Linux-Hardware Digest #499, Volume #12 Fri, 17 Mar 00 14:13:10 EST
Contents:
No Key Board (Larry Apolonio)
Re: linux on a laptop (newbie question) ("Rev. Reverse")
Re: [Q] HP CD Writer Plus 7500 (Dances With Crows)
Can't install new modem. (SkiPa)
Re: Xircom RBEM56G-100 ("Hook")
Re: X-Problems of a below NEWBIE (Gordon reeder)
Re: Intel sound chip on Tyan 810 Tomcat MB??? (Paul J Gans)
Re: Installing RedHat 6.1 w/ Mylex 1100 ExtremeRaid Controller (DAC1164)?
([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Noisy LINUX? (Brian Johnson)
New MB using Intel i820 Chipset (Gary Greene)
Module loading (Olivier Allio)
ATI All-in-wonder under Windoze (Jon Chambers)
Redirecting graphics output on systems with two graphics cards? (Karsten Wutzke)
Re: Memory question ("Mike Bales")
Re: $5 hardware-controller modem at CompUSA ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
YAMAHA under Linux ("xiangola")
Re: Memory question ("Mike Bales")
Hardware programming ("xiangola")
mouse problem ("dmitry")
Re: Linux sucks (Gary Bickford)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Larry Apolonio)
Subject: No Key Board
Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2000 17:14:28 GMT
I would like to boot up my computer with no PS/2 keyboard attached.
Is there a plug or terminator (or anyone know how to make one) I can
buy to fool my computer into thinking there is no Keyboard?
By the way, there is no BIOS setting to ignore the keyboard error nor
any other POST errors.
This is a COMPAQ Deskpro EN 600.
TIA
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From: "Rev. Reverse" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: linux on a laptop (newbie question)
Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2000 11:38:18 -0600
try the linux on laptops site at:
http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/kharker/linux-laptop/
there is a good chance there is a link there that will tell you
everything you need to know about your specific laptop.
Rev. Reverse
On Fri, 17 Mar 2000, dribbles wrote:
> greetings gurus all,
> i'm relatively new to linux, but so far, i like what i see.
> i finally got sound running under red-hat on my desktop, and now
> i want to try to port linux to my old crappy compaq contura
> laptop. here's the rub, tho.... there is no cd-rom drive, no
> lan card, no pcmcia slots to speak of. what i'm trying to do,
> and the question i have is, can i use a parallel port cd-rom
> drive for the install? if so, what do i need to do? all i
> really know about this box (a free hand-out) is that it is a
> 486DX25 w/ 8Mb of Ram, @115Mb HD, SVGA, and internal sound, oh
> yeah it has a modem too. any help would be greatly appreciated!!
>
> scott
>
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Subject: Re: [Q] HP CD Writer Plus 7500
Date: 17 Mar 2000 12:26:52 EST
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Fri, 17 Mar 2000 21:49:27 -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
<<8atkaq$r44$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> shouted forth into the ether:
>
>Is there any software to operate an HP 7500 CDRW
>in r/w mode (aka Adaptec Direct Disk) ?
That ACraptek software more than likely does something called "Packet
Writing", which (sort of) lets you treat a CD-RW like a large floppy disk
in that you can delete files from it. There is experimental support for
packet writing in the cdrecord package, and there are experimental drivers
for the UDF filesystem used on packet-written disks. Note copious usage
of the word "experimental" here.
cdrecord and mkisofs have multisession capability, which allows you to
append (but not erase) files to the end of the disk. This has been
extensively tested and it works well. This is what I'd recommend over
packet writing at least for now.
If you're asking about getting your CD-RW to burn CDs of any sort, then
look at the CD-Writing HOWTO:
http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/CD-Writing-HOWTO.html
Almost any CD-RW should work with these directions. You may have to
recompile your kernel, and you'll have to get the cdrecord package if you
don't already have it. HTH,
--
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: SkiPa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Can't install new modem.
Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2000 17:30:28 GMT
When ever I try to add a new modem it just crashes.Ive tried numerous times
but have failed every time,any suggestions???
im running Red Hat 6.1
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From: "Hook" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Xircom RBEM56G-100
Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2000 17:20:51 -0000
Sorry to ask but can you open the link's in the xircom download page ?????
I can't ...
If you can, can you please send me an email with the file attached , please.
Thank you.
"Laurent Bloch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:8atjlv$ctg$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Hook <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Can anyone please tell me were I can find the driver for the Xircom
> > RBEM56G-100 for linux .
>
> http://www.xircom.com/cda/page/0,1298,1_20-476,00.html
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Subject: Re: X-Problems of a below NEWBIE
From: Gordon reeder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,linux.redhat.install,alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux
Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2000 09:50:53 -0800
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, r miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>Hi
>
>I have RedHat Linux 6.1 installed but i have yet to see Gnome.
My ATI
>Rage128 RageFury 32mb RAM and my Viewsonic A70 are not
recognized by X.
>I ran xf86config as the Professor said and i still cannot
startx. Can
>someone with past similar problems post detailed instructions
showing
>me how to do it step by step.
I would help if you told us what symtoms you are seeing. IE does
Linux not find startx, or does startx exit with an error message.
It helps if you can put startx into verbose mode, or increase the
debug level. Both of these will produce more output. Do a
startx --help (I think this should work) to see how to do this.
As for the monitor: You can set the Vertical sync rate at 60hz,
All monitors will support this. You can also try 70hz as many
newer monitors also support that, but 60hz is the safe choice.
For the Horizontal Sync rate use 1.3*Vsync*vertical_resolution.
That should give you a good start. Adjust the number +/-10% if
necessary.
>
>I know i need to upgrade X but i am still at the command prompt.
>
Use annonymous ftp from the command line to access the
xfree86.org site?
>BTW: Which clockchip do i select if any during Xsetup and what
is it?
>How do i copy files from a floppy drive to a directory on the
hard
>drive?
>
>Thanks
>
>
>
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From: Paul J Gans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.setup,linux.dev.sound,linux.redhat.install,alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.tyan
Subject: Re: Intel sound chip on Tyan 810 Tomcat MB???
Date: 17 Mar 2000 17:52:11 GMT
In linux.redhat.install Paul Nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hello Folks,
>I'm trying to configure sound on 4 new Linux workstations for our
>school.
>They have Tyan 810i motherboards with on-board sound. When I run
>sndconfig I find a PCI sound card and with this unknown device.
>Intel Corporation|unknown device 8086:2415
>sndconfig goes on to say it's not supported.
>Any clues for us?
>All help appreciated,
I have an Asus P3W-E motherboard with the Intel
810i chipset. I do not have it working yet (waiting
for memory and a hard drive). But, the sound
chip on the motherboard is actually a Crystal
CS4280-CM. I suspect that your motherboard
also has a sound chip of some sort. And it
is quite possible that the chip is supported.
----- Paul J. Gans [[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,alt.uu.comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Re: Installing RedHat 6.1 w/ Mylex 1100 ExtremeRaid Controller (DAC1164)?
Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2000 17:40:47 GMT
yeep i did it... but with workaraound
as i installed RH 6.1 with eXtream raid..
RH it does not rekognise it..
with insmod DAC960.o it worked ..
but afterware.. i did not hawe idea how to bind the module
for next start.. :((
so i used AcceleRaid 250 to install it..
and after install wos done...
made the new kernel 2.2.14 wit latest driver
for Mylex and swaped the adaptes..
it worked..:))
On Thu, 02 Mar 2000 11:45:35 -0500, Corwin Armstrong
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>Has anyone had experience installing RedHat Linux onto a drive connected
>to a controller that is not listed in the controller options during the
>install. Is there any way to provide alternative drivers at install.
>My install fails because RedHat can not access the drives without the
>proper controller.
>
>I did find the proper driver but the instructions seem to assume that
>you already have Linux up and running and that you are just adding
>additional storage.
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>Regards,
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>Corwin
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From: Brian Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Noisy LINUX?
Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2000 17:56:53 GMT
where is the sound coming from?
have you changed the video mode at bootup and your monitor is humming?
(I've had older monitors be quite noisy)
-Brian
Ian wrote:
> I just installed LINUX on my home PC and there is a rather loud buzzing
> or humming that I hear every time I boot up LINUX. I do not hear this
> sound when I run Windows 98. Have any of you had similar experiences
> after a new installation of LINUX and, if so, do you know of any easy
> fixes?
> I thought that it may be due to my display adapter or monitor or hard
> disk? Any suggestions?
> Thank you.
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From: Gary Greene <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: New MB using Intel i820 Chipset
Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2000 09:54:38 -0800
Well I took a chance on a new motherboard for a PC I want to complete
by this summer. I bought an ASUS P3C2000. This is a coppermine
ready board with some nice features at a nice price, but used the
Intel i820 chipset. Naturally, there is no mention that I can find
about this chipset at any Linux sites I track, but I know there have
been chipset problems in the past. Nor is there discussion at the
asus website. I particularly wanted a board that might still be
upgradable two years from now, thus the gamble on coppermine.
Would a hardware guy like to comment? I expect a few arrows if I go
for bleedn' edge stuff, but my hope is that any problems will be dealt
with by the time the new kernel release hits the net this summer.
By the way, there's a neat PC maintenance and update manual that I
bought last night at B&N rewritten for Linux. That book only goes as
high as the i810 set of course and this stuff is too new to make it
into a recent book. I've forgotten the authors names but will post
the ISBN tomorrow.
--Gary Greene [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Olivier Allio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Module loading
Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2000 18:17:33 GMT
Hello,
To use my scanner with "xscanimage" (sane) I fisrt load my scsi adapter module
manually with "modprobe aha152x aha152x=0x140,9,7,1". Questions:
1.)"aha152x" is loaded and stays forever there. It is not loaded as autoclean.
Can I have it loaded as autoclean? How?
2.) Instead of loading "aha152x" manually, can I have it loaded automagically
when I start "xscanimage", or whaterver command needs to speak with my
scsi-adapter?
Thanks for any help ;)
Olivier
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From: Jon Chambers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: ATI All-in-wonder under Windoze
Date: 17 Mar 2000 18:41:33 +0000
I'm working on drivers for this card for linux but don't have a Windows
machine on which to see the card working with its original drivers.
The problem I'm having is with TV-out (to a UK PAL TV) - I can't seem to
get rid of a black stripe at the top of the picture. I'd be very
grateful to hear from anyone who's used this feature of the card under
Windoze (especially with a UK TV) to compare notes.
cheers,
Jon
ps: I guess that strictly speaking this belongs in a different
newgroup but figured I'd get more sense here....
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From: Karsten Wutzke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Redirecting graphics output on systems with two graphics cards?
Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2000 19:45:22 +0100
I forgot to mention that I want to use two graphics cards in parallel. That
is the TNT2 doesn't replace the GVX1, but is an additional card plugged in.
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From: "Mike Bales" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.asus,aus.computers.linux,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.misc
Subject: Re: Memory question
Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2000 18:41:08 GMT
Tom Brinkman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
Getting closer Janice, the pci bus will be 133.3/4 or
33.3mhz and exactly on spec. The agp will be 88.6, there's
2 work-arounds. Use a pci video card, or use an agp card, but
disable agp by setting the aperture to 4.
You apparently missed the mention of the mobo being discussed - the P5A.
You are incorrect on your estimates of the PCI and AGP bus speeds.
Everything after 100Mhz FSB gets the same 1/3 and 2/3 divisor respectively.
So at 133Mhz FSB, the PCI is at 44 and the AGP is 89Mhz.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.dcom.modems,alt.comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: $5 hardware-controller modem at CompUSA
Date: 17 Mar 2000 18:25:06 GMT
In comp.dcom.modems [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hi, folks,
> Just a heads-up: CompUSA is selling an Actiontec 56K ISA internal modem
> for $5 ($25 with $20 rebate). As far as I can tell, and according to
> the salesdude I asked, it is a hardware-controller ("real") modem
> instead of a controllerless (Win) modem.
I would make sure that it's *really* a hardware modem. Tales of
CPU sales dudes (IMHO) can't be trusted.
BTW, one of my friend has an Actiontec modem and it took me a week
to get the sucker working after he accidentally deleted the necessary
files. (and lost the driver disk)
> Controllerless modems put more load on your CPU, generally slowing
> downloads, and usually cannot be used by Linux systems. They are
> cheaper to make and so are usually what's included in new computers.
> I haven't had a chance to try it yet, either in Win98 or Linux. Sale
> and rebate end Saturday 18 March.
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From: "xiangola" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: YAMAHA under Linux
Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2000 18:47:48 GMT
Greetings:
I have a YAMAHA DS-XG PCI audio system made onto my motherboard (if it
isn't, I could've replaced it with a SB vibra a long time ago) and I wonder
if there's any Linux driver that would support such an audio system.
Live long and prosper.
Xiangola
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From: "Mike Bales" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.asus,aus.computers.linux,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.misc
Subject: Re: Memory question
Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2000 18:47:35 GMT
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:8atift$jhs$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> the worst situation I can think off is PC100 running PC133 specs thats
> all. Whats the heck does it got to do with PCI, IDE etc.
The fact that on some mobos the PCI bus, the chipset, and therefore the IDE
controller, are all being overclocked. Some HDDs can't do this and remain
in U/33 mode. So some have backed them down to PIO mode 2 or 4. Now if
that HDD can't get above 16Mb/sec in real life anyway, the only loss is low
CPU usage using DMA mode, but some figure overclocking everything makes up
for the HDD running in a slower mode.
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From: "xiangola" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Hardware programming
Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2000 18:48:50 GMT
Greetings:
Can any one suggest any resources (web sites, books, HOWTOs, etc) that I can
look to in order to learn how to develop Linux hardware drivers?
Live long and prosper.
Xiangola
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From: "dmitry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: mouse problem
Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2000 20:53:43 +0200
Hi all
I've got MS-IntelliEye USB mouse , which works fine
with Windows but doesn't work at all in Linux.
I've connected a standard serial mouse at the same time,
so now I have 2 mice plugged in : 1 works in windows and another 1 works in
Linux.
Do i need a special driver for the USB mouse to work in linux or I just need
to specify a right device name for it -
not /dev/ttys0 ?
If anyone can help me with this I would appreciate it.
bye
Dmitry
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From: Gary Bickford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.portable
Subject: Re: Linux sucks
Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2000 11:07:14 -0800
Jim Cochrane wrote:
> > ...sounds suspiciously like the Linux documentation project,
> > and somewhat like the rows of books you can find at places
> > like Border's and Barne's and Noble's.
>
> Then I think they need to work more on the quality of the documentation.
> I think non-experts often struggle because information they need to
> accomplish a task is dispersed among several different documents, and the
> available documentation is often not thorough enough for someone who is not
> very familiar with the issues involved in the task he is trying to
> accomplish. Also, quality documentation should be included with the
> distribution, so that the user does not need to buy a book.
Aha, this is the price we pay for free (in the Stallman sense, "not captive")
software. We pay by supporting the process with our own effort. Who is
better than you, who perceives a problem with the documentation and perhaps
usability from fresh eyes, to assist in writing that documentation? You see
problems that I don't see, as my fingers may have been trained to work around
that problem years ago.
So if each of you/us takes notes, contributes to various places on the net to
compile this information, then the documentation is there for the next person.
And on some other topic, someone will have done the same for you. Meanwhile,
others build systems to compile that information, clean it, make if available
more easily. We grow.
As Linux, Unix and opensource/freeware usage grows, my concern is that not
enough people will feel the need to contribute, and the user base will outgrow
the support base. In this case, altruism (doing for others without
expectation of return) actually has the potential for return, which is that
others will do for you as you have done for them. Just as a forester tends
trees that will outlive him, we each have a motivation (it's not really a
duty) to help pull weeds and stake up the plants, and hoe the garden. Thus
the soil becomes richer and we all prosper.
An example - the PHP website (http://www.php.net) has a very useful annotated
manual. Anyone may contribute their experience to the common knowledge base.
I don't know if there's a Linux/Unix equivalent, but I expect there is. If
not, I'd be glad to set one up particularly for newbies of all stripes (we are
all newbies at most of what we do). My expectation and need then would be
that others would use that tool to contribute their experience and knowledge.
You are right, there is and always will be a need for improved documentation,
especially for newbies and those not trained in a particular art. Eric
Raymond's new book about Unix is intended to pass on many of the reasons why
Unix is the way it is, for folks new to the "way" :O) . We risk having to
relearn lessons about systems design and reliability, without that knowledge.
Of course, times change and many old ways expire, but unless we know them, how
do we decide awarely?
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