Linux-Hardware Digest #788, Volume #9 Sat, 20 Mar 99 10:13:28 EST
Contents:
Re: Linux, Linksys PCMCIA, Fujitsu 420D notebook (Brian K Justice)
H...E...L...P... ("LL")
Linux + Solaris -> partition problem (Timo)
Re: Multi-channel soundcard for Linux ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Solved: WD 8.4 and LBA use (Tx97 & linux) ("Ton v.d. Wouden")
Re: Banshee (Yann MORERE)
CMD640 PCI Chipset Tuning ("Moriarty")
How do I configure Multisound Pinnacle sound card??? ("Daniele Rossi")
- TOTALY FREE 650 Search Engine Submission (DLR)
Re: What videocard do you use? (Swietanowski Artur)
Re: How do I configure Multisound Pinnacle sound card??? (Andrew Slough)
Re: Matrox Millenium II AGP Problems (Swietanowski Artur)
Re: ghostscript and Epson Stylus Color 600 (John Thompson)
Re: But, but...I have an Internal IDE Zip Drive... (Will Salt)
My modem doesn't respond to AT command. ("Tadashi Ochi")
Adaptec Array1000SA (AAA-131SA) SCSI controller? (Erwin Heute)
Adaptec Array1000SA (AAA-131SA) SCSI controller? (Erwin Heute)
Re: Is Windows for idiots? (Jonathan Revusky)
Adaptec Array1000SA (AAA-131SA) SCSI controller? (Erwin Heute)
Adaptec Array1000SA (AAA-131SA) RAID controller? (Erwin Heute)
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
From: Brian K Justice <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux, Linksys PCMCIA, Fujitsu 420D notebook
Date: Sat, 20 Mar 1999 02:55:03 GMT
All,
Brian K Justice wrote:
> Hello. I've got RH 5.2 on a Fujitsu 420D notebook, and am
> trying to get the Linksys 10/100 PCMCIA Ethernet card to work.
Ok, thanks for the emails from several of y'all. I've made progress,
but am not there yet. I have downloaded and installed the latest
PCMCIA drivers, and am using the tulip driver for this card. Now when
I insert the card, here's the output:
=============================================
Mar 19 21:30:21 buzzcut cardmgr[128]: initializing socket 0
Mar 19 21:30:21 buzzcut cardmgr[128]: socket 0: Linksys EtherFast 10/100
Fast Ethernet
Mar 19 21:30:21 buzzcut cardmgr[128]: executing: 'insmod
/lib/modules/preferred/pcmcia/cb_enabler.o'
Mar 19 21:30:21 buzzcut cardmgr[128]: executing: 'insmod
/lib/modules/preferred/pcmcia/tulip_cb.o'
Mar 19 21:30:22 buzzcut kernel: tulip_attach(bus 0, function 0)
Mar 19 21:30:22 buzzcut kernel: tulip.c:v0.89H 5/23/98
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Mar 19 21:30:22 buzzcut kernel: eth0: Digital DS21142/3 Tulip at 0x0,
EEPROM not present, 00 4c 69 6e 75 79, IRQ 0.
Mar 19 21:30:22 buzzcut kernel: eth0: Missing EEPROM, this interface
may not work correctly!
Mar 19 21:30:22 buzzcut cardmgr[128]: executing: './network start eth0'
Mar 19 21:30:23 buzzcut kernel: Swansea University Computer Society IPX
0.34 for NET3.035
Mar 19 21:30:23 buzzcut kernel: IPX Portions Copyright (c) 1995 Caldera,
Inc.
Mar 19 21:30:24 buzzcut kernel: Appletalk 0.17 for Linux NET3.035
Mar 19 21:30:24 buzzcut cardmgr[128]: + SIOCSIFFLAGS: Resource
temporarily unavailable
Mar 19 21:30:25 buzzcut cardmgr[128]: + SIOCSIFFLAGS: Resource
temporarily unavailable
Mar 19 21:30:25 buzzcut cardmgr[128]: + SIOCADDRT: Network is
unreachable
====================================================
Obviously, no etho interface comes up. cardctl ident corectly
identifies the card.
And, I modified /etc/pcmcia/config so that the "Linksys Etherfast 10/100
Fast Ethernet" would bind to "tulip_cb" and not "pcnet_cs".
Ideas anyone? As usual, your help is appreciated.
Brian
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
replace com with mil to email
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From: "LL" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: H...E...L...P...
Date: Sat, 20 Mar 1999 14:24:49 +0800
I just assemble my new machien with linux ,but I can't run xwindow,perhaps
by my visual card --an AGP card with Intel i740 chip.HOW CAN I DO?
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Timo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.admin,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Linux + Solaris -> partition problem
Date: Wed, 17 Mar 1999 08:16:11 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I have a PC with two hard disks: 4.5 GB SCSI and 10.1 GB IDE. What I
would like to
do is set up NT, Linux and Solaris 7 so that they could be switched with
minimum effort.
I have managed to set up NT and Linux (RedHat 5.2) on the SCSI disk and
they both
work OK - even updated the Linux kernel to 2.2.3... The problem seems to
come when
adding Solaris on the IDE disk: Linux stops at something like
"checking the partitions...
hda: "
Does this come from the partition ID codes since the Solaris
partition is marked by
id of #$82, decimal 130 the same as Linux Swap? The only way so far to
get the Linux
part up - and still have the IDE disk visible - is to change the
partition ID of the IDE's
Solaris partition.
I have - of course - not told Linux to use the 2GB Solaris partition
as swap. Does it
decide by itself somehow? Or is it a problem with the disk size being
over 8GB? It does
stall on both the original 2.0.36.something kernel of the RedHat 5.2 AND
the newer
2.2.3 kernel - which (I think) has support for UFS partitions compiled
in.
What's wrong?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.music.misc,comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard.music,rec.audio.pro
Subject: Re: Multi-channel soundcard for Linux
Date: Sat, 20 Mar 1999 10:25:22 GMT
I asked Creamware about Linux support for the Pulsar card, and they
said there is no driver for the card at the moment but they are
working on drivers both for Linux and BeOS. Should be ready early next
year according to the tech support guy who replied. I understood they
will bundle some of their software for both these platforms. The
Creamware drivers referred to in earlier posts, are those from third
party suppliers?
As to software availability for Linux: There is quite a lot out there,
mostly freeware (in good Linux spirit). Much of it is developed by
independent composers and academic institutions for
experimental/computer music and such. As an earlier poster
recommended, check out http://sound.lovebead.com/
If you want commercial software let the developers know. They often do
listen to potential customers' requests, and now that Linux is gaining
great popularity in the audio world (see articles in Studio Sound,
Keyboard Magazine and Linux Journal) and in general, they see
potential for a bigger market. I asked Syntrillium a few weeks ago,
and they say they are planning a version of Cool Edit Pro for Linux.
It will be late next year at the earliest, though. If enough people
keep asking I think we will see more of the commercial packages on
Linux in the near future. And who wouldn't want to run their favorite
audio apps on a stable, fast and efficient operating system when
studio time and reliability are of great concern?
frank
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From: "Ton v.d. Wouden" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.asus
Subject: Solved: WD 8.4 and LBA use (Tx97 & linux)
Date: Sat, 20 Mar 1999 10:59:55 +0100
Hi Everyone Again,
previous week i've asked into these newsgroups about a problem
i had in using LBA on a WD 28400R 8.4 Gb drive on a AsusTx97.
My problem was the bios didn't want to use the LBA setting of
(1027,255,63) and jumped back to <16383,16,63> which does
not leave much space for dos/windows and requires
trickery for booting linux.
thanks to Roland van Beek its working as i initial planned.
The fix:
i updated my bios to the latest beta version, i'm not
sure if it played a role, cause initial it didn't help
a bit but beta 112-1 for the TX97 (only) hasn't left
me down.
Probably this did the trick:
backup everything from the drive you want to keep, and
overwrite the first sector of the disk with '0', set the
bios, and reinstall. Now my bios uses the desired setting.
I received some mail from various people having the same
problem or having dealt with it (thanks), therefore i
crosspost (sorry about that) this solution to these ng's,
which i hope can help others having this problem or
thinking of adding a new harddisk.
just for the safe side, this fixed worked in my situation
i'm not sure for which others it might apply. Also be
extreemly careful when applying (no margin for error, in
a multi disk system).
Regards
Ton.
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From: Yann MORERE <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Banshee
Date: Sat, 20 Mar 1999 11:38:14 +0100
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Glen L. Spangler a écrit:
>
> Is the Voodoo Banshee supported at all in X?
Ooops very difficult to make it works peharps with the standard SVGA X
server with configuring a standard svga card...
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From: "Moriarty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: CMD640 PCI Chipset Tuning
Date: Sat, 20 Mar 1999 05:07:16 -0600
Hello all... I am looking for assistance from a hardware guru for circa
1995/1996 hardware... I will bow before those who are able to answer this
request ;)
I have come across a P133 which has a CMD640 chipset in it controlling two
IDE devices... In this box I am looking for a way to tune the performance of
my hard drive transfers - the drive is a Western Digital caviar...
I am looking for the applicable options to use with the hdparm command that
will give me optimal performance... Can anyone help?
BTW, I am using Red Hat 5.2 with the 2.2.3 kernel...
Please cc: as well to my email address... Thanks :)
Brian - a.k.a. Moriarty [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "Daniele Rossi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: How do I configure Multisound Pinnacle sound card???
Date: Sat, 20 Mar 1999 12:12:29 +0100
My sound card doesn't work with Linux.
I'm using Mandrake 5.3 distribution(RedHat 5.2 compatible).
thanks,
Daniele
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From: Swietanowski Artur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: What videocard do you use?
Date: Sat, 20 Mar 1999 12:46:24 +0100
Andrew Comech wrote:
>
> Hi,
> I would like to hear your experience with cheap videocards;
> precisely, at which resolutions YOU RUN THEM,
> and what is the best refresh and color depth.
> Also, if there is something specific in the configuration.
< snip snip snip >
> /* $30-$50 */
>
> ATI Xpert XL, chipset: ATI 3D RAGE PRO TURBO, 4MB, AGP
> STB Velocity 128, chipset: NVidia Riva 128, 8MB, 2x AGP
> ATI Xpert 98, chipset: ATI 3D RAGE PRO TURBO, 8MB, 2x AGP
>
> Most of these cards are mentioned in the newsgroups, but people
> usually do not specify the resolutions which are OK...
I use ATI Xpert 98 8MB. Works out of te box. First with 3.3.2, now
with 3.3.3.1. All modes I tried to set up work fine. This includes
800x600, 1024x768, 1152x9?? and 1280x1024. Right now they are all
set up to work at 16bpp. I'm not sure if I tried 24bpp. I certainly
run the config. programs at 640x480x8bpp.
My current working mode is 1280x1024x16 at 100Hz. Lower refersh
rates (75,85,90) worked as well. No problems with anything I tried.
finally, I moved to Metrolink X server at such settings and it
continues to work just fine.
Regards,
=====================================================================
Artur Swietanowski mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Institut fuer Statistik, Operations Research und Computerverfahren,
Universitaet Wien, Universitaetsstr. 5, A-1010 Wien, Austria
tel. +43 (1) 427 738 620 fax +43 (1) 427 738 629
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From: Andrew Slough <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: How do I configure Multisound Pinnacle sound card???
Date: Sat, 20 Mar 1999 12:01:26 +0000
Daniele Rossi wrote:
> My sound card doesn't work with Linux.
> I'm using Mandrake 5.3 distribution(RedHat 5.2 compatible).
>
> thanks,
> Daniele
I think you will need to upgrade your kernel to the 2.2.x series to gey
this card
working. I can't find any trace of it in the documentation to 2.0.36,
but there is
both documentation and a config option for it in the 2.2.0 sources.
Andy
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From: Swietanowski Artur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Matrox Millenium II AGP Problems
Date: Sat, 20 Mar 1999 13:03:40 +0100
Werner Lauwers wrote:
> Although my videocard seems to be supported by this version, it just
> doesn't work. In "Xconfigurator" I select the "Matrox Millenium II AGP"
> (because that's my videocard :).
Check out the exact card model and see www.xfree.org compatibility
lists.
It may be a good ideay to upgrade X to 3.3.3.1 (obtainable from
ftp.redhat.com in RPM format).
> When I try
> "startx", the screen flickers a while, ending in errors saying "there
> are no screens found" :( (Obviously, I only have one screen, but never
> mind :)
X also prints out a bunch of messages. Can you quote them here?
A misconfigured mouse will also cause X not to start.
> the latest version of XFree86. I sure would, but actually don't know
> how to. The internetconnection isn't the problem, but although I've
> read many README's, I can't figure out which file(s) to download.
All of the RPM's of one version (latest available in the updates dir
at ftp.redhat.com or in libc6 dir contrib.redhat.com) will be a safe
bet. I can do it with my T1 connection, but you may not want to do
the same. You will need:
XFree86-VGA16-3.3.3.1-1 <- the basic X server (needed for
setup)
XFree86-libs-3.3.3.1-1 <- libraries
XFree86-SVGA-3.3.3.1-1 <- your X server
XFree86-XF86Setup-3.3.3.1-1 <- setup program
XFree86-100dpi-fonts-3.3.3.1-1 <- fonts
XFree86-75dpi-fonts-3.3.3.1-1 <- more fonts
XFree86-devel-3.3.3.1-1 <- header files, etc.
XFree86-3.3.3.1-1 <- common base files
Of those, the XFree86-devel-3.3.3.1-1 is not necessary (strictly
speaking) to run X but you'll need it to compile anything for X.
You may also wish to download other font packages (ISO-8859-*).
Hope this helps,
=====================================================================
Artur Swietanowski mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Institut fuer Statistik, Operations Research und Computerverfahren,
Universitaet Wien, Universitaetsstr. 5, A-1010 Wien, Austria
tel. +43 (1) 427 738 620 fax +43 (1) 427 738 629
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From: John Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: ghostscript and Epson Stylus Color 600
Date: Fri, 19 Mar 1999 14:34:05 -0600
Jonathan Bowman wrote:
> I use StarOffice and Wordperfect for Linux, and thus far I have been
> saving my files in Postscript format, then using Ghostview or Kghostview
> (KDE) to view and print them. Is there a more direct way to print my
> files without using ghostview? (Can I use ghostscript directly from the
> word processors some how, in other words?)
Yes. You should be able to use the uniprint drivers to
intercept StarOffice's postscript output to convert it to
something the printer understands and feed it to the printer
queue. I use Star Office with my ESC600 and it works fine
this way.
--
-John ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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From: Will Salt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: But, but...I have an Internal IDE Zip Drive...
Date: Sat, 20 Mar 1999 08:17:58 +0000
Thomas Lepkowski wrote:
>
> All the books talk about SCSI drives and parallel port drives, but I
> have an internal IDE Zip drive. Not SCSI, no parallel port connection.
> What gives?
>
> Is there anybody out there who can help me with installing an internal
> IDE Zip drive?
My PC came with one fitted, and it works fine under Linux, as long as
the kernel is compiled with IDE/ATAPI Floppy support. You don't need
any of
the SCSI drivers, and Linux behaves just as if it was another IDE hard
drive: mine is /dev/hdd4, because it's on the secondary slave connector.
I also wondered why all the docs go on about SCSI/parallel zip drives,
but don't mention IDE. I think it's because IDE zip drives are more
likely to work without tweaking. Unless I was just first-time lucky.
Will Salt
--
In general, all generalisations can be proven false.
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From: "Tadashi Ochi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: My modem doesn't respond to AT command.
Date: Sat, 20 Mar 1999 06:11:22 -0800
Hi, everyone.
I need your help! On RedHat Linux 5.1, I use minicom to configure my US
Robotics Sportster 28.8k Internal FaxModem, and it does not respond to AT
command (no "OK" message, but just blank). However, when I type
"ATDT1234567," I can hear the sound of connection, but it disconnect
immediately after it finishes dialing. My modem is connected to COM 2, so I
set it up "/dev/ttyS1" as serial device setting. Since I can hear the
dialing sound and the modem works well on my Windows NT, I believe that
there is an answer to make my modem work on my RH Linux 5.1. Got any
ideas? -- Please tell me. Thank you very much.
Tadashi Ochi
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Date: Sat, 20 Mar 1999 15:27:35 +0100
From: Erwin Heute <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Adaptec Array1000SA (AAA-131SA) SCSI controller?
Any idea how to get Linux work with an Adaptec AAA-131SA (Array1000SA)
RAID controller? Linux sees an Adaptec 398X instead and all the single
disks, but not the stripe sets which already exist.
TIA,
Erwin
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Date: Sat, 20 Mar 1999 15:27:58 +0100
From: Erwin Heute <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Adaptec Array1000SA (AAA-131SA) SCSI controller?
Any idea how to get Linux work with an Adaptec AAA-131SA (Array1000SA)
RAID controller? Linux sees an Adaptec 398X instead and all the single
disks, but not the stripe sets which already exist.
TIA,
Erwin
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From: Jonathan Revusky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.lang.java.advocacy,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.software.year-2000
Subject: Re: Is Windows for idiots?
Date: Sat, 20 Mar 1999 15:26:12 +0100
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Kay Schulz wrote:
>
> Hiya
>
> Bloody Viking wrote:
>
> > In comp.os.linux.advocacy Richard Steiner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > : Heheh. Ah, I love Linux on my PC, 'tis true, but...
> >
> > I can appreciate the mainframer mentality, being on a low budget.
> I run it on my notebook. MS crashes in average twice a day,
> Linux never so far
> But I have to keep MS because my publisher insists on winword files
Kay,
I think Corel WordPerfect or StarOffice will write files in Winword
format. I used to do a lot of translation work and I mainly used
WordPerfect and I always just saved in MS Word format and there was
never problem. Even with fairly complex documents.
Jonathan Revusky
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Date: Sat, 20 Mar 1999 15:26:29 +0100
From: Erwin Heute <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Adaptec Array1000SA (AAA-131SA) SCSI controller?
Any idea how to get Linux work with an Adaptec AAA-131SA (Array1000SA)
RAID controller? Linux sees an Adaptec 398X instead and all the single
disks, but not the stripe sets which already exist.
TIA,
Erwin
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Erwin Heute)
Subject: Adaptec Array1000SA (AAA-131SA) RAID controller?
Date: Sat, 20 Mar 1999 15:42:25 +0100
Any idea how to get Linux work with an Adaptec AAA-131SA (Array1000SA)
RAID controller? Linux sees an Adaptec 398X instead and all the single
disks, but not the stripe sets which already exist.
TIA,
Erwin
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