Linux-Hardware Digest #642, Volume #12 Sat, 8 Apr 00 18:13:10 EDT
Contents:
Re: I am a reseller and need help (Rod Roark)
Re: Sound Blaster PCI128 Problems (Jeff East)
Re: Sound Driver problems CMedia (Dragos A. Manolescu)
Soyo K7AIA Athlon MB + Redhat 6.2 (John Edgecombe)
Need help with IDE CDR (Victor Lew)
Re: Setup Scanner under Linux (Use Sane or xsane) ("Eric Potter")
Re: disk (hda) "Device not configured" error (Rob Urban)
Re: write error in swap file ("D. Stimits")
MIDI/Red Hat 6 How to set up?
Alcatel USB DSL modem ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Hardware: Bang for my Buck ("js")
Re: Voodoo3, X4 and 24 bits ("D. Stimits")
Re: Alcatel USB DSL modem (Hal Burgiss)
on i180 Motherboard, procinfo sees no cache? (art)
Re: Adaptec 19160 Ultra 160 ("D. Stimits")
Re: VERY HARD PROBLEM DURING Linux'INSTALL !!! ("D. Stimits")
Re: Crystal 4236B/DELL OptiPlex Gx1 sound card ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
help on 3Com Mhz 10/100 Cardbus ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Switching off ("John Smith")
DVD ("John Smith")
PPP dial up ("John Smith")
Games ("John Smith")
dvd (uni2)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rod Roark)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: I am a reseller and need help
Date: Sat, 08 Apr 2000 19:06:20 GMT
On Sun, 9 Apr 2000 00:59:46 +1200, The Nice One <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Ok I am a computer reseller in Dunedin New Zealand but I need some
>help/feedback about a proposed system I am hoping to offer as a Linux box.
>
>My major barrier to doing this is that I know almost squat about linux(all
>distributions)....
Um, how're you gonna support it if you don't know Linux? I applaud
your effort but DON'T do this until you have used the stuff yourself
as your primary computing environment for a few months.
-- Rod
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Sunset Systems Preconfigured Linux Computers
http://www.sunsetsystems.com/ and Custom Software
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jeff East)
Subject: Re: Sound Blaster PCI128 Problems
Date: Sat, 8 Apr 2000 14:41:22 -0400
] How come my Sound Blaster PCI128 will play sounds but not record (it records
] under win98!)
I noticed that most microphone recording software under Linux
won't turn on the mic as a recording source, with the 2.2.X es1370 driver.
Run a mixer program from your distribution, enable the mic as a
recording source, then run your recording software, then disable the mic.
__________________________________________________________________________
"You know the old story: girl meets boy, girl modifies boy's subroutines."
- Captain Janeway, speaking of an Irish barkeep
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Subject: Re: Sound Driver problems CMedia
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dragos A. Manolescu)
Date: 08 Apr 2000 14:29:35 -0500
>>> Graham Wharton writes:
gw> Hi all I've been trying to get my C-Media SoundPro HT8738A Onboard
gw> Sound to work in redhat.
gw> Has anybody else had any luck sofar.
[...]
I have an m599lmr with the same chipset. I use Chen-Li Tien's CMedia
driver (http://www.cmedia.com.tw/8x38/linux/cmpci-2.41.tar.gz) with
kernel 2.2.14 (I didn't know that 2.2.14 already includes support for
CM8x38?). Just follow the directions in the README file and you'll get
(from cmpci.c):
* /dev/dsp standard /dev/dsp device, (mostly) OSS compatible
* /dev/mixer standard /dev/mixer device, (mostly) OSS compatible
* /dev/midi simple MIDI UART interface, no ioctl
Note that there's no /dev/sndstat.
Everything that I've tried works just fine--mpg123, mixers, real
audio, esd, ksound, etc., except speak_freely. I also tried the
commercial OSS drivers and they work fine with speak_freely.
If there are any other options for the CM8738 besides Chen-Li Tien's
and the commercial OSS, I'd also like to know.
HTH,
-Dragos
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From: John Edgecombe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Soyo K7AIA Athlon MB + Redhat 6.2
Date: Sat, 08 Apr 2000 13:15:00 -0700
I have an 8.4 gig Maxtor drive with the first half in fat32, W98SE. The
Redhat 6.2 boot disk does not recognize the AMD 751/756 chipset,
claiming that I have no hard disk. Expert mode claims I have a corrupted
partition, and offers to erase it for me. (no thanks). So far, I cannot
get as far as FDISK in my installation efforts. I have tried dumbing
down the bios to PIO mode 4, and nothing seems to work.
If I had a working linux machine, I might be able to be more creative,
but right now, I don't even have a linux partition. Perhaps someone
knows of a patched boot.img file posted somewhere that I can use with
RAWRITE.EXE to create a working boot floppy? I would even go for a
patched kernel that I could use with loadlin.
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From: Victor Lew <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Need help with IDE CDR
Date: Sat, 08 Apr 2000 20:30:56 +0000
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi,
I've been having trouble getting my IDE HP CD-W 8110i to work. I think
I've gotten ide-scsi emulation to work. When I do:
# cdrecord -scanbus
I get:
Cdrecord release 1.6 Copyright (C) 1995-1998 Jorg Schilling
scsibus0:
0) 'HP ' 'CD-Writer+ 8100 ' '1.0g' Removable CD-ROM
1) *
2) *
3) *
4) *
5) *
6) *
7) *
But when I try:
# cdrecord -v dev=3D/dev/scd0 speed=3D4 -data /root/image.iso
I get:
Cdrecord release 1.6 Copyright (C) 1995-1998 J=F6rg Schilling
TOC Type: 1 =3D CD-ROM
WARNING: device not valid, trying to use default target...
scsidev: '/dev/scd0'
scsibus: 0 target: 6 lun: 0
cdrecord: Cannot do inquiry for CD-Recorder.
cdrecord: Success. test unit ready: scsi sendcmd: fatal error
CDB: 00 00 00 00 00 00
cmd finished after 0.000s timeout 40s
I've read through http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/CD-Writing-HOWTO.html
and I can't find what the problem is. Any suggestions would be
appreciated.
Thanks,
Victor
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From: "Eric Potter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Setup Scanner under Linux (Use Sane or xsane)
Date: Sat, 08 Apr 2000 20:54:22 GMT
In article <8cm50q$oqa$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Alex"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Dear all:
>
> Start from the beginning. Running RedHat 6.0, 2 SCSI adapter, Umax 610s
> scanner. Other hardware should not matter at this point. I am trying to
> set it up but no luck. I did read the man page and so on, but I guess I
> am that that familiar with Linux yet :-( This scanner is supported by
> Sane so it is not a not-compatible problem.
>
> when I type "more /proc/scsi/scsi" I got the following message
>
> Attached devices: Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 01 Lun: 00
> Vendor: PIONEER Model: CD-ROM DR-U16S Rev: 1.01 Type: CD-ROM
> ANSI SCSI revision: 02
> Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 05 Lun: 00
> Vendor: IOMEGA Model: ZIP 100 Rev: J.02 Type:
> Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02
> Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 06 Lun: 00
> Vendor: YAMAHA Model: CRW4260 Rev: 1.0q Type: CD-ROM
> ANSI SCSI revision: 02
> Host: scsi1 Channel: 00 Id: 03 Lun: 00
> Vendor: UMAX Model: Astra 610S Rev: V1.3 Type: Scanner
> ANSI SCSI revision: 02
>
> So, the scanner is being detected by the OS, but not by the software
> yet. When I tried to run sane, xsane, or xscanimage, it will say
> "xscanimage: no devices available."
>
> I did the following:
>
> $ln /dev/sge /dev/scanner
> $chmod 660 /dev/sge
>
> In addition, I have modified "umax.conf" (under /etc/sane.d) a little
> bit. scsi UMAX * Scanner * * * * scsi LinoHell Office scsi LinoHell
> Office2 scsi LinoHell SAPHIR2 scsi Nikon AX-210
> /dev/scanner
> /dev/sge
>
> Thanks for any suggestion and information.
>
> Sincerely.
>
> Alex.
>
>
Are you trying to use the scanner as root or as a user? Are the permissions
set so that you can read the device file?
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From: Rob Urban <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: disk (hda) "Device not configured" error
Date: Sat, 08 Apr 2000 22:42:48 +0200
Michael Kelly wrote:
>
> On Thu, 06 Apr 2000 23:36:10 +0200, Rob Urban <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
>
> >The disk has a single DOS partition of 2GB on it. Win98 boots without
> >problem from this partition.
>
> How 'bout some particulars as to drive controllers etc?
> Is Win98 still on the machine? If so, you can get some
> info from Device Manager.
I'm afraid I didn't have any particulars, otherwise I would have posted
them.
However, the problem has been solved: it turns out there are certain versions
of system BIOS that do weird things with disk geometry and confuse linux. A
BIOS upgrade from IBM fixed things.
Rob Urban
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Date: Sat, 08 Apr 2000 15:18:47 -0600
From: "D. Stimits" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: write error in swap file
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> Hello
>
> I have a big problem.whenever i try to edit any file,I am getting
> following message.
>
> Write error in swap file
> "rc.local" [New File]
> Press RETURN or enter command to continue
>
> Any idea what is wrong.I would appreciate if somebody can help me.
>
> Thanks....
>
> Dale Khehra
>
> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> Before you buy.
Since rc.local is a semi-protected file, I would wonder if possibly
there is a problem with write permissions in the directory. If you had
read access, but not write access, perhaps it would do this...meaning
access to the directory as a whole, not just to the file. If you cd to
a directory, you can see the permissions with:
ls -ald .
The "." means the current directory. You can have write permission to
a file, but still be denied if the current directory...or the *parent*
to the current directory...is not writable. Thus, the current
directory needs write, but is not sufficient if the parent itself is
not writable.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ()
Subject: MIDI/Red Hat 6 How to set up?
Date: 8 Apr 2000 15:14:14 -0700
Hi. I am using Red Hat 6 Linux (soon to be RH 6.1) and would like to use
some MIDI sequencing software for music composition. I have an old Gravis
Ultrasound and have a synth connected to the PC via MIDI.
How do I set up Linux to use the MIDI port? I checked if I have the
/dev/midi device installed and it isn't. I also tested the soundcard
throught the sndconfig utility and it said that it couldn't open the audio
device file or something like that. I did select the GUS in initial
installation.
Any assistance would be appreciated.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Alcatel USB DSL modem
Date: Sat, 8 Apr 2000 15:39:41 -0500
Alcatel 3EC18206BA external with USB connection.
any chance of this beast working with linux even with 2.3.99pre kernels?
ISP offers an internal 3com homeconnect card as another option but havn't
heard or seen anything on these working with linux either. Waiting to hear
back from them if the external 3com dualconnect (usb/ethernet) will work
with their service but don't hold out much hope.
remove nospam. to reply direct
--
Bill West
Conroe TX
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From: "js" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Hardware: Bang for my Buck
Date: Sat, 8 Apr 2000 16:25:53 -0500
Say, are there any opinions out there about what set of hardware components
(motherboard/processor/harddrive/memory/soundcard/videocard/networkcard)
that would
result in a solid, easily supported system - For the money -- with an
emphasis on value!
If you could break it down to workstation/server, that would be great.
The target market for this would be small to medium sized businesses.
Any advice would be appreciated.
Thanks in advance,
John.
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Date: Sat, 08 Apr 2000 15:25:56 -0600
From: "D. Stimits" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Voodoo3, X4 and 24 bits
Bruno Barberi Gnecco wrote:
>
> Have anyone successfully run X4.0 in 24 bits using a Voodoo 3? Here
> weird things happen. I need 24 bits for some applications, even if there's no
> 3D acceleration support.
>
> --
> Bruno Barberi Gnecco <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> http://www.geocities.com/RodeoDrive/1980/
> Quoth the Raven, "Nevermore". - Poe
I'm wondering if the Voodoo 3 itself supports 24 bit. I was thinking
somewhere I saw it works only at 16 bit or less. This might not be
right, but it would be worth checking out.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Hal Burgiss)
Subject: Re: Alcatel USB DSL modem
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sat, 08 Apr 2000 21:30:53 GMT
On Sat, 8 Apr 2000 15:39:41 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Alcatel 3EC18206BA external with USB connection.
>
>any chance of this beast working with linux even with 2.3.99pre kernels?
AFAIK, DSL USB modems require drivers. So even if Linux recognizes
the device, there is still that hurdle. Alcatel makes an ethernet modem
that does indeed work. Called the SpeedTouch. The providers are making
this more difficult than it needs to be. External<>Ethernet works for
everybody.
--
Hal B
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: art <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: on i180 Motherboard, procinfo sees no cache?
Date: Sat, 08 Apr 2000 21:30:23 GMT
For some reason when I look at the /proc/cpuinfo on my i810 with 550MHz P3,
I don't see the cache enabled? I tried looking at the BIOS, but there is no
option for turning on and off the cache
/proc/cpuinfo:
==============
processor : 0
vendor_id : GenuineIntel
cpu family : 6
model : 8
model name : 00/08
stepping : 1
cpu MHz : 548.338941
cache size : 0 KB
fdiv_bug : no
hlt_bug : no
sep_bug : no
f00f_bug : no
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 2
wp : yes
flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 sep mtrr pge mca cmov
pat pse36 mmx osfxsr kni
bogomips : 547.23
dmesg:
======
Linux version 2.2.5-15 ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) (gcc version
egcs-2.91.66 19990314/Linux (egcs-1.1.2 release)) #1 Mon Apr 19 23:00:46
EDT 1999
Detected 548338941 Hz processor.
Console: colour VGA+ 80x25
Calibrating delay loop... 547.23 BogoMIPS
Memory: 126768k/129792k available (996k kernel code, 412k reserved, 1556k
data, 60k init)
VFS: Diskquotas version dquot_6.4.0 initialized
CPU: Intel 00/08 stepping 01
Checking 386/387 coupling... OK, FPU using exception 16 error reporting.
Checking 'hlt' instruction... OK.
.....
Linux AGP GART interface v0.03 (c) Jeff Hartmann
-- Experimental distribution, only i810 enabled
agpgart (i810): detected 4MB dedicated video ram
Got pages for a 64 megabyte mapping for the agp aperature.
i810_configure<7>
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http://www.help.com/
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Date: Sat, 08 Apr 2000 15:30:41 -0600
From: "D. Stimits" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Adaptec 19160 Ultra 160
Joel Hoffman wrote:
>
> : This seems to be an urgent legend. The card is a normal 32Bit PCI card.
>
> It's not an urban legend. The 29160 is 64-bit PCI. The 29160N (which I think
> Linux supports) is the 32-bit PCI version. Check out Adaptec's website:
>
> http://www.adaptec.com/products/overview/ultra160scsi.html#29160N
>
> --
> Joel Hoffman [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> OIT Webmaster (541) 885 1165
Is the 64-bit version known to not work? Wondering if maybe it would
still work, but only take advantage of 32 bits, or simply not work at
all. For one thing, when SuperMicro boards finally become available
with the built-in SCSI 3, they are all 64-bit versions.
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Date: Sat, 08 Apr 2000 15:35:33 -0600
From: "D. Stimits" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: VERY HARD PROBLEM DURING Linux'INSTALL !!!
Pierre wrote:
>
> Hi there,
>
> I need a serious HELp !
>
> I try to install
> REDHAT 5.2, 6.0, 6.1
> Mandrake 7.0
> Caldera OpenLinux 2.3
>
> But always failed !!
> The Redhat stop during the package's installation
> So do the mandrake.
> And the OpenLinux halt with the message "starting Lizard...wait".
>
> Each time My computer is completely freeze. alt+Fx or Ctrl+alt+suppr do
> NOTHING !
>
> I dont understand Why. I already have installed linux on other PC, but
> mine doesn't want it !!!
>
> Here is my configuration :
> Mother board : FIC PA 2013
> AMD K6-2 350Mhz
> 256 Mo RAM
> 2 controller SCSI available = adaptec 2904 CD(not 2940 !) (always probed
> during install) and Tekram DC395 UW (possible with the Mandrake)
> SCSI devices : DVD-ROM Pioneer 303S, Plextor CD-R 341RC, HD IBM 18Go
> 7200 tr/min
> IDE : HD IBM 10Go 7200tr (MBR), HD Quantum 4,5Go (wich I want to use
> for Linux), Iomega ZIP 100 IDE.
> AGP : Asus Riva TNT2 V3800
> PCI : SoundBlaster 128, SCSI controller(s), Ethernet Card SOHO 10Mb/s
> (NE 2000 compliant).
>
> I have absolutely no IDEA for solving My problem.
>
> If someone have a piece of advice, or the solution I 'll be VERY VERY
> Glad to him.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Pierre.
>
> Please e-mail ;)
Just guessing, I would say that when you get to the point that it must
access the SCSI hd's, it has incorrect or insufficient scsi driver
details. The probe may find the correct module to use, but not the
complete parameter details. I don't know the particular scsi
controller you have, so I can't tell you what it needs.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: Crystal 4236B/DELL OptiPlex Gx1 sound card
Date: Sat, 08 Apr 2000 21:25:47 GMT
In article <8cl95k$6la$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I tried everything in the earlier threads of this message and I *can*
> get sound working if I mess around in sndconfig long enough. I've
saved
> my /etc/conf.modules and my /etc/isapnp.conf files AFTER I got the
sound
> working.
>
> But, as soon as I reboot the computer, I lose the sound!
>
> I am running RH 6.1 with the 2.2.12 kernel on a Dell Optiplex GX1
>
> Help! I need music!
firstly I would suggest comparing /etc/conf.modules and
/etc/isapnp.conf with your saved versions to find what if anything has
changed (not sure why anything would have though..)
I have the same setup. If I recall correctly, I had initially had
similar trouble when I built the system a few months back, but it
worked ok after I did this:
Boot to X login
Ctrl-Alt-F1 and log in as root
sndconfig
init 6 (or whatever your reboot level is)
Boot to X login
login as 'user'
add aumix applet to panel (how you do this depends on your desktop
manager, I guess)
I don't recall having to alias anything
are you running sndconfig in X environment ? (again, i'm not sure why
this would affect anything, but may be a factor)
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Before you buy.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: help on 3Com Mhz 10/100 Cardbus
Date: Sat, 08 Apr 2000 21:25:50 GMT
Hi,
I've got a 3Com Megahertz 10/100 Cardbus NIC. (model 3CCFE575BT)
and I'm wondering if I can get it to work under Linux.
Does anyone have experience with this card and have suggestions on
which modules to try...
Thnx...
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
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From: "John Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Switching off
Date: Sat, 8 Apr 2000 22:32:11 +0100
I have red hat 5.2
Usually when I shutdown using Win 98 my computer litteraly switches it self
off cand lunux do that as well of so how
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From: "John Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: DVD
Date: Sat, 8 Apr 2000 22:31:07 +0100
Are there any DVD software for linux out there I have a creative labs encore
5x DVD and Dxr 2 decoder card?
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From: "John Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: PPP dial up
Date: Sat, 8 Apr 2000 22:33:27 +0100
Do you people know where I can get an easy to use dial up program from?
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From: "John Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Games
Date: Sat, 8 Apr 2000 22:55:08 +0100
How do you make games work on Linux as I have heared that Quake 3 works with
it. Or do you have to get a linux version
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From: uni2 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: dvd
Date: Sat, 08 Apr 2000 22:00:33 GMT
Podeis ayudarme a elegir un programa para ver peliculas en dvd para
linux.
Muchas gracias
Cesar Bravo
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