Linux-Hardware Digest #491, Volume #13 Mon, 28 Aug 00 18:13:10 EDT
Contents:
Re: FAQ's - NEWBIE QUESTIONS: Networking and Drivers ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Problem with GeForce 2 GTS ("Andreas Thell")
ZIP-drive installation under RH 6.2 (rob-boom)
Trying to install Linux :( (filosofen)
Re: Trying to install Linux :( (Dances With Crows)
Re: ZIP-drive installation under RH 6.2 (Dances With Crows)
Lilo and floppy ("Terramex")
Re: 3com 3c509 in ISA mode in windows ("MindStorm")
Can't hear sound when Dialing up with ltmodem ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Trying to install Linux :( ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Can't hear ltmodem dial or connect ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: imwheel stopped working (quagly)
Re: Can't hear sound when Dialing up with ltmodem (Edward Lee)
Re: Can't hear ltmodem dial or connect (Edward Lee)
U.S Robotics modem again .... (Tso Chi Wai)
kernel memory leak in ne2000 driver? (Jos Dehaes)
Re: kernel memory leak in ne2000 driver? (Edward Lee)
HP SuperStore DAT24x6e w/ Autoloader HP C1557A tape drive (Dmitriy)
Re: No sound at all from x11amp - SbVibra16Pnp
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: FAQ's - NEWBIE QUESTIONS: Networking and Drivers
Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2000 18:20:58 GMT
In article <0Buq5.4662$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"David C" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> *Very* useful, thanks! How do I change graphics drivers?
>
> For all corel newbies it is linux.corel.com
>
> David C
>
>
theres two tools universal -
XF86Setup and xf86config ( one is easier, graphical, dont know which)
--
'...' said the joker to the thief
'there's too much confusion, i cant get no relief...
so let us not talk falsely now, the hour's getting late'
(robert zimmermann)
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From: "Andreas Thell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Problem with GeForce 2 GTS
Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2000 20:53:05 +0100
Try to download the NVidia-drivers from their homepage. These drivers
give you a module named "nvidia". This should work.
Andreas
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From: rob-boom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: ZIP-drive installation under RH 6.2
Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2000 20:58:08 +0200
LS.
I'm trying to install my parallel ZIP 100 drive under RH 6.2
I ran insmod ppa
I want to connect it to my second parport. ( via a isa lpt ).
I red the ZIP drive mini howto
Who knows a solution for this problem
robert
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From: filosofen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Trying to install Linux :(
Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2000 21:44:43 +0200
I tried to install Red hat 6.2 on an k6-2/500, 64M ram, ATI xpert98 AGP
video card, 15,3 G harddisk, using
a Gigabyte 5-GA motherboard. Note that i didnt have an OS on this system
so i booted straight from the
Red hAt cd-rom. Everything worked fine, until i was asked for video card
info, then suddenly my screen
turned black and the system froze.
Doesnt Linux support VESA 2.0, AGP...?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Subject: Re: Trying to install Linux :(
Date: 28 Aug 2000 19:40:38 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Mon, 28 Aug 2000 21:44:43 +0200, filosofen wrote:
>I tried to install Red hat 6.2 on an k6-2/500, 64M ram, ATI xpert98 AGP
>video card, 15,3 G harddisk, using a Gigabyte 5-GA motherboard. Note
>that i didnt have an OS on this system so i booted straight from the
>Red hAt cd-rom. Everything worked fine, until i was asked for video
>card info, then suddenly my screen turned black and the system froze.
>Doesnt Linux support VESA 2.0, AGP...?
Of course it does. RedHat's X configuration, however, is slightly
br0ken. All the hardware you mention is certainly Linux-supported, so
the best advice I can give you is to do the install in text-only mode.
Once everything's been copied over to the hard disk, reboot, enter
"linux 3" at the LILO: prompt, log in as root, and run Xconfigurator.
Xconfigurator is somewhat flaky, but it works better than the automagic
X configuration in Redhat's graphical installer.
--
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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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Subject: Re: ZIP-drive installation under RH 6.2
Date: 28 Aug 2000 19:43:38 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Mon, 28 Aug 2000 20:58:08 +0200, rob-boom wrote:
>I'm trying to install my parallel ZIP 100 drive under RH 6.2 I ran
>insmod ppa I want to connect it to my second parport. ( via a isa lpt
>). I red the ZIP drive mini howto Who knows a solution for this
>problem
(connect drive)
modprobe parport
modprobe parport_pc
modprobe lp
modprobe imm (NOTE: Newer drives use imm, NOT ppa. Try imm first.)
modprobe scsi_mod
modprobe sd_mod
Once that's done, you should be able to access the drive via /dev/sda4.
Read the HOWTO again to find out how to make the process automatic so
you don't have to go through all that modprobing. Some people have said
that "lp" isn't required, but I've never been able to get imm to load
without having lp loaded first. HTH,
--
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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From: "Terramex" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Lilo and floppy
Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2000 19:59:36 GMT
Hi,
can I install Lilo on a normal floppy disk and start only Lilo from it ? I
don't want Lilo on the mbr, just on a disk?
I tried to look around and I find no infos. Any1 can help, if it's possible
to do ?
Thanks a lot.
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From: "MindStorm" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.misc,alt.os.linux.mandrake
Subject: Re: 3com 3c509 in ISA mode in windows
Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2000 21:04:33 +0100
i use a etherlink III 3c509B Combo in pnp mode and it works in both win98
and linux. Mine is complied stright into the kernel so i don't have to faff
with modules. May be worth a try.
"Dave Jepson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Hi,
>
> Hope this is not too OT but there's probably more chance of someone here
> knowing the answer!
>
> 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.
>
> 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.
>
> 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.
>
> 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.
>
>
> 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.
> The card is being loaded in /etc/conf.modules with
>
> alias eth0 3c509
>
> Does anyone know why it hangs and whatI could do about it?
>
> Kind regards,
> Dave
>
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Can't hear sound when Dialing up with ltmodem
Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2000 20:14:14 GMT
I don't know what else to do. I've built a
Micron ZX laptop to be a dial-up IP-Masq firewall
for my company to use at events. (They can
connect about 5 machines at a time to the
internet this way without things getting too slow)
Anyway, I have tried setting the initialization
string to include L2 or L3 and I can't hear
anything. No dial-tone, no dialing, no chatter.
I even added in sound support to see if maybe it
would use the sound card to do it, but no luck.
Anyone have an idea. I know that the modem makes
noise under Windows 98.
I do get a message about unresolved symbols in
ltmodem.o, but everything else seems to work just
fine. I just want to have some sort of
indication of the progress when dialing up.
My current init string is this:
ATQ0 V1 L2 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 S11=55 +FCLASS=0
Any help would be appreciated.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Trying to install Linux :(
Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2000 20:19:28 GMT
Any time I install RedHat I go through without probing or testing the
configuration. You can always run the setup manually when you reboot
after getting everything else working.
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> On Mon, 28 Aug 2000 21:44:43 +0200, filosofen wrote:
> >I tried to install Red hat 6.2 on an k6-2/500, 64M ram, ATI xpert98
AGP
> >video card, 15,3 G harddisk, using a Gigabyte 5-GA motherboard. Note
> >that i didnt have an OS on this system so i booted straight from the
> >Red hAt cd-rom. Everything worked fine, until i was asked for video
> >card info, then suddenly my screen turned black and the system froze.
> >Doesnt Linux support VESA 2.0, AGP...?
>
> Of course it does. RedHat's X configuration, however, is slightly
> br0ken. All the hardware you mention is certainly Linux-supported, so
> the best advice I can give you is to do the install in text-only mode.
> Once everything's been copied over to the hard disk, reboot, enter
> "linux 3" at the LILO: prompt, log in as root, and run Xconfigurator.
> Xconfigurator is somewhat flaky, but it works better than the
automagic
> X configuration in Redhat's graphical installer.
>
> --
> 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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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Can't hear ltmodem dial or connect
Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2000 20:17:24 GMT
I've added L3 to the init string.
I've even added sound card support for my laptop.
I can dial up just fine, but I get no indication as to what is going on.
This is a real problem, because the laptop is being used in places that
may have long distance service turned off or require a '9' to dial out
or whatever and without being able to hear what's going on, this could
cause problems.
Any ideas? Has anyone else had this problem when using the ltmodem.o
supplied by lucent?
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From: quagly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: imwheel stopped working
Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2000 20:32:36 GMT
Anton Suchaneck wrote:
> Since I changed th configuration of imwheel, imwheel stopped working.
> It starts without complaining but my wheel doesnt work. Has anyone have
> a suggestion?
>
> Anton
Get xfree86 4.0 It has wheel support built in!
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From: Edward Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Can't hear sound when Dialing up with ltmodem
Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2000 13:36:40 -0700
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I don't know what else to do. I've built a
> Micron ZX laptop to be a dial-up IP-Masq firewall
>
Try a Toshiba laptop.
>
> Anyway, I have tried setting the initialization
> string to include L2 or L3 and I can't hear
> anything. No dial-tone, no dialing, no chatter.
>
> I even added in sound support to see if maybe it
> would use the sound card to do it, but no luck.
> Anyone have an idea. I know that the modem makes
> noise under Windows 98.
I can only confirm that the dialing sound is going through the sound
chip. You need to have the sound setup right. What sound chip do you
have? I got a ess1978 sound codec for the ltmodem.
>
>
> I do get a message about unresolved symbols in
> ltmodem.o, but everything else seems to work just
> fine. I just want to have some sort of
> indication of the progress when dialing up.
>
> My current init string is this:
> ATQ0 V1 L2 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 S11=55 +FCLASS=0
>
> Any help would be appreciated.
>
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From: Edward Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Can't hear ltmodem dial or connect
Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2000 13:39:42 -0700
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I can dial up just fine, but I get no indication as to what is going on.
> This is a real problem, because the laptop is being used in places that
> may have long distance service turned off or require a '9' to dial out
> or whatever and without being able to hear what's going on, this could
> cause problems.
>
How about a speaker phone or a phone pick-up coil and amp?
>
> Any ideas? Has anyone else had this problem when using the ltmodem.o
> supplied by lucent?
>
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From: Tso Chi Wai <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: U.S Robotics modem again ....
Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2000 04:18:33 +0800
I am a newbie of linux, I look up the redhat-6.2 intel based hardware
compatiability list and find out that linux support almost all external
modems.
So ,I get one 3Com U.S. Robotics 56K Faxmodem external PnP.
After, I read the page again and look up the incompatiable list and see
that PnP modems are not compatiable.
I don't know whether linux support it or not.
Do i need to do some complex arrangments before getting my modem works
??
Sam Tso :) thanks for your help !
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From: Jos Dehaes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: kernel memory leak in ne2000 driver?
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2000 20:54:24 GMT
Hi,
I set up a firewall from an old pentium 90, initially running RH6.0. 2
NIC's, 1 3C900 (which I know works perfectly), 1 unknown ne2000
compatible (very old). After a few days I found the machine to be getting
real slow, but top shows no process is using more than 3M. 40M in the
machine, and upon reboot only about 28M in use, and 0k swap. After a few
days free memory decreases and swap rises. After about 5 days, machine
becomes sluggish when you log in to it (you notice a lot of diskIO, and
it takes noticeably longer than normal). Rebooting the machine helps it
through another 5 days. I suspect or the hardware is bad (possible) or the
ne2000 driver leaks memory. I know that all the other hardware in the
machine used to work fine, the ne2000 card is the only new (well, old)
component. I upgraded to Mandrake 7.1, but the problem persists.
Anyone have similar problems??
jos
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From: Edward Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: kernel memory leak in ne2000 driver?
Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2000 14:05:09 -0700
> days free memory decreases and swap rises. After about 5 days, machine
> becomes sluggish when you log in to it (you notice a lot of diskIO, and
>
Have you checked all the system logs?
> it takes noticeably longer than normal). Rebooting the machine helps it
> through another 5 days. I suspect or the hardware is bad (possible) or the
> ne2000 driver leaks memory. I know that all the other hardware in the
I doubt it. We have several machines with ISA ne2000 running for weeks and
months. However, bad card can cause interrupts and log entries.
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From: Dmitriy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: HP SuperStore DAT24x6e w/ Autoloader HP C1557A tape drive
Date: 28 Aug 2000 21:16:38 GMT
Greetings,
Did anybody have experience with this beast? I tried a number of
different software packages. Most of them either failed to even
recognize autoloader or refused to work with it. In most cases backup
just crashes when the tape is full without ever switching to the next.
In particular, I tried Arkeia, Novanet 8 and TapeWear (last two seem to
be the same product) as well as countless smaller apps. Any pointers
would be appreciated.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ()
Subject: Re: No sound at all from x11amp - SbVibra16Pnp
Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2000 21:21:46 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kenneth R�rvik) writes:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Stefan Viljoen) wrote in
> <8mji34$fvh$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>
>>'cause it is the only login that once worked with X11Amp. I recently
>>reinstalled Linux (i. e. reformatted my ext2 partition and then
>>installed it "as new") - before that, on my "old" Linux setup, X11Amp at
>>least worked - but then only as root user. Many posts I got here told me
>>to, mainly, "chmod" /dev/dsp and /dev/audio etc. - none worked. Now, on
>>my "new" Linux install, even as root, I cannot get it to produce a peep.
Can you get _any_ sounds from it at all?
(e.g "cat <soundfile>.au > /dev/audio")
If that works, do you get anything usefull from
"ldd -d /your/path/to/x11amp"
?
> I'd consider getting the sources for xmms (which it is called now) and
> compiling it yourself :)
That's another good solution, but I'd first try and get x11amp to work
and _then_ install xmms. On the other hand, mayby the problem is in
x11amp itself...
--
boran - stuck with a really annoying editor
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