Linux-Hardware Digest #686, Volume #12 Sat, 15 Apr 00 02:13:34 EDT
Contents:
Open source DIVX player from Circuit City ("Anonymous Coward")
Re: LILO kill win-disk (Mark Bratcher)
Linux_Mandrake Kernel Compile Error (Bones)
PCMCIA modem problem ("Alexei Pankin")
Re: mp3 problems (Buchan Milne)
Re: 101 key keyboards (Clueless Bozo)
HP OfficeJet 45 Freezes... (Kristine Rogers)
Linux Uses Less Power? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: mp3 problems (Jeff Workman)
Re: mp3 problems (Ian Molton)
Re: Linux + 3c619b Token Ring? (QuestionExchange)
Re: Help with Epson Stylus 850 colors (QuestionExchange)
Re: Adaptec 1460 (APA1460A) PCMCIA SCSI (QuestionExchange)
Re: install de220 on RedHat 6.0 (QuestionExchange)
Re: Winfast 3D AGP S700AGP? (QuestionExchange)
Re: use cd-rw created in Win9x with Adaptec sw?? (Dances With Crows)
Re: K7M Onboard-Soundchip & Linux (QuestionExchange)
Re: Symbol Spectrum24 wireless LAN driver? (QuestionExchange)
Re: Annoying intellimouse problems (QuestionExchange)
Re: Linux + PS/2 + OmniCube = Reboot (QuestionExchange)
Re: Not finding CD-ROM after vidoe card installation. (QuestionExchange)
Linux, hard disks, UDMA, and such (was: mp3 problems) (Dances With Crows)
Re: Linux Buslogic scsi driver parameters (Dieter Rohlfing)
Re: Linux Uses Less Power? (Carl Fink)
Re: Linux sucks? Maybe not. (Leslie Mikesell)
Re: Idea !!! ("Mark Graybill")
Screen size? ("Bob")
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From: "Anonymous Coward" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Open source DIVX player from Circuit City
Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2000 22:30:50 GMT
Some guy my cousin knows says that Circuit Shitty is going to sell DIVX-ROM
drives with open source DIVX players for linux.
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http://www.opendivx.cx
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From: Mark Bratcher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: LILO kill win-disk
Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2000 19:10:22 -0400
Pliev wrote:
>
> Hello All!
> I have a problem. I have two operating systems on my computer - Linux and
> Windows 98. After some incorrect operations, which has made one a crazy man,
> I have some disk errors. He (crazy) changed files /etc/lilo.conf and
> /etc/fstab. And Extended Windows partition has vanished! But Windows
> see drive(D), but say - device not ready, size of space equal 0 bytes. Fdisk
> of Linux see this partition, defined it as FAT16. May be loader of logical
> partition is dead?
> Tell me please, do I can to recover my disk?
> Thanks! Dima.
This is what recovery diskettes are for.
1) If you have a Windows 98 boot diskette, put it in drive A and boot
it. Then run "fdisk /mbr" to get your original master boot record back.
This will eliminate LILO and, if you take the diskette out, hopefully
the machine will boot Windows 98. (If it does not, then your Windows 98
partition is definitely hosed and you'll neet to reinstall Win98.)
2) If you can successfully boot Win98 after #1, then you need to put
LILO back. This is where the boot floppy created during Linux install
comes in handy. Boot it up, and run lilo.
Hope this helps.
--
Mark Bratcher
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Escape from Microsoft's proprietary tentacles. Use Linux!
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Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2000 17:11:58 -0600
From: Bones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Linux_Mandrake Kernel Compile Error
I'm having trouble trying to recompile my kernel. I start bzImage
and
it runs up to a point, then I get this error:
make[1]:Entering directory '/usr/src/linux-2.2.14/arch/i386/boot'
gcc -D__KERNAL__ -I/usr/src/linux/include -E -D__BIG__KERNEL__
-traditional
-DSVGA_MODE=NORMAL_VGA bootsect.o bbootsect.s
as86 -0 0a 0o bbootsect.o bbootsect.s
make[1]:as86: Command not found
make[1]: *** [bbootsect.o] Error 127
make[1]: Leaving directory '.usr/src/linux-2.2.14/arch/i386/boot'
make: *** [bzImage] Error 2
Does anyone know what this means and how to fix it?
Thanks in advance
Todd
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From: "Alexei Pankin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.sys.laptops
Subject: PCMCIA modem problem
Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2000 18:40:03 -0400
I installed Redhat 6.2 on my Compaq Armada 7800. PCMCIA driver loads
and cardctl recognizes successfully my modem, but it looks like it does not
connect with any serial port and minicom does not work.
I would appreciate any suggestions.
Alex.
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Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2000 01:24:23 +0200
From: Buchan Milne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: mp3 problems
Chances are it's you r disk access is not running optimally. Try hdparm in a
console (after reading the man page) to fix it and use udma33
If I remember, something like
hdparm -m16 -d1 -X34
should work, but be careful (ie read twice, run once)
Are you running 98 ? 95 has the sameproblem as you linux, since it doesn't
run UDMA33 drives properly.
Will Joyner wrote:
> Hi
>
> I am running a 250 mhz Cyrix II processor with 64 megs of RAM. When I
> run xmms or gqmpeg and begin to play a mp3 it runs fine. But as soon as
> I startup netscape or any other application, it slows the mpeg down or
> audible static is heard. I have tried switching the output module from
> esound to OSS in xmms, but no avail. I have chosen to give each player
> priority, which seems to work a little. Is there a way that I reduce
> the amount of processing/ram that these applications use or is there
> another way I can optimize my computer to run the fastest? I have
> enabled all the stuff I know to make it run faster.
>
> In WINDOZE I didn't have this problem, so I am hoping that it is
> something I can fix in Linux.
>
> Thanks
> Will Joyner
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2000 19:27:18 -0400
From: Clueless Bozo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: 101 key keyboards
I found a few more via my usual hardware vendor (dumpsters). Big $ and big
blue isn't for me. The only high quality stuff that fits into my budget is
all this incredibly hip open source software.
Re: showkey and loadkeys; Gee Toto, we're not in Redmond anymore. :) Very
hip. Maybe I'll just scrape those unsightly symbols off the keycaps.
Thanks for the replies.
CB
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From: Kristine Rogers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: HP OfficeJet 45 Freezes...
Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2000 16:37:10 -0700
The HP OfficeJet 45 Printer/FAX freezes when a LINUX print job is sent
to it with the message on its display saying "Press ENTER to continue
print job". Until someone presses the ENTER key on the front panel, the
thing freezes and NO ONE can print. Anyone know how to fix this? The
printer is also shared with Samba to some Windows machines; these print
without problems.
The system is RedHat 6.1 with the HP connected to a parallel port.
In the CMOS setup I "reserved" IRQ7 as a "Legacy/ISA" to sidestep all
the PnP <stuff>.
Also, I get a message on the console about a "TRUSTED IRQ". I tried
doing the "tunelp" thing to "trust the IRQ" but then Windows
applications only printed to top 2-inches of the page, then eject it.
Kristine.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Linux Uses Less Power?
Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2000 15:21:16 -0400
Recently I did an energy audit on some of my more used
equipment. I found my computer, when running Linux (Red Hat 6.0) only
drew 0.80 amps of root mean square (RMS) current. When I booted it up
into Windows 98, it drew 0.88 amps of RMS current.
I was surprised by this 10% change. Thinking it must be because
the computer had "warmed up," I rebooted it back into Linux and got
the same value. What might explain the difference in values?
On a side note, I found Linux's "apm --standby" to draw 0.72 amps
RMS and "apm --suspend" to draw 0.71 amps RMS. Win98's standby mode
reached 0.70 amps RMS. It appears like Win98 goes deeper into sleep
than Linux does. Maybe that's why I've had so many crashes when
trying to wake it up. :-)
--
Bernie Hoefer
(Change my address to fname.lname@company to e-mail me.)
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Subject: Re: mp3 problems
From: Jeff Workman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 14 Apr 2000 19:35:03 -0400
Buchan Milne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Chances are it's you r disk access is not running optimally. Try hdparm in a
> console (after reading the man page) to fix it and use udma33
>
> If I remember, something like
> hdparm -m16 -d1 -X34
> should work, but be careful (ie read twice, run once)
>
After you get UDMA set up. Look into xmms's "Realtime Scheduling" feature.
I can't remember how to turn it on, but it's documented *somewhere* Also,
your xmms binary needs to be suid root (possible security hazard) for it to
work.
HTH,
Jeff
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http://www.gibralter.com | perl distribution.
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From: Ian Molton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: mp3 problems
Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2000 02:16:37 +0100
Jeff Workman wrote:
>
> Buchan Milne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > Chances are it's you r disk access is not running optimally. Try hdparm in a
> > console (after reading the man page) to fix it and use udma33
> >
> > If I remember, something like
> > hdparm -m16 -d1 -X34
> > should work, but be careful (ie read twice, run once)
whats this? could my linux not be using UDMA33 ? how do I find out if it
is or not?
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From: QuestionExchange <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux + 3c619b Token Ring?
Date: 14 Apr 2000 13:41:15 GMT
The error message you gave suggests that the problem is with
the driver module, not the cards. If they work fine under
Win95, then it must be a software-related problem.
I'm going to be setting up a tokenring net soon myself with a
few Win9x clients and a Linux box. I would try looking around
and seeing if there are any alternative token ring modules
available (which I may end up doing).
Let me know how it turns out :)
Hope this helps,
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From: QuestionExchange <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Help with Epson Stylus 850 colors
Date: 14 Apr 2000 13:41:41 GMT
Hi,
You should send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
He had developped a Epson Driver for Linux.
This driver is optimised for printing in high quality photo
And it have an GUI and some tools for Epson printers such
as Ink tester etc...
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From: QuestionExchange <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Adaptec 1460 (APA1460A) PCMCIA SCSI
Date: 14 Apr 2000 13:41:15 GMT
The Adaptec 1460 is officially supporet by the PCMCIA-Modules
of the latest Linux-Kernel, you don't patch the kernel to get
support for this Card.
See also the official List of supportet PCMCIA-Cards:
http://pcmcia.sourceforge.org/ftp/SUPPORTED.CARDS
I hope this helps you.
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From: QuestionExchange <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: install de220 on RedHat 6.0
Date: 14 Apr 2000 13:41:44 GMT
isapnp tools is telling the kernel which io addresses and
interrupts
to tie to a device, but ... your device has to be configured
the way
you say in the isapnp.conf file. Card manufacturer usually
provides a
MSDOS program to change card parameters (interrupt and io), or
provides
a rom BIOS extension to do so at boot time.
Then, even if you have the proper configuration file, you'll
need to load the
kernel module (driver) so the kernel can talk to your card
(i.e.: eth0) you can
do this with modprobe <card_driver_name>
Finally, for having IP connectivity you'll have to use ifconfig
to assign an IP
address for the card (and network mask).
Depending on the distribution this can be easily done with a
command, in
RedHat you can do all the work but the PnP stuff with netconfig
command.
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From: QuestionExchange <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Winfast 3D AGP S700AGP?
Date: 14 Apr 2000 13:41:16 GMT
Hello,
Yes there's a problem with RedHat 6.0 for this hardware.
You should upgrade your XFree86* packages :
- connect to ftp://updates.redhat.com or any mirror closer to
you (the list is at http://www.redhat.com/download/mirror.html)
- cd to pub/6.0/i386
- Download packages
XFree86-3.3.5...
XFree86-SVGA-....
XFree86-VGA16-....
XFree86-libs-....
XFree86-XF86Setup...
and while you're at it XFree86-75dpi(..)
and XFree86-100dpi(...)
- Next update the packages :
at the command prompt in the download directory type
rpm -Uvh --nodeps <package>
for each package
- Now you should be able to configure your hardware :
type XF86Setup
Here you go
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Subject: Re: use cd-rw created in Win9x with Adaptec sw??
Date: 14 Apr 2000 21:23:17 EDT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On 14 Apr 2000 21:50:19 GMT, Michael Kelly
<<8d83qr$20jk$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> shouted forth into the ether:
>I have ide read/write cdrom and so far I've only been
>able to find info on burning CDRs. Anyone know where
>I could find a HOWTO or other info on using CD-RW that
>were created with Adaptec sw in Winx/NT?? I'd like to
>be able to read and write them from Linux as well as
>the Win9x/NT OSs.
>So far I've only been able to mount the CD-RW drive for
>reading iso9660 CDs.
If these CDs have been written in "apcket-writing" mode, where you
"simply" drag-n-drop files onto a CD and use it sort of like a giant
floppy disk, then you need the UDF filesystem driver. This is an option
in the 2.3.99-pre5 kernel, and there's a backport to the 2.2.14 kernel at
the URL below.
http://www.trylinux.com/projects/udf
Writing to UDF CDs is more problematic. Check the man page for cdrecord,
there's an option to start the experimental packet-writing mode. There
is no way to make this transparent yet.
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From: QuestionExchange <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: K7M Onboard-Soundchip & Linux
Date: 14 Apr 2000 13:42:5 GMT
My initial guess is that you've to configure the PnP parameters
of the card.
You can do this with pnpdump and isapnp tools. The former scans
your system
searching for any PnP device and generates an output file with
all
the possible combinations, then you've to choose the one you
want
and run isapnp with this options file (default location for
this file is /etc/isapnp.conf)
After doing isapnp <config_file_with_options_set>
you've to try to load the proper module (sorry, not sure if
82cxxx will work
for your chip) but remember that sometimes you've to include
command line parameters in module invocation to set io
addresses and
interrupt selection.
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From: QuestionExchange <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Symbol Spectrum24 wireless LAN driver?
Date: 14 Apr 2000 13:42:5 GMT
I have worked much with them although mainly on a StrongARM
board... I remember seeing something about linux support on the
Symbol site though. It SHOULD be plug and play, let me try it
out with a RH 6 system ... A warning though, good luck finding
the nictt program for linux or any other site survey type
programs.
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From: QuestionExchange <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Annoying intellimouse problems
Date: 14 Apr 2000 13:42:5 GMT
Have you configured X and gpm conrrectly ?
gpm => mouse type
- ms3 (serial)
- imps2 (ps2)
XF86Config => Mouse Protocol
- INTELLIMOUSE (serial)
- IMPS/2 (ps2)
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From: QuestionExchange <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux + PS/2 + OmniCube = Reboot
Date: 14 Apr 2000 13:42:6 GMT
I also experienced this problem with a Belkin switch on both an
NT box and a Solaris Box, we noticed that the machine would go
to lunch ALOT less if we used the scroll lock switching as
opposed to the hard button. Our only guess was that some mother
boards are more sensitive to ?? voltage loss ?? than others ??
but the same switch worked fine on the alphas running VMS. In
the end we ended up biting the bullet and buying a raritan ...
And it is BIOS that goes to lunch, not your driver ...
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From: QuestionExchange <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Not finding CD-ROM after vidoe card installation.
Date: 14 Apr 2000 13:42:5 GMT
You haven't said what Linux distribution you're running.. (and
I'm not really familiar with the more 'easy-to-get-started-
with' distributions)
I assume it's an IDE/ATAPI CDROM as you don't mention anything
else.
It may be worth trying to mount it manually ("mount -t iso9660
/dev/hdc /mnt")
If this works something else is causing the problem (it may be
worth checking if /dev/cdrom is linking to the correct device).
There should be no problem getting the SB16 ISA card to work!
If you know how to compile your own customized kernel I'd
advice you to do that and include support for Soundblaster
(CONFIG_SOUND_SB) (among your other hardware), if not you can
check if your distribution comes with this driver precompiled
as a module (try typing "modprobe sb" at the console or in a
terminal, logged in as root)
Good Luck!
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Linux, hard disks, UDMA, and such (was: mp3 problems)
Date: 14 Apr 2000 21:45:23 EDT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Sat, 15 Apr 2000 02:16:37 +0100, Ian Molton
<<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> shouted forth into the ether:
>Jeff Workman wrote:
>whats this? could my linux not be using UDMA33 ? how do I find out if it
>is or not?
To accomodate old hardware, by default Linux uses the bare minimum of a
hard drive's capabilities. The emergence of UDMA33/66 has complicated
things, because there are about 8 different chipsets for UDMA/XX and the
lowlevel black magic that kicks one chipset into UDMA/33 mode can cause
another chipset to barf messily.
The easiest, quickest, and least painful way to improve hard drive
performance under Linux on a modern system is to put this line in
/sbin/init.d/boot.local (/etc/rc.d/rc.local for RH folks):
hdparm -c1 -u1 -d1 -m16 /dev/hda
Read the man page for hdparm to figure out what that actually does.
UDMA/XX support is not enabled by default for reasons mentioned above. If
you want this support, you should get a recent kernel, know what chipset
your IDE controller has, and compile support for that chipset in.
Afterwards, everything should work automagically, and the boot messages
will say something like
VT 82C597 Apollo VP3
Chipset Core ATA-33
Split FIFO Configuration: 8 Primary buffers, threshold = 1/2
8 Second. buffers, threshold = 1/2
ide0: BM-DMA at 0xe000-0xe007, BIOS settings: hda:DMA, hdb:DMA
ide0: VIA Bus-Master (U)DMA Timing Config Success
ide1: BM-DMA at 0xe008-0xe00f, BIOS settings: hdc:DMA, hdd:DMA
ide1: VIA Bus-Master (U)DMA Timing Config Success
There's a program called "bonnie" which benchmarks hard drives. Try it
out with various combinations of hdparm options and see what gives you the
fastest throughput.
FWIW, kernel 2.3.99-pre3 gave me almost a 50% improvement on disk
performance as measured by bonnie over kernel 2.2.13.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dieter Rohlfing)
Subject: Re: Linux Buslogic scsi driver parameters
Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2000 02:45:48 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Thu, 13 Apr 2000 09:32:19 -0700, tjm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I've tried the lilo options
>and entering the parameters from the boot prompt.
Did you read the file '<kernel_source_directory>/drivers/scsi/README.BusLogic'?
This document (kernel 2.0.38) lists all driver options, specially the section:
QueueDepth:[<integer>,<integer>...]
The "QueueDepth:[...]" or "QD:[...]" option specifies the Queue Depth
individually for each Target Device. If an <integer> is omitted, the
associated Target Device will have its Queue Depth selected automatically.
That's all I can do for you.
Dieter Rohlfing
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Carl Fink)
Subject: Re: Linux Uses Less Power?
Date: 15 Apr 2000 01:26:25 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Fri, 14 Apr 2000 15:21:16 -0400 [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Recently I did an energy audit on some of my more used
>equipment. I found my computer, when running Linux (Red Hat 6.0) only
>drew 0.80 amps of root mean square (RMS) current. When I booted it up
>into Windows 98, it drew 0.88 amps of RMS current.
When Windows has no actual tasks running, it goes into an endless
"wait for interrupts" loop. Linux actually doesn't do anything.
--
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I-Con's Science and Technology Guest of Honor in 2000 was Geoffrey
A. Landis. Any suggestions for 2001?
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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: 14 Apr 2000 21:23:14 -0500
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Steve Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> 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.
>
>Folks, this message and many others in this thread indicate a lack
>of understanding of how DNS works in the first place.
Huh? My machine can cache the addresses I frequent just
as well as anyone else can.
>Read the BIND documentation. When you set up a name server, you have
>to give it (a) manually-entered lookup tables for the zone for
>which you are authoritative, (b) IP address(es) of server(s) to which
>you are slaved and from which you can pull zone refreshes, or (c)
>the address of the root nameservers.
The Linux distributions I've used come with a root cache file
already set up. You have to add your own local domain
entries of course.
Les Mikesell
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Reply-To: "Mark Graybill" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
From: "Mark Graybill" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development.system
Subject: Re: Idea !!!
Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2000 02:35:02 GMT
Agreed - only the monopoly minded need not apply. :)
Josef Moellers wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
Mark Graybill wrote:
> The ideal is to develop a standard API for devices access. Port the
> underlying assembly that's specific to a platform, then the device
companies
> has to only write one driver to the standard API for all platforms
> (including loading, chaining, and I/O control.) If I could freeze time I
> would do this myself.
This is called UDI (Universal Driver Interface).
I guess, it won't be in the interest of everyone involved to support
this concept.
--
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Fujitsu Siemens Computers
SHV Server DS 1
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From: "Bob" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.redhat,comp.os.linux.x.video
Subject: Screen size?
Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2000 02:46:51 GMT
I just installed Redhat 6.2 on a AMD K6-2 350 with an ATI Rage Furry with
64Mb video memory and a goldstar 1505 monitor. My problem is I can only get
a resolutions of 640x480 at the lowest bit resolution. I want to have it
set at 800x600 at a higher bit resolution. How can I do that, I kinda new
at linux (gnome).
Thanks,
Matt
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