Linux-Hardware Digest #570, Volume #14 Wed, 4 Apr 01 22:13:04 EDT
Contents:
Re: TwinView on GeForce 2MX / Redhat 7.0 ("BetrOffDed")
Re: DLink DFE-530TX+ Revision Problems ("Mikkel C. Simonsen")
Hardware Programming in C/++ Help (First Last)
Re: Intel CA810E (Bart Schaefer)
soundcard w/painless setup system install time (Eric Holbrook)
Re: Hardware Programming in C/++ Help (=?iso-8859-1?Q?Andr=E9?= David)
Re: 32MB I/O MagicVideo TNT2 AGP ("lobotomy")
kernel panic,killing interrupt handler ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: about Xerox DocuPrint P8ex (Nigel Feltham)
Re: USB Scanner -Scanjet 6200C w SuSE 7.1 ("Bruce P. Morin")
Re: support for adaptec 2100s under RH7.0? ("Peter T. Breuer")
Re: soundcard w/painless setup system install time (Michael Jordan)
Re: support for adaptec 2100s under RH7.0? (Trevor Hemsley)
Re: I have similar problem with parallel port (Michael Jordan)
Re: Switchboxes for keyboard, mice, video? (Keith R. Williams)
Re: soundcard w/painless setup system install time (Dances With Crows)
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From: "BetrOffDed" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: TwinView on GeForce 2MX / Redhat 7.0
Date: Wed, 04 Apr 2001 20:13:11 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "O. Mazzier"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi all,
> Here is my config:
> - Athlon 1GHz
> - Abit K7T-Raid + 128 MB
> - Hercules GeForce 2MX DDV
> - Redhat 7.0 / kernel 2.2.16-22
> I am trying to enable twinview on TV, but I can't figure out how.
> I have already loaded these drivers : NVIDIA_kernel-0.9-6 and
> NVIDIA_GLX-0.9-6 and X is working fine
>
> Any idea ?
>
> Cheers
My suggestion would be to upgrade to the latest drivers, and while you're
at nvidia.com, read the "README and Installation Guide". as it has
information on configuring twinview (as does the TWINVIEW_README file
that comes with the drivers).
http://www.nvidia.com/Products/OpenLinuxDwn.nsf/09769readmefaq
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From: "Mikkel C. Simonsen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: DLink DFE-530TX+ Revision Problems
Date: Wed, 04 Apr 2001 23:22:59 +0100
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> working card is label, DFE-530TX+ Rev.A1, and the newer ( non-working )
> card is labeled DFE-530TX+ Rev. D1. So I've got two differenct versions
> of the NIC...one works, one doesn't.
The problem is that there are different versions of the DFE-530TX - they
don't even use the same chip. I cannot understand why they kept the type
number when the cards are completely different...
The problem is the same with the Rev. A3 cards - I have never seen a D1.
With the A3 you have to select "Rev A3" when installing the driver in
Windows, and if you try to use it with Linux or OS/2 it simply doesn't
work...
Try sending D-link support an e-mail. They do respond sometimes.
Best regards,
Mikkel C. Simonsen
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From: First Last <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Hardware Programming in C/++ Help
Date: Wed, 04 Apr 2001 17:11:26 -0400
I am interested in beginning the journey on learning how to program
device drivers and the sorts. I am prety fluent with c/c++. I haven't
really had any luck with finding some good information on the web. I
have an ok concept of interrupts and DMA, but I would really like to
know how ones get down and dirty programming drivers for hardware. I
would like to contribute to the linux society sometime in my life, so if
one could point me to a good book or tutorial, that would be nice.
Thanks.
Ian
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From: Bart Schaefer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Intel CA810E
Date: Wed, 04 Apr 2001 22:11:38 GMT
Kurt wrote:
>
> I would appreciate any advice -- When the system is using large amounts of
> memory (256MB installed) and swapping data to the swap partition (1024MB
> configured), I get kernel panics. Whatever application panics (including
> swapper, cron, and probably mine too) dies after the panic.
KR wrote:
>
> The one with integrated video & ethernet. IDE drives &CD. PIII 866, 256MB.
> RH6.2 install OK, noticed the video driver problem so don't run X. Uptime
> 3+ weeks OK with light ftp and telnet usage. Then five minutes under a
> serious load (top says 99+% cpu usage as it's processing large image files)
> and it just hangs. Won't respond to ping. It's not the program crashing;
> the same tasks run fine on RH6.2 elsewhere in the lab. No messages on the
> console and don't know where else to look.
I'm having the same problem with a recently-upgraded machine, although I
don't actually get any report of kernel panic, and the system load does
not seem to matter either.
Please Cc any advice by e-mail to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. About the
system with which I'm having trouble:
Originally a Micron Millenium; replaced motherboard with an Intel CA810E
with 733Mhz Celeron processor, onboard networking/audio/video. Video is
not in use (PCI video card added) because XFree86 3.3 doesn't support
it.
Ethernet module is eepro100. 512MB RAM, 1GB swap (I've tried both 8 of
the old 128MB partitions and one big new partition, makes no
difference.)
System stayed up for 6 days with 2.0.36 kernel (RedHat 5.2), no
problems.
Then was upgraded to RedHat 6.2, all latest packages installed with the
"up2date" utility, kernel became 2.2.17.
Since then the system has not stayed up for more than 4 days, with
average
of 2 days to failure. Even building and installing a 2.4.0 kernel has
not
helped.
Symptom of failure is that the machine locks up -- networking stops,
can't
use the consoles. There's some evidence that the OS is actually still
running for a while after such a lockup (e.g. cron still writes logs)
but
eventually everything stops, and of course with I/O impossible the
machine
has to be power-cycled anyway.
With the 2.2.17 kernel, /var/log/messages had:
kernel: eth0: card reports no resources.
usually repeated several times about 5 minutes before the system locked.
These messages have stopped with the 2.4.0 kernel, but the lockups are
still happening.
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From: Eric Holbrook <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: soundcard w/painless setup system install time
Date: 04 Apr 2001 17:39:32 -0500
I'm looking for a soundcard that the install process for either Debian
or Progeny can correctly identify and properly configure. I've gone
through the hassle of getting my SB AWE-64 up and running _too_many_
times under too many distros. I change OSes and system configurations
fairly regularly, and simply don't have the time to tinker w/my sound
card. PCI would be just fine. Features and superior quality are
entirely optional. Any suggestions would be much appreciated.
thanks,
Eric
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From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Andr=E9?= David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Hardware Programming in C/++ Help
Date: Thu, 05 Apr 2001 00:13:27 +0200
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First Last wrote:
> I am interested in beginning the journey on learning how to program
> device drivers and the sorts. I am prety fluent with c/c++. I haven't
> really had any luck with finding some good information on the web. I
> have an ok concept of interrupts and DMA, but I would really like to
> know how ones get down and dirty programming drivers for hardware. I
> would like to contribute to the linux society sometime in my life, so if
> one could point me to a good book or tutorial, that would be nice.
> Thanks.
>
> Ian
1 - The kernel source code is your thing.
2 - Alessandro Rubini's "Linux device drivers", ISBN1-56592-292-1
3 - "Understanding the linux kernel", ISBN0-596-00002-2
I used these three and the information on the web.
Good luck!
Andre
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From: "lobotomy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: 32MB I/O MagicVideo TNT2 AGP
Date: Wed, 04 Apr 2001 22:44:51 GMT
A TNT2 is a TNT2. Just get XFree86 4.0.x and the latest nVidia driver
and you should be set.
In article <UPFy6.6018$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Young4ert"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I just purchased an I/OMagic 32MB TNT2 2/3D Video Graphics Accelerator
> AGP (Part #:DR-DA600) card and am wondering if this card is ully
> supported under Linux. On the box, it has an nVIDIA logo. I certainly
> would like to hear from anyone who is using this card under Linux in
> term of 3D performance and acceleration.
>
> TIA.
>
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Aristo = Asia Gate = Asiatech = Assa = Atrend = Elpina = Eurone = Fugu =
Fugutech = Hi Sing = Houston = Hsing Tech = H Tech = Matsonic = Minstaple =
PCWare = Pine = Protac = QDI = Warpspeed
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: kernel panic,killing interrupt handler
Date: Wed, 4 Apr 2001 22:58:49 +0000 (UTC)
I've got 4 ethernet adapters in PCI and video adapter in PCI. All PCI
slots are busy.
Kernel 2.4.2
two ne-2k and two rtl 8139
Server is a gate to Internet for e.g 200 computers in LAN.
Sometimes (probably when the traffic is huge) my server
crashes and I get such error:
Code: 89 72 04 89 15 C0 BD 25 C0 C7 00 00 00 00 00 C7 40 04 00 00
Kernel panic: Aiee, killing interrupt handler
In interrupt handler - not syncing
I used ksymoops and I got:
ksymoops 2.3.7 on i686 2.4.2. Options used
-v /usr/src/linux/vmlinux (specified)
-k /proc/ksyms (default)
-l /proc/modules (default)
-o /lib/modules/2.4.2 (specified)
-m /boot/System.map (specified)
Warning (compare_maps): mismatch on symbol __module_author , 8139too says c883bd00,
/lib/modules/2.4.2/net/8139too.o says c8839040. Ignoring
/lib/modules/2.4.2/net/8139too.o entry
Warning (compare_maps): mismatch on symbol __module_description , 8139too says
c883bd40, /lib/modules/2.4.2/net/8139too.o says c8839080. Ignoring
/lib/modules/2.4.2/net/8139too.o entry
Warning (compare_maps): mismatch on symbol __module_parm_max_interrupt_work , 8139too
says c883bd90, /lib/modules/2.4.2/net/8139too.o says c88390d0. Ignoring
/lib/modules/2.4.2/net/8139too.o entry
Warning (compare_maps): mismatch on symbol __module_parm_media , 8139too says
c883bdaa, /lib/modules/2.4.2/net/8139too.o says c88390ea. Ignoring
/lib/modules/2.4.2/net/8139too.o entry
Warning (compare_maps): mismatch on symbol __module_parm_multicast_filter_limit ,
8139too says c883bd72, /lib/modules/2.4.2/net/8139too.o says c88390b2. Ignoring
/lib/modules/2.4.2/net/8139too.o entry
Warning (compare_maps): mismatch on symbol __module_author , ne2k-pci says c8836e40,
/lib/modules/2.4.2/net/ne2k-pci.o says c8837220. Ignoring
/lib/modules/2.4.2/net/ne2k-pci.o entry
Warning (compare_maps): mismatch on symbol __module_description , ne2k-pci says
c8836e80, /lib/modules/2.4.2/net/ne2k-pci.o says c8837260. Ignoring
/lib/modules/2.4.2/net/ne2k-pci.o entry
Warning (compare_maps): mismatch on symbol __module_parm_debug , ne2k-pci says
c8836ea4, /lib/modules/2.4.2/net/ne2k-pci.o says c8837284. Ignoring
/lib/modules/2.4.2/net/ne2k-pci.o entry
Warning (compare_maps): mismatch on symbol __module_parm_full_duplex , ne2k-pci says
c8836ec3, /lib/modules/2.4.2/net/ne2k-pci.o says c88372a3. Ignoring
/lib/modules/2.4.2/net/ne2k-pci.o entry
Warning (compare_maps): mismatch on symbol __module_parm_options , ne2k-pci says
c8836eb1, /lib/modules/2.4.2/net/ne2k-pci.o says c8837291. Ignoring
/lib/modules/2.4.2/net/ne2k-pci.o entry
Code: 89 72 04 89 15 C0 BD 25 C0 C7 00 00 00 00 00 C7 40 04 00 00
Using defaults from ksymoops -t elf32-i386 -a i386
Code; 00000000 Before first symbol
00000000 <_EIP>:
Code; 00000000 Before first symbol
0: 89 72 04 mov %esi,0x4(%edx)
Code; 00000003 Before first symbol
3: 89 15 c0 bd 25 c0 mov %edx,0xc025bdc0
Code; 00000009 Before first symbol
9: c7 00 00 00 00 00 movl $0x0,(%eax)
Code; 0000000f Before first symbol
f: c7 40 04 00 00 00 00 movl $0x0,0x4(%eax)
10 warnings issued. Results may not be reliable.
but I don't know what to do with it and where to look for a reason.
Please help. I would prefer answers to priv.
--
dziadzi
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Nigel Feltham)
Subject: Re: about Xerox DocuPrint P8ex
Date: 4 Apr 2001 23:04:25 GMT
66666 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>do Xerox DocuPrint P8ex support Linux!
>thx alot!
>i want to buy this printer , but dont know it support linux or not!
>i see the website it do not provide linux driver?
>---
>Posted via freenews.netfront.net
>Complaints to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>From looking at the official linux printer driver site at
www.linuxprinting.org it seems that there is no specific support for the
DocuPrint P8ex but there is support for the P8e (but not the P8) if this
model uses the same control codes (HP Laserjet4 PCL 5 emulation). Maybe
the Xerox website lists emulation modes supported by the printer?
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From: "Bruce P. Morin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: USB Scanner -Scanjet 6200C w SuSE 7.1
Date: Wed, 04 Apr 2001 23:13:29 GMT
Shreyas,
First of all, I am running both SuSE 7.1 and I have the same scanner series,
an HP6250C. I had similiar problems, but what my issue was the usb hardware
on my motherboard. Apparently, Linux didn't like it (VIA Chipset). So I
installed a cheap add on card and voila, it works!!!
Just something to look at. By the way, the chipset the new card uses is OHCI
as opposed to the UHCI that my motherboard uses.
Hope this helps,
Bruce P. Morin
"Shreyas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> SuSE 7.1 has already configured my USB controller and i've already
> inserted the kernel 2.4 usb-scanner.o module. Now i try typinng:
>
> # scanimage --device-name=hp:/dev/usbscanner -T
>
> And i get:
>
> Segmentation fault
>
> Have i incorrectly setup sane or is my scanner unsupported?
>
> --
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From: "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.dev.raid
Subject: Re: support for adaptec 2100s under RH7.0?
Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2001 01:36:27 +0200
In comp.os.linux.hardware Kim R. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The next development phase of http://linux.adaptec.com should be happening
> soon along with some facelifts, the new and improved 2.x driver, and
> additional SCSI/NIC drivers and patches on the website.
Now where did I get the
linux-aic7xxx-latest-2.4.0.diffs.gz
from? I can't seem to work it out from the contents. It looks like a
work of justin gibbs at freebsd, replacing the Doug Ledford driver.
But it must be someone trying to write a universal interface, because
it's got a linux-compatibilty code module that obviously is meant to
make the whole thing swing.
Anyone recognize it?
-rw-r--r-- 1 ptb 179381 Mar 18 12:45 linux-aic7xxx-6.1.7-src.tar.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 ptb 431385 Mar 18 12:45 linux-aic7xxx-latest-2.2.16.diffs.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 ptb 432114 Mar 18 12:44 linux-aic7xxx-latest-2.2.18.diffs.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 ptb 445339 Mar 18 12:44 linux-aic7xxx-latest-2.4.0.dif
I wanna talk to the author ...
Peter
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From: Michael Jordan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: soundcard w/painless setup system install time
Date: Wed, 4 Apr 2001 20:07:14 -0400
Hi,
I've been using an SBLive! X-Gamer 5.1, and the emu10k1 driver in the
linux 2.2.x series kernels has done a painless job for me. (i.e. NO
configuration needed!) And put this card with a good set of Altec-Lansing
speakers, and the sound is EXCELLENT!
Eric Holbrook wrote:
> I'm looking for a soundcard that the install process for either Debian
> or Progeny can correctly identify and properly configure. I've gone
> through the hassle of getting my SB AWE-64 up and running _too_many_
> times under too many distros. I change OSes and system configurations
> fairly regularly, and simply don't have the time to tinker w/my sound
> card. PCI would be just fine. Features and superior quality are
> entirely optional. Any suggestions would be much appreciated.
>
> thanks,
> Eric
>
--
Michael Jordan
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Trevor Hemsley)
Crossposted-To: linux.dev.raid
Subject: Re: support for adaptec 2100s under RH7.0?
Date: 05 Apr 2001 00:51:08 GMT
On Wed, 4 Apr 2001 23:36:27, "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> In comp.os.linux.hardware Kim R. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > The next development phase of http://linux.adaptec.com should be happening
> > soon along with some facelifts, the new and improved 2.x driver, and
> > additional SCSI/NIC drivers and patches on the website.
>
> Now where did I get the
>
> linux-aic7xxx-latest-2.4.0.diffs.gz
>
> from? I can't seem to work it out from the contents. It looks like a
> work of justin gibbs at freebsd, replacing the Doug Ledford driver.
> But it must be someone trying to write a universal interface, because
> it's got a linux-compatibilty code module that obviously is meant to
> make the whole thing swing.
>
> Anyone recognize it?
>
> -rw-r--r-- 1 ptb 179381 Mar 18 12:45 linux-aic7xxx-6.1.7-src.tar.gz
> -rw-r--r-- 1 ptb 431385 Mar 18 12:45 linux-aic7xxx-latest-2.2.16.diffs.gz
> -rw-r--r-- 1 ptb 432114 Mar 18 12:44 linux-aic7xxx-latest-2.2.18.diffs.gz
> -rw-r--r-- 1 ptb 445339 Mar 18 12:44 linux-aic7xxx-latest-2.4.0.dif
>
> I wanna talk to the author ...
Looks like Justin Gibbs' driver that is now the default in kernel
2.4.3. 2.4.3 has 6.1.5 IIRC but JG's web site is up to 6.1.8 or 9.
--
Trevor Hemsley, Brighton, UK.
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From: Michael Jordan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: I have similar problem with parallel port
Date: Wed, 4 Apr 2001 21:09:52 -0400
Check under /proc/ and see if there is a parport/ listing. If there is, cd
into it, then look for a 0/ listing. If that is there, then your system
"sees" lp0. If not, you may have to insmod parport.o, parport_pc.o, lp.o,
and etc.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Wayne Huang
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>>I have a HP LaserJet II connecting to LPT1. Under
>>Win98, printer works fine. But I could not print
>>under RH 6.1. It complains that /dev/lp0 (or lp1)
>>does not exist. Even #echo "hell0" > /dev/lp0
>>returned an error.
>>
>>How do know if RH 6.1 see the LPT1: and install
>>the port driver ?
>>
>>Thanks,
>>
>>Wayne
>>A newbie on Linux
>>
>>David N. Haney wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>>>Linux Gurus:
>>>
>>>I have purchased a new Compaq that included an IJ600 printer. This
>>>computer is for my son going off to college where Linux is critical.
>>>I have installed Red Hat 6.2 and then Caldera Systems 2.4. Neither
>>>could get very far with this printer. The printer works fine in
>>>Windows98, and the computer parallel port works fine with an HP850,
>>>thus it must be the Printer driver. RH 6.2 recognizes the Compaq
>>>printer as a Lexmark Inkjet 4103.
>>>
>>>The odd thing is that none of the printer drivers will do anything
>>>to get the attention of the printer, even just sending ASCII text,
>>>or using something like cat printcap > /dev/lp0. The printer acts
>>>dead, until you set it up in Windows98, all is fine. RH has a couple
>>>of Lexmark printer drivers, but neither do anything. Caldera has
>>>many more Lexmark printer drivers, but none of them work either.
>>>
>>>Any suggestions on how I might get this ?newer printer working?
>>>Unfortunately, Compaq seems to have written LINUX off (maybe
>>>they like being abused by Microsoft).
>>>
>>>--
>>
>
> For the original problem --- make sure you don't have a"Win" printer which
> depends on a special Windows program to work. That could also be the
> problem in the second case as well. As I recall RedHat has some sort of
> graphical printer control panel --- you could try that.
>
> If you have a "Win" printer just say goodbye. Not too bad inkjets that
> will work are available for about $149. There are hardware compatiblity
> howto's around, and source Forge has a decent printer and driver database
> for Linux.
>
>
> John Culleton
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Keith R. Williams)
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.chips
Subject: Re: Switchboxes for keyboard, mice, video?
Date: Thu, 05 Apr 2001 01:22:00 GMT
On Wed, 4 Apr 2001 07:33:43,
fammacd=!SPAM^[EMAIL PROTECTED] (George Macdonald) wrote:
> On Wed, 04 Apr 2001 00:54:08 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Keith R. Williams)
> wrote:
>
> >Send 'em back! 85Hz should be easy with today's cards. I'm
> >using a Matrox Mystique B/220 here at 1280x1024@85Hz. THis
> >is a two-year old IBM G94 (a damned good one). This antique
> >hardware works quite well.
>
> I've seen this "warble" (I'd say wobble) in one 2nd floor corner of our
> office and it seems to vary with monitor brand and vertical sync frequency
> - the video card used doesn't seem to matter. This is a small office
> building and the main power cable is routed along the outside top of that
> corner of the wall before it goes down to the ground and into the basement.
> The effect is worst when the A/C is running - IOW large draw on the main
> power - and you can see it worsen as an A/C compressor kicks in.
Monitors are certanly affected by magnetics. Monitors sold
in the norther-hemisphere are tuned differently than those
sold in the southern. It's certainly possible that you have
local fields around that will distort things, but that would
be very unusual. ...though I'm wondering because at work my
secondary monitor occaisionally "warbles" since we've been
in Dilbert-ville. I thought it was people on the other side
of the cube-wall powering on their monitor. The degaussing
coils will throw off enough magnetics to disturb a close
monitor.
> I'm not sure if the effect is caused by the the pulsing field around the
> main power cable affecting the monitor circuits directly or if it's carried
> into the monitor through its power or signal cables but there doesn't seem
> to be a cure and the "quality" of the monitor doesn't seem to make a
> difference. I found that a 17" Mitsubishi monitor was badly affected but
> in the same position a 17" Viewsonic show no effects at all... and yet
> another 17" Viewsonic (same model) nearby is moderately disturbed.
> Sometimes you just have to admit: "this is out of my control".:-)
If it affects one and not the other, I'd suspect power.
Magnetic fields are difficult to block. I doubt anyone uses
much Mu-metal in their monitors.
> >It's not subtle to me! Sometimes I wish it were, but to see
> >people wasting good hardware (IBM P260s - 21" professional
> >monitors) at 1024x768 makes me wanna cry.
>
> Remember some people have bad eyes and don't want to admit just how bad
> they are.
Guilty as charged. Though I can still see my ThinkPad's LCD
at 1600x1200 with a 9pt font. Ok, I've gone to 11pt for
many things, so I don't have to squint. The poeple I'm
talking about are kidz (though not the technical types -
thay are squinting as much as I am).
> I have people who'll run 800x600 with a 19" because they can
> read it; I also have people who'll run 1152x864 at 60Hz (monitor won't do
> better) rather than 1024x768 at 75 or 85Hz on a 17" because they can
> squeeze more stuff on the screen. I've showed them "how much better" it
> looks at higher vertical frequency but they don't get it.<shrug>
I don't either. I *demand* 1600x1200 on *both* displays,
now that I have it. ;-) Gimme more! I simply don't
understand people who "need" high-end 21" displays and then
run them at low resolution and refresh-rates. It's a macho
thing, I guess (though the person I helped out of the 60Hz
dongeon certanly wasn't "macho")
Before I got the dual-screen thing working on the ThinkPad I
had a second system running dual screen at 2x1280x1024x85Hz.
Give me a bigger desktop and I'll certainly fill it! That's
an undeniable axiom of the universe.
----
Keith
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Subject: Re: soundcard w/painless setup system install time
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 05 Apr 2001 01:36:35 GMT
On 04 Apr 2001 17:39:32 -0500, Eric Holbrook staggered into the Black
Sun and said:
>I'm looking for a soundcard that the install process for either Debian
>or Progeny can correctly identify and properly configure. I've gone
>through the hassle of getting my SB AWE-64 up and running _too_many_
>times under too many distros. I change OSes and system configurations
>fairly regularly, and simply don't have the time to tinker w/my sound
>card. PCI would be just fine. Features and superior quality are
>entirely optional. Any suggestions would be much appreciated.
Ensoniq AudioPCI, otherwise known as Soundblaster128 PCI. Uses the
es1371 chipset, setup is a matter of doing "modprobe es1371
joystick=0x200" somewhere in the boot scripts. AS an added bonus, the
card is fairly cheap, about $30. Note that the latest versions of this
card require a fairly recent kernel to function correctly, but that's no
problem, right?
--
Matt G|There is no Darkness in Eternity/But only Light too dim for us to see
Brainbench MVP for Linux Admin / Workin' in a code mine, hittin' Ctrl-Alt
http://www.brainbench.com / Workin' in a code mine, whoops!
=============================/ I hit a seg fault....
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