Linux-Hardware Digest #558, Volume #14 Mon, 2 Apr 01 11:13:08 EDT
Contents:
Re: BogoMips? (Genesis)
bellsouth ADSL (Sparkzz)
Problem with second ethernet card ("Bastiaan Schaap")
Re: Problem with second ethernet card (Dean Thompson)
Re: Problem with second ethernet card ("Bastiaan Schaap")
Blank screen with S3Virge /sis dual head ("Peter")
Re: Support for LCD Monitors? (Matthew Wild)
Re: bellsouth ADSL (Hal Burgiss)
Promise Fasttrak 100 RAID card ("east")
Re: USB Cable Modem & Suse 7.1 ("The Pict")
Win Modems ("LittleFish")
Re: P4 & LINUX, Any Problem? ("John Pfaff")
Re: Win Modems ("Ari")
Re: Win Modems (Chris King)
Re: Acer CD-R/RW CRW6206A won't write under RedHat7.0 with 2.4.2 kernel ("Arvind")
Re: Need USB Video Capture for Linux ("Robert L. Klungle")
OnTrack Disk Manager and Linux partition (Paulo Jan)
Re: Video card recommendations PLS !! ("Robert L. Klungle")
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Subject: Re: BogoMips?
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Genesis)
Date: Mon, 02 Apr 2001 08:15:13 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Didier Lasne) wrote in
<9a3rc2$nps$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>It's really bogo...
>My Athlon 1Ghz have 2011 bogomips !
>
>"Genesis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
>news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Eric SIBERT) wrote in
>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>>
>> >So, how many bogomips for your computer?
>> >
>> >
>> >750 Mhz for me:)))
>> >
>> >
>>
>> Hey,
>> I do not know about MHz as a unit for BogoMips but...
>> Here is the BogoMips numbers for my different boxen
>> 1200 MHz, 794 BogoMips
>> 150 MHz, 118 BogoMips
>> 850 MHz, won't compile (don't feel like hunting down the problem).
>>
>> From the 1200 MHz box to the 150 MHz box we have 8x more CPU cycles but
>> only 6.7288x more BogoMips, what's up with that?
>> Guess it truly is Bogo :-)
>> Perhaps I should optimize my 1.2 GHz a little more ;-)
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Genesis
>
>
>
Yea, but what to do about it?
Perhaps it is called bogo for a reason?
I mean tar -zxvf (CPU intensive, I think ;-) blazes compared to when I had
a 300 MHz CPU with 64 MB Ram in this box.
Same Linux install, but new Mobo, CPU, and Mem.
Later,
Genesis
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Sparkzz)
Date: 02 Apr 2001 09:26:34 GMT
Subject: bellsouth ADSL
Hello
By any remote and bizarre strike of luck,
are the 3com 3c3617 adsl modem and the alcatel pc speed touch internal the
same thing???
.
.
....Ken
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From: "Bastiaan Schaap" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Problem with second ethernet card
Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2001 12:46:50 +0200
Hi all,
I'm in the process of configuring an old linux box as a router/firewall
between my (chello) broadband internet and personal LAN. So there are two
ethernet cards in my system (eth0 & eth1 ). I've recompiled the kernel with
NE2000 network-card support (ne2k-pci), and during booting of the system I
see that both cards are found (I've double checked with dmesg). However,
during the rest of startup when the firewall script is being processed it
gives a warning that eth1 is invalid. If I look at my routing table, I only
see settings for eth0. So I think that I forgot to put some settings
somewhere... How can I check if my eth1 is working, which configuration
files should I check? I'm fairly new with linux, I did do some installs,
but I use SuSE, and most things can normally be done with their setup tool
(Yast).
You guys probably had to answer these questions already hundreds of times,
so I'd like to apologize in advance ;-)
TIA,
Bastiaan Schaap
Desyde BV
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Tel 06 - 51998277
Fax 035 - 5430547
http://www.desyde.nl
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"I think I think; therefore, I think I am." - Ambrose Bierce
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From: Dean Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Problem with second ethernet card
Date: Mon, 02 Apr 2001 20:49:01 +1000
Hi Bastiaan,
> I'm in the process of configuring an old linux box as a router/firewall
> between my (chello) broadband internet and personal LAN. So there are two
> ethernet cards in my system (eth0 & eth1 ). I've recompiled the kernel with
> NE2000 network-card support (ne2k-pci), and during booting of the system I
> see that both cards are found (I've double checked with dmesg). However,
> during the rest of startup when the firewall script is being processed it
> gives a warning that eth1 is invalid. If I look at my routing table, I only
> see settings for eth0. So I think that I forgot to put some settings
> somewhere... How can I check if my eth1 is working, which configuration
> files should I check? I'm fairly new with linux, I did do some installs,
> but I use SuSE, and most things can normally be done with their setup tool
> (Yast).
Well the fact that you are seeing a "eth1" in your bootup sequence is a good
thing. I think you will find that the interface probably isn't configured to
come up at boot time. You should be able to change this behaviour with the
"yast" tool, but I like to deal with raw files so here is where I would look:
/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth1
Take a look in the file and make sure that all the values look like they are
there. More importantly make sure that there is a line in your file which
says something like: "ONBOOT=yes". This will ensure that your network card is
brought up when you boot your system.
See ya
Dean Thompson
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From: "Bastiaan Schaap" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Problem with second ethernet card
Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2001 12:57:35 +0200
Thanx Dean, I'll try that as soon as I get home... I'll yell again in this
thread if it doesn't work.. ;-)
--
Bastiaan Schaap
Desyde BV
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Tel 06 - 51998277
Fax 035 - 5430547
http://www.desyde.nl
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Forgive your enemies but remember thier names - JFK
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From: "Peter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Blank screen with S3Virge /sis dual head
Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2001 13:21:13 +0200
Blank screen with S3Virge /sis dual head
Can you help me.
I'm trying to run two drivers/monitors on a SuSE 7.1 XFree86 4.0.3 linux pc.
I got a fair way, both the cards will work independently but when I try run
them together and start X both screens go blank and the system hangs. (which
is sad because it works under Windooz)
The Video cards are an S3Virge on intel TC430HX motherboard and a SiS 6326
PCI 8Mb.
I get the line, (EE) S3Virge(1): cannot read V_Bios in my
.xerr file.
What does this mean, is there any thing I can do. Is there any where I can
find info on this error?
I'm happy to send any futher information if it will help solve the problem.
Cheers peter.
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From: Matthew Wild <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: uk.comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Support for LCD Monitors?
Date: 02 Apr 2001 12:49:15 +0100
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows) writes:
>
> LCDs are very similar to CRTs *IF* the connection between the LCD and
> CRT is an analog one (made using a 15-pin VGA cable.) Then things work
> just as described above, though the HSync and Vsync ranges mentioned are
> typically very narrowly defined for an LCD; VSync is always 60Hz. This
I have a transtec, nee Mitsubishi, 18" LCD running with a Vsync over 70Hz.
> is really suboptimal; LCDs are digital while CRTs are analog, and the
> D->A->D conversion occurring with an analog cable can produce "pixel
> swim" and jitter. 'Doze video drivers may have settings to try and
> reduce these artifacts; XFree86 has none that I know of. If you notice
> these problems with your 'Doze setup, they may be worse with XFree86.
>
Matthew
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Matthew Wild Tel.: +44 (0)1235 445173
[EMAIL PROTECTED] URL http://www.wdc.rl.ac.uk/
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Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon, OX11 0QX
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Hal Burgiss)
Subject: Re: bellsouth ADSL
Reply-To: Hal Burgiss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 2 Apr 2001 07:51:21 -0400
On 02 Apr 2001 09:26:34 GMT, Sparkzz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hello
>
>
>By any remote and bizarre strike of luck,
>are the 3com 3c3617 adsl modem and the alcatel pc speed touch internal
>the same thing???
No. Do you mean Alcatel PCI? Not AFAIK. Neither have Linux drivers.
--
Hal B
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From: "east" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Promise Fasttrak 100 RAID card
Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2001 20:53:50 +0800
Dears,
Does any knows how to install Promise Fasttrak 100 driver and
booting on card at OpenLinux eServer 2.3???
Thanks your answer
East People
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From: "The Pict" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: USB Cable Modem & Suse 7.1
Date: Mon, 02 Apr 2001 12:47:15 GMT
> so what's the problem? Put 'dhcpcd eth1' into /sbin/init.d/boot.local
> (that's teh startup script for Suse 6.3, should be teh same for 7.1) and
> the command will be executed everytime you boot.
This does not seem to work !!
I had tried it and find that I generates an error at boot time
I wonder if boot.local is calling before the USB manager is loaded ??
What is the command in Linux, like ipconfig in Windows ??
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From: "LittleFish" <littlefish_au[SPAM ME AT YOUR OWN RISK]@yahoo.com>
Crossposted-To:
alt.computer.drivers,alt.os.linux,aus.computers.linux,comp.os.linux.development.apps,comp.os.linux.development.system
Subject: Win Modems
Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2001 15:06:02 +1000
It seems as if more and more people using Windows
are very dissapointed over the performance of there Lucent Winmodems. In the
last week I have met 3 people that have taken back there Lucent Winmodem
because it drops out regularly. If your machine is slower 300Mhz or is
running a CPU intensive task in the background you can bet that it will drop
out. Give me a real modem anyday!! By the way real internal modems are
getting hard to source. Does anyone have suggestions for a Internal Fax
Voice Data modem?
LittleFish
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From: "John Pfaff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: P4 & LINUX, Any Problem?
Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2001 09:25:38 -0400
Maybe I'm confused. I thought that the P4 the OP was referring to was the
version control system made by Perforce (www.perforce.com). We use it a lot
here, but I've only ever personally used it under Unix. It is very good.
--
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http://counter.li.org
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"Jonadab the Unsightly One" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> "news.ulak.net.tr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Has anybody used P4 for LINUX?
> > Is there any problem? Or shall I buy one?
> > Any comments appreciated...
>
> I saw a review of the P4 that was pretty uncomplementary...
> [Digs around for ULR] Ah, here it is.
> http://www.emulators.com/pentium4.htm
>
> I'm not saying this is 100% right, but you might want to
> look it over and at least evaluate it before you get one.
>
> - jonadab
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From: "Ari" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.computer.drivers,alt.os.linux,aus.computers.linux,comp.os.linux.development.apps,comp.os.linux.development.system
Subject: Re: Win Modems
Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2001 21:32:58 +0800
DirectCom used to make good internal hardware modems, but I think all their
internals are now winmodems...ask a few dealers to check this out for you.
Ari
"LittleFish" <littlefish_au[SPAM ME AT YOUR OWN RISK]@yahoo.com> wrote in
message news:cv_x6.7845$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> It seems as if more and more people using Windows
> are very dissapointed over the performance of there Lucent Winmodems. In
the
> last week I have met 3 people that have taken back there Lucent Winmodem
> because it drops out regularly. If your machine is slower 300Mhz or is
> running a CPU intensive task in the background you can bet that it will
drop
> out. Give me a real modem anyday!! By the way real internal modems are
> getting hard to source. Does anyone have suggestions for a Internal Fax
> Voice Data modem?
> LittleFish
> --
> Remove [SPAM ME AT YOUR OWN RISK] to mail me.
>
>
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From: Chris King <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.computer.drivers,alt.os.linux,aus.computers.linux,comp.os.linux.development.apps,comp.os.linux.development.system
Subject: Re: Win Modems
Date: Mon, 02 Apr 2001 22:07:05 +0800
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Mon, 2 Apr 2001 15:06:02 +1000, "LittleFish" <littlefish_au[SPAM ME
AT YOUR OWN RISK]@yahoo.com> wrote:
>Give me a real modem anyday!! By the way real internal modems are
>getting hard to source. Does anyone have suggestions for a Internal Fax
>Voice Data modem?
Perhaps the 'big list' at the following address will help you decide:
http://www.idir.net/~gromitkc/winmodem.html
-Chris
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From: "Arvind" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: Acer CD-R/RW CRW6206A won't write under RedHat7.0 with 2.4.2 kernel
Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2001 17:48:27 +0400
Thanks very much :)
Havent's tried it yet though but I'm pretty sure it'll work.
Cheers,
Arvind
"Kresimir Marzic" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> * Arvind <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> * on [Fri, 30 Mar 2001 14:40:09 -0800]:
> > Hi,
> > I have a cdwriter but i can't use it with cdrecord since it is an atapi
> > drive. how do you use scsi emulation? thanks
> > Arvind
> >
>
> Well, you have CD-Writing HOWTO.
> ( http://www.guug.de/~winni/linux/cdr/html/CD-Writing.html )
>
> In short, include in your kernel scsi support:
>
> Block devices --->
> <M> Loopback device support
>
> ATA/IDE/MFM/RLL support --->
> <M> Include IDE/ATAPI CDROM support
> <M> SCSI emulation support
>
> SCSI support --->
> <M> SCSI support
> <M> SCSI disk support
> (40) Maximum number of SCSI disks that can be loaded as modules
> <M> SCSI CD-ROM support
> [*] Enable vendor-specific extensions (for SCSI CDROM)
> (2) Maximum number of CDROM devices that can be loaded as modules
> <M> SCSI generic support
> [*] Enable extra checks in new queueing code
> [*] Probe all LUNs on each SCSI device
> [*] Verbose SCSI error reporting (kernel size +=12K)
>
> File systems --->
> <M> ISO 9660 CDROM filesystem support
> [*] Microsoft Joliet CDROM extensions
>
> Make your kernel (make dep; make clean; make bzImage; make modules;
> make modules_install).
>
> In /etc/modules.conf
> (if your writer is hdc)
> alias scd0 sr_mod
> alias scsi_hostadapter ide-scsi
> options ide-cd ignore=hdc
>
> In /etc/lilo.conf
> append="hdb=ide-scsi"
>
> That is it (it should work). Reboot. Try cdrecord -scanbus.
> ( ftp://ftp.fokus.gmd.de/pub/unix/cdrecord/ )
>
> --
> Kresimir Marzic
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From: "Robert L. Klungle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Need USB Video Capture for Linux
Date: Mon, 02 Apr 2001 14:41:56 GMT
Andy Walker wrote:
> Robert L. Klungle wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> >Any one know where I can find a driver and hardware (manufacturor) for a
> >USB Video capture device??
> >Video capture needs to receive RS170 and generate a JPEG file.
> >Current Linux is 2.2.18 (RedHat).
> >
> >Been to linux-usb several times and they don't seem to list this. Maybe
> >I don't know what I am seeing.
> >
> >Hopefully.....bob
> >
> >
> I've heard that Pinnacle PCTV USB works with KWinTV but I've never tested it
> myself. Some distributions come with KWinTV already installed.
Tks Andy,
Will check it out. No mention on Google, etc.
cheers...bob
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From: Paulo Jan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: OnTrack Disk Manager and Linux partition
Date: Mon, 02 Apr 2001 16:46:27 +0200
Hi all:
I have here a quite old Linux box with a Western Digital WC31000 IDE
hard drive (1.06 Gb.). Being as old as it is, the people who built the
box (not me) had to install OnTrack Disk Manager in it so that the
machine's BIOS would recognize the disk, and it's been working perfectly
for the last few years...
...Until today, when the machine died. Now, as it usually happens in
these cases, the dead server's hard disk has important data, which has
NOT been backed up. I *think* that the hard disk is okay, because I have
plugged it into several other PCs, and in all of them the BIOS was able
to detect it and set the right parameters (cylinders, etc.), but the
problem comes when I actually try to access the data in it. I have
mounted the disk in another Linux box and tried to mount it with "mount
/dev/hdc1 /mnt/"... but it just hangs. I have tried to plug it in and
set the machine to boot from it... but it doesn't boot; it just shows
the message "hard disk failure", or something like that. I even mounted
it in a Windows machine and tried to access it using several of those
programs to read ext2 partitions from Windows, and all of them were able
to detect the disk, but all of them complained saying "unknown partition
type"...
Now, I suspect that the reason why neither of the above have worked is
the OnTrack Disk Manager, but what I don't know is how to remove it.
Doing a "fdisk /dev/hdc" *does* work; it shows the partition table in
the hard drive in question, but I can't do anything else with the disk,
and I think that Linux's fdisk doesn't support the /MBR option. So...
what to do?
Paulo Jan.
DDnet.
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From: "Robert L. Klungle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Video card recommendations PLS !!
Date: Mon, 02 Apr 2001 14:47:00 GMT
Andy Walker wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> >Hi folks
> >
> >Just wondering what suggestions people may have for the video card for
> >a new linux box.
> >
> >Probably be running with an AMD 1000 on an ASUS A7V133 board (maybe
> >the A7M266)
> >
> >I've seen mention of GeForce2 MX (which doesn't mean much to me)
> >Researching that on the www I can't make any sense of it. Seems
> >everybody makes one.
> >
> >So what do YOU recommend?
> >
> >Cello
>
> The manufacturer is largely irrelevant, it's the graphics chip that counts.
> Practically anything with a TNT2 chipset will work and most Matrox cards.
> I think I have seen GeForce2 cards listed as suitable but I can't be sure.
I am using a GeForce2 card by Creative. Works great (needs latest XFree86
drivers).
cheers..bob
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