Linux-Hardware Digest #712, Volume #14 Tue, 1 May 01 13:13:08 EDT
Contents:
Modem on the armada E500 (Epr64)
Video Card HELP..... ("X_Factor6")
Re: Win Modems ("LittleFish")
Re: Video Problem (RH7.1 + GeForce GTS 64) ("LittleFish")
Re: Hauppauge WinTV Nova (Marcus O.C. Metzler)
Re: $200 graphics card ("Michael")
RedHat 7.0 Tape Drive Problem (Chris Bull)
Re: WinTV BTTV driver with NO SOUND (olgnuby)
Re: gimp and xscanimage: cannot find module char-major-81 ("Richard M. Denney")
Matrox G450 in Intel LX motherboard (Chris Howells)
Re: How to transfer the root file system (D. C. Sessions)
Re: two harddisks crashed and third one expected (Alex Yung)
Re: two harddisks crashed and third one expected (John)
Re: Newsgroup for embeded linux?
Re: Matrox G450 in Intel LX motherboard ("Paul Brustas Consulting Services")
Re: Matrox G450 in Intel LX motherboard (Michael Meissner)
Modules and 2Gb of RAM (Alberto Pires de Oliveira Neto)
Re: two harddisks crashed and third one expected (Michael Meissner)
jj asks: secondary floppy controller, reading hundreds of floppies (Jeff Jonas)
Re: Video Card HELP..... (Michael Meissner)
Re: two harddisks crashed and third one expected (Rinaldi J. Montessi)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Epr64)
Subject: Modem on the armada E500
Date: Tue, 1 May 2001 12:22:34 +0000 (UTC)
Hi all,
i'm a total newbie in Linux, but I installed the Mandrake 7.1 version on my
E50.
The problem is that I want to use it to connect to the net.
It doesn't recognise ly modem ( a Compaq V90 classic internal modem)
What can I do? Delete Linux, or is there a driver, and how do I install it?
Thks for any answer (please, directly on my mail adress, I don't have a
regular connection at home).
Thks
Yann.
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From: "X_Factor6" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,alt.os.linux.mandrake,comp.os.linux.x.video
Subject: Video Card HELP.....
Date: Tue, 01 May 2001 13:26:11 GMT
Everyone,
Just recently finished putting together a pretty decent Mandrake Linux
box except for the video card. Was curious to see what people might
recommend. I currently have been pricing the ATI Rage Fury Pro, ATI Xpert
2000, ATI Radeon, and the nVidai TNT2. Looking for a card that will perform
well and cost the minimal amount of money. Would like a decent card that
would have the extra horse power if I decide to get into gaming with the
Linux. Let me know what you think. Thanks.
X_Factor6
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From: "LittleFish" <littlefish_au[SPAM ME AT YOUR OWN RISK]@yahoo.com>
Crossposted-To:
alt.computer.drivers,alt.os.linux,aus.computers.linux,comp.os.linux.development.apps,comp.os.linux.development.system
Subject: Re: Win Modems
Date: Tue, 1 May 2001 23:23:23 +1000
I have a Dynalink 56kFax voice data hardware modem ISA and it works O.K. I
had a Purertec 3911 before and it worked great.
littlefish
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> looking for a good, reliable modem that isnt winmodem based? try modems
> based on rockwell chipsets. rockwell isnt rockwell anymore its conexant
and
> i think they brought in a few changes, none too bad i think. i had a
> rockwell modem for years and it ran without problems at 56k, ermm.. until
i
> flashed it with the wrong firmware. but thats beyond the point, if youre
> looking for an alternative, try looking for old rockwells or the new
> conexants.
> hope this helps,
> the irish leprechaun
>
>
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From: "LittleFish" <littlefish_au[SPAM ME AT YOUR OWN RISK]@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: Video Problem (RH7.1 + GeForce GTS 64)
Date: Tue, 1 May 2001 23:26:06 +1000
look at your refresh rates.
littlefish
"Jason Byrnes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:lNZG6.2543$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I have this strange video problem that I cant seem to make go away,
> hopefuly one of you kind gurus can give me some advice. The problem is
that
> at random intervals my screen will flicker, it seems to be worse when I
> have a window maximized that has a light colored background (could be I
> just notice it more on the light background, I'm not sure). I've installed
> the Nvidia drivers, but that didn't seem to help. I've disabled all
modules
> in the XF86Config-4 file, and still sporadic flickering. It realy makes
the
> eyes bug out. I'm at a loss for what else I should try, so please kind
> souls, my eyes cant take much more.
>
> TIA,
> Jason
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Marcus O.C. Metzler)
Subject: Re: Hauppauge WinTV Nova
Date: 01 May 2001 14:42:24 +0200
"Thomas Hartmann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Can i use a Hauppauge WinTV Nova DVB Card with Linux???
>
> --
> --
> Thomas Hartmann
> mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> www: http://thomas.linux-inside.at
Yes, you can. Take a look at http://www.linuxtv.org.
Marcus
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Dr. Marcus Metzler
[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.metzlerbros.de
[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.convergence.de
Convergence Integrated Media GmbH
Rosenthaler Str. 51
D-10178 Berlin
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From: "Michael" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: $200 graphics card
Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2001 12:39:25 -0500
I would say that the de facto standard these days is a nVidia GeForce 2 (MX,
GTS, Ultra, etc.) card.
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<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
ome.com...
> On Mon, 30 Apr 2001 11:22:42 GMT, Joeri Sebrechts
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >Michael wrote:
> >>
> >> need help selecting a graphics card for a new system i am building. I
don't
> >> run games, but kids might play a few.
> >> SYSTEM:
> >> athlon 1.2
> >> iwill kk266
> >> 512 mb pc-133 micron
> >> 30 gb maxtor ata/100
> >> 10.2 gb maxtor ata/33
> >> sound= turtle beach (probably)
> >> thanks michael
> >
> >I'm particularly fond of Matrox's gear (I have a G400, but it would be a
> >G450 nowadays). Decent cards, well supported both in Windows and linux.
> >Superb 2D quality, and good enough 3D-wise to at least play the most
> >recent games with (although there are obviously other cards you can get
> >much better framerates and resolutions with, but the G450 has pretty
> >cool 3D effects that you don't see on the framerate gushers)
> >And although they're not cheap, they also don't cost piles of money.
>
> you took the words out of my mouth. I've been using matrox graphics cards
> since when I ran OS/2. Superb quality.
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From: Chris Bull <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RedHat 7.0 Tape Drive Problem
Date: Tue, 01 May 2001 14:41:22 GMT
I just upgraded to RH 7.0 from 6.0 (and also migrated to a new server),
and can't ./MAKEDEV my HP SureStore T20 tape drive on st0. I get a
"don't know how to make device st0" error. I'm using an adaptec 2940
scsi card, I loaded the aic7xxx module fine, but can't get the drive
working. Any clues?
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From: olgnuby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,alt.os.linux.mandrake
Subject: Re: WinTV BTTV driver with NO SOUND
Date: Tue, 01 May 2001 09:47:36 -0500
fyrie wrote:
>
> I Have the same problem :-(.. I have the WinTV also.
>
> "David Leblond" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > I have tried everything I have seen in this newsgroup to get my WinTV to
> > have sound, but so far nothing has worked.
I've had pretty good luck with the Hauppage WinTV card on several Linux
Distros and several kernel configurations from 2.2.x on up to 2.4.3.
For me on a MMX233, an AMD K-6 2/550 and the current AMD K-7 on a GA7ZX
board, has been to compile the kernel with v4l support as module to give
me the videodev.o and the bttv.o and also enable the i2c all as modules.
Since I use Alsa sound, I only enable sound as module for soundcore.o
and the module for the tvaudio, I guess it is. It's the last one in the
sound section before going into other lowlevel sound drivers.
Enable pnp and isapnp in the kernel compile only as modules, and make
sure you are running up to date modutils.(This may be just a matter of
personal taste, but I've found I have better luck to enable pnp os in my
bios, but retain manual control over certain irq and dma, but I dual
boot with Win98 and milage may vary either way. I'm not sure I
understand all I seem to know in this area. ;-))
The following in /etc/modules.conf:
alias char-major-89 i2c-dev
options i2c-core i2c_debug=1
options i2c-algo-bit bit_test=1
alias char-major-81 videodev
alias char-major-81-0 bttv
options bttv card=2 radio=1
options msp3400 once=1
options tuner type=2 debug=1
Making sure the scripts with xawtv or kwintv to make the necessary dev
entries have been run and then using the v4l-conf that packs with
kwintv, or the script that packs with xawtv, you should have TV and
sound and then you can script or fine tune to suit.
Charlie
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Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2001 20:48:32 -0500
From: "Richard M. Denney" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: gimp and xscanimage: cannot find module char-major-81
BetrOffDed wrote:
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Richard M. Denney"
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > I have a SCSI Microtek 35t slide scanner (connected to an Adaptec 2930
> > CU card) that I have used with GIMP and xscanimage for two years. I find
> > it no longer works under Linux. I have recently upgraded to RedHat 7 and
> > compiled kernel 2.4.1 (from 2.2.17). GIMP, sane and xsane are from the
> > RedHat 7 package. The other devices on the chain (a Microtek E6 scanner,
> > a 100 Meg Zip drive and a Yamaha CDROM writer work as before.
> > Furthermore, the scanner appears to be OK since it will scan properly
> > under Windows NT. (This is a dual-boot machine using NT boot loader. I
> > normally run NT in vmware under Linux, but can boot NT independently.)
> >
> > When I attempt to access the scanner, /var/log/messages acquires the
> > message:
> >
> > Apr 30 00:54:45 rdenney modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module
> > char-major-81
> > Apr 30 00:54:45 rdenney last message repeated 4 times
> >
> >
> > *****Can anyone tell me how to tell what module char-major-81 is? This
> > error message does not occur when the other scanner on the chain (the E6
> > flatbed scanner) is accessed. (The latter works properly.)
> >
> > I have made several changes to my system recently and only use my slide
> > scanner occasionally, so I frankly am not sure when this problem cropped
> > up. But I am ANNOYED!
> >
> > Rick
>
> According to /usr/src/linux/Documentation/devices.txt
>
> 81 char video4linux
>
> I won't be of much help here beyond that though. I know xscanimage can
> look for and use /dev/video and /dev/bttv, which is what its trying to
> find, but I don't know why it would bomb out on not finding it.
>
> You could try inserting the scsi (whatever one is appropriate) and sg
> modules manually first to see if that helps, because apparently its not
> finding an input source, and you should also be able to comment out the
> entries in sane.d/v4l.conf to get it to stop looking for char-major-81.
Thanks for the suggestion. I don't have v4l configured in the kernel (or as a
module), I don't think. I did try REMing out the references to the /dev/video
and /dev/bttv devices in /etc/sane.d/vfl.conf. Now I don't get references to
failures of the char-major-81 failing to load. However, the fundamental
problem remains. The following is typical of the /var/log/messages I get
after the scanner is accessed. (Note that the scanner does begin to cycle
when accessed: it lowers the slide in place and sounds like it begins to
scan, so it seems that the scanner is recognized as being there.)
The obvious thing is an immediate timout (first line). Then the card (host 0)
and entire bus reset (lines 2 and 3). Then a data overrun is detected from
the scanner (scsi0:0:3:0). The last lines indicate that the bus is trying to
access the CDROM writer (scsi0 0 1 0) and failing due to a timeout. (There
was a data cdrom in the drive at the time).
Clearly the SCSI chain goes nuts!
Output to /var/log/messages when I use GIMP to acquire a preview from the
35t+ scanner (from the preview window of GIMP):
Apr 30 20:34:32 rdenney kernel: scsi : aborting command due to timeout : pid
0, scsi0, channel 0, id 3, lun 0 Read Reverse 00 00 00 06 00
Apr 30 20:34:33 rdenney kernel: SCSI host 0 abort (pid 0) timed out -
resetting
Apr 30 20:34:33 rdenney kernel: SCSI bus is being reset for host 0 channel 0.
Apr 30 20:34:42 rdenney kernel: (scsi0:0:3:0) Data overrun detected in
Data-In phase, tag 2;
Apr 30 20:34:42 rdenney kernel: Have seen Data Phase. Length=6, NumSGs=1.
Apr 30 20:34:42 rdenney kernel: sg[0] - Addr 0x9088000 : Length 6
Apr 30 20:34:44 rdenney kernel: scsi : aborting command due to timeout : pid
0, scsi0, channel 0, id 1, lun 0 Prevent/Allow Medium Removal 00 00 00 01 00
Apr 30 20:34:46 rdenney kernel: scsi : aborting command due to timeout : pid
0, scsi0, channel 0, id 1, lun 0 Prevent/Allow Medium Removal 00 00 00 00 00
Apr 30 20:34:52 rdenney kernel: scsi : aborting command due to timeout : pid
0, scsi0, channel 0, id 3, lun 0 Read Reverse 00 00 00 06 00
Apr 30 20:34:54 rdenney kernel: scsi : aborting command due to timeout : pid
0, scsi0, channel 0, id 1, lun 0 Request Sense 00 00 00 40 00
I have verified again that the scanner works fine under Windows NT on the
same machine, so there is no doubt that this is a software glitch, probably
resulting from various kernel upgrades I have done recently. Sigh...
Rick
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From: Chris Howells <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.comp.hardware.homebuilt
Subject: Matrox G450 in Intel LX motherboard
Date: Tue, 01 May 2001 16:13:42 +0100
Will this go?
My motherboard is an Intel LX (Dell OEM), and I'd like to upgrade the
Millennium II to a Millennnium G450. The problem I see is the fact that
the LX is only a 1x AGP board, and the Millennium G450 will be 2x AGP
card.
Can 2x cards go in 1x slots?
Cheers,
--
Chris Howells
E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
ICQ: 93699029
Web: http://www.chowells.uklinux.net
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From: D. C. Sessions <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How to transfer the root file system
Date: Tue, 1 May 2001 07:45:31 -0700
tthave wrote:
> Hi All
> I have install redhat 6.2 with the kernel 2.2.17-4. Now I need to transfer
> the entire os to another disk arry with the same system. The reason being
> for that is I had problem with mylex 352 raid card. I have installed &
> compiled 2.2.17-4 in order to get the drivers by connecting an external HD.
> Now I need to transfer the OS inorder to boot from DISK ARRY.
> How yo transfer, Can I use dd command dd if=/dev/sda1 of=/dev/rd/c0d0p1 ?,
> Or with any other option?. The root partition of both drives are different
> size. Or can I use dd if=/dev/sda1 of=/dev/rd/c0d0p1 conv=notrunc.
> Please advice
dd won't do it -- it's pure raw image, which is dependent on (among other things)
disk size. There's a dump script I have around here that would work, but what I
have always done is reinstall to the new system (which is fast) and then just copy
over the localizations. This method has the beneficial side-effect of making sure
that my localization set is up to date.
--
| I'm old enough that I don't have to pretend to be grown up.|
+----------- D. C. Sessions <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ----------+
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Alex Yung)
Crossposted-To: alt.comp.hardware
Subject: Re: two harddisks crashed and third one expected
Date: 1 May 2001 15:22:27 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
John,
Do you have any suggestion where I can read more information about
"smart_thresholds" and "smart_values"? One of my hard disk failed
recently. I would like to know what to monitor? Thanks.
Alex
John ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
: SMART information is available in /proc. For example,
: /proc/ide/ide0/hda/smart_thresholds
: and
: /proc/ide/ide0/hda/smart_values
: for the primary master hard disk.
: Regular monitoring of these parameters will often inform you of an
: impedeing failiure, at which point you can back up your data :-)
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Date: Tue, 01 May 2001 16:36:34 +0100
From: John <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.comp.hardware
Subject: Re: two harddisks crashed and third one expected
I don't use SMART, to be honest, I keep meaning to, but haven't had the
time. You could try:
http://filewatcher.org/file_i/5313630/ide-smart.html
I do know that you need to monitor the values from when the hard disk is
new to get the most out of the results, though.
John.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ()
Subject: Re: Newsgroup for embeded linux?
Date: Tue, 01 May 2001 15:39:37 GMT
On Tue, 1 May 2001 06:41:10 GMT, M. Buchenrieder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] () writes:
>
>[...]
>
>>Anyway, are there any newsgroups for linux on single board computers, or is
>>this the right place?
>
>[...]
>
>Given the fact that you're in your late 30's, you should have
>been able to find comp.os.linux.embedded all by yourself.
I use slrnpull and don't get newsgroups unless I explicitely add them to my
server.
Now that I think back, I am subscribed to it, but haven't seen a post in months.
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From: "Paul Brustas Consulting Services" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.comp.hardware.homebuilt
Subject: Re: Matrox G450 in Intel LX motherboard
Date: Tue, 01 May 2001 16:18:20 GMT
Yes it will go into the slot.
I do remember however, there being some kind of a power shortage with LX
boards with regards to modern video requirements.
I **know** somebody will correct me if I'm wrong.
As I recall, the older boards supply X number of watts of power and the new
requirement is higher. That certainly won't keep you from trying it though.
It will probably work.
>
> My motherboard is an Intel LX (Dell OEM), and I'd like to upgrade the
> Millennium II to a Millennnium G450. The problem I see is the fact that
> the LX is only a 1x AGP board, and the Millennium G450 will be 2x AGP
> card.
>
> Can 2x cards go in 1x slots?
>
> Cheers,
> --
> Chris Howells
> E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> ICQ: 93699029
> Web: http://www.chowells.uklinux.net
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Crossposted-To: alt.comp.hardware.homebuilt
Subject: Re: Matrox G450 in Intel LX motherboard
From: Michael Meissner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 01 May 2001 12:20:46 -0400
Chris Howells <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Will this go?
>
> My motherboard is an Intel LX (Dell OEM), and I'd like to upgrade the
> Millennium II to a Millennnium G450. The problem I see is the fact that
> the LX is only a 1x AGP board, and the Millennium G450 will be 2x AGP
> card.
>
> Can 2x cards go in 1x slots?
FWIW, I could not get an AGP G400 to work in my 233Mhz Pentium-II that uses an
LX motherboard (which as you say, only supports 1x AGP slots). So I would
imagine the answer is no. I have a PCI G200 in the system now. If you really
want to go up to the G450, you might wait for later in the month, when the PCI
G450 will be available, and then see if it is compatible with Linux.
--
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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Date: Tue, 01 May 2001 13:19:33 -0300
From: Alberto Pires de Oliveira Neto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Modules and 2Gb of RAM
Hi,
I need to install linux(SuSE 7.0) on a box with 2Gb, SMP and DPT I2O
(3200S). I've downloaded the
precompiled modules from suse and followed the instructions. Every thing
went fine, until I compiled
my kernel with support for 2Gb. My modules don't work anymore and my
initrd stoped working too.
Question(1) : do I need to issue make modules when I compile my kernel
for 2Gb (like I need to do when
I compile it for SMP).
Question(2) : if yes, how could solve the problem of dpt_i2o.o modules ?
Question(3) : What could be happening to my initrd
Thanks in advance.
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Crossposted-To: alt.comp.hardware
Subject: Re: two harddisks crashed and third one expected
From: Michael Meissner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 01 May 2001 12:26:42 -0400
William Tang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Dear Internet friends,
>
> I have a big problem: IBM DTLA 305020 harddisk (20GB) of 6 months old
> crashed and IBM DTLA 305040 ( new 40GB of one week old) crashed also. I
> expect the new maxtor DiamondMax 40GB 7200rpm shall also crash soon.
I would suspect that your disks are not adequately cooled, with the second
guess being your power supply might be maxed out. I am not an expert in
cooling, but some of the links I have noticed over the years are available in:
http://www.cygnus.com/~meissner/computer.html#Cooling
--
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: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jeff Jonas)
Subject: jj asks: secondary floppy controller, reading hundreds of floppies
Date: 1 May 2001 12:36:09 -0400
Is anybody running >1 floppy controller via Linux
(secondary address, Compaticard, etc) ?
If so, how?
I have hundreds of floppy disks I need to read and archive to CD.
I figure that using 2 controllers would allow having 2 drives
running simultaneously, or are my suspicions correct that despite having
primary/secondary addresses, they can't share the DMA and IRQ
so only one's reading/writing at a time?
What of the floppy-tape interface cards?
I have a few SCSI interfaced iomega flopticals,
but I'd rather not risk those drives on possibly damaged floppies.
A more far out solution: use regular floppy drives via a SCSI-floppy
"bridge card", if anyone's gotten that running.
I wish I had the time to handle such driver work myself right now.
--
Jeffrey Jonas
jeffj@panix(dot)com
The original Dr. JCL and Mr .hide
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Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,alt.os.linux.mandrake,comp.os.linux.x.video
Subject: Re: Video Card HELP.....
From: Michael Meissner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 01 May 2001 12:36:17 -0400
"X_Factor6" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Everyone,
> Just recently finished putting together a pretty decent Mandrake Linux
> box except for the video card. Was curious to see what people might
> recommend. I currently have been pricing the ATI Rage Fury Pro, ATI Xpert
> 2000, ATI Radeon, and the nVidai TNT2. Looking for a card that will perform
> well and cost the minimal amount of money. Would like a decent card that
> would have the extra horse power if I decide to get into gaming with the
> Linux. Let me know what you think. Thanks.
Note, the one of low-end Radeons (Radeon VE) is not yet supported by an
official driver, though I've seen patches posted to the X group. The VESA
driver works ok. In terms of the nVidia cards, there is a binary only driver
for the card, which works for many people, but whether or not it is available
on a distribution you will have to check (and obviously if running non-freely
available source offends you, then you probably want to look elsewhere). Last
year, I ran into problems that emacs seemed to trigger a bug in the driver on a
TNT based card, and reported it, and never got a response back. Quite frankly,
the Matrox cards have the best 2D look of any card I've used, the other cards
come out looking slightly blurry. In terms of gaming, I've heard of problems
with the ATI cards with DRI, but I believe people are working on them. You
probably want to go with something newer than the Rage Fury Pro and Xpert 2000,
since those are getting rather long in the tooth (as judged by video card
standards).
--
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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Crossposted-To: alt.comp.hardware
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rinaldi J. Montessi)
Subject: Re: two harddisks crashed and third one expected
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Tue, 01 May 2001 16:45:14 GMT
Michael Meissner wrote:
> William Tang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
>> Dear Internet friends,
>>
>> I have a big problem: IBM DTLA 305020 harddisk (20GB) of 6 months old
>> crashed and IBM DTLA 305040 ( new 40GB of one week old) crashed also. I
>> expect the new maxtor DiamondMax 40GB 7200rpm shall also crash soon.
>
> I would suspect that your disks are not adequately cooled, with the second
> guess being your power supply might be maxed out. I am not an expert in
> cooling, but some of the links I have noticed over the years are available in:
>
> http://www.cygnus.com/~meissner/computer.html#Cooling
This power supply thing has always puzzled me. The HD's claim to run
on 5/12vdc .56/.27 amps which (w=va) = ~2.8 watts. Cooling fans (here)
are 12v x .08 amps or .96 watts. Why do we need 250 - 300 watt power
supplies? How much does the mobo and isa/pci stuff suck up?
Mostly rhetorical - thinking out loud - but if anyone knows, by all
means...
Rinaldi
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