Linux-Hardware Digest #82, Volume #14 Sun, 24 Dec 00 13:13:05 EST
Contents:
Re: GeForce 3D Prophet II MX or 3D Prophet SDR = which to buy? (Mike Uchima)
Re: ??? RH7.0 on a Pentium Pro 200 ("R. Owen")
Re: GeForce 3D Prophet II MX or 3D Prophet SDR = which to buy? (Starscream_VL v1.0
BETA =?iso-8859-1?Q?=A9?=)
Re: ??? RH7.0 on a Pentium Pro 200 ("James")
Re: C-Media CMI8738 - "cm: dma timed out??" ("Jason Byrne")
Re: CUSL2-C, 815e chipset & Linux (Marc)
Re: Teles PCI ISDN (M. Buchenrieder)
21143-TD NIC (Accton 1207B, Intel based) slow transfer problem (leon)
Re: CUSL2-C, 815e chipset & Linux ("{[ZenmasteR]}")
Modem problems in Mandrake 7.2 ("Michele Neylon")
Re: dying courier modem? ("Hooda Gest")
Re: Modem problems in Mandrake 7.2 (terry)
Re: Intel Easy PC camera - cannot be supported in Linux! ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Intel Easy PC camera - cannot be supported in Linux! (The Ghost In The Machine)
Re: C-Media CMI8738 - "cm: dma timed out??" (Doug Mitton)
Programming video card (ATI card w/ s-video & tv-out) Need direction to (Kyle)
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From: Mike Uchima <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.comp.hardware.homebuilt
Subject: Re: GeForce 3D Prophet II MX or 3D Prophet SDR = which to buy?
Date: Sun, 24 Dec 2000 00:54:25 -0600
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
The Prophet II MX has a significantly higher theoretical fillrate than
the Prophet SDR. Memory bandwidth is about the same. Translation: The
Prophet II MX should perform at least as well as the Prophet SDR on 3D
apps, and in some cases should do quite a bit better.
For 2D stuff, you're not going to notice a difference... if you don't
care about 3D, go with whichever card you can get a better deal on.
--
== Mike Uchima == [EMAIL PROTECTED] ==
Neal Lippman wrote:
>
> The Guillemot GeForce 3D Prophet II MX is about $150 or so (boxed direct
> from Guillemot) while the GeForce 3D Prophet SDR is on special for $129. Of
> course, I can get the MX for less OEM from other sites.
>
> I'm not well versed on video cards, so I don't know how to chose between
> these similarly priced cards. The system I am building will prob. use an
> Asus A7V with all the usual accessories (IBM Deskstar 75GXP HD, Pioneer 16X
> DVD, HP CD burner, Creative Labs SB Value sound card).
>
> I'm not a gamer, but I do some rudimentary graphics stuff (the Gimp, for
> example) and it is important to me to have a high-quality display even if I
> am mostly text processing a coding. I just don't need Quake to run like
> greased lightning, so a value video card makes a difference to me.
>
> I am going to be running Linux (Mandrake 7.2, prob. upgraded soon enough
> when the 2.4 kernel is released), and I've gravitated to the nVidia based
> video cards as they seem to be the easiest to work under XFree despite the
> non-open source nature of the drivers.
>
> Can anyone help me to decide between these two cards? Thanks. Please reply
> in NG or direct email to me.
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From: "R. Owen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.install,linux.redhat
Subject: Re: ??? RH7.0 on a Pentium Pro 200
Date: Sun, 24 Dec 2000 20:58:53 +1300
I have two PPro's i don't need anymore. Would be keen to sell them.
Scratch
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Chris Elvidge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > Where did you get a PPro 200? I need another, pref. Compaq but I'll try
> > anything!
>
> eBay is your friend.
>
> If it takes you more than five minutes to find a PPro-200 from Compaq
> on eBay, you should be very careful when chewing gum.
>
> --
> Eric McCoy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> "Luckily I have the fashion sense of a colorblind street pimp
> freebasing cocaine through a gunpowder funnel, so it all works out."
> - Something Awful, 12/19/2000
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From: Starscream_VL v1.0 BETA =?iso-8859-1?Q?=A9?= <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: alt.comp.hardware.homebuilt
Subject: Re: GeForce 3D Prophet II MX or 3D Prophet SDR = which to buy?
Date: Sun, 24 Dec 2000 03:24:30 -0500
Mike Uchima wrote:
>
> The Prophet II MX has a significantly higher theoretical fillrate than
> the Prophet SDR. Memory bandwidth is about the same. Translation: The
> Prophet II MX should perform at least as well as the Prophet SDR on 3D
> apps, and in some cases should do quite a bit better.
>
> For 2D stuff, you're not going to notice a difference... if you don't
> care about 3D, go with whichever card you can get a better deal on.
Exactly... video cards reached the maximum in 2D a couple of years ago.
Now, even a no name card will be as fast in 2D apps as the newest big
one...
D...
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From: "James" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.install,linux.redhat
Subject: Re: ??? RH7.0 on a Pentium Pro 200
Date: Sun, 24 Dec 2000 00:13:53 -0900
"Chris Elvidge" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Where did you get a PPro 200? I need another, pref. Compaq but I'll try
> anything!
> Thanks,
> Chris.
www.intellesale.com has a bunch in stock, at least 12-13. IBM PC Server
325, dual processor on-board SCSI. (They're selling them stripped down, one
processor, looks like the original minimum drive/memory config.) As of 24
Dec 2000, they wanted $199 each for them.
HTH
James
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From: "Jason Byrne" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: C-Media CMI8738 - "cm: dma timed out??"
Date: Sun, 24 Dec 2000 00:49:10 -0800
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Hi,
>
> I'm trying desperately to get my C-Media CMI8738 sound card working
> under Slackware 7.x, kernel 2.2.13. I get the message "cm: dma timed
> out??" whenever I try to play a .wav file. In fact, I can't get a peep
> out of the card at all. Anybody got any hints for the setup of this
> card?
>
> The doc. says nothing about requiring a DMA channel, or how to tell the
> driver which one to use. I've tried both the devel. and stable versions
> of the driver from Chen Li Tien's web-site:
> "http://members.home.net/puresoft/cmedia.html". The modprobe cmpci
> command results in the following messages using dmesg.
>
> cm: version $Revision: 4.3 $ time 13:46:14 Dec 24 2000
> cm: found CM8738 adapter at io 0x9400 irq 10
>
> ...which looks fine.
>
> An lsmod on my system gives:
>
> Module Size Used by
> cmpci 16908 0
> soundcore 2116 2 [cmpci]
> w83781d 16876 0 (unused)
> sensors 5340 0 [w83781d]
> i2c-isa 888 0 (unused)
> i2c-viapro 3300 0 (unused)
> i2c-core 11484 0 [w83781d sensors i2c-isa i2c-viapro]
> bsd_comp 3632 1
> ppp 20416 2 [bsd_comp]
> slip 7176 0 (unused)
>
> Also, the stuff at the linnix.com site does not work on my system.
>
> Any help appreciated.
>
> BTW, the card works fine under Win98 with the same IRQ and IO Port
> settings.
Check out the 'Alsa' drivers ( http://www.alsa-project.org )
Make sure you thoroughly read the INSTALL file in the alsa-driver source for
details about adding oss emulation, etc... in /etc/modules.conf
(btw... I do have the same chipset on an integrated motherboard)
- Jason
>
> Thanks,
> Andrew.
>
>
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From: Marc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.asus,comp.sys.intel
Subject: Re: CUSL2-C, 815e chipset & Linux
Date: Sun, 24 Dec 2000 05:29:15 -0500
Sorry to hear about your Bait and switch, if you don't get results, call
consumer protection, the companies HATE to those guys involved.
hope everything works out ;)
I know it taught ME a lesson
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (M. Buchenrieder)
Subject: Re: Teles PCI ISDN
Date: Sun, 24 Dec 2000 07:56:51 GMT
Rafal Wysocki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Hi All,
>I've got a problem with a new Teles PCI ISDN card. Namely, when I try do
>dial out with it my system hangs solid. I use the HiSax driver, type 20
>(NetJet PCI), which should work, AFAIK.
[...]
Where did you get the idea that the type should be 20 ? Looking at
/usr/src/linux/drivers/isdn/hisax/hisax.h shows that the type
should be set to 21 for the Teles PCI card.
Michael
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From: leon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: 21143-TD NIC (Accton 1207B, Intel based) slow transfer problem
Date: Sun, 24 Dec 2000 20:50:48 +0800
I've tried 2.2.17 and 2.2.18. If I use the Tupli.c (0.91ppc or 0.89H)
drivers, the receive rate is ok, but the transfer rate is few kb/s.
Then I tried the DEC EtherWorks (DE4XX) driver, oh, the NIC works
normally......
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From: "{[ZenmasteR]}" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.asus,comp.sys.intel
Subject: Re: CUSL2-C, 815e chipset & Linux
Date: Sun, 24 Dec 2000 14:32:24 GMT
you`ll need to try the latest kernel 2.4
wait for the final version of the kernel next year
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pas."
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From: "Michele Neylon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,alt.os.linux.mandrake,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Modem problems in Mandrake 7.2
Date: Sun, 24 Dec 2000 15:26:29 GMT
I just installed Mandrake 7.2 It has detected the modem, but seems unable
to configure it. The modem is a Diamond SupraExpress 56i V PRO
If anybody has any idea how I can configure it please let me know -
Thanks
Michele
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From: "Hooda Gest" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: dying courier modem?
Date: Sun, 24 Dec 2000 10:25:23 -0500
"Matt Garman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> On Fri, 22 Dec 2000 19:44:26 -0500, Hooda Gest <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Sorry, emailing tech support is a waste of time in most cases. Better to
> > dial them up since it is toll free in the US (I am assuming you are in
the
> > US). Much faster response :) and much more productive.
> > 1-888-326-6099.
>
> Yup, I called them and I got the OK to send this modem in and have them
> send me a (hopefully) better one.
>
> > Ok, you have a poor line. Your Dad's modem handles it better. I have
found
> > my Sportster (178600) handles my line a bit better also so the Courier
sits
> > as a spare.
>
> In the meantime, what can I do about crummy phone lines? Is there a FAQ
> on this (it seems like something that would come up often)? We've been
> plauged with bad phone lines for years.
There isn't much that can be done. First, you have to realize that the
telcos are under no obligation to provide anything better than "voice
quality" for your line. That basically equates to supporting V.32biis
(14400bps). That we get better than that is a tribute to technology and to
the fact that most telcos exceed the requirements.
You can sometimes get some help from the telco by finding audible noise on
the line and complaining about it. To check for audible noise, you can pick
up the phone, dial a digit, cover the mouthpiece securely, and just listen.
It should be quiet; no hum, no buzzes, no crackling, no crosstalk. Since you
live in a rural area with a small telco, you may not get any relief even
from this though.
You should first try to eliminate any problems caused by your own internal
wiring or devices on the line. Start by removing any phone, answering
machine, Fax machine, etc. from the line. Put only one modem on the line and
then test it. If there is a significant improvement, put the devices back on
the line one at a time and test between each one to determine which one
causes a problem. If there is no improvement when the devices are off the
line, you can runa cable direct to the telco interface box test jack
(assuming you have one) or by wiring a separate line in from the interface
box to a jack and trying that by itself. That will eliminate inside wiring
as the cause. If neither of these helps then the problem is squarely in the
telco's area and you are at their mercy.
> The tech guys at our telco are really nice and hardworking, but I think
> that due to the smallness of our phone company, their test equipment is
> pretty limited (and probably not too sophisticated). I actually went in
> and talked to the owner personally... he was quite possibly one of the
> least pleasant people I've ever dealt with.
Even if he's unpleasant, can you schmooze him? Sometimes it's helpful to
just be as polite and friendly as possible even though the other guy is a
creep. It's amazing what a little pseudo-sympathy can do to influence people
to help.
>
> Am I simply at a loss here, or is there anything else I can do?
>
> > Ok, what's the firmware date on this modem? You can find that in the
ati7
> > response. It appears you need to flash the modem. That invalid codeword
is a
> > V.42 issue.
> > The latest code is March of 1998. If you have older code than that,
just
> > Read the instructions carefully. You can use the Xmodem transfer method
to
> > do the flash.
>
> It's strange, I had the March '98 code (verified it with ati7). Just for
> kicks, I tried to Xmodem upload the newest flash code, and couldn't get it
> to work in *test* mode (so I was afraid to try "real" mode). All the more
> reason I think it needs to be sent back to USR (which will be done).
If it already had the latest code, it won't upgrade or even try to flash, I
don't think.
>
> Thanks as always!
> You all have been extremely nice and helpful.
You're welcome. Hopefully, USR will repair or replace the modem and you'll
have a bit better luck.
Hooda
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From: terry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,alt.os.linux.mandrake,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Modem problems in Mandrake 7.2
Date: Sun, 24 Dec 2000 09:48:27 -0600
Michele Neylon wrote:
>
> I just installed Mandrake 7.2 It has detected the modem, but seems unable
> to configure it. The modem is a Diamond SupraExpress 56i V PRO
>
> If anybody has any idea how I can configure it please let me know -
> Thanks
> Michele
Try
http://linmodems.org/
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy,alt.linux.sux
Subject: Re: Intel Easy PC camera - cannot be supported in Linux!
Date: 24 Dec 2000 16:06:30 GMT
"Kyle Jacobs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writ:
> All this hardware works because they all have the fortune of being based
> around America's top 10% hardware.
> 9.Jaz 1G: It's a tape drive, it's from iomega. But it's still a tape drive.
Jazz 1Gb by Syquest is a removeable cartridge *hard drive*. I
guess Iomega made some sort of equivalent device. What actually
did you have in mind?
> So you see, your stock collection of top hardware, and hardware based around
> other top 10% hardware makes your system the ideal runner for a Linux
> distro.
>
>
Vacuo
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (The Ghost In The Machine)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy,alt.linux.sux
Subject: Re: Intel Easy PC camera - cannot be supported in Linux!
Date: Sun, 24 Dec 2000 17:23:20 GMT
In comp.os.linux.advocacy, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote
on 24 Dec 2000 16:06:30 GMT
<9256u6$i0s$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> "Kyle Jacobs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writ:
>
>> All this hardware works because they all have the fortune of being based
>> around America's top 10% hardware.
>
>> 9.Jaz 1G: It's a tape drive, it's from iomega. But it's still a tape drive.
>
>Jazz 1Gb by Syquest is a removeable cartridge *hard drive*. I
>guess Iomega made some sort of equivalent device. What actually
>did you have in mind?
Uh...I think you're thinking of Iomega, not Syquest. Syquest
actually made (makes?) the SyJet, which is a 1.5 GB cartridge unit.
(The cartridge contains no head-disk assembly, merely the platters.)
But I'm pretty sure both units are semirandom access, as opposed to tape,
which is sequential access.
[snip]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Doug Mitton)
Subject: Re: C-Media CMI8738 - "cm: dma timed out??"
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sun, 24 Dec 2000 17:24:50 GMT
I am using the same chipset on a 599LMR motherboard and the standard
v2.2.13 kernel drivers. It works fine ... with the following
exceptions.
There are several different sound "methods" in use under Linux and
different applications use different ones. The older linux method is
the /dev/audio interface ... the CMI8738 driver uses the newer (?)
/dev/dsp interface.
That said what application are you using to play the wave file? On my
system I use Geunter Geiger's play utility that is part of the Debian
package BUT somehow ended up on my heavily updated Slackware 7
installation. For a GUI application I use Sound Studio. I also have
Real Player and splay (for mp3) working as well. Also, I have Speak
Freely running.
I did find that XMMS wouldn't work without using it along with esd
(Enlightenment sound daemon).
I still don't have a handle on the Linux sound requirements BUT it all
works for me ... I've found I just have to be selective with my
applications.
Good luck and Merry Christmas!
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I'm trying desperately to get my C-Media CMI8738 sound card working
>under Slackware 7.x, kernel 2.2.13. I get the message "cm: dma timed
>out??" whenever I try to play a .wav file. In fact, I can't get a peep
>out of the card at all. Anybody got any hints for the setup of this
>card?
>
>The doc. says nothing about requiring a DMA channel, or how to tell the
>driver which one to use. I've tried both the devel. and stable versions
>of the driver from Chen Li Tien's web-site:
>"http://members.home.net/puresoft/cmedia.html". The modprobe cmpci
>command results in the following messages using dmesg.
>
>cm: version $Revision: 4.3 $ time 13:46:14 Dec 24 2000
>cm: found CM8738 adapter at io 0x9400 irq 10
>
>...which looks fine.
>
>An lsmod on my system gives:
>
>Module Size Used by
>cmpci 16908 0
>soundcore 2116 2 [cmpci]
>w83781d 16876 0 (unused)
>sensors 5340 0 [w83781d]
>i2c-isa 888 0 (unused)
>i2c-viapro 3300 0 (unused)
>i2c-core 11484 0 [w83781d sensors i2c-isa i2c-viapro]
>bsd_comp 3632 1
>ppp 20416 2 [bsd_comp]
>slip 7176 0 (unused)
>
>Also, the stuff at the linnix.com site does not work on my system.
>
>Any help appreciated.
>
>BTW, the card works fine under Win98 with the same IRQ and IO Port
>settings.
>
>Thanks,
>Andrew.
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From: Kyle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x,comp.os.linux.x.video
Subject: Programming video card (ATI card w/ s-video & tv-out) Need direction to
Date: Sun, 24 Dec 2000 04:59:20 -0500
Hi,
I hope some people read this and can help me out.
I have a ATI Rage Pro pci video card that has s-video and tv-out. I want
to be able to use the s-video and tv-out on the card. Now, is this down
by the app(like what I find on Video4Linux) or is it in Xfree86?
I want to know if there has been a driver developed which accesses the
s-video and tv-out on the ATI card. If so, a pointer to the source would
be great.
If not, then I would like to know how would I go about to use the
s-video and tv-out. I just need some clarification on if the actual app
would take care of loading up the s-video interface and tv-out interface
or if it is the actual video card driver(Xfree86?).
Thanks for any help in advanced and if it isn't too much trouble, can
you also cc: you rhelp to my e-mail?
Gracias!
K.
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