Linux-Hardware Digest #807, Volume #10 Wed, 21 Jul 99 00:13:45 EDT
Contents:
mid size ATX case? (Alan Jones)
Re: PCI Modem Driver for Linux (about to attempt one) (wizard)
Re: Sound support on motherboard: problem (Roy Grimm)
Sound support on motherboard: problem ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
ESS Maestro sound driver (Patrick Berge)
ESS Maestro sound driver (Patrick Berge)
Re: S3 Savage4 and RedHat6 (Germ)
Re: Sony SDT-2000 Can't mount KDE's tape backup. ("Gene Heskett")
Re: TNT2 Resolution Problem (John Patrick Krut)
Promise Ultra/66 EIDE Controller (Adam Connor)
Help with driver for CMedia 8330 Sound Chip (Chason S. Hayes)
Does the Yamaha OPL3SAx sound chip work with Linux? (Kevin)
Re: tape backup device under Linux (Tomasz Korycki)
Re: SoundBlaster 16/PCI (Chason S. Hayes)
Re: How to change the time? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: ATX Cases? ("Jimmy Caldwell")
Re: TNT2 and Linux (John Patrick Krut)
Video Capture/Bttv ("GC")
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Alan Jones)
Subject: mid size ATX case?
Date: Wed, 21 Jul 1999 03:12:53 GMT
I need help selecting an ATX case for an Abit BP6 with dual
overclocked Celeron 300A's. The BP6 actualy has 4 primary IDE
channels and I'll be using SCSI as well. At a minimum I would like 3
5.25" bays, 1 external and 4 internal 3.5" bays. Height is not
important but under 19.3" would be nice. This is for general home
use, so it should be cool and quiet as well. Low price is very
important.
How much power do I really need? Is 235-250W adaquate?
So far the Antec KS-188, $94 as reviewed at www.ars-technica.com looks
like a good deal but it is more than I need. It has 7 internal 3.5"
drive bays, and stands 24.4" tall. Jinco, www.jinco.com, has several
mostly gernic ATX cases with 9 and 10 bays total. They are under 19"
high, but they are not cheaper (with suitable PS and one case fan)
than the KS-188. In particular, the 10 bay C802ATX is on sale. I
don't know if this case meets FCC and CE, or cooling characteristics
etc. for these or other cases.
I'd appreciate some specific recommendations, complete with vendor,
since I am going to have to order a case. Knowing what to avoid would
also be helpfull. There is only one small local shop that sells cases
and they did have what I' m looking for.
Thanks, Alan Jones, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: wizard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: PCI Modem Driver for Linux (about to attempt one)
Date: Tue, 20 Jul 1999 20:27:30 -0400
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Speck of Dust wrote:
> I figure I've been living off of other people's work for long enough and
> that it's time for me to make a contribution. Since I may as well help
> myself in the process, I think I'm going to attempt a PCI Modem driver for
> Linux.
>
> Now, I know that there are a few supported chipsets (though, one of them
> only works because it supports a UART simulation), but that's all I know.
>
> This is a call for information: anybody have any of these working? Anybody
> know what the hard part is? Are the specs for PCI modems around somewhere?
> Has anyone dealt with Sony on spec issues before?
>
> Another question relates to why certain PCI modems don't work. One page
> that I've read states that "PCI Modems with addresses in high memory use
> shared memory, which Linux does not support."
>
> How true is this? What kind of shared memory are we talking about? This
> strikes me as a more general problem than just PCI modems; what other
> computer parts could use shared memory support under Linux to work?
>
> Is anyone working on related projects? I'd hate to reinvent the wheel.
>
> Oh well, so much for a summer of self-improvement and humanities reading.
>
> I look forward to hearing from all of you.
>
> -- Sal
> smile.
Sal;
If you get lucky you might find a modem that closely follows a manufactures
reference design. From there you might be able to develop the DSP code
needed. I think you will find getting a so called Winmodem to work on
Linux is possible but I doubt that it will be quick or easy. The worst
part about all of this is that the hardware is hardly on the market long
enough to justify the effort.
If your just starting out it may be worth while to develope a listing of PCI
modems that have a UART Interface and come up with scripts and howtos to
install them by. There are at least 2 PCI modems with some sort of UART
interface that people have successfully used with Linux, I would not be
surprised if there are more.
Dave
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From: Roy Grimm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Sound support on motherboard: problem
Date: Tue, 20 Jul 1999 20:17:37 -0500
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I have an intel MS440GX which has the Crystal CS4235 sound chip.
>
> I cannot get it to work with linux (redhat 6.0. When I run sndconfig,
> and select the driver for the Crystal CS42x chip, it asks for IRQ and
> DMA settings that I do not know and cannot find. (I suspect that
> pnpdump fails to find this info, since it is on the motherboard)
>
> Thanks for any help,
> Trausti
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
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On my Intel "Tuscon" motherboard, I too have an onboard sound chip. You
can set it for PNP or directly specify the IRQ and I/O settings. All
you have to do is get into your CMOS and specify the IRQ and I/O
addresses. If you can't find it and don't have the documentation for
your motherboard, try looking at Intel's website for instructions.
Hope that helps,
Roy
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Sound support on motherboard: problem
Date: Wed, 21 Jul 1999 00:16:37 GMT
Hi,
I have an intel MS440GX which has the Crystal CS4235 sound chip.
I cannot get it to work with linux (redhat 6.0. When I run sndconfig,
and select the driver for the Crystal CS42x chip, it asks for IRQ and
DMA settings that I do not know and cannot find. (I suspect that
pnpdump fails to find this info, since it is on the motherboard)
Thanks for any help,
Trausti
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From: Patrick Berge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: revue.linux-kernel
Subject: ESS Maestro sound driver
Date: 21 Jul 1999 03:57:45 +0200
I posed this earlier and got no response. The OSS driver is really
bad. It has hisses and crackles. OSS guys are working on it. I really
would like to know what the status is?
I read that Alan Cox was working on an ESS Maestro sound
driver at
http://www.linux.org.uk/diary/
Alan wrote on June 10th:
I get a lot of people with ESS maestro
cards asking
me about the state of the Maestro driver.
Maestro.c in 2.2.9ac4 is most of a driver,
it needs
the mixer writing and it needs fixing so the
DMA ring buffer works right. I've simply
not had
time to do this. I don't expect to have
time to
finish it in the near future either.
Various people
have asked about taking it over - feel free but
if
you do please let people on
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
know so that we get one Maestro
project.
Does anyone know the progress of this? ...
I would really like to try the new driver. Sound is the
only thing
keeping my Windows partition around (I could use the disk
space!)
Patrick Berge
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From: Patrick Berge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: ESS Maestro sound driver
Date: Tue, 20 Jul 1999 21:48:06 -0400
I posed this earlier and got no response. The OSS driver is really
bad. It has hisses and crackles. OSS guys are working on it. I really
would like to know what the status is?
I read that Alan Cox was working on an ESS Maestro sound
driver at
http://www.linux.org.uk/diary/
Alan wrote on June 10th:
I get a lot of people with ESS maestro
cards asking
me about the state of the Maestro driver.
Maestro.c in 2.2.9ac4 is most of a driver,
it needs
the mixer writing and it needs fixing so the
DMA ring buffer works right. I've simply
not had
time to do this. I don't expect to have
time to
finish it in the near future either.
Various people
have asked about taking it over - feel free but
if
you do please let people on
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
know so that we get one Maestro
project.
Does anyone know the progress of this? ...
I would really like to try the new driver. Sound is the
only thing
keeping my Windows partition around (I could use the disk
space!)
Patrick Berge
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From: Germ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.development.apps,comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: S3 Savage4 and RedHat6
Date: Wed, 21 Jul 1999 01:27:40 GMT
> Carlos Rodrigues <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi. I'm thinking of buying a Savage4 based graphics card and I would >
like to
> know if someone tried it with RedHat6. Any comments would be
> appreciated.
I got it working with an unsupported driver from Creative, but have yet
to get it out of 800x600...
You can get the driver here:
http://support.soundblaster.com/files/download.asp?OS=Beta&prod=db_savag
e4
My honest opinion though is to get a different card, I would have if I
had checked. </Germ>
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Date: 18 Jul 99 00:13:53 -0500
From: "Gene Heskett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Sony SDT-2000 Can't mount KDE's tape backup.
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup
Unrot13 this;
Reply to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Gene Heskett sends Greetings to Spotillius Maximus;
SMa> So far, I'm slowly getting the system where I want it. I tried mounting
SMa> it with /dev/st0 or /dev/tape and it say's it can't find tape. Is there
SMa> a driver needed for this drive? Thanks again for the help.
If you are refering to kdat, its busted here too. I even ran it with
strace, and it *never* asked for a device. Ditto for taper, it core
dumped and exited about 50 files into getting ready to do a 22,000 file
backup.
However, if you can find a RH5.1 disk, it has a copy of bru2000 on it,
and with one semi-major quibble, it appears to be working just fine with
my 8 gig DDS2 drive.
That semi-major quibble is that I can command mt to do an 'seod', and it
takes about a minute for the drive to do it all by itself. The reels
positively wind up like a fire siren. Ask bru to append, and its now
been hammering along at the search for EOD for over 30 minutes, while the
bus is busier than that famous cat on a tin roof, and the drive sounds
like its being abused, lots of rattling sounds. Its looking for the end
of about 3.8 gigs worth of stuff already on the tape.
Unforch, bru doesn't take the drives status report, easily available
from mt, as gospel, but has to rewind it and do its own search.
If its reading at 1x to find it, then thats going to be an additiional
2+ hours on the mechansim and tape that is a total waste IMO.
But, OTOH, it works, doing the initial 3.8 gigs worth in 2:05, and
another 2:05 or so for the verify pass. Not too shabby.
Cheers, Gene
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From: John Patrick Krut <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: TNT2 Resolution Problem
Date: Tue, 20 Jul 1999 00:30:40 -0400
Hello - I have been searching for help - I also have the
Viper 770 Ultra - I have previously sent the following message
to this newsgroup:
> John Patrick Krut <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > Ok, here's the problem:
> > New graphics card is unknown to RH5.2.
> > I have read that the card needs an XF86_SVGA server.
> > I downloaded and installed the rpm using
> > rpm -ivh XFree86-SVGA-3_3_3_1-1_1_i386.rpm
> >
> > The problem is that I cant see it in the list of
> > cards in Xconfigurator - can Anyone please offer
> > a suggestion?
Could you possibly take a minute and reply with what files you
used to get results from this card?
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I've install the Nvidia Linux X server and it works. The problem is
> only at 640x480. No matter what res I choose all I get is standard
> vga. Can anyone help me out? I'm running RH6.0 and using a Diamond
> Viper 770 Ultra. I'm not looking to do any 3D stuff. I just need to
> be able to access X at 1024x768.
>
> Thanks...CJ
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Adam Connor)
Subject: Promise Ultra/66 EIDE Controller
Date: Wed, 21 Jul 1999 01:53:08 GMT
Is there a recent distribution of Linux that works with Promise
Technology's Ultra/66 EIDE controller? I know RedHat 5.2 had problems
with Promise IDE controllers...
thanks,
adam connor
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Chason S. Hayes)
Subject: Help with driver for CMedia 8330 Sound Chip
Date: Wed, 21 Jul 1999 02:58:23 GMT
I have a CMedia 8330 Sound Chip on my motherboard. It is supposedly
soundblaster compatible, but the kernel does not detect it when it
boots with the soundblaster dirvers installed. I get a sound
initialization begun followed by a sound initialization ended with no
detection of my card. In /dev/sndstat the drivers are loaded but
there is no device listed under audio or midi. What driver should I
be using. I knkow this is the right way to do it because i have
configured my other linux systems that have real soundblaster cards.
Thanks
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Kevin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Does the Yamaha OPL3SAx sound chip work with Linux?
Date: Tue, 20 Jul 1999 21:27:03 -0500
Hi,
I trying to get sound working on my Linux system. I've followed the
sound How-To and have tried quiet a few things but I have had no
success. The same chip works fine with Windows.
My system setup is:
Kernel: 2.0.36
Sound: Yamaha OPL3SAx ( the chip is on the motherboard)
System: Micron PII 333
Windows reports:
IRQ 5
I/O 0220- 022F
DMA 00
DMA 01
I have all the required devices under /dev i.e. /dev/audio etc. I have
also tried kernels with MSS/WSS drivers and SoundBlaster drivers. None
of these worked
Has anyone gotten the Yamaha OPL3SAx to work with the 2.0.36 kernel ?
Here's what I get by running cat /dev/sndstat:
Config options: 0
Installed drivers:
Type 10: MS Sound System
Type 24: MS Sound System (AXP)
Type 27: Compaq Deskpro XL
Type 1: OPL-2/OPL-3 FM
Type 2: Sound Blaster
Type 7: SB MPU-401
Card config:
(MS Sound System at 0x530 irq 5 drq 0)
(Sound Blaster at 0x220 irq 5 drq 0,0)
(SB MPU-401 irq 1 drq 0)
(OPL-2/OPL-3 FM at 0x388 drq 0)
Audio devices:
Synth devices:
Midi devices:
Timers:
0: System clock
Mixers:
Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.
Kevin
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From: Tomasz Korycki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.admin,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: tape backup device under Linux
Date: Wed, 21 Jul 1999 01:57:28 GMT
Matthew Hixson wrote:
>
> Can anyone recommend a tape backup device for use under Linux? This is
> to go into a machine with an ASUS P2B-DS motherboard (supports SCSI).
> The machine is currently running kernel 2.2.6, but I can upgrade it if
> necessary.
> Any adivce is welcomed.
> -M@
I've used all kinds of SCSI tapes, from Archive Viper (QIC6150) through
all kinds of DAT (mostly Archive and HP), to (now) IBM-branded Exabyte
Mammoth. Obviously, I know think Exabyte is the best of them, especially
on 170m AME media: quite often when I cut the tape, it spends about 20%
time waiting _for _ the drive, not the other way'round. It's a fast-wide
SCSI, too, so You won't slow Your bus down, either. And, on average, I
manage to squeeze 35-38GB per cartridge.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Chason S. Hayes)
Subject: Re: SoundBlaster 16/PCI
Date: Wed, 21 Jul 1999 02:53:06 GMT
Read the Sound_HOWTO in /usr/doc/HOWTO it is very clear. You have to
recompile the kernel with the support for driver. besure to write
down the IRQ and dma IO address beforeyou start usually 5 1,5 220
On Wed, 02 Jun 1999 17:46:40 -0700, David Boosalis
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I just installed Redhat 6.0,. It apears that it does not support the
>SoundBlaster 16/PCI
>Does anybody know otherwise.
>
>Any help most appreciated.
>
>David Boosalis
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: How to change the time?
Date: Wed, 21 Jul 1999 03:56:30 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Trung <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hello folks,
>I have RH6.0 (Linux ver 2.2.5-15) w/ KDE. Currently, I have 2 problems:
>modem & time.
>
>1/ Is there anyone who makes Compaq Presario 336-VSC modem work? In
...<snip, can't help with this.>...
>
>2/ How to change the time? I have the time correct in Win98 & NT but not
>in Linux
>
>Thanks so much in advance for any help.
>Trung Do
>
Well, you can use the date command (man date), but that won't
survive a reboot. You can also use the clock command (I assume your
running this on a 386 style machine), /sbin/clock, which will change
the hardware clock setting. It's man page is in secion 8, man -S 8 clock.
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From: "Jimmy Caldwell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: ATX Cases?
Date: Mon, 19 Jul 1999 16:21:24 GMT
I personally wouldn't have anything other that an Enlight case. You can get
them(and other brands) from Legend Micro(www.legendmicro.com )
I am a reseller and have used them for parts and systems for over two years
with only two problems(minor). call them at 800-935-9305 x204 (Don)
Jimmy Caldwell
Neville <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:7mucf9$is4$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> What are good ATX cases for building a cheap Linux box?
>
> I'm looking to spend somewhere near $50 (incl. power supply) and I would
> like a small tower (I believe this is the mid or mini form factor but
> correct me if you know of something different/better).
>
> I've heard many good things about the In-Win cases but I'm not sure which
> one I need to get, and, most importantly, where to buy them. Regardless
> of the brand, I would love some recommendation of which online stores
> sell cases at reasonable prices.
>
> Thanks,
>
> - Neville
>
>
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From: John Patrick Krut <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: TNT2 and Linux
Date: Tue, 20 Jul 1999 00:34:19 -0400
Specifically, what file(s) did you download to make this 770 work?
Thomas Kochak wrote:
> download the nvidia SVGA server from www.nvidia.com
>
> Sage Mage wrote:
>
> > I need to know what I have to do to get a Creative Labs TNT2 Ultra to work
> > on my linux machine.
> > I have SuSE Linux 6.1 distro.
> >
> > Thanx for your help,
> >
> > Sage Mage
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From: "GC" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Video Capture/Bttv
Date: Wed, 21 Jul 1999 04:06:33 GMT
Is there any HOWTO/FAQ on this in general. What I have found is slim/nil.
That alone seems odd.
I have a FAST Screen Machine and a BTTV BT848 card.
Been messing with linux for about 6 years, but have never been as confused
over it as right now. I see ref to Motif/KDE/Gnome/Qt/Video4Linux, and none
of the documentation on packages I have found at sunsite, etc tie any of it
togetner. Packages that are a simple "make" don't...
This is also my firat attempt with RedHat. Before used Slak, but that was
always giving me X11 fits.
Any help/suggestions appreciated!
Any newsgroups discuss this?
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