Linux-Hardware Digest #675, Volume #12 Thu, 13 Apr 00 02:13:05 EDT
Contents:
Re: Review website with a difference ("Nathan Appleton")
Re: HP 720c in Linux (Dances With Crows)
On Tech Support of OEM 3com Win modem on Gateway Solo 9300 CX Portable
([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: HP 720c in Linux (Markus Kossmann)
Re: Red Hat 6.1/486 Hard Drive Question (gregory117)
Newbie X-CD-Roast Question ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Linux sucks
Re: "boot partition too big" message (wayne rattz)
How to install Linux ("Diana")
Re: Unable to Ping after changing from Coaxial to 10baseT (Robert Redelmeier)
Re: Newbie X-CD-Roast Question (Dances With Crows)
TV-OUT ("Epsilon USA, Ltd.")
Re: Linux sucks? Maybe not. (Leslie Mikesell)
Re: How to install Linux ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Loading midi module [FAILED] ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Linux on Athlon and K7V (John Hart)
Re: printing problems with ye old Epson740 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Athlon and Linux? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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From: "Nathan Appleton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Review website with a difference
Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2000 19:14:45 -0700
Gotta love cross-posting! ;-)
Linux Hardware Database (http://www.linhardware.com) offers a
_Linux-specific_ ratings site. (LhD also has much more than just ratings -
drivers, reports, workarounds, etc.)
"Paul Nadin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:8d2gfg$prp$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Try www.reviewcentre.com for reviews on computer hardware, software and
> other topics.
>
> The reviews are by you rather than the "experts" so please do contribute.
>
> Let us know what you think of the website. Any ideas on making the site
more
> useful gratefully received.
>
> Thanks,
> Paul Nadin
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Subject: Re: HP 720c in Linux
Date: 12 Apr 2000 22:24:00 EDT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Thu, 13 Apr 2000 01:30:12 GMT, James
<<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> shouted forth into the ether:
>see if all of my hardware is compatible. Through this I found out that my
>printer, which is an HP 720c, will not work in Linux. I went to the the
>HP website, and it said the most printers work with Linux, except for th
>thee 720c, and another one, because it is whats called a "host-based
>printer". What does this mean, and is there any way to get past it.
Host-based printer: A printer with no real "brain", just printheads, a
mechanism for moving them around, and a small controller that only accepts
a weird control language which no one knows the details of. The computer
must act as the printer's brain here, hence the name "host-based." Real
Printers have some RAM and a Postscript/PCL/Epson interpreter inside.
Host-based printers are cheaper than Real Printers, so they've become
popular for much the same reason LoseModems have become popular.
You could write a driver for your printer, of course... just hope you have
a good deal of time to spare and a fair bit of programming skill.
You can also connect this printer to a Windows machine, enable file/print
sharing on said Windows machine, configure Samba appropriately on your
Linux box, hook the two machines together, and go. Or get a Lexmark Optra
Color 40, a reasonably cheap Postscript inkjet printer...
--
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: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: On Tech Support of OEM 3com Win modem on Gateway Solo 9300 CX Portable
Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2000 02:28:09 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Any suggestions on how I should proceed to get this modem to work
under Linux ( Kernel 2.2.12 ) ?
Here is my experience with Gateway Tech Support :
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To: Raphy Alamparambil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: <CID:22761308><Order:44963842><Serial:0017874229>
(KMM2128958C0KM)
From: Gateway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Hello Raphy,
Thank you for your e-mail. I have no further information about the =
modem
that I can provide to you. I apologize for any inconvenience this may
cause.
Thank you.
Lucas
Online Client Support Team
Gateway
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***********************************
Original message follows:
=========================
Hello Lucas,
I have already asked 3com about this modem. Here is their reply :
============= Begin Reply from 3Com =========================
Thank you for contacting 3Com Online Support.
According to the information you have provided, your modem is an OEM
product for Gateway. 3Com sells certain computer manufacturers the =
modem
technology which they customize and include in their computers as part
of their system. However, 3Com does not support those modems. The PC
manufacturer is responsible to its customer. It is up to the PC
manufacturer to provide the repair, upgrades or updates, and support =
for
the modems they include with their systems. 3Com modems which are
included with a computer manufacturer's system are built to the =
computer
manufacturer's specifications, and are not the same as standard 3Com
modems.
Thank you,
Dan M.
3Com Online Support
=========== End Reply form 3Com ============================
Thus it would seem that I can get the Programming Specifications
for this modem from Gateway so that I can write drivers for the modem
on various operating sytems that I may choose to run on my
Gateway Solo 9300 CX Portable.
In particular, I would like to use the modem under Linux 2.2.12 Kernel
version which I am currently running on my Solo 9300 CX Portable.
I would appreciate any help that you can provide.
Thanks in advance.
Raphy Alamparambil
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Gateway wrote:
>
> ****************************************************************
> Hello Raphy,
>
> Thank you for your e-mail. I understand that you are looking for
> information on the modem in your Solo 9300. the modem is a Winmodem
> (Windows-only modem) and is unlikely to work in Linux. I don't have
any
> information on the modem other than it is manufactured by 3Com and =
is
a
> Mini-PCI modem. I apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.
>
> Thank you.
>
> Lucas
> Online Client Support Team
> Gateway
>
************************************************************************
> ***********************************
>
> Original message follows:
> -------------------------
>
> Name: Raphy Alamparambil
> Email Address: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> <CID:22761308><Order:44963842><Serial:0017874229>
> GoBack: no
> User Type: Home
> Category: Modem
> Operating System: Windows 98
> System Type: Portable
> Software add/remove:
> Symptoms first occur:
> Error Message:
> Application:
> Reproduce Error:
> Other Info: Hi,
>
> I have a Solo 9300CX with internal modem shown as :
> MINI PCI type 3B Data Fax Modem by 3Com
> by the System Info utility.
> I would like to know the Model No. and
> Part No. of this modem.
> My main purpose is to get the full programing specs for this =
internal
> modem
> to be able to write my own drivers for
> it on various platforms (like Linux).
>
> Thanks in advance.
> Raphy
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Before you buy.
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From: Markus Kossmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: HP 720c in Linux
Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2000 04:19:45 +0200
James wrote:
>
> I have been thinking of switching to Linux because I am sick of Windows
> crashing all of the the time, and I have been doing some research on it to
> see if all of my hardware is compatible. Through this I found out that my
> printer, which is an HP 720c, will not work in Linux. I went to the the
> HP website, and it said the most printers work with Linux, except for th
> thee 720c, and another one, because it is whats called a "host-based
> printer". What does this mean, and is there any way to get past it.
Raed aboout PPA on http://www.httptech.com/ppa/ and get pnm2ppa from
http://sourceforge.net/project/?group_id=1322
--
Markus Kossmann
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: gregory117 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Red Hat 6.1/486 Hard Drive Question
Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2000 14:24:26 -0700
I did something similar: I put a new "Maxtor 7200 RPM 13.g GB"
harddrive into my P333 machine. It found it.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Newbie X-CD-Roast Question
Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2000 03:16:15 GMT
My installation is RH 6.2, Dell Precision Workstation 220, all
PCI board. Using 2.2.14UP kernel.
When I launch X-CD-Roast 0.96ex as root, I get this message:
"No Generic_SCSI-Support has been detected. Without it, no SCSI
Device can be detected or used by X-CD-Roast. Please load the
sg-module (e.g. insmod-sg) or recompile your kernel with
Generic-SCSI-Support"
I then, as root, execute insmod sg It appears to
go fime.
I try X-CD-Roast again, same result.
My fstab is:
/dev/hda6 / ext2 defaults 1 1
/dev/hdb5 /boot ext2 defaults 1 2
/dev/hda7 /home ext2 defaults 1 2
/dev/cdro /mnt/cdrom iso9660 owner,exec,dev,suid,ro,noauto 0 0
/dev/cdrom1 /mnt/cdrom1 iso9660 noauto,owner,ro 0 0
/dev/hda5 swap swap defaults 0 0
/dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy ext2 owner,exec,dev,suid,rw,noauto 0 0
none /proc proc defaults 0 0
none /dev/pts devpts gid=5,mode=620 0 0
/dev/hda1 /mnt/vfat vfat owner,user,exec,dev,suid,w,noauto,conv=auto 1 1
A blank CD-R mounts fine.
What am I doing wrong/failing to do?
Thanks
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From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.portable,linux.redhat.install
Subject: Re: Linux sucks
Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2000 11:30:59 +0800
In article None says...
>
> That is perhaps the coolest part about my linux system. Nothing is
> hidden from me. I can remove whatever I want. I configuration is all
> open and available. Its easy to know what needs to be backed up. If
> you need to, rebuilding a machine is trivial, and _all_ your setting
> just come back. It doesn't decay with use like NT/95/98/(00?).
>
You're right, very right :)
But for me still long to come to get familiarity and it still confusing me.
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From: wayne rattz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: "boot partition too big" message
Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2000 03:30:16 GMT
HELLO:The message youre getting is likely because you have windows at the
front of the drive and its reading it as the boot partition.In order for
linux to boot it needs at least a small part of it within about the first
500mb (1024 cylinder)of the drive.You can either put linux on the first
partition of the drive and windows on the second or make a small /boot
partition of around 10mb or so within the first 500mb.For other info and
links try my site at http://www.geocities.com/wrattz/linux1.html good luck
wayne!
Emil alvin wrote:
>
>
> I've got a fairly new Aptiva with a 13Gb disk. Win98 is on a 11Gb
primary
> partition. I've got 2Gb unused.
>
> When I try to create partitions for RH 5.2, I the the error message "boot
> partion too big". There's lots of unpartioned room on the disk.
>
> Any suggestions?
> Scott
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From: "Diana" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: How to install Linux
Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2000 11:51:04 +0800
I am a newbie.
I have experience in installing windows, but none for Linux.
Can anyone help?
Please explain in more details. Thank you for your help.
My email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Robert Redelmeier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Unable to Ping after changing from Coaxial to 10baseT
Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2000 23:04:14 -0500
NGHIENHA wrote:
>
> I have two TCP/IP networked computers which worked flawlessly
> until I change from 10base2 (coaxial) to 10baseT (twisted pair).
> From the Linux 5.2 machine I can no longer ping to the other
> machine but pinging to itself is ok on both ends.
> The Linux box keeps issuing following message:
>
> eth0: transmit time out, Tx-status 00 status 2000 Tx FIFO room xxxx
>
> I tried different combinations of the ifconfig command something
> similar to:
>
> ifconfig eth0 10baseT up
>
> and reboot the machine but it still reports 10base2 instead of
> 10baseT and I can't ping to other machine.
Cabling!
You need either a crossover cable, crossover box or hub
to get two machines to connect via stright-thru (normal)
2/4 pair cabling. One machine's RX pair must be connected
to the the other machines TX pair. Straight thru would
give to TX connecting to TX.
-- Robert
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Subject: Re: Newbie X-CD-Roast Question
Date: 13 Apr 2000 00:21:07 EDT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Thu, 13 Apr 2000 03:16:15 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
<<3_aJ4.50881$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>
shouted forth into the ether:
>My installation is RH 6.2, Dell Precision Workstation 220, all
>When I launch X-CD-Roast 0.96ex as root, I get this message:
>
>"No Generic_SCSI-Support has been detected. Without it, no SCSI
>I then, as root, execute insmod sg It appears to
>go fime.
>I try X-CD-Roast again, same result.
[fstab snipped]
More information is required. Is this an IDE or SCSI CD-RW? What does
lsmod show after the insmod command? (Should show ide_scsi, scsi_mod, and
sg at least.) Does the boot log say that your CD-RW is registered with
the ATAPI CD-ROM driver? (If so, you must edit lilo.conf so that it
contains the line "append=hdX=ide-scsi" where X is the CD-RW location,
re-run LILO, and reboot!) Where are those symbolic links for /dev/cdro
and /dev/cdrom1 pointing to? What does "cdrecord -scanbus" show?
xcdroast is a frontend to the cdrecord and mkisofs programs. cdrecord is
what does the cd-writing, so its error messages are more to be trusted
than anything xcdroast spits out.
>A blank CD-R mounts fine.
Do tell how you managed that. Also, you might wish to read the CD-Writing
HOWTO-- http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/CD-Writing-HOWTO.html . Read it
again if you have already read it; there is a lot of info in there and
it's easy to miss something.
--
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: "Epsilon USA, Ltd." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: TV-OUT
Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2000 23:50:35 -0400
Did anybody used external TV instead of monitor for LINUX?
Thanks.
Gregory
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Leslie Mikesell)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.portable
Subject: Re: Linux sucks? Maybe not.
Date: 12 Apr 2000 23:40:53 -0500
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Bob Hauck <bobh{at}haucks{dot}org> wrote:
>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
>
>Your ISP's tech support have no clue then. Maybe you should find a new
>ISP.
>
>BTW, pppd will work fine without a DNS IP, it is name resolution that
>won't.
Most (all?) Linux distributions include named, which will resolve
names exactly the same for you as it does for your ISP. Fire
it up, set your resolv.conf to use 127.0.0.1 (yourself) and
you don't need to change it to match your ISP every time you
dial a different place.
Les Mikesell
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: How to install Linux
Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2000 04:56:16 GMT
First you have to read the instructions in the manual
then....
Dans l'article <8d3foe$m8c$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Diana" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a
�crit :
> I am a newbie.
>
> I have experience in installing windows, but none for Linux.
>
> Can anyone help?
>
> Please explain in more details. Thank you for your help.
>
> My email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Loading midi module [FAILED]
Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2000 05:03:00 GMT
Thanks for the advice, i tried timidity and it works fine for hearing midi files.
But what about editing them?
Dans l'article <8d12fq$7gj$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Peter T. Breuer"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a �crit :
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> : I have this message at boot up: Loading midi module [FAILED]
>
> : P.S. I have a SB PCI128 sound card and it works fine for playing CDs and MP3s
>
> But not for midi. It doesn't have any midi hardware!
>
> You'll have to use a software midi solution, like timidity. Accept
> the truth of what your machine is telling you.
>
>
> Peter
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From: John Hart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux on Athlon and K7V
Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2000 14:44:51 +0930
Rod Smith wrote:
>
> [Posted and mailed]
>
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> choi daniel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I am planning to buy a new computer, with an Athlon system.
> > But i am concerned about compatibility with linux.
> >
> > Has anybody installed Linux on an amd's ATHLON processor on Asus K7 V
> > (via 133 chipset) motherboard ?
> > (I plan to use IDE hard-disk and ATI 128 rage pro card)
> >
> > As the chipset is rather new, a friend of mine told me Linux may be not
> > entirely "compatible".
>
> I'm running Linux on a system with an Athlon 650 and an ASUS K7M. The K7M
> is an earlier motherboard that uses a half-VIA/half-AMD chipset. The VIA
> half is, I believe, the same as the equivalent part in the VIA KX133 used
> on the K7M. I've got no problems with it. Even the onboard audio (included
> in the VIA part of the chipset) works fine for me, using the latest ALSA
> drivers.
>
> --
> Rod Smith, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> http://www.rodsbooks.com
> Author of books on Linux networking & multi-OS configuration
Whats the link for the ALSA Drivers? I have an Athlon 550 on Asus K7M,
would like to use the onboard audio.
John
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: printing problems with ye old Epson740
Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2000 05:23:31 GMT
Abraham Schneider wrote:
> I will definately check the printcap, but I'm mostly trusting Redhat's
> printtool to create it properly (its worked awesomely in the past for my
> old HP printer). Ghostscript most definately is installed, and I
> actually have slightly newer drivers more fitting of the 740:
> /usr/share/ghostscript/5.50/stc740ih.upp
> /usr/share/ghostscript/5.50/stc740p.upp
> /usr/share/ghostscript/5.50/stc740pl.upp
>
> The problem gets stranger, however. Randomly I tried printing something
> half an hour ago, and it worked perfectly fine. It acted as if I didn't
> spend the last couple of weeks banging my head in frustration, and there
> was never anything wrong. I did absolutely nothing to change things (at
> least to my knowledge).
>
> What isn't so great is that my keyboard at random times will lock up
> now. Its not so much an issue of timing, but more to do with if I try to
> exit X (I'm currently running 4.0). Twice I had to manually reboot the
> computer after exiting X because of the keyboard crashing, and then just
> today when I booted into Linux (command line), the keyboard froze, then
> I manually rebooted, and I had my keyboard back until I started X. I
> then turned my computer off, and let it rest for a minute or so, and
> things are working perfectly fine now. It sounds like a hardware
> problem, but nothing like this happens under W$.
>
> Most recently I installed RH6.2, and I think sometime after that I
> recompiled the kernel (neither of these fixed the printer problem). I
> don't know when the printer started working, but it seems it may be
> related? Or maybe its two problems happening at the same time..
>
> Abe
>
> "He who does the obeying (sometimes)" wrote:
> >
> > are you using ghoistscript to drive your printer, try typing gs -h, the
> > response will tell you whether or not you have it installed, if not
> > you'll need to install, I'm not sure how unde red hat, I use SuSE. If
> > you have ghostscript installed then as root type in lprsetup, and follow
> > the menus. The driver you require is the stc500ph.upp. My 740c works
> > fine. A copy of my /etc/printcap file is attached. When you have
> > finished yours should look like that. Good Luck!
> >
> > John J. Frake
Abraham
I also had problems getting my epson 740 to print correctly. I downloaded
the same drivers that you have installed, but it didn't help until I added a
few lines to /etc/conf.modules.
I'm using redhat 6.1, so this correction is probibly already taken care of in
redhat 6.2, but just in case, check that your /etc/modules file has the
following lines:
alias /dev/printers lp #only for devfs?
alias /dev/lp* lp #only for devfs?
alias parport_lowlevel parport_pc #missing in Red Hat 6.0-6.1
I found this somewhere in redhat's wedsite.
hope this helps
George
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.help
Subject: Re: Athlon and Linux?
Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2000 00:48:06 -0500
I have an athlon 500 with a Geforce SDR card and it works fine running
Mandrake 7.0-2. Don't notice any speed detriments..
Geforce SDR is overkill, I know- Voodoo 3 2000 is a good buy for US$99 or
so.
(at least I saw one for $99 at CompUSA a couple of weeks ago)
Aaron Walker wrote:
> I am thinking about buying an Athlon 700 and was wondering how it worked
> with Linux. Right now I am running RH on an AMD K6-2 233 and it runs
> perfect, but a friend of mine said it ran kinda slow with his Athlon
> 600, so I wanted to get others' opinions also.
>
> Also, I need to get a new AGP video card to go with that Athlon and was
> wondering which kind works good with Linux and is a good card.
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