Linux-Hardware Digest #378, Volume #10 Tue, 1 Jun 99 00:13:35 EDT
Contents:
Re: 2.2.9 problem on Compaq 1850R (Chris Mauritz)
$4.95 CDs - can't be beat! (Scott Mosley)
$4.95 CDs - can't be beat! (Scott Mosley)
Mediamarkt Notebook and XWindows problem :-( (Dirk Kaspar)
Re: IrDA connectors on motherboard? (Frederic Faure)
HP890c problem (Michael Kritzer)
CD-R SCSI HELP, please.... ("Steve")
Re: more winhardware?!? (Rob Clark)
Re: IDE faster than SCSI UW? (David Wilson)
Seagate CTT8000-S scsi drive ruining my tapes! (Jeffrey Sutherland)
Jaton Video-87AGP and XWindows (Jeff Morrow)
Re: IDE RAID - Promise Fasttrak ? (Tim Moore)
Re: SCSI: Shutdown SCSI Device ? (David C)
Re: Newer Zip drive doesn't work under Linux (Burkard Kreidler)
Re: What PC should i buy to put linux? ("Lee Sharp")
Re: Linksys Combo PCMCIA Ethernet Card ("Richard A. Bilonick")
Re: DDS-3 DAT drive (Leslie Mikesell)
Re: io error on my harddisk (Tim Moore)
Re: Epson Styulus Color 400 and WordPerfect 8 for Linux ("Robert M. Taylor")
Re: more winhardware?!? (Tim Moore)
Pi AGM 2.3 Benchmark (Dara Hazeghi)
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From: Chris Mauritz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: 2.2.9 problem on Compaq 1850R
Date: Mon, 31 May 1999 11:36:51 GMT
Tony Platt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> So don't use the latest Kernel !!!!
> Geeeezzz
> Also read up on the Kernel Numbering System
> Especially look at ODD NUMBERS
Um...nice attitude. Just tried 2.2.7 and 2.2.8 with the same result.
What version would you recommend?
C
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Christopher Mauritz
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Scott Mosley)
Subject: $4.95 CDs - can't be beat!
Date: Mon, 31 May 1999 19:29:37 -0500
So many CDs, so little time....
Take your pick from our 100,000 CDs at only $4.95 each!
Visit our online store: http://www.myshopnow.com/scrooge/category.asp?CID=1078
Get them NOW before they're all GONE!
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Scott Mosley)
Subject: $4.95 CDs - can't be beat!
Date: Mon, 31 May 1999 19:29:44 -0500
So many CDs, so little time....
Take your pick from our 100,000 CDs at only $4.95 each!
Visit our online store: http://www.myshopnow.com/scrooge/category.asp?CID=1078
Get them NOW before they're all GONE!
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From: Dirk Kaspar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Mediamarkt Notebook and XWindows problem :-(
Date: Tue, 01 Jun 1999 02:00:14 +0200
Hi,
I have just buyed a Network NBI-300MP Avangarde at Mediamarkt and tried
to install SuSE Linux 6.1
Configuring the X Server i got some problems.
I dont know which horizontal or vertical frequence the 14"TFT Display
has. Also I heard that there are some problems with the ATI Rage LT Pro
and a TFT Display
does anyone have had the same problem or could help me with this
problem?
Thanks and Bye
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Frederic Faure)
Crossposted-To:
alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuild,alt.comp.hardware.homebuild,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.misc,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.systems,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.networking
Subject: Re: IrDA connectors on motherboard?
Date: Wed, 19 May 1999 19:53:40 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Wed, 19 May 1999 10:33:57 -0400, Andre Couture
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I have few Linux box that are running Linux.
>Most of them have a connector for asn IrDA device,
>
>Does anybody know how to build the "device" for it?
Since Asus has been selling motherboards with an on-board IrDA
connector for a while now, you could try buying the connector from
them, but I haven't found a store that has it, though. Instead, I got
an external device from Tekram that connects to the COM2 ports, and is
powered by the serial port.
FF.
--
The system required Windows 95 or better, so I installed Linux!
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From: Michael Kritzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help
Subject: HP890c problem
Date: Tue, 01 Jun 1999 00:56:11 GMT
Every time I try to print a postscript file on my HP890c all that gets=20
printed is the same error: -r must be followed by <res> or=20
<xres>x<yres>. I have Ghostscript-5.10, and the appropriate driver=20
selected, yet it still won't print anything. Does anyone know what's=20
going on here?=20
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From: "Steve" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: CD-R SCSI HELP, please....
Date: Mon, 31 May 1999 20:37:06 -0400
Hi Guys,
I have a cd/r to scsi question. I am new to Linux. Yet I wonder how I can
mount my scsi Smart&Friendly to read files. I just can't figure out what dev
to use. Perhaps somebody can give me an advice. Do I have to create a link
to the dev? What' s the syntax? The scsi driver is loaded, xcdroast
recognizes the cd/r. My EIDE cdrom mounts just fine.
I am running RH 5.2, Kernel 2.0.36, AMD 400 Mhz, 192 M RAM, AHA1510 SCSI
Card (don't laugh, my HP Scanner works just fine with it)
Thanks in advance
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rob Clark)
Subject: Re: more winhardware?!?
Date: 31 May 1999 22:12:41 -0400
In article <goB43.16$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Derek W. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Just got a piece of win hardware that I had to return.
>
>Of all blanking things a US Robotics modem. (model number 5687)
Actually, the 5687-02 will work, it's just a pain in the neck because you
have to use isapnptools.
The 5687-00/5687-02 box switcheroo is a well-known PR gaffe by 3Com/USR;
however, those who have written to complain have gotten not-very-apologetic
replies from the manufacturer.
The next modem in this series (5687-B2) appears to have jumpers again, so
maybe they've learnt their lesson :)
Rob Clark, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.o2.net/~gromitkc/winmodem.html
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Rob Clark, [EMAIL PROTECTED] :::::::: C:\WINDOWS\> make clean :::
::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: What with? Your bare hands? :::
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David Wilson)
Subject: Re: IDE faster than SCSI UW?
Date: 26 May 99 10:15:13 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Stuart R. Fuller) writes:
>Tony ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
>: Because don't forget the old rule,
>:
>: ALL SCSI DEVICES WILL RUN AT THE SLOWEST DEVICE SPEED.
>:
>: If that scanner only runs at 5Mb/s , ........wellll..........
>The SCSI driver will query each SCSI device to get various information about
>them. One piece of information is some negotiation of how fast the device can
>run. The driver will then configure each device to run at the fastest common
>speed of the controller and the device. Therefore, scanners will run at
>5MB/sec, disks at 10, 20 or 40MB/sec, etc.
The only case where an older SCSI device will slow down a newer one (apart
from taking bus cycles when it is in use) is when you have a non-Ultra2
drive on the same cable as your Ultra-2 controller and disk drive. Ultra-2
only runs over a Low Voltage Differential bus and the presence of a single
Single-Ended drive (SCSI-1, Fast SCSI, Ultra SCSI) will cause all Ultra-2
units to drop back to Ultra mode.
--
David Wilson School of IT & CS, Uni of Wollongong, Australia [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Jeffrey Sutherland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Seagate CTT8000-S scsi drive ruining my tapes!
Date: Tue, 01 Jun 1999 01:55:38 +0000
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jeff Morrow)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux,alt.os.linux,alt.linux,comp.os.linux.help
Subject: Jaton Video-87AGP and XWindows
Date: Tue, 01 Jun 1999 02:36:06 GMT
I've been trying to set up XWindows for a few days now in Red Hat 6.0
with a Jaton Video-87AGP video card. I've tried all sorts of
combinations of settings, including other Jaton cards and generic
settings. Each time I try to run XWindows, I get no screen. Are there
any curealls or drivers? Thanks.
Jeff Morrow
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Date: Mon, 31 May 1999 19:47:14 -0700
From: Tim Moore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: IDE RAID - Promise Fasttrak ?
"Søren Schmidt" wrote:
>...
> It will work on FreeBSD >= 3.0, preferably uner 4.0-current with the new
> ata driver. You will have to do the RAID by software though (so does the
> Fattrack under winslows), use cdd or vinum for that.
> I know of at least a handfull of such installations that "just works".
Also for linux. Fasttrak BIOS v102 and earlier are recognized by linux
as a Promise Ultra/33 and will function as an Ultra/33. v103 was not
recognized as anything, indicating higher revs will not be recognized.
Ultra/33 cost is ~45% of Fasttrak.
--
direct replies substitute timothymoore for user name
"Everything is permitted. Nothing is forbidden."
WS Burroughs.
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From: David C <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: SCSI: Shutdown SCSI Device ?
Date: 31 May 1999 12:28:12 -0400
"Tony Platt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> niemand wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>>
>> i have a very important question.
>> I want shutdown my scsi-devices over nigth.
>> Have everyone a tool for this problem ?
>
> If you mean zip drives and external cdroms etc.
>
> I suppose you could just unmount them first then turn them off.
If he's talking about actually turning them off (and not setting them
into some kind of suspend mode), then unmounting is a solid
prerequisite. Powering off a mounted device will cause all kinds of
system problems the next time some process tries to access the device.
Of course, you can't unmount the active system partition without
shutting down, so that device can never be powered off. (Although hard
drives that don't contain critical system files can be unmounted and
powered off.)
As for whether it's OK to power-off (and power-on) a SCSI device while
the computer is running, I don't know. I've done it and it doesn't seem
to cause any crashes, but I've also been told that it's a bad thing to
do.
BTW, if I boot with a SCSI device, like a CD-ROM, turned off, Linux
doesn't associate /dev/scd0 with it, as I'd expect. If I later turn the
drive on, can I tell the system to rescan the bus and assign it the
device without rebooting? I suppose I can call rmmod followed by insmod
to re-load the SCSI driver for the card, since that SCSI bus is only
used by CD, tape and Zip drives, but I'd rather not take such draconian
steps if I can avoid it.
-- David
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Burkard Kreidler)
Subject: Re: Newer Zip drive doesn't work under Linux
Date: Tue, 01 Jun 1999 01:37:36 GMT
>I recently purchased another parallel port Zip drive and discovered that it
>will not work under Linux but works fine in Windows and DOS.
>
>My older (about 1 1/2 years old) Zip drive works fine under Linux or Windows
>on the same computer.
Older drives use the ppa driver, later ones imm. Try re-compiling your
kernel and modules using imm instead of ppa. Perhaps that works.
BTW: Is your parallel cable marked "autodetect"?
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From: "Lee Sharp" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: What PC should i buy to put linux?
Date: Mon, 31 May 1999 16:43:09 GMT
apaugam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in article
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> Im going to bye a PC and id like to use linux on it.
> Is it necessary to buy a special graphic card and so on
> or can i use every PC that i should find in a big shop.
> I want to be sure to be able to use netscape, latex and telnet
> on my pc.
> What PC should i buy?
Most stuff works. Some stuff doesn't. Some stuff needs a lot of work
to "work." There is too much to cover here. You can buy a system with
Linux pre-installed, and know that it will work. You can find a system,
write down everything in it, and ask here about the parts. You can build a
system with parts you check on the lists.
Things to look out for are WinModems <will never work>, WinPrinters
<Some work, but most don't>, and garphic cards. Check
http://www.xfree86.org for graphics,
http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/pht/printer_list.cgi for printers, and the
is one for modems who's URL escapes me. Good luck.
Lee
--
SCSI is *NOT* magic. There are *fundamental technical reasons* why it is
necessary to sacrifice a young goat to your SCSI chain now and then. *
Black holes are where God divided by zero. - I am speaking as an
individual, not as a representative of any company, organization or other
entity. I am solely responsible for my words.
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From: "Richard A. Bilonick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Linksys Combo PCMCIA Ethernet Card
Date: Tue, 01 Jun 1999 03:28:10 GMT
"Richard A. Bilonick" wrote:
> Has anyone had any experience with the Linksys Combo PCMCIA Ethernet
> Card? Does anyone know if it will work under Linux (RH 6.0)? And if so,
> what driver to use?
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
> --
> Rick Bilonick - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Statistical Consulting for Business & Industry
> http://www.nauticom.net/usrs/rab/
I looked in /etc/pcmcia/config and it lists the Linksys Combo PCMCIA
Ethernet Card so I guess I have the software for card services loaded and
this PCMCIA Ethernet card is supported. When the system boots it always
says that ethernet initialization is being delayed.
But when I try to configure the ethernet eth0, I am never given the chance
to use "pcnet_cs" which is listed in the /etc/PCMCIA/config file. The only
choices I'm given appear to be non-PCMCIA ethernet cards. What am I doing
wrong?
Also, although I have a man page for cardinfo, there is no cardinfo
executable anywhere to be found. The 3Com Noteworthy 56k PCMCIA modem card
works fine.
Any ideas?
Rick Bilonick
--
Rick Bilonick - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Statistical Consulting for Business & Industry
http://www.nauticom.net/usrs/rab/
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Leslie Mikesell)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: DDS-3 DAT drive
Date: 31 May 1999 22:12:19 -0500
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Chris Mauritz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>> I wasn't able to get anything useful out of either the Seagate or
>>> the HP DDS-3 drives. I simply got I/O errors when I tried to
>>> read/write tapes. Looks like I'm going to have to keep one
>>> Slowlaris box around just to make backups....sigh.
>
[...]
>Nope, I cannot read or write tapes with either device. I can do things
>like rewind and eject the tapes, but cannot do anything else.
This sounds like a physical problem where full-speed data tranfer
over the scsi cable just isn't working. Check cable length, termination,
scsi id, etc., and perhaps try slowing down the max transfer rate
to the drive if the adapter allows it. Try a different cable.
Les Mikesell
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Date: Mon, 31 May 1999 20:07:47 -0700
From: Tim Moore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.debian
Subject: Re: io error on my harddisk
You might want to archive anything you want to save as soon as possible.
What drives are you using?
> I got some errors. e2fsck and badblocks won't report bad sectors but there
> are some seek errors.
> this is a part of my syslog:
> ..kernel: hdc: dma_intr: error=0x40 { UncorrectableError }, LBAsect=2065250,
> sector=1867662
> ..kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev 16:02, sector 1867662
> ..kernel: hdc: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
> ..kernel: hdc: dma_intr: error=0x40 { UncorrectableError }, LBAsect=2065250,
> sector=1867664
> ..kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev 16:02, sector 1867664
> ..kernel: hdc: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
> ..kernel: hdc: dma_intr: error=0x40 { UncorrectableError }, LBAsect=2065250,
> sector=1867666
> ..kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev 16:02, sector 1867666
>
> If I format with fat32 I'll find 65k bad sectors but e2fsck won't report the
> bad sectors. only a lot of these messages and it won't mark it as bad
> sectors cause I got a lot of write errors if I use this drive. I tested 3
> different drives on 2 PCs and on every drive there are some "bad sectors".
>
> Is this a problem with the ide driver ???
>
> or do you have any ideas to help me ???
--
direct replies substitute timothymoore for user name
"Everything is permitted. Nothing is forbidden."
WS Burroughs.
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From: "Robert M. Taylor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Epson Styulus Color 400 and WordPerfect 8 for Linux
Date: Tue, 01 Jun 1999 03:29:26 GMT
Toni wrote:
>
> Does anybody know how I can use and install my Epson Stylus COlor 400 in
> order to
> make it work within Word Perfect 8. My Linux distribution is SuSE 6.0 and
> my printer works all right with SuSE, but I don't know how to use it with WP
> 8.
>
> Thank you in advance for your help.
>
> Toni
Use the printer as a postscript printer under ghostscript. It seems to
be the default. I think you are looking for the separate drivers that
came with WP 7. I think they're gone fronm this version.
Bob
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Date: Mon, 31 May 1999 19:58:19 -0700
From: Tim Moore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: more winhardware?!?
> So I immediatly throw it back in the box (keeping the 20.00 rebate
> information thank you) and bring it back to Wal-Mart.
I never would have considered looking for hardware in Wal-Mart
specifically because anything remotely computronic must look like magic
or voodoo to the average Wal-Mart "customer service representative".
With all due respect of course.
--
direct replies substitute timothymoore for user name
"Everything is permitted. Nothing is forbidden."
WS Burroughs.
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From: Dara Hazeghi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.powerpc,comp.os.ms-windows.nt,comp.sys.mac.hardware,comp.benchmarks,comp.sys.sgi.hardware,comp.sys.sun.hardware,comp.sys.hp.hardware
Subject: Pi AGM 2.3 Benchmark
Date: Tue, 01 Jun 1999 02:15:26 GMT
Hello.
if you're interested in such things, Pi AGM 2.3, the one of the
fastest Pi calculation program currently available has been released.
More information about it can be found at
http://www.geocities.com/EnchantedForest/5815/program.html . Pi AGM 2.3
is by Carey Bloodworth ( [EMAIL PROTECTED] ). It is the latest
version of a program initially designed to calculate 1million digits of
Pi in a day on a 386/387 or 68020/68881. However it has improved
significantly since then. It now includes options to use 4 formulas and
2 different types of multiplication with 11 different implementations.
It has been tested on up to 512million digits of Pi.
I am hoping to use Pi AGM as a basis for a benchmark comparing
hardware and operating system speed. The benchmark consists merely of
running the program with the fastest type of multiplication for 1
megabyte of digits (1m digits). So far the timings that I do have are at
http://www.geocities.com/EnchantedForest/5815/performance.html . However
I would greatly appreciate adding your timings to the mix. So if you're
interested follow the below instructions (which are a long way of
saying, "get the program and run it for 1m digits"). The programs are
provided on an as is basis, that is to say without warranty (although
I'll be more than happy to try to help you solve any problems you have
in the course of running them). Lastly, all the binaries have minimum
hardware requirements (as listed on the main page) and if yours doesn't
fit, feel free to compile it from source and send me the timings anyway.
Instructions:
For Windows:
1. download the program from
http://www.2xtreme.net/hazeghi/pi/pi_agm_23.zip .
2. decompress the downloaded file.
3. reboot in DOS mode (preferably for better results) or open a DOS
shell.
4. cd into the directory of the program. Depending on whether you have a
Pentium or 486 you will cd into the 586 or 486 directory once in the bin
directory. (ex. cd c:\pi_agm_23\bin\486).
5. run the program with default settings for 1m digits by typing:
pi_agm_2.exe 1m
6. e-mail me the total execution time and basic system information such
as operating system, processor type, processor speed, RAM and L2 Cache
size.
For Macintosh:
1. download the program from
http://www.2xtreme.net/hazeghi/pi/pi_agm_23.smi.hqx .
2. decompress the downloaded file (if you have stuffit expander, just
dragging it onto stuffit expander should work).
3. double click the decompressed file in order to mount the disk image.
4. open the Pi AGM 2.3 folder, the Binaries folder and depending on
whether you have a PowerPC or 68K processor, the PowerPC or 680X0
folder.
5. Select the Pi AGM 2.3 application and select get info from the file
menu. Increase the minimum and preferred memory to over 17,000.
6. Open the Pi AGM 2.3 application. For number of digits type in 1m
followed by enter, for formula type in 2 followed by enter, and for
number of passes just press enter.
7. e-mail me the total execution time and basic system information such
as operating system, processor type, processor speed, RAM and L2 Cache
size.
For Linux x86:
1. download the program from
http://www.2xtreme.net/hazeghi/pi/pi_agm_linux_x86.tar.gz .
2. open a shell window. cd into the directory where the file was
downloaded.
3. tar -xzvf pi_agm_linux_x86.tar.gz
4. cd into the directory of the program. Depending on whether you have a
Pentium or 486 you will cd into the 586 or 486 directory once in the bin
directory. (ex. cd pi_agm_23/bin/486).
5. ./pi_agm_23 1m
6. e-mail me the total execution time and basic system information such
as operating system, processor type, processor speed, RAM and L2 Cache
size.
For Linux PPC:
1. download the program from
http://www.2xtreme.net/hazeghi/pi/pi_agm_linux_ppc.tar.gz
2. open a shell window. cd into the directory where the file was
downloaded.
3. tar -xzvf pi_agm_linux_ppc.tar.gz
4. cd pi_agm_23/bin/linuxppc
5. Follow the directions above for Linux x86 (#5 and #6)
For HP-UX:
1. download the program from
http://www.2xtreme.net/hazeghi/pi/pi_agm_hpux.tar.gz
2. open a shell window. cd into the directory where the file was
downloaded.
3. tar -xzvf pi_agm_hpux.tar.gz
4. cd pi_agm_23/bin/hpux
5. Follow the directions above for Linux x86 (#5 and #6)
For Solaris:
1. download the program from
http://www.2xtreme.net/hazeghi/pi/pi_agm_solaris.tar.gz
2. open a shell window. cd into the directory where the file was
downloaded.
3. tar -xzvf pi_agm_solaris.tar.gz
4. cd pi_agm_23/bin/solaris
5. Follow the directions above for Linux x86 (#5 and #6)
For IRIX:
1. download the program from
http://www.2xtreme.net/hazeghi/pi/pi_agm_irix.tar.gz
2. open a shell window. cd into the directory where the file was
downloaded.
3. tar -xzvf pi_agm_irix.tar.gz
4. cd pi_agm_23/bin/irix
5. Follow the directions above for Linux x86 (#5 and #6)
For other Unixs (or is it Unices?):
1. download the program's source from
http://www.2xtreme.net/hazeghi/pi/pi_agm_src.tar.gz
2. open a shell window. cd into the directory where the file was
downloaded. Then decompress the file with the command tar -xzvf
pi_agm_src.tar.gz
3. cd pi_agm_23
4. edit the Makefile for your particular OS/Processor combo. The most
important variables are the CC_OPTS and LD_OPTS. These should be set to
the best optimizations for your C compiler and your linker respectively.
5. make fft-hartley (there should be _NO_ errors or warnings)
6. Follow the directions above for Linux x86 (#5 and #6)
7. Also send me the executable you generated (so I can post it).
Dara Hazeghi
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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