Linux-Hardware Digest #575, Volume #12 Thu, 30 Mar 00 03:13:06 EST
Contents:
Re: bttv/video4linux problems ("Greg S. Woods")
Re: ?'s Abt Using A Lucent Modem With Caldera Linux ("Mike Garber")
Help, diamond suprasonic DSL modem under redhat ("philip paradias")
Re: Recomendations for 10/100 PCMCIA/Cardbus ethernet card (Michael Meissner)
Re: IntelliEye USB mouse :-( (Richard Beri)
Re: Linux Driver for Artist PT80 video card ? (Dances With Crows)
Re: digitiser tablets - recommendations? (Steve Dunbar)
Re: latest 2.3.99-pre3 won't boot on I-OPENER (Bryan)
Re: i-opener that can be modified, where can I get one?
another newbie, another modem (KidCubano)
conflict between onboard SCSI and Adaptec 2940U2W ("Bruce Ackman")
Re: Please help ("Peter T. Breuer")
Re: general questions about video capturing (Andras)
Re: IntelliEye USB mouse :-( ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: want to change partitioning ("Peter T. Breuer")
Re: 3d sound with SBlive! ??? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Epson Stylus Color 640 (Svend Garnaes)
Re: Soundblaster Live problem (Wonil Roh)
Re: Adaptec AAA-133U2 U2SCSI Raid PCI (Kristjan Kristinsson)
Re: Xircom network adapter (Patrice Belleville)
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From: "Greg S. Woods" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: bttv/video4linux problems
Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2000 10:15:18 -0500
David Lee Ludwig wrote:
> Linux video capture interface: v0.01 ALPHA
This looks really old, my ver is 1.00. Go get the new i2C 2.5.0 and
then the bttv 0.74 and see what that does.
--
Greg S. Woods
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From: "Mike Garber" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: ?'s Abt Using A Lucent Modem With Caldera Linux
Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2000 22:22:54 -0500
DG, thank you so very much for such a thorough response. After trying both
of the zip files, I discovered that they both require kernel v. 2.2.12.
Since I have v. 2.2.10, I have gotten sidetracked and very bogged down into
trying to learn how to upgrade/recompile my kernel. It seems like everything
I read gives a different approach. Oh well, for the time when I do get
through all of this, I do have a followup question in response to your
response. See below....
DG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> After banging my head against the wall for a few hours, I finally got my
> Lucent PCI Win Modem to work! Let me tell you what the key was to get
> it to work for me:
>
> 1) Disable the BIOS plug and pray (PNP OS=NO).
<snip>
>
> Note that in my case, step #1 was the key! No IRQ would be assigned
> unless that was done, and my computer would slow to a crawl. With PNP
> turned off, the IRQ is assigned and everything works! (Anybody know how
> to get linux to assign the IRQ while PNP is turned on? This is PCI, not
> ISA.) Unfortunately, this causes Windows98 to share IRQ with the PCI
> video card. I don't know if that's bad as the modem and video still
> worked fine under w98.
>
Do you disable the plug and play from the setup screens you can access when
the computer boots up, or do you disable them from within Linux? If you do
from the setup screens, which is what it sounds like, do you have to change
them back each time you use Windows? If this is the issue you are raising
above, please forgive my ignorance.
--
Mike
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From: "philip paradias" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Help, diamond suprasonic DSL modem under redhat
Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2000 22:20:45 -0500
Hey. I recently downloaded redhat 6.2. I'm using windows 2000 right now, but
I want to switch. The only thing thats holding me back is my adsl card. does
it work under redhat linux? It's a diamond supra sonic 1 meg modem.
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Subject: Re: Recomendations for 10/100 PCMCIA/Cardbus ethernet card
From: Michael Meissner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 29 Mar 2000 22:28:58 -0500
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> I'm looking to upgrade the 10 Mbps 3com PCMCIA card I'm currently
> using in my laptop. Are there any general recomendations for a known
> working and reliable 32bit cardbus 10/100 card, particularly one that
> isn't too expensive?
LinkSys EtherFast 32-bit Auto 10/100 Cardbus PC (Credit Card) works well for me
(I did have to rebuild the pcmcia drivers to get cardbus support compiled in).
Micro Warehouse lists it for $69. You might want to get the new integrated
version (same price) that integrates the ethernet RJ45 plug into the card,
rather than having a short cord that plugs into the card (assuming you don't
mind using it in your top pcmcia slot).
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From: Richard Beri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: IntelliEye USB mouse :-(
Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2000 22:43:29 -0500
I have the same mouse, make your life easier and just use the ps/2
adapter that comes with the mouse.
Philippe Dilet wrote:
>
> hello ,
> i've got Caldera 2.3
> Anyone can give me the miracle answer, on how to install
> a USB intellieye on linux
> driver,howto,advices, magic spells are WELCOME !! :-)
> Thx
> fred
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Subject: Re: Linux Driver for Artist PT80 video card ?
Date: 29 Mar 2000 22:54:54 EST
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Thu, 30 Mar 2000 02:30:34 GMT, Alan Lui
<<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> shouted forth into the ether:
>Does anyone know if Artist PT80 video card (PCI) will support Linux 6.1
>Red Hat ? Thanks
ITYM "Does RH 6.1 support the Artist PT80 card?" I could not find that
card mentioned in the standard place, http://www.xfree86.org/cardlist.html
, but some of the newer cards are not listed there. More info, please?
What's the chipset on the card? (You said the brand name, not the
chipset. There's a huge difference.) If this is more than a year old,
you have an excellent chance of it working, and I'm sure the thing will
run in VGA (640x480, 16 color) no matter what. 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: Steve Dunbar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: digitiser tablets - recommendations?
Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2000 20:02:55 -0800
Steve Feil wrote:
>
> This would probably be an X window issue.
> You can look into http://xfree86.org/ to see if xfree86 has
> suport for digitiziter tables. There may be comercial
> X - replacements that run digitiziter tables on Linux.
>
See <http://lepied.com/xfree86/> and
<http://www.gtk.org/~otaylor/xinput/howto/basic-information.html>.
I have succesfully used the a Wacom Pen Partner tablet with the Wacom
driver on XFree86 3.3.6. I can't get it to work with XFree86 4.0,
however.
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From: Bryan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: latest 2.3.99-pre3 won't boot on I-OPENER
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development.system
Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2000 04:22:02 GMT
In comp.os.linux.hardware Rick Ellis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: In article <ufpE4.121$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
: Bryan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: >BUT when I build a custom kernel and launch it via lilo, I get
: >'loading 2.2.14 ..." but after that, the video does NOT show text msgs
: >scrolling up. I took this as a broken kernel, when IN FACT IT WASN'T.
: >it DID boot and when I did a startx after loggin in, X did come up ok.
: >so there's something having to do with resetting the funky video mode
: >that the bios set (there's a welcome graphic at bios/boot time) that
: >the slackware kernel resets by ALL of my kernels don't ;-( damned if I
: >can figure it out, too.
: Do you have frame buffers configured in you kernel? If so, try
: turning them off.
not really familiar with that section, so I left it to its default.
which should be good, right? ;-)
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From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: i-opener that can be modified, where can I get one?
Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2000 04:30:23 GMT
I am guessing that the ones shiped over the next few weeks will be able to
be modified as posted on the net. If they make minor changes we will just
have to make minor changes to our modification. Go for it and order a gray
by phone. This should give you the fastest shipping date. Good luck!
Karlo Szabo wrote:
>
> Hi
>
> This seems very cool, I want one
> http://www.linux-hacker.net/iopener
>
> but after the 20th it reckons that they can't be modified anymore.
>
>
> Can I get a modifiable one from somewhere????
>
>
> TIA
> karlo
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (KidCubano)
Subject: another newbie, another modem
Date: 30 Mar 2000 04:41:00 GMT
hey all you folks in linux land, i just got a new 56K to use under my mandrake
linux 6.5(redhat 6.1). its SmartLink pci voice/fax modem, made by archtek,
which uses ESS chipsets, its technically an ES56T PI model, i think the exact
chipset is ESS2898, i've got the irq, port and all set up. when i run kppp it
say the modem is ready but then it just stalls on the "initializing modem"
message, never gets past it. any1 out there have any ideas as to what the hell
is wrong b4 i just go out and buy a whole new PC out of aggravation
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From: "Bruce Ackman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: conflict between onboard SCSI and Adaptec 2940U2W
Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2000 00:00:48 -0500
I'm using an Intel XXpress server motherboard that has an aic-7870
controller onboard. I want to use the 2940U2W controller, but I cant get
Linux installed. The installation freezes at "Loading aic-7xxx driver".
The CD-ROM and hard drive access lights flash and nothing else happens.
When I pull the 2940U2W out and throw an old SCSI-2 hard drive onto the
onboard 7870, I don't have any problem.
If any body knows how to disable the onboard controller (disabling "Scan
onboard Bios" does'nt help) or make them live together nicely, I'd be a
happy camper again.
I suspect they're both trying to use IRQ 10. msd reports that 10 is
"reserved" and I know that the 2940U2W is using it.
Bruce Ackman
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From: "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.linux
Subject: Re: Please help
Date: 30 Mar 2000 05:27:21 GMT
Buchacher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
:>> My mouse doesn't react neither with gpm nor in X-Window
:>
:>> First I tried to connect the mouse to the PS/2 port and used
:>> /dev/psaux --> failure
Then you don't have ps/2 support in the kernel, or you aren't trying.
:>Do you have support for psaux in your kernel or loaded as a module? If
Psaux must be compiled in these days. It is not available as a module.
:>it is compiled into the kernel, is the mouse detected at boot?
: I don't know. Please tell me how to find out.
If you don't know, then you haven't read the HOWTO. Read it now.
:>> Then I connected the mouse with an adapter to COM1
:>> I tried it with /dev/mouse (ttyS0)
:>> I removed /lib/modules/2.2.13/misc/serial.o
What? Why! That's what you need!
:>I have no experience from SuSE, but I see no reason not to have serial
:>support compiled into the kernel. Then you won't have to mess with
:>modules.
I see no reason not to have everything including serial.o as a module.
Then he won't have to mess arround at all.
: said that since version 2.2.5 (mine is 2.2.13) the serial device support is
: automatically loaded as a module. If it is compiled into the kernel it is
That's correct.
: additionally loaded as a module after loading the kernel.
Possible but irrelevant.
: In this case I should try to delete /lib/modules/2.2.5/misc/serial.o and set
Not necessary.
: " alias char-major-4 serial " in /etc/conf.modules to " alias char-major-4
: off ".
The extra module load is harmless. If you don't want it, remove it from
the init script that does it.
: Their other solutions based on the assumption that X-Window can't use the
: mouse because the device is busy, but it actually says: Can't open mouse (no
: such device).
Then you don't have a driver installed. End of problem.
Peter
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From: Andras <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.games.video.digitiser,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.video,rec.video.desktop
Subject: Re: general questions about video capturing
Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2000 06:10:52 +0000
> But then again, the pixel resolution is not the only factor
> to consider when choosing a capture card.
The problem is that I can get so few information about the cards,
that I would be happy if at least the pixel resolution would be
displayed on the product.
> You might be disappointed. When it comes to still images, even
> a low-end digital camera can perform better than a video camera.
I already did similar stuff with the camera, and I was satisfied with
the result. That time I used a parallax card and a sun workstation.
>
> Sounds quite reasonable. Then I believe you would be
> perfectly happy with a TV tuner card (like one of the
> Hauppauge models.)
Now what I can find in the stores is a cheap Taiwan made card.
It has a name TVExcel (I assume not much better than noname),
and not too many documentation.
It is based on BT878 (or maybe BT848 ).
And a SKYWELL MagicTV Decoder/Capture card, which again is based on
BT878, and again I don't have much more info about them.
(I could also find a Hauppauge model, but that was USB and I only have
PCI)
Now I'm getting closer to deciding which card to buy.
Do you maybe know what is the difference between BT878 and 848 ?
Is there a signifficant diference at all?
Jukka!
Your help is very-very usefull to me!
Andras
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: IntelliEye USB mouse :-(
Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2000 22:29:42 -0800
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Philippe Dilet
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> hello ,
> i've got Caldera 2.3
> Anyone can give me the miracle answer, on how to install
> a USB intellieye on linux
> driver,howto,advices, magic spells are WELCOME !! :-)
USB is not in the main kernel yet, so if you want to use it in USB mode, you will have
to do some work. Check out:
http://www.linux-usb.org/
You will need the USB backport to use USB on 2.2 kernel:
http://www.suse.cz/development/usb-backport/
Then follow the guide to get your mouse working:
http://linuxusbguide.sourceforge.net/USB-guide-1.0.5/book1.html
May not be worth the effort to you, you should have a PS/2 adapter with your mouse,
try that.
--
Jim Zubb
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: want to change partitioning
Date: 30 Mar 2000 06:44:09 GMT
Codifex Maximus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
:> 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
Then the disk is damaged. Fix it, or take it back.
:> It was trying to install into /usr and that partition is 75% full.
That's fine. Your partitionig scheme is excellent.
:> There's 2.something gigs free on /home and about the same on /var.
Var is a little oversized! For big servers I put 1 or 2G in var. FOr
small workstations, about 64MB (really needs 256MB nowadays).
:> I thought I was being so cautious and smart creating those partitions
You are. It's good.
:> 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
No you don't. You want 64MB for root, about 2GB for /usr, about 1GB for
/usr/local and /opt, about 1GB for /var (assuming you want to burn cds
:), the rest for /home.
:> /home under root and not as partitions.
That is entirely incorrect. Please read the Partition-HOWTO.
:> /var can stay, but it's hogging space too. /swap can and probably
Your var is too big.
:> should stay, so I've read.
:>
:> So ideally, I'd buy a DAT tape drive and backup the partitions and
Why? You can obviously use /var as a fulcrum in any partitioning
manoevers you wish to make.
: 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.
He does. /var and /home.
Peter
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: 3d sound with SBlive! ???
Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2000 22:40:19 -0800
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Marc E. Christensen"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I was wondering whether or not there are any drivers that suport 3d
> sound features of the SoubnBlaster Live! cards?
>
Not yet. There is a new 3D audio API that was just release:
http://www.openal.org
Currently there are no drivers to take advantage of this using the Live. Creative is
supposed to release a binary only driver which incorporates this, not sure when though.
--
Jim Zubb
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From: Svend Garnaes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Epson Stylus Color 640
Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2000 09:14:44 +0200
Beno=EEt Smith wrote:
> =
> Greetings,
> =
> Please could someone tell me if there exists a decent driver for an
> Epson Stylus Color 640 printer, so that it can print with 32bpp color,
> 720dpi resolution, and without any ugly black lines over my XEmacs
> printed docs ?
> =
http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/pht/printer_list.cgi?make=3DEpson&format=3D=
full
-- =
Svend
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Wonil Roh)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Soundblaster Live problem
Date: 29 Mar 2000 23:46:06 -0800
But somehow the sound power out of the third jack is rather weak
compared to my old SB AWE 64. Maybe it's the mixer setting,
but does anyone else also observe this 'weak sound' prblem?
I'm on
Redhat 6.1, kernel 2.3.99-pre3,
emu10k1 sound module compiled in from opensource.creative.com
Asus p3v4x (via apollo pro 133a chipset) mobo
It'd be nice if there's something similiar to Windows' "live-ware"
for linux. maybe i'm asking too much..
wonil
In article <8bqgrj$fr$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
LhD Administrator <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
>"Gene Heskett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Its a decent card for the money IMO.
>
>4.5 out of 5.0, to be exactl. :-)
>http://www.linhardware.com/db/dispproduct.cgi?DISP?315
>
>
>--
>LhD Administrator
>Linux Hardware Database
>http://www.linhardware.com
>
>
>Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
>Before you buy.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kristjan Kristinsson)
Subject: Re: Adaptec AAA-133U2 U2SCSI Raid PCI
Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2000 07:59:48 GMT
Are there any other raid cards supported when it comes to similar
prestanda?
Greetings
Kristjan
On Wed, 29 Mar 2000 18:56:51 +0200, Markus Kossmann
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Kristjan Kristinsson wrote:
>>
>> Does anyone know if this model (Adaptec AAA-133U2 U2SCSI Raid PCI) or
>> (Adaptec AAA-131U2 U2SCSI Raid PCI) are compatible with linux?
>No , thes are not compatible.
>> I couldn't find information about them.
>Read the kernel configuration help for the AIC7xxx driver .
>--
>Markus Kossmann
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From: Patrice Belleville <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Xircom network adapter
Date: 30 Mar 2000 00:07:35 -0800
Rudi Donne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > anyone has xircom adapter on a laptop running
> > Red Hat linux ? I can't configure mine.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Luis.
>
> Read the HOW-TO's.
> Xircom is not supported.
On the other hand, just because it's not supported doesn't mean it won't
work. I have a Xircom CE3-10/100 Fast Ethernet card, which wouldn't work
with the stock RH 6.1 kernel (2.2.12). Upgrading the kernel to 2.3.46
fixed the problem (Xircom support got broken again in 2.3.99pre1, although
I think it's working now in 2.3.99pre3, which I haven't tried yet).
Patrice
P.S.: This is on a Sony VAIO PCG-F430.
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