Linux-Hardware Digest #430, Volume #13 Tue, 15 Aug 00 21:13:06 EDT
Contents:
Re: Sound card advice (Paul Bristow)
Re: Sound Card Reccomendation (luis)
Re: All in one motherboard - sound chips: AC97 (D G)
Re: Compaq Smart-2 array controller support (A Guy Called Tyketto)
sb128pci(ES1371)+ sidewinder (Samuel Austin - Le Maux)
Re: sb128pci(ES1371)+ sidewinder (Dances With Crows)
3Ware Escalade Series Controllers (Gordon Gosch)
Re: Soundcard/Modem confilcit in RedHat 6.2
Re: Vibra 128PCI (lobotomy)
Re: Lexmark 3200 Printer (Foo Kwong Lee)
Re: Dual processor board? ("D. Stimits")
Re: Defrag in Linux? (Christopher Browne)
Re: Are there any that will work with the Intel i810? (Hammer)
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From: Paul Bristow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Sound card advice
Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2000 21:45:48 GMT
I'm using a Audio Excel MD-Mate, which is a PCI card based on the cmpci
8738 chipset. It supports SPDIF in and out and TOSLink, if you have a
MD-Recorder (like me). I'm using the ALSA driver and it works great.
You haven't heard MP3's until they've been SPDIFFED out to a decent amp.
:-)
I picked mine up for $80 at CompUSA (I know... I know...)
Rob Love wrote:
>
> Hello,
> I am upgrading my computer by buying a new sound card. I will be running
> Mandrake 7.0 and I would like to know what a good card for my system would
> be. I am assuming that I can get something nice for around $100.. Any
> advice?
>
> Thanks,
> Rob Love
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (luis)
Subject: Re: Sound Card Reccomendation
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2000 21:52:27 GMT
On Sat, 12 Aug 2000 00:23:13 -0500, jeff kucharsca <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>Guys and Gals,
>
>What are you recommendations for a sound card....
>I will be doing MP3s and Games, I want it to be easy to use in Linux w/o any
>major complications,
>Price is no object..
>
>Thanx for your opinions
>
>
I recommend de sblive too, works great, all apps can use sound at the
same time, it isntposible with my old sb16
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From: D G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: tw.bbs.comp.linux
Subject: Re: All in one motherboard - sound chips: AC97
Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2000 14:54:32 -0700
> Jerry Wong wrote:
>
> Is anbody using it in Linux? Does it work properly?
http://www.alsa-project.org/ will give you AC97 drivers.
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From: A Guy Called Tyketto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Compaq Smart-2 array controller support
Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2000 22:12:05 GMT
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> 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
I found this support, in the stock 2.2.16 kernel source tree, at
your favourite kernel.org mirror. grab the full source for 2.2.16, and
give that a compile. You should find what you're looking for, in there.
BL.
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From: Samuel Austin - Le Maux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: sb128pci(ES1371)+ sidewinder
Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2000 00:24:48 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi !
What do I've to do to make a MS SideWinder Joystick "working"
with a sb pci 128 on a Suse Linux 6.4 machine ?
I've tried to install the Linux Joystick driver v1.2.15 : nothing !
Niente ! Nada ! Rien !
Getting mad with it !
Alternatively, I'm also looking for the IPChains to enable multiplayer
capabilities
of fs2000 thrue a firewall (Suse 6.3)
Thanks a lot !
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Subject: Re: sb128pci(ES1371)+ sidewinder
Date: 15 Aug 2000 23:03:57 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Wed, 16 Aug 2000 00:24:48 +0200, Samuel Austin - Le Maux wrote:
>What do I've to do to make a MS SideWinder Joystick "working"
>with a sb pci 128 on a Suse Linux 6.4 machine ?
>I've tried to install the Linux Joystick driver v1.2.15 : nothing !
>Niente ! Nada ! Rien ! Getting mad with it !
dmesg | grep -3 1371
es1371: found chip, vendor id 0x1274 device id 0x1371 revision 0x06
es1371: found es1371 rev 6 at io 0xec00 irq 10
es1371: features: joystick 0x200
^^^^^
If that isn't there, it needs to be. In /etc/conf.modules, you need a
line like so:
options es1371 joystick=0x200
then unload and reload the es1371 module. Once that's done, just insmod
joystick and insmod joy-sidewinder and you should be set. It might be
worth looking at /usr/src/linux/Documentation/joystick/ if you haven't
already.
>Alternatively, I'm also looking for the IPChains to enable multiplayer
>capabilities of fs2000 thrue a firewall (Suse 6.3)
Sorry, no idea here....
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From: Gordon Gosch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: 3Ware Escalade Series Controllers
Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2000 23:13:56 GMT
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Hi :
Anyone out there have experience with the Escalade 6000 Series=20
Controllers from 3Ware?
Http://www.3ware.com
Gordon
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From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Soundcard/Modem confilcit in RedHat 6.2
Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2000 23:29:46 GMT
Ok I am having an extremely similar problem, but no ISA is involved
whatsoever. I have an Intel SE440BX2 motherboard with an integrated Yamaha
DS-XG sound chip (PCI) that is running on IRQ 11. I am also using a 3Com
56K V.90 Controller-based modem also running on IRQ 11. I have no problems
in Windows, but in Linux apparently these two are not cooperating together
real well. When I have the ALSA sound drivers loaded I can not access my
modem at all, and when I am online I can not open my ALSA sound drivers.
I'm positive that it's got to do with both of them being on the same IRQ,
but I don't know how to change it. I have attempted going into the CMOS
and setting IRQ 11 as "reserved" only for both devices to attempt to occupy
IRQ 14. Any help is greatly appreciated.
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David Stackis wrote:
>
>
> Yeah I goofed.....
>
> COM2 is not my sndcard....that's my mouse....I was just spacing a bit
when I
> typed the thread....*s*
>
> Thanks-
>
> "Silviu Minut" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > I just saw a previous post of yours about the same problem. I
understand
> that
> > the modem is ISA. The sound card cannot be on com2!!! Com2 (/dev/ttyS1
> under
> > Linux) is a serial port. The sound card is either PCI or ISA. If you
use
> the
> > isapnptools, it goes like this:
> >
> > Save /etc/isapnp.conf if there is one:
> > mv /etc/isapnp.conf /etc/isapnp.conf.old
> >
> > Make a new one
> > pnpdump > /etc/isapnp.conf
> >
> > Uncomment the resources for your modem and sound card as you got them
from
> > Win98.
> >
> > isapnp /etc/isapnp.conf
> >
> > Tell the kernel what settings your modem is using. For instance, if you
> set the
> > modem on IRQ 11, then
> >
> > setserial /dev/ttyS0 irq 11
> >
> > (man setserial, pnpdump, isapnp for more).
> >
> > That should do it.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > David Stackis wrote:
> >
> > > I have installed RedHat 6.2...using the KDE workstation option...it's
> great
> > > and all except for one little thing...
> > >
> > > Seems I can configure my modem using the KPPP tool, and I can connect
to
> the
> > > internet and all....
> > >
> > > I can also run sndconfig from a console, and get my SoundBlaster
AWE64
> > > working....the thing is, is after I configure my soundcard, my modem
> will
> > > not work anymore...I get the message "The modem is busy"
> > >
> > > I have tried to configure the soundcard first, but then I cannot
> configure
> > > the modem...which by the way is a US Robotics 56K V90 Internal.
> > >
> > > My modem is on COM1.....dev/ttyS0
> > >
> > > Has anyone else experienced this before, and know a way to make both
> pieces
> > > of hardware work together in harmony...
> > >
> > > TIA!
> > > David Stackis
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (lobotomy)
Subject: Re: Vibra 128PCI
Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2000 23:43:29 GMT
Say yes after it plays/doesn't play the test sound, and let it set up
the driver. Then try to play a sound. When I was using my Yamaha
OPL3/SAx with RH 6.0, the sndconfig test never worked, but XMMS and
other programs outputting sound worked fine. I would think you would
have little problem the ES1371 (yes, that's what it really is -
Creative bought out Ensoniq and renamed their line of cards) under
linux, as it is PCI and should be configured pretty automatically.
On Sun, 13 Aug 2000 15:24:53 +0800, Terence Chan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>I've installed RH 6.2 on my machine. I tried to set up my Vibra 128PCI
>sound card with sndconfig. It detect the sound card as "Ensoniq | Es1371
>Audio PCI-97]. But hear nothing when testing. What can I try now?
>
>
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From: Foo Kwong Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Lexmark 3200 Printer
Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2000 20:11:21 -0400
Allan Porto wrote:
>
> I like to use Lexmark 3200 printer on my Linux RedHat 6.2 box but I
> don't have drivers, can somebody help me?
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2000 18:27:24 -0600
From: "D. Stimits" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Dual processor board?
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> Hi,
> I have examined the source code for the "Unknown IO-APIC" messages that
> I see with my Supermicro i840 (PIIIDME) board:
>
> The version integer is 0x00170020 for CPU #0 and 0x00178020 for CPU #1.
> The 0x0017 is OK, and says that the chip supports IRQ 0 through to IRQ
> 23. The 0x20 is the APIC version, and 0x20 is too new for Linux to fully
> support. The interesting feature is the "8" in the CPU #1 number; this
> used to be a reserved bit, but now says that the APIC supports "IRQ
> assertion" from PCI devices.
>
> In other words, it's just new functionality so I don't see why there's a
> problem...
>
> Chris
>
> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> Before you buy
One sample of why, from the log:
kernel: unexpected IRQ vector 217 on CPU#1!
Apparently this new functionality requires adding irq handler code, but
the code doesn't exist, so it sends it to limbo. It is good, however, to
see progress on this subject. Apparently the IRQ assertion needs a
handler. Chances are that the hardware that the assertion uses
hard-codes or firm-codes 217 as a standardized value (or soon-to-be).
Will anyone be able to use this new information to help stabilize the
i840 boards?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Christopher Browne)
Subject: Re: Defrag in Linux?
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2000 00:52:38 GMT
Centuries ago, Nostradamus foresaw a time when sideband would say:
>Elliott wrote:
>
>> Thank you all for answering my 8 questions in one. Just out of curiosity, how
>> is it that defragmentation is almost never goes over 8%?
>> Back to performance, here is the output of my free:
>>
>> [root@localhost /root]# free
>> total used free shared buffers cached
>> Mem: 62992 61528 1464 60664 1532 26340
>> -/+ buffers/cache: 33656 29336
>> Swap: 313228 4632 308596
>>
>> Wow! I didn't realize that much ram was used! I thought I had 64megs of ram....
>> 62.992 is close enough for me. If I bought 64 more megs of ram, do you guys
>> think that my performance would increase significantly? thanks!
>> J Bland wrote:
>>
>> > >Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
>> > >/dev/hda8 387M 317M 50M 86% /
>> > >/dev/hda1 23M 2.6M 19M 12% /boot
>> > >/dev/hda7 2.9G 938M 1.8G 34% /usr
>> > >/dev/hda5 387M 31M 337M 8% /var
>> > >/dev/hdd 390M 4.6M 365M 1% /mnt/drive3
>> > >/dev/hdb1 393M 16k 373M 0% /mnt/drive2
>> > >
>> > >all the partitions appear to be fragmented. I would think, that "size"
>> > >minus "used" should equal "Avail". I checked my partition tables with
>> > >fdisk, and all cylinders and heads are accounted for. Thus leading me to
>> > >think that I really need to defrag. (then what the heck is auto-defrag?)
>> > >True, for a web server or fully networked computer, defragmenting may
>> > >not make a difference, but for my computer, I think it would. So what
>> > >program should I use? I have looked high and low, and I can't find one
>> > >(except for auto-defrag, whatever that is). Any help would be nice
>> > >[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> >
>> > Ext2fs (which you are almost certainly using) does not fragment in the same
>> > way that windows filing systems do. Ext2fs is intelligent and arranges its
>> > data in such a way as to reduce fragmentation. The only time this really
>> > breaks down is when your disc is almost full, and all your partitions are
>> > quite a way from this.
>> >
>> > The small amount of fragmentation (of the order of a % or two) that you get
>> > on a standard ext2fs system will not produce a system performance drop that
>> > you could see. As for df; it only reports disc usage, there is no indication
>> > of fragmentation in its output so I wonder where you think it is saying your
>> > partitions are fragmented. Any differences between the allocated size of a
>> > partition and the reported size in df are due to:
>> >
>> > a) Space taken by formatting
>> > b) by default 5% of a partition is reserved for the root user only. So even
>> > when the disc is supposedly 5% full there is still some space for root to
>> > play around in. A godsend when users fill your disc accidentally.
>> >
>> > If you are experiencing performance drops it is much more likely to be a RAM
>> > factor, or more the usage of it. Once you start using up your RAM and hit
>> > the swap partition or file, performance nosedives.
>> >
>> > What are you running? How much RAM do you have? What does 'free' report?
>> >
>> > Linux doesn't 'degrade' with time like certain other systems. If there's a
>> > problem with performance it's to do with what you're doing, not the state
>> > the OS has got itself into.
>
>From the looks of it, if your "free" output shows your typical memory usage, then,
>yes, 64 more megs will probably improve your system's speed.
A little bit of "why" would probably be beneficial.
The fact that there's virtually no swap in use indicates that there is
"enough" memory to satisfy the requirements for program/data.
The fact that the whole 64MB is in use indicates that the system was
able to make beneficial use of all that memory, for storing programs,
data, and cacheing files.
If more RAM were added, that would contribute primarily to cacheing
files, which should improve performance somewhat. Probably not
_massively_, but at least some.
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From: Hammer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Are there any that will work with the Intel i810?
Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2000 00:46:07 GMT
Hi Jeff. We just got two of those i180 cheapbastards in here and had a
wrastling match with'em. I went the RH62 route, and experiencd all the
same problems you are (solved now though, after much pain)
Another guy had a Mandrake 7.1 CD... guess what... zero trouble. These
are (stupid/cheap/crap) Dell Optiplex GX110 boxes with the
i810/810e/AC'97).
Neither of us still have sound (crap AC'97), but we're working.
I feel yer pain bro... seriously. I had the exact same XFree 4
problems you did. I went and fetched all those glide libs too... only
to find out it was useless because the XFree86 -configure would end up
halting on a signal anyway later (grrrrrrrrrrrrr).
If you'd like my working XF4.0 XF86Config for the 810e, I'd be happy to
share it. Unfortunately, you also have to go through the runaround of a
kernel update (to get agpgart) before getting it to work though, you
can't just take my file and have it working. Also, it has been
mentioned before to avoid the Intel agpgart, and use the one in the
kernel update. I tried both, and had better luck with the 2.2.16-3
kernel.
Good luck. You're not alone man... i810 support from RH62 is really,
really (really!) poor... but it can be conquered, if you're up to it.
-=hammer
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"Jeff D. Hamann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'll give these a try. thanks.
>
> Jeff.
>
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> "Andrey Vlasov" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > Hi there,
> >
> > probably you need these
> >
> > http://support.intel.com/support/graphics/intel810/linuxsoftware.htm
> > http://support.intel.com/support/graphics/intel815/30483.htm
> > http://support.intel.com/support/graphics/intel815/linuxsoftware.htm
> > http://support.intel.com/support/graphics/intel810/linuxpredrivr.htm
> >
> > Hope it will help to solve the problem.
> > (By the way "did you have habit to check manufacture web page for
Linux
> > keyword? ;-)
> >
> > Andrey
> >
>
>
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