Linux-Hardware Digest #429, Volume #13 Tue, 15 Aug 00 17:13:08 EDT
Contents:
Re: write partition table ("Miroslav Hrachovec")
Re: Install into two physical disks? (Dr. David L. Matthews)
Re: write partition table (Dances With Crows)
Re: Dual NICs of same type? (David Steuber)
Re: Touchpad & pc_keyb.c (Christopher Michael Collins ())
Re: Treiber =?iso-8859-1?Q?f=FCr?= Eumex404 PC (Achim Linder)
Linux and Gigabyte GA 6 BXD (Christian Ordig)
NEC 870 Printer Driver Needed ("Don Stevens")
sound card error (Eugene Y Lee)
Re: PCI ATA controller on 2.2.x? ("PhilippeVan de Putte")
Re: PC133 ? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Defrag in Linux? (Boudewijn)
Re: Partition Size Advice (Boudewijn)
added hard drive and zip drive stopped working (Cliff Bergman)
Compaq Smart-2 array controller support ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: SoundBlaster AudioPCI 128D (David Shochat)
Re: IRQ under Linux (David Hinds)
Re: IRQ under Linux (David Hinds)
Re: joysticks and cs461x/cs4280 ("Rich Rudnick")
Re: Backups ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Modem Problem - help required (sideband)
Re: Treiber =?iso-8859-1?Q?f=FCr?= Eumex404 PC (Andreas Kohlbach)
Re: My modem hangup after the negociation...... (sideband)
Re: joysticks and cs461x/cs4280 (Dances With Crows)
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From: "Miroslav Hrachovec" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: write partition table
Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2000 09:19:42 +0200
"Dances With Crows" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> On Mon, 14 Aug 2000 01:52:39 GMT, quagly wrote:
> >I see that I wasn't clear.
> > I know how to create partitions.
> > I am trying to ensure that I know how to recover from partition table
> >corruption without data loss.
> > Is the process the same? What do I need beforehand?
>
> If the partition table gets f###ed up, chances are that other spots on
> the disk have been scribbled over as well. A good thing to do is to
> have the output of "fdisk -l /dev/hdX" written down on a piece of paper
> that's taped to the machine/in a safe place. With that information,
> recovering a partition table requires nothing more than a rescue system
> (look at http://www.toms.net/rb/ for a nice one.) Then you just fire up
> fdisk from that rescue system, create a new partition table that's
> exactly the same as your old one, and "W"rite it to disk. Reboot,
> everything's back in working order. HTH,
Isn't more easier use 'dd if=/dev/hdX of=/some/safe/palce/mbr.bin bs=512
count=1'?
To restore just change 'if' na 'of'. It will backup whole MBR including the
machine code.
Some disadvantage is, mistyping possibly leads to BIG troubles ;)
Mirek Hrachovec
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dr. David L. Matthews)
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.list
Subject: Re: Install into two physical disks?
Date: 15 Aug 2000 16:33:44 GMT
On Tue, 15 Aug 2000 12:05:00 -0400, Tim Murray
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Thanks for your info, but one question still remains: will the =
>installation software allow me to do this? That, really, is the core of =
>the question.
Yes, if you specify "expert" at the very beginning, or whatever the
fully interactive mode is called.
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Subject: Re: write partition table
Date: 15 Aug 2000 16:39:46 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Tue, 15 Aug 2000 09:19:42 +0200, Miroslav Hrachovec wrote:
>"Dances With Crows" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
>> If the partition table gets f###ed up, chances are that other spots on
>> the disk have been scribbled over as well. A good thing to do is to
>> have the output of "fdisk -l /dev/hdX" written down on a piece of paper
>> that's taped to the machine/in a safe place. With that information,
>> recovering a partition table requires nothing more than a rescue system
>> (look at http://www.toms.net/rb/ for a nice one.) Then you just fire up
>> fdisk from that rescue system, create a new partition table that's
>> exactly the same as your old one, and "W"rite it to disk. Reboot,
>> everything's back in working order. HTH,
>
>Isn't more easier use 'dd if=/dev/hdX of=/some/safe/palce/mbr.bin
>bs=512 count=1'? To restore just change 'if' na 'of'. It will backup
>whole MBR including the machine code. Some disadvantage is, mistyping
>possibly leads to BIG troubles ;)
Partition table != MBR in most cases. Think "extended/logical
partitions", though your advice is good as a starting point....
--
Matt G|There is no Darkness in Eternity/But only Light too dim for us to see
Brainbench MVP for Linux Admin / Those who do not understand Unix are
http://www.brainbench.com / condemned to reinvent it, poorly.
=============================/ ==Henry Spencer
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Dual NICs of same type?
From: David Steuber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2000 17:00:04 GMT
I just added a second 3C905B-TX to my new computer. The existing card
suddenly became eth1 instead of eth0. What did I do about this? I
moved the cable to the new card!
I suspect that the location in the PCI bus has something to do with
how the cards get configured during powerup. As long as they are
consistent in their behavior, I don't really mind. I just have to
remember to plug the CAT5s into the right cards. I think I will
simply use an old technique known as labeling the NICs ;-).
--
David Steuber | Hi! My name is David Steuber, and I am
NRA Member | a hoploholic.
http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=hoplite&submit=Look+it+up
The problem with AI is that it has a mind of its own
--- Devon Miller
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Christopher Michael Collins ())
Subject: Re: Touchpad & pc_keyb.c
Date: 15 Aug 2000 17:18:49 GMT
There has been talk on the Kernel mail archives that this
is unresolvable. Either the touchpad works on compaq 16xx,
or mouses work on all other systems. Is there going to be
a kernel option for the synaptic touchpad on Presario 16xx?
--Chris
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Achim Linder)
Crossposted-To: de.comp.os.unix.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: Treiber =?iso-8859-1?Q?f=FCr?= Eumex404 PC
Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2000 19:08:40 +0200
On Tue, 15 Aug 2000 15:11:17 +0200, Bernd Kirchherr wrote:
>ich suche einen Treiber f�r die Telefonanlage Eumex404 PC. Die Telekom sagte
>mir, dass sie keinen hat und auch keinen machen wird.
www.deja.com/forms/mid.shtml
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Achim
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From: Christian Ordig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Linux and Gigabyte GA 6 BXD
Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2000 19:33:25 +0200
Hallo,
I am planning to buy the above mentioned mainboard to use 2 350MHz PII I've
floating around...
Then I heard some people had some problems with this board and the
Tyan Tiger 100 was better...
Are there any recommendations which one to buy?
Thank you for your hints.
--
Christian Ordig | Homepage: http://thor.prohosting.com/~chrordig/
Germany | eMail: Christian Ordig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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From: "Don Stevens" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: NEC 870 Printer Driver Needed
Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2000 11:37:35 -0600
I need to know if I can use my NEC Superscript 870 Laser Printer with SuSE
6.4 Linux. This printer is not on the list of SuSE supported printers, so
it specifies to provide a driver in the setup. The NEC support website
doesn't have a Linux driver. I have searched the HOWTO's and other
documentation to no avail.
Please reply by e-mail and I will post a summary.
Don
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From: Eugene Y Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: sound card error
Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2000 14:11:28 -0400
I have Turtle Beach Montego II sound card. (The model that came with my
Dell) I have been trying to install the drivers from the
linux.aureal.com website with no success.
I have been running 'make install' for some time now with various
configurations and I get 'unresolved symbol' errors quite a bit. yes I
did read the README file and I tried to recompile the kernel with sound
support builtin but then once I try to boot up with the new kernel, none
of the modules are loaded up. I get an error like this for many
different modules.
Aug 15 13:08:44 eyl depmod: depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in
/lib/modules/2.2.1
4-5.0/net/sis900.o
I also noticed when I tried to compile USB support into the kernel I had
the same problem with the modules. However the USB support did work.
Any ideas?
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From: "PhilippeVan de Putte" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: PCI ATA controller on 2.2.x?
Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2000 20:27:17 +0200
Marty Fouts wrote in message <8nahf0$28iu$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>We've got some systems that have ATA 33 on the mother board and Promise PCI
>ATA/66 cards. Could someone point me at documentation on how to install
>drivers and/or configure the kernel to operate properly with both ATA
>controllers?
>
>Thanks,
>
>martyy
>
>
I think "The Linux Ultra-DMA Mini-Howto" in the Linux Documentation Project
is a good place to start looking.
Philippe.
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Subject: Re: PC133 ?
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2000 18:31:08 GMT
Sandhitsu R Das <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I have set my DRAM:Freq ratio to 4:3 (I have K7V - soft-menu control) -
> which is supposed to make the DRAM run at 133 MHz. And the system _is_
> running - does that prove that I have PC133 SDRAM ?
No. It proves that, whether you have PC133 or PC66 RAM, it's capable
of running at 133MHz well enough not to produce any immediate errors.
Viking and Kingston memory, I believe, have a sticker on each chip
that says.
--
Eric McCoy ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
"hand, n. A singular instrument worn at the end of a human arm and
commonly thrust into somebody's pocket." - Ambrose Bierce
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Boudewijn)
Subject: Re: Defrag in Linux?
Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2000 18:39:35 GMT
>>>On 12 Aug 2000 21:53:14 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (J Bland) wrote:
If I may shift this topic just a bit:
Windows defragmenting also brings the upper limit of disk data down.
So you can use FIPS (in dos) to split up disks.
So if there were an extfs2 defragmenter and an extfs2 FIPS I could
split my linux partition.
Or does extfs2 automatically keep that upper limit down?
Or is there a trick, avoiding extra disks and lots of copying?
Boudewijn
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Boudewijn)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,linux.redhat.install
Subject: Re: Partition Size Advice
Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2000 18:39:36 GMT
On Tue, 15 Aug 2000 12:04:51 +0100, John Beardmore
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>Cheers, J/.
>--
>John Beardmore
The advantage of several partitions is also, that the inode density
can be varied.
To mention two extremes:
/usr may contain MB size files such as soffice (which I erased within
the 30 allotted days, I admit).
/var may contain thousands of 0.25 kB e-mails like these "Partition
Size Advice" 's.
All depending on your personeal needs of course.
Proost, IJBD
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From: Cliff Bergman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: added hard drive and zip drive stopped working
Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2000 13:48:07 -0500
Hi. I'm having a problem.
I have a new PC that came with an IDE hard drive and an IDE zip drive.
Everything seemed to be working normally. I added a second IDE hard
drive and suddenly the zip drive is misbehaving. It can't seem to read
any of my preexisting zip disks. And furthermore, it can't read a brand
new zip disk. If I look at such a disk with, say, the command
fdisk -l /dev/hdd,
it claims that the disk does not have a valid partition table.
Does anybody know what could cause such a change in behaviour? Needless
to say, neither Dell (the hardware manufacter) or RedHat can figure out
the problem.
Vital statistics:
Dell Precision 420
20gb Maxtor Hard Drive (IDE)
250gb Zip drive (IDE)
Redhat 6.2
The machine also has an IDE CD-ROM drive. I added a 3gb IDE hard drive.
Thanks for any help.
cliff bergman
real email address: cbergman 'at' iastate.edu
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Compaq Smart-2 array controller support
Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2000 18:36:04 GMT
Hi All
I have a couple of Compaq servers here (a 6400 and an 8500) and I need
to put RedHat 6.1 or 6.2 on them. A normal installation does not seem to
see the Smart-2 array controller.
Does anyone have any experience installing Linux with these beasts? Is
it necessary to re-build the kernel to get support for this working?
What about RH 6.2..it has the 2.2.14-5.0smp kernel running. Is Smart-2
support included in that kernel?
I notice that the Compaq site has some patches for download that fix
some problems in the RH 6.1 distribution. Has anyone used them?
Any words of wisdom appreciated
Ed Friedman
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From: David Shochat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: SoundBlaster AudioPCI 128D
Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2000 19:53:39 GMT
Robert Hampf wrote:
>
> David Shochat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> h�lt �essu fram:
> :
> : No, because /dev/dsp0 does not exist. I checked on my older computer
> : which has a different sound card (which has always worked fine) and it
> : doesn't have /dev/dsp0 either. Is /dev/dsp0 something that this
> : particular chip uses? If so, can you tell me the correct mknod (i.e.
> : what should major and minor be)?
> :
> : I *do* have /dev/dsp and /dev/dsp1:
> : crw------- 1 david sys 14, 3 Apr 17 1999 /dev/dsp
> : crw------- 1 david sys 14, 19 Apr 17 1999 /dev/dsp1
> :
> : I tried the /dev/urandom bit with both of them and just got silence.
>
> I haven't got /dev/dsp0 either but catting /dev/urandom into either of
> /dev/dsp or /dev/dsp1 gives me the concerto I'm supposed to get.
>
> : If it helps, my syslog shows what sound like positive messages regarding
> : the es1371 driver, but the Sound HOWTO implies that I should see "Sound
> : initialization started" or something to that effect, which I do not see:
> : Aug 15 05:10:42 h kernel: es1370: version v0.31 time 22:57:03 Aug 14
> : 2000
> : Aug 15 05:10:42 h kernel: es1371: version v0.22 time 22:57:05 Aug 14
> : 2000
>
> Mine looks roughly the same as yours (you only have a newer card).
That's my current theory, since it says in the source that that version
(0.22) supports rev7 and I, alas, have rev8.
> You would maybe be on the safer side if you didn't have es1370
> included as you don't have that card but I don't think that's what
> causes the problems.
Yes, that crossed my mind. I guess the reason I included it was that
someone in one of the many messages I have read on this subject seemed
to be saying that he was successful in using the 1370 driver even though
he had the 1371. Sounds very dubious, I know. And the syslog messages I
get make it clear that it is the 1371 driver that thinks it has found
its hardware.
>
> What do you do when you try to get sound out of your machine? What
> program do you use?
I tried playing a CD (even though the previous random noise test
failed). It's just the standard GNOME CD player (which works fine on my
older computer) I just did a ps and I think it's "gtcd".
> Do you use a mixer to check the levels? The
> driver doesn't mute the channels like Alsa does but maybe they are
> lower than you are used to.
Yes, I bring up the audio mixer (gmix?) and play with the volume
controls and toggle the mute buttons. Deathly silence.
> Also, is there maybe a program (daemon?)
> blocking /dev/dsp*?
>
How would I check that? How about esd? I'm not sure what esd is or does,
but I remember reading somewhere that some MPEG player couldn't make
sound when esd was there. I guess I should try to figure out what this
esd thing actually is. It seems to have no man page.
> How is your cabeling between the card and the speakers? Do you know
> that it works?
>
Yes, this is a dual boot machine and the sound is fine under W98.
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From: David Hinds <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.portable
Subject: Re: IRQ under Linux
Date: 15 Aug 2000 19:56:22 GMT
In comp.os.linux.portable Antony Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: I tried Mandrake 7.0 distribution this time and update the pcmcia
: module to pcmcia-cs.3.1.19. Moreover, I added the following param.
: in /etc/sysconfig/pcmcia
: PCIC_OPTS="pci_csc=0 pci_int=0 irq_mode=0"
Don't do that.
: I thought the (1) & (2) cause the network cannot be up.
: Can anyone explain the causes such that the (1) and (2) happened during
: the PCMCIA startup/insertion ?
It might be a side effect of the bogus PCIC_OPTS settings you tried to
use. I'm not sure what you hoped to accomplish, but those settings
don't make any sense in that combination.
-- Dave
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From: David Hinds <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.portable
Subject: Re: IRQ under Linux
Date: 15 Aug 2000 19:53:40 GMT
In comp.os.linux.portable Sebastian Fischmeister <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
: I have the same problem. My notebook shares the IRQ 11 between 5
: devices (vga, cardbus, usb, ir, soundcard). Fortunately the cardbus
: is working properly, so I can use the network. For X I am using the
: framebuffer server and it is working well too.
Your problem is not the same, because interrupt sharing in itself is
not a problem.
: Now the interesting thing is, that these two devices (cardbus, vga
: controller) work properly and share the IRQ. But when I compile a new
: kernel and include the other stuff (usb, ir, soundcard) the notebook
: hangs during starting the kernel.
It hangs during starting the kernel? I'm not sure what that means.
My first guess would be that this is a bug in the USB drivers. But I
can't really tell.
-- Dave
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From: "Rich Rudnick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: joysticks and cs461x/cs4280
Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2000 20:16:58 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
(Prasanth A. Kumar) wrote:
> "Rich Rudnick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
>> has anyone gotten a joystick to operate with a cs4280? Specifically,
>> joy-gravis.o using a blackhawk digital on a 2.2.15-mdk kernel running on
>> an emachine 466is with onboard cirrus logic 4280 chip :-), although any
>> experience would be appreciated!
>
> So specific advice but did you read the 'joystick.txt' file that comes
> with kernel source? It is fairly informative though in your case, it
> doesn't elaborate anything more than load the joystick and joy-gravis
> modules>
> --
> Prasanth Kumar [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Yes, I've tried all that. I get the 'device busy' messages mentioned there.
I need to initialize the game port on the 8240 chip, somehow! Just for
kicks, I tried the 0x200 parameter mentioned for sound blasters, but no go.
I'd like to get this chip going, but I'm open to suggestions about sound
cards where the game port usage is well known and documented.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Backups
Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2000 20:09:41 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Tim Moore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > Average 940KB/s (unless I've set something up wrong), no
compression, travan
> > > 5, tape cost ~$4/GB uncompressed, loud.
> >
> > Don't forget damn slow on recovery. If you can afford to be without
your system
> > for a WHOLE DAY waiting for the piddling recovery speed, have a
ball. A friend
> > found this out the hard way. If this is for a personal system, fine.
>
> True. I've about 5.3GB of real data which would be ~95 minutes to
restore
> from a level 0 dump. If you want speed (and ~$12/GB), dump (or
mirror) to a
> second hard drive. If you're dealing with business data or big
datasets,
> get a pro backup solution.
>
> > I recommend you look into CD-RW drives. The media is cheap and they
work out of
>
> I did (4xCD-R). Didn't want to sit there and change CD's 9 times.
The
> redeeming thing about tape is being able to kick off a dump before
going to
> bed.
>
> > the box... mostly. Go for a SCSI CD-RW; IDE support under Linux
mostly works.
>
> I run SCSI emulation for CD-R and the Colorado. Works fine.
>
> --
> timothymoore
> bigfoot
> com
>
If I can help check me out at www.nationalbackup.com our business is
based on backup with great bandwith, very reliable, auto exe.& user
ready
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Before you buy.
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From: sideband <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Modem Problem - help required
Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2000 16:40:30 -0400
Chris wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Using RedHat 6.1 and Hayes Accural Internal modem. The problem is really
> with the ISP (its a free 0800 one with BT). My problem is that occasionally
> (once a week) I am disconnected from the ISP (its as thou' their connection
> has timed out or summat?) and occasionally this disconnection causes my
> modem to become "stuck" i.e. unable to hang itself up. I have tried forcing
> ATZ via minicom but it seems the only way I can get the modem to reset
> itself is to reboot the server. This is most annoying and isn't always
> convienient - this is a working Linux box !
>
> So my questions:
> (1) Can I specify a modem string to force a hang up when the above happens.
> If so what should I try?
> (2) Is there something else I can try to force the modem to hang up without
> having to reboot?
>
> Thanks,
> Chris
Have you tried just unplugging the telelphone cord from the modem? I had a
modem that did the same thing... turns out it was going bad, and about 3 months
of that, and it fried itself.
If unplugging the phone cord from the modem works, then you're looking at a
problem with your modem, maybe settings, maybe hardware, and probably not a
problem with the telco...
-SSB
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Andreas Kohlbach)
Crossposted-To: de.comp.os.unix.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: Treiber =?iso-8859-1?Q?f=FCr?= Eumex404 PC
Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2000 22:09:46 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Tue, 15 Aug 2000 15:11:17 +0200, Bernd Kirchherr wrote:
>Hi,
>
>ich suche einen Treiber f�r die Telefonanlage Eumex404 PC.
Er hat Jehova gesagt. ;)
Andreas
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From: sideband <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: My modem hangup after the negociation......
Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2000 16:50:41 -0400
franck dubuis wrote:
> Hello,
> Since more weeks, I try to resolve this probl�me!
> When I want to connect my fai, with kppp, after the n�gociation, kppp
> hang up!( i try an other fai too)
> With a lot of persons in the NG, we have to configure the ppp option file,
> but it's the same probl�me!
> I think it's a problem of modem config! because sometime it's OK! often when
> the speed connection is < at 32000 bps, no problem.
> If speed connection is > 32000, modem hangup!
> What do you think about it???
> For info, I use suse6.4, whit an internal lucent winmodem+ ltmodem module,
> to use it under linux.My computer is a compaq pr�sario.
> Regards
> Franck
Sounds like a dirty phone line to me...
Have your telephone company come out an do some line noise tests, and if the
line is noisy, have it fixed.
HTH
-SSB
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Subject: Re: joysticks and cs461x/cs4280
Date: 15 Aug 2000 20:54:06 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Tue, 15 Aug 2000 20:16:58 GMT, Rich Rudnick wrote:
>In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>(Prasanth A. Kumar) wrote:
>> "Rich Rudnick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>>> has anyone gotten a joystick to operate with a cs4280? Specifically,
>>> joy-gravis.o using a blackhawk digital on a 2.2.15-mdk kernel running on
>>> an emachine 466is with onboard cirrus logic 4280 chip :-), although any
>>> experience would be appreciated!
>> So specific advice but did you read the 'joystick.txt' file that comes
>> with kernel source? It is fairly informative though in your case, it
>> doesn't elaborate anything more than load the joystick and joy-gravis
>> modules
>I'd like to get this chip going, but I'm open to suggestions about sound
>cards where the game port usage is well known and documented.
Well, for a Gravis Pro, I do:
modprobe es1371 joystick=0x200
modprobe joy-gravis
For the ES1371, joystick support is not enabled unless you pass the
module the joystick= parameter. Which module(s) do you use to drive
your sound card here? It might be worth your while to grep through the
source of those modules in /usr/src/linux/drivers/sound/ for references
to "joystick" and see if there's a magic sequence you need to pass, or
if your particular soundcard puts its joystick bits somewhere other than
0x200.
--
Matt G|There is no Darkness in Eternity/But only Light too dim for us to see
Brainbench MVP for Linux Admin / Those who do not understand Unix are
http://www.brainbench.com / condemned to reinvent it, poorly.
=============================/ ==Henry Spencer
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