Linux-Hardware Digest #130, Volume #9 Fri, 8 Jan 99 01:13:33 EST
Contents:
Re: Linux RH and Samba Y2K ready? (rtp)
Philips Scanner (Stefano Brozzi)
Re: Linux on iDot computers? ("Eric G. Stern")
Re: perfect Linux machine (David Fox)
Re: Is the Adaptec 2904 PCI card supported by the aha7xxx driver? (rtp)
Re: Newbie needs help AGP video card with Intel 740 chip ("legend")
Re: ZIP Drive mount (Stefano Brozzi)
Re: Linux with Non Intel ("Looking For")
Fritz pmp und Suse 5.3 Hilfe! ("Koeb Manfred")
Re: cdrom writers (Stefano Brozzi)
Re: X windows off kilter (Frank McKenney)
Re: perfect Linux machine (Frank Miles)
Need help with partitioning problem. ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: USB ? driver? (Kyle Dansie)
Maxtor 5.7 GB drive fails partition check ("David M. Plummer")
Re: Not getting capacity from SCSI Seagate TapeStore 8GB. (Kenneth Crudup)
Re: PLEASE HELP !!! PLEASE HELP !!! ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
USB ? driver? ("dAVe")
Re: LILO/NTLDR and >8.4G hard disk =death (ian)
Re: Ethernet Card Recommendation (Scallica)
Re: monitor/keyboard/mouse switch advce requested ("Eugene")
Re: Kingston KNE-40T and linux (Lew Pitcher)
Re: Is the i740 slow? (Thomas Roell)
Re: X windows off kilter (Horacio)
Red hat 5.2 and RAM > 1.0 Gb => problem? (FABRICE)
Re: PLEASE HELP !!! PLEASE HELP !!! (David Shepherd)
Re: K6-2 300 linux boot failure on PcChips M572 (Mike Delaney)
IP Masq and ICQ (quick question) ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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From: rtp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.admin,comp.os.linux.setup,linux.samba
Subject: Re: Linux RH and Samba Y2K ready?
Date: Thu, 07 Jan 1999 02:31:37 -0600
Henrik Carlqvist wrote:
> Johnny El wrote:
> > Any idea where can I get information on Y2k ready for RH Linux and
> > Samba ?
> > is there an official y2k supported Linux RH+Samba Released?
>
> Linux and Samba are both GNU products. If you read the GPL which you
> could find in a place like /usr/src/linux/COPYING you will find the
> following:
>
> -8<---------------------------------------------------------------
> NO WARRANTY
>
> 11. BECAUSE THE PROGRAM IS LICENSED FREE OF CHARGE, THERE IS NO
> WARRANTY FOR THE PROGRAM, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW.
> EXCEPT WHEN OTHERWISE STATED IN WRITING THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND/OR
> OTHER PARTIES PROVIDE THE PROGRAM "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
> EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED
> WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. THE
> ENTIRE RISK AS TO THE QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE OF THE PROGRAM IS WITH
> YOU. SHOULD THE PROGRAM PROVE DEFECTIVE, YOU ASSUME THE COST OF ALL
> NECESSARY SERVICING, REPAIR OR CORRECTION.
> -8<---------------------------------------------------------------
>
> This means that noone makes any promises that linux or Samba is working
> 1998, 1999 or year 2000. Because of this you will not find any document
> claiming that Linux or Samba is y2k certified. However, people have been
> running boxes with the date set to year 2000 to test gnu systems and you
> will most likely not step into any y2k related bugs.
>
> There is a good webpage describing gnu and y2k somewhere, I think it was
> somewhere att www.gnu.org.
>
> regards Henrik
> --
> spammer strikeback:
> root@localhost [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I think we're good to go until the year 2036 or 2038. Check these links for
details.
http://www.linux.org/help/beginner/year2000.html
http://www.redhat.com/legal_statement.phtml#y2k
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From: Stefano Brozzi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Philips Scanner
Date: Thu, 07 Jan 1999 12:31:28 +0100
I have a philips scanner A600 (A4) on my parallel port.
I've checked the SANE documentation but I was unable to find
out a driver for it.
I don't think it's even recognized by my kernel.
Do anyone have the same or similar scanner and have solved
this problem ?
thanking in advance for any help
Stefano
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From: "Eric G. Stern" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.misc,linux.redhat.install
Subject: Re: Linux on iDot computers?
Date: Thu, 07 Jan 1999 14:42:05 +0000
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Jason Taverner wrote:
>
> I'm looking for a really cheap disposable machine to putter around with
> Linux on. iDot computers look plenty cheap. But I have no idea how
> well suited they are.
>
> Can anyone inform me? Thanks in advance.
I'm running Linux on an idot system. There were lots of problems. The
modem idot sold me is a winmodem although they had said it shouldn't be.
Basically any modem under $60 is probably a winmodem.
The graphics card was an i740 based card unsupported by xfree although
there is a free server available from redhat. There was also a
commercial server that I was ready to get when I found the free one.
The sound card is not supported even by the commercial OSS version. The
moral is that you have to really check out everything and my impression
was that I wasn't able to do that before I bought. The web site was not
very helpful or informative about what the system actually came with.
Eric Stern
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From: d s f o x @ c o g s c i . u c s d . e d u (David Fox)
Subject: Re: perfect Linux machine
Date: 07 Jan 1999 06:00:41 -0800
If you're really selling Linux machines you may want to put up a
warning about your Winmodems.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> I have the perfect machines for Linux at
> wholesale prices. http://www.triquest.net
>
> P.S. Where do you want to CRASH today? ---
> -->Microsoft!<-----
>
> Happy surfing!
> TriQuest Technologies Customer Service
>
> -----------== Posted via Deja News, The Discussion Network ==----------
> http://www.dejanews.com/ Search, Read, Discuss, or Start Your Own
--
David Fox http://hci.ucsd.edu/dsf xoF divaD
UCSD HCI Lab baL ICH DSCU
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From: rtp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Is the Adaptec 2904 PCI card supported by the aha7xxx driver?
Date: Thu, 07 Jan 1999 02:57:26 -0600
Brandon Johnson wrote:
> The main question is in the subject. Can I use an Adaptec 2904 card in
> my Linux box?
> I have browsed through the source from the 2.0.35 kernel for scsi
> drivers and this card is not metioned though the 2940 is and Adaptec say
> that the 2904 uses the same architechture. I would assume that it may
> work but would like some confirmation before I layout any $$$.
>
> Thanks in advanced.
>
> --
> Please remove nospam to return email
>
> Show Me the Source!
>
> Brandon Johnson
I am running the adaptec 2940 in one of my linux machines. I haven't had
any problems with it.
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From: "legend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Newbie needs help AGP video card with Intel 740 chip
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1999 15:08:37 +1100
Thanks GUYS! I'm on it.....
Wish me luck.
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From: Stefano Brozzi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: ZIP Drive mount
Date: Thu, 07 Jan 1999 12:09:58 +0100
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> Jeff Myers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I have a beginner question.
> > How do you mount an Internal ZIP drive?
>
> if it is an Internal IDE use mount -t vfat /dev/hdc4 /mnt
> change the hdc to hdd or whatever drive it is.
> an Internal SCSI is mount -t vfat /dev/sdc4 /mnt
>
> if these don't work, there is a ZIP HOW-TO.
>
> - Bryan
You should check what your system sees, before attempting
every /dev/sd?4.
You shoud type 'dmesg', and check lines like these
scsi0 : Adaptec 152x SCSI driver; $Revision: 1.7 $
scsi : 1 host.
Vendor: IOMEGA Model: ZIP 100 Rev: E.08
Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02
Detected scsi removable disk sda at scsi0, channel 0, id 5, lun 0
scsi : detected 1 SCSI disk total.
here sda is my zip disk partition, so my mount command is:
mount /dev/sda4 /zip
you should place a -t option for the filesystem type.
However I guess you could spend a couple mins to read your
Zip howto.
have a nice day
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From: "Looking For" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,alt.uu.comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Re: Linux with Non Intel
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1999 20:35:27 -0800
Yes.
--
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
<"No Spam Captain_Morgan"@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>I have Red Hat ver 5.1. Can anyone tell me if it will work on a non
>Intel processor such as an AMD K6-2 or a Ciryx?
>
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From: "Koeb Manfred" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: at.linux,de.alt.comm.isdn4linux,de.comp.os.unix.linux.hardware
Subject: Fritz pmp und Suse 5.3 Hilfe!
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1999 16:15:13 +0100
Kann mir jemand sagen wie ich meine etc/rc.config richtig einstelle ohne
das ich immer diese Meldung bekomme.
Jan 7 06:16:35 Homix kernel: AVM A1: wrong HSCX versions check IO address
Jan 7 06:16:35 Homix kernel: HiSax: Card AVM A1 not installed !
vielen Dank
Manfred
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From: Stefano Brozzi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: cdrom writers
Date: Thu, 07 Jan 1999 13:06:03 +0100
ross wrote:
>
> I hoped somebody might be able to tell me if any cdrom writers
> are supported by SuSE and or manufacturers. All enquiries at resellers seem
> point to be Windows only compatible AND only after software is loaded.
>
> Does fstab mount a cdrom writer as a iso cdrom r-w etc.
yes, you can mount your CDR drive as a std cdrom drive (RO).
If you are asking if you can simply type
# cp myfile.txt /mnt/cdr or something similar, the answer is NO.
But you should read CD-writers HOWTO for some useful hints:
if can create an empty 650Mb image,
mount it as loopback, copy whatever you want on it,
and then burn it with a software.
> Does modprobe find as an
> IDE device. Am I talking out of my bum?
well, you can use modules to have it work, yes.
I cannot guarantee it works in the first 5mins,
without any tuning, however mine did.
>
> I do want to buy one
as I read somewhere, "buy whatever you want...
with Plextor written on it"
My plextor (SCSI) works really well under linux,
You should check the compatibility list of the 2 programs
used in linux: cdwrite and cdrecord.
I don't know if these programs are in the SuSE dist, but
they certainly are.
have a nice day
stefano
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Frank McKenney)
Subject: Re: X windows off kilter
Date: 8 Jan 1999 04:31:17 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, waco <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>I am running a dual OS config with W95 on hda1 and SUSE 5.3 on hda3
>
>When I boot W95 the screen is perfectly centred etc. looks like it
>should.
>
>When I boot Linux, in console mode = normal view.
>
>When I start X windows, my Desktop is to the right about an inch and up
>too high about 1/2 inch. I can manually center it with my moniter
>settings, but that messes up my W95 screen. My W95 display driver has
>no adjustment sliders.
>
>With SAX I configure the screen straight, but as soon as I reboot X
>Windows all is off kilter again....
If it helps any, you're not alone. I actually had this working properly
with my PCI Cirrus 5434 (2 Mb) adapter on my first install of SuSE 5.3 -
the resizing and position shifting I did with SaX was "kept". Now,
after reinstalling last night (due to another problem), it _won't_
"stick"; no mater how well I shift and resize the screen, amd even
though /etc/XF86Config gets updated; when I restart the SVGA X Server
with 'startx', the screen is right-shifted about 3/4".
MSWin95 is installed on this machine, but I haven't booted it in the
last six months, so it's probably not a factor (;-).
Any clues or hints appreciated...
Frank McKenney, McKenney Associates / OS2BBS OS/2 Advisor
Richmond, Virginia (804) 320-4887
Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] / TalkLink: WZ01123
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Frank Miles)
Subject: Re: perfect Linux machine
Date: 7 Jan 1999 15:56:55 GMT
In article <771i5u$1v6$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I have the perfect machines for Linux at
>wholesale prices. http://www.triquest.net
>
>P.S. Where do you want to CRASH today? ---
>-->Microsoft!<-----
If these are really perfect for Linux, then why do they all
have Windows installed, and not Linux? How do we know they
work (including modems, printers, other components) under Linux?
-frank
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Need help with partitioning problem.
Date: Thu, 07 Jan 1999 22:06:27 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I was trying to install Mandrake and RedHat from my second
hard disk. I had it set as a fat32 extended dos partition
(drive g). I had c through f on my first hard drive.
I defragged the drive 2 disk and shrank the fat32
partition to 1.2GB with Partition Magic 4 (in Win98).
Then made the difference a partition with Linux file
system. Also made a swap area with PM4.
Then I tried installing RedHat. I then erased and created
partitions with Druid. Over and over again. I eventually
erased all the Linux partitions with Druid. Thinking I have
a clean disk, I was going to expand the fat32 partition again.
But when I fired up PM4 this time, I get a "Partition error
#113". I look error 113 up and it says:
#113 Partitions overlap
The hard-disk partition table contains erroneous values. If
data partitions overlap, writing to one may destroy data in another.
This error is sometimes the result of an OS/2 FDISK bug. If free space
exists within the extended partition, OS/2"s FDISK program allows a
primary partition to be created that overlaps the extended partition.
A logical partition is subsequently created in the space occupied by
the overlapping primary partition.
If a primary partition overlaps the end of the extended partition but
does not overlap any logical partitions within the extended partition,
the problem can be remedied by patching the partition table.
WARNING! Only qualified individuals should attempt this repair.
An incorrect patch could destroy all data on the hard disk.
============= end of error 113 =================
I go to DOS and try running FIPS. I've never run it, but
wanted to see what it said. It gave the warning:
The drive contains overlapping partitions. This is a serious
problem.
I ran FDISK. It said some numbers that weren't correct. I
don't remember what they were.
What should I do. The fat32 (drive g) at the moment is having
no problems with reading and writing from Windows or DOS. I
have no way do back up the files on this drive.
My question is what caused this? And can I fix this crossed
partition problem without losing any data?
Also, I should be getting a CD of RedHat in the mail in the
next couple of days. Should I just leave things as they are
and try to install RedHat properly on this disk the way it is?
Thanks for any help. If you could email me, I would appreciate
it. My ISP changes news servers on the fly. I might miss the
reply. Thanks again.
--
South Bend, In. USA
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Date: Thu, 07 Jan 1999 20:06:11 -0700
From: Kyle Dansie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: USB ? driver?
Try looking at
http://peloncho.fis.ucm.es/~inaky/USB/news.html
Cheers,
Kyle
--
========================================================
Linux Rules
ZIP drive Mini-HOWTO
http://njtcom.com/dansie/zip-drive.html
or
http://sunsite.unc.edu/mdw/HOWTO/mini/ZIP-Drive.html
========================================================
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From: "David M. Plummer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Maxtor 5.7 GB drive fails partition check
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1999 10:12:13 -0500
I have a Maxtor 5.7 GB UDMA drive installed as primary master, LBA mode and
PIO Mode 4 enabled in the BIOS. It's currently set up as a single NTFS
partition and works fine under NT. When a I try to boot Linux from a floppy
(either Red Hat's or Debian), the drive fails the partition check with the
following messages:
Partition check:
hda: hda: dma_intr: status=0x59 {DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest Error}
hda: dma_intr: error=0x04 {DriveStatusError}
If I disable LBA mode and set i/o mode to "Standard" in the BIOS, I can boot
the kernel. However, when I boot NT with those settings, my drive
performance takes a nosedive.
The UDMA HowTo offers the boot parameter ide0=dma as a solution to some UDMA
problems, but it doesn;t help in my case.
Can anyone offer a workaround for this situation?
Thanks,
Dave Plummer
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kenneth Crudup)
Subject: Re: Not getting capacity from SCSI Seagate TapeStore 8GB.
Date: 7 Jan 1999 10:18:47 -0500
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Ed Soniat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> says:
>The cartridge is a Tr-4 4.0GB uncompressed capacity.
>Works up to some where between 500Meg and 1Gig.
Is your drive shuffling back and forth? You might want to rebuffer it with
"dd" or the like.
-Kenny
--
Kenneth R. Crudup, Unix Software Consultant, Scott County Consulting
Home: | Purgatory:
8811 Colesville Rd., #509 | P.O. Box 230009 301-562-1922(H)
Silver Spring, MD 20910 | Boston, MA 02123-0009 617-422-2443(W)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: PLEASE HELP !!! PLEASE HELP !!!
Date: 8 Jan 1999 04:03:16 GMT
David Shepherd wrote:
> Whilst this obnoxious person has been winding everyone up, there has
> been mention of what his ISP would think of his antics. Assuming he uses
> an ISP. I just pointed my browser at www.hdtv.com and it turns out to be
> a company called Image Circuits, consulting engineers specializing in
> the design of digital video systems. There is no mention of providing an
> Internet Service, so it would appear that he is an employee. Perhaps
> the management of Image Circuits would be interested?!
No, that's just a forgery. I traced him back through dejanews. The kid's
name is Dilip Rajan. His real email address is [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Old Dominion University (ODU-DOM)
128 Hughes Hall 4900 Hampton Blvd.
Norfolk, VA 23529-0227
US
His older email address is: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
The College of William & Mary (WM-DOM)
P.O. Box 8795
Williamsburg, VA 23187-8795
His known aliases include:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
You are not untracable Dillip!
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From: "dAVe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: USB ? driver?
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1999 17:16:28 +0100
is there anybody who know how to setup a logitech USB mouse
and wich driver and where i can find it.
thnx
daVe
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From: ian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: LILO/NTLDR and >8.4G hard disk =death
Date: Fri, 08 Jan 1999 00:15:07 -0500
what a long thread, only the long-ass rendition 3300 threads were as
long, usualy due to long-=ass discussions and flames about other
chipsets and OpenGL/DirectX/Prorietary and messed up Glide wackos.
now as to this thread, here goes.
seems as if LILO put itself on its own HD, meaning that it didn't edit
the Primary hard Drives Master Boot Record. as evidenced by the fact
that it worked with the Linux drive as master on Primary IDE.
If I understand it when you reversed the drive locations you couldn't
get NT to boot, well maybe you didn't reconfig LILO to find NT as hdc.
For a solution. Put Linux as hda and NT in hdc and Using LILO to boot.
another thing is to make sure LBA and 32 bit transfers enabled in BIOS.
The size of the Physical disk does not matter because of the way the
extended file system format works.
FYI- the 1024 limit does not affect Linux in Primary partition. Only
effects LINUX in partition seperate from DOS.
but keeping the Kernel seperate has its advantages.
any questions use direct email
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
address is anti-spammed at server level so not sure howit works with
replys
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Scallica)
Subject: Re: Ethernet Card Recommendation
Date: 8 Jan 1999 05:16:05 GMT
I would highly recommend getting the 3COM
Etherlink III 3C509b-TPO card. That's the one I use (its an ISA card), I love
it. It's not too expensive and works very nicely in Windows
and in Linux. Just remember to disable the plug-n-play on the card (using the
disk they give you) before you install Linux. When disabling the pnp be sure to
enter the IRQ and I/O (you can get these in the Windows device manager). Once
Linux finds the card, I think you can safely re-enable the pnp so that you can
use the card in Windows. If you don't disable the pnp, Linux will be very
cranky. :-P
Hope that helps you!
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From: "Eugene" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: monitor/keyboard/mouse switch advce requested
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1999 00:18:54 -0500
Yeah, I had this switch box on my last job. It worked fine for keyboard &
monitor but I had trouble with mouse (this may be only because of that
particular switch box). If you switch the from one computer to another mouse
would get "stuck" for a few second. It annoyed me and i ended up getting a
second mouse...
Not A Number wrote in message
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]
t>...
>Hi folx-
>
>I am looking to set up a second machine for pure linux. To avoid
>duplicating all this stuff, I am thinking of a monitor/keyboard/mouse
>switch. A two-way switch seems fine, although I would go to three or
>four if the marginal cost wasn't much.
>
>If anyone has a story to tell or a device to recommend/avoid I'd
>appreciate hearing from you.
>
>Also, to check my assumption: I assume that I can use this to switch
>back and forth between machines while both are on and running, right?
>I know that the keyboard controller chip in PCs has/had something to
>do with memory (A20 line?) but hardware really isn't my thing and I
>have no idea what the implications of that are.
>
>Thanks in advance for any pointers or other help. ;)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Lew Pitcher)
Subject: Re: Kingston KNE-40T and linux
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Thu, 07 Jan 1999 16:51:33 GMT
On Thu, 7 Jan 1999 17:23:35 +0100, "Jakub Chmielewski"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hi!
>Has any of you used Kingston-40T ethernet card under linux? Is it supported?
>What about its efficiency in a server?
I'm using it's brother the KNE-40BT (10Base2 & 10BaseT) with no
problems. The "Tulip" driver handles the card properly, and I've
not had any throughput problems on my 2-machine lan.
Lew Pitcher
System Consultant, Systems Research and Development
Toronto Dominion Bank
(Opinions expressed are my own, not my employers')
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From: Thomas Roell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Is the i740 slow?
Date: 07 Jan 1999 09:44:12 -0700
Rod Roark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> I'm testing an 8MB Intel740-based video card made by something called
> DCS Multimedia World. With a 32 bit color depth it's really slow, as
> evidenced by simply dragging a window around on the screen; just
> normal-speed dragging causes the window to continue moving long after
> the mouse has been released.
>
> I'm using the driver developed by Precision Insight and Red Hat,
> downloaded from ftp://ftp.precisioninsight.com/pub/pi/XBF/. The
> system is a P-II/350 with 128M SDRAM running Red Hat 5.2.
>
> My question is, is the i740 in general slow, or is it just this cheapo
> card? Does anyone have experience with other implementations such as
> the Diamond Stealth II/G460 AGP?
>
> Thanks for any input....
I would say it's the X-Server you are using. It's sad to see how slow
the XBF X-Server you are using is, compared to the potential of the
card. You might want to check out www.xig.com for the demo of a real
X-Server that makes the card fly.
- Thomas
--
Thomas Roell /\ An imperfect plan executed violently
Xi Graphics / \/\ _ is far superior to a perfect plan.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] / / \ \
/ Oelch! \ \ George Patton
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Date: Fri, 08 Jan 1999 06:04:20 +0000
From: Horacio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: X windows off kilter
waco wrote:
>
> Hi
>
> I am running a dual OS config with W95 on hda1 and SUSE 5.3 on hda3
>
> When I boot W95 the screen is perfectly centred etc. looks like it
> should.
>
> When I boot Linux, in console mode = normal view.
>
> When I start X windows, my Desktop is to the right about an inch and up
> too high about 1/2 inch. I can manually center it with my moniter
> settings, but that messes up my W95 screen. My W95 display driver has
> no adjustment sliders.
>
> With SAX I configure the screen straight, but as soon as I reboot X
> Windows all is off kilter again....
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Thx
>
> W,
Type this in an xterm. "xvidtune" no quotes
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From: FABRICE <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Red hat 5.2 and RAM > 1.0 Gb => problem?
Date: Thu, 07 Jan 1999 17:13:11 +0100
Hello,
I have recently purchased a 5.2 redhat. It works fine on my
Dell precision 410 when I have 768 Mb of RAM, but crashes when I have
my 1 Gb maximum.
In fact, it seems like redhat 5.2 automatically detects the RAM I have
(it wasn't the case with redhat 5.1) tries to configure 1 Gb of RAM
and ... fails because of a maximum supported under 1.0 Gb (I have a
2.à.36 kernel).
I tried to find a kernel compilation option as MAX_MEMSIZE to specify I
had more than 1.0 Gb, but didn't find it.
What I'd like to know is whether:
-This is a known limitation, and in this case how could I bypass it (I'd
like to avoid changing my kernel if at all possible, but if it is
necessary...)
-There is no such limitation in which case the problem comes from my
hardware (It seems very unlikely but...)
Thanks in advance.
F.B.
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From: David Shepherd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
linux.redhat.install,comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: PLEASE HELP !!! PLEASE HELP !!!
Date: Thu, 07 Jan 1999 16:54:08 +0000
Whilst this obnoxious person has been winding everyone up, there has
been mention of what his ISP would think of his antics. Assuming he uses
an ISP. I just pointed my browser at www.hdtv.com and it turns out to be
a company called Image Circuits, consulting engineers specializing in
the design of digital video systems. There is no mention of providing an
Internet Service, so it would appear that he is an employee. Perhaps
the management of Image Circuits would be interested?!
Dave
Wendy & Joe Velazquez wrote:
>
> What are you ?
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mike Delaney)
Subject: Re: K6-2 300 linux boot failure on PcChips M572
Date: 8 Jan 99 05:31:06 GMT
Eric Sharkey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: I have a P150 system with a PcChips M572 motherboard which supports
: CPU's up to 300 MHz.
: I bought an AMD K6-2 300 CPU and planned to replace the P150 with this
: chip, however, I cannot boot Linux with this chip installed. With a DOS
: floppy in the drive it boots just fine, but with a Linux floppy or linux
: on the hard disk the machine hangs after LILO tries to load the kernel.
: I've flashed the latest BIOS, and the CPU is properly recognized as a 2.2
: volt CPU running at 4.5 x 66 MHz. DOS boots just fine, but linux hangs.
: If I return the P150 to the machine, linux will boot.
: I've tried disabling both the internal and external cache's, but this has
: no effect. Underclocking the CPU also has no effect. I tried the same
: timing as the Pentium (2.5 x 60) but it hangs in the same way.
: Replacing the 10ns SDRAM with 60ns EDO RAM does allow the machine to start
: the boot process, but the system usually hangs at
: "Checking hlt instruction...".
: Sometimes it crashes with a kernel panic instead. It has never finished
: booting the kernel entirely.
: Can anyone help me figure out how to boot this chip in this motherboard?
>From what you describe, it sounds like you've got an incompatability between
the chip and your motherboard. When the K6-2 first came out, quite a few
people were having similar problems with the early Super Socket-7 boards.
Most likely, the board/processor combination won't reliably run anything
more sofisticated than DOS. I'd suggest getting a new board, from the
list of boards that AMD has tested ( http://www1.amd.com/K6/k6mbl/ )
--
Mike Delaney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | "We have only two things to worry about:
Operations & Computer Repair | That things will never get back to
Computing and Information Services | normal, and that they already have."
University of Missouri-Rolla | --fortune
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: IP Masq and ICQ (quick question)
Date: Fri, 08 Jan 1999 05:45:43 GMT
Hi,
I read from the Masq Apps page about ipautofw for ICQ. I was just wondering
if you needed different port ranges for different IP addresses or can I use
the same port ranges?
In other words,
Do I have to do this?
ipautofw -A -r tcp 2000 2019 -h 192.168.1.10
ipautofw -A -r tcp 2020 2029 -h 192.168.1.11
ipautofw -A -r tcp 2030 2039 -h 192.168.1.12
or can I do this also?
ipautofw -A -r tcp 2000 2019 -h 192.168.1.10
ipautofw -A -r tcp 2000 2019 -h 192.168.1.11
ipautofw -A -r tcp 2000 2019 -h 192.168.1.12
Thanks for any help.
Please email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Gary
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