Linux-Hardware Digest #348, Volume #12 Sat, 26 Feb 00 12:13:05 EST
Contents:
Printer Problem ("Alex")
Re: 2.2.x SMP and DK440LX issues (Robert Redelmeier)
Re: Burned system!? (ajam)
Re: 2.2.x SMP and DK440LX issues (jwk)
Re: Burned system!? (John Hong)
Re: Redhat 6.1 and 4mb ATI Rage Mobility M Video Chipset (IbmThinkpad 1400 -
2621-427) ("Nenad Dragic")
Where can I find ATI Virge IIC dirver for linux? (Victor Zhang)
CD-ROM ("Barry Kiernan")
Printer Probs ("dardem")
Re: Boca 2016 support (john burton)
Re: USB Monitors in Linux Red Hat 6.1 (Marvin Pierce)
Re: USB modem... (Marvin Pierce)
Re: Printer Problem (Frank Hahn)
Challenge: Install Linux on a 386sx25, 40 megs HD and 1 Meg ram ("Patrick Brochu")
Re: Adding New Larger Hard Drive To Old Machine (mike)
Re: Burned system!? (Robert Redelmeier)
Re: Sound Blaster PCI-128 (D Grimm)
Help: GPhoto and Apple Quicktake 150 (Ryan Stapleton)
Help, AMI MegaRAID 428 seeking enlightenment ("Red Hat Partisan")
Re: Adding New Larger Hard Drive To Old Machine (Dances With Crows)
hardware questions - Please help ("Simon Whittemore")
Re: Xfree86 3.9.17 and Matrox g400 (Jasper Moeller)
Re: Challenge: Install Linux on a 386sx25, 40 megs HD and 1 Meg ram (Dances With
Crows)
Re: Challenge: Install Linux on a 386sx25, 40 megs HD and 1 Meg ram (Stefan
Seyfried)
Re: Where can I find ATI Virge IIC dirver for linux? (Dances With Crows)
Re: Challenge: Install Linux on a 386sx25, 40 megs HD and 1 Meg ram (Rod Roark)
Re: Update on Linux + OS/2 + Win2k system ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
PCI Graphics card recommendation! ("Karsten W.")
New computer (Stephen Tawn)
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From: "Alex" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Printer Problem
Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2000 01:32:06 -0500
I ran into a problem with my printer... I do not know why this is
happening...
I have a HP LaserJet 5L. I got it working fine (old HD) before I install
RedHat 6.0 on a new HD.
It's setup as a Remote printer using samba and the host is running
windows 98.
When I try to print anything from any program or even use lpr with
simple text file, I got the following message:
Error: /invalidfont in findfont
Operand stack:
F0
Times-Roman Font ........
The last line might change to some other font names... But, this is
pretty much the output looks like.
Thanks.
Alex.
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From: Robert Redelmeier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development.system
Subject: Re: 2.2.x SMP and DK440LX issues
Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2000 00:42:23 -0800
Dmitri A. Sergatskov wrote:
> On Fri, 25 Feb 2000, Robert Redelmeier wrote:
> > A very interesting question. I am staggered that a simple CPU-bound
> > task like this could consume 5.5s system time. Could it be that real()
> > call? IIRC, my heavily CPU bound `cpuburn` asm never consumes much
> > system time at all. Even more odd that the BX isn't affected, but
> > the LX is. Is there some `wbinvd` being issued at SMP task-switch?
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> I do not know.
`wbinvd` is a frightening (priviliged) instruction that causes the
long-suffering CPU to stop, and write out _all_ modified data cache
lines, and invalidate them. Takes forever to execute. IIRC, this
is a terrible SMP hack that has been replaced by MESI cache
architecture.
Your BIOS/LX might be inserting this somehow, or Linux might if
it doesn't recognize MESI capabilities in the LX.
> Alan Cox thinks that I have a problem with scheduling and the task get
> (excessively) bounced between two CPUs. So, I guess, the system time
> does come from scheduler.
Why? IIRC, CPU task migration is inhibited by a fairly heavy penalty
in the scheduler. If you run two copies of the task, do you still
see the same system overhead?
-- Robert
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From: ajam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Burned system!?
Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2000 01:53:09 -0500
Robert,
thanks for taking the time and responding to my question. I actually did all
that. The video board and everything else does not get recognized; the
speaker is not beeping; and after the power goes on, it won't off using the
switch. At this point, I'm pretty certain that the problem is the BIOS chip,
but will certainly prefer to hear other people's view on this matter. Blowing
a board or BIOS chip is not so uncommon. Thus, I wonder if anyone has run
into this problem before.
Cheers, ajam
Robert Redelmeier wrote:
> ajam wrote:
> > again. At that point I turned it off, bought a new box with a new power
> > supply and everything else, and move all the components fromt the old to
> > the new box. Well, now when I turn on the switch in the machine, the
> > power goes on; the cpu power goes on as well; but the machine itself
> > does not. I don't know at this point what exactly happened; if
> > something got burned or not. And if something got burned, what exactly
> > did. Either way, I know that this might be a little bit different
>
> Well, did you do anything that might have made it fail? In general,
> you have to be very careful with mobo mounting, not to short anything
> to ground. Also watch the unused power supply connectors aren't grounded,
> any peripheral circuit boards, etc.
>
> Unplug or remove everything except keyboard, video card (&mon), speaker and
> power switch. If you can, substitute known-good components for these.
> Reseat CPU, memory and any socketed chips [BIOS] Power on, observing
> patiently: do the kbd LED's flash? does the speaker beep at all? Plug
> a floppy in--does it try to boot blind from floopy? With luck, you will
> have a BIOS boot screen. Then plug components in one-at-a-time
> (poweroff) until you get a boot failure.
>
> If you don't get a BIOS screen, you have to check out your video and kbd.
> Then it could be mobo, CPU, DRAM or BIOS. Well equipped PC shops will
> use a POST card to determine which. If you haven't been practicing
> "safe computing", you might have a BIOS reflash virus.
>
> -- Robert
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (jwk)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development.system
Subject: Re: 2.2.x SMP and DK440LX issues
Date: 26 Feb 2000 08:10:38 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Sat, 26 Feb 2000 00:42:23 -0800, Robert Redelmeier
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Dmitri A. Sergatskov wrote:
>> Alan Cox thinks that I have a problem with scheduling and the task get
>> (excessively) bounced between two CPUs. So, I guess, the system time
>> does come from scheduler.
>
>Why? IIRC, CPU task migration is inhibited by a fairly heavy penalty
>in the scheduler. If you run two copies of the task, do you still
>see the same system overhead?
>
There has recently been discussion on the kernel mailing list that this
penalty is in fact not severe enough. This has been corrected in the
last 2.3.4x kernels, IIRC.
Jurriaan
--
"And remember: Evil will always prevail, because Good is dumb."
Spaceballs
Linux 2.2.14 SMP up 12:34 5 users load av: 0.00 0.02 0.00
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Hong)
Subject: Re: Burned system!?
Date: 26 Feb 2000 09:05:39 GMT
ajam ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
: thanks for taking the time and responding to my question. I actually did all
: that. The video board and everything else does not get recognized; the
: speaker is not beeping; and after the power goes on, it won't off using the
: switch. At this point, I'm pretty certain that the problem is the BIOS chip,
: but will certainly prefer to hear other people's view on this matter. Blowing
: a board or BIOS chip is not so uncommon. Thus, I wonder if anyone has run
: into this problem before.
You haven't by any chance got the IDE cable going into your HD on
the wrong way have you? I've done that a few times myself, simply mistake.
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From: "Nenad Dragic" <[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 1400 -
2621-427)
Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2000 10:38:53 +0100
Hi Jim
That is the error that I get on my laptop.
Could you send me the files that you use on my email [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I run 800*600 16bpp (if you culd set it up, becouse I an new user of Linux).
Thanks
Nenad Dragic
>I think we may be talking at both sides of the issue. 3.3.5 did not work
>correctly for me either, although it did recognize the chipset. The
display
>was misaligned (graphics offset and overlapped horizontally for about 1/3
of
>the display). The vga= line forced initialization by the BIOS and
corrected
>this issue. So it "works" with that tweak and it "doesn't work" without
it.
>That might explain our difference in experience.
>
>It wouldn't suck to get a version that works correctly without the tweak,
>although I have to say that I kind of like having it boot up with the
little
>penguin :-) and it's been working quite well for me.
>
>jim
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Subject: Where can I find ATI Virge IIC dirver for linux?
From: Victor Zhang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2000 02:27:09 -0800
Hi all,
Where can I find ATI Virge IIC video driver for linux?
Where can I find realteck network driver for linux?
Thanks
Victor Zhang
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From: "Barry Kiernan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: CD-ROM
Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2000 12:34:12 -0000
A long shot I know but has anyone's CD-ROM stopped working in Win95 because
of changes they made to Linux (e.g new kernel, configuring sound-card)?
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From: "dardem" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Printer Probs
Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2000 12:44:10 -0000
After alot of effort I've managed to setup parport0 and link lp0 to it.
Which I think I deserve a pat on the back for! ;o) Anyway, in
/proc/parport/0/autoprobe,etc My printer make and type have been successfull
detected. If I use tunelp it is aware if my printer is connected or
disconnect. So what's the problem you ask? Well if I try print (lpr
blah_file, cat crap.txt > /dev/lp0, dd of=/dev/lp0 obs=220, etc) nothing
happens! no errors, no nothing! So, I'm thinking my printer is a
"winprinter", which it is (LEXMARK 2030), but correct me if I'm wrong but
surely if I sent some meaningless data to it I should get some kind of
response! Any ideas?
Thanks in advance,
darrdem.
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From: john burton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Boca 2016 support
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2000 13:42:47 GMT
On Thu, 24 Feb 2000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>: On Sun, 20 Feb 2000 21:47:13 GMT, john burton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>:>Unfortunatly the Boca 2016 support was removed from the kernel
>:>support (serial.c support actually) with kernel version 2.2.x....
>
>Wrong. The support is still there. There never really was 'Boca 2016' support
>in the kernel -- the Boca 2016 uses the *generic* multiport support. So
>you need to enable that kernel option in in addition to the standard serial
>driver.
>
>You use setserial to configure the card, with specific parameters for the
>BB-2016. You need 1 IRQ per card, plus a block of 0x80 addresses wide.
>It's possible to shoehorn 4 BB-2016's (total 64 ports) into a PC.
>I know, i've done it.
>
>Anyway, the key for setserial is the 'match1' and 'match2' parameters.
>Remember to configure all ports of the BB-2016 on the same IRQ, each
>port is offset from the other by 0x08. There are 16 of them starting
>at the base address.
I had done all that be fore, Dan... That is..
/usr/src/linux/.config
CONFIG_SERIAL=y
CONFIG_SERIAL_MULTIPORT=y
Setserial is configured just as it was under kernel v2.0.10 ... (and this whole
thing worked then)...
There is one other differance in the whole setup... I am now running on a PCI
mom-board; before 'twas on a VLB mom-board.
The Boca card is jumpered to IRQ 12 (as before) and /proc/interrupts shows
nothing using IRQ 12. In the BIOS setup I've instructed "manual" IRQ config,
with IRQ 12 being an "ISA" device.
I'd love to be able to re-enable the serial support I was used to in the older
version, and based on your advice above I should be able to. Unfortunately, I
don't seem to be able to make the trip.
Can you help further???
Thanks!
--==jb==--
--
========================================================================
john burton The SANDBOX ** MultiLine Linux
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
MidWest City, Oklahoma
========================================================================
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From: Marvin Pierce <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: USB Monitors in Linux Red Hat 6.1
Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2000 15:04:06 GMT
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
On 2/24/00, 8:00:00 PM, "s" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote regarding USB=
=20
Monitors in Linux Red Hat 6.1:
> Please, I'd like to know if the USB monitors work fine in RH 6.1, and =
if
> it's possible to configure resolutions, color depth, and refresh rates=
=20
with
> them.
> Thanx a lot in advance
At present, Linux does not support USB devices.
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From: Marvin Pierce <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: USB modem...
Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2000 15:06:33 GMT
At present, Linux does not support USB.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
On 2/25/00, 7:00:31 AM, Ron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote regarding Re: USB =
modem...:
> I too seek the same information.
> I however use Mandrake 6.5 and have a Zoom USB interface modem=20
...model 2985
> Thanks for any help.
> ---
> Ron
> KaiMan Law wrote:
> > can any 1 tell mi how to activate my usb modem under linux rethat=20
6.1...
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Frank Hahn)
Subject: Re: Printer Problem
Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2000 15:10:06 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Sat, 26 Feb 2000 01:32:06 -0500, Alex <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I have a HP LaserJet 5L. I got it working fine (old HD) before I install
>RedHat 6.0 on a new HD.
>It's setup as a Remote printer using samba and the host is running
>windows 98.
>When I try to print anything from any program or even use lpr with
>simple text file, I got the following message:
>Error: /invalidfont in findfont
> Operand stack:
> F0
>Times-Roman Font ........
>
I'm not sure but this may be an error from gs (ghostscript).
Ghostscript may only be partially installed.
Have you tried sending a simple text file from the command
line directly to the printer? Something like:
# cat file.txt > /dev/lp0 (lp1 or lp2)
If that works, then try generating a Postscript file and use
the gs program to send it directly to the printer as above.
The only thing I don't know is what kernel series Redhat 6.0
uses. If it is the 2.2 series, then how the kernel names
the parallel ports changed and that may be part of the
problem.
I would look either at http://www.deja.com or in the kernel
source tree for I believe the name is parport or paraport.
I'm am using Slackware with a 2.0 series of kernels so I
have not had to bother with the parallel port name change.
--
Frank Hahn
The cost of living hasn't affected its popularity.
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From: "Patrick Brochu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Challenge: Install Linux on a 386sx25, 40 megs HD and 1 Meg ram
Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2000 10:12:16 -0500
Hey there:
Anybody could tell me if i'm dreaming or if it's possible?
I want to install linux on an old klunker i have, a 386 sx 25, only a meg of
ram, and 40gigs hd... With such a small amount of ram, is this possible,
and how would I go about doing that? Thanks!
Pat
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From: mike <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Adding New Larger Hard Drive To Old Machine
Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2000 10:20:00 -0500
My bios /motherboard does have the option LBA mode.
What kind of upper limit on max hard drive memory would
that impose on Win95?
Mike
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From: Robert Redelmeier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Burned system!?
Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2000 09:42:09 -0800
ajam wrote:
> thanks for taking the time and responding to my question. I actually did all
> that. The video board and everything else does not get recognized; the
> speaker is not beeping; and after the power goes on, it won't off using the
> switch. At this point, I'm pretty certain that the problem is the BIOS chip,
> but will certainly prefer to hear other people's view on this matter. Blowing
> a board or BIOS chip is not so uncommon. Thus, I wonder if anyone has run
> into this problem before.
I've had bad BIOS. But fortunately it has a protected boot-block and will
boot from floppy (no PCI video, only ISA if I plug in an old VGA card).
This is enough to reflash it.
If your BIOS is bad and doesn't have the boot-block, then you are out
of luck. You can try testing/reflashing your BIOS if you have an
EEPROM programmer like ctFlash. Check the CPU and memory out on another
board. But it's getting difficult to diagnose. AFAIK, a POST card
will not help if the BIOS or CPU is bad. Shorted (PCI/DRAM/ISA) pins
will also cause total "fail-to-start".
-- Robert
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Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2000 09:09:46 -0700
From: D Grimm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Sound Blaster PCI-128
bryant wrote:
> I cannot get my Sound Blaster PCI-128 sound card to work on Red Hat Linux
> 6.1. I tried using sndconfig, it detects my sound card as a ES1371. Is
> there anything else I can do?
>
> --
> Posted via CNET Help.com
> http://www.help.com/
Try using the alsa drivers. You can get them at www.alsa-project.org/ Make
sure you get the applications, and read the mini how-to. Pay particular
attention to the section on using amixer (an alsa utility) to unmute the
card. You unmute it after the drivers are loaded. I use the comands
'amixer set Master 100 unmute' and 'amixer set CD 100 unmute'. Also, load
the snd-pcm-oss and snd-mixer-oss to get your kde sound utils to work.
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From: Ryan Stapleton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Help: GPhoto and Apple Quicktake 150
Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2000 16:10:25 GMT
Hello,
I have an Apple Quicktake 150. Its a nice older digital camera.
I have this working under windows and just ran across GPhoto for linux!!
It says it works with a Quicktake 150. I selected the serial port
and the quicktake 150 option but it cant find my camera :(
Does anyone have any ideas?
Thanks
-Ryan
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From: "Red Hat Partisan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Help, AMI MegaRAID 428 seeking enlightenment
Date: 26 Feb 2000 16:11:27 GMT
Hi,
I am almost tearing my hair out of frustration. If anyone can
shed any light on my situation I would be MUCH appreciative.
Machine: Dual PII/400, 512MB ECC, MicroStar MS-6120N
AMI MegaRAID 428, 5 SCSI Wide 4GB HDD on 2 channels
Adaptec AHA3985 3-channel w/ CD-ROM, CD-R, scanner, MO, HDD.
DE-220 (NE2k clone) ISA 10Mb/s NIC, 3C905 PCI 10/100 Mb/s NIC
Matrox Millennium 8MB, Logitech Marble Plus trackball PS/2
Problem:
[1] I was unable to make Linux see more than one Logical Drive. When
booting up, there is a message making it clear that the driver
sees two Logical Drives, but only find one of them as /dev/sda.
[2] I can't install using standard Red Hat 6.1 Graphical Install.
The install process conks out with a Python error. Text-based
install will conclude normally, but when installing will only
see TWO DRIVES.
[3] When installing, the kernel sees megaraid first; when rebooting
after install, the kernel sees aic7xxx first, result is a kernel
panic. This is solvable by disconnecting the aic7xxx first, do
the install from the megaraid (at least disconnect all HDD-like
devices), recompile kernel with megaraid compiled in and aic7xxx
as module, then plugging in the HDD's on the aic7xxx. But there
surely is a better way!
[4] Back to 1; I still need to use the other logical drive.
HELP!! THANKS FOR ANY ASSISTANCE ...
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Subject: Re: Adding New Larger Hard Drive To Old Machine
Date: 26 Feb 2000 11:19:27 EST
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Sat, 26 Feb 2000 10:20:00 -0500, mike <<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>
shouted forth into the ether:
>My bios /motherboard does have the option LBA mode.
>What kind of upper limit on max hard drive memory would
>that impose on Win95?
It shouldn't impose any limit on Lose95 since that is supposed to have
protected-mode drivers for disk access and not use the BIOS... er, not use
the BIOS much... er, only use the BIOS when it really, really wants to.
You shouldn't have problems with disks < 8G and might possibly have
problems with disks > 8G. YMMV; good luck.
--
Matt G / Dances With Crows \ In the MS-DOStrix,
There is no Darkness in Eternity \----\ there is no fork().
But only Light too dim for us to see \
===== Usenet: ceci n'est pas une guerre des flammes =====
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From: "Simon Whittemore" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: hardware questions - Please help
Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2000 16:20:11 -0000
Reply-To: "Simon Whittemore" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Hi,
I have just installed Redhat 6.1 on my x86 PC - P200 48 mb Ram
I do not have any other OS installed.
I cannot get some of my hardware recognised.- I have turned of plug and play
in the BIOS.
When I try to configure my printer under LP0 (it was LPT1 under Windows) it
cannot be detected. What else can I do?
Also how do I find out which COM port my modem is attached to? I have played
with linuxconf but it just says the modem is busy under all the COM ports.
Can anyone give me any advice????
Thanks
Simon
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Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2000 17:20:24 +0100
From: Jasper Moeller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.comp.periphs.videocards.matrox,comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: Xfree86 3.9.17 and Matrox g400
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> Hi!
> If anyone has been able to get Xfree86 3.9.17 working with the dual
> head g400 please could they post their XF86config file. I have been
> trying in vain to get the dual head set up, I get only one screen. I
> cant figure out how to modify the xf86config file so that xfree86
> recognises that I have a dual head card. The xf86config file shows how
> to do it for two seperate matrox cards, but doesnt explain how to do it
> for a dual head. Any help will be greatly appreciated.
>
> thanks
> achilles
>
> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> Before you buy.
Hi,
According to the README.MGA, only the first monitor is supported.
Precision Insight is developing a drinver for the G400 that supports 3D
and dual head, but apparently haven't released anything yet...
Jasper
--
Jasper Moeller, Universitaet Konstanz
Fakultaet fuer Mathematik und Informatik
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Subject: Re: Challenge: Install Linux on a 386sx25, 40 megs HD and 1 Meg ram
Date: 26 Feb 2000 11:25:02 EST
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Sat, 26 Feb 2000 10:12:16 -0500, Patrick Brochu
<<l4St4.219$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> shouted forth into the ether:
>I want to install linux on an old klunker i have, a 386 sx 25, only a meg of
>ram, and 40gigs hd... With such a small amount of ram, is this possible,
>and how would I go about doing that? Thanks!
IIRC, you need at least 4M to install a system and 8M to do much that's
useful. You might be stuck with DOS. And what are you doing with a 40G
HD on such an old beast? :-)
--
Matt G / Dances With Crows \ In the MS-DOStrix,
There is no Darkness in Eternity \----\ there is no fork().
But only Light too dim for us to see \
===== Usenet: ceci n'est pas une guerre des flammes =====
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From: Stefan Seyfried <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Challenge: Install Linux on a 386sx25, 40 megs HD and 1 Meg ram
Date: 26 Feb 2000 17:23:49 +0100
Patrick Brochu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I want to install linux on an old klunker i have, a 386 sx 25, only a meg of
> ram, and 40gigs hd... With such a small amount of ram, is this possible,
> and how would I go about doing that? Thanks!
Yes, it is. But not for newbies... :-)
Search the net for Paul Gortmaker�s "Linux-Lite", a stripped down
1.0.9 kernel that will run on machines with 896kb or more.
Well, don�t expect you can do much useful things with it ;-)
I had a stripped 1.2.13-Kernel on my 2mb 386sx33 Laptop, it was fun
reading newsgroups in the bathtub ;-)
If you can�t find anything on the net, email me and i will search my
archives for you.
Stefan
--
Stefan Seyfried, [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED]
hi, i'm a signature-virus! copy me to your .signature to help me spread!
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Subject: Re: Where can I find ATI Virge IIC dirver for linux?
Date: 26 Feb 2000 11:36:24 EST
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Sat, 26 Feb 2000 02:27:09 -0800, Victor Zhang
<<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> shouted forth into the ether:
> Where can I find ATI Virge IIC video driver for linux?
There is no such thing as an "ATi Virge IIC." There is the ATi *Rage*
IIC, which uses the Mach64 server and has been supported since Xfree86
3.3.3, which has been out for almost a year now. Run XF86Setup,
Xconfigurator, or SaX, and select the Mach64 server manually if the
program doesn't auto-detect the card.
> Where can I find realteck network driver for linux?
That depends on the exact make and model of the Realtek network card.
Have you looked in /usr/src/linux/Documentation/Configure.help for any
mention of your network card? The 8129 and 8139 have support for sure.
--
Matt G / Dances With Crows \ In the MS-DOStrix,
There is no Darkness in Eternity \----\ there is no fork().
But only Light too dim for us to see \
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rod Roark)
Subject: Re: Challenge: Install Linux on a 386sx25, 40 megs HD and 1 Meg ram
Date: 26 Feb 2000 16:36:54 GMT
On Sat, 26 Feb 2000 10:12:16 -0500, Patrick Brochu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Anybody could tell me if i'm dreaming or if it's possible?
You're dreaming, at least in terms of current distributions. Let the
old clunker go, it's not worth your time.
-- Rod
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.os2.misc,comp.os.os2.setup.storage
Subject: Re: Update on Linux + OS/2 + Win2k system
Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2000 11:38:12 -0500
In <yRNWO1cJ1gUw-pn2-kw0qjCbNGo7Q@toshiba>, on 02/26/00
at 11:38 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mark Dodel) said:
>Total Cost of Ownership - all the crap you have to go through to keep
>any microsuck product running.
ok.
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From: "Karsten W." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.graphics.api.opengl
Subject: PCI Graphics card recommendation!
Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2000 17:56:06 +0100
Hi all!
What's the best/fastest PCI graphics card for OpenGL and general gaming
(also Win2k) which has XWindows hardware acceleration? I'm tied to PCI,
because my AGP Port is already blocked with a GVX1, for which no
Linux/XWindows drivers exist. This is why I'm asking all this: I can't
stand MS Windoze any longer!
As it seems, the Voodoo3 is currently the best choice, but I'm pretty
much interested in the GeForce. However there doesn't seem to be a
manufacturer who offers a PCI version...
Comments anyone? (a recommendation!)
Or: An alternative solution
Thanx,
Karsten
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From: Stephen Tawn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: New computer
Date: 26 Feb 2000 16:51:19 GMT
I am about to buy a new computer will the following spec work with linux?
AMD K7 ATHLON 600MHZ SLOT A
EPOX Slot A ATX VIA APOLLO 3DIMM 1AGP 5PCI 1ISA
168Pin 3.3v 16x64 128Mb 100MHZ SYNC DRAM PC100
Maxtor 17.2GB EIDE Hard Drive 5,400rpm 9.5ms
Novatech 50x Max IDE CDROM Drive
Novatech 1726 17" .26dp 1600x1200
STB Voodoo 3 2000 3DFX 16Mb AGP
Creative S/Blaster 16 PCI
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