Linux-Hardware Digest #727, Volume #10 Sat, 10 Jul 99 21:13:25 EDT
Contents:
Trouble with KDE and Philips Flat Panel ("Tom Lambert")
Re: Celeron, what's the catch? (Keith R. Williams)
Re: Celeron, what's the catch? (Colin Andrew Percival)
Re: Internal Modem (Stanislaw Flatto)
Re: Teac CDR56S experiences? ("Robert L. McCormick")
Re: Corrupted filesystem problems w/ rh5.2 ("Tony Dearson")
Intellimouse works in Gnome, but not in KDE (Justin Haines)
help thosciba2515cds+3com PCMCIA ("Janie")
Re: Any CD Burners for linux? (Carl Fink)
Pb with USR/3Com 56K Prof. Message Modem and RH 6.0 (Bastien Moinet)
Re: How Close is the Mobo temp to the CPU temp???? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: WISECOM INTERNAL PCI MODEM (Sven)
Re: Help with sound driver for Aztech card (AZT1023 PNP) ("B. Christopher Felaco")
Re: Do laptops work well with Linux? (wizard)
Intellimouse works in GNOME but not under KDE (Justin Haines)
SCSI Type differences ("Todd V. Rovito")
ISDN ("Sebastian Speiser")
Re: UDMA-4, U/66 performance (Joachim Klein)
Re: How Close is the Mobo temp to the CPU temp???? ("ron_butchart")
BogoMips (Jef De Geeter)
Re: Linux on Compaq Prosignia 150? (Pete)
Re: Tyan S1837UANG Motherboard Compatibility (David Dickson)
Re: BogoMips (Anders Buch)
Re: PC100 BXCel Motherboard and Intel740 AGP Video Card ("DR")
Re: RH5.1 and AWE 64 ("Jim Williams")
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From: "Tom Lambert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Trouble with KDE and Philips Flat Panel
Date: Sat, 10 Jul 1999 19:35:33 GMT
I am using Linux-Mandrake OS 6.0.
I am having trouble getting a proper configuration with my video display. I
am using a Philips Brillaince 151AX 15" flat panel. My video card is a sis
6326 AGP. I get a very poor video image. I have a desktop, but parts don't
display right, and it doesn't refresh right. i tried some different custom
settings for the monitor, and some worked better than others, but none was
workable.
My CPU is a K6 380 MHZ.
Thanks in advance.
Tom
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Keith R. Williams)
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.sys.intel,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.chips
Subject: Re: Celeron, what's the catch?
Date: 10 Jul 1999 19:37:53 GMT
On Fri, 9 Jul 1999 21:55:04, "Dean Kent"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The Pentium MMX is significantly faster than the non-MMX processor (enough
> to notice). This is due solely to a 32K L1 cache vs. a 16K L1 cache.
There were other enhancements Intel threw into the P55C over the
P54C. I think you'll find the P55C a tad faster even neglecting
the differences in the L1 size.
Homework for Dean: Benchmark a P54C vs. a P55C with the L1 cache
disabled. I think you'll see a difference between them. It'll be
small, but still a difference. I'd do it, but I no longer have
any P54Cs. Maybe I can borrow one.
----
Keith
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Colin Andrew Percival)
Crossposted-To: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.chips,comp.sys.intel
Subject: Re: Celeron, what's the catch?
Date: 10 Jul 1999 20:15:41 GMT
L.Angel (a?n?g?e?l?@lovergirl-DOT.com) wrote:
: It's 70 ISSE according to Intel but I can't find how many MMX
: instructions there were on Intel's site. Downloading the PDF for PMMX
: din help and the server died on me while trying the programmers guide
: to PMMX :P
: So now I have to ask, how many MMX instructions are there? 57?
: :P
That is the number that Intel gives, but it realy depends how you count
them.
For example, Intel counts packed byte addition as being a different
instruction from packed word addition -- even though it counts the integer
(ie, non-packed) versions as being the same instruction.
It's all marketing babble really.
Colin Percival
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From: Stanislaw Flatto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Internal Modem
Date: Sat, 10 Jul 1999 20:41:27 GMT
Asim Shankar wrote:
>
>
> However, the jumpers can be used to set the IRQ only. Will that help a great
> deal considering that it is probably IRQ3 anyway as Windows thinks.
>
> Even so, how exactly do I configure the modem?
>
> Thanx,
>
> -- Asim
Hi!
Irq3 is assigned by the kernel when booting to second serial port.
(You can check it after boot by pressing <shift + pgup> it will scroll
on boot messages)
Evidently in Windows you have resolved the conflict by having
another irq on COM2 (check it).
So, either change the jumper on card or invoke setserial to assign
irq's as you wish. (man setserial)
Good luck.
If you need more info e-mail direct, had this on my box and solved.
Stanislaw.
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From: "Robert L. McCormick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Teac CDR56S experiences?
Date: Sat, 10 Jul 1999 14:57:10 -0500
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I plan to buy a Teac CDR56S internal SCSI CD-R drive for my computer. I
> already have a SCSI-2 (AdvanSys) card installed and working fine, and
> I'm running Red Hat 5.1 Linux. If anyone had good or bad experiences
> with this drive, I'd appreciate hearing about it.
> Thanks a lot,
>
> Milica
>
Don't have any information myself, but here is something on the 55s from
another post:
Krishna Behara <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Would like any information on CD burners that
> are compatible with linux.
in addition to the FAQ's that people have mentioned, my personal
experience
(we (the university) recently purchased a CD burning machine, running
linux, which has been performing backups of school machines, as many as
20-30 disks per day)
- stay away from smart & friendly. they take various manufacturers, and
repackage them. so it's rather difficult to know what kind of drive
you're getting.
- TEAC R55S - got two, both dead in the water after only a few disks.
- YAMAHA 4416S (4x/4x/16x CDRW), $270 internal SCSI. pounded probably
close to 100 CDR's out in the past week, zero problems - highly
reccomend it.
--
Frank Sweetser rasmusin at wpi.edu fsweetser at blee.net | PGP key
available
paramount.ind.wpi.edu RedHat 5.2 kernel 2.2.5 i586 | at public
servers
We question most of the mantras around here periodically, in case
you hadn't noticed. :-)
-- Larry Wall in <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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From: "Tony Dearson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Corrupted filesystem problems w/ rh5.2
Date: Sat, 10 Jul 1999 10:00:52 +0100
Simon wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>Everything runs OK for a month or so,
>the I startup one day and get and error when fsck runs on startup.
>Errors usually refer to illegal or corrupted inodes. I can usually drop
>into a shell and manually run fsck to fix things (but don't trust it, so
>save what I can and rebuild from scratch)
>
I had a problem with a multi-boot system (NT, W95 and Linux) although the
damage TENDED to be the other way (NT damaged). I came to the conclusion
that SOMEWHERE there may be a problem with various fdisk programs. I did
find that altering the order of the op systems on the disk helped. This only
happened on one machine and, as far as I know, the hardware was good.
Tony
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From: Justin Haines <"jhaines"@calpoly(DOT)edu.>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.windows.x.kde,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Intellimouse works in Gnome, but not in KDE
Date: Sat, 10 Jul 1999 21:11:04 +0000
I set up my intellimouse according to the instructions here:
http://www.inria.fr/koala/colas/mouse-wheel-scroll/#netscape
It works great in GNOME, but it doesn't work right in Netscape under
KDE. Can someone tell me what I need to change? Thanks. Also
(unrelated), I am missing the icon that shows my different desktops on
the Gnome panel. Does anyone know how to get that back??!!?? It is very
frustrating!
--
NOTE: SEND EMAIL TO jhaines(at)calpoly(dot)edu!!! Thanks
--
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|---------->http://www.calpoly.edu/~jhaines<----------|
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From: "Janie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: help thosciba2515cds+3com PCMCIA
Date: Sat, 10 Jul 1999 19:36:55 +0200
I have a toshiba 2515cds with RedHat 5.0 before and SuSe 6.1 now , I like
changes. I cannot make the modem to dial out. It looks is working fine with
minicom and kppp, but it does not emit tones. With kppp it says no dial
tone, even if it is connected to the line.
Thank you.
Alberto.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Carl Fink)
Subject: Re: Any CD Burners for linux?
Date: 10 Jul 1999 02:35:18 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Fri, 09 Jul 1999 16:07:09 -0700 Krishna Behara <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>Would like any information on CD burners that
>are compatible with linux.
Read the CD-Recording HOWTO.
--
Carl Fink [EMAIL PROTECTED]
"This fool wishes to reverse the entire science of astronomy."
-Martin Luther on Copernicus' theory that the Earth orbits the sun
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From: Bastien Moinet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Pb with USR/3Com 56K Prof. Message Modem and RH 6.0
Date: Sat, 10 Jul 1999 20:55:47 GMT
Hi.
I just bought a external 56K modem (USR/3Com 56K Prof. Message modem)
and i also justed updated my RH 5.2 in 6.0. I used to a 28.8K Olitec
which works very well with Linux. Now, i can't connect anymore with my
new modem. I asked the vendor who said it was NOT a winmodem. The modem
composes the number of my ISP correctly, then send "Expect ogin:" then
doesn't go further. Why ?! I tried with netcg, ezppp, kppp, etc., it's
always the same...
Anyone has an idea ?
Thanks to answer to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
bastien, paris.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To:
alt.comp.hardware.overclocking,alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt,alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.asus,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.chips,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.misc,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.systems,comp.sys.intel
Subject: Re: How Close is the Mobo temp to the CPU temp????
Date: Sat, 10 Jul 1999 19:55:51 GMT
Reply-To: John
I have a P2B-F with the same setup , but I have hooked up an Asus
thermistor probe to JTCPU jumper and taped it to the top of my celeron
heat sink - it reads about 12 C higher than the motherboard sensor,
using PCProbe, Hmonitor, or Motherboard Monitor.
None of these will read the on-chip CPU diode that is supposed to
exist.......
On Sat, 10 Jul 1999 03:29:12 -0400, "Jae Il \"Joker\" Ko"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hey all,
> I own an Asus P2B and as much as i love it, it doesn't really have a
>temperature sensor that tells me what it's exact temp is. But i can read
>the mobo temp. Is there an usual ratio of the temperatures of the mobo to
>the CPU??? Better yet is there a program that can tell me the CPU temp on
>than what's in the BIOS?? Thanks. Also, I've heard of rumours of a
>softmenu for the P2B. IS thiS TRUE???? is there a new BIOS for the P2B
>that's softmenu???? That would be great! Thanks again.
>
>--
>-Jae Il "Joker" Ko
>.
>.
>.
>
>
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From: Sven <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.,fido.ger.linux,linux.dev.newbie,linux.dev.serial
Subject: Re: WISECOM INTERNAL PCI MODEM
Date: Sat, 10 Jul 1999 21:49:29 +0200
... but on SuSE's database they said that the modem is supported by the
kernel!??!???
But thanks a lot...
... it isn't still working
Sven
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From: "B. Christopher Felaco" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Help with sound driver for Aztech card (AZT1023 PNP)
Date: Sat, 10 Jul 1999 21:43:49 +0000
Well, a reboot got me hearing music. The sb driver seems to work now. I also
added the mpu_io address, so now I've got audio, midi and mixer drivers. At some
point I'll probably want 16 bit support. The card supposedly support MSS also, so
I might try using that instead. Anyone with some tips on that please let me
know.
The modular sound drivers are such an improvement over recompiling the kernel.
Although it took several hours to get this working!
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From: wizard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Do laptops work well with Linux?
Date: Sat, 10 Jul 1999 18:22:00 -0400
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Anonymous wrote:
> On 10 Jul 1999 03:35:55 GMT,
> "wes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Do laptops work well with Linux?
>
> Yes, laptops work well with Linux.
>
> However you have to research your hardware much more carefully.
> In particular, your hard disk, video controller, CD ROM, and
> BIOS. If you're going to use X windows, the mouse. If you're
> going to connect to a LAN, your NIC.
>
> To be on the comfortable side, get 64 MB of RAM or more.a
While Linux could certainly use 64 meg of RAM you will find that it runs
well on more modest machines. I have a 133 mhz P1 (purchased used)
with 24 meg of Ram that works very nicely. Much better than when
windows was installed and run on it. That doesn't mean that its a
barn burnner but it certainly ouperforms Win 95 that was originally
installed.
If your going the new route, which the voice of ezperience reccomends, I
would suggest getting verification from somebody else that the
distribution you intend to install is compatiable. If you feel
confident in your abilities you could just test everything out your
self.
I'm using Redhat 6.0 but you might want to consider the Mandrake
distribution thats targeting pentiums. I've found that recompiling
certain parts of the redhat distribution can have a very positive impact
on performance. In my case I saw a large increase in speed form the
Python environment. Take into account the limited machine we are
talking about here. The fact of the matter is that Linux works so
well on my laptop that I removed all of the MS software.
dave
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From: Justin Haines <"jhaines"@calpoly(DOT)edu.>
Subject: Intellimouse works in GNOME but not under KDE
Date: Sat, 10 Jul 1999 21:09:18 +0000
I set up my intellimouse according to the instructions here:
http://www.inria.fr/koala/colas/mouse-wheel-scroll/#netscape
It works great in GNOME, but it doesn't work right in Netscape under
KDE. Can someone tell me what I need to change? Thanks. Also
(unrelated), I am missing the icon that shows my different desktops on
the Gnome panel. Does anyone know how to get that back??!!?? It is very
frustrating!
--
NOTE: SEND EMAIL TO jhaines(at)calpoly(dot)edu!!! Thanks
|------------------->Justin Haines<-------------------|
|---------->http://www.calpoly.edu/~jhaines<----------|
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Date: Sat, 10 Jul 1999 18:11:44 -0400
From: "Todd V. Rovito" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: SCSI Type differences
Can someone please describe the differences between the SCSI Types?
SCSI I
SCSI II
SCSI II - Ultra
SCSI II - Ultra Wide
SCSI III
Thanks
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From: "Sebastian Speiser" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: ISDN
Date: Sun, 11 Jul 1999 00:30:58 +0200
I have the HiSax Driver loaded and I want go online with /dev/ttyI0. With a
Terminal (minicom for example) I get this scene:
ATD0191011
NO EAZ/MSN
0191011 is the phone number of T-Online.
How can I give an EAZ or MSN. What must I type? Has somebody a reference of
all instruction of the ISDN virtual Modem.
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From: Joachim Klein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: asus.support.english.mainboard.p2bx,alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.asus
Subject: Re: UDMA-4, U/66 performance
Date: Mon, 05 Jul 1999 10:40:03 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Not true.
Of course true.
My personal experience:
the close-to-BIOS benchmark H2bench shows a interface transfer rate of
31 MB/s for my Promise Ultra 33 controller in DOS-mode.
If I use the onboard controller of my P5A, it shows "IBM DJNA 37910,
UDMA" while booting. But the measured interface transfer rate is only
14.5 MB/s, so there is *no real UDMA support* in DOS mode ! The Ali
EIDE-controller runs in PIO4 !
Regards - Joachim
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From: "ron_butchart" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How Close is the Mobo temp to the CPU temp????
Date: Sat, 10 Jul 1999 17:10:14 -0700
Crossposted-To:
alt.comp.hardware.overclocking,alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt,alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.asus,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.chips,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.misc,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.systems,comp.sys.intel
I also get about 14 C differential between the MB sensor and the external
one mounted to my PIII Heastsink.
Ron
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I have a P2B-F with the same setup , but I have hooked up an Asus
> thermistor probe to JTCPU jumper and taped it to the top of my celeron
> heat sink - it reads about 12 C higher than the motherboard sensor,
> using PCProbe, Hmonitor, or Motherboard Monitor.
> None of these will read the on-chip CPU diode that is supposed to
> exist.......
>
> On Sat, 10 Jul 1999 03:29:12 -0400, "Jae Il \"Joker\" Ko"
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >Hey all,
> > I own an Asus P2B and as much as i love it, it doesn't really have a
> >temperature sensor that tells me what it's exact temp is. But i can read
> >the mobo temp. Is there an usual ratio of the temperatures of the mobo
to
> >the CPU??? Better yet is there a program that can tell me the CPU temp
on
> >than what's in the BIOS?? Thanks. Also, I've heard of rumours of a
> >softmenu for the P2B. IS thiS TRUE???? is there a new BIOS for the P2B
> >that's softmenu???? That would be great! Thanks again.
> >
> >--
> >-Jae Il "Joker" Ko
> >.
> >.
> >.
> >
> >
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jef De Geeter)
Subject: BogoMips
Date: Sun, 11 Jul 1999 00:30:12 GMT
Hi,
what is the exact meaning of BogoMips?
I think it has something to do with 'performance'?
thanks
De Geeter Jef
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From: Pete <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Linux on Compaq Prosignia 150?
Date: Sat, 10 Jul 1999 18:47:30 -0500
Go with the Sony VAIO line. Good laptops, and there is lots of linux
success on that line. My roomate has it going. Personally, having just
installed Linux on a Presario 1260, I would say that Compaq isn't the
most friendly company when it comes to their laptops. They wouldn't even
provide the windows drivers for this thing so that I could reinstall
Win98 my own way without the crap. Too bad really, but I got it running
and am now in the process of trying to get sound and modem on it going.
Everything else seems ok. If you pick a model with the NeoMagic 128
chipset though, be careful as there is little X support for this due to
NeoMagic's stubborness with the drivers. It uses the SVGA server with
moderate success. Good luck.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I'm looking to buy a new Linux-friendly laptop; my first
> pick would be the Compaq Prosignia 150. Has anyone
> installed Linux on one of these, or (alternatively)
> know of any hardware incompatibilities?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jonathan Ellis
>
> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> Share what you know. Learn what you don't.
Peter Buelow
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David Dickson)
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: Tyan S1837UANG Motherboard Compatibility
Date: Sun, 11 Jul 1999 00:21:25 GMT
On Fri, 09 Jul 1999 23:47:14 GMT, John Antrosiglio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>David Dickson wrote:
>>
>> I am thinking of using a Tyan S1837UANG motherboard to run with Linux
>> (Probably RH6.0) and was wondering if anyone has used this board and
>> how they like it. I was particularily concerned with issues
>> concerning the onboard Adaptec AIC-7896 dual channel SCSI adpapter and
>> the onboard Intel 82559 10/100 Ethernet adapter.
>
>I'm using the Tyan S1836DLUAN, not the S1837, but all the onboard
>controller are working just fine with Redhat 6.0. Out of the box
>Redhat saw the Adaptec AIC-7896 dual channel SCSI controller, Intel
>Ethernet adapter, and Creative Vibra 16XV sound controller.
>
>John
John, thanks much for the info; however, It is my understanding that
the S1836DLUAN uses an AIC-7895 and
an Intel 82559 10/100 Ethernet adaptor. Would you please confirm?
Thanks again.
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Subject: Re: BogoMips
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Anders Buch)
Date: Sun, 11 Jul 1999 00:37:59 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Jef De Geeter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hi,
>
>what is the exact meaning of BogoMips?
It is explained in the BogoMips mini-howto document.
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2072 East Hall Phone: (734) 477-9052
525 East University Ave
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1109
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From: "DR" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: PC100 BXCel Motherboard and Intel740 AGP Video Card
Date: Sat, 10 Jul 1999 23:49:24 GMT
Try the following:
ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/XBF
ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/XBF/README.i740
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From: "Jim Williams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: RH5.1 and AWE 64
Date: Sat, 10 Jul 1999 19:01:27 -0500
I tried setting it to soundblaster 16. Same error running modprobe.
I just don't get it. And why on such different machines the same error?
JLKirkham wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>>I'm using an AWE 64. Soundconf detects it, then allows me to set the i/o
irq
>and dma settings.
>
>You know, I've had the same trouble. So much, in fact, that I booted into
>win98 to see how it configured the card, and it didn't find the AWE 64,
>wouldn't let me use the AWE 64 driver, and kept insisting on a SB16 driver.
I
>wonder if it's a card problem?
>
>Jana
>Wherever you go, there you are.
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