Linux-Misc Digest #862, Volume #21 Sat, 18 Sep 99 17:13:10 EDT
Contents:
Re: Linux und AMD, geht das? (Herbert Hoepfner)
Re: Feedback howl (Norbert Stoop)
Re: SVGATextMode with Riva TNT (Diamond Viper V550) (Lyren Brown)
Re: I WANT TO DITCH WINDOZE BUT I CANT!!! (Darren Winsper)
Help: Configure monitor resolution (Tan)
Re: REQ: The fastest Window Manager for a slow Laptop? (Brett Rosselle)
Re: Netscape Keyboard Event Problem ("Joe Befumo")
Re: how to know my own IP? ("Ricardo C.")
Re: 8505 exabyte (H.Bruijn)
Re: Modem died after a crash (Ramin Sina)
* * * DUMBASS QUESTION OF THE WEEK * * * (Andrew Purugganan)
Anyone else feel the need to fix up the clipboard in linux? (-~=Darek M=~-)
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From: Herbert Hoepfner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
de.comp.os.linux.hardware,de.comp.os.unix.linux.hardware,de.comp.os.unix.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Linux und AMD, geht das?
Date: 18 Sep 1999 15:46:15 +0200
Hallo,
In de.comp.os.unix.linux.hardware Wolfgang Morgenthaler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> Hi,
> ich m�chte mir einen Rechner mit AMD-Prozessor zulegen und darauf Linux
> installieren.Nun habe ich das Ger�cht (?) geh�rt, da� Linux mit AMD �fters
> Schwierigkeiten bereitet?
> Stimmte das? Gibt es jemanden der damit keine Schwierigkeiten hat bzw.
> best�tigen kann, da� er Schwierigkeiten hat?
Ein solches Geruecht kann imho nur von der Wintel-Connection kommen.
Auf jeden Fall kann ich sagen, dass ich mit AMD-CPUs unter Linux noch
nie Probleme hatte.
Ich benutze AMD-CPUs, seit es den 486DX2/66 gab.
Ich hatte genau 2 mal Probleme im Zusammenhang mit AMD-CPUs:
Zu meinem 1. K6-2/300 habe ich mir ein neues Board mit neuem RAM und
neuer GraKa gegoennt. Das RAM war schadhaft und die GraKa (SIS6236)
lief nicht unter X.
Mein schoener neuer K6-2/400 lief nicht unter Game95 (Fehler in Game95)
Daraus folgt: Das sind die einzigen Probleme ueber die ich im
Zusammenhang mit AMD-CPUs berichten kann. Und beide hatten mit Linux
nichts zu tun.
Insgesamt laufen bei mir 2 K6-2/300, 1 K6-2/400, 1 K6/200 und 1
K6-3/400. Der K6/3 hat aus meinem Asus T2P4 eine richtige Rakete
gemacht. Ich habe ihn anstelle eines K6/166 eingebaut.
Gru�
Herbert
--
Dieser Beitrag wurde ohne Intel- oder M$- Produkte erstellt.
Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it is
too dark to read. (Groucho Marx)
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Date: Sat, 18 Sep 1999 21:01:23 +0200
From: Norbert Stoop <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Feedback howl
Rick wrote:
>
> Problem: My machine has a Soundblaster AWE-32 card which is automatically
> activated when the kernel loads sound.o (dynamic loading). That would be fine,
> except that the desk microphone is activated too, resulting in a really nice
> feedback howl.
>
> I can disconnect the mike, but it's a pain because I have to get in back of the
> computer to do it. Also, that doesn't seem like a real soultion.
>
> When the sound module is automatically unloaded, that doesn't change the state
> of the sound card. Feedback is still a problem, even when "lsmod" shows that
> sound.o is no longer loaded. Only rebooting will restore things.
>
> Question: Is there a utility around similar to the sound control in Win95?
> With the Win95 utility, I can disengage the microphone and leave the speakers
> fully functional. Seems like Linux ought to have something similar available,
> but a search of metalab.unc.edu has turned up nothing obvious.
Did you try a sound mixer? With the help of these tools, you have access
to all the different sound channels, such as MIDI, wave, line in, mike
etc. You can either set the mike channel to zero or, in many mixers, you
can mute it. Well known mixers are xmix, smix and xqmixer. Most of them
run in X11 and they often look and feel like the sound control in
Windows. If you're using Windowmaker or AfterStep, I can recommend
WMMixer, a good-looking interface to linux's sound driver.
Norbert
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From: Lyren Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: SVGATextMode with Riva TNT (Diamond Viper V550)
Date: Sat, 18 Sep 1999 19:31:22 GMT
> Michael Champagne wrote:
> >
> > I'm trying to setup SVGATextMode with my Diamond Viper V550 and I'm unable to
> > find any documentation on my chip's clock settings. The chip is a RIVA TNT,
> > and in my XConfig it doesn't seem refer to the clock settings. Anyone know
> > where I can get some information on setting up SVGATextMode with this
> > hardware? Thanks.
> > --
> > ====================================
> > Michael Champagne, Software Engineer
> > Capital Institutional Services, Inc.
> > Dallas, TX
> > hm: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > wk: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > ====================================
I'm using a Creative Labs TNT2 Ultra with SVGATextMode. I can get modes
that require a 40Mhz clock by using the standard VGA clock line plus a
"40.0" tagged on in position 5. I'm still looking for the 45Mhz clock
though! Does anyone know how to fanagle the Clocks line for 45, 50, etc?
# Lyren's clocks line for CL TNT2 Ultra
Clocks 25.175 28.3 0 36 40
This gets me 132x43x8, 116x43x9, etc. -Lyren
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Darren Winsper)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Re: I WANT TO DITCH WINDOZE BUT I CANT!!!
Date: 18 Sep 1999 19:20:21 GMT
On Fri, 17 Sep 1999 17:03:59 GMT, Anthony Ord
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >Until I can run
> >them under Linux, I have no choice but to use Windows for them. The
> >constant reboots are getting annoying though.
>
> Buy another computer...;-)
Oh yeah, I forgot, us poor students are rolling in so much cash these
days :)
> >Oh well, the Linux
> >games situation is changing already, so I'll be happy by the end of
> >next year hopefully.
>
> Hopefully. What I'd like for Linux is a good game engine which would allow
> people to write their own without huge development budgets.
Well, Stellar Legacy is starting to pick up a bit of speed. We
started coding last month, which was a month ahead of when I thought
we would. Hopefully, when we have a 1.0 release, we'll have a
turn-based strategy game engine which will bear a slight resemblance
to Stars! (http://www.webmap.com/stars).
> We've already got
> the Quake C engine, but something that works in a C&C type way wouldn't go
> amiss.
Whilst being a little more up to date. Tiberium Sun is already
outdated, and it's only a couple of weeks old in the UK.
> >I can just picture myself huddled in a corner muttering "games, I must
> >have my games, GIVE ME BACK MY GAMES." Hmm...
>
> Yep.
Touching.
> >"The only thing stopping GDI from plastering Kane to the floor and
> >making him scream 'I am Solomon's bitch' is that Orca Bombers are a
> >bit on the expensive side" - Zagadka in alt.games.tiberian-sun
>
> He's wrong. The only thing stopping NOD from obliterating GDI in the Martini
> way, is the computer is too stupid to tank-rush.
In Tiberium Sun, a NOD tank rush would be impractical, since Tick
Tanks (Whoever thought of that name should be shot and never allowed
to help develop a game again) are so pitiful when you can bomb them to
pieces with a few Orca bombers.
--
Darren Winsper - http://easyweb.easynet.co.uk/darren.winsper
Stellar Legacy project member - http://www.stellarlegacy.tsx.org
"The only thing stopping GDI from plastering Kane to the floor and
making him scream 'I am Solomon's bitch' is that Orca Bombers are a
bit on the expensive side" - Zagadka in alt.games.tiberian-sun
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From: #[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Tan)
Crossposted-To: jaring.os.linux
Subject: Help: Configure monitor resolution
Date: Sat, 18 Sep 1999 18:54:54 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Finally I got RH6 Linux running on my PC. But now I have new problems.
During installation, my monitor was set at 640*480. Now when I start
GNOME, most of the windows go over the desktop area. What I meant is
the resolution can't fit the window size. There should be ways to
reconfigure the monitor resolution but I can't find it.
Another, I skipped LILO setup during installation. I use floppy to
boot. I know I can use Loadlin to boot instead but I don't know where
to get and how should I set it up.
TIA
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From: Brett Rosselle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: brett@rosselle
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: REQ: The fastest Window Manager for a slow Laptop?
Date: Sat, 18 Sep 1999 19:57:01 +0000
Thomas Muders wrote:
> In article <7rrnm7$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Matt O'Toole wrote:
> >
> >Eduard Bloch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> >news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> >
> >> LOL. I think, you are kidding. KDE ist the last thing I would install on
> >> a system with less than 64meg RAM. The most of Qt-stuff and KDE seem to
> >> need more and more memory in the newer versions.
> >
> >It runs fine on my machine, with 48MB.
> >
>
> Compared to Gnome, KDE is incredibly slow. I don't know why. Good examples:
> check out how long kfm needs to display a directory with many files
> and how long needs gmc. The difference is incredible!!
> Another example is the dialog where you can choose the icon for
> a program. This also in Gnome is way faster then in KDE.
> I really wonder what those KDE guys are doing there. I even have the
> impression that KDE gets slower and slower with each release...
>
> Regards
> Thomas
>
> --
> Thomas Muders ** email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> smail: Wittichweg 45 Zi. 108 * 55128 Mainz * GERMANY
> phone: +49 6131 235997
I very suprised that nobody even mentioned WindowMaker. Give it a try. It's
very stable, and very fast. I chose it for exactly those reasons.
On a side note, I have been beaten up repeatedly (not here) for calling
KDE/Gnome window managers. It has been pointed out to me that they are in fact
a desktop environment that run on top of whatever window manager you choose to
run. If you really want speed, run WindowMaker by itself without KDE or
Gnome.
Cheers,
Brett
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From: "Joe Befumo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.x,netscape.public.mozilla.general
Subject: Re: Netscape Keyboard Event Problem
Date: Sat, 18 Sep 1999 15:14:24 -0400
Javascript keyboard events (OnKeyPress etc....) are not functionning at all
for my Windowws NT version either. Perhaps this is Netscape's secret for
competing with Microsoft -- make sure all developers simply stop developing
for Navigator and require I.E.? That's precisely what I'm on the verge of
doing.
Olivier Girard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Javascript keyboard events (OnKeyPress etc....) are not functionning at
> all for my Linux XFree86 x86 version. I guess it is some X setup (key
> binding ) file which isn't well configured. However I tried to modify
> the /usr/lib/X11/app-defaults/Netscape (RH6.0) file but it didn't fix
> the problem. Maybe it is the Gnome configuration (I am using
> gnome) which is involved. How knows?
>
> Please Help !!!!!
>
> Olivier Girard
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From: "Ricardo C." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: how to know my own IP?
Date: Sat, 18 Sep 1999 12:51:16 -0700
ifconfig -a
look for the ppp0 device.. should say there...
/Ricardo
root <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Hi,
> I am using a dialup account to access Internet, ie. my IP is different
> everytime I dialup. So how can I know my IP address? What kind of
> software can return my IP to me when I dialup?
>
> Thanks,
>
> kawing
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (H.Bruijn)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: 8505 exabyte
Date: 18 Sep 1999 20:22:29 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Fri, 17 Sep 1999 13:13:30 -0700, claudia burg allegedly wrote:
>
>
>hi
>
>i am new to the linux news group and linux so please be kind if i offend.
>i checked the old messages for something on this and found nothing.
>
>i am trying to set up a scsi II 8505 exabyte on a linux box running red
>hat 6.0 on a scsi III dell box. i set up the file stinit.def (see below)
>and ran ./MAKEDEV in /dev and two device entries were created: st1 and
>nst1 (st0 is a dds-dc drive). the problem is the computer is not seeing
>the high compression mode. i can successfully write and read to the drive
>with some tapes, but not high compression. i have an exabyte tape written
>in high compression and readable on the drive when the drive was attached
>to a dec alpha running unix. the same tape is not readable when the drive
>is put on the linux box. how do i properly configure and access the
>multiple compression levels of the 8505 exabyte?
>
>thanks!
>ciao
>claudia
>
>stinit.def file:
>----------------
># Exabyte 8505 and other similar 8 mm helical scan driver
>manufacturer=EXABYTE model="EXB-85058SQANXR1" {
>scsi2logical=3 can-bsr auto-lock
>mode1 blocksize=0 density=0x8c # 8500 density, compressing
>mode2 blocksize=0 density=0x15 # 8500 density, no compression
>mode3 blocksize=0 density=0x90 # 8200 density, compressing
>mode4 blocksize=0 density=0x14 } # 8200 density, no compression
<cut 10 lines signature (4-5 lines suggested)>
The scsi tape drive driver can create acces to the tape device in
different modes. The way it works is not by passing arguments to
/dev/st1 or anything, but rather by creating different device entries in
the /dev/ directory. The description of the different device entries can
be found in /usr/src/linux/Documentation/devices.txt and maybe even more
usefull, in "man st". If you don't have those I'll be happy to mail them
to you, but in any case the most usefull excerpts are included below.
What it boils down to is that you have to create the device entries
for the tape drive in the modes you need. I hope this helps a bit,
Good luck,
Herman
9 char SCSI tape devices
0 = /dev/st0 First SCSI tape, mode 0
1 = /dev/st1 Second SCSI tape, mode 0
...
32 = /dev/st0l First SCSI tape, mode 1
33 = /dev/st1l Second SCSI tape, mode 1
...
64 = /dev/st0m First SCSI tape, mode 2
65 = /dev/st1m Second SCSI tape, mode 2
...
96 = /dev/st0a First SCSI tape, mode 3
97 = /dev/st1a Second SCSI tape, mode 3
...
128 = /dev/nst0 First SCSI tape, mode 0, no rewind
129 = /dev/nst1 Second SCSI tape, mode 0, no rewind
...
160 = /dev/nst0l First SCSI tape, mode 1, no rewind
161 = /dev/nst1l Second SCSI tape, mode 1, no rewind
...
192 = /dev/nst0m First SCSI tape, mode 2, no rewind
193 = /dev/nst1m Second SCSI tape, mode 2, no rewind
...
224 = /dev/nst0a First SCSI tape, mode 3, no rewind
225 = /dev/nst1a Second SCSI tape, mode 3, no rewind
...
"No rewind" refers to the omission of the default
automatic rewind on device close. The MTREW or MTOFFL
ioctl()'s can be used to rewind the tape regardless of
the device used to access it.
the man page:
ST(4) Linux Programmer's Manual ST(4)
NAME
st - SCSI tape device
DESCRIPTION
The st driver provides the interface to a variety of SCSI
tape devices. Currently, the driver takes control of all
detected devices of type "sequential-access." The st
driver uses major device number 9.
Each device uses eight minor device numbers. The lower-
most five bits in the minor numbers are assigned sequen-
tially in the order of detection. The minor numbers can be
grouped into two sets of four numbers: the principal
(auto-rewind) minor device numbers, n, and a "no-rewind"
device numbers, (n+ 128). Devices opened using the prin-
cipal device number will be sent a REWIND command when
they are closed. Devices opened using the "no-rewind"
device number will not. (Note that using an auto-rewind
device for positioning the tape with, for instance, mt
does not lead to the desired result: the tape is rewound
after the mt command and the next command starts from the
beginning of the tape).
Within each group, four minor numbers are available to
define devices with different characteristics (block size,
compression, density, etc.) When the system starts up,
only the first device is available. The other three are
activated when the default characteristics are defined
(see below). (By changing compile-time constants, it is
possible to change the balance between the maximum number
of tape drives and the number of minor numbers for each
drive. The default allocation allows control of 32 tape
drives. For instance, it is possible to control up to 64
tape drives with two minor numbers for different options.)
Devices are typically created by:
mknod -m 666 /dev/st0 c 9 0
mknod -m 666 /dev/st0l c 9 32
mknod -m 666 /dev/st0m c 9 64
mknod -m 666 /dev/st0a c 9 96
mknod -m 666 /dev/nst0 c 9 128
mknod -m 666 /dev/nst0l c 9 160
mknod -m 666 /dev/nst0m c 9 192
mknod -m 666 /dev/nst0a c 9 224
There is no corresponding block device.
The driver does not specifically support any tape drive
brand or model. After system start-up the tape device
options are defined by the drive firmware. For example, if
the drive firmware selects fixed block mode, the tape
device uses fixed block mode. The options can be changed
with explicit ioctl() calls and remain in effect when the
device is closed and reopened. Setting the options
affects both the auto-rewind and the non-rewind device.
Different options can be specified for the different
devices within the subgroup of four. The options take
effect when the device is opened. For example, the system
administrator can define one device that writes in fixed
block mode with a certain block size, and one which writes
in variable block mode (if the drive supports both modes).
NOTES
1. When exchanging data between systems, both systems have
to agree on the physical tape block size. The parameters
of a drive after startup are often not the ones most oper-
ating systems use with these devices. Most systems use
drives in variable block mode if the drive supports that
mode. This applies to most modern drives, including DATs,
8mm helical scan drives, DLTs, etc. It may be advisable
use these drives in variable block mode also in Linux
(i.e., use MTSETBLK or MTSETDEFBLK at system startup to
set the mode), at least when exchanging data with foreign
system. The drawback of this is that a fairly large tape
block size has to be used to get acceptable data transfer
rates on the SCSI bus.
2. Many programs (e.g., tar) allow the user to specify the
blocking factor on command line. Note that this determines
the physical block size on tape only in variable block
mode.
--
If a trainstation is place where trains stop, what is workstation?
=====================================================================
Herman Bruijn hbruijn dix.Mines.EDU
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From: Ramin Sina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: Modem died after a crash
Date: Sat, 18 Sep 1999 14:53:44 -0400
Thanks for your response. There are n files in my /var/lock drectory, just a
subdirectory and an empty httpd directory in that. I have SuSE 6.1.
Ramin
Troy Carter wrote:
> locate and remove the lockfile for this modem (look in /var/lock...)
>
> Ramin Sina wrote:
> >
> > Hi all, I had a crash a few days ago and since then I can not get
> > connected. Now when I start wudial, it tells me that /dev/ttyS3 (which
> > has always been my modem device) is busy. If I start the ezppp in the
> > debug mode, it tells me there is no dial tone. The modem start to do
> > something, but it will not make the dialing sound. When I pick up the
> > phone, there IS a dial tone. Considering that the phone line goes from
> > jack to modem amns modem to phone, I am not sure that my modem is really
> > dead. But I don't know anything about hardware. Does this sound like a
> > hardware problem or could it be a software problem? If the latter, how
> > can I fix it?
> >
> > Many thanks,
> > Ramin Sina
>
> --
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Andrew Purugganan)
Subject: * * * DUMBASS QUESTION OF THE WEEK * * *
Date: 18 Sep 1999 20:42:07 GMT
So my fetchmail starts up when I boot my standalone PC. No, I'm not
online yet. Er, how is this fetchmail thing supposed to work? Let's say then
that I now connect to the net courtesy of my ISP, using PPP & diald
to do the dirty work. WHat is supposed to happen then? DO I issue commands
like, go get my mail?? WHat's your setup like, because I haven't a clue.
Do you have an icon that pops up and says, 'Incoming transmission, captain'
Reading the doc it came with gives me instant tech fatigue without me even
touching my keyboard
Thanks for any assist guys, we'll see each other in geek heaven
--
Andy Purugganan
annandy AT dc DOT seflin DOT org
e-mail reply always appreciated, but i'll still be lurking here
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From: -~=Darek M=~- <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Anyone else feel the need to fix up the clipboard in linux?
Date: Sat, 18 Sep 1999 13:34:56 -0700
One think I liked about Windows better than Linux is its
universal clipboard. You could copy a URL and paste it
anywhere, in another browser window, mIRC, etc. And all
programs used Ctrl+C and Ctrl+V to copy and paste.
In linux however, when you copy a line of text from Ksirc
for example and try to paste it in a text editor, you can't.
I find this to be a real pain as it is inconvenient to type
out URLs one got from IRC and is unable to just copy and
paste them in Netscape, which by the way uses Alt+C and
Alt+V.
Could it be a reality in the future that linux would have
the same universal clipboard as Win that held the info and
let you paste it in Netscape, BitchX, a terminal or an ftp
client like Igloo?
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