Linux-Hardware Digest #439, Volume #14 Mon, 5 Mar 01 11:13:05 EST
Contents:
Re: (Beginner) Modem for Windows AND Linux avaialble? ("T A R T")
Re: (Beginner) Modem for Windows AND Linux avaialble? ("Richard Hockey")
esssolo1 noisy record (glen)
Simple pci hardware for learning (glen)
Procomp BVC3A vs Shuttle AV11 ("Rudolf")
CD player problem (Alan Claunch)
XFree86 4.0.2 Troubles!!! (Robert Hofmann)
Re: Odd harddrive problems (John Joseph Trammell)
sound only with xmms!? ("Roland Zumkeller")
Re: Help!!! weird beeping noises and other oddities ("Lionel Hutz")
A Mattel Toy Digital Camera vs. Linux [Was: My own mother!!!] (Phlip)
Re: 2.4 and 3com 3c59x driver (Glenn Kiddle)
Asus Mainboard A7VI-VM ("Juergen Seyffer")
Re: Linux partitioning question ("Scot Mc Pherson")
Pleeeaaassse Help: Cannot get external cdrw working ("Faldar")
Re: (Beginner) Modem for Windows AND Linux avaialble? (Rod Smith)
Re: Video Capture Card/TV Tuner (Tim)
Re: (Beginner) Modem for Windows AND Linux avaialble? (Michael Meissner)
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From: "T A R T" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: (Beginner) Modem for Windows AND Linux avaialble?
Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2001 00:14:18 +1300
Garry Heaton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:97ue25$80b$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I've just installed Mandrake 7.2 on a 3rd partition with Win98 on the
> primary DOS and Win2000 on the extended. Soon discovered Linux doesn't like
> my modem (Diamond Supra SST 56i Pro DF). Neither does Win2000 what it's
> worth. I then read somewhere that it's "windmodems" for Windows and "real"
> modems with "real chips" for Linux.
>
> Big question is whether anyone has produced a modem which is compatible with
> Windows and Linux.
I think most external serial modems should work. I use the Diamond SupraExpress
56e, and it works fine under Mandrake 7.1 and Win 98 SE. Linux detected it
without a hitch, and I've had absolutely no problems with it.
http://www.supra.com/default.asp?menu=supra_56e_pc&sub_menu=&item=
Internal hardware modems (such as a few ISA modems) will also work but they
usually need to be configured and that's not always easy to do, particularly if
you're new to Linux.
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From: "Richard Hockey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: (Beginner) Modem for Windows AND Linux avaialble?
Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2001 09:14:19 -0000
"Garry Heaton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:97ue25$80b$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I've just installed Mandrake 7.2 on a 3rd partition with Win98 on the
> primary DOS and Win2000 on the extended. Soon discovered Linux doesn't
like
> my modem (Diamond Supra SST 56i Pro DF). Neither does Win2000 what it's
> worth. I then read somewhere that it's "windmodems" for Windows and "real"
> modems with "real chips" for Linux.
>
> Big question is whether anyone has produced a modem which is compatible
with
> Windows and Linux.
ANY external modem will support both Linux and Windows, and would possibly
be faster than an internal winmodem as well (depending on the state of the
phonelines in your area.)
>
> Regards
>
> Garry Heaton
>
>
>
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From: glen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: esssolo1 noisy record
Date: Mon, 05 Mar 2001 10:42:13 +0000
Hi,
Running Red-Hat 6.2.
I've got a motherboard with an ess-solo1 PCI Audiodrive chip on it
(es1969).
I've already had problems getting it to record, a comment in the driver
code mentioned adding 0x10 to the DDMA io port
address to work around a chip bug - did this and record now appears to
work - however it sounds really bad, its very
very noisy (mic is really bad, line is better but still very poor). I've
got the ess-solo1 datasheet and have looked at all the mixer settings
etc, and the driver looks to be setting them all correctly (fiddled with
gain and adc offsets but could not hear any difference).
Has anyone had this problem and solved it - could it just be noise from
the motherboard or something.
I'd appreciate any help.
Cheers,
Glen
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From: glen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Simple pci hardware for learning
Date: Mon, 05 Mar 2001 10:52:29 +0000
Hi,
I'm interested in writing linux device drivers, does anyone know of a
simple pci device that I can use to
practice on (all the ones I've got are a bit over-complex) ?
Cheers,
Glen
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From: "Rudolf" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Procomp BVC3A vs Shuttle AV11
Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2001 12:44:24 +0100
Hello,
Which motherboard to choose for a Linux system. I don't trust VIA chipsets
too much, but as for now I have the two choices.
Procomp or Shuttle. Both utilize VIA Apollo Pro+ Chipset.
I'd be grateful if you share your experiences with those motherboards as
well as pros and cons of using aforementioned VIA chipset. Thanks a lot.
Michal "Mikey" Szwaczko
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Alan Claunch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: CD player problem
Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2001 07:33:38 -0500
Has anyone had this problem? My CD drive mounts and reads fine, xmms plays
MP3s fine,however-when playing an audio CD with kscd I get sound only from
the right speaker. I've tried graphical fixes with the mixer (not in any of
the *rc or conf files) but no luck. The system works fine under Win98.
SuSE 7.1 kernel 2.2.18 hdb=Matshita DVD=cdrom
hdc=Ricoh 7040A R/RW=cdrom1
Soundblaster Live value
Altec Lansing speakers
Thanks
Alan
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From: Robert Hofmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.x,de.comp.os.linux,de.comp.os.linux.hardware,de.comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: XFree86 4.0.2 Troubles!!!
Date: Mon, 05 Mar 2001 13:47:20 +0100
Reply-To: Robert Hofmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Hi all,
maybe somebody can help me configuring my Linux system (SuSE 7.1 prof.). I am
not able to get a usable resolution on my two systems. Using XF336, all works.
My monitor supports 30-100kHz, 50-170Hz.
On my Compaq AP200 at work (128MB, ELSA Gloria Synergy 8MB), using XF336, I
have 1280x1024x24bit in ~85kHz. Trying it with XF402, I only get something
around 54Hz. It is not possible to work with this! Any idea how to tune XF402
to have 1280x1024x24bit in a resonable sync (somewere >75Hz)?
On my LapTop (ASUS F7400, 160MB, ATI RAGE PRO LT 8MB), i have the same problem
whan trying it with an external monitor (using Win2k, I have 1280x1024x24bit
in 75Hz.). The horizontal frequency is very very poor. Simply not usable.
Well, I am, lets say, a novice in configuring XF, so maybe it is just to my
poor know-how.
Could anybody please help me? Any hint/help is very welcome!
Kind regards,
Robert
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Joseph Trammell)
Subject: Re: Odd harddrive problems
Date: Mon, 05 Mar 2001 13:40:28 GMT
On Sun, 04 Mar 2001 22:04:38 -0500, Matthew Borkowski wrote:
> I install BestLinux on a hard drive with one partition of about 4 and a
> half GB. However, when I ran KDE (that was install with BestLinux) it
> ran very slowly and was similar to what Windows did when out of space or
> memory.
What kind of processor and how much memory does this computer
have? And how much swap space did you allocate? Or is your
main concern the amount of stuff on the hard drive? If so,
please post the results of the 'df' command.
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From: "Roland Zumkeller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.debian.user,alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: sound only with xmms!?
Date: Mon, 05 Mar 2001 14:40:10 +0100
Hi,
I've got some trouble setting up sound. I compiled a kernel (2.4.2) with
support for my sound card. When I run xmms and play a song it works. But
with any other application it doesn't. When I start one of the mixers it
says "No device found." or something similiar. In the logfiles I
sometimes see complaints about "/dev/dsp" missing. The device is in the file
system, though.
What am I doing wrong here?
Thanks for any help,
- Roland
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From: "Lionel Hutz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help
Subject: Re: Help!!! weird beeping noises and other oddities
Date: Mon, 05 Mar 2001 14:10:25 GMT
"Tim Moore" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Lionel Hutz wrote:
> >
> > ok, here is the situation, i recently managed to upgrade my cpu and
mobo
> > (p3 866/asus cuv4x-e,and new case,cdrom,floppy) my computer runs
mandrake
> > 7.2 and win2000, (7.2 installed over 7.0 today)
> > since the new hardware change linux has behaved somewhat oddly, the
system
>
> What was your old cpu/mobo/cdrom etc? also post dmesg output
> --
> timothymoore
> bigfoot
> com
Old cpu was pentium2 400, pc partner BxaS13 mobo (cheapie) , old cdrom was
creative 32 spin
dont know what dmesg is, i will find out though and post it.
also, the beeping now happens about a minute and a half if idle, 3 quick
beeps and then the screen goes blank, if i move the mouse a little, one more
beep and everything is back to normal. And the R key and G key are screwed
up in terminal aswell even as root or user.
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From: Phlip <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: A Mattel Toy Digital Camera vs. Linux [Was: My own mother!!!]
Date: 05 Mar 2001 14:33:20 GMT
The Real Bev grokked:
> Hrm. Both worked for the serial connection to my Nikon 800. Here's my
> photopc command line:
>
> photopc -z -t -f %Y%m%d-%H%M%S.jpg image all /nikon/new
Uy. When I manually add a link /dev/photopc to the relevant serial port and
run this...
./photopc -s 38400 query
...it still seems to say there's just no signal comming back from the port:
Error 10003: eph_waitsig got -2
Thanks, but I'm gonna have to borrow a Windows 'puter at work just to see
if I can get juice into this thing!
Does anyone know if it really has an Epson PhotoPC inside, and what its
protocol is???
--
Phlip [EMAIL PROTECTED]
============== http://phlip.webjump.com ==============
-- DARE to resist drug-war profiteering --
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From: Glenn Kiddle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: 2.4 and 3com 3c59x driver
Date: Mon, 05 Mar 2001 14:42:13 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I have a PII with 2 network cards. The first one
> works, which is on my local lan. The second one
> is a 3com 3c900 10Mb that was provided by road
> runner. The card works under 2.2.12 with the
> 3c90x driver provided by 3com and is set up to
> use dhcp. I know that the 3c59x driver provided
> with the 2.4.0 distribution is supposed to work,
> but I have been unable to get it to function. If
> anyone has any experience with this, please help.
>
> I have in modules.conf:
> alias eth1 3c59x
>
> Thank you,
> JJ
>
> Sent via Deja.com
> http://www.deja.com/
The 3c59x driver only works with the "A" series of most 90x cards if you
have a "B" or "C" series card you must install and use the 3c90x
driver. You must also specify that driver in the module.conf file.
Glenn
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From: "Juergen Seyffer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Asus Mainboard A7VI-VM
Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2001 15:50:41 +0100
Hello
I plan to buy this new Mainboard.
Are there any problems with the onboard Sound, Network and Graphics.
Did anyone still use this board with a 2.4 kernel.
Thanks
Juergen
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From: "Scot Mc Pherson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Linux partitioning question
Date: Mon, 05 Mar 2001 15:19:45 GMT
"Alberto BARSELLA" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> "Cjv" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > "Tim Moore" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> >
> > > # go to single user mode
> > > init 1
> [good sequence snipped]
>
> If you use a separate / partition, make sure that it contains a
> /var/tmp directory (which will disappear when /var is mounted). This
> way if you find yourself forced to boot with only / mounted, the
> programs which need to use /tmp will work instead of complaining about
> a non-existent directory.
>
> Bye,
> Alberto
This shouldn't be a problem if you use the rescue disks..
Scot Mc Pherson
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From: "Faldar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.cd-rom
Subject: Pleeeaaassse Help: Cannot get external cdrw working
Date: Mon, 05 Mar 2001 15:30:55 GMT
I have been trying for over a week to get a Backpack CDRW working on a
Redhat Linux 7.0 machine running kernel 2.4.2. I really need help here and
I hope that someone will be able to help me get it working. The computer
has a scsi harddrive and internal scsi cdrom. The Backpack, is of course,
an external cdrw that is supposedly ide.
As far as I know, I have all needed support in the kernel including scsi
emulation and the bpck protocol.
Here is the related output from dmesg:
parport0: PC-style at 0x378 (0x778) [PCSPP, TRISTATE, COMPAT, EPP, ECP]
parport0: irq 7 detected
parport0: cpp_daisy: aa5500ff(98)
parport0: assign_addrs: aa5500ff(98)
parport0: cpp_daisy: aa5500ff(98)
parport0: assign_addrs: aa5500ff(98)
...
paride: bpck registered as protocol 0
...
pcd: pcd version 1.07, major 46, nice 0
pcd0: Autoprobe failed
pcd: No CD-ROM drive found
pg: version 1.02, major 97
pg0: Autoprobe failed
pg: No ATAPI device detected
The rest of the output appears to be unrelated to the drive or parport.
Among the massive amounts of howtos and other files I have read in trying to
get this piece of s&*% working, I read that an append line should be put in
the lilo.conf file for such drives if they were internal. Such as
'append="hda=ide-scsi"' What such a line read for an external drive like
mine. There are no other ide devices (internal or external) in this
computer other than this drive. As mentioned earlier, the harddrive and
internal cdrom are scsi. Could the scsi drives be affecting me getting this
working?
The command 'cdrecord -scanbus' also yields nothing since only the two
internal scsi drives are listed.
I really appreciate any assistance I can get. If I cannot get it working in
the next couple of days, I will be giving up and turning to windoze for my
cdrw needs including backing up the company server.
Thanks.
Mike C
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rod Smith)
Subject: Re: (Beginner) Modem for Windows AND Linux avaialble?
Date: Mon, 05 Mar 2001 15:37:41 -0000
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[Posted and mailed]
In article <97ue25$80b$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Garry Heaton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I've just installed Mandrake 7.2 on a 3rd partition with Win98 on the
> primary DOS and Win2000 on the extended. Soon discovered Linux doesn't like
> my modem (Diamond Supra SST 56i Pro DF). Neither does Win2000 what it's
> worth. I then read somewhere that it's "windmodems" for Windows and "real"
> modems with "real chips" for Linux.
>
> Big question is whether anyone has produced a modem which is compatible with
> Windows and Linux.
This isn't an either/or proposition. "Real" modems work in *BOTH* Linux
*AND* Windows. Most external modems with RS-232 interfaces should work
fine. USB modems are increasingly supported in Linux, too (check
http://www.linux-usb.org for details), although I can't comment on Win2K
support. It used to be there were internal "real" modems, but I don't
know if these are produced any more. There are also Linux drivers for a
few WinModems -- check http://www.linmodems.org for details.
--
Rod Smith, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.rodsbooks.com
Author of books on Linux & multi-OS configuration
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From: Tim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Video Capture Card/TV Tuner
Date: Mon, 05 Mar 2001 10:57:05 -0500
Hi Daniel,
"Daniel J. Peng" wrote:
>
> I'd like to get a TV tuner/video capture card that's compatible with
> Linux, but I can't seem to find any list of what's compatible. Is
> there a definite website for video capture under Linux?
>
> I'd like to be able to watch TV on screen and capture 640x480 true color
> at 30 fps on a Pentium II-300 running RedHat 7.0. What would be the best
> choice for this application?
Try this link. The info isn't the latest, but it is useful:
http://lhd.zdnet.com/db/searchproduct.cgi?_catid=17
Any card using the Brooktree 848/878 chipset will work in Linux.
FYI, I am running a Pinnacle PCTV capture card with a Sony analog
camcorder into a PentiumII 200MMX. You may want a bit more "horsepower"
than 300 MHz. for full-motion video.
Good Luck!
Tim
--
Timothy J. Schutte
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.wwnet.net/~kc8hr
"I yam what I yam and that's all what I yam!" --Popeye the Sailor-Man
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Subject: Re: (Beginner) Modem for Windows AND Linux avaialble?
From: Michael Meissner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 05 Mar 2001 11:01:04 -0500
"Richard Hockey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> "Garry Heaton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:97ue25$80b$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > I've just installed Mandrake 7.2 on a 3rd partition with Win98 on the
> > primary DOS and Win2000 on the extended. Soon discovered Linux doesn't
> like
> > my modem (Diamond Supra SST 56i Pro DF). Neither does Win2000 what it's
> > worth. I then read somewhere that it's "windmodems" for Windows and "real"
> > modems with "real chips" for Linux.
> >
> > Big question is whether anyone has produced a modem which is compatible
> with
> > Windows and Linux.
>
> ANY external modem will support both Linux and Windows, and would possibly
^
|
serial
> be faster than an internal winmodem as well (depending on the state of the
> phonelines in your area.)
Serial modems should work for just about any computer, except those that do not
have a serial port (some of the newer, cheaper computers do not have 'legacy'
devices).
USB modems that conform to the Universal Serial Bus Communication Device Class
Abstract Control Model (USB CDC ACM) specification should work with the 2.4.x
kernel, but not that many distributions do not yet support 2.4. According to
the 2.4 docs, the following USB modems should work:
3Com OfficeConnect 56k
3Com Voice FaxModem Pro
3Com Sportster
MultiTech MultiModem 56k
Zoom 2986L FaxModem
Compaq 56k FaxModem
ELSA Microlink 56k
Whether the above modems work with Win2000, I don't know (neither can I tell
you how well any of the above modems work as I'm just quoting the
documentation).
--
Michael Meissner, Red Hat, Inc. (GCC group)
PMB 198, 174 Littleton Road #3, Westford, Massachusetts 01886, USA
Work: [EMAIL PROTECTED] phone: +1 978-486-9304
Non-work: [EMAIL PROTECTED] fax: +1 978-692-4482
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