Linux-Hardware Digest #650, Volume #12 Mon, 10 Apr 00 01:13:05 EDT
Contents:
Sound Problem (bigbinc)
How to setup a dumb terminal as console (Chan Yick Wai)
Re: ECRIX 66GB Tape Drive (Rico Tudor)
Re: I am a reseller and need help ("The Nice One")
Printer company support for Linux ("John Bowling")
Re: Linux sucks? Maybe not. (Arjan Drieman)
Re: Sound Problem (Edward Lee)
Re: CMI8330 sound problems (Edward Lee)
raid help (Andy Harrison)
Re: LinkSys EtherPCI LAN Card 2 Problem (Edward Lee)
Re: Hot Swapable Drive (Michael Meissner)
Re: Memory question ("Mike Bales")
Re: Which Sound Card to Get? (David Tupper)
Re: i810 under XFree86 3.3.6 (David Tupper)
Re: Intel PRO/100 LAN+Modem56 CardBus (Michael Meissner)
Re: Sound Driver problems CMedia (Edward Lee)
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From: bigbinc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Sound Problem
Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2000 03:01:21 GMT
I am having some real problems with my sound card.
It is an advance logic als 120, (cheap I know). Problem is I cant get
it to play sounds through sndconfig. First it is not listed when I run
sndconfig. I tried the als 100(which i assume is similar) and then I
tried several differnt irq values and i/o and dma values then once
sndconfig goes to play the sample sound I get an error usually
/lib/modules/misc/2.2something/s????.o is not busy or not responding.
I think I need help modifying my isapnp conf file. I have looked at it
but I dont know what to change. If anybody has any ideas thanx.
I really dont want to compile the kernel<shrug>
Berlin Brown
--
"...yes darling, computers are people too..."
http://www.geocities.com/southbeach/lights/5679
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Chan Yick Wai)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: How to setup a dumb terminal as console
Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2000 03:52:27 GMT
Hi,
For some reasons, I can't use VGA monitor as console, I tried to setup
a dumb terminal in my notebook as console, I failed. All messages
displayed in monitor rather than dumb terminal.
I've done.
1) got a null modem serial cable /w 2 & 3 pin twisted.
2) connect COM1 of my notebook to COM2 of Linux box
3) edit lilo.conf add
serial=1,9600n8
image= ..
append="console=ttyS1,9600"
4) check /dev/console & /dev/tty0
both perm = 622, c, console is 5,1 tty0 is 4,0 that should be okay.
5) because I'm using Mandrake 7.0 the kernel is 2.2.14 so no
recompilation is required. I didn't recompile it.
I wonder if I've missed anything.
Thanks for your expertise in advance.
Chan Yick Wai
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rico Tudor)
Subject: Re: ECRIX 66GB Tape Drive
Date: 10 Apr 2000 03:29:02 GMT
I have been evaluating two VXA drives, and give Ecrix a big thumbs up.
Their website is unusually detailed, including all aspects of the VXA
technology. Linux operates them as a fully-featured SCSI tape device.
The 66GB capacity is easily reached with ordinary ASCII text. Seeking
by file mark, or to EOD, moves with lightning speed -- a minute at most.
The drives are good value for this class of storage. Check out DAT,
8mm Exabyte or AIT for comparison. VXA media is relatively expensive,
being evaporated metal rather than metal particle. Still cheaper than
AIT.
Summary: A quality product for serious Linux backups.
======== my e=mail domain: math.nwu.edu
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From: "The Nice One" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: I am a reseller and need help
Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2000 15:55:41 +1200
Reply-To: "The Nice One" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
I already have staroffice downloaded
unfortunitly there are no free isp's in my area
in a couple of months there will be
I hope to sell to varsity students as this is a university town(about
quarter of the towns' population are students)
--
Yours Dave Hall JCD Computers
http://jcdcomputers.tripod.com
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Dunedin's first Email Only Computer store
I try to be best cheapest and friendliest :-)
Alan Clifford (email: change mundungus to AC)
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> "Robert W. Cunningham" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Rod Roark wrote:
> >
> > > 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.
> >
> >
> > The PC retailer merely wants to avoid problems with HIS part of the
setup!
> > Wouldn't you?
>
> <much sensible stuff cut from here.>
>
> >
> > -BobC
>
> I should think it is quite important to determine at whom this box is
> targeted. If it is for a user new to Linux, perhaps it should boot
> straight into KDE. Attention should be given to the desktop. Internet
> connectivity should be there on the desktop, perhaps already set up as
> much as possible for a free ISP. Star Ofice should be there, ready to
> run. And so on.
>
> Alan
>
>
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From: "John Bowling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Printer company support for Linux
Date: Sun, 9 Apr 2000 21:17:15 -0700
With the number of questions here about recognizing and/or printing on ink
jets from Linux, I just checked the web sites of the four major brands that
I know of: HP, Canon, Epson, and LexMark.
Two of them, Canon and Epson, return nothing when a search for Linux is
made. They do some support of Mac OS but with special printers rather than
special drivers.
LexMark has server web software for handling print ques over the internet,
but no specific printer drivers for non-network Linux systems. These were
for Unix and NT, and recently have RedHat Linuz (only) support.
HP is the ONLY company making Ink Jet printers that is taking a major step
forward in doing open support for Linux. Check out this site:
http://www.internetsolutions.enterprise.hp.com/linux/index.html
So it looks as if the rest of the printer manufacturers want to throw away
the business back to the origional ink jet printer company, HP.
Let the others have what they want - toss their printers in the trash along
with the MS garbage! Certainly, don't every buy a non Linux replacement!
John
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Arjan Drieman)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.portable
Subject: Re: Linux sucks? Maybe not.
Date: 10 Apr 2000 04:18:24 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Thu, 6 Apr 2000 19:25:21 +0100, Dan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>I have had several teething problems (the main one being that my isp
>would not give me their DNS ip, and pppd won't work without it). But
If your ISP is X-STREAM (that's what i get from the headers of your
post) then these are your DNS servers:
Domain servers listed in order:
NS0.X-STREAM.CO.UK 212.139.128.2
NS1.X-STREAM.CO.UK 212.139.0.3
NS2.X-STREAM.CO.UK 212.139.128.3
>still stands, that Joe bloggs who buys his PC from PC world is not going
>to have a clue what to do with an OS like linux. Even with the improved
>hardware installation and GUIs, it still requires a certain amount of
>computer knowledge and experience. An average user likes to double click
>on setup, and 2 minutes later have a working program, getting them to
>tar, ./configure, gmake, su, gmake etc is not practical to them.
You can't double click on the setup icon if there's no windows on the
computer yet. Installing windows for the first time is hard for
windows newbies as well. Once linux is up and running, it's easy to
install programs. I'd just do "apt-get install xmms" to download,
decompress and install xmms, for example. You don't need to get the
source of all software and compile it. It's cool that you can, though.
In windows you have no choice most of the time.
>Although I'll be happier once I've got my mousewheel working
There's some stuff here:
http://www.csn.ul.ie/~ilug/beginners-linux-guide/intellimouse.html
There's a shitload of stuff here:
http://www.inria.fr/koala/colas/mouse-wheel-scroll/
>and my TV card running...
These pages might be resourceful for you:
http://roadrunner.swansea.uk.linux.org/v4l.shtml
http://millennium.diads.com/bdirks/v4l2.htm
There's more stuff here:
http://me.in-berlin.de/~kraxel/xawtv.html
This is my favorite search engine in case you need anything else:
http://www.google.com/
Arjan
--
Gates' Law: Every 18 months, the speed of software halves.
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From: Edward Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Sound Problem
Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2000 10:03:11 -0700
You can download the driver at http://linnix.com. ALS0007, ALS0100,
ALS0110 and ALS0120 are supported.
bigbinc wrote:
> I am having some real problems with my sound card.
>
> It is an advance logic als 120, (cheap I know). Problem is I cant get
> it to play sounds through sndconfig. First it is not listed when I run
> sndconfig. I tried the als 100(which i assume is similar) and then I
> tried several differnt irq values and i/o and dma values then once
> sndconfig goes to play the sample sound I get an error usually
> /lib/modules/misc/2.2something/s????.o is not busy or not responding.
> I think I need help modifying my isapnp conf file. I have looked at it
> but I dont know what to change. If anybody has any ideas thanx.
> I really dont want to compile the kernel<shrug>
>
> Berlin Brown
>
> --
> "...yes darling, computers are people too..."
> http://www.geocities.com/southbeach/lights/5679
>
> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> Before you buy.
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From: Edward Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: CMI8330 sound problems
Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2000 10:11:44 -0700
http://linnix.com supports sound drivers for CMI8330, CMI8338 and
CMI8738.
Jim Snyder wrote:
> Hi
>
> I just installed my Mandrake Linux for the 4th time. I am not sure if
> I have a
> bad CD but the installation program froze up during the install a few
> times
> before I got lucky. Prior attemps to upgrade version 6.0 gave me the
> same
> freezing so I thought I would go for a clean install.
>
> My CMI8330 sound card worked okay under version 6.0 but now does not
> under 7.0.
> I have tried numerous setting with no luck. It was set up under
> Windows 98 at
> memory address 0530-0537
> IRQ 11
> DMA 00
>
> I do not see the address area in Mandrake 7.0 listed.
>
> This sound card is integrated into the motherboard and is a common
> one. I am
> resisting the urge to disable it as I have done with the SiS AGP
> video.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Many thanks in advance!
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Andy Harrison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help,linux.redhat.sparc,linux.dev.raid
Subject: raid help
Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2000 00:35:00 -0400
Having big trouble with my server here. Anyone have any
advice?
This unit was working perfectly fine. I powered it
off, transported it to the office, and powered it back on.
I was very careful and the machine did not get dropped,
shaken, bumped, or severely jarred in any way.
Don't even know what the "bad magic" error means...
sdc, sdd, sde, sdf drives are all in one external chassis,
while sdg and sdh are in individual external chassis. sda
and sdb are internal.
(Running rh6.1 on a sparc u2)
Here's the log clipping from booting up:
================
Mar 30 20:06:00 nachoz kernel: scsi : detected 1 SCSI cdrom 8 SCSI disks total.
Mar 30 20:06:00 nachoz kernel: esp0: target 6 asynchronous
Mar 30 20:06:00 nachoz kernel: Uniform CDROM driver Revision: 2.56
Mar 30 20:06:00 nachoz kernel: esp0: target 0 [period 100ns offset 15 20.00MHz
FAST-WIDE SCSI-II]
Mar 30 20:06:00 nachoz kernel: SCSI device sda: hdwr sector= 512 bytes. Sectors=
4194995 [2048 MB] [2.0 GB]
Mar 30 20:06:00 nachoz kernel: esp0: target 1 [period 100ns offset 15 20.00MHz
FAST-WIDE SCSI-II]
Mar 30 20:06:00 nachoz kernel: SCSI device sdb: hdwr sector= 512 bytes. Sectors=
4194995 [2048 MB] [2.0 GB]
Mar 30 20:06:00 nachoz kernel: esp1: target 1 [period 100ns offset 15 20.00MHz
FAST-WIDE SCSI-II]
Mar 30 20:06:00 nachoz kernel: SCSI device sdc: hdwr sector= 512 bytes. Sectors=
8386733 [4095 MB] [4.1 GB]
Mar 30 20:06:00 nachoz kernel: esp1: target 2 [period 100ns offset 15 20.00MHz
FAST-WIDE SCSI-II]
Mar 30 20:06:00 nachoz kernel: SCSI device sdd: hdwr sector= 512 bytes. Sectors=
8386733 [4095 MB] [4.1 GB]
Mar 30 20:06:00 nachoz kernel: esp1: target 3 [period 100ns offset 15 20.00MHz
FAST-WIDE SCSI-II]
Mar 30 20:06:00 nachoz kernel: SCSI device sde: hdwr sector= 512 bytes. Sectors=
8386733 [4095 MB] [4.1 GB]
Mar 30 20:06:00 nachoz kernel: esp1: target 4 [period 100ns offset 15 20.00MHz
FAST-WIDE SCSI-II]
Mar 30 20:06:00 nachoz kernel: SCSI device sdf: hdwr sector= 512 bytes. Sectors=
8386733 [4095 MB] [4.1 GB]
Mar 30 20:06:00 nachoz kernel: esp2: target 0 [period 100ns offset 15 20.00MHz
FAST-WIDE SCSI-II]
Mar 30 20:06:00 nachoz kernel: SCSI device sdg: hdwr sector= 512 bytes. Sectors=
4194995 [2048 MB] [2.0 GB]
Mar 30 20:06:00 nachoz kernel: esp2: target 1 [period 100ns offset 15 20.00MHz
FAST-WIDE SCSI-II]
Mar 30 20:06:00 nachoz kernel: SCSI device sdh: hdwr sector= 512 bytes. Sectors=
4194995 [2048 MB] [2.0 GB]
Mar 30 20:06:00 nachoz kernel: Partition check:
Mar 30 20:06:00 nachoz kernel: sda: sda1 sda3
Mar 30 20:06:00 nachoz kernel: sdb: sdb1 sdb2 sdb3
Mar 30 20:06:00 nachoz kernel: sdc: sdc1 sdc3
Mar 30 20:06:00 nachoz kernel: sdd:Dev 08:30 Sun disklabel: bad magic 0000
Mar 30 20:06:01 nachoz kernel: unknown partition table
Mar 30 20:06:01 nachoz kernel: sde:Dev 08:40 Sun disklabel: bad magic 0000
Mar 30 20:06:01 nachoz kernel: unknown partition table
Mar 30 20:06:01 nachoz kernel: sdf:Dev 08:50 Sun disklabel: bad magic 0000
Mar 30 20:06:01 nachoz kernel: unknown partition table
Mar 30 20:06:01 nachoz kernel: sdg:Dev 08:60 Sun disklabel: bad magic 0000
Mar 30 20:06:01 nachoz kernel: unknown partition table
Mar 30 20:06:01 nachoz kernel: sdh: sdh1 sdh3
================
If I try running the following, I get:
# e2fsck /dev/sdg
e2fsck 1.17, 26-Oct-1999 for EXT2 FS 0.5b, 95/08/09
Couldn't find ext2 superblock, trying backup blocks...
e2fsck: Bad magic number in super-block while trying to open /dev/sdg
The superblock could not be read or does not describe a correct ext2
filesystem. If the device is valid and it really contains an ext2
filesystem (and not swap or ufs or something else), then the superblock
is corrupt, and you might try running e2fsck with an alternate superblock:
e2fsck -b 8193 <device>
My raidtab is as follows:
================
#
# compatible (old) RAID0 setup:
#
raiddev /dev/md1
raid-level 0
nr-raid-disks 3
#persistent-superblock 1
persistent-superblock 0
chunk-size 32
device /dev/sdh1
raid-disk 0
device /dev/sdb2
raid-disk 1
device /dev/sdg1
raid-disk 2
raiddev /dev/md2
raid-level 0
nr-raid-disks 4
#persistent-superblock 1
persistent-superblock 0
chunk-size 32
device /dev/sdc1
raid-disk 0
device /dev/sdd1
raid-disk 1
device /dev/sde1
raid-disk 2
device /dev/sdf1
raid-disk 3
================
It isn't starting the module properly, I have to do
insmod raid0. After that, I get:
# cat /proc/mdstat
Personalities : [raid0]
read_ahead not set
unused devices: <none>
# cat /proc/scsi/scsi
Attached devices:
Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 00 Lun: 00
Vendor: SEAGATE Model: ST32550W SUN2.1G Rev: 0418
Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02
Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 01 Lun: 00
Vendor: SEAGATE Model: ST32550W SUN2.1G Rev: 0418
Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02
Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 06 Lun: 00
Vendor: TOSHIBA Model: XM-5401TASUN4XCD Rev: 1036
Type: CD-ROM ANSI SCSI revision: 02
Host: scsi1 Channel: 00 Id: 01 Lun: 00
Vendor: SEAGATE Model: ST15230W SUN4.2G Rev: 0738
Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02
Host: scsi1 Channel: 00 Id: 02 Lun: 00
Vendor: SEAGATE Model: ST15230W SUN4.2G Rev: 0738
Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02
Host: scsi1 Channel: 00 Id: 03 Lun: 00
Vendor: SEAGATE Model: ST15230W SUN4.2G Rev: 0738
Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02
Host: scsi1 Channel: 00 Id: 04 Lun: 00
Vendor: SEAGATE Model: ST15230W SUN4.2G Rev: 0738
Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02
Host: scsi2 Channel: 00 Id: 00 Lun: 00
Vendor: SEAGATE Model: ST32550W SUN2.1G Rev: 0418
Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02
Host: scsi2 Channel: 00 Id: 01 Lun: 00
Vendor: SEAGATE Model: ST32550W SUN2.1G Rev: 0418
Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02
# more /proc/scsi/esp/*
::::::::::::::
0
::::::::::::::
Sparc ESP Host Adapter:
PROM node f0062ff8
PROM name SUNW,fas
ESP Model Happy Meal FAS
DMA Revision Rev HME/FAS
Live Targets [ 0 1 6 ]
Target # config3 Sync Capabilities Disconnect Wide
0 000000c3 [0f,04] yes yes
1 000000c3 [0f,04] yes yes
6 00000081 [0f,04] yes no
::::::::::::::
1
::::::::::::::
Sparc ESP Host Adapter:
PROM node f0078cbc
PROM name SUNW,fas
ESP Model Happy Meal FAS
DMA Revision Rev HME/FAS
Live Targets [ 1 2 3 4 ]
Target # config3 Sync Capabilities Disconnect Wide
1 000000c3 [0f,04] yes yes
2 000000c3 [0f,04] yes yes
3 000000c3 [0f,04] yes yes
4 000000c3 [0f,04] yes yes
::::::::::::::
2
::::::::::::::
Sparc ESP Host Adapter:
PROM node f0085aec
PROM name SUNW,fas
ESP Model Happy Meal FAS
DMA Revision Rev HME/FAS
Live Targets [ 0 1 ]
Target # config3 Sync Capabilities Disconnect Wide
0 000000c3 [0f,04] yes yes
1 000000c3 [0f,04] yes yes
--
Andy Harrison
Time Warner Cable of Maine
Road Runner Associate Systems Administrator
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
ICQ: 1467660 AIM: AndyHarrisonRR
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From: Edward Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: LinkSys EtherPCI LAN Card 2 Problem
Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2000 10:23:14 -0700
You need to disable the Ne2k driver in the kernel. Actually, it is a good
idea to disable all unnecessary drivers. http://linnix.com detects and
installs the proper driver for this card.
Yu Di wrote:
> Hi, we encountered a problem while trying to install this card to our
> RedHat 6.1 System. Our kernel version is 2.2.12-20. Our machine is a
> Compaq Presario 2285V(Free PC). The problem is: the system can detect the
> card and assign modules ne2k-pci and 8390 to it, and it can find its I/O
> address, but it always reports that the IRQ assigned to it is 0, which is
> unlikely to work, so "/sbin/ifconfig eth0 up" will not work. We also tried
> tulip.o module, which is said to be suitable for this card, but when we
> use "/sbin/insmod tulip.o", it always reports that the device or module is
> busy.
> We tried to change the IRQ number in our BIOS, but our BIOS only has very
> limited options on each PCI device, that is: whether it is enabled as a
> PCI Bus Master, and a "timer" value, there is no place that we can set the
> IRQ number. And "/sbin/ifconfig eth0 irq .." will never work.
> So what is the problem here? Thank you very much!
>
> Di, Yu
> Li, Huanyun
> Sun, Hao
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Subject: Re: Hot Swapable Drive
From: Michael Meissner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 10 Apr 2000 00:42:18 -0400
Steven Potter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Hi,
> I'm trying to figure out how to setup a system with a hot swapable hard
> drive for backup, and I have a few questions.
>
> What kind of hardware do I need? (e.g. special SCSI controller, special
> drive tray ect...)
>
> Does it require any special software support other than the drive not be
> mounted when it is removed?
When I worked in an office and wanted to transfer data to my home system, I
bought a scsi disk, 2 removable frames, 1 disk carrier that fit in the frames,
and a different brand scsi controller than I used for the rest of the system
(in my case I used TekRam DC-390{F,W} controllers for the normal disks, and an
Adaptec 2940UW for the removable disk). I only put the removable disk on the
Adaptec (I may have put the tape and/or cdrom on the chain too, but none of the
other disks), and compiled the adpatec scsi controller as a module. When I
wanted to remove the disk, I unmounted it, and then unloaded the driver
(rmmod). I took the disk out out via the key unlock on the frame, and then
reloaded the scsi controller, which now would not see the disk. I used fairly
expensive metal frames from Connector Resources Unlimited, but you can find
cheaper plastic frames at computer shows.
--
Michael Meissner, Cygnus Solutions, a Red Hat company.
PMB 198, 174 Littleton Road #3, Westford, Massachusetts 01886, USA
Work: [EMAIL PROTECTED] phone: +1 978-486-9304
Non-work: [EMAIL PROTECTED] fax: +1 978-692-4482
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From: "Mike Bales" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.asus,aus.computers.linux,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.misc
Subject: Re: Memory question
Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2000 04:47:32 GMT
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:8atift$jhs$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Frankly speaking ...
> the worst situation I can think off is PC100 running PC133 specs thats
> all. Whats the heck does it got to do with PCI, IDE etc.
>
> Confuse ...
Some PCI/AGP speeds are locked to the FSB speed. At 100Mhz and above it's
locked at 1/3 & 2/3. Start going above though, and the buses are
overclocked also, which can cause some cards a problem. And the IDE as part
of an overclocked chipset is also above spec, which can cause some HDDs a
problem.
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Date: Sun, 09 Apr 2000 22:50:24 -0400
From: David Tupper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Which Sound Card to Get?
Just my opinion but the SoundBlaster PCI128 and newer work well and are
supported in the 2.2.x kernels.
Young4ert wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have just upgraded to SuSE-6.4 Distro Linux on my AMD-K6 400MHz
> system. What I would like to do is to add a soundcard on my Linux
> system. Currently, I have a choice to get either the MagicSound 16-Bit
> SoundCard or the SQ1500 Quad PCI SoundCard. I know the later uses the
> Aureal 8810 Chipset and the Aureal only released the compiled Linux
> driver as a module (I wished one day it will release the driver's
> source). I had tried to install such a precompiled driver to my system
> for a Digital Research ThunderSound to no avail under Linux-2.2.14. The
> kernel kept complaining with version error messages.
>
> Speaking about the Aureal driver for Linux, it currently only support
> aureal 8810, 8820, and 8830 chipsets. The question is which chipset has
> more power and features?
>
> --
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> PS> Remove the "4" from e-mail address to respond.
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Date: Sun, 09 Apr 2000 22:55:33 -0400
From: David Tupper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: i810 under XFree86 3.3.6
The agpgart module is a kernel module and needs to be compiled for the kernel
(2.3.x, I don't remember how high). I tried myself but was limited on the time
I had to play around.
Gareth Chapman wrote:
> Does anyone know where I can get an XF86 3.3.6 server with i810 support
> built in - this doesn't come as standard and has to be built in at compile
> time(this seems pointless to me, they say it's because it requires the
> agpgart module. So what?). I don't have enough bandwidth for the source
> though :(
>
> So if anyone knows where I can find one, or has one they are willing to
> email me. Let me know...
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Gareth
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Subject: Re: Intel PRO/100 LAN+Modem56 CardBus
From: Michael Meissner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 10 Apr 2000 01:06:35 -0400
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Matthew Fleming) writes:
> However, the modem doesn't work. With the above configs, the modem
> should be accessible at /dev/ttyS1, and /dev/modem should be created
> as a link to this. This doesn't happen.
The usual problem with combo cards where the ethernet works and the modem does
not is you have to compile in the ability for serial lines to share interrupts
(CONFIG_SERIAL_SHARE_IRQ=y). With at least one revision of pcmcia, I also had
to change the include port line in /etc/pcmcia/config.opts from:
include port 0x100-0x4ff, port 0x1000-0x17ff
to:
include port 0x100-0x4ff
in order to make my LinkSys combo card work in my Toshiba Tecra. I haven't
checked if it is still needed with the current sources.
--
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From: Edward Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Sound Driver problems CMedia
Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2000 10:53:15 -0700
It is the same driver. Pre-compiled modules available at
http://linnix.com.
"/dev/sndstat" is provided by sound.o and soundcore.o, it is there if you
mknod it.
"Dragos A. Manolescu" wrote:
> >>> 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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