Linux-Hardware Digest #465, Volume #12 Sun, 12 Mar 00 23:13:07 EST
Contents:
Re: modems and linux... (Jim Jerzycke)
Memory question (Paul Smith)
Re: Linux vs Windows docs (was: Re: Linux sucks) (John Jordan)
Re: BE6-II mobo no > 64MB ("Felonius Monk")
Re: COM1 or COM2 for the ext. modem; whats optimal? (willbill)
Re: HP Pavillion? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Real audio, /dev/mixer (James Hunter Heinlen)
Re: Install locks up (Jim Jerzycke)
Re: RH6.1 + All-In-Wonder 128 + Sony Multiscan 15sf (Bryan Pettitt)
RH6.1 printer gotchas, HPDJ870 almost works (De Clarke)
Re: D-Link DFE-550TX Ethernet card...supported??? Please Help! (Tony R. Bennett)
Re: IBM-XT via 10BASE-2 to linux box help needed (B'ichela)
Re: COM1 or COM2 for the ext. modem; whats optimal? (Keith R. Williams)
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From: Jim Jerzycke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: modems and linux...
Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2000 08:12:10 +0000
No problem. Just MAKE SURE you set it to a known com port / irq by
pulling the PnP jumper, and setting the other jumpers to a known com
port / irq. I suppose you could make the PnP work, but I didn't want to
mess with a possible headache!
regards, Jim
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Crossposted-To:
alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.asus,aus.computers.linux,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.misc
Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2000 08:30:03 +0800
From: Paul Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Memory question
I'm thinking of upgrading to 128M ram. Currently I just have generic
PC100 64M, but now I'm wondering what more I can get if I spend a bit
more. Would 133MHz ram be an option, even if my MB (P5A) won't quite
make the bus speed? Could be more stable.
Someone recommended I get ECC ram, since I leave my Linux machine on for
long periods it will increase the hardware stability in conjunction with
the superior Linux stability over Win95. However in my MB manual I'm
sure it says something about ECC ram only being supported at 66MHz,
blowed if I could find that bit now though.
It does say in the manual that it supports SPD (serial presence detect)
DIMMs which are 'the best choice for performance vs. stability'. Can
someone fill me in on what this is all about and recommend a 128M module
(even a brand?). Thanks!
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Jordan)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.portable
Subject: Re: Linux vs Windows docs (was: Re: Linux sucks)
Date: Sun, 12 Mar 2000 23:16:27 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Nickolaus Dekay) dijo a todos por la internet:
>On Wed, 01 Mar 2000 08:06:25 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Jordan) wrote:
>
>>Oh, and I still don't know what a gateway is. Or why it is important.
>>Or where to figure out what address I should enter for the gateway.
>
>A gateway is the node in the network chain that is further up than you, which
>you send data to and it then tries to route.
>
>for example, on my lan i have four boxes: a linux box, two win98 boxes, and a
>win98 laptop. the linux box has two interfaces; eth0 to the lan and eth1 to the
>internet. the linux box gives addresses & information via dhcpd on eth0. from
>those settings the win98 boxes are told to use the linux box as their gateway.
>
>when a win98 box on the lan sends a packet to the internet, it sends the packet
>to the linux box. the linux box then looks at its ipchains rulesets and decides
>what to do with the packet. if the packet is accepted, the linux box looks at
>its routing tables and decides where to send it. the packet is destined for the
>world, so it sends the packet out on eth1, to the linux box's gateway.
>
>perhaps a better definition than my previous one is that a gateway is a node
>connecting two networks...?...
>
>hope this helps.
It helps a little. What is a node? Where is "further up"? Why does it
route the data and what does the gateway have to do with where it
routes it? What is dhcpd? What are ipchains and what are ipchains
rulesets?
I guess eventually enough people will explain it to me and I might
figure it out. I think you see my problem though -- people explain
things to me using vocabulary that is meaningless to me. I need an
explanation at a much, much lower level. If there's a ranking below
"novice," that's where I am.
It might be easier for me to get someone to tell me how to solve my
problem if I just give the specifics. My home network is --
Linux box HP JetDirect NT computer Win95 laptop
IP 192.168.1.2 192.168.1.4 192.168.1.1 192,168.1.3
GW 192.168.1.1 192.168.1.1 192.168.1.1 192.168.1.1
Subnet 255.255.255.0 255.255.255.0 255.255.255.0 255.255.255.0
Name DEVIL2 DEVIL DEVIL3
Linux box: Can ping everything. Can print to the printer. Cannot
browse either of the other two computers.
NT computer: Can ping everything. Can print. Can see and browse both
other computers.
Win95 laptop: Can ping everything. Can print. Can browse both other
computers.
My current diagnosis is that I can't get the Linux box to tell the
other computers who I am and what my password is. I am using Corel
Linux with the KDE shell. The workgroup for all three computers is
named JORDAN, no domain. My username on all three is jcj and I use the
same password on all three computers.
When I open the Corel Linux file manager and click on Windows network,
it pops up a dialog box for my password. My username is already
entered above the password box. It says "\JORDAN\jcj." If I just enter
my password, it errors out and says "incorrect password." I have tried
all kinds of things for the username, but evidently I'm not getting it
right --
\JORDAN\jcj (the default)
\jcj
\DEVIL\jcj
\DEVIL2\jcj
\JORDAN\DEVIL\jcj
etc.
Maybe I have the network syntax wrong. Maybe there is supposed to be a
double slash somewhere in the above. Maybe the gateway is wrong. Or
the subnet mask. Or it's the wrong phase of the moon. I don't know.
All I know is everything is working except the Linux box can't browse
the other two computers.
NOTICE: The e-mail address is deliberately incorrect.
Delete "xnospam" from the username.
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From: "Felonius Monk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: BE6-II mobo no > 64MB
Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2000 02:02:27 GMT
Hey Matt, thanks alot for your help. That was a lot less painless than I
thought it would be.
Dances With Crows <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> On Sun, 12 Mar 2000 23:05:58 GMT, Felonius Monk
> <<qpVy4.4221$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> shouted forth into the ether:
> >There isn't an update for the board, but I was told that I had a couple
of
> >choices:
> >1) Manually tell the kernel how much RAM I have in the system
> >2) 2.3 kernels seem to be detecting the right amount of Ram on these
boards
>
> As for 1, it's in the FAQ. At the LILO prompt, enter "linux mem=128M" or
> however much RAM you actually have. Add the line
> append "mem=128M"
> to the global section of /etc/lilo.conf (before the first "image=" line,
> that is) and re-run lilo to make this automatic at every boot.
>
> The most recent 2.3 kernels seem to be working pretty well, except when
> they go haywire and hang the SCSI bus or something. Unless you have a
> compelling reason for going to 2.3, I wouldn't try it. The memory
> detection isn't a compelling reason IMHO.
>
> (Compelling reasons for me would be: I have some hardware 2.3 supports
> but 2.2 doesn't, I wish to try out all the nifty new features like devfs,
> I want to do my part by testing stuff and sending bug reports, or I'm just
> curious and want to play with the latest shiny new toys...)
>
> --
> Matt G / Dances With Crows \###| Programmers are playwrights
> There is no Darkness in Eternity \##| Computers are lousy actors
> But only Light too dim for us to see \#| Lusers are vicious drama
critics
> (Unless, of course, you're working with NT)\| BOFHen burn down theatres.
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From: willbill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.asus,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.chips,comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: COM1 or COM2 for the ext. modem; whats optimal?
Date: Sun, 12 Mar 2000 18:24:05 -0800
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
3/12/00 17:50:17 -0000 Roger Hamlett [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> ...but the priority order given is correct. The order on a PC is:-
>0 1 2 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 3 4 5 6 7
>Com2, was assumed in the original PC, to be a higher data rate
>channel than Com1.
hmmmm...
"higher data rate" as in bandwidth?
=====
do you know whether *current* PC's have the same
bandwidth on irq 3 and irq 4, as on irq 10 (etc.)?
tia, bill
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: HP Pavillion?
Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2000 02:23:48 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Steve Gage <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I am very happy with my HP Pavilion 8565C, which
I suspect is what you
> are looking at (500MHz PIII, 128M RAM, 20G HD).
As mentioned below, the
> modem/soundcard combo ("Riptide") is not
currently supported in Linux. I
> installed my trusty old USR internal modem in
the one free ISA slot, and
> it works great. I'll probably plunk down $30 and
get a Creative Ensoniq
> AudioPCI soundcard one of these days. If I had
another ISA slot, I'd
> install my old SB16!
>
> The ethernet card works fine using the Realtek
driver. Video (Nvidia
> TNT) works fine - I run 1024x768 at 32bpp, and
it's beautiful. You get a
> CD-ROM _and_ a CD-RW, which is nice. 20G of HD
is nice! 500MHz of PIII
> is nice - I'm coming from a 200MHz P/MMX. I
could live without all the
> foolish "Internet" buttons on the keyboard, but
everything basically
> works fine on this machine - even Windows 98 :-)
I have no idea what
> went wrong with Peter's machine - sounds like
he's got himself into some
> serious Windows problems.
>
> - Steve
>
> Peter Teuben wrote:
> >
> > Fluri Dave wrote:
> > >
> > > Burak Serdar wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > I am planning to buy a machine to install
Linux. My options are an
> > > > HP Pavillion machine ( I don't remember
the model number, but 8XXX, a
> > > > PIII with 128 MB mem, 20 gb hd) and a
noname machine from a local shop.
> > > > I know that HP has a winmodem in it, so
I'll need to buy a modem if
> > > > I chosse to buy HP. Is there anybody with
some experience on
> > > > HP Pavillion running a Linux? Any help is
appreciated.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks.
> > >
> > > Hi, Burt.
> > >
> > > I'm running on an HP Pavilion 8565C. Neither
the soundcard
> > > not the modem works. The HD is fine. Disable
USB Legacy
> > > support in the BIOS to avoid keybd troubles.
Other than
> > > that, all is well.
> > >
> > > Dave Fluri
> > > North Bay, Ontario Canada
> >
> > Although it's my wife's Windows machine, I did
put a small linux
> > partition (using FIPS)
> > at the end, and I've had nothing but trouble
with this machine.
> > Basically windows
> > goes into SAFE mode all the time. Sometimes
never even coming out, which
> > caused
> > me to reinstall the WIN98 system from scratch
the first time. Luckily I
> > had a tar.gz backup of all her important files
on the linux partition,
> > but it's still doing this SAFE
> > stuff. We manually let it load drivers and I
believe she now leaves it
> > on most
> > of the time to avoid this problem. I spent 1/2
hour with HP on the
> > phone, which was
> > totally useless and cost me $10 or so.
> >
> > In linux I did not detect the ethernet card
(anybody has a setup for
> > that?) and
> > I don't even remember the video setup.
Basically i'm unhappy with this
> > HP (we have
> > the Celeron-500 model with DVD and CDRW, model
number 8555C).
> >
> > peter
>
I'm presently running an Pavilion 6540C on Linux
I likewise got a "real" modem, but have heard that
there is an audio driver for the audio part of
the "riptide" card (rip off would be a better
name) sound isn't that big a deal to me but it's
a challange to make it work! So I've been off
Windoze for about a week now, so wish me luck!
Vern
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
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From: James Hunter Heinlen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Real audio, /dev/mixer
Date: 13 Mar 2000 02:34:09 GMT
On Sun, 12 Mar 2000 23:03:05 +0000, Martin Booth
([EMAIL PROTECTED]) suffered dangerous fits of clarity and
wrote:
> I tried that:
> wget pnm://ravi.***.de/.../42.ra
> and:
> --22:55:23-- ftp://pnm:21/%2Fravi.****de/.../42.ra
> => `42.ra'
> Connecting to pnm:21...
> pnm: Host not found
pnm is a transport protocol, not part of the address. Try this:
wget ravi.***.de/.../42.ra
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From: Jim Jerzycke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.redhat,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Install locks up
Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2000 10:51:20 +0000
Well. I don't know if this will help, but if you have bios setting for
"PnP OS Installed", try disabling it.
regards, jim
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Crossposted-To:
alt.linux,alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.redhat,comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: RH6.1 + All-In-Wonder 128 + Sony Multiscan 15sf
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bryan Pettitt)
Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2000 02:56:05 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] says...
>
>Radio893fm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> Radio893fm> Now it gets into X but only in 640x480 how can i
> Radio893fm> change it... im using xrage.rpm
>
> Hit control-alt-+ a few times.
>
> _{exile}_____________________________________________________________
> http://www.freespeech.org/apophysis
>
> "Where are your ideas?" {Jello}
I had trouble with my All In Wonder Pro only working in 640x480. I'm not sure
about the All-in-wonder 128, but if it has a TV tuner build in, try unplugging
the video and TV cable inputs. It worked for me.
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (De Clarke)
Subject: RH6.1 printer gotchas, HPDJ870 almost works
Date: 13 Mar 2000 02:57:45 GMT
I managed to get my parallel port back after reading the parport
doc and some helpful postings here.
However, I am still unable to print the Postscript test page.
The gs invocation looks OK
lp 7094 94.6 2.7 5956 3500 ? R 18:42 0:33
gs -q -sDEVICE=cdj850 -r300x300 -sPAPERSIZE=letter -dNOPAUSE
-dSAFER -sOutputFile=/tmp/printtmp.aVYiV2 -
and the output begins well enough, for a few inches; but after
this, it seems to degenerate into gibberish. I get about 2.5in
of the RH test page, that is, the banner text and a narrow
stripe of the gray background and the "red hat". Then the
printer seems to lose its mind and I start getting the "a
few lines of funny symbols per page" output that indicates
bogus input to the printer....
This printer has worked fine for several years through various
RH versions... Is there some known problem with HP Deskjets under
6.1 -- with the new filters? with the new parport driver?
de
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Tony R. Bennett)
Subject: Re: D-Link DFE-550TX Ethernet card...supported??? Please Help!
Date: 12 Mar 2000 18:59:33 -0800
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Kris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Tony R. Bennett writes:
>
>> I checked the HOWTO and it does not list this card as being
>> supported... But I see that there are quite a few 'clone'
>> NIC's... is this one???
>>
>> I 'came' with my Toshiba M500 Server... I could just buy another
>> NIC but not if it isn't necessary.
>
>That card uses the via-rhine driver; so yes, it's fully supported. (I
>use it myself and very nice it is too).
>
>Adios,
> Kris
>
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>PGP/GPG: DH/DSS/1024 0x34941A9F
>F438 005B 9700 E14E 0B8F D3D7 C98E CF45 3494 1A9F
Kris & I communicated off-line...
...I tried via-rhine without success...
The specs say the 'LAN Chip Set' "Interface Controler: D-Link DL10050"
Anyone know if this is supported and what driver I'd use????
TIA,
Tony
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From: B'ichela <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: IBM-XT via 10BASE-2 to linux box help needed
Date: Sun, 12 Mar 2000 21:53:35 -0500
On Mon, 13 Mar 2000, Ken Yap wrote:
> | I have serveral questions that I really would like answers
> |for.
> | 1. in 8 bit mode does the Artisoft AE2/C card in novell mode
> |work on an XT properly?
>
> It may be the NIC, not all NE2000 clones can run in 8-bit mode. Also did
> you use the NE1000 packet driver instead of the NE2000 driver on the XT?
>
No, I did not think that using the Ne1000 driver would work.
Perhaps soon I will try it. I still wish I knew of someone who did get the
artisoft card to work on an XT. This project is driving me up a wall! Now
whenever I try to initalize NCSA Telnet the system freezes and needs a
hard boot to restart (The XT that is). this was an earlier problem that I
had. It seems that IRQ 2 was the only one that did not cause this. Since
the machine only has Com1 and LPT1 I tried IRQs 3 and 5 with no luck at
all.
Incidently I have the same card Artisoft AE2/C on my 486 machine
set at 0x300 address and IRQ 15, set for 16 bit operation and the
Novell compatible settings. Using the Ne2000 driver in linux and the
card works very well. As I explained in the past, I know this as when I
had the XTs Artisoft AE2/C in a 386 in 16 bit mode set at 0x300 IRQ 15 the
card worked well. This 386sx25 worked fine on both Slackware Linux and
Ncsa telnet with the cryware packet drivers. I am really beginning to
wonder about this driver. I cannot find an Artisoft AE2/C specific packet
driver anywhere even on the artisoft web site. the only ones I found were
for Lantastic (not suprising since Artisoft also created Lantastic.)
I am looking for an 8 bit alternative card. perhaps even a true
NE1000 card. Anyone got one that they are willing to give to someone who
wants to try to get these XTs to work as simple telnet/ftp clients? If so
email me and I will post my mailing address.
B'ichela
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Keith R. Williams)
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To:
comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.chips,comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc,alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.asus
Subject: Re: COM1 or COM2 for the ext. modem; whats optimal?
Date: 13 Mar 2000 03:31:35 GMT
On Sun, 12 Mar 2000 17:50:17, "Roger Hamlett"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Keith R. Williams wrote in message ...
> >On Sun, 12 Mar 2000 12:34:33, "Wayne Monteath"
> ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> >> COM2 uses IRQ3.
> >> COM1 uses IRQ4
> >>
> >> IRQ3 gets serviced (has a higher priority) before IRQ4.
> >
> >This is backwards (which is why COM1 is on IRQ4 by default), but
> >it doesn't matter in any case.
> I agree it doesn't really matter, but the priority order given is
> correct. The order on a PC is:-
> 0 1 2 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 3 4 5 6 7
> Com2, was assumed in the original PC, to be a higher data rate channel
> than Com1.
Nope. It's backwards. The higher numbers had priority. Of
course the high numbers (9-15) are spawned off IRQ2 so they are
at a *lower* priority. I'be been doing this crap since the
original PC1 (and before). I wish I kept my TechRefs, but I've
moved inbetween and this stuff get jetisoned.
----
Keith
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