Linux-Hardware Digest #177, Volume #13 Wed, 5 Jul 00 03:13:06 EDT
Contents:
Re: equipment for multi-DSL conections? (Arcaddes Sabbath)
Re: Postscript Level 1 printing under RH6.2 (U S-D)
Re: PCTEL Winmodems (Edward Lee)
I Did A Bad Thing... (Arthur R Peale)
Re: Problems with fsck on new disk (Frank Sweetser)
Re: S3 Trio3D/2X VGA card in Xwindow ("K. M. Lau")
Request for comments on system specs... (X)
ESS Solo-1 sound card ("A.N.")
Re: Help... X messed up my monitor ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: APC upsd Linux software (James Franklin)
Re: k6-2 (Darko)
Re: ESS Solo-1 sound card (Matthew Gatto)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Arcaddes Sabbath)
Subject: Re: equipment for multi-DSL conections?
Date: Wed, 05 Jul 2000 00:43:25 GMT
I can't remember the company, i think it's linksys makes this router
combined with a 4-port 100BT switch made specifically for cable modems
or DSL modems. Future Shop advertises the hell out of it up here for
about $300 canadian, which would be just a little less that $200 USD.
you might want to think about it, although it's not the cheapest route
Arc
On 4 Jul 2000 01:33:47 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Peter Bismuti) wrote:
>I just got DSL and want to wire my house, what is the cheapest/best
>solution? A firewall would be nice, but I'm not sure that it is
>absolutely necessary. I've heard there are cheap hubs that you
>can get for $20, then I just need to slap up some ethernet cable and
>I'm there.
>
>Any advice, suggestions?
>
>Thanks!
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (U S-D)
Crossposted-To: uk.comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.redhat
Subject: Re: Postscript Level 1 printing under RH6.2
Date: 5 Jul 2000 00:48:14 GMT
In article <8jtqsq$19ahr$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, U S-D wrote:
>
>I've recently upgraded from 6.0 to 6.2 and now my Postscript Level 1
>printer (OL840) refuses to play ball. Curiously, printtool's
>Postscript test page is produced fine. I guess this is because
>it conforms to PS level 1 whereas mpage output does not.
>
>% cat /etc/printcap
>
># /etc/printcap
># This file can be edited with the printtool in the control-panel.
>
>##PRINTTOOL3## LOCAL POSTSCRIPT 300x300 a4 {} PostScript Default {}
>lp:\
> :sd=/var/spool/lpd/lp:\
> :mx#0:\
> :sh:\
> :lp=/dev/lp0:\
> :if=/var/spool/lpd/lp/filter:
>
>-------------------
>
>/var/spool/lpd/lp/filter doesn't need to call gs because the
>printer handles Postscript natively (albeit at level 1).
>Instead just a cat is issued.
>
>Maybe I need to ditch these versions of printtool and
>filters for those distroed with my original RH6.0 ?
>
>Currently installed are printtool-3.44-1 and printfilters-1.63-1
>
>Anyone found a work-around?
I should have added that printtool can set up correctly the OL840's
Laserjet II emulation (PCL3) to which I can print perfectly.
Trapsing through deja - I've discovered it's not a particularly unique
problem... This guy below is having the same problem with his
level 1/2 postscript printer (TI Microlaser Plus)..
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From: "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Weird printing problem
Date: 02 May 2000 00:00:00 GMT
Message-ID: <8emf34$c9v$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.hardware
Thaddeus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
:Robie Basak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
:> On Wed, 26 Apr 2000 14:18:51 GMT, Thaddeus said:
:>> I recently upgraded to a new computer. I kept most of the same files
:>> and peripherals of the old computer, including the printer. I've got a
:>> TI Microlaser Plus printer. It worked fine on the old computer when
:>> setup under printtool using the Generic Postscript driver. On the new
:>> computer, I set everything up exactly the same as it was and
:>> printtool's test pages worked perfectly. The problem is that whenever
:>> I try to print postscript from an application it doesn't work. The
:>> file gets sent to the printer just fine and the printer display
:>> indicates that it's processing the file. But then when it would
:>> normally print it just goes back to the online idle state. Same thing
:>> happens with every program. I also tried printing to a file and using
:>> lpr to send the file to the printer, no good. It prints ASCII just
:>> fine, postscript is the only problem. I have the EOF option set.
:>>
:>> Any ideas? TIA
:> Get hold of a postscript file which you know works (there's one
:> called testpage-a4.ps somewhere if you have Redhat).
:> [ /usr/lib/rhs/rhs-printfilters/testpage-a4.ps ]
:>
:> Then do:
:> cat filename > /dev/lp0
:>
:> and see if that does anything.
: Okay, that worked for the PS test page. It didn't work for any other PS
: page though. I also tried changing the printer command in my application,
: but that didn't work either. Now what?
Nothing. If your printer doesn't understand postscript correctly,
nobody can do anything. You just fed it raw postscript directly and
it belched. It's a foozle. Take it back.
It's only excuse is if it never got to see the page, because the
interrupts are all hosed. But it saw the test page fine. Enter the
bios and fiddle with the parallel port types available. Try echoing raw
postscript commands at the printer to see what it does.
Peter
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FWIW, I don't agree with Peter. This has nothing to do with the parallel
ports. IMHO, there should be no such thing as a 'generic postscript printer'
when backwardly-incompatible levels 3,2 and 1 exist.
The problem is level 1/2 Postscript devices where mpage (etc) output
is in level 3.
Any work-arounds?
Michael
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From: Edward Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: PCTEL Winmodems
Date: Tue, 04 Jul 2000 18:37:32 -0700
You can get the drivers at http://linnix.com. I am currently running the PCtel
modem with 2.4.0 kernel. You have to install the standard kernel, the Redhat
kernel would not work.
Jonathan MCVICAR wrote:
> Has anyone managed to get their PCTEL HSP 56K Winmodem working with Linux ?
> I went to the linmodems.org page and downloaded a driver but can't seem to
> get it installed, it just doesn't recognise my modem.
>
> I am running Redhat 6.2 on my laptop with the above modem. Anyone know if I
> can get it working ?
>
> Thanks.
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From: Arthur R Peale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: I Did A Bad Thing...
Date: Tue, 04 Jul 2000 23:42:10 -0400
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I just flashed the BIOS on my system. The system boots up just fine!
But...I re-adjusted the settings in the BIOS for my system, as they were
now set to 'system default.' I (stupidly) auto-detected my hard
drives. My old BIOS wouldn't detect anything over 8 gigs (Not a problem
when Linux overrides the BIOS) but Windows (yes, I dual boot) thinks
that the partition table is FUBAR, and won't boot. Where can I find the
information I _used_ to have in there? Cyl and heads and whatnot?
TIA,
Arthur R Peale
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Frank Sweetser)
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.install,comp.os.linux.setup,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: Problems with fsck on new disk
Date: 5 Jul 2000 03:32:34 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I am having problems adding a new harddrive to my system. It was working
>fine in Windows. It is a Western Digital Caviar 34000
>specs:
>7752 Cylinders
>16 heads
>63 spt
>4000.7 megabytes
>
>I tried to fdisk it. It runs fine, but When I ran an fsck it complained
>about not being able to find the superblock. I tried iterations of the
>superblock backup. No luck. I finally ended up doing a mk2efs /dev/hdb
Unlike in MSDOS, fdisk does not create the filesystem, it only sets up
the partition table. You *always* must use mke2fs on a given partition
after fdisk'ing it in order to place a useable e2fs partition on it.
--
Frank Sweetser rasmusin at wpi.edu, fs at suave.net
Full-time WPI Network Tech, Part time Linux/Perl guy
I am not a vegetarian because I love animals; I am a vegetarian because I
hate plants. --A. Whitney Brown
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From: "K. M. Lau" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: S3 Trio3D/2X VGA card in Xwindow
Date: Wed, 5 Jul 2000 12:10:33 +0800
Hi Julian:
Thanks for your help.
I think Slackware 7.0 should have version 3.3.6 of the X server.( How can I
know what X sever version I got ?)
But It is not work with my card.
When I try to setup xf86config, I did the following things:
1. Since I do not know what card should I selected for , I picked the
XF86_SVGA for my card.
2. when I start X windows, the Xwindows screen come up then hanged the
system.
The keyboard and mouse is not function and I have to do a hardware reset .
Now I got reply that S3 trio3d/2X will be only supported on Xwindows 4.0. So
, I am
so upset on it. I am not a Linux expert. It may be difficult to me to
reinstall Xwindows 4.0 on my Slackware 7.0.
Unless I buy another one but I am not prefered to do it.
K. M. Lau
Julian Bordas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> "K. M. Lau" wrote:
>
> > Dear All:
> >
> > I am running slackware 7.0 with kenel 2.2.13.
> >
> > I could not config Xwindow to work with my display card: S3 Trio3D/2X.
> >
> > Does anybody konw the solution to wrok around with the S3 Trio3D/2X VGA
card
> > in Xwindow ?
> >
> > Hope to have any reply soon.
> >
> > K. M. Lau
>
> Hello
> I am running this card with linux mandrake 7.1 The X windows
works
> fine. I did have a large square white cursor, but setting the SW_Cursor
to ON
> got rid of that. Does slackware 7.0 have version 3.3.6 of the X server?
That
> what I have in my box.
>
> Xfree86 4.0.0 is meant to be good in providing support for this particular
> video card.
>
> What exactly is the problem?
>
> Cheers
>
> Julian
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (X)
Subject: Request for comments on system specs...
Date: Wed, 05 Jul 2000 04:39:44 GMT
Reply-To: nowhere
I am preparing to buy a new system and would like to request for
public comments on the hardware I have selected. This system will run
Red Hat 6.2 (my distro of choice). In addtion to serving as my main
workstation and game machine (Q3A, and so forth), it will also
function as a NIS, DHCP, and NFS server for my small home network
(about 4 PC's). I am always experimenting with server services and
will probably add some more in the future. This is what I know I will
start with. I am not planning to load any version Windows operating
system on it.
I have used www.anandtech.com, www.tomshardware.com,
www.linhardware.com, and www.redhat.com in making my hardware
decisions.
I have asked for comments on specific things at the bottom of the
specifications.
Feel free to email or reply to this post. Thank you.
My Machine:
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Processor: AMD Athlon 950 MHz
I may go for a slower or faster processor, depending on prices and
availability in my area (Houston, TX), but I am aiming for the 950
MHz. I am using the site: www.sharkyextreme.com/hardware/weekly_cpu/
as a gauge for prices. I don't think I will find the newer
"Thunderbird" Athlon. Even if I could, I don't think I could find a
good "Socket A" mainboard to go with it. I have always had good
experience with AMD processors, and consider them "more bang for your
buck" than comparable Intel chips (IMHO).
Mainboard: ASUS K7V
This mainboard received the highest stabilty marks from
www.anandtech.com and (from my reading) is widely regarded as the best
mainboard for Athlon users. (Specs: ATX mainboard, 1 AGP, 5 PCI, 0
ISA slots) See also: www.k7v.com
Memory: 256 MB PC133 SDRAM
As long as it is PC133 specification SDRAM, I don't mind what brand it
is. Since I only have 3 DIMM slots on the mainboard, I plan to use 2
sticks of 128 MB each. I figure one stick of 256 RAM will be too
expensive, but I will check the price. As long as I have at least one
slot remaining for expansion, that should be fine.
Video: Matrox G400 32 MB Dual-Head version
This card seems to have some of the best support under XFree86 (both
3.x and 4.0). I am getting the Dual-Head in hopes that it will be
supported in a future version of XFree86.
Soundcard: Soundblaster Live! Value
Seems to be a good soundcard that has good Linux support. The other
versions of the Live! line of soundcards (Platinum, MP3, X-Gamer,
etc.) seem to only include more Windows software (which I don't need).
The OEM version should be cheapest.
Speakers: <none>
I already have a good pair of Altec Lansing PC speakers I plan to
re-use.
Network Card: Intel Pro/100+ PCI
I have DSL piped through a Linux server running IP Masq, so I have no
need for a Modem, just a NIC. Intel makes good cards that are widely
supported under Linux. I figured, since I wasn't buying an Intel
processor, it would be ok to buy an Intel NIC. Besides, they have
invested in several Linux companies.
Hard Drive: Western Digital 10+ GB drive with UDMA 66
I have found that I just don't need a huge drive. I have 4 other
computers that I save files to. When needed, I just use the storage
capacity of one of the other machines via my home network.
Considering this, I shouldn't need anything much larger than 10MB
(although I'll probably end up with at least a 20 GB drive). I prefer
the Western Digital brand drives over all others. I also plan to
experiment with the UDMA 66 patches, since it is supported by the
mainboard as well as Linux.
CD-ROM: Generic 32X CD-ROM player
I don't really mind the brand CD-ROM. I have had good experience in
the past with Mitsumi and Toshiba brand CD-ROMs.
CDR/CDRW: Yamaha 8x/4x/24x, IDE version
I bought this for an older machine, but never installed it. It will
go in my new machine.
Floppy: Generic 1.44 MB floppy drive
I don't mind the brand of the floppy drive. I use it very little, but
they are alway good to have.
Keyboard: Generic PS/2 keyboard
Again, I don't really mind the brand keyboard. I have grown acustomed
to my other Mitsumi brand keyboard.
Mouse: Logitech MouseMan Wheel (PS/2)
I like the Microsoft line of mice, but I'd like to use my PC without
looking at a Microsoft logo (I know, I'll have to do something about
the Windows keyboard key!). The Logitech mouse has a good feel, and I
know I can get it to work in XFree86, even with the mouse wheel.
Case and Power Supply: open
I prefer the full tower cases. I would like to get a 300W power
supply. I don't mind which one, as long as it is supported by the
Athlon processor (see the amd website for a list).
Monitor: <none>
I already have a good 19" monitor that I plan to continue using.
**************************************************************************************
Questions:
Is the Matrox G400 Max worth the extra money, just to get 360 speed
RAMDAC (vs. 300 in the regular G400)? I could find nothing else on
the website validating the price increase. Also, the G400 Max only
comes in a retail box, while all other versions of the G400 are
available in OEM versions.
Should I just get the 32 MB G400 without the dual-head feature? Are
there any hopes of getting the G400 dual-head feature to work in X?
Is it worth waiting to get a "Thunderbird" Athlon chip and mainboard?
It appears that the newer "Thunderbird" chips are faster, but I really
don't want to wait for a good stable mainboard to be released for it.
Any thoughts?
Is the Cordless Logitech MouseMan Wheel worthwhile (about $20 more)?
Do they work under Linux?
Is a 300W power supply too little (or too much) power? I hear the
Athlons use alot of power, and want to make sure I have room for
expandability.
*************************************************************************************
Thanks for insight anyone might have. Comments are appreciated.
Michael Lundberg
email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (remove all instances of
nospam)
www: www.slave-1.net
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From: "A.N." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: ESS Solo-1 sound card
Date: Wed, 05 Jul 2000 04:41:11 GMT
Hi,
I have a ESS Solo-1 sound card. I'm not sure if Linux
supports that (in fact, I have not seen it in the list of
Linux sound cards). Anyway, perhaps somebody has
made it work under Linux ... Heeelp!
Thanks.
Arian.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Help... X messed up my monitor
Date: 5 Jul 2000 00:45:14 -0400
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I've tried changing resolutions. Doesn't work. As for with Win98, even
> the bootup screen before 'Starting Win98' was messed up so I knew it
> wouldn't work.
Well, if it doesn't work with Win98, it is not a problem with a setting in
Linux. It sounds rather like the monitor is blown. Time to find your local
repairman, I think...
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (James Franklin)
Subject: Re: APC upsd Linux software
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 4 Jul 2000 23:50:58 -0600
On Tue, 04 Jul 2000 19:56:52 +0200, Magnus Svensson wrote:
>
>Is this Good Stuff(tm)?
>
>I have just dl:d the rpm, and are about to install it, however I
>haven't gotten the UPS yet. :) So testing will be limited...
>
>Has anybody got this running? Success stories?
>
>
>Regards,
>/Magnus
I use apcupsd on my Mandrake 7.0 with an Backups 500. It works fine, and was
very easy to set up. Of course, it is very simple in function as well. It
notifies me by beep and message when power is interupted, and will shut down at
a set time before battery loss. I do not monitor load or battery power left,
etc. I can't because the UPS only came with a 'simple' signaling cable and
Backups does not communicate to the computer much information.
--
James
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Darko)
Subject: Re: k6-2
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Wed, 05 Jul 2000 05:53:03 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Ralph Blach wrote:
>I have k6-2. What processor type do I select when I compile the kernel?
>
You select Pentium. If you do make menuconfig you can read help
and it will tell you also.
Cheers, Darko
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Matthew Gatto)
Subject: Re: ESS Solo-1 sound card
Date: Wed, 05 Jul 2000 06:15:46 GMT
>I have a ESS Solo-1 sound card. I'm not sure if Linux
>supports that (in fact, I have not seen it in the list of
ugh, i had that card from my long-ago win98 days. it worked fine
there. it is not supported in linux, but, there are drivers at ALSA
(alsa.org/ ? look it up).
i got it to work w/ the alsa driver once, stopped using it for awhile
(and consequently removed the drivers and config for it) and couldn't
get it to work again next time. so, if you're lucky itll work, if not,
find a windoze person who could care less what sound card they use,
and get them to switch w/ you :)
--
~MGatto~
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