Linux-Hardware Digest #539, Volume #12 Thu, 23 Mar 00 23:13:07 EST
Contents:
Re: EIDE HD manufacturer for Linux ("Gregory M. Hebel")
Help !! edicon diva =?iso-8859-1?Q?=E9?= pnp (Emmanuel Alves Moreira)
Re: Small and silent Linux hardware (Vincent Fox)
Re: green newbie dial-up and modem problems (Rob Clark)
Re: green newbie dial-up and modem problems (Rob Clark)
Help Display Driver Issue i think ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Does a Cyrix cpu works with Linux ? (Carl Fink)
Re: USR 56k Voice Win (Alexis Bilodeau)
Re: green newbie dial-up and modem problems (r miller)
Re: green newbie dial-up and modem problems (r miller)
Re: ISDN "NO DIALTONE" (Jim Jerzycke)
Re: Zoom modem configuration (Jim Jerzycke)
Re: Microsoft + NVidia (Jim Jerzycke)
Driver for Epson stylus color 300 - progress (Glenn Ramsey)
Re: Which of these Ethernet Cards? (HillBoy)
Soundcard advice: Soundblaster Live, or... ? ("Matt O'Toole")
ADI MicroScan 5A (April Kirby)
few problems, please help me (Ugo Bellavance)
X-Cd-Roast (Richard Beri)
Re: IBM 8514 monitor running 1024x768 ("KROESSCHELL")
Re: Small and silent Linux hardware (Dan Harkless)
Re: USR 56k Voice Win ("MCI News")
Re: Does a Cyrix cpu works with Linux ? (Dances With Crows)
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From: "Gregory M. Hebel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: EIDE HD manufacturer for Linux
Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2000 00:06:27 GMT
Jerry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Not to get into a flame war over the preferences of drives... I would like
> to recommend Quantum, Maxtor, and IBM. I have used the first two
> extensively, and the third comes with heavy recommendations from many
> people.
I second that. I have the IBM DPTA-37205 (20 GB, 2 MB cache, 7200 RPM)
and it works great. You can get them for under $200 including shipping now.
Greg
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From: Emmanuel Alves Moreira <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Help !! edicon diva =?iso-8859-1?Q?=E9?= pnp
Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2000 00:18:12 GMT
Hi !
I have an isdn cqrd : eicon diva 2.0 isa pnp
I don't know how to configure and use it. I hqve tried kisdn but the
hisax module do'esnt seem to be loaded by kisdn. May be there is a
problem of config ? Does anyone knows the procedure to install such an
isdn card ?
thanx a lot
Emmanuel
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Vincent Fox)
Subject: Re: Small and silent Linux hardware
Date: 24 Mar 2000 00:21:24 GMT
In <8be2mr$o1i$[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>> I think in reality you won't
>> get rid of spinning disks or fans, so the quality of fans and disks,
>> as well as quality of casing matters a lot.
>Agreed. I guess it's a question of minimisation. I just don't want a
>full size PC whirring away in my house 24h/day if I can get away with
>something less obtrusive.
See http://www.linuxembedded.com and start thinking about
a flash-disk based Linux. I use this method and it works
very well. An image of the directory of a small Linux
system is put into a compressed file and onto your flash.
You set up the startup procedure so it unspools this image
into a ramdisk. NO spinning disks needed once you get it built.
YOu want to pull the plug, go ahead. Turn it back on and
watch it unspool into RAM and be up again exactly as before.
No lengthy fsck's.
See the http://www.i-opener.net product for the
ultimate consumer example of this idea. I prefer
to roll my own though. Just a little box to check
e-mail from with a Silencer powersupply from
www.pcpowercooling.com. Use an older system with
a Pentium-class CPU and a big fat heatsink and
you don't need any fans for the CPU either.
--
"Who needs horror movies when we have Microsoft"?
-- Christine Comaford, PC Week, 27/9/95
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Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.hardware,alt.os.linux.mandrake,alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: green newbie dial-up and modem problems
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rob Clark)
Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2000 00:34:28 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, r miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>1-I do not know how to configure the modem
> US Robotics 56k Fax PCI model #5610
> IRQ 11
> I/O EC00-EC07
> COM 5
This is not a winmodem-- it is a full hardware modem.
"Hooray!"
It does support Linux. Please see http://www.o2.net/~gromitkc/3cp5610.txt
for setup hints.
Rob Clark, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.o2.net/~gromitkc/winmodem.html
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Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.hardware,alt.os.linux.mandrake,alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: green newbie dial-up and modem problems
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rob Clark)
Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2000 00:34:28 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, r miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>1-I do not know how to configure the modem
> US Robotics 56k Fax PCI model #5610
> IRQ 11
> I/O EC00-EC07
> COM 5
This is not a winmodem-- it is a full hardware modem.
"Hooray!"
It does support Linux. Please see http://www.o2.net/~gromitkc/3cp5610.txt
for setup hints.
Rob Clark, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.o2.net/~gromitkc/winmodem.html
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Help Display Driver Issue i think
Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2000 00:43:36 GMT
I am new to Linux and i am having an issue at the
X configuration. I have tried several differant
modes and resolutions and even tried to use
generic drivers for both my monitor and my video
card which are a
Pixie 560 monitor
ATI Mach64 Rage IIC video card with 4mg agp on a
TRIGEM motherboard
I am getting these lines that are vertical on
half of my screen and it does not matter how i
set it i just can not get it to fix the issue. I
have tried to go into the xf86config and
xf86setup and and manually change the settings to
the specs for both the video card and the monitor
and it will not take DOES ANYONE NOW WHY THIS
WOULD HAPPEN if so please email me I have also
uninstalled and reinstalled 14 times and still
have not been able to fix this issue.
Thank You
Dr_Rave
ONE for ALL and ALL for ONE
linux newbie
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Before you buy.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Carl Fink)
Subject: Re: Does a Cyrix cpu works with Linux ?
Date: 23 Mar 2000 23:51:49 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On 23 Mar 2000 12:52:22 EST Dances With Crows <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>[posted and mailed]
>
>Yes, but Cyrix processors never "work perfectly."
Two of mine have, including the one I'm typing this with.
>Cyrix did silly things in the past, like call a 166 MHz processor a
>"Cyrix 233PR" because according to the Marketing department, it ran
>as fast as a 233 MHz Pentium.
This is exactly what AMD is doing right now.
--
Carl Fink [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I-Con's Science and Technology Guest of Honor in 2000 will be Geoffrey
A. Landis. See <http://www.iconsf.org> for I-Con information.
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From: Alexis Bilodeau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: USR 56k Voice Win
Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2000 01:35:28 GMT
Mircea wrote:
>
> Scott Anderson wrote:
> >
> > I've heard several different things from several different sources, I
> > would appreaciate it if someone could please clarify for me. I have
> > RedHat 6.1 and I have a "US Robotics 56k Voice Win" modem. Is there any
> > way that my modem will work under linux? Is there a place that I can
> > get a driver for it?
> >
> > Thanks
>
> http://linmodems.org
>
> MST
In fact, Winmodems, since they are controlled by Windows instead of a
hardware controller, are a pain in the ass even in Win machines...
--
Alexis Bilodeau
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[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: r miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.hardware,alt.os.linux.mandrake,alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: green newbie dial-up and modem problems
Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2000 00:36:07 GMT
I checked www.o2.net/~gromitkc/winmodem.html before i bought the modem and
it checked out OK.
Steve Fosdick wrote:
> r miller wrote:
>
> > I am running Mandrake 7.0 w/KDE.
> >
> > I have three problems:
>
> If you want detailed instructions you are going to need the Linux
> documentation, just like youwould want the book that came with other
> software.
>
> Linux documentation may come from at least two sources:#
>
> 1. Your Linux distribution may have some documentation specific to your
> distribution. I don't know where this would be but see if your dist.
> has a home page. Some do, like www.redhat.com, www.debian.org.
>
> 2. There is the Linux documentation project that provides
> non-distribution specific docs. See http://www.linuxdoc.org
>
> > 1-I do not know how to configure the modem
> > US Robotics 56k Fax PCI model #5610
> > IRQ 11
> > I/O EC00-EC07
> > COM 5
>
> I don't know the specific modem you quote, but as it is a PCI modem the
> first thing to check is if it is a WinModem (half a modem which relies
> on extra softwarte on your PC to do some of the work). Only a few
> WinModems work under Linux, the rest don't. You can check this at:
>
> http://www.o2.net/~gromitkc/winmodem.html
>
> You will need the FCC ID from your modem card (printed on the board).
>
> See also the Linux Modems Howto:
>
> http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Modem-HOWTO.html
>
> > 2-I do not know how to configure my dial-up internet acount
> > Which Mandrake 7.0 Linux programs do i use and how?
>
> The protocol normally used to access an ISP (except AOL) is PPP.
> There's a howto for that too:
>
> http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/PPP-HOWTO.html
>
> or again check for dist. specific docs.
>
> > 3.-How do i configure Netscape to surf the WWW and receive and send
> > email?
>
> Once you have a working PPP connection to your ISP (see above) with DNS
> set up then netscape will just work for WWW surfing. For mail and news
> you'll need to tell it the names of the mail and newservers to use -
> your ISP should give a list of these.
> >
> > I am verrrrrrrrrrrrrry green newbie so i need extremely detailed
> > instructions.
> >
> > Thanks
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From: r miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.hardware,alt.os.linux.mandrake,alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: green newbie dial-up and modem problems
Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2000 00:36:07 GMT
I checked www.o2.net/~gromitkc/winmodem.html before i bought the modem and
it checked out OK.
Steve Fosdick wrote:
> r miller wrote:
>
> > I am running Mandrake 7.0 w/KDE.
> >
> > I have three problems:
>
> If you want detailed instructions you are going to need the Linux
> documentation, just like youwould want the book that came with other
> software.
>
> Linux documentation may come from at least two sources:#
>
> 1. Your Linux distribution may have some documentation specific to your
> distribution. I don't know where this would be but see if your dist.
> has a home page. Some do, like www.redhat.com, www.debian.org.
>
> 2. There is the Linux documentation project that provides
> non-distribution specific docs. See http://www.linuxdoc.org
>
> > 1-I do not know how to configure the modem
> > US Robotics 56k Fax PCI model #5610
> > IRQ 11
> > I/O EC00-EC07
> > COM 5
>
> I don't know the specific modem you quote, but as it is a PCI modem the
> first thing to check is if it is a WinModem (half a modem which relies
> on extra softwarte on your PC to do some of the work). Only a few
> WinModems work under Linux, the rest don't. You can check this at:
>
> http://www.o2.net/~gromitkc/winmodem.html
>
> You will need the FCC ID from your modem card (printed on the board).
>
> See also the Linux Modems Howto:
>
> http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Modem-HOWTO.html
>
> > 2-I do not know how to configure my dial-up internet acount
> > Which Mandrake 7.0 Linux programs do i use and how?
>
> The protocol normally used to access an ISP (except AOL) is PPP.
> There's a howto for that too:
>
> http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/PPP-HOWTO.html
>
> or again check for dist. specific docs.
>
> > 3.-How do i configure Netscape to surf the WWW and receive and send
> > email?
>
> Once you have a working PPP connection to your ISP (see above) with DNS
> set up then netscape will just work for WWW surfing. For mail and news
> you'll need to tell it the names of the mail and newservers to use -
> your ISP should give a list of these.
> >
> > I am verrrrrrrrrrrrrry green newbie so i need extremely detailed
> > instructions.
> >
> > Thanks
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From: Jim Jerzycke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup,uk.comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: ISDN "NO DIALTONE"
Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2000 09:46:35 +0000
ISDN doesn't HAVE a dialtone. You need to supply more info, like what
kind of card, etc. Also, you should really post to linux.dev.isdn as
your chances of getting support are better there.
Regards, Jim
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From: Jim Jerzycke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Zoom modem configuration
Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2000 09:55:46 +0000
Sorry to take so long to reply. The whole deal about changing the
jumpers is to make it work. It will also work under Winblows, so I don't
see any good reason not to do it. After fighting these same problems
that EVERYBODY seems to have when I was new to Linux, I just go ahead
and set the jumpers and be done with it. It works every time.
Regards, Jim
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From: Jim Jerzycke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Microsoft + NVidia
Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2000 09:58:38 +0000
For a more nefarious take on Micro$oft and the vapor-ware "X-Box", go to
www.pbs.org and read Cringely's take on it.
verrrrrrry interesting!
Jim
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From: Glenn Ramsey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Driver for Epson stylus color 300 - progress
Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2000 01:45:34 GMT
I am intending to write a ghostscript driver for the Espon stylus color
300 and have made a start by collecting some of the stuff I have found
out about the printer on my web page. There's a link to it from
http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~Sglennr .
I'm at the stage where I am about to start digging into the uniprint
source which is going to take a while.
If you are interested in the driver then let me know as that might keep
up my motivation.
Also if there is anyone out there who knows the ghostscript driver code
I would appreciate having someone to answer my questions about it.
Cheers
g
--
Glenn Ramsey
glennr at es dot co dot nz
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Before you buy.
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From: HillBoy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.slackware
Subject: Re: Which of these Ethernet Cards?
Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2000 02:23:53 GMT
"Dr. Tim Schmidt" wrote:
> I need to replace a Farallon ethernet card to continue having use of
> my cable modem and am looking for feedback and suggestions on what to
> get. The card being replaced is a simple PCI 10Base-T card. What I
> have availabe to me are the following:
>
> 1) Linksys Etherfast 10\100 LAN Card ~ $27.00
>
> 2) Netgear FA310TX Card ~ $29.95
>
> 3) D-Link DFE-530TX Card ~ $37.00
>
> 4) Intel EitherExpress Pro 10/100 Card ~ $69.00
>
> I am new to Linux/Slack 7.0 so I am not sure which of these are well
> supported or run well under Linux. I also dual-boot NT.
>
> Thanks for your suggestions!
>
> Dr. Tim Schmidt
I'm using the Netgear FA310-TX. It uses the DEPCA chip from DEC and Red
HAT 6.1 uses the tulip.o driver for this card. It works just fine.
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Reply-To: "Matt O'Toole" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
From: "Matt O'Toole" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Soundcard advice: Soundblaster Live, or... ?
Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2000 18:36:03 -0800
I'm looking to get a new sound card, because I can never get the one I have
working properly with Linux (it's some crappy Crystal ISA thing that sounds
OK with Windows, but...). Maybe I can get better sound anyway, as well as a
few new features. I was thinking about the Soundblaster Live Value, because
it's so well-regarded by all the Windows magazines. However, I don't know
what really separates it from the lesser models. I don't need surround
sound or anything, just really good stereo. I would like to have a normal
audio line out, so I can pipe internet radio through my home stereo (it's in
another room), and have it sound really good.
Any ideas? What's the big deal about the Live, anyway? Are the *128 and
AWE64 just as good? Are there other brands I should look at? Of course,
I'm concerned about how good/easy a Linux driver is available, without too
much fiddling. I'm running Mandrake 7.0-2, so anything with a good driver
in there would be best.
Matt O.
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Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2000 19:50:25 -0700
From: April Kirby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: ADI MicroScan 5A
Can someone please post modelines for this particular monitor and any
other info relating to it, please?? I am trying to setup X on a machine
and don't have any good info for it.
April
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From: Ugo Bellavance <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: few problems, please help me
Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2000 22:55:03 -0500
1- I cannot listen to mp3 and browse/icq at the same time. I think I
found the prob, but I am unable to solve it. My network card and my
sound card share the same irq. When I try to change the nic IRQ in the
bios, the sound card changes also, to get the same one. My nic is a
realtek 8029 compatible (smc). My sound card is an onboard ensonic
PCI. (Soyo 6IZA mainboard).
2- I have a Panasonic CD-Rom and a HP 8100 CD-RW IDE. I can mount the
Cd-rom, but not the CD-RW myself. I can burn, though. When I type the
command to mount, it says that it is not a valid block device.
3- I used drive optimisation, and, at boot, it works for my hda, which
is my hard drive (quantum KX Plus), but it says "failed" for hdd, which
i don't know what it is. Thanks a lot to all. I would appreciate if
you could send me a copy to the address below.
--
Ugo Bellavance [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cfi Informatique [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Richard Beri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: X-Cd-Roast
Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2000 22:58:53 -0500
I am having problems burning cd's with X-cd-roast.
Here is my burning setup.
Plextor 4/12 SCSI writer
Plextor UltraPlex
Seagate Cheetah
Ataptec 2940 U2W
When I am burning a cd image off the drive (both audio *.cda and data)
it will burn up to about 96% and give me an error:
scsi sendcmd:retryable error
status: 0x2 (check condition)
warning: some drives don't like fixation in dummy mode
(this is using simulation burn, but happens in regular burn as well).
I was getting the same error using a Diamond Fireport SCSI card as well.
This is using the latest version of X-CD-Roast 96e. Does anyone have
any suggestions on how I can stop burning coasters?
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From: "KROESSCHELL" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: IBM 8514 monitor running 1024x768
Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2000 23:46:57 -0400
Thanks,
this solved my problem, it does�n look to bad either 1024x786 87hz
interlaced, probably because the fosfor(ish) layer.
Andrew Daugherity wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>KROESSCHELL wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>> Troubles getting the an old monitor running anything else that 640x480. I
>> used sax on suse 6.1 s3 virge agp graphic card 4mb.
>> according to the docs that I found on the web the monitor has
>> hor 35.5-35.5 and vert 60-70 I entered these into the advanced monitor
>> settings since the 8514 is not in the list.
>> how can I get to the 1024x786 in 87hz interlaced
>
>Actually this should be HorizSync 31.5, 35.5 because it's mulitple fixed
>freq. (There's even a setting in xf86config and XF86Setup for this.) You
>ALSO need to set Vert 60-90 or so because with your 60-70 it cuts off the
>87Hz Interlaced.
>
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From: Dan Harkless <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Small and silent Linux hardware
Date: 24 Mar 2000 03:51:32 GMT
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Hi Juha,
>
> > I think in reality you won't
> > get rid of spinning disks or fans, so the quality of fans and disks,
> > as well as quality of casing matters a lot.
>
> Agreed. I guess it's a question of minimisation. I just don't want a
> full size PC whirring away in my house 24h/day if I can get away with
> something less obtrusive.
I was considering buying a PC to install Linux on in March 1998, and at that
time, it appeared the best choice was the AST Bravo. It had a
specially-designed case, a thermistor-controlled variable-speed fan, and a
hard drive soundproofing enclosure from Silent Systems. Total noise output
was rated at 27.8 dB.
Unfortunately I had to put off my purchase, and it appears that not only is
the Bravo no longer in AST's line, but they mention nothing about low-noise
features in their current line.
Dunno if any current PC vendors build a quiet machine. Surprising if not --
there are lots of people that'd want one if it were available
(e.g. musicians with computers in their home studios along with mics, etc.).
Acer used to make a "SilentPC", but had stopped by March 1998.
You mentioned that you weren't tied to Intel. Well, the Apple iMac is a
compact one-piece machine, and has no cooling fan. You could go with
LinuxPPC or Yellow Dog Linux.
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From: "MCI News" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: USR 56k Voice Win
Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2000 04:01:38 GMT
Scott:
I think you could be lucky. The US Robotics 56K Voice PCI internal modem is
probably NOT a "winmodem", defined as not having a microcontroller on board.
First, check at the RedHat hardware compatibility web page at:
http://www.redhat.com/support/hardware/intel/61/rh6.1-hcl-i.ld-14.html
It just states that "winmodems" are not supported, in general, as some
functions have to be supplied by the host CPU instead of an on-board
microcontroller.
Then, check:
http://www.o2.net/~gromitkc/winmodem.html
It has a list of modems with statements whether they work or not.
Then, read the note by Ron Zdrojkowski at:
http://www.o2.net/~gromitkc/pedersen.txt
This note brought my modem to life under Linux (Redhat 6.1, Dell T600r,
GeForce graphics, SB!Live sound, US Robotics modem).
I have a US Robotics 56K Voice PCI internal modem (3COM 3CP 3298-DEL) in my
Dell T600r, and Ron's instructions worked for me, with modified parameters,
which I obtained from the Windows 98 "System Properties" control panel,
"Device Manager" section, "Resources".
The parameters you need need are the interrupt request (IRQ, "9" in my case)
and the I/O memory range (0x10d8-0x10df in my case), where the "0x" denotes
hexadecimal notation. You can just start "minicom" in Linux, and if it opens
a window without complaining, you are probably connected to the modem. Type
"AT", and if you get "OK" the modem has responded, and if you set up "ppp"
you should be using the /dev/ modem connection.
Best regards, and good luck!
Erwin Prinz ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Jeffrey S. Kline <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:OqeC4.2696$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Nope, and Nope.
>
> Winmodems, even with some folks trying to write drivers for them, are just
> plain a pain under anything but a Winblows product.
>
> Scott Anderson wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> >I've heard several different things from several different sources, I
> >would appreaciate it if someone could please clarify for me. I have
> >RedHat 6.1 and I have a "US Robotics 56k Voice Win" modem. Is there any
> >way that my modem will work under linux? Is there a place that I can
> >get a driver for it?
> >
> >Thanks
> >
>
>
Scott Anderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I've heard several different things from several different sources, I
> would appreaciate it if someone could please clarify for me. I have
> RedHat 6.1 and I have a "US Robotics 56k Voice Win" modem. Is there any
> way that my modem will work under linux? Is there a place that I can
> get a driver for it?
>
> Thanks
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Subject: Re: Does a Cyrix cpu works with Linux ?
Date: 23 Mar 2000 23:07:26 EST
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On 23 Mar 2000 23:51:49 GMT, Carl Fink
<<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>
shouted forth into the ether:
>>Dances with Crows did scribe:
>>Yes, but Cyrix processors never "work perfectly."
>Two of mine have, including the one I'm typing this with.
That's good... I've had bad experiences, hence getting my digs in.
>>Cyrix did silly things in the past, like call a 166 MHz processor a
>>"Cyrix 233PR" because according to the Marketing department, it ran
>>as fast as a 233 MHz Pentium.
>This is exactly what AMD is doing right now.
On which processors, praytell? They used to do this on the 5x86, K-5, and
previous chips. From what the kernel reports, various silly benchmarks,
and the jumper settings on my motherboard, I have a feeling this K6-2 is
running at 400MHz or very close to it... just like they advertised. It
is slower than a PII for many tasks due to worse FP performance and the L2
cache being on the motherboard instead of internal, but the MHz is right
on AFAIK. MHz is not everything, as everyone should know.
--
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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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