Linux-Hardware Digest #550, Volume #12 Sat, 25 Mar 00 15:13:08 EST
Contents:
A place you have to go and see. Onboard computer system (Habin)
Re: Making bin/cue files in Linux ("Catilina")
better performance ???? ("Filip Atanassov")
Re: help w/S3 Savage MX ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
MS intellimouse explorer ("Jim Dechter")
Re: True requirements for Lexmark Optra Color 40 SIMMs? (Grant Taylor)
Re: Terminal Help (fred smith)
Removable-media IDE drives question ("SomeGuy")
Re: Making bin/cue files in Linux (Bryan)
ESS Allegro-1? (Robert Halloran)
Re: Recommended SCSI CD-R/RW for Multiple OSs? (John Hagen)
Re: True requirements for Lexmark Optra Color 40 SIMMs? (Gerald Willmann)
Re: True requirements for Lexmark Optra Color 40 SIMMs? ("William L. Hartzell")
Adaptec 2906 Support ??? (Warren)
EICON DIVA ISDN MODEM AND COREL LINUX (Kedar Bhat)
Re: gcc: how to read/write a block (Henrik Carlqvist)
Aviator 2.4 on Mandrake desktop (VicAnderson)
Re: Which of these Printers? (Grant Taylor)
cdrecord can't find driver ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: True requirements for Lexmark Optra Color 40 SIMMs? (Scott Alfter)
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From: Habin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: A place you have to go and see. Onboard computer system
Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2000 16:03:39 GMT
Hello,
I've heard I-Opener but the company changed their policy so, can't buy
$99.00.
Well, there is a good company which makes a good single board computer.
Go to the site and see the products. It's awesome.
The company URL is www.emjembedded.com/products/single
Have a nice day.
Sincerely,
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
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From: "Catilina" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Making bin/cue files in Linux
Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2000 17:18:01 +0100
> WTF is the "CDRWin" format? Have those idiots made yet another silly name
> for an ISO9660 image?
I believe it's just an ISO, but it's called a BIN file. The cue file
contains some information. Cdrdao supports writing BIN/CUE files created
with CDRWin in Linux, but I'm looking for the opposite :-)
>Without knowing the ins and outs of whatever
> boneheaded program you're using to burn CDs in WinXX, I can tell you that
> "mkisofs" could be what you want. That creates an ISO image file from a
> directory tree or trees,
I want to make an image of an existing CD
>and you can burn that ISO file directly to a CD
> using "cdrecord".
I'd like to make an image that can be written in Windows with CDRwin, but an
ISO that can be written with ECDC will do.
Thanks for all the info!
Catilina
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From: "Filip Atanassov" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: better performance ????
Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2000 16:27:50 GMT
Hi,
I'd like to check some more opinions before buying:
What would give better performance:
1. Abit BP6 + 2x Celeron 500
2 Abit BE6 II + PentiumIII-500
Total price is same.
Regards,
Filip
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: help w/S3 Savage MX
Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2000 16:27:58 GMT
I have the exact Machine (Tecra 8100) and having the same problem I
can't seem to find any drivers that will work on that, no body seems
to know how to resolve this problem.
On Sun, 05 Mar 2000 03:13:49 -0800, Rob <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>Has anyone gotten a S3 Savage MX in a Tecra 8100 laptop to work?
>
>Thanks.
>Rob
>
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From: "Jim Dechter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: MS intellimouse explorer
Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2000 10:49:16 -0600
Is there a mouse driver available for the new Microsoft intellimouse
explorer or at least for the optical intellimouse (PS2) which might work for
the explorer mouse? When I try the generic two-button PS2 mouse, I get no
mouse.
--
Habit is a great deadener.
--Samuel Becket, Waiting for Godot
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From: Grant Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.os2.misc,comp.periphs.printers
Subject: Re: True requirements for Lexmark Optra Color 40 SIMMs?
Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2000 17:18:50 GMT
Dan Harkless <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Interesting. So EDO would seem to be preferable over FPM.
I doubt the performance difference will even be noticable. We know it
works with FPM.
> So how do you go from 1K refresh on the board chips to 2K on the
> SIMM? Is 1K just way too old-tech. to be required, or are 2K chips
> backwards-compatible with 1K boards?
So the 1K, 2K, etc isn't the refresh rate as such, it's the number of
rows to refresh in the cycle. These devices appear to have a 32ms
cycle, so the refresh rate is really 1K per 32ms. Unfortunately, I
never identified where the dram controller was in these printers.
There doesn't seem to be one integrated into the i960, so perhaps it's
part of the Lexmark ASIC? I can't see any sane hardware engineer
wanting to write a dram controller, though. Hmm. There really aren't
that many chips it might be in.
Anyway, as you add rows to make bigger memories, if all else is equal
you end up with more rows to refresh in each cycle. I would have
expected the memory controller in the Optras to take that in stride;
otherwise they'd have to support assorted generations of memory chips.
--
Grant Taylor - gtaylor@picante<dot>com - http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/
Linux Printing HOWTO: http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/pht/
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.admin
From: fred smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Terminal Help
Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2000 12:16:31 GMT
Pat Finnegan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: Jim Jerzycke wrote:
:> These are just text files. Edit them the way you need to using vi, or my
:> favorite gvim, and then just save them.
:> The next time your setup reads thr config files, they'll be there for
:> you.
:> regards, Jim
: I modified termcap & found tic to use to make a binary terminfo entry...
: however
: I still need help making the printer port work.
If it uses the same printer enable/disable codes as the VTxx series,
then you can test it by making a shellscript which emits the printer enable
code, copies whatever file you want to print to the serial terminal, then
emits the printer disable command. if my memory serves, they are
'escape-5-i' and 'escape-4-i', so a script similar to below may allow
you to print a file to the local printer:
#!/bin/sh
echo ^V^[5i
cat $1
echo ^V^[4i
Note that I'm assuming you're entering this with 'vi', and to enter the
'escape' code you'll need to type a literal control-v before the escape
key and I've tried to show it here in such a way. Also the escape code
itself will show up as a ^[.
This does NOT send the print job through the print spooler. Not only do I
not know off the top o'me head how to do that, I'm not at all certain
that it is desirable to do so. Just think what might happen if you were
in the middle of typing or displaying something when the print spooler
decided it was time to print to your attached printer....
this also does not handle any kind of error conditions. If the printer
hangs in the middle of a job (or your system crashes, or...), this
leaves your terminal stuck in the print mode so that you can't actually
use it as a terminal. This should be fixable with judicious use of the
shell's 'trap' command (left as an exercise for the reader ;^).
good luck!
Fred
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From: "SomeGuy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: redhat.config,redhat.general
Subject: Removable-media IDE drives question
Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2000 12:27:15 -0500
Hello,
I'm currently working towards building a PC (AMD K7 Athalon 700 Mhz with
an ASUS K7V motherboard) and I want it to have multiple operating systems
(Red Hat Linux, NT, Windows 2000 and W98). It was suggested that I use
multiple hard drives over System Commander due to the fact that Windows at
some point and time will need to be re-installed (and I like to do this
every so often anyways-kinda like a good enema) and it may be easier with a
removalbe hard drive.
According to Red Hat "Most removable-media IDE drives are not compatible
with Red Hat Linux; this includes the removable IDE drives by Syquest." Has
anybody had any success using removable media with Linux? If so who is the
manufacturer and what is the model of your unit?
Any suggestions would be appreciated,
Thanks in advance,
SomeGuy
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From: Bryan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Making bin/cue files in Linux
Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2000 17:53:24 GMT
Dances With Crows <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: On Sat, 25 Mar 2000 15:41:16 +0100, Catilina <<953995267.743133@marvin>>
: shouted forth into the ether:
: >Is there a Linux program that makes a cd image in the CDRWin format, namely
: >a .bin file with a .cue file?
: >If not, how can I make a cd image in Linux that can be written with Windows
: >software?
: WTF is the "CDRWin" format? Have those idiots made yet another silly name
: for an ISO9660 image?
NO! its a cue sheet that defines the start points of songs (tracks)
as well as data. its a way to make redbook audio disks as well as
mixed mode. cdrwin (goldenhawk.com) is the premier windows cdr
burning software (I own a copy).
: Without knowing the ins and outs of whatever
: boneheaded program you're using to burn CDs in WinXX
I'm as much of a unix guy as you probably are, but cdrwin is NOT
boneheaded. it was the ONLY DAO app out there for quite a number of
years. way before cdrdao came about.
at any rate, I think cdrdao -can- read the cue files cdrwin uses. but
I always use the native format so I'm not 100% sure.
--
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From: Robert Halloran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: ESS Allegro-1?
Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2000 17:53:00 GMT
Bought a new Compaq box. Mandrake 7.0 finds everything else
on the box fine except the on-board soundchip, an 'ESS Allegro-1'.
Didn't even find any leads on this at ESS' website. Anyone have
any information I can use towards configuring sound on this? TIA.
Bob Halloran
Jacksonville FL
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Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2000 10:10:56 -0800
From: John Hagen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.periphs.scsi,comp.os.ms-windows.nt.setup.hardware
Subject: Re: Recommended SCSI CD-R/RW for Multiple OSs?
Gary Flynn wrote:
>
> I'm setting up a test lab with computers expected
> to run FreeBSD, Linux, Windows NT, and Windows 98.
>
> I'd like to put a SCSI card in each machine and have
> an external CD-R/RW device I can move between them
> as needed.
>
> Can anyone recommend cards and drive that would work
> well in this situation?
The Buslogic BT-948 & 958 series is the only type of host adapter I know
of that is truly supported by all these OS's. That's why I bought my 948
& 958. There are most likely others that you'll find will work, but you
will have to laboriously slog through multiple hardware databases to
find them..
Take a look at the Linux Hardware Database referenced elsewhere in this
thread and also http://www.freebsd.org. FWIW, I run Windows 98 on my
system as well and the Buslogics have no trouble with it. Almost
anything will run with M$.
For a CD-RW, I'd choose Plextor. I have never had any trouble with my
40Wide. I would even buy a used Plextor if the price was right: they are
that good. A co-worker bought Yamaha CD-RW and he's gone through 3 of
them in 4 months time - they run very hot and seem to be pieces of
trash. And judging by my his dealings with their service department,
their customer service's attitude really sucks too. They tried to tell
him Linux broke his CD-RW..
If you are truly wanting to run multiple OS's on a common hardware base,
don't stop with these choices: Look at Be, Solaris, NetBSD and OpenBSD.
I think you'll find that the Buslogic/Plextor combo enumerated above
will work with all of these OS's (although Solaris apparently supports
almost as many devices as Windows nowadays :-).
Hope this helps,
--
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From: Gerald Willmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.os2.misc,comp.periphs.printers
Subject: Re: True requirements for Lexmark Optra Color 40 SIMMs?
Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2000 10:17:18 -0800
On Fri, 24 Mar 2000, Grant Taylor wrote:
> Gerald Willmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > Gary:
>
> Why do people so often call me Gary? Hmm...
sorry for that, Grant. One more question regarding postscript printers.
What I happens if I send them a plain text file? I think that's what pine
does when I print an email. thanks,
Gerald
> > #
> > # Econ
> > econ260:\
> > :lp=:rm=cost:rp=econ260:sd=/var/spool/lpd/econ260:
> > econ353:\
> > :lp=:rm=cost:rp=econ353:sd=/var/spool/lpd/econ353:
> > econ362:\
> > :lp=:rm=cost:rp=econ362:sd=/var/spool/lpd/econ362:
>
> I assume these are just random other printers around your network?
>
correct
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From: "William L. Hartzell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.os2.misc,comp.periphs.printers
Subject: Re: True requirements for Lexmark Optra Color 40 SIMMs?
Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2000 18:23:30 GMT
Grant:
The controller for memory is in each memory chip. The refreash
circuits, page controllers, and cache controller, and several other
features are in each chip. Each Simm or Dimm has a rom chip that the
host reads into each chip to configure them. The size of the cache
should not matter, if the host is expecting a 1k cache, it will ignore
the extra over 1k. However, the converse is not true. If the host
expects a 4k cache, chips with 1k cache will fail. I'm relying on an
article I read in Circuit Cellar. Hope this helps...
Bill
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From: Warren <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Adaptec 2906 Support ???
Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2000 18:25:59 GMT
Hi,
Recently bought an Adaptec 2906 (narrow) SCSI controller. According
to the help files in 'make xconfig' this controller should be supported
in 2.2.12-20.
On boot, Kudzu correctly identified the controller and "installed"
it. However, the module never seems to load, and the controller (and
devices) never get recognized.
How do I make sure this module (first) exists, and (second) is being
instantiated ?
Kind regards,
Warren
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From: Kedar Bhat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: EICON DIVA ISDN MODEM AND COREL LINUX
Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2000 18:30:16 GMT
I recently purchased Corel Linux Standard Edition. I want to run it, but I
have an EICON DIVA T/A ISDN MODEM (external). I've heard that this version
of Linux doesn't support ISDN. What do I do to remedy the situation?
Thanks!
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From: Henrik Carlqvist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: gcc: how to read/write a block
Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2000 19:47:19 +0100
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I am desperately trying to find a very simple low level function
> that writes and reads to any part of the hard drive.
Did you try "read" and "write"?
> I have a 2nd, empty, ext2 hard drive mounted to /db/ directory.
You shouldn't have the filesystem mounted when doing this. Open the
device instead, something like this: open("/dev/hdc7", ... or maybe
open("/dev/hdc", ... if you want the whole harddrive and not only a
partition.
> I am using gnu gcc and cannot use functions such as fopen because it
> is not efficient enough.
Unless your program benefits from the buffering that fopen gives you you
should stay away from it and use open instead.
> I need to use the entire hard disk as one big
> binary; i.e., 50Gb of data.
This is more than 2 GB which is a limit in some systems. You can't have
an ext2 filesystem that big. However, have a look at the manpage for
"_llseek". You might find that useful.
> Currently I am looking into the ll_rw_block() function but I have no
> idea if this is the correct or proper function.
Maybe it is. I have never heard of it and can't find any manpage for it
on my Slackware 4.0 system. What would that one be able to do that you
can't do with read and write?
regards Henrik
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Subject: Aviator 2.4 on Mandrake desktop
From: VicAnderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2000 11:10:27 -0800
I recently bought the Web Gear Aviator 2.4 network kit(two
PCMCIA cards, two ISA-PCMCIA adapters). The PCMCIA card works
on my linux and NT laptops, but not with the ISA adapter. I
swapped the cards to make sure it wasn't the card, but the card
still works in one and not the other. I downloaded the latest
version of PCMCIA sources(3.1.13), compiled and installed it
without a hitch. The card gets detected, but fails with the
following errors(running Mandrake 7.0):
Linux PCMCIA Card Services 3.1.13
kernel build: 2.2.14-15mdk #1 Tue Jan 4 22:24:20 CET 2000
options: [pci] [cardbus] [apm] [pnp]
PCI routing table version 1.0 at 0xf0d10
00:04.2 -> irq 5
PnP: PNP BIOS installation structure at 0xc00fd130
PnP: PNP BIOS version 1.0, entry at f0000:d160, dseg at f0000
Intel PCIC probe:
Ricoh RF5C296/396 ISA-to-PCMCIA at port 0x3e0 ofs 0x00
host opts [0]: none
ISA irqs (scanned) = 3,9,12,15 status change on irq 15
cs: IO port probe 0x0c00-0x0cff: clean.
cs: IO port probe 0x0800-0x08ff: clean.
cs: IO port probe 0x0100-0x04ff: clean.
cs: IO port probe 0x1000-0x17ff: clean.
cs: IO port probe 0x0a00-0x0aff: clean.
cs: memory probe 0x0d0000-0x0dffff: excluding 0xd0000-0xd3fff
cs: memory probe 0x0c0000-0x0cffff: excluding 0xc0000-0xcffff
ray_cs Detected: WebGear PC Card WLAN Adapter Version 4.88 Jan
1999
ray dl_startup_params failed - ECF not ready for intr
ray_dev_init dl_startup_params failed - returns
0xfffffffe/nray_config register_netdev() failed
It looks like it is an interrupt problem, but I tried excluding
IRQs with no sucess. Any help qould be greatly appreciated!
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From: Grant Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Which of these Printers?
Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2000 19:27:08 GMT
Stefan Poppe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I plan to buy a new printer and have narrowed my search to some
> quite recent models that are neither listed (yet) in the SuSE
> database nor on www.picante.com.
> Canon BJC 8200 Photo
I don't know for sure, but my guess is that this printer either works
"partially" or not at all. Most newer Canons designs aren't supported
by the existing drivers very well, if at all; the 6000, 7000, 7100 all
work poorly, and the 5000 and 5100 are paperweights.
> HP Photosmart P1000
> HP 970Cxi
So these two are more or less the same printer with different chrome.
Neither is well supported by free software; HP doesn't document their
consumer printers these days. They are in the database.
For light use that requires reasonable, but not top-of-the-line,
cutting-edge output quality, I often suggest the Lexmark Optra 40, a
Postscript color inkjet that you can get for $99 (less a $20 off
coupon) from buy.com's clearance store. It is absolutely 100%
supported by free software, and prints 6-color photos at fairly good
quality in a funky "1200dpi" mode. (Caveat: you'll need more RAM; see
the database entry for this printer.)
If that doesn't float your boat, a number of the current Epson line
are well supported by the gimp-print project's latest drivers, so
one of these may be a good choice. Caveat: Epsons have fixed heads;
many are the problem reports...
--
Grant Taylor - gtaylor@picante<dot>com - http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/
Linux Printing HOWTO: http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/pht/
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: cdrecord can't find driver
Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2000 19:38:41 GMT
I'm trying write CD w/my Acer CRW6206A, but cdrecord -scanbus just
returns:
Cdrecord 1.8 (i586-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2000 J�rg Schilling
cdrecord: No such file or directory. Cannot open SCSI driver.
cdrecord: For possible targets try 'cdrecord -scanbus'. Make sure you
are root.
I am running as root, and I do have all the things compiled correctly
as per the howto. What's more I seem to have all the devices that
cdrecord demands:
/dev/sg0 /dev/sg2 /dev/sg4 /dev/sg6 /dev/sga /dev/sgc /dev/sge /de
v/sgg
/dev/sg1 /dev/sg3 /dev/sg5 /dev/sg7 /dev/sgb /dev/sgd /dev/sgf
/dev/sgh
(The /dev/sg# are sym links to the other ones)
I don't know what else there is left. I was given conficting
information about the use of ide-cd.o, so I took it out. What's more I
even fed "hdc=ide-scsi" to lilo on startup. (The drive is secondary-
master).
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Scott Alfter)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.os2.misc,comp.periphs.printers
Subject: Re: True requirements for Lexmark Optra Color 40 SIMMs?
Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2000 19:36:54 GMT
In article <8bh8m0$5rn$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Dan Harkless <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Grant Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> What sorts of documents are you printing? If it's things like
>> these, then I see no reason to tear your hair out looking for a
>> suitable 32 or 64MB SIMM when we've demonstrated several 16MB SIMMs
>> that will solve the problem.
>
>I was spooked by everyone saying "you want to add _at_least_ 16MB to this
>thing". ;^> I figured I better go at least one step up from that to 32MB,
>and then while looking at pricewatch.com I saw that 64MB could be had quite
>cheap, so I figured since this is a one-time purchase that'll affect the
>hard limit of how big a document I can print, so I might as well go for
>broke.
Given that the printer will only handle up to 36 megs (4+32), a 64-meg SIMM
would be a waste. Yes, buy.com said it'd take a 64-meg SIMM, but the
manual says it'll only take up to a 32-meg SIMM. With that said, a 32-meg
SIMM ought to handle any print job. That which isn't used for rendering
pages can be used as a print buffer, which allows your computer to stream a
job to the printer in one shot and then go on to doing other things, instead
of having to fill the buffer, wait for it to empty, and then repeat dozens
of times through a large print job. (If you do the math, a letter-size page
at 600 dpi with 4 inks would need just over 16 megs to hold a CMYK bitmap of
the page. That gets cut to 4 megs for black-only printing, but swells to 24
megs for CMYKcm photo printing. A 16-meg SIMM will enable the printer to
handle _most_ jobs, but a 32-meg SIMM ought to handle _all_ jobs that the
printer can render.
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