Linux-Hardware Digest #210, Volume #13 Mon, 10 Jul 00 21:13:07 EDT
Contents:
Re: 16 bit computer ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: CPU temperature ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: tape on scsi bus (serveraid) (David C.)
Re: CPU temperature (David C.)
Re: HP Laserjet, RH6.2, Gigabyte GA-7IX (Craig McCluskey)
Re: Can NOT TELNET but can ping. (Bob Chiodini)
Re: HP Laserjet, RH6.2, Gigabyte GA-7IX (Craig McCluskey)
Re: ati rage 128 pro: random placement of text lines (Bob Chiodini)
Re: Problems with Java under an SMP setup. ("Rex Dieter")
printer problem? ("cnchun")
Re: 16 bit computer
Re: 16 bit computer (David C.)
Re: STOP waisting unused internet bandwidth 8534 ("Gene Heskett")
Re: 16 bit computer
Re: Starting Gnome (kc)
Re: REPOST: Shared RAID for mail/web server + load balancer? How do I do that?
(Ancipital)
Re: Request for comments on system specs... (Ancipital)
Re: SB 16 PCI ? Sound card suggestions. Please. (Ancipital)
Re: Linux home server: Clean-slate hardware plan? (Ancipital)
prosignia install problem (Richard J. Freedman)
Re: No Carrier - 3Com ISDN TA (Paul Martin)
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Subject: Re: 16 bit computer
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2000 21:21:12 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] () writes:
> The "bitness" of a computer is generaly determined by the width
> of the cpu's registers and the types of arithmetic that can be performed.
The maximum amount of data that can be accessed atomically by the CPU,
right?
--
Eric P. McCoy ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
"Dude... my hands are huge. They can touch anything but themselves...
oh, wait."
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Subject: Re: CPU temperature
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2000 21:34:32 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (David C.) writes:
[AMD K6-2]
> According to this, the maximum temperature of the CPU (at the center of
> the chip's upper surface) should not exceed 65 degreed C.
[...]
> it seems a bit high to me. Given that the limit is 65 degrees, I'd want
> to try and keep the temperature down below 50 degrees. Preferably below
> 45, if possible.
Agreed.
My CPU runs about 45 degrees C at constant 100% load, 25-30 C idle.
Granted, this isn't an AMD pile of junk - no offense - but my case is
also very crowded. In the new case, I doubt I break 40 C.
> 2: Does the CPU heat sink have a fan on it? If not, consider a heat
> sink with a fan. Unless you are certain that your case-fans are
> moving enough air across the CPU, you should always use a heat-sink
> with a fan.
Absolutely. CPU fans are a must. It still seems remarkable to me
that it's possible to buy CPUs without heatsinks and fans. AMD chips
also have a significantly smaller form factor for their processing
power, so run hotter than comparable-speed Intels.
> 3: Do you have any case-fans other than the one in your power supply?
> If not, consider adding one or two.
Also agreed. If you want to do it right, put a fan in the back of
your case (near the expansion cards) to blow out the back; a fan in
the front to draw air in and over the motherboard/CPU; and a fan to
draw air over the hard drives and out the P/S fan.
> 4: Are your case fans blowing in the right direction? You want to make
> sure that each additional fan increases the amount of airflow. If
> one is installed backwards, it will decrease the amount of airflow.
It actually tends to make the situation worse than if you had only one
fan.
> 5: You might want to consider an active-cooling heat sink for the CPU.
> These (aka "Peltier" heat sinks) are small air conditioners. They
> actively suck heat away from the CPU and blow it into the case. (You
> will still need adequate airflow through the case in order to
> dissipate this heat.) They can greatly reduce CPU temperature, but
> they are usually not required, unless you're overclocking your CPU.
The ones I've read about also cost big bucks.
It's also possible your case is too small. And it is, of course,
amazing the difference a functional (as opposed to pretty) case will
make. Boxy may not look sexy, but it's roomier and generally
better-designed.
--
Eric P. McCoy ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
"Dude... my hands are huge. They can touch anything but themselves...
oh, wait."
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David C.)
Subject: Re: tape on scsi bus (serveraid)
Date: 10 Jul 2000 17:56:05 -0400
"anonymo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> I'm trying to use a Travan tape device on a IBM Netfinity 3500. Testing
> simple tar returns io errors (really?).
> ...
> st0: Error with sense data: [valid=0] Info fld=0x0, Current st09:00: sense
> key Unit Attention
> Additional sense indicates Power on, reset, or bus device reset occurred
> st0: Error with sense data: [valid=0] Info fld=0x0, Current st09:00: sense
> key Not Ready
> Additional sense indicates Logical unit is in process of becoming ready
> st0: Error with sense data: [valid=0] Info fld=0x0, Current st09:00: sense
> key Not Ready
> Additional sense indicates Logical unit is in process of becoming ready
> st0: Error on write filemark.
This sounds like a SCSI error.
Check all the usual suspects:
- IDs - make sure every device on the bus has a unique ID
- Termination - make sure you have active termination, and that there
are exactly two terminators - one at each end - on each SCSI bus.
Don't forget to count any termination that your host adapter may
provide.
- Cabling. For Ultra3 (aka Ultra160), you need a twisted-pair cable and
have a 6m limit. For Ultra2, you have a 12m limit. For Ultra-Wide,
you have a 1.5m limit. For Ultra, you have a 3m limit. For Fast-Wide
and Fast, you have a 6m limit. For the purpose of cable lengths
assume that your actual limit is the shortest limit of all your
drives and host adapters.
- Mixing narrow and wide devices on a single bus will result in some
unusual termination requirements:
- If you attach a wide-SCSI device to a narrow bus, be sure to
terminate the upper-half of the bus on the drive. You will
probably need an adapter that provides this termination.
- If you attach a narrow device to a wide bus, internally, make sure
it is attached to the middle of the cable and use an adapter that
does not provide termination.
- If you attach a narrow device to a wide bus, externally, make sure
it is attached after the last wide device. Use a cable adapter
that terminates the upper-half of the bus.
- if your host adapter has both narrow and wide connectors, and you
use them both, make sure the adapter termiantes the upper half of
the bus.
- If your host adapter has three connectors on the same bus (like the
Adaptec 2940UW), you can not use all three connectors at once. If you
attempt to use all three at once, you'll end up creating a Y-shaped
topology, which will be unreliable.
> Here's what dmesg has to say on SCSI
>
> scsi0 : IBM PCI ServeRAID 1.00.00 <ServeRAID 3L>
> scsi : 1 host.
> Vendor: IBM Model: SERVERAID Rev: 1.0
> Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 01
> Detected scsi disk sda at scsi0, channel 0, id 0, lun 0
> Vendor: IBM Model: SERVERAID Rev: 1.0
> Type: Processor ANSI SCSI revision: 01
> Vendor: Seagate Model: STT20000N Rev: 7A51
> Type: Sequential-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02
This looks bad. Maybe I'm reading this wrong, but it looks like three
devices were discovered, all sharing the same host adapter, channel, ID
and LUN.
I would expect to see a line something like:
"Detected scsi tape st0 at scsi0, channel 0, id 1, lun 0"
or something similar. Is this line somewhere in your dmesg log? Or is
the line truly missing.
I think you've definitely got a SCSI ID conflict here. Make sure your
tape drive and SERVERAID devices are configured for different IDs.
The SERVERAID direct-access part is set to ID 0 - which dmesg shows.
The other two devices, however - the SERVERAID processor and the tape
drive - don't have SCSI information indicated, leading me to believe
that they're also set to ID 0 - which would be wrong.
> SCSI device sda: hdwr sector= 512 bytes. Sectors= 71094272 [34714 MB] [34.7
> GB]
> sda: sda1 sda2 < sda5 sda6 sda7 sda8 sda9 >
> (scsi1) <Adaptec AIC-7895 Ultra SCSI host adapter> found at PCI 3/1
> (scsi1) Wide Channel B, SCSI ID=7, 32/255 SCBs
> (scsi1) Downloading sequencer code... 374 instructions downloaded
> (scsi2) <Adaptec AIC-7895 Ultra SCSI host adapter> found at PCI 3/0
> (scsi2) Wide Channel A, SCSI ID=7, 32/255 SCBs
> (scsi2) Downloading sequencer code... 374 instructions downloaded
> scsi1 : Adaptec AHA274x/284x/294x (EISA/VLB/PCI-Fast SCSI) 5.1.20/3.2.4
> <Adaptec AIC-7895 Ultra SCSI host adapter>
> scsi2 : Adaptec AHA274x/284x/294x (EISA/VLB/PCI-Fast SCSI) 5.1.20/3.2.4
> <Adaptec AIC-7895 Ultra SCSI host adapter>
> scsi : 3 hosts.
Is there anything attached to your two Adaptec SCSI cards (or are they
two channels of a single card?) If no SCSI-related output follows this,
then it would appear that you do not have anything attached to them.
-- David
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David C.)
Subject: Re: CPU temperature
Date: 10 Jul 2000 18:02:42 -0400
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>
> Absolutely. CPU fans are a must. It still seems remarkable to me
> that it's possible to buy CPUs without heatsinks and fans. AMD chips
> also have a significantly smaller form factor for their processing
> power, so run hotter than comparable-speed Intels.
It depends on your cooling solution.
A very large aluminum-fin heat sink (like the one Dell uses on their
P2/P3 systems) will work fine if the case fans move enough air across
them. (The current models actually have a plastic duct to concentrate
the rear case-fan's air in that direction!)
I wouldn't design a system like that, but it does work.
>> 5: You might want to consider an active-cooling heat sink for the
>> CPU. These (aka "Peltier" heat sinks) are small air conditioners.
>> They actively suck heat away from the CPU and blow it into the
>> case. (You will still need adequate airflow through the case in
>> order to dissipate this heat.) They can greatly reduce CPU
>> temperature, but they are usually not required, unless you're
>> overclocking your CPU.
>
> The ones I've read about also cost big bucks.
Depends on how you define "big". I see them at shows for around $50.
According to http://www.pcmech.com/cooling.htm, the going price is
$30-70.
More than a plain fan ($10-20, usually), but not something that should
break your budget either. Heck, I spend more than that on my surge
suppressors!
-- David
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From: Craig McCluskey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: HP Laserjet, RH6.2, Gigabyte GA-7IX
Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2000 17:04:00 -0500
"Prasanth A. Kumar" wrote:
> BTW, I suggest in the future you search Google or Deja News
> *first* as you will get faster results than via a newsgroup.
> In 3 seconds, I got the relevant information from Google on
> the first hit. All I did was search under 'HP Laserjet 2686A'.
Thanks. And I know I should search Google (how many times have
I read that on others' postings?), but didn't think of it in
this case. I even have Google and Google Linux on my Personal
Toolbar! Sigh ...
Craig
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From: Bob Chiodini <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Can NOT TELNET but can ping.
Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2000 22:14:11 GMT
If you did not specify the "server" install or install everything, Redhat
does not seem to install inetd and it's support software.
Either reinstall Redhat, or RPM in the specific packages. I like kpackage
or gnorpm as a gui frontend to rpm. You get a better look at what you get
and need.
Bob...
Ahmed Abukmail wrote:
> Hello, I have a PC and a laptop both connected via a 10Base T hub. At
> one point the Laptop was running RH 5.1, I upgraded it to 6.2 while
> keeping the desktop at 6.0. I used t be able to telnet, ftp and rlogin
> from either one to the other. Ever since I upgraded the laptop, I can
> telnet, ftp, rlogin only from the laptop to the desktop, but not the
> other way around. However, I can ping the laptop from the desktop
> without problems.
>
> Any ideas would greatly be appreciated.
>
> Thanks
>
> Ahmed
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Bob Chiodini [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Craig McCluskey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: HP Laserjet, RH6.2, Gigabyte GA-7IX
Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2000 17:06:29 -0500
"Prasanth A. Kumar" wrote:
> A quick look through Google tells me that error 40 means the
> serial port configurations between the printer and computer
> don't match up (ie. the baud rate, parity, etc.) Either
> reconfigure the printer or reconfigure the computer serial port
> via 'stty'.
If that's the case, how am I able to have it print an ASCII
file that's cat'ed to the device port, which works just fine.
Craig
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From: Bob Chiodini <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: ati rage 128 pro: random placement of text lines
Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2000 22:17:09 GMT
I have noticed this problem too. It seemed to start after I
attempted to install wine, but I cannot confirm it. I have not
noticed it when I'm logged in as root.
Bob...
Bob Terrell wrote:
> Hi. The rage 128 pro works pretty well on a redhat 6.2
> system after following the advice about the
> ChipId 0x5246 line in XF86Config as in
>
> http://www4.ncsu.edu/~distclai/rage128-howto.html
>
> but there is still a small problem: sometimes a line
> of text gets written in a random location on the screen,
> like if you are in an xterm and do ls, then the first
> line of output might appear at the top or side of the
> screen instead of in the xterm.
> This is with XFree86-3.3.6-20.
>
> Does anyone have a solution to this?
>
> thanks,
> Bob
--
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Bob Chiodini [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "Rex Dieter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Problems with Java under an SMP setup.
Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2000 17:23:22 -0500
Here's my experience using java on Linux (running a heavily loaded java web
application):
First, make sure you're running the latest and greatest glibc (we use RedHat
6.2). This newer (newest) version does native threads the best wrt java.
Blackdowns JDK122_RC4 uses native threads (by default) and works like a
charm. (plug Symantec's JIT compiler into it and it is almost as fast as
IBM's jdk). We're using this currently on an SMP box.
Sun's JDK uses Green threads that won't take advantage of SMP (and is based
on a previous version of Blackdown JDK anyway... JDK122_RC3). I personally
haven't used it, so I can't comment further.
IBM's JDK (118) uses Native threads, and is WAY fast, but we've found
threading issues/crashes when doing hostname lookups in many threads.
--
Rex Dieter
Computer System Administrator
Mathematics and Statistics
University of Nebraska Lincoln
"Hey Zeus" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:3lqa5.2791$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Hi everyone:
>
> I hope someone could shed some light into this problem:
>
> I have a 64MB dual P5-200 (Non-MMX) system that is running 2.2.12-20 SMP
and
> it runs fine, except that any of the 2 JDK's I've tried on it usually hose
> themselves, or hose the entire system. I use the java runtime in
conjunction
> with the Apache JServ and the GNU JSP stuff.
>
> The sun 1.2.2 version causes a kernel panic (nice)
>
> The IBM 1.3 (specifically the cx130-20000605 build) doesn't kill the
> machine, but it winds up dying anyways.
>
> I downloaded Blackdown, but I haven't installed it yet. So far, I'm 0 for
> 2...
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From: "cnchun" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: printer problem?
Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2000 11:21:10 +0800
I have a epson stylus color 300 printer.
I want to use it on linux,but i dont know whether it is supported by linux
now.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ()
Subject: Re: 16 bit computer
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2000 22:52:38 GMT
On Mon, 10 Jul 2000 21:21:12 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] () writes:
>
>> The "bitness" of a computer is generaly determined by the width
>> of the cpu's registers and the types of arithmetic that can be performed.
>
>The maximum amount of data that can be accessed atomically by the CPU,
>right?
Accessed from where? The bitness of a processor is basically the size
of the registers and the capability of the ALU.
The pentium, for example, pushes around 64 bits at a time when accessing
memory. Otherwise, it is a 32 bit processor. The intel series is kind of
amusing in that they've maintained backward compatibility practically
since the 4004, a 4 bit traffic light controller. (4004->8008->8080;
8086/8088 can take 8 bit assembly code recompiled -> 80286 -> 80386 )
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David C.)
Subject: Re: 16 bit computer
Date: 10 Jul 2000 19:19:04 -0400
[EMAIL PROTECTED] () writes:
>
> The intel series is kind of amusing in that they've maintained
> backward compatibility practically since the 4004, a 4 bit traffic
> light controller.
Just to pick a nit here, the 4004 was designed to be the core of a
desktop calculator. Other uses came later, when the Japanese calculator
company (whose name escapes me right now) released Intel from their
exclusive contract.
For more info, see the book "Fire In The Valley".
> (4004->8008->8080; 8086/8088 can take 8 bit assembly code recompiled
> -> 80286 -> 80386 )
Uh huh. Have you done this? Didn't think so.
-- David
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Date: 10 Jul 2000 19:48:12 -0500
From: "Gene Heskett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: STOP waisting unused internet bandwidth 8534
Unrot13 this;
Reply to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Gene Heskett sends Greetings to oxxequ ;
> For all you out there in the big black cyberspace:
> Have you ever thought that you are wasting processor cycles when
> your screensaver turns on, have you ever felt the need to
> parcicipate in something big (and while you are at it: usefull),
> need an idea on what to do with your old computer ?
> Well I have the solution. Two new projects are underway. Check them
> out at http://come.to/proctimes
And you, sir, are a spammer, one who can't even use a spell checker.
Cheers, Gene
--
Gene Heskett, CET, UHK |Amiga A2k Zeus040, Linux @ 400mhz
email gene underscore heskett at iolinc dot net
ISP's please take note: My spam control policy is explicit!
#Any Class C address# involved in spamming me is added to my killfile
never to be seen again. Message will be summarily deleted without dl.
This messages reply content, but not any previously quoted material, is
� 2000 by Gene Heskett, all rights reserved.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ()
Subject: Re: 16 bit computer
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2000 00:27:07 GMT
On 10 Jul 2000 19:19:04 -0400, David C. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] () writes:
>>
>> The intel series is kind of amusing in that they've maintained
>> backward compatibility practically since the 4004, a 4 bit traffic
>> light controller.
>
>Just to pick a nit here, the 4004 was designed to be the core of a
>desktop calculator. Other uses came later, when the Japanese calculator
>company (whose name escapes me right now) released Intel from their
>exclusive contract.
>
>For more info, see the book "Fire In The Valley".
>
>> (4004->8008->8080; 8086/8088 can take 8 bit assembly code recompiled
>> -> 80286 -> 80386 )
>
>Uh huh. Have you done this? Didn't think so.
Were you alive when intel was telling everyone that the 8086 had assembly
language opcodes so similiar to the 8080 that you could just reassemble
the code?
Didn't think so.
In anycase, the pentium is kluge piled atop kluge piled atop another kluge.
That they were able to implement conditional execution ala the pentium
pro is fucking amazing.
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From: kc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Starting Gnome
Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2000 19:08:50 -0600
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "David Stackis"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I am new to Linux, but I've been sort of lucky so far....I've wiped Windows
> off of my 233 96MB system, and installed Linux. I was even able to configure
> my modem, and I now can access the Internet...
>
> Here is my Question...
>
> How can I start Gnome?....I've installed the packages, but I don't know how to
> start it....
>
> Do I run a command from the root cmd line, instead of running startx?
>
> TIA! David Stackis HighTech Books at http://www.stackis.com
>
If you're using startx, just edit (create if necessary) your .xinitrc in your
home directory, entering the following line:
exec gnome-session
Make sure there are no other references to window managers, etc, as
they should be selected/configured from within the gnome session
via gnome's control-center.
Then startx should get you into gnome.
HTH...
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ancipital)
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.mail.sendmail
Subject: Re: REPOST: Shared RAID for mail/web server + load balancer? How do I do that?
Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2000 15:22:10 GMT
On Fri, 7 Jul 2000 22:00:12 -0500, "Doug Holtz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>Bert;
>
>You need assistance. Linux is not a clustering solution. A RAID 5
>controller manages a set of 3 disks or more, not 2 servers. I'd suggest
>finding a local reputable network consulting service.
Not 100% true, you can use load balancing/cluster systems with linux,
especially for web servers- have a look on freshmeat, you'll find
loads.
Also, for MXed mail servers, you can use round-robin DNS etc, and of
course, you can build clustered mailservers too, through the magic of
network filesystems etc.
Of course, you're right, a RAID card isn't for clustering, however-
important to nail down conceptual problems before people make
expensive slip-ups!
Ancipital- Inedible Buddhas reality control #1
http://www.buddhas.org is currently tqt- back soon.
To unmung email addr, get rid of "nospam-" and maybe even "-thanks"
"I'm not crying victim, but I am stating that a lot of spammers
are genuine scumbags." -Sanford Wallace
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ancipital)
Subject: Re: Request for comments on system specs...
Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2000 15:03:49 GMT
On Thu, 6 Jul 2000 19:36:53 -0700, "Chris Harshman"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>YMMV, but I've *always* had issues (serious issues) with machines running
>VIA chipsets, including Pentium IIIs running on VIA boards. Also, VIA
>chipsets in the past have not gotten along AT ALL with my SoundBlaster Live!
>Value (http://paradigm.uor.edu/~harshman/soundblaster); I left those boards
>behind for motherboards built on the Intel i440BX chipset, and have never
>looked back, so I don't know if the situation was ever resolved. (I do know
>that the i440BX is still regarded as a godsend for its stability and
>compatibility, especially among the rec.video.desktop crowd, which is always
>stressing the limits of their hardware.) Finally, be careful with the eepro
>cards (Intel); we've seen TX_TIMEOUT errors on them that have yet to be
>resolved. http://www.tux.org/hypermail/linux-eepro100/2000-Jun/0005.html
>We ended up going with cards that use the DEC (now Intel) Tulip chipset, not
>clones (Kingston, and others).
FWIW, I have an Asus K7V and a K7M (work and home), both with eepro100
and sblive, and both work flawlessly.
Ancipital- Inedible Buddhas reality control #1
http://www.buddhas.org is currently tqt- back soon.
To unmung email addr, get rid of "nospam-" and maybe even "-thanks"
"I'm not crying victim, but I am stating that a lot of spammers
are genuine scumbags." -Sanford Wallace
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ancipital)
Subject: Re: SB 16 PCI ? Sound card suggestions. Please.
Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2000 15:05:26 GMT
On 7 Jul 2000 02:38:34 GMT, Chetan Ahuja <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
[crossposts trimmed]
> I posted this a couple of days ago... no replies yet. So reposting.
>
> with additions:
> I've also seen good prices on
> 1) Creative Ensoniq 128 PCI and some
> 2) Yamaha Y724 based cards
> recently in a local store. Any opinions about these cards.
The yamaha cards will probably need OSS to drive them, avoid. AFAIK,
the emu10k1 drive is full duplex, and sblive value is pretty good bang
for bug (and nice sound quality for a consumer card).
Ancipital- Inedible Buddhas reality control #1
http://www.buddhas.org is currently tqt- back soon.
To unmung email addr, get rid of "nospam-" and maybe even "-thanks"
"I'm not crying victim, but I am stating that a lot of spammers
are genuine scumbags." -Sanford Wallace
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ancipital)
Subject: Re: Linux home server: Clean-slate hardware plan?
Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2000 15:14:03 GMT
On Thu, 06 Jul 2000 22:32:02 -0400, "B. Joshua Rosen"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Dump the SCSI hard drive, unless you are running a heavy duty file
>server there is no reason to waste money on a SCSI drive, get an
>IBM75GXP 7200RPM Ultra 66 IDE drive. I just bought the 45GB version for
>$265, they run from 15G to 75G. I'm getting 22Mb/sec transfers on the
>builtin ATA33 controller on my mother board, the Promise Ultra66
>controller can raise that to about 30Mb/second but you should avoid it
>until the 2.4 kernel is released, using it with the shipping versions of
>Linux is to painfull.
This, imho, is just plain wrongheaded. IDE tops out much earlier, and
scales much less. Also, it's nice to be able to throw on DLT drives
etc at a later date.
ALL of my fileservers, including the one at home use SCSI, for a
reason :)
Ancipital- Inedible Buddhas reality control #1
http://www.buddhas.org is currently tqt- back soon.
To unmung email addr, get rid of "nospam-" and maybe even "-thanks"
"I'm not crying victim, but I am stating that a lot of spammers
are genuine scumbags." -Sanford Wallace
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Richard J. Freedman)
Subject: prosignia install problem
Date: 11 Jul 2000 01:07:14 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I just acquired a prosignia server made in 1994. Cannot find a model number
but it does say "3080 series" on a stick-on label. The box has a scsi hd and
a scsi cdrom. My problem is that during installation, rh6.2 does not "see"
the scsi adapter that is on the motherboard --- an NCR53C710. I tried the
NCR scsi host adapter choices that were offered during install, but none
recognized the scsi hardware. Anyone have any thoughts on how to proceed?
--
Dick Freedman
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Paul Martin)
Crossposted-To: uk.comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: No Carrier - 3Com ISDN TA
Date: 11 Jul 2000 01:09:38 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
JoeB wrote:
>How do you do that?
>What are the AT commands for tha?
>Paul Martin wrote:
>> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
>> JoeB wrote:
>>
>> >I am using 3COM ISDN Terminal Adaptor (TA), with RH 6.2. I can
>> >communicate with the TA but for some reason I am unable to dial out. I
>> >get an error in /var/log/messages saying "No Carrier". What could
>> >possible be wrong? I can receive calls on the TA and in Windoze I can
>> >make calls. Am I missing something? Any help or pointers will be
>> >appreciated.
>>
>> Just a thought: you may need to tell your card (using AT commands) that
>> you're talking to an ESTI (NET5, EuroISDN) type of exchange, and that
>> you're wanting to call out with a particular protocol type (eg. X.75).
>>
>> NO CARRIER often means that the other end has rejected your call due to
>> some incompatibility.
1) Quote the right way round.
2) RTFM. You did get a FM[1] with the TA card, didn't you?
[1] Nothing to do with Dr. Ruth, sadly.
--
Paul Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
at home, swap dash to dot to email.
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