Re: [LIB] Poll on Linux compatible modems and NICs
Date: Thu, 16 May 2002 06:29:09 + From: neil barnes [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] Poll on Linux compatible modems and NICs Date: Thu, 16 May 2002 05:50:27 + From: Matthew Hanson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] Poll on Linux compatible modems and NICs Hmmm... are there cards on the list of cards supported by Linux that still need to have drivers set up? I was lucky that three of 6 cards I tested out worked immediately without having to set any drivers at all. Unfortunately 2 of the ones that failed to be recognized were the ones from my two CD-ROM drives. Every card I have worked first time in linux (with one of them taking half a day to get running in windows!) - you have my list. The Tosh CDROM works fine. I'm wondering if it possible to network the L50 running Linux to the L70 running Windows, and be able to access a CD-ROM drive there. Is that something that is possible? Yes - you'll need to set the CDROM on the 70 as a shared drive, and set up all the samba stuff on the 50. It works, but it might take some time :) The samba howto book (it's all over the web) is well worth reading before you start. I think it's by O'Reilly. (before you ask, no I haven't. I have a hard enough time making 98 work with 2k, though 2k works with 98 easily enough. Odd. Though the latest linuxes are starting to appear with a network neighbourhood app built in - M8.2 I think does) Neil _ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://www.silverace.com/libretto/ - Archives ---TO UNSUBSCRIBE--- Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST-- Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest **
Re: [LIB] Poll on Linux compatible modems and NICs
Date: Thu, 16 May 2002 14:43:24 +0800 From: Raymond [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] Poll on Linux compatible modems and NICs At 10:55 PM 15/05/2002 -0700, you wrote: Date: Thu, 16 May 2002 05:50:27 + From: Matthew Hanson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] Poll on Linux compatible modems and NICs I see a guy on EBay has 4 Bromax cards, model EN10-T2T listed. They look cheap ennough. Will check the list of Linux support cards. But if what you say is right, it ought to be there. That or look on the Bromax website under driver downloads to see if they have a Linux driver for it. Hmmm... are there cards on the list of cards supported by Linux that still need to have drivers set up? I was lucky that three of 6 cards I tested out worked immediately without having to set any drivers at all. Unfortunately 2 of the ones that failed to be recognized were the ones from my two CD-ROM drives. Well put it this way. If the manufacturer lists it as having Linux drivers then at least you know they've gone to the effort. I'm wondering if it possible to network the L50 running Linux to the L70 running Windows, and be able to access a CD-ROM drive there. Is that something that is possible? Yup ... share out the CD-ROM drive on the Windows one then on the Linux one go mount -t smbfs -o username=username //computer name/share name /mnt/whatever you want to call it (I might have the source and destination switched there). Make sure you unmount it when you're done or weird things happen. What are you using for a modem in Linux Raymond? I'm not ... I got a Xircom Realport 56k with my L50 (the previous guy used it with the APR) but I've not used it. Even in Windows, when I'm far enough away from a network point to need to use a modem there isn't a phone line around anyway so I just use the IrDA link with my cellphone. I haven't got IrDA working under Linux yet but then again I only tried for a few minutes... I don't use Linux on the libby often enough to justify bothering. So do you connect your Lib/Linux setup to access broadband via the NIC? Or do you just access the net via your l100 (L110?) and/or desktop? Well my L50 now belongs to my sister ... my L100 only really access the internet through LAN either at work or at home and is able to do so booted into both Linux and Windows. I don't really have access to a telephone jack anywhere where there isn't already a network port so I've not needed a modem card (and where there is neither I boot into Windows and use my cellphone). - Raymond --- /~\ | | Does fuzzy logic tickle?| | ___ | My HDD has no reverse. How do I backup? | | /__/ +---| | / \ a y b o t | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | | Need help? Visit #Windows98 on DALNet! | | ICQ: 31756092 | Libretto IRC channel #Libretto on DALNet! | \~/ ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://www.silverace.com/libretto/ - Archives ---TO UNSUBSCRIBE--- Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST-- Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest **
Re: [LIB] Poll on Linux compatible modems and NICs
Date: Thu, 16 May 2002 17:28:52 + From: Matthew Hanson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] Poll on Linux compatible modems and NICs From: neil barnes [EMAIL PROTECTED] Every card I have worked first time in linux (with one of them taking half a day to get running in windows!) - you have my list. It is nice to just plug in a card, and have it work without any messing around with drivers. I guess if you have to set up a driver in Linux as a newbie, it can be as daunting if now more so than doing it in Windows. The Tosh CDROM works fine. I'm wondering if it possible to network the L50 running Linux to the L70 running Windows, and be able to access a CD-ROM drive there. Is that something that is possible? Yes - you'll need to set the CDROM on the 70 as a shared drive, and set up all the samba stuff on the 50. It works, but it might take some time :) The samba howto book (it's all over the web) is well worth reading before you start. I think it's by O'Reilly. Great... will give it a whirl when I get a NIC for the L50. M/S _ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://www.silverace.com/libretto/ - Archives ---TO UNSUBSCRIBE--- Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST-- Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest **
[LIB] Poll on Linux compatible modems and NICs
Date: Wed, 15 May 2002 07:45:17 + From: Matthew Hanson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Poll on Linux compatible modems and NICs Now that I have Linux running on this L50, my next project is to get a 56k hardware controller modem and NIC that Linux supports. My 56K/Ethernet Xircom CEM56 card is not supported, although there's a fix in an ascii file I haven't figured out how to set up. But could I get some feedback from people who have ISA 56k modems and NICs working on a Linux installation on their L50/70, with their make and models. Then I can look around EBay and see what I can pick up for $10 -$20 for each. Thanks folks. Matt (Shel) Posted via L50 running Linux. Yes! _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp. ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://www.silverace.com/libretto/ - Archives ---TO UNSUBSCRIBE--- Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST-- Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest **
Re: [LIB] Poll on Linux compatible modems and NICs
Date: Wed, 15 May 2002 20:41:20 +0800 From: Raymond [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] Poll on Linux compatible modems and NICs OK I posted this once but the webmail interface crashed ... sorry if this comes through twice! At 12:50 AM 15/05/2002 -0700, you wrote: Date: Wed, 15 May 2002 07:45:17 + From: Matthew Hanson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Poll on Linux compatible modems and NICs Now that I have Linux running on this L50, my next project is to get a 56k hardware controller modem and NIC that Linux supports. My 56K/Ethernet Xircom CEM56 card is not supported, although there's a fix in an ascii file I haven't figured out how to set up. But could I get some feedback from people who have ISA 56k modems and NICs working on a Linux installation on their L50/70, with their make and models. Then I can look around EBay and see what I can pick up for $10 -$20 for each. I've had great success running a Bromax (a division of Kingmax) iPort (dongleless) 10/100 16bit PCMCIA NIC in my L50 under Red Hat Linux 6.2 ... they even have Linux drivers for download on their website plus pretty good instructions on how to install them (compared to most Linux docs at least). The drivers aren't RedHat specific (I get the feeling it was written with Slackware in mind as they do make some comments about it in one of the docs). They're actually the reference Realtek drivers for the chip in that card, plus some tweaked config stuff by the Bromax people. Make sure you don't get the cardbus version as your L50 has no cardbus (the cardbus version works well under Linux on an L100 though ...). Make sure you download the latest modules for PCMCIA though otherwise very little tends to work ... also I can't remember if I had to patch the kernel twice (I installed about 3 things at once, and had to patch the kernel twice) ... don't try to patch the kernel twice with the same file or things start going pear shaped. - Raymond Matt (Shel) Posted via L50 running Linux. Yes! If your L50 under Linux has no connectivity, how are you posting this? --- /~\ | | Does fuzzy logic tickle?| | ___ | My HDD has no reverse. How do I backup? | | /__/ +---| | / \ a y b o t | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | | Need help? Visit #Windows98 on DALNet! | | ICQ: 31756092 | Libretto IRC channel #Libretto on DALNet! | \~/ ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://www.silverace.com/libretto/ - Archives ---TO UNSUBSCRIBE--- Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST-- Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest **
Re: [LIB] Poll on Linux compatible modems and NICs
Date: Wed, 15 May 2002 19:15:55 + From: Matthew Hanson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] Poll on Linux compatible modems and NICs From: Raymond [EMAIL PROTECTED] OK I posted this once but the webmail interface crashed ... sorry if this comes through twice! Nope! I just got this one. From: Matthew Hanson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Now that I have Linux running on this L50, my next project is to get a 56k hardware controller modem and NIC that Linux supports. My 56K/Ethernet Xircom CEM56 card is not supported, although there's a fix in an ascii file I haven't figured out how to set up. But could I get some feedback from people who have ISA 56k modems and NICs working on a Linux installation on their L50/70, with their make and models. Then I can look around EBay and see what I can pick up for $10 -$20 for each. I've had great success running a Bromax (a division of Kingmax) iPort (dongleless) 10/100 16bit PCMCIA NIC in my L50 under Red Hat Linux 6.2 ... they even have Linux drivers for download on their website plus pretty good instructions on how to install them (compared to most Linux docs at least). The drivers aren't RedHat specific (I get the feeling it was written with Slackware in mind as they do make some comments about it in one of the docs). They're actually the reference Realtek drivers for the chip in that card, plus some tweaked config stuff by the Bromax people. Make sure you don't get the cardbus version as your L50 has no cardbus (the cardbus version works well under Linux on an L100 though ...). Make sure you download the latest modules for PCMCIA though otherwise very little tends to work ... also I can't remember if I had to patch the kernel twice (I installed about 3 things at once, and had to patch the kernel twice) ... don't try to patch the kernel twice with the same file or things start going pear shaped. Sounds good, but I'd almost prefer one of their older cards that have been supported in Linux for a while now. I'm running Mandrake 7.1 from 2000, and am already on shakey legs with Linux. But Neil has been working on getting 8.1 setup on his L70, so we'll see. I see a guy on EBay has 4 Bromax cards, model EN10-T2T listed. They look cheap ennough. Will check the list of Linux support cards. But if what you say is right, it ought to be there. What are you using for a modem in Linux Raymond? Matt (Shel) Posted via L50 running Linux. Yes! If your L50 under Linux has no connectivity, how are you posting this? Via an old 33.6K US Robotics modem I got with a L70 I bought on EBay last year. I can't use the 56K Xircom combo modem for Linux, as it requires a patch of some kind in an ascii file that I have no idea how to set up. Plus... I can use that modem with th L70 for networking to this L50 that has Linux set up. Shel 50CT w/Linux: una mas tiempo! _ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://www.silverace.com/libretto/ - Archives ---TO UNSUBSCRIBE--- Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST-- Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest **
Re: [LIB] Poll on Linux compatible modems and NICs
Date: Thu, 16 May 2002 09:41:18 +0800 From: Raymond [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] Poll on Linux compatible modems and NICs At 12:20 PM 15/05/2002 -0700, you wrote: Date: Wed, 15 May 2002 19:15:55 + From: Matthew Hanson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] Poll on Linux compatible modems and NICs I've had great success running a Bromax (a division of Kingmax) iPort (dongleless) 10/100 16bit PCMCIA NIC in my L50 under Red Hat Linux 6.2 ... they even have Linux drivers for download on their website plus pretty good instructions on how to install them (compared to most Linux docs at least). The drivers aren't RedHat specific (I get the feeling it was written with Slackware in mind as they do make some comments about it in one of the docs). They're actually the reference Realtek drivers for the chip in that card, plus some tweaked config stuff by the Bromax people. Make sure you don't get the cardbus version as your L50 has no cardbus (the cardbus version works well under Linux on an L100 though ...). Make sure you download the latest modules for PCMCIA though otherwise very little tends to work ... also I can't remember if I had to patch the kernel twice (I installed about 3 things at once, and had to patch the kernel twice) ... don't try to patch the kernel twice with the same file or things start going pear shaped. Sounds good, but I'd almost prefer one of their older cards that have been supported in Linux for a while now. I'm running Mandrake 7.1 from 2000, and am already on shakey legs with Linux. But Neil has been working on getting 8.1 setup on his L70, so we'll see. I see a guy on EBay has 4 Bromax cards, model EN10-T2T listed. They look cheap ennough. Will check the list of Linux support cards. But if what you say is right, it ought to be there. That or look on the Bromax website under driver downloads to see if they have a Linux driver for it. What are you using for a modem in Linux Raymond? I'm not ... I got a Xircom Realport 56k with my L50 (the previous guy used it with the APR) but I've not used it. Even in Windows, when I'm far enough away from a network point to need to use a modem there isn't a phone line around anyway so I just use the IrDA link with my cellphone. I haven't got IrDA working under Linux yet but then again I only tried for a few minutes ... I don't use Linux on the libby often enough to justify bothering. - Raymond --- /~\ | | Does fuzzy logic tickle?| | ___ | My HDD has no reverse. How do I backup? | | /__/ +---| | / \ a y b o t | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | | Need help? Visit #Windows98 on DALNet! | | ICQ: 31756092 | Libretto IRC channel #Libretto on DALNet! | \~/ ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://www.silverace.com/libretto/ - Archives ---TO UNSUBSCRIBE--- Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST-- Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest **
