Linux-Hardware Digest #338, Volume #12 Fri, 25 Feb 00 01:13:08 EST
Contents:
Re: align.ps -> ?? (Frank Hahn)
"Need Exactly One Arguement"?? (Lucky)
Re: Linux vs Windows docs (was: Re: Linux sucks) (Tom Eastep)
Re: Creative Labs Modem Blaster (Jim Harvey)
PCMCIA DLink 650 ("John Smith")
DVD Drives (Bill Maniatty)
Re: Q: How good is Linux when the computer is suddenly loses power ? (Miguel Cruz)
Win2000/Corel Linux Boot Problem ("funtybugwana")
Tyan 1854S motherboard..is it good (Chetan Ahuja)
Re: Linux vs Windows docs (was: Re: Linux sucks) (John Jordan)
Re: PCI Modem? ("Andrew O. Hodges")
Re: Fujitsu HD performance (John Hong)
Re: HELP!! Can't install Linux with SCSI HD.!! (ToyLET)
Re: XFree86 with Intel i810 chipset (Niann Shiang)
Re: Redhat 6.1 and 4mb ATI Rage Mobility M Video Chipset (IbmThinkpad (Jim Frost)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Frank Hahn)
Subject: Re: align.ps -> ??
Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2000 03:10:03 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Wed, 23 Feb 2000 22:02:20 -0800, Henricus Holtman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>3-27, and ghostscript 5.50. I noticed that the postscript test page was
>.25 inch too high. So I ran align.ps and made the calculations on the
>page arriving at:
><< /.HWMargins [90 72 522 720] /Margins [-72 0] >> setpagedevice
>
>Now where do I put this snippet of code to right my margins?
>
The following comes from the ghostscript align.ps file:
========Begin============
and R. For correct alignment of pages, put the following line
in a file named (for example) margins.ps, and then mention
margins.ps on the gs command line when printing any of your
own files:
=========End=============
So from reading that, I assume you put what you have above
in a margins.ps file. You then include it when issueing a
gs command.
Where the margins.ps file goes, I'm not sure. Does it go
in /usr/local/share/ghostscript/5.50/ directory (at least
on my machine)?
Other than the above, that's about all I can help.
--
Frank Hahn
DeVries's Dilemma:
If you hit two keys on the typewriter, the one you don't want
hits the paper.
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Subject: "Need Exactly One Arguement"??
From: Lucky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2000 19:41:13 -0800
I'm going from Storm Linux 2000 [ Debian based] to potato.
apt-get stops with this error when trying to install
libc6_2.1.3.4
" Readlink needs exactly one arguement" "try access --help" After
that line it says "error in var/cache/apt/archives
"libc6_2.1.3.4 { --install ] How do I fix this or force it?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Tom Eastep)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.portable
Subject: Re: Linux vs Windows docs (was: Re: Linux sucks)
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2000 03:50:06 GMT
m a wrote:
>gawd, what is it about "my computer"...I've stopped leaving cd's in the
>reader just to avoid that lag. and 98 SE, which loves to hang because
>the cheap cd reader can't quite figure out how to read, decides to
>arbitrarily eat files. Same cheap reader in linux has reading problems,
>big deal, reinsert cd and it usually works fine.
>
>
The WinXX explorer is a wonderous thing -- if you have any network/device
problem whatsoever, your entire interface is dead (although Win2k IS
better).
-Tom
--
Tom Eastep \ Eastep's First Principle of Computing:
ICQ #60745924 \ "Any sane computer will tell you how it
[EMAIL PROTECTED] \ works if you ask it the proper questions"
Shoreline, Washington USA \___________________________________________
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From: Jim Harvey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Creative Labs Modem Blaster
Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2000 22:34:21 -0500
dribbles wrote:
>
> Greetings gentles all;
> I am a LiNewbie and am having a lot of fun trying to get
> things square. I am, however, completely in the dark as to
> whether or not the afore mentioned modem (pci, internal btw) is
> in fact a WinModem. I've been reading the newsgroups for a
> couple of months, and have even tried talking to Creative Labs
> and Digicom Sys, but to no avail. So i put forth the question
> to you, is this POS a WinModem, and if not, how can i configure
> it under Linux?
>
> scott
For info here is the text of a letter (which was attached as a Microsoft
Word .doc file) from Creative when I complained about the lack of a
document describing AT commands on my Christmas Present DE-5620-3
external Modem Blaster. This unit works well with Linux by the way.
=========
About LINUX
Hello valued customers,
In response to your questions and inquiries about support for the Linux
operating system, we wanted to let you know that DSI is not currently
providing any drivers or support for our products.
Not knowing much about Linux myself, I could only offer the following:
Some customers have had success creating drivers and using them with
some of our products, but I hazard to guess how. I also must say that
the strictly PnP modems do not support any type of DOS based environment
or interface as they are controller-less and host-based. This info may
be important when determining compatibility with the Linux operating
system.
If you ever find that you have any success in accomplishing your goals
using any of our products with Linux, please write us back and let us
know about it. If you can offer tips on how you were able to accomplish
this, we would gladly post this information on our web site, giving you
the credit of course.
Products that are not strictly PnP are as follows:
Modem Blaster DI5601 (ISA) (has jumpers that allow you to configure the
modem for either PnP mode, or legacy mode (hardwired COM port
settings)).
Modem Blaster DE5620 (EXT.)
Modem Blaster DE5620-2 (EXT.)
Modem Blaster DE5620-3 (EXT.)
Modem Blaster DI5610 (PCMCIA) (no longer in production)
Thank you,
Customer Response Services
Digicom Systems, Inc.
--
Jim Harvey, Naperville, Ill. Amiga person - Linux person - WB8NBS/9
This message came from Netscape running on a LINUX machine!
He who dies with the most software wins.
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From: "John Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux,alt.os.linux.mandrake,comp.linux.os,comp.local.linux.redhat.alpha,comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.admin,comp.os.linux.development.apps,comp.os.linux.hardawe,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.install,comp.os.linux.
Subject: PCMCIA DLink 650
Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2000 20:19:48 -0800
Did anybody got DLINK DE-650 to work? I have Redhat 2.2.19... Can't find any
sources for for that card. This sucks, please help.
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Subject: DVD Drives
From: Bill Maniatty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2000 04:24:32 GMT
Hello All:
I am in the process of buying some machines, and was thinking of using
one of the machines to back up the others over a fast ethernet connection.
I was thinking about using a DVD R/W drive (internal SCSI) for the backup
device, and installing DVD readers (internal EIDE) on the other machines.
My questions are the following:
1) Is this a sound backup strategy (for perhaps 10s of Gigabytes
of data)?
2) Which DVD drives are recommended for Linux (currently we are
considering using the Mandrake 7.0 distribution).
3) Can DVD readers be used to boot a machine (from a DVD formatted
volume)?
4) Are there any superior alternatives?
Regards:
Bill Maniatty
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Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.os.linux.development.apps,linux.redhat.devel,linux.redhat.development
Subject: Re: Q: How good is Linux when the computer is suddenly loses power ?
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Miguel Cruz)
Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2000 04:36:35 GMT
Markus Wandel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> (I have since gotten a longer power cord, eliminating the accidental
> powerdowns!)
Does that work the same way that a longer garden hose means you have a
little more water around when the main gets shut off?
miguel
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From: "funtybugwana" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Win2000/Corel Linux Boot Problem
Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2000 04:58:49 GMT
I have just loaded Corel Linux from PC World Magazine onto a seperate Drive
partitioned on my Windows 2000 .. ok .. Loaded the Operating system with no
problems..
Windows does not give me the option of Dual Booting, which I dont want
anyway as I want to Boot Linux from a Floppy Disk. From reading thru
newsgroups I understand that this is a pretty good option.. I have made a
boot disk from the CD and changed Bios settings on Motherboard to boot from
A drive then (Win2000)C-Drive. Lilo initialises and Linux begins loading,
then locks up and is waiting for me to insert CD again which starts setup..
How can I make a boot Disk that will just boot the Operating system????
Thanks Mark
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From: Chetan Ahuja <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Tyan 1854S motherboard..is it good
Date: 25 Feb 2000 04:58:17 GMT
Hi,
I'm building a new system for a friend and I need some serious
recommendations about the motherboard. The main criteria are:
1) Not too expensive ( about US $100)
2) Conducive to a decent processor upgrade in a year or so.
3) Would like to avoid built on video,sound etc. etc.
and of course it should play nice with linux....
About a few months ago I thought I had a fairly good grasp on the
hardware market. That's no longer true at least as far as mainboards
go. There are so many new models all touting great features
etc. After some reading on websites, newsgroups etc., the Tyan S1854
seems to be a goog bet. Apart from some reports of not combining well
with the voodoo cards ( which is not a problem since it's not going
to be a graphics intensive system ) it seems OK. It can support 133
MHz fron side bus and should be upgradable to pIII 600 or so in a
years time ( when the prices of PIII's should be reasonable... right
now building with a Celeron 400).
I would welcome any suggestions/advice etc on this topic. Is the
Tyan board OK. If not.. why. Any personal experiences. Any other
recommended boards satisfying the above criteria...
Thanks a lot
Chetan
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Jordan)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.portable
Subject: Re: Linux vs Windows docs (was: Re: Linux sucks)
Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2000 04:33:41 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (JEDIDIAH) dijo a todos por la internet:
>On 24 Feb 2000 14:32:30 GMT, David Magda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>On Wed, 23 Feb 2000 17:07:45 GMT, John Jordan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>>
>>>However, with Windows you have numerous, mature, texts from Microsoft
>>>and third parties. Furthermore, Microsoft has a well-organized
>>>KnowledgeBase. All the information for Linux is out there in just as
>>GNU/Linux's ``KnowledgeBase'' is USENet. You can also go to <www.deja.com>.
>>Though I've found that since they've differsified from just a USENet search
>>engine it has a really confusing interface.
>There are also various web sites that index the documentation.
>
>And, the desktop projects both are providing unified entry points
>into the installed documentation.
But y'all miss my point. I want the information *without* having to
log onto the net. Web sites are slow and frustrating to find things
in. And the quality of the docs on the web is great if you have a
degree in computer science, but pretty incomprehensible to a
non-techie. Trust me on this -- I have degrees and consider myself
educated, but have had very poor luck understanding what passes for
Linux documentation. And besides, what if the user can't get the modem
working?
There is a market for a real, paper book. People will pay for it.
Right now, I find the one most lacking is a "Linux for Windows Users."
I'm surprised no one has written one yet. (And if there are any
aspiring authors out there, e-mail me -- I can almost guarantee
getting it published.)
And don't suggest the useless thing that Corel ships with their
product. It just repeats verbatim what is in the help. And even that
doesn't help. E.g., for what to put in the box where it says "Gateway"
it says, "enter your gateway here." Well, duh. That was obvious from
the screen. What the newcomer needs is troubleshooting and
explanation. What is a gateway in the first place? Why is it
important? Where does the user figure out where to get the address to
put in the box? Remember, I'm talking Windows users here -- they have
never heard of TCP/IP. Windows handled all that stuff for them.
If Linux is going to take over the desktop, it's going to have to
address the needs of the masses, not just the geeks.
NOTICE: The e-mail address is deliberately incorrect.
Delete "xnospam" from the username.
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From: "Andrew O. Hodges" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] DON'TSPAM>
Subject: Re: PCI Modem?
Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2000 05:28:02 -0800
Just in case your one of the few who are fortunate enough to have found a
hardware controlled PCI Modem (3com in my case model 2976 OEM)
Using mandrake 6.0 theirs an app called modemtool probably available in
other distros to. Use that to easily create a device called modem, follow
the onscreen instructions.
Then head over to your local PCI listings, unfortunatly i forget the command
for it, but their is a way to find out in KDE System Control Panel.
Look for all the slot that holds your modem and take note of the port 0xda00
in my case and the IRQ (10 for me).
>From the shell:
setserial /dev/modem uart 16550A port 0xda00 irq 10
obviously you replace it with your port and IRQ. probably want to throw
that into the /etc/rc.local file as well, so it sets it up on boot.
Chan Kwun Tsun <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Does anyone know how to install an internal PCI modem in RedHat 6.1?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Hong)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Fujitsu HD performance
Date: 25 Feb 2000 05:34:49 GMT
Elder Vieira Costa ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
: I have a 13GB Fujitsu HD and a PC-Chips M571 V7 main board with AMD's
: K6-II-266, kernel 2.2.14, RedHat 6.1. I am getting around 8MB/s transfer
: rate when I test the HD with hdparm (hdparm -t /dev/hdd) whereas with an
: older 6.3 Maxtor drive (/dev/hda) I get around 12MB/s (50% faster even
: though its older). No other devices were attached to IDE busses when I
: ran the tests. An DMA transfer is surely working as I got 5MB/s when I
: turned it off (hdparm -d 0 /dev/hdd). Has somebody got any hint about
: how to improve the performance? Am I missing something.
Try adding -c3 to hdparm and see if anything changes...
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From: ToyLET <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
hk.comp.pc,alt.os.linux,hk.comp.hacker,hk.comp.os.linux,tw.bbs.comp.linux
Subject: Re: HELP!! Can't install Linux with SCSI HD.!!
Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2000 13:50:02 +0800
It's normal. The default installation of most linux has a script that
run ext2fs (something like DOS CHKDSK.EXE/SCANDISK.EXE) after a certain
number of bootups (checktime). You need to find that script and disable
it if you don't like this, somethere in ... oops.. where.. /etc/rc.d/?
look for that text "Ext2-fs warning" in all files using grep is a quick
start.
> Hello all,
> Could you give me a hand ?
> i always message that " ExT2-fs warning: checktime reached, running
> e2fsck is recommended"
> " VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem) "
> Why ?? and my computer can be install win95 with no problem.
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From: Niann Shiang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.mandrake,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: XFree86 with Intel i810 chipset
Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2000 00:52:09 -0500
I am surprised that no one answered this question. Basically, you are
close to the goal you are trying to reach. You MUST read installation
manual line by line from intel web site. Installations of many linux
drivers are not like MS window drivers, and probably will not be in the
near future. I have made i810 chipset work both on Mandrake 6.1 and
Suse 6.3. The intel release notes pretty much covers detailed
installation procedure for Mandrake and RH although file names seem to
have some error. Basically, you need to
1. Intall XFCom-I810
rpm -Uvh XFCom-i810*.i386.rpm
2. Compile and install kernel module
rpm -rebuild I810Gtt*.src.rpm
rpm -Uvh /usr/src/RPM/RPMS/i686/I810Gtt-0.1-5.i686.rpm
3. Edit the XF86Config file in /etc/X11/XF86Config.
4. Setup the X server link
ln -sf /usr/X11R6/bin/XFCom_810/etc/X11/X
There are still some tricks about editing XF86Config.
The Suse users has to search the tech database for "XFree86 support for
Intel i810 chip sets" in SuSe web site. Good luck.
"J. Edgar Hoover" wrote:
> Okay I have XFree86 3.3.5, I've downloaded the two
> RPM's from Intel, installed the two RPM's in my RPM
> library via the RPM manager in KDE. I have the new
> Xserver in the directory. How do I use the agpgart.o
> file? Do I have ro recompile my kernel? The README's
> say I need a new module, is this the agpgart.o file?
> As you can tell I'm a newbie, and having to dive in the
> deep end to get my desktop resolution above the
> vga16 presets. HELP! I want to see the rest of my
> desktop!
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From: Jim Frost <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.portable,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.unix.problems
Subject: Re: Redhat 6.1 and 4mb ATI Rage Mobility M Video Chipset (IbmThinkpad
Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2000 06:02:54 GMT
> > This is good advice. I don't remember which method that was, but absolutely
> > try the vga=791.
>
> No, it is not a good advice. The method 1 from
> http://www.eecs.umich.edu/~steveh/inspiron/xserver.html WILL NOT work for
> Mobility M 4MB.
[...]
> Try the instruction from http://www.staikos.on.ca/~staikos/tp1460.
> DO NOT use frame buffer vga= if you want to use Mach64.
The only thing doing the vga= line does is cause the BIOS to initialize the
card for you. That corrects some problems with XF86's setup on some systems.
That might work for you, or not, but it has nothing to do with whether or not
you want to use Mach64.
The particular description you're pointing to is out-of-date; XFree86 3.5.x's
Mach64 server does support the Mobility chipset so you don't need patches.
jim
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