Linux-Hardware Digest #657, Volume #13 Sun, 1 Oct 00 22:13:07 EDT
Contents:
Re: sony vaio F580 Notebook unable to install ("visor-palm John")
Re: sony vaio F580 Notebook unable to install (David Efflandt)
Getting Hardware that's good for Linux ("Fabrice P. Laussy")
Re: linux on HP Pavilion (Steve)
Re: Getting Hardware that's good for Linux (Michael Burian)
Re: Lexmark Optra E310 setup (jdbow)
Re: newbie samba question (jdbow)
Re: Getting Hardware that's good for Linux ("Fabrice P. Laussy")
Re: Lost Partition(s) (John Thompson)
RedHat6.2 (or other) on Asus A7V Athlon system (Je77)
Re: Getting Hardware that's good for Linux (Michael Burian)
Re: Getting Hardware that's good for Linux ("Fabrice P. Laussy")
Re: Looking for a killer Dual CPU board for a Linux system.. (Bruce Forsberg)
Re: Unable to run XWindows (Rana Shoaib Ahmad)
IBM Token Ring 16/4 PCI 2 ("news.mybizz.net")
DSL ("T. Shawn Knisely")
Re: sony vaio F580 Notebook unable to install (Ming Kee =?big5?B?qfqwTw==?= in Linux)
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From: "visor-palm John" <j$ohn$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup,cz.comp.linux.redhat-cz
Subject: Re: sony vaio F580 Notebook unable to install
Date: Sun, 1 Oct 2000 11:12:28 -0700
During the text install I selected Gnome Workstation...
There wasn't an option to make a boot disk
I'll try it again...
"Stig S�rensen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:39d775bf$0$1769$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Did you make a boot-disk?
>
> "visor-palm John" <j$ohn$[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:8r7o3r$q8e$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > Ok, did the text-mode install (by typing "text" at the boot prompt)
> >
> > The install went fine, but when booting-up, there is no LILO prompt?
Any
> > suggestions?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > John
> > "Stig S�rensen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> > news:39d6eda3$0$1769$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > > -Run the installer in textmode.
> > > -Try RH7.0.
> > >
> > > /Stig
> > >
> > > "visor-palm John" <j$ohn$[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> > > news:8r5uqv$k5t$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > > > Sony VAIO PCG-F580: Pentium III 650Mhz, 256Mb RAM, 6Mb video
memory,
> 12
> > G
> > > > hard-drive
> > > > Display Adapter: NeoMagic MagicMedia256XL+ (v016)
> > > > Display: 15" XGA TFT
> > > >
> > > > RedHat 6.1 CD's
> > > >
> > > > The machine has Win98 on 2 partitions and there are 3 GB left to
> install
> > > > Linux.
> > > >
> > > > However, when I boot to the CD (or floppy) I first get the entry
> screen
> > > > which asks what type of install I want to do...Install RedHat Linux
> > (this
> > > is
> > > > the DOS-ish text window with the "boot:" prompt).
> > > > Then I press <enter> to do an install...the system goes through its
> > image
> > > > loading (vmlinux...) and then it says something like "unrecognized
> > > > card"...and it croaks...to the point where it says, system is safe
to
> > > > reboot.
> > > >
> > > > Here is the output (that can be viewed)
> > > >
> > > > Fatal server error:
> > > > No valid modes found.
> > > >
> > > > When reporting a problem related to a server crash, please send the
> full
> > > > server output, not jst the last messages
> > > >
> > > > _X11TransSocketUNIXConnect: Can't connect: errno = 111
> > > > Traceback (innermost last):
> > > > File "/usr/bin/anaconda", line 144, in ?
> > > > from gui import InstallInterface
> > > > File "/usr/lib/python1.5/site-packages/gui.py", line 9, in ?
> > > > from gtk import *
> > > > File "/usr/lib/python1.5/site-packages/gtk.py", line 29, in ?
> > > > _gtk.gtk.init()
> > > > RuntimeError: cannot open display
> > > > install exited abnormally
> > > > sending termination signals...done
> > > > sending kill signals...done
> > > > unmounting filesystems...
> > > > /mnt/source
> > > > /dev/pts
> > > > /proc
> > > > you may safely reboot your system
> > > >
> > > > I have taken all network cards out of the system and it still does
not
> > > allow
> > > > me to continue with the installation.
> > > > I have already checked out the stuff on
> > > > http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/kharker/linux-laptop/ and
> > > > http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~and1000/vaioF-series.html but it did not
> help.
> > > >
> > > > Any suggestions?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks,
> > > > John
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David Efflandt)
Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup,cz.comp.linux.redhat-cz
Subject: Re: sony vaio F580 Notebook unable to install
Date: Sun, 1 Oct 2000 18:23:46 +0000 (UTC)
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Sun, 1 Oct 2000, visor-palm John <j$ohn$[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>How do you tell it to run in text mode? (i.e. instead of non-textmode?)
I cannot find this in the RH 6.1 docs that are on the CD, but I believe at
the boot prompt you enter "linux text" like this:
boot: linux text
Your video chip is not supported by XFree86 in RH 6.1 by default, but
could be configured manually as 4 MB Neomagic (even though it is 6 MB)
with the SVGA server or by compiling framebuffer support into the kernel
and using the FB server. For a monitor selection try LCD 1024x768 or
whatever your resolution is.
>"Stig S�rensen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
>news:39d6eda3$0$1769$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>> -Run the installer in textmode.
>> -Try RH7.0.
>>
>> /Stig
>>
>> "visor-palm John" <j$ohn$[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
>> news:8r5uqv$k5t$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>> > Sony VAIO PCG-F580: Pentium III 650Mhz, 256Mb RAM, 6Mb video memory, 12
>G
>> > hard-drive
>> > Display Adapter: NeoMagic MagicMedia256XL+ (v016)
>> > Display: 15" XGA TFT
>> >
>> > RedHat 6.1 CD's
>> >
>> > The machine has Win98 on 2 partitions and there are 3 GB left to install
>> > Linux.
You either need a boot floppy, a primary /boot partition entirely below
cyl 1024 or a newer version of LILO that can boot beyond that. If you
have not written anything on your second FAT partition yet, you could
remove it and put it farther back or in an extended partition. Info on
how I partitioned the 9 GB drive on my F450 is at
http://www.de-srv.com/linux/sonyF450.html
When you get this all figured out, it would be helpful to write up your
own experiences to link from the Linux Laptop home page.
--
David Efflandt [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.de-srv.com/
http://www.autox.chicago.il.us/ http://www.berniesfloral.net/
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From: "Fabrice P. Laussy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Getting Hardware that's good for Linux
Date: Sun, 01 Oct 2000 21:26:05 +0200
Dear all,
I am to buy a new machine, and was wondering if expert users like you
had the idea to make a FAQ or special recommandations people like me
could rely on.
Especially, I am willing to find a document listing supported
material. Video is a tricky one. Could you please point out the neat
places to visit or give advices based on your own valuable experience.
Best regards.
FPL
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Steve)
Subject: Re: linux on HP Pavilion
Date: Sun, 01 Oct 2000 19:41:03 GMT
On Sun, 01 Oct 2000 17:53:28 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Steve)
wrote:
>I just finished installing Mandrake 7.1 (two CDs downloaded from
>mandrake), on my HP Pavilion 6460. It auto-configured the video &
>sound drivers, no problem, but does not seem to know that the Rockwell
>HCF 56K modem exists.
Clarification: No sound, either, and from what I have been able to
determine, I will need a new sound card & modem to convert the
Pavilion to a real Linux box. Seems the Rockwell hardware is 100%
undocumented & the maker would rather not have Linux support.
Dem bastids... it's things like that, make me try and learn a whole
new OS from the ground up.
:o(
Steve
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From: Michael Burian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Getting Hardware that's good for Linux
Date: Sun, 01 Oct 2000 22:03:52 +0200
"Fabrice P. Laussy" wrote:
>
> material. Video is a tricky one.
watch out for supported gear at
http://heroine.linuxave.net/bcast2000.html
Avoid PnP devices,
Avoid WinOnly devices,
Try to buy things from manufacturers that are known
to support the idea of open source software developement.
And yes, there's a
http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Hardware-HOWTO.html
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From: jdbow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Lexmark Optra E310 setup
Date: Sun, 01 Oct 2000 19:50:55 GMT
In article <8r7u9p$lpg$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Eric Ho <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Can someone give me the steps or tell me where to find the info on
> setting up a Lexmark E310 on my Linux (Slackware 7.0) machine ?
> I have read the printing FAQ, but it doesn't really tell me how to
> do it step by step.
>
> I know lpd is already running on my machine, so I might just need
> to change some settings/configurations.
>
> Thanks a million.
>
> Best Regards,
> Eric Ho
Eric,
I use an Optra E310 at both home and work. In fact, I used to use it
at work with Slackware 7.0. I used apsfilterconfig to set up the
/etc/printcap file; however, the printer should work with a generic
postscript setup -- possibly your system already has a generic printcap.
If you wish to use apsfilter, which I would advise, as it makes filters
that format postscript, plain text, and raw data correctly, simply run
"apsfilterconfig" and answer the questions. When complete, you should
be able to use lpr to print anything.
Jonathan Bowman
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Before you buy.
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From: jdbow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: newbie samba question
Date: Sun, 01 Oct 2000 20:03:27 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Liberat0r" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I need to know how to setup samba on my Linux box so that it can see
my win
> netbios shares. is there a way to do this. I wouldn't be asking this
> question if I had to but I couldn't find an answer on the web so I
turned
> to you guys.
>
> thanks for your time
>
> Liberator
>
Samba documentation is abundant at www.samba.org. In fact, if you
downloaded the source, you should have O'Reilly's entire book, Using
Samba. However, I can perhaps give you some direction. (Although it
should be known that this list is not intended to address only software
issues).
First, how did you obtain samba? Did you download it, and what type of
package did you download -- source, rpm, tgz, deb, etc. for specific
distributions of Linux. Chances are, if you received a pre-packaged
one, simply installing it will set most everything up. You will need to
customize the smb.conf file, wherever that may be. I prefer to use SWAT
-- the web interface for samba. If configured correctly, using
http://(your address here):901 should access a very intuitive interface.
What I have just written is all very general. If you need more
specifics, explain where you are at with the install. Also, I would
advise downloading Using Samba from
http://us4.samba.org/samba/ftp/docs/using_samba.tar.gz
run:
tar zxvf using_samba.tar.gz
on the file, then it should be browseable from netscape or whatever you
use.
Hope this helps
Jonathan Bowman
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Before you buy.
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From: "Fabrice P. Laussy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Getting Hardware that's good for Linux
Date: Sun, 01 Oct 2000 22:07:32 +0200
Michael Burian wrote:
> "Fabrice P. Laussy" wrote:
> >
> > material. Video is a tricky one.
> watch out for supported gear at
> http://heroine.linuxave.net/bcast2000.html
>
> Avoid PnP devices,
> Avoid WinOnly devices,
>
> Try to buy things from manufacturers that are known
> to support the idea of open source software developement.
>
> And yes, there's a
>
> http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Hardware-HOWTO.html
Okay, thanks Michael for your help, and for being so prompt to answer!
However, isn't the Hardware-HOWTO a bit old? Isn't it updated more
often. It is one year and three days old now. Seems to me there's been
a few moves in the hardware industry in between...
I'm gonna check that carefully.
Thanks again.
F.P.L.
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From: John Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Lost Partition(s)
Date: Sun, 01 Oct 2000 15:23:05 -0500
Christopher Howard wrote:
> The drive was 750mb, now it's 500mb. I think they were lost when I redid
> the MBR. The lost space doesn't apeer on fdisk. How do I get all that
> space back? 750mb is the largist that will fit in that machine. I don't
> want to replace it.
It sounds like you may have had some BIOS overlay software in the
MBR that got over-written when you redid the MBR. Without that,
the BIOS on your machine is only able to see up to cylinder 1024
(about 504MB). There are a few things you could try. If you
know what overlay software you had, you could reinstall it and
see if you find your lost partitions. You could replace your HD
controller with a newer one that has an on-board BIOS capable of
LBA to see past physical cylinder 1024. Or you could
repartition, keeping all your bootable partitions below 1024
cylinders. The rest of the space would be usable as additional
partitions after you have booted up.
If it were up to me, I'd spring for the new controller. Then you
shouldn't have a size restriction either.
--
-John ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Je77)
Subject: RedHat6.2 (or other) on Asus A7V Athlon system
Date: 1 Oct 2000 21:27:57 GMT
Hello,
I just assembled a quite nice machine and am having problems getting linux
on it. I'm hoping someone has come across a similar problem and might be
able to help. This is my system:
Asus A7V Motherboard with an AMD Athlon 800 processor (Bios 1.0.3)
Tekram DC-315U SCSI Controller
SCSI CD-ROM (pretty generic; I forgot the name)
Generic floppy
IBM UDMA100 15Gb Hard Drive
Matrox Millenium G400 Graphics Card
Soundblaster 16 Audio Card
I've tried to get RedHat6.2 working (both by SCSI CD-ROM and BOOT
floppy). Unfortunately, it keeps on responding with "BOOT FAILED: PLEASE
INSERT SYSTEM DRIVE" (or something very similar). Yuk! I have a version of
slackware too which doesn't seem to work either.
I've installed Linux on several systems (including Alpha and PPC), but
I've never had difficulties this early in the process. Very frustrating.
Peace and Luck!
Je77
--
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a mall. And, now, they're playing your song." --Hole (Celebrity Skin) 7
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From: Michael Burian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Getting Hardware that's good for Linux
Date: Sun, 01 Oct 2000 23:48:44 +0200
> However, isn't the Hardware-HOWTO a bit old? Isn't it updated more
> often. It is one year and three days old now. Seems to me there's been
> a few moves in the hardware industry in between...
Sorry, haven't found anything more up to date.
Anyway, I guess good friends with proper knowledge
are often an even better place to start from when searching
for new hardware.
It's also a good idea to check newsgroups, faqs, etc for
separating well known troublemakers from valueable stuff
that has proven to work.
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From: "Fabrice P. Laussy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Getting Hardware that's good for Linux
Date: Sun, 01 Oct 2000 23:38:43 +0200
Michael Burian wrote:
> It's also a good idea to check newsgroups, faqs, etc for
> separating well known troublemakers from valueable stuff
> that has proven to work.
Okay, huh, is there something especially troublemaking in the following:
PIII 800Mhz, bus at 133Mhz
Voodoo or Matrox graphics card
SDRam memory at 144Mhz
DFI mother board
Oh, by the way, if you happen to know the difference between AGP and PCI,
that'd be a good bit of info. Nowhere can I grab the difference, if any of
if even relevant.
And *Thanks* --again--
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From: Bruce Forsberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Looking for a killer Dual CPU board for a Linux system..
Date: Sun, 01 Oct 2000 22:50:55 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Richard F. Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi all,
> I will soon be building a new box and would like to make it SMP.
> But am having trouble picking a board, any help ? I have used the
> Supermicro P6DBE, 440BX board before, but I get conflicting reports on
> it's max speed, some say it's a max at 450, others 700 or even
800MHz...
> I love this board and use it in a Dual PII 400MHz NT Workstation, any
one
> have a board like this for P2 / P3, with IDE ATA66 / 100 ???
>
> Socket 1 or 370 is fine... I just need a reliable Linux board !
> And I hate built in stuff...! (Sound / Video / NIC)
I am using a Tyan Tiger 100 mobo with 2 P3 600 MHz. Don't know how high
the CPU speeds can go with this mobo. It is 100MHz FSB and I have 256
MB memory in it. It is rock solid. I know that it is not the best
performer but I have had no problems at all.
Bruce Forsberg
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Before you buy.
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From: Rana Shoaib Ahmad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.setup,linux.redhat.install,alt.comp.periphs.videocards.matrox
Subject: Re: Unable to run XWindows
Date: Sun, 01 Oct 2000 22:55:09 GMT
For some reason I am again getting the same problem. I did not modify
any BIOS setting or any thing else.
X -probeonly also hangs the system. I can not use CTL+ALT+F2 or
CTL+ALT+BKSPC or CTL+ALT+DEL.
I need your help again.
Rana
In article <8qo800$74j$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Rana Shoaib Ahmad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I was able to fix this problem. I changed the AGP frame (or whatever
is
> it called) in the BIOS to 256 MB and it worked. I do not understand
why
> is it required as it was working fine in Windows 98 with 64 MB
setting.
> I have 128 MB RAM in my system.
>
> Thanks for the help.
>
> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> Before you buy.
>
--
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Before you buy.
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From: "news.mybizz.net" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: IBM Token Ring 16/4 PCI 2
Date: Mon, 02 Oct 2000 00:22:40 GMT
I am running Redhat 6.2 and can't seem to get the card to DHCP? If I
initialize the card with ifconfig tr0, it seems to load hardware-wise, but
just will not obtain an IP? I tried bootp and DHCP, since I don't know what
servers are being used, but neither work. I do have an older linux box with
an older IBM TR card that works just fine on the same port. Any help would
be appreciated. Please respond to post only, my mail is bogus since I hated
SPAM...
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From: "T. Shawn Knisely" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: DSL
Date: Sun, 01 Oct 2000 21:13:40 -0400
Hi all,
I'm so ready to kill Windoze and go 100% Linux, don't really care what
distribution I would have to use. I mainly use my pc for WWW, photo
scanning, e-mail, printing to a Okidata laser printer, 250MB Zip Drive,
MP3. I have a Premio 350, 196 MB ram, CD rom, Zip Drive. I do have an
Intel Web Cam, but don't really need to use it. The catch is I am using
a SpeedStream DSL Router(USB) and just can't give up the speed, even if
it means staying with Windoze. Any advice?
Thanks in advance,
T. Shawn
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From: Ming Kee =?big5?B?qfqwTw==?= in Linux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup,cz.comp.linux.redhat-cz
Subject: Re: sony vaio F580 Notebook unable to install
Date: Mon, 02 Oct 2000 01:53:24 GMT
I have similar problem when installing RH 6.1/CLE 0.9-2
choose text mode, type "text" on welcome screen
visor-palm John wrote:
> Sony VAIO PCG-F580: Pentium III 650Mhz, 256Mb RAM, 6Mb video memory, 12 G
> hard-drive
> Display Adapter: NeoMagic MagicMedia256XL+ (v016)
> Display: 15" XGA TFT
>
> RedHat 6.1 CD's
>
> The machine has Win98 on 2 partitions and there are 3 GB left to install
> Linux.
>
> However, when I boot to the CD (or floppy) I first get the entry screen
> which asks what type of install I want to do...Install RedHat Linux (this is
> the DOS-ish text window with the "boot:" prompt).
> Then I press <enter> to do an install...the system goes through its image
> loading (vmlinux...) and then it says something like "unrecognized
> card"...and it croaks...to the point where it says, system is safe to
> reboot.
>
> Here is the output (that can be viewed)
>
> Fatal server error:
> No valid modes found.
>
> When reporting a problem related to a server crash, please send the full
> server output, not jst the last messages
>
> _X11TransSocketUNIXConnect: Can't connect: errno = 111
> Traceback (innermost last):
> File "/usr/bin/anaconda", line 144, in ?
> from gui import InstallInterface
> File "/usr/lib/python1.5/site-packages/gui.py", line 9, in ?
> from gtk import *
> File "/usr/lib/python1.5/site-packages/gtk.py", line 29, in ?
> _gtk.gtk.init()
> RuntimeError: cannot open display
> install exited abnormally
> sending termination signals...done
> sending kill signals...done
> unmounting filesystems...
> /mnt/source
> /dev/pts
> /proc
> you may safely reboot your system
>
> I have taken all network cards out of the system and it still does not allow
> me to continue with the installation.
> I have already checked out the stuff on
> http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/kharker/linux-laptop/ and
> http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~and1000/vaioF-series.html but it did not help.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Thanks,
> John
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