Linux-Hardware Digest #370, Volume #12 Tue, 29 Feb 00 08:13:06 EST
Contents:
Re: heating linux (Robert Hampf)
Re: SoundBlaster PCI 128 under Linux (Antoine Martin)
x86 multiport serial board recommendations? (Jefferson Ogata)
Re: Help! cdrom stops after every song (al)
Re: heating linux ("Robert W. Cunningham")
Linux crashes after cooling problem (Alexander Borghgraef)
Re: heating linux ("Robert W. Cunningham")
Re: Aureal vortex 2 (8830) driver for Linux (Rolf Magnus)
dual PIII mainboards (Stefan Brabec)
Re: Partitions partitions partitions ("Erwin R�egg")
QuickTake100 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: QuickTake100 (Ryan Stapleton)
Re: Redhat 5.x/6.x or Mandrake 7.0 and PERC 2 on Dell Poweredge 4300 (Charles Baker)
Re: dual PIII mainboards (Andrew Stevens)
Re: Printer Problems (G Hargreaves)
modem ("linuxboy")
Re: How to print on 11x17 paper (Laura Conrad)
OptiPlex GX110(+) vs Redhat 6.1? (Nicolette de Bruijn)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Robert Hampf)
Subject: Re: heating linux
Date: 29 Feb 2000 00:43:40 +0200
Robert W. Cunningham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> h�lt �essu fram:
:
: My PC pulls just under 2A of current (1.89A), which means I'm dissipating
: about 200 watts. Since I have a Cyrix processor and couple of older SCSI
: disk drives you can fry eggs on, my power consumption may not be
: typical. I expect most other systems would consume something closer to
: 100 watts.
For some time I have wondered how much spare power I've got in my
box. How would you measure this on a Linux-only system. I suppose
you have to do more than measure the AC current as there are some
different DC voltages that all have to suffice.
Now I've got a Celeron 400, 3 IDE disks, 2 SCSI disks, 1 CD-ROM and 1
CD-RW. Everything is at most a year old. My power supply gives me
300W. How many disks would you let me add?
rh
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From: Antoine Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: SoundBlaster PCI 128 under Linux
Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 08:34:49 +0000
Michael Lechasseur wrote:
> The es1370.o is the correct module for this board. The PCI128 uses the
> Ensoniq 1370 chipset.
Some do, but some others use the 1371 chipset... (like mine)
>
>
> Did you try plugging your speakers into the amplified output? Are your
> speakers turned on, battery good, plugged in?
>
> Jakob Sandholm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'm running Red Hat Linux 6.1 and have a problem with my sound card.
> >
> > It is a "Sound Blaster PCI 128", but sndconfig detects this as a
> > "Ensoniq AudioPCI" card (es1370.o)...
> >
> > I have detected no errors in the logs. But.... the volume is EXTREMELY
> > low! I can only hear actual sound, if I direct the sound through
> > line-out into my stereo and turn up it up to a VERY(!) high level. This
> > is, when the volume is at its maximum in "xmixer" etc.
> >
> > So... I was wondering, do I need a specific driver for my SB-card (where
> > can I find it?)
> >
> > Or... does the ensoniq-driver work properly, if I can fix the
> > volume-problem? In that case, how can I fix it??
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Jakob Sandholm
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From: Jefferson Ogata <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.comp.linux.isp,alt.os.linux.dial-up,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: x86 multiport serial board recommendations?
Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 03:32:53 -0500
Anyone care to recommend 8- or 16-port multiport serial boards for supporting a
bank of modems with PPP on Red Hat 6.1? Your experience is appreciated.
If this topic has been discussed in depth recently, please point me to the
thread.
--
Jefferson Ogata : Internetworker, Antibozo
smtp: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.antibozo.net/ogata/ ICQ: 19569681
whois: [EMAIL PROTECTED] finger: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: al <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.mandrake
Subject: Re: Help! cdrom stops after every song
Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 08:47:03 GMT
> I am going to assume you are all running enlighenment. First log in as
> root. Next run linuxconf and go to the user properties. In the supplimental
> groups type in "audio". This fixed the problem for me.
Madal
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From: "Robert W. Cunningham" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: heating linux
Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 09:13:06 GMT
Michael Hofmann wrote:
> "Robert W. Cunningham" wrote:
> >
> > This equation tells us all we need to know:
> >
> > Power (watts) = Voltage (volts) x Current (amps)
> >
>
> NO. Don't confuse people with wrong assumptions. Your formula holds true
> for DC ONLY, which is NOT what we have in the case of a PC power supply.
> It runs on AC. This means that you have to take the phase angle (Phi)
> between Voltage and Current into account.
<noise snipped>
Get a clue. Most DMMs (Digital Multimeters) take that into account for you!
When you push the little "AC" button, a .707 factor is automatically figured
in! Of course, if your "AC" is not a TRUE sine wave, this correction may be
in error, and you would need to use a "True RMS" DMM. But, as I said in my
original post, that doesn't apply here.
And as for the apparent power nonsense, ALL OF THE LOADS IN A NORMAL
PC ARE DC! Very little imaginary power (V-I phase differential) is present,
if any. There are no large inductors to speak of, since most modern PC power
supplier are actually switching buck converters driven from direct
rectification of the AC line. Some cheaper power supplies do contain
transformers to handle line voltage changes, but those transformers are fairly
non-reactive.
Have you ever used a multimeter? Do you know how a direct rectification
switching buck converter power supply works? Have you ever tried to measure
the V-I phase differential in a PC power supply? I have. I know what I'm
talking about.
My original reply was not designed to impress anyone with my knowledge, but
merely to provide a minimal explanation to enable the original poster to
measure the power consumed by his system, and make sense of the numbers.
What was your reply intended to do? Prove that you're taking your first EE
class?
-BobC
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Alexander Borghgraef)
Subject: Linux crashes after cooling problem
Date: 29 Feb 2000 09:07:57 GMT
I'm having a strange problem with linux crashing on my pc: when I
run midnight commander in console login mode, open a file in it's native
editor, scroll down, then scroll all the way up untill I "hit the top
of the screen", it gets stuck. Nothing works anymore, no F10, no alternate
login, no ctrl+alt+del. It just doesn't move. Other problems occur with
netscape under x: sometimes it just slows to a crawl, where you have to
wait five minutes until your keystrokes get responded to (literally five
minutes), until netscape just crashes. Sometimes it just gets completely
stuck, not responding at all. The reason I think this is a hardware
problem is that it all started occurring after I experienced some cooling
problems, the cpu cooling unit had gotten detached from the cpu. I must
have run the thing for a while without cooling until I discovered the
problem when installing a new nic. I've installed a new cooling unit,
which works fine, but the problems remain. Did I blow out my cpu, or
is there another explanation?
The system I use is an old Pentium 90, if that helps. I also tried
reinstalling win95 on my other partition, and the installation crashes
too, so that makes me think the os is not the problem.
--
Alex Borghgraef
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From: "Robert W. Cunningham" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: heating linux
Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 09:16:47 GMT
Sven Bovin wrote:
> Oops, sorry should have read a bit further before I wrote
> the above. Here's my factor 1/sqrt[2].
Then why didn't you go back and edit your post to be correct? Without your
rant about .707, you evidently had ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO SAY! What a
wonderful thing to share with everyone in the world who reads this newsgroup.
Do you know what that up arrow on your keyboard is for?
-BobC
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From: Rolf Magnus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Aureal vortex 2 (8830) driver for Linux
Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 10:34:20 +0100
Reply-To: "Rolf Magnus" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Vincent DECOUX wrote...
>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.
What error message was it? Were you running it as root?
>Is there a way to check my installation ? my sound configuration ? I
>must say I'm totally at using sound under Linux.
What kernel do you have? It should be a 2.2.x kernel (2.3.x didn't work for
me) and it should have oss sound support compiled as a module. If you have
the original kernel of your distribution, this should be the case.
First, become root.
"lsmod" should tell you if the sound modules were loaded (look for au8830
and soundlow, or was it soundcore?). If it isn't, do a "depmod -vav". This
will give you a list of existing modules for your kernel version. The au8830
module (and also the other sound module) should be there. If it is, try
loading it with "modprobe au8830" (I hope this is the correct name..). If
you see no error message and still don't have sound, perhaps "dmesg" will
tell you something.
Rolf Magnus
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From: Stefan Brabec <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: dual PIII mainboards
Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 10:31:20 +0100
Hi,
I'm looking for information on the current status
(supported/unsupported) for two PIII mainboards:
- SuperMicro PIIIDM3 (or PIIIDM6)
- Tyan S1834 Tiger 133
Are there any known problems with these boards ?
(configuration would be something like
2x700PIII, GeForce DDR, 768Mb - 1Gb RAM)
Thanks,
Stefan
--
Stefan Brabec, Max-Planck-Institute for Computer Science
Im Stadtwald, 66123 Saarbruecken, Germany
Phone +49 681 9325-428 Fax +49 681 9325-499
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "Erwin R�egg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Partitions partitions partitions
Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 11:56:33 +0100
Hi
I think you should first install Win98 and then Linux, then LILO not
the other way round. It worked for me. And make shure to make the
/boot partition below 1024 cyl. If you don't want to buy Partition
Magic, use fips.
Regards
--
Erwin Rueegg
Adresse: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Melissa Nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb in im Newsbeitrag:
2QEu4.854$[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> ok i tried for like 4 days to get win98se and linux on the same box
but
> after i get linux RedHat 6.1 loded i go to install win98se and it
gives me
> the error "this drive is not currently configured for win89" then
is wants
> to config it but if i let it, it will whipe all my current
partitions and
> files.....
>
> what can i do to run both win98 and RH6.1 on the same 13g HDD???
>
>
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: QuickTake100
Date: Wed, 01 Mar 2000 11:44:55 GMT
Anyone know of a driver for the Apple
Quicktake 100 (its a fairly old B&W
digital camera)
I need only tp get the images onto the PC,
the software that it comes with is Windows
and I don`t have this, (could manage Dosemu though)
gphoto has support for the QuickTake150, is this
similar?, would it be possible to adapt the driver
, Where would I find the technical specs?
thanks for any help
Tom
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From: Ryan Stapleton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: QuickTake100
Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 11:59:47 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> Anyone know of a driver for the Apple
> Quicktake 100 (its a fairly old B&W
> digital camera)
>
> I need only tp get the images onto the PC,
> the software that it comes with is Windows
> and I don`t have this, (could manage Dosemu though)
>
> gphoto has support for the QuickTake150, is this
> similar?, would it be possible to adapt the driver
> , Where would I find the technical specs?
>
> thanks for any help
>
> Tom
I have a QTake 150, but I have yet to make the gphoto work with it :(
I donno what I am doing wrong....
-Ryan
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From: Charles Baker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Redhat 5.x/6.x or Mandrake 7.0 and PERC 2 on Dell Poweredge 4300
Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 07:00:00 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Here is Dell's answer to my problem:
At this time Redhat will only install with a single or dual channel
PERC 2 card (PERC II and PERC 2/SC). These PERC cards are AMI based
controllers and the PERC 2 (4 Channel) controller is an Adaptec based
RAID Controller. Adaptec plans on adding drivers for the PERC 2 card
sometime mid to late March. This would explain the difficulties you
are having during the install process. The only option you would have
at this time would be to use the HDs off the onboard AIC 7890 SCSI
controller. There is one note about using the onboard controller and
that is once you install with the drives on the onboard controller
they would have to be reinstalled once they are attached to the PERC
card. If you have any other questions please let us know.
Thanks for Contacting Dell,
Joseph
Charles Baker wrote:
>
> Hey, I hope this is the proper forum for this question.
>
> I've tried to install RH 5.2, 6.1 and Mandrake 7.0 on a Dell Poweredge
> 4300 w/ a Perc 2 RAID controller. Evrything I've found on the 'Net says
> that during the scsi setup to choose the AMI MegaRAID driver. I do
> this, but I always get a response that the device isn't found. I even
> found some updated RH 5.2 install disks on AMI's ftp site, but nothing
> seems to work. Has anyone gotten this to work? Any ideas or clues?
>
> --
> Charles H. Baker
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.utc.edu/~cbaker/personal/
> Live Free Or Die
--
Charles H. Baker
Manager Student MicroComputer Labs
http://www.utc.edu/StudentMicroLabs/
[EMAIL PROTECTED] 423.755.4517
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From: Andrew Stevens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: dual PIII mainboards
Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 12:11:23 +0000
Hallo Stefan,
English:
- As far as I can tell only generic support for the new ATA66
controller. I.e. no UDMA66.
- 2.3.x apparently boots, but I haven't found anyone who kann confirm
2.2.x is o.k.
- The brand-new test in C't shows pretty poor memory sub-system
performance. No better than or worse than a decent 440BX dual board.
In short, other than allowing recent FSB133 PIII's to be used the board
buys you next to nothing under Linux over a recent 440BX or 440GX dual
board.
Deutsch:
I habe genau diese Frage erforscht. Leider war die Antwort nicht
optimal.
o Soviel ich heraus finden kann gibt es kein support for fuer den neuen
EIDE controller. Also, is (bestenfalls "generic" PCI controller da.
Also kein UDMA66.
o Linux in der 2.3.x versionen soll laufen aber 2.2.x weiss mann nicht
so recht.
o Grade rechtzeitig hatt C't ein Ausfuerlichen test gemacht.
Alarmierendes Urteil: speicher performance is gleichauf oder gar noch
schlechter als bei standard dual 440BX boards.
Also, ausser support fuer FSB133 PIII's gibt es kaum einen grund diese
Boards unter Linux einzusetzten.
Andrew
> Hi,
>
> I'm looking for information on the current status
> (supported/unsupported) for two PIII mainboards:
>
> - SuperMicro PIIIDM3 (or PIIIDM6)
> - Tyan S1834 Tiger 133
>
> Are there any known problems with these boards ?
> (configuration would be something like
> 2x700PIII, GeForce DDR, 768Mb - 1Gb RAM)
>
> Thanks,
>
> Stefan
>
> --
> Stefan Brabec, Max-Planck-Institute for Computer Science
> Im Stadtwald, 66123 Saarbruecken, Germany
> Phone +49 681 9325-428 Fax +49 681 9325-499
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 09:02:45 +0000
From: G Hargreaves <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Printer Problems
Since you are running RH linux, you can configure printing under
X windows using printtool. printtool is useful since it will tell
you if it can find your parallel port. If no parallel port is
detected - that is your first problem. This will involve either
inserting the modules using insmod or recompiling the kernel
to include printer support - see Kernel-HOWTO.
If your parallel port is configured ok, you can test directly the
printer by typing as root 'cat fred.txt > /dev/lp0' where fred.txt
is any ascii text file. This will send the file directly to the
printer, avoiding any configuration files. This assumes the printer
is connected to the first printer port. If this does not work,
either the port is not setup properly or check the cable. The
Printing-HOWTO is a good source for ideas.
If that works ok, the problem will probably lie with either the file
/etc/printcap or the associated print filter file, probably located
in /var/spool/lpd/lp. Check out the page
http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/pht/printer_list.cgi
to see if you can find your printer there and how to set it up.
You could also download pdq printing software, since this is easier to
get working than lpd. http://feynman.tam.uiuc.edu/pdq/
Geoff
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From: "linuxboy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: modem
Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 13:22:28 +0100
How can i install a Conexant SoftK56 modem under Suse 6.2.
I'ts a pci modem.
Answer quick
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Subject: Re: How to print on 11x17 paper
From: Laura Conrad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 29 Feb 2000 07:44:38 -0500
>>>>> "Laura" == Laura Conrad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (me) writes:
>>>>> "Grant" == Grant Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Grant> HP's Postscript implementation might be ignoring you when your
Grant> Postscript says "ledger paper"; perhaps sending the proper PJL
Grant> incantation before the job, or fiddling with the printer console,
Grant> would do it?
Laura> I don't know how to send PJL incantations.
I still don't know how to send them, but I have some more information
-- I got desperate and hooked the printer up to a windows box, and
installed the driver, and a windows program that understands
postscript, and I have now printed something almost correct. So then
I printed to a .prn file with the same settings.
So now, my question is, can I take the information in the .prn file
and use it to get LINUX to do the right thing?
The header in the .prn file is:
.prn> 2345X@PJL JOB
.prn> @PJL SET RESOLUTION = 600
.prn> @PJL ENTER LANGUAGE = POSTSCRIPT
.prn> %!PS-Adobe-3.0
.prn> %%Title: PrintFile - allparts.book.ps
.prn> %%Creator: PSCRIPT.DRV Version 4.0
.prn> %%CreationDate: 02/28/00 21:19:51
.prn> %%BoundingBox: 13 13 779 1211
.prn> %%Pages: (atend)
.prn> %%PageOrder: Special
.prn> %%Requirements:
.prn> %%DocumentNeededFonts: (atend)
.prn> %%DocumentSuppliedFonts: (atend)
.prn> %%DocumentData: Clean7Bit
.prn> %%LanguageLevel: 2
.prn> %%EndComments
and has a lot of stuff in it like:
.prn> [{
.prn> %%BeginFeature: *InputSlot Tray 1
.prn> <</ManualFeed false /MediaPosition 3>> setpagedevice
.prn> %%EndFeature
.prn> } stopped cleartomark
And also some postscript:
.prn> %%BeginDocument: Pscript_Win_PassThrough
.prn> 0 6383 translate 600 72 div 600 72 div neg scale
just before it finally gets to the header of the original document:
.ps> %!PS-Adobe-3.0
.ps> %%Title: allparts.abc
.ps> %%Creator: abc2ps 1.3.3
.ps> %%CreationDate: Feb 21 17:58 2000
.ps> %%LanguageLevel: 2
.ps> %%EndComments
.ps> %%BeginProcSet: PStoPS 1 15
.ps> userdict begin
--
Laura (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] , http://www.world.std.com/~lconrad/ )
(617) 661-8097 fax: (801) 365-6574
233 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02139
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Nicolette de Bruijn)
Subject: OptiPlex GX110(+) vs Redhat 6.1?
Date: 29 Feb 2000 12:54:50 GMT
Hi,
Is there somebody with experience with de OptiPlex GX110(+) ?
* Intel 810e chipset
* Intel DVMT, Direct AGP - 4 MB SDRAM video memory
* Ultra ATA/66 hard disc
* Integrated 3Com 10/100MBs Ethernet controller
I would like to know if I will be able to use Redhat 6.1 and if
I can expect serious problems.
Thanks in advance,
Nicolette
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