Linux-Hardware Digest #658, Volume #13 Mon, 2 Oct 00 03:13:04 EDT
Contents:
Re: DSL (Hal Burgiss)
problem with BT848 Hauppage Wintv card (Russ Ross)
Re: DSL ("Matt O'Toole")
Re: DSL (Gene Montgomery)
Re: DSL (Larry Mintz)
aureal votex sq2500 on redhat 7 (Todd Sackett)
Re: DSL (Gene Montgomery)
Re: DSL (Hal Burgiss)
palm pilot (Dan Chirica)
Re: ATI RAGE 128 (James Richard Tyrer)
Re: problem with BT848 Hauppage Wintv card (Vladimir Florinski)
Re: anyone recommend webcam/software for linux? (Chris Sherlock)
Re: ati rage PRO compatibility (Stony777)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Hal Burgiss)
Subject: Re: DSL
Reply-To: Hal Burgiss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Mon, 02 Oct 2000 02:19:21 GMT
On Sun, 01 Oct 2000 21:13:40 -0400, T. Shawn Knisely
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>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,
Beg, borrow or steal an ethernet interface modem. Used Speedstream 5260s
go for less than $100 on ebay, etc. Maybe much less.
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Hal B
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From: Russ Ross <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: problem with BT848 Hauppage Wintv card
Date: 2 Oct 2000 02:27:12 GMT
I have a WinTV-Go card (the cheapest of the line) which doesn't
quite work right. It works great under Win98, and sometimes it
works under Linux with xawtv or kwintv. The problem is that I
seem to need to boot into Win98 and the card from there before
it will work under Linux. If I cold boot into Linux and use it,
it won't work. I get fuzz on about the top 10-20% of the display
and black below that.
Seeing as I don't have a working Win98 installation anywhere (and
I don't really want one), I'd like to get the card working under
Linux. Any ideas? It seems that there is some initialization that
just isn't getting done by the Linux drivers. I'm currently using
RedHat 7.0 + kernel 2.4.0-test8.
Thanks for any help!
- Russ
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Reply-To: "Matt O'Toole" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
From: "Matt O'Toole" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: DSL
Date: Sun, 1 Oct 2000 19:30:40 -0700
"T. Shawn Knisely" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> 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,
Call your DSL provider, and get them to give you a new, non-USB modem. I
can't imagine they wouldn't do this. A lot of computers still don't have
USB support, and for these customers, they must have some kind of non-USB
option. Usually, they have either internal, PCI DSL/ATM cards (not
Linux-supported), or external modems with ethernet cards. This is what you
want. They'll probably supply you with an ethernet card, but almost any
popular model is supported by Linux. Just tell them you need Linux for
work; and that the standard, non-USB, ethernet card and external modem setup
they offer will be fine. They're usually overbought on these, and happy to
get rid of them; but loath to send a rep out to try to install and configure
it. It rarely goes well, and costs them lots of money compared to plugging
in a USB modem and walking away. So, ask them to just drop it by and pick
up the old one, and tell them you'll install the new one yourself. They'll
want to keep you happy, and keep that $50 a month (or whatever) rolling in.
BTW, if your ISP uses PPPoE, the RASPPP program from Roaringpenguin works
great. Linux' networking is far superior, and you'll notice the speed
difference right away.
Matt O.
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From: Gene Montgomery <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: DSL
Date: Mon, 02 Oct 2000 02:49:27 GMT
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"T. Shawn Knisely" wrote:
>
> 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
Go for it! Linux should support your important habits. I'd suggest
going with one of the new 2.4 kernels with xfree86 version 4. I tried
the Caldera technology preview of linux 2.4, kde 2.0, xfree86 4.0.1,
since it was only a few bucks at Fry's. It really installed easily,
which could be important, if you are a relative newby. For USB info,
browse the USB site at http://www.linux-usb.org/ . USB might be
an area where problems could arise. I have experienced USB install
problems on W98, and USB support is virutally non-existent on NT,
since Bill wants everyone to have to buy 2000. In my experience,
laser printers, cdroms, and internal (IDE) zip drives are all
compatible with recent Linux kernels. For e-mail and newsgroups,
I use Netscape's Communicator tools. They work especially well
at version 4.75. Stay away from Mozilla version 6 pre-releases - they
have too many bugs at this point, and it has so much new code and
so many new features that it is simply too slow to be useful (for me).
Netscape Communicator 4.75 is solid - the browser of choice, for now.
Hope this helps.
Gene.
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From: Larry Mintz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: DSL
Date: 01 Oct 2000 23:00:29 -0400
test
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From: Todd Sackett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: aureal votex sq2500 on redhat 7
Date: Mon, 02 Oct 2000 03:30:06 -0000
the driver provided by aureal will not install (fails with erros) on redhat
7 for me. Has anyone else tried it? I have little Linux experience.
kernel incompatabilities I presume?
any info would be appreciated.
thanks,
todd
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From: Gene Montgomery <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: DSL
Date: Mon, 02 Oct 2000 03:30:00 GMT
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Hal Burgiss wrote:
>
> On Sun, 01 Oct 2000 21:13:40 -0400, T. Shawn Knisely
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >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,
>
> Beg, borrow or steal an ethernet interface modem. Used Speedstream 5260s
> go for less than $100 on ebay, etc. Maybe much less.
>
> --
> Hal B
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> --
Hal, I echo your sentiment that Ethernet DSL is easy. I have a Fujitsu
Speedport DSL by OrcKit (an Israeli outfit that did the guts), which is
the standard used around here by gte.net (verizon now). It was plug
and play with my Linux router, set up to isolate the 10 and 100 Mbit
networks. The Fujitsu modem works great - even helped me isolate a
"static" problem on the line caused by a high resistance connection at
the
street j-box. BTW, I'm ~15,000 ft from C.O., and get the full bronze
download rate (something over 700K bps, IIRC). Actually, they just
mailed me the modem, I plugged it in, and it has done its job
flawlessly with no help from me.
I am curious, however, as to the compatibility between the various DSL
modems and the equipment racked up at the C.O. It may be that there
are a limited set of modems which will match what the provider installs
at his end. Can you just go down to the store and buy a DSL modem and
expect that it will work with your provider's equipment? Your e-mail
address implies that you work for a telco, so I presume you have the
inside dope on this.
Also, I did have to dedicate a beatup old linux box with two ethernet
cards (one running at 10 Mbps and one running at 100 Mbps) to support my
LAN running at 100 Mbps. That is a consideration, if there are multiple
machines to tend. I can see where the USB might not impose any speed
restrictions on the Ethernet side of things, possibly, and one might
get away without the extra machine. Comments?
Gene.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Hal Burgiss)
Subject: Re: DSL
Reply-To: Hal Burgiss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Mon, 02 Oct 2000 03:55:17 GMT
On Mon, 02 Oct 2000 03:30:00 GMT, Gene Montgomery <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>Hal Burgiss wrote:
>>
>> Beg, borrow or steal an ethernet interface modem. Used Speedstream 5260s
>> go for less than $100 on ebay, etc. Maybe much less.
>>
>I am curious, however, as to the compatibility between the various DSL
>modems and the equipment racked up at the C.O. It may be that there
>are a limited set of modems which will match what the provider installs
>at his end. Can you just go down to the store and buy a DSL modem and
>expect that it will work with your provider's equipment? Your e-mail
>address implies that you work for a telco, so I presume you have the
>inside dope on this.
Well, BellSouth is my DSL provider, I don't work for them. I do follow
this stuff, and recently updated the old ADSL mini HOWTO to the now
DSL-HOWTO at LDP. And as a consequence researched a lot of what is going
on.
As to modems, you need a modem that matches your providers service. For
ADSL the biggest potential hassle is the line encoding. There are two
flavors: CAP and DMT. The latter is more common, and is now the
standard. A modem for one does not work with the other. Alcatel ADSL
stuff is all DMT based. So are SpeedStream ADSL modems, is why I
suggested that. There are a number of other makes as well. DSL modems do have
configurations too. Usually you can get to this via telnet or HTTP. But
sometimes ISPs have manufacturers disable this ability and hardwire the
settings. If you get your modem from your ISP, you don't have to even
know this is there.
As to buying retail, most of the modems ISPs supply are not available
retail. But there are some indepents out there supplying this stuff.
Probably easier to find a DSL router, if someone goes this route. There
is always ebay. By all accounts, a lot of DSL modems floating around
there.
>Also, I did have to dedicate a beatup old linux box with two ethernet
>cards (one running at 10 Mbps and one running at 100 Mbps) to support
>my LAN running at 100 Mbps. That is a consideration, if there are
>multiple machines to tend. I can see where the USB might not impose
>any speed restrictions on the Ethernet side of things, possibly, and
>one might get away without the extra machine. Comments?
I wouldn't want a USB modem. Why, when ethernet is so damn standard and
trouble free? Not following you on the speed thing. USB tops out lower
than ethernet. But this is not a factor really, since either can handle
typical DSL speeds (1-2Mbps). Less overhead with ethernet too. I would
say ethernet first, second and last ;)
USB DSL modems require more than just USB support. They also require
drivers. This is the nut to crack. No Linux drivers. There is a beta
project for the Alcatel USB modem which seems to be popular in Europe. I
have a sneaky feeling this is a branded SpeedStream 4060 USB modem, but
not sure. All this stuff is in the HOWTO and as many links as I could
dredge up:
http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/DSL-HOWTO/
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Hal B
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From: Dan Chirica <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: palm pilot
Date: Mon, 02 Oct 2000 04:27:46 GMT
Before to upgrade to Linux RH7.0 i was able to use my palm
pilot IIIe
with Linux.
Now I can't get the palm to connect with my computer (or
vice versa if
you like).
It passed a while since I did my first setup and I don't
remember what
I did. I tried to change the permissions for the serial port, right
know
it looks like: ttyS0 crw_rw_rw.
Does anybody have any suggestions?
Thank you all.
Dan
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From: James Richard Tyrer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: ATI RAGE 128
Date: Mon, 02 Oct 2000 05:59:05 GMT
Information for ATI Rage 128 Users
Precision Insight, Inc., SuSE GmbH
13 June 2000
1. Supported Hardware
o ATI Rage 128 based cards
2. Features
o Full support (including hardware accelerated 2D drawing) for 8, 15,
16,
24 bit pixel depths.
o Hardware cursor support to reduce sprite flicker.
o Support for high resolution video modes up to 1800x1440 @ 70Hz.
o Support for doublescan video modes (e.g., 320x200 and 320x240).
o Support for gamma correction at all pixel depths.
o Fully programmable clock supported.
o Robust text mode restore for VT switching.
3. Technical Notes
o None
4. Reported Working Video Cards
o Rage Fury AGP 32MB
o XPERT 128 AGP 16MB
o XPERT 99 AGP 8MB
5. Configuration
The driver auto-detects all device information necessary to initialize
the
card. The only lines you need in the "Device" section of your
XF86Config
file are:
Section "Device"
Identifier "Rage 128"
Driver "r128"
EndSection
or let xf86config do this for you.
However, if you have problems with auto-detection, you can specify:
o VideoRam - in kilobytes
o MemBase - physical address of the linear framebuffer
o IOBase - physical address of the memory mapped IO registers
o ChipID - PCI DEVICE ID
6. Driver Options
o "hw_cursor" - request hardware cursor (default)
o "sw_cursor" - software cursor only
o "no_accel" - software rendering only
o "dac_8_bit" - use color weight 888 in 8 bpp mode (default)
o "dac_6_bit" - use color weight 666 in 8 bpp mode (VGA emulation)
7. Known Limitations
o None
8. Authors
The XFree86 4 driver was ported from XFree86 3.3.x and enhanced by:
o Rickard E. (Rik) Faith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
o Kevin E. Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
The XFree86 4 driver was funded by ATI and was donated to The XFree86
Project
by:
Precision Insight, Inc.
Cedar Park, TX
USA
The XFree86 3.3.x driver used for the port was written by:
o Rickard E. (Rik) Faith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
o Kevin E. Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
The XFree86 3.3.x driver was funded by ATI and was donated to The
XFree86
Project by Precision Insight, Inc. It was based in part on an earlier
driver
that was written by:
o Alan Hourihane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
o Dirk Hohndel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
This early driver was funded and donated to The XFree86 Project by:
SuSE GmbH
Schanzaekerstr. 10
90443 Nuernberg
Germany
http://www.precisioninsight.com
http://www.suse.com
Generated from XFree86:
xc/programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/doc/sgml/r128.sgml,v 1.8 2000/06/14
00:16:09 dawes Exp $
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From: Vladimir Florinski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: problem with BT848 Hauppage Wintv card
Date: Sun, 01 Oct 2000 23:09:17 -0700
Russ Ross wrote:
>
> I have a WinTV-Go card (the cheapest of the line) which doesn't
> quite work right. It works great under Win98, and sometimes it
> works under Linux with xawtv or kwintv. The problem is that I
> seem to need to boot into Win98 and the card from there before
> it will work under Linux. If I cold boot into Linux and use it,
> it won't work. I get fuzz on about the top 10-20% of the display
> and black below that.
>
> Seeing as I don't have a working Win98 installation anywhere (and
> I don't really want one), I'd like to get the card working under
> Linux. Any ideas? It seems that there is some initialization that
> just isn't getting done by the Linux drivers. I'm currently using
> RedHat 7.0 + kernel 2.4.0-test8.
>
Have you RTFM (the one that comes with xawtv, that is)? It tells which modules
you need to load. Chances are you selected a wrong tuner type. This card comes
with a Phillips tuner (type=2).
--
Vladimir
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Date: Mon, 02 Oct 2000 17:22:49 +1000
From: Chris Sherlock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: anyone recommend webcam/software for linux?
Ah! Funny you should be asking about this, I just finished reading a
copy of one of my Linux Journals and they had a product that jus fits
your needs. It's the Axis 2100 Network Camera, pretty much plug and play
I beleive.
For more info, take a look at
http://www2.linuxjournal.com/lj-issues/issue77/4173.html
Chris
Peyton Bay wrote:
>
> As per the subject line. Thanks in advance.
>
> Peyton
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From: Stony777 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: ati rage PRO compatibility
Date: Mon, 02 Oct 2000 08:45:59 +0200
Hy,
I got my ATI Rage Pro running on SuSE 7.0 with a Mach 64 server.
Try it.
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