Linux-Hardware Digest #457, Volume #12 Sat, 11 Mar 00 15:13:09 EST
Contents:
Re: Modem Blaster External? (Jim Harvey)
Sound Card Help Please ("Bill Henderson")
To. Linux Pl...help help ("Bass���v")
Re: IDE/ATAPI CD-ROM (Hal Burgiss)
Supermicro PIIIDME (Alessandro Bencini)
Re: PIII vs PIII E - which is faster? ("Brent Green")
Problem with ethernet (uni2)
Anybody really good at monitor-settings? (Lars Olsson)
Re: Linux sucks (John Jordan)
Re: PS/2 serial settings, io memory and Linux? (Bernhard Seidl)
Re: which ups brand? (Phill Coxon)
Re: Anybody really good at monitor-settings? (Tony Curtis)
Re: Anybody really good at monitor-settings? (Lars Olsson)
Suggestions for SMP motherboards... ("Jim Morrissey")
Re: Need Advise on Getting Old Adaptec Card for Old 450mb SCSI (mike)
Re: Linux sucks (Rusty Lingenfelter)
Video card trouble: ATI All in Wonder 8 meg ("Dave Borchard")
Video card trouble: ATI All in Wonder 8 meg ("Dave Borchard")
Is there any TV tuner card compatible? (Alexis Bilodeau)
Re: Need Advise on Getting Old Adaptec Card for Old 450mb SCSI (mike)
ftape with 2.2.x kernel (scott)
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From: Jim Harvey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: Modem Blaster External?
Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2000 10:41:57 -0500
Thomas Bagwell wrote:
>
> "John E. Maynus" wrote:
> >
> > I was wondering if Creative Labs External Modem Blaster would work under Lin
> > ux?
> > It's DE5620 off www.modemblaster.com I was told it was a USB modem and was t
> > old it should work under Linux but was also told by someone they heard USB m
> > odems didn't work under Linux. I read on off www.linuxnewbie.org that they d
> > id but was a bit harder to get to work.
> > I don't want to waste $90.00 or a USB external modem when I can buy a non-US
> > B external for $100.00 at a different place.
> > Would it be wise to get the USB one for $90.00?
>
> Someone else can probably give you a better answer, but my understanding
> is that Linux USB support is still...experimental? It might work....
>
> Tom B.
I have a DE 5620-3 model it is standard serial and works OK under Linux. Comes with
absolutely no documentation though, like what AT command to
turn off auto answer.
--
Jim Harvey, Naperville, Ill. Amiga person - Linux person - WB8NBS/9
This message came from Netscape running on a LINUX machine!
He who dies with the most software wins.
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From: "Bill Henderson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Sound Card Help Please
Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2000 11:40:58 -0800
Hello,
I have a red hat 6.1 installation. I tried to install one third party sound
card and couldn't. So i got a straight ISA sound blaster card, installed
it. I tried running SNDCONFIG, and it says:
the following error occured running the modprobe program:
/lib/modules/2.2.12-20/misc/sb.0:init_module: Device or resource busy
sound: device or resource busy
How do I completely uninstall my previous attempts?
What can I do to start over? without re-installing red hat.
Any suggestions are greatly appreciated
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From: "Bass���v" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: To. Linux Pl...help help
Date: Sun, 12 Mar 2000 00:31:44 +0800
hi
I'm using "Red Hat" now
I know how to share files and printer between "win" and "linux"
but ...
can I do this between "iMac (and other's apple ��) " and "linux" ???
How can I do this ???
THX THX
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Hal Burgiss)
Subject: Re: IDE/ATAPI CD-ROM
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2000 17:02:29 GMT
On Sat, 11 Mar 2000 13:51:56 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>That worked. Thanks.
CDROM working too?
--
Hal B
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Alessandro Bencini <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Supermicro PIIIDME
Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2000 18:18:45 +0100
Hi all,
I've a dual PIII-600 MHz on a Supermicro PIIIDME mother board with
RedHat 6.1 installed (kernel v 2.2.12-smp)
The system crashes when running more than 1 job at a time.
I already work with other dual processor pc's.
Someone knows if there are specific problems with the PIIIDME board?
Thanks,
Alessandro
--
_______________________________________
Prof. Alessandro Bencini
Universit� di Firenze
Dipartimento di Chimica, Via Maragliano 75/77
50144 Firenze, Italia
=======================================
Tel: +39-0553216338; Fax: 39-(55)-354845
e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "Brent Green" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.chips,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.systems
Subject: Re: PIII vs PIII E - which is faster?
Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2000 17:46:15 GMT
In addition to all the other's points, the L2 cache bus has also been
increased from the 64-bit bus on the Pentium III to 256-bits on the
Coppermine CPUs. Also the 8-way associativity of the 256KB L2 cache on the
Pentium III E compared to the 4-way associative L2 cache on the older
Pentium III.
Add to that the .18micron manufacturing process yielding a CPU with MUCH
more overclocking headroom at lower temps and you'd be silly not to buy the
Coppermine.
Looks like the first hardware vendor overstocked on the older PIIIs.
Brent
"Jim Cochrane" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:8a4lgp$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> While calling a couple computer shops today to look into upgrading my
> current system to a PIII motherboard, I came across an interesting
> dilemna - essentially, two shops I talked to gave two different
> opinions on two different types of Pentium III processors.
>
> I'm posting here to get y'all's opinions on these issues, but I think
> it may also serve as an interesting (and possibly controversial) topic
> of discussion. (Perhaps it has already been covered here and is old
> hat; but unfortunately, my main machine is in the shop and I can't
> access the web to search at dejanews with my 486.)
>
> The basic disagreement is on the E series of Pentium III processors (E
> and EB chips) versus the non-E series (Pentium III and Pentium IIIB).
> The fellow at the first shop stated that the E series chip is a socket
> 370 (PPGA - flip) and that it was a lower-end chip than the non-E
> series and that the E chips were slower than the non-E chips.
>
> The fellow at the second shop pointed out that there are two versions
> of the E series chip - the socket 370-type chips and, like the non-E
> chips, slot-1-type chips. He also stated that the E series is not
> lower end - that these chips are faster than the non-E chips. The
> reason he gave was that the E chips, although they have a smaller
> (256K) cache, have a bus speed (CPU register to cache RAM) that is the
> same as the processor speed (e.g., 600MHz for a PIII E 600 chip), while
> the non-E chips have a bus speed that is half the processor speed.
> (Also, to add more confusion to the issue, another shop I talked to
> said that Intel had switched from socket 370 to slot 1 chips, but that
> they have recently switched back to socket 370 chips - so that the
> newest motherboards (not sure if any are available yet) will need to
> support the socket 370 rather than the slot 1 chips.)
>
> Does anyone have any informed opinions or, better yet, hard facts
> supporting either side of the issue? Or is the issue more complex and
> are both sides right on some aspects and wrong on others? I find this
very
> confusing, but I also find it fascinating - that the details are so
> complicated that not even "experts" are able to discern them accurately.
>
> [For those interested, I have also posted a question about another issue
> I came across with the same two shops - see the subject line "VIA vs
> Intel chipsets - which is better?"]
>
> [Apologies for any errors in terminology - as you can tell, I'm not a
> hardware dude.]
> --
> Jim Cochrane
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: uni2 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Problem with ethernet
Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2000 17:47:36 GMT
Hello,
i have a compaq M700 with an ethernet intel pro, and linux is not able
to configure it. Kernel mensajes on start-up are:
SLIP linefill/keepalive option.
The PCI BIOS has not enabled this device! Updating PCI command
0003->0007.
eth0: Invalid EEPROM checksum 0x7b3d, check settings before activating
this device!
eth0: Intel EtherExpress Pro 10/100 at 0x3440, 00:B4:00:80:00:A6, IRQ
11.
Receiver lock-up bug exists -- enabling work-around.
Board assembly 800080-000, Physical connectors present:
Primary interface chip None PHY #0.
General self-test: passed.
Serial sub-system self-test: passed.
Internal registers self-test: passed.
ROM checksum self-test: passed (0xdbd8681d).
Receiver lock-up workaround activated.
Partition check:
hda: hda1 hda2 hda3
What can i do? My linux is a redhat 6.1 with kernel 2.2.14.
Thanks in advance.
Cesar Bravo
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From: Lars Olsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Anybody really good at monitor-settings?
Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2000 19:05:00 +0100
I run Linux with XFree86. I have a no-name monitor.
It is 17" and is capable of 85Hz @ 1024x768, and
run at that in Windows98 (shiver).
In Linux it runs at 75Hz. I�ve located the line in
XF86Config that the server uses to set that setting,
and I�ve tried to edit it. No luck. My question:
There�s a value on that line called "DotClock", and
it�s not mentioned in my low-budget manual for the
monitor. All that�s covered is hor. and ver. freq. for the
different settings. Here�s what it says for the setting I would like
to use:
Horizontal freq = 68.677 kHz
Vertical freq = 84.997 Hz
It also mentions some info on the timing chart (T1-T5)
and Sync Polar. Is there any way to calculate the "DotClock"
from this info? Any help is greatly appr.
/Lars
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Jordan)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.portable,linux.redhat.install
Subject: Re: Linux sucks
Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2000 17:44:14 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (brian moore) dijo a todos por la internet:
>On Sun, 05 Mar 2000 19:10:04 GMT,
> John Jordan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>"Orest M. A. Zarowsky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> dijo a todos por la
>>internet:
>>
>>>What does suck is the assumption made by many Linux "experts" and advanced
>>>users that the documentation that comes with Linux is superb and more than
>>>adequate. It is not. Lots of stuff out there, but what kills it is the
>>>assumption underlying ALL of the documentation that the person using it is
>>>already familiar with the OS.
>>Exactly so. Failure to define terminology, assuming the reader knows
>>the meaning of the term, is a common sin, e.g., "place the address of
>>the gateway here." What if the user has never heard of a gateway? Or
>>if the user has heard of one, has no idea where to get the address to
>>put in the blank? Or what will happen if you leave it blank -- why it
>>is important, what its function is? Authors of the Linux documentation
>>that I have read so far assume too much knowledge on the part of the
>>reader.
>Except in your example, Windows is no better. It still needs to know
>the address of the gateway, and the 'help' it offers is to "ask your
>network administrator".
>
>I've found Microsoft documentation severely lacking. Pretty screen
>shots of "hey, this box here.. ask your network administrator what to
>put there" are unhelpful.
I networked my NT box with my Windows 95 laptop without needing to
know what a gateway is. I installed the cards and connected the cables
like the guy at the computer store said to. Then I just poked at
stuff. Each computer saw the other immediately in the network
neighborhood. I don't know if I was even running TCP/IP, let alone
what a gateway is.
I now have a Linux computer as well, and I finally managed to get at
least the NT computer to see and browse it. I haven't gotten the Linux
box to see the NT box, however. And I still don't know what a gateway
is or why it is important (which may be why it isn't all working yet).
>>Troubleshooting is another aspect of the problem. What if the user
>>puts the address in the gateway, but it still doesn't work? What else
>>might be wrong? Good troubleshooting manuals are designed to take the
>>user step by step, like a flowchart -- "1) Be sure the device is
>>plugged in, 2) ..." -- that sort of thing. Corporations do this for
>>their products in order to cut down on tech support calls. They
>>wouldn't bother if it wasn't successful in meeting that goal.
>Again, Microsoft doesn't do this. ("Contact your network
>administrator", is also what their mail clients say when they fail to
>find the smtp server, or IE fails to resolve a host.)
Evidently you never used the Windows Resource Kits. Granted, they
still don't answer a lot of questions, but the Resource Kits are way
better than the stuff I've found for Linux. For even more obscure
problems there is the KnowledgeBase that you can access on the web.
Of course, you are right, the Resource Kit does not come with the OS,
so the user may not even be aware it exists. Ditto for the
KnowledgeBase. And I'll also grant that both the Resource Kits and the
KnowledgeBase assume that the user knows what a gateway is. But the
fact that Microsoft documentation is lacking is no excuse for Linux
documentation to be equally lacking. I thought the whole idea was that
Linux was supposed to be better than Windows. To me, that includes the
documentation, not just features, applications and stability.
>>And this will become more and more important as Linux invades the
>>desktop. When it was mostly just a server OS it was used primarily by
>>system administrators, usually with degrees or at least advanced
>>knowledge of computers. These people already knew what a gateway was,
>>so the term didn't need to be defined in the documention. But for
>>Windows users, considerably more help is going to be necessary.
>I think you're basing this on the incorrect assumption that corporate
>users configure their own system. They don't. The IS staff configures
>it and delivers it with their networking configured and will be very
>annoyed if the user changes the networking setup.
I wasn't thinking of corporate users at all. I was thinking of John
and Jane Doe, who buy a computer at the local computer store to use at
home. Who will they turn to for help?
Of course, at this point in time, they will probably buy it with
Windows preinstalled, and then decide to install Linux themselves
because they heard that it is cool. Therefore they will likely have at
least a passing familiarity with Windows.
NOTICE: The e-mail address is deliberately incorrect.
Delete "xnospam" from the username.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bernhard Seidl)
Crossposted-To: comp.sys.ibm.ps2.hardware
Subject: Re: PS/2 serial settings, io memory and Linux?
Date: 11 Mar 2000 17:47:08 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On 11 Mar 2000 14:51:14 GMT, Georg Schwarz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Can anybody say for sure whether the hardware of IBM's dual
>async card is limited to IRQs 3 and 4 only
Yes, it is limited to IRQ 3 and 4. Only the signal lines of IRQ 3 (pin 23B)
and 4 (pin 24B) are supplied to the microchannel bus slot, all other interrupt
lines are not connected on the adapter card.
But Linux should support interrupt sharing if the serial driver is build
with CONFIG_SERIAL_SHARE_IRQ defined.
Bernhard.
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From: Phill Coxon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: which ups brand?
Date: Sun, 12 Mar 2000 07:41:29 +1300
Martin Brown wrote:
>
> So, which ups brand has the best hardware with the best linux support?
>
Liebert UPS are very high quality and come free with (downloadable)
SiteNet MultiLink software which lets you shut all your filesevers down
from the one UPS across the network. i.e.: there is one cable that goes
between the UPS and any box on the network. If the power fails, the UPS
send the shutdown signal to the first server, which then distributes the
signal to all the other servers. Very cool. Saves lots of extra cables.
For critical systems I'd recommend their True Online "UPStation GXT"
models. If you'd like to save a bit and don't require quite so much
protection, go for a "PowerSure ProActive" or "PowerSure Interactive".
www.liebert.com
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From: Tony Curtis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Anybody really good at monitor-settings?
Date: 11 Mar 2000 12:57:12 -0600
Lars Olsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I run Linux with XFree86. I have a no-name monitor.
> It is 17" and is capable of 85Hz @ 1024x768, and
> run at that in Windows98 (shiver).
> In Linux it runs at 75Hz. I�ve located the line in
> XF86Config that the server uses to set that setting,
> and I�ve tried to edit it. No luck.
Did you generate the X config file using xf86config?
Letting it work some of it out for you might help.
Some distributions (Redhat and forks only I *think*)
come with Xconfigurator (sic.) which also works out
stuff(*) for you.
hth
tony
(*) technical term :-)
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From: Lars Olsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Anybody really good at monitor-settings?
Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2000 20:09:06 +0100
I�ve tried all of these. That�s
why I tried to edit the file myself.
Best regards
Lars
Tony Curtis wrote:
> Lars Olsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > I run Linux with XFree86. I have a no-name monitor.
> > It is 17" and is capable of 85Hz @ 1024x768, and
> > run at that in Windows98 (shiver).
> > In Linux it runs at 75Hz. I�ve located the line in
> > XF86Config that the server uses to set that setting,
> > and I�ve tried to edit it. No luck.
>
> Did you generate the X config file using xf86config?
> Letting it work some of it out for you might help.
>
> Some distributions (Redhat and forks only I *think*)
> come with Xconfigurator (sic.) which also works out
> stuff(*) for you.
>
> hth
> tony
>
> (*) technical term :-)
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Reply-To: "Jim Morrissey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
From: "Jim Morrissey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Suggestions for SMP motherboards...
Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2000 19:14:05 GMT
Anyone have suggestions for purchasing a dual to quad processor (any
speed..$$ are important) motherboard that is comaptible with RH 6.0 or
greater??? Thanks,
-Jim
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From: mike <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Need Advise on Getting Old Adaptec Card for Old 450mb SCSI
Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2000 14:13:45 -0500
Hi,
Pat,
When I tried to install Redhat 6.1 it tried to autodetect the scsi
port and couldn't and I manually told it to use every choice that I
had and it still wouldn't work.
Mike
Pat Crean wrote:
> Are you sure about that? Give the 152x driver a try and see if it doesn't
> work for you...
>
> "mike" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > Hi,
> > I found an old computer with a built in scsi adapter, but it is
> > too old to run Linux on although it ran Win 3.1. It is an on board
> > adaptec chip 6360L as far as I researched, Linux does not have
> > a driver for it so I am faced with going to a local store that sells
> > used computers and parts.
> > I would like to know what old adaptec scsi cards will
> > work well without trouble so I will know what to ask for.
> > The scsi drive in the unit is a Seagate ST-3550N. About 456mb.
> >
> >
> > Mike
> >
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From: Rusty Lingenfelter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.portable,linux.redhat.install
Subject: Re: Linux sucks
Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2000 19:13:35 GMT
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
On 3/11/00, 12:44:14 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Jordan) wrote=20
regarding Re: Linux sucks:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (brian moore) dijo a todos por la internet:
> >On Sun, 05 Mar 2000 19:10:04 GMT,
> > John Jordan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >>"Orest M. A. Zarowsky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> dijo a todos por la
> >>internet:
> >>
> >>>What does suck is the assumption made by many Linux "experts" and=20
advanced
> >>>users that the documentation that comes with Linux is superb and=20
more than
> >>>adequate. It is not. Lots of stuff out there, but what kills it=20
is the
> >>>assumption underlying ALL of the documentation that the person=20
using it is
> >>>already familiar with the OS.
> >>Exactly so. Failure to define terminology, assuming the reader knows=
> >>the meaning of the term, is a common sin, e.g., "place the address=20
of
> >>the gateway here." What if the user has never heard of a gateway? Or=
> >>if the user has heard of one, has no idea where to get the address=20
to
> >>put in the blank? Or what will happen if you leave it blank -- why=20
it
> >>is important, what its function is? Authors of the Linux=20
documentation
> >>that I have read so far assume too much knowledge on the part of the=
> >>reader.
> >Except in your example, Windows is no better. It still needs to know=
> >the address of the gateway, and the 'help' it offers is to "ask your
> >network administrator".
> >
> >I've found Microsoft documentation severely lacking. Pretty screen
> >shots of "hey, this box here.. ask your network administrator what to=
> >put there" are unhelpful.
> I networked my NT box with my Windows 95 laptop without needing to
> know what a gateway is. I installed the cards and connected the cables=
> like the guy at the computer store said to. Then I just poked at
> stuff. Each computer saw the other immediately in the network
> neighborhood. I don't know if I was even running TCP/IP, let alone
> what a gateway is.
> I now have a Linux computer as well, and I finally managed to get at
> least the NT computer to see and browse it. I haven't gotten the Linux=
> box to see the NT box, however. And I still don't know what a gateway
> is or why it is important (which may be why it isn't all working yet).=
> >>Troubleshooting is another aspect of the problem. What if the user
> >>puts the address in the gateway, but it still doesn't work? What=20
else
> >>might be wrong? Good troubleshooting manuals are designed to take=20
the
> >>user step by step, like a flowchart -- "1) Be sure the device is
> >>plugged in, 2) ..." -- that sort of thing. Corporations do this for
> >>their products in order to cut down on tech support calls. They
> >>wouldn't bother if it wasn't successful in meeting that goal.
> >Again, Microsoft doesn't do this. ("Contact your network
> >administrator", is also what their mail clients say when they fail to=
> >find the smtp server, or IE fails to resolve a host.)
> Evidently you never used the Windows Resource Kits. Granted, they
> still don't answer a lot of questions, but the Resource Kits are way
> better than the stuff I've found for Linux. For even more obscure
> problems there is the KnowledgeBase that you can access on the web.
> Of course, you are right, the Resource Kit does not come with the OS,
> so the user may not even be aware it exists. Ditto for the
> KnowledgeBase. And I'll also grant that both the Resource Kits and the=
> KnowledgeBase assume that the user knows what a gateway is. But the
> fact that Microsoft documentation is lacking is no excuse for Linux
> documentation to be equally lacking. I thought the whole idea was that=
> Linux was supposed to be better than Windows. To me, that includes the=
> documentation, not just features, applications and stability.
> >>And this will become more and more important as Linux invades the
> >>desktop. When it was mostly just a server OS it was used primarily=20
by
> >>system administrators, usually with degrees or at least advanced
> >>knowledge of computers. These people already knew what a gateway=20
was,
> >>so the term didn't need to be defined in the documention. But for
> >>Windows users, considerably more help is going to be necessary.
> >I think you're basing this on the incorrect assumption that corporate=
> >users configure their own system. They don't. The IS staff=20
configures
> >it and delivers it with their networking configured and will be very
> >annoyed if the user changes the networking setup.
> I wasn't thinking of corporate users at all. I was thinking of John
> and Jane Doe, who buy a computer at the local computer store to use at=
> home. Who will they turn to for help?
> Of course, at this point in time, they will probably buy it with
> Windows preinstalled, and then decide to install Linux themselves
> because they heard that it is cool. Therefore they will likely have at=
> least a passing familiarity with Windows.
> NOTICE: The e-mail address is deliberately incorrect.
> Delete "xnospam" from the username.
How about if we take this crap to an advocacy group. Cheers.
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From: "Dave Borchard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Video card trouble: ATI All in Wonder 8 meg
Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2000 13:16:33 -0600
I am trying to install Caldera OpenLinux 2.3. I have an ATI All in Wonder 8
meg video card. The installation probing procedure does not recognize the
card. When I try to set it for the All in Wonder card, either I get a black
screen, which causes me to reboot to start over. Or, I get the error
message:
_x11TransSocketUNIXConnect: Can't connect errno=111.
I have an NEC MultiSync monitor which is use with 1024 x 768 resolution
under Windows 98.
I have been able to use the Generic VGA video card option, and get into a
mode that looks like 640 x 480, however, the bottom of the screen is cut
off.
Does anyone know of an easy solution for the ATI All in Wonder video card
problem? I could replace the video card with some other card. If so, does
anyone have recommendations on a video card that would be easy to setup?
My computer is an ABIT BX6 motherboard with an Intel Pentium 3 / 450 MHz,
386 meg ram, 8 gig Mator IDE hard drive (6 gig Win98, 2 gig Linux).
Thank you.
Dave Borchard
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From: "Dave Borchard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Video card trouble: ATI All in Wonder 8 meg
Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2000 13:18:49 -0600
I am trying to install Caldera OpenLinux 2.3. I have an ATI All in Wonder 8
meg video card. The installation probing procedure does not recognize the
card. When I try to set it for the All in Wonder card, either I get a black
screen, which causes me to reboot to start over. Or, I get the error
message:
_x11TransSocketUNIXConnect: Can't connect errno=111.
I have an NEC MultiSync monitor which is use with 1024 x 768 resolution
under Windows 98.
I have been able to use the Generic VGA video card option, and get into a
mode that looks like 640 x 480, however, the bottom of the screen is cut
off.
Does anyone know of an easy solution for the ATI All in Wonder video card
problem? I could replace the video card with some other card. If so, does
anyone have recommendations on a video card that would be easy to setup?
My computer is an ABIT BX6 motherboard with an Intel Pentium 3 / 450 MHz,
386 meg ram, 8 gig Mator IDE hard drive (6 gig Win98, 2 gig Linux).
Thank you.
Dave Borchard
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From: Alexis Bilodeau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Is there any TV tuner card compatible?
Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2000 19:27:09 GMT
Hi,
I'd like to watch Tv on my PC, without being obliged to run Windows :)
(I'm sure you understand...)
Anybody knows about a good Tv tuner card which is Linux - compatible ?
(I'm running a pIII -450 with an Asus p3b-f board and I have a Diamond
Viper v770 video card).
Thanks,
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Alexis Bilodeau
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From: mike <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Need Advise on Getting Old Adaptec Card for Old 450mb SCSI
Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2000 14:40:58 -0500
Hi,
I can understand how to do it once the system is installed,
I read somewhere that you put in lilo.
but how to I tell the installation program the particular parameters
so that I can install the system. Both the hard drive and the
cdrom are SCSI devices. If you have specific examples I
would appreciate it.
Also how would I determine the irqs and address parameters
to begin with?
Thanks
Mike
Pat Crean wrote:
> Are you sure about that? Give the 152x driver a try and see if it doesn't
> work for you...
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From: scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: ftape with 2.2.x kernel
Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2000 19:30:13 GMT
This group has saved me before, and I hope it can again.
I have read all of the discussions concerning ftape, as well as the
websites devoted to ftape. I understand that when compiling ftape with the
2.2.x kernels, you get various fdc-io.c timeout errors. It was suggested
to use the latest unstable version of ftape (4.03) when compiling it with
kernel version 2.2.x and later. I have done this and the results are the
same. I even tried installing an rpm version 4.02 without success. Though
there were no errors, it didn't seem to install anyways. So my question is
has anyone had any success installing ftape on a 2.2.x kernel? I've got so
many residual ftape files on my system, I don't know which one is which
anymore. I'm afraid some of these might confuse a potential successful
installation at a later date.
OK, to recap. I would like to install ftape on a 2.2.x kernel WITHOUT
any errors. I've got RedHat 6.0, and a Iomega Ditto 3200 1.6 GB tape drive
that uses the floppy controller. I've tried the latest version of ftape.
Where should I go next? And please inform me if and how I should clean out
my previous failed ftape files to avoid confusion. Thanks everyone.
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