Linux-Hardware Digest #790
Linux-Hardware Digest #790, Volume #12Wed, 3 May 00 02:13:13 EDT
Contents:
Re: Linux Uses Less Power? (John McKown)
Re: HP CD-RW dies when it spins down (Steve Martin)
Q&A from this NG 3 May ("K.Tsakaloglou")
Re: Newbie: Can I perform a COMPLETE LINUX installation on my SECOND HD? (chump)
Re: Problem with setting up HCF v.90 56k PCI modem for Linux. (Dale Wilcox)
Re: ATT: Can someone pls help? (Richard Lyon)
Modem again ("Brian")
Re: Linux Uses Less Power? (James Waldby)
Re: cacheability of motherboard (Drew Eckhardt)
Lucent PCI modem ("Alex Ma")
Re: Have new parallel port - but it's PCI!! ("Mark Graybill")
Re: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Can=B4t?= blank CD-RW (Darryl Bryant)
MPC CDrom under linux ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
I need sound driver for the Yamaha YMF-724 in Mandrake 7.0 (boy_afraid)
Re: help with a CD-R (Scott Johnson)
SONY SD-5000 scsi tape drives (Maurie Daly)
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John McKown)
Subject: Re: Linux Uses Less Power?
Date: Tue, 2 May 2000 19:03:16 -0500
On Mon, 1 May 2000 20:02:47 -0400, Thomas J. Canich
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>it's a funny thing. processor fans are. You don't need them, as long as
>you are using the processor as intended by the manufacturer (ie, not
>overclocking it). All of the processors on the market are designed to air
>cool, using nothing more than a heat sink.
I'm curious about the statement about overclocking. I bought a dual P-III 450
system from a Web merchant. It works wonderfully. It has CPU fans on both of
the CPUs. Most of the time, this system runs around 46 Celsus. However, when
I start up the Distributed Net Client (dnetc), within about 3 minutes, the
temperature (according to LMSensors) has climbed to 55 Celsus. At this point,
I get a CPU overheat alarm. Does this mean that the seller has overclocked my
machine to get the 450 Mhz? Or can other things cause this? BTW - the same
thing happens on a NexStar AMD K6-2 400Mhz system that I bought at Fry's.
I've been trying to figure out how to keep these systems cooler. I did
buy a dual fan that takes up a PCI slot, but it appears that this is not
really helping. This is probably due to the way that the motherboard is
laid out (SuperMicro P6DGE or DBE - I forget which). The 3.5 inch drive bays
make one wall and the AGP video card separates the CPU area from the PCI
slot area. Any suggestions on how to make this thing run cooler? I'm fairly
good with putting in drives & boards, but I would be scared to try to mess
with the actual CPUs (I.e. put on a new heatsink or some such).
Thanks to all for any thoughts,
John
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From: Steve Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: HP CD-RW dies when it spins down
Date: Tue, 02 May 2000 21:45:47 -0400
> I jumped into the middle of this, so pardon me if this is off-base, but have
> you checked the HP Web site for new flash code for the drive? My drive had
> a problem of not recognising blank disks that was solved by the latest code.
Actually, I spent about an hour this morning perusing both the HP site
and
the Philips site (this drive was reportedly OEM'd by Philips) with no
luck.
HP doesn't seem to list any firmware upgrades for this drive. As for the
Philips Web site, let's say that I have not been so frustrated in a long
time.
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From: "K.Tsakaloglou" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Q&A from this NG 3 May
Date: Wed, 3 May 2000 05:16:39 +0300
Questions and answers from this newsgroup (archived by subject) can be found
at http://server.hellug.gr/LUGistics/en/pub/QA_articles_main.php3
Links suggested in those messages are categorized at
http://links.hellug.gr
K.Tsakaloglou
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: chump <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Newbie: Can I perform a COMPLETE LINUX installation on my SECOND HD?
Date: Tue, 02 May 2000 19:15:32 -0700
I just installed RH6.2 this weekend on another HD and it
got fairly stressful because I wanted a clean line between
the two. I set up the Linux HD as the secondary master and
literally disconnected my c/windows hd because I have heard
about horrific slip ups that can happen while manually
partitioning.
Anyway, I boot either HD directly from the BIOS. I don't
know if this is a good idea as far as burning out any ROM
but oh well...motherboards are relatively cheap.
Good Luck
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Date: Tue, 02 May 2000 21:36:40 -0600
From: Dale Wilcox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux.caldera,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup,alt.sys.pc-clone.compaq
Subject: Re: Problem with setting up HCF v.90 56k PCI modem for Linux.
Mun Sing wrote:
> Hi guys,
>
> I need some help from t
Linux-Hardware Digest #789
Linux-Hardware Digest #789, Volume #12Tue, 2 May 00 21:13:05 EDT
Contents:
Re: Video Card Probs in Rh6 (Sleepy Weasel)
Re: TV remote for PCTV (Pascual =?iso-8859-1?Q?Mu=F1oz=20Mu=F1oz?=)
Re: Flat-panel displays -- recommendations? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: es1371.o ensoniq sound missing symbol (Marcel Pol)
Help: Installing RTL8139 on Compaq (Huanyun Li)
Re: Really Inexpensive Array of Disks ("Andy France")
Can´t blank CD-RW ("puetter")
Q. printers canon bcj80 brother mp21 ("arndike")
aic7xx and vaio eth0 problems (Lucas K Carey)
I need a driver for Aopen Faxmodem (Silvestre)
Re: Int 13h Device Not Found, BIOS not installed ("Folkert Rienstra")
Re: hardware problem?? (David M. Carney)
USR MODEM SETUP ("Daezz")
From: Sleepy Weasel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.binaries.warez.linux,alt.os.linux,alt.os.linux.caldera,alt.uu.comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Video Card Probs in Rh6
Date: Tue, 02 May 2000 17:19:18 -0400
Reply-To: 127.0.0.1
On Tue, 02 May 2000 14:42:01 -0400, "L. Friedman"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Why are RedHat problems getting posted in a Caldera NG??
Because they crossposted this message to six newsgroups. Probably
best to ignore their question until they learn some proper posting
manners. Sorry to post to all the groups, just hoped the original
poster would see this and understand that they need to repost the
question only in the proper newsgroup.
SW
>Daezz wrote:
>>
>> I have just installed Red Hat 6.0 Hedwig i686... all new to this linux
>> stuff.. know the very basics... i cannot start Xwindows.. it boots the
>> server and gives me the login but from there i cannot enter into Xwindows...
>> with Red Hat comes the Xconfigurator to configure the video card.. i am
>> running ATI Xpert99 128... it is not listed in there.. anyone know what
>> video card i should choose and the rest of the specs!!! i get the following
>> error message when trying xwindows
>> "None of the configured defices was detected"
>>
>> I have been suggested to install Xfree86 4.0 or 3.5.. not sure where to get
>> it or how to install it..
>>
>> Please help... i am in major need of help
>>
>> Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>
>> Daezz
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From: Pascual =?iso-8859-1?Q?Mu=F1oz=20Mu=F1oz?= <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: TV remote for PCTV
Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2000 13:47:11 +0100
Well, I run Red Hat Linux 6.1. I can properly watch TV using modules bttv and
videodev, with program
"xawtv", but now I'd like to use the remote via serial port. My kernel is 2.2.12. I
think the chipset
number is B848 or something like that.
Regards
H Bohm wrote:
> I think there is a module for Miro Cards with Kernel 2.2.x !!!
> I have a WinTV Card and run it with the module bttv...
> Of course you have to modprobe or insmod the videodev module.
>
> I can get you lots of infos about this topic but I need more
> tech. data. Your distribution, the kernel number and most important
> the Chipset of MiroPCTV...
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> Pascual Muñoz Muñoz schrieb:
>
> > Hi all:
> >
> > I've purchased the MiroPCTV (now Pinnacle) and it comes with a remote that
>connects to the serial
> > port. Is there any possibility of using in Linux?
> >
> > Thanks in advance.
--
Pascual Muñoz Muñoz - Telecommunication Engineer
Optical Communications Group
Departamento de Comunicaciones E.T.S.I.T
Camino de Vera s/n - 46071 Valencia, SPAIN
Universidad Politécnica de Valencia
[EMAIL PROTECTED] - Fax: +34-6-3877309
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Subject: Re: Flat-panel displays -- recommendations?
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Tue, 02 May 2000 21:29:16 GMT
According to Rod Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> And lower power consumption, and an absolutely flat display, and freedom
> from geometric distortions, and improved resistance to magnetic
> artifacts, and so on. These things might or might not be important to you
> personally, but even if they're not, they may be important to others.
> (Likewise, of course, there are advantages to CRTs over LCDs, like wider
> viewing angles and an ability to work at more resolutions without weird
> distortions.)
I am somewhat unimpressed with the current crop of LCD flatpanels, due
almost entirely by the way they are driven from a standard analog
video card. Picture quality is not nearly as good as what you will
get from a laptop which has a direct digital connection.
The one exception is the SGI flatpanel display which *does* have a
digital connection between the PC and panel. The downside is that you
are limited to the Number 9 video card which is a bit dated compared
to the current crop of video cards. *However*, SGI is selling
re-furbed flat panel displays with the Number 9 video card for about
$1100, which really is a pre
Linux-Hardware Digest #788
Linux-Hardware Digest #788, Volume #12Tue, 2 May 00 17:13:12 EDT
Contents:
Can a HP 700/RX X-Terminal be used with a Linux box? ("Jan")
Re: cacheability of motherboard (Dances With Crows)
Re: Linux on a notebook with an ATI Rage Mobility? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
hardware problem?? ("Simon")
Re: Video Card Probs in Rh6 ("L. Friedman")
Re: Can a HP 700/RX X-Terminal be used with a Linux box? (David A. Lethe)
Re: cacheability of motherboard (D G)
Re: Flat-panel displays -- recommendations? (D G)
Re: Linux woes (Compaq for one) on the horizon ("Patrick")
Re: Kensington Scroll Mouse under Linux (Edwin Chacon)
Re: SideWinder (Edwin Chacon)
Sound Card - Turtle Beach Monte Carlo (julien mills)
Re: xfree86config help on HP8360 ("Dale_Robinson")
Re: Flat-panel displays -- recommendations? (Rod Smith)
Re: hardware problem?? ("Nathan Appleton")
Dell Perc3 RAID Controller (Aaron Smith)
Re: Int 13h Device Not Found, BIOS not installed ("Folkert Rienstra")
pci isdn card problem ("m.nine.six")
Re: Q: Imagic Prism (AMD K6-2-500) and Linux (Mary)
Re: Kernel Panic with >64M ("Robert L.")
Re: poweroff failure ? (Bruce Stephens)
SCSI Ultra2 support (Chris Webster)
From: "Jan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Can a HP 700/RX X-Terminal be used with a Linux box?
Date: Tue, 2 May 2000 19:17:33 +0100
Hi
Does anyone know if the above X-Terminal can be logged onto a Linux box? It
requires HP ENWARE to boot from a server but there are reports (unconfirmed)
that ENWARE binaries can be loaded into Linux for booting. Does anyone know
more details?
Many thanks.
itno.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Subject: Re: cacheability of motherboard
Date: 02 May 2000 14:19:33 EDT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On 2 May 2000 17:10:12 GMT, Robie Basak
<<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> shouted forth into the ether:
>>Some processors (like the K6-2) don't have built-in L2 cache. Systems
>>based on those processors have their limits set by the cache controller
>>chips on the motherboard.
[snip]
>512 MB? If the board can cache that much, it must have 512MB of RAM,
>surely. So what's the point of the memory, then?
Look again at your predecessor's post.
I'm typing this on a K6-2 system with an Epox motherboard capable of
caching 256M. There's only 96M worth of RAM in the DIMM slots, because
RAM is expensive these days. The 256M limit on caching here is because
there's a limited amount of what they call "cache tag RAM" soldered on to
the motherboard. The tag RAM tells the memory management hardware which
pieces of main RAM are stored in the L2 cache. Tag RAM has to be fast, so
it's expensive, and the hardware to make it do the right thing is a bit
complex, so it's also expensive. Hence motherboards having a limit of
128/256/512M limit on the amount they can cache.
There was a time when Pentium-class boards could only cache 32 or 64M.
Adding more than to the board would make the machine run extremely slowly,
since any info not stored in the 64M cachable area would have to be
retrieved through the ultra-slow FSB rather than the mostly-fast L2
cache. More info on this can be found somewhere on http://arstechnica.com
--
Matt G / Dances With Crows \###| You have me mixed up with more
There is no Darkness in Eternity \##| creative ways of being stupid,
But only Light too dim for us to see \#| as I have to run nothing but a
(Unless, of course, you're working with NT)\| burp in the butt. --MegaHAL
--
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Linux on a notebook with an ATI Rage Mobility?
Date: Tue, 02 May 2000 18:23:21 GMT
I use this X config for my Gateway 9300 CX Portable with
Rage Mobility P running XFree 3.3.6 :
http://raphya.tripod.com/myref/linux-setup/laptop/my/XF86Config.6th
In article <8emm7r$dup$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
force <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Andy Bristow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> : I'm using RH 6.2 on a DELL with a Rage Mobility M1 (8Mb) chip. I had
to
> : choose the text install method, but X works fine using the Mach64
server
> : at 1024x768x32bpp.
> :
> : RH 6.2 includes XFree 3.3.6
>
> I'm trying to get my Rage Mobility (4Mb) on my HP Omnibook to work
with
> Xfree86 but I'm not having much luck. I've tried 3.3.6, a modified
3.3.6 by
> a Dell user as well as 4.0 and what I get is an overlayed picture of
the
> screen (i.e see two xterms on each side of the screen) with lots of
noise and
> distortion.
>
> The image is fine using the VGA16 server. Perhaps I've got my modeline
> wrong? Anyone have any suggestions for a new HP Omnibook 900's
modeline
> (WinNT reports its running at 1024x768x60Hz) or can point me to some
> documentation where I can try and work it out?
>
> BTW: I'm using Slackware 7 + any X server that works.
>
> Thanks.
>
>
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Linux-Hardware Digest #787
Linux-Hardware Digest #787, Volume #12Tue, 2 May 00 14:13:06 EDT
Contents:
dialtone ("Linux User")
Re: dialtone ("Peter T. Breuer")
Re: §Úªº DNS µLªk°õ¦æ§r, §Ú³s nslookup ³£¨Sªk¥Î¤F, ¥L»¡ non-exsistent host/domain,
("vincent")
Re: Int 13h Device Not Found, BIOS not installed (David C.)
boot up crash ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Linux for SPARC or SGI (Kouros Owzar)
Re: Newbie: Can I perform a COMPLETE LINUX installation on my SECOND HD? ("Jeff
Susanj")
Re: Linux for SPARC or SGI (A transfinite number of monkeys)
Re: powerup restart with ATX (Robie Basak)
Re: cacheability of motherboard (Robie Basak)
support for HP 712/60? (Carson Thoreen)
Re: Can someone pls help? (Henrik Carlqvist)
Re: Have new parallel port - but it's PCI!! (Henrik Carlqvist)
Re: Best Linux server components questions (Henrik Carlqvist)
Re: Really Inexpensive Array of Disks (Markus Kossmann)
Re: Linux for SPARC or SGI (Edwin Chacon)
Re: boot up crash (Dances With Crows)
From: "Linux User" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: dialtone
Date: Tue, 2 May 2000 16:20:17 +0200
how can I disable dialtone check before dialing in kppp
thank's
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From: "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: dialtone
Date: 2 May 2000 15:16:32 GMT
Linux User <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: how can I disable dialtone check before dialing in kppp
Look at your modems manual. It's usually the hayes command X3
(or X1 or X2 or X4; it depends). Try various numbers.
Peter
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From: "vincent" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup,tw.bbs.comp.linux
Subject: Re: §Úªº DNS µLªk°õ¦æ§r, §Ú³s nslookup ³£¨Sªk¥Î¤F, ¥L»¡ non-exsistent
host/domain,
Date: 2 May 2000 15:48:31 GMT
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David C.)
Crossposted-To: comp.periphs.scsi
Subject: Re: Int 13h Device Not Found, BIOS not installed
Date: 02 May 2000 12:15:32 -0400
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>
> I just installed a Adaptec SCSI adapter into my computer which is an
> HP Vectra VL8, Pentium II 450, 128MB SDRAM. Anyway, I keep getting
> this message when I boot up the computer, but it seems the scsi
> adapter is able to detect a tape drive and cdrom writer that I have on
> the internal scsi chain, this is the 50pins connector.
>
> Here is what I see
>
> AHA-2940 BIOS v1.2
> (c) 1995 Adaptec
>
> Int 13h Device Not Found
> BIOS not installed
Where's your hard drive attached? If you're booting an IDE hard drive,
then the Adaptec BIOS is not needed. The BIOS detects this and disables
itself. The message is simply for you to realize what's going on.
The Adaptec BIOS is only used during the boot sequence and for those
operating systems (meaning DOS) which use the BIOS for disk access
instead of device drivers.
Once your operating system is loaded, the BIOS is not required for
anything, which is why you can use a non-bootable hard drive, tape
drive, CD-ROM, whatever, on the card even when the BIOS disables
itself.
If the message really bothers you, go disable the Adaptec BIOS. You
don't need it unless you need to boot something (a HD or CD) o
Linux-Hardware Digest #786
Linux-Hardware Digest #786, Volume #12Tue, 2 May 00 11:13:10 EDT
Contents:
Re: poweroff failure ? (Dances With Crows)
Re: V3, Kernel 2.3.99-pre6 & XFree86 v4.0 - HELP ! (Dances With Crows)
Re: powerup restart with ATX (Steve Fosdick)
Re: Actiontec PC750 PCMCIA reader? (Clinton Popetz)
Newbie: Can I perform a COMPLETE LINUX installation on my SECOND HD? ("Michael Badt")
Re: Newbie: Can I perform a COMPLETE LINUX installation on my SECOND HD? (Markus
Holzapfel)
Re: poweroff failure ? (Marc O. Gloor)
epson perfection 1200 usb with linux (Benjamin Dietze)
Re: Genius NewSketch 1212 HR III under Xf86 3.3.5 ("Gene Heskett")
Re: Linux on a notebook with an ATI Rage Mobility? (force)
Logitech Mouse Protocol Spec? (Bjoern Giesler)
Re: help: Can't print to 2nd port of HP JetDirect EX Plus3 - SOLVED (Mark Paulus)
Help: Linux laptop install w/o CDROM (Buddha)
Re: slackware install on 486dx (Rob Komar)
motherboard with 6 or more PCI slots (Erik Wolf)
Re: Help: Linux laptop install w/o CDROM (Gustin Kiffney)
Kernel Panic with >64M (Thorsten Rene Stauber)
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Subject: Re: poweroff failure ?
Date: 02 May 2000 08:19:04 EDT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Tue, 2 May 2000 13:23:10 +0200, Marc O. Gloor
<<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> shouted forth into the ether:
>I have trouble using "poweroff on shutdown" using Kernel 2.2.12
>on Compaq Deskpro EN small systems. The system halts but poweroff
>don't work. (halt -p used...)
>
>Is there a possibility to patch 2.2x Kernels with APM code
>used in 2.3.x Kernels? I think the problem is that 2.2x Kernels
>can't poweroff in REALMODE (on our machines).
Yep. IIRC 2.2.14 had the fix available, so try that if you're not ready
to make the jump to 2.3.99-pre6. FWIW, 2.3.99-pre3 has been rock solid
for me so far.
--
Matt G / Dances With Crows \###| You have me mixed up with more
There is no Darkness in Eternity \##| creative ways of being stupid,
But only Light too dim for us to see \#| as I have to run nothing but a
(Unless, of course, you're working with NT)\| burp in the butt. --MegaHAL
--
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x,3dfx.glide.linux,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: V3, Kernel 2.3.99-pre6 & XFree86 v4.0 - HELP !
Date: 02 May 2000 08:24:00 EDT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Tue, 02 May 2000 08:15:10 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
<<8em2q6$bhl$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> shouted forth into the ether:
>Basically the problem is thiswhen I try and run certain programs
>they seem unable to create their own windows.
>If I try and run XMame I get the error :
>
>"failed to create MITSHM block"
>I'm not sure whether this is because I haven't compiled something
>correctly into the kernel (there is a lot of new stuff in there).
Wild shot in the dark: Have you put the following line into /etc/fstab ?
none/var/shm shm exec,dev,suid,rw 0 0
ALso make sure to "mkdir /var/shm" if it doesn't exist already. Shared
memory as used by some programs is now a filesystem. ("EVERYthing in Unix
is a file.") Just "mount -a" after doing these things and things should
work better wrt X and MIT-SHM. I think.
--
Matt G / Dances With Crows \###| You have me mixed up with more
There is no Darkness in Eternity \##| creative ways of being stupid,
But only Light too dim for us to see \#| as I have to run nothing but a
(Unless, of course, you're working with NT)\| burp in the butt. --MegaHAL
--
From: Steve Fosdick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: powerup restart with ATX
Date: Tue, 02 May 2000 13:38:38 +0100
Frank wrote:
> I'll ask again -- How can I make an ATX machine powerup automatically
> after a power outage? It can't have anything to do with the BIOS
> because the BIOS can't be read until after power is on.
With my motherboard this _is_ a BIOS option - in the BIOS setup you can
can choose what happens when the AC power is restored after it had been
removed. The choices are:
1. Remain off.
2. Come on.
3. Go into the same state as when the power was removed.
I can understand what you say about the BIOS not executing until the
processor is powered up but things are a little more complicated than
that.
When the system has been turned off from the front panel switch it
isn't completely dead - some of the power supply and some of the
motherboard are still powered up.
This enables the motherboard to monitor:
1. The state of the front panel power button.
2. The state of the "power on from network" port.
3. The state of the "power on at modem ring" port.
4. The real time clock.
and based on what it finds it can bring the system back to
full-power-on mode, presumably by raising a signal line to
the power supply.
In order for whichever chip on the motherboard is r
Linux-Hardware Digest #785
Linux-Hardware Digest #785, Volume #12Tue, 2 May 00 08:13:11 EDT
Contents:
Re: BT878 TV-Karte unter Linux (Slawomir Siwek)
V3, Kernel 2.3.99-pre6 & XFree86 v4.0 - HELP ! ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Problem with setting up HCF v.90 56k PCI modem for Linux. (Henrik Johnsson)
Re: Linux woes (Compaq for one) on the horizon (Michael Borgwardt)
Re: K7 Athlon 700 or BP6 dual celeron ("Peter T. Breuer")
Re: K7 Athlon 700 or BP6 dual celeron ("Peter T. Breuer")
Re: linux hd problems (Markus Holzapfel)
Re: powerup restart with ATX (Graham Murray)
Really Inexpensive Array of Disks (Mario Lang)
PCMCIA modem problem (Christian Rudischer)
Re: Really Inexpensive Array of Disks ("Richard Gaywood")
Re: powerup restart with ATX ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Int 13h Device Not Found, BIOS not installed (M. Buchenrieder)
Driver for S3 Savage IX ("Theodor Bastberget")
Re: HP CD-RW dies when it spins down (Steve Martin)
HP LaserJet 3150 Support ? ("Michael Zill")
Re: Weird printing problem (Thaddeus)
Re: Weird printing problem ("Peter T. Breuer")
poweroff failure ? (Marc O. Gloor)
Re: HP CD-RW dies when it spins down (Jerry Natowitz)
Re: Teles S0/usb box and linux (ISDN) ("Martin Liebl")
From: Slawomir Siwek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: BT878 TV-Karte unter Linux
Date: 2 May 2000 08:10:55 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> But I still have another little problem: is there a possibility to use
> Video-IN connector (simple cinch) under Linux (I don't believe
> kwintv/bttv-driver can do this, am I right?)
Of course. It is possible. I used this possibility to watch video w/o any
problem.
--
S³awomir Siwek.
Polskie Sieci Elektroenergetyczne SA
To co przed @ to pu³apka na spamerów.
Linuser #126048
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x,3dfx.glide.linux,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: V3, Kernel 2.3.99-pre6 & XFree86 v4.0 - HELP !
Date: Tue, 02 May 2000 08:15:10 GMT
Since upgrading to the latest development kernel I have come across a
problem with my X setup.
I have compiled the tdfx module through the kernel configuration, and
have rebuilt the Glide_V3 source rpms, and the tdfx_dri-3.9.18.src.rpm.
The tdfx_drm-0.8.5.src.rpm won't compile under this new kernel, but I
don't think I would need it because the tdfx module is now included in
the kernel.
Basically the problem is thiswhen I try and run certain programs
they seem unable to create their own windows.
If I try and run XMame I get the error :
"failed to create MITSHM block"
If and try and run a Mesa test program like Gears the command just sits
there trying to do something, but the window is never created and I have
to ALT-C to stop the process.
I'm not sure whether this is because I haven't compiled something
correctly into the kernel (there is a lot of new stuff in there).
Anyone else seen this ?
Many thanks
Andrew
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
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From: Henrik Johnsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Problem with setting up HCF v.90 56k PCI modem for Linux.
Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux.caldera,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup,alt.sys.pc-clone.compaq
Date: Tue, 02 May 2000 08:35:12 GMT
In alt.sys.pc-clone.compaq Mun Sing <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi guys,
>
> I need some help from the pro. out there.
> I bought a CALDERA Linux last week and I having problem getting the
> modem up.
You have what is known as a winmodem, which means that instead of
having a controller on the modem, a few dollars are saved by using
the main CPU for the work instead. Unfortunately the manufacturers of
these modems haven't published the interface, so noone has been able
to write the necessary drivers for OSes other than windows.
Buy a new modem and save yourself a lot of headaches, the HCF modems
has quite a reputation for being unreliable and having poor throughput.
/Henrik
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Michael Borgwardt)
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Linux woes (Compaq for one) on the horizon
Date: 2 May 2000 08:42:54 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Yanglong Zhu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Hi all,
>
> I wake up to a horrific reality that some computer manufacturers may be
> trying to suppress and uproot Linux and all other free Operating
> Systems. How? They make computers that do not read nor write those free
> OS bootdisks in drive A. It is a very bad trick upon us free OS users.
I really don't think it's intentional, it may just be a technical problem.
I've recently run into the same phenomenon in a Toshiba notebook.
Linux installation bootdisks tend to use Syslinux as a bootloader, and
the Toshiba couldn't boot it, despite having no problems with LILO
or a Kernel written raw to floppy.
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Michael "Brazil" Borgwardt --- Member of
Linux-Hardware Digest #784
Linux-Hardware Digest #784, Volume #12Tue, 2 May 00 04:13:05 EDT
Contents:
Re: Linux woes (Compaq for one) on the horizon (Yanglong Zhu)
Re: Linux woes (Compaq for one) on the horizon (Yanglong Zhu)
Re: IDE CD-RW (Dances With Crows)
linux hd problems ("Mark Willits")
Linux 6.2 Trident Blade 3d 8mb Video Card (Ted)
Digital Research Technologies (DRT) UDMA/66 Card and SIS 5597 ("John Mazza")
Re: K7 Athlon 700 or BP6 dual celeron (William M. Perry)
Re: 386 ("John Wilson")
powerup restart with ATX (Frank)
Re: K7 Athlon 700 or BP6 dual celeron ("Andreas St. Pierre")
es1371.o ensoniq sound missing symbol (Vijay Boyapati)
Kensington Scroll Mouse under Linux ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Redhat 6.0 and Soundblaster 64 PCI (Martin Petz)
Re: SuSE 6.3 vs Soundblaster AWE64 (Sven Bovin)
Re: Creative Soundblaster Live! OEM ("Nathan Appleton")
Re: Setting up a Sound card / Setting up a standart modem in Corel LINUX OS Deluxe
("Nathan Appleton")
Re: Suggestions for best CDR recorder for Linux ("Nathan Appleton")
Re: Genius NewSketch 1212 HR III under Xf86 3.3.5 ("Nathan Appleton")
Re: scsi-scanners ("Nathan Appleton")
Re: Abit KA7 and Linux ("Nathan Appleton")
Re: Server Hardware Configuration for RedHat 6.2 ("Nathan Appleton")
Re: Looking for a good scanner ("Nathan Appleton")
Re: reliable cheap modems for linux? ("Nathan Appleton")
From: Yanglong Zhu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Linux woes (Compaq for one) on the horizon
Date: Mon, 01 May 2000 22:12:53 -0700
Steven Fosdick wrote:
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> Yanglong Zhu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > I urge you to try install RHLinux on a Presario 5834 (or some thing similar) to
> > verify what I'm saying.
> >
> > Its not so much a conspiracy against Linux. But this is for their profit, I guess.
>
> I personally doubt if Compaq or any other PC vendor make much money from
> technical support even if they do charge premium rate for it. After all they have
> to employ people to provide it.
>
> Neither do I think that any computer manufacturer with his head screwed on
> would deliberately set up a sittuation that would result in more calls to a
> usully overworked (and therefore slow) helpdesk and risk the bad feeling
> amongst the customers that it would cause.
>
> Many computer manufacturers probably consider the Linux marked to small
> to be worth supporting (or else don't know of it) but any deliberate moves
> to stop other OSes running would likely open up the manufactuer to
> accusations of anti-competitive conduct and some lawyer would probably
> find a way they could be sued.
>
> Now if you can provide more information about what happens when you try to
> boot from a Linux floppy like others have asked we may be able to help
> diagnose what is going on (even if it is sabotage). "It doesn't work" really
> doesn't help anyone solve anything - what is the last thing that appears on
> the screen? Are there any error or other suspicious messages?
Thank you for the nice discussion.
I actually got them to take it back tomorrow. Therefore it would be the end of story. I
am actually willing to find out what was going on with this particular computer. But at
any rate it is a really strange behavior. I called 5 or 6 support reps. They could
figure out what problem that is. A jumper problem? I do think that is possible. But
that
is the only hard disk. If it is not set as the master drive do you really think the
machine can still boot normally from hard disk? Hey, I know the BIOS setting crap.
--
From: Yanglong Zhu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Linux woes (Compaq for one) on the horizon
Date: Mon, 01 May 2000 22:31:32 -0700
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Yanglong Zhu wrote:
> Steven Fosdick wrote:
>
> > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> > Yanglong Zhu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > > I urge you to try install RHLinux on a Presario 5834 (or some thing similar) to
> > > verify what I'm saying.
> > >
> > > Its not so much a conspiracy against Linux. But this is for their profit, I
>guess.
> >
> > I personally doubt if Compaq or any other PC vendor make much money from
> > technical support even if they do charge premium rate for it. After all they have
> > to employ people to provide it.
> >
> > Neither do I think that any computer manufacturer with his head screwed on
> > would deliberately set up a sittuation that would result in more calls to a
> > usully overworked (and therefore slow) helpdesk and risk the bad feeling
> > amongst the customers that it would cause.
> >
> > Many computer manufacturers probably consider the Linux marked to small
> > to be worth support
