Linux-Hardware Digest #712, Volume #12 Thu, 20 Apr 00 06:14:29 EDT
Contents:
Re: whats *your* ($hdparm -t) speed? (Michael Meissner)
Re: FAT32 and LINUX? (Michael Meissner)
Re: 37.5 GB drive and kernel 2.3.99-pre5 (Steffen Kluge)
Re: whats *your* ($hdparm -t) speed? (Steffen Kluge)
Re: RedHat Version 6.2 in Singapore (Jughead)
modem with 2.3.99-pre5 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Seagate SCSI Drive timeout on a Adaptec 2940 UW (John Schamus)
Re: RedHat Version 6.2 in Singapore ("Nobody")
Comp.os.linux.hardware Q&A 19 Apr ("K.Tsakaloglou")
Re: linux mpeg2 player using SBLive! digital-out ??? ("Dan")
Okipage 10e (Andrew Jorgensen)
Re: new monitor (Donovan Rebbechi)
Maxtor 20G & Promise Ultra33 Problem ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Suggestions for Video Card on Linux??? ("Weiting Cao")
Re: modem with 2.3.99-pre5 ("Weiting Cao")
Re: 37.5 GB drive and kernel 2.3.99-pre5 (solved!)
Riva TNT2 display card (kmchan)
Re: We are sorry to announce this, but Linux is not supported with PCMCIA ("Charles
Schneider")
Re: Riva TNT2 display card (ajn)
Re: Controling computer with Remote. ("Tjr")
Re: Riva TNT2 display card (Rui Pedro Mendes Salgueiro)
Kernel messages (Alex wells)
LIRC and SFH 5110-36 Wont work? (System V)
Re: Riva TNT2 display card ("Thomas J. Canich")
Re: Fast hardware please! (Derek Cahill)
MOD magneto optical disc drives... (Stefan Zachow)
Re: Best printer for linux box? (Graham Murray)
Re: whats *your* ($hdparm -t) speed? (Jerry Natowitz)
Re: Two mouses (John Hunter)
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Subject: Re: whats *your* ($hdparm -t) speed?
From: Michael Meissner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 18 Apr 2000 23:21:27 -0400
MGatto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> What is everyone here getting for $hdparm -t
> speeds? I'm especially interested in those w/ ultra DMA or SCSI
> controllers cards. I have a promise U66 w/ maxtor's latest and
> greatest, and am still only getting on avg. 15 MB/sec. (half of what
> winbench reports for windoze!)
Let's see, for my Quantum Atlas 10K 9WLS (this is a 10,000rpm ultra2 drive), I
get 23.88 MB/sec. For my 2 IBM 10K drives I get 18.93 MB/sec and 19.28 MB/sec,
with lesser amounts for the older disks.
--
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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Subject: Re: FAT32 and LINUX?
From: Michael Meissner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 18 Apr 2000 23:28:58 -0400
D G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Laura Conrad wrote:
> >
> > 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?
>
> Not unless you want to run windows 3.1.
Or if you want to run Windows NT 4.0 (which didn't get the FAT32 support).
Presumably Windows 2000 supports Fat32.
--
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: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Steffen Kluge)
Subject: Re: 37.5 GB drive and kernel 2.3.99-pre5
Date: 19 Apr 2000 03:20:41 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I read the Large-Disk-HOWTO and saw that there might be a kernel problem
>so I've upgraded. I'm currently running 2.3.99-pre5 but the drive still
>doesn't show up as a 37.5 GB drive?
Just a wild guess (I haven't had the chance to use disks larger
than 8GB myself): did you upgrade df and fdisk, too?
Do "df --version" and "fdisk -v" and check in the
Large-Disk-HOWTO whether you've got what's required.
Cheers
Steffen.
--
Steffen Kluge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Fujitsu Australia Ltd
Keywords: photography, Mozart, UNIX, Islay Malt, dark skies
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Steffen Kluge)
Subject: Re: whats *your* ($hdparm -t) speed?
Date: 19 Apr 2000 03:27:12 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In article <n78L4.48507$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
fREDDieV <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>When I first enabled udma66 in kernel 2.2.13, I ran hdparm 4 times and got
>an avg. transfer speed of 20.8mb/sec. Subsequent testing showed the speed as
>high as 24.0mb/sec.
Hmm, this is what I'm getting with an Ultra-33 drive (Seagate
8GB, kernel 2.2.14). Are you sure you're running Ultra-66? Maybe
it's all but hype and no disk can actually deliver (yet) what
Ultra-66 promises? Did you try testing in single-user mode?
Cheers
Steffen.
--
Steffen Kluge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Fujitsu Australia Ltd
Keywords: photography, Mozart, UNIX, Islay Malt, dark skies
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From: Jughead <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux,alt.os.linux.turbolinux,comp.os.linux.development,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.security,comp.os.linux.setup,linux.news.groups,linux.redhat
Subject: Re: RedHat Version 6.2 in Singapore
Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2000 22:34:14 -0500
Mr Jackie Lee Choon Yau wrote:
> Annoucement for all the Redhat Linux Lovers.
>
> Download Latest RedHat Version 6.2 @ www.hardwarezone.com
> Under their highbandwidth application, FileX.
> 649 Mbytes in size on 17th Apr 2000.
> If you are hooked up to the highbandwidth, you will be able to enjoy
> fast download.
> See ya there.
> Enjoy the other FREE services while you are there.
> --
>
> Agent "Eyeballs"
> Hardware Zone Pte Ltd
> www.HardwareZone.com
Why would any one take the trouble to register at your site when you can
download redhat free from many FTP sites around the world.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: modem with 2.3.99-pre5
Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2000 03:32:47 GMT
I cannot get my modem working in 2.3.99-pre5. It works fine with any
2.2 kernel. I am running Mandrake7. I have checked the compatability
an all is up to date. Any suggestions?
Chris
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
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Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2000 23:53:31 -0400
From: John Schamus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Seagate SCSI Drive timeout on a Adaptec 2940 UW
Reid Sutherland wrote:
>
> I have a ST39236LW (9gig 7200rpm) drive and it keeps timing out when trying
> to detect the drive in linux, although the onboard SCSI detection has no
> problem picking it up and Windows can see the drive with no problem either.
>
> I've tried upping the timeout period in the kernel for drive detection, I've
> tried other drives and they work, I've tried this drive in windows and it
> works.
>
> My config was that I had no drives on the card when I tried this one, I also
> tried it on different Adaptec cards and even dev kernel versions. AND even
> different computers all together. *sigh* looks like I'm SOL, unless someone
> can tell me different.
>
> I really, really don't want to use this drive in windows. I want linux on it
> badly. :(
>
> Thanks to whoever can possibly answer this one.
>
> --
>
> Reid Sutherland
> Senior Network Administrator
> ISYS Technology Inc.
> http://www.isys.ca
In my experience this usually means there's a problem with termination
or a cable. I've messed up my termination and had Win95 and OS/2 work
just fine, but when I use Linux the bus times out or the system locks
(just finished a bad week with this problem!).
Jay
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From: "Nobody" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux,alt.os.linux.turbolinux,comp.os.linux.development,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.security,comp.os.linux.setup,linux.news.groups,linux.redhat
Subject: Re: RedHat Version 6.2 in Singapore
Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2000 14:31:32 +1000
Jughead <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Mr Jackie Lee Choon Yau wrote:
>
> > Annoucement for all the Redhat Linux Lovers.
> >
> > Download Latest RedHat Version 6.2 @ www.hardwarezone.com
> > Under their highbandwidth application, FileX.
> > 649 Mbytes in size on 17th Apr 2000.
> > If you are hooked up to the highbandwidth, you will be able to enjoy
> > fast download.
> > See ya there.
> > Enjoy the other FREE services while you are there.
> > --
> >
> > Agent "Eyeballs"
> > Hardware Zone Pte Ltd
> > www.HardwareZone.com
>
> Why would any one take the trouble to register at your site when you can
> download redhat free from many FTP sites around the world.
Collecting emails to sell to spammers, my friend.
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From: "K.Tsakaloglou" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Comp.os.linux.hardware Q&A 19 Apr
Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2000 07:39:28 +0300
Questions and answers from this newsgroup (archived by subject) can be found
at http://server.hellug.gr/LUGistics/en/pub/QA_articles_main.php3
Links suggested in those messages are categorized at
http://links.hellug.gr
K.Tsakaloglou
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "Dan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
ahn.tech.linux,alt.binaries.warez.linux,alt.os.linux,alt.os.linux.suse,comp.os.linux.development,comp.os.linux.development.apps,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: linux mpeg2 player using SBLive! digital-out ???
Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2000 15:13:39 +1000
Hmm.
As far as I know, you can't play DVD movies in Linux. There are no drivers.
(Correct me if I'm wrong guys).
And Dolby Digital Sound? Do you mean Dolby Surround Sound? You'll only get
Dolby Surround Sound from a source which has been appropriately encoded. I
really don't think MPEG compression supports Dolby Surround Sound - just
good old Stereo. If you want, you can use a plug-in to fudge a Dolby-type
Signal, but only through 2 speakers. I don't think the SB-Live linux drivers
support a 5-speaker set-up just yet. (Correct me if I'm wrong guys).
Dan
Joachim Nolten <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:8dhmpi$1dtn$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Hi,
>
> I want to play DVD's on linux, wich i should be able to do after
> configuring. I'm also configuring my Sblive! to work under Linux, so that
> should work too.
> My question now is: Is there a linux mpeg2 player that will output Dolby
> Digital Sound through my Sblive digital-out?
>
> I use my pc with a external Dolby Digital decoder for watching dvd's.
>
> Joachim Nolten
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
>
>
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From: Andrew Jorgensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,linux.redhat.install
Subject: Okipage 10e
Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2000 23:14:10 -0600
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi, I just got an Okipage 10e, the printing HOWTO says this printer
works perfectly under linux, but I'm using redhat 6.2 and can't seem to
find the right ghostscript filter for it. I've looked over the howto and
don't find any printer-specific information, can anyone tell me how to
set this up?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Donovan Rebbechi)
Subject: Re: new monitor
Date: 19 Apr 2000 01:23:59 -0400
On Sun, 16 Apr 2000 21:07:46 -0400, Chris Williams wrote:
>hi, can someone give me the name of a nice monior
>that wiil go well with my new shinny aluminum case?
Depends on what kind of monitor you want. I've got the Sony GDM F400
and IMO it's the best 19" that money can buy.
--
Donovan
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Maxtor 20G & Promise Ultra33 Problem
Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2000 06:06:13 GMT
I have two Maxtor 20G drives (Model 52049U4) hooked up to a Promise Ultra33
ide card. At boot time, everything gets recognized, with one caveat: the
Maxtor drives are being incorrectly read as being only 8G drives (they are
both master devices on the two Promise ide interfaces, so the drives are hde
and hdg). Does anyone have any idea how to address this? I have tried forcing
the geometries to be different, but the result is still the same. My dmesg
for ide and harddrive devices looks like this:
PIIX4: IDE controller on PCI bus 00 dev 39
PIIX4: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later
ide0: BM-DMA at 0xf000-0xf007, BIOS settings: hda:DMA, hdb:DMA
ide1: BM-DMA at 0xf008-0xf00f, BIOS settings: hdc:DMA, hdd:DMA
PDC20246: IDE controller on PCI bus 00 dev 60
PDC20246: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later
PDC20246: ROM enabled at 0xe6000000
ide2: BM-DMA at 0xec00-0xec07, BIOS settings: hde:DMA, hdf:DMA
ide3: BM-DMA at 0xec08-0xec0f, BIOS settings: hdg:DMA, hdh:pio
hda: FUJITSU MPD3084AT, ATA DISK drive
hdb: NEC CD-ROM DRIVE:28B, ATAPI CDROM drive
hdc: Maxtor 91360D8, ATA DISK drive
hdd: Maxtor 91360D8, ATA DISK drive
hde: Maxtor 52049U4, ATA DISK drive
hdg: Maxtor 52049U4, ATA DISK drive
ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14
ide1 at 0x170-0x177,0x376 on irq 15
ide2 at 0xdc00-0xdc07,0xe006 on irq 11
ide3 at 0xe400-0xe407,0xe806 on irq 11
hda: FUJITSU MPD3084AT, 8063MB w/512kB Cache, CHS=1027/255/63, UDMA
hdc: Maxtor 91360D8, 12970MB w/256kB Cache, CHS=26353/16/63, UDMA
hdd: Maxtor 91360D8, 12970MB w/256kB Cache, CHS=26353/16/63, UDMA
hde: Maxtor 52049U4, 8063MB w/2048kB Cache, CHS=16383/16/63, UDMA
hdg: Maxtor 52049U4, 8063MB w/2048kB Cache, CHS=16383/16/63, UDMA
I am running kernel 2.2.14. I checked the label on the drive, and the drive
geometry is exactly as the kernel reports. It is just the size which is
getting messed up.
Email if you can help: pramsey@ref ractions.net
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
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From: "Weiting Cao" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Suggestions for Video Card on Linux???
Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2000 02:04:30 -0500
Linux supports many many video cards, especially the latest versions.
Matrox G400, for example.
...
See the documents at www.xfree.com
Weiting
Joe Perkowski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:IO8L4.10174$004.26621@news02...
> I need an affordable video card that will run under Linux. Anyone
> have a suggestions??
>
> Thanks
>
> Joe
>
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From: "Weiting Cao" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: modem with 2.3.99-pre5
Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2000 02:09:56 -0500
I have a Modem Riser, not a modem. It works
under Windows 98. I do not know if linux support Modem Riser ( a new device,
functions the same as a modem).
Anybody has any idea ?
Thanks.
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:8dj9cv$9kt$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I cannot get my modem working in 2.3.99-pre5. It works fine with any
> 2.2 kernel. I am running Mandrake7. I have checked the compatability
> an all is up to date. Any suggestions?
>
> Chris
>
>
> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> Before you buy.
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From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: 37.5 GB drive and kernel 2.3.99-pre5 (solved!)
Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2000 00:14:07 -0700
On 19 Apr 2000, Steffen Kluge wrote:
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >I read the Large-Disk-HOWTO and saw that there might be a kernel problem
> >so I've upgraded. I'm currently running 2.3.99-pre5 but the drive still
> >doesn't show up as a 37.5 GB drive?
>
> Just a wild guess (I haven't had the chance to use disks larger
> than 8GB myself): did you upgrade df and fdisk, too?
>
> Do "df --version" and "fdisk -v" and check in the
> Large-Disk-HOWTO whether you've got what's required.
I have the latest fdisk. but (even as I was composing this message) I've
solved the problem.
'fdisk' reported:
======================================================================
Disk /dev/hdc: 16 heads, 63 sectors, 7144 cylinders
======================================================================
but 'dmesg' reported:
======================================================================
hdc: 73261440 sectors (37510 MB) w/1961KiB Cache, CHS=72680/16/63
======================================================================
72680 - 65536 = 7144
hmmm... it seems to me that we have a 2^16 problem with fdisk.
anyway, I just tried cfdisk instead of fdisk and low and behold the drive
shows up will all the cylinders!
after a (not so) quick 'mkfs /dev/hdc1' the drive now shows up with 'df'
as:
======================================================================
/dev/hdc1 34846359 13 33014812 0% /hdc1
======================================================================
so, for the record (perhaps this should be in the HOWTO) use cfdisk
instead of fdisk for more than 65535 cylinders!
and, good luck.
-- Jonathan
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From: kmchan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.windows.x.i386unix
Subject: Riva TNT2 display card
Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2000 14:52:16 +0800
Hi,
I plan to buy Creative Labs' Riva TNT2 display card for my
P3 machine. I plan to run both win98 and linux. However,
I am worried that Creative Labs' Riva TNT2 display card is
supported in linux and I just only find that NVIDIA Riva TNT2
is supported. Would anyone please help ? Thanks a lot
-- kmchan
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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: Wed, 19 Apr 2000 10:00:24 +0200
It was the actual reply from the "technical support". I just copied and
pasted.
I have no clue what it means, but I was hoping he'd get back to me.
Chuck
Robert W. Cunningham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> J Bland wrote:
>
> > >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."
> >
> > What on earth are you talking about?
> > ...
> > I'm not sure if this is a troll or a very very strange question...
>
> Looks like it was passed through Babelfish (or similar) to me...
>
> -BobC
>
>
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From: ajn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.windows.x.i386unix
Subject: Re: Riva TNT2 display card
Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2000 18:07:22 +1000
kmchan wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I plan to buy Creative Labs' Riva TNT2 display card for my
> P3 machine. I plan to run both win98 and linux. However,
> I am worried that Creative Labs' Riva TNT2 display card is
> supported in linux and I just only find that NVIDIA Riva TNT2
> is supported. Would anyone please help ? Thanks a lot
>
> -- kmchan
TNT2 is supported as long as you don't plan to use 3D acceleration. If
you do, buy a G400. Better yet, buy a G400 anyway - I bought a TNT2
Ultra after Nvidia announced that they would support open source. Now
they're failing to deliver and I've lost all confidence in them.
ajn
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From: "Tjr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Controling computer with Remote.
Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2000 08:32:52 GMT
You can take a look at www.geocties.com/SiliconValley/Sector/3863/uir for a
homemade receiver or if you like, you can just get one from
www.evation.com/irman.
At least one of the above sites has some links to linux support.
Cheers,
Ties.
>
> I want to control my server with my TV remote. Therfore I recon I will
need to
> build a IR recever, decode the signial and build a deamon wich will let
the
> computer preform tasks when a certan 'code' is receved.
>
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From: Rui Pedro Mendes Salgueiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.windows.x.i386unix
Subject: Re: Riva TNT2 display card
Date: 19 Apr 2000 09:54:48 +0100
In comp.windows.x.i386unix kmchan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I plan to buy Creative Labs' Riva TNT2 display card for my
> P3 machine. I plan to run both win98 and linux. However,
> I am worried that Creative Labs' Riva TNT2 display card is
> supported in linux
I installed 16 computers with Riva TNT2 cards, but they were Elsa
(a German brand) Erazor III LT. They work ok, I think (I have some
problems (unexeplained lock-ups), but I don't know if they are
related to the graphic cards.
> and I just only find that NVIDIA Riva TNT2 is supported.
I don't think that it makes a difference. In the messages from
the X server there isn't a reference to the brand of the card,
just to RIVA TNT2:
(--) SVGA: PCI: NVidia Riva Ultra Vanta rev 21, Memory @ 0xee000000, 0xda000000
(--) SVGA: chipset: RIVA ULTRA TNT2
(--) SVGA: videoram: 32640k
So, I think the drivers are generic and will work in most TNT2 cards.
BTW, I am still using XFree86 Version 3.3.5 .
BTW2, the relevant part of my /etc/XF86Config file:
Section "Device"
Identifier "Primary Card"
VendorName "Unknown"
BoardName "ELSA ERAZOR III"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Driver "SVGA"
Device "Primary Card"
Monitor "Primary Monitor"
DefaultColorDepth 32
BlankTime 0
SuspendTime 0
OffTime 0
SubSection "Display"
# Virtual 1600 1200
Depth 32
Modes "1152x870@75" "1024x768@87" "800x600@111" #"1280x1024@65"
EndSubSection
EndSection
# Added by riva_install script
Section "Module"
Load "glx.so"
EndSection
The last bit (Load "glx.so") seems to be the way to get 3D. At least the
GL demos works, although I have no idea how much the hardware is being used.
--
http://www.mat.uc.pt/~rps/f1/ an half-tifoso until Canada 2000
Mark Sandman - Morphine, RIP (1952-1999/07/03, Italy)
.pt is Portugal| `Whom the gods love die young'-Menander (342-292 BC)
Europe | Villeneuve 50-82, Toivonen 56-86, Senna 60-94
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Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2000 10:47:51 +0200
From: Alex wells <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: uk.comp.os.linux,linux.sources.kernel,linux.redhat.misc,alt.os.linux
Subject: Kernel messages
Hi all,
I am watching my system logs and this message (below) seems to appear
far too frequently. I am unsure of what it is trying to report to me.
Anyone out there who has seen this before and knows where I can read up
more information about it.
kernel VFS: Disk change detected on device sr(11,0)
Thanks in advance.
Alex
--
Alex Wells ( Linux Administrator )
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (System V)
Subject: LIRC and SFH 5110-36 Wont work?
Date: 19 Apr 2000 09:08:58 GMT
#include <std/disclaimer.h>
Hello RC user's,
I've build a IR recever acording to :
http://fsinfo.cs.uni-sb.de/~columbus/lirc/images/krets2.gif
With the SFH 506-36 changed by SFH 5110-36. And with the recever "sphere" to
te upside, in the picture.
But after compiling lirc, irrecord gives this rather "funny" error.
irrecord - application for recording IR-codes for usage with lirc
Copyright (C) 1998,1999 Christoph Bartelmus([EMAIL PROTECTED])
irrecord: could not open lirc
irrecord: default_init(): Permission denied
irrecord: could not init hardware (lircd running ? --> close it)
But lircd is'nt running... What to do?
Grntz
SysV
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From: "Thomas J. Canich" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.windows.x.i386unix
Subject: Re: Riva TNT2 display card
Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2000 04:53:43 -0400
the TNT2 is supported, i am using one as i type this!
in XF86 4.0, the driver is included, and i believe this is the case as far
back as 3.3.5 (or maybe 3.3.3). The only problem i have with the card is
that Quake 3 demo uses 3dfx, and so i am fscked! No fragging for me 'til
the boys at ID labs figure that on eout... ;)
tom
"If you can't win on the scoreboard, hit them with your fists."
--Mike, on the penguins losing to the islanders
On Wed, 19 Apr 2000, kmchan wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I plan to buy Creative Labs' Riva TNT2 display card for my
> P3 machine. I plan to run both win98 and linux. However,
> I am worried that Creative Labs' Riva TNT2 display card is
> supported in linux and I just only find that NVIDIA Riva TNT2
> is supported. Would anyone please help ? Thanks a lot
>
> -- kmchan
>
>
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From: Derek Cahill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.alpha
Subject: Re: Fast hardware please!
Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2000 05:05:49 -0500
> From: "leo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> I am in the process of trying to figure out what hardware I should buy to
> obtain the highest performance/price ratio I can for a Linux based system.
Why Linux? I'm an avid supporter but SMP is one area where Linux is really
not up to par with the commercial competition. Solaris might make for a much
better choice but...
> Right now, I think the choice comes down to a 2 way Alpha/667/4MB system
> or a 4 way Xeon/550/1MB system, both with 4GB of ram. The prices for
> similarily configured machines are about the same, it seems (~$25000
> USD). Unfortunately I do NOT have much experience with these kinds of
> high end systems, so if there are some alternatives I am not aware of, I
> would appreciate any pointers.
Solaris is only going to be available for the x86 platform. The answer to
your question is that it depends. If you have a lot of loops (even complex
loops), the 4-MB-per-processor cache of the AXP will benefit you
tremendously. The Alpha is faster per-megahertz at floating point operations
than the Xeon and you're also giving it a 117 MHz advantage but I don't
think that is enough to overcome the double-processor advantage the Xeon
gets here.
I would also recommend that you look at offerings from Sun. Several of the
UltraSPARC machines out there now are very fast at FP and Solaris could give
you a real boost with the SMP issues in both speed and stability. Of course,
you pay a premium for Sun equipment.
Based on the limited information you've given, I'm most in favor of the dual
Alphas. I think that these will serve you better in the short- and
long-term. The 4 MB cache is almost guaranteed to give the Alphas an edge,
especially on any massive computation that is likely to involve numerous
loops. Also, under Linux, with SMP in the current state of early
development, I think you'll have better luck with two processors than four.
-Derek
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From: Stefan Zachow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: MOD magneto optical disc drives...
Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2000 14:10:43 +0200
Good morning experts,
are SCSI MO drives supported, so one can mount these things?
For example a Pioneer DE-xH9101. I don't know what kind
of file system one usually find on such a disc.
Any hint is appreciated
Stefan
BTW: Please CC to my email address, too.
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From: Graham Murray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.periphs.printers
Subject: Re: Best printer for linux box?
Date: 19 Apr 2000 12:20:35 +0100
"Larry Ebbitt " <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Fiddle-dee-dee. Lexmark has a number of OS/2 drivers.
Which considering that what is now Lexmark used to be IBM, is no
surprise.
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Subject: Re: whats *your* ($hdparm -t) speed?
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jerry Natowitz)
Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2000 12:25:41 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Michael Meissner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>MGatto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
>> What is everyone here getting for $hdparm -t
>> speeds? I'm especially interested in those w/ ultra DMA or SCSI
>> controllers cards. I have a promise U66 w/ maxtor's latest and
>> greatest, and am still only getting on avg. 15 MB/sec. (half of what
>> winbench reports for windoze!)
>
>Let's see, for my Quantum Atlas 10K 9WLS (this is a 10,000rpm ultra2 drive), I
>get 23.88 MB/sec. For my 2 IBM 10K drives I get 18.93 MB/sec and 19.28 MB/sec,
>with lesser amounts for the older disks.
I get 22.22 MB/sec for my 20GB IBM drive (7200 RPM), and 13.01 MB/sec for
my 13GB Western Digital (5400 RPM). Both support UDMA66, but the transfer
rate doesn't change.
--
Jerry Natowitz - jin at spdcc dot com
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Subject: Re: Two mouses
From: John Hunter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 19 Apr 2000 07:43:32 -0500
Yes, you can do this with gpm; I just did this on my home system and
unfortunately my notes are there. Go to DejaNews
(http://www.deja.com/home_ps.shtml)and search comp.os.linux.* for the
keywords 'gpm two mice'. Here's an overview:
You will need to get the device names for the two mice; I suggest
creating symbolic links. I have not worked with USB devices so I
can't help with that.
You first need to get both mice working separately in console mode (ie
not X windows). You should first exit X-windows; one way to do this
is to change the /etc/inittab line to 'id:3:initdefault' and reboot.
For my system, which has a touchpad serial mouse and a ps2 external
mouse, the command is (I'm working from memory here)
/usr/sbin/gpm -m /dev/ttyS0 -t ms -g1 -M -m /dev/psaux -t PS/2
The -m specifies the device name, the -t the mouse protocol (do
'/usr/sbin/gpm -t help' for a list of protocols), -g1 enables the link
between tapping the touchpad mouse and mouse button 1. -M chains two
mice together. This will create a device file /dev/gpmdata. When you
have both working in console mode, edit /etc/X11/XF86Config and make
the following your pointer section.
Section "Pointer"
Protocol "MouseSystems"
Device "/dev/gpmdata"
EndSection
To make this enabled by default, I edited /etc/rc.d/init.d/gpm and
replaced the default command with the working gpm command. One
poster mentioned using a /etc/gpm.conf file but I could not make this
work.
Good luck,
John Hunter
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