Linux-Misc Digest #194, Volume #26 Tue, 31 Oct 00 13:13:04 EST
Contents:
Re: X consumes constant 98% CPU usage ("gwen")
lilo configuration for SCSI hard drives? (Ilya)
Re: Where can find the source code for the bash or ash? (Kasper Dupont)
CD player apps constantly scanning device ("R.K.Aa.")
Re: X consumes constant 98% CPU usage (Paul Lew)
Re: /opt? (Tijmen Stam)
Re: Netscape sucks: alternatives? (Tijmen Stam)
Re: how to start tn5250 ("Stefan Oldenburg")
change user privilege... (Beggar)
incorrect UDMA timing(2) ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Netscape sucks: alternatives? (Ilya)
redhat: Out of Range (Lily Fu)
Re: How to use the floppy drive in Linux ("Rob")
Intel D815EEA sound/audio & Linux problem. ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Microsoft vs Sony ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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From: "gwen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: X consumes constant 98% CPU usage
Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2000 17:08:46 +0100
"J.Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> sed :
>> I have a Matrox G200 AGP (or whatever than fancy slot is). X points to
>> /usr/X11R6/bin/XF86_SVGA, whatever that proves.
>>
>
> I also have a Matrox, but mine is a Millenium MG400 AGP (DualHead). X is
> a symlink to /usr/X11R6/bin/XF86_SVGA on my system as well.
This symlink looks strange to me. With XFree4 you don't have different
servers but different drivers.
Make sure your Xfree4 is installed well. Look in your
/var/log/XFree86.0.log for example.
On my system X is a link to /usr/bin/X11/XFree86
--
Gwen
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From: Ilya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: lilo configuration for SCSI hard drives?
Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2000 15:55:39 GMT
I installed a second SCSI hard drive in my all SCSI machine. Where is a
good example of a /etc/lilo.conf file that allows for a 10 second
window to select the OS to boot? The device files for the disks
are /dev/sda and probably /dev/sdb. I don't know what the name for the
second Windows disk is since it obviously does not show up in Linux df
command. Right now I manually plug in the correponding hard drive to
boot either into Redhat 6.1 or Windows 2000 Pro. My Linux disk is SCSI
id of 0, my Windows has SCSI id of 1, tape drive 4 and CDROM 6 so there
is no conflict there.
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From: Kasper Dupont <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.development.apps,comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Re: Where can find the source code for the bash or ash?
Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2000 17:04:50 +0100
Alan Po wrote:
>
> Dear all
>
> Where can I find the source code for the bash? When the bash start? Can I
> select another shell at the boot time?
>
> Thanks a lot.
>
> Alan Po
Each user has a default shell, if you want
to change the default shell for a user see
man usermod.
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Kasper Dupont
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From: "R.K.Aa." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: CD player apps constantly scanning device
Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2000 17:32:06 +0100
if i add cd player applet to gnome panel, or simply start the CD player
program, a dmesg will show continous scanning of the disk if no media
has yet been inserted.
This means i can't really use cd player applet, if i want to utlize
dmesg at all. It fills up with redundant info at an alarming rate,
a zillion of lines all looking like this:
VFS: Disk change detected on device sr(11,0)
Any idea why this agressive scanning is going on, and not least why it
mess up logs? Shuldn't those apps stop polling the device once they've
realized an audio CD is NOT present? And then leave it up to me - to
click on something there - to scan again to see if anything has changed?
Or is there some new gnome autoplay feature with a hickup somewhere?
The CD player is fairly new, a Plexwriter 12/10/32A. Everything works as
it should, modules load OK, no errors reported. Reading, writing and
playing CD's all work fine. Also: If i DO insert an audio-CD in the
player, the scanning and thus the "disk change" message immediately stops.
I believe this output in dmesg started first after i upgraded to the
latest gnome-stuff from helixcode. Running RH6.2 + all relevant upgrades.
K.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Paul Lew)
Subject: Re: X consumes constant 98% CPU usage
Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2000 16:34:16 GMT
On Tue, 31 Oct 2000, Jean-David Beyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>"J.Smith" wrote:
>
>> >
>> > In the background, I have a
>> > whole lot of stuff running.
>> >
>>
>> For me its a little different. I have almost NOTHING running at all, no
>> daemons at all, just twm as a window manager, and 1(one) xterm so I can run
>> top in it. And even if I do nothing, and just sit here and watch the screen,
>> X stays at about 98% CPU usage.
>>
>> >
>> > I have a Matrox G200 AGP (or whatever than fancy slot is). X points to
>> > /usr/X11R6/bin/XF86_SVGA, whatever that proves.
>> >
>>
>> I also have a Matrox, but mine is a Millenium MG400 AGP (DualHead). X is a
>> symlink to /usr/X11R6/bin/XF86_SVGA on my system as well.
>>
>> >
>> > I have no explanation other than my theory that there is a bug in X.
>> >
>>
>> Well maybe it is and maybe it isnt. I compiled from source, and did not use
>> a binary distribution. Im running XFree86 4.01 right now, should I go back
>> to 4.0? Or go all the way back to 3.3.6? Or wait for 4.02 ?
>>
>> Does anyone else have any idea on how to troubelshoot this issue?
>
>If it is a bug, as I conjecture, then it is not a new bug. I am running the
>XFree86-3.3.5-1.6.0 version, and it is there too.
>
>--
Where/how are you people looking at "top"? I can only see that the
"cpu states" has an idle of 98% and don't see "X" process when in kde...
Using 4.0.1 and an old matrox mystyqe 220.
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From: Tijmen Stam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: /opt?
Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2000 17:30:35 +0100
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Wayne Pollock wrote:
> Johan Kullstam wrote:
> > ...
> > i thought that originally, /usr/bin was the stuff that got added by
> > people at berkeley.
Well, all those replys made me think of the following idea:
- /boot 32 meg
- / 2giga
- swap 4x127meg (I use some memory-consumers... Why can't I make one big
swap partition? probably because of some weirdness in SwapFS)
- /home leftover, =+- 4,5-5,5 giga (depending on how much i'll leave
for dos/wi**** error segfault, microsoft dumped)
- and /opt as simlink to /home/opt.
(in random order)
I mailed this to the FHS, so I'll hope dave puts it in the next version
;-)
Thanks anyway,
Tijmen
>
>
> Orginally, Unix was a "two disk" system, since disks were small and
> Unix had so much stuff it wouldn't fit onto one disk. (The original
> $400 distribution came on two large tapes, one for each disk.)
> When working on the system with the additional partitions unmounted,
> or during the boot process, some commands were required and some
> were not. The ones that were required, plus some others (because
> there was some space left over) were put into /bin. The rest were
> put into /usr/bin. Originally, /usr contained user's home
> directories.
>
> /var was not an original Unix standard directory. /usr/spool was
> used for variable data. (On older versions of Unixes like AIX,
> /var is a symbolic link to /usr/spool.)
>
> /usr/bin was also where BSD derrived binaries was placed in System V,
> and I think SunOS and Solaris, but AIX puts them in /usr/ucb. I
> don't know (actually I can't remember) about other Unixes.
>
> -Wayne Pollock
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>From Tijmen Stam - "I believe in Linux" - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Everyone calling himself a linux master should have completely read the Bash
man page and all kernel documentation, as a test to prove himself and to free
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From: Tijmen Stam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Netscape sucks: alternatives?
Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2000 17:44:53 +0100
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Andrew Purugganan wrote:
> Jean-David Beyer ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
>
> [ user_pref("browser.cache.directory", "/home/jdbeyer/.netscape/cache/");
> [ >>>---------------------------^
>
> [ This final slash is the key: it must be there.
>
> Don't get this the wrong way, but HOW DO YOU FIND OUT ALL THIS STUFF???
>
> It sounds so 'X-Files', like Deep THroat talking to you in a parking
> garage in the middle of the night:
The problem is it all IS like x-files....
The worst part being that I don't even write all the stuff I learn down. I
just (try to, ahum) remember it. I had this horrible loadable modules bug, I
fixed it, and the next time I made a kernel, I just forgot it and had the
same shit again :-( and numerous things like that...
I'm what I call an experienced newbie, i use linux for over 2 years, I use
emacs all the times, but don't know any more than +- 6 emacs key commands
(ctrl-a, -e, -k, -y,-xs and -xc...) I know by heart how to make a kernel,
but i don't know much about bash or things like that....
One way to learn alot is read my signature, another is do a linuxfromscratch
(www.linuxfromscratch.org), and browse alot through these newsgroups. It
helps, al little.
BTW, it's not only in linux... It's in lot of things, even "open" things
like html (example: did you now in a a href=mailto: link you could preselect
the subject and body?)
Tijmen
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POVray page http://members.tripod.lycos.nl/somepage/ Last update: 2000-10-15
count linux @ counter.li.org reg#178552, Machine#78930 & #78931
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From: "Stefan Oldenburg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.mandrake,comp.os.linux.portable
Subject: Re: how to start tn5250
Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2000 18:00:30 +0100
Hi.
I would suggest not to use that alpha-software (in fact I never was able to
get it up and running and I tried several times ;) to connect to an AS/400.
Maybe you should try some commercial stuff from www.mochasoft.dk . I tried
that and it works quite well. Isn't really expensive... ;)
No I don't get paid there, but I use some Mochastuff at my work too ;) ...
Regards,
Stefan
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From: Beggar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: change user privilege...
Date: Wed, 01 Nov 2000 01:03:46 +0800
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi all,
How to change one user's privilege so that he can perform
some admin tasks, for example, I want a user can nice a
program to -15 but I don't want to change it to root or change
its uid or group id.
How can I differentiate the task to the uesrs? who can do what,
who cannot do what ? any tools to set this ?
Any document related to these stuff?
Please reply to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Thanks!
Dicky
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: fa.linux.kernel
Subject: incorrect UDMA timing(2)
Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2000 17:20:02 GMT
One other strange thing that just happened: I rebooted
and when it ran a full file check on hde6 it took about
15mins to check the 2GB partition and it made quite some
terrible HD crunching noise. All other partitions on the
same drive were checked as normal, in much much shorter
time (for larger partitions) and without any loud noise.
All filechecks passed though. Also, now when I access /dev/hde6
its as fast as normal and normal sound. Any suggestions?
I'd be pretty sure that if I put the drive back on
the PIIX4 controller, this won't happen (I had that
config. yesterday and it checked fine).
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
In article <8tmpfq$rr7$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I am using kernel 2.2.16-3 (RH6.2)
> with ide.2.2.16.all.20000825.patch.
> Also, I'm using a Promise Ultra 100 controller.
> Two IBM HD's are connected to the Ultra 100 (on
> different ide ports). The drive on hde is an ATA-66
> and the drive on hdg is an ATA-100. Both have correct
> 80 pin cables.
> At boot, the Promise Ultra 100 bios configures the
> drives correctly, i.e. channel 0 master (hde) into UDMA 4
> and channel 1 master (hdg) into UDMA 5.
> However, at linux boot, the ATA-66 drive comes up as
> UDMA(33) whereas the ATA-100 drive comes up correctly as
> UDMA(100). The hdparm -v command confirms these settings,
> however, /proc/ide/pdc202xx shows both drives in UDMA4 (which
> I don't believe, hdparm -t /dev/hde gives me same as I used
> to get with my old PIIX4 UMDA 33 controller).
> Any suggestions? I've attached boot messages etc below.
>
> Please relpy to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> (obviously without the _nospam)
>
> Tom
>
> in /var/log/messages:
>
> Oct 31 08:36:52 xxx kernel: Uniform Multi-Platform E-IDE driver
> Revision: 6.30
> Oct 31 08:36:52 xxx kernel: ide: Assuming 33MHz system bus speed for
PIO
> modes; override with idebus=xx
> Oct 31 08:36:52 xxx kernel: PIIX4: IDE controller on PCI bus 00 dev 39
> Oct 31 08:36:52 xxx kernel: PIIX4: chipset revision 1
> Oct 31 08:36:52 xxx kernel: PIIX4: not 100% native mode: will probe
irqs
> later
> Oct 31 08:36:52 xxx kernel: ide0: BM-DMA at 0x10e0-0x10e7, BIOS
> settings: hda:DMA, hdb:pio
> Oct 31 08:36:52 xxx kernel: ide1: BM-DMA at 0x10e8-0x10ef, BIOS
> settings: hdc:DMA, hdd:pio
> Oct 31 08:36:52 xxx kernel: PDC20267: IDE controller on PCI bus 00 dev
> 70
> Oct 31 08:36:52 xxx kernel: PDC20267: chipset revision 2
> Oct 31 08:36:52 xxx kernel: PDC20267: not 100% native mode: will probe
> irqs later
> Oct 31 08:36:52 xxx kernel: PDC20267: (U)DMA Burst Bit ENABLED Primary
> PCI Mode Secondary PCI Mode.
> Oct 31 08:36:52 xxx kernel: ide2: BM-DMA at 0x1080-0x1087, BIOS
> settings: hde:DMA, hdf:pio
> Oct 31 08:36:52 xxx kernel: ide3: BM-DMA at 0x1088-0x108f, BIOS
> settings: hdg:DMA, hdh:pio
> Oct 31 08:36:52 xxx kernel: hda: IBM-DHEA-38451, ATA DISK drive
> Oct 31 08:36:52 xxx kernel: hdc: NEC CD-ROM DRIVE:28B, ATAPI CDROM
drive
> Oct 31 08:36:52 xxx kernel: hdd: HP COLORADO 8GB, ATAPI TAPE drive
> Oct 31 08:36:52 xxx kernel: hde: IBM-DJNA-371800, ATA DISK drive
> Oct 31 08:36:52 xxx kernel: hdg: IBM-DTLA-307045, ATA DISK drive
> Oct 31 08:36:52 xxx kernel: ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14
> Oct 31 08:36:52 xxx kernel: ide1 at 0x170-0x177,0x376 on irq 15
> Oct 31 08:36:52 xxx kernel: ide2 at 0x1400-0x1407,0x10f6 on irq 9
> Oct 31 08:36:52 xxx kernel: ide3 at 0x10f8-0x10ff,0x10f2 on irq 9
> Oct 31 08:36:52 xxx kernel: hda: IBM-DHEA-38451, 8063MB w/472kB Cache,
> CHS=1027/255/63, UDMA(33)
> Oct 31 08:36:52 xxx kernel: hde: IBM-DJNA-371800, 17206MB w/1966kB
> Cache, CHS=34960/16/63, UDMA(33)
> Oct 31 08:36:52 xxx kernel: hdg: IBM-DTLA-307045, 43979MB w/1916kB
> Cache, CHS=89355/16/63, UDMA(100)
> Oct 31 08:36:52 xxx kernel: hdc: ATAPI 32X CD-ROM drive, 256kB Cache,
> DMA
>
> :cat /proc/ide/pdc202xx
>
> PDC20267 Chipset.
> ------------------------------- General Status
> ---------------------------------
> Burst Mode : enabled
> Host Mode : Normal
> Bus Clocking : 66 External
> IO pad select : 10 mA
> Status Polling Period : 9
> Interrupt Check Status Polling Delay : 0
> --------------- Primary Channel ---------------- Secondary Channel
> -------------
> enabled enabled
> 66 Clocking enabled enabled
> Mode PCI Mode PCI
> FIFO Empty FIFO Empty
> --------------- drive0 --------- drive1 -------- drive0 ----------
> drive1 ------
> DMA enabled: yes no yes no
> DMA Mode: UDMA 4 NOTSET UDMA 4
> NOTSET
> PIO Mode: PIO 4 NOTSET PIO 4
> NOTSET
>
> /sbin/hdparm -i /dev/hde
>
> /dev/hde:
>
> Model=IBM-DJNA-371800, FwRev=J78OA30K, SerialNo=GR0GRF37488
> Config={ HardSect NotMFM HdSw>15uSec Fixed DTR>10Mbs }
> RawCHS=16383/16/63, TrkSize=0, SectSize=0, ECCbytes=34
> BuffType=3(DualPortCache), BuffSize=1966kB, MaxMultSect=16,
> MultSect=off
> DblWordIO=no, OldPIO=2, DMA=yes, OldDMA=2
> CurCHS=16383/16/63, CurSects=-66060037, LBA=yes, LBAsects=35239680
> tDMA={min:120,rec:120}, DMA modes: mword0 mword1 mword2
> IORDY=on/off, tPIO={min:240,w/IORDY:120}, PIO modes: mode3 mode4
> UDMA modes: mode0 mode1 *mode2 mode3 mode4
>
> /sbin/hdparm -i /dev/hdg
>
> /dev/hdg:
>
> Model=IBM-DTLA-307045, FwRev=TX6OA50C, SerialNo=YMDYMLX1661
> Config={ HardSect NotMFM HdSw>15uSec Fixed DTR>10Mbs }
> RawCHS=16383/16/63, TrkSize=0, SectSize=0, ECCbytes=40
> BuffType=3(DualPortCache), BuffSize=1916kB, MaxMultSect=16,
> MultSect=off
> DblWordIO=no, OldPIO=2, DMA=yes, OldDMA=2
> CurCHS=16383/16/63, CurSects=-66060037, LBA=yes, LBAsects=90069840
> tDMA={min:120,rec:120}, DMA modes: mword0 mword1 mword2
> IORDY=on/off, tPIO={min:240,w/IORDY:120}, PIO modes: mode3 mode4
> UDMA modes: mode0 mode1 mode2 mode3 mode4 *mode5
>
> /sbin/hdparm -t /dev/hde
> /dev/hde:
> Timing buffered disk reads: 64 MB in 3.78 seconds = 16.93 MB/sec
>
> /sbin/hdparm -t /dev/hdg
> /dev/hdg:
> Timing buffered disk reads: 64 MB in 1.79 seconds = 35.75 MB/sec
>
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From: Ilya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Netscape sucks: alternatives?
Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2000 17:24:26 GMT
I have 128MB of RAM and 256MB of swap, typically run 4-5 Netscape
sessions and eventually get Netscape to swap like crazy, often
freezing and crashing my workstation. Even if I kill all Netscape
processes and rm all cache files, I still need a reboot to clear
things up. It can easily bring system load up to 2 or 3 and keep going,
reboots usually fix it.
It is the worst piece of software on my machine. Memory
management is terrible. It is true that Linux is stable, but a lot
of stuff on it is not and frequently
core dumps -- for instance linuxconf which core dumps almost every time
I use it.
Netscape solutions might include upgrading the version, or downgrading,
or getting something else. The last time I checked, there was no
Internet Explorer for Linux.
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Hal Burgiss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 25 Oct 2000 20:02:58 GMT, Andrew Purugganan
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >Hal Burgiss ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: [ On Wed, 25 Oct 2000 18:35:31
+0200,
> >Tijmen Stam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [ >I say Netscape: [ >I
said
> >cool, but now I say : Buggy
> >
> >[ I say Mozilla. Not quite there, but close, and damn nice. Even the
> >[ nightly builds are usable.
> >
> >I've had Netscape cause so much thrashing as to render my X unusable
> >and inaccessible, but I did set my cache & mem to be really high,
and I
> >open so many Navigator windows. In Windowmaker (I don't know if that
> >matters).
>
> This is a sign of running out of swap. And yes NS is a serious memory
> hog. I would try installing and only using Navigator. Much less
memory,
> and a bit more stable. Of course, you need other news/mail clients
which
> is OK because NS sux for this anyway. So win-win.
>
> I would set cache levels low also. Notice that NS seems to ignore disk
> cache limits, so I occasionally rm -rf the whole thing. This can get
> huge, and maybe contributes to linux caching problem if NS tries to
read
> all this stuff in. Would be my guess anyway. If you are tight on
memory,
> closing/re-opening NS sometimes does wonders. It seems X at some point
> grabs a lot of memory, and occasionally restarting X is even better.
>
> >Does mozilla do the same thing? Is there hope for Linux having an
even
> >slightly-better-than-avarage browser?
>
> I haven't noticed it in Mozilla, but I have 128M RAM and 390 swap, so
I
> don't see it much in NS either. Mozilla is a little heavy on memory
too.
> But I think pages look much better in Mozilla. Java is not there all
the
> way yet (AFAICT). And occassionally secure sites work, and sometimes
> they don't.
>
> >I've been using w3m a lot lately, so the porn sites haven't been
making
> >money on me ;-)
>
> Ah, one of my favorites. I have always have it open!
>
> So right now I use NS, Mozilla and w3m. I used to use w3m primarily,
and
> fall back to the others if I needed to see the pretty pictures. Now, I
> find I use Mozilla more and more.
>
> --
> Hal B
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> --
>
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From: Lily Fu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: redhat: Out of Range
Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2000 12:21:33 -0500
Hi,
I am new to linux administration and I need urgent help!
RedHat 6.2 was installed on a machine as 'server' type.
Today, I tried to upgrade it by adding X-Window
packages. After chose 'upgrade' and selected
the XFree86 and other packages, (using the customerize option)
it went ok, but it said 'mouse' couldn't be found.
So, I went to 'upgrade' procedure again,
this time, I though I didn't need to install any packages,
I clicked 'upgrade' and 'custoerize' but didn't
check any packages. Strange enough, the system
went to update all 214 packages from CD-ROM
Then, it rebooted, but gave me the following error:
"OUT OF RANGE
Hz: 30kHz - 130 kHz
Vz: 50Hz - 160Hz
CURRENT FREQUENCY
Hz: 27.8kHz Vz: 62Hz"
What does this mean?
I need to get the system back as soon as possible,
please help!
Thanks a lot!
Lily
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From: "Rob" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How to use the floppy drive in Linux
Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2000 13:53:05 GMT
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:8tl17h$fjb$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I'm new in Linux world; I need to know how to use the floppy drive.How
> do I copy files from hard drive to floppy and how from floppy to hard
> drive. What commands should I use?
> Any suggestion is appreciated.
> Thank you
>
>
>
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> Before you buy.
You really need to read up on your file systems mate, but I'll get you
going.
You have to mount the drive.
All parts of the file system need a mount point, ( a directory ) in this
case I suggest /floppy
so,. as root user in the root directory ( cd / ) do :
mkdir floppy
this is were you are going to "bolt on" the floppy drive to make it part of
your file system.
Next you need to tell the system what the device you are mounting is, what
it's file system is, and a couple of other things too, this is done in
/etc/fstab
so :
cd /etc
vi fstab
( I hope you can use vi !!!! )
and add the following line TO THE BOTTOM OF THE FILE
/dev/fd0 /floppy msdos defaults 1 2
The first item is the physical device you are trying to mount, next where
the mount point is , then the file system, now some other stuff ( RTFM -
"man fstab" )
save the file.
now you can mount the device by doing :
mount /floppy
cd /floppy, and do an ls - you will see that it is mounted!
Unlike windoze, you don't get drive letters, you mount devices on the
filesystem, so to copy from your floppy drive to...say your home directory
you would do :
cp /floppy/<filename /home/<usersname>
Hope this has helped, as I said, RTFM! learn to use the man pages, if you
get into LINUX much more, you will live by them!
here's a couple of places to look for documentation :
http://www.linuxnewbie.org/
http://doc.rmplc.co.uk/linux/LDP/
Good luck!!
regards,
Rob
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: intel.motherboards.pentium_ii,comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Intel D815EEA sound/audio & Linux problem.
Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2000 17:34:41 GMT
Intel D815EEA sound/audio & Linux problem.
I have Intel D815EEA motherboard, which has integrated sound/audio,
video, & LAN.
I'm running RedHat Linux 7.0, which has kernel 2.2.16.
When I try to play an MP3 file using XMMS, it seems to play, but I
don't hear anything.
When I switch the OS to Win98SE (I have dual boot), I'm able to play
and hear the music without problems. When I switch back to Linux, XMMS
seems to play the MP3 file, but I don't hear anything out of the
speakers.
I tried sndconfig from the root account.
It seems to identify the sound card as,
Model: Intel Corporation|82801AB AC'97 Audio
It tries to play a sample sound as a test, but I don't hear anything.
Then it presents me with a list of soundcards.
I choose Intel i810 AC97 Audio, because it's already selected, and it
seems like the closest model. It tests the sound driver again and
fails.
I contacted Intel tech support, but they couldn' help me because they
don't officially support Linux.
Any help would be appreciated.
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Before you buy.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Microsoft vs Sony
Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2000 17:41:26 GMT
Hmm... I just found that Sega DreamCast runs the Microsoft
operating system. Can anyone verify that Sony's Playstation
runs linux? (at least the developers kit).
Now we know that consoles are driven by hardware and games,
not the operating system. If it was, then we already know that
Playstation 1 beat Sega DreamCast.
So this sort of indicates that Microsoft may lose this battle.
They own the OS, but not the hardware, but hardware and pricing
and marketing is what is needed to push game consoles, not the
OS that it runs on. Microsoft doesn't compete in the hardware
space, and we know Sony always wins in hardware (just visit your
nearest electronics store and see which sells the most).
And given that the PS2 marketing is pretty good so far (a lot
of media attention about people wanting, but cannot get one),
it looks PS2 beat XBox's marketing for now. People seem to
be talking about picking up a PS2 for double price at ebay.com
or something rather than buy a XBox. (can you imagine that?
paying double the price, rather than wait. This seems to
be a reversal of the attitude a few months ago when people were
contemplating waiting another year for XBox, which isn't even
priced yet).
If this marketing movement continues until christmas, Sony
will have another lock on the game console market, and I predict
greater than 40% with all parties involved. Some are buying
the PS2 as DVD players. (good DVD players cost the
same as a PS2, and some even more).
For some reason I feel Microsoft will stumble on this one like
they did with Sega. They tried to extend into the market through
Sega, lost to Sony, so Microsoft is trying at it alone this time
with XBox. But when I looked at the developers, it seems not many
are firmly commited except PC game developers.
XBox may become a cheap PC clone and die out from
competition of REAL PCs running faster Intel hardware with
upgradable video cards, memory, etc. (It is basically a PC
machine running PC games and a fast video card). Why buy
a lower end version of a PC (XBox) when you can buy the latest
ones running faster from any PC manufacturer?
Is Microsoft trying to use PC platform to extend into
the console gaming market? If this is the strategy, it might
work. But the problem is that we are moving more and more towards
simplicity and the computer is becoming like an appliance (a tv where
you just push a button). For example, look at the palm computers,
they don't have the whole keyboard, just a few buttons and a pen.
Gaming wise, kids prefer to plug in something and play rather
than install, uninstall, and deal with the launching of the program
through an operating system. XBox might be dead from competition
within (the REAL PC gaming market) before it can even compete with
the console market. Maybe Nintendo realized this, and placed
their introduction of their GameCube a month after Microsoft's
launch... so people will wait and buy the Nintendo. If Nintendo
does not believe it can beat Microsoft, it would not have done this,
they would have launched a year later or six months before so they
can get some sales and generate revenue. To release it at
the same time means they have solid belief they are going to win.
It seems Nintendo is on Sony's side on this one.
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