Linux-Hardware Digest #634, Volume #14 Mon, 16 Apr 01 19:13:05 EDT
Contents:
Re: Microsoft gets hard ("David Ehrens")
Re: Buying a Dell Laptop, compatability feedback please (Serban-Mihai Popescu)
cd writer (Mr Aydin Taran)
monitors ("Brad Camroux")
Does Linux support serial printer? (Afonso Sam)
Re: Problem configuring HP Deskjet 820 Cxi (Joel Comeaux)
DDR SDRAM motherboards (Joel Comeaux)
Re: Buying a Dell Laptop, compatability feedback please (Harold Stevens
US.972.952.3293)
Compaq laptops? (Adam Byron Smith)
Re: monitors (Tony Curtis)
Re: Experience with KVM switches? ("Brett I. Holcomb")
Red Hat 7.1 (kernel 2.4.2) w/ VIA chipset (Ian Pilcher)
Re: laptop video card encrypts alternate letters ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
can Jaz 2MB cartridges be used in a 1MB drive ? (Courtney Thomas)
Re: Compaq laptops? (Alex Yung)
Re: laptop video card encrypts alternate letters ("Peter T. Breuer")
ESS 1869 chipset (Alex Ramos)
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From: "David Ehrens" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.arch,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy,comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy
Subject: Re: Microsoft gets hard
Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2001 19:23:50 GMT
"JS PL" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
...
> That looks pretty proportional to their claim of 32,000 worldwide!
Microsoft partners include companies who have several MS-certified
(MCSE, MCP, MSD) employees on staff, or who at one point were interested
in riding the Microsoft wave. I am one of the many former "paper"
partners that MS had at one point. The advantages to these programs were
minimal, aside from the legitimacy that certification confers on
individual technicians. For instance, we had to pay distributor prices
5-10x higher than Compaq, Dell, and Gateway for product, were
continually beat up by educational "partners" who were selling product
illegally at academic discount prices, and as a company outside an urban
hub, were routinely passed over (in referrals) in favor of preferred
partners in major cities, in some cases in other states. It was a big
disappointment. I know others who bailed out of various MS programs.
I don't care if Microsoft can prove they have 500,000,000 partners.
Their allegiances lie with companies in their size and weight class, not
small consulting or integration outfits.
David Ehrens
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From: Serban-Mihai Popescu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.dev.laptop
Subject: Re: Buying a Dell Laptop, compatability feedback please
Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2001 19:37:06 GMT
The BIOS of the Latitude PII/366 I have boots happily from CD. I
installed a RH 5.2 this way.
The only issues I had with it were the X11 video support (nicely fixed
by upgrading to XFree 4.0) and the crappy sound the Neomagic chipset has
(mostly fixed by a kernel patch).
Serban
"Harold Stevens US.972.952.3293" wrote:
>
> In <9455d0$n5a$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>
> >Can anyone tell me with great certainty if I can get all my hardware
> >configured under a major distrubution (I prefer SuSe)?
>
> Sorry I cannot help you with this, but I have a question that you, or
> others, may be able to answer about SuSE and Dell Latitudes.
>
> [Snip...]
>
> >I had a very similar one (Latitude CPia) and all worked reasonably well.
>
> [Snip...]
>
> This is good to hear. The Latitudes seem to get high marks generally.
>
> I'm considering SuSE 7.1 on a Dell Latitude CPi A366XT. Since this is
> a configuration with a single removable bay for either a CD or floppy
> (but obviously not both simultaneously) I must consider how to get it
> to boot up the SuSE install. Maybe boot the install diskette, then do
> hotswap of floppy for the CD to continue the install (?). Or try SuSE
> boot from install CD option, if this Latitude BIOS permits (?).
>
> Any suggestions about this install configuration appreciated.
>
> --
>
> Regards, Weird (Harold Stevens) * IMPORTANT EMAIL INFO FOLLOWS *
> Pardon the bogus email domain (dseg etc.) in place for spambots.
> Really it's (wyrd) at raytheon, dotted with com. DO NOT SPAM IT.
> Standard Disclaimer: These are my opinions not Raytheon Company.
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From: Mr Aydin Taran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: cd writer
Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2001 22:38:02 +0300
I have a hp cdwriter 9310 it is recognized by linux easly during
boot.but,I have to install scsi emulation for atapi support in order to
use cd burning program.anyone can help how to add scsi emulation in
kernel so that I can use cd burning program.
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From: "Brad Camroux" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: monitors
Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2001 13:03:10 -0600
Reply-To: "Brad Camroux" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Hello.
I'm new to this group, and to Linux in general. But I am wondering how I
can change my monitor display settings from within the root account (or any
account for that matter). I have an ASTVision 5L monitor, but it wasn't
listed in the installation and setup, so I chose the generic monitor.
Unfortunately all I have now is 640x480 resolution, which is way too low.
How can I fix this without running the installation again?
Thank you.
Brad Camroux
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From: Afonso Sam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Does Linux support serial printer?
Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2001 03:52:32 +0800
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Does Linux suport serial printer, It is Star SP342F. It is a dot-matrix
microprinter for POS.
Afonso Sam
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From: Joel Comeaux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Problem configuring HP Deskjet 820 Cxi
Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2001 15:22:58 -0500
Yeah, there's plenty of documentation on getting it running. Ghostscript supports
it pretty well (no color support the last time I checked). I got mine running two
years ago....painful then, but support has improved.
Joel Comeaux
Benjamin Gufler wrote:
> Hi 2 all!
>
> Does someone know how to configure a HP DeskJet 820 Cxi printer on RedHat 6.2?
> I'm trying for 2 months now, but I didn't reach to.
>
> Thx, Benj
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From: Joel Comeaux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: DDR SDRAM motherboards
Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2001 15:28:27 -0500
I'm looking into building a new linux box. I'd like to use one of the
newer Athon/Duron motherboards that support DDR SDRAM. Does anybody
have experience with these? I looked all through the Linux hardward
database(s) (as many as I could find), and it seems that there's not a
whole lot of info out there yet about these.
Thanks,
Joel Comeaux
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Harold Stevens US.972.952.3293)
Crossposted-To: linux.dev.laptop
Subject: Re: Buying a Dell Laptop, compatability feedback please
Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2001 20:43:36 GMT
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Serban-Mihai Popescu:
>The BIOS of the Latitude PII/366 I have boots happily from CD. I
>installed a RH 5.2 this way.
Thanks for this insight and it is a great relief. Especially before I go put
down several hundred US$ for a trip to a destination I can't get to. :)
FWIW, this is the first option in the SuSE 7.1 "Quick Install" roadmap. What
a long way from struggling with Slackware in 1997 just trying to recognize a
CD drive from a boot floppy. :)
>The only issues I had with it were the X11 video support (nicely fixed
>by upgrading to XFree 4.0)
4.0.2 comes with SuSE 7.1, so I think I'm ahead of it at least on that.
> and the crappy sound the Neomagic chipset has
>(mostly fixed by a kernel patch).
SuSE 7.1 allows booting 2.2.18 or 2.4.0, so we'll see how that flies. It is
not a showstopper to me, like not being able to bootup the install. :)
Thanks again for your help.
--
Regards, Weird (Harold Stevens) * IMPORTANT EMAIL INFO FOLLOWS *
Pardon the bogus email domain (dseg etc.) in place for spambots.
Really it's (wyrd) at raytheon, dotted with com. DO NOT SPAM IT.
Standard Disclaimer: These are my opinions not Raytheon Company.
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From: Adam Byron Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Compaq laptops?
Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2001 20:55:55 +0000 (UTC)
Hello all,
I was considering buy a second hand laptop. It's a compaq lte elite 4/75.
I was looking around on compaq.com for some tech. specs but I can't find
any. I was wondering if someone out there could tell me if it is alot of
trouble to get Linux running on it. I've heard mixed things about laptops.
Thanks
Adam
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From: Tony Curtis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: monitors
Date: 16 Apr 2001 16:13:00 -0500
>> On Mon, 16 Apr 2001 13:03:10 -0600,
>> "Brad Camroux" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
> Hello. I'm new to this group, and to Linux in general.
> But I am wondering how I can change my monitor display
> settings from within the root account (or any account
> for that matter). I have an ASTVision 5L monitor, but
> it wasn't listed in the installation and setup, so I
> chose the generic monitor. Unfortunately all I have now
> is 640x480 resolution, which is way too low. How can I
> fix this without running the installation again?
You need to find out the timings for the momintor and then
enter them when you configure X. The "generic" config
program is xf86config but some distributions provide their
own ones (e.g. RH / Xconfigurator).
As for the monitor, have a look here:
http://www.monitorworld.com/
...and you're in luck!
This will let you know what the horiz. and vert. timings
are so you can enter them when prompted.
hth
t
--
Just reach into these holes. I use a carrot.
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From: "Brett I. Holcomb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Experience with KVM switches?
Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2001 16:11:01 -0500
BetrOffDed might check www.blackbox.com as their servswitchs allow for many
types of systems. The multi series hands Sun, Mac, etc. and allows keyboard
remapping.
--
Brett I. Holcomb
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Microsoft MVP
AKA Grunt<><
"Jonadab the Unsightly One" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> "BetrOffDed" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Unfortunately, I have no idea what an ADB keyboard is, so I'm no help
> > there.
>
> ADB is a type of DIN connection, similar to PS/2 on first glance,
> but the pins are not in the same places. Mac keyboards and mice
> use them.
>
> Even assuming you can get a switchbox that can do the physical
> conversion between ADB and PS/2 (which you definitely want to
> check rather than taking for granted), keymap issues might arise
> if you want to use the same keyboard between Mac and PC systems.
> The letters are all in the same place, but there may be issues
> with things like backspace, del, delete, ctrl, alt/meta, option,
> command (clover), win/meta/alt, pgup, pgdn, prtsc, break, and
> so on. Could be weird. Not to mention numlock if you use that.
> Something to think about before you jump in with both feet.
> Even if it "works", you could have some strange "which key do
> I use for that again?" situations.
>
> Do Mac and PC monitors receive the same signals?
>
> - jonadab
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From: Ian Pilcher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Red Hat 7.1 (kernel 2.4.2) w/ VIA chipset
Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2001 21:18:24 GMT
Quite a bit has been written lately about problems with VIA chipsets,
and I'm trying to figure out if upgrading to Red Hat 7.1, with kernel
2.4.2 is going to cause me problems. Try as I might, I can't figure out
exactly which VIA chips are having problems.
Here is my configuration, which is running quite happily with Red Hat
7.0 (kernel 2.2.17):
/dev/hda:
Model=WDC WD300AB-00BPA1, FwRev=18.20D18, SerialNo=WD-WMA6W1562394
Config={ HardSect NotMFM HdSw>15uSec SpinMotCtl Fixed DTR>5Mbs
FmtGapReq }
RawCHS=16383/16/63, TrkSize=57600, SectSize=600, ECCbytes=40
BuffType=DualPortCache, BuffSize=2048kB, MaxMultSect=16, MultSect=16
CurCHS=16383/16/63, CurSects=-66060037, LBA=yes, LBAsects=58633344
IORDY=on/off, tPIO={min:120,w/IORDY:120}, tDMA={min:120,rec:120}
PIO modes: pio0 pio1 pio2 pio3 pio4
DMA modes: mdma0 mdma1 mdma2 udma0 udma1 udma2 udma3 *udma4 udma5
multcount = 16 (on)
I/O support = 1 (32-bit)
unmaskirq = 1 (on)
using_dma = 1 (on)
keepsettings = 1 (on)
nowerr = 0 (off)
readonly = 0 (off)
readahead = 8 (on)
geometry = 3649/255/63, sectors = 58633344, start = 0
/dev/hdc:
Model=Maxtor 90845D4, FwRev=GAS54112, SerialNo=A408XDSC
Config={ Fixed }
RawCHS=16383/16/63, TrkSize=0, SectSize=0, ECCbytes=29
BuffType=DualPortCache, BuffSize=256kB, MaxMultSect=16, MultSect=16
CurCHS=16383/16/63, CurSects=-66060037, LBA=yes, LBAsects=16514064
IORDY=on/off, tPIO={min:120,w/IORDY:120}, tDMA={min:120,rec:120}
PIO modes: pio0 pio1 pio2 pio3 pio4
DMA modes: mdma0 mdma1 mdma2 udma0 udma1 *udma2
multcount = 16 (on)
I/O support = 1 (32-bit)
unmaskirq = 1 (on)
using_dma = 1 (on)
keepsettings = 1 (on)
nowerr = 0 (off)
readonly = 0 (off)
readahead = 8 (on)
geometry = 1027/255/63, sectors = 16514064, start = 0
PCI devices found:
Bus 0, device 0, function 0:
Host bridge: VIA Technologies Unknown device (rev 196).
Vendor id=1106. Device id=691.
Medium devsel. Master Capable. No bursts.
Prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xd0000000 [0xd0000008].
Bus 0, device 1, function 0:
PCI bridge: VIA Technologies VT 82C598 Apollo MVP3 AGP (rev 0).
Medium devsel. Master Capable. No bursts. Min Gnt=12.
Bus 0, device 7, function 0:
ISA bridge: VIA Technologies VT 82C596 Apollo Pro (rev 35).
Medium devsel. Master Capable. No bursts.
Bus 0, device 7, function 1:
IDE interface: VIA Technologies VT 82C586 Apollo IDE (rev 16).
Medium devsel. Fast back-to-back capable. Master Capable.
Latency=32.
I/O at 0xe000 [0xe001].
Bus 0, device 7, function 2:
USB Controller: VIA Technologies VT 82C586 Apollo USB (rev 17).
Medium devsel. IRQ 10. Master Capable. Latency=32.
I/O at 0xe400 [0xe401].
Bus 0, device 7, function 3:
Host bridge: VIA Technologies Unknown device (rev 48).
Vendor id=1106. Device id=3050.
Medium devsel. Fast back-to-back capable.
Bus 0, device 17, function 0:
Ethernet controller: Realtek 8029 (rev 0).
Medium devsel. IRQ 9.
I/O at 0xe800 [0xe801].
Bus 1, device 0, function 0:
VGA compatible controller: Matrox Matrox G200 AGP (rev 1).
Medium devsel. Fast back-to-back capable. IRQ 11. Master
Capable. Latency=32. Min Gnt=16.Max Lat=32.
Prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xd8000000 [0xd8000008].
Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xd4000000 [0xd4000000].
Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xd5000000 [0xd5000000].
(BTW, this is a Tyan S1854 (Trinity 400) motherboard.)
If anyone has any thoughts on whether I'm likely to get bitten, I'd sure
like to hear them.
Thanks!
--
========================================================================
Ian Pilcher [EMAIL PROTECTED]
========================================================================
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: laptop video card encrypts alternate letters
Date: 16 Apr 2001 21:39:17 GMT
Thanks for your thoughts, Lew:
This is running in a laptop, so swapping out the video card is not exactly
trivial. My thought with the driver was, since this problem is regular and
predictable, to add +32 to every other character. Thus a non-damaged video
card would print out "L\NeX" when I typed "LINUX", but this card would
correctly display "LINUX". Maybe it's too much work. I'll look into dumping
the thing or maybe fixing the bum chip.
Thanks again,
/m
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Lew Pitcher
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>On 16 Apr 2001 17:14:33 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
>>Hi:
>>
>>My Compaq Armada laptop has developed a strange bug in its video card:
every
>>other letter in text mode is 32 characters lower in the ASCII order. For
>>example, the text "LINUX" reads as ",I.U8" or "L)N5X"
>>(depending on whether I
>>start at position 0 or 1).
>>
>>Numbers do not get shifted, nor does the space key.
>>
>>The same behavior is exhibited when I plug into an external monitor.
>>
>>It's extremely weird behavior.
>>
>>My questions: 1) does this sound like something that can be fixed (short of
>>surface-mounting a new video chip, which I'm not really comfortable doing),
>>or 2) can someone help me hack up a console-mode video driver to decode the
>>text for me?
>
>Well, from the looks of things, you've got a bad video memory chip.
>You're getting two-bit errors, on bit's 6 and 5 of every other byte.
>I'd guess that your video memory is implemented in 16bit chips, and
>the error is occurring on every video word.
>
>Here's what I see:
>
> Good values Bad values
> 'L' = 0x4C (01001100) ',' = 0x2C (00101100)
> 'U' = 0x55 (01010101) '5' = 0x35 (00110101)
> == ==
>Notice the flipflop of the two bits (at 2^6 and 2^5)
>
>I doubt that a new video driver will do much good. It looks like your
>videocard is in trouble.
>
>
>Lew Pitcher, Information Technology Consultant, Toronto Dominion Bank
Financial Group
>([EMAIL PROTECTED])
>
>(Opinions expressed are my own, not my employer's.)
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From: Courtney Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: can Jaz 2MB cartridges be used in a 1MB drive ?
Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2001 22:14:06 GMT
Greetings !
The subject says it all.
[Direct replies suit me if they suit you, but any contribution is
appreciated.]
Thanks,
Courtney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
--
"If non-quantifiable...opinion, else possibly opinion."
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Alex Yung)
Subject: Re: Compaq laptops?
Date: 16 Apr 2001 22:22:33 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Someone got Linux running on such hardware:
http://www.linux-laptop.net/
Adam Byron Smith ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
: Hello all,
: I was considering buy a second hand laptop. It's a compaq lte elite 4/75.
: I was looking around on compaq.com for some tech. specs but I can't find
: any. I was wondering if someone out there could tell me if it is alot of
: trouble to get Linux running on it. I've heard mixed things about laptops.
: Thanks
: Adam
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From: "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: laptop video card encrypts alternate letters
Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2001 00:39:08 +0200
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Lew Pitcher
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>>On 16 Apr 2001 17:14:33 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>>>My Compaq Armada laptop has developed a strange bug in its video card: every
>>>other letter in text mode is 32 characters lower in the ASCII order. For
>>>example, the text "LINUX" reads as ",I.U8" or "L)N5X"
>>>(depending on whether I start at position 0 or 1).
>>Well, from the looks of things, you've got a bad video memory chip.
>>You're getting two-bit errors, on bit's 6 and 5 of every other byte.
>>I'd guess that your video memory is implemented in 16bit chips, and
>>the error is occurring on every video word.
>>
>>Here's what I see:
>>
>> Good values Bad values
>> 'L' = 0x4C (01001100) ',' = 0x2C (00101100)
>> 'U' = 0x55 (01010101) '5' = 0x35 (00110101)
>> == ==
>>Notice the flipflop of the two bits (at 2^6 and 2^5)
>>
>>I doubt that a new video driver will do much good. It looks like your
>>videocard is in trouble.
Interesting raster error. He needs to experiment to see if sending a
',' results in an 'L'! One needs to know if the bits are flipped or
shifted. I'd guess that they are shifted and or'ed.
> trivial. My thought with the driver was, since this problem is regular and
> predictable, to add +32 to every other character. Thus a non-damaged video
Prove that that's the change required! If it were so, it might just about be
feasible. But I sincerely doubt that that's the pattern, and if it is,
all bets are off anyway, since the thing's not working like it ought!
Peter
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From: Alex Ramos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: ESS 1869 chipset
Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2001 18:48:19 -0400
Currently, I have this set up compiled in the kernel (2.2.19), using the
soundblaster driver. One problem...I can't run 16-bit sound on this. Can I
use
ALSA to enable 16-bit sound, or should I get the 4front drivers and save
myself the trouble?
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