Linux-Hardware Digest #494, Volume #12 Thu, 16 Mar 00 19:13:09 EST
Contents:
Any recommendations for a CDRW (Jorge Cisneros)
Re: Linux Device Drivers Petition (jaelica)
Re: What about internal modems? (benderr)
Re: What about internal modems? (benderr)
Re: Newbie Installation advice (Codifex Maximus)
Re: Sound problem (Codifex Maximus)
Re: Quick and Dirty Linux Setup (Codifex Maximus)
Re: Newbie Installation advice (Sake)
Need a clean hard disk ("Lew Schwartz")
Re: Newbie Installation advice (Sake)
VPI56SP Rockwell PCI Modem under Linux (Joseph Borg)
Compex FL100TX with DEC 21143 chip (Bart Ogryczak)
Re: Any recommendations for a CDRW (Dances With Crows)
Re: want to change partitioning (Codifex Maximus)
Athlon best performace in LINUX kernel? (Christian Tischler)
Re: Need a clean hard disk ("Ted Rutledge")
IBM evangelist Simon Phibbs muses on the role of Java, XML and Linux for the Web's
future (Simone Paddock)
Re: Need a clean hard disk (Codifex Maximus)
Re: Need a clean hard disk ("Next Dimension Hardware")
Sound Blaster 128PCI (* Unknown *)
Re: Need a clean hard disk ("Lew Schwartz")
Re: Need a clean hard disk ("Lew Schwartz")
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From: Jorge Cisneros <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Any recommendations for a CDRW
Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2000 15:00:55 -0700
Hi there,
I'm planning on getting a CDRW (with IDE interface)
for my Aptiva PC Pentium II. Can somebody make some suggestions
on which models would you recommend based on a good performance
(or even which ones to avoid). I'm using Mandrake 6.1
any comments would be appreciated.
thanks!
jorge
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Subject: Re: Linux Device Drivers Petition
From: jaelica <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2000 14:12:07 -0800
I wasn't using IE. I was using Netscape Communicator 4.72.
Check your settings. I just hit User Friendly with Communicator
for Linux. No Problem.
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Subject: Re: What about internal modems?
From: benderr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2000 12:38:02 -0800
Hello all!
To me as a linux newbie that sounded very impressive but as I
found out some days ago: in the meatime there are some drivers
for winmodems/linmodems based on the modem from Lucent!
Those were my 2 cents.
Roland
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Subject: Re: What about internal modems?
From: benderr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2000 12:38:28 -0800
Hello all!
To me as a linux newbie that sounded very impressive but as I
found out some days ago: in the meatime there are some drivers
for winmodems/linmodems based on the modem from Lucent!
Those were my 2 cents.
Roland
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<[EMAIL PROTECTED]
t>, Codifex Maximus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Manfred Constapel wrote:
>>
>> Hi hello...
>>
>> i've got a problem with my internal modem working under linux!
>> it's a pnp-isa-card (ea 3e8 and irq 5).
>> What I've to do to make it work under linux?
>>
>> --
>> --*.. kEEP It SiMPlE ANd StUPid --*..
>>
>> Manfred Constapel, Germany
>> Handy: 01 77 6 84 23 03
>> Home: http://www.whoopsie.de
>
>As long as it's not a Winmodem or an HSP modem then:
>Save your /etc/isapnp.conf file to /etc/isapnp.conf.bkup
>run: pnpdump > /etc/isapnp.conf
>edit the file to put in the proper resource assignments for all
your PnP
>hardware
>run: isapnp /etc/isapnp.conf
>Your modem should now be recognized by the system.
>Now, you need to check and/or set the setserial settings.
>setserial /dev/cua?? -or- use: setserial --help or info
setserial for
>help.
>Test the modem with minicom - make sure it dials out.
>Setup the ppp parameters with linuxconf.
>Test the connection using linuxconf or: ifup ppp0 or your tool
of
>choice.
>
>After all that, if: ifconfig shows you connected and you can
ping the
>net... you're set.
>
>Oh, you may want to put those setserial settings in your init
scripts...
>I put mine in /etc/rc.d/rc.local
>
>Codifex Maximus
>
>
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From: Codifex Maximus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Re: Newbie Installation advice
Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2000 16:19:58 -0600
JEDIDIAH wrote:
>
> On Thu, 16 Mar 2000 13:36:27 -0600, Codifex Maximus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >ChrisE wrote:
> >>
> >> I need to install linux on a 486 with 4 Mb Ram. Can anyone advise on which
> >> distribution I should use, obviously Redhat and Mandrake are out of the
> >> picture because of the need for 32Mb. I only need a minimal install - No X
> >> etc.
> >>
> >> Thanks in Advance
> >>
> >> Chris
> >
> >Slakware is a prime choice for this type of system. Actually, any Linux
> >distro would be ok as long as you don't need X.
>
> Some distros won't install with only 4M. Redhat is one.
> Plus the 'core' OS install in Redhat is a bit larger
> than Slackware's.
>
> [deletia]
>
> --
> |||
> Resistance is not futile. / | \
>
>
> Need sane PPP docs? Try penguin.lvcm.com.
Thank you for the information. So, Slakware it is.
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From: Codifex Maximus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Sound problem
Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2000 16:24:52 -0600
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> I have used sndconfig to set up my sound card and seem
> to have made the correct configuration during the set-up. That is, the
> sound and midi tests work (i.e. produce sound) and the Audio Mixer
> applet is installed. However, no sound is in Gnome (even when sndconfig
> is run from a terminal window in Gnome) What have I done wrong or not
> done at all?
You have to turn on sound in E and GNOME. Use the configuration tools
built for them.
I believe E's configuration tool is available via third mouse button?
It's one of them. GNOME's config is available from the GNOME menu.
Codifex
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From: Codifex Maximus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Quick and Dirty Linux Setup
Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2000 16:31:45 -0600
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> I want to set-up a production server at my house
> and i'm trying to determine what the best PC
> would be, I only have 3 criteria:
>
> - cheap, sub $500
> - doesn't have to be blazing fast, I'm only going
> to be running Apache, PHP, and MySQL on it (well,
> plus the other stuff, but it's not going to get a
> whole lot of work)
> - reliable (I don't want a POS with a HDD that
> craps out in 6 months)
>
> I've been looking at the eMachines 466is and it
> looks like a good deal (still need to install a
> NIC). Has anyone found anything else that can do
> the it on the cheap and without install headaches?
>
> BTW, my "other" computer is a Ferrari ;)
>
> Stephen VanDyke
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> Before you buy.
Build it yourself.
Celeron or AMDK6-2 processor.
Cheapie motherboard with DIMM, ISA and PCI slots galore.
Stick of SDRAM - minimum 64MB.
Cheapie PCI video card.
Cheapie 10mb/s NE2K network card.
Cheapie Harddrive - Maxtor?
AWE32 PCI sound card if you want sound.
Voodoo2 if you want 3D.
14" monitor
Old secondhand or cheapie case.
Linux CD.
This machine should do fine for a while.
Codifex Maximus
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Sake)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Re: Newbie Installation advice
Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2000 22:40:47 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Thu, 16 Mar 2000 16:15:10 -0000, "ChrisE"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I need to install linux on a 486 with 4 Mb Ram. Can anyone advise on which
>distribution I should use, obviously Redhat and Mandrake are out of the
>picture because of the need for 32Mb. I only need a minimal install - No X
>etc.
>
>Thanks in Advance
>
I�d recommend SuSE 6.3
it has a huge software package and as far as I know, 4 megs should be
sufficient when you�re not planning to use X.
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From: "Lew Schwartz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.comp.hardware,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.ms-windows.nt.setup.hardware,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
Subject: Need a clean hard disk
Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2000 17:31:28 -0500
Long story:
I thought I'd turn a W98 machine into nt, aborted that & decided on
Linux, & now, with all the wrong decisions vis-a-vis bootable partitions,
mbr's and what not, I can't use this disk at all.
Short story:
Need to make hd squeaky, clean so as to start over.
Any help appreciated.
- Lew S
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Sake)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Re: Newbie Installation advice
Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2000 22:42:22 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Thu, 16 Mar 2000 16:15:10 -0000, "ChrisE"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I need to install linux on a 486 with 4 Mb Ram. Can anyone advise on which
>distribution I should use, obviously Redhat and Mandrake are out of the
>picture because of the need for 32Mb. I only need a minimal install - No X
>etc.
>
>Thanks in Advance
>
>Chris
>
>
I�d recommend SuSE 6.3
It has a huge software package and as far as I know a 486 with 4 megs
should be sufficient. (use YAST 1 when installing)
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From: Joseph Borg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: VPI56SP Rockwell PCI Modem under Linux
Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2000 22:30:12 GMT
I've got a Speedcom VPI56SP fax/modem, internal PCI, however I've failed
to set it up under Linux Mandrake. I've heard that these kind of modems
are usually very troublesome to set up under Linux, since they're PCI and
winmodems (although I'm not sure whether mine is in fact a winmodem). Can
anyone shed some light on what I should do to set up this modem and
whether there are any drivers available to it? the link to the
manufucturer's site its this: http://www.speedcom.com.tw/vpi56sp.htm
Thanks in advance for your help.
Sincerely,
Joseph Borg
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bart Ogryczak)
Subject: Compex FL100TX with DEC 21143 chip
Date: 16 Mar 2000 22:42:26 GMT
Hi,
I've got a Compex FL100TX Ethernet card. It gets detected, everything
is set, interface is up, but it just doesn't seem to transmit a byte
of data. The card works fine with WinNT, so it's not broken or anything.
How can I make this bloody thing work under Linux
(I'm using 2.2.14 kernel)
bart
--
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bart @bart.w-wa.pl || http://bart.w-wa.pl || http://faq.pl/php/
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Subject: Re: Any recommendations for a CDRW
Date: 16 Mar 2000 17:45:17 EST
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Thu, 16 Mar 2000 15:00:55 -0700, Jorge Cisneros
<<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> shouted forth into the ether:
>
>I'm planning on getting a CDRW (with IDE interface)
>for my Aptiva PC Pentium II. Can somebody make some suggestions
>on which models would you recommend based on a good performance
>(or even which ones to avoid). I'm using Mandrake 6.1
Bought a cheap ($180) IDE 4/4/16 Philips CD-RW 460 in October. Zero
problems in Linux; even managed to burn an audio CD at 4x and run Netscape
at the same time(!) If I were you, I'd stay away from Sony and the Iomega
ZIP-CD, as ISTR people reporting weird problems with some of these.
(They're not completely compatible with the ATAPI and mmc-3 specs...) A
similar Philips drive is available on pricewatch.com for about $150 US,
but this one is 4/4/24!
If speed and quality matter more than price, get a Plextor and go SCSI.
--
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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: Codifex Maximus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: want to change partitioning
Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2000 16:42:37 -0600
T wrote:
>
> How can I best handle this situation?
> I made too many partitions on the harddrive and want to kill 2 of
> them, but don't want to re-install and/or lose data. (I'm RedHat 6.1
> upgraded from 5.2 on Pentium I, 166, 64 mb, 6 gig, ethernet).
>
> I created partitions for:
> /
> /usr
> /home
> /var
> /swap
>
> The problem came up when I tried to install some development tools for
> gnome and got lots of error messages from the os saying essentially
> that it couldn't read or write to certain sectors and the rpm
> installation bombed out.
>
> It was trying to install into /usr and that partition is 75% full.
> There's 2.something gigs free on /home and about the same on /var.
>
> I thought I was being so cautious and smart creating those partitions
> and it's been nothing but stupid. Live and learn. I now want all the
> space under root and just want to create the directories for /usr and
> /home under root and not as partitions.
>
> /var can stay, but it's hogging space too. /swap can and probably
> should stay, so I've read.
>
> So ideally, I'd buy a DAT tape drive and backup the partitions and
> restore. But that's a lot of $$$ I don't have at the moment. I have a
> win98 machine on the home network with the Linux box. I'd consider
> using the win98, but don't know how and afraid of screwing up.
>
> BTW, I found an HP DAT drive 5000i for $99 on the net, but it comes
> with NO drivers. Plus I don't have a scsi ii card around here. I've
> got a scsi i somewhere. I've also got an old Colorado tape backup for
> DOS 250 mb per tape. Did anyone ever create a Linux driver for that?
> Also got Partition Magic 4 around here somewhere but afraid to use it.
> The server is my email and web server so it's no place to experiment
> and learn.
>
>
You can cut off a limb of your filesystem tree and graft it on somewhere
else quite easily. The kicker is, you must have the room to do it.
I'd get a second hard drive and make it /usr but...
You could:
mkdir /copy
cd /copy
mkdir home
cp -a /home home
mkdir usr
cp -a /usr usr
Then, you could:
joe /etc/fstab
And, comment out the mounting commands for /home and /usr. Don't jack
with /swap.
Then:
umount the proper partitions.
mv the /copy/home to /home
mv the /copy/usr to /usr
You will need to do this at the command line as you will temporarily
deprive yourself of X and alot of userspace tools. As I said, it will
take lots of space on your / root partition. It would probably be
better to get a second harddrive and use it as space for your other
directories.
The df command will let you know how much free space you have on the
root partition.
Codifex Maximus
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Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2000 23:50:29 +0100
From: Christian Tischler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Athlon best performace in LINUX kernel?
I am having an Athlon 500 cpu and I am running kernel 2.2.13. My
question is what kind of processor I should chose for best performance.
I have also heard that there can be a lot of problems, if I run an
Athlon computer with an wrong cpu (in kernel) selected, one even
reporten that, when booting an new kernel, he only got an "never ending"
sequence of always the same error-message.
What should I do to get the best performance with best system stability?
THX
Christian Tischler
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From: "Ted Rutledge" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.comp.hardware,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.ms-windows.nt.setup.hardware,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
Subject: Re: Need a clean hard disk
Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2000 17:49:21 -0500
Reply-To: "Ted Rutledge" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Try Ontracks 'Disk Manager, DiskGo !' This is a self booting disk that
contains a utility that will fill a drive with zeroes. This will wipe out
all data on your hard drive. (Partitions,Virus, Data,)
Lew Schwartz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Long story:
> I thought I'd turn a W98 machine into nt, aborted that & decided on
> Linux, & now, with all the wrong decisions vis-a-vis bootable partitions,
> mbr's and what not, I can't use this disk at all.
> Short story:
> Need to make hd squeaky, clean so as to start over.
>
> Any help appreciated.
>
> - Lew S
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Simone Paddock)
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.development.apps,comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.x
Subject: IBM evangelist Simon Phibbs muses on the role of Java, XML and Linux for the
Web's future
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2000 22:54:24 GMT
Hi all,
There's an interview with Simon Phibbs, IBM's Java and XML
evangelist on the O'Reilly site.
Check it out:
http://conferences.oreilly.com/java/news/phipps_0300.html
You can hear him talk more about "Why the Web Works"
at the O'Reilly Conference on Java.
http://conferences.oreilly.com/java/
Simone Paddock
O'Reilly & Associates
simone at oreilly dot com
www.oreilly.com
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From: Codifex Maximus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.comp.hardware,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.ms-windows.nt.setup.hardware,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
Subject: Re: Need a clean hard disk
Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2000 16:54:38 -0600
Lew Schwartz wrote:
>
> Long story:
> I thought I'd turn a W98 machine into nt, aborted that & decided on
> Linux, & now, with all the wrong decisions vis-a-vis bootable partitions,
> mbr's and what not, I can't use this disk at all.
> Short story:
> Need to make hd squeaky, clean so as to start over.
>
> Any help appreciated.
>
> - Lew S
Bootable DOS Floppy.
FDISK /MBR
Boot into Linux install.
Use LINUX's FDISK to clean the disk and make your partitions.
Codifex Maximus
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From: "Next Dimension Hardware" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.comp.hardware,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.ms-windows.nt.setup.hardware,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
Subject: Re: Need a clean hard disk
Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2000 18:16:18 -0500
If all else fails you could also low-level format, but that should be your
LAST resort. What is the exact error message you are getting? Did you try
fdisk /mbr to re-create the master boot record?
Best Regards,
Joe
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## Webmaster
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"Lew Schwartz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Long story:
> I thought I'd turn a W98 machine into nt, aborted that & decided on
> Linux, & now, with all the wrong decisions vis-a-vis bootable partitions,
> mbr's and what not, I can't use this disk at all.
> Short story:
> Need to make hd squeaky, clean so as to start over.
>
> Any help appreciated.
>
> - Lew S
>
>
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From: * Unknown * <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Sound Blaster 128PCI
Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2000 15:28:53 -0800
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi,
I have a sound blaster 128 pci sound card installed in Red hat 6.1 that
I can't seem to make work. I tried sndconfig, and red hat recognizes my
card and thinks it works correctly, but when it plays the test sound I
hear nothing. Anybody have an idea?
TIA
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From: "Lew Schwartz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.comp.hardware,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.ms-windows.nt.setup.hardware,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
Subject: Re: Need a clean hard disk
Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2000 18:48:49 -0500
Is it available anywhere on the internet?
"Ted Rutledge" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:8arodg$ntq$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Try Ontracks 'Disk Manager, DiskGo !' This is a self booting disk that
> contains a utility that will fill a drive with zeroes. This will wipe out
> all data on your hard drive. (Partitions,Virus, Data,)
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From: "Lew Schwartz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.comp.hardware,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.ms-windows.nt.setup.hardware,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
Subject: Re: Need a clean hard disk
Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2000 18:51:11 -0500
I went the /mbr route, but now the machine won't boot off the cd for some
strange reason.
"Next Dimension Hardware" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:8XdA4.4725$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> If all else fails you could also low-level format, but that should be your
> LAST resort. What is the exact error message you are getting? Did you try
> fdisk /mbr to re-create the master boot record?
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Joe
>
> =================================================
> ## Next Dimension Hardware
> ## Webmaster
> ## http://www.nextdimensionhw.com
> ## Your Window to the Future of Technology
> ## [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> =================================================
>
>
> "Lew Schwartz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > Long story:
> > I thought I'd turn a W98 machine into nt, aborted that & decided on
> > Linux, & now, with all the wrong decisions vis-a-vis bootable
partitions,
> > mbr's and what not, I can't use this disk at all.
> > Short story:
> > Need to make hd squeaky, clean so as to start over.
> >
> > Any help appreciated.
> >
> > - Lew S
> >
> >
>
>
>
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