Linux-Hardware Digest #364, Volume #12 Mon, 28 Feb 00 16:13:07 EST
Contents:
Re: Need help with SCSI CD-Rom burner (Dances With Crows)
looking for cheep PCs (Brian Dudek)
Re: Accessing SCSI device which was off at boot time (Brian Dudek)
Re: Questions (Dances With Crows)
Re: Where can I find ATI Virge IIC dirver for linux? (Dances With Crows)
Mixer don't work (nicolas denos)
Re: Linux vs Windows docs (was: Re: Linux sucks) (JEDIDIAH)
Re: Linux sucks (JEDIDIAH)
Re: pcmcia modem (Will Packard)
Re: PCI Graphics card recommendation! ("Brian")
how can I tell how many CPUs? ("Nathan Salminen")
Re: how can I tell how many CPUs? ("Frank Westheider")
Re: Any good external modems for Linux (Atle)
Compatible CD-ROM (Jan Boshoff)
Re: Challenge: Install Linux on a 386sx25, 40 megs HD and 1 Meg ram (B'ichela)
BOCA I/O650 (aka BOCA Turbo 650) 16C650 Serial Board ("Steven W. Engle")
Random SCSI hangs/crashes with >128Mb on P2DBE - Don't know what else to try (Robin
Collins)
Re: Linux sucks (Vincent Fox)
Re: TNT2 Clock Utility - Detonator 3.76 (Anton Deguet)
Re: Interrupt-driven parport? (Skip)
Re: Compatible CD-ROM (Dances With Crows)
Aureal vortex 2 (8830) driver for Linux (Vincent DECOUX)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Subject: Re: Need help with SCSI CD-Rom burner
Date: 28 Feb 2000 14:14:15 EST
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Mon, 28 Feb 2000 18:02:22 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
<<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> shouted forth into the ether:
>--------------0003FBE8058EE9FC8FC87EC7
>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
>Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Don't do that. Please learn to configure your newsreader properly--the
standard in a group is "plain text" unless stated otherwise.
> I am having a problem with a CD-Rom burner of mine. I'm running
>RedHat Linux 6.1 and it finds it, but when I test it with a CD (The 6.1
>Install CD), it gives me this message:
> mount: block device /dev/scd0 is write-protected, mounting
>read-only
And this is a problem how? You probably wouldn't want to overwrite that
install CD even if you could...
When you mount a CD-ROM, is is always mounted as read-only. Always.
Writing to a blank CD-R(W) is done without mounting a filesystem, done
through the /dev/sgX devices, and done using the cdrecord or cdrdao
programs. Read http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/CD-Writing-HOWTO.html and
the man pages for cdrecord and mkisofs for more info on the whole subject.
HTH,
--
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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Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2000 12:25:43 -0700
From: Brian Dudek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: looking for cheep PCs
I have been hitting the net looking for cheep PCs but have not found
many. Any suggestions where to look?
My local used computer store often gets (from HP) used P75, 32mb ram,
2gb disk, case, floppy, 150w power supply. They even throw in a new key
board and mouse all for $100. All boxes are tested with 30 day
warranties.
I'm looking to get my hands on more of them but they only get large
shipments a few times a year. I don't need graphics, sound, cdrom, or
modems (don't even need a keyboard or mouse) there are going into my
cluster. A bare-bones type box at less than $200.
Thanks,
Brian
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2000 12:28:09 -0700
From: Brian Dudek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Accessing SCSI device which was off at boot time
"Richard M. Denney" wrote:
>
> I think I saw somewhere that it is possible to refresh the SCSI bus
> information, for example, to access a SCSI device which was not on when
> linux was booted up. Am I correct? Can anyone tell me how to do this. (I
> would like to be able to power on a scanner for occasional use without
> shutting down and rebooting linux!).
>
> Rick Denney
I think if you boot with everything on you should be ok?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Subject: Re: Questions
Date: 28 Feb 2000 14:31:46 EST
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Mon, 28 Feb 2000 11:19:25 -0600, Delbert G. Freeman
<<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> shouted forth into the ether:
>I am running Corel's version. I severely dislike anything
>from Redmond, Wa. Are any of the other versions of Linux
>any better than Corel's? The type face is restricted, the
>overall look bland (at best), the documentation stinks and
>the overall "user friendliness" is severely "challenged."
I'd take SuSE or straight Debian over Corel any day, but that's just me.
If you want your hand held, then Unix is not (yet) for you. I don't know
exactly what you mean when you say "the type face is restricted." The
typeface in terminal windows is fixed-width for good reasons. The font
selection that comes with most distros is thin, but there's a solution:
Read the Font-Deuglification HOWTO available at
http://www.linuxdoc.org/Font-Deuglification-HOWTO.html
The docs are not as good as they could be because Linux is such a
fast-moving target and many developers would rather hack than write docs.
Also, Unix in general does not hold your hand--"You've got man pages and
HOWTOs, what more do you want? Check http://www.linuxnewbie.org or buy
the _Running Linux_ book or post to Usenet or ask your local LUG or call
the people who manufacture your distro!" seems to be the attitude.
The paper docs supplied with the Win98 machine I bought 10 months ago were
horrible. Lots of stuff at 6th-grade reading level on drool-proof paper,
nothing whatsoever about how to do anything complex/technical.
>seen in the Linux world look good. From the write up I have
>read and the comments I have seen posted on the user's
>groups, this is not what I would expect. What am I missing?
Experience. Unix has a steep learning curve, but you only have to climb
it once. Doing user-level things on Solaris and HP-UX is very similar to
doing user-level things on Linux... except that the Solaris/HP-UX default
toolsets seem b0rken compared to Linux's. (root-level stuff is a whole
different can of worms full of Pandora's boxes.)
>Also, does anyone know if a US Robotics Sportster modem,
>model 0481, is a winmodem or not? Another thing I would
http://www.o2.net/~gromitkc/winmodem.html (extensive database of Lose-
and Real- modems.)
--
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] (Dances With Crows)
Subject: Re: Where can I find ATI Virge IIC dirver for linux?
Date: 28 Feb 2000 14:42:31 EST
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Mon, 28 Feb 2000 08:05:55 -0800, Victor Zhang
<<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> shouted forth into the ether:
> My network card is RealTek RTL8019 Pnp card,I have configured
>it to enbale PNP,Is it supportable in Linux Redhat 6.0?
The 2.2.13 kernel "Configuration Help" for the realtek driver says that
the 8019/8029 are not supported. However, the ariadne2 driver source says
that the Ariadne card contains a realtek 8019 chip and is based on the
NE2000 driver.
So, try DISABLING PNP. PnP for ISA cards is an abomination. Turn off
"PnP OS" in your BIOS and set the card for a specific IRQ and I/O range if
possible. (don't worry about setting the IRQ/whatever if the card's PCI.)
Then compile the NE2000/1000 eupport (ISA) or PCI NE2000 support (PCI) as
a module, install it, and try modprobing it (with the set IRQ and I/O
ranges if it's ISA.) HTH, Bonne chance.
--
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: nicolas denos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Mixer don't work
Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2000 19:59:18 +0100
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I've a soud card based on a Crystal CS4232 Chipset on a Debian with
kernel 2.2.13 , the audio output works but not the mixer!
Here is the output of "cat/dev/sndstat" :
OSS/Free:3.8s2++-971130
Load type: Driver loaded as a module
Kernel: Linux lnxdev 2.2.13 #7 Thu Jan 20 11:00:03 CET 2000 i586
Config options: 0
Installed drivers:
Card config:
Audio devices:
0: Crystal audio controller (CS4236) (DUPLEX)
Synth devices:
Midi devices:
Timers:
0: System clock
1: Crystal audio controller (CS4236)
Mixers:
0: Crystal audio controller (CS4236)
1st weird thing, my card is CS4232, the module is cs4232.o but sndstat
says me "CS4236"
2nd, the mixer won't work
( I've /dev/mixer device linked on /dev/mixer0 )
...need some help ;)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (JEDIDIAH)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.portable
Subject: Re: Linux vs Windows docs (was: Re: Linux sucks)
Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2000 20:00:46 GMT
On 25 Feb 2000 21:17:18 -0800, Dale Huckeby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
>John Jordan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
[deletia]
>>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.
>
> All this rings true. What Bill Gates understands that many
>developers don't is that most end users want computers to perform
>specific tasks with no knowledge of the inner workings: in other
NO HE DOESN'T.
Jobs and Woz do. Bill does not. This is why he subjected
his captive customers to DOS until 1995 and still subjects
them to it through Win9x.
He might understand the marketing value in lying to his
customers and claiming that his product really works like
a Mac when it doesn't. However, that's not quite an under-
standing of what customers really want but rather what lies
they will fall for.
>words, appliances. You shouldn't have to "configure" your phone or
>fridge to use them. Like many others I use Linux because I like
>to stay off the beaten path, have some specific needs that only
>Linux can meet, and _am_ willing to mess around under the hood to
I like Linux because I don't have to bother with that if
I don't want to. Unix stays the way you put it. It doesn't
degrade or self implode. That makes it far more like an
appliance than anything that merely has a lot of comforting
eye candy slapped on top of it.
[deletia]
If you're looking for a book written to the appropriate target
audience then try before you buy. Most serious bookstores will
allow you to browse titles thoroughly before buying. Do that.
Stick your butt in front of the Linux titles and go through them
one by one until you find what you need.
--
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Resistance is not futile. / | \
Need sane PPP docs? Try penguin.lvcm.com.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (JEDIDIAH)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,linux.redhat.install
Subject: Re: Linux sucks
Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2000 20:04:44 GMT
On Mon, 28 Feb 2000 06:33:41 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>On Thu, 03 Feb 2000 23:58:43 GMT, the Evil [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>(JEDIDIAH) screamed:
>
>> We are not jealous of Gates.
>>
>> Anyone that asserts that is a royal ass.
>>
>> We just want better. In most market segments, that's
>> not a problem. In computers, if you clamour for that,
>> you get labeled as 'jealous'.
>
>The real problem -- and it will become more apparent as the years go
>by -- is the attempt by capitalist corporations to invade and colonize
>the CopyLeft/ GNU Public License/ 'Free Software'[sic] phenomenon, in
>an attempt to control it for gain, as they do in every other area of
>economic activity. It's about (potential, here) money.
I don't really care about the source. I view it primarily
as a means to an end, a tool with which market balance can
be restored. As long as products are perfectly replacable
source isn't that valuable.
However, in an atmosphere of vendorlock, source can be
VERY useful. It need not even be copyleft source either.
It just needs to be out there. Copyleft is as much a
method of encouraging the sharing of code as it is the
insurance that it's deriviatives will always be accessable.
>
>Of course, the *essence* of Linux is to be FREE...
>
>I'm sure that many in the Linux movement understand this -- and are
>prepared to thwart these plans, by keeping Linux essentially free of
>corporate manipulations. After all, it's corporate monopolies which
>are responsible for the twisting of public standards, and for the
>secrecy which hobbles our use of so much software/hardware.
>
>And it never ceases to amaze me how so many people do not understand
>the true reason for Microsoft (and Bill Gates') success: the need for
>a WORLD STANDARD OS.
>Windoze is NOT good -- it has simply been the OS the 'world'
>standardized on (along with Intel hardware, etc.). Time marches on,
>technology -- and standards -- change. And now we thankfully have
>LINUX (and 'AMD'; and now 'Transmeta'... hardware is so much harder,
>isn't it? :).
>The fact that we NOW have an alternative (and FREE at that!), is why
>people are today coming out of the woodwork to say publicly that *the
>Emperor has no clothes*.
>
>
>The Emperor is _dead_. Long live Linux!!
>
>
>
>
>> I was using GUI's before Microsoft could manage a decent one.
>> This includes the GUI that people like to pretend doesn't
>> exist: X & Motif.
>
>And I had a wonderful Atari ST, when grafix for DOS boxes was so
>un-businesslike...
>
>
>grok
>
--
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Resistance is not futile. / | \
Need sane PPP docs? Try penguin.lvcm.com.
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From: Will Packard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: pcmcia modem
Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2000 15:02:02 -0500
CK Ho wrote:
>
> I am going to buy a pcmcia 56k modem. It seems that linux support a
> particular modem chipset, e.g. Lucent. Is it rite? Can someone tell which
> card is being supported by linux? thanks
If you haven't bought it yet, why would you *choose* to get a WinModem????
>
> P.S. Does Global Village 56K modem /Ethernet PCMCIA works ?
I have one of the Global Village combo cards. I got the 56K modem
flash-upgraded to V.90, and it works fine.
I haven't got the ethernet side of it working yet.
BTW, if you want to use the modem half of the card, you have to
keep the PCMCIA subsystem from erroring-out on the ethernet side.
You can simply call the ethernet side (side 0) memory, or you can
use the generic ethernet driver with hw_offset=0x374 (I think).
If I didn't already have one of these, I would avoid the problem
entirely, and go with a fully supported one.
--
Will
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "Brian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.graphics.api.opengl
Subject: Re: PCI Graphics card recommendation!
Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2000 12:29:22 -0800
Try a Matrox Mystique 220 or Matrox Millenium II or III - lots available on
the used market so inexpensive AND all work very well with X Windows, Linux
framebuffer and WinDoze.
Best regards,
Brian
Karsten W. wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>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: "Nathan Salminen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: how can I tell how many CPUs?
Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2000 12:49:18 -0500
How can I tell how many CPUs a linux box has via a telnet session?
Thanks!
Nathan
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From: "Frank Westheider" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: how can I tell how many CPUs?
Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2000 21:40:10 +0100
HI !
On Linux:
cd /proc
cat cpuinfo
gives you information about each CPU.
cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep processor | wc -l
Gives you the number.
Bye
Frank
Nathan Salminen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb in im Newsbeitrag:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> How can I tell how many CPUs a linux box has via a telnet session?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Nathan
>
>
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From: Atle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Any good external modems for Linux
Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2000 23:20:14 +0100
Michael Kelly wrote:
>
>
> Although a bit on the expensive side, I've been having good luck
> with External USR/3COM Sportster 56K V90 Fax/Modems.
I have one of these as well, with varying results.
It is extremely important to know the quality of the phone system where
you live.
If the phone lines are good, you will not see any difference between a
cheap modem and one costing ten times as much.
If the phone lines are bad, in my case they are not really fit for
communications, the modem quality becomes important: Load your email can
become a very tedious task, it may take 30 minutes to charge 3 seconds
of email.
Atle
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From: Jan Boshoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.mandrake
Subject: Compatible CD-ROM
Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2000 15:29:13 -0500
Hi
Newbie question: I'm ready to install Mandrake on my system but
discovered that my ancient hex speed drive has trouble reading the CD-R
on which I have Mandrake.
I want to buy a cheap new CD-ROM drive, say for around $40.
I do not know a lot about IDE or ATAPI, just know that that's probably
what I will get. But my problem is, many times I see a CD-ROM drive
advertised, and Linux is not listed as one of the operating systems for
which the drive is compatible. Does anyone know why this is?
If I get an IDE/ATAPI drive, what are the crucial signs I need to be
looking for to know whether the drive will be compatible or not?
Thanks for the help!
Jan Boshoff
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (B'ichela)
Subject: Re: Challenge: Install Linux on a 386sx25, 40 megs HD and 1 Meg ram
Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2000 15:19:49 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On 26 Feb 2000 16:36:54 GMT, Rod Roark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>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.
Not Nessarily. He did not mention how much ram the system has.
If the computer can get at least 8mb of ram. then if he can get his HD
space up to about 300MB he could fire up any linux he wants. He would
have to make sure that he understands that running The X Windows
system would be a waiting game. I ran Slackware Linux 3.0 on a 386sx40
machine with a 160mb hd. it works but if windows is your dream.
then its no good unless you like waiting. on the 386sx I had it only
had 4mb of ram. it made a good little personal workstation/terminal..
A recomendation. use an older release for starters. then
slowly build it up to your needs. I used Slackware 3.0, or was it 3.1?
no matter, it came with the Linux Kernal 2.0.0. Since the system was
only got to do small tasks such as telneting it worked fine.
--
B'ichela
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From: "Steven W. Engle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: BOCA I/O650 (aka BOCA Turbo 650) 16C650 Serial Board
Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2000 14:41:55 -0600
This ISA board, the BOCA I/O650 (aka BOCA Turbo 650), is equipped with
two 16C650 UARTs each supporting a maximum speed of 460Kbps. For low
speeds ( <= 115Kbps) it is a drop in replacement for the standard
"COM1" and "COM2" ports. However, to operate at speeds greater that
115Kbps one has to write some (currently unknown) bit pattern to the
boards "Clock Set" I/O Addresses.
| I/O Address |
Jumpers | COM1 | COM2 |
setting 1 | 2C0 | 2C8 |
setting 2 | 2D0 | 2D8 |
setting 3 | 3C0 | 3C8 |
"Drivers" are provided with the board for Win 3.1 / 95 to do this. I am
looking for a equivelent piece of software for Linux (RedHat 6.1). Or
at worst, what the bit patterns are for what speeds and how to write to
those I/O addresses using Linux.
Please response by email. I will summarize to the net.
Steve Engle
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Robin Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.supermicro
Subject: Random SCSI hangs/crashes with >128Mb on P2DBE - Don't know what else to try
Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2000 20:44:46 +0000
I'm installing a Supermicro P2DBE with twin P3 700's, IBM U2W disks
and an Adaptec 2940U2. With 2x128Mb DIMMs I get random I/O hangs, seg
faults and even a reboot when copying 3.5GB from one disk to the other
using 'cp -av'.
I'm using a UP kernel 2.2.12 (also tried 2.2.14) even though both CPUs
are installed, and am finding that the problem goes away if I drop
back to a single DIMM; it doesn't matter which one I install, either
is fine on its' own but when both are installed I get the problem.
Is this a mobo or controller problem? I don't have easy access to a
replacement for either so it means spending cash to try to solve it,
so it'd be nice to have an idea which is the more likely culprit.
Cheers,
Robin
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Vincent Fox)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,linux.redhat.install
Subject: Re: Linux sucks
Date: 28 Feb 2000 20:41:49 GMT
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
writes:
*snip*
>Of course, the *essence* of Linux is to be FREE...
*snip*
Or perhaps, the *essence* of Linux is to be OPEN....
>The fact that we NOW have an alternative (and FREE at that!), is why
>people are today coming out of the woodwork to say publicly that *the
>Emperor has no clothes*.
I disagree, Eric Raymond has it much better in his book
the Cathedral and the Bazaar. It's not ACTUALLY about it
being free. It's about it being OPEN.
There was a Free Software Foundation for many years before
the current new wave of Open Source community developers.
FSF never really got the penetration that the Open Source
movement has, due it still being essentially tightly controlled
by the FSF. The Open Source movement has no center, other than
perhaps Linus who still has pretty good control of the kernel
itself.
But the Open Source community never founded itself on the ideal
that all software is free. It is not unreasonable that a programmer
should expect to get paid for manhours of work. Very few work for free.
The *essence* of Linux is to be OPEN.
It may also be free, or it may have charges for support if
that is what the users want. The user can choose.
--
"Who needs horror movies when we have Microsoft"?
-- Christine Comaford, PC Week, 27/9/95
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From: Anton Deguet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.comp.hardware.overclocking,alt.comp.periphs.videocards.nvidia,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.video
Subject: Re: TNT2 Clock Utility - Detonator 3.76
Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2000 20:59:23 GMT
J Bland wrote:
> It's a bit strange that most of us use the metric system, from the european
> continent, yet we don't use the european system of , as the decimal place.
>
> Who ever said standards were logical? Although, in this case people should
> be able to recognise when one or the other is being used; most standards
> seem to be mutually exclusive.
Most computer languages are from englo-saxon countries (let say the
US). Therefore, most programming languages use the . as decimal
separator. If languages had been translated, we could find an other
decimal separator, but as far as I know no one ever translated a
language. This would not simplify the software production. Just
imagine ...
for (i = 0; i < 100; i++) {
printf(" a number %f\n", 0.0 + i * 0.01);
}
Would become in french
pour (i = 0; i < 100; i++) {
afficherf(" un nombre %f\r". 0,0 + i * 0,01);
}
. is used as parameter separator instead of , in C
%f remains %f, since float -> flottant
\n remains \n, since new line -> nouvelle ligne
But in other languages, this might change too. This would be a
nightmare.
But don't worry, in other fields (not computer related), the separator
has remained ,.
Anton
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From: Skip <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Interrupt-driven parport?
Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2000 12:58:00 -0800
Bill,
I recently installed a new parallel port card in my computer and had to try
a lot of different things before I finally got it to work reliably. In the
process, I ran across some information discussing the autodetect option for
parport devices. I suggest checking the man page and any other information
on parport devices. It sounds like to me parport is trying to autodetect
your port when that isn't really necessary.
Hope this helps, if not, let me know and I'll try to provide some more
information.
Skip
Bill Keeler wrote:
> I'm running RH6, and keep getting the message "parport0: detected irq 7;
> use procfs to enable interrupt-driven operation." I've tried several
> things, and have even succeeded in making the problem temporarily
> disappear, but when I reboot, the problem returns.
>
> How do I get rid of this once and for all? I have looked for a way to
> do this in the Control Panel, but can't find anything. Any help would
> be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Bill
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.mandrake
Subject: Re: Compatible CD-ROM
Date: 28 Feb 2000 16:01:21 EST
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Mon, 28 Feb 2000 15:29:13 -0500, Jan Boshoff
<<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> shouted forth into the ether:
>Newbie question: I'm ready to install Mandrake on my system but
>discovered that my ancient hex speed drive has trouble reading the CD-R
>on which I have Mandrake.
>I want to buy a cheap new CD-ROM drive, say for around $40.
Any IDE/ATAPI drive with a speed of less than 40x is fine. I reccommend
getting something like a 24x as those are A) quieter B) don't spin down as
quickly, leading to higher average speeds for normal user applications C)
cheaper. You can find one of these on ebay or pricewatch.com for approx.
$30 U.S. Shoot, if you have $150 lying around, get a 4/4/16 CD-RW, as
being able to burn CDs has so many advantages...
Some 50x drives don't work with Linux without a kernel patch, for reasons
I forget, so spare yourself some pain and don't get one of those.
--
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: Vincent DECOUX <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Aureal vortex 2 (8830) driver for Linux
Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2000 21:05:27 GMT
Hello,
I have a Dell Dimension PC with a Turtle Beach Montego II A3D PCI sound
card running Linux.
I downloaded the drivers from http://linux.aureal.com/ (v. 1.0.5) second
public release.
Then I uncompressed, untared, went to the directory, typed "make
install" (for a 8830 model).
And ... no sound. The makefile generates one error at the end, but just
iggnores it. So I guess
it's a non-fatal error.
Is there a way to check my installation ? my sound configuration ? I
must say I'm totally at using
sound under Linux.
Thanks if you can help at all.
Please reply to this group and CC: me as well to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Vincent DECOUX
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