Linux-Hardware Digest #785, Volume #10 Sat, 17 Jul 99 14:13:35 EDT
Contents:
Xwindows Config Problem ("a1")
Re: Recommend: good AGP video card ("Paul Langford")
Re: What type of linux (if any) support SiS530 video chip set? (Jacob L Anawaltr)
FIC PA-2013 compatibility ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: 3c905C-TX installation failure (Navin Sharma)
Re: RH 6.0 & 3C905C TXM Problems ("Mike Cappella")
question aboot windows partition (Brian Devlin)
AGP support ("David Woo")
Re: Why using only "8 bits per RGB value?" (M. Buchenrieder)
Re: Compact Flash vs. SSFDC Smart Media (Mark Durham)
teles 16.3c PNP (HRitz2908)
Re: IRQ conflict oops (Wayne Larmon)
Re: es1371 (Alan Fried)
Re: es1371 (alessa & ricky)
Re: Problem installing zip-drive on RH 6.0, using insmod ppa (David Eaton)
Re: APM: Halt crashes when trying to poweroff. (fIPS)
NETWORK EQUIPMENT (John)
Re: FIC PA-2013 compatibility ("William B. Cattell")
Re: Linux/KDE; KDat backup on dat tape proggy ("William B. Cattell")
hd recording cd mastering w/ linux and sblive ("Greg Martin")
bttv tuner card problems ("Ryan C. Stallings")
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From: "a1" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Xwindows Config Problem
Date: Sat, 17 Jul 1999 03:32:35 -0400
I have Red Hat 5.1 I cannot get the OS to see my Mouse for nothing.
I have a serial mouse. I went into XF86Config and made sure that the
necessary entries reflected that fact.
Other problem. I cannot get the resolution to be 1024 x 800 . It always
defaults to 320 x 200.
This is a pain I really need help. Can you imagine I run XWindows, but when
I do I cannot see properly and its "hands off the mouse"
Help Please I need to navigate and See.
a1
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From: "Paul Langford" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: Recommend: good AGP video card
Date: Fri, 16 Jul 1999 21:12:35 +0100
Reply-To: "Paul Langford" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Hello Carlos,
The Matrox Millennium G200 AGP is solid. Also, if you can get the utility
software for Linux, the ATI All-in-Wonder Pro AGP (with at least 8 Mbytes),
has a TV tuner: it uses the Rage Pro chipset. They sell it as working up to
1280 x 1024, but I use mine at 1600 x 1200, 75 Hz refresh. The Rage 128
chipset is also available, but that's over the top unless you're wanting
games. I am not sure about any drivers for that yet.
--
Bye for now,
Paul Langford.
Phone: +44(181)9980905
Fax: +44(181)9916969
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Carlos Wexler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:7mbamf$ek1g$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>
> Hi everyone,
>
> I am in the process of selecting an AGP video card for a new computer and
> I am looking for recommendations... I plan to use it with a 19" monitor
> at 1600x1200. The requirements are good XFree support and sharp images at
> the abovementioned resolution. I will probably use it with 16bit
> color---I can't see the difference wrt 24bit :-(. I don't care for gaming
> speeds or TV in/out. OpenGL acceleration would be nice but not essential
> and I can't spend a fortune... (if I save enough, I might be able to get a
> 2xPIII@500MHz for a nice SMP setup).
>
> Thank you!
>
>
> Carlos
>
> --
>
>
>
>
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From: Jacob L Anawaltr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: What type of linux (if any) support SiS530 video chip set?
Date: Sat, 17 Jul 1999 02:45:05 -0600
You need to find an xwindows server that supports your vidieo chip, and
then
install it onto or use it with any linux distribution that you prefer.
You may find that you are better off looking up what vidieo cards/chips
that
Xfree86 does support and install that card.
Perhaps someday more card designers will provide the appropriate linux
"drivers".
Good Luck!
Jacob Anawalt
Pete wrote:
>
> I just bought a cheap box to install linux on... it runs everything ok
> except Xfree86. The version of Caldera I have on CD doesn't support the on
> board AGP video chip set my computer has... I would like to run an X window
> environment,... does anyone know how I can get around this problem? Or is
> there another type of linux that will support SiS 530 / 5595? (I would
> prefer to use the chip set I have but if it isn't possible I will do what
> it takes to get up and running!
>
> ------------------ Posted via SearchLinux ------------------
> http://www.searchlinux.com
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: FIC PA-2013 compatibility
Date: Sat, 17 Jul 1999 08:59:45 GMT
Old motherboard fried, time to upgrade.
The FIC PA-2013 w/2mb L2, running a 450mhz K6 -2 looks inviting (and
inexpensive!). Anyone out there have any info on Linux compatibility
with this set-up? I'll be running SuSE 6.1. Thanks in advance!
Brian
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Share what you know. Learn what you don't.
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From: Navin Sharma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help
Subject: Re: 3c905C-TX installation failure
Date: Sat, 17 Jul 1999 03:18:26 -0400
Navin Sharma wrote:
>
> Cris Collins wrote:
> >
> > It seems as though the C revision of the 905 ethernet card is not supported by
> > the 59x driver within the kernel. If you took the card from the Win box it should
> > work fine. I have looked for an update or new driver that supports the C
> > revision, but have been unsuccessful. Let me know if you have found anything.
> >
> > Jonathan Epstein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > : Hi,
> >
> > : I have a brand-new dual-PIII dual-boot (NT/Linux) system. Its network
> > : card is identified by NT as "3c905C-TX". When configuring Redhat 6.0
> > : (CD-ROM), it fails to autodetect my card (I select 3c905 at install time
> > : or 3c59x later with "netconf", but neither seems to work). The card is
> > : working fine under NT.
> >
> > : RedHat says that because of these trailing letters "C-TX" the card is
> > : not supported, although this sounds pretty bogus to me.
> >
> > : In any case, do others have experience with this card? Any suggestions
> > : with diagnosing a potential IRQ conflict, etc.?
> >
> > : Alternatively, I have another system currently running Win95 which I
> > : will shortly upgrade to NT, but don't plan to install Linux. This
> > : system's network card is identified by Win95 as "3Com Fast EtherLink XL
> > : 10/100Mb Ethernet Adapter (3C905-TX)". Note that there is no "C" in its
> > : name. Since I don't need to run Linux on this system, I'm thinking of
> > : swapping the two network cards. Do people have more positive experience
> > : on Redhat with this 3C905-TX card?
>
> I tried to get my ethernet card(3c905c) working too, but Linux would not
> set it up. I checked /proc/pci and it listed the card as Ethernet
> Unknown Device, or something along those lines. So I tried to boot up
> the by passing the IRQ and ioport to the kernel at the LILO boot, but it
> still did not detect it. I've recompiled the kernel with ethernet
> support, and with the 3c905 vortex (or whatever) driver. Please let me
> know if you figure anything out.
Sorry to reply to my own post, but I solved this by downloading the
*test* drivers from Becker's site.
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From: "Mike Cappella" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: RH 6.0 & 3C905C TXM Problems
Date: Wed, 14 Jul 1999 14:28:10 -0700
Reply-To: "Mike Cappella" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
You don't need to get a new card. The 3c905C is a fine card. The "test"
version of the 3c59x driver claims support for the Tornado card (3c905C).
Get it at:
ftp://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/pub/linux/drivers/test/3c59x.c
Mike
DM <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> That's why you either build your own machine, or buy one designed for
> Linux!
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> > We just purchased some Dell Dimension machines and they come with the
> > 3Com 3C905C TXM NIC cards. RedHat claims that these cards are not
> > supported and neither are the Netgear FX310 TX nor the 3C905B TX. They
> > claim that the best card to buy is the 3Com 3c595. Unfortunately, I
> > can't find this card at our local computer stores.
> >
> > I tried the Boomerang drivers from
> > http://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/linux/drivers/vortex.html
> > and those don't seem to work either.
> >
> > This is getting frustrating. After spending $78.00 for "support", I
> > don't feel that I'm getting my money's worth.
> >
> > Any ideas for getting the 3Com 3C905C TXM cards working? When I try to
> > do an insmod 3c59x, I get an error message that the "device or resource
> > is busy." When I try to specify 3c59x during the install of RH6.0, I
> > get an error message that it can't find the card.
> >
> > Thanks in advance for your help.
> >
> > Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> > Share what you know. Learn what you don't.
>
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From: Brian Devlin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: question aboot windows partition
Date: Sun, 11 Jul 1999 16:42:08 GMT
Is there a way to see the long filesnames on my windows partition.
Thanks
Patrick Devlin
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From: "David Woo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: AGP support
Date: Sat, 17 Jul 1999 09:27:52 +0100
Hi all,
Which distribution of linux has driver support for AGP?
D.WOO
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (M. Buchenrieder)
Subject: Re: Why using only "8 bits per RGB value?"
Date: Sat, 17 Jul 1999 07:59:01 GMT
"Douglas Beattie Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
[...]
>What is the best way to force 16-bit color?
Assuming that your XF86Config file does already have a matching entry
for 16bit colour depth:
startx -- -bpp 16 &
Michael
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From: Mark Durham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.arch.embedded
Subject: Re: Compact Flash vs. SSFDC Smart Media
Date: Sat, 17 Jul 1999 11:23:03 +0100
In article <378c3646$0$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Pascal Dornier
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes
>Ken wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>
>>BTW, anybody have experience designing equipment that uses these
>>formats? I'm designing a new gadget that will need Flash memory and I
>>might go with a card slot instead of soldered-down chips and serial
>>downloading. I figure anything that can read a PCMCIA hard disk will
>>read either format, but just want to confirm that.
>
>
>CompactFlash is great, if you configure it right, it will look just like
>a ATA hard drive, which is trivial to hook up to most CPUs. No need for
>all the PCMCIA overhead, and you won't have to mess around with a flash
>file system either.
>
Anybody connected a CompactFlash or ATA Flash Card up to an 8051? Any
basic info available on the ATA registers and how to write/read the
card? I know I can probably get the info from the PCMCIA org but I
refuse to pay megabucks for the spec!
--
Hummm. Looks complicated ..... might need a bigger hammer!
Mark Durham ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (HRitz2908)
Subject: teles 16.3c PNP
Date: 17 Jul 1999 12:30:59 GMT
my teles 16.3c PNP ISDN CARD dosent work under linux
there is no hisax Chipset on it
is ther an abylity to get an driver module wich works with this card
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From: Wayne Larmon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: IRQ conflict oops
Date: 17 Jul 1999 09:17:04 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hunter Ritchie wrote:
>
> Penguins,
>
> I just installed the 2.2.5 kernel (using RedHat 6.0) on an old 486
> machine (with 20Mb RAM). This is significant because the custom install
> takes almost a full *4 hours*, and that took a few tries (I'm diligent if
> not bright).
>
> Problem:: I oopsed and set up my ethernet (LinkSYS EtherLAN 16, ISA)
> card as IRQ 5 in the installation procedure, but the card is configured to
> use IRQ 10. IRQ 10 is available on my system, I just need to point the
> kernel to it. I tried forcing 'ifconfig' and using the 'ether=' at boot,
> and neither worked. I would like to change the script, module, kernel, or
> whatever without reinstalling Linux on this box.
>
> Questions:: Am I using the right techniques incorrectly? Does
> anybody know how this should work? Or what rc scripts I look in to change
> the value directly?
>
> I can change the value of the card itself using a configuration utility
> under DOS, but again, this thwarts my ultimate system configuration goals.
> Any help is always greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> Pops
Did you try Linuxconf? Config/Networking/Client tasks/Basic Host
information.
Wayne Larmon
http://www.scrounge.org/
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Alan Fried)
Subject: Re: es1371
Date: Sat, 17 Jul 1999 15:09:05 GMT
alessa & ricky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I have redhat 6.0 and I have a tyan motherboard that has a es1371 chip
>on the board. I run sndconfig and it finds teh card but when I go to
>play the test sound I get the following error:
>
You must download the driver from this site:
http://www.4front-tech.com/
It's free but it time bombs after 3 hours.
It does not install at boot up. You must install
it after booting.
After the 3 hour time bomb you can still use it
but after you load it, it will last only 20
minutes and then you load again and so on.
To do away with this nonsense, I paid the $30
and have found it worth the money.
Good luck and hope this helps
Alan
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From: alessa & ricky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: es1371
Date: Sat, 17 Jul 1999 16:08:48 GMT
Alan Fried wrote:
> alessa & ricky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >I have redhat 6.0 and I have a tyan motherboard that has a es1371 chip
> >on the board. I run sndconfig and it finds teh card but when I go to
> >play the test sound I get the following error:
> >
>
> You must download the driver from this site:
>
> http://www.4front-tech.com/
>
> It's free but it time bombs after 3 hours.
>
> It does not install at boot up. You must install
> it after booting.
>
> After the 3 hour time bomb you can still use it
> but after you load it, it will last only 20
> minutes and then you load again and so on.
>
> To do away with this nonsense, I paid the $30
> and have found it worth the money.
>
> Good luck and hope this helps
>
> Alan
so you are telling me that the only solution is buy this driver?? There is
nothing else that I can do???
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From: David Eaton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: redhat.kernel.general,redhat.general
Subject: Re: Problem installing zip-drive on RH 6.0, using insmod ppa
Date: Sat, 17 Jul 1999 12:51:52 -0400
I had the same problem with my zip drive, I don't yet know why the errors occur,
but I found a way around them by issuing a print command first. this works for
me.
lpr $HOME/.bashrc > /dev/null
insmod ppa
mount -t vfat /dev/sda4 /mnt/zip
hope something like this works for you.
Dave
On Thu, 15 Jul 1999, kees wrote:
>Lately I have installed RH 6.0 under which I would like to install an
>external parallel zip-drive. This went oke under RH 5.2, just by following
>the steps described in the mini-howto. However under 6.0 "insmod ppa"
>returns a lot of errors and won't do the job. Can anyone help me out here?
>
>------------------ Posted via SearchLinux ------------------
> http://www.searchlinux.com
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From: fIPS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: APM: Halt crashes when trying to poweroff.
Date: 17 Jul 1999 16:27:52 GMT
Thomas Stieler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
[cut]
> There are many motherboard (Do you have an VIA MVP3 chipset and an
> award bios?) out there with a buggy bios.
> Try to get a BIOS-upgrade, this worked for me!
> (I know about EPOX- and NMC-boards with VIA MVP3, for these boards
> there are new bios-versions solving the problem!)
> Hope this helps...
> Thomas
Hi,
i've got the same problem, that linux crashes when I try power-off on
shutdown with halt -p or init 0. Windoze power-off works fine.
I've got kernel2.2.10 with version 10 of AC-patches (without patches
I head the same problems, so it was worth trying..).
My Board is an Epox MVP3G-M with latest BIOS..june 99. I've also read
from earlier threads that this power-off problem was known to exist
in the late 1998 and that it was solved with a BIOS-update. But actually
I do still have this problem...Did Epox use old sources for their latest
BIOS-releases ??...
Very disappointed,
fIPS
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John)
Subject: NETWORK EQUIPMENT
Date: Sat, 17 Jul 1999 16:33:09 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
NETWORK EQUIPMENT
Brand New Equipment - Located in Toronto - Prices in US Dollars
MFG DESCRIPTION PRICE $US
Bay XLR 1104 FX-R 4p 100FX Ethernet $ 2999
Cisco Catalyst 2900 series XL 16 port 1999
SEAGATE Backup Exec for Netware V4.0 349
Sytos Premium for OS/2 150
Pervasive SQL 7 Sever 20 user 1099
Palindrome Storage Manager for netware 450
Goldmine Goldmine for Win95 149
LightPulse PCI Host Adapter 370
Mylex DAC960SX Ext Raid controller 1999
Velocity 4400 AGP No TV video Card 99
SCO Unixware 999
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From: "William B. Cattell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: FIC PA-2013 compatibility
Date: Sat, 17 Jul 1999 16:46:15 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> Old motherboard fried, time to upgrade.
>
> The FIC PA-2013 w/2mb L2, running a 450mhz K6 -2 looks inviting (and
> inexpensive!). Anyone out there have any info on Linux compatibility
> with this set-up? I'll be running SuSE 6.1. Thanks in advance!
>
> Brian
>
> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> Share what you know. Learn what you don't.
I'm running the 1Mb cache version with an AMD K6-2/350,
128Mb RAM. It works GREAT! No problems at all. I
initially installed RH 5.2 w/ kernel 2.0.36, upgraded the
kernel to 2.2.6 then upgraded to RH 6.0 (I kept kernel
2.2.6). Again - no problems through all that. I strongly
recommend that hardware combo.
Bill
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From: "William B. Cattell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.arch.storage
Subject: Re: Linux/KDE; KDat backup on dat tape proggy
Date: Sat, 17 Jul 1999 16:49:54 GMT
Gene Heskett wrote:
>
> Unrot13 this;
> Reply to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> Gene Heskett sends Greetings to Marc SCHAEFER;
>
> MS> In comp.arch.storage Gene Heskett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> MS>: Did that, also tried /dev/tape, a softlink to nst0. Its reported by
>
> MS> If mt -f /dev/nst0 status shows a drive and a tape in the drive,
> MS> are you running that command as the same user as kdat ?
>
> MS> If not, try
> MS> chmod 666 /dev/nst0
> MS> just for a test.
>
> Did that, no change. kdat never touches the scsi bus, just opens a
> small window and reports "no tape in drive". There wasn't this time, but
> since it never touched the bus, I have no idea how it could know.
> Neither dmesg, nor /var/log/mesages contains any error messages from
> numerous attepts to mount the drive/tape.
>
> Next? :)
>
> Cheers, Gene
> --
> Gene Heskett, CET, UHK |Amiga A2k Zeus040 50 megs fast/2 megs chip
> Ch. Eng. @ WDTV-5 |A2091,GuruRom,1g Seagate,CDROM,Multiface III
> |Buddha + 4 gig WDC drive, 525 meg tape
> |Stylus Pro, EnPrint, Picasso-II, 17" vga
> RC5-Moo! 690kkeys/sec isn't much, but it all helps
> email gene underscore heskett at iolinc dot net
> --
I had the same problem, in that logged as myself I couldn't
see a tape in the tape drive through kdat. If I su to root
then run kdat everything's cool.
Bill
--
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http://members.home.com/wcattell
==============================================================
Park not thy Harley in the darkness of thine garage, that it
may collect dust for want of being oft ridden. Ride thy
Harley
with thy brethren, and rejoice in the spirit of the road.
==============================================================
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From: "Greg Martin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: hd recording cd mastering w/ linux and sblive
Date: Sat, 17 Jul 1999 07:58:06 -0700
Are the drivers available for sblive w/ spdif and is the software available
for harddrive recording and cd mastering?
TIA and regards,
Greg Martin
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From: "Ryan C. Stallings" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: bttv tuner card problems
Date: Sat, 17 Jul 1999 12:03:21 -0500
I have my stb tv tuner card working mostly. However there are two
things I still need to get working.
1. The sound is on all the time. Even when xawtv isn't running. This
is quite annoying as you you can understand.
2. Is there anyway to make it full screen. I can expand the window,
but only to a point. Black starts surround it after words.
Thanks!
Ryan
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