Linux-Hardware Digest #409, Volume #12 Sun, 5 Mar 00 23:13:08 EST
Contents:
Re: Q: DSL on US West with Cisco 605 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: HP NetRaid 1Si (Esben Haabendal Soerensen)
Re: brother printer ("res028kf")
Orchid NuSound card problems (Philip Pritchett)
Re: Gamepad under Linux (GarbMan)
Re: intel 810 and sound ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: An optical allusion that will astound you, works on all spec pc's:) (TheSimon)
Re: Voice modem - any recommendation? (Robert Gillis)
Re: HP 720C and Redhat 6.1 (enrique)
DMA33 instabilities ("Justin R. Miller")
Re: Gamepad under Linux (Greg Kraft)
Sound blaster pci 128 ("Felix")
Re: Linux hardware problem detector (Dances With Crows)
Sound stutter (DMA issue) on OB4150 Laptop resume (APM) ("James and Laura Dean")
Re: Upgrade old PC (Dances With Crows)
Re: ATI All-in-Wonder 128 questions (Adam K Kirchhoff)
Re: HP 8210e USB CDRW support? (Greg)
Re: intel 810 and sound (root)
Re: Dell OptiPlex GX300/Intel 820 chipset (John Doe)
Adding a second Hard Drive in Linux [HELP!!!] (CADMAN)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Q: DSL on US West with Cisco 605
Date: Mon, 06 Mar 2000 00:05:58 GMT
First of all, if you think Windows is a pain in the ass, just wait
until you try linux!
Second, if you are getting blue screen errors in Windows98, you have
some problems there that need to be addressed. You might want to
consider Windows NT or Windows2000 if you want a more stable
environment without having to learn an entirely new way of doing
things. However, I would first consider finding out why you are getting
fatal exceptions in Windows98, it could be a hardware problem.
P.S. If you are not that computer Savvy, I would suggest sticking with
Windows98 and figuring out why you are getting fatal exceptions.
P.S. there is no support for the internal DSL modems in linux
and as far as the scanner and camera are concerned, I would say
probably not a chance of getting linux drivers..
Joe
In article <882rjf$g60$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am finally getting sick of Windows 98 crashing on me and the blue
> screen of death. I believe its time to migrate to a more stable
> operating system so I want to give Linux a chance. I am currenly
> researching whether my current hardware will work. After reading
> several postings and calling US West, I am getting message that the
> Cisco 605 is not supported for Linux at all. Can anyone confirm this?
>
> Also, I have heard that the Cisco 675 is supported. US West wants to
> sell me one for more than $300. I saw some on ebay for more decent
> prices. Can I purchase any Cisco 675 or am should I be looking for
> something in particular? Will US West provide configuration support
> for DSL hardware that isn't purchased through US West? How easy is
> this to setup?
>
> Also, Can anyone provide guidance as to whether some of my other
> hardware and peripherals will work on Linux?
>
> I have a Dell Pentium II 450 MHZ
> HP Laserjet 6L Printer
> HP CD Writer 8100 Series
> UMax Astra 1200S SCSI Scanner
> Olympus D-340R Camera
>
> Thanks for your help, and I hope some of your responses can help other
> potential Linux users.
>
> Tracy Monteith
>
> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> Before you buy.
>
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Before you buy.
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Subject: Re: HP NetRaid 1Si
From: Esben Haabendal Soerensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Mon, 06 Mar 2000 00:52:00 GMT
>>>>> "Duarte" == Duarte Cordeiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Duarte> Hello all, I would like to know if there is support (I
Duarte> couldn't find it) for NetRaid support on linux? Only found
Duarte> Mylex and DPT support :(
Duarte> Thanxs in advance,
The HP Netraid in HP Netserver LH 4 works fine with the AMI Megaraid
driver.
/bart
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From: "res028kf" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: brother printer
Date: Mon, 06 Mar 2000 01:04:48 GMT
I also need Drivers for a Brother Printer HL-1240. I have not found Linux
drivers for any Brother printer yet. Help would be appreciated.
Thanks,
AJ
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:Vqxg4.127$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>
> Does anybody know, if I can use
> Brother HL1020 Laser printer under Linux ?
> Any drivers ?
> Maybe in the text mode ?
> Any help would be appreciated.
>
> Janet
>
> ==================================
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From: Philip Pritchett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Orchid NuSound card problems
Date: 06 Mar 2000 01:03:53 +0000
I have an Orchid NuSound card that I'm trying to get working with linux.
Its Aureal based (the vortex chip has AU8820B2 printed on it) so I was assuming it
should work with the aureal drivers.
I have kernel 2.2.14 compiled with Sound support but always get the following
error :
/lib/modules/2.2.14/misc/au8820.o: init_module: Device or resource busy
I have tried switching off PnP support in my BIOS but it didn't make a difference.
Does anyone know if the drivers should work for this card and maybe give
me a clue as to where I'm going wrong. I have seen a few messages
talk about changing IRQs for the card in the BIOS but mine only gives the option of
saying whether each IRQ is "PCI/ISA PnP" or "Legacy ISA".
I have also tried switching which PCI slot the card is in with no better results
(tried it in slots 2 and 3 , I don't have anything in slot 1)
Could there be any kernel configuration options I'm overlooking ?
Please help !
Phil
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From: GarbMan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Gamepad under Linux
Date: Sun, 05 Mar 2000 19:10:52 -0600
Willem Bleym�ller wrote:
>
> Does anyone know how to install a 6 button Gamepad under Linux??
> I thought it would work when i loaded the joystick.o module with insmod,
> but then when I tried using it in Heretic II it didn't work.
joystick.o is just the basic support for joysticks (vaguely similar to
soundcore.o for sound?). You still need to insert the proper module for
your device (eg 'modprobe joy-sidewinder' or something like that).
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: intel 810 and sound
Date: Mon, 06 Mar 2000 01:02:17 GMT
In article <897534$gb2$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> i am trying to setup sound using the onboard sound card
> of the i810 if anyone has done so or can give me any help
> let me know.
> thanks
4Front Technologies sells OSS for $20.00. OSS is a set of device
drivers that supports quite a few sound cards (the i810 is one of
them) under several different operating systems.
Check them out at www.opensound.com
- brattkus
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From: TheSimon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.m68k,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.network
Subject: Re: An optical allusion that will astound you, works on all spec pc's:)
Date: Mon, 06 Mar 2000 01:23:31 GMT
In other words: Don't run it.
LL wrote:
> Watch a stunning array of files on your hard disk make a mesmerizing trip to digital
>oblivion. Take a trip down memory lane
> and enter the digital museum where your old friend mbr sits behind glass, a basket
>case, singing "start me up."
>
> > Run this file, and after 20 seconds of looking at optical visuals you will WANT to
>ring all your friends...damn amazing!!!
> >
> > www.fortunecity.com/westwood/makeover/759/optical.exe
> >
> > zfktkkcmsmsxkqbxorovvcwmhclmmzeuecrmwcnpuruqdsbyi
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From: Robert Gillis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Voice modem - any recommendation?
Date: Sun, 05 Mar 2000 21:25:18 -0400
i have a 3Com USR one.. internal.. 56K Data/Fax/Voice .. works great
-Rob
On Sun, 05 Mar 2000 21:31:18 GMT, "Hugo Frappier"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I want to set-up my linux server as a voice mail system. So I'm looking for
>a voice modem that will be supported by Linux (2.2.13).
>
>Any recommendation? Should I go with an internal or external one?
>
>
>Thanks
>
>Hugo Frappier
>Montreal, Canada
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From: enrique <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: HP 720C and Redhat 6.1
Date: Mon, 06 Mar 2000 01:30:05 GMT
Andre Rueter wrote:
>
> the only i know is that it is actually only possible to print b/w on a
> hp720.
No, this afternoon I installed the drivers within a few minutes, no
problem, color printing. Try: http://sourceforge.net/project/?group_id=1322
Good luck
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From: "Justin R. Miller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: DMA33 instabilities
Date: Mon, 06 Mar 2000 01:33:06 GMT
Hi there,
Been trying to get DMA33 to work on my hda and hdb but have been running
into glitches every time. These include Netscape failing to start with
a 'bus error', random system hangs, and things like Tcl/Tk scripts and
even 'su' segfaulting. Here is some relevant info:
Gigabyte GA-686LX3 mobo
/dev/hda:
Model=ST36531A, FwRev=3.05, SerialNo=VS324357
Config={ HardSect NotMFM HdSw>15uSec Fixed DTR>10Mbs RotSpdTol>.5% }
RawCHS=13446/15/63, TrkSize=0, SectSize=0, ECCbytes=0
BuffType=0(?), BuffSize=128kB, MaxMultSect=32, MultSect=off
DblWordIO=no, maxPIO=2(fast), DMA=yes, maxDMA=2(fast)
CurCHS=13446/15/63, CurSects=-492437311, LBA=yes
LBA CHS=790/255/63 Remapping, LBA=yes, LBAsects=12706470
tDMA={min:120,rec:120}, DMA modes: mword0 mword1 mword2
IORDY=on/off, tPIO={min:240,w/IORDY:120}, PIO modes: mode3 mode4
UDMA modes: mode0 mode1 *mode2
/dev/hdb:
Model=SAMSUNG VG36483A, FwRev=FL101-43, SerialNo=dW1910130573d8
Config={ HardSect NotMFM HdSw>15uSec Fixed DTR>10Mbs }
RawCHS=13424/15/63, TrkSize=32256, SectSize=512, ECCbytes=4
BuffType=3(DualPortCache), BuffSize=494kB, MaxMultSect=16, MultSect=off
DblWordIO=no, maxPIO=2(fast), DMA=yes, maxDMA=2(fast)
CurCHS=13424/15/63, CurSects=-1854930751, LBA=yes
LBA CHS=789/255/63 Remapping, LBA=yes, LBAsects=12685680
tDMA={min:120,rec:120}, DMA modes: sword0 sword1 sword2 *mword0 mword1
mword2
IORDY=on/off, tPIO={min:120,w/IORDY:120}, PIO modes: mode3 mode4
UDMA modes: mode0 mode1 *mode2
The above info is without enabling DMA. I am just using the '-d1'
hdparm switch and although I get performance gains (from about 3 to 8 on
hda and 3 to 10 on hdb) these still seem rather low plus I get the
abovementioned instabilities. I've done this with custom kernels
2.2.12-2.2.14 and several Red Hat/Rawhide RPM kernels (same versions).
Any ideas?
Justin
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From: Greg Kraft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Gamepad under Linux
Date: Mon, 06 Mar 2000 01:41:28 GMT
GarbMan wrote:
> Willem Bleym�ller wrote:
> >
> > Does anyone know how to install a 6 button Gamepad under Linux??
> > I thought it would work when i loaded the joystick.o module with insmod,
> > but then when I tried using it in Heretic II it didn't work.
>
> joystick.o is just the basic support for joysticks (vaguely similar to
> soundcore.o for sound?). You still need to insert the proper module for
> your device (eg 'modprobe joy-sidewinder' or something like that).
Try saying yes to the first two options under joystick support in xconfig,
and then maybe say yes to gravis gamepad.
Just a shot in the dark....I did this and my pad seems to be recongnized at
boot-up, but never tried it in a game yet.
Regards
Greg
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From: "Felix" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Sound blaster pci 128
Date: Mon, 6 Mar 2000 03:01:09 +0100
Is Sound Blaster pci 128 supported ?
I use the Red hat 6.1 and soundconfig doesn't work.
My sound card doesn't sound.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Subject: Re: Linux hardware problem detector
Date: 05 Mar 2000 21:24:55 EST
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Sun, 05 Mar 2000 23:11:57 GMT, Matthew <<89upjr$lfe$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>
shouted forth into the ether:
>I have used RH 6.0 on older computers so I know that it works.
>Are there Linux tools for detecting hardware problems?
>Tyan S1598C2 motherboard (2 M Cache)
>64M of RAM
>13G Hard-drive.
>Symptoms include crashes and core dumps from both Gnome and KDE. At one
>point my machine froze. In the message logs there are Kernel Oops.
>My first choice of suspects is the memory
You could be right at that. The "memtest86" utility would be a good thing
to check out. It can be found below:
http://reality.sgi.com/cbrady_denver/memtest86
I had similar problems but it turned out that the RAM wasn't faulty; it
was either the El Cheapo motherboard I had at the time or its integrated
video. I suppose you could try disabling the cache in the system BIOS and
see if the problem goes away, but the performance hit there would be
absolutely awful. 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 \
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From: "James and Laura Dean" <jldean-at-mindspring-dot-com>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.portable,linux.redhat.misc,alt.os.linux.mandrake
Subject: Sound stutter (DMA issue) on OB4150 Laptop resume (APM)
Date: Sun, 5 Mar 2000 21:34:31 -0500
OK, so I finally got sound working on my HP OmniBook 4150 Laptop. It seems
that although the chipset is a NeoMagic 256AV, and the windows drivers all
say "NeoMagic", apparently for Linux-Mandrake-RedHat-etc (I'm using Mandrake
7.0-2) you should use the "CS4231"/"ad1848" drivers with the setting as
reported in the BIOS screen. Override the sndconfig with
"--noprobe --noautoconfig". I also had to manually change the IRQ to "5" in
/etc/conf.modules, as it wasn't an option in sndconfig and is what the BIOS
screen reported. I also switched the BIOS audio selection from "automatic"
to "Enabled" to keep the settings consistent. Go Figure.
Anyways, all is now copacetic on the sound front, with one small exception:
When I resume from suspend or hibernate (write RAM to disk) the sound driver
loops playback or "stutters", i.e. the "Max Headroom" effect.
If I do a "play" from the command line I get a bunch of :
"Sound: DMA (output) timed out - IRQ/DRQ config error?"
lines for the duration of the sample. So I think I understand what is
happening, i.e. the DMA isn't working, but not why. Does anyone have any
ideas on fixing this?
At the very least any idea on how to reset the sound driver so I can stick
it in the resume script?
I thought of doing an "rmmod" then "insmod" of the sound driver module, but
it claims it's busy and won't remove it (not suprisingly).
Please copy reply to an e-mail as well as post as I am a very infrequent
Usenet reader. I can be reached at: jldean-at-mindspring-dot-com (Spammers:
May the fleas of a thousand camels infest your armpits.)
Sincerely,
James Dean
P.S. Hopefully this will make it into searchable archives like Deja etc. as
I couldn't find anything about the correct driver to use for an OB4150, and
the nm256 driver locks it up!
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Subject: Re: Upgrade old PC
Date: 05 Mar 2000 21:39:16 EST
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Sun, 5 Mar 2000 21:01:18 +0100, Karel Venken
<<89ueg1$4jl$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> shouted forth into the ether:
>Athlon 550 MHZ
>128 MB RAM
>motherboard GA-71X
>Matrox Millenium G400 MAX
>
>I discovered that several people have problems with Linux and the Athlon.
>What can I expect with this motherboard, or is there a better suggestion ?
>The Athlon Processor seems to outperform the Pentium III.
This *should* work. I don't know for sure, though. Athlon processors and
motherboards are very picky about their power supplies; you may have to
get a new one to make everything work happily. Actually, since you
referred to an ISA serial/parallel card, I'm assuming this is a Baby AT
board. You might want to get an ATX board and a new ATX case if you do
have to get a new power supply--ATX is just so much nicer in many ways...
>The Matrox Millenium G400 supports dual head display under Windows 98. Is it
>also supported under Linux (This board is eg. supported by Linux Suse 6.2,
>but I am not sure of the dual head display)
The dual-head support will be in Xfree86 4.0. If you can't wait, Xi
Graphics is selling a commercial X-server that supports dual-head for the
G400. I forget how much it costs; $100 US or so.
>Is there really no support at all for parallel port scanners, if so, would
>it be possible at all under Linux (Perhaps I can try to write a loadable
>module, but I have no programming experience...)
Parport scanner support is pretty limited.
http://www.buzzard.org.uk/jonathan/scanners.html
might provide a starting point, at least.
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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: Adam K Kirchhoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: ATI All-in-Wonder 128 questions
Date: Mon, 06 Mar 2000 03:20:57 GMT
Frankly, I would just wait till XFree86 4.0... The prereleases are
quite stable with my Rage 128, and run beautifully. Also, there will be
3D GL hardware acceleration before the end of Q2 (check out
www.precisioninsight.com) for XFree86 4.0.
Adam
In article <89r3o9$8q4$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I just got a ATI All-in-Wonder 128 (16meg) board to play with on my
SuSE
> 6.1 (6.4 as soon as it's out) box and I have a few questions:
>
> Does Xi have a server that works with this board? I checked out the
> page at http://www.xig.com/Pages/3D-LGD-List.html . It's listed, but
> no link?? Hopefully this means "soon"? Would one of the Rage Fury
> drivers work or is it a different chip?
>
> How about GL support? (Ha! I know, dream on. ;)
>
> Anyone know of any tips for performance tweaking in XFree 3.3.6? I
had
> to use the "no_accel" option in XF86Config because otherwise the text
in
> menus and xterms kept getting garbled. Is this normal?
>
> Is the support in 3.9.? any better? I might be tempted to tackle
> installing that if anyone else has good things to say about it, but
it's
> a bit of trouble I'd rather not get into otherwise. 4.0 will be out
> soon enough. :)
>
> TIA,
> - John
>
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>
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From: Greg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: HP 8210e USB CDRW support?
Date: Mon, 06 Mar 2000 03:30:11 GMT
Herbert Niederle wrote:
>
> Is there any chance to use the 8210e USB device with SuSE Linux 6.3?
> I til know only heard something about a hp_scanner module.
> Any hint would be nice, thanx in advance,
>
> Herbert ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
It is posible. First you need to download a usb backport of the 2.3 kernel.
Try www.linux-usb.org Then you have to enable scsi suport and usb scsi
support. It is considered a mass storage device. That is all I know you are
on your own from here.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (root)
Subject: Re: intel 810 and sound
Date: 6 Mar 2000 02:04:01 GMT
Try using ALSA drivers (www.alsa-project.org). They have support for i810.
In article <897534$gb2$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
|> i am trying to setup sound using the onboard sound card
|> of the i810 if anyone has done so or can give me any help
|> let me know.
|> thanks
|>
|>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Doe)
Subject: Re: Dell OptiPlex GX300/Intel 820 chipset
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 5 Mar 2000 22:59:04 -0500
Don't know about 820. I just got myself gx100 with 810
chipset. It doesn't work. Yikes.
On 03 Mar 2000 21:01:24 +0100, Konrad Hinsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Does anyone know if the new Dell OptiPlex GX300 works under Linux?
>It uses the Intel 820 chipset, which is rather new. I couldn't find
>any information about Linux/Intel 820 compatibility, and the OptiPlex GX300
>is suspiciously absent from RedHat's list of Dell machines certified
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From: CADMAN <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Adding a second Hard Drive in Linux [HELP!!!]
Date: Mon, 06 Mar 2000 04:08:01 GMT
I'm very new to Linux, but I decieded to build a computer and put it
on it anyway. I have installed Red Hat 6.1 on a PII with a 13 gig
Hard drive and everything went fine. It's up and running with a
connection to the internet.
I made hda have three partitions when I installed from scratch.
One was "swap", another was "/" and the last was "/usr"
I now want to add a second Hard Drive to the system, should be no
problem..... wrong!!! I have the CMOS fine, the system finds both
drives OK but I don't get the standard LILO: prompt during boot.
It seem to say something like
DHCP MAC ADDR: 00 D0 B7 1D F6 B9
DHCP..../ <--- Twerley Bar goes for ~30 sec.
Next message says
DHCP MAC ADDR: 00 D0 B7 1D F6 B9
PXE-E51: No DHCP or BOOTP offers received
Invalid Partition table_
I don't know why the "DHCP" message comes up I am not using DHCP.
If I unplug the second drive and re-boot, everything is fine again.
I think it has somthing to do with LILO not able to find the booting
drive "hda"
Can anyone help me??
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