Linux-Hardware Digest #783, Volume #14 Wed, 16 May 01 23:13:06 EDT
Contents:
Re: Will Linux recognize >4GB RAM on Pentium-III Xeon? (Greg Copeland)
OPENSSH SFTP ("dubcaller")
Re: A CPU cooler for Linux? (John Thompson)
Re: Why is Sun selling Linux-based PC Server Applicances on www.sun.com (Cobalt
servers)? (Jeff Jonas)
Re: video for linux ("kyi")
Re: OPENSSH SFTP (Mario Gruenwald)
Sidewinder gamepad on sb awe 64 ("mrmojorisin")
Crash iwth 9679 Nvidia driver ("grendel")
Re: Compact PCI video card (A transfinite number of monkeys)
Re: Best Graphic and Sound Card for Linux? (Dances With Crows)
Re: OPENSSH SFTP ("dubcaller")
Linux and Canon S450 ("Monica Rovers")
Need Help With 3d Accelaration in L-MD8 !! (Douglas Martinez)
Compaq DVD-R drive (Matthew Fleming)
Re: Will Linux recognize >4GB RAM on Pentium-III Xeon? (Greg Copeland)
Linux as voicemail system? (Frank McKenney)
Re: Linux and Printers (holcomb)
Re: RH 7, 2.4 Kernel Adaptec aha152x ("Rodney D. Myers")
Re: RH 7, 2.4 Kernel Adaptec aha152x ("Rodney D. Myers")
Re: Anyone using the Microstar K7T Pro 2-A mobo? (Marcus)
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development.system
Subject: Re: Will Linux recognize >4GB RAM on Pentium-III Xeon?
From: Greg Copeland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 16 May 2001 17:29:33 -0500
Linux can access up to 4G of process space per process, however, if
you CPU supports PAE and the kernel is compiled to support it, you
can access up to 64G with 4G per process, as is my understanding.
I *think* that most pentium-pro on up processors support PAE modes.
There is another recent thread around there which talks about this
a little.
Greg
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Doug Chan) writes:
> Thanks!
> I read somewhere that the process address space is still limited to
> less than 4GB?
>
> -Doug
>
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> reader of news <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >2.4 kernel can handle up to 64gb.
> >just have to turn it on during compilation.
> >don't know whether it will for your xeon
> >
> >On Tue, 15 May 2001 18:57:36 GMT, Doug Chan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >>I know that the Pentium-III Xeon supports 36-bit addression (up to 64Gb)
> >>of RAM however it required that the OS knows about this "pse-36" mode
> >>for this extended memory support.
> >>Does Linux support this extended memory mode?
> >>
> >>Thanks,
> >>-Doug
> >>apollo at world.std.com
>
>
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Greg Copeland, Principal Consultant
Copeland Computer Consulting
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From: "dubcaller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: at.linux,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: OPENSSH SFTP
Date: Wed, 16 May 2001 22:31:47 GMT
HI ALL
Here's my problem:
1. I have files on a Windows 2000 platform. I want to be able to have my
employees download these files via secure FTP from anywhere on the NET.
2. I have a Linux Red Hat 7.0 computer acting as my router. IPCHAINS and
ipmasqadm
3. I've got openssh server installed as well. (that's the as far as I got,
I'm still a newbie)
Questions:
1. Do I need SAMBA?
2. Does anyone know if there's any good windows openssh clients?
3. Where do I go from here?
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From: John Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: A CPU cooler for Linux?
Date: Wed, 16 May 2001 15:54:53 -0500
Nils Holland wrote:
>
> Ian Pilcher wrote:
> >
> > I have never understood why Windows 9x users think it's acceptable that
> > their processors waste power (and potentially reduce the life of a
> > variety of system components by generating unnecessary heat) -- all
> > because Microsoft is too lazy to have their operating system execute a
> > simple IDLE instruction when it's not doing anything.
> Valid point, but I highly doubt that it's actually *that* harmful to the
> system in general.
No, but it is wasteful, particularly on a laptop.
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-John ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jeff Jonas)
Crossposted-To: comp.sys.sun.hardware,comp.sys.sun.admin,comp.unix.solaris
Subject: Re: Why is Sun selling Linux-based PC Server Applicances on www.sun.com
(Cobalt servers)?
Date: 16 May 2001 18:50:17 -0400
>> Would you be kind enough to explain to me why buying old Sun equipment and
>> putting Linux on it would make it cheaper than Solaris?
>Only Solaris 8 is free, you need 2.6 or 7 to run on the Sun4c
>processor, which is definitely NOT free.
??? I have 2.6 for Intel and Sparc, in the box, bought direct from Sun
for about $10 a few years ago.
Not totally free, but cheap enough for personal use.
--
Jeffrey Jonas
jeffj@panix(dot)com
The original Dr. JCL and Mr .hide
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From: "kyi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: video for linux
Date: Wed, 16 May 2001 15:07:49 -0700
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Yes do a search on http://freshmeat.net
BTW the Hauppauge WinTV 401& 404 work very good.
James <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:p0IL6.63683$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Whats good setup for video on linux. WinTV cards? Any good video on
> linux sites out there?
> james
>
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From: Mario Gruenwald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: at.linux,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: OPENSSH SFTP
Date: 16 May 2001 23:07:59 GMT
In at.linux dubcaller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 2. Does anyone know if there's any good windows openssh clients?
putty
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From: "mrmojorisin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Sidewinder gamepad on sb awe 64
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.mandrake
Date: Wed, 16 May 2001 23:27:11 GMT
Hi,
I am having problems getting my sidewinder gamepad to work unde LM 8.0
with the 2.4 kernel. I hear that joystick support has changed btw 2.2
and 2.4, but I think I am having trouble with the gameport. By default,
the port is inactive according to cat /proc/isapnp, and I can change it
to report the gameport as active by using isapnp /etc/isapnp.conf (I only
uncommented the settings for the gameport in the isapnp.conf). This
seems to work. I then use 'modprobe sidewinder', which loads the
input, gameport and sidewinder modules. I also ran 'modprobe joydev' to
no effect. here is lsmod:
Module Size Used by
joydev 5824 0 (unused)
sidewinder 8944 0 (unused)
gameport 1520 0 [sidewinder]
input 3232 0 [joydev sidewinder]
floppy 47216 0 (autoclean)
isofs 17808 0 (autoclean)
NVdriver 630032 12 (autoclean)
parport_pc 23024 1 (autoclean)
lp 5296 0 (autoclean)
parport 24576 1 (autoclean) [parport_pc lp]
sb 7136 1
sb_lib 33120 0 [sb]
uart401 6224 0 [sb_lib]
sound 54256 1 [sb_lib uart401]
soundcore 3504 5 [sb_lib sound]
Am I missing something? Is there a specific module for the awe gameport?
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From: "grendel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.comp.periphs.videocards.nvidia,alt.linux,alt.os.linux,alt.os.linux.suse,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.x,comp.windows.x.i386unix
Subject: Crash iwth 9679 Nvidia driver
Date: Wed, 16 May 2001 23:55:04 GMT
WIth SuSE 7.0 running the NVidia driver from Nvidia (with AGP disabled via
the NvAGP "0" option) I try to start X with startx I get a black screen and
have to hit Ctrl-Alt-F1. The last thing is "Write-combing range" in
Xfreelog. I get the error "Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual
address 0000400b" when I do dmesg. Any ideas? I've read all readme's and
Howto's.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (A transfinite number of monkeys)
Crossposted-To: alt.comp.hardware,comp.hardware
Subject: Re: Compact PCI video card
Date: Thu, 17 May 2001 01:03:39 GMT
On Wed, 16 May 2001 12:26:40 +0100, Ben <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: P.S. Don't buy it for graphics performance (the AGP ATI @Play cards with TV
: out are good budget cards), since this thing runs like a dog without legs,
: slower than an S3 Trio 3D (i.e. the only resolution it runs a modern game in
: at a half decent speed is 640x480).
Hint: "compact PCI" != "small PCI". cPCI is a specific connector type.
I don't know of any cPCI video cards...
:
: Ben
:
: "Ben" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
: news:9dtnsu$1td$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
: > Yep, el cheapo cards that use the SIS 6326 with TV out option - I have
: one.
: > They are pretty crap (i.e. restricted to 640x480 and 800x600), and mine
: > doesn't like Windows ME 100%, so I can't resize my display on the TV.
: > 640x480 is about 75% of the size of the TV screen and 800x600 is about
: 120%
: > of the size of the TVscreen.
: >
: > If anybody knows how to fix this please contact me!
: >
: > Ben
: >
: >
: > "Jeffery Candiloro" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
: > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
: > > Does anyone know of a compact PCI VGA video card with TV/video out
: > > capability?
: > >
: > > Thanks
: > >
: > > Jeffery
: >
: >
:
:
--
Jason Costomiris <>< | Technologist, geek, human.
jcostom {at} jasons {dot} org | http://www.jasons.org/
Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum viditur.
My account, My opinions.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Subject: Re: Best Graphic and Sound Card for Linux?
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 17 May 2001 01:09:18 GMT
On Wed, 16 May 2001 15:50:42 +0200, Horst Wetzel staggered into the
Black Sun and said:
>can anyone tell me which is the best graphics and sound card for linux
>i386??
Define "Best". Really. Video: Best 2D performance regardless of
price? Best 3D performance regardless of price/setup hassles? Best
price/performance ratio? Sound: best price/performance/ease of setup?
No one can answer your question unless you define your terms.
That said, go with the ATi Xpert9x for cheap and reasonably good 2D video,
the nVidia GeForce something-or-other for 3D (using the evil binary-only
drivers), and the Matrox G400 for great 2D. Use the Ensoniq AudioPCI
(aka ES1371) for cheap+reasonable sound, and the SB Live! for more
expensive but better sound.
Oh yes, use http://groups.google.com/ to search this newsgroup (and
other newsgroups!) to answer questions like this quickly, easily, and
in-depth. HTH, HAND.
--
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
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From: "dubcaller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: at.linux,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: OPENSSH SFTP
Date: Thu, 17 May 2001 01:10:57 GMT
Thanks!!!
Is Putty pretty much the best one?
"Mario Gruenwald" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:9dv18f$8ko$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> In at.linux dubcaller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > 2. Does anyone know if there's any good windows openssh clients?
>
> putty
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
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Reply-To: "Monica Rovers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
From: "Monica Rovers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Linux and Canon S450
Date: Thu, 17 May 2001 01:19:29 GMT
I have been trying to get a Canon S450 on Caldera eDesktop 2.4
distribution. I can not find drivers for it. Is there a driver
available somewhere or is there another printer driver that would do?
Thanks
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From: Douglas Martinez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Need Help With 3d Accelaration in L-MD8 !!
Date: Wed, 16 May 2001 17:45:23 -0700
Hi for some reason I cant get gears nor Tribes2 or any 3d game to work or
load when I run them. I set my settings to 16bit/64k colors. One starnge
thing is that under HardDarke my LeadTek WindFast Geforce 2 GTS Pro card is
listed as using PCI instead of the AGP slot it is in and as a Generic
GeForce2 Card. Other then that I have no problems with Mandrake 8. Can
someone tell me or walk me through the procces of getting my 3d working in
Mandrake 8.
Thanks in advance.
P.S. Here are my system specs:
P3 733mhz cpu
P3V4X
512mb of 133pc ram
PCI Sound Blaster Live X-Gamer Card
LeadTek WinFast Geforce 2 GTS Pro 64mb DDR
I am Using XFree 4.03 instead of 3.xx version.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Matthew Fleming)
Subject: Compaq DVD-R drive
Date: 17 May 2001 01:29:15 GMT
Netmeisters,
Compaq is currently selling DVD-R drives for about $600 with their
Presario desktops. This is very appealing, considering that Dirt Cheap
Drives sells only one DVD-R drive, for $4159. Apparently the two
drives are similar (both made by Pioneer, anyway). Compaq's has an
IDE interface (apparently; phone rep wasn't too sure), whereas the
other one is SCSI.
My question is, has anyone tried to use Linux with Compaq's drive?
Is it supported at all (as a CD reader? CD burner? DVD reader? DVD
burner?) My assumption is that you can't burn DVD's under Linux, but
maybe that's not correct.
Thanks in advance for the info,
Matthew Fleming
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development.system
Subject: Re: Will Linux recognize >4GB RAM on Pentium-III Xeon?
From: Greg Copeland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 16 May 2001 20:58:35 -0500
I'm not surprised at all. I've worked with lots of Alpha systems used
as a database box. Bluntly put, they stink at this. On the other hand,
what little we got to do as far as raw CPU processing went, they screamed.
I guess what I'm trying to say is, keep the Alpha for scientific computing
(floating point especially) and use Spark or PA/RISK? for your big
databases.
Greg
"Steve Wolfe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > you seem willing to part with large coin since you are considering the
> > intel wallet vaccuum -- maybe equipment from, e.g., sun would be
> > competitive in price/performance?
>
> Our $12,000 quad Xeon handily beats a $25,000 Alpha machine at database
> work. The Compaq rep that loaned us the Alpha for a week was pretty sad
> to hear that. : )
>
> steve
>
>
>
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Copeland Computer Consulting
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Frank McKenney)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,alt.os.linux
Subject: Linux as voicemail system?
Date: 17 May 2001 02:00:39 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Andy Spayam)
[ Followups to comp.os.linux.misc ]
This afternoon I was "hit" by a telemarketing call trying to inform me
about a "Wonderful new vacation 'web site". In spite of numerous
requests, the caller refused to hang up, so I finally did, but I'd like
to reduce the odds of dealing with these calls in the future.
I know there are special projects that use a cut-down Linux box as a
network router. Is anyone aware of any similar project aimed at
creating a Linux-based single-line answering machine?
Worded another way, what is the minimal Linux machine configuration that
can be used as an answering machine? I've seen a couple of posts
mentioning using mgetty and vgetty, but I haven't been able to find out
just how much horsepower these require. I have a couple of Dell
486DX2-66 boxes in the basement that I think I could get running with
perhaps 16Mb of RAM each; would these be fast enough to handle an
internal voice+FAX+data modem? How about an external voice+FAX+data
modem such as the AOpen FM56EX/2?
Assuming I have (or can get cheaply) the hardware I need, I'd like to
set it up as follows, triggered off Caller ID ANI:
- ANI unavailable: Don't ring phone, but play recorded message and
accept incoming message.
- ANI on "good" list (MY friends & family (;-)): Ring phone. If not
picked up, play a custom recorded message (keyed by ANI) and accept
an incoming message
- ANI on "bad" list: Don't ring phone. Play recorded message and accept
incoming message.
- ANI not on list: Ring phone(?). If not picked up, play recorded
message and accept incoming message.
Actually, I'd _like_ to check the ANI text for a "telemarketer" flag,
but that feature doesn't seem to be supported locally. (;-)
Okay, it'll be big and bulky, it won't run if the power is out, and I
may need to have it post messages to my office machine over the LAN, but
I'd at least be able to customize the ruleset and modify the good and
bad lists as neded.
1) How big a box will I need to do this with?
2) Is there a 'web site where this (and related information) has
already been collected (e.g. www.linux-pbx.com?)
I'm not going to start this for at least a couple of weeks (several
other things currently have higher priority), but I thought I'd ask
around before beating myself bloody on this. Any hints, comments, or
suggestions will be appreciated.
Frank McKenney, McKenney Associates
Richmond, Virginia / (804) 320-4887
Munged E-mail: frank uscore mckenney aatt mindspring ddoott com
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From: holcomb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux and Printers
Date: Thu, 17 May 2001 02:30:06 -0000
Mayan wrote:
>
> Where can I get a driver for a Epson Stylus 800 printer, apsfilter does
> not cut it.
>
Check out www.linuxprinting.org.
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From: "Rodney D. Myers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: RH 7, 2.4 Kernel Adaptec aha152x
Date: Wed, 16 May 2001 19:39:21 -0700
In article
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Michael
J. Doyle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> n Expert mode, trying to load module aha152x to use my cd-rom
> connected to a SB16 scsi card(Adaptec 6360 chipset). I've been to the
> RH site and read their faq about scsi card installs and used
> parameters:
>
> aha152x=0x340,11,1,1 where 1 is the scsi id and I assume the extra 1
> is for parity.
>
> I've tried different scsi id's on drive(jumper settings) and
> different adaptec drivers, even no parity, or 0 in place of one, but
> I always get:
>
> "failed to insert aha152x module"
According to my scribbles, it should be aha152x=0x340,11,1
the adapter is always (?) ID 7
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Rodney D. Myers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Member of Digital Freedom Alliance
Amateur: KG6ANX GMRS: WPOM592
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From: "Rodney D. Myers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: RH 7, 2.4 Kernel Adaptec aha152x
Date: Wed, 16 May 2001 19:45:54 -0700
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Rodney D. Myers"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> According to my scribbles, it should be aha152x=0x340,11,1 the
> adapter is always (?) ID 7
Should be
aha152x=0x340,11,7
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Rodney D. Myers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Member of Digital Freedom Alliance
Amateur: KG6ANX GMRS: WPOM592
ICQ# : 18002350 Have A NORML Day
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From: Marcus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Anyone using the Microstar K7T Pro 2-A mobo?
Date: Wed, 16 May 2001 20:00:52 -0700
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Chris wrote:
> Ladies and Gentlemen,
> I'm having constant problems with my system, which is built around
> this board and an Athlon 850. Specifically, I can't install linux (or
> win2000, although 95 and 98 work with minimal stability). I've tried
> many distros, although the intended distro is SuSE 7.1. After booting
> from the cdrom, the install hangs when it tries to start X or before
> that, when it reads 'registering RAID personalities.' It gets to RAID5
> MMX checksumming and hangs. This is not harddisk RAID, since this board
> doesn't have that. Additionally, I was under the impression that MMX
> was an Intel thing. SuSE 7.1 uses kernel 2.2.18 for installation, I
> think. If anyone has any ideas, I'd be happy to read them.
>
> Chris
>
I'm using that motherboard with a Duron 800 and having no problems.
First of all, could you list all the hardware you're using, and what
makes you think it's a motherboard problem? In particular, what kind of
power supply do you have? What kind of memory (what brand)? A Thunderbird
850 needs a high quality power supply. Poor quality memory can also be a
problem with Athlons, though I have heard that this particular motherboard is
relatively tolerant.
Incidentally, the "RAID" thing is build into the SUSE default kernel.
Most vendor include as much as possible in the kernel so that anyone can
install it successfully (i.e. for maximum hardware support). It doesn't (or
shouldn't) actually do anything to your system. Also, MMX is present in most
modern x86 CPUs, including Intel, AMD and Via/Cyrix CPUs.
Marcus
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