Linux-Hardware Digest #113, Volume #10 Wed, 28 Apr 99 06:13:27 EDT
Contents:
iomega ditto max and linux ("Piller")
Re: Matrox Millenium MGA-G200 AGP under Redhat 5.2? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
halt -p not working??? help (Matthew Pound)
Re: Epson Stylus 750 (Grant Taylor)
Re: making linux go away ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: new computer..... (hellraiser)
Re: Adaptec 2940U/UW DUAL N (Stefan Negele)
Ensoniq Soundscape Sound Card HELP! (jayhastings)
Modem doesn't work with chat only? (Damir Cosic)
Re: Video Problems ("Clifton T. Sharp Jr.")
Re: free computer13 (James Lee)
Can SlackWare do it? ("Alan W. Jurgensen")
Re: Creatix ISDN S.0 card ("M.C. van den Bovenkamp")
Sound Help! ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: SCSI AVA1502 problems (Frithjof Anders)
Re: soundblaster 32 AWE (Chollian Newsgroup User)
Re: XFree86 problem on a Compaq Armada 1750 (Luke Bullock)
Re: iomega ditto max and linux ("Piller")
Re: ATI Rage 128 VR AGP w/ SONY CPD-200ES and HP--8485Z (David Pollard)
Re: Sorry, but... Is this hardware compatable? (Richard S MERIFIELD)
Philips PCA32 cdrom ("Erik de Groot")
Re: Spontaneous reboots on a PII (Mikko Hyvarinen)
Re: restoring keyboard repeat (**Nick Brown)
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From: "Piller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: iomega ditto max and linux
Date: Tue, 27 Apr 1999 21:04:01 -0700
Reply-To: "Piller" <p.gregerson atworldnetdotattdotnet>
Has any one tried to use ditto on a linux box.
I have been thinking about getting it but am not sure if I will be able use
it on a linux only system which I soon hope to have.
any help would be appreciated.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Matrox Millenium MGA-G200 AGP under Redhat 5.2?
Date: Wed, 28 Apr 1999 00:10:50 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Darren" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
If you use the latest version of SVGA.tgz then the functions that are
built into the G200 will not be fully used. I'm going to check and see
if the G200 is not supported. I thought it was...
Create a new x server with G200 functionality.
> I have exactly the same setup as you.
> Download the latest copy of XSVGA.tgz (or SVGA server) from the
> XFree86 site.
> untar it (tar -zxvf XSGVA.tgz) in /usr/X11R6,
> edit your XF86Config file,
> edit the section for "My Video Card"
> Make sure there is no clockchip setting,
> Videoram setting is correct and not commented out
> Should work ok
>
> Kieran & Hobbes wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> >Can someone please tell me in English what I need to do to get a Matrox
> >Millenium MGA-G200 AGP card to work under Redhat 5.2? I would really
> >appreciate it. The install program doesn't find it correctly and after
> >I enter in the values for the card, it still doesn't work.
> >Any clues, tips etc etc.
> >Cheers
> >K
> >
> >--
> >K I E R A N G A R B U T T
> > Galaxie Internet & Information System Design
> > Dunedin, New Zealand
> >+64 (0-25) 2893497 / [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
> >
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Matthew Pound)
Subject: halt -p not working??? help
Date: 28 Apr 1999 00:16:23 GMT
I have a Asus P2B-DS (ATX) and i have recompiled my kernel with
support to power off my system with the use of poweroff or halt -p, but
it doesn't work. Does anyone know if i have to put something else in my
kernel, or recompile halt or something?
Thanx.
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From: Grant Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Epson Stylus 750
Date: 27 Apr 1999 23:28:59 -0400
"John Burton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Is there any support for colour printing on an epson style 750 printer?
> I can't find anything to say that there is, and don't want to get one
> if I can't use it with linux,
Now is that a Stylus Photo 750, or is it a Stylus Color 750 (if such a
thing exists?).
The Photo 750 is listed as "mostly" working, although from the
comments it sounds more like "partially"; only 4 of the 6 inks are
used, which rather defeats the purpose of a 6-color printer.
I have no information on the Color 750, if there is one.
Since you appear to be searching for a good printer to buy, you might
want to work from the Printing HOWTO's compatibility list:
http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/pht/printer_list.cgi
There is a link at that URL for "all perfectly working color inkjets";
this seems to be what you want...
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Cellphone information: http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/cell/
Libretto information: http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/
Linux Printing HOWTO: http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/pht/
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,alt.os.linux.caldera,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: making linux go away
Date: Wed, 28 Apr 1999 04:15:39 GMT
In DOS, type fdisk \MBR
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I did an install of Red Hat at one point, and now I just want it gone.
>
> Using FDISK to blow away the partitions though doesn't seem to do the
> trick. The LILO boot still comes up. If I disconnect the drive and put
> another one there even, then the machine just keeps asking me to reboot
> over and over.
>
> How do I get rid of Linux in the boot sector (I guess that's where it
> is) once and for all?
>
> thanks,
> -mike
>
>
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From: hellraiser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: new computer.....
Date: Tue, 27 Apr 1999 20:06:32 -0400
try these sites if you want a system with linux pre-installed:
www.varesearch.com
www.linuxcare.com
www.penguincomputing.com
www.linuxhw.com <-- just bought out by va research
www.tcu-inc.com
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Stefan Negele)
Subject: Re: Adaptec 2940U/UW DUAL N
Date: Tue, 27 Apr 1999 21:18:56 GMT
On Mon, 26 Apr 1999 03:54:36 -0700, "Jeff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Well I solved my own issue sort of. I cheated. I upgraded my kernel from
>2.0.36-3 to 2.2.6 all is much better now.
just a few hours ago I was struggleing with the same problem.
I have a Diamond Fireport 40 scsi card and I'm not able to get it to
detect the scsi cdrom, however the wide scsi hd is being recognized.
the dumb thing is that the scsi-2 branch of the card seems to
get ignored, whereas linux only foccusses on the wide branch.
I hope upgrading to the 2.2.x kernel will solve my problems as well.
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From: jayhastings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Ensoniq Soundscape Sound Card HELP!
Date: Wed, 28 Apr 1999 05:12:21 GMT
Hi,
I have an Ensoniq Soundscape sound card and I can't seem to get it to
work...
Any ideas would be helpful!
The specific error I get when configuring with "sndconfig":
==========================================
The following error occurred running
modprobe program:
/lib/modules/preferred/misc/sscape.o:
init_module: Device or resource busy
sound: Device or resource busy
==========================================
"sndconfig" can detect my card a Ensoniq Soundscape, but
the above failure message occurs when it trys to test it.
I am running RH 5.2, Kernel 2.0.36
Address specifics:
Address resources: x0330-x033F
IRQ 5, 9
DMA 1,3
In Win95 it uses the following:
MIDI, 330, IRQ 9
WAVE, 338, IRQ 5, DMA 1
Thanks,
Jay.
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From: Damir Cosic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Modem doesn't work with chat only?
Date: Tue, 27 Apr 1999 23:45:43 -0600
I have a USR 56K modem and running RedHat 5.2. I've read that I should
use PPP in combination with chat. Now, I can make the modem work with
any program (minicom, dip), except chat (is that Murphy again!).
Since I really don't know much about that program, I don't know what
could possibly go wrong. What is different in chat than in other
programs? What is device that chat is trying to connect? I made
/dev/modem, which is link to /dev/cua1.
When I start chat with script which looks like following:
"" AT
OK AT...
I just never get any answer from the modem (I tried other things too,
like ATZ, different initialization strings, all things that work fine
with other programs).
If anybody knows what could be the problem, please let me know!
Thanks.
Damir
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From: "Clifton T. Sharp Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Video Problems
Date: Tue, 27 Apr 1999 20:59:58 -0500
Allen Wong wrote:
> I am using a Trident 9680 video card with Slackware 3.6, kernel
> 2.2.5. Earlier today, I began experiencing some problems with
> X-Windows. I get scattered specks on the screen. This does not happen
> when I'm not using X. Coincidentally, earlier today, I added a third
> SCSI hard drive. I'm not sure that this is relevant; I thought I'd just
> throw it in. Originally, I assumed that this was the result of an
> inadequate power supply. However, my hardware guru buddy says that my
> video memory is shot. Is he right? Thanks.
You may have jostled the video card and broken a marginal solder joint.
The Hercules card I'm using was abandoned by a friend who did just that;
I found the bad solder joints. Try *gently* wiggling one corner of the
video board in such a way as to *slightly* warp the card, while watching
the display to see if it changes the specks.
Is there any pattern to the specks?
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From: James Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.lang.basic.visual.misc,comp.lang.c,comp.lang.c++,comp.lang.java.programmer,comp.lang.javascript,comp.lang.perl.misc,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.os2.advocacy,com
Subject: Re: free computer13
Date: 28 Apr 1999 00:56:08 -0500
In comp.os.linux.setup opus007 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: I hate spam.
More like framing than spamming.
Hmmm.. I love spams (the meat in the metal can kind).
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From: "Alan W. Jurgensen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Can SlackWare do it?
Date: Tue, 27 Apr 1999 13:36:21 +0000
I have an older OPTi 82C929 sound card with proprietary panasonic CR-562
CD-ROM...
I'm tring to install Red-Hat 5.2 ... no dice. Have tried
soundblaster/panasonic CD-ROM type... but wont detect it.
So, Ive verified it works in dos with Opti Sound/CD-ROM drivers...
Tried Toms 1 Disk Linux system... and tried loading isp16 cd-rom driver which
states opti support... It seems to load and detect
cdrom interface ok... BUT how to access drive? what is the device file? HELP
!
Does slackware have support for this drive/card combo?
any help appreciated, al-man
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From: "M.C. van den Bovenkamp" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: de.comp.os.linux.hardware,de.comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Creatix ISDN S.0 card
Date: Wed, 28 Apr 1999 09:12:16 +0200
Thomas Jentzsch wrote:
> Does anybody know whether the card can be used with Linux and what
> necessary configurations steps are to be done in order ot get the damn
> thing to work ?
The older non-PnP Creatix is a clone of the Teles S0/16 (warning: *not*
the S0/16.3!). Which is supported by Linux, so it should work. I have
one of them, but I'm not using it with Linux (my gateway machine has a
Teles S0/16.3 in it).
Regards,
--
Marco van den Bovenkamp.
CIO EMEA Network Design Engineer,
Lucent Technologies Nederland.
Room: HVS BZK 32
Tel.: (+31-35-687)2724
Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Sound Help!
Date: Wed, 28 Apr 1999 07:15:53 GMT
I am running Redhat 5.1.
I have an Ensoniq audio PCI sound card.
Is there any way to get sound working in Linux?
Any help you can offer would be great,
Thanks.
Michael
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From: Frithjof Anders <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: SCSI AVA1502 problems
Date: Wed, 28 Apr 1999 08:41:48 +0200
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I'm having problems getting Linux to recognize my SCSI adapter. It's a
> Adaptec AVA1502, it has selectable IO and IRQs, no conflict in Windows. The
> HOWTO says it's supported by the AHA152x driver. I have compiled it as a
> module because you use settings, but when load the module, I used to get an
> error message that said something about "SCSI Hosts: 0" or none found, and it
> would not be loaded. Now I get an "init_module: Device or resource busy"
> error.
>
> Can someone help me out or guide me in the right direction.
>
somebody wrote already: Since you're using modules, add the following line to
/etc/conf.modules options aha152x aha152x=0x340,11,7,1
(this assumes I/O=0x340, interrupt=11)
The module does only probe some limited number of ports. If you have a IOMEGA
ZOOM
card, which is sold for using with the ZIP drive, the port address is 0x140 and
IRQ 11.,
according to the installation manual..
Just look in your hardware handbook and substitute the proper port address and
IRQ
as options for the aha152x module.
good look
Frithjof
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Frithjof Anders
Institut fuer Festkoerperphysik
Technische Universitaet Darmstadt
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FAX +49 (6151) 16-3681
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Chollian Newsgroup User)
Subject: Re: soundblaster 32 AWE
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.development.apps,comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.os.linux.m68k
Date: Wed, 28 Apr 1999 07:39:56 GMT
Jon Larsson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
: Read the following:
: /usr/src/linux/Documentation/sound/Soundblaster
: /usr/src/linux/Documentation/sound/AWE32
: Jon Larsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
: Canarias, Espana - Spain - wrote:
: >How to make work the
: >soundblaster AWE 32
: >with Red Hat Linux 5.2
: >
: >THE BIG QUESTION !!!
: >
: >[EMAIL PROTECTED]
: >From Spain with S of Sun&Sex&Sangria
: >
: >
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From: Luke Bullock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: XFree86 problem on a Compaq Armada 1750
Date: Wed, 28 Apr 1999 09:43:01 +0200
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> Okay.. heres my thing..
>
> Im running it on a Compaq 5100.. but I got it to work by jumpering the
> pins that make it think it has an external monitor connected, and just
> synching out and back.
<snip>
> Anyone have a working XF86Config for this PC? I have a black line and
> split screen at the top, and im not quite comfy enough to start
> hacking the modelines.
> (LCD's are not cheap to replace)
>
> Thanks!
>
> maeryk
>
I have a Compaq LTE5100 running in 16bpp.. I can mail you the XF86config
if you wish. The refresh is slower than on 8bpp.. but if you use
no-opaque
it's ok. The newest XF86_SVGA supports this laptop.
--
/Luke
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From: "Piller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: iomega ditto max and linux
Date: Wed, 28 Apr 1999 01:56:39 -0700
Reply-To: "Piller" <p.gregerson atworldnetdotattdotnet>
Thanks for the response. I'll keep it in mind because my floppy is dead and
a ditto was more than enough ability to backup my drive twice over before
accounting for any compression, so I'll get one of those in stead of a new
floppy for my laptop and get more oomph in the process.
Roland Wagner wrote in message
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>Hi,
>
>i just installed a ditto 2GB - floppy-drive on a Linux-Server
>(Kernel 2.0.34) and it works fine till now.
>You will need the latest ftape-driver
>(http://www.math1.rwth-aachen.de/~heine/ftape/).
>and a newer motherboard (with support of 2,88 MB floppys)
>
>The tape is slow (of course, it's a floppy-tape ;-)
>but you can do backup during the night (like me)
>
>Important note (on Kernel 2.0.x):
>Don't include support for ftape in kernel!
>Ftape-support is done by modules (works with autoload
>if your system supports it)
>
>Bye
>
> Roland
>
>
>
>
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From: David Pollard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: ATI Rage 128 VR AGP w/ SONY CPD-200ES and HP--8485Z
Date: Wed, 28 Apr 1999 09:09:44 +0100
Ditto for me.
I have just got a copy of the previous mentioned instructions and I intend
to try them tonight.
Steve Webb wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I've just got a PC with Rage Fury and can't get any X to work. In the
> installation when my Rage card is probed the screen goes black and I
> have to re-boot the system. If I do not use the probe I get the same
> problem when I try and use startx !!!
>
> In the installation settings I've tried different cards,
> resolutions..... Could you tell me what you specific card/clock/monitor
> options you
> selected to get the basic very low resolution X to work in the first
> place. Once I can get to this stage I can then follow this up with the
> other guides to get a descent resolution.
>
> --
>
> --Steve Webb--
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From: Richard S MERIFIELD <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Sorry, but... Is this hardware compatable?
Date: Wed, 28 Apr 1999 17:19:28 +1000
I know that the sound card isn't for sure. I have a YMF724 XG Yamaha card that
just isn't supported I'm afraid.
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From: "Erik de Groot" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Philips PCA32 cdrom
Date: Wed, 28 Apr 1999 11:02:43 +0200
Hi,
I'm having problems accessing my Philips PCA32 atapi cd-rom player under
linux 2.0.36. When I run Yast (SuSE 6.0) which install the LINUX packages,
it fails only on large packages. When I read the same CD under Windows9X,
the CD looks fine and I can install the packages from the DOS partition
manually.
Is this a cd-rom time-out problem?
Thanks for helping,
Erik de Groot
The Netherlands
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From: Mikko Hyvarinen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development.system
Subject: Re: Spontaneous reboots on a PII
Date: Sun, 25 Apr 1999 16:26:06 +0300
Rowin Andruscavage wrote:
(clip)
> We installed from RedHat5.2, and added GNOME and linux 2.2.6 . He has
> a Matrox G100 AGP card and some OPL3SA2 sound card. I've upgraded to
> XFree86 3.3.3.1 without much effect (besides, it's even rebooted under
> the console once, though admittedly I was using the linux FB console at
> that time). My current theory is that it has something to do with the
> motherboard, which appears to be a BX something (windoze reports 82443BX
> controllers). I've tried different combinations of kernels(2.0.36,
> 2.2.3, 2.2.6) with and without support for MTRR, different
> windowmanagers (WM and E), with and without GNOME, and with various
> system loads. What next?
(clip)
It might be hardware related. A friend of mine had an Abit BX6 Pentium
II board that had a broken PCI slot. If there was a card in that slot,
using it sometimes caused spontaneous reboots. You could try using
another motherboard to see if possibly the AGP slot is faulty.
-Mikko Hyvärinen
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From: **Nick Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: restoring keyboard repeat
Date: Wed, 28 Apr 1999 10:14:33 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Thanks.
What's a gimpo ?
garv wrote:
> Do a man kbdrate to see the details.
> I'm a gimpo and use an alias in .bashrc to keep the keyboard
> from running away:
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