Linux-Hardware Digest #619, Volume #13 Sat, 23 Sep 00 14:13:10 EDT
Contents:
Re: 4004 (Christopher Browne)
Re: Lexmark 5700 under linux (Alexander Newald)
Re: GeForce MX (Barry Wilkes)
Re: PCI Sound card (es1371) help (Steve Gage)
Re: CD Tower Not Being Completely Recognized by Linux ("Jeffrey Willemsen")
Re: CMI8330 - sndconfig won't configure (Mile Davidovic)
Driver for Adaptec (Michael)
Upgrading 2.2.14->2.2.17 loses my /dev/hdd ("Andrew P. Billyard")
Re: 2 SCSI cards in one machine (Larry Irons)
HP 710 C ("MkSkr")
AMR in linux ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Driver for Adaptec (Randy Cooper)
Re: Soyo SY-K7VIA motherboard? Kaser S305-16A video card? ("Luiz Cl�udio")
Multiple wd 8013 ethernet adapters ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Driver for Adaptec (David C.)
Best sound recording under linux SB PCI128 with Ensoniq 1371 (Sreekant Kodela)
Re: Multiple wd 8013 ethernet adapters ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Driver for Adaptec (David C.)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Christopher Browne)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: 4004
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sat, 23 Sep 2000 07:59:38 GMT
Centuries ago, Nostradamus foresaw a time when Lew Pitcher would say:
>Christopher Browne wrote:
>>
>> Centuries ago, Nostradamus foresaw a time when Peter would say:
>> >I see people bragging about getting Linux running with small old
>> >boxes. Those little Linux based one chip print servers must be limited
>> >in resources.
>> >
>> >The I have heard is a 386/25.
>> >
>> >What about 286s?
>> >186?
>> >8086?
>> >8080 with 4Kb memory?
>> >How about the original 4004 with 8 bytes of memory?
>>
>> There is a "very low end Unix variant" called Uzi, that I believe
>> can run on a Z-80;
>
>There have been a number of Unix variants that run on Z80: Cromix was
>one, and I believe Zilog even offered a Unix clone for Z80 (during the
>heyday of CP/M).
It still leaves us with the problem that a conventional-looking Linux
won't likely run on any of these.
>> the minimum for a recognizable form of Linux, on the
>> other hand, is an 80386, which was a BIG jump from the 80286 in its
>> support for addressing modes and virtualization.
>>
>> >I know 5Mb disks are a challenge. I waited for 10Mb disks before
>> >buying a computer (although I did build one using RAIF (RAIF is the
>> >RAID you build when you have a shelf full of floppy drives))
>>
>> That sounds rather sick! :-)
>>
>> >My mate's teacher made a 5Kb disk by spraying the platter of a record
>> >player with iron oxide based rust proofing paint. The hand wound
>> >read/write head worked well. It just took a while to wind the handle
>> >that moved the head to the next track.
>>
>> I can't decide whether to believe that or not; it's just imaginable
>> enough that it doesn't seem _completely_ impossible. But seems rather
>> like Mr Spock building a computer out of rocks; that is, something
>> that works on TV, but not usually in real life :-)
>
>Well, you missed the Byte Magazine challange (about 1980 or so) to
>develop a fax/scanner. IIRC, U of Waterloo (here in Ontario Canada)
>came up with a photocell mounted on a movable, geared stand which was
>attached to a phonograph player (y'a know, analog audio players <g>).
>Mounted on the turntable was an applejuice can to which a document
>would be attached, wrapped around the can. The turntable would spin
>the document and the photocell would descend, scanning in helixal
>lines around the document. A single bit A/D converter was used to
>capture the data to a serial port on a computer where the scanned data
>was built into a grayscale bitmap of the image.
Was that done by the CS/EEE folk? If it hid at Engsoc, then I'd
likely not have seen it, as I mostly hung around MC. [Between brothers
and in-laws, we "Brownes" have 16-odd years of contact with U.W.]
>> >But that 5Kb disk was back in the 50s when the valves used to build
>> >RAM were expensive and brown paint was cheap. (My mate also remembers
>> >black&white television, programming with COBOL and something named
>> >DOS.)
>
>If it were Black&White TV, then DOS stood for Disk Operating System,
>and was written and sold by IBM for use on their S/360 mainframes. DOS
>(IBM's mainframe OS) has grown up some, going to DOS/VS, then DOS/VSE,
>then VSE/SP, then VSE/ESA. Tbat _other_ DOS is a "Johnny-come-lately"
>with the advent of colour cable TV and programming in Pascal.
Indeed...
>> >So who won the "I've got the smallest" competition?
>>
>> Smallest I believe is a 486 clone that, complete with some RAM and
>> Ethernet NIC, fits in a matchbox. But stuff that small isn't
>> cheap...
>
>Runs an Apache Webserver under Linux, IIRC.
Yup. Probably a slick idea for a router, so long as you're prepared
to pay the price.
Mind you, if we're worrying about the cost of rusty paint :-).
--
[EMAIL PROTECTED] - <http://www.hex.net/~cbbrowne/>
Make sure your code does nothing gracefully.
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From: Alexander Newald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Lexmark 5700 under linux
Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2000 20:15:37 +0200
Dan wrote:
[How to get the lexmark 5700 to work?]
Hello,
a full installation guide can be found at www.newald.de/linux and then
fullow Lexmark 5700! This site is in english by default and also
available in german!
Alexander Newald
-- =
Alexander Newald Internet presentation & Network solution
Wunstorfer Stra=DFe 72 =
30453 Hannover - Germany Information: http://www.newald.de/service
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Subject: Re: GeForce MX
From: Barry Wilkes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Sat, 23 Sep 2000 09:23:33 GMT
"Mark Seavers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I've got a Hercules 3D Prophet II MX which is based on the GeForce 2 MX
> chipset.... so that IS supported under XFree 4, right? I couldn't see
> drivers specific to the MX on the NVidia website, they only had drivers for
> the GTS or something.... are they compatible?
>
Yes, it's compatable. That's the card I'm using. Just follow the
instructions on
http://www.nvidia.com/Products/OpenLinuxDwn.nsf/xfree86_40bld095FAQ
Barry.
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From: Steve Gage <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: PCI Sound card (es1371) help
Date: Sat, 23 Sep 2000 11:06:33 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> Hi. I am running Red Hat 6.2 (2.2.14) with a 16 bit Creative Labs
> sound card (based on the Ensoniq ES1371). I thought I had everything
> set correctly, but get no sound. I first used sndconfig which
> autodetected the card, but got no test sound. Then I tried manual
> configuration.
>
> My /etc/conf.modules has the lines:
> alias char-major-14 es1371
> options es1371 joystick=0x200
>
> I loaded the module with modprobe:
> Module Size Used by
> es1371 25924 0
> soundcore 2692 4 [es1371]
>
> The interrupts are not conflicting (as far as I can tell), and the card
> shows up in /proc/pci:
> Bus 0, device 8, function 0:
> Multimedia audio controller: Ensoniq ES1371 (rev 7).
> Slow devsel. IRQ 11. Master Capable. Latency=32. Min
> Gnt=12.Max Lat=128
>
> Can anyone think of what could be wrong with this (dead card)?
>
> Thoughts?
It might be that the card is working perfectly, but is "muted" - try
running one of the many sound mixers and check out the status and volume
of the various channels. I have a cheap Creative Ensoniq AudioPCI, and
it works fine.
- Steve
>
> Thanks
> jpk
>
> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> Before you buy.
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From: "Jeffrey Willemsen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.periphs.scsi
Subject: Re: CD Tower Not Being Completely Recognized by Linux
Date: Sat, 23 Sep 2000 15:13:24 +0200
Hi Mark,
"Mark Post" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote ...
> The unit has a label on the back that says "Procom Technology CDT7-4X
Plus."
> When the SCSI module (advansys.o) is loaded, it tells me that it is a "CMD
> TEC, Model SCEA-2000, Rev A6Z, type (31) Unknown"
This tower seems to have an interface card inside (the SCEA-2000) that has
two SCSI channels. One channel is connected inside the tower and all CD-ROM
drives have a seperate ID number. The other SCSI channel is the one at the
back you connect your computer to. The card is used to convert all connected
CD-ROM drives with their seperate SCSI-IDs to a single SCSI ID number with
multiple LUN numbers so a tower with 6 or 7 CD-ROM units won't use up all
your SCSI ID numbers at the PC. This interface even has a serial port to
wich you can connect a terminal and change some elements in the setup :-)
> I specified in my kernel parameters (2.2.14) that all LUNs should be
probed,
> but I'm only seeing LUN 0 reported.
It should report all LUN's ... you are sure there is only 1 SCSI connection
at the back of the tower so you connected to the correct SCSI channel?
> Can anyone point me in the right direction for further research, or offer
I can provide you with more information on the SCEA-2000 interface that is
inside the tower if you like .. just mail me back at
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Greetings,
Jeffrey
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mile Davidovic)
Subject: Re: CMI8330 - sndconfig won't configure
Date: 23 Sep 2000 13:14:48 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I had similiar problem with CMI sound card. This is not perfect solution
but works.
My conf.modules:
options sb io=0x220 irq=5 dma=1 dma16=5 mpu_io=0x330
alias sound sb
My isapnp.conf:
(READPORT 0x0203)
#(ISOLATE PRESERVE)
(ISOLATE)
(IDENTIFY *)
(VERBOSITY 2)
#(CONFLICT (IO FATAL)(IRQ FATAL)(DMA FATAL)(MEM FATAL)) # or WARNING
(CONFLICT (IO WARNING)(IRQ WARNING)(DMA WARNING)(MEM WARNING)) # or WARNING
(VERIFYLD N)
# SB...
(CONFIGURE CMI0001/16777472 (LD 3
(IO 0 (SIZE 16) (BASE 0x0220))
(INT 0 (IRQ 5 (MODE +E)))
(DMA 0 (CHANNEL 1))
(DMA 1 (CHANNEL 5))
(NAME "CMI0001/16777472[3]{CMI8330/C3D Audio Adapter}")
(ACT Y)
))
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From: Michael <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Driver for Adaptec
Date: Sat, 23 Sep 2000 14:05:14 GMT
I have an adaptec AVA-1502AI ISA to SCSI host adapter. This adapter does
not seem to be supported by RH 6.2. Most other Adaptec SCSI cards are
supported. Does any one know how to modify a driver to make this card
work? Or can someone write a driver for me or tell me how to do it? Also
tell me how to install the driver once it's made. I use this card for my
smart and friendly cd burner which is supported by RH.
Thanks,
--Michael-
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From: "Andrew P. Billyard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Upgrading 2.2.14->2.2.17 loses my /dev/hdd
Date: Sat, 23 Sep 2000 14:38:22 GMT
In my previous message, I was having trouble getting the kernel to recognize
my last drive, and I think I've narrowed it down to the Ali15x3 driver. This
morning I recompiled the kernel with the "Ali15x3 chipset support" turned
off. Voila....the partition check of /dev/hdd1 came through:
Partition check:
hda: hda1 hda2 hda3 hda4
hdb: hdb1
hdd: hdd1
However, I could not tweak with hdparm -d1. I then reintroduced the ali15x3
chipset support, recompiled the kernel and got on bootup:
Partition check:
hda: hda1 hda2 hda3 hda4
hdb: hdb1
hdd:hdd: lost interrupt
unknown partition table
So, does anybody have a clue as to what I should do?
Cheers,
Andrew
> "Andrew P. Billyard" wrote:
>
> > I just upgraded my kernel from 2.2.14-05 to 2.2.17 (actually, to 2.4 but
> > had too many troubles, so I went to 2.2.17 - the problem below applies
> > also to the 2.4 kernel), so that the kernel could recognize my
> > machine's (AMD K6-2/500 on an AMD P5a-b board) IDE controller
> > (Ali15x3). I also used the patch ide.2.2.17.all.20000904.patch to
> > recognize the Ali15x3 chipset. My last harddrive, /dev/hdd, is no
> > longer recognized. This is an old Western Digital 202 Mb drive which I
> > use as a monthly backup storage device. Currently, my dmesg reads
> >
> > [snip]
> > Uniform Multi-Platform E-IDE driver Revision: 6.30
> > ide: Assuming 33MHz system bus speed for PIO modes; override with
> > idebus=xx
> > ALI15X3: IDE controller on PCI bus 00 dev 78
> > ALI15X3: chipset revision 193
> > ALI15X3: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later
> > ide0: BM-DMA at 0xb000-0xb007, BIOS settings: hda:DMA, hdb:DMA
> > ide1: BM-DMA at 0xb008-0xb00f, BIOS settings: hdc:pio, hdd:pio
> > hda: IBM-DJNA-351520, ATA DISK drive
> > hdb: M1606TA, ATA DISK drive
> > ide: Assuming 33MHz system bus speed for PIO modes; override with
> > idebus=xx
> > hdc: ATAPI CD-ROM DRIVE 40X MAXIMUM, ATAPI CDROM drive
> > > hdd: WDC AC2200F, ATA DISK drive
> > ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14
> > ide1 at 0x170-0x177,0x376 on irq 15
> > hda: IBM-DJNA-351520, 14664MB w/430kB Cache, CHS=29795/16/63,
> > UDMA(33)
> > hdb: M1606TA, 1039MB w/256kB Cache, CHS=2111/16/63, DMA
> > > hdd: WDC AC2200F, 202MB w/64kB Cache, CHS=989/12/35
> > hdc: ATAPI 40X CD-ROM drive, 128kB Cache, (U)DMA
> > Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.11
> > [snip]
> > Partition check:
> > hda: hda1 hda2 hda3 hda4
> > hdb: hdb1
> > hdd:hdd: lost interrupt
> > unknown partition table
> > [snip]
> > VFS: Disk change detected on device ide1(22,0)
> > [snip]
> >
> > I used to be able to mount /dev/hdd1 with "mount /dev/hdd1 /backups"
> > but now mount returns with "mount:
> > /dev/hdd1 is not a valid block device". However, if I boot up with
> > 2.2.14, I can still access this drive.
> >
> > Any suggestions?
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Andrew
> >
> > PS: hdparm /dev/hdd produces:
> >
> > /dev/hdd:
> > multcount = 0 (off)
> > I/O support = 0 (default 16-bit)
> > unmaskirq = 0 (off)
> > using_dma = 0 (off)
> > keepsettings = 0 (off)
> > nowerr = 0 (off)
> > readonly = 0 (off)
> > readahead = 8 (on)
> > geometry = 989/12/35, sectors = 415380, start = 0
> >
> > if this helps any.....
> >
> > --
> > Please reply to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> In all probability, you omitted something when you configured the Kernel.
>
> Is this a really, really old WD drive? That is, Original XT type
> controller?
>
> If so, that is a separate driver -- a separate option in whichever
> configuration program you are using.
>
> JRT
--
Please reply to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Larry Irons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: 2 SCSI cards in one machine
Date: Sat, 23 Sep 2000 14:52:26 GMT
Larry Irons wrote:
> I have a Linux computer running Caldera OpenLinux 2.3. It has been
> running fine for over a year with one Adaptec 2940 SCSI card with 5 SCSI
> hard drives attached. We have added a 2nd Adaptec 2930 SCSI card with a
> SCSI 8mm tape drive. At boot the BIOS for both drives is recognized as
> well as all of the devices. One Hard drive SCSI card is on irq 11 and
> the tape SCSI card is on irq 5. There are no device conflicts for irqs.
> There are no device conflicts for i/o ports.
>
> Linux does not see the 2nd SCSI controller, but it sees the first one. I
> do a "dmesg" and there is no mention of the second controller.
>
> There are no additional LILO boot parms for the Adaptec aic78xx driver
> regarding irqs and i/o ports. Currently the SCSI driver for the
> controller is being loaded as a module. Is there anything that I can do
> to get the 2nd controller to be recognized by the kernel?
>
> Larry
>
> --
> Larry Irons
> Senior Geophysicist
> Tricon Geophysics Inc.
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To everyone:
Thanks for your replies. I sent an email to Caldera's support line and I got
this back -
Summary: Getting Linux to recognize 2nd SCSI card
SUGGESTED SOLUTION:
At 09/22/2000 08:23 AM we wrote - Unfortunately the Adaptec 2930 is
not listed as supported hardware by OpenLinux 2.3
(http://www.calderasystems.com/support/hardware/2.3/hardware-scsi.html).
The current modules written for other adaptec cards (the aic7xx) may
not work with the 2930 SCSI controller. You may want to try
removing the first controller and leaving the 2930 in to see if the
aic7xx module will load and work for it. If it fails at boot up try
loading it from the commandline with the modprobe command (if you
can get into your system without the other controller):
modprobe aic7xx
Another problem that could be happening is using the same module for
two devices. Sometimes this will work flawlessly with linux, other
times, depending on the cards, it can cause confusion and one or
both of the cards will not function correctly. Please let me know
what you are able to do and find out.
-Dave
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From: "MkSkr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: HP 710 C
Date: Sat, 23 Sep 2000 18:22:36 +0200
I don't now how to install HP 710 C printer. Can you help me ????
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux
Subject: AMR in linux
Date: Sat, 23 Sep 2000 16:56:42 GMT
I have seen the AMR slots on a few of the socket A motherboards now.
Will an amr modem work in linux. Are there any AMR modems that will
work in linux. I have been looking at the Asus A7V motheboard and I
think I will run it with a duron 600. Just wondering about the AMR
thing though. Also will the onboard sound that the A7V comes with work
in redhat 6.2? Thanks
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
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From: Randy Cooper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Driver for Adaptec
Date: Sat, 23 Sep 2000 12:14:10 -0500
Micheal,
I have this adapter as well. You use the aha152x driver. I have my card set
for IRQ 12 and IO address 140 hex. To load the driver manually I use the
command:
/sbin/modprobe aha152x aha152x=0x140,12,7,1
You can have the driver loaded automatically at boot by adding the
appropriate statements to an rc script or modify the initial ram disk (see
initrd).
If you have further questions regarding this please email me.
Michael wrote:
> I have an adaptec AVA-1502AI ISA to SCSI host adapter. This adapter does
>
> not seem to be supported by RH 6.2. Most other Adaptec SCSI cards are
> supported. Does any one know how to modify a driver to make this card
> work? Or can someone write a driver for me or tell me how to do it? Also
> tell me how to install the driver once it's made. I use this card for my
> smart and friendly cd burner which is supported by RH.
>
> Thanks,
> --Michael-
--
Reply to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (mail checked week nights and weekends)
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From: "Luiz Cl�udio" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Soyo SY-K7VIA motherboard? Kaser S305-16A video card?
Date: Sat, 23 Sep 2000 14:17:28 -0300
About...
Mike Oliver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escreveu nas not�cias de
mensagem:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> "Luiz Cl�udio" wrote:
> >
> > I have this same board with a k7 750 and a riva tntII , in my
system
> > the video card works fine, what chip your board use??
>
> I have a K7 800. I take it riva tntII is a video card? I don't know much
> about them (nor care an awful lot -- I'm not a gamer; I just want
> the desktop to look good at 1024x768 or higher resolution with high
color).
>
Yes, is the chip that the video board was made....
> > In a Red Hat 6.2 has
> > a big numbers of news video cards in a xconfigurator.
>
> Is there a list somewhere? I thought there was supposed to be a
> list of compatible hardware at the RedHat site but I haven't
> had any luck finding it.
>
I am going to search in the my linux files here....
> > I am having problems with a sound onboard, in a mobo CD has drivers
to
> > Red Hat 6.0 / 6.1 and caldera that don�t work with my 2.2.14-19 kernel
:^(
> > I am trying use the Alsa devices to configure the sound but
insuccessful
> > ...yet :^)
>
> Not sure I understand all this. The motherboard has drivers for the CD
> and they don't work? How'd you get Linux installed in the first place
> if you can't work the CD? Or is it only CD-audio that doesn't work?
I'm sorry my poor english :^) With the mother board come one
CD with drivers to configure sound in rWindows and Linux this Linux drivers
don't work here :^( and I can't listen any kind of sound running Linux only
in windows system.....
See you....
Luiz Claudio
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Multiple wd 8013 ethernet adapters
Date: Sat, 23 Sep 2000 17:45:21 GMT
Hello,
Well I have been going around & around with this one!
I have 2 8013 ethernet adapters. I am running a 2.2.16 kernel. I have
the kernel configured with modules and hence the wd driver is a module.
If I have the kernel probe for the adapters it always finds only one.
I tried setting the modules.conf options. But I can only set one set of
options :(
I tried aliases in the modules.conf but I could get that to work.
my cards are set for 0x280, 3, d0000 and 0x300, 10, cc000
Any help would be appreicated.
-Lach
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David C.)
Subject: Re: Driver for Adaptec
Date: 23 Sep 2000 13:45:18 -0400
Michael <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> I have an adaptec AVA-1502AI ISA to SCSI host adapter. This adapter
> does not seem to be supported by RH 6.2. Most other Adaptec SCSI cards
> are supported. Does any one know how to modify a driver to make this
> card work? Or can someone write a driver for me or tell me how to do
> it? Also tell me how to install the driver once it's made. I use this
> card for my smart and friendly cd burner which is supported by RH.
The 1502 is fully compatible with the 1505, 1510, 1520 and 1522 cards.
Use the aha152x driver.
You will have to configure the card via jumpers. Be certain there
aren't any resource conflicts when you set it up.
You will also have to explicitly state this configuration as parameters
to the driver in your /etc/conf.modules file. I don't think the 1502
has any ROM on it, so auto-detection of its configuration is probably
impossible.
-- David
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Date: Sat, 23 Sep 2000 19:51:34 +0100
From: Sreekant Kodela <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Best sound recording under linux SB PCI128 with Ensoniq 1371
Hi guys
I tried to record from the above card but the quality is slightly lower
than what goes in. I used the line in and connected from the walkman
headphone socket to line in socket.
Also the volume is low. When I tried with the rec from sox and user -v
100 etc to change the volume it gave
a lot of noise.
Could someone tell me the best mixer settings to record clean sound from
the above card.
Thanks in advance
Sreekant
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Multiple wd 8013 ethernet adapters
Date: 23 Sep 2000 19:55:43 +0200
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> Hello,
>
> Well I have been going around & around with this one!
>
> I have 2 8013 ethernet adapters. I am running a 2.2.16 kernel. I have
> the kernel configured with modules and hence the wd driver is a module.
>
> If I have the kernel probe for the adapters it always finds only one.
>
> I tried setting the modules.conf options. But I can only set one set of
> options :(
>
> I tried aliases in the modules.conf but I could get that to work.
>
> my cards are set for 0x280, 3, d0000 and 0x300, 10, cc000
During a recent struggle to set up my own ethernet card, I seem to
recall having read in the Ethernet HowTo, that with multiple netcards
you might have to pass IRQs and I/Os to the kernel at boot
time. Anyway, there is a section on multiple cards in this HowTo. I'd
recommend it.
HTH
Simon
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David C.)
Subject: Re: Driver for Adaptec
Date: 23 Sep 2000 13:53:52 -0400
Randy Cooper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> I have this adapter as well. You use the aha152x driver. I have my
> card set for IRQ 12 and IO address 140 hex. To load the driver
> manually I use the command:
>
> /sbin/modprobe aha152x aha152x=0x140,12,7,1
>
> You can have the driver loaded automatically at boot by adding the
> appropriate statements to an rc script or modify the initial ram disk
> (see initrd).
Better than an rc script. Use /etc/conf.modules. If this is your only
SCSI card, add something like this to the top of the file:
alias scsi_hostadapter aha152x
options aha152x aha152x=0x140,12,7,1
If you've already got another SCSI host adapter installed, just replace
"scsi_hostadapter" with "scsi_hostadapter1".
This way, the module will (or at least should be) auto-loaded when
needed.
Furthermore, it will be autodetected by the mkinitrd program and
included in an initial ram disk without any special work.
-- David
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