Linux-Hardware Digest #709, Volume #12 Thu, 20 Apr 00 05:13:35 EDT
Contents:
Re: Configure Kernal for using Promise 2300+ ("Chris Cantwell")
Re: TV remote for PCTV (H Bohm)
Re: TV remote for PCTV (H Bohm)
Re: TV remote for PCTV (H Bohm)
Re: Linux Driver for Riva TNT 2 (LhD Administrator)
Re: HP and Linux? (aflinsch)
Re: LOGITECH mouseman+ USB ("Jarek \"Krusher\" Onuszko")
We are sorry to announce this, but Linux is not supported with PCMCIA ("Charles
Schneider")
Red Hat does not recognize IDE drives ("DE")
Trouble with LAN Adapter on Super Socket 7 M/board (TXMelbGuy)
Re: 101 key keyboards (David C.)
Re: We are sorry to announce this, but Linux is not supported with PCMCIA ("Charles
Schneider")
Re: LOGITECH mouseman+
USBhttp://linuxusbguhttp://linuxusbguide.sourceforge.net/USB-guide-1.0.6/book1.htmlhttp://linuxusbguide.sourceforge.net/USB-guide-1.0.6/book1.htmlhttp://linuxusbguide.sourceforge.net/USB-guide-1.0.6/book1.htmlide.sourceforge.net/US
("Jarek \"Krusher\" Onuszko")
Re: PnP sound card: no sound ... (Edward Lee)
Server Connection through Cablevision Internet? ("Richard Spangenberg")
Re: HP DAT tape drive (David C.)
Two mouses ("Thanh Le Ly")
Re: Help on SCSI controller (David C.)
Re: Modem Drivers (Edward Lee)
Re: Red Hat does not recognize IDE drives (David C.)
FAT32 and LINUX? (Laura Conrad)
Re: FAT32 and LINUX? (David C.)
Re: Linux and i820 ("CrazyFrench")
Re: Sound failure (Hans Dumbrajs)
Re: i810 Chipset - Error Installing (D G)
Re: networking two boxen (Henrik Carlqvist)
Re: Replacing harddrives (Henrik Carlqvist)
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From: "Chris Cantwell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.setup,linux.redhat
Subject: Re: Configure Kernal for using Promise 2300+
Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2000 10:41:22 -0400
I am using a Promise 2300+ VLB controller with a 1GB Western Digital drive
on a Gigabyte 486 board, with good results. I am not using a Linux driver
for this card, so I assume that it is just using the ISA bus. This machine
is setup as a firewall, so performance is not an issue. I would be
interested in finding a Linux driver to try out, though. Seems like the SCO
driver might be a good place to start if you were interested in writing a
Linux driver.
Chris
Roger E. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Hello
> I've worked with Linux before, but am somewhat new to its installation.
> I'm
> wanting to install RedHat Linux v4.1 on a i486DX2-66 system. The
> motherboard BIOS does not support EIDE only IDE (1 channel). I have a
> Promise EIDE 2300+ Vesa LB controller card with onboard BIOS
> that I'd like to use with my 1.6GB & 1GB hard drives. I could not find
> info on
> this card in the Linux Hardware Compatibility HOWTO file.
>
> Does anyone have any experience in using this card with Linux?
>
> I understand Linux will not work with this card in using its EIDE BIOS
> to supercede the IDE BIOS on the motherboard? It includes drivers for
> other OS's like DOS, Win95, NT 3.x, OS/2, SCO UNIX 3.2.x and AT&T UNIX
> SVR 4.0. All are system files, no sources. Would the SCO or AT&T drivers
> work w/ Linux???
>
> If I do source a driver, the next problem is then how about installing
> Linux using this card
> with its EIDE BIOS active right from the start in order to complete the
> installation on a 1 GB drive?
>
> Neither Promise nor Red Hat have made available a Linux driver for the
> Promise EIDE 2300+.
>
> I did get some information from someone on the net. He has the same
> concerns I do.
>
> His note is below........
> ---------------------------------------------------------------
> I suspect the answer is "no". The Promise EIDE 2300+ BIOS programs
> seem to play a lot of DOS/WINDOWS specific tricks, from my brief
> investigations. E.g. the BIOS "grabs" a piece of memory just below
> the 640K boundary, then hooks the required BIOS calls to lie to DOS
> when it asks about memory so that it looks like only about 638K is
> physically present. I am not a Linux Kernel expert, but since a
> multitasking kernel like Linux can't rely on the BIOS routines, I
> suspect that it would require some major hacking to accommodate tricks
> like that. That would be compounded if Promise considered the tricks
> "proprietary" and were therefore unwilling to release any documentation
> on exactly what that BIOS was doing. (That would take reverse-
> engineering the BIOS code on the board, time consuming, and possibly
> a violation of the Promise license).
>
> The board will operate as an EIDE controller using just the BIOS in the
> machine, IF the BIOS
> supports the size drive you have; I originally got the Promise board
> simplly to give me the second IDE chain on a machine that had only one
> chain. This allowed me to support a CDRom on the second chain; you
> could do that without support in the BIOS for the second chain, since
> you were only supporting a CD, not a hard drive on the second chain.
>
> However, my BIOS does not support a 1.6 G drive either, so that is not
> an option.
>
> There is an interesting possibility, however. Depending on the drive's
> CYL, HEAD, Sector, arrangement, it is possible that the BIOS on the
> mother board would exactly see the "first 504 MB" of the drive. This
> depends critically on the drive not reporting more heads than the BIOS
> can handle, and the BIOS correctly truncating just at Cylinder 1023 (not
>
> wrapping back to 0, if you understand what I mean).
>
> Under Linux, only the Lilo boot uses the BIOS to read the disk, so
> setting up either the root ("/") int he first 504 MB, or at least
> separating the
> "/boot" directory into a separate partition and putting it in the first
> 504 MB would allow booting to the Linux Kernel. The kernel accesses the
>
> hardware directly, without using the BIOS and therefore will see the
> full 1.6 GB.
>
> It isn't quite automatic, though. You have to make sure that the BIOS
> and the Kernel see the same "map" of CYLS, HEADS, and Sectors,
> otherwise,
> what the boot sees in the partition table and what the kernel sees might
>
> make the file systems totally corrupt. Linux is quite configurable,
> with all sorts of extra boot parameters, so as long as there is
> something
> compatibile with the BIOS seeing the first 504 MB, you might be in
> business.
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
----
>
> >>>
> I would have to do some work on the kernel such that the BIOS and the
> Kernel see the same "map" of CYLS, HEADS, and Sectors. However I'm new
> to this level of knowledge on Linux at this time. Can anyone provide me
> some
> advice on getting the card to work with Linux, or would this be a futile
> attempt due to proprietary issues?
>
> Thanks for your help,
> Roger
>
>
>
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Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2000 16:45:06 +0200
From: H Bohm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: TV remote for PCTV
I think there is a module for Miro Cards with Kernel 2.2.x !!!
I have a WinTV Card and run it with the module bttv...
Of course you have to modprobe or insmod the videodev module.
I can get you lots of infos about this topic but I need more
tech. data. Your distribution, the kernel number and most important
the Chipset of MiroPCTV...
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Pascual Mu�oz Mu�oz schrieb:
> Hi all:
>
> I've purchased the MiroPCTV (now Pinnacle) and it comes with a remote that connects
>to the serial
> port. Is there any possibility of using in Linux?
>
> Thanks in advance.
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Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2000 16:43:52 +0200
From: H Bohm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: TV remote for PCTV
I think there is a module for Miro Cards with Kernel 2.2.x !!!
I have a WinTV Card and run it with the module bttv...
Of course you have to modprobe or insmod the videodev module.
I can get you lots of infos about this topic but I need more
tech. data. Your distribution, the kernel number and most important
the Chipset of MiroPCTV...
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Pascual Mu�oz Mu�oz schrieb:
> Hi all:
>
> I've purchased the MiroPCTV (now Pinnacle) and it comes with a remote that connects
>to the serial
> port. Is there any possibility of using in Linux?
>
> Thanks in advance.
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Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2000 16:45:27 +0200
From: H Bohm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: TV remote for PCTV
I think there is a module for Miro Cards with Kernel 2.2.x !!!
I have a WinTV Card and run it with the module bttv...
Of course you have to modprobe or insmod the videodev module.
I can get you lots of infos about this topic but I need more
tech. data. Your distribution, the kernel number and most important
the Chipset of MiroPCTV...
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Pascual Mu�oz Mu�oz schrieb:
> Hi all:
>
> I've purchased the MiroPCTV (now Pinnacle) and it comes with a remote that connects
>to the serial
> port. Is there any possibility of using in Linux?
>
> Thanks in advance.
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From: LhD Administrator <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux Driver for Riva TNT 2
Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2000 14:51:46 GMT
In article <FyZK4.34$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Richard Gaywood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> "Qian Feng" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:8dhi47$hni$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > Where can i find the linux driver for Riva TNT 2 ? Thank you
very
> much!
> > By the way, where can i find a free OpenGL Package for linux
>
> Check out www.nvidia.com for linux drivers for the TNT/TNT2/TNT2 Ultra
> cards.
Try this, too:
http://www.linhardware.com/db/searchproduct.cgi?name=riva
for other hints and
http://www.nvidia.com/Products.nsf/htmlmedia/software_drivers.html
is the exact URL's for drivers.
--
LhD Administrator
Linux Hardware Database
http://www.linhardware.com
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
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From: aflinsch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: HP and Linux?
Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2000 10:49:07 -0500
Wayne Maeda wrote:
>
> Anyone know if HP Pavilions are capable of running Linux? Do their hardware
> (video card, sound card, etc.) need Windows to function properly? I have a
> HP 4530 and heard somewhere that HPs were having problems running Linux.
>
It really depends on the exact model. Some of the Pavilions have real
modems/soundcards, some do not.
FWIW, I have a 4450, that spends most of it's time in Win98, but also
has a second 1.5G drive I added that can boot to Linux (mandrake 6.0).
The modem does not work. The soundcard does not work, the video does
work.
About the only time that the box spends in Linux, is when I want to
run an x session off of the Linux box that is in my basement, without
actually going downstairs.
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From: "Jarek \"Krusher\" Onuszko" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: LOGITECH mouseman+ USB
Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2000 15:32:11 GMT
I did like you said and everything seems to work fine :))))
THANXXX
I've got one more question, if my friend has a Logitech Pilot Mouse does he
need to modify these numbers "c 13 32" ?? or do they stay the same ?
--
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Jarek "Krusher" Onuszko
[EMAIL PROTECTED] www.vwclan.prv.pl
[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://q2.kawiarenka.com.pl
UIN: 13305122
LINUX is like a wigwam, no gates, no windows - apache inside
> attach the PS/2 adapter and plug it into your PS/2 port. :)
I've got one PS/2 mouse attached, but it's a real wreck :)
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From: "Charles Schneider" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: We are sorry to announce this, but Linux is not supported with PCMCIA
Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2000 17:31:33 +0200
This just in:
Dear Mr.Schneider,
Confirmation from our engineer:-
"We are sorry to announce this, but Linux is not supported with PCMCIA"
regards,
European Technical Support
Vital Network Services
Global LAN Support - Madge
Eurtech [[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Charles Schneider <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:8dhav8$18bm$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I've got this Toshiba Tecra 750, and a Madge 16/4 Token Ring adapter (as
> well as a Noteworthy Token Ring adapter) and RH 6.2.
>
> I can't seem to get these guys to work together.
>
> Has anybody managed to make a similar combination work?
>
> I'd really appreciate any tips on where to look or what to do.
>
> Btw, I've already installed the pcmcia stuff from Hind, and I've already
> grabbed the drivers from www.madge.com. The drivers from madge were
> published in Nov 99 and they're for an older kernel. The binaries fail and
> the source code has errors I can't resolve.
>
> Am I doomed to never use token ring (or even ethernet) on my linux/toshiba
> setup? :) Do I have to install windoze?
>
> Chuck
>
>
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From: "DE" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Red Hat does not recognize IDE drives
Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2000 11:39:25 -0400
I am trying to install Red Hat 6.1 onto a Thinkpad with a 6gb IDE drive. I
have successfully loaded Windows 2000 on a 4.5gb partition and have used
System Commander 2000 to setup the remaining space for the Linux partitions.
No matter what I do or how I setup these partitions, each time I try to
install Linux, it does not recognize that I have an IDE drive installed in
my machine. I have tried to use the Red Hat Support folks, but they have
been worthless. They won't even respond or acknowledge my problem.
Can anyone lend some insight as to what is going on ??
Thanks in advance,
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Subject: Trouble with LAN Adapter on Super Socket 7 M/board
From: TXMelbGuy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2000 09:01:51 -0700
I have just installed Linux (RH6.1) on a new machine (AMD K6-2-
500) with an onboard LAN Adapter on the Super Socket 7
Motherboard.
The manual advises the following:
* LAN Controller integrates Fast Ethernet MAC and PHY compliant
with IEEE802.3u 100BASE-TX, 10BASE-T and ANSI X3212 TP-PMD
standards
The ethernet is not being recognised by Linux when I attempt to
configure the network.
Any advise on whether a generic driver will work with this, or
where I could find a utility which will identify which driver is
best suited for this?
Regards,
James
When he said he looked like a movie star
-- I didn't realise he meant Babe!
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David C.)
Subject: Re: 101 key keyboards
Date: 18 Apr 2000 12:07:29 -0400
Clueless Bozo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> I'm having a hard time finding keyboards without the extra keys
> specific to a certain software vendor. Anybody know a source for 101
> key keyboards? I really like lightweight cheapies.
Why do you have to be rid of them?
The keys can be used by Linux. On my system, I've got left-window
mapped to Meta, right-window mapped to Super, and right-menu mapped to
Hyper. This gives me the extra shift keys that Emacs has support for,
and I don't need to press [ESC] for Meta- sequences.
If its merely the presence of a Windows logo on your keyboard that
bothers you, you can get keyboards with Linux penguins on those keys
instead. Linux Mall sells them:
http://www.linuxmall.com/shop/01737
Similar keyboards (possibly with other logos on those keys) may be
available from other vendors as well.
-- David
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From: "Charles Schneider" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: We are sorry to announce this, but Linux is not supported with PCMCIA
Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2000 18:03:48 +0200
Update from the engineer:-
" ..apologise and say how sorry I am, but I am only human!
The only driver which you can use is the Partial Source.
At the moment there is not a released version; that is later."
Charles Schneider <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:8dhuvt$10de$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> This just in:
>
> Dear Mr.Schneider,
>
>
> Confirmation from our engineer:-
>
> "We are sorry to announce this, but Linux is not supported with PCMCIA"
>
>
> regards,
>
> European Technical Support
> Vital Network Services
> Global LAN Support - Madge
> Eurtech [[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
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From: "Jarek \"Krusher\" Onuszko" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: LOGITECH mouseman+
USBhttp://linuxusbguhttp://linuxusbguide.sourceforge.net/USB-guide-1.0.6/book1.htmlhttp://linuxusbguide.sourceforge.net/USB-guide-1.0.6/book1.htmlhttp://linuxusbguide.sourceforge.net/USB-guide-1.0.6/book1.htmlide.sourceforge.net/US
Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2000 16:17:31 GMT
> Support for USB
> UHCI OR OHCI-HCD support
> USB HID support
> Mouse support
> /proc/bus/usb support
> Preliminary USB device filesystem
>
> Compile these into the kernel, don't mess with modules till you can get it
working.
>
> then:
>
> mkdir /dev/usb
> mknod /dev/usb/usbmouse0 c 13 32
>
> Then point everything to /dev/usb/usbmouse0.
SORRY FOR PREVIOUS MESSAGE, saying that everything is ok. Afterall it isn't
:((
i done what you told me to, I run XF86Setup an chose IMPS2 and
dev/usb/usbmouse0, but when i try to STARTX I get an error saying that
device usbmouse0 doesn;t exist ?!?!?!!??!?!
what is going on ?
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From: Edward Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: PnP sound card: no sound ...
Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2000 00:12:43 -0700
ALS0007, ALS0100, ALS0110 and ALS0120 are supported by http://linnix.com.
Diethard Ohrt wrote:
> On a (self-assembled) i486 I installed SuSE Linux 6.2. So far I didn't
> succeed in making the sound card work. I tried isapnp and the oss
> utility; oss complained about something like "Generic ALS not
> supported", and isapnp detected "conflicts" like:
> "... resource conflict allocating 16 bytes of IO at ..."
> "... Error occured executing request <IORESCHECK> -- further action
> aborted"
> pnpdump detects the card as "ALS100 Media Audio Controller".
>
> In /proc I didn't find any conflicts, or maybe I looked at the wrong
> entries?
> Which /proc files could help detect those conflicts?
>
> TIA
> Diethard
> --
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> SIEMENS AG/PSE EZE CN1, A-8054 Graz, Austria
> Tel.: (+43) (0)51707-63709
> Fax: (+43) (0)51707-58652
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From: "Richard Spangenberg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Server Connection through Cablevision Internet?
Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2000 16:16:06 GMT
This may be a dumb question...
Is it possible to set up a linux server and connect it to the web through
your local cablevision internet cable modem. I have a single static IP
address assigned to me.
Also, I have an old 386 machine I was planning to use as a server, would
this be adequate to use with linux, apache and a mysql database?
Rick
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David C.)
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.install
Subject: Re: HP DAT tape drive
Date: 18 Apr 2000 12:17:10 -0400
Weasie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Larry Ebbitt wrote:
>> Weasie wrote:
>>>
>>> Cannot get RH 6.1 to recognize my HP DAT tape drive. SCSI driver
>>> installed and working (runs CD). This newbie needs help.
>>
>> Let us have a little more info. How are you attempting to access the
>> drive? What response do you get?
>
> I am running KDAT. It keeps telling me that there is no tape in the
> drive. There is. I'm sure it's the wrong format, but formatting is
> not an option. "Mount" is the only option. And since it believes
> there is no tape ....
> Is there a utility I should be running to do this?
Check /var/log/dmesg. This file is a log of your boot-time system log.
There should be a few lines just after your SCSI card's driver loads
where your tape drive is detected.
If you don't find anything to fo with your tape drive, then Linux hasn't
assigned a device to the drive and nothing else will work.
If the device wasn't detected, you should check your SCSI ID's (make
sure there are no conflicts), termination, and cable lengths. Also,
make sure the data and power cables are attached to the drive (No, I'm
not being condescending - I've actually seen systems where a tech was
called in, and he found the cables disconnected!) If all that fails,
you may have a bad drive.
If Linux sees the drive and assigns devices to it (probably /dev/st0 and
/dev/nst0), then your problem is with your backup software. I'd try to
test it out with mt and tar first. Someone else already mentioned how
to do that, so I won't repeat his instructions.
If tar works and KDAT doesn't, then you should re-read the KDAT
documentation in case it's not installed properly or you're not running
it properly. If that fails, see if the author mentions a means for
getting support (e-mail, newsgroup, phone, etc.)
-- David
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Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2000 11:45:53 -0400
From: "Thanh Le Ly" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Two mouses
Hello !
Does anyone install 2 mouses in a same system ?
I mean i have one wireless keyboard with a mice on this keyboard and i have
also
one USB Keyboard and one serial mouse. So i want to plug all these devices
in my computer under Mandrake 70. I try to define 2 " Pointer " Section in
XF86Config ( for 2 mouses ) but it didn't work . Anyone has some genius
ideas to make all these devices work ?
Thanks !
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David C.)
Subject: Re: Help on SCSI controller
Date: 18 Apr 2000 12:21:51 -0400
Marco Fontana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> Can my Adaptec 78xx U2W work fine with linux?
I'm not sure what you're asking here. If you're asking about
compatibility, the answer is probably yes.
Adaptec makes a lot of SCSI cards that use the AIC-78xx chipset. You
didn't say which one you're trying to use, though. If you mean the
AHA-2940U2W, yes it is compatible.
Check the web site for your Linux distribution (eg: RedHat, SUSE, Corel,
etc) to see if the driver you need is included. It probably will be.
> Could you help me understand how, please??
How????? I have no idea what you are asking here.
You install Linux. The installer asks what kind of SCSI card you have,
and it installs the driver. If you are adding a card to an existing
system, you should manually install the driver.
Once the SCSI driver is installed, Linux will auto-detect most SCSI
devices (like disks, tapes, CD-ROMs, etc) and map them to devices in the
/dev directory, where applications can use them.
-- David
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From: Edward Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Modem Drivers
Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2000 00:21:38 -0700
That depends on the chip set. For example, I brought two identically
packaged modem. One based on the PCTel 789 and one based on another
chip (I returned that board). The PCTel chip works fine on a remote
desktop. However, it occasionally lock up answering the phone. The
driver is huge (0.5M module). I would not use it for a server, but OK
for home dial-in. If you happens to have that chip, try the driver at
http://linnix.com.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Has anyone any linux drivers for a V.90 K56Flex HSP PCI Modem.
>
> If so please contact me
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> cheers mike
>
> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> Before you buy.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David C.)
Subject: Re: Red Hat does not recognize IDE drives
Date: 18 Apr 2000 12:28:53 -0400
"DE" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> I am trying to install Red Hat 6.1 onto a Thinkpad with a 6gb IDE
> drive. I have successfully loaded Windows 2000 on a 4.5gb partition
> and have used System Commander 2000 to setup the remaining space for
> the Linux partitions. No matter what I do or how I setup these
> partitions, each time I try to install Linux, it does not recognize
> that I have an IDE drive installed in my machine. I have tried to use
> the Red Hat Support folks, but they have been worthless. They won't
> even respond or acknowledge my problem.
>
> Can anyone lend some insight as to what is going on ??
Linux (of which RedHat is one distribution) certainly does support IDE
drives.
If your drive uses UDMA-66, you will have to disable it, however.
UDMA-66 support is still in beta and won't be available in a commercial
distribution until it is finished (probably when the 2.4 kernel is
released.)
If your drive is not UDMA-66, it will be detected by Linux.
Now, as for your actual problem - the installer not working - perhaps
the problem is that you don't have any free disk space below the 1024th
cyliner? Your /boot partition must exist completely below the 1024th
cylinder. If you have no free space there, you may have to rearrange
your existing partitions. A utility like Partition Magic will let you
do this without deleting your existing partitions.
/boot doesn't have to be large (I usually choose a value between 10M and
15M - on a large drive, this is typically 2 cylinders) but it must exist
entirely below the 1024th cylinder.
-- David
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Subject: FAT32 and LINUX?
From: Laura Conrad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 18 Apr 2000 12:29:22 -0400
When I started using LINUX in 1977, I was told that if I wanted to use
linux and windows partitions on the same drive, I should use FAT16 for
the windows partitions, rather than FAT32. Is this still true?
--
Laura (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] , http://www.world.std.com/~lconrad/ )
(617) 661-8097 fax: (801) 365-6574
233 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02139
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David C.)
Subject: Re: FAT32 and LINUX?
Date: 18 Apr 2000 12:47:09 -0400
Laura Conrad writes:
>
> When I started using LINUX in 1977, I was told that if I wanted to use
> linux and windows partitions on the same drive, I should use FAT16 for
> the windows partitions, rather than FAT32. Is this still true?
1977? Wow! I didn't think Linux was out then :-)
Today's DOS file system driver does support FAT32, so you shouldn't have
that restriction anymore.
-- David
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From: "CrazyFrench" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux and i820
Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2000 18:46:33 +0200
Markus Kossmann a �crit dans le message
>Set the option PNP OS in the BIOS to "no".
Thanks!!!
Now it's work :)) and I run my PIII 550 to 780 Mhz.
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From: Hans Dumbrajs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Sound failure
Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2000 20:19:08 +0300
carver wrote:
>
> >
> > Do you get any error messages? Does the status indicator in xmms move?
> > Have you tried turining up the volume ;) ?
> >
>
> the volume is on max and the status says "playing", but neither the timer,
> nor
> nor the bar thing that slides while playing moves, nor do i get any sound.
>
> > Depends on what kind of card you have. Most older cards have jumpers..
> > modern cards are usually pnp, or pci.
> >
>
> it's a pnp card
>
> >
> > Well.. then everything seems to be ok, but you're doing something wrong
> > ;)
> >
>
> haha. yah, no kidding :(
Well. you're hardware is defintaly ok. You don't need to make any
changes to drivers etc.
In xmms the bar should slide from left to right if it actually is
playing anything. Since
it doesn't move it doesn't play.. that doesn't have anything to do with
your soundcard.
I guess there is some problem in xmms.. did you compile it yourself, or
install from RPM?
I really have no idea why xmms doesn't work.. try moving the slider
around when a song is loaded..
maybe you're just not using it right.. dunno.
Another thing you could try is to load an xterm and start xmms from the
xterm.. possibly xmms prints
some error messages to standard output.. they should then appear in the
xterm.
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From: D G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: i810 Chipset - Error Installing
Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2000 10:22:38 -0700
Scott Zielinski wrote:
>
> Ok, I DO have the Macmillan Mandrake Linux 7.0 version...is there
> anything I can do??
Since you have glibc-devel-2.1 installed, you should have the crt1.o
file. (Do "rpm -ql glibc-devel | grep crt1" to find out where it is
supposed to be. Reinstall glibc-devel if it's not there.)
Otherwise, you could try downloaded the tar version from the
support.intel.com website and see if you can get that to compile.
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From: Henrik Carlqvist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: networking two boxen
Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2000 20:11:19 +0200
Donovan Rebbechi wrote:
> I have a Linux box and a Win98 box that I want to network.
> I want to use a hub, because I will probaly want to add other nodes
> to the network in the future.
You could also use coaxial cables with BNC connectors on the network
cards. Then you will be able to add more computers without the need of
any hub. Howerver, this kind of network cable is only capable of 10 Mb/s
at half duplex.
With twisted pair cables and a hub you could get exactly the same
performance. There are also hubs that are capable of 100 Mb/s. If you
replace the hub with a switch you could also have full duplex.
However, 10 Mb/s at half duplex should be enough for a home network.
> What hardware do I need exactly ?
For the TP solution:
Two network cards with rj45 connectors.
One hub (if you want to add more computers later)
Two cables.
For the coax solution:
Two network cards with BNC connectors.
Two terminators.
Two T-connectors.
One coaxial network cable.
The parts for the coax solution will be cheaper than the parts for the
TP solution.
You will find more info in the Ethernet HowTo.
regards Henrik
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From: Henrik Carlqvist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Replacing harddrives
Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2000 20:17:42 +0200
"Jon R. Grimshaw" wrote:
> would like to transfer all information without having to start from
> scratch. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Read the Hard-Disk-Upgrade mini HowTo.
regards Henrik
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