Linux-Hardware Digest #116, Volume #14 Mon, 1 Jan 01 21:13:04 EST
Contents:
Re: Pacific Digital 4424ei CD-RW (Mark Carroll)
Re: Two Harddrives ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Modem is "busy" - PCI IRQ Sharing problem (Nader)
Voodoo3 2000 pci ("Matt Ng")
Re: Support Maxtor G450 (James Rose)
Re: Modem is "busy" - PCI IRQ Sharing problem (Julie Brandon)
Quake 3 -- Keyboard Key Combination Issues? (Alex Diaz)
Toshiba Satellite 2805-S201 (Ken Miller)
Re: CD Burner ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: fire wire ("Neal Lippman")
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mark Carroll)
Subject: Re: Pacific Digital 4424ei CD-RW
Date: 2 Jan 2001 00:36:02 GMT
In article <XD846.129657$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Dave Hachey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Mine works just fine with Mandrake Linux 7.2. Almost ATAPI RW drive should
>work out of the box.
(snip)
Wow - fantastic! Thanks - I'll go and buy it, then. (-:
-- Mark
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Two Harddrives
Date: Tue, 02 Jan 2001 00:43:05 GMT
Bharath Krishnan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Check out Hard Disk Upgrade Mini How-To at www.linuxdoc.org
> http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/mini/Hard-Disk-Upgrade/index.html
I recommend putting the swap partition on the second drive along
with /home too.
Greg
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From: Nader <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Modem is "busy" - PCI IRQ Sharing problem
Date: Mon, 01 Jan 2001 16:47:05 -0800
I am unable to get my modem (US Robotics 56K FAX INT controller-based PCI,
3COM/USR 3CP5610 family, OEM 2977 model) to work in Linux, although it works
very well in Windows 98. My research to date leads me to believe the problem
is Linux PCI IRQ sharing related, but I don't know what steps to take to resolve
it short of moving PCI cards around (which I strongly prefer to avoid).
The story:
I recently completed an almost successful installation of Caldera 2.3
(2.2.10) and KDE 1.1.1. I am amazed (and refreshed) with the ease of
use and the performance. I am new to Linux, but have a lot of Unix and
software development experience.
I have an ABIT BE6 motherboard with 733MHz CPU, 128M RAM, PCI Bus, 3Com NIC,
Sound Blaster 128, ATI XPERT 99 Video Card, Adaptec SCSI Controller,
HPT366 IDE UDMA 66 Controller, USR Robotics 56K FAX INT modem (OEM 2977
controller based), Intel PCI Bus Master IDE Controller.
I have partitioned the hard drive to dual boot Windows 98 and Linux via
BootMagic. I have no issues in Windows (other than those that Microsoft
provides) and I prefer to leave the hardware settings where they are so
as not to upset Windows.
I use "ide0=0xb400,0xb802" to boot the kernel from within the lilo.conf file.
I learned how to do this in the HPT366 IDE FAQ for the UDMA66 issue.
I recompiled the kernel per the USR FAQ on netllama (since then I learned that
this was not necessary) so that the COM5 modem uses /dev/ttyS4 (= /dev/modem).
When I try to access /dev/modem via kppp, it reports "Sorry, the modem is busy".
I have spent countless hours trying to fix this and have run out of options.
It appears the problem is due to the HPT366 UDMA66 and the USR Modem sharing IRQ 10.
I'd prefer to not move PCI cards around since Windows 98 is happy right
now. I have also tried to use ttyS2 and ttyS3 with various setserial settings.
Should setpci be used? Any suggestions?
I have attached files below to help convey the status of my configuration.
Thanks for your assistance,
Nader
=======================
Windows 98 IRQ Sharing Info
=======================
IRQ 9 3Com Fast Etherlink XL 10/100Mb TX Ethernet NIC (3C905B-TX)
IRQ 9 Creative Labs Sound Blaster PCI128
IRQ 9 Xpert 99/Xpert 2000 (English)
IRQ 9 ACPI IRQ Holder for PCI IRQ Steering
IRQ 9 ACPI IRQ Holder for PCI IRQ Steering
IRQ 9 SCI IRQ used by ACPI bus
IRQ 10 Highpoint Technology Inc. HPT366 Ultra DMA 66 Controller
IRQ 10 Highpoint Technology Inc. HPT366 Ultra DMA 66 Controller
IRQ 10 U.S. Robotics 56K Fax PCI
IRQ 10 ACPI IRQ Holder for PCI IRQ Steering
IRQ 11 Adaptec AIC-7850 PCI SCSI Controller
IRQ 11 Intel 82371AB/EB PCI to USB Universal Host Controller
IRQ 11 ACPI IRQ Holder for PCI IRQ Steering
IRQ 14 Primary IDE controller (dual FIFO)
IRQ 14 Intel 82371AB/EB PCI Bus Master IDE Controller
IRQ 15 Secondary IDE controller (dual FIFO)
IRQ 15 Intel 82371AB/EB PCI Bus Master IDE Controller
===================================================================================================
=================================
Linux - /proc/interrupts
=================================
CPU0
0: 225198 XT-PIC timer
1: 3196 XT-PIC keyboard
2: 0 XT-PIC cascade
8: 0 XT-PIC rtc
9: 0 XT-PIC es1370, eth0
10: 67820 XT-PIC ide0
11: 2387 XT-PIC usb, aic7xxx
12: 45583 XT-PIC PS/2 Mouse
13: 1 XT-PIC fpu
14: 5 XT-PIC ide1
NMI: 0
ERR: 0
===================================================================================================
===================================
Linux - setserial
===================================
/dev/ttyS0, Line 0, UART: 16550A, Port: 0x03f8, IRQ: 4
Baud_base: 115200, close_delay: 50, divisor: 0
closing_wait: 3000, closing_wait2: infinte
Flags: spd_normal skip_test
/dev/ttyS1, Line 1, UART: 16550A, Port: 0x02f8, IRQ: 3
Baud_base: 115200, close_delay: 50, divisor: 0
closing_wait: 3000, closing_wait2: infinte
Flags: spd_normal skip_test
/dev/ttyS2, Line 2, UART: unknown, Port: 0x03e8, IRQ: 4
Baud_base: 115200, close_delay: 50, divisor: 0
closing_wait: 3000, closing_wait2: infinte
Flags: spd_normal skip_test
/dev/ttyS3, Line 3, UART: unknown, Port: 0x02e8, IRQ: 3
Baud_base: 115200, close_delay: 50, divisor: 0
closing_wait: 3000, closing_wait2: infinte
Flags: spd_normal
/dev/ttyS4, Line 4, UART: 16550A, Port: 0xa800, IRQ: 10
Baud_base: 115200, close_delay: 50, divisor: 0
closing_wait: 3000, closing_wait2: infinte
Flags: spd_vhi skip_test
==================================================================================================
=============================
Linux - /proc/pci
=============================
PCI devices found:
Bus 0, device 0, function 0:
Host bridge: Intel 440BX - 82443BX Host (rev 3).
Medium devsel. Master Capable. Latency=32.
Prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xd0000000 [0xd0000008].
Bus 0, device 1, function 0:
PCI bridge: Intel 440BX - 82443BX AGP (rev 3).
Medium devsel. Master Capable. Latency=64. Min Gnt=136.
Bus 0, device 7, function 0:
ISA bridge: Intel 82371AB PIIX4 ISA (rev 2).
Medium devsel. Fast back-to-back capable. Master Capable. No bursts.
Bus 0, device 7, function 1:
IDE interface: Intel 82371AB PIIX4 IDE (rev 1).
Medium devsel. Fast back-to-back capable. Master Capable. Latency=32.
I/O at 0xf000 [0xf001].
Bus 0, device 7, function 2:
USB Controller: Intel 82371AB PIIX4 USB (rev 1).
Medium devsel. Fast back-to-back capable. IRQ 11. Master Capable.
Latency=32.
I/O at 0xa000 [0xa001].
Bus 0, device 7, function 3:
Bridge: Intel 82371AB PIIX4 ACPI (rev 2).
Medium devsel. Fast back-to-back capable.
Bus 0, device 11, function 0:
SCSI storage controller: Adaptec AIC-7850 (rev 3).
Medium devsel. Fast back-to-back capable. IRQ 11. Master Capable.
Latency=32. Min Gnt=4.Max Lat=4.
I/O at 0xa400 [0xa401].
Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xdb001000 [0xdb001000].
Bus 0, device 13, function 0:
Serial controller: Unknown vendor Unknown device (rev 1).
Vendor id=12b9. Device id=1008.
Medium devsel. IRQ 10.
I/O at 0xa800 [0xa801].
Bus 0, device 15, function 0:
Multimedia audio controller: Ensoniq AudioPCI (rev 1).
Slow devsel. IRQ 9. Master Capable. Latency=32. Min Gnt=12.Max Lat=128.
I/O at 0xac00 [0xac01].
Bus 0, device 17, function 0:
Ethernet controller: 3Com 3C905B 100bTX (rev 48).
Medium devsel. IRQ 9. Master Capable. Latency=32. Min Gnt=10.Max Lat=10.
I/O at 0xb000 [0xb001].
Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xdb000000 [0xdb000000].
Bus 0, device 19, function 0:
Unknown mass storage controller: Triones Technologies, Inc. Unknown
device (rev 1).
Vendor id=1103. Device id=4.
Medium devsel. IRQ 10. Master Capable. Latency=248. Min Gnt=8.Max Lat=8.
I/O at 0xb400 [0xb401].
I/O at 0xb800 [0xb801].
I/O at 0xbc00 [0xbc01].
Bus 0, device 19, function 1:
Unknown mass storage controller: Triones Technologies, Inc. Unknown
device (rev 1).
Vendor id=1103. Device id=4.
Medium devsel. IRQ 10. Master Capable. Latency=248. Min Gnt=8.Max Lat=8.
I/O at 0xc000 [0xc001].
I/O at 0xc400 [0xc401].
I/O at 0xc800 [0xc801].
Bus 1, device 0, function 0:
VGA compatible controller: ATI Unknown device (rev 0).
Vendor id=1002. Device id=524c.
Medium devsel. Fast back-to-back capable. IRQ 9. Master Capable.
Latency=32. Min Gnt=8.
Prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xd4000000 [0xd4000008].
I/O at 0x9000 [0x9001].
Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xd9000000 [0xd9000000].
=================================================================================================
=============================
Linux - lspci
=============================
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 440BX/ZX - 82443BX/ZX Host bridge
(rev 03)
Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr-
Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
Status: Cap+ 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort-
<TAbort- <MAbort+ >SERR- <PERR-
Latency: 32 set
Region 0: Memory at d0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable)
Capabilities: [a0] AGP version 1.0
Status: RQ=31 SBA+ 64bit- FW- Rate=1
Command: RQ=31 SBA+ AGP- 64bit- FW- Rate=1
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 440BX/ZX - 82443BX/ZX AGP bridge
(rev 03)
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr-
Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B-
Status: Cap- 66Mhz+ UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort-
<TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
Latency: 64 set
Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=32
I/O behind bridge: 00009000-00009fff
Memory behind bridge: d8000000-d9ffffff
Prefetchable memory behind bridge: d4000000-d7ffffff
BridgeCtl: Parity- SERR- NoISA- VGA+ MAbort- >Reset- FastB2B+
00:07.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82371AB PIIX4 ISA (rev 02)
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle+ MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr-
Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
Status: Cap- 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort-
<TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
Latency: 0 set
00:07.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82371AB PIIX4 IDE (rev 01)
(prog-if 80)
Control: I/O+ Mem- BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr-
Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
Status: Cap- 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort-
<TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
Latency: 32 set
Region 4: I/O ports at f000
00:07.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82371AB PIIX4 USB (rev 01)
Control: I/O+ Mem- BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr-
Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
Status: Cap- 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort-
<TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
Latency: 32 set
Interrupt: pin D routed to IRQ 11
Region 4: I/O ports at a000
00:07.3 Bridge: Intel Corporation 82371AB PIIX4 ACPI (rev 02)
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster- SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr-
Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
Status: Cap- 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort-
<TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
00:0b.0 SCSI storage controller: Adaptec AIC-7850 (rev 03)
Subsystem: Unknown device 9004:7850
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr-
Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
Status: Cap+ 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort-
<TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
Latency: 4 min, 4 max, 32 set, cache line size 08
Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 11
Region 0: I/O ports at a400
Region 1: Memory at db001000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable)
Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 1
Flags: PMEClk- AuxPwr- DSI+ D1- D2- PME-
Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-
00:0d.0 Serial controller: US Robotics: Unknown device 1008 (rev 01)
(prog-if 02)
Subsystem: Unknown device 12b9:00a2
Control: I/O+ Mem- BusMaster- SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr-
Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
Status: Cap+ 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort-
<TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 10
Region 0: I/O ports at a800
Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 2
Flags: PMEClk- AuxPwr- DSI- D1- D2+ PME+
Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=2 PME-
00:0f.0 Multimedia audio controller: Ensoniq ES1370 [AudioPCI] (rev 01)
Subsystem: Unknown device 4942:4c4c
Control: I/O+ Mem- BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr-
Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B-
Status: Cap- 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=slow >TAbort- <TAbort-
<MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
Latency: 12 min, 128 max, 32 set
Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 9
Region 0: I/O ports at ac00
00:11.0 Ethernet controller: 3Com Corporation 3c905B 100BaseTX [Cyclone]
(rev 30)
Subsystem: Unknown device 10b7:9055
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr-
Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
Status: Cap+ 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort-
<TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
Latency: 10 min, 10 max, 32 set, cache line size 08
Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 9
Region 0: I/O ports at b000
Region 1: Memory at db000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable)
Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 1
Flags: PMEClk- AuxPwr- DSI- D1+ D2+ PME-
Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-
00:13.0 Unknown mass storage controller: Triones Technologies, Inc.:
Unknown device 0004 (rev 01)
Control: I/O+ Mem- BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr-
Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
Status: Cap- 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort-
<TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
Latency: 8 min, 8 max, 248 set, cache line size 08
Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 10
Region 0: I/O ports at b400
Region 1: I/O ports at b800
Region 4: I/O ports at bc00
00:13.1 Unknown mass storage controller: Triones Technologies, Inc.:
Unknown device 0004 (rev 01)
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr-
Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
Status: Cap- 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort-
<TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
Latency: 8 min, 8 max, 248 set, cache line size 08
Interrupt: pin B routed to IRQ 10
Region 0: I/O ports at c000
Region 1: I/O ports at c400
Region 4: I/O ports at c800
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc: Unknown device 524c
Subsystem: Unknown device 1002:0008
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr-
Stepping+ SERR- FastB2B-
Status: Cap+ 66Mhz+ UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort-
<TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
Latency: 8 min, 32 set, cache line size 08
Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 9
Region 0: Memory at d4000000 (32-bit, prefetchable)
Region 1: I/O ports at 9000
Region 2: Memory at d9000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable)
Capabilities: [50] AGP version 2.0
Status: RQ=31 SBA+ 64bit- FW- Rate=21
Command: RQ=31 SBA+ AGP- 64bit- FW- Rate=21
Capabilities: [5c] Power Management version 1
Flags: PMEClk- AuxPwr- DSI- D1+ D2- PME-
Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-
==============================================================================================
======================
Linux - /proc/ioports
======================
0000-001f : dma1
0020-003f : pic1
0040-005f : timer
0060-006f : keyboard
0070-007f : rtc
0080-008f : dma page reg
00a0-00bf : pic2
00c0-00df : dma2
00f0-00ff : fpu
01f0-01f7 : ide1
02f8-02ff : serial(auto)
03c0-03df : vga+
03f6-03f6 : ide1
03f8-03ff : serial(auto)
a000-a01f : usb-uhci
a400-a4be : aic7xxx
a800-a807 : serial(set)
ac00-ac3f : es1370
b000-b07f : eth0
b400-b407 : ide0
b802-b802 : ide0
f000-f007 : ide1
f008-f00f : ide2
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From: "Matt Ng" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Voodoo3 2000 pci
Date: Mon, 01 Jan 2001 19:20:54 +0500
Hi,
I've just replaced an old Mach64 PCI card with a newer Voodoo 3, but I'm
having a bit of problems with the screen configuration. With the ATI card
I didn't have any problems with getting a 1024x768 resolution on a
generic SVGA monitor, but for some reason the Voodoo 3 refuses to go
higher than 800x600. It gives an error regarding no mode defined for
1024x768, even though there are lines in my XF86Config file specifying
that resolution. I have visited the 3dfx linux page and installed the
packages they had so I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong. I can post my
XF86Config if you think that it will help. I'm running XFree
3.3.5 on RedHat 6.1 and the config file was generated using
Xconfigurator.
Thanks in advance for any help.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (James Rose)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Support Maxtor G450
Date: Tue, 02 Jan 2001 00:35:49 GMT
On Sun, 31 Dec 2000 13:40:04 +0100, "Harald Adams"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hi,
>does anybody out there know, how I can setup which X server to support the
>new maxtor G450 graphic board under Suse 7.0.
If you use the SVGA driver and the correct scan rates for your card
and monitor, it will work. The SVGA driver is designed to work with
virtually every card.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Julie Brandon)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Modem is "busy" - PCI IRQ Sharing problem
Date: 2 Jan 2001 01:22:37 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Mon, 01 Jan 2001 16:47:05 -0800, Nader ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) said:
>The story:
>
>I recently completed an almost successful installation of Caldera 2.3
>(2.2.10) and KDE 1.1.1. I am amazed (and refreshed) with the ease of
>use and the performance. I am new to Linux, but have a lot of Unix and
>software development experience.
At a guess...
Are you using the standard kernel serial driver from v2.2.10? If so then
the serial driver you're using doesn't properly support PCI.
So, although you can spot it resources etc. and use setserial to get at
it, and although if you do this it'll work, the driver itself won't
cope with IRQ sharing!
The solution is to use the latest version of the serial driver
that is being developed, from serial.sourceforge.net (IIRC),
and see how you get on with that. I'm using that (with a few hacks)
to use a dual serial card I've got and am happily sharing it
with other IRQs -- I had exactly the same problem as you're
having before using this as I similarly got the same error
(and guessed the cause.)
Ta-ra,
Julie
excerpt from /proc/pci-
Bus 0, device 16, function 0:
Multimedia video controller: Brooktree Bt848 (rev 18).
Medium devsel. Fast back-to-back capable. IRQ 9. Master Capable.
Latency=128. Min Gnt=16.Max Lat=40.
Prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xf1eff000 [0xf1eff008].
Bus 0, device 18, function 0:
VGA compatible controller: 3Dfx Unknown device (rev 1).
Vendor id=121a. Device id=5.
Fast devsel. Fast back-to-back capable. IRQ 9.
Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xf2000000 [0xf2000000].
Prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xea000000 [0xea000008].
I/O at 0x7800 [0x7801].
Bus 0, device 20, function 0:
Serial controller: Unknown vendor Unknown device (rev 0).
Vendor id=14db. Device id=2130.
Medium devsel. Fast back-to-back capable. IRQ 9.
I/O at 0x7c50 [0x7c51].
I/O at 0x7c58 [0x7c59].
All IRQ 9 and all working perfectly with each-other. *8-) Running
an ISDN external TA (Courier I-Modem) on /dev/ttyS5 on that
card at 230400bps.
Ta-ra,
--
Julie Brandon, Derby, UK
<URL:http://www.computergeeks.co.uk/>
+++ See homepage for details of my present E-Bay auctions +++
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From: Alex Diaz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Quake 3 -- Keyboard Key Combination Issues?
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Mon, 1 Jan 2001 20:25:14 -0500
Hey guys,
Well after about 6 hours (:D) of tinkering getting Q3 work on my
Linux-Mandrake installation, I finally got it working. I must say, I'm very
impressed, as it seems to perform as well, or maybe better than, my Windows
Q3 (GF2, P3-500).
However, I'm experiencing key-lockup issues. I have my stafe keys
configured as z (left) and x (right). My backpedal key is control. If I am
strafing and hit the ctrl key to back pedal while, say, x is pressed, the x
key will lock up. When I let go of x, it will still be "activated" and I
will strafe uncontrollably. The only way to "fix" it is to hit the x key
again, but by then i'm usually dead.
I have experienced similar issues on a completely different Macintosh
machine (running OS9), though I'm not sure they key combo screwups are the
same and it was noticeably more rare.
If it makes a difference, I am using a Belkin USB keyboard.
Thanks!
Alex Diaz
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ken Miller)
Subject: Toshiba Satellite 2805-S201
Date: Tue, 02 Jan 2001 01:59:49 GMT
I have a new Toshiba Satellite 2805-S201 that comes with Win ME and I
really want to switch it over to Linux.
Can anyone tell me if they have done it successfully and which
distribution they used. I need to be able to use the USB, LAN
connection, modem and the DVD player.
Also this might be a stupid question, but you can watch DVD movies
under Linux, correct?
I know you can hotsync Palm Pilots, but what about the possibility of
linking a Casio Q3000EX digital camera, RIO 500 MP3 player and Sony
miidisc player/recorder :)
Thanks for any help.
Ken
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,alt.os.linux.mandrake,alt.uu.comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Re: CD Burner
Date: Tue, 02 Jan 2001 01:50:55 GMT
I did some experiments with RedHat (6.0 and 6.1), SUSE (6.1), Debian
(2.1) and Storm (2000) and in *no* case was it necessary to recompile
the kernel to get ide-scsi working. These were fresh installs, done
just for the test, so I can be sure that all claims to the contrary are
specious, and merely represent the recollections of ancient hackers
remembering the distant past.
I have posted detailed instructions for installing a cd-writer on a
commercial Linux distribution at http://www.nber.org/cdrecord.html and
I refer newbies to that document. It is in fact very easy. The RH disks
contain all the software you need.
In article <92lskc$7pu$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bill Unruh) wrote:
>
>
> In alt.os.linux you write:
> ]>
> ]> ]Basically you will follow these steps:
> ]>
> ]> ]1. Get SCSI working if you don't already (yes, even if you don't
have a
> ]> ]SCSI card)
> ]> ] This is done by recompiling your kernel--not hard. This creates
the
> ]> ]ide-scsi module
> ]>
> ]> aaaargh. No. almost nothing requires recompiling the kernel. ide-
scsi is
> ]> included in all distros I know of. Telling him to recompile his
kernel
> ]> is BAD advice. He is much more liable to mess something up than to
fix
> ]> anything (especially something which is not broken in the first
place)
> ]>
>
> ]Humm, well i don't know. My distro (RH 6.2) didn't come with it
> ](and i re-compiled my kernal and got it---and it's now working great
> ]on stuff that i couldn't copy on my Win Me machine)
>
> OK, I have not checked it, but it would really surprise me. Anyway,
> first you have to search to see if it exists befor recompiling your
> kernel.
> find /lib/modules -name ide-scsi.o -ls
> if this finds nothing, then perhaps you need to recompile. Although it
> would still surprise me. Are you sure it is not on some rpm which is
not
> the kernel rpm?
>
> It certainly is on Mandrake distros from 6.1 on. What about for
others?
> If Redhat does not include it, they sure should! Enough people use
> cdrecord for it to made a standard.
>
>
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From: "Neal Lippman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: fire wire
Date: Tue, 02 Jan 2001 02:05:25 GMT
For the 2.2.x kernels, there is a patch available as well as additional
software to provide support for firewire. YOu can find information at
http://www.linuxworld.com/linuxworld/linuxworldtoday/32.html and
http://linux1394.sourceforge.net/. It is also my understanding that 2.4 will
support firewire "out of the box."
According to the sourceforge site, "The supported chipsets are Texas
Instruments PCILynx/PCILynx2 and OHCI compliant chips (produced by various
companies). Not supported are the proprietary Sony chipset found in various
Vaio systems or the Adaptec AIC-5800." so be sure to check this when you buy
a firewire card.
larryr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:Ic346.113484$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Does Corel linux or just linux in general support fire wire???
>
>
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