Linux-Hardware Digest #575, Volume #13 Thu, 14 Sep 00 07:13:04 EDT
Contents:
GeForce MX (sun.tzu)
Re: Brother HL-1030 Printer Driver?? (Grant Taylor)
Re: URGENT laserjet 2100 driver? (Grant Taylor)
Vanta and Linux (XFree ?.?.?) ("Alen")
Re: anyone got cdj880.tar.gz? (Grant Taylor)
Re: GeForce MX ("Steve Wolfe")
Re: Printers? (Grant Taylor)
Re: Epson color 480 pb (Grant Taylor)
Re: Swap/memory problem? (Kenneth R�rvik)
Re: IRQ timeout errors on hdb - RH 6.2 (sideband)
RAID Controller w/Ultra160 -Suggestion ("Chi Lok Leung")
Re: Printers? ("Bartek Kostrzewa")
To install routines for network interface ("Kejvan")
Re: Linux won't boot with Thunderbird! (Eric Dondelinger)
Re: Linux on a 386 (Eric Dondelinger)
scsi scanner(ACARD aec6710d) (root)
Re: microsoft wheel mouse problem ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: serial port server ??? (Vlastimil Pohnetal)
Re: flash/diskless Linux hardware project?? (Vlastimil Pohnetal)
Re: which kernel for 486+16MB? (Vlastimil Pohnetal)
Re: Should I upgrade my system or buy new? (Trent Piepho)
Re: BIOS setup on an old 386 (Vlastimil Pohnetal)
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From: sun.tzu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: GeForce MX
Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2000 06:28:41 GMT
When I try to setup XFree86 with my GeForce MX card, it ssys I has a
GeForce 256. Are all the GeForce card compatible with each other in Linux
or should I wait till someone makes a GeForce MX driver?
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From: Grant Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Brother HL-1030 Printer Driver??
Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2000 06:57:26 GMT
Steven Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> In article <SNBt5.239324$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "D. Abuan"
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Just bought this Brother HL-1030 printer but forgot to check the
>> hardware compatiblity list... Does anyone have any solution to get
>> this thing working???
According to my data, it works with the hl1250 driver included in
Ghostscript 6 and newer, or available separately for inclusion in GPL
Ghostcript.
See http://www.linuxprinting.org/show_printer.cgi?recnum=261673
> I have a HL-1240. It works beautifully on my Redhat 6.0 box. In
> printtool, I selected the HP LaserJet 4/5/6 series filter. All the
> Windows PCs on the LAN prints great via Samba :-)
Doubtless. However, I have a number of reports that this printer's
2MB memory is not enough, and that it cannot be extended. Thus I do
not recommend this printer to people. The 1250 (adds a SIMM slot),
and especially the 1260 (adds Postscript) and 1270N (adds Ethernet),
however, are all gloriously Linux compatible devices.
--
Grant Taylor - gtaylor@picante<dot>com - http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/
Linux Printing Website and HOWTO: http://www.linuxprinting.org/
I offer consulting services; innovative Linux use a specialty
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From: Grant Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: URGENT laserjet 2100 driver?
Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2000 06:59:32 GMT
jaalaw1 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I just bought a laserjet 2100. What driver is available for linux,
> and where?
Ghostscript's ljet4 driver should drive this printer at 600dpi, and
the pxlmono driver may be the way to get 1200dpi.
See http://www.linuxprinting.org/show_printer.cgi?recnum=64096
In the future, look before you leap; especially in the printer market
it is easy to end up with unsupported, or unsupportable hardware...
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Grant Taylor - gtaylor@picante<dot>com - http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/
Linux Printing Website and HOWTO: http://www.linuxprinting.org/
I offer consulting services; innovative Linux use a specialty
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From: "Alen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Vanta and Linux (XFree ?.?.?)
Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2000 08:51:53 +0200
Does nVidia Vanta chip works with XFree 3.3.6. Any practical experience with
some linux distribution (Suse 6.x, Mandrake 7.1, RH 6.x)
Pozdrav/Regards Alen
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From: Grant Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: anyone got cdj880.tar.gz?
Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2000 07:05:58 GMT
Carlos Fernandez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I am looking for the cdj880 file that is missing out of
> www.linuxprinting.org. I am desperate to obtain a copy and it is
> the last issue I have to resolve with my linux. Apperantly the
> person(s) who designed cdj880 changed his web page address and did
> not care to let anyone at www.linuxprinting.org know.
> If anyone has this file I would greatly appreciate it if you could
> email it to me or post it at www.linuxprinting.org. The link they
> offer through ftp: is forbidden for some reason.
Ah, yes, that was my goof; I since fixed it.
More importantly, the new location for Matt's website has turned up;
cdj880 now lives at http://www.gelhaus.net/hp880c/ . I of course
mailed this to everyone who had asked me directly, and updated the
link in the database.
Now back to our regularly scheduled programming ;)
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Grant Taylor - gtaylor@picante<dot>com - http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/
Linux Printing Website and HOWTO: http://www.linuxprinting.org/
I offer consulting services; innovative Linux use a specialty
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From: "Steve Wolfe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: GeForce MX
Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2000 01:03:19 -0600
> When I try to setup XFree86 with my GeForce MX card, it ssys I has a
> GeForce 256. Are all the GeForce card compatible with each other in Linux
> or should I wait till someone makes a GeForce MX driver?
They're compatible.
steve
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From: Grant Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Printers?
Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2000 07:12:40 GMT
Elvis C Chen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Bartek Kostrzewa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> : I'm desperately looking for a printer [...] I need color, so Inkjet is the
> : only option cause my budget is limited
> you should check out:
> http://www.linuxprinting.org/printer_list.cgi
> whatever you decide, make sure it functions properly under linux.
Indeed. _The_ choice in properly working color inkjets for free
software users is Epson. No other line is supported at all well.
Furthermore, no driver besides the gimp-print/stp driver contains
really good dithering code. This driver contains support for many
Epson, Canon, and HP printers, but only the Epson support is
functionally competetive with the vendor's Windows software.
The moment HP, Canon, Lexmark, and others start cooperating, the
situation will change. But until then, it's Epson.
--
Grant Taylor - gtaylor@picante<dot>com - http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/
Linux Printing Website and HOWTO: http://www.linuxprinting.org/
I offer consulting services; innovative Linux use a specialty
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From: Grant Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Epson color 480 pb
Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2000 07:16:27 GMT
Guillaume Thouvenin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I tried to use use my epson stylus color 480 but when I use "lpr"
> command, nothing happens. So, I went on the www.linuxprinting.org
> web site. I found my printer in driver listing. I follwed the
> instructions that told me to use stp driver. In the stp page, I use
> the automagic LPD configuration generator and I followed the
> instructions provided by the LPD documentation. Ghostscript drivers
> are available for my printer, I installed lpdomatic, I modified
> /etc/printcap, I restarted lpd and when I tried lpr -Pleffe doc.ps,
> I have no error message but nothing happens.
Hmm. You don't state that you obtained and install the stp driver
itself. Did you do so? This would involve either recompiling
Ghostscript, or perhaps installing a different Ghostscript package
provided by the stp/gimp-print folks, if they offer one.
Check that the stp driver is on your system by examining the output of
`gs -help'; if stp is not a listed driver, then you must still do that
step.
--
Grant Taylor - gtaylor@picante<dot>com - http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/
Linux Printing Website and HOWTO: http://www.linuxprinting.org/
I offer consulting services; innovative Linux use a specialty
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Subject: Re: Swap/memory problem?
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kenneth R�rvik)
Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2000 07:24:56 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Craig Jones) wrote in <8pors6$lk9$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>I am running a PIII 600MHz intel system with 256Meg RAM and Linux
>2.2.14-5.0. REdhat Linux 6.2
>
>The interesting thing is in gtop, the third bar along shows the swap
>that is being used. When I run a very large job in Matlab the swap
>get's allocated (according to the length of the bar). This is fine (I
>guess), but when I exit Matlab, I would have expected the swap to be
>released and therefore the length of the red bar go back down.
>
>Am I wrong in my expectations? Is there a bug in the kernel, or is this
>just a case of me not understanding what the swap bar represents.
Hi! Sounds like your system is OK to me :) The swap space can often remain
after apps using it are closed. This is perfectly normal, and does not
impair performance, as far as I know.
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Kenneth R�rvik 91841353/22950312
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From: sideband <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.redhat,comp.os.linux.setup,linux.redhat.install,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: IRQ timeout errors on hdb - RH 6.2
Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2000 03:33:24 -0400
On or about Thu, 14 Sep 2000 02:19:56 +0000 (UTC), [EMAIL PROTECTED]
(David Efflandt), using the forum comp.os.linux.hardware did say:
:
:Here's a thought. I was getting the same lost interrupt errors on hdc
:that I use for Linux a couple of times during the week and last Sunday got
:so bad that it locked while attempting shutdown. This is the last of the
:log at the point is stalled:
:
:Sep 3 09:12:46 efflandt kernel: hdc: lost interrupt
:Sep 3 09:12:46 efflandt kernel: hdc: read_intr: status=0x50 { DriveReady
:SeekComplete }
:Sep 3 09:12:56 efflandt kernel: hdc: lost interrupt
:Sep 3 09:12:56 efflandt kernel: hdc: read_intr: status=0x50 { DriveReady
:SeekComplete }
:Sep 3 09:13:07 efflandt kernel: hdc: lost interrupt
:Sep 3 09:13:38 efflandt last message repeated 3 times
:Sep 3 09:13:38 efflandt kernel: hdc: read_intr: status=0x00 { }
:
:In the process of swapping out my hdb from a Win95 drive to one with an
:older Linux version, I noticed that the area between my plastic case and
:the grill in front of my inlet fan was totally packed with lint. I
:removed the front of the case and all of the lint, vacuumed out the rest
:of the case and put it back together.
:
:I e2fsck'd hdc from another drive, checked for badblocks (none), backed up
:some essential files to another drive, and rebooted to hdc with nothing
:lost and no problems since then.
:
:This is an old P100 box running an Evergreen Spectra400 (K6-2/400) 24/7
:crunching SETI work units at 100% cpu load. Apparently the total lack of
:inlet air (heat) was causing the lost interrupts, and I have not seen a
:lost interrupt since I cleared that up.
Sounds like heat was the problem there... And it looks like you did it
all right. ::grin::
If there isn't a fan blowing across the hard drives, which do make a
fair amount of heat, it wouldn't hurt to put one it to keep them cool.
Just my two cents.
-SSB
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From: "Chi Lok Leung" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: RAID Controller w/Ultra160 -Suggestion
Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2000 07:47:11 GMT
I'm looking for a SCSI Ultra160 RAID Controller 1 or 2 channel (PCI32) that
is compatible with RedHat 6.2 right out of the box.
Any Suggestions?
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From: "Bartek Kostrzewa" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Printers?
Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2000 09:59:49 +0200
>
> The moment HP, Canon, Lexmark, and others start cooperating, the
> situation will change. But until then, it's Epson.
>
Ok- Thanks to you both.
> --
> Grant Taylor - gtaylor@picante<dot>com - http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/
> Linux Printing Website and HOWTO: http://www.linuxprinting.org/
> I offer consulting services; innovative Linux use a specialty
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From: "Kejvan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: To install routines for network interface
Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2000 10:37:28 +0200
Hi
I have installed a new network card (NIC) on a linux machine. The idea is to
build my own little network with Linux as a router between two subnets. How
do I install the drive routines for the new card (say interface eth1) and
how to configure the two nets, just consisting of two other computers, for
now, both connected to the Linux box by ethernet.
Thank you.
Kejvan
Student doing Master Thesis
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From: Eric Dondelinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux won't boot with Thunderbird!
Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2000 11:15:54 +0200
Hi,
> > Can you find someone who knows this parameter? I would like to use it.
> > Or... Do you know how to tell lilo to boot your system using a stripped
> > down kernel on a floppy.
Sorry, I've seen it mentioned either in this newsgroup or in
alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.abit, but can't remember the details.
The BootPrompt Howto doesn't mention this, maybe a search at
deja might help...
Greets Eric
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From: Eric Dondelinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux on a 386
Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2000 11:27:53 +0200
Hi,
> Hm. I did such things. It all depends on your RAM. For X you want 16M RAM
> (or you have to do some special tweaking). If you have that, it works OK,
> though you should not use too high-powered applications (netscape,
> enlightenment, emacs). Many other things work quite OK with 8MB (inclusive
> Perl, I would doubt MySQL). Ssh will be quite slow, but usable for simple
> things.
As you say, depends on RAM. I tried some X11 on a P133 w/ 16MB, which
was quite unusable. By now that notebook has 48MB, and it's ok (no
desktop, though, just plain AfterStep in my case). With this much RAM
I can even do some Perl/MySQL development while using Netscape as
browser without this becoming too much of a pain.
In 16MB, I'd consider Perl/MySQL/w3m (vim as editor in any case ;-))
to be ok, but better leave out X11.
[Note: I'm used to Athlon 800/256MB by now, and do serious development,
so maybe I just have high standards ;-)]
Greetings, Eric
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From: root <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: scsi scanner(ACARD aec6710d)
Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2000 20:28:49 +0200
I have Suse6.3 on a dual celeron bp6 board 17g ide hdd scsi cd
burner(sym 53c860 working)sb live(working) but the acard scsi
controller just stops the machine booting , i've recompiled the kernel
with generic support for scsi added support for the only acard scsi
ther(atp870u) but it just resets the card at boot up and says trying
harder and tries all night with no change!
Is there another driver that works for this card?
the scsi card for the burner has a different connector at the back to
the scanner, can you get adaptors for different connectors?
any help appreciated
jon
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: microsoft wheel mouse problem
Date: 14 Sep 2000 06:32:48 -0400
Demian Gutierrez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Song Pu wrote:
>> I've just got a microsoft wheel mouse, does anybody know how to make the
>> scroll wheel work as middle button? the package that I am using is
>> RedHat 6.2 with KDE as my desktop.
>> Thanks in advance.
> I have a Genius Wheel Mouse (I believe is almost the same) I set it up as a
> Microsoft Intellimouse (or something like that) The wheel does not work,
> but I can use it as a third button. If you can set the wheel to work...
> please mail to me.
What is in your XF86Config file? I have a PS2 Logitech Mouse Man Marble
Plus (with wheel). In the Section "Pointer"
Protocol "IMPS/2"
Device "/dev/psaux"
Buttons 5
ZAxisMapping 4 5
(see the manual page for XF86Config for the Pointer section)
(explanation: IntelliMouse PS/2 driver on the Protocol line.
/dev/psaux is the PS/2 port.
Two main buttons. Pressing down the wheel is the third
button. Moving the wheel forward/back
activates the switches for buttons 4/5.
Buttons 4/5 used for movement (in some direction other
than X,Y))
(if you have a serial mouse or something, yours will be different - but
generally you want the IntelliMouse with wheel)
Pressing the wheel should work as the third button.
Some programmes work with the wheel. Many don't.
imwheel is a patch programme which can convert wheel motion to up/down
keypresses (and SHIFT wheel motion to up/down-PAGE presses, etc. - it can
be configured differently for different programmes).
See the manual page for imwheel.
The configuration file should be (well, on my system, but yours may be
different) at /etc/imwheelrc
My .xinitrc file has the line:
/usr/X11/bin/imwheel
(which I added) to use imwheel (IntelliMouse wheel driver).
(for some programmes, you can configure them separately to use the wheel
and tell imwheel not to make conversions for those programmes in imwheelrc
- or you can just let imwheel do the conversion)
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From: Vlastimil Pohnetal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: serial port server ???
Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2000 13:57:51 +0200
How many serial lines? Visit http://www.mite.cz, miteROUTER-B/S
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From: Vlastimil Pohnetal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: flash/diskless Linux hardware project??
Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2000 14:23:18 +0200
Visit http://www.mite.cz to see miteROUTER where LINUX ported to a
modules with flash disk.
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Martin Brown wrote:
>
> I seem to remember a linux (?) hardware project that replaced a hard drive
> with some sort of high capacity electronic (flash??) media card.
>
> Can anyone point me to such a project?
>
> Or to a site that has or has links to similiar projects?
>
> Thank you.
> --
> - Martin J. Brown, Jr. -
> - [EMAIL PROTECTED] -
>
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From: Vlastimil Pohnetal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: which kernel for 486+16MB?
Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2000 14:00:15 +0200
Good experienced with 2.0.36, see http://www.mite.cz (miteROUTER for
example), 16 MB RAM, 16 MB Flash on Module DIMM-PC
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Trent Piepho)
Subject: Re: Should I upgrade my system or buy new?
Date: 14 Sep 2000 03:32:50 -0700
In article <8pj0r6$lnp$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Here is my situation. I have been running (albeit slowly) Redhat 6.1 on
>the following system.
>
>Intel Pentium 166mhz
>I430VX MB with intel chipset
>128MB EDO RAM (4 72pin SIMMS)
>Diamond Stealth 64 Video Card
The VX chipset can't cache more than 64MB of memory, so you should see a big
speed up if you remove 2 of those SIMMS. Linux sticks the kernel in the top
of memory, which is the part that isn't getting cached.
You could buy a faster CPU somewhere like ebay, as you're not going to find
many socket-7 CPUs new. Depending on what voltages your motherboard can
supply, and what bus speeds it can do, you might be able to use a pentium MMX,
K6, K6-II, K6-III, or Cyrix M2. Or you might just be stuck with a Pentium 200
as the fastest CPU you can get. There are also various "upgrade" CPUs you can
get, based on a centaur C6 or some other chip, that are designed for older
motherboards that won't work with modern socket 7 CPUs. If you can do it,
a K6-III 450 would make your system quite a bit faster.
Other than that, your system is un-upgradable. Any new motherboard will take
DIMMs, so your SIMMS are useless. There is no point in keeping your old video
card when you can get a new AGP card that is much faster for less than $100.
Any new motherboard will also be ATX form factor, so if you have an AT case,
and that would be the standard for you're vintage components, you can't even
keep the case. You're better off buying a complete system, as you'll get a
better price this way than if you buy parts.
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From: Vlastimil Pohnetal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: BIOS setup on an old 386
Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2000 14:59:19 +0200
For your reference only, visit http://www.mite.cz, the miteROUTER has a
version with 386 and LINUX.
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