Linux-Hardware Digest #356, Volume #13 Fri, 4 Aug 00 12:13:07 EDT
Contents:
T-DSL unter Suse 6.2? (Schlurchi)
Re: DHCP Linux server/Win98 client configuration questions ("Frederik Tilkin")
Re: Embedding linux (Wolfgang Fritz)
Re: How to create compressed archive directly to tape? (Gerry Ginty)
Re: Driver Situation in Linux (Steve Fosdick)
Re: Dell Dimension 4100 compatibility ("Bill Jones")
Re: Ripping CD's with Linux??? (Steve Fosdick)
Re: midi with sb pci128 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Rockwell 56K ACF II Modem (lightfootstuart)
Re: What is a decent inexpensive 100BT 4 port hub? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
ThinkPad 700: HDD driver ("Bartosz Dreger")
Re: How to create compressed archive directly to tape? (Dances With Crows)
Re: nVIDIA GeForce2 GTS drivers ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Sound setup (JAG)
Re: T-DSL unter Suse 6.2? (Bartek Kostrzewa)
Re: AMR slot / scsi / multimedia (Bartek Kostrzewa)
Re: Apple 17" Studio Display (Bartek Kostrzewa)
Re: STB NVidia TNT (Bartek Kostrzewa)
Re: Error occurs when installing RedHat Linux 6.2 (LL)
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From: Schlurchi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: T-DSL unter Suse 6.2?
Date: Fri, 04 Aug 2000 13:22:22 +0200
Hallo,
bis jetzt hie� es �berall, dass T-DSL nur ab Suse Versionen 6.3 l�uft.
Ich habe den Kernel Version 2.2.16 bereits installiert und wollte den
6.3er Patch f�r ADSL installieren, aber es klappt nicht. Welche weiteren
"Zutaten" brauche ich noch, um T-DSL zum Laufen zu bekommen?
Danke im Voraus
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From: "Frederik Tilkin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: DHCP Linux server/Win98 client configuration questions
Date: Fri, 04 Aug 2000 11:42:01 GMT
"Graham Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schreef in bericht
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I have three computers at home that I'm trying to configure using DHCP,
> but there's several things I don't understand about DHCP, and I haven't
> been able to find the answers on any of the news groups or FAQs. I want
> to configure my Linux box as the DHCP server and the two WIN98 boxes as
> clients. The hardware/OS are as follows:
>
> hostname 'spots':
> Redhat 6.2
> Linux 2.2.14-5.0 i686
> dhcpd Version 3, Beta 1, Patchlevel 17
> dhcpcd-1.3.18pl3
>
> hostname 'sophie':
> Win98 SE with modem
>
> hostname 'arthur':
> Win98 SE no modem
>
> All systems have have Linksys EtherPCI LAN Cards
>
> This is my dhcpd.conf file:
>
> default-lease-time 120;
> max-lease-time 120;
> shared-network "cats.home" {
> option domain-name "cats.home";
> option domain-name-servers 192.168.1.1;
> option routers 192.168.1.1;
> subnet 192.168.1.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 {
> range 192.168.1.60 192.168.1.99;
> }
> }
> host spots {
> hardware ethernet 00:20:78:13:9C:95;
> }
> host sophie {
> hardware ethernet 00:E8:01:02:03:05;
> }
> host arthur {
> hardware ethernet 00:E8:01:02:03:04;
> }
As far as I know the reason you add this is to always give the same machine
the same IP-address, like this:
host arthur {
hardware ethernet 00:E8:01:02:03:04;
fixed-address 192.168.1.60
}
+ did you read the dhcp mini HOWTO?
Extract from that howto:
"In order for dhcpd to work correctly with picky DHCP clients
(e.g., Windows 95), it must be able to send packets with an IP
destination address of 255.255.255.255. Unfortunately, Linux
insists on changing 255.255.255.255 into the local subnet broadcast
address (here, that's 192.5.5.223). This results in a DHCP protocol
violation, and while many DHCP clients don't notice the problem,
some (e.g., all Microsoft DHCP clients) do. Clients that have this
problem will appear not to see DHCPOFFER messages from the server."
>
> Here is the results of 'ifconfig eth0':
> eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:20:78:13:9C:95
> inet addr:192.168.1.1 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
>
> UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
> RX packets:1952 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
> TX packets:1347 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
> collisions:0 txqueuelen:100
> Interrupt:11 Base address:0xe800
>
>
> I realize that the 'host' and 'shared-network' entries in the dhcpd.conf
> file aren't strictly
So leave them out and add them when you notice everything works the way you
want it. That makes everything more predictable.
> necessary. With the configuration, I can ping 'sophie' from 'arthur',
> and 'arthur' from 'arthur'. I can also ping 'sophie' from 'sophie', and
> I can ping 'arthur' from 'sophie', but when I do that 'sophie' first
> tries to connect to my ISP via the modem. No machine can ping 'spots'
> (the Linux server), and 'spots' can't ping anyone else.
Try setting fixed IP-adresses first on your windows machines, which are in
the same subnet and use the same subnetmask. If ping works then you know
your network setup and network cards are all working properly.
Then try to use DHCP.
Last comment. I also have set up a DHCP server to serve windows98 machines
(I had no modem configured to use TCP/IP). I strictly followed the
information provided in the dhcp mini howto, and it worked from the first
moment.
>
> My questions are as follows:
>
> 1) What do I need to do to get 'spots' (the Linux server) show up on
> the network? Do I need to run 'dhcpcd' on the server as well as
> 'dhcpd'? I've tried this but I can't get it to work (I'm using
> dhcpcd-1.3.18pl3).
The dhcpcd (dhcp CLIENT deamon) is necessary if your linux box has to get an
IP-address from another server, so for the things you want to do it doesn't
seem necessary.
>
> 2) How do I get 'sophie' (Win98 with modem) to try to use 'spots' to
> resolve names first?
That's a Win98 related question I guess.
> Any help or pointers to useful information would be appreciated.
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From: Wolfgang Fritz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Embedding linux
Date: Fri, 04 Aug 2000 13:16:05 +0200
Andy Roffe wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> anybody know where I can find some makers of
> devices that I can embed linux on. I'm really looking
> for some kind m/board with a flash chip or something.
> I've found loads of links to small distributions (Lineo, et al.)
> but can't find the hardware.....
>
> TIA
> andy
Hi,
a common industry standard for small PC like hardware is PC104.
Try http://www.google.com/search?q=PC104&btnG=Google+Search
Wolfgang
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Gerry Ginty)
Subject: Re: How to create compressed archive directly to tape?
Date: Fri, 04 Aug 2000 12:41:43 GMT
On 3 Aug 2000 21:13:26 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
wrote:
Thanks...
Actually, my problem was that I was trying to give the archive a file
name, eg /dev/nst0/somename.tar.gx /home/etc
My requestion regarding the 2gb... I am backing up two directory
tree's which are over 2mb in size to a 12gb tape... I'll assume that I
am alright????
>On Thu, 03 Aug 2000 19:05:46 GMT, Gerry Ginty wrote:
>>How does one create a .tar.gz directly to tape without first creating
>>the archive on disk first and then doing the "tar cvf /dev/nst0
>>somename.tar.gz ??????
>
>tar cvzf /dev/nst0 /path/to/tree/to/be/archived
>
>Read the info page for tar if you want to do this; there are some
>potential gotchas that can occur if you try, for example, compressing a
>big directory tree into a 2G tape, and gzip compresses the directory tree
>to a size > 2G.
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From: Steve Fosdick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Driver Situation in Linux
Date: Fri, 04 Aug 2000 13:51:30 +0000
In article <8mbqld$uh3$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Juergen Sauer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
...
> I have an idea to force the manufacturer to support Linux Drivers
> (Module-binary would be ok).
>
> Every piece hardware is supported in Microsoft Windows.
> Microsoft lost the civil act, because they worked against their
> customers. Every manufacturer who supports only Microsoft OSes,
> is guilty in the same way.
>
> Let's setup a foundation, each frustrated hardware owner
> donates a few $$$ into a Foundation. Then it must be possible
> to setup civil acts against those manufacturers. Those
> must not be successful, the defense of those manufacturers would
> be much more expensive than develop and releasing linux driver modules.
Whilst the ideal situation would be for manufactuers to develop drivers
for their hardware for Linux and publish the source under the GPL, and
though I can't speak for anyone else I get the impression that most Linux
development folk would be happy if manufacturers release comprehensive
and accurate documentation for their hardware and any hardware specific
protocols it uses so that someone with the necessary skill could develop
a driver for it.
I am not sure that legal action is necessarily the best approach here but if
it was to be considered maybe we should seek to have the hardware,
windows drivers, and "free" application software unbundled and require
the manufactuers to document the hardware interface to allow competing
implementations of the other things, in much the same way as Microsoft
is required to document the Windows API so that people other than MS
can write Windows software.
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From: "Bill Jones" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Dell Dimension 4100 compatibility
Date: Fri, 4 Aug 2000 08:48:56 -0400
"Andrey Vlasov" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Hi there,
>
> you did not gave info about CD-RW - IDE/SCSI - Model/Manufacture/SCSI
card?
> Most drives will work. You can have a problem with installation on this
HDD -
> it is supported in experimental kernels only or you have to patch you
kernel,
> but for sure it will not install out of the box. You can try to install
RedHat
> 7 which oficialy not out yet. Some questions can rise with 815E chipset,
but I
> guess that it will works - only may be not at full performance.
I think the policy is for Dell not to specify a manufacturer for the parts
in their systems, because they use whatever's available in some cases. For
the hard drive, they're currently using an IBM Deskstar. Not sure about the
CD-RW manufacturer, but it's IDE.
>
> Bill Jones wrote:
>
> > OK PIII 800
> > ?? Intel D815EEA motherboard w/815E chipset
> > OK 256MB PC133 SDRAM
> > ?? 45 GB Ultra ATA100 hard drive
> > ?? 8/4/32x CD-RW drive
> > OK Sound Blaster Live! Value digital sound card
> > OK 3dfx Voodoo5 5500 AGP (replacing TNT2 M64)
>
> Andrey
>
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From: Steve Fosdick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Ripping CD's with Linux???
Date: Fri, 04 Aug 2000 14:05:46 +0000
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Robert Hampf) wrote:
> I chose Blade because some tests showed it produced good quality.
> Since then Lame has appeared and I would like to see som tests showing
> it's superiority. I've seen one.
Perception of audio quality is a very subjective thing, and if the encoded
files are for your own use then the definitive test is your own ears - try
encoding the same track with more than one encoder and see if you can
hear any difference between the two (or between each and the original
wave file).
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: midi with sb pci128
Date: Fri, 04 Aug 2000 08:17:20 -0400
Massimo wrote:
---
> My brand new PC has a soundblaster pci128 and it works great for sound
> but, with redhat 6.2, I am not able to use the MIDI part of it. For
---
I, too, have a SB PCI128, and could not get the MIDI working.
Searching through old Usenet postings at Deja, I found the reason
why. The PCI128 does not contain MIDI hardware on the board. Rather,
the drivers for Windows interpret the MIDI data for the card.
I have heard of a software program for Linux called timidity that
lets PCI128 owners listen to MIDI files. Yet, I don't think that will
help you with you Jazz or Rosegarden programs. :-(
--
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Date: Fri, 04 Aug 2000 13:34:27 +0100
From: lightfootstuart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Rockwell 56K ACF II Modem
Can any body assist?
I have this modem and am assured that it is not a win-modem despite it
being of the internal variety. Still, I can't get linux to play with
it! Any ideas?
Stuart Lightfoot
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: What is a decent inexpensive 100BT 4 port hub?
Date: Fri, 04 Aug 2000 14:31:31 GMT
On Thu, 20 Jul 2000 15:47:44 +1000, "Mathew Frank" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
FWIW, I've got a 5-port 10/100 TrendNet switch on sale at Fry's
Electronics for $59.95.
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From: "Bartosz Dreger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: ThinkPad 700: HDD driver
Date: Fri, 04 Aug 2000 14:42:13 GMT
Hi!
I've bought IBM ThinkPad 700 (486SX, 8 MB RAM, 120 MB HDD).
For now it _works_ on DOS and Win3.1. DOS Fdisk shows one partition (#1).
I tried MonkeyLinux (a minidistribution, that might be run from a DOS fs)
and at booting it couldn't see /dev/hda1.
I made 3 install disks for RedHata (from '98 or '96 roku, can't remember
now) and fdisk /dev/hda says there is no such thing. I tried other kernels
from the CD with RedHat I had but they didn't have coprocessor emulation
and this is a 486SX...
And so I gave up.
I have access to a Slackware 3.0(?), so I can compile a kernel, but what
shall I put in in?
BR
BtF
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Subject: Re: How to create compressed archive directly to tape?
Date: 4 Aug 2000 14:56:22 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Fri, 04 Aug 2000 12:41:43 GMT, Gerry Ginty wrote:
>My requestion regarding the 2gb... I am backing up two directory
>tree's which are over 2mb in size to a 12gb tape... I'll assume that I
>am alright????
Yes. The problem I was talking about occurs when the tar+gzip method
attempts to write past the end of the tape. Tar without gzip can detect
the end-of-tape reliably, but with gzip enabled, it can't, as the
compression gzip produces is dependent on the data it's being fed. If
you try to write past the end-of-tape (especially using gzip) then
restoring that backup will be... wellnigh impossible.
--
Matt G|There is no Darkness in Eternity/But only Light too dim for us to see
Brainbench MVP for Linux Admin / Tyranny is always better organized
http://www.brainbench.com / than freedom.
=============================/ ==Charles Peguy
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: nVIDIA GeForce2 GTS drivers
Date: Fri, 04 Aug 2000 15:07:36 GMT
On Sat, 29 Jul 2000 06:23:51 -0700, smp root
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I'd like to get my Creative Labs Annihilator2 running under SuSE 6.4
as well. Unfortunately I get about 80 errors whenever I try MAKE the
uncompressed files from NVIDIA_kernel-0.9.tar.gz. Same errors with
RPM's, when I get to the point of installing the RPM's after making an
RPM for SuSE.
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From: JAG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Sound setup
Date: Fri, 04 Aug 2000 17:10:56 +0200
How do I set up this sound device:
Crystal SoundFusion CS4281 WDM
I'm using RedHat Linux 6.2
In win2k the card uses this resources:
Mem. FE010000 - FE010FFF
Mem. FE000000 - FE00FFFF
IRQ 09
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Date: Fri, 04 Aug 2000 17:47:48 +0200
From: Bartek Kostrzewa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: T-DSL unter Suse 6.2?
Schlurchi wrote:
>
> Hallo,
> bis jetzt hie� es �berall, dass T-DSL nur ab Suse Versionen 6.3 l�uft.
> Ich habe den Kernel Version 2.2.16 bereits installiert und wollte den
> 6.3er Patch f�r ADSL installieren, aber es klappt nicht. Welche weiteren
> "Zutaten" brauche ich noch, um T-DSL zum Laufen zu bekommen?
>
> Danke im Voraus
Ich w�rd sagen PPPoE oder DHCPd, dann noch DHCP und den PPPoE demon.
Villeicht, das h�ngt davon ab welches Protokoll T-DSL benutzt, den VPN
emulation client.
Es gibt schon einige howto's dar�ber, probier's mal mit www.linuxdoc.org
und anderen Seiten.
--
Bartek kostrzewa - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
<<< http://technoage.web.lu >>>
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Date: Fri, 04 Aug 2000 17:51:38 +0200
From: Bartek Kostrzewa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: AMR slot / scsi / multimedia
Eric Dondelinger wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> Since most of the Athlon boards come with an AMR slot (ex. Asus A7V),
> I am wondering if there's any good use for them, i.e. are there
> any decent cards for this slot, if so, are any of those supported
> by Linux? A search at linhardware.com didn't show many hits for AMR.
Exept for ASUS' own Network controller and internal modem I don't know
about any.
>
> If not I'll probably go for the ABit KT7 (not yet available around
> here).
Get a socketed T-Bird on an A7V, SWEET PERFORMANCE!
>
> While I'm at it, I'll be happy for any suggestions for
> - well supported fast graphics card
> (currently thinking about GeForce / 64mb ddr)
yep, but you can get a GeForce 2 GTS if you want.
> - dual-channel scsi controller that won't make a fuzz
> (Adaptec, Tekram?)
Adaptec. (39160)
> - some solution allowing watching tv and grabbing video w/ hw support
> (mpeg-2 or somesuch at good quality). Do I need separate cards for
> this, is this well supported on Linux? I have experience with a
> simple tv card, I know about Broadcast 2000.
Well, video for linux does this pretty well, but I don't know about
capturing.
> - good & well supported soundcard
SB 128 PCI, All other simple things. (Although I would go with the 128
everytime again)
>
> Greetings & thanks, Eric
You're welcome.
--
Bartek kostrzewa - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
<<< http://technoage.web.lu >>>
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Date: Fri, 04 Aug 2000 17:53:55 +0200
From: Bartek Kostrzewa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Apple 17" Studio Display
John Dey wrote:
>
> Report from the field. The Apple 17" monitor works fine with Linux if
> you have the right graphics card. My Stealth Diamond III did not work
> at all with the monitor. But the ATI Rage Xpert 128 card is working
> great. Both cards are PCI. Apple has no comment on this, and was no
> help. But, they did tell me that they ATI Rage cards in the G3/4
> machines. The plug and play code from Redhat 6.2 got the configuration
> just right.
>
> have fun,
>
nice display eh? I'm using it as a terminal in my living room :)
> --
> John Dey
> Las Vegas Nevada
>
> --
> John Dey
> Las Vegas Nevada
>
> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> Before you buy.
--
Bartek kostrzewa - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
<<< http://technoage.web.lu >>>
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Date: Fri, 04 Aug 2000 17:55:14 +0200
From: Bartek Kostrzewa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: STB NVidia TNT
Tom Dye wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> Dell offers the STB NVidia TNT 16MB video card for my old Optiplex. I'd
> like to get the extra video ram (the motherboard svga is limited to 2 MB).
> Does it to work with XFree86 (RedHat 6.2)? I've checked the hardware
> How-To, where it is not listed, but my impression is that the How-To is
> not particularly up-to-date (though I might be wrong).
>
> Any advice will be much appreciated.
>
> Tom
>
> --
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Yep, TNT's are supported from version 3.3.5 up.
--
Bartek kostrzewa - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
<<< http://technoage.web.lu >>>
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From: LL <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Error occurs when installing RedHat Linux 6.2
Date: Fri, 04 Aug 2000 23:59:14 +0800
My computer has the following configuration:
Display Card: ASUS V3800 TNT2 AGP4X
CPU: PIII 733EB
RAM: 128MB PC-133
Harddisk: IBM UDMA 100 20GB 7200 rpm
Sound Card: Creative VIBRA 128
"D. Stimits" �g�J�G
> LL wrote:
> >
> > Dear all,
> > I cannot successfully install RedHat Linux 6.2. After I use the
> > Disk Druid to add the Linux Swap and Linux Native, the following
> > warning is shown when I press "Ok":
> > Installation exited abnormally - receive signal 11
> > Ejecting CD rom
> > You may safely reboot your system
> > I do not know what it means and whether it is related to the
> > hardware of my computer or not. I had tried for many times and the
> > same warning was shown. I do not know how to deal with it. Could
> > anybody help?
> > Thank you for your attention.
>
> You might need to give more info on your computer hardware. It could be
> a number of things, such as bad ram, a bad cd, a bad cd cable, so on.
> Describe the system in more detail.
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