Linux-Hardware Digest #696, Volume #14 Fri, 27 Apr 01 19:13:06 EDT
Contents:
Re: TNT2 on Mandrake7.2? ("A.C. 'Static' Stadt")
Re: Webcam ("Peter")
Re: help with sound!!! ("A.C. 'Static' Stadt")
Re: Vorrei anche.. ("A.C. 'Static' Stadt")
Re: Ultra160 (Piet)
Re: aggiornamento hardware ("A.C. 'Static' Stadt")
Re: general noise (Piet)
Re: general noise (Piet)
Re: Modems HELP ("A.C. 'Static' Stadt")
Re: Ultra160 (Michael Meissner)
Re: how to install modem gvc 5634bts vidoeo ready ("Anti Dep")
Re: Geforce2mx dying on logout from X ("Gerard H. Pille")
Re: GeForce2MX on i810 MB - howto enable AGP and bypass i810? ("Gerard H. Pille")
Hot-swapping IDE drives (Mitch Foxworth)
Re: Manual SCSI Drive spindown ("Ron Reaugh")
Re: Follow-up: Creative Ensoniq AudioPCI (Leonid A. Broukhis)
Re: Hot-swapping IDE drives (Mitch Foxworth)
Re: SMP, RH7.1 and Intel -- Can't they all just get along? [Update = what I know so
far] (Jeff)
Re: help with sound!!! (Gregory Davis)
Re: Promise Ultra66/100 card and Maxtor drives ("Michael Faurot")
Re: Hot-swapping IDE drives (Nils Holland)
Poor screen quality (Peter B. Ensch)
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From: "A.C. 'Static' Stadt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: TNT2 on Mandrake7.2?
Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2001 19:14:17 GMT
Andy Walker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I'm having trouble getting 3D acceleration working on Mandrake7.2.
> When I initially installed it, my NVidiaTNT2 card was automatically
detected
> with an option to run with 3D acceleration. I chose not to and now to my
> dismay cannot enable it.
> Harddrake doesn't give the option to use acceleration at all anymore
wether
> from a complete re-install, upgrade or re-configure and it's driving me up
> the wall.
> I can get it to work using expert mode as it asks which X version I wish
to
> use, but as I'm no expert I don't know what options or packages to select.
> Can anyone tell me how I can get it to work (easily) either from a new
> install or upgrade and if not what upgrade would be necessary to get it
> going.
> Thanks for any help.
>
Check www.nvidia.com, under linux drivers. My suggestion would be to do
a normal installation, and then follow the instructions on the website for
installing the nvidia supplied drivers. While I personnally would prefer an
open source driver to the NVidia binaries, I also can't argue with the huge
performance increase I get.
St.
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From: "Peter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Webcam
Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2001 19:07:11 GMT
In article <9cc188$m27$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Georg
Acher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> "Peter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> |> How do I use my webcam?
> |>
> |> I found a driver for my logitech quickcam express usb, and it seems
> to |> detect the camera fine, I've also compiled my kernel with
> Video4Linux, |> and created the /dev/video[n] devices using MAKEDEV. |>
> But then what?
> |> I downloaded and compiled xawtv, but the "webcam" program therein
> says: |>
> |> v4l: oops: got sigalarm
> |> ioctl: VIDIOCSYNC(0): Interrupted system call |> can't set capture
> format
> |>
> |> What simple thing/kernel option/program did I miss?
>
> Try usb-uhci instead of uhci
>
That solved my problem, thanks!
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From: "A.C. 'Static' Stadt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: help with sound!!!
Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2001 19:17:13 GMT
Gregory Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:9c7gvs$rtk$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Mike Buckley wrote:
>
[snip]
>
> Onboard stuff is evil. RedHat is funny. SuSE is much better at
> recognizing hardware.
>
> Greg
Now now Greg, this is comp.os.linux.hardware, not
comp.os.linux.advocacy. I've seen enough wars about which
OS is best, I'd rather not get into a which linux distro is best.
St.
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From: "A.C. 'Static' Stadt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Vorrei anche..
Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2001 19:19:19 GMT
Not that I can ready italiano, but wouldn't that be under
it.comp.os.linx.*
St.
giantolin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:9c6t6o$2jp$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Vorrei anche sapere l'indirizzo di qualche newgroup dedicato a Linux in
> italiano
>
>
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From: Piet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Ultra160
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2001 19:26:17 GMT
Okay
Thanks all responders for great help, I now have much more insight in the
issue.
I understand that scsi2 should be sufficient for 2 drives as well. I'll
have one drive for operating systems and one for data.
I also understand that IDE is becoming faster too, and isn't ruled out as
an option yet. I'll consider scsi2 and ide udma/100, and let the price
decide.
Thanks, have a nice day, and maybe see you again one day
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From: "A.C. 'Static' Stadt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: aggiornamento hardware
Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2001 19:33:33 GMT
giantolin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:9c6sg7$dvm$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Salve a tutti � la prima volta che partecipo, vi prego di perdonare
> eventuali errori ed eventualmente di darmi dei consigli.
> Vengo al punto, voglio modificare il mio PC sostituendo scheda madre e
> processore.
> La SM deve supportare il protocollo ATA 100 e processori AMD duron e
Athlon
> T.
> Per gli altri componenti al momento mi devo accontentare di quelli che gi�
> possiedo e che, a parte il masterizzatore Yamha CRW2100E Series, � un p�
> datato.
> Va da s� che essendo schede audio, video, 3D Wodoo2 tutte PCI le potr�
> inserire solo se avr� slot sufficienti.
> Ho due HD, il primo HD � gi� ATA100 il secondo e vecchiotto, viaggia su di
> un PC con processore 166MMX.
> Tutto questo lo voglio gestire con Linux Suse 7.1 gi� in mio possesso.
> Vorrei sapere se avete qualche consiglio da darmi riguardo la SM, marche e
> modelli, e a tutto quello che ritenete utile.
Giantolin, you should probably post this to news://it.comp.os.linux.iniziare
, or
hope that someone with a better grasp of italiano reads this me. As far as
the
hardware you have listed goes, you sholdn't have any troubles with Suse 7.1,
though you might need to use Xfree86 3.3.6 (rather then 4.0.x), and I don't
know
if thats an option. I'm completely lost on that last sentence, though for
all I know,
you're completely lost trying to read my response.
Is there a translation service available on the web? One that actually
works?
St.
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From: Piet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: general noise
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2001 19:38:54 GMT
Eric P. McCoy wrote:
> Piet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
>> I have a small other question. I currently have a p-III @ 550Mhz,
>> and this thing is really _incredibly_ noisy :( I have to shut it
>> down when I go to bed, where I would rather just leave it on all the
>> time. Do recent machines still have this major disadvantage?
>
> I have dual P3-450s in a rackmount case with 3 fans (counting P/S).
> In addition to dual PPro-200s in a regular case with 2 fans (ditto).
> They don't bother me in the slightest.
>
> Actually, believe it or not, I have trouble sleeping if they're off.
> It's like the everpresent hum on the Enterprise: you don't notice it
> after a while, except when it's gone.
I can see your point, but I dislike the noise, even when I'm working with
the computer.
> I'd suggest, like everyone else is, that you look for quieter fans,
> but I don't think it's worth the hassle. Spend a couple of sleepless
> nights with your computer and you'll get used to it fast enough.
It's worth the hassle to me, as long as it isn't too expensive.
Thanks for the input.
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From: Piet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: general noise
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2001 19:41:27 GMT
Hal Burgiss wrote:
> On Fri, 27 Apr 2001 00:00:02 GMT, Piet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>>I currently have a p-III @ 550Mhz, and this thing is really
>>_incredibly_ noisy :( I have to shut it down when I go to bed, where I
>>would rather just leave it on all the time. Do recent machines still
>>have this major disadvantage?
>
> 90% of noise is fans. You can buy quieter power supplies and other fans.
> A little more money ...
Great! Good to know what to ask for, when you're in the store. I'll go
for the quieter stuff, as long as "little more money" really is little more
money and affordable.
Thanks a bunch
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From: "A.C. 'Static' Stadt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Modems HELP
Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2001 19:43:14 GMT
Daniel Moody <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:3ae68dd2$0$25505$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I have a Netcomm Mega-i-modem 56 (external, Serial on COM1 or in linux
terms
> dev/ttyS0)
>
> i boought this modem cause i had a winmodem and i wanted to use Linux and
> now i have this modem i till cant use net.
>
> when i try to connect it says Sorry cant find modem (or something like
that)
>
> Im using Mandrake 7.2
>
> Please help
First of, what can't find your modem?
Have you checked to make sure that /dev/modem is a symlink that actually
points to /dev/ttyS0? If not, do a 'ln -s /dev/modem /dev/ttyS0'.
Something that I have always found helpfull to make sure the modem is
there and is capable of responding to commands it to type:
echo atz > /dev/ttyS0
and observe the lights on the modem to see it the data/commands are
actually making it to the modem, then
echo atd(some fictitious number) > /dev/ttyS0
to see it will pick up the phone line
St.
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Subject: Re: Ultra160
From: Michael Meissner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 27 Apr 2001 16:19:29 -0400
Piet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Okay
> Thanks all responders for great help, I now have much more insight in the
> issue.
> I understand that scsi2 should be sufficient for 2 drives as well. I'll
> have one drive for operating systems and one for data.
> I also understand that IDE is becoming faster too, and isn't ruled out as
> an option yet. I'll consider scsi2 and ide udma/100, and let the price
> decide.
>
> Thanks, have a nice day, and maybe see you again one day
In the last N years, I have been watching IDE vs. SCSI battle, if price is your
big factor, then always choose IDE (unless you can get last years high
performing SCSI drives at firesale prices when the new models come out, or if
you need more disks than IDE supports). If speed particularly under multiuser
situations, or total capacity is more important than price, always choose high
end SCSI.
--
Michael Meissner, Red Hat, Inc. (GCC group)
PMB 198, 174 Littleton Road #3, Westford, Massachusetts 01886, USA
Work: [EMAIL PROTECTED] phone: +1 978-486-9304
Non-work: [EMAIL PROTECTED] fax: +1 978-692-4482
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From: "Anti Dep" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: how to install modem gvc 5634bts vidoeo ready
Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2001 17:01:23 +0200
o.k i did a setserial /dev/modem IRQ=3 and it's working
"Anti Dep" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a �crit dans le message news:
lehG6.5954$[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> my modem is a gvc 5634bts 56k videoready modem v.90 pnp
>
> i tried on every port and nothing to do with it. if someone has any idea
> what i can do before i decide to burn it!!!
>
> thanks
>
>
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Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2001 22:56:58 +0200
From: "Gerard H. Pille" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Geforce2mx dying on logout from X
Dan Lapine wrote:
>
> "Gerard H. Pille" wrote:
>
> > this is on an Abit VP6 with 2 Intel PIII 866, and an Elsa Geforce2mx.
> >
> > Each time I find the following line in dmesg:
> >
> > kernel: mtrr: no MTRR for d0000000,2000000 found
> >
> > Just switched to 2.4.3 to make sure, but no luck, using Nvidia's
> > otherwise Xellent NVIDIA_kernel-0.9-769
> >
> > Or would this be software?
> >
> > Thanks, girlz
> > --
> >
> > Gerard H. Pille
>
> You could try recompiling your kernel and disabling the mtrr. This would
> slow down your graphics but give you more stability. Recommended as a
> last resort
>
> --
> Daniel LaPine
> Phone 217-244-9294
> National Center for Supercomputer Applications (NCSA)
> email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
"Slow down"?
Running without mtrr gives you time to study each frame.
I'm afraid I'll have to say thanks, but no.
--
Gerard H. Pille
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Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2001 23:03:39 +0200
From: "Gerard H. Pille" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: GeForce2MX on i810 MB - howto enable AGP and bypass i810?
Geek Mystique wrote:
>
> I have no personal experience with the motherboard you're talking about, but
> i think there should be a bios option or jumper setting to disable the intel
> video-chipset. Check your manual
>
> "Jari Sepp�l�" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > I have Abit motherboard with integrated i810 AGP display "card".
> > After getting tired of the low performance I installed GeForce2MX
> > display card. Now the problem is that AGPGART module does not install
> > but just complains that it finds only i810 and it is not correct.
> > In my modules.conf are lines:
> > alias char-major-10-175 agpgart
> > options agpgart agp_try_unsupported=1
> > alias char-major-195 NVdriver
> > And I am using:
> > NVIDIA_kernel-0.9-6
> > NVIDIA_GLX-0.9-6
> >
> > So the question is how to bypass the i810 detection and use only the
> > AGP card in AGP slot.
> >
> > Jari
> > --
> > *** Jari Sepp�l�, Research Scientist ***
> > *** Tampere University of Technology / ACI ***
> > *** [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.iki.fi/jari.seppala/ ***
> > * PGP Fingerprint:1182 C272 84B3 D23D D238 602D 3984 66AF *
Compile your kernel without agp support, and let the Nvidia-driver do
its thing.
--
Gerard H. Pille
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From: Mitch Foxworth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Hot-swapping IDE drives
Date: 27 Apr 2001 21:24:59 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Halloo all,
I have 2 hard-drives that I have installed in removable hard-drive racks,
and want to be able to hot-swap them while my SuSE 7.1 system is running.
Assuming I umount the filesystems that the drives are mounted in before
removing the drive, can anyone think of any problems that might be caused
because of this? Any advice would be appreciated.
cheers,
Mitch F.
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From: "Ron Reaugh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.periphs.scsi
Subject: Re: Manual SCSI Drive spindown
Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2001 21:48:57 GMT
Mike Walsh wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>
>Most IDE controllers will automatically spin down a hard drive.
No, not the controller. OS and device driver functionality may however
> You may
>have to give it a dos command after each boot to configure the timer.
>
>Ron Reaugh wrote:
>>
>> Dan Smith wrote in message ...
>> >How can I, in linux, manually make a scsi drive spindown and/or power
>> >off? I know IDE drives do this after a certain amount of time.
>>
>> Not on their own they don't.
>
>--
> Mike Walsh
> West Palm Beach, Florida, U.S.A.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Leonid A. Broukhis)
Subject: Re: Follow-up: Creative Ensoniq AudioPCI
Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2001 21:56:45 +0000 (UTC)
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Philipp Lehman) writes:
>>00:10.0 Multimedia audio controller: Ensoniq: Unknown device 5880 (rev
>>02)
The kernel is outdated, and needs a new driver. The source disk of RH 7.0
has the driver that compiles under RH 6.2 and works fine.
Leo
--
*** Lifelike Entity Optimized for Nocturnal Infiltration and Destruction
aka Leonid
--- For-pay Internet distributed processing.
http://www.ProcessTree.com/?sponsor=14486
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From: Mitch Foxworth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Hot-swapping IDE drives
Date: 27 Apr 2001 22:12:29 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Oops! IDE drives (IBM Deskstar, ATA100 and an older Seagate 3.2GB ATA33)
on the primary IDE controller of a Tyan S1598 Trinity ATX motherboard. The
HD rack is the only device on that IDE controller.
Mitch Foxworth wrote:
> Halloo all,
>
> I have 2 hard-drives that I have installed in removable hard-drive racks,
> and want to be able to hot-swap them while my SuSE 7.1 system is running.
> Assuming I umount the filesystems that the drives are mounted in before
> removing the drive, can anyone think of any problems that might be caused
> because of this? Any advice would be appreciated.
>
> cheers,
>
> Mitch F.
>
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From: Jeff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: SMP, RH7.1 and Intel -- Can't they all just get along? [Update = what I
know so far]
Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2001 18:29:57 -0400
Indeed
append="noapic"
in /etc/lilo works.
Cheers
Jeff
--
Jeff Gardiner
System Administrator
The John. P. Robarts Research Institute
Second Law of Blissful Ignorance --
-- Inside every small problem is a large problem struggling to get out.
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From: Gregory Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: help with sound!!!
Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2001 18:52:13 -0400
> I'd rather not get into a which linux distro is best.
>
> St.
>
This is true, though my reasoning lies in ALSA. This is the recommended
driver library to use as it does support this person's hardware. I
recommend SuSE as they ship their distro with the ALSA drivers already
supported.
Optionally, this person may get the ALSA packages from
http://www.alsa-project.org, compile them, install them, and change an init
script to run the sound daemon upon bootup. This is what I do as I try to
compile as much as my system by hand as possible. (But that is another
holy war altogether).
Greg
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From: "Michael Faurot" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Promise Ultra66/100 card and Maxtor drives
Date: 27 Apr 2001 22:16:00 GMT
Gabriele Del Prete <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: I'm going to buy a new HD and a promise Ultra66 or Ultra100 card. I
: would like to buy a Maxtor DiamondMax 80 80gb drive, or a DiamondMax
: VL40 40gb drive. I've read that some Promise controllers have
: incompatibilities with some Maxtor drives. Is this true?
I'm using five of these Maxtor 80G drives in a RAID5 configuration plus
two Promise controllers. They work fine together.
: Are the cards supported by Linux?
The 2.2.X series of kernels have to be patched to use them. The 2.4.X
kernels support the cards directly.
: Where can I find drivers for them?
For 2.2.X you can get the patches here:
ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/hedrick/
--
==============================================================================
Michael | mfaurot | Let me put it this way: today is going to be a learning
Faurot | atww.net | experience.
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From: Nils Holland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Hot-swapping IDE drives
Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2001 00:33:55 +0200
Mitch Foxworth wrote:
> Halloo all,
>
> I have 2 hard-drives that I have installed in removable hard-drive racks,
> and want to be able to hot-swap them while my SuSE 7.1 system is running.
> Assuming I umount the filesystems that the drives are mounted in before
> removing the drive, can anyone think of any problems that might be caused
> because of this? Any advice would be appreciated.
IDE drives are not really designed for such things. By trying it, you risk
at least trashing your data or crashing your system. I guess doing damage
to your mainboard and the HDs themselves is also possible.
Regards,
Nils
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From: Peter B. Ensch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Poor screen quality
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.x
,comp.windows.x.kde
Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2001 23:07:21 GMT
This is really bugging me and I don't know what to do...
I'm running Suse7.1/KDE2 on a Pentium III w/ 256MB RAM and an ATI Rage card
with 32MB VRAM and XFree4.x My monitor is a Iiyama Vision Master 450 (19").
My image quality is crappy - window borders often are real wiggly or
crooked. They change depending on where on the screen I place them - so if
I move a window to a certain place it looks fine. If I move it somewhere
else it's left or right border goes all crooked or wavy again. The 'good'
places are not the same all the time.
I had the problem before I upgraded to Suse7.1 but the move to XFree 4
seems to have made it worse.
Does anyone have any ideas?
Peter
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