Linux-Hardware Digest #458, Volume #14 Fri, 9 Mar 01 03:13:04 EST
Contents:
Re: Question: setup cable modem, Linux and Windows (Mark Bratcher)
Re: Processor ID (John Hasler)
Re: Harddisk for Linux (=?iso-8859-1?Q?Zilla=A9?=)
many kernel diskchange detected messages -- but no diskchange ("Frank Worsley")
Installation iso download problem (holcomb)
Configuring a Yamaha Sound Card on Red Hat Linux 7.0? (Dan)
Getting NVIDIA GeForce 2 Ultra GTS to work on Redhat 7 ("PFINDLAY")
Re: Pleeeaaassse Help: Cannot get external cdrw working ("Ben West")
Re: Configuring a Yamaha Sound Card on Red Hat Linux 7.0? (kodos)
Re: Installation iso download problem (kodos)
Re: FastTrak100 - accessing and booting from RAID 0 array (iQXth)
cmpci driver - 2.4 kernel.... /dev/sndstat? (kodos)
Suse Linux 7.0 on LCD + SIS630 ("Christian Pustlauk")
Upgrade memory problem. (Nestor Alexandre)
Re: Question: setup cable modem, Linux and Windows ("Chris")
Re: Booting Raid 1 or 5 ("Andreas Schweigstill")
Success : Getting Avance Logic ALS4000 soundcard to work with Linux (Mohammed Hamed)
Re: Yet another Newbe Question: defrag? (Lew Pitcher)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mark Bratcher)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Question: setup cable modem, Linux and Windows
Date: Fri, 09 Mar 2001 04:08:40 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, John Dubchak wrote:
>I've purchased a Linksys Router/Hub with the capacity to act as a hardware
>firewall, along with necessary ethernet cards for the Windows and Linux
>machine as well.
>
>Do I need to configure the Linux and Windows machines to use DHCP? Is that
>provided the Router/Hub?
That's up to the router/hub. Mine allows me fixed IPs on the LAN side.
Check the manual for your Linksys.
>Given this configuration, will it be possible to use the Linux and Windows
>boxes in a normal networked configuration? i.e. share files and ftp from
>Windows to Linux?
Absolutely. Your Linux and Windows box are on the LAN which has either fixed
IPs or use DHCP (using either Linux or the LAN-side of the router as a DHCP
server). All network functions should work.
--
Mark Bratcher
To reply direct, remove both underscores (_) from my email name
===============================================================
Escape from Microsoft's proprietary tentacles: use Linux!
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From: John Hasler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development.apps,comp.os.linux.development.system
Subject: Re: Processor ID
Date: Fri, 9 Mar 2001 03:54:14 GMT
Victor Wagner writes:
> If so, why the following in the help file for Configure of kernel 2.2.18?
> CONFIG_X86_CPUID
> This device gives processes access to the x86 CPUID instruction to
> be executed on a specific processor. It is a character device
> with major 203 and minors 0 to 31 for /dev/cpu/0/cpuid to
> /dev/cpu/31/cpuid.
What the kernel disables is the facility that would let an application read
the cpuid directly without your knowledge or consent. Making it available
via a character device lets you use permissions to control who can read it.
--
John Hasler
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Hasler)
Dancing Horse Hill
Elmwood, WI
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From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Zilla=A9?= <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux.mandrake,alt.os.linux.slackware,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.windows.x.kde,tw.bbs.comp.linux
Subject: Re: Harddisk for Linux
Date: Fri, 09 Mar 2001 00:17:05 -0500
> Jerry Wong wrote:
> I want to buy a 30G Harddisk to install Linux (Red Hat 7.0). I heard
> that Lilo has problem for the harddisk over 1024 cylinder. Has this
> problem be overcome?
Please lose the HTML posting... But you will probably have less problems
with the size of the drive, than the potential problems you might have
if you're using an ATA-100 drive & controller...
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From: "Frank Worsley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: many kernel diskchange detected messages -- but no diskchange
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help
Date: Fri, 09 Mar 2001 05:25:27 GMT
Hi,
I recently compiled myself the latest 2.4.2 kernel and installed it, but
now I constantly receive this message in my kernel log and dmesg:
Mar 8 21:01:07 raven kernel: VFS: Disk change detected on device ide0(3,0)
Mar 8 21:01:39 raven last message repeated 16 times
Mar 8 21:02:41 raven last message repeated 31 times
Mar 8 21:03:42 raven last message repeated 30 times
Mar 8 21:04:44 raven last message repeated 31 times
Mar 8 21:05:46 raven last message repeated 31 times
Mar 8 21:06:47 raven last message repeated 30 times
Mar 8 21:07:49 raven last message repeated 31 times
Mar 8 21:08:50 raven last message repeated 30 times
Mar 8 21:09:52 raven last message repeated 31 times
Mar 8 21:10:02 raven last message repeated 5 times
As you can see it gets printed A LOT OF TIMES. However, I don't ever change a
disk. I have a parallel port ZIP 100 drive. Otherwise an HDD and a DVD-ROM
hooked up to my motherboard ATA66 controller (I got an Asus A7V mobo).
Now, these messages don't really do anything but I would still like to
know why I am getting them and potentially how to get rid of them. Got
any ideas?
Thanks,
Frank
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From: holcomb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Installation iso download problem
Date: Fri, 09 Mar 2001 05:30:04 -0000
I have downloaded the first of 2 .iso files of Redhat 7. I downloaded it
in binary mode like I am supposed to. When I write the .iso file to the
CD I just get the .iso file on CD. Thats the only entry that shows when I
read the CD. I am supposed to get the folders and files for the first
insallation CD of RedHat 7. What am I doing wrong? I am using Sony CD
extreme disc writing software. I said I wanted to create a data disk and
the instructions said it would write it in iso 9660 format. Before I make
another coaster, what should I do? Thank you for the help. JH
--
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http://www.help.com/
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From: Dan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Configuring a Yamaha Sound Card on Red Hat Linux 7.0?
Date: Fri, 09 Mar 2001 05:30:05 -0000
I just bought an older Laptop (Toshiba 660CDT) and decided to try out
Linux for the first time by installing Red Hat Linux 7.0 as my OS instead
of Windows. I like it so far, but I can't seem to get my sound card
working. I can't figure it out from reading the Red Hat Manual. My sound
card is a Yamaha OPL3-SA2.
I would greatly appreciate any help that anybody could give me on
this. Thanks!
--
Posted via CNET Help.com
http://www.help.com/
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From: "PFINDLAY" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Getting NVIDIA GeForce 2 Ultra GTS to work on Redhat 7
Date: Fri, 9 Mar 2001 18:40:12 +1300
So I downloaded RedHat 7 ISO images, burnt them to disk on my new Dell and
tried to install.
All went well up to trying to startx.
I've found out that the X Server is incompatible with my NVIDIA until I
change the driver from the default "nv" to "nvidia" (by the way I've used
command propmt rpm to install the nvidia drivers) but how to I change the
XF86Config-4?
And whatever happened to the "make" command? (This is my first personal
encounter with Linux.)
Can someone please help me understand how to edit config files and use the
make command (I'm running the BASH shell, Redhat 7, XFree86 4.0.1, Kernel
2.7 or the RedHat modified one)?
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From: "Ben West" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Pleeeaaassse Help: Cannot get external cdrw working
Date: Fri, 09 Mar 2001 05:45:15 GMT
If it is indeed an IDE device, then you'll have to have some good luck or
knowledge hacking linux. cdrecord does not like IDE burners very much.
i've combatted this in the past and found it best to just use a scsi cdrw.
there are ways of configuring this, but your best bet is to check out
www.li.org, www.linux.com and read the heck out of your documentation and
man pages.
another good thing to try is to buy a Linux Bible and use it. it's the best
book i've ever bought.
hope this helps,
Ben W.
"rdlittle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:3aa402d7$0$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> It's frustrating, aint it?
> I have been trying also to get a Backpack CDRW to work on RH7.0. I have
met
> with a bit more success, but still cannot use the drive.
>
> I do know there is a later version of the backpack.o module on
> Microsolutions's web site. However, it is for kernel 2.2.16-22. If you
> delete the bpck.o module and put the module from Microsolutions in it's
> place (as backpack.o) you may get the module to see your drive.
>
> I know also, that scsi emulation needs to be built into the kernel.
>
> I have to reinstall my Linux system, as I have screwed it up somehow.
After
> I get back on stable ground, I can post more on what I have done so far
with
> the backpack.
>
> If you get yours working, could you also post what you have done?
>
> Together, we may find a solution.
>
> - Bob
>
> Faldar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:PiOo6.73314$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > 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: kodos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Configuring a Yamaha Sound Card on Red Hat Linux 7.0?
Date: Fri, 09 Mar 2001 05:45:59 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Dan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I just bought an older Laptop (Toshiba 660CDT) and decided to try out
> Linux for the first time by installing Red Hat Linux 7.0 as my OS instead
> of Windows. I like it so far, but I can't seem to get my sound card
> working. I can't figure it out from reading the Red Hat Manual. My sound
> card is a Yamaha OPL3-SA2.
> I would greatly appreciate any help that anybody could give me on
> this. Thanks!
>
> --
> Posted via CNET Help.com
> http://www.help.com/
Check out the Sound-HOWTO fromt the LInux Documentation project if you haven't
already...
http://www.linuxdoc.org
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From: kodos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Installation iso download problem
Date: Fri, 09 Mar 2001 05:47:42 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, holcomb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have downloaded the first of 2 .iso files of Redhat 7. I downloaded it
> in binary mode like I am supposed to. When I write the .iso file to the
> CD I just get the .iso file on CD. Thats the only entry that shows when I
> read the CD. I am supposed to get the folders and files for the first
> insallation CD of RedHat 7. What am I doing wrong? I am using Sony CD
> extreme disc writing software. I said I wanted to create a data disk and
> the instructions said it would write it in iso 9660 format. Before I make
> another coaster, what should I do? Thank you for the help. JH
>
> --
> Posted via CNET Help.com
> http://www.help.com/
thats it man... an iso image is bootable ...
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From: iQXth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: FastTrak100 - accessing and booting from RAID 0 array
Date: Fri, 09 Mar 2001 05:51:49 GMT
On Tue, 6 Mar 2001 18:01:00 -0600, "Will" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The only way you will be able to use a FastTrack raid array is to use the
> driver provided on the Promise website. It works quite nicely though.
Yes, it does. I've been able to use it with little problem.
I do feel, however, that there should be some fundamental, basic way
of accessing the array with linux boot command-line parameters.
Considering DOS can access the array with no help whatsoever... it
can't be that tough. I mean, how does DOS do it?
--- iQXth ---
Please respond to this thread
or post with 'ulvfboqj' in the
subject to get my attention.
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From: kodos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: cmpci driver - 2.4 kernel.... /dev/sndstat?
Date: Fri, 09 Mar 2001 05:52:02 GMT
Im trying to get sound working on Debian woody/unstable
i have the cmpci driver located and dmesg said its there... at irq 10
but per the howto:
cat /dev/sndstat
yields "no such device"
which supposedly means I have no kernel module loaded for it...
so
cat /dev/audio and cat /dev/dsp
yields an infinite number of pipe characters... like
"||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
does that mean its working?
I need to get a sound file to test it out though...
anyone know why /dev/sndstat doesn't recognize my cmpci sound module?
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From: "Christian Pustlauk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Suse Linux 7.0 on LCD + SIS630
Date: Fri, 9 Mar 2001 07:21:54 +0100
Hi there,
I have installed SUSE 7.0 Linux, updated X env. to 4.0a
and still cannot get my LCD screen to work with Xwindows. My card is a
SIS630.
If you have a working XF86Config file ,please let me know !
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From: Nestor Alexandre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Upgrade memory problem.
Date: Fri, 09 Mar 2001 07:42:41 +0100
Hi,
I have a bios AMIBIOS 3.7 on an MSI5169 mother board and a AMDK6 2 350Mhz. The
mother board is configurated CPU Clock 100 and multiplicater is 3.5 (to have
350MHz).
Initial state: I have 2 x 32M SDRAM PC100 installed on my board and everithing
works well.
I try to upgrade the memory by adding a 1 x 64M SDRAM PC100. I put the memory in
the Bank an I reboot my computer. The BIOS check the memory and tolds me that
I have 131xxxx M RAM (the correct value 2x32 + 1x64 + cache ..), and checksum
Error, and press F1 to reconfigure. Until now everithing is normal.
I press F1 I enter in the bios configuration menus. I do nothing, unless Save
and Exit. The computer boots and show me only 64M RAM.
I tried to reconfigure the BIOS whith several otions (SDRAM timing, etc) but I
see alaways 64M RAM.
I somebody can help me, maybe is a BIOS parameter that is wrong .... I dont
know.
Thanks a lot .
==================
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "Chris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Question: setup cable modem, Linux and Windows
Date: Fri, 09 Mar 2001 06:49:56 GMT
hello all...
a cleaner and cheaper way would be just to put 2 ethernet cards on ur linux
machine... one for ur cable modem and one for the windows machine.
this way, u use linux as the gateway, and it also serves as a firewall.
modem--linux--windows
John Dubchak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I've purchased a Linksys Router/Hub with the capacity to act as a hardware
> firewall, along with necessary ethernet cards for the Windows and Linux
> machine as well.
>
> Do I need to configure the Linux and Windows machines to use DHCP? Is
that
> provided the Router/Hub?
>
> Given this configuration, will it be possible to use the Linux and Windows
> boxes in a normal networked configuration? i.e. share files and ftp from
> Windows to Linux?
>
> Thanks,
> John
>
> Mark Bratcher wrote:
>
> > >>
> > >>cable modem --- Linux --- Hub --- Windows
> >
> > This is the right one if you set up firewall capability on the Linux
> > box. The cable modem probably has no firewall capability. This requires
> > two NICs in the Linux box.
> >
> > If you don't want to make the Linux box a firewall, then you could
> > do this:
> >
> > cable modem ---- FW Box --- Hub --- Windows
> > |
> > *----- Linux
> >
> > Where "FW Box" could be an off-the-shelf firewall/router ($99).
> > They're generally easy to configure. Or use a spare 486 with
> > Linux on it configured for firewall/routing.
> >
> > I highly recommend having a firewall somewhere if you don't
> > want to get hacked easily.
> >
> > --
> > Mark Bratcher
> > To reply direct, remove both underscores (_) from my email name
> > ---------------------------------------------------------------
> > Escape from Microsoft's proprietary tentacles: use Linux!
>
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Crossposted-To: comp.periphs.scsi,comp.os.linux.setup
From: "Andreas Schweigstill" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Booting Raid 1 or 5
Date: Fri, 9 Mar 2001 06:55:30 GMT
Hi Julius,
as mentioned in some other postings, it should be possible
to boot from RAID 1 or RAID 5 if one drive fails. But unfortunately
we had a RAID system from DEC which wouldn't start after
power-on when one defect drive was missing. It just said on it's
LCD that one disk drive was missing...
So you really should make a test with the RAID controller you
bought.
With best regards
Andreas Schweigstill
"julius" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
news:iDVm6.160$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>
> Hi,
>
> On a system with hardware RAID level 5, booting Linux on RAID devices, if
> one drive fails, does the system boot, before replacing the drive? (not
> hotswap)
>
> And if instead of RAID level 5 we have a level 1 (mirroring)? Does the
> system boot if one drive fails, before replacing the drive?
>
>
> Does the rebuild, after replacing a drive, allows booting the system w/o
> problems? In both levels?
>
>
>
> Thank you for your time!
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mohammed Hamed)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,alt.os.linux
Subject: Success : Getting Avance Logic ALS4000 soundcard to work with Linux
Date: Fri, 09 Mar 2001 07:20:58 GMT
Hello,
I installed RH7 recently and noticed that sound wasn't working, my
soundcard is Avance Logic ALS4000.
As I know how hard it is to configure a soundcard on Linux especially
with soundcards that are not very well supported like mine, I started
searching the net and newsgroups for success stories with this
soundcard model, however I couldn't find any, only a bunch of ppl
claim that it works with the commercial version of OSS and a few that
said it's supported under the ALSA sound driver but they couldn't get
it to work. After a little bit of tweaking and reading the manuals I
could come up with this soundcard working, I could play wav, mp3,
au...etc files under both console and X (still have midi not working
however)
First I got the ALSA 5.10b driver which is the latest one and in the
docs that comes with it, it says the ALS4000 soundcard is supported. u
can get the ALSA drivers from http://www.alsa-project.org
I had no trouble compiling the drivers, libs, and utils aside from
some gcc warnings. then comes the hardest part of getting the
soundcard to work.
The device were created appropriately with the "snddevices" script
included with the driver but no sound was output,
note : I recompiled the kernel with sound support turned on, I have
kernel 2.4 but i think the same should work with 2.2...and as
suggested by the manual i removed every specific model support.
I didn't verify this however and i'm not sure wether it has any
effect, but it's safer to follow the master and do it.
after a little bit of tweaking and reading the docs and a few savings
and rebootings i had my /etc/modules.conf file containing those lines
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
# ALSA native device support
alias char-major-116 snd
options snd snd_major=116 snd_cards_limit=2
alias snd-card-0 snd-card-als4000
alias snd-card-1 snd-card-als4000
options snd-card-als4000 snd_index=0 snd_id="ALS4000"
# OSS/Free setup
alias char-major-14 soundcore
alias sound-slot-0 snd-card-0
alias sound-service-0-0 snd-mixer-oss
alias sound-service-0-1 snd-seq-oss
alias sound-service-0-3 snd-pcm-oss
alias sound-service-0-8 snd-seq-oss
alias sound-service-0-12 snd-pcm-oss
alias sound-slot-1 snd-card-1
alias sound-service-1-0 snd-mixer-oss
alias sound-service-1-1 snd-seq-oss
alias sound-service-1-3 snd-pcm-oss
alias sound-service-1-8 snd-seq-oss
alias sound-service-1-12 snd-pcm-oss
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
those lines are almost identical to what's suggested by the INSTALL
file of the driver in the case of two soundcards support, it wasn't
clear why i would do this when I have only one soundcard, but i
wouldn't have come up with this solution until i compiled the driver
with ./configure --with-debug=full and started noticinig
/var/log/messages, when i saw some programs asking for OSS
sound-service-1-x and failed to open because of that...I don't know
why is that behaviour but it seems odd. so i added the lines of the
second soundcard, modifying snd_cards_limit to 2 in the snd options
and adding :
alias snd-card-1 snd-card-als4000
then for each alias entry for sound 0 i duplicated the entry by
another one for sound 1. This worked for me and I had no problems with
it sofar. The only problem i'm having now is that some programs asks
for strange service numbers that aren't mentioned in the docs like :
snd-service-1-6 and i don't have the slightest idea of which module is
associated with such..haven't done much testing as i'm happy xmms is
working well and i'm listening to my Mp3 collection very well.
The bottom line is :
-compile the kernel with only soundsupport and no card support
-compile the driver with full debug info u'll always need to know
what's going on.
-you have to enable the OSS support : some programs only speak OSS
-make two soundcard entries instead of one, it does no harm
-I suggest that u better recompile all ur sound programs using the new
soundcard.h
(perhaps the sound driver makers has better ideas or formulation of
the ideas i presented than this as i'm not very involved with
soundcards programming)
Thanx and Best Regards,
Mohammed Hamed
http://egyh.homestead.com
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From: Lew Pitcher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Yet another Newbe Question: defrag?
Date: Thu, 08 Mar 2001 22:22:58 -0500
Wearing my 'leasure' hat, now
([EMAIL PROTECTED] aka [EMAIL PROTECTED] and [EMAIL PROTECTED])
Bob 'n' Tina wrote:
>
> Hoo, boy! Lew, you bring a point home well. Thanks! You see: as I rummage
> through all the tools provided freely by dedicated Linux software
> programmers, I've noticed a distinct lack of familiar MS-DOS/Windows-style
> tools (like Norton's Utilities...after all, what's Windows without Norton?).
> So I figured I'd ask.
If ya don't ask, ya wont learn ;-)
> I thank you for your well-thought-out answer. I'm very much at home on the
> PC in MS products. But I got there (as did many others) with a little help
> from my friends. Thanks for not throwing RTMs at me. Much of my manual
> reading time has been spent with MS products.
Well, you caught me in a talkative mood <g>. Actually, there are few
manuals that discuss this subject; it is assumed that you either dont
know and dont care or you've taken the classes in system design and
optimization and dont need a manual. There _are_ documents that discuss
fragmentation, but I haven't read them recently <g>. Anyway, the subject
of defraging Linux filesystems comes up frequently, and recent MSDOS
converts argue with us more experienced users often enough that I
thought it was time to expound a little.
> Now it's off to new challenges and new discoveries: Linux!
Me, as well. Remember, even the most experienced person was new to the
subject once.
There's always more to learn <vbg>.
Take care, and enjoy.
--
Lew Pitcher
Master Codewright and JOAT-in-training
Registered Linux User #112576
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