Linux-Hardware Digest #917, Volume #13 Mon, 20 Nov 00 09:13:06 EST
Contents:
Linux-friendly Printer (Jerry Houston)
Mounting FAT32 at Startup (RH7) ("Randall Holobaugh")
Is the Abit SA6R mobo compatible with Linux? (Dr Aldo Medina)
Re: fax server on linux for windows clients (Jason)
CodeWarrior ? ("Bonny Gijzen")
Promise FastSwap FastSwap66 ("Thomas Kaiblinger")
Re: Mounting FAT32 at Startup (RH7) (DualIP)
printer canon bjc-5100 (Jean-Christophe Roche)
Re: scsi-DAT timeout & hangs (Lars Oergel)
Re: Mounting FAT32 at Startup (RH7) (Glitch)
Re: Linux system building - need a recommendation (jim dorey)
Re: Ensoniq Soundscape works with Linux? ("Greg H.")
Re: serial port monitor (Frank McNamara)
Re: Linux-friendly Printer (Noble Pepper)
Re: Old School (Harri Haataja)
Re: Old School (Harri Haataja)
Re: Linux system building - need a recommendation ("Adam Short")
Re: tvcards ("Adam Short")
Maxi Home Studio Pro doesn't work (Naamani Karim)
APMS is killing my computer ("James C. Morris")
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From: Jerry Houston <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Linux-friendly Printer
Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2000 05:39:38 GMT
Apologies in advance if this has been asked and answered recently ...
I'm new to Linux and new to this newsgroup.
After installing SuSE v7.0 on a formerly-Win2000 workstation at home,
I've found that there doesn't appear to be good support for the printer
I had been using until now. It's a DeskJet 712C printer that's
connected to my wife's computer, another Win2000 machine. There was a
reference to some way to make it work partially, but it seemed like a
lot of work for a partial solution that might not work well.
My printing needs at home are pretty lightweight, and her DeskJet has
served them well enough. With that in mind, is there a similar printer
(maybe another model from HP?) that would serve the purpose, and yet be
easily installed to work with Linux?
In case it makes a difference, most of my printing will be documents in
StarOffice 5.2 and the occasional Web page from Netscape, so graphic
capability is needed, and color would be welcome, but not an absolute
requirement.
Thanks in advance for your recommendations!
Jerry
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From: "Randall Holobaugh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Mounting FAT32 at Startup (RH7)
Date: Sun, 19 Nov 2000 23:50:45 -0600
I am running RedHat 7.0 and would like to have a drive mounted when I boot
the computer.
Currently, I type the following as root when I boot up:
mount -t vfat /dev/hda5 /mydirectory
Is there a way to have this done automatically at boot-up?
Randy
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Dr Aldo Medina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Is the Abit SA6R mobo compatible with Linux?
Date: Sun, 19 Nov 2000 23:59:38 -0600
Has somebody in here tried this motherboard?. It uses a 815e socket atx
with IDE raid. Some comments?. TIA
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From: Jason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.setup,linux.samba
Subject: Re: fax server on linux for windows clients
Date: Sun, 19 Nov 2000 23:52:01 -0600
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I use hylafax at work. we fax from HPUX and windows clients via an SMB
printer. Worked like a charm for almost 3 years now. I dont think I've
rebooted the sucker yet. Did toast a modem, but its setup on a 4 modem
pool so it wasnt a big deal.
--
Jason
www.cyborgworkshop.com
...and the geek shall inherit the earth...
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From: "Bonny Gijzen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: CodeWarrior ?
Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2000 08:25:12 +0100
I am developing a free application, but now I want to port it to other
platforms.
Does anybody want to share Codewarrior with me?
Many regards,
Bonny Gijzen
www.h2deetoo.demon.nl
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From: "Thomas Kaiblinger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Promise FastSwap FastSwap66
Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2000 08:05:12 GMT
Hello,
is the Promise FastSwap / FastSwap66 Controller supported by Linux? If yes,
where can I obtain the driver?
If no: Do you know any Hot Swap IDE RAID Controller supported by Linux?
Thank You for your answer
Tommy
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (DualIP)
Subject: Re: Mounting FAT32 at Startup (RH7)
Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2000 08:19:12 GMT
On Sun, 19 Nov 2000 23:50:45 -0600, "Randall Holobaugh"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I am running RedHat 7.0 and would like to have a drive mounted when I boot
>the computer.
>Currently, I type the following as root when I boot up:
>
>mount -t vfat /dev/hda5 /mydirectory
>
>Is there a way to have this done automatically at boot-up?
>
Just add an entry in /etc/fstab
man fstab....
DualIP
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From: Jean-Christophe Roche <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: printer canon bjc-5100
Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2000 09:14:02 +0100
Hi,
I'm looking for a solution to install a canon bjc-5100 printer under
linux Mandrake 7.1 distribution. I have many problems. I have tested a
lot of default canon drivers (such as bjc-600, bjc-800, ...) with
different options, and nothing results ! This printer is working under
windows (it's no a printer problem).
Had someone install a such printer ?
Thanks.
Jean-Christophe
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From: Lars Oergel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: scsi-DAT timeout & hangs
Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2000 11:15:41 +0100
Risto Virtanen wrote:
>
> I'm experiencing problems with a SCSI DAT. The device is
> recognized correctly at boot:
> ...
> It seems I'm also able to write to the tape with tar. However,
> when I try to read the contents or the files written, the list is
> displayed, and the device hangs and will not be accessible any
> more (the tar process can not be killed, note the D):
>
> 881 tty3 D 0:00 tar -xvf /dev/nst0
> ...
> After that:
>
> > [root@server]# scsi : aborting command due to timeout :
> > pid 3411, scsi1, channel 0, id 6, lun 0 Space 01 ff ff ff 00
> > SCSI host 1 abort (pid 3411) timed out - resetting
> > SCSI bus is being reset for host 1 channel 0.
> > SCSI host 1 channel 0 reset (pid 3411) timed out - trying harder
> > SCSI bus is being reset for host 1 channel 0.
> ...
> The installation is from RedHat 6.2, kernel 2.2.14 SMP. Scsi card
> is Adaptec 2940 (?) using the aic7xxx, and the scsi disks are
> working without error. I'm told the DAT worked fine with NT.
Did you check the scsi-cable-length limitations? If you have more than
three scsi-devices (including controller) the maximum allowed over-all-
cable-length (with ultra-scsi) is only 1,5m! You should also check all
termination-settings.
Bye
Lars
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Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2000 03:14:34 -0500
From: Glitch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Mounting FAT32 at Startup (RH7)
just put it in your /etc/fstab file and anything that's in there is done
automatically (obviously this is true as you don't manually mount / do
you?)
Randall Holobaugh wrote:
>
> I am running RedHat 7.0 and would like to have a drive mounted when I boot
> the computer.
> Currently, I type the following as root when I boot up:
>
> mount -t vfat /dev/hda5 /mydirectory
>
> Is there a way to have this done automatically at boot-up?
>
> Randy
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: jim dorey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: alt.comp.hardware.homebuilt
Subject: Re: Linux system building - need a recommendation
Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2000 10:49:52 GMT
thbbbbb!!!
Dances With Crows wrote:
> >Neil Lippman wrote:
> >> Specifics: I am planning to use Mandrake Linux 7.2 (of course, I will
> >> upgrade to the new 2.4 kernel when it is out). The system will include
> >> an IBM Deskstart 75GXP HD, Pioneer DVD drive, and an HP 8250i CD writer.
> >> I haven't settled on a video card, yet, but am leaning towards an NVIDIA
> >> GeForce (but open to recommendations backed by good reasons). I am not a
> >> gamer, but I do want to watch an occasional DVD and I do a fair amount
> >> of graphics. I'll use some sort of Soundblaster type of audio card, not
> >> likely to be top of the line. Finally, I'm going to go to 256MB of ram
> >> (Mushkin, most likely).
>
> There have been some problems reported with that model of CD-RW. Don't
> know precisely what it is/was, but you may want to do a quick Deja
> search on c.o.l.hardware and check things out. There are a lot of other
> IDE CD-RWs out there--what exactly led you to choose the HP over
> anything else? You shouldn't have any problems with the hard drive, but
> watch out for the audio card--the very latest versions of the Ensoniq
> AudioPCI, which I've been reccommending for a while as a good low-end
> Linux card, aren't working right quite yet.
>
> Please be more specific when you say "fair amount of graphics". Are you
> viewing things using OpenGL, or doing 2D image editing with Gimp?
> Matrox is supposed to have the best 2D quality out there, and a friend
> of mine has a G400 with a 19" screen and swears by it. 3D support is
> better with nVidia's cards under Linux, but if you're not a gamer, you
> most likely won't notice any difference.
>
> Mandrake 7.2 has had more problems with stability/installation than its
> predecessors. Again, search Deja and see what the newsgroups have to
> say about it before deciding.
>
> >> Finally, I've been offered an exceptional deal on an bundled Intel
> >> D815EEA with a PIII 800 and heat sink at a superb price (prob half what
>
> Go with that if you can get it for cheap. The 815 can at least take
> regular SDRAM IIRC, so you won't lose money buying RAMBUS crud.
>
> On Mon, 20 Nov 2000 00:29:21 GMT, jim dorey wrote:
> >stay away from components that are less than 5 years old unless the part
> >comes with company supplied drivers, otherwise you are screwed and have to
> >write them yourself.
>
> Say *WHAT?* I don't know if you were engaging in hyperbole, trolling,
> or what. It's more like 6 months, not 5 years--this TNT2 in my system
> is about a year old, and has been supported since somewhere around
> October of 1999. Just look at at this NG for the number of problems
> people have had with certain Linksys cards and their "company-supplied
> drivers" which happened to be the wrong ones for those particular cards.
>
> --
> Matt G|There is no Darkness in Eternity/But only Light too dim for us to see
> Brainbench MVP for Linux Admin / Workin' in a code mine, hittin' Ctrl-Alt
> http://www.brainbench.com / Workin' in a code mine, whoops!
> -----------------------------/ I hit a seg fault....
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From: "Greg H." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Ensoniq Soundscape works with Linux?
Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2000 11:10:30 GMT
Jorge Alvarez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I've decided to sell my Ensoniq Elite Soundscape (it's already on eBay @
> $5.00). I wonder if someone could please confirm or deny if this ISA
> soundcard works well with Linux distributions, i.e., if it easy to detect
> and configure, etc. This way I will add the info to my auction on eBay.
AFAIK, the Soundscape line will only function as an 8-bit soundcard in Linux.
I had a "vanilla" ES card and it was a bitch to get to work under Linux. I
tried the OSS/Linux drivers from 4Front-Technology and though it made it easier
to set up, it hung my system. YMMV, but I would suggest getting a real-deal
Sound Blaster card. Avoid the Sound Blaster WaveEffects card. I got my hands
on an old SB16 and it works great. Make sure that whatever you get has a true
16-bit DMA.
Greg
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Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2000 12:57:37 +0100
From: Frank McNamara <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: serial port monitor
elvis devenyn wrote:
> Dear,
>
> I'm a newby so please do not kill me.
> In order to debug my hardware I would like to send and receive
> ascii characters from/to the ttyS1 port.
> (spec's serial line : 9600 baud, 1 stop bit, no hard/software controle)
>
> I have tried to use minicom, (version 1.83.0 included into the red hat
> package 6.2)
> but no characters were send or received.
>
> What could be wrong?
>
> Kind regards,
> Dd
You don't say what happens (program seems to work but no output, program
crashes etc.etc)
You could always try a simple
echo "Some text to output" > /dev/ttyS1
If you get a message
bash: /dev/ttyS1: Permission denied
Then you might do better to try this as root.
What happended when you did
stty < /dev/ttyS1 (or stty -a < /dev/ttyS1)
Shame that nobody answered your question, I hope this was of some small
help, even if only to say that someone read you question!
Best wishes - Frank McNamara
P.S. If you want further corespondense, best write to
http:[EMAIL PROTECTED], since I'm not a regular or ardent reader
of newsgroups.
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From: Noble Pepper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux-friendly Printer
Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2000 00:15:44 -0600
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Jerry Houston wrote:
> Apologies in advance if this has been asked and answered recently ...
> I'm new to Linux and new to this newsgroup.
>
> After installing SuSE v7.0 on a formerly-Win2000 workstation at home,
> I've found that there doesn't appear to be good support for the printer
> I had been using until now. It's a DeskJet 712C printer that's
> connected to my wife's computer, another Win2000 machine. There was a
> reference to some way to make it work partially, but it seemed like a
> lot of work for a partial solution that might not work well.
>
> My printing needs at home are pretty lightweight, and her DeskJet has
> served them well enough. With that in mind, is there a similar printer
> (maybe another model from HP?) that would serve the purpose, and yet be
> easily installed to work with Linux?
>
> In case it makes a difference, most of my printing will be documents in
> StarOffice 5.2 and the occasional Web page from Netscape, so graphic
> capability is needed, and color would be welcome, but not an absolute
> requirement.
>
> Thanks in advance for your recommendations!
>
> Jerry
The best support is with a postscript printer. If you don't want to spend
that much then you will need to use ghostscript, check
www.linuxprinting.org to see what printers it supports best.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Harri Haataja)
Subject: Re: Old School
Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2000 12:43:25 GMT
Dances With Crows wrote:
>On Sat, 18 Nov 2000 01:36:48 +0000, Michael V. Ferranti wrote:
>>And John Hasler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> spoke thusly:
>>>Give Debian a try.
>>
>> Can you still do without apt, or have they gone the way of RedHat and
>>made their distros package-manager dependant? I'm thinking of switching to
>>Debian, but I don't want to get stuck with a commercialized version of
>>Linux that may or may not become a success.
>
>Parse error: "Debian" and "commercialized" without an "isn't" in between.
>Core dumped.
<snip>
Man, that's a flaky parser ;-)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Harri Haataja)
Subject: Re: Old School
Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2000 12:46:56 GMT
Mike Hall wrote:
>"Michael V. Ferranti" wrote:
<snip>
>> That's good to hear, backward compatibility with tarballs, which still
>> seems to be the most common form of package management and distribution.
>
>And the same as "no package management at all". Sure, they might come with
>a Makefile that lets you "make install", which puts files all over your system.
>How many let you "make uninstall"? How do you determine which version you
>have loaded? What other packages rely on it?
Or check if a file has been changed since last install or did another package
overwrite /usr/bin/blah and why did that happen in the first place. What package
owns that file? Now what options did I use to build the last apache again...
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From: "Adam Short" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.comp.hardware.homebuilt
Subject: Re: Linux system building - need a recommendation
Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2000 13:17:00 GMT
I have the ABIT KT7 RAID and if you are only after it for the ATA100 support
I wouldn't bother. Thats the reason I got it and I'm afraid it simply
doesn't work. It may work when using a RAID array but for a single drive
system I'm afraid its pants. I've tried everything anyone has ever suggested
to me and it just doesn't work. Pants pants pants. In short, don't buy it.
Just settle for a non-RAID board and buy the controller separately.
On the other hand I would go with the AMD all the way. Its cheaper and as
far as I can see it is at least as good as the PIII if not better.
Your choice of video card worries me slightly. I don't know if anyone has
managed to get one to work or not. I have the ATI Xpert2000 and while it is
dodgy as hell in Windows it works flawlessly in Linux. ATI tend to be fairly
well supported and if I had to pick a video card again I would probably
still get the one I have (despite crappy windows drivers).
If you want to go for the cheaper second-hand option I don't see any problem
with that either. Might as well save yourself some money.
Mandrake is quite forgiving and you shouldn't have much problem installing
it and setting everything up. As I say, your main problem is likely to be
with the video card (although a brand new sound card could cause problems
too). In the sound department I would steer clear of anything that isn't
immediately compatible (unless you want to pay for a commercial licence for
OSS, not too expensive, but why pay if its not necessary?)
You will learn a lot more about what works and what doesn't when you've put
it all together. Sometimes its the combination of stuff that causes the
problem. I'm afraid that once you've made some relatively sensible choices
you are on your own. I bought stuff that I thought I'd have no problem with
and while I didn't have any problems in the main, there were still things I
could have changed to make my life easier (the Aureal Vortex 2 soundcard
springs effortlessly to mind!).
My advice is to just take the plunge and tweak it afterwards. Most of the
stuff you said you would buy seems reasonable and the stuff that perhaps
isn't I've highlighted. Look into that and then pick the best option for
yourself. You'll only really know if it works when you try it. Its a bitch
but thats life.
Adam
Neal Lippman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I am collecting components for my first home-built system. I could use
> some advice on components.
>
> Specifics: I am planning to use Mandrake Linux 7.2 (of course, I will
> upgrade to the new 2.4 kernel when it is out). The system will include
> an IBM Deskstart 75GXP HD, Pioneer DVD drive, and an HP 8250i CD writer.
> I haven't settled on a video card, yet, but am leaning towards an NVIDIA
> GeForce (but open to recommendations backed by good reasons). I am not a
> gamer, but I do want to watch an occasional DVD and I do a fair amount
> of graphics. I'll use some sort of Soundblaster type of audio card, not
> likely to be top of the line. Finally, I'm going to go to 256MB of ram
> (Mushkin, most likely).
>
> I've been leaning mostly towards a Pentium III 866 (133 Mhz FSB) and had
> more or less settled on the ASUS CUSL2 for the MB. However, I keep
> reading recommendations supporting the AMD Athlon as a better deal for
> the home builder, and if I went in that direction the most popular board
> seems to be ABIT KT7-RAID (I'd go the raid version for the Ultra-ATA100
> support, not for RAID which I don't need at home).
>
> Finally, I've been offered an exceptional deal on an bundled Intel
> D815EEA with a PIII 800 and heat sink at a superb price (prob half what
> it would cost me to buy online), so this is a very tempting offer, and
> for the work that I do, the 800 to 866 MHz step up isn't really worth
> doubling the cost of the MB+Processor.
>
> I would appreciate any advice people have on which of the above
> configurations will be the best for me to work with. I have done plenty
> of system upgrades and so forth, so I'm comfortable with the mechanics
> of plugging in cables and cards, but I haven't done a system build from
> scratch before, and I need something that is likely to work and has
> worked for others so I am don't hit the limit of my abilities trying to
> get the hardware working and Linux up and running. If anyone has
> actually used these components and built a Linux based-system, I would
> appreciate their advice as well.
>
> Thanks in advance for any help. Please reply to group or in private.
> Neal Lippman
>
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From: "Adam Short" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: tvcards
Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2000 13:21:09 GMT
The BTTV drivers and the Pinnacle PCTV spring to mind. Thats what I've got
and they work beautifully. Basically anything with a BT848 chipset on it
should work under Linux with the BTTV drivers. I've heard that the BT878
chipset can also be used but I don't know anything about it. Try searching
the web for "video4linux" or "bttv" you should turn up some documents that
will help you with your decision. I did have some bookmarked somewhere but
I've re-installed since and lost the lot. Sorry.
Adam
Anke Pohl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:8v8fpo$18vk$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>
> Hi,
>
> has someone experience using tvcards unter linux? Which progs and cards
> would you recommend?
>
> Greets, Anke
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From: Naamani Karim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Maxi Home Studio Pro doesn't work
Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2000 14:32:03 +0100
Hi,
My Maxi Home Studio Pro 64 doesn't work with my Mandrake 7.2.
I don't know how to configure it (or the kernel) ?
Thanks !
- Karim Naamani - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "James C. Morris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux.mandrake,comp.os.linux.admin,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: APMS is killing my computer
Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2000 14:04:19 GMT
I'm thinking that this is the problem any way. If I leave the computer for
awhile it will go to sleep and I can wake it backup, but when I go home for
the night the server will go to sleep and will only work again once I have
restarted it. I have looked for ways to turn this off, but have yet to find
one. Any help? Is it a Kernel thing. That is my next thing to do is
recompile it, but I'm trying to find out where I do that and keep the
setting I already have. Thanks all. Chris Morris
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