Linux-Hardware Digest #178, Volume #11 Sat, 4 Sep 99 06:13:46 EDT
Contents:
Re: [Q]: Modem acts up (Teo The Teo)
New hard drive not correctly recognized. ("Suddn")
Re: Adaptec scsi (Mark McDougall)
Re: SIS 620 Finally Works In High Resolution, just had to go to their (Stephan
Skrodzki)
Re: probs installing SCSI card (Mark McDougall)
Re: netscape fonts... (Mark McDougall)
Re: how to drive A3D'S SOUND CAR?? (Laurent)
Re: making linux go away (James Knott)
Ensoniq Vivo90 & kernel-2.2 (Gerd Bürger)
Re: HOW TOO with the HOW TOO's????? (Stewart Hector)
Re: which modem to buy? (Stewart Hector)
screen resolutions better under linux than windows - why? (Stewart Hector)
Re: Creative TNT Ultra 2 and Caldera Open Linux (Stewart Hector)
Please help: Adaptec/Seagate booting problem ("Phil Botha")
Re: New Computer / Dual CPU Newbie questions (Teo The Teo)
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From: Teo The Teo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.questions,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: [Q]: Modem acts up
Date: Sat, 04 Sep 1999 00:18:42 -0700
Kevin Farrell wrote:
>
> On Wed, 18 Aug 1999, Alan M. Shih wrote:
> >I have a PC running Redhat Linux 5.1, using a Motorola Modemsurf 56K
> >external modem. It was working well until one day it dialed up, seemed to
> >be connected, and then after 5-10 seconds, it disconnected. The script
> >automatically redial, but it just kept on and off ....
> >
> >I bought another 56K external modem (Modem Blaster) and it did the same
> >thing. I then upgrade the PC to Redhat Linux 6.0, did not help. I even
> >moved the whole thing to another Dell PII-233, and still the same. These 2
> >modems work fine under Win98 and WinNT off the same network I have at home.
> >
> >I am running out of ideas, please help.
> >
> >Alan
>
> Talk to your ISP, if you've tried diff modems and even different PCs! Then
> it's very likely your ISP.
I have the same problem but my din't know what to do :(
and they'll said they donot support linux :(
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From: "Suddn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: New hard drive not correctly recognized.
Date: Sat, 04 Sep 1999 07:23:19 GMT
I have a Maxtor 20.0 GB DiamondMax Plus dirve. When I install the Mandrake
6.0 (Red hat 6.0) version of Linux fdisk only sees 8 GB!
I'm using an Asus P2B motherboard with a Celeron 300a.
Help!
Thanks
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From: Mark McDougall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Adaptec scsi
Date: Sat, 04 Sep 1999 18:09:49 +1000
Hi Frank,
> I\m running a RedHat 6.0 system an d i can`t get my adaptec aha1510a
> scsicard working. It is going to controll a Tandberg TDC4120 tape
> streamer for backup. Can anyone help me?
AFAIK, aha152x is broken in RH6?!? I have the exact same problem,
although I was running on RH5 without any problems. Doing an insmod
aha152x with correct parameters recognises my CDR and Zip drives but
then hangs the machine.
According to the RH6 support pages, under 'install', adaptec scsi hangs
during an install from scsi cdrom (I can verify this!). I've tried after
installing from hard-disk and I still get scsi bus hang. I haven't
looked for upgrades to kernel/module yet.
Anyone else had any success eith this yet???
Regards,
--
| Mark McDougall |
| Engineer |
| Virtual Logic Pty Ltd |
| http://www.vl.com.au |
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From: Stephan Skrodzki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: SIS 620 Finally Works In High Resolution, just had to go to their
Date: Sat, 04 Sep 1999 10:06:27 +0200
Allix wrote:
>
> Well I'm still kicking myself , for not going to their website in the first
> place, for all you SIS people out there , head straight to www.sis.com.tw
> I can finally get 16 , 24 and 32 bit modes in linux, and boy does it ever
> look good
>From their README:
f. Add following lines in "Device" section in XF86Config
Option "hw_cursor"
Option "noaccel"
Option "no_bitblt"
Option "linear"
Uhhh... love it... yeah boy it does really look good... but only when
you don't scroll or even move pictures around...
After waiting for almost a year for improved SiS6326 Xfree performance,
I have changed my mainboard last week... now using an ATI Rage Pro and
this is what I expect: super fast, no kernel freeze with bttv etc...
Get me right, I don't want to blame anybody for not improving the SiS
drivers... I just was tired of waiting and not able to improve them
myself :-)
Regards
Steve
P.S. PCChips M747 PII Board for sale: SiS6326 and Sound with S/PDIF on
board... :-)
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Stephan Skrodzki
Mannheim, Germany
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From: Mark McDougall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: probs installing SCSI card
Date: Sat, 04 Sep 1999 18:03:57 +1000
Kevin Dorma wrote:
> So it looks like the autoprobe does not find my 1520 card.
> I tried to force LILO to find the card (from the info in the
> SCSI HOWTO),
> LILO: linux aha152x=0x340,11,7,1
> and still, no SCSI hosts detected.
I was running RH5 for about a week, before upgrading to RH6 which broke
aha152x completely! (Still haven't gotten it running)...
Anyway, back to your problem. Have you tried doing an insmod after
booting? I had the same problem and never bother trying to resolve it.
Since I was only running it for a week I did "insmod aha152x
aha152x=0x140,7,12,1" and it worked (obviously you'll use your params)
for me. Like you I tried lilo command-line, lili.conf and modules.conf
without any luck!
Regards,
--
| Mark McDougall |
| Engineer |
| Virtual Logic Pty Ltd |
| http://www.vl.com.au |
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From: Mark McDougall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: netscape fonts...
Date: Sat, 04 Sep 1999 18:12:50 +1000
"J. Blair" wrote:
> i'm running netscape 4.61 on my system, and i'm wondering why the fonts
> are so small. is there a way to change this? in the preferences, i
> changed the font size of the "variable width" and "fixed width" fonts,
> but not all the fonts on the screen are large. in winblows, the fonts
> are all rather large and legible. thanks for your help...jimmy
I suspect this is because the fonts displayed are not the 'default'
fonts but rather fonts specified in the html itself, which is why
changing system settings won't help at all.
I'm having the exact same problem (eg. <http://www.retrogames.com>)
which, from memory, specifies a font size of 2. I can barely read it!
Anyone know the solution???
Regards,
--
| Mark McDougall |
| Engineer |
| Virtual Logic Pty Ltd |
| http://www.vl.com.au |
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From: Laurent <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: how to drive A3D'S SOUND CAR??
Date: Fri, 03 Sep 1999 17:31:06 GMT
bill wrote:
> I use redhat6.0 and I have a A3D'S sound car ~~
> Does linux have support this car??Ifredhat6.0 have support,
> how can i driver it????
>
> thanks~~~
>
You can find OSS driver for this sound card. It just works for the Vortex
1 and soon Vortex 2. Have a look at www.4front-tech.com.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (James Knott)
Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux,alt.os.linux.caldera,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: making linux go away
Date: Fri, 03 Sep 1999 12:17:55 -0400
Reply-To: James Knott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
In article <7qbnmd$apl$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Triumph TR-7" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>and, consequently, win98 would not install. hmm
Is that a problem??? ;-)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Gerd Bürger)
Subject: Ensoniq Vivo90 & kernel-2.2
Date: 04 Sep 1999 10:42:31 +0000
Hi,
sorry if this is a FAQ, but I haven't been able to deduce any answers
from the net so far. Here is my problem:
With the old 2.0.36-kernel my Ensoniq Soundscape Vivo90 used to work
fine. Now in the new 2.2-kernel there is the sound configuration via
OSS, which doesn't seem to support my card anymore, as the README.OSS
mentions.
____________
NOTE! The SoundScape PnP is not supported by OSS/Free. Ensoniq VIVO
and VIVO90 cards are not compatible with Soundscapes so the Soundscape
driver will not work with them. You may want to use OSS/Linux with
these cards.
____________
I am certainly missing something, as it cannot be true that in 2.0 the
Vivo was supported but in 2.2 it is no longer (implying of course that
a commercial product such as OSS/Linux does not mean support).
Gerd
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From: Stewart Hector <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: HOW TOO with the HOW TOO's?????
Date: Sat, 04 Sep 1999 10:57:56 +0000
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These HowTo documents usually come with your linux CD (if you didn't
download it)...
Also, with redhat, it gives you the opportunity to install these
documentations in the setup program.
Try searching your cdrom for HOW (or lower case how) if within Linux.
Alternatively, download them, look on www.redhat.com....
"Kevin C." wrote:
> Hay there.. I am really new to the whole linux thing.. what is the HOW TO
> thing that everyone talks about.. how do I access it...
>
> Thanks for your help
>
> Kevin in Alaska.. :)
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These HowTo documents usually come with your linux CD (if you didn't download
it)...
<br>Also, with redhat, it gives you the opportunity to install these documentations
in the setup program.
<p>Try searching your cdrom for HOW (or lower case how) if within Linux.
<p>Alternatively, download them, look on www.redhat.com....
<br>
<br>
<p>"Kevin C." wrote:
<blockquote TYPE=CITE>Hay there.. I am really new to the whole linux thing..
what is the HOW TO
<br>thing that everyone talks about.. how do I access it...
<p>Thanks for your help
<p>Kevin in Alaska.. :)</blockquote>
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From: Stewart Hector <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: which modem to buy?
Date: Sat, 04 Sep 1999 11:01:50 +0000
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I congratulate the lighting for destroying your billysoft modem. Now
you can get a proper modem, for your proper operating system :-)
External modems are the safest to go for... they are all proper
modems.
If you want an internal modem, try getting a ISA modem. though,
I have seen reports of Diamond SupraExpress 56internal modems working
under linux...
Sorry, not sure about USB modems... they certainly probably won't
work under kernel 2.2. Kernel 2.4 has made some inroads into
supporting some USB devices, I think.
Bert Douglas wrote:
> I need to buy a new modem.
> The winmodem that came with my PC died from lightning.
> I want to install Linux.
> What modem should I get?
>
> Do USB modems now work in Linux?
>
> Thanks,
> Bert Douglas
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Long ago in the rain
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I congratulate the lighting for destroying your billysoft modem.
Now you can get a proper modem, for your proper operating system :-)
<p>External modems are the safest to go for... they are all proper modems.
<p>If you want an internal modem, try getting a ISA modem.
though, I have seen reports of Diamond SupraExpress 56internal modems
working under linux...
<p>Sorry, not sure about USB modems... they certainly probably won't work
under kernel 2.2. Kernel 2.4 has made some inroads into supporting
some USB devices, I think.
<br>
<p>Bert Douglas wrote:
<blockquote TYPE=CITE>I need to buy a new modem.
<br>The winmodem that came with my PC died from lightning.
<br>I want to install Linux.
<br>What modem should I get?
<p>Do USB modems now work in Linux?
<p>Thanks,
<br>Bert Douglas</blockquote>
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Long ago in the rain
Waiting as the soldiers put them all on a train
And the hands on the bars, the eyes full of tears
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From: Stewart Hector <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: screen resolutions better under linux than windows - why?
Date: Sat, 04 Sep 1999 11:08:41 +0000
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Under Windows, if I put my monitor up to the highest resolution,
1600x1200, its totally unusable under windows - text is difficult to
read at the default size.
Yet, under Linux, if I do the same, it is quite ususable - the text
can be read. This also applies to 1280x1024.
Also, monitor is plug and pray, so windows should be using the
optimal refresh rates.
Anyone know why? The text fonts are the same. Not that I'm
complaining - just interested.
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Under Windows, if I put my monitor up to the highest resolution, 1600x1200,
its totally unusable under windows - text is difficult to read at the default
size.
<br>Yet, under Linux, if I do the same, it is quite ususable - the
text can be read. This also applies to 1280x1024.
<p>Also, monitor is plug and pray, so windows should be using the optimal
refresh rates.
<p>Anyone know why? The text fonts are the same. Not that I'm
complaining - just interested.
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Long ago in the rain
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And the hands on the bars, the eyes full of tears
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From: Stewart Hector <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Creative TNT Ultra 2 and Caldera Open Linux
Date: Sat, 04 Sep 1999 11:12:21 +0000
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try downloading the xfree86 linux drivers
from www.ndivia.com
They have written TNT 1, 2 drivers for linux.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I am having the exact same problem.....I have a Diamond Viper 770
> Ultra...Dual processor .. Dual Boot (98/Linux) .. screens comes up
> HUGE...cant navigate anywhere ...HELP !!!!!!!!!
>
> On Mon, 30 Aug 1999 00:31:04 GMT, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >I have a Creative TNT Ultra 2 AGP card and run a dual boot system(Win 98
>
> >and Linux) When using Linux the screen is totally unreadable. I can run
>
> >Linux fine with my old ATI rage 128, but this new card will not work at
>
> >all. Is there anyway to fix this. I have yet to see anyone with a similar
>
> >problem. Most are just over sized screens, with mine the screen looks like
>
> >a blurred cable station.Please Help Me!!
> >
> >------------------ Posted via CNET Linux Help ------------------
> > http://www.searchlinux.com
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Long ago in the rain
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And the word is the same, for a thousand years,
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try downloading the xfree86 linux drivers
<br>from www.ndivia.com
<p>They have written TNT 1, 2 drivers for linux.
<p>[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
<blockquote TYPE=CITE>I am having the exact same problem.....I have a Diamond
Viper 770
<br>Ultra...Dual processor .. Dual Boot (98/Linux) .. screens comes up
<br>HUGE...cant navigate anywhere ...HELP !!!!!!!!!
<p>On Mon, 30 Aug 1999 00:31:04 GMT, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
<p>>I have a Creative TNT Ultra 2 AGP card and run a dual boot system(Win
98
<p>>and Linux) When using Linux the screen is totally unreadable. I can
run
<p>>Linux fine with my old ATI rage 128, but this new card will not work
at
<p>>all. Is there anyway to fix this. I have yet to see anyone with a similar
<p>>problem. Most are just over sized screens, with mine the screen looks
like
<p>>a blurred cable station.Please Help Me!!
<br>>
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<a href="http://www.searchlinux.com">http://www.searchlinux.com</a></blockquote>
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Long ago in the rain
Waiting as the soldiers put them all on a train
And the hands on the bars, the eyes full of tears
And the word is the same, for a thousand years,
Eli Eli Lama, Oh Lord, you have forsaken me...
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From: "Phil Botha" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Please help: Adaptec/Seagate booting problem
Date: Sat, 4 Sep 1999 08:48:09 +0200
I installed RH6 on two ST11900N (1.7G) SCSI HDDs running from an Adaptec AHA
1542CF. The install was trouble-free but the system will boot only from
floppy, not HDD! It stops at lilo saying :"LI_". It does the same using an
AHA2910B but boots correctly from an NCR 53C810!
Re-did same installation using two 1.0G HDs and it boots fine from the
AHA's.
Can the hardware be incompatible or is there a software fix?
Will geatly appreciate any advice...
Thanks.
Phil (linux newbie)
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From: Teo The Teo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: New Computer / Dual CPU Newbie questions
Date: Sat, 04 Sep 1999 02:16:13 -0700
Stuart Hall wrote:
>
> On Tue, 24 Aug 1999 10:23:41 -0400, "Mark Biegler"
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> so kindly spent valuable time
> writing:
>
> >
> >Thanks for the info... does anyone know if the Celeron 400 PPGAs with these
> >slotkets are configurable for SMP?
> >
> >Stores around here can't get the old 366 or 300s at all. 400 is the low-end
> >now.
> >
>
> You should be fine. Stores around here are doing both the stotket and
> BP6 (PPGA) route with Celery 400, 433 and 466 PPGA chips. Despite
> earlier warnings, Intel has not yet disabled SMP in the celerons, and
> it looks like they are unlikely to.
>
> Stuart
>
> p.s. perhaps a dual celeron .18 micron 600mhz chip is in your future
> if you wait and research this long enough! :-)
>
> ----
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> Cheshire, Connecticut, USA
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> or
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Question? what is the diffent betwen celeron and pentium II and III
on the speed performance and price??? :)
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