Linux-Hardware Digest #388, Volume #14 Fri, 23 Feb 01 16:13:03 EST
Contents:
Re: Netgear FA311 and nvidia drivers (aflinsch)
Re: how to run windows apps on linux (CJ)
Re: Cable modem, DHCP , MAC Problem ("Phil Windell")
Anybody experience on setup Mylex AcceleRaid on Linux?
Re: Does RH 7.o support USB? Need it for HP scanner (John Thompson)
Re: how to run windows apps on linux ("Harold Colvin")
Re: upgrading RPM!! ("Hatem")
Re: How to test Connectivity? ("Hatem")
Help: OnStream Echo 30 SCSI External (Nicolas Neveur)
Sound module or kernal? (Robert)
Re: Anybody experience on setup Mylex AcceleRaid on Linux? (Joshua Baker-LePain)
Re: mounting udf cds as nonroot ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Sound card good buys? (Robert)
Which CD-RW drive for Linux ? (Eggert Ehmke)
Re: DVD decoder: software vs. hardware
Re: Please visit my 3D graphics site (Jeff Silverman)
Re: DVD decoder: software vs. hardware
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From: aflinsch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Netgear FA311 and nvidia drivers
Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2001 11:28:45 -0600
Simon wrote:
>
> Were you able to get your fa311 to work properly in the 2.2 kernel? I
yes, only one minor problem, the files unzipped as uppercase, I jut
renamed them to lowercase
> have tried and tried, recompiled and recompiled, and all I get is errors.
What kind of errors? Did you dl the correct set of drivers? where did
you get them from?
> What did you do to make the downloaded driver work?
unzip fa3111x.zip
mv FA311.C fa311.c
mv FA311.H fa311.h
make
su
<passwd>
cp fa311.o /lib/modules/2.2.17-21mdk/net/fa311.o
insmod fa311.o
ifup eth1
thats all
> Thanks,
> Simon.
> aflinsch wrote:
> >
> > Alim wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi there
> > >
> > > Does anybody know how to get the Netgear FA311 fast ethernet card up
> and
> > > running using the 2.4 kernel?
> > >
> >
> > Not with the 2.4 kernel, but to get it working with the 2.2 kernel i
> > needed to snag the updated driver source (downloadable from netgear,
> > and probably elsewhere) & recompile.
> >
> > The driver & source provided with the card seem to have been for a 2.0
> > kernel...
>
> --
> Posted via CNET Help.com
> http://www.help.com/
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Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2001 01:25:21 +0800
From: CJ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.caldera,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: how to run windows apps on linux
WABI is created by SCO rather then SUN.
After the discontinued of WABI, some of the source where use to create
Win4Lin.
I tried both VMware and Win4Lin and the speed on VMWare is horrible with
my PII350 with 192MB RAM.
Win4Lin runs well and I dun have to setup IP MASQD to have VMware
connect to the Net etc.
I have another partition of W98 but I somehow found Win4Lin run faster
then the Win98 on the other partition.
Rod Smith wrote:
>
> [Posted and mailed]
>
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> Mohammed Khalid Ansari <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> >
> > Can anybody tell me how do I run windows applications on Linux? Where do I
> > get the required software or libraries?
>
> I know of at least six ways to do this, and I'm sure there are or will
> be more:
>
> 1) Use WINE. This is an open source re-implementation of the Windows
> API running in Linux. It's still alpha quality, but it's getting to
> the point where at least some "serious" Windows programs will run.
> The homepage is http://www.winehq.com.
> 2) Use VMware. This is a program that emulates a complete x86 PC, so you
> can install and run any version of Windows you like. It's something
> of a CPU hog, though. Its Web site is http://www.vmware.com. This is
> commercial software.
> 3) Use Win4Lin. This is in-between WINE and VMware; it's a partial x86
> emulator that lets you run Windows 95 or 98, but not other version of
> Windows, or any other OS. Read more at http://www.netraverse.com.
> This is commercial software.
> 4) Run Win-OS/2 3.1 using DOSEMU. DOSEMU is a DOS emulator for Linux
> (or more precisely, a limited x86 machine emulator in which DOS can
> run). I've seen reports that Win-OS/2, the recompiled version of
> Windows 3.1 that ships with some versions of IBM's OS/2, can run in
> this environment. I've not tried it, though, and I don't have any
> URLs for instructions offhand. This will run only 16-bit Windows
> applications, or at best Win32s programs.
> 5) Use Willows TWIN. This is similar to WINE in principle, but I've
> never used it, and I don't believe it's as popular. Its Web page is
> http://www.willows.com.
> 6) Use WABI. This is a discontinued commercial product that allowed
> Linux to run Windows 3.1, IIRC. Sun created it originally, but the
> Linux version was licensed by Caldera.
>
> I've used the first three options. Of those, Win4Lin is best if you
> want to get the best speed and reliability out of several productivity
> programs. VMware is best if you need certain OS features not supported
> by WINE or Win4Lin, or if you need to run Windows NT, 2000, or Me
> specifically. WINE may be good if the applications you want to run are
> supported by it.
>
> --
> Rod Smith, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> http://www.rodsbooks.com
> Author of books on Linux & multi-OS configuration
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From: "Phil Windell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Cable modem, DHCP , MAC Problem
Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2001 11:29:48 -0600
> ping www.sybase.com and www.oracle.com and even www.microsoft.com and here
> what happens:
> 1) the send and recieve lights on the cable modem are blinking on a
rythem,
> that the packets are sent and recieved..
> 2) I do not recieve a successful ping result on my computer screen.
>
> What I am suspecting, is that the cable modem whcih is (TERAYON) has lost
> the MAC address that it recognized first (which is on the other computer)
In my case at home I have to just reboot the modem box then the computer and
then let them sit and run for 30 minutes. Appearantly the MAC address is
refreshed on 30 minute intervals.
--
Phillip Windell (MCP)
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
WAND TV
www.wandtv.com
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From: <�ѤU�L��>
Subject: Anybody experience on setup Mylex AcceleRaid on Linux?
Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2001 01:48:44 +0800
I've bought it recently, it supposed to be support by kernel 2.2.16, but it
failed to load the module (DAC960.o). Card model is AcceleRaid 170.
Any idea?
Ronald
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From: John Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Does RH 7.o support USB? Need it for HP scanner
Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2001 08:26:50 -0600
Federico Bravo wrote:
> I have a HP ScanJet 3400C with USB interface. I would like to try and
> use it with SANE but I get a 'no device available' kind-of message. Is
> that maybe because kernel 2.2.16-22 doesn' actually support USB? Any
> comment on this ( and on install an USB scanner onto Linux ) will be
> very appreciated.
> I've looked around a bit and it seems to me there's very little
> information around about scanners for Linux. Please help.
I had trouble getting USB to work reliably with kernel v2.2.16,
but it is much better with kernel 2.2.18. This is what I used to
configure the kernel for my Epson 636U scanner:
# USB support
#
CONFIG_USB=y
CONFIG_USB_DEBUG=y
CONFIG_USB_DEVICEFS=y
CONFIG_HOTPLUG=y
CONFIG_USB_BANDWIDTH=y
CONFIG_USB_UHCI=y
# CONFIG_USB_OHCI is not set
CONFIG_USB_PRINTER=m
CONFIG_USB_SCANNER=y
# CONFIG_USB_AUDIO is not set
# CONFIG_USB_ACM is not set
CONFIG_USB_SERIAL=m
CONFIG_USB_SERIAL_GENERIC=y
CONFIG_USB_SERIAL_VISOR=m
# CONFIG_USB_SERIAL_DIGI_ACCELEPORT is not set
# CONFIG_USB_SERIAL_WHITEHEAT is not set
# CONFIG_USB_SERIAL_FTDI_SIO is not set
# CONFIG_USB_SERIAL_KEYSPAN_PDA is not set
# CONFIG_USB_SERIAL_KEYSPAN is not set
# CONFIG_USB_SERIAL_OMNINET is not set
# CONFIG_USB_SERIAL_BELKIN is not set
# CONFIG_USB_SERIAL_DEBUG is not set
# CONFIG_USB_IBMCAM is not set
# CONFIG_USB_OV511 is not set
CONFIG_USB_DC2XX=m
CONFIG_USB_MDC800=m
CONFIG_USB_STORAGE=m
# CONFIG_USB_STORAGE_DEBUG is not set
# CONFIG_USB_DABUSB is not set
# CONFIG_USB_PLUSB is not set
# CONFIG_USB_PEGASUS is not set
# CONFIG_USB_RIO500 is not set
# CONFIG_USB_DSBR is not set
# CONFIG_USB_BLUETOOTH is not set
# CONFIG_USB_KAWETH is not set
# CONFIG_USB_HID is not set
# CONFIG_USB_KBD is not set
# CONFIG_USB_MOUSE is not set
# CONFIG_USB_WACOM is not set
# CONFIG_USB_WMFORCE is not set
# CONFIG_INPUT_KEYBDEV is not set
# CONFIG_INPUT_MOUSEDEV is not set
# CONFIG_INPUT_JOYDEV is not set
CONFIG_INPUT_EVDEV=y
--
-John ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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Reply-To: "Harold Colvin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
From: "Harold Colvin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.caldera,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: how to run windows apps on linux
Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2001 12:51:55 -0800
WINE is included with most distros of linux. It is included with eDesktop
2.4.
Harold
Ken Morris Jr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> This month's issue of Maximum Linux (also publish MaximumPC) has a good
article on
> this. Just bought the issue this am and have yet to fully read it. Also
comes with a
> cd.
>
> Do a search for WINE (Wine Is Not Emulation) at www.google and it should
find
> something for you.
>
> This is a little beyond my skill set as I'm still trying to grasp all the
info on
> basic things in Linux, but I will stick with it.
>
> Cheers
>
> Kenmo
>
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From: "Hatem" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: upgrading RPM!!
Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2001 18:36:28 GMT
OK I figured that out!!
ok no more RPM 4.0!!
Thanks for the comments!!
"Hatem" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:tDKk6.166917$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I have an old version of RPM version 3, and need to upgrade it to 4..!!
> the funny thing is that the new version(4) can not be extracted because it
> needs a newer version of RPM,
> it is like the chicken and the egg.!!
> can someone help!!
> thanks.
>
>
>
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From: "Hatem" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How to test Connectivity?
Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2001 18:36:28 GMT
Thank you all, for your support, it was really appreciated!!!
I got my problem resolved!
Yappieeee!
"Hatem" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:MXjk6.165085$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I've setup two computers for linux..
> and I've installed the network cards and they both are working fine!! (i
> guess)
> because I pinged each IP address on the same computer and the ping test
was
> successful,
> but when I ping the two computers the ping fails.. (packets never
recieved)
> I am using IP address 10.0.0.1 and 10.0.0.2 for both and netmask 255.0.0.0
> for both!!
> I suspect the hardware isn't connected..
> is there a definate test to make sure that the hardware is ok?
>
> thanks.
>
>
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From: Nicolas Neveur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Help: OnStream Echo 30 SCSI External
Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2001 13:45:22 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hello to everyone,
Anybody can give me tips or better to make work tape backup unit from
OnStream model Echo 30 SCSI External
There is no driver for it from the compagnie !!! not yet !!!
Thanks in advanced
Nicolas Neveur
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From: Robert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.slackware
Subject: Sound module or kernal?
Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2001 08:06:15 +1300
Hi
I am using Slackware 7.1, win98 (sick) & Mandrake (some version) the big
question is,
Using a OLD sound blaster 16 non plug'n'play ISA it has a cdrom
controler too(not used)
I can get the sound card to function using a driver built into the
kernal but the midi dont go the boot process seems to hang arround the
time it is trying to use an irq for the MP401.I have never had the card
working as a module without DOS booting first then soft booting slack
this wont work for me at the moment this is for Slack7.1
win98 the card just works.... few minor issues to do with age of card.
jut using updated crative drivers for 95,98
Mandrake... just having a look at it (too much hidden too SLOW trying to
be a ...) well pluged in soundconfig a module was actervated and sound
just worked (middi a little better than winXX) what does mandrake do
that slack cant?
I use this computer for work play and fun. I like slack nothing is
hidden. I need win for my work and Saterlite connection. Mandrake is on
my test partition.
Thanks In advance Robert Cooze
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From: Joshua Baker-LePain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Anybody experience on setup Mylex AcceleRaid on Linux?
Date: 23 Feb 2001 19:08:00 GMT
You wrote:
> I've bought it recently, it supposed to be support by kernel 2.2.16, but it
> failed to load the module (DAC960.o). Card model is AcceleRaid 170.
I've been looking at these recently, although I haven't bought yet.
>From the installation guide, version 2.2.6 or higher of the driver is needed
to support the 170. My RH6.2 distro has 2.2.5. You can check the driver
version via:
strings /lib/modules/`uname -r`/block/DAC960.o | grep -i version
The driver homepage is here:
http://www.dandelion.com/Linux/DAC960.html
RTFM.
--
Joshua Baker-LePain
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Duke University
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: mounting udf cds as nonroot
Date: 23 Feb 2001 11:15:10 -0800
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Matt Haley) writes:
> On Thu, 22 Feb 2001 17:28:38 -0500,
> Gregory Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >either an iso cd or a udf cd in the same drive as a user! Still, I don't
> >know why the auto entry in fstab doesn't find udf. Maybe this is something
> >that needs to be addressed in the next version of mount. dunno.
>
> From the man page for mount (concerning the '-t' option):
>
> The type iso9660 is the default. If no -t option
> is given, or if the auto type is specified, the
> superblock is probed for the filesystem type
> (minix, ext, ext2, xiafs, iso9660, romfs ,ufs,
> ntfs, qnx4, bfs are supported). If this probe
> fails, mount will try to read the file
> /etc/filesystems, or, if that does not exist,
> /proc/filesystems. All of the filesystem types
> listed there will be tried, except for those that
> are labeled "nodev" (e.g., devpts, proc and nfs).
>
> It appears that udf isn't in the list of filesystems that 'auto' checks for.
I had a CD, made on Windows NT, which had both a UDF and an iso9660
filesystem on it. I don't know exactly how that was done, but if I
mount the CD as UDF, I see the UDF files I expect, while if I mount
the CD as iso9660, I see a couple unrelated files.
When I tried to use "auto", it always found the iso9660 filesystem,
which unfortunately was not the filesystem I wanted.
>From that, I concluded that auto-detection of UDF vs. iso9660 is never
going to be very reliable, so you may just want two different mount
points which are hardcoded to use different filesystems.
--
Eric Backus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
http://labejb.lks.agilent.com/
(425) 335-2495
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From: Robert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.slackware
Subject: Sound card good buys?
Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2001 08:23:10 +1300
Hi
I have been Looking for a sound card most of the computer people can't
give me the Information I need or want I am using at the moment a OLD
SB16 non pnp It is too noisy for deasent recording (digitising my Lp
collection) I have tryed some newer cards (a yahama clone) very
distorted wave capture couldnt get the thing to work with Linux,
so what I am looking for is a
works with Linux
has good midi sinth (sb16 sounds like the old "beep" in a Sinclare)
good signal to noise say >80dB on the input with out earth loops
(HUM!!!!) (sb16 is about 57dB S/N)
Is the "Live Drive" as in the Sound Blaster Live a useful addition are
there any thing else from other manufaturers that would do and
usefulness?
Thanks for any help
Robert Cooze
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From: Eggert Ehmke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Which CD-RW drive for Linux ?
Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2001 20:43:31 +0100
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
If I want to burn audio and data cd's, which devices work ok ? I have a PIII
860 MHz box running SuSE 7.0 and Win ME.
-cu
--
Eggert Ehmke
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ()
Subject: Re: DVD decoder: software vs. hardware
Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2001 20:13:30 -0000
On Fri, 16 Feb 2001 07:30:04 -0000, Calvin N. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
[deletia]
>> >> The price of a good hardware DVD decoder will buy a good chunk
>> >> of extra CPU power that can then be used for other things.
>> >
>> >My Hollywood Plus cost $96 Canadian. Not exactly breaking the bank.
>>
>> $100 goes a long way with microprocessors.
>>
>> You could get full framerate software DVD and have that extra
>> CPU power available for other things. Plus, you wouldn't be
>> taking up another PCI slot.
>
>Beats me why people are so concerned with CPU speed when it's arguably
>common knowledge that CPUs are still waiting for graphic card and hard
>drive power to catch up to them.
It rather depends on what you are doing. Multimedia in
general tends to be CPU intensive. Otherwise, products
such as the Hollywood+ would never had any market to
begin with.
As far as systems being IO bound: this varies depending
on the task and the hardware in question. OTOH, a dedicated
decoder card will only ever have use only.
>
>Moreover, if $100 Canadian is such a huge deal to you, what are you doing
>playing with DVDs?
Exploiting the market for used media perhaps...
Renting...
>
>
>> I can get nearly full framerate with a K63/400 & G400. (Xine)
>
>I'm concerned with frame quality as well as frame rate. I got full frame
>rates with my old PII 350.
You'll have to quantify things a little bit better.
>
>
>> >Also, if you are serious about watching DVDs on your comp, the quality
>of
>> >good hardware decoding is a necessity, in my opinion.
>>
>> If you're really serious about watching movies
>> a dinky 19" screen doesn't cut it anyways.
>
>Oh, the idea behind that "if you're serious about watching DVDs" quote of
>mine didn't originate from me. It came from Maximum PC...
They aren't the best people to be quoting in a Linux forum.
>
>"Lines are as sharp as they can be on a TV, but viewing on a computer
>monitor delivers a picture so sharp, you�ll actually prefer to watch
>movies on your PC" (go to Maximum PC's online review database and enter
>the word 'realmagic' in the Product search line)
>
>...as well as other well-known publications such as PC Gamer.
Another GEM.
C't or Home Theatre Magazine would be more compelling references.
Better yet would be a Linux Journal review.
(Also, I didn't find any review like one that you describe
by searching for 'realmagic' in MaximiumPC's review database.
What reviews I did find were fairly indifferent on the subject
of software versus hardware decode if it even mentioned any
sort of preference at all.)
--
>
> ...then there's that NSA version of Linux...
This would explain the Mars polar lander problem.
Kyle Jacobs, COLA
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From: Jeff Silverman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.redhat,comp.os.linux.security,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Please visit my 3D graphics site
Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2001 12:11:50 -0800
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>
> --
> Greetz,
>
> Bernard Fran�ois - http://www.geocities.com/bernardfrancois_1999
It doesn't work properly with Netscape 4.74 under Linux 2.2.17.
Jeff
--
Jeff Silverman, sysadmin for the Research Computing Systems (RCS)
University of Washington, School of Engineering, Electrical Engineering Dept.
Box 352500, Seattle, WA, 98125-2500 FAX: (206) 221-5264 Phone (206) 543-9378
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<p>--
<br>Greetz,
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href="http://www.geocities.com/bernardfrancois_1999">http://www.geocities.com/bernardfrancois_1999</a></blockquote>
It doesn't work properly with Netscape 4.74 under Linux 2.2.17.
<p>Jeff
<br>
<pre>--
Jeff Silverman, sysadmin for the Research Computing Systems (RCS)
University of Washington, School of Engineering, Electrical Engineering Dept.
Box 352500, Seattle, WA, 98125-2500 FAX: (206) 221-5264 Phone (206)
543-9378
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ()
Subject: Re: DVD decoder: software vs. hardware
Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2001 20:28:22 -0000
On Fri, 16 Feb 2001 17:33:01 GMT, Alan Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>On Fri, 16 Feb 2001 01:45:14 -0000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] () wrote:
>
>
>>>Also, even if you are a total DVD newbie (e.g., me), installation and use
>>>of a well-packaged product such as the Sigma Designs Hollywood Plus is
>>>fairly straightforward.
>>
>> ...assuming your OS supports it.
>
>What can you say specificaly about such hardware and software under
>Linux? BTW, I have a dual Celeron 300/450 system. Using Linux, is the
>dual CPU of much use in playing a single movie with software decoder
>for DVD, DivX, MPEG4, etc.?
Actually, there are VOB decoders for Linux that support SMP.
There currently aren't any native codecs for DivX.
While "lindvd" will probably not support SMP should it ever
see the light of day, the likes of livid and xine likely
will even if they don't currently.
>
>
>> Even DVD acceleration support for common video cards is a lot
>> more widespread. A lot more people have and are intrested in
>> the Matrox G400 than the Hollywood+.
>>
>> This is pretty much true accross platforms.
>
>What is DVD acceleration in video cards, and what is special about the
>G400 for DVD playback? Would something from the GeForce family work
YUV-RGB color translation in hardware.
>as well? Some video cards have built in DVD decoders. Do they work
>well, and with Linux? Is ther suitable supporting Linux drivers and
>software?
That would depend on the particular player as well as how
good the corresponding video drivers are on linux. Each
DVD player project keeps tabs on what seems to work well.
The Matrox G400 offers a little help when it comes to DVD
decode and those features are currently supported. You
have to be running the latest version of Xfree to take
advantage of it (4.x).
>
>I'm just getting into video on the computer. I'm in the market for, a
>video card, sound card, etc. I was actualy leaning towards a G400 AND
>a Hollywood +. I think the Hollywood + is worth the cost for DVD and
>MPEG-2 playback. but it does nothing for DivX/MPEG-4 formats, which
>are becoming more common, and I'm not sure I want to give up a slot.
>I'm not going to buy a huge moitor, but TV out might get some use.
>
>I just recently instaled the DivX decoder in Win98 and I'm amazed that
>I can view medium format DivX using an old 1M ISA video card and
>single CPU at 300Mhz.
The Celeron still has a better FPU than a K-6. I would expect
this to make a big difference in playback performance. It might
even make up for the lack of other hardware acceleration features.
500Mhz Celerons go for $50 these days where you can find them.
Plus if you decide to create and edit video instead of just
playing it, the extra CPU cycles will come in handy.
--
>
> ...then there's that NSA version of Linux...
This would explain the Mars polar lander problem.
Kyle Jacobs, COLA
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