Linux-Hardware Digest #113, Volume #13 Sun, 25 Jun 00 19:13:09 EDT
Contents:
Thoughts on this configuration? (no one)
Re: Finding a COM5 with Mandrake 7.0 (Dances With Crows)
Re: HP, Linux, and tape drives :-( ("Andrew E. Schulman")
Re: More 3C509 problems, confused!?! (Dances With Crows)
Re: Num Lock & Linux -- here's how (Steve Martin)
Re: Num Lock & Linux -- here's how (Hal Burgiss)
Re: Matrox g400 Dual Head (SGTCAP)
Re: Alan Po Again. How to start to study the KERNEL of Linux ("Phillip Soltan")
Re: Thoughts on this configuration? (Andreas =?iso-8859-1?Q?H=F6dl?=)
Compaq Presario 1200XL soundboard/modem problems (Collene Pearce)
Re: Thoughts on this configuration? ("B. Joshua Rosen")
Re: PENTIJUM MII 300 ( F O N T O ) ("SLAVISA")
Re: PENTIJUM MII 300 ( F O N T O ) (driver)
PPP and Winmodem (JoeB)
Q: HD > 1024cyl (Dima Maziuk)
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Crossposted-To: comp.hardware,comp.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.sys.pc.hardware
Subject: Thoughts on this configuration?
From: no-one@all (no one)
Date: 25 Jun 2000 15:15:14 -0500
Hey gang:
I haven't bought or built a PC since the early Pentium days (been spending
my time playing with SUN and HP server equipment). Anyway, I find that
it's about time for me to build a new development/test system to use with
NT and Linux. To that end, I've tried to identify what I believe will make
a good system and choose parts that are compatible.
I'm interested in thougts that other readers might have about my chosen
configuration, and whether my expected costs for the parts seem reasonable:
Tyan SMP P3 Tiger 133 S1834 motherboard 160
ATX 6 drive bay case with 250W power supply 30
PS2 keyboard with tactile response 30
PS2 3 button mouse 10
2 each 256MB 72 bit PC/100 SDRAM 600
2 each 600mhz P3 processors (slot 1 type SECC2) 440
2 each Maxtor EIDE 18GB fixed disk 220
IDE cd-rom reader/burner 200
Adaptec 2940UW SCSI card 175
2X AGP graphics card (S3 chipset with 8MB) 300
20 inch Vision Master 1600x1200 monitor 1000
100mb PCI network card 30
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3195
I'm wondering whether I can gather the needed parts within the price range
I've listed and I need to make sure that the parts I've listed are all
compatible. Is there anything important that I've forgotten to list?
Is anyone running a similar configuration and can you give me any idea
about performance or noted problems?
I can be reached by posting a followup, or email me at
[EMAIL PROTECTED] where the digits and the word (german) are
removed from the domain name. The (O) is a letter, not a digit...
Thanks
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Subject: Re: Finding a COM5 with Mandrake 7.0
Date: 25 Jun 2000 16:30:02 EDT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Sat, 24 Jun 2000 03:51:22 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
<<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> shouted forth into the ether:
>I just installed Mandrake(a dual boot with win98) and my modem is on
>com 5. Linux will not recognize a com 5. What can I do to fix my
>dilemma. Thanks advance.
Linux can and will use a 5th serial port if one's really there. More than
likely, there isn't a real serial port there, though. Check the list at
http://www.o2.net/~gromitkc/winmodem.html and make sure that your modem
isn't on the blacklist there. Most computers these days ship with
LoseModems installed instead of Real Modems. For the easiest and best
modem experience with Linux, buy a Real Modem that's external and plugs
into the serial port.
If by some lucky chance you have a Real Modem that's internal, take a look
at http://linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Modem-HOWTO.html
--
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: "Andrew E. Schulman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: HP, Linux, and tape drives :-(
Date: Sun, 25 Jun 2000 16:30:09 -0400
You don't say whether you're looking for IDE or SCSI. I don't know
about IDE drives or HP drives in particular, but if you're looking for a
SCSI drive, as long as you have a working SCSI controller, any drive
should work. I have a SCSI Seagate Travan NS-20 and it works well.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Subject: Re: More 3C509 problems, confused!?!
Date: 25 Jun 2000 16:35:36 EDT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On 25 Jun 2000 12:48:01 GMT, Peter T. Breuer
<<8j4v21$gtq$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> shouted forth into the ether:
>:>John
>: I'm using a few 3C509B cards here in the Linux (red hat) boxes.
>: I set them up by booting with a DOS floppy, then ran the config
>: software. They're all working fine.
>
>This is indeed the standard way.
>
>However, you have to choose a feasible io and irq in the config
>software. It lets you choose any. Only a few of them actually
>can work on that card. As far as I recall, 0x300 and irq 5 are safe. As
>is 0x210 and irq 7 or 3 ?
0x380 and IRQ 9--works great, assuming IRQ 9 is free.
You don't even need the DOS setup program!
http://3c5x9setup.mini.dhs.org/3c5x9setup.c
--
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 dimfor us to see\ they become Gods, or Usenetters?" --/me
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From: Steve Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Num Lock & Linux -- here's how
Date: Sun, 25 Jun 2000 17:06:20 -0400
Jerry Lapham wrote:
> > Actually, there's good reason for caps lock defaulting to OFF... From
> > "drivers/char/keyboard.c"...
>
> > /*
> > * Some laptops take the 789uiojklm,. keys as number pad when NumLock
> > * is on. This seems a good reason to start with NumLock off.
> > */
>
> But it's not a good reason when the user has specifically set the BIOS to
> start with NumLock *ON*. Presumably he wouldn't do that with such a
> laptop.
In any case, if you want NumLock to be on at boot-time, edit
/usr/src/linux/drivers/char/keyboard.c as follows: change the
section
#ifndef KBD_DEFLEDS
.
.
.
#define KBD_DEFLEDS 0
so that the #define statement reads
#define KBD_DEFLEDS 2
and recompile and install the kernel.
(For the record, defining KBD_DEFLEDS as 1 turns on scroll-lock and
defining it as 4 turns on Caps Lock, although why anyone at all
would want Caps Lock or Scroll Lock on at boot time escapes me.)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Hal Burgiss)
Subject: Re: Num Lock & Linux -- here's how
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sun, 25 Jun 2000 21:12:27 GMT
On Sun, 25 Jun 2000 17:06:20 -0400, Steve Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Jerry Lapham wrote:
>In any case, if you want NumLock to be on at boot-time, edit
>/usr/src/linux/drivers/char/keyboard.c as follows: change the
>section
>
> #ifndef KBD_DEFLEDS
> .
> .
> .
> #define KBD_DEFLEDS 0
>
>so that the #define statement reads
>
> #define KBD_DEFLEDS 2
>
>and recompile and install the kernel.
>
>(For the record, defining KBD_DEFLEDS as 1 turns on scroll-lock and
>defining it as 4 turns on Caps Lock, although why anyone at all
>would want Caps Lock or Scroll Lock on at boot time escapes me.)
Does this setting survive X startup?
--
Hal B
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: SGTCAP <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Matrox g400 Dual Head
Date: Sun, 25 Jun 2000 21:14:47 GMT
Louis Cyfer wrote:
> Hi guys,can u tell me if xfree86 4.0 supports dual head mode on my video
> card?
It's not just XF86, I think the dual-head mode has to be set up and
compiled in the kernel. I know that as of 2.2.16, it's still experimental.
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From: "Phillip Soltan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development,comp.os.linux.development.system
Subject: Re: Alan Po Again. How to start to study the KERNEL of Linux
Date: Sun, 25 Jun 2000 20:56:15 GMT
I hope your doing this as a learning experience or for fun. According to
the RedHat site, Linux has a practical lower limit of a couple hundred
thousand bytes of RAM, which is too much for some embedded applications.
They sell support for a freely downloadable embedded OS with networking call
ECOS. You might want to take a look at it before you try and turn Linux
into an embedded OS.
Phil Soltan
Alan Po wrote in message <8i0av0$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>Dear all!
>
>Alan again, the University student who need to write an embedded Linux.
>Before to start my project, I want to know more about the design and
>structure of Linux Kernel. Is there any good reference on the web or books?
>I have found a web which is the Linux Documentation Project (LDP) but I
want
>to know more. Please give me some suggestion and recommendation.
>
>Thanks a lot,
>
>Alan Po
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
>
>
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From: Andreas =?iso-8859-1?Q?H=F6dl?= <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.hardware,comp.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.sys.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: Thoughts on this configuration?
Date: Sun, 25 Jun 2000 23:17:45 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I don't know much about dual-cpu-systems, but I can only recommend:
-) the Adaptec 29160LVD/SCSI controller card (you can use UW-discs with
it too) - up to 160MB/s transfer rate
-) a better graphics card than yours, if you want to run any of the
current action- or simulation-games with good performance - for example
Riva TNT2 or GeForce-chipset.
Andreas.
no one wrote:
>
> Hey gang:
>
> I haven't bought or built a PC since the early Pentium days (been spending
> my time playing with SUN and HP server equipment). Anyway, I find that
> it's about time for me to build a new development/test system to use with
> NT and Linux. To that end, I've tried to identify what I believe will make
> a good system and choose parts that are compatible.
>
> I'm interested in thougts that other readers might have about my chosen
> configuration, and whether my expected costs for the parts seem reasonable:
>
> Tyan SMP P3 Tiger 133 S1834 motherboard 160
> ATX 6 drive bay case with 250W power supply 30
> PS2 keyboard with tactile response 30
> PS2 3 button mouse 10
> 2 each 256MB 72 bit PC/100 SDRAM 600
> 2 each 600mhz P3 processors (slot 1 type SECC2) 440
> 2 each Maxtor EIDE 18GB fixed disk 220
> IDE cd-rom reader/burner 200
> Adaptec 2940UW SCSI card 175
> 2X AGP graphics card (S3 chipset with 8MB) 300
> 20 inch Vision Master 1600x1200 monitor 1000
> 100mb PCI network card 30
> ---------
> 3195
>
> I'm wondering whether I can gather the needed parts within the price range
> I've listed and I need to make sure that the parts I've listed are all
> compatible. Is there anything important that I've forgotten to list?
>
> Is anyone running a similar configuration and can you give me any idea
> about performance or noted problems?
>
> I can be reached by posting a followup, or email me at
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] where the digits and the word (german) are
> removed from the domain name. The (O) is a letter, not a digit...
>
> Thanks
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Collene Pearce)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Compaq Presario 1200XL soundboard/modem problems
Date: 25 Jun 2000 21:23:00 GMT
I bought a Compaq Presario 1200XL 119 notebook
a couple of weeks ago. I wanted to install Corel
Linux, since it's my favorite distribution, but the
installer does not handle my graphics adapter well. :-(
I went to the Corel website, registered my Corel
software and left a support question. They NEVER
answered my question -- never acknowledged that I'd
left it. I'm told that this is typical and that
Corel is known for lousy support. Wish I'd known. :-(
I called Compaq support, to ask what type of devices
are in this notebook and what distribution of Linux was
recommended. The support person was aghast that I'd
wiped out Win98 and was planning to install Linux on it. ;-)
He told me he didn't know what the video adpater is (likewise
modem & sound) and that he couldn't support me, since I was
going to run Linux on it and that's NOT a supported configuration.
So much for Compaq support..... ;-)
So, although I wanted a debian kernel, I've gone on to
install SuSE 6.4 on it and it installed beautifully, but
the sound board and modem are not recognized.
The built in sound board is a:
VIA Technologies, Inc. -- VT82Cxxx -- Apollo.
I need an object module, *.o file, for this soundboard,
so that I can update the /etc/modules.conf file.
Any suggestions about where to find one and how to configure
this particular model?
The built in modem is a: Lucent 56kb WinModem.
I'm told modem help can be found at
http://www.linmodems.org/ has the answer.
It's binary-only; provided, but unsupported by Lucent.
http://www.linmodems.org/linux568.zip
Anyone have any experience with this?
acp
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From: "B. Joshua Rosen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.hardware,comp.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.sys.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: Thoughts on this configuration?
Date: Sun, 25 Jun 2000 17:47:54 -0400
I'd dump the Maxtor drives in favor of the IBM 75GXP. The
45Gbyte/7200RPM 75GXP can be had for about $260. There are 15,30,45,60
and 75Gbyte drives in the family.
no one wrote:
>
> Hey gang:
>
> I haven't bought or built a PC since the early Pentium days (been spending
> my time playing with SUN and HP server equipment). Anyway, I find that
> it's about time for me to build a new development/test system to use with
> NT and Linux. To that end, I've tried to identify what I believe will make
> a good system and choose parts that are compatible.
>
> I'm interested in thougts that other readers might have about my chosen
> configuration, and whether my expected costs for the parts seem reasonable:
>
> Tyan SMP P3 Tiger 133 S1834 motherboard 160
> ATX 6 drive bay case with 250W power supply 30
> PS2 keyboard with tactile response 30
> PS2 3 button mouse 10
> 2 each 256MB 72 bit PC/100 SDRAM 600
> 2 each 600mhz P3 processors (slot 1 type SECC2) 440
> 2 each Maxtor EIDE 18GB fixed disk 220
> IDE cd-rom reader/burner 200
> Adaptec 2940UW SCSI card 175
> 2X AGP graphics card (S3 chipset with 8MB) 300
> 20 inch Vision Master 1600x1200 monitor 1000
> 100mb PCI network card 30
> ---------
> 3195
>
> I'm wondering whether I can gather the needed parts within the price range
> I've listed and I need to make sure that the parts I've listed are all
> compatible. Is there anything important that I've forgotten to list?
>
> Is anyone running a similar configuration and can you give me any idea
> about performance or noted problems?
>
> I can be reached by posting a followup, or email me at
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] where the digits and the word (german) are
> removed from the domain name. The (O) is a letter, not a digit...
>
> Thanks
>
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From: "SLAVISA" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.unix,fon.hardware,yu.beotelnet,yu.comp.hardware,yu.drenik.oglasi,yu.eunet,yu.oglasi,yu.racunari
Subject: Re: PENTIJUM MII 300 ( F O N T O )
Date: Sun, 25 Jun 2000 22:35:15 +0200
ONI SU CRNO BELI (FONTO je PARTIZANOV)
driver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>
>
> SLAVISA wrote:
>
> > Prodajem racunar pentijum koji sam dobio na igri FONTO
> >
> > PM9100C PC100 + SVGA + SB, CPU M II 300, 14' HYUNDAI Color, 4.3 GB, 32
MB
> > SDRAM, MINI TOWER, TASTATURA I MIS.
>
> mamu im crvenu,pa oni cyrixa predstavljaju kao PII
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>
>
>
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From: driver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.unix,fon.hardware,yu.beotelnet,yu.comp.hardware,yu.drenik.oglasi,yu.eunet,yu.oglasi,yu.racunari
Subject: Re: PENTIJUM MII 300 ( F O N T O )
Date: Sun, 25 Jun 2000 23:27:12 +0200
SLAVISA wrote:
> ONI SU CRNO BELI (FONTO je PARTIZANOV)
>
ma znam da je partizanov,ali bre,nismo naivni :)))))
>
> driver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> >
> >
> > SLAVISA wrote:
> >
> > > Prodajem racunar pentijum koji sam dobio na igri FONTO
> > >
> > > PM9100C PC100 + SVGA + SB, CPU M II 300, 14' HYUNDAI Color, 4.3 GB, 32
> MB
> > > SDRAM, MINI TOWER, TASTATURA I MIS.
> >
> > mamu im crvenu,pa oni cyrixa predstavljaju kao PII
> !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
> >
> >
> >
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From: JoeB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: uk.comp.os.linux,al.os.linux,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.misc
Subject: PPP and Winmodem
Date: Sun, 25 Jun 2000 23:50:48 +0100
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hello,
I have got a winmodem on my laptop. I have downloaded the driver
"ltmodem"
and I can get it to dial out with the tool that comes with it. However,
I do not know
how to configure PPP or get it to connect to the internet. Since this is
a WINMODEM,
how do I create a /dev/modem device for this and how do I configure PPP.
Many Thanks.
Joe B.
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From: Dima Maziuk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Q: HD > 1024cyl
Date: Sun, 25 Jun 2000 16:58:48 -0500
(priority: low)
Hi all
I've an 8Gb hd partitioned as follows:
528Mb fat - primary
128Mb swap - primary
2Gb ntfs - logical
2Gb fat - logical
rest is ext2 on logical drive.
Linux kernel lives above 1024 cylinders. 528Mb fat has ntloader and
msdos 6.2 on it. The whole thing worked fine in a P-233 TX m/b.
I moved to recently States and bought an HP Vectra PPro-200 -- for
now. Its BIOS (latest available from hp) has only 2 ide translation
settings: "standard" and "extended". According to fdisk, "extended"
reports 1027 cylinders on the drive (bug?).
DOS won't boot: ms-dos just hangs, dr-dos dies with divide by zero.
Partition Magic won't work either. Lilo hangs at LI when started
from NT loader. Anyone can tell me what the story is?
It's not important -- I can boot linux from floppy and the box came
with winmodem so I won't use linux much now; I don't really need that
couple of games that won't run under ntvdm either, so I can live
without dos. Pity I can't use PM to move the kernel above 1024 cyl...
I'm just curious -- what's wrong with the damn thing that kills PM
and dos. 1027 cylinders? Just how LBA and Large translation modes found
in decent BIOS are supposed to work (I know they remap cylinders to
heads; what's the difference between large and lba anyway)?
TIA
Dima
--
"Whoops. There goes another one. Sorry. But just wait
for Skyscraper 1.1; it'll be 100% collapse-free!"
-- Bruce Schneier, in RISKS 20.90
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