Linux-Hardware Digest #54, Volume #13 Fri, 16 Jun 00 19:13:10 EDT
Contents:
Re: Linux 2.4-test1 print problem (Henrik Carlqvist)
fastest SCSI for Linux & AMD 900? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Motherboard Abit BE6 And HPT366 HD Controller with Mandrake 7.1 HELP ("Yannick
Gagn�")
Slackware7/EthernetCard (Steve)
Re: Slackware7/EthernetCard (Dances With Crows)
Re: printing trouble, epson stylus color IIs (Andrey Vlasov)
SupraSonic II and linux (sirpsychosexy)
question about FIPS (Steve)
Re: logitech 4 button trackball (LhD Administrator)
trouble installing 3com 3c509B TOP card ("Nathan.L.Craig-1")
Re: ALSA: Where's the sound? (David Steuber)
Re: Slackware7/EthernetCard (Joachim Feise)
Re: question about FIPS (Dances With Crows)
Re: Slackware7/EthernetCard (Dances With Crows)
Kernel-Compilation for Athlon ? (Andreas Tretow)
Re: fastest SCSI for Linux & AMD 900? (Andrey Vlasov)
Re: trouble installing 3com 3c509B TOP card (Dances With Crows)
Re: SBLive! drivers for SMP kernel (William M. Perry)
Re: fastest SCSI for Linux & AMD 900? (Andrey Vlasov)
Re: question about FIPS (Andrey Vlasov)
Re: Kernel-Compilation for Athlon ? (Andrey Vlasov)
SGI Indigo 2 and Linux (Chris Cera)
Re: pci orinoco driver for linux ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
IRQ Problem ("Joe G")
Deskjet 612C & 600 dpi (John Culleton)
Re: question about FIPS (Doc Shipley)
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From: Henrik Carlqvist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux 2.4-test1 print problem
Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 21:15:05 +0200
Andrey Vlasov wrote:
> I start read src/linux/Documentation for parport and found there that
> it should be compiled lp.o module, but in my case it just not
> compiled. I found source lp.c in the kernel tree but for some reason
> it was not compiled. I come throught kernel configuration again and
> could not find any option which I could miss.
I'm not familiar with 2.4, but in 2.2 you should select "Parallel
printer support" (CONFIG_PRINTER) which is in the "character devices"
menu if you do "make xconfig". That one is supposed to compile lp.c.
regards Henrik
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Subject: fastest SCSI for Linux & AMD 900?
Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2000 19:30:18 GMT
could I please get some recommendations for the fastest SCSI controller
& HD combo for Red Hat running Athlon 900 on FIC M-board?
Where can I get the drivers?
(recommendations for SuSe also appreciated)
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From: "Yannick Gagn�" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Motherboard Abit BE6 And HPT366 HD Controller with Mandrake 7.1 HELP
Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2000 15:44:09 -0400
I simply want to know if it is possible to install mandrake linux 7.1
on my computer.
i have :
quantum 20.5 gigs UDMA66 with HPT366 controller
PIII 500
128 Megs SDRam PC100
Diamond Viper 770(TNT2)
Thanks!!!
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From: Steve <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,alt.os.linux
Subject: Slackware7/EthernetCard
Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2000 19:45:53 GMT
Slackware has a 'netconfig' program that supposevely detects ethernet
cards automatically (saving me a hell of a lot of trouble)... is there a
list of what it auto detects anywhere, or does anyone have experience
with it working?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: Slackware7/EthernetCard
Date: 16 Jun 2000 16:03:14 EDT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Fri, 16 Jun 2000 19:45:53 GMT, Steve
<<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> shouted forth into the ether:
>Slackware has a 'netconfig' program that supposevely detects ethernet
>cards automatically (saving me a hell of a lot of trouble)... is there a
>list of what it auto detects anywhere, or does anyone have experience
>with it working?
?? This is mainly useful if you don't know what hardware's in your
machine. (If you don't know what hardware's in your machine, take the
cover off, poke around, and find out.)
I have a feeling that the netconfig program is not much more than a script
that tries to load all the modules for all the PCI network cards Linux
knows about in succession, saying "Card $FOO found" when a module loads
successfully. After finding PCI cards, it more than likely displays a
warning message about autoprobing ISA cards being semi-unsafe, then
continues if you want it to, loading modules for all the ISA cards Linux
knows about with irq= and/or io= parameters set to 0 (autoprobe). If a
module loads successfully, "ISA Card $BAR found, settings $BAZ" probably
gets displayed.
Once you know what hardware's in the machine, getting the drivers in is a
matter of "modprobe blah" for PCI cards, and "modprobe blah irq=X
io=Y" for ISA cards. Replace "blah" with the name of the specific module,
naturally... 3Com 590 cards use the 3c59x module, NE2000 ISA cards use the
ne module, NE2000-PCI cards use the ne2k-pci module, etc. HTH,
--
Matt G / Dances With Crows /\ "Man could not stare too long at the face
\----[this space for rent]-----/ \ of the Computer or her children and still
\There is no Darkness in Eternity \ remain as Man." --David Zindell "So did
But only Light too dim for us to see\ they become Gods, or Usenetters?" --/me
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From: Andrey Vlasov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: printing trouble, epson stylus color IIs
Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2000 13:29:37 -0700
Hi there,
look for information on nex webpage
http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/pht/show_printer.cgi?recnum=61248
Andrey
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From: sirpsychosexy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: SupraSonic II and linux
Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2000 20:30:08 GMT
I am looking into getting a Diqamond SupraSonic II dual line modem with
linux. I have checked compatibility to see if it works, but am unsure
whether the dual line funciton works...if anyone has had any luck with
this, please let me know.
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From: Steve <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,alt.os.linux
Subject: question about FIPS
Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2000 20:35:29 GMT
i got a computer running Win98 with 1 FAT32 partition... i want to
shrink that partition (it's about 8 gig) to maybe 7 gig and use the left
over meg for 2 other paritions for linux (ext2 and swap)... preferably
i'd like to do as much as possible before starting the linux install
(likely slackware7), but if i have to make the partitions during the
install i can do that too (i'll just be cheasy and use my old redhat
cdrom and use diskdruid since it's so simple then install slack over
that)... can FIPS work at all with my FAT32 partition?... also i read
the FIPS faq and doc and i remember it saying i had to move the windows
swap file in 386enhanced control panel (or something like that) by hand,
well, needless to say i'm lost on that... any help would be greatly
appreciated, as i'd really really really prefer not to spend $50 on
partition magic
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From: LhD Administrator <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: logitech 4 button trackball
Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2000 20:34:12 GMT
This driver should get the wheel working:
http://www.linhardware.com/db/dispdriver.php3?DISP?840
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Gary <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> has anyone got any ideas on drivers/software for the logitech marble
> trackball so i can implement the fourth button in RH 6.2 thanks in
advance
>
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From: "Nathan.L.Craig-1" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: trouble installing 3com 3c509B TOP card
Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2000 15:54:20 -0500
I am new to Linux and was hoping someone could tell me how to install
correctly the 3c509B 3COM ethernet card drivers. Any help would be
appreciated.
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: ALSA: Where's the sound?
From: David Steuber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2000 21:00:04 GMT
I seem to be talking to myself a lot :-)
After going through the ALSA How-To, it seems that while the ES1879 is
supported, the support is poor. I don't understand why. Nor do I any
longer care. I found the magic incantations for make xconfig to
compile support into the kernel. I decided to screw the module method
and just put it in there.
Sound now works. I haven't tested MIDI or duplexity yet.
--
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NRA Member | a hoploholic.
All bits are significant. Some bits are more significant than others.
-- Charles Babbage Orwell
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From: Joachim Feise <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: Slackware7/EthernetCard
Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2000 13:55:21 -0700
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Dances With Crows wrote:
>
> On Fri, 16 Jun 2000 19:45:53 GMT, Steve
> <<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> shouted forth into the ether:
> >Slackware has a 'netconfig' program that supposevely detects ethernet
> >cards automatically (saving me a hell of a lot of trouble)... is there a
> >list of what it auto detects anywhere, or does anyone have experience
> >with it working?
>
> ?? This is mainly useful if you don't know what hardware's in your
> machine. (If you don't know what hardware's in your machine, take the
> cover off, poke around, and find out.)
>
> I have a feeling that the netconfig program is not much more than a script
> that tries to load all the modules for all the PCI network cards Linux
> knows about in succession, saying "Card $FOO found" when a module loads
> successfully.
You don't need to have a feeling about it, you can just check it (vi /sbin/netconfig)
And, yes, you are right. It does a couple more things, like writing
the rc.inet1 and rc.inet2 startup scripts, but then it goes and
loads the modules for a number of known network cards.
-Joe
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: question about FIPS
Date: 16 Jun 2000 17:10:01 EDT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Fri, 16 Jun 2000 20:35:29 GMT, Steve
<<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> shouted forth into the ether:
>i got a computer running Win98 with 1 FAT32 partition... i want to
>shrink that partition (it's about 8 gig) to maybe 7 gig and use the left
>over meg for 2 other paritions for linux (ext2 and swap)... preferably
Reserve more space for Linux. You'll be glad you did--even Slack will be
a bit cramped in only 1G of space, since you should reserve at least 64M
for swap.
>that)... can FIPS work at all with my FAT32 partition?... also i read
>the FIPS faq and doc and i remember it saying i had to move the windows
>swap file in 386enhanced control panel (or something like that) by hand,
FIPS2.0 has been able to work with FAT32 for over a year now. I think
it's fairly stable, 'cause if it weren't, people would be howling. There
should be no need to move the swap file in your case; merely defrag the
FAT32 partition before running FIPS. Please note that certain machines
ship with strange, immovable files stuck at the very end of the disk,
though. You can try to move them in DOS after changing their attributes
from Hidden,System,Read-Only, but that might not work.
--
Matt G / Dances With Crows /\ "Man could not stare too long at the face
\----[this space for rent]-----/ \ of the Computer or her children and still
\There is no Darkness in Eternity \ remain as Man." --David Zindell "So did
But only Light too dim for us to see\ they become Gods, or Usenetters?" --/me
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: Slackware7/EthernetCard
Date: 16 Jun 2000 17:13:58 EDT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Fri, 16 Jun 2000 13:55:21 -0700, Joachim Feise
<<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> shouted forth into the ether:
>Dances With Crows wrote:
>> I have a feeling that the netconfig program is not much more than a script
>> that tries to load all the modules for all the PCI network cards Linux
>> knows about in succession, saying "Card $FOO found" when a module loads
>> successfully.
>
>You don't need to have a feeling about it, you can just check it
>(vi /sbin/netconfig)
>And, yes, you are right. It does a couple more things, like writing
...except I don't have Slack on this machine! SuSE, RedHat, FreeBSD, and
soon Debian, maybe Slack later. It's just somewhat difficult to run more
than one distro (or OS) at a time on one machine.
--
Matt G / Dances With Crows /\ "Man could not stare too long at the face
\----[this space for rent]-----/ \ of the Computer or her children and still
\There is no Darkness in Eternity \ remain as Man." --David Zindell "So did
But only Light too dim for us to see\ they become Gods, or Usenetters?" --/me
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From: Andreas Tretow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Kernel-Compilation for Athlon ?
Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2000 23:07:30 +0200
Hi,
yesterday I installed an Athlon 700, now what option do I have to use
for the kernel configuration (i386;i486..etc) ?
Thanks in advance
Andreas
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From: Andrey Vlasov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: fastest SCSI for Linux & AMD 900?
Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2000 14:17:43 -0700
SCSI: Adaptec 39160 - total 30 SCSI devices
(2 chanels by160MByte/S - total troutput 320MByte/S)
http://www.adaptec.com/products/overview/ultra160scsi.html
$1,099 Quantum Atlas IV 36.4GB 7200rpm, 7.5ms, 257MB/s, Ultra 160,
2MB, 68/80pin
$329 Quantum Atlas V 9.1GB 7200rpm, 6.3ms, 340MB/s, Ultra 160, 2MB
68/80Pin
$499 Quantum Atlas V 18.3GB 7200rpm, 6.3ms, 340MB/s, Ultra 160, 4MB
68/80Pin
$1019 Quantum Atlas V 36.7GB 7200rpm, 6.3ms, 340MB/s, Ultra 160, 4MB
68/80Pin
$475 Quantum Atlas 10K 9.1GB 10,000rpm, 5ms, 315MB/s, Ultra 160,
4MB 40/68/80Pin
$755 Quantum Atlas 10K 18.2GB 10,000rpm, 5ms, 315MB/s, Ultra 160,
4MB 40/68/80Pin
$1,309 Quantum Atlas 10K 36.4GB 10,000rpm, 5ms, 315MB/s, Ultra 160,
4MB 40/68/80Pin
$549 Quantum Atlas 10K II 9.2GB 10,000rpm, 4.7ms, 478MB/s, Ultra
160, 8MB 40/68/80Pin
$839 Quantum Atlas 10K II 18.4GB 10,000rpm, 4.7ms, 478MB/s, Ultra
160, 8MB 40/68/80Pin
$1479 Quantum Atlas 10K II 36.7GB 10,000rpm, 4.7ms, 478MB/s, Ultra
160, 8MB 40/68/80Pin
$2519 Quantum Atlas 10K II 73.4GB 10,000rpm, 5.2ms, 478MB/s, Ultra
160, 8MB 40/68/80Pin
DRIVERS: At the moment only for Adaptec 19160/29160 (did not find info
about 39160)
http://lhd.datapower.com/db/searchproduct.cgi?name=Ultra160
http://www.redhat.com/~dledford/aic7xxx.html
ANdrey
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: trouble installing 3com 3c509B TOP card
Date: 16 Jun 2000 17:21:25 EDT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Fri, 16 Jun 2000 15:54:20 -0500, Nathan.L.Craig-1
<<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> shouted forth into the ether:
>I am new to Linux and was hoping someone could tell me how to install
>correctly the 3c509B 3COM ethernet card drivers. Any help would be
The 3Com509B is an ISA card without jumpers (yech!). Therefore, you need
to set the IRQ and I/O values for the card somehow. You can download a
DOS setup program from 3Com's website--it's called 3c509x2.exe. You'll
have to run it under DOS, where it will extract itself into a whole mess
of files. The only one you need to care about is 3c5x9cfg.exe. Run that
program, follow the menus, and set the IRQ and I/O of the card to known
values. Make sure these values don't clash with IRQs that Linux is
already using; ISA cards are very bad at sharing interrupts.
Copy the 3c5x9cfg.exe to a bootable DOS disk just in case you ever have to
set the card's IRQ again.
Boot Linux. "modprobe 3c509 irq=X" where X is the IRQ you assigned to the
card earlier. Voil�.
--
Matt G / Dances With Crows /\ "Man could not stare too long at the face
\----[this space for rent]-----/ \ of the Computer or her children and still
\There is no Darkness in Eternity \ remain as Man." --David Zindell "So did
But only Light too dim for us to see\ they become Gods, or Usenetters?" --/me
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Subject: Re: SBLive! drivers for SMP kernel
Reply-to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (William M. Perry)
Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2000 21:25:37 GMT
Florian E.J. Fruth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> William M. Perry
>
> wrote in <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > "jake" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> >
> > > Creative labs haven't updated there linux drivers page since September!
> > > Does anyone know where I can find the latest SBLive! drivers?
> > > (i.e. greater than 0.2b)
> >
> > Just use the alsa drivers - they work great.
>
> which one and where to get them ?
http://www.alsa-project.org/
I just upgraded to 2.4-test1 + alsa 0.58 this morning and everything works
fine on my dual processor box.
-bp
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From: Andrey Vlasov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: fastest SCSI for Linux & AMD 900?
Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2000 14:29:55 -0700
Info about 39160
http://www.scsistuff.com/adaptec_39160.htm
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From: Andrey Vlasov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: question about FIPS
Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2000 14:34:08 -0700
Hi,
if you ocasionaly have Norton Utility use it's speed disk. It will
move swap file (optimize it) as well. It worked for me. I used
FIPS as Pertition magic had some problem.
Andrey
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From: Andrey Vlasov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Kernel-Compilation for Athlon ?
Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2000 14:36:30 -0700
Option is Athlon for RedHAT 6.2.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Chris Cera)
Subject: SGI Indigo 2 and Linux
Date: 16 Jun 2000 19:26:36 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Does anyone know of any projects or people who have successfully ported this
to linux. The MIPS Howto does not say anything about this specific SGI. If
someone could please give me any information it would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: pci orinoco driver for linux
Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2000 22:01:28 GMT
In article <Pine.LNX.4.10.10006121611090.3008-
[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Srikant Sharma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi,
> Can someone give me pointers to "PCI" drivers
> for lucent's orinoco (wavelan) card on linux ?
>
> It seems that there is support for isa and pcmcia
> but couldn't get hold of pci drivers.
> Every bit of help is apppreciated.
Please include me as I need drivers also...send me your email address
and I will include you in anything I find out...
Dan
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From: "Joe G" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: IRQ Problem
Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2000 17:22:22 -0500
Reply-To: "Joe G" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
I have a Sound Blaster PCI128. When I install it, it says "IRQ has been
incorrectly routed by the system" and I can't use it. I have to get this
program called "IRQ Routing Driver" and install it in order for the sound
card to work. (I get it from the manufacturer of my HD Controllers, which
is Via Tech. My motherboard is a Soyo 5EH5.) Will this be a problem in
Linux? And if so, is there any way around it? I don't think they make a
Linux version of the IRQ Router program...
- Joe G.
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Subject: Deskjet 612C & 600 dpi
From: John Culleton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2000 15:33:33 -0700
Allegedly my new DeskJet 612C can print at 600dpi in black and
white. However when I specify 1bpp and 600 dpi in apsfilter it
chokes. It is possible of course that this is a "software" 600dpi
accomplished through tricks in the windows software.
Has anyone used this printer at 600 dpi? How? And is apsfilter or
magicfilter the weapon of choice for this printer? (Currently I
use apsfilter and the cdj550 driver.)
John Culleton
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From: Doc Shipley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: question about FIPS
Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2000 22:44:53 GMT
Steve wrote:
> that)... can FIPS work at all with my FAT32 partition?... also i read
> the FIPS faq and doc and i remember it saying i had to move the windows
> swap file in 386enhanced control panel (or something like that) by hand,
> well, needless to say i'm lost on that... any help would be greatly
> appreciated, as i'd really really really prefer not to spend $50 on
> partition magic
FAT32 = no prob
swap file = Win31, not an issue. Win9x uses dynamic swaps, so when you
boot from floppy there is no swap file.
The main requirement to running FIPS successfully is something you
already did -- reading the docs. The second thing is run a thorough
defrag from Windows before running FIPS.
Also, make sure you have the latest version of FIPS. It's really simple
if you're paying attention.
--
Doc Shipley
Network Stuff
Austin, Earth
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