Linux-Hardware Digest #789
Linux-Hardware Digest #789, Volume #10 Sun, 18 Jul 99 12:13:35 EDT
Contents:
PCI with Linux ("Christian Paech")
Re: AMD k6 and K62 - i386 compabatability (Jeff)
Re: Sounblaster PCI64V alias ES1373 (Chad Page)
Re: Solution to OEM Logitech Mouse Init. (Mohd H Misnan)
Re: Solution to OEM Logitech Mouse Init. (Mohd H Misnan)
Re: AIWA TD-8000? (John Thompson)
Major trouble with DAWI DC-2974 PCI SCSI controller (Edsko de Vries)
Hardware - What should I buy? (Bob)
CD-55A Interface ("Louis Dupree")
V3 and True Type Fonts (Lightnin Larry)
Re: About to build Linux RAID box. Need advice. (Scott Marlowe)
Re: Hardware - What should I buy? (wizard)
linux compatible laser printer ("akm76")
Re: Sound Blaster Live! (Geoff Bowen)
ultra DMA == frequent FS corruption? (Bob Berman)
Re: Which board for Celeron A366? (Chad Page)
Tekram DC-395 UW and Linux ? ("Ramon Fernandez")
7895 SCSI Driver SMP Safe? (Jim Battin)
Re: $299 linux pc hardware questions (Bryan)
From: "Christian Paech" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: PCI with Linux
Date: Sun, 18 Jul 1999 09:24:33 +0200
How can I configure PCI with Linux?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jeff)
Subject: Re: AMD k6 and K62 - i386 compabatability
Date: Sun, 18 Jul 1999 07:42:18 GMT
I had no trouble using kernel 2.2.9 and 2.2.10 on a K6-2, compiled as i586
and with MTRR support.
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From: Chad Page [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Sounblaster PCI64V alias ES1373
Date: Sun, 18 Jul 1999 08:54:37 GMT
The ES1373 is compatible with the ES1371.
Bjarne Nygaard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi,
I bought the above card by mistake because I knew that PCI64 worked, I
knew a ESS1370/1371 driver was to be used but when I came home I
realized the chip is ES1373, not the two above.
Is there any way to make this working???
I think I have exactly the same card.
I have not figured out how to use it with the 2.0.x kernels. :(
The 2.2.8 kernel is very easy to configure to use the card.
It works !
If you need more help just ask.
Thanks for any hint
Jindra [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Share what you know. Learn what you don't.
cu
Bjarne
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mohd H Misnan)
Subject: Re: Solution to OEM Logitech Mouse Init.
Date: 18 Jul 1999 03:03:36 GMT
On Fri, 16 Jul 1999 12:13:26 GMT, Andrew J. Norman wrote:
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-
Gentlemen and women,
This is to inform you all that it is now possible (as per my perivous
post) to enable the scroll wheel on OEM versions of Logitech's FirstMouse+
and MouseMan+ based of the Zilog controler chips (M-S48). Once
initialized the mouse responses are identical to those of the retail model
(M-C48) and can be set to operate the scroll functions of many
application in Xwindows, etc.
Great.. this is what I'm looking for.. will download it ASAP and thanks for
making the driver available for us with OEM logitech.
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|Mohd Hamid Misnan | [EMAIL PROTECTED] / [EMAIL PROTECTED] |
|iMac/233RevB/MacOS 8.6 | [EMAIL PROTECTED] |
|AMDK6-2/300/Linux2.2.10 | http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/3319/ |
-"42? 7 and a half million years and all you can come up with is 42?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mohd H Misnan)
Subject: Re: Solution to OEM Logitech Mouse Init.
Date: 18 Jul 1999 04:32:38 GMT
On 18 Jul 1999 03:03:36 GMT, Mohd H Misnan wrote:
On Fri, 16 Jul 1999 12:13:26 GMT, Andrew J. Norman wrote:
Gentlemen and women,
This is to inform you all that it is now possible (as per my perivous
post) to enable the scroll wheel on OEM versions of Logitech's FirstMouse+
and MouseMan+ based of the Zilog controler chips (M-S48). Once
initialized the mouse responses are identical to those of the retail model
(M-C48) and can be set to operate the scroll functions of many
application in Xwindows, etc.
Great.. this is what I'm looking for.. will download it ASAP and thanks for
making the driver available for us with OEM logitech.
Ugh.. it doesn't want to work on my notebook with logitech m-s48, it frozen my
notebook and lucky I can put it to standby mode (Fn key still working tho') and
this reset the mouse port back to normal.
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|Mohd Hamid Misnan | [EMAIL PROTECTED] / [EMAIL PROTECTED] |
|iMac/233RevB/MacOS 8.6 | [EMAIL PROTECTED] |
|AMDK6-2/300/Linux2.2.10 | http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/3319/ |
-You hit the nail right between the eyes.
Linux-Hardware Digest #790
Linux-Hardware Digest #790, Volume #10 Sun, 18 Jul 99 16:13:26 EDT
Contents:
Re: MGE UPS ESV 11+ (Johan Fredrik =?iso-8859-1?Q?=D8hman?=)
Re: Trying to set up X Server . . . VGA card not listed. Need help (Scott Marlowe)
Re: linux compatible laser printer ("Robert C. Paulsen, Jr.")
Re: About to build Linux RAID box. Need advice. (Scott Marlowe)
Re: Trying to set up X Server . . . VGA card not listed. Need help (Johan Kullstam)
Re: About to build Linux RAID box. Need advice. (Floyd Davidson)
recovery nightmare, corrupt part'n table/MBR (Greg Tschumper)
problem w/ Canopus 2500 TNT using NVidia X Server (Timothy McClanahan)
Building a Linux Box - comments? (Mark)
Re: ATAPI Zip Drive Linux 2.0.10 fails ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
ATI All-In-Wonder 128 - Another One (Taylor)
Printing problem with RH 5.2; dead parallel port? (Steve Arnold)
Re: Building a Linux Box - comments? (Scott Marlowe)
From: Johan Fredrik =?iso-8859-1?Q?=D8hman?= [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: MGE UPS ESV 11+
Date: Fri, 16 Jul 1999 16:56:11 +
Now I'm using MPE UPS ESV 11+ with Redhat 6.0 .
The driver in the homepage of MGE is based on glibc 2.0.x
But it worked well without any problem.
Please read documents carefully..
That is very strange !!! I've talked to several people that have the same
problem as I have !
I use Mandrake 6.0 (almost Readhat), and I really followed the documentation.
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JFO
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From: Scott Marlowe [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To:
alt.linux,alt.os.linux,alt.os.linux.mandrake,alt.uu.comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: Trying to set up X Server . . . VGA card not listed. Need help
Date: Sun, 18 Jul 1999 08:36:58 -0600
jdm wrote:
I have succesfully installed SuSE Linux on my older pentium system,
but my ancient (1994) ISA VESA VGA card is not listed in the list of
supported cards in the X11R6 configuration utility. It was made in
Taiwan by Joytech Computer, and has a Cirrus Logic chipset with the
numbers CL-GD5428-80QCA and CL-GD5904-20DC-A1. I have no idea what
the clock settings and other low-level configuration options might be
on this card. Does anyone have any suggestions on what would be the
safest way to configure X for this card?
Try the Cirrus Logic GD542x driver. My experience is that these cards
often work, but have strange graphics glitches during I/O and such.
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From: "Robert C. Paulsen, Jr." [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: linux compatible laser printer
Date: Sun, 18 Jul 1999 11:03:03 -0500
akm76 wrote:
Hi,
I'm looking for advice on choosing the right laser printer for my linux box.
What features should i look for, and which should i avoid?
( already got in trouble getting "softmodem" )
Thanks
Take a look at...
http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/pht/printer_list.cgi?predef=CJ
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Robert Paulsen http://paulsen.home.texas.net
If my return address contains "ZAP." please remove it. Sorry for the
inconvenience but the unsolicited email is getting out of control.
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From: Scott Marlowe [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: About to build Linux RAID box. Need advice.
Date: Sun, 18 Jul 1999 10:46:49 -0600
Floyd Davidson wrote:
Scott Marlowe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
sincero arcadio wrote:
Floyd Davidson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
: the total power per unit is about 40 watts, and 8 of them adds up to
: more than 250 watts! Probably the best solution there is a pair of 250
: watt supplies.
Oohh ... now theres an idea I haven't thought of! Use a pair of
250watt power supplies. I've been doing searches for power supplies
greater than 300W and those things are actually pretty expensive (like
close to $100 or even more)! Using two 250W supplies would definitely be
cheaper. Now, i wonder how I would hook it up so one switch would power
on both power supplies ... doesn't sound too hard, but I'm no electrician.
If you're going to the trouble to build a large RAID array, you might wanna
look at a large all in one enclosure that has dual redundant power supplies.
Super Micro makes a case (SC-800/SC-800A) that has 11 5.25 HH bays, and dual
350 or 400 watt hot swappable supplies. When it positively absolutely has to
stay up, these are pretty nice choices, and run about $500 to $600.
I've seen larger enclosures with 18-22 5.25 HH bays with dual 400s running
about $1,000 or so.
The fellow points out that he feels a 300W power supply is
"pretty expensive" at "$100 or even more", so you recommend $500
to $1000 dollar solutions instead? That is a joke?
In the original article he mentioned acquiring the hard disks for
$25 each. I don't think this is intended to be a system that
"positively absolutely has to
Linux-Hardware Digest #791
Linux-Hardware Digest #791, Volume #10 Sun, 18 Jul 99 19:13:30 EDT
Contents:
Re: Problems with using 2 ethernet cards -- please help! (Steve Arnold)
Radio card installation problems (root)
Re: About to build Linux RAID box. Need advice. (Chris Mauritz)
second hard disk (Stephen Tawn)
Re: Building a Linux Box - comments? (wizard)
(yet another) soundcard problem (Bruno MEUNIER)
PC Chips TX AGP Pro M/B? (Ian Briggs)
Exabyte NS-8 hardware compression? (Rohan Oberoi)
DirecPC PCI ("David A. Kimball")
Linux HP710C, will it work ? (Kris \"Duke\" Vandecruys)
Re: Ricoh CD-RW MP-6200A being read as floppy (DGehler)
Re: ASUS V3800TNT2 (Kris \"Duke\" Vandecruys)
Re: Linux HP710C, will it work ? ("jams")
Re: recovery nightmare, corrupt part'n table/MBR (Matthias Kilian)
Re: second hard disk ("Prasanth Kumar")
Re: How much space for each partition? ("TURBO1010")
Number Nine SR9 video? (Rick Herrick)
LS-120? (Phillip McGregor)
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Steve Arnold)
Subject: Re: Problems with using 2 ethernet cards -- please help!
Date: Sun, 18 Jul 1999 20:15:19 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Pelly) wrote:
I'm trying to use 2 ethernet cards in my linux box to enable ip
masquerading. However, I'm having problems getting both ethernet cards
to work. I've got an Intel EtherExpress Pro 10/100 and a NetGear
FA-310 card (I think those are the right model #'s). According to the
ethernet-HOWTO, I can pass arguments to the kernel through LILO to
tell it I'm using two ethernet cards. However, I'm not using LILO to
boot linux -- I'm using a boot floppy instead.
Why?
Either of the cards will load fine individually (ie, when I take the
other out), but both won't work in the machine at the same time.
So does anybody know how to tell the kernel to load both cards? I'm
running RH 5.2.
There's probably a way I don't know about, but without using lilo, I don't
know of any other way except changing the kernel driver source. I'd say
installing lilo is the best way to go; you can use it boot different linux
kernels, ie, add a stanza to lilo.conf to boot your latest custom kernel in
test mode, so you can easily go back to your orignal kernel if something
doesn't work right.
Assuming there are no conflicts between the two NICs, you can add the line:
append = "ether=9,0x360,eth1"
to the right section of lilo.conf and you should be in business. The same
thing (without the quotes) will work from the LILO: boot prompt. Just don't
specify the first ethernet card (eth0); you only need to specify the ones
beyond the first one.
HTH, Steve
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From: root [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Radio card installation problems
Date: Sun, 18 Jul 1999 21:24:48 +0200
Is there anyone in this cruel world who can help me out?
I just installed RedHat 6.0 and I have a Aztech Radio card in my system
which works fine in Windows98. I checked the port, and it's on port
350. But somehow, when I recompile my kernel with the Video4Linux
driver the Aztech driver, the card gives no reaction at all.
First I tried to compile the driver into the kernel, but there was no
reaction. After that, I compiled the kernel again, but now the drivers
as modules. With the 'insmod' command on the 'radio-aztech.o' I get the
message that the resource is busy. In any case, there's no /dev/radio*
or some other device whatsoever to be found in the '/dev/' directory.
And the worst thing of all: documentation on this subject is very
scarce
I'ld appreciate any help on this problem
Regards,
Peter.
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From: Chris Mauritz [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: About to build Linux RAID box. Need advice.
Date: Sun, 18 Jul 1999 19:56:14 GMT
Scott Marlowe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
sincero arcadio wrote:
Floyd Davidson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
: the total power per unit is about 40 watts, and 8 of them adds up to
: more than 250 watts! Probably the best solution there is a pair of 250
: watt supplies.
Oohh ... now theres an idea I haven't thought of! Use a pair of
250watt power supplies. I've been doing searches for power supplies
greater than 300W and those things are actually pretty expensive (like
close to $100 or even more)! Using two 250W supplies would definitely be
cheaper. Now, i wonder how I would hook it up so one switch would power
on both power supplies ... doesn't sound too hard, but I'm no electrician.
If you're going to the trouble to build a large RAID array, you might wanna
look at a large all in one enclosure that has dual redundant power supplies.
Super Micro makes a case (SC-800/SC-800A) that has 11 5.25 HH bays, and dual
350 or 400 watt hot swappable supplies. When it positively absolutely has to
stay up, these are pretty nice choices, and run about $500 to $600.
I've seen larger enclosures with
Linux-Hardware Digest #793
Linux-Hardware Digest #793, Volume #10 Mon, 19 Jul 99 02:13:22 EDT
Contents:
Re: Building a Linux Box - comments? (Roy Grimm)
Will a modem on a USB port work with Linux? ("Roland Behunin")
Zip, Jazz, and Orbs. (Robert J. Sprawls)
Re: Building a Linux Box - comments? (Marc Mutz)
Re: FUJITSU MO on RH6.0 (William Barwell)
Pioneer DRM-640x Jukebox (Tracy Johns)
Ethernet Card Install ("Nick V")
Re: isapnp error ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Where should I buy PC *parts* onine? (Neville)
ATX Cases? (Neville)
Re: isapnp error ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Eicon DIVA under Linux? (SYS ADM)
internal zip-drive failure (M Bower)
From: Roy Grimm [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Building a Linux Box - comments?
Date: Sun, 18 Jul 1999 22:08:22 -0500
Mark wrote:
Roy Grimm wrote:
Sound Card- SB Live Value (OEM) ~$ 50
CD-ROM- Samsung 40X ~$ 40
For future growth, you may want to consider getting a DVD ROM drive. It
will cost a bit more but you won't have to upgrade it later.
From the RedHat hardware compatibility list...
"Some IDE and SCSI DVD drives will work with Red Hat Linux as CD-rom
readers. This factor is usually dependent on how ATAPI or SCSI
compatible their CD-rom facilities are."
Does any one know of a compatible DVD ROM drive?
I've had my CD-ROMs for quite some time so I haven't had a chance to
test any DVD ROMs out. If you go to http://www.linux.org or
http://www.redhat.com you can find a list of compatible hardware. The
lists tend to be reasonably up to date for mainstream devices.
Modem - Zoom Model #2919 ~$ 60
Oh man. You do not want to use a zoom modem. I ran an ISP for a while
and about 75% of our customer's modem troubles were with zoom modems.
Any other non winmodem would be a better choice.
Thanks for pointing that out, I picked the Zoom because it appears to
contain a DSP chip (made by lucent) that is recommended in the RedHat
hardware list. Does any one have recommendations for a non-winmodem?
I can't yet recommend my modem 'cause I haven't gotten around to
finishing my PPP setup. I'm going through ATT and they use CHAP
authentication and I haven't gotten that set up right yet. Too much to
do, not enough time. I use a Diamond SupraExpress 56i V.90. It works
under Windoze but so does a winmodem...
Mouse - MS Intellimouse PS2 ~$ 20
Keyboard - MS Natural PS2 ~$ 20
I suppose, if you can get M$ products for $20 each, that wouldn't be so
bad...
Floppy- Sony 1.44MB ~$ 15
Case - Inwin Mini-Tower ~$ 50
Total ~$985
You didn't mention a monitor. Are you reusing an existing monitor?
I didn't mention it because I didn't think it would have any
compatibility problems. Just in case anyone is curious, the one I've
been eyeing is Viewsonics 17" PT775. It's a bit pricey at 360 but it
looks very high quality.
I can make a difference, if you are using a really old monitor. Just
make sure you have the manual so you can find the refresh rates for
various resolutions. I don't know if the Vewsonic is listed in the
"standard" monitor list.
Well, that's my $0.02
Thanks,
Mark
Good luck,
Roy
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From: "Roland Behunin" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Will a modem on a USB port work with Linux?
Date: Sun, 18 Jul 1999 21:18:34 -0600
Hi Folks,
Well, that is the question - will a modem on a USB port work with linux.
Seems I have a winmodem (combined with sound card) on the inside of my
computer.
So I am wondering if I should try and locate and external modem - for a USB
port or a serial port.
Thanks in advance
roland
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Robert J. Sprawls)
Subject: Zip, Jazz, and Orbs.
Date: 19 Jul 1999 02:36:48 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hello,
I'm looking into replacing my venerable Jumbo 250 tape drive
for something a little more capable( plus my drive is snapping tapes
). I see a rather new drive called the Orb drive. Has anyone gotten
this to work with linux? I pretty reasonably priced so I hoping it is
compatibility.
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Date: Mon, 19 Jul 1999 01:28:39 +0200
From: Marc Mutz [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Building a Linux Box - comments?
Mark wrote:
Hello,
I'm buiding my first Linux Box, here's my current list of hardware,
comments welcome reguarding performace/price and compatibility.
Mark
Mother Board - Abit BE6 ~$120
CPU - P3 450 ~$280
Don't take the newest possible CPU. Consider Celeron or - even better -
AMD K6-3. There you get much better performance-per-price.
RAM - 128 MB PC100 generic ~$100
Hard Drive-
