Linux-Hardware Digest #927, Volume #13 Wed, 22 Nov 00 13:13:09 EST
Contents:
Re: Mounting FAT32 at Startup (RH7) (Gary Sandine)
Re: ISA NIC Redhat 7 (Gary Sandine)
Re: ne2000 setup problems ("Jose Militao")
Logitech mouse problems ("Eric W. Goforth")
Re: ATA66 HDD sharing with CDROM/CDRW/ZIP? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Old 486 for Linux/W98 - will this work (CBFalconer)
Re: LinkSys EtherFast 10/100 & Redhat7.0 (Robert Surenko)
Re: Sound Blaster Awe64 and Linux (aflinsch)
Re: Linux for the 486 (aflinsch)
Re: Ultra DMA (aflinsch)
Re: help - ide hardware raid ? (=?ISO-8859-1?Q?=D8ystein?= Skadsem)
Re: Old 486 for Linux/W98 - will this work (willy)
Re: help - ide hardware raid ? (Jurij Smakov)
Re: Video Graphics card recommendations? (Nathan Johnson)
Armada 1750 - sound problems (Jerzy Kaltenberg)
Help! mount: /dev/cdrom is not a valid block device (Alastair Allen)
fsck 43.9% non-contiguous ???? (Anthony Ewell)
SuSE 7.0 X11 setup nVidia GeForce on Dell Dimension ("TeD, The e-DruiD")
Tape Backup Errors ("Don Thompson")
Re: Uninteruptible power supply (aflinsch)
Re: Old 486 for Linux/W98 - will this work (Kevin Croxen)
I want to watch tv on my linux machine (Lou)
Re: fax server on linux for windows clients ("Block Iron & Supply Co - CIS")
Re: Video Graphics card recommendations? (David Weis)
Re: Help with Castlewood ORB and Linksys Etherfast 10/100 NIC ("Tagbo Ekwueme-Okoli")
Re: Software RAID (moonie;))
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From: Gary Sandine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Mounting FAT32 at Startup (RH7)
Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2000 10:20:57 GMT
DualIP <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>Is there a way to have this done automatically at boot-up?
>>
> Just add an entry in /etc/fstab
> man fstab....
If your fat32 partition is at /dev/hdXY and you mount it at /mnt/win,
the fstab entry would look like:
/dev/hdXY /mnt/win vfat defaults 1 2
http://www.lanm-pc.com (Cheap GNU/Linux boxes)
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From: Gary Sandine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: ISA NIC Redhat 7
Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2000 10:51:42 GMT
John D. Peedle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Try
> alias eth0 ne
> options io=0x[insert your io address here]
> in your modules.conf
You need to add a file /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth1
(assuming your PCI NIC is eth0). I have an ISA card at eth1 which
connects my server to my small LAN, and the corresponding file looks
like:
DEVICE=eth1
USERCTL=no
ONBOOT=yes
BOOTPROTO=none
BROADCAST=192.168.1.255
NETWORK=192.168.1.0
NETMASK=255.255.255.0
IPADDR=192.168.1.1
192.168.1.0 is my local network.
http://www.lanm-pc.com (Cheap Linux boxes)
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From: "Jose Militao" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: ne2000 setup problems
Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2000 10:53:56 GMT
try this
alias eth0 ne
alias eth1 ne
options ne io=0x300,0x340 irq=3,10
Best
J.A.R.Militao
D. Abuan escreveu na mensagem
<89KS5.529457$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>I'm tackling another little project at work and ran into
>some real basic problem. I can't get two ethernet cards to work on a P100
>64MB RAM, 10 GB HD.
>
>I have two identical Linksys Etherlan 16 network cards.
>
>alias eth0 ne
>alias eth1 ne
>eth0 io=0x300 irq=3
>eth1 io=0x340 irq =10
>
>These cards were both configured using the standard linksys utility to set
>these parameters.
>
>I have done a fresh install of RH6.2 and don't have either of these cards
>detected. Yet when I add them to the conf.modules file as above, and run
>a ifconfig eth0 up, the card gets recognized but doing the same to eth1, it
>gives
>me an error where it can't find the cards at all.
>
>Checking the ioports and interrups indicate that there is no conflicts with
>these card settings.
>
>I ran the diagnostic check on both cards and the utility said that they
were
>both
>fine.
>
>On a reboot with the conf.module settings above do not show any detection
of
>the cards.
>
>Does anyone have any other ideas in tackling this problem? I thought these
>cards
>were pretty much no brainers.
>
>
>
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From: "Eric W. Goforth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Logitech mouse problems
Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2000 12:32:52 GMT
Hello all,
I'm having problems with my mouse in RH 6.1 Linux. I'm using a
Logitech MouseMan+ Model M-CW47. This mouse worked on my old
computer with the same version of Linux. On my new computer it
jerks around in both X and in bash. It's really hard to select
text in bash because it acts as though I've released the left mouse
button while dragging, even though I haven't.
Currently, my mouse pointer stays in the upper hand corner of my
screen in X and acts as though I was pressing the buttons when I
try to move it around the screen. Using mouseconfig, I've tried
both the Mouseman+, Generic 3-button mouse, even the Microsoft mouse,
but have the problems with both. The mouse works fine when I boot
into Win98SE.
I looked at the Busmouse-HOWTO, but didn't see anything that seemed
applicable. In Win98 there aren't any IRQ conflicts. I can use my
external modem and the mouse at the same time in Linux. Any ideas
what's wrong?
Thanks,
Eric
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: ATA66 HDD sharing with CDROM/CDRW/ZIP?
Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2000 12:20:05 +0000
Reply-To: no_replyto@oursite
This message has been posted by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dave Ewart)
On Tue, 21 Nov 2000 18:13:44 GMT, TurnProX <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> ...
>So never put ata33 compounds to an ata66 (or higher) controller. But a
>cdrom and other cdmedia is no ata, but IDE. On this situation is NO
>restriction. So you can change your HD to the ata66 and put cdrom's to
>the controller without loosing speed. It works on my suystem GREAT!!
Thanks for your reply - that's useful to know.
Cheers,
Dave.
--
Dave Ewart
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Computing Manager
ICRF Cancer Epidemiology Unit, Oxford UK
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From: CBFalconer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: alt.comp.hardware,comp.os.ms-windows.win95.setup
Subject: Old 486 for Linux/W98 - will this work
Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2000 13:44:20 GMT
HARD DRIVES
===========
I have a pair of 5.1 Gig drives in this 486 machine. The bios
limits access to 4 gigs. Partition Magic only sees those 4 gigs.
When I partitioned, I left an unused primary partition of
something like 10 to 50 megs at the start. My idea, and hope, is
that eventually I will install Linux and its drivers will be able
to see the rest of the drives, while the low end piece will allow
booting. I want the Linux drivers to be able to access the FAT32
partitions, for transport etc. So Linux will have to see the same
geometry with more tracks. And the Linux FDISK will have to set up
the portion past 4 gigs.
I have no idea whether or not this will work. Does anyone have
SPECIFIC information and experience, NOT guesses.
MEMORY
======
The MB says "V4P895P3/SMT V4.0".
The bios id is "American Megatrends -AC0415482 486 DS ISA bios
(AMIBIOS)"
There are 2 72 pin simm sockets, which are full, giving 16 Meg.
Also 4 empty 36 pin simm sockets. The existing simms have 16x OKI
MF14400C-70SJ chips mounted. I would like to (cheaply) increase
memory to 32 or 64 Megs. What am I looking for and where?
Also, where can I find info on jumpers etc for the MB? the HD
drive card (i.e. can I enable the 2nd IDE channel, etc. and plug
on drives I already have).
Apart from memory, no more money goes into this 5 yr. old 2nd hand
80 Mhz 486 system. I expect to add a new second machine "real
soon now". :-)
--
Chuck Falconer ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
http://www.qwikpages.com/backstreets/cbfalconer
(Remove "NOSPAM." from reply address. Above works unmodified)
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From: Robert Surenko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: LinkSys EtherFast 10/100 & Redhat7.0
Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2000 13:53:18 GMT
Peter Bismuti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'm trying to install the driver for a LinkSys EtherFast 10/100 LAN Card
> V4.1 with Redhat 7.0. According to the LinkSys page it should work with
> the tulip.o driver that comes with Redhat but it doesn't.
> I've tried following the instructions in the linksys page and they don't work.
> I've tried following the instructions on the www.scyld.com page and they don't
> work either. I was told that there was an archive that included tulip.c
> and a makefile on the linksys page but I cannot find it.
What is it doing? Does the compile fail or are you trying to use the
RPM's?
--
=============================================================================
- Bob Surenko [EMAIL PROTECTED]
- http://www.fred.net/surenko/
=============================================================================
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From: aflinsch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Sound Blaster Awe64 and Linux
Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2000 11:57:15 -0600
res0457k wrote:
>
> I have and Awe64 Gold and remember reading somewhere on a way to make
> it work in Mandrake 7.2. If someone could point me in the right
> direction I would appreciate it. Looked in some FAQs but may have
> overlooked it.
> Thannks
> ps. If you would reply to email I would appreciate it too, since I
> search the newsgroups and again can overlook so much... again, Thanks
I have the same card under Mandrake 7.2, sndconfig found it and got it
working in a few seconds.
Exactly what problems are you having with it?
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From: aflinsch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux for the 486
Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2000 10:21:19 -0600
chrismendes wrote:
>
> Is it still possible to get off-the-shelf linux installed on an old 486 ?
> How hard would it be to do this ?
I have suse 6.4 running on a 486/33 with 20M of ram, and 1.2G & 250M
drives. I don't currently have X running on it, and it mostly sits
there for playing old text games (all of the old infocom stuff) via
telnet.
Install was fairly easy, I just had to remove a bunch of unneeded
stuff from the defaults.
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From: aflinsch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Ultra DMA
Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2000 12:13:17 -0600
"Luís Cansado Carvalho" wrote:
>
> I have computer with a Asus A7V motherboard with 2 onboard UDMA66 IDE
> interfaces. I have two UDMA100 compatible hard disks.
> The problem is that each time it boots, I have to activate the DMA mode
> manualy, using hdparm -d1.
> I tried to include a line containing: append "ide0=dma", as suggested in
> ultra-dma mini-HowTo, but the problem persists.
> I'm running RED HAT 7.0 (kernel 2.2.16-22).
> Any suggestion, on how set DMA mode on, when booting?
> Luís
put your hdparm command at the end of rc.local
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From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?=D8ystein?= Skadsem <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: help - ide hardware raid ?
Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2000 15:26:13 GMT
Patrick Amirian wrote:
> Promise FastTrak 100
> Supports Ultra ATA/100 Ultra ATA/66 and Ultra ATA/33 drives, RAID 0
> striping, RAID 1 mirroring, and RAID 10 striping+mirroring
>
> what do you think about this product ?
>
> Will it work fine under linux ?
> I've never played around RAID so I need advice.
>
> I don't want to buy expensive hardware RAID.
> All I want is my date to be safe. (SAFETY) not speed.
Beside the point perhaps, but:
Have you considered software RAID? Cheap, stable, safe (with level 5
one of your disks can even break down...)
--
Řystein Skadsem
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From: willy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.comp.hardware,comp.os.ms-windows.win95.setup
Subject: Re: Old 486 for Linux/W98 - will this work
Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2000 15:30:04 -0000
cbfalconer wrote:
>
> HARD DRIVES
> ===========
>
> I have a pair of 5.1 Gig drives in this 486 machine. The bios
> limits access to 4 gigs. Partition Magic only sees those 4 gigs.
>
\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\Running win98 it sees
4bg of each drive right, together that's 8gb, the
limit of the OS. If you want better than get either an updated bios or
separate HD controler with its own bios to acknowledge bigger drives. With
all the expense and such, you maybe better getting old Pentium or even P90
type system for roughly the same amount of cost. If you really like Linix,
the 4gb alone will be enough to play with Linix alone, don't even need
win98 and network it to a windoze system for grins.
good luck -----Willy
--
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http://www.help.com/
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From: Jurij Smakov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: help - ide hardware raid ?
Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2000 16:33:50 +0100
On Wed, 22 Nov 2000, =D8ystein Skadsem wrote:
> Patrick Amirian wrote:
>=20
> > Promise FastTrak 100
> > Supports Ultra ATA/100 Ultra ATA/66 and Ultra ATA/33 drives, RAID 0
> > striping, RAID 1 mirroring, and RAID 10 striping+mirroring
> >=20
> > what do you think about this product ?
> >=20
> > Will it work fine under linux ?
> > I've never played around RAID so I need advice.
> >=20
> > I don't want to buy expensive hardware RAID.
> > All I want is my date to be safe. (SAFETY) not speed.
>=20
> Beside the point perhaps, but:
> Have you considered software RAID? Cheap, stable, safe (with level 5=20
> one of your disks can even break down...)=20
Beware! I've read somewhere (can't find the reference though, maybe
on linux-kernel mailing list) that Fasttrak is not truly a hardware RAID
device! I think, it was mentioned, that it will work under Linux just
as another IDE controller card, but one shouldn't expect the hardware
RAID capabilities. It may be, that buying just the ordinary
IDE controller would do the same job.
Best regards,
J.
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From: Nathan Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Video Graphics card recommendations?
Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2000 08:38:10 -0700
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I've had good luck w/nvidia GeForce2 GTS. I went around to web sites looking
for the most official support for linux, and that's where I found it. Their
drivers are binary only, though. Otherwise consider 3dfx. They had a web site
for Linux & 3dfx.
Do not consider Matrox or ATI. They have not shown as much support.
I've been curious about other makers, but didn't research them.
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From: Jerzy Kaltenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Armada 1750 - sound problems
Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2000 18:38:09 +0100
Dear All:
i've recently got an Armada 1750 with es1689 sound chip. I have tried
to load the sb module with a whole range of standard sb io and irq
ranges but it fails with the standard message "device or resource
busy" . Having verified under win2k that this card runs at irq 10 , io
0x240,0x388,0x330 and dma 1 ,5 i've tried to load it that way also -
the module fails to load always with the same message. This card works
fine under win2k. I also have another one of these laptops where this
same chipset works flawlessly at sb default settings ( irq = 5, dma 1-5
, io=0x220 & 0x330). Please advise
J.K
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From: Alastair Allen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Help! mount: /dev/cdrom is not a valid block device
Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2000 17:09:21 +0000
mount: /dev/cdrom is not a valid block device
What does this message mean, when I attempt to mount the CDROM?
# dmesg
...
hdc: HP CD-Writer+ 7200, ATAPI CDROM drive
...
Attempts to mount CD result in
# dmesg
hdc: driver not present
In /dev, I have
cdrom
which is a symlink to /dev/hdc.
# cat /proc/devices
...
22 ide1
# cat /proc/filesystems
...
iso9660
# dd if=/dev/cdrom of=/dev/null bs=2048
dd: /dev/cdrom: Device not configured
/etc/fstab:
...
/dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom iso9660 noauto,owner,ro 0 0
I am running RH6.2 (2.2.14-5.0) on a Viglen Genie P3-450, with HP
CD-Writer+ 7200.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thankyou.
--
Alastair
Dr A R Allen
Aberdeen University
Tel: +44 1224 272501; Fax: +44 1224 272497
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Homepage: http://www.eng.abdn.ac.uk/staff/ARA.hti
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Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2000 09:14:13 -0800
From: Anthony Ewell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.admin
Subject: fsck 43.9% non-contiguous ????
Hi All,
How do I get 43.9% non-contiguous inodes? I thought
ext2 defragged on the fly? Is there a way to defrag
this or should I even care?
Many thanks,
--Tony
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
fsck.ext2 -cfvp /dev/sda4
32629 inodes used (2%)
14330 non-contiguous inodes (43.9%)
# of inodes with ind/dind/tind blocks: 13632/1066/3
3089023 blocks used (65%)
0 bad blocks
31832 regular files
781 directories
0 character device files
0 block device files
0 fifos
0 links
7 symbolic links (7 fast symbolic links)
0 sockets
========
32620 files
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From: "TeD, The e-DruiD" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: SuSE 7.0 X11 setup nVidia GeForce on Dell Dimension
Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2000 18:21:21 +0100
Anyone could help to setup XF86Config for SuSE 7.0 with an AGP GeForce2 GTS
?
I did all recommended on SuSE website (agpgart.rpm, nvdriver.rpm,
nv_glx.rpm) but SaX2 crashes !!!
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From: "Don Thompson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Tape Backup Errors
Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2000 17:24:30 GMT
Hello,
I installed an IDE tape backup drive in my Linux server. Using tar, when I
do a large backup, 50 files or more, I get an error in the archive. It says
Unexpected EOF in archive. I've restored the archive in a test directory
and all files are fine except the last one which is only partial. I'm
assumning the error is in the drive or it's driver or some setting. There
is also an error on server, "ide-tape: ht0: I/O
error,PC=1e,key=5,asc=20,ascq=0". The error comes up even when I do a small
backup where the archive doesn't contain errors.
Honestly I didn't have to do much to get the drive working and did not
adjust any settings on it. I just installed it and it worked so there maybe
some settings to tweek it my particular configuration. If anybody has had
any experiance with this error or has some suggestions to try I would
greatly appreciate your input. Below is information specific to my
configuraton.
Server
MB - Super Micro MB-370DL3
MEM - 256MB PC133
CPU - Dual Pentium III 733
SCSI - Adaptec 2160
HD - SEAGATE 9GB Cheetah
TB - SEAGATE STT28000A-RFT
OS - Linux-Mandrake 7.1
Tar Command Examples I used to backup and then compare
tar -cf /dev/ht0 /www
tar -df /dev/ht0
Thanks,
Don Thompson
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: aflinsch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Uninteruptible power supply
Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2000 12:17:36 -0600
Robert Wiegand wrote:
>
> mire wrote:
> >
> > Anyone got any ups except APC working under linux ?
>
> I have a Best Power UPS that has Linux drivers.
>
I have a Belkin, drivers/software for Linux & Solaris are available
for
download, but are not included on the packaged CD.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kevin Croxen)
Crossposted-To: alt.comp.hardware,comp.os.ms-windows.win95.setup
Subject: Re: Old 486 for Linux/W98 - will this work
Date: 22 Nov 2000 17:22:00 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, willy wrote:
>
>cbfalconer wrote:
>>
>> HARD DRIVES
>> ===========
>>
>> I have a pair of 5.1 Gig drives in this 486 machine. The bios
>> limits access to 4 gigs. Partition Magic only sees those 4 gigs.
>>
>\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\Running win98 it sees
>4bg of each drive right, together that's 8gb, the
>limit of the OS. If you want better than get either an updated bios or
>separate HD controler with its own bios to acknowledge bigger drives. With
>all the expense and such, you maybe better getting old Pentium or even P90
>type system for roughly the same amount of cost. If you really like Linix,
>the 4gb alone will be enough to play with Linix alone, don't even need
>win98 and network it to a windoze system for grins.
>
>good luck -----Willy
>
>--
>Posted via CNET Help.com
>http://www.help.com/
Linux can use the whole disk regardless of the bios limitation. Linux
relies on the bios to boot, so there will need to be a Linux boot
partition (which may if desired include only the kernel and boot files and
therefore may be as small as 10 Meg) which will need to be entirely within
the limits seen by the bios. But after the Linux kernel loads, bios
information is ignored and the booted OS will be able to see the entire
drive. So to amend what you said, 5.1Gig will certainly be enough to play
with Linux alone, and, if installed, configured, and trimmed down properly
will run considerably less lethargically on that antiquated hardware than
'98 could. The original poster should try a somewhat conservative Linux
distro like Slackware that is kind to ancient hardware, and do his
repartitioning of the 5.1 G disk using Linux fdisk from a Linux boot
floppy or floppy set.
--Kevin
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From: Lou <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: I want to watch tv on my linux machine
Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2000 17:30:07 -0000
hey,
I am new to linux, and I can't get my tv software to work properly. I
launch xawtv or kwintv and I don't get any channels. I've tried all the
options, pal, ntsc, and the different countries broadcasts, and still no
channels. I've tried the bttv how-to and still no luck. can someone
please help me. if I can fix this, then I never have to use windows.
lou
--
Posted via CNET Help.com
http://www.help.com/
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From: "Block Iron & Supply Co - CIS" <[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: Wed, 22 Nov 2000 11:36:30 -0600
Look at http://www.linuxworld.com/linuxworld/lw-1999-06/lw-06-hylafax.html
This may answer your questions.
"Darren and Marla Welson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:MABR5.259400$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I need a fax server package that I can run on my Linux firewall/server
that
> allows windows clients to access faxes and send faxes. I looked at
HylaFAX,
> but it is a Linux server and requires an additional package for windows
> clients to interact with it. What has anyone used in the past to
accomplish
> this, or is this a nightmare?
>
>
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From: David Weis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Video Graphics card recommendations?
Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2000 11:39:46 -0600
On Wed, 22 Nov 2000, Nathan Johnson wrote:
> I've had good luck w/nvidia GeForce2 GTS. I went around to web sites looking
> for the most official support for linux, and that's where I found it. Their
> drivers are binary only, though. Otherwise consider 3dfx. They had a web site
> for Linux & 3dfx.
>
> Do not consider Matrox or ATI. They have not shown as much support.
I think the opposite is true, ATI is funding driver development, Matrox
has drivers that run all of their current cards up to quad-headed, but
nvidia won't release proper source to maintain their driver. It is
currently faster, but breaks on some machines.
david
--
David Weis | "Great spirits will always encounter violent
[EMAIL PROTECTED] | opposition from mediocre minds" - Einstein
http://www.sjdjweis.com/ |
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From: "Tagbo Ekwueme-Okoli" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Help with Castlewood ORB and Linksys Etherfast 10/100 NIC
Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2000 12:55:20 -0500
Dances With Crows <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> [NGs trimmed]
> On Mon, 20 Nov 2000 20:01:46 -0500, Tagbo Ekwueme-Okoli wrote:
> >I am building a 600 MHz Duron machine and I have purchased an IDE
Castlewood
> >ORB drive. Does anyone know how to get it working in Linux?
>
> Hook it up to somewhere (/dev/hdd, maybe?), insert a formatted ORB disk,
> and do
What do you mean by hook it up? Do you mean physically connect the drive to
the IDE cable or something else?
> mkdir /mnt/orb (only do this once!)
> mount -t vfat /dev/hdd /mnt/orb
> then you should be able to access the thing via /mnt/orb. You must
> umount the disk before ejecting it. If it won't work, modprobe
> ide-floppy. If that doesn't work, you'll have to boot the system with
> hdd=ide-scsi as a boot parameter, load the ide-scsi, scsi_mod, and
> sd_mod modules, then mount /dev/sda . Basically, it should work just
> like a ZIP or JAZ disk.
>
> >In addition, I have an old PC that I want to convert to Linux, but it
> >wont recognize the Linksys Etherfast 10/100 NIC that I have installed.
> >I have tried to initialize it with the tulip driver but it fails
> >everytime. I am trying to install Linux Mandrake 7.2.
>
> If you could post the results of "cat /proc/pci" that directly concern
> your network card, I think someone could help you. Or search Deja for
> info on "linksys" and see what you come up with?
>
> BTW, don't crosspost to so many bloody groups! It's bad nettiquette.
Sorry about that, won't happen again
Thanks
>
> --
> 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: moonie;) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development.system,alt.linux,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Software RAID
Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2000 13:00:09 -0500
On Wed, 22 Nov 2000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>First let me say I know NOTHING about software RAID in Linux.
>
>That said, I have a server with Software RAID on a SUN running Solaris,
>and I would never inflict Software RAID on another machine as long as I
>live. Hardware RAID can hide a lot of things from the user, and be just
>about as 'fast' as an individual disk. Software RAID is going to slow
>your disk writes, well REALLY BAD.
>
>My advice would be spend the bucks for the Hardware, or DONT DO IT.
>
>--
> Reg.Clemens
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I have found that Software RAID on Linux to be MUCH faster than non RAID. I
get almost the same speeds as Hardware RAID. Don't know much about Solaris but
it sounds like a problem with the drivers. The Software RAID drivers for linux
work very well. I have 2 IDE drives with transfer rates of 19.5mb/s and
24mb/s. In my RAID array I get 38mb/s. I do agree that a hardware solution is
a better/faster option, however Software RAID is FREE! If I can almost double
my disk I/O for free I will! I have never had a problem with Software RAID, it
has been rock solid and reliable on my home server. BTW my disk writes are
a good bit faster than a single drive, reads are MUCH faster! With RAID 1 yes
your disk writes will be a little slower, but reads should be just less than
double single drive speeds.
--
moonie ;)
Registered Linux User #175104
http://counter.li.org
KDE2
Kernel 2.4.0-test5
XFree86 4.0 Nvidia .94 drivers
RAID 0 Striped
Test-Pilots-R-Us ;)
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