Linux-Hardware Digest #597, Volume #14 Mon, 9 Apr 01 21:13:09 EDT
Contents:
Re: System Test Software? ("Ken Craggs")
Sound cards for RH 7 ?? ("Ron Bellomo")
PHP and passwd change ("Colin G.")
Re: HP Omnibook 6000 and Linux ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Best RAID controller for Linux (Hubba Bubba)
Re: A Linux emulator for Linux, does this exist? (Mike Fleetwood)
Help needed with LM7.2 /A7V133/ATA100HDD/GeForce2MX (eirikr)
Re: Best RAID controller for Linux
Re: CD Writer for Linux (alz)
What module for Linksys Ether 16 ISA nic RH 6.2 (jmd)
Re: Re-Mounting a DVD-RAM Drive after a Burn (Richard D. McRoberts)
Re: A Linux emulator for Linux, does this exist? (George Round)
Re: Help, Using travan 20Gb, stops at 8Gb (John-Paul Stewart)
Re: hardware database? (Drew Roedersheimer)
Re: Re-Mounting a DVD-RAM Drive after a Burn ("Randy Meeks")
Redhat 7.0 and intel i810 video (Alex Leung)
CDRW IEEE 1394 Command Spec (Jim Witte)
Re: Promise ata100 (Rinaldi J. Montessi)
Re: Switchboxes for keyboard, mice, video? (Keith R. Williams)
Re: CD Writer for Linux (Dances With Crows)
Re: Sound cards for RH 7 ?? (Dances With Crows)
Re: Can't boot off CD (SuSE 7.0) (Dances With Crows)
ide cdrw kills my system
Re: IRQ modem problem: pci PnP (not winmodem) (Brian P.D. Smyth)
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From: "Ken Craggs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.comp.hardware
Subject: Re: System Test Software?
Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2001 22:17:51 +0100
"Thomas Cameron" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Howdy from Austin, Texas -
>
> My system has randomly started locking up, usually during graphics
> manipulation using the GIMP or Corel Draw 9.
>
> I have replaced the video card, the RAM, and the power supply, but the
> problem persists. This is getting expensive, and I'd like to spend as
> little more as possible.
>
> Before I replace the CPU and the motherboard, I would like to actaully
> test them to see if they are flaky. Is there any good public domain or
> Free software which can test individual components like CPU, cache, main
> memory, and so on?
>
> If convenient, please reply via e-mail as well as posting.
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Thomas
Download a trial copy of AmiDiag from www.ami.com . That should be enough to
check most of the system and memory. Also you could try Dr.Hardware from
http://www.drhardware.de which does much the same thing
Ken
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From: "Ron Bellomo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Sound cards for RH 7 ??
Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2001 15:15:39 -0600
Anyone have any recommendations for a good PCI sound card for RH 7 ?? I =
am not an audiophile, so I don't need the absolute best card out there, =
just one that is reliable and supported by Red Hat.
Thanks in advance!
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From: "Colin G." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.security
Subject: PHP and passwd change
Date: Mon, 09 Apr 2001 21:25:09 GMT
I've developed a basic web-based POP3 client using PHP and Apache. One of
the features I'd like to implement is to allow a user who is logged into the
system to change their password. This would, of course, be PHP-based and
secure. Anyone have any ideas how I might accomplish this?
--
Colin G.
coling (at) intrive (dot) com
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: HP Omnibook 6000 and Linux
Date: 9 Apr 2001 20:26:42 GMT
Konstantinos Agouros <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi,
> my company just gave me an HP-Omnibook 6000 that I am using with Linux now
> however I have some hardware questionmarks:
> - I have the minipci-lan/modem combination. The Lancard works but I can't seem
> to get the Modem running. lspci calls it a 3com network component. Anybody
> has an idea what I have to configure into a vanilla 2.4.3-Kernel to get this
> up?
> - I have the Ati Rage Mobility running XF4.0.1 is there a way that it can do
> HW-Rendering for 3d?
> - The bios lets me activate an Irda-Device, Linux sees a 2nd Serial device, but
> I can't see the IRDA-LED on the machine anywhere. Is there one (I know this
> is kind of OT)
> - It has a MATISHTA-DVD-Rom. I tried xine-0.4.0-1 with the css-plugin on a
> dvd that work in another machine I have. But all I get is read errors. Is
> there a "do this" I should need to know to get this to work?
> Konstantin
> --
> Dipl-Inf. Konstantin Agouros aka Elwood Blues. Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Otkerstr. 28, 81547 Muenchen, Germany. Tel +49 89 69370185
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> "Captain, this ship will not sustain the forming of the cosmos." B'Elana Torres
The quick and easy answers:
1) The modem is (sigh) a 3Com/USR winmodem. I am in the
process of trying to get a working driver for this device.
Progress is being made, albeit very slowly. I have been
experimenting with some of the setserial parameters under
2.4.3 but it has not gone well; this winmodem is just a
little bit different than an older version that did work
via setserial.
2) The PCI LAN should work with the 3Com 3c59x driver just
fine.
3) Check on the MIT mailing list mentioned below for info
about hw rendering. There's some folks there that have
been playing with it a bit but I'm not sure what progress
they've made.
4) The infrared port is not real obvious; it's the area
underneath the volume switch on the right hand side of the
keyboard.
5) My experience with xine has indicated that you have
to run it with shared memory (the -s parameter) and that
you have to turn down the bits per pixel on the LCD dislay.
By default, the display will do 24bpp but you can't get
enough frames through at that depth; going to 16bpp seems
to work much better.
Drop me a line and I can fill you in on more details, if
you need them.
There is also an excellent site at
http://www.swiss.ait.mit.edu/projects/omnibook with lots
of hints/suggestions and a good mailing list of other 6000
owners.
Hope this helps...
--
Ciao,
al
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Al Stone
Linux Systems Operation
Hewlett-Packard Company
Phone: 970-898-0345
Telnet: 898-0345
Fax: 970-898-3804
E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Hubba Bubba <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.dev.raid
Subject: Re: Best RAID controller for Linux
Date: Mon, 09 Apr 2001 21:30:48 GMT
Both of the below referenced external raid boxes have
*software* raid logic built in, not hardware (no XOR onboard).
On 1 Mar 2001 14:03:14 GMT, Joshua Baker-LePain
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
>> Anyone know of a hardware IDE raid solution that *works*?
>
>Look at the products from Zero-D and Syneraid -- external IDE RAID
>enclosures that talk SCSI to the host.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mike Fleetwood)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: A Linux emulator for Linux, does this exist?
Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2001 22:53:01 +0100
Reply-To: Mike Fleetwood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
On 9 Apr 2001 19:51:14 GMT, Hermann Samso <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
uni-hannover.de> wrote:
> I am searching for a Linux emulator for Linux. Does such
> a beast exist? I think this could be useful for System
> developement, without needing to have more than 1 powerful
> computer for programming and testing.
>
> Saludos,
> SoLo2
The following software packages emulate PC hardware and will allow
Linux to be installed within your virtual PC on Linux:
* VMWare - Commerical
http://www.vmware.com/
* Simics - Commercial
http://www.simics.com/
* Plex86 - Open Source
http://www.plex86.org/
More useful for kernel development is User Mode Linux which allows you
to run a Linux OS (kernel and all required processes) as separate
processes under Linux.
* User Mode Linux - Open Source
http://user-mode-linux.sourceforge.net/
Mike
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From: eirikr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Help needed with LM7.2 /A7V133/ATA100HDD/GeForce2MX
Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2001 18:00:37 -0400
Greeting,
I am trying to build a reliable and stable dual boot system. I plan to run
LM
7.2 (or 8.0b3?) and Win2K Pro, Lotus Domino server /Notes/Designer (for
studying, not a corp server), 3D Studio Max, Flash, Director, Photoshops and
occasional gaming machine. I don=92t want to overclock now but might try it
in
the future. I am trying to eliminate incompatible components as much as
possible. Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated.
After reading some newsgroups and Mandrake forum, including the =93Installing
LM7.2 on an UDMA100 drive and Asus A7V=94
http://www.mandrakeuser.org/docs/hardware/hbits5.html; I am still confused
about the issues surrounding the ATA100 controller and the ASUS A7V
motherboard; I=92d like to verify that the following combination will work
without much problem.
Here=92s the components that I am thinking of getting:
ASUS A7V133 KT133A UDMA/100 Socket A no audio ($139.99)
Duron 800 Mhz ($60.00)
Thermaltake DU0462 Chrome Orb cooling fan ($72.99)
Micron IC Chipset 256MB PC 133 SDRAM CL3 ECC NON-REGISTERED ($100.00)
Quantum Fireball 30GB ATA100 7200RPM Hard Drive ($123.99)
ASUS V7100 32MB Nvidia GeForce2MX Video Card Pure ($92.99)
CREATIVE LABS SOUND BLASTER LIVE! Value ($45.99)
CNET PRO200 10/100 PCI Card Full Duplex NIC ($11.99)
Aopen case with 250W PS ($45.99)
My questions are:
1. Should I install 8.0b3 instead?
2. Does the latest BIOS release make it easier to install ATA100 support for
LM7.2/8.0b3? I searched Asus site and found version 1004 but on the
newsgroup
somebody mentioned a 1005d...
3. What is CL3? What=92s the difference between non-registered and registered
SDRAM? I read that there is no need for registered/buffered modules and ECC
isn't supported on the motherboard. Is there any advantage in buying ECC
modules?
4. What=92s the difference between 32MB and 16MB video card? When will I need
32MB?
Thanks in advance!
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ()
Crossposted-To: linux.dev.raid
Subject: Re: Best RAID controller for Linux
Date: Mon, 09 Apr 2001 22:47:18 GMT
On Mon, 09 Apr 2001 21:30:48 GMT, Hubba Bubba <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Both of the below referenced external raid boxes have
>*software* raid logic built in, not hardware (no XOR onboard).
So? *ALL* raid controllers do it via software. If the CPU isn't burdened w/
handling the raid software then it can be considered a hardware solution.
>
>
>
>On 1 Mar 2001 14:03:14 GMT, Joshua Baker-LePain
><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>>[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>>
>>> Anyone know of a hardware IDE raid solution that *works*?
>>
>>Look at the products from Zero-D and Syneraid -- external IDE RAID
>>enclosures that talk SCSI to the host.
>
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From: alz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: CD Writer for Linux
Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2001 18:59:58 -0400
Charles Stevenson wrote:
> Where do you go to find CD-RWs that will work with Linux? ( Intel
> Pentium II, 233 MHz, Redhat Linux 6.2. , Purpose: system backup &
> recovery, soley. )
>
> The local CompUSA & internet searches show reveal several reasonable
> Windows-compatible choices, but none that I've seen claim that they will
> will work with Linux.
>
An TEAC ide works fine too.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (jmd)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: What module for Linksys Ether 16 ISA nic RH 6.2
Date: Mon, 09 Apr 2001 23:10:05 GMT
i am installing red hat 6.2 and i cannot find a driver that works with
a Linksys Ehter 16 ISA LAN card. any suggestions???
tia
jeff duncan
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Richard D. McRoberts)
Subject: Re: Re-Mounting a DVD-RAM Drive after a Burn
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 9 Apr 2001 19:29:04 -0400
On Mon, 9 Apr 2001 10:40:03 -0700, Randy Meeks
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I was hoping somone could help meout with a problem I am having
>with my DVD-RAM drive. I re-compiled my kernel with the scsi.c
>file and the system is recognizing the drive as writeable media.
>I set up a Filesystem and copy the data that I want on it over.
>The problem that I am having is that once I complete the copy
>and remove the disk I cannot get the drive re-mounted with the
>data entact. In order to get it to mount again I have to re-set
>up the FS and then the data is gone. Any information would be
>helpfull.
Just a wild idea, since you don't give many details. If you
made the filesystem with mke2fs, did you give the "-b 2048"
flag to indicate a blocksize of 2048 bytes per sector?
Does the newly-made filesystem check OK immediately after you've
made it? Do you get any error messages when you mount it the
first time?
Errors can also happen if you have improper SCSI termination
or bad cables. I have had this happen, and it is a REAL pain.
Richard D. McRoberts
Union, WV USA
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.os.linux.misc
From: George Round <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: A Linux emulator for Linux, does this exist?
Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2001 18:34:20 -0500
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> I am searching for a Linux emulator for Linux. Does such
> a beast exist? I think this could be useful for System
> developement, without needing to have more than 1 powerful
> computer for programming and testing.
You are probably looking for User mode LInux:
http://user-mode-linux.sourceforge.net
It uses a file on the host system as its root device. I have used it to
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From: John-Paul Stewart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Help, Using travan 20Gb, stops at 8Gb
Date: Mon, 09 Apr 2001 23:34:34 GMT
[posted and mailed]
"William T. Musil" wrote:
> Hello,
> I have been successfully using a ATAPI Seagate Travan 20Gb. tape unit on
> a RedHat Linux 7.0 system. I am using cpio with /dev/ht0 and /dev/nht0.
> Everything worked fine until the amount of data to be backed up surpassed
> 8Gb. I now get an I/O error. The unit defaults to compression and I am using
> 20Gb. Tapes. Do I need to change settings in my script with mt? Most
> articles I have seen say that these units do work. I wonder if anyone has
> attempted to backup more than 8Gb.
I have no problem with *filling* a 10GB tape on my ATAPI
Seagate. Every full backup I've ever made has been in the
8GB or larger neighbourhood. I haven't had troubles with
any kernel (just about everything from 2.2.12 to 2.4.2) nor
with tar nor BRU. But I don't use compression. So, it's
either a RedHat problem, a cpio problem, or a compression
problem AFAICT. (Long shot: it's timing out. How long do
your backups take and what's the rest of your hardware
like?)
> Thanks in advance. Please reply to my e-mail, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
The rule of the newgroup is: post here, read reply here.
HTH,
J-P Stewart
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Drew Roedersheimer)
Subject: Re: hardware database?
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Mon, 09 Apr 2001 23:39:16 GMT
On Mon, 09 Apr 2001 17:06:25 GMT, Gunnar wrote:
>Hello,
>I have an old graphic card with the model:
>NOKIA 9926572 (it looks like a dual-head ISA card).
>It is not so easy to find information about this card.
>There is nothing at www.nokia.com, very strange....
>
>So does anybody know if there are some big databases over old hardware?
>I have found a german one which contained detailed information about
>harddiscs (I don't have the link right now ).
>
>Sorry if this is too much OT, but I think that there might be other people
>interested in finding these databases.
>
>Thanks,
>Gunnar.
>
I'd try checking out the following links:
http://lhd.zdnet.com/
http://www.linuxhardware.org/
HTH
-DR
--
An invasion of armies can be resisted, but not an idea whose time has come.
-- Victor Hugo
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From: "Randy Meeks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Re-Mounting a DVD-RAM Drive after a Burn
Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2001 16:57:17 -0700
Yes I created the filesystem with the mke2fs command with -b 2048. The
drive mounts error free immediately after creating the filesystem. I copy
data over and then unmount and eject. It is after I put the DVD back in
that I can't get it to mount. I will check on my termination and try
another cable. Hopefully that will do it.
Thanks
"Richard D. McRoberts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> On Mon, 9 Apr 2001 10:40:03 -0700, Randy Meeks
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >I was hoping somone could help meout with a problem I am having
> >with my DVD-RAM drive. I re-compiled my kernel with the scsi.c
> >file and the system is recognizing the drive as writeable media.
> >I set up a Filesystem and copy the data that I want on it over.
> >The problem that I am having is that once I complete the copy
> >and remove the disk I cannot get the drive re-mounted with the
> >data entact. In order to get it to mount again I have to re-set
> >up the FS and then the data is gone. Any information would be
> >helpfull.
>
> Just a wild idea, since you don't give many details. If you
> made the filesystem with mke2fs, did you give the "-b 2048"
> flag to indicate a blocksize of 2048 bytes per sector?
>
> Does the newly-made filesystem check OK immediately after you've
> made it? Do you get any error messages when you mount it the
> first time?
>
> Errors can also happen if you have improper SCSI termination
> or bad cables. I have had this happen, and it is a REAL pain.
>
> Richard D. McRoberts
> Union, WV USA
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
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From: Alex Leung <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Redhat 7.0 and intel i810 video
Date: Mon, 09 Apr 2001 17:18:58 -0700
Hello,
I just setup Redhat 7.0 with the default driver for the intel i810
video adapter (i.e. the one that it found in Xconfigurator). However,
the picture just isn't that clear/sharp. Is there a better driver out
there for RH7.0 and the adapter?
Thanks in advance,
Alex
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From: Jim Witte <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: CDRW IEEE 1394 Command Spec
Date: 10 Apr 2001 00:20:21 GMT
Hello,
This isn't a Linux question per se, but relates to I relates to driver
issues and such: I am considering (long term) writing some software to
use a LaCie CDRW mechanism, but can't find a spec sheet of the Firewire
command set (LaCie ignored an email, or I lost the reply). Does anyone
here have any idea where I might find one?
Thanks,
Jim Witte
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rinaldi J. Montessi)
Subject: Re: Promise ata100
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2001 00:51:41 GMT
I probably should have mentioned that but I've decided to stay away from 2.4
until around .10
Bryan Siemon wrote:
> Or, you can just grab the newest 2.4.3 source, it has native support for the
> Ultra ATA 100.
>
> Bryan
>
> "Rinaldi J. Montessi" wrote:
>
>> mryucky wrote:
>>
>> > Someone please tell me that there is a driver for the promise ata100
>> > harddrive controller......
>>
>> Ok. There is. Requires a kernel patch for 2.2xx and below kernel. Go to
>> your favorite kernel ftp source and see /people/hedrick. The last patch I'm
>> aware of is the Dec 21 patch and it's been working quite well here.
>>
>> Rinaldi
>> --
>> We all know Linux is great...it does infinite loops in 5 seconds.
>> --Linus Torvalds
>
Rinaldi
--
We all know Linux is great...it does infinite loops in 5 seconds.
--Linus Torvalds
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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: Tue, 10 Apr 2001 00:39:12 GMT
On Mon, 9 Apr 2001 04:02:08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jonadab the
Unsightly One) wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Keith R. Williams) wrote:
>
> > My bet is that you're "seeing" the effects of the low
> > refresh rate too. I'm not happy with white backgrounds
> > either, but tt seems to be the norm. White backgrounds
> > exacerbate any sensitivity you have to refresh rate.
>
> My PC at home runs at 75 Hz (just checked), and I
> keep the colours there set to something like wheat
> on dark slate grey precisely because I can't handle
> the blinding white. At work, where nearly all the
> monitors use 60Hz (several of them are using 256 or
> even 16 colours for lack of a good graphics card),
> the blinding white isn't any worse. If anything,
> I don't mind it so bad because I don't have to
> look at it for more than a couple of minutes at
> a time; whereas, my PC at home I sit in front of
> for eight hours a day or more (although I get up
> and wander around briefly from time to time, get
> a snack or whatever).
If you are that used to looking at crappy monitors, set up
as badly as they can be and like it, I guess I seet our
disjoint. I demand a perfect monitor if I'm going to stare
at it for 8-12 hours a day. I also have far more
infomration to take in than will fit on a puny 800x600
monitor. I'm paid to be productive. I use the tools that
make me so and the boss will pay, one way or another.
> As far as white backgrounds being the norm, I only
> tollerate them at work where I'm supposed to leave
> the settings that way for other peoples' benefit.
> At home, there are no blinding white backgrounds.
> Everything is set to use dark backgrounds and
> lighter foregrounds. (Yes, that means websites
> don't get the colours they ask for. They don't
> generally get to run Java and Javascript on my
> PC either. I do usually accept cookies, though.)
..too much trouble to adjust every blasted screen to my
likes. I'll simply use better hardware. I am a hardware
type, after all. ;-)
----
Keith
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Subject: Re: CD Writer for Linux
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 10 Apr 2001 01:02:39 GMT
On Mon, 09 Apr 2001 16:13:20 GMT, Charles Stevenson staggered into the
Black Sun and said:
>Where do you go to find CD-RWs that will work with Linux? ( Intel
>Pentium II, 233 MHz, Redhat Linux 6.2. , Purpose: system backup &
>recovery, soley. )
>
>The local CompUSA & internet searches show reveal several reasonable
>Windows-compatible choices, but none that I've seen claim that they will
>will work with Linux.
Lots of drives will Just Work. All SCSI drives should work, as other
posters have said, and even cheap IDE devices seem to go well. I'm
currently using a cheap Cendyne 6/4/24 model, $99 at CompUselessSA 6
months ago. Nary a hiccup except for the times I tried to use really
cheap blanks that had been left out in the sun for 6 days.
I'd stay away from Sony models unless you know from personal testimony
or the cdrecord website that the exact model you're looking at works.
Also avoid the IomegaZipCD. Parport models are too bloody slow, and
from what I've seen, USB models are coaster factories even under
"approved" OSes. Just MHO, HTH.
--
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!
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Subject: Re: Sound cards for RH 7 ??
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 10 Apr 2001 01:02:43 GMT
On Mon, 9 Apr 2001 15:15:39 -0600, Ron Bellomo staggered into the Black
Sun and said:
>Anyone have any recommendations for a good PCI sound card for RH 7 ?? I
>am not an audiophile, so I don't need the absolute best card out there,
>just one that is reliable and supported by Red Hat.
ITYM "Linux". RedHat != Linux ; Linux != RedHat. Anyway, the card I've
been advising people to get is the Ensoniq AudioPCI, otherwise known as
the Soundblaster128-PCI, and probably several other names besides. This
uses an ES1371 chipset and is pretty cheap ($30 or so). Its main
problem is that it doesn't have hardware MIDI. The SoundBlaster Live
may also be a good choice, though that's more expensive and the emu10k
drivers, while they work for most people, are not quite as mature as the
es1371 drivers. HTH,
--
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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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Can't boot off CD (SuSE 7.0)
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 10 Apr 2001 01:02:41 GMT
On 9 Apr 2001 08:38:16 GMT, Nick Condon staggered into the Black Sun and
said:
>Technically, I *can* boot off the CD but after 30 seconds of start up
>messages, I think it tries to start X and my display just goes blank.
>Then the monitor starts flashing up an "out of frequency" error. All
>the disks keep ticking over and the keyboard is still responding to
>numlock, capslock, etc. I haven't been asked for any parameters at this
>point.
>
>It's all new hardware; a KT7A motherboard, a Matrox G450 graphics card.
>Any ideas anyone?
I thought there weren't any problems with G450s... guess not. You can
probably do the install in text mode (enter "yast1" or "text" at the
LILO: prompt; I forget which) and you may need to use xf86config instead
of SaX to do the X configuration. You might have better luck with the X
4.0.0 on SuSE's CDs than the old standby 3.3.6, or then again, maybe
not. It would be a good idea to check c.o.l.hardware for "G450" at
http://groups.google.com/ just to see if the userbase has run into a
similar problem in the past....
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ()
Subject: ide cdrw kills my system
Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2001 01:06:18 GMT
I'm getting tempted into returning my IDE plextor 12/10/32 cdwriter to my
windoze machine just so that it'll have a decidated processor.
It runs faster on my linux box, but *kills* it. Opening a window normally takes
about 1/5th of a second; with the reader running, the same operation takes the
better part of a minute.
AFAIK, I have dma enabled. My "rip" script has:
sudo hdparm -c1 -d1 -X34 /dev/hdc
sudo cdda2wav -D1,0,0 -B
I hate not being able to use my computer while copying CDs. What is the better
choice?
1) trade if for a scsi version (I have ultra-2 scsi for my drives)
2) shove it back into the windoze box.
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From: Brian P.D. Smyth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: IRQ modem problem: pci PnP (not winmodem)
Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2001 20:07:40 -0500
noasdf wrote:
> I bought a PCI modem (US Robotics 56K) that advertises itself as working
> with kernel 2.3 (NOT a winmodem). I upgraded my kernel to 2.4.2 (and
> pppd, etc). My problem is that minicom can dial correctly and I can see
> the header/login stuff from the ISP, but I am only getting small pakets
> of data VERY slowly (classical IRQ conflict) and I can't get to the
> point where I am prompted for a password.
>
> Both the modem and the USB controller are set for IRQ 11 (no other
> devices are according to "lspci -v", /proc/interrupts and /proc/pci.
> I've tried changing the setserial command in /etc/rc.d./rc.local to set
> the modem IRQ to 10 (not being used), but when I reboot, lspci -v
> reports that the modem IRQ is still 11 and I still can't log in.
> Windows98 has both devices set to IRQ 11 and it has no problem
> connecting to the same ISP. My BIOS has a very simple interface and
> doesn't seem to allow me to change the "OS is PnP capable" command.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Brian Rater
> Milford, NH
>
Hi,
I think I have the same modem as you, a USR 3CP5699a. I am running
LinuxMandrake 7.2 (kernel 2.2.17) and W98. I used the setserial command
"setserial /dev/ttyS2 irq 9 port 0xbc00 ^fourport ^auto_irq skip_test
autoconfig spd_vhi" in "/etc/rc.d./rc.local". IRQ 9 and port 0xbc00 are
the settings that W98 uses. In Kppp i have modem set to "ttyS2", not
"/dev/modem" and everything works fine. Linux thinks the modem is a USR
5610 but that doesn't seem to matter. My bios does allow me to turn off
"PNP in OS" though. I hope this helps. Good Luck.
Regards,
Brian
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