Linux-Hardware Digest #698, Volume #10 Wed, 7 Jul 99 23:13:44 EDT
Contents:
Re: Intel Pro 100+ (Eric Penne)
Turtle Beach Montego II ("TheSaint Inc.")
3com VEverything modem ("JC Ervin")
Re: How much space for each partition? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Heres one manufacturer we dont need (Adam Eberbach)
Re: how to setup mandrake 6 for a cable modem (Jean-Michel Dault)
Re: ATAPI Zip Drive Linux 2.0.10 fails ("Dr Aldo Medina [mx]")
Re: Running X on an LCD (Valentin Guillen)
Re: SuSe + Hardrive partitioning (John Hagen)
Re: SoundBlaster Live! (Dave Howland)
Re: Adaptec 2940UW SCSI Controller ("Chris")
Re: Sound Blaster PCI 128 (Benjamin Black)
Re: Sound Blaster PCI 128 (Benjamin Black)
Re: Celeron, what's the catch? ("Jimmy Nilzohn")
Re: how to's ("Chris")
Re: Diamond Supra Express 56i Modem ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Mac HDs in PC; RH 6.0 Install Fails ("Chris")
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From: Eric Penne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Intel Pro 100+
Date: 24 Jun 1999 01:33:39 GMT
I use that card with an ABIT BH6 and it set up so nicely with Redhat 6.0
that I haven't taken the time to look at the settings. Sometimes things
do work right.
Eric
Dan St. Sauveur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: Anybody using an Intel Pro 100+ management adapter (10/100 ethernet)?
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From: "TheSaint Inc." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Turtle Beach Montego II
Date: Wed, 7 Jul 1999 18:40:50 -0600
Has anyone got the Turtle Beach Montego II sound card to work?I'm running
Red Hat 6.0 and I'd appreciate any input you might have. Thanks in advance.
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From: "JC Ervin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: 3com VEverything modem
Date: Wed, 7 Jul 1999 16:47:21 -0700
I was wondering if there is anybody out there that may be able to help me
out. I have a 3com Veverything external modem and I can't get the damn
thing to work. So if anybody has any ideas, please help me.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,alt.linux,alt.linux.sux,alt.os.linux.caldera
Subject: Re: How much space for each partition?
Date: Thu, 08 Jul 1999 00:11:32 GMT
On Wed, 07 Jul 1999 14:03:39 +0200, Marc Mutz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>TURBO1010 wrote:
>>
>> What's the deal about SuSE?
>>
>1.) SuSE is crap (see my other postings on this subject in the
>c.o.l.misc newsagroup).
>2.) but the reason to mention it was that it puts large amounts of
>things into /opt, whereas DanH said that be not normal with linux. Also
>it leaves /usr/local almost empty.
>
>Marc
>
>--
>Marc Mutz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://marc.mutz.com/
>University of Bielefeld, Dep. of Mathematics / Dep. of Physics
>
>PGP-keyID's: 0xd46ce9ab (RSA), 0x7ae55b9e (DSS), 0x31748570 (DH)
>
>
Actually /opt is a pretty standard unix. The problem with Redhat is
it doesn't follow the standards very well. Then Caldera, well I won't
even go there. As for SuSE, I love it. Alot of options, power and
some excellant sysadmin and configuration tools (YAST) makes life alot
easier.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Adam Eberbach)
Subject: Re: Heres one manufacturer we dont need
Date: Tue, 6 Jul 1999 17:09:59 -0700
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] says...
> Heres the series of e-mails between myself and
> Memorex
Dear Stan,
Please get a clue. Why do you think that a large company would suddenly
support Linux simply because you gave them an ultimatum involving the
loss of one (1) person's business? You will notice that they said "at
this time" - that's likely to be forever, if every Linux user starts
throwing little tantrums.
Perhaps you should try showing economic reasons for Linux support? That
is why companies exist, you know.
--
Adam Eberbach
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From: Jean-Michel Dault <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.mandrake,comp.os.linux.help
Subject: Re: how to setup mandrake 6 for a cable modem
Date: Thu, 08 Jul 1999 00:34:12 +0000
Yeah, some cable operators suck ;)
In that case, rpm -e all the network packages =(
Jean-Michel
Wayne Larmon wrote:
> That may be, but the policy of my cable modem ISP is to do regular
> portscans of subscriber's machines, and if they detect sendmail running,
> then your service is disconnected. They are *very* touchy about
> sendmail. YMMV.
>
> Wayne Larmon
> http://www.scrounge.org/
>
> > doc wrote:
> >
> > > When 'disabling' PNP, are you doing it on the card or
> > > thru the BIOS???
> > > I am "planning" on a cable modem thru a NetGear 10/100
> > > NIC (err, forget the model, but it is a modified TULIP.o)
> > > and ABSOLUTELY don't want spammers to use my box...
> > > So, will check out these sights...
> > >
> > > Thanks for the information
> > > --
> > > Rich "Doc" Colley - MIS Dept.
> > > Huntington Library, Art Collection and Botanical Gardens
> > >
> > > Wayne Larmon wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Jean-Michel Dault wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > I installed a cable modem yesterday and it works great.
> > > > >
> > > > > Once you get your EtherExpress PNP disabled, you should be able to install,
>and
> > > > > it will ask you for the network parameters.
> > > > >
> > > > > If you need to reconfigure, just start Linuxconf, go to the Network section,
> > > > > then configure your IP address, gateway and DNS.
> > > > >
> > > > > Jean-Michel Dault
> > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > >
> > > > I'm also using a cable modem with an Intel EEPro connected to it and it
> > > > also works great. Like Jean-Michel said, disable PNP and it will work.
> > > >
> > > > My EEPro is connected directly to the cable modem. I'm using Mandrake
> > > > 5.3 as a firewall/IP masquerader. (Still shaking out Mandrake 6.0.) My
> > > > second nic feeds a hub and I can connect all the computers I want to it.
> > > >
> > > > If you are using a cable modem then you really should consider
> > > > configuring a firewall for protection. And don't run sendmail unless
> > > > you *really* know how to configure it, because spammers *love* to find
> > > > Linux boxes running sendmail so that they can relay their spam using
> > > > *your* box. Guess what your cable modem company's reaction will be?
> > > >
> > > > And they can find new Linux boxes fast, because they use auto-probing
> > > > methods. One of our local cable modem users reported that a hacker
> > > > found a new Linux box of his within 6 hours after he first started it.
> > > >
> > > > You can use Samba to network with your Win 9x machines.
> > > >
> > > > I have links to networking and Samba information at
> > > > http://www.scrounge.org/linux/docs.html#networking
> > > >
> > > > Using Linux with a cable modem:
> > > > http://www.scrounge.org/linux/cablemodem.html
> > > >
> > > > Also, check out http://www.cablemodemhelp.com/
> > > >
> > > > Wayne Larmon
> > > > http://www.scrounge.org/
> > > > http://www.scrounge.org/linux/linuxtips.html
> > > >
> > > > > anthonymelillo wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > I am trying to install Mandrake 6, and if I can get it to go past the
> > > > > > network card detection, I was wondering if anyone tell me how to setup
>Linux
> > > > > > to work with my cable modem ?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I have an extra IP for this machine and all the specs, such as IP, gateway,
> > > > > > ect but I do not know how to setup Linux so I can access the FTP, and web
> > > > > > servers from other machines ?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Also, can I setup linux so I can access the hard disk from my Win98 machine
> > > > > > through my home network and copy files, ect ?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > --
> > > > > > Anthony Melillo
> > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Date: Wed, 07 Jul 1999 19:52:16 -0500
From: "Dr Aldo Medina [mx]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: ATAPI Zip Drive Linux 2.0.10 fails
Jonathon wrote:
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> : linux detects it, but it cannot see any partition on zip disks, and thus
> : one cannot mount it or read information off of zip disks. I think these
>
> Assuming you meant the 100 MB Zip Drive.
>
> For some weird reason, they are usable as VFAT disks only.
> Expect 25% of the new disks you buy to fail.
> If Win95/98/NT does _anything_ to the disk, expect it
> to fail. << That includes writing data to the disk. >>
>
> By fail, I mean it will not be readable by Linux. They are
> still usable on Win* machines though. I haven't had time to
> try to figure out why this occurs, but it does.
>
> xan
>
> jonathon
>
> --
> I'm still looking for a good book on
> 3: The Recent Unpleasantness
> 1: The War Of Northern Aggression.
> 2: The War of Southern Rebellion.
I use an internal IDE ATAPI Zip 100Mb, with RH 5.2 and 6.0 without any
problems.
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From: Valentin Guillen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Running X on an LCD
Date: Tue, 06 Jul 1999 18:46:26 -0400
Chad,
Probably the first thing to do is look at your XConfig file. Near the
beginning of the file will be an entry for section "Files". In this section
will be the line which says where the Xerror log file is written to. Everytime
you start X, or attempt to start X, an error log file will be created. Examine
the file, because it has a wealth of info which can assist you in diagnosing
where your problem lies.
In writing my config file, I told X that I had a 14" monitor. I used this value
because it is the smallest standard value for a conventional monitor. I had
seen other config files for LCD screens and noticed that there were entries for
the exact size of the lcd screen, written in millimeters, so I also included a
line in that section (monitor section). That is listed as Display Size. On
the lines for Horiz and Vert Refresh, I chose values which were VERY INCLUSIVE,
deliberately. I did this knowing that X would choose the right values by
itself, once I told it which server to use, and once it found the chipset. The
server queries the chipset, and once it finds it, it will use the correct
values, of it's own accord. The Modelines I selected are for a standard, 60hz
refresh rate monitor operating at VGA mode.
Under section "Device" I specified the Server to use as the ct driver. I made
sure the cd driver was installed, and that it was symbolically linked to X. I
selected 16 bit color because it will render most graphics well, and will
operate resonably fast. I think that I don't have enough memory to operate at
1024x virtual res at any higher color depth than 16 bit color.
Most of the info I needed to write this config file was found in the XFree86
How To. I also have a Linux Bible, which has the How Tos in written form,
making it easy to have the manual on my lap, while I play with writing the
file, and looking things up. Most Invaluable.
X may not automatically load the correct server for use on your system. You
may need to manually check to see that it's there, and if not, manually copy
the file from CD onto your system, un tar it, and then symbolically link it to
X. Once it's present on the system, you can invoke it in your config file.
I don't know which one you need for your chipset. Other than that, I can't
think of why X won't run on your box.
Best Regards
--
Valentin Guillen
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Date: Wed, 07 Jul 1999 17:18:58 +0000
From: John Hagen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: SuSe + Hardrive partitioning
Rolston Jeremiah wrote:
>
> Hello group,
>
> I have a 8GB hardrive ready to install SuSe 6.1. I not sure how
> many or how large partitions should be. The SuSe installation guide
> does not recommend partition/size. I have cooked up a rough sketch
> as a guide.
>
> If anyone has done this before I will greatly appreciate your input(add
> partition, delete partition, change size, etc.)Here is what I have done
>
> partition size mount point inode partition type
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
>
> hda1 120M / 2048 linux native
> hda2 10M /boot 1024 linux native
> hda3 4000M /usr/local 40960 linux native
> hda5 520M /usr/src 8192 linux native
> hda6 500M /var 8192 linux native
> hda7 2600M /home 4096 linux native
> hda8 100M /tmp 2048 linux native
> hda9 10M / MSDos
> hda10 140M /swap swap
>
> Will this suffice?
>
> Thanks for your help
You don't want to hear what I did.
And keep in mind that I'm using a 9 GB disk w/ about 7.8 GB available for 2
different Linux distributions. But here goes:
First,I created a swap partition as big as my physical RAM (128 MB).
Then I installed all that I wanted from the distribution CD's onto one big root
directory. I think it came out to about 1.5 GB for SuSE 6.0, a largish
distribution w/ a lot of software..
Then I used du -ks to get the amount of used disk space in /boot, /home and
/opt.
Then I went back to fdisk recreated / and created /boot, /home and /opt. I sized
them to allow for ~30 - 50% growth (esp. /opt :-). I set /home to a very large
and arbitrary 500 MB because I will be sharing this machine and did not want to
repartition again.
And then I reinstalled everything into those new partitions.
And I did this procedure for both RedHat and SuSE.
This method resolves any questions you may have about partitioning, but it
requires 2 installs.
Keep in mind that the Red Hat guide is pretty thorough, if that's what you're
using, but many people will not need all the partitions it specifies, especially
if you are the only user on the machine.
Modify the partitions I describe to your own taste. Some may be alarmed by this
psychopathic install method, others vaguely amused... -=:-0
YMMV,
--
john hagen ~ [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Dave Howland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: SoundBlaster Live!
Date: Wed, 7 Jul 1999 20:31:43 -0400
On Thu, 8 Jul 1999, Asim Shankar wrote:
> hi!
>
> I have a Creative Labs SoundBlaster Live! Value soundcard.
>
> The Creative site says that they are currently no drivers for Linux created
> by them.
there are:
ftp://ftp.creative.com/pub/creative/beta/sblive-0.2b.tar.gz
they're in beta, so creative doesn't exactly advertise them... but they do
exist.
dave
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From: "Chris" <chris @ email.wilsonmfg.com>
Subject: Re: Adaptec 2940UW SCSI Controller
Date: Wed, 7 Jul 1999 20:09:05 -0500
I've seen this. It happens on NT too. I was told by a ex cow-orker that the
BIOS on the 2940 card it self needed upgraded.
--
Chris
The only "intuitive" interface is the nipple. After that, it's all learned.
Stephen Bradly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> David Massot wrote:
> >
> > I have an intermittent problem with my Adaptec 2940UW SCSI Controller.
> >
> > Occasionally I get the message
> >
> > AIC7XXX Done-Aborted-SCBS Aborting scbi tcl=0/0/0
> >
> > The message will appear several times then stop.
> >
> > I'm running Redhat Linux 4.2 Kernel 2.0.30. I have heard that the 2940 is
> > not fully supported because of all the Adaptec BIOS changes.
> >
> > Where can I get the latest driver from? Is there any other way around the
> > problem without updating the driver.
> >
> > Any help much appreciated.
>
> I think your best bet is to upgrade your installation, the kernel at the
> very least. I understand that the full specs for this board were finally
> made available to the driver developers and the modifications were
> included in the driver distributed with 2.0.35 (or .36) kernel sources.
>
> Regards
>
> Stephen
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From: Benjamin Black <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Sound Blaster PCI 128
Date: Wed, 07 Jul 1999 12:16:15 -0700
Ward wrote:
> I have an SBPCI64 that I only got to work when I upgraded
> the kernel from 2.0.34 to 2.2.5-15 (RH 5.1 -> 6.0). I'm not sure if
> the 64 and the 128 have similar chips, but the module I successfully
> used was the es1370 module. I think this module or the es1371
> should get you going.
Alternatively, if you don't feel like upgrading your kernel, opensound
supports the SB128 PCI. http://www.opensound.com
--
=========================================================================
Benjamin Black Per ardua ad alta
http://www.wilykit.com (soon) Ad astra per aspera
[EMAIL PROTECTED] Ad augusta per angusta
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From: Benjamin Black <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Sound Blaster PCI 128
Date: Wed, 07 Jul 1999 12:18:35 -0700
Ward wrote:
> I have an SBPCI64 that I only got to work when I upgraded
> the kernel from 2.0.34 to 2.2.5-15 (RH 5.1 -> 6.0). I'm not sure if
> the 64 and the 128 have similar chips, but the module I successfully
> used was the es1370 module. I think this module or the es1371
> should get you going.
Alternatively, if you don't feel like upgrading your kernel, opensound
supports the SB128 PCI: www.opensound.com
--
=========================================================================
Benjamin Black Per ardua ad alta
http://www.wilykit.com (soon) Ad astra per aspera
[EMAIL PROTECTED] Ad augusta per angusta
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From: "Jimmy Nilzohn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.chips,comp.sys.intel
Subject: Re: Celeron, what's the catch?
Date: Wed, 7 Jul 1999 21:35:41 +0200
Marc Mutz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> skrev i
diskussionsgruppsmeddelandet:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Chris Robato Yao wrote:
> >
> > >>(And the NUMBER ONE top MORON
> > >>1. >Chris
> > >
> > >Nope, I don't.
> >
> > Yep you do.
> >
> No, I don't. -- Yes you do. -- Muuum? ...
>
> Children in their natural environment -- observed by
>
> Marc :-)
My daddy beats your daddy... :P
--
Jimmy Nilzohn
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From: "Chris" <chris @ email.wilsonmfg.com>
Crossposted-To: alt.linux.slakware
Subject: Re: how to's
Date: Wed, 7 Jul 1999 21:05:47 -0500
Is a list of all the HowTo's. Book mark it.
http://metalab.unc.edu/LDP/HOWTO/HOWTO-INDEX-3.html
May the Pengiun be with you....
--
Chris
"Can I go back in my box now?"
- The Afflicted of Emperor Dark's Karevil Macabre and Sinister Circus
Rbtech <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:7m0dn1$8p$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> can anyone point me in the direction of the howto's for kernel recompiling?
> I would greatly appreciate it.
> thank you
> richard
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Diamond Supra Express 56i Modem
Date: 8 Jul 1999 02:11:09 GMT
Wed, 07 Jul 1999 16:53:45 -0500 wrote:
> I have a Pentium 166 MMX PC using Win 95 dual booting with Linux Red Hat
> 5.2. My modem is a Diamond Supra Express 56i (internal).
> I have tried to configure the modem (using netcfg) but can't get it to
> initialise.
> I am also having problems with my PPP interface being shown as active.
> Everytime I use netcfg it is shown as inactive again !
> Has anyone successfully connected to the net using the same modem?
> Any tips would be much appreciated.
> Many thanks.
> Mark Douthwaite.
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From: "Chris" <chris @ email.wilsonmfg.com>
Crossposted-To: iu.linux,redhat.general
Subject: Re: Mac HDs in PC; RH 6.0 Install Fails
Date: Wed, 7 Jul 1999 21:15:00 -0500
I would suggest a low-level format any time you switch OS. Can't hurt :)
--
Chris
The only "intuitive" interface is the nipple. After that, it's all learned.
Wayne R. Husted <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Folks:
>
> I've got two Quantum Fireball ST hard drives that were in
> PowerMacs. I attempted to install them in a RedHat Linux
> 6.0 box with an Adaptec 1542 SCSI card. The drives would
> partition OK but when the install went to format them, I
> got the errors:
>
> Unable to abort command for target 0
> Trying device reset for target 0
> Sent BUS RESET to scsi host 0
>
> Somewhere in the back of my mind I recall that SCSI HD-s
> in Apple machines are (low-level) formatted differently.
> Is this the case? Do these drives need to be low-level
> formatted again or is it a basic incompatibility with
> the Adaptec card and the drives?
>
> Thanks for any info!
>
> --
> ------------------------------------------------------------------
> Dr. Wayne R. Husted Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Social Sciences Computer Classroom Phone: 317-278-1688
> IUPUI
> - - - - - - - - -
> "Well," Brahma said, "even after ten thousand explanations, a
> fool is no wiser, but an intelligent man requires only two
> thousand five hundred."
> -- The Mahabharata.
> ------------------------------------------------------------------
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