Linux-Hardware Digest #489, Volume #13 Mon, 28 Aug 00 11:13:06 EDT
Contents:
Re: 3com 3c509 in ISA mode in windows (mst)
Re: CUECAT for Linux (Tony Laundrie)
Re: FAQ's - NEWBIE QUESTIONS: Networking and Drivers ("David C")
Re: Second SCSI adapter not found (mst)
Re: Athalon Motherboards/ Linux Support (Massimo Morin)
Re: ATI help!!! (Massimo Morin)
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From: mst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: 3com 3c509 in ISA mode in windows
Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2000 10:13:47 -0400
(lotta crossposting deleted)
Dave Jepson wrote:
> To get my etherlink III 3c509B Combo working in linux I disabled the PnP
> and manually set the IRQ and I/O with the 3c5x9cfg.exe program in
> windows.
>
> This works fine in linux, using isapnptools.
If you have *really* disabled PnP on the card, the isapnptools would not
even see it. So which is it?
>
> However I just can't get it to work in Windows.
>
> If I use the ISA mode driver, I am allowed to specify I/O port only and
> no IRQ.
>
OK, but does it work? Mine does the same, no irq, and works perfectly
fine in windoze.
> If I use the EISA mode driver Control Panel->System->Device
> Manager->Network Adaptors->Properties says that the driver could not be
> loaded, and hence I don't get to specify IRQ & IO at all.
>
EISA is a completely different kind of story - you shouldn't use this
unless you have an EISA bus computer (and you would certainly have known
if you did).
> Has anyone had/resolved this problem before?
>
> I went to the 3com site but the blurb on the driver download page states
> that 3c509 is only supported in 'classic' (???) and PnP modes, not ISA
> and EISA.
>
I assume, in 3com-speak, "classic"==ISA.
> Alternatively............
>
> Seeing as windows can see the NIC in PnP mode fine, can I get linux to
> load it?
> Currently if I set the card in PnP mode, linux hangs when I try to start
> the eth0 interface.
Because, as I said before, I don't think you have set isapnp.conf
correctly, and therefore isapnp doesn't know how to configure the
hardware when the card is in PnP mode. Check the man pages again.
MST
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Tony Laundrie)
Crossposted-To: fm.announce,mlist.linux.kernel
Subject: Re: CUECAT for Linux
Date: 28 Aug 2000 14:22:42 GMT
My CueCat works with the CRQ software using my dialup modem ISP, but not
with my cable modem service provider (charter.net). I suspect that
Charter is blocking the type of internet traffic that the CRQ software
generates during the Cue-to-URL translation process. Has anybody decoded
the internet packets that are generated? What server/port does CRQ
talk to?
I'd love to see a reverse-engineered Linux version of the software.
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From: "David C" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: FAQ's - NEWBIE QUESTIONS: Networking and Drivers
Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2000 15:20:52 +0100
*Very* useful, thanks! How do I change graphics drivers?
For all corel newbies it is linux.corel.com
David C
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From: mst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Second SCSI adapter not found
Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2000 10:22:33 -0400
David Polinsky wrote:
>
> I have a computer running Red Hat 6.2 with SCSI hard drives, CDROM and
> Tape. The hard drives and cdrom are attached to an aic7xxx device and
> they all work just fine. The tape is attached to an aha152x device
> which is seen by the booting system at boot-up, but is not seen by
> Linux. The module exists for the aha152x device. I suspect I'm missing
> something simple, and I would be happy to RTFB, but there are too many
> books and I can't find the right one. I would appreciate some help.
The module exists, OK, but does it load? If not, you should load it.
MST
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From: Massimo Morin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Athalon Motherboards/ Linux Support
Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2000 10:34:07 -0400
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Hi
got a Duron 700 with Golden Orb fan (I know the gotcha: read on!) with a
MSI 6330 K7TPro, and a ATI Rage Fury MAxx on a 300W PS.
1) CPU is great: I love the price ($100) and the performance ;)
2) The mobo is damn good! The cpu got overheated: it reaches a temperature of
117F (47C) and the mobo turned itself off. I dunno the temp specs, but added an
extra case fan, I got temperature around 109F (43C). Now it is stable. I
suppose the temperature should be lower, around 87F (35C)
3) DO NOT GET THE GOLDEN ORB. It is an abortion of Fan. Get a better one. It
can crash the CPU. IMHO it does not provide enought cooling for the cpu. I'm
trying to get the Chrome ORB that is suppose to be better (check out
http://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/corb/)
4) the video card .... well on paper is great and.... that is it! I got
problem with XFree 86 (I'm new with Suse6.4). Xfree86 3.3.6 hangs the
WHOLE system.
XFree 4.0 is partially working. XFree86 4.0.1 shows me some sugar.... but it is
still not perfect. I got it up and runnig at the 24bpp 1600x1200 but I'm not
impressed/happy yet. I'm going to tweek the video frequency tho and I'll see.
I'm not a gaming fan either but for $130 I want something more
"friendly"....
On the side, the drivers for Windoze98 SUCKS big time. I wasn;'t able to get
them installed. I got the new one from ATI, but it looks like there is a
conflict with the mobo drivers: after a whole sunny sunday missed (something
rare here in Boston) I got it to run properly only ONCE.Now I'm trying to
figure out what is wrong:damn it I want it to get me more that 480x640 @ 16
colors!
So here is my $0.02
If anybody else can give me other news on this systems please, speak up!
Thx
Max
Greg Boehnlein wrote:
> Hello,
> I'm considering upgrading my home machine. I have an ATX motherboard
> w/ a K6-2-350 and 128 Meg PC-100 ram. I am looking for something like an
> Athalon 850 or 900 chip and motherboard combo. I have the following
> questions, if anyone cares to answer..
>
> 1. Does anyone have any experience with Athalon chips under Linux?
> 2. It looks like there are two main chipsets that support the Athalon
> processors:
> - AMD-750 and AMD-751
> - VIA KX133
> I have found little discussion related to either, other than a couple
> of patches that reference "Irongate" support on the linux-kernel
> mailing list. Since I do a lot of high-end audio production and mixing
> on my home box, I am looking for two things in the IDE chipset:
> - Stability
> - Speed (UDMA 66 or 100)
> 3. I don't do a lot of gamin, but I do have an 8 Meg ATI RAGE Pro card.
> Xfree support has not been an issue and the card rocks, but does
> anyone know of any particular gotchas when using AGP w/ these newer
> chipsets?
> 4. What optimizations should be used when compiling applications? 586 or
> 686?
>
> Thanks in advance...
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Hi
<br>got a Duron 700 with Golden Orb fan (I know the gotcha: read on!) with
a MSI 6330 K7TPro, and a ATI Rage Fury MAxx on a 300W PS.
<br>1) CPU is great: I love the price ($100) and the performance
;)
<br>2) The mobo is damn good! The cpu got overheated: it reaches
a temperature of 117F (47C) and the mobo turned itself off. I dunno
the temp specs, but added an extra case fan, I got temperature around 109F (43C).
Now it is stable. I suppose the temperature should be lower, around 87F
(35C)
<br>3) DO NOT GET THE GOLDEN ORB. It is an abortion
of Fan. Get a better one. It can crash the CPU. IMHO it does not provide
enought cooling for the cpu. I'm trying to get the Chrome ORB that is suppose
to be better (check out <A
HREF="http://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/corb/">http://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/corb/</A>)
<br>4) the video card .... well on paper is great and.... that
is it! I got problem with XFree 86 (I'm new with Suse6.4). Xfree86
3.3.6 hangs the WHOLE system.
<br>XFree 4.0 is partially working. XFree86 4.0.1 shows me some sugar....
but it is still not perfect. I got it up and runnig at the 24bpp 1600x1200
but I'm not impressed/happy yet. I'm going to tweek the video frequency
tho and I'll see. I'm not a gaming fan either but for $130 I want something
more <br>
"friendly"....
<br>On the side, the drivers for Windoze98 SUCKS big time. I wasn;'t
able to get them installed. I got the new one from ATI, but it looks like
there is a conflict with the mobo drivers: after a whole sunny sunday missed
(something rare here in Boston) I got it to run properly only ONCE.Now
I'm trying to figure out what is wrong:damn it I want it to get me more
that 480x640 @ 16 colors!
<p>So here is my $0.02
<br>If anybody else can give me other news on this systems please, speak
up!
<p>Thx
<p>Max
<p>Greg Boehnlein wrote:
<blockquote TYPE=CITE>Hello,
<br> I'm considering upgrading
my home machine. I have an ATX motherboard
<br>w/ a K6-2-350 and 128 Meg PC-100 ram. I am looking for something like
an
<br>Athalon 850 or 900 chip and motherboard combo. I have the following
<br>questions, if anyone cares to answer..
<p>1. Does anyone have any experience with Athalon chips under Linux?
<br>2. It looks like there are two main chipsets that support the Athalon
<br> processors:
<br> - AMD-750 and AMD-751
<br> - VIA KX133
<br> I have found little discussion related to either, other
than a couple
<br> of patches that reference "Irongate" support on the linux-kernel
<br> mailing list. Since I do a lot of high-end audio production
and mixing
<br> on my home box, I am looking for two things in the IDE
chipset:
<br> - Stability
<br> - Speed (UDMA 66 or 100)
<br>3. I don't do a lot of gamin, but I do have an 8 Meg ATI RAGE Pro card.
<br> Xfree support has not been an issue and the card rocks,
but does
<br> anyone know of any particular gotchas when using AGP w/
these newer
<br> chipsets?
<br>4. What optimizations should be used when compiling applications? 586
or
<br> 686?
<p>Thanks in advance...</blockquote>
<pre>--
Massimo
Morin
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[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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(617) 484 2999
h
.'
(617) 512 0203
c
.' Airline
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; Today
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`-._
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`;'-.-' '-
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'._ - '
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`""'-.
`---' , 95
Sawyer Road
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Waltham, 02453 Massachusetts USA
``''---'`\
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Senior `'.
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<A HREF="http://www.schedsys.com">http://www.schedsys.com</A>
Software Engineer `'.</pre>
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From: Massimo Morin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: ATI help!!!
Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2000 10:38:08 -0400
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Hi, thisis ananswer on anothre question but... maybe it helps you as well:
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Hi
got a Duron 700 with Golden Orb fan (I know the gotcha: read on!) with a MSI
6330 K7TPro, and a ATI Rage Fury MAxx on a 300W PS.
1) CPU is great: I love the price ($100) and the performance ;)
2) The mobo is damn good! The cpu got overheated: it reaches a temperature of
117F (47C) and the mobo turned itself off. I dunno the temp specs, but
added an extra case fan, I got temperature around 109F (43C). Now it is stable.
I suppose the temperature should be lower, around 87F (35C)
3) DO NOT GET THE GOLDEN ORB. It is an abortion of Fan. Get a better one. It
can crash the CPU. IMHO it does not provide enought cooling for
the cpu. I'm trying to get the Chrome ORB that is suppose to be better (check
out http://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/corb/)
4) the video card .... well on paper is great and.... that is it! I got
problem with XFree 86 (I'm new with Suse6.4). Xfree86 3.3.6 hangs the
WHOLE system.
XFree 4.0 is partially working. XFree86 4.0.1 shows me some sugar.... but it is
still not perfect. I got it up and runnig at the 24bpp 1600x1200 but I'm not
impressed/happy yet. I'm going to tweek the video frequency tho and I'll see.
I'm not a gaming fan either but for $130 I want something more
"friendly"....
On the side, the drivers for Windoze98 SUCKS big time. I wasn;'t able to get
them installed. I got the new one from ATI, but it looks like there is a
conflict with the mobo drivers: after a whole sunny sunday missed (something
rare here in Boston) I got it to run properly only ONCE.Now I'm trying to
figure out what is wrong:damn it I want it to get me more that 480x640 @ 16
colors!
So here is my $0.02
If anybody else can give me other news on this systems please, speak up!
Thx
Max
---
Chakib Belmekki wrote:
> Can someone tell me how configure Mandrake 7.1 with an ATI RAGE FURY 128 PRO
> VIVO, i have some problemes.(If someone knows a site which can help me..)
> Thanks!
--
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(.--. _ `._ `'---.__.-'
` `;'-.-' '- ._ Scheduling Systems Inc.
.--'`` '._ - ' . Three University Office Park
`""'-. `---' , 95 Sawyer Road
''--..__ `\ Waltham, 02453 Massachusetts USA
``''---'`\ .' +1 (781) 893-0390 x 126
Senior `'. ' http://www.schedsys.com
Software Engineer `'.
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Hi, thisis ananswer on anothre question but... maybe it helps you as well:
<br>--------------
<br>Hi
<br>got a Duron 700 with Golden Orb fan (I know the gotcha: read on!) with
a MSI 6330 K7TPro, and a ATI Rage Fury MAxx on a 300W PS.
<br>1) CPU is great: I love the price ($100) and the performance ;)
<br>2) The mobo is damn good! The cpu got overheated: it reaches a temperature
of 117F (47C) and the mobo turned itself off. I dunno the temp specs, but
<br>added an extra case fan, I got temperature around 109F (43C). Now it
is stable. I suppose the temperature should be lower, around 87F (35C)
<br>3) DO NOT GET THE GOLDEN ORB. It is an abortion of Fan. Get a better
one. It can crash the CPU. IMHO it does not provide enought cooling for
<br>the cpu. I'm trying to get the Chrome ORB that is suppose to be better
(check out <A
HREF="http://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/corb/">http://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/corb/</A>)
<br>4) the video card .... well on paper is great and.... that is
it! I got problem with XFree 86 (I'm new with Suse6.4). Xfree86 3.3.6 hangs
the
<br>WHOLE system.
<br>XFree 4.0 is partially working. XFree86 4.0.1 shows me some sugar....
but it is still not perfect. I got it up and runnig at the 24bpp 1600x1200
but I'm not
<br>impressed/happy yet. I'm going to tweek the video frequency tho and
I'll see. I'm not a gaming fan either but for $130 I want something more
<br>"friendly"....
<br>On the side, the drivers for Windoze98 SUCKS big time. I wasn;'t able
to get them installed. I got the new one from ATI, but it looks like there
is a
<br>conflict with the mobo drivers: after a whole sunny sunday missed (something
rare here in Boston) I got it to run properly only ONCE.Now I'm trying
to
<br>figure out what is wrong:damn it I want it to get me more that 480x640
@ 16 colors!
<p>So here is my $0.02
<br>If anybody else can give me other news on this systems please, speak
up!
<p>Thx
<p>Max
<p>---
<p>Chakib Belmekki wrote:
<blockquote TYPE=CITE>Can someone tell me how configure Mandrake 7.1 with
an ATI RAGE FURY 128 PRO
<br>VIVO, i have some problemes.(If someone knows a site which can help
me..)
<br>Thanks!</blockquote>
<pre>--
Massimo
Morin
_...__..-'
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
.'
(617) 484 2999
h
.'
(617) 512 0203
c
.' Airline
.' Solutions
.------._
; Today
.-"""`-.<')
`-._
.'
(.--. _ `._
`'---.__.-'
`
`;'-.-' '-
._ Scheduling Systems Inc.
.--'``
'._ - '
. Three University Office Park
`""'-.
`---' , 95
Sawyer Road
''--..__
`\
Waltham, 02453 Massachusetts USA
``''---'`\
.' +1 (781) 893-0390
x 126
Senior `'.
'
<A HREF="http://www.schedsys.com">http://www.schedsys.com</A>
Software Engineer `'.</pre>
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