Linux-Hardware Digest #548, Volume #12 Sat, 25 Mar 00 07:13:04 EST
Contents:
Re: Montego A3D 64Voice PCI Sound Card (Tom Glenchur)
Re: Terminal Help (Jim Jerzycke)
Re: Abit UDMA66 - Installation impossible? (Markus Kossmann)
Re: Pls help (Big problems) ("Brian Woodruff")
Re: Maximum CPU numbers (Ron Reeder)
No Floppy Controllers Found - help ("Breakitnow")
Re: Montego A3D 64Voice PCI Sound Card (Tom Glenchur)
Can ping myself, but nothing else (Larry Weideman)
Re: Does a Cyrix cpu works with Linux ? (Lew Pitcher)
Re: Supermount/ls-120 ("claudio & Katia")
Re: SCSI Drive ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Looking for the "right" SMP Linux motherboard ... (aggressive (GarbMan)
Maxtor 30G UDM ("Veena Sathya")
Re: Looking for notebook with external SCSI port to install Solarisx86 (Kenneth
Simpson)
Re: RedHat 6.0 and SB128 ("Peter T. Breuer")
Re: ATA66 and Linux (Matt)
Athlon or K6-2/500 (Ramakrishnan M)
Re: Booting linux , little problem (Julius Apweiler)
Re: Video Card on Linux (Ramakrishnan M)
Which of these Printers? (Stefan Poppe)
Re: Athlon or K6-2/500 (Bryan)
Comp.os.linux.hardware Q&A 25 Mar ("K.Tsakaloglou")
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From: Tom Glenchur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Montego A3D 64Voice PCI Sound Card
Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2000 05:30:30 GMT
Gregory Kaufman wrote:
>
> Howdy All,
>
> I'm running RedHat 5.2 on a Dell computer.
> I have a Montego A3D 64Voice PCI Sound Card that is not listed when I
> run sndconfig.
> Does anybody have any advice/experience on how to set up my sound card?
>
> I'd appreciate any help.
> Thanks in advance.
> Greg
>
I like Turtle Beach Sound cards!
Two organizations create widely distributed drivers for sound cards:
Open Sound System (OSS) Open to all - But not free
http://www.opensound.com/linux-x86.html
They currently have a beta Vortex I driver available for trial download.
Advanced LINUX Sound Architecture -
http://www.alsa-project.org/
I didn't see the Vortex I chip in their supported card list but review
their list anyway. Maybe I missed the Vortex chip in the listing.
Best regards,
Tom G
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From: Jim Jerzycke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.admin
Subject: Re: Terminal Help
Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2000 14:08:22 +0000
Ummmmm....it's not a standard printer running on the paraport?? If it's
not, I don't think I can help you. Sometimes setting up a printer can be
frustrating. It took me two weeks to get my Epson Stylus 600, hooked up
to my Windoze box, to print over my network using Samba.
Regards, Jim
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From: Markus Kossmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Abit UDMA66 - Installation impossible?
Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2000 20:13:29 +0100
Frank wrote:
>
> I'm using my HDD's with "Abit Hod Rod UDMA66" - Controller. Now, I wanted to
> install Suse Linux 6.1, but YAST can't find my HDD's. Only the CD-ROM's
> (Adaptec 2940...) are found. Is there a driver available, or is it
> impossible to install Linux with this Controller?
Have a look at http://www.csie.ntu.edu.tw/~b6506063/hpt366/
--
Markus Kossmann
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From: "Brian Woodruff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.linux,alt.os.linux,comp.sys.laptops,linux.dev.laptop,linux.redhat,microsoft.public.win98.power_mgmt,microsoft.public.win98.pre-release,uk.comp.sys.laptops
Subject: Re: Pls help (Big problems)
Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2000 06:40:07 GMT
double check your partition
I had a very similar problem once... I went back into fdisk and noticed that
it was garbled... I deleted the partition and recreated it. Had no problems
after that.
Brian
Elizabeth Hamilton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:8bg54l$6ll$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Hi
> Can someone pls help me? I've fdisked all my windows partitions including
> the c drive and Ms Dos partitions as well. Now when I
> boot the computer it says" No operating system found. When I boot up from
a
> win boot disk It tells me Windows 98 has detected that c drive does not
> contain a valid FAT or FAT 32 partiton there are several possible causes.
>
> 1) The drive may need to be partitioned. To creat a partiton run Fdisk.
>
> When I do go into Fdisk. It says "do you want to support large disk
> support?" When I choose "yes" then press return I get a blank screen. Can
> someone pls help me? Toshiba have told me I need to get a new hard disk.
But
> before I deleted the partitions, the computer worked fine.
>
>
>
> Thanks
> Eliz
>
>
>
>
>
>
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From: Ron Reeder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Maximum CPU numbers
Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2000 23:40:25 -0700
The 2.4 version of Linux has extensive reworking to facilitate efficient
SMP operation.
Linus has stated that he believes that 32 or 64 CPUs will reasonably be
supported.
(From what I could discern reading the linux-kernel mailing list... The
kernel developers have been examining bits of code that would
lockup/suspend all processors till that bit was completed. By focusing
on these critical sections - they beleive that they have significantly
improved SMP capability for Linux... We'll see when some bencharks get
published...
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From: "Breakitnow" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: No Floppy Controllers Found - help
Date: 25 Mar 2000 17:40:16 GMT
I have a new install of Red Hat Linux 5.2. On install it booted fine from
the floppy. The floppy works fine under Win95. When the install process
came to create a boot disk it failed to find the floppy. Now on boot the
boot messages contain:
Floppy drive(s): fd0 is 1.44M
reset set in interrupt, calling 001711bc
floppy0: no floppy controllers found
When I attempt to mount the floppy mount returns messages such as:
mount: the kernel does not recognize /dev/fd0 as a block device
(maybe `insmod driver'?)
I tried the other versions like /dev/fd0h1440 with the same results. The
floppy drive is a bog standard 1.44Mb 3.5" Motherboard is an Abit BH6
running a celeron 300A with 64Mb ram. I tried rebuilding the FD devices:
rm -f /dev/fd0*
./MAKEDEV fd0
with no change. Ready now to tear my hair out:-{)= which would be a pity
because I have little left as it is...
TIA
Paul Chubb
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From: Tom Glenchur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Montego A3D 64Voice PCI Sound Card
Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2000 06:31:04 GMT
Gregory Kaufman wrote:
>
> Howdy All,
>
> I'm running RedHat 5.2 on a Dell computer.
> I have a Montego A3D 64Voice PCI Sound Card that is not listed when I
> run sndconfig.
> Does anybody have any advice/experience on how to set up my sound card?
>
> I'd appreciate any help.
> Thanks in advance.
> Greg
>
P.S. You may need to upgrade the kernel version if the drivers don't
support what kernel is current on your system.
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From: Larry Weideman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Can ping myself, but nothing else
Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2000 06:30:51 GMT
I can ping myself, but nothing else. There are no errors on boot up.
Please help. I am using Suse 6.3 with a Linksys Etherfast 10/100 using
the tulip.o driver.
--Larry
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From: Lew Pitcher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Does a Cyrix cpu works with Linux ?
Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2000 07:26:23 GMT
Julia Washbourne wrote:
>
> Does a Cyrix cpu works perfectly with Linux ?
> Please reply by mail,
> Thanks.
Yup, it does.
~ $ cat /proc/cpuinfo
processor : 0
cpu : 586
model : 6x86
vendor_id : CyrixInstead
stepping : 2.5, core/bus clock ratio: 2x
fdiv_bug : no
hlt_bug : no
f00f_bug : no
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid : yes
wp : yes
flags : fpu
bogomips : 111.82
~ $
--
Lew Pitcher
Master Codewright and JOAT-in-training
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From: "claudio & Katia" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Supermount/ls-120
Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2000 08:14:27 +0100
Hi , I have the same problem too.
Would you please help me?
Thank you.
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
"Junux" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ha scritto nel messaggio
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I can't seem to be able to setup my ls-120 on Mandrake 7.0 while
> supermount is enabled. It works just fine when it is not enabled. I have
> it setup as hda, could this be a problem-don't see why it should be.
>
> Thanks
> Junux
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: SCSI Drive
Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2000 07:44:52 GMT
> > there. What is this loopback device? Something to do with the
scsi-bus
> > or the drive? Surely its not refering to the network loopback?
>
> Given the context it is probably referring to a device that allows a
> file contained within one filesystem (on a disk somewhere) to be
treated
> as a disk which conatins a filesystem within it.
Intresting, then maybe this error has occured on other systems, but I've
just never been able to see it before. This is the slowest system I've
installed linux on (a 20 megahertz IPX) and the error message flashes by
rather quickly.
> An educated guess here says that the disk is able to read perfecly
well
> but is not writing data correctly and is not doing a read after write
> check either so the disk driver thinks the data has been written but
> when it is read back it is either different or the drive reports some
> kind of CRC failiure.
>
> The disk surface test that the install does doesn't test writing.
>
> The crashes are probably caused because of disk problems with the swap
> partition meaning the kernel can't read back VM pages for some
processes
> or the pages are read back altered.
>
I had tried moving the swap partition around on the disk to no avail, so
maybe there are a lot of bad blocks on the drive. I checked the
mkfs.ext2 man page and it only mentions a read test, is there away to do
a write check? Or is this some kind of low-level format program I would
have to get from the drive vendor?
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Before you buy.
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From: GarbMan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Looking for the "right" SMP Linux motherboard ... (aggressive
Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2000 02:07:03 -0600
Chris Rankin wrote:
>
> Nathan Appleton wrote:
> > You might have a look here, several listed (and rated) support multiple
> > processors.
> > http://www.linhardware.com/db/searchproduct.cgi?_catid=1
>
> Thanks, I had a quick look but I still have a few concerns like:
> - which chipset is better: 400BX, 400GX+, 440GX AGP etc?
> - what are the practical differences between them anyway?
>
> Besides, this page looks a little out-of-date. Does anyone have any more
> current information?
>
> Cheers,
> Chris.
Which chipset is better depends on what you want to do, and how much you
want to spend.
If you're going to stick with Intel chipsets, you're supposed to
(according to Intel) go with the 800 series to get 133MHz bus speed, but
some motherboards will let you drive a 440BX/GX to 133. I have no idea
how well the 800 series chipsets are supported in Linux.
Likewise, you'll need a 800 series to use RAMBUS, which uses _extremely_
expensive RAM, and may be on the way out already.
Don't worry too much about future compatibility. Its likely that
whichever way you go it'll be obsolete in no time anyway.
For more info on the Intel chipsets, look here:
http://www.intel.com/design/chipsets
One last comment, if you want "lots of slots" with nothing built in,
you'll want to stay away from the ASUS P2B-D. The four PCI slots (and 2
ISA, but what good are they?) it has run out real quick.
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From: "Veena Sathya" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Maxtor 30G UDM
Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2000 03:03:15 EST
Hi,
I installed a new hard drive Maxtor 30G UDM hard drive in my system. I was
able to install windows without any problem after changing the BIOS settings
in my computer.
When I try to install Red hat 6.0 fdisk says that it has problem finding the
hard drive.
Please help.
SS
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Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2000 00:02:47 -0800
From: Kenneth Simpson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: alt.solaris.x86
Subject: Re: Looking for notebook with external SCSI port to install Solarisx86
Hi - I think the IBM ThinkPad's have the hardware you're
looking for.
-- Ken
Singapore Guy wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> My internal IDE disk will be setup to dual boot Win98 and 2000.
> Since I cannot boot Solarisx86 or Linux using a PCMCIA attached external
> SCSI disk, my other alternative is to look for a notebook with a small
> expansion unit/port replicator bar that has an external SCSI port to attach
> my
> SCSI disk to. Can someone recommend me a brand/model of notebook
> that has external SCSI support?
>
> Thanks,
> SG
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From: "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: RedHat 6.0 and SB128
Date: 25 Mar 2000 08:02:20 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
: Its not muted. Nor is it sound specific, it is any sound file, through any
: sound program (X11Amp, etc...).
Be specific. You have to give the precise command line you are using
so we can eliminate user error. Show the error message. Show the dmesg
diagnostics.
Peter
: Peter T. Breuer wrote:
:>
:>
:> G.W. Hopkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
:> : I can only hear my SoundBlaster 128 when I turn my stereo up really
: loud.
:> : It seems as if it were muted. Anyone have any ideas?
:>
:> Unmute it? You DO know that you have to use the mixer to turn on the
:> connection to the card, right? 100% for sure if you are using alsa
:> drivers. I.e. rtfm.
:>
:> And giving us some details of WHAT you are attempting to listen to what
:> also be useful, as well as listing the driver, the O/S, etc etc.
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From: Matt <mattsund@#yahoo.com>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: ATA66 and Linux
Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2000 00:34:44 -0500
>
> then why dont u know what an udma66 controller is? The driver isn't
> built into linux but you can patch your kernel to get teh driver and you
> can also pass the settings for the udma66 contorller at the boot prompt
> to get linux to see it
>
> quit crossposting too
start spelling
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From: Ramakrishnan M <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Athlon or K6-2/500
Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2000 14:22:37 +0530
Hello
I am planning to build a machine, but I am in a confusion. I am in India
and here the Athlon boards+processor cost is too high. Web reviews suggest that
FIC SD-11 MoBo is the best choice which is not available here. So I am thinking
of settling for an ASUS P5A MoBo+K6-2/500MHz. I will be using my Linux box
mainly for comilation/development purposes. What do you suggest? wait for the
Athlon prices to fall or go for K6-2/500?
--
Ramakrishnan M
" Chase the dream, not the competition "
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Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2000 22:22:21 +0100
From: Julius Apweiler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Booting linux , little problem
disarm wrote:
>
> this is my config:
> Slackware 7.0
> p150
> 32 megs
> Video Card 1megs
> Smc EZ 8416 isa
> Ethernet 8129 pci
> 2.5 gig harddrive
>
> I installed linux, its worked perfectly, the only probleme i had is
> that i cannot boot it normaly, with a lilo or a bootdsk it block at :
> Uncompressing Linux.... Ok, Booting Kernel.
> i can boot with the bootdsk that come with Slackware 7.0 by entering
> mount root=/dev/hda1
>
> i dont know why, even before i touched the kernel id get this message
> each time i bootup, can i only have a way to fix that? or is there a
> fix somewhere? thanks in advance
What's the exact message it gives after 'Ok, Booting Kernel'? Does it
say anyone else than that? I installed it on our laptop (MediaGX
processor) recently, and after a few lines of normal kernel messages it
had a 'kernel panic' and stopped because I had installed a
Pentium-optimised kernel on a non-Pentium processor. If you have a
Pentium clone (AMD, Cyrix) that might be the problem, you'd just have to
use a 386/486 kernel. Otherwise, I have no clue; you might try
recompiling or selecting another kernel in the configuration utility (no
idea how that's done in Slackware, I only know SuSE).
====================
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From: Ramakrishnan M <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Video Card on Linux
Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2000 16:45:15 +0530
Jean Charles Ollat wrote:
> What the better video Card under Linux for a PC ?
> I'm going to buy one soon, I looking for the best solution.
I have a Matrox G200 and is one of the best supported card. I suggest you see
the http://www.xfree86.org for a more complete list and select one. I also
suggest you buy a card which sports a chip whose details are published by the
company. For example Matrox has published most of the specs of the G100/G200
chip. ATI also has published the specs. There are companies like nVidia which
is reluctant to publish the register level details of their chips. Don't
support such companies by buying such cards. Again consult xfree86 site for
more details in this aspect.
--
Ramakrishnan M
" Chase the dream, not the competition "
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From: Stefan Poppe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Which of these Printers?
Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2000 11:30:50 GMT
Hello
I plan to buy a new printer and have narrowed my search to some quite=20
recent models that are neither listed (yet) in the SuSE database nor=20
on www.picante.com.
These are:
Canon BJC 8200 Photo
HP Photosmart P1000
HP 970Cxi
I know that the last one is at least partially supported. But my=20
question is what your experience (if any) with one of the above is.=20
And how likely better support for them will be available in the=20
future.=20
Thanks in advance.
Stefan
--=20
Stefan Poppe
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From: Bryan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Athlon or K6-2/500
Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2000 11:46:51 GMT
Ramakrishnan M <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: Hello
: I am planning to build a machine, but I am in a confusion. I am in India
: and here the Athlon boards+processor cost is too high. Web reviews suggest that
: FIC SD-11 MoBo is the best choice which is not available here.
that is the CHEAPEST and least desirable board. I'd wait for a good stable kx133
version.
: So I am thinking
: of settling for an ASUS P5A MoBo+K6-2/500MHz. I will be using my Linux box
: mainly for comilation/development purposes. What do you suggest? wait for the
: Athlon prices to fall or go for K6-2/500?
don't waste your time with the k6-2. it was old even a year ago (the k6, that is).
its 'ok' but far from current tech and quite slow compared to even pentium-2 chips.
try and get a k7.
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From: "K.Tsakaloglou" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Comp.os.linux.hardware Q&A 25 Mar
Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2000 14:09:37 +0200
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