Linux-Hardware Digest #41, Volume #14 Sat, 16 Dec 00 12:13:06 EST
Contents:
Re: ATAPI device hdd error ("Tadeusz Bogdan Babiak")
Re: Running linux on 486 (Mark)
Iomega 250 USB Zip? ("mpierce")
COM and IRQ help ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Iomega 250 USB Zip? ("Alk")
Re: Motherboards with sound and ethernet ("Jason Byrne")
Re: Mylex AcceleRAID 170 (Sebastian Kollmann)
Re: Crystal audio (AC_97.o) on SMP, linux02.2.16 ("Jason Byrne")
Re: HELP!!! drivers for winmodem .... (FMRCYouth)
Re: MagicVideo 3Ddx video card ("Jason Byrne")
Re: two graphics cards ("Jason Byrne")
Re: HELP!!! drivers for winmodem .... ("Jason Byrne")
Re: can i instal linux on this computer? ("Jason Byrne")
how diagnose hardware - Hard lockup then crc error (Stan Towianski)
Hard disk partition problem (Richard Kimber)
Install Problem - Asus CUVX Motherboard ("Richard Clough")
Re: Soundblaster 16 PCI woes (Yurasis Dragon)
Re: COM and IRQ help (Noble Pepper)
Re: ATI Rage Fury (Robert)
Re: ATAPI device hdd error ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: LILO-Problem after adding a HD (John in SD)
Re: HELP!!! drivers for winmodem .... (Robert)
Adaptec 1522B w/ RedHat v6.2 (David Fisher)
Re: LILO-Problem after adding a HD ("Tauno Voipio")
Re: Install Problem - Asus CUVX Motherboard ("BenZen")
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From: "Tadeusz Bogdan Babiak" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: ATAPI device hdd error
Date: Sun, 17 Dec 2000 00:01:05 +1030
tmch wrote.
>
> Hi. Sorry, should have made myself clearer. I can read from both the DVD
> drive and Matshita CD/RW in Mandrake 7.2 and Win98. CD burning in Win98
> is no problem, but I have not tried burning in Mandrake yet. Maybe this
> is a kernel bug??? Just guessing......If you know something, I'll be
> eager to hear as well. Thanks.
>
>
> Sent via Deja.com
> http://www.deja.com/
I also wasn't completely clear clear, in addition to various DVD and CDRW
combinations I also tried CDROM and CD burner combinations (no DVD) and got
the same results in RH 7.0.
Anyway FWIW I checked out the Bugzilla database at http://www.redhat.com and
this is a new and reported bug certainly in RH 7.0. (I don't remember the
number but other users have reported it, and advised they have been unable
to use cdrecord with the new distro). No fix advised as yet. I'll be going
back to RH 6.2 to try my luck with cdrecord there. (Mandrake 7.2 hangs my
computer at every attempt at starting X, forcing a reboot, this in spite of
identifying the same hardware as RH 6.2 and 7.0 (and presumably configuring
X the same) so I've given up on it for the time being) Linux is weird
sometimes, but never dull :-)
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From: Mark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Running linux on 486
Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2000 13:32:55 GMT
On Fri, 15 Dec 2000 00:05:46 GMT, sik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Actually.. I'm not planning on even using Gnome or KDE.. or any other
>gui.... do you know if there is any linux distro that is small enough
>that i could download and fit on a couple of floppies?
>
>On Thu, 14 Dec 2000 07:15:19 GMT, James Richard Tyrer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>wrote:
>
>>sik wrote:
>>
>>> Hi.. I posted a few days ago about not being able to get linux started
>>> on my old 486 when i installed it on this comp (with cdrom) and
>>> transferred the hd back... i got it to start, but now i've come up
>>> with a problem that i thought i would prob get... i get a kernal panic
>>> becuase it was compiled for a pentium, and i'm trying to run it on a
>>> 486.. is there anyway to recompile it without starting it? .. or to
>>> change the kernal on this comp? or is my only option getting a cdrom
>>> and installing it from the 486? .. Thanks for any help!
>>
>>You have to have a running system to compile a Kernel.
>>
>>If the Kernel on the CD is compiled for a 586 or 686 it won't work.
>>
>>Might I suggest that on a 486 that you might want to use Red Hat 5.2 and
>>FVWM for the window manager.
>>
>>And, that you will find that using Gnome or KDE may be too much for it.
>>Too slow.
>>
>>JRT
Try looking at the linux router project. They use a small
version of Debian to make a single floppy load. From what I see you
could just add to that. Part of what i found there is that you may
have a kernel problem running the newer kernels with an older
processor. Start at www.linuxrouter.org
Mark
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From: "mpierce" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Iomega 250 USB Zip?
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2000 14:13:07 GMT
RH7.0, kernel 2.2.16-22
Can someone tell me where to go to get information to install this drive?
Or, how I do it if simple?
Will I need to upgrade my kernel?
Marvin
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: COM and IRQ help
Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2000 14:34:37 GMT
OK, I have installed Radhat 6.1 on my P-120 (debian's gone because lynx
would not work on it). SO now I do appear to have some primitive X
windows stuff that comes up when I type "startx" from the root.
But I have no mouse, and that makes it very hard. I try to configure
the mouse from the command line with "/usr/sbin/mouseconfig" and the
command does work in that a window comes and ask me to choose a mouse
(I have tried a number of names, Microsoft compatible, etc) but I have
a problem with the com nunber: I don't know where any of my hardware
is, i.e., what COM number it is in, or what IRQ; same thing goes for
the modem, when I try to configure it: what COM number is it? THe
comptuer has to tell me what COM number it is, right? How do I make teh
computer tell me what COM number the mouse and modem is in?
Or do I arbitrarily choose what COM number each one gets?
That doesn't seem to be working...
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From: "Alk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Iomega 250 USB Zip?
Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2000 16:37:25 +0200
Reply-To: "Alk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Yes - USB support is present in 2.2.18/release and 2.4/test kernels
AG
"mpierce" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:TLK_5.20899$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> RH7.0, kernel 2.2.16-22
>
> Can someone tell me where to go to get information to install this drive?
> Or, how I do it if simple?
> Will I need to upgrade my kernel?
>
> Marvin
>
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From: "Jason Byrne" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Motherboards with sound and ethernet
Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2000 07:10:27 -0800
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:91b2gp$588$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Are there linux compatibility problems with ATX AMD thunderbird socket A
> motherboards that have a sound card and ethernet port on the board?
> Does Linux support these? Plus, I have heard that if you try to put
> your own sound card or ethernet card you will also have problems. Is
> this true? I'm trying to avoid them, but there are some really good
> deals with them.
I have three boards (PCChips M748LMRT) with onboard *everything* - and
everything works under Linux... including the winmodem ;-)
(C-Media 8738 sound, SiS 620 AGP graphics... shared memory, Davicom 9102 or
SiS 900 fast ethernet, PCTel HSP56 AMR Winmodem)
very interesting board in terms of features... AT or ATX power, 2 USB ports,
PS/2 mouse and IR ports, UDMA 66, Slot 1 or Socket 370 Processor support,
and 3 DIMM slots.
The only problem I've noticed is with the SiS-based video when I put extreme
amounts of RAM on the board... and start getting video artifacts.
For example...
Celeron 400 > 128mb ram = artifacts
PII 400 > 128mb ram = artifacts
PIII 500 > 256mb ram = artifacts
Anyway... seems to be relative to processor speed vs. allowable ram without
artifacts.
The most important part is just knowing which chipsets are on the sound and
ethernet... so you know which drivers you need.
Of course putting in a separate video card will solve the problems above...
but the board only has 1 ISA & 1 PCI slot... and you can only use one at a
time (shared)
I'm not sure if I'd buy another board with the same graphics chipset
(SiS)... but I don't see the problem with sound or ethernet if the hardware
is a recognized (supported) chipset.
- Jason
> Thanks, Jeff
>
>
> Sent via Deja.com
> http://www.deja.com/
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From: Sebastian Kollmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Mylex AcceleRAID 170
Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2000 16:06:42 +0100
Cokey de Percin schrieb:
>
>
> Correct. RH 7.0 should have it; RH 6.2 does as I'm running it and I have
> a AcceleRAID 250. Note that the driver is a 'block' driver, not a SCSI
> driver. The normal install should find it if the hardware setup is correct.
>
> Note that if you're using it for a RAID level, then you need to set up the
> raid configuration BEFORE you try to install your OS. I used the onboard
> configuration to set up my RAID 5 and then installed Linux on it.
Sorry, but the installation supports only the old Mylex controllers with
U2W/SCSI and not U160/SCSI controllers. So I'll need to create a RedHat 7 Setup
or Driver Disk with a new patched kernel that I have build before, but I don't
have any idea how to do that. I need any specs for RedHat Driver Disks and how
to create them.
If someone out there has any idea, please don't wait to tell me!!!!! I need
that computer as soon as possible.
Greetings, Sebastian.
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From: "Jason Byrne" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Crystal audio (AC_97.o) on SMP, linux02.2.16
Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2000 07:13:27 -0800
"Robert L. Klungle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Has anyone gotten the audio on the Crystal decoder to work?
> Works fine under Windows2000, but no joy from linux.
> Using GNOME or KDE, keep getting message "/dev/dsp No such device".
> All audio was set up as modules and audio enabled.
What are you using for drivers, etc...? and *exactly* which card do you
have?
Have you checked out www.alsa-project.org ?
- Jason
>
> Been working on this for a year now.
>
> cheers...bob
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (FMRCYouth)
Date: 16 Dec 2000 15:22:47 GMT
Subject: Re: HELP!!! drivers for winmodem ....
>I have a winmodem zoltrix spirit and i need drivers for him... for kernel
>2.2.18 plese help me somebody!!!!!
>
>
Have you checked out www.linmodems.org ? If it's not there, it probably
doesn't exist yet.
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From: "Jason Byrne" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: MagicVideo 3Ddx video card
Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2000 07:24:40 -0800
"Martha H Adams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I'd like to do X Windows in Slackware Linux through a MagicVideo 3Ddx
> 4MB 2D/3D PCI Graphics Accelerator card. The Users Guide, the CDROM
> that comes with the card, and the IOMagic Web site at
> http://www.iomagic.com, seem all perfectly devoid of any useful tech
> information.
Do you know which 3dfx chipset the card has? (Voodoo Banshee, 3, 5, etc...).
I'm not too familiar with the 3dfx line... but if you have a 4MB card... I
assume it's a fairly old chipset.
You might find better information at linux.3dfx.com
I had a Voodoo Banshee clone (16MB PCI) working with the XFree-3.3.6,
non-DRI drivers and Glide2 a while back... and I've just started playing
with XFree86-4.0.1, Glide3, and the DRI stuff to see if I can get the 3d
hardware acceleration working - will probably spend more time on this next
week (just downloaded a bunch of stuff on a fast connection and printed the
documentation for now)
btw... I'm using Slackware 7.1 if it matters.
- Jason
>
> Is someone using this card in Slackware Linux? For X Windows? What is
> setup info?
>
> Cheers -- Martha Adams
>
>
>
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From: "Jason Byrne" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: two graphics cards
Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2000 07:33:02 -0800
"Jonas Engmarker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Hi,
>
> I've got a Dell Optiplex computer with a builtin graphics card. I've just
> purchased a new graphics card that i want to use with this computer.
>
> When i boot up linux with the monitor connected to my builtin graphics
card
> the kernel boot up fine. When I connect my new graphics card to the
monitor
> it just shows a black screen when i boot linux.
>
When you say 'boot linux'... are you still in console mode... or did it try
to start xdm/gdm/kdm?
You mention 'Xconfigurator' below... so I assume you're using a RedHat
distribution..
> Does anyone know how to resolve this problem?
>
You might want to try a more manual (xf86config, etc..) approach than
'Xconfigurator'... or give XFree86-4.0.1 a shot - since I know you can set
the configuration to use a specific card when you have more than one. I
don't recall how you can choose the card in Xfree-3.3.x
> When I use windows98 and have my new graphics card connected to my monitor
> everything works fine so I don't think that it is the card that causes
this
> trouble.
>
> Also, when I run the "Xconfigurator" program it only probes my builtin
> graphics card and not my new one.
>
> Plz help me!
btw... which cards/chipsets do you have? It might be helpful information ;-)
- Jason
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From: "Jason Byrne" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: HELP!!! drivers for winmodem ....
Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2000 07:34:53 -0800
I'm not sure where the original thread for this message is...
You might want to check out
http://www.o2.net/~gromitkc/
- Jason
"FMRCYouth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> >I have a winmodem zoltrix spirit and i need drivers for him... for kernel
> >2.2.18 plese help me somebody!!!!!
> >
> >
>
> Have you checked out www.linmodems.org ? If it's not there, it probably
> doesn't exist yet.
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From: "Jason Byrne" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: can i instal linux on this computer?
Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2000 07:41:37 -0800
"'p" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:91akcl$5hr$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> can i instal linux on this computer:
> MICROSTAR MS-K7T Pro2A
> AMD DURON 650MHz, SocketA
> cooler CromeOrb
> 128 MB SDRAM. PC133 brand name
> 20 gb Maxtor DiamondMax Plus UDMA-100 7200 RPM)
> TEAC CD-W54E CD WRITER IDE 4x/4x/32x,RW
> ATI Rage Fury Pro (VIVO, Video in & out, Rage 128 Pro, 32 MB
> Midi Tower ATX Leadtek
> ((F/M/I 56K PCI ATECH (Lucent HW)
> do exist drivers for these components
At a glance... the video might be problematic... sounds like a TV card?
Check out http://linuxvideo.org
For the modem... in case it might be a winmodem... check out
http://www.o2.net/~gromitkc/
Someone else suggested RedHat or Mandrake... but I would guess that SuSE has
the friendliest hardware detection where you might otherwise have headaches.
- Jason
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From: Stan Towianski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,alt.os.linux,alt.os.linux.mandrake
Subject: how diagnose hardware - Hard lockup then crc error
Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2000 16:17:49 GMT
Hi,
My system; AMD-K6 233Mhz 64mb ram has been locking hard at pretty
frequently
lately. It seems to be getting worse. I did not know if it is with
each
Mandrake upgrade ..,7,7.1, now 7.2 or what. I wonder if the new KDE 2.0
is buggy.
But I am questioning hardware and I don't know how to figure that out.
I found memtest and ran that. It blew out once. Then I decided to boot
from cd and mount my / with usr on it to run the memtest binary I
created.
Twice it blew out at the apparently last test.
test16: Walking zeroes: setting ...XSegmentation fault.
Anyone know if memtest works?
Also, after a hard lockup I have to reset or turn it off and on.
Usually
it does not come back up. I usually get a 'CRC Error....' and have to
reset a few times or turn the system off and wait a few minutes (it
won't
work right away). Then it will run again.
The last time I got this error on rebooting:
.
.
.
Partition check:
hda: hda1 hda2 hda3 < hda5 hda6 hda7 hda8 >
RamDisk: compressed image found at block 0
crc error<6>autodetecting RAID arrays
autorun ...
... autorun DONE.
VFS: Cannot open boot device 08:06
kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 08:06
I usually think of CRC errors with floppies. Could this be a hard drive
error? or memory? or what?
What programs are there for linux to find hardware problems??
Stan Towianski
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Richard Kimber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Hard disk partition problem
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2000 16:15:54 +0000
I have a problem with my Mandrake 7.2 SCSI Buslogic system
After re-seizing my partitions on my first disk, using Partition Magic in
win95, I should have
sda3 (vfat)
sda4 (hpfs: OS/2a)
sda5 (hpfs: OS/2b)
sda6 (linux swap)
my root is on sdb5 and linux seems to recognise the second disk OK.
Partition Magic doesn't show any errors.
However, linux complains that /dev/sda4 isn't a valid block device, and it
mounts OS2a as /dev/sda5 and doesn't mount the two other partitions. It
seems to want to recognise the swap as /dev/sda7. I.e. sda4 seems just to
have "disappeared". It looks OK in /dev
Also, if I run parted <device> print
it says all my devices are neither SCSI nor IDE
If I run Harddrake the clock cursor just stays on.
Everything else seems to work OK :-)
Any suggestions gratefully received.
- Richard.
--
Richard Kimber
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk
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From: "Richard Clough" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.mandrake
Subject: Install Problem - Asus CUVX Motherboard
Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2000 16:19:26 GMT
Hello, I am having problems istalling Linux on my computer!
- Asus CUV4X motherboard
- Intel P III 800EB
- Vodoo 3 3000 16MB Video
- 128 MB RAM
- Sound Blaster PCI 128 Sound.
- LG DVD, HP CDRW
I have tried a few distro's - COREL, RED HAT, MANDRAKE
7.0-7.2
they all have the same problem - my sound card and ethernet are not
working properly. During the install, it sees the card, installs the drivers
sets up, and sets up the IP address.
When I try to ping 127.0.0.1 - it works
my local address 1.2.3.4 - works
another address 1.2.3.5 - network unavailable!
I have tried 3 different cards - 2 same brand, one
different! they will not properly initialize!
All these componets are working under windows 98. I
would like to use linux, but without a functioning ethernet
it is like a 747 without wings!
(The ethernet cards were working in an older compouter)
Thank You
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From: Yurasis Dragon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Soundblaster 16 PCI woes
Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2000 16:22:49 GMT
On Sat, 16 Dec 2000 07:52:30 GMT, James Richard Tyrer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Yurasis Dragon wrote:
>
>> I posted this in linux.redhat and am still searching for help. Thnaks
>> in advance for any help you folks can give me ...
>>
>
>This is quite odd. I have a Soundblaster 16 PCI and my output from "lspci -v" is:
>
>00:14.0 Multimedia audio controller: Ensoniq ES1371 (rev 06)
> Subsystem: Unknown device 1274:1371
> Flags: bus master, slow devsel, latency 64, IRQ 11
> I/O ports at c000
> Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 1
>
>I set mine up with "sndconfig" and it worked.
>
>So, it appears that you have a different model. The SB128 perhaps?
>
>The Sound-HOWTO says that it is supported but doesn't seem to be much help:
>
> http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Sound-HOWTO-3.html
>
>JRT
>
The box that the soundcard came in says SB4740.
I did install the 1371 module as Steve Kirkendall suggested
in comp.os.linux - it appears to work now, but I'm not quite
happy with the sound. Still searching ...
Steve's also suggested :
"I believe the ALSA sound driver for the 1371 is a little smarter than the
standard kernel module. You might try running "alsaconf" (as root) and
see what happens."
So I'll give this a try as well.
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From: Noble Pepper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: COM and IRQ help
Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2000 10:34:48 -0600
> I don't know where any of my hardware
> is, i.e., what COM number it is in, or what IRQ;
Linux calls a serial port ttySx, COM is the dos equivalent, ttyS0 is your
first serial port called COM1 in dos. Usually this uses irq 4, but can be
set with jumpers or by the Plug and Pray system. If you have a PS2 mouse
(little round connector instead of rectangular with 2 screws to hold it in)
you should be using psaux instead of a serial port
> same thing goes for
> the modem, when I try to configure it: what COM number is it?
If this is a winmodem you may not be able to use it. If it is an external
it depends on which serial port you plug it into. If it is an internal
hardware modem it has jumpers or PnP to set irq
> THe comptuer has to tell me what COM number it is, right?
The computer does't have to do much of anything it doesn't want to.
> How do I make teh computer tell me what COM number the mouse and modem is
> in?
You may as politely, perhaps:
cat /proc/interrupts
will get a answer, here is what mine says:
CPU0
0: 27244902 XT-PIC timer
1: 21488 XT-PIC keyboard
2: 0 XT-PIC cascade
4: 2135095 XT-PIC serial
5: 21187 XT-PIC soundblaster
12: 939991 XT-PIC PS/2 Mouse
13: 1 XT-PIC fpu
14: 86106 XT-PIC ide0
15: 9 XT-PIC ide1
NMI: 0
> Or do I arbitrarily choose what COM number each one gets?
each device needs it's own interrupt, you can arbitrarily set them with,
yes, jumpers or PnP. If you do though, some software may get real confused
when it doesn't find things as it expects.
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From: Robert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: ATI Rage Fury
Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2000 16:35:28 GMT
no i think my chipset is mach64 but is worth trying anyway,
where can i get it?
Doug Kramer wrote:
>
> I am having problems with mine so I don't have room to talk!
>
> But wouldn't you want to install ATI Wonder SVGA server for your Rage 128
> chip? I thought that's what XFree86 suggested for this ATI hardware instead
> of the old Mach64 server under version 4.01.
>
> You want the R128 driver.
>
> "Robert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > i've tried lots of things on xf86config, perhaps a lower-level
> > configuration
> > can solve the problem. and what about the xserver? i'm using the mach64
> > server
> > and i've set the card to number 104 in xf86config, does it matter?
> >
> > James Richard Tyrer wrote:
> > >
> > > Robert wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hi all!
> > > > anyone been succesful on configuring an ATI Rage Fury under xfree86
> > > > 4.0.1?
> > > > i actually can only get 640x480, which is *pathetic*
> > >
> > > At the risk of being redundant:
> > >
> > > Section "Screen"
> > > Identifier "Screen 1"
> > > Device "ATI Rage IIC"
> > > Monitor "NEC MultiSync3V"
> > > DefaultDepth 24
> > >
> > > Subsection "Display"
> > > Depth 24
> > > Modes "1024x768"
> > > ViewPort 0 0
> > > EndSubsection
> > > EndSection
> > >
> > > Ad some other Modes if you want, need, and you monitor can support them.
> > >
> > > But this isn't enough, you have to have the proper horizontal refresh
> > > and vertical sync rates. And, don't enter something that your monitor
> > > won't handle or you may give new meaning to the term "smoke test".
> > >
> > > Section "Monitor"
> > >
> > > Identifier "NEC MultiSync3V"
> > >
> > > HorizSync 31.5 - 48.5
> > >
> > > VertRefresh 50-70
> > >
> > > EndSection
> > >
> > > The above range will support 1024 x 768.
> > >
> > > These are copies from my XFree86Config file.
> > >
> > > And, I presume that your driver (device) is also correct:
> > >
> > > Section "Device"
> > > Identifier "ATI Rage IIC"
> > > Driver "ati"
> > > #VideoRam 4096
> > > EndSection
> > >
> > > The documentation says not to tell it how much VRAM you have unless it
> > > can't figure it out for itself -- put in the figure, but leave it
> > > commented out.
> > >
> > > JRT
--
Have a lot of fun!
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: ATAPI device hdd error
Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2000 16:29:29 GMT
In article <91fo4q$332$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Alk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> As first effort you can unplug one of your drives for installation,
because
> both CD-RW and DVD will show their real difference from usual CD only
under
> SCSI emulation for IDE after installation
>
> AG
SCSI emulation?? what is that for? I don't have a scsi interface. why is
there a need for scsi emulation? I noticed that Mandrake 7.2 inserted
the following line into lilo.conf after installation
append=" hdd=ide-scsi"
Has this anything to do with scsi emulation?
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http://www.deja.com/
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From: John in SD <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: LILO-Problem after adding a HD
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2000 16:41:21 GMT
On Thu, 14 Dec 2000 14:44:33 GMT, "Tauno Voipio"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>"John in SD" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
>news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>> If this is the problem, then use the LILO options:
>>
>> disk=/dev/hda
>> bios=0x80
>> disk=/dev/hdb
>> bios=0x81
>> disk=/dev/sda
>> bios=0x82
>>
>> to get LILO in step with the BIOS setup.
>>
>> Remember, LILO uses BIOS calls to load the system. If the BIOS assigns
>device
>> codes in a creative manner, LILO cannot guess what they are. TELL lilo
>what
>> they are.
>>
>
>Except that many BIOSes refuse to support other drives than 0x80 and 0x81.
>There is little help of the drive 0x82 if the LILO cannot use it through the
>BIOS.
Then that drive is not bootable with any BIOS based bootstrap.
>
>Tauno Voipio
>tauno voipio @ iki fi
>
>
LILO version 21.6 (04-Oct-2000) source at
http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/system/boot/lilo
patches at ftp://brun.dyndns.org/pub/linux/lilo
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From: Robert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: HELP!!! drivers for winmodem ....
Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2000 16:42:34 GMT
Johny wrote:
>
> I have a winmodem zoltrix spirit and i need drivers for him... for kernel
> 2.2.18 plese help me somebody!!!!!
just trash it and buy a new one, it wasnt a modem anyway...
please submit your modem information to http://start.at/modem so
noone gets fooled again with this crap.
--
Have a lot of fun!
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David Fisher)
Subject: Adaptec 1522B w/ RedHat v6.2
Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2000 16:26:49 GMT
Is there any means of enabling RH v6.2 to utilize the Adaptec 1522B
SCSI host adapter?
Thanx!
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From: "Tauno Voipio" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: LILO-Problem after adding a HD
Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2000 16:47:23 GMT
"John in SD" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> >Except that many BIOSes refuse to support other drives than 0x80 and
0x81.
> >There is little help of the drive 0x82 if the LILO cannot use it through
the
> >BIOS.
>
> Then that drive is not bootable with any BIOS based bootstrap.
>
Exactly. That's what I tried to tell.
Microsoft products do not care - they boot from the first disk always (NT
and followers read ntldr from the first disk and thereafter it's a totally
different story without BIOS).
If Microsoft does not care - neither do the hardware manufacturers. Pity.
Tauno Voipio
tauno voipio @ iki fi
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From: "BenZen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.mandrake
Subject: Re: Install Problem - Asus CUVX Motherboard
Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2000 16:48:17 GMT
I have a CUV4X motherboard, and just to let you know
it's not directly related to this particulat motherboard,
nor do I notice any problem with the sound card (SBLive Value).
CUV4X 128Mb PC100, TnT2Ultra, FireWire card,
Advansys SCSI / BUZ, Encore DvD decoder, SBLive.
Knowing the motherboard is implicitly the guilty part, you might
want to check specific M 7.2 issues with Ethernet.
Probably not the components, but how Mandrake setup the
ressources for them.
Here, an external modem works for my browsing needs.
Regards,
Ben
Richard Clough wrote in message ...
>Hello, I am having problems istalling Linux on my computer!
>
>- Asus CUV4X motherboard
>- Intel P III 800EB
>- Vodoo 3 3000 16MB Video
>- 128 MB RAM
>- Sound Blaster PCI 128 Sound.
>- LG DVD, HP CDRW
>
>I have tried a few distro's - COREL, RED HAT, MANDRAKE
>7.0-7.2
>
>they all have the same problem - my sound card and ethernet are not
>working properly. During the install, it sees the card, installs the drivers
>sets up, and sets up the IP address.
>
>When I try to ping 127.0.0.1 - it works
> my local address 1.2.3.4 - works
> another address 1.2.3.5 - network unavailable!
>
>I have tried 3 different cards - 2 same brand, one
>different! they will not properly initialize!
>
>All these componets are working under windows 98. I
>would like to use linux, but without a functioning ethernet
>it is like a 747 without wings!
>
>(The ethernet cards were working in an older compouter)
>Thank You
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