP ME !! ("Omid Torkian, Kaveh Atyabi,
Eli Smushkovich")
Re: TNT2 X Server for RH 6.0 ("Omid Torkian, Kaveh Atyabi, Eli Smushkovich")
Re: REQ: The fastest Window Manager for a slow Laptop? (Grant Edwards)
Re: Purpose of Eepron? ("pascal cruls")
Document on PnP USR Modems/Request for assistance (root)
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From: "Wes Robbins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Lilo +10gig drive setup options.
Date: Thu, 16 Sep 1999 09:45:01 -0600
I have setup my system first 8 gigs is Windows98se2
second partion is 3.8 gig and is Linux Mandrake 6.0
200 meg swap file. And yes I heed a 200meg swapfile.
The 3.8 gig partion starts at 1032 cyn. So, LILO will not install
without the boot files being below 1024 cyn.
The hard drive is a IBM 14.4 gigs.
I'm about to try adding "linear" flag to my lilo.conf. My understanding is
this is the most basic way to fix the problem. When reading the source /
Readme file of LILO. I noticed the following warning:
**********
Note that large partitions that only partially extend into the "forbidden
zone" are still in jeopardy even if they appear to work at first, because
the file system does not know about the restrictions and may allocate disk
space from the area beyond the 1024th cylinder when installing new kernels.
LILO therefore prints a warning message but continues as long as no imminent
danger exists.
************
How do I know if this is happening?
Can setting the flag "linear" to kill a harddrive?
Or, Does setting linear cause any harddrive lag? A.K.A slow down the
performance of Linux?
And, Finally does anyone know of a better way to fix the problem
without erasing my windows partion?
I look forward to your advise and help,
Wes Robbins.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: modem & video card configuration
Date: Thu, 16 Sep 1999 15:59:39 GMT
Hi,
I've got a USR PCI 56K pnp modem (not winmodem) which is not
automatically detected by linux (I'm using a mandrake distribution).
Under Win it is connected on the com4, adr 0x2e8, irq 10. I runned
setserial to configure it like that, but when I try minicom the modem
is always detected online and I cannot type any AT commands. It is the
same under kppp or other dialers. I don't have any communication's
program resident. I tried isapnpdump and got one file '.conf' but I
don't know where to put it, and don't even know if it's usefull in my
case. Do I really need to change my modem in order to have a phone
connexion under linux ? :/
Another problem : I'm using an S3 3d video card which is not detected
by XFsetup, but the only resolution I can get is 640x480x16. I try to
use the frame buffer with the kernel 2.2.5 but I cannot get better than
800*600*16. Is there any solution for that ?
Thank you for all your suggestions.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Eduard Bloch)
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.x,de.comp.os.unix.linux.newusers,de.comp.os.unix.linux.misc
Subject: Re: REQ: The fastest Window Manager for a slow Laptop?
Date: 16 Sep 1999 12:34:39 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Am 16 Sep 1999 00:20:09 GMT schrieb/wrote/a �crit
Big Daddy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> in de.comp.os.unix.linux.misc:
>Well, I did the same as you, and didn't enjoy Gnome's speed on my P200.
>So, I used KDE whenever I started, and it seemed a little cooler; ran
>faster, etc. Well, I eventually totally screwed my system (as every good
LOL. I think, you are kidding. KDE ist the last thing I would install on
a system with less than 64meg RAM. The most of Qt-stuff and KDE seem to
need more and more memory in the newer versions.
On the other hand, GNOME is modular. You can use a small&fast windowmanager
like icewm or windowmaker with this and disable/uninstall some parts if
you don't use them and want to use the memory otherwise (ie. gmc).
>INSTALL Gnome/E/whatever. Just KDE.
ROTFL. Did you ever tried to run KDE on a 16MB-System - it has to swap
for almost half hour before showing anything:)
mfG
Eduard.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: The Graphic interface appears too big in the video
Date: Thu, 16 Sep 1999 15:58:53 GMT
There is a problem when I use KDE... The resolution stays at 320x200
and I can't use the graphic interface...I got the error that appears
when I finish the KDE session...
... Warning: The directory "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/"does not
exist"
Entry deleted from font path
SVGA: PCI: Trident TGUI 96XX
rev 211, memory @ 0x0000000, 0xe0400000
SVGA: RENDITION: Unknown chipset
SVGA: videoran: 64K
SVGA: clocks: 25.18
SVGA: Using 8 bpp, Depth 8, color weight: 666
SVGA: Building Mode: 320x200
SVGA:Virtual resolution set to 230x204
SVGA: Speed Up code seletion modified because virtual!=1024
Starting audio server with talk id 1024
Thanks for help!!!!!!!!
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From: "R.A. Wilson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Anyone using Linksys Fast Ethernet 10/100 Network in a Box ?
Date: 16 Sep 1999 09:56:40 PDT
I use the Linksys Ether16 LAN card in several of my home LAN machines,
and have never had a problem. Dunno about the "in a box" product, but
I trust Linksys. At least, they are one of the few companies willing
to acknowledge Linux and state they are compatible.
=====================================================================
On Wed, 15 Sep 1999, Sean Akers wrote:
> I've just discovered a local PC shop selling the 'Linksys Fast Ethernet
> 10/100 Network in a Box' product for what seems like a very reasonable
> price. It says on the box that it is Linux compatible.
>
> Are any of you Linux users out there using one of these ? If so, what are
> your thoughts ? I am thinking of getting one of these (plus a third
> network card) for my home network which is currently running using old
> 3Com 3C503 ISA cards. My network consists of one Linux server, one W98
> machine and one multi-boot W98, NT4, Linux machine.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Sean Akers.
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bill Unruh)
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,alt.os.linux.dial-up,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: Easy Modem Question
Date: 16 Sep 1999 16:40:07 GMT
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Kirk Bubul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>>
>>The modem is still only connecting at 28.8 and it's obvious that it isn't
>>trying to connect at anything else. It picks up the incoming call and has
>>it answered in about 2 seconds. It's nice to get connected that quickly,
>>but I don't think it's trying any faster speeds.
Look in th emodem manual. There may be a modem command to tell it to
not use V90 (or whatever other 56K protocol) but rather to use 33.6
Issue that command as part of your init string.
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From: Brad Silliker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: XF86Config problems (trying to set monitor resolutions)
Date: Thu, 16 Sep 1999 09:40:51 -0500
I'm also a new linux user. Like you, I utilized xf86config trying to improve on
the resolution and, like you, I received the same "According to
/var/run/gdm.pid, gdm was already running (599) but seems to have been murdered
mysteriously" message. After I saved the file to /etc/X11 I did not reboot,
instead I logged out and attempted to login, this is when the error occurred.
Since then I have reinstalled linux and have created several XF86Config files
however I now reboot rather than logout. I'm curious if this error occurred due
to logging out rather than rebooting.
Soltzer wrote:
> I'm a new linux user (as of this morning). I'm running Redhat 6.0 on a
> P2-333 Dell XPS w/ a Dell D1025HTX 17" monitor and a Diamond FireGL 1000 PRO
> OEM video card w/ 8 megs of memory (using the permedia chipset)
>
> I have both GNOME and KDE installed (both are latest versions)
>
> Browsing through the ng messages I thought I had found an answer as to how
> to change screen resolution through the use of XF86Config ... i ran through
> that, selecting default resolution settings, video card, etc., and, now,
> after a reboot, instead of linux booting back into KDE which i had been
> using, it sits at a "dos-like" screen with a prompt for localhost login:
> before i had mucked about with the xf86config it had gone straight past this
> and into gnome or kde depending which i was using. now however it just sits
> there and the following appears:
>
> "According to /var/run/gdm.pid, gdm was already running (599) but seems to
> have been murdered mysteriously" ... sometimes the message would appear w/ a
> different # in parentheses.
>
> So basically I guess the question is what is it I've done wrong? set
> resolutions, refresh rates, etc that my monitor can't handle? in windows 98
> my monitor (described at top) could run at 1280x1024 w/ 32-bit color
> beautifully so I know it's capable of that...I believe somewhere in the
> course of xf86config i set a default of 1024x780 800x600 640x480 24bit in
> that order...
>
> As you can see I'm quite clueless here, anyone who has experienced a similar
> problem or can contribute any help would be greatly appreciated, thanks very
> much in advance.
>
> --
> Glen McWhorter
> =================================
> I'm so close to Hell I can almost see Vegas!
> =================================
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From: "G.T." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Can a Linux Expert Answer This??
Date: Thu, 16 Sep 1999 09:22:19 -0700
Luckydaze1 wrote in message
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>>> When I use the CD player in Suse 6.2 to play a music Cd, it uses my
CDRW
>>which
>>> is dev/hdc. I want the player to default to my CD Rom drive which is
hdd.
>>> How do I do this? Please remember I'm a newbie to this. Thank you.
>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>Try ln -sf /dev/hdd /dev/cdrom .
>
>I don't know who you are but it sure worked great. You really know your
stuff.
>What does that command do and what does it mean if you don't mind? Thanks
>again...
This links the device cdrom to the device hdd. I'm not an expert but I
assume that the CD players in SuSE look for /dev/cdrom. Previous to running
the above command /dev/cdrom was probably linked to /dev/hdc.
Greg
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Robert Kesterson)
Subject: Re: (Not so) High quality printing w/ gs and Espon Stylus Color 740
Date: Thu, 16 Sep 1999 14:22:04 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Thu, 16 Sep 1999 09:03:30 -0500, "Matthew S. Klahn"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hello, all. I know that the Ghostscript printer driver for the Epson
>Stylus Color 740 is only marked as "Mostly" complete at
>http://gatekeeper.picante.com/~gtaylor/pht/printer_list.cgi but I just
>wanted a "reality check". I've been using the drivers I pulled off of
>http://lcewww.et.tudelft.nl/~haver/linux/epson.html and I have to agree
>with the statement at the bottom of that page:
>
>"I still see some funny whirl in photos I print with for instance Gimp.
>the diffusion is bad,(at least
> compared to what I get out of MS photo editor). But this can be a
>ghostscript thing. I like to get
> feedback on this from someone with knowledge in this field."
I have had no end of trouble getting a decent photograph print on my
Epson inkjets under Linux. I've had the original Stylus Color an now
a Stylus Color 600 -- both of them work and are supported under Linux,
but I have tried all the applications and all the settings I can find
to mess with, and photographs just don't print that well.
My wife also uses a digital camera, and I just gave up and put a
Windows machine in for her to print photographs from. I don't know
what the difference is, but the Windows drivers just plain kick butt
for printing photographs.
If anyone does have a solution, I'd love to know about it.
=============================================================
Robert Kesterson visit http://www.robertk.com
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "Omid Torkian, Kaveh Atyabi, Eli Smushkovich" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Someone who knows Linux modems PLEASE HELP ME !!
Date: Thu, 16 Sep 1999 05:40:05 -0700
Thanks Johan. I just got it working last night. I jumpered the card to a working
setting and used wvdial to do the messy chat and pppd work. Someday when I'm
feeling brave I may experiment with these programs manually, but for now I'm glad
I dont have to boot windows to get on the net.
Thanks Again,
Dan
Johan Kullstam wrote:
> "Dan Price" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > I dont understand why this has to be so hard. I'm certain I will have
> > hypertension as a result of my efforts.
> >
> > Bought a Creative Modem Bastard 5601-1 because it has a controller (ie not a
> > win modem). I have seen reports on sites that claim to have gotten it to
> > work. But no one can tell me how or at least answer a few simple questions.
> >
> > Should I set the jumpers to PNP mode ?
>
> no. figure out free irq and ioport range. jumper the modem to use
> these values. avoid pnp if at all possible.
>
> > I tried this. Windows liked it, but using pnpdump -c >/dev/isapnp.conf and
> > the isapnp but this showed error messages that suggest there are conflicts
> > even though the conf file said thet there were several options ofr
> > configuring this device.
>
> without pnp you don't need to fool with pnpdump.
>
> > I got minicom to connect. I had an irq conflict because the characters
> > appeared after a long delay. I tried launching Netscape but it said that I
> > may have a problem with my nameserver. I may need info on
> > configuring this.
>
> nod. pnp doesn't work very well as you have experienced. jumper to
> avoid irq conflicts and avoid confusing linux pnp configuration.
>
> --
> Johan Kullstam
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "Omid Torkian, Kaveh Atyabi, Eli Smushkovich" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.x,linux.redhat
Subject: Re: TNT2 X Server for RH 6.0
Date: Thu, 16 Sep 1999 05:42:35 -0700
He's right. The SVGA will work for my TNT2 ultra also. Thrn once your set
up, download the latest drivers from the Nvidia website.
Good luck,
Dan
Simon Barnard wrote:
> SVGA server most likely (at least it is for the TNT)
>
> Michael Imberman wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> >I am in the process of installing RedHat 6.0 and have Xentor32 TNT2
> >card. I see there is now support for the TNT2 chipset in the xfree86
> >package ver 3.3.5. However, I am rather confused as to which file
> >corresponds to the TNT2 supported X server:
> >
> >Thanks,
> >M
> >
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From: grant@nowhere. (Grant Edwards)
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.x,de.comp.os.unix.linux.newusers,de.comp.os.unix.linux.misc
Subject: Re: REQ: The fastest Window Manager for a slow Laptop?
Date: Thu, 16 Sep 1999 15:53:59 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, William Firkser wrote:
>David,
>
>You might want to look into more ram. Linux needs at least 32mb to run
>at a reasonable speed
Nonsense. It depends entirely on what you run.
My main machine at work is a P166 24M Linux machine. It's
quite comfortable though I wouldn't try to run Star Office,
Applix, Gnome, or KDE. But, it works great with fvwm2 as a
window manager. I run X, Netscape, WP8, gcc, DDD, etc. It
swaps a little now and then if I've got two or three memory
hogs running at the same time, but not enough to get annoying.
> - 64mb would make a big difference.
If you're swapping heavily, more RAM will make a big difference.
--
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at here to buy 5000 cans of
visi.com Noodle-Roni!
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From: "pascal cruls" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Purpose of Eepron?
Date: Thu, 16 Sep 1999 17:47:46 +0100
Are you talking about eeproM ?
Then :
Acronym for electrically erasable programmable read-only memory. Pronounced
double-ee-prom or e-e-prom, an EEPROM is a special type of PROM that can be
erased by exposing it to an electrical charge. Like other types of PROM,
EEPROM retains its contents even when the power is turned off. Also like
other types of ROM, EEPROM is not as fast as RAM.
EEPROM is similar to flash memory (sometimes called flash EEPROM). The
principal difference is that EEPROM requires data to be written or erased
one byte at a time whereas flash memory allows data to be written or erased
in blocks. This makes flash memory faster.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message <7rpe7r$cbj$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>My motherboard calls for PC100 Unbuffered SDRAM at 100 Mhz. Some
>manufactures also list a PC100 with an Eepron. I knew what the
>purpose of the Eepron was but forgot. Could someone refresh my
>memory?
>Thank you kind person.....
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Date: Wed, 15 Sep 1999 23:48:13 -0600
From: root <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,alt.os.linux.mandrake,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Document on PnP USR Modems/Request for assistance
Hello! I am a recent Linux user who has recently had a victory in
installing a USR total plug and play modem, and would like to provide
assistance to those who are attempting to do the same. I also have a
request for a way to atoumate the process of my serial/modem setup.
I fought with manuals long and hard, and found a number of items
extemely useful. I would like to thank the creators of these documents,
as without thier assistance I would be unable to explore the world of
Linux.
My stats are Cel400, ASUS P2-99, Quantum HD (13 and 3), SBAWE32, and a
USR FCC 4X2USA-25223-M5-E MODEL 0584.
It is very important that you know the specific model number.
In order to install a modem that is plug and play it is a little more
tricky than just a normal modem. I found a number of people claiming to
have "heard " of somemone being able to install pnp. It's easy once you
know how. It is however a little involved.
To understand the idea of devices that were "COM" ports I suggest the
following:
http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Modem-HOWTO-2.html
This is one of the main documents. Included fine detailed explanations
one theory, and example on useage.
Once the ideas of /dev/modem, symbolic links, /dev/ttyS* and the various
setting these can have you may be able to get a response from
your modem, but your initalization strings may prevent you from
activation. Here is a page specific to USR modems...
http://consumer.3com.com/modem/documents/10563.htm
I would also like to suggest Maximum Linux A newly released
My problem was that my two PNP cards (SB and USR) were fighting for IRQ
5 during the pnp setup. So I used serialstat to scan my ports
(ttyS[03] and found that the ready to send was a 1 on my /dev/ttyS2.
Where I thought it was. I then used modemtool to attach the /dev/modem
device
to the ttyS2 symbolicly. I then used setserial to set the IRQ to 11,
which I knew previously. When I opened kppp, I set the DNS Primary
and Secondary, PAP, device was /dev/modem, speed to the speed listed by
setserial -a /dev/modem (this is important), and phone, login, password.
Now init string for the modem was tricky I had already got the modem
query to work, but I had to play with the init string quite a bit to
tune it.
Eventually success caused me to be able to write this message from a
Linux OS, with Netscape. Joy. I have even used the pnpdump -c -s
/dev/isapnp.set
to make a script that once run will set the cards. But I want to
automate this into the startup sequence. Could someone point me in the
right direction for this?
I would greatly appreciate any help.
If you have a similar modem, post in regard, I will respond. I have
limited knowledge of the Linux system, I am running in Mandrake-Red Hat
6.0
I have taken a week of a crash course in Linux to get this modem going.
I also have a problem with LILO. My MBR isn't in the first 1024
cylinders. I don't know why, or how to account for this. I would rather
not have to use a boot disk. Even when I use the Linear option all I get
is "LI" during the boot and it freezes. I used fdisk /mbr to fix it.
Anyway I appologize if there was any misposting, I am attempting to put
this in the right newsgroup. Please cc solutions to my email.
Thanks from this new Linux convert.
Entropy.
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