Linux-Hardware Digest #440, Volume #12 Thu, 9 Mar 00 03:13:08 EST
Contents:
1: Xvidtune, 2: fix freq monitor ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Req. for info on rev. engineering an ISA (Backer) card (nobody)
Re: aha152x not detected (Joe Ringer)
Re: Dell OptiPlex GX300/Intel 820 chipset (John Doe)
problem with gcc...urgent ! ("fatjack")
Re: ISDN + fax under LINUX - impossible ? (czoldork)
Re: DVD drive (czoldork)
Re: Req. for info on rev. engineering an ISA (Backer) card ("Ron Reaugh")
Re: not sloooow, but sluggish linux modem (J.R. Lockwood)
Re: problem with gcc...urgent ! (Robert Nolty)
Re: Cyrix and Linux ("Gerry East")
Re: Mayday Burner is dead? Or not? SuSE6.2 (Jojo und Jessica)
need help with pcmcia scsi. (Sirron Davis)
Re: Linux vs Windows docs (was: Re: Linux sucks) (Sniper)
Re: not sloooow, but sluggish linux modem (Svend Garnaes)
Re: ESS Solo-1 w/ALSA No Sound Help? (Christopher Michael Collins ())
BJC-265 compatability ("Darren Good")
Re: Praise for CD-ROM drive (John McKown)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x
Subject: 1: Xvidtune, 2: fix freq monitor
Date: Thu, 09 Mar 2000 06:03:43 GMT
Dear all,
(1) Xvidtune
Has anyone has some experience to share about Xvidtune. I am new with
this and would like to hear some thing before I use this.
(2) Connecting a Fix Freq Monitor
I have inherited fix frequency monitor (a HP 98785A: inside marked as a
Sony M41JSD15X) and hope to use it in my linux box. The HP 98785A has 5
BNC-plugs (red, green, blue and vsync/hsync).
Sorry for boring you guys at comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.video about
LINUX this is somewhat related ...
After reading some sites(see list below) about fix frequency (and some
Sync on Green) monitors. I am seriously considering to pick up some
cables, connectors and a soldering iron to make a set of BNC cable to
plug into the VGA (Dsub15graphics) connector of my graphic card. The
card is a Creative Blaster Extreme (AGP), PERMEDIA 2 with 4MB.
Q Can anyone help/advise before I start? (Short of buying an expensive
graphic card, do I really have to do this?)
Q Further to this is it correct that in Xconfigurator I should select..
"Non-Interlaced SVGA, 1024x768 @ 60 Hz, 800x600 @ 72 Hz" ? I am not all
certain if the HP98785A is a non-interlace monitor.
Q (BTW, what is a clockchip asked by Xconfigurator? Is this related in
anyway to the motherboard? (What I have is a Elitegroup
(www.ecs.com.tw) model P6BXT-A+.)
Q Can someone tell me what are te possible causes when, within the
server pressing Ctrl, Alt and '+' simultaneously to cycle video
resolutions do not work in my box?
P/S I am hoping that the image will eventually fill up the screen to
within 5 mm or so from the sides/edges. :-)
Thanks in advance,
any help would be greately appreciated.
:-)
cherrio...
__________________MISC_INFO________________________________________
I am using RH5.2 and have loaded ...
XFree86-100dpi-fonts-3.3.3.1-1.1.i386.rpm
XFree86-3DLabs-3_3_3_1-1_1_i386.rpm
XFree86-8514-3_3_3_1-1_1_i386.rpm
XFree86-SVGA-3_3_3_1-1_1_i386.rpm
The HP 98785A is described as 16" 1024 X 768 60Hz RGB BNC
No 60 Hz 1024 video on the
"HP-UX Workstation HCL (Hardware Compatibility List) PA-RISC"
ftp://contrib:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/supguides/workstations/...
h980723.pdf
(You may have to register first with HP maintainence support at ITRC
http://us-support3.external.hp.com at their loginUserMaintenanceHome)
NOTE: From Griffin Technology Monitors Database
http://www.Nashville.Net/~griffin/monitors/Hewle06.html
The hfreq is listed as 47.7kHz and it described as a 832 X 624 X 75 Hz
monitor. I am confused so I will stick to the HP doc.
Some SVGA & fixed frequency RGB monitors sites I have read
How to connect a fixed frequency monitor to a PC running Linux
by Bernhard H. Buckel
http://wmad95.mathematik.uni-wuerzburg.de/~buckel/projects/schalt.html
Converting Apollo Monitors
http://cvs.anu.edu.au/monitorconversion/apollo.html
VGA to Analog RGB from Notes on Video Conversion Ver 1.79
http://plop.phys.cwru.edu/repairfaq/sam/vidconv.htm#nvcvgta
Notes on Video Conversion Ver 1.77 (outdated mirror?)
http://www.pacwest.net/byron13/sam/vidconv.htm
Approaches to Using Fixed Frequency or Non-Standard Monitors
on PCs Ver 1.59
http://plop.phys.cwru.edu/repairfaq/sam/ffmon.htm
And Many Others like these...
Building a 5 BNC cable
http://www.repairfaq.org/REPAIR/F_monfaqg.html#MONFAQG_008
older doc Ver: 1.48 Approaches to Using Fixed Frequency
or Non-Standard Monitorson PCs
http://www.repairfaq.org/REPAIR/F_ffmon.html
http://www.si87.com/faqdoc.html
http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~wharmon/hardware_p3.html
http://www.riverside.quik.com/ming/
http://www.mirage-mmc.com/database/searchresult/48-55.html
http://www.riverside.quik.com/ming/cable.htm
http://www.devo.com/video/
http://www.devo.com/video/manufacturers.html
http://www.devo.com/video/misc.html
http://www.nashville.net/~griffin/monitor.html
http://www.Nashville.Net/~griffin/monitors/Hewle06.html
http://www.ff-net.demon.nl/hitachi/index.html
http://www.hut.fi/Misc/Electronics/circuits/vga2rgbs.html
http://www.hut.fi/Misc/Electronics/circuits/power_from_pc.html
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Before you buy.
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From: nobody <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.comp.hardware,comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.misc,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
Subject: Req. for info on rev. engineering an ISA (Backer) card
Date: Wed, 08 Mar 2000 23:04:54 -0700
Hi,
I have one of Danmere's ISA Backer 16 video tape backup cards. I am
interested in writing a linux device driver for the card but Danmere
will not release programing information for the beast. :-P well bugger
them.
So... for my next project I think I'll take a crack at reverse
engineering the interface. What I am looking for is recomendations for
any software tools that would help me do this. I have a fair bit of
experience with the ISA interface from both the hardware and software
end of things so I'm not a novice but I've never hacked someone else's
work before. The card is currently in my old DOS box and I have several
little DOS utilties that came with the card that just do some basic I/O
stuff. For my first attempt I tried watching one of the programs with a
debugger but that quickly got very tedious.
Any suggestions? If nothing is forthcoming it'll be back to the
debugger for me.
Since the actual backup software that came with the card is a windows
app, how good would the WINE debugger be at doing this? I've never done
*any* windows programing so I have no idea how hardware stuff is done
i.e. whether it's all handled by the windows libraries or whether it's
done "out-of-band" straight to the machine. Maybe someone could
straighten me out on this.
Also: if anyone else out there has one of these cards and is *also*
interested in poking away at it please drop me a line and we can pool
our resources. There are amateur radio people interested in using these
things as high speed modems over ATV channels so I'm not the only one
looking programing info... you know you're out there!
-Kipp
PS --- if anyone from Danmere is reading this... c'mon guys give a guy a
break will ya? We're all in this together.
Remove the no spam stuff from my address.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Joe Ringer)
Subject: Re: aha152x not detected
Date: 9 Mar 2000 06:12:25 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Sun, 5 Mar 2000 08:57:27 -0600, Rebeccah H. Prastein wrote:
>One major hurdle surmounted. I can find the card with modprobe. Now I
>just need some help getting it detected at bootup. Any ideas?
Pardon my butting in....
Are you booting via lilo, if so add the following to lilo.conf:
append = "aha152x=0x140,10,7,1"
see http://www.erols.com/jringer3/zipper.htm for more.
--
clear skies, |http://www.erols.com/jringer3/astro1.htm
Joe |
|Men are born ignorant, not stupid; they are
|made stupid by education. --Bertrand Russell
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Doe)
Subject: Re: Dell OptiPlex GX300/Intel 820 chipset
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 9 Mar 2000 01:27:17 -0500
It sucks that 4MB of memory has to be dedicated to video.
Memory don't add up either. Physical ram is 64MB but
top shows only 58 MB.
On 9 Mar 2000 00:21:10 -0500, John Doe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hooray!
>
>Intel web site has an rpm for the chipset. I have it
>up and running nicely. One evening down the drain, though
>
>
>On 5 Mar 2000 22:59:04 -0500, John Doe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>>Don't know about 820. I just got myself gx100 with 810
>>chipset. It doesn't work. Yikes.
>>
>>
>>On 03 Mar 2000 21:01:24 +0100, Konrad Hinsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>>Does anyone know if the new Dell OptiPlex GX300 works under Linux?
>>>It uses the Intel 820 chipset, which is rather new. I couldn't find
>>>any information about Linux/Intel 820 compatibility, and the OptiPlex GX300
>>>is suspiciously absent from RedHat's list of Dell machines certified
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From: "fatjack" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development,comp.os.linux.networking,linux.dev.kernel
Subject: problem with gcc...urgent !
Date: Thu, 9 Mar 2000 01:06:39 -0500
Hi all,
I downloaded the latest driver for my NIC from manuifacturer website. It
said user have to use gcc to complie the driver then add the driver to
kernel. After compling, then i ran "insmod xxx" (where xxx is the name of
the complied driver and it is part of the instruction). However, an error
message said the version that i complied is for kernel 2.0.36, and the
version of kernel that i am using now is 2.2.12 with CorelLinux 1.0. It
pisses me off........>(
need help......plz
yours,
fatjack
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: czoldork <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: ISDN + fax under LINUX - impossible ?
Date: Thu, 09 Mar 2000 06:32:00 GMT
tom amm wrote:
> is there any way to send and receive faxes under any kind of linux
> an ISDN - maybe a correct set of "faxaddmodem" papameters for AVM A1
> already would help me out.
>
> desperately,
>
> tom
what type of isdn modem do you have?
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From: czoldork <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: DVD drive
Date: Thu, 09 Mar 2000 06:36:59 GMT
Richard Ingram wrote:
> Can anyone recommend a DVD drive? Creative Labs? Toshiba?
do you know how to get it working through linux,if so please e-mail me.
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "Ron Reaugh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.comp.hardware,comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.misc,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
Subject: Re: Req. for info on rev. engineering an ISA (Backer) card
Date: Thu, 09 Mar 2000 06:49:01 GMT
nobody wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>Hi,
>
>I have one of Danmere's ISA Backer 16 video tape backup cards. I am
>interested in writing a linux device driver for the card but Danmere
>will not release programing information for the beast. :-P well bugger
>them.
>
>So... for my next project I think I'll take a crack at reverse
>engineering the interface. What I am looking for is recomendations for
>any software tools that would help me do this. I have a fair bit of
>experience with the ISA interface from both the hardware and software
>end of things so I'm not a novice but I've never hacked someone else's
>work before. The card is currently in my old DOS box and I have several
>little DOS utilties that came with the card that just do some basic I/O
>stuff. For my first attempt I tried watching one of the programs with a
>debugger but that quickly got very tedious.
>
>Any suggestions? If nothing is forthcoming it'll be back to the
>debugger for me.
>
>Since the actual backup software that came with the card is a windows
>app, how good would the WINE debugger be at doing this? I've never done
>*any* windows programing so I have no idea how hardware stuff is done
>i.e. whether it's all handled by the windows libraries or whether it's
>done "out-of-band" straight to the machine. Maybe someone could
>straighten me out on this.
>
>Also: if anyone else out there has one of these cards and is *also*
>interested in poking away at it please drop me a line and we can pool
>our resources. There are amateur radio people interested in using these
>things as high speed modems over ATV channels so I'm not the only one
>looking programing info... you know you're out there!
>
> -Kipp
>
>PS --- if anyone from Danmere is reading this... c'mon guys give a guy a
>break will ya? We're all in this together.
Well just publish the reversed engineered spec when your done.
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From: J.R. Lockwood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: not sloooow, but sluggish linux modem
Date: Thu, 09 Mar 2000 06:30:37 GMT
> Dumb question: I could assume you also did:
> setserial portid spd_vhi
Yeah, I've done that without success (by the way, no such thing as a "dumb
suggestion" with me :).
> Try setting your connection protocal. If you are getting the same
> speed as 33.6 and 28.8, try going to http://808hi.com/56k/x2-
> linklimit.htm to find tips for your init string. You may be defaulting
> to a slower v.34.
Here is my connect string:
CONNECT 49333/ARQ/V90/LAPM/V42BIS
It seems that my protocol is OK (?)
I did some more comparisons of the Win/Lin downloads and the problem is
definitely the following: Under Win, I maintain *constant* download speeds
of about 6 KB/s (the RD light on my modem is constantly lit during the
transfer), while under Lin, the download goes at that rate for 5 to 10
seconds and then stalls, then starts again,... (light toggles on and off).
It seems that when I am actually receiving data, I am receiving it at a
good speed. It's just that every several seconds every grinds to a halt.
What causes the sender to stop sending? Does my modem send a signal that
says "I have all I can handle right now"?
In any case, I am convinced more than ever that the bottleneck has
something to do with my computer processing the data that's coming in
rather than the speed with which it's getting here. But shouldn't setting
the serial port to spd_vhi keep this from happening? I've messed around
with changing this setting all the way down to spd_normal and it seems that
the results are exactly the same. It's as if my modem is acting under
spd_normal no matter what I tell it. (By the way, I'm sure I'm changing the
settings on the right port.) I am running out of ideas...
Thanks for the help folks.
J.R.
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From: Robert Nolty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development,comp.os.linux.networking,linux.dev.kernel
Subject: Re: problem with gcc...urgent !
Date: Thu, 09 Mar 2000 07:05:31 GMT
Make sure your kernel-sources package is version 2.2.12, then compile again
(I hope :-)
-- Bob
fatjack wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I downloaded the latest driver for my NIC from manuifacturer website. It
> said user have to use gcc to complie the driver then add the driver to
> kernel. After compling, then i ran "insmod xxx" (where xxx is the name of
> the complied driver and it is part of the instruction). However, an error
> message said the version that i complied is for kernel 2.0.36, and the
> version of kernel that i am using now is 2.2.12 with CorelLinux 1.0. It
> pisses me off........>(
>
> need help......plz
>
> yours,
>
> fatjack
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "Gerry East" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Cyrix and Linux
Date: Thu, 9 Mar 2000 01:11:51 -0600
>I want to know if there are any comflicts with a Cyrix CPU and Linux. God
>know it conflicts with almost anything else. :)
>
I have a Cyrix 233 MMX; no problems.
Gerry
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From: Jojo und Jessica <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Mayday Burner is dead? Or not? SuSE6.2
Date: Thu, 09 Mar 2000 08:06:31 +0100
<!doctype html public "-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en">
<html>
Thank you Brian,
<p>but I installed it as insted of the ohter CD-ROM ( primary slave
), and it doesn't work. It was installed before as secoundary master. I
did a call to Freecom, and they said, they will have a look at it, because
warrenty was out a short time before.
<p>Bye,
<br>Johannes</html>
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From: Sirron Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.portable
Subject: need help with pcmcia scsi.
Date: Wed, 08 Mar 2000 22:57:15 -0800
I just got a Panasonic KXL-RW10A CD-R/RW for my laptop (with Mandrake
7.0 and kernel 2.2.15). This includes a Panasonic pcmcia scsi card.
However, I have serious problems whenever the card is inserted. I need
any tips and suggestions you have for configuring my system to work with
this card.
Also, if you have an external CD-R/RW, with a pcmcia scsi, what model
and brand is your working scsi card.
Thanks in advance.
Sirron
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
icq: 5828401
Following is an excerpt from my log with the card inserted.
Mar 8 20:38:20 MySystem crond: crond startup succeeded
Mar 8 20:38:20 MySystem pcmcia: Starting PCMCIA services:
Mar 8 20:38:20 MySystem pcmcia: modules
Mar 8 20:38:20 MySystem kernel: Linux PCMCIA Card Services 3.1.11
Mar 8 20:38:20 MySystem kernel: kernel build: 2.2.15-0.12mdk #1 Mon
Mar 6 19:59:10 PST 2000
Mar 8 20:38:20 MySystem kernel: options: [pci] [cardbus] [apm]
Mar 8 20:38:20 MySystem kernel: PCI routing table version 1.0 at
0xfdf90
Mar 8 20:38:20 MySystem kernel: Intel PCIC probe:
Mar 8 20:38:20 MySystem kernel: TI 1131 PCI-to-CardBus at slot 00:0a,
mem 0x68000000
Mar 8 20:38:20 MySystem kernel: host opts [0]: [ring] [clkrun irq
12] [pci + serial irq] [no pci irq] [lat 168/176] [bus 32/34]
Mar 8 20:38:20 MySystem kernel: host opts [1]: [ring] [clkrun irq
12] [pci + serial irq] [no pci irq] [lat 168/176] [bus 35/37]
Mar 8 20:38:21 MySystem kernel: ISA irqs (scanned) = 3,4,7,10,11,15
status change on irq 15
Mar 8 20:38:21 MySystem pcmcia: cardmgr.
Mar 8 20:38:21 MySystem rc: Starting pcmcia succeeded
Mar 8 20:38:21 MySystem cardmgr[303]: starting, version is 3.1.11
Mar 8 20:38:21 MySystem cardmgr[303]: watching 2 sockets
Mar 8 20:38:21 MySystem kernel: cs: IO port probe 0x0c00-0x0cff:
excluding 0xcf8-0xcff
Mar 8 20:38:21 MySystem kernel: cs: IO port probe 0x0800-0x08ff:
excluding 0x800-0x807
Mar 8 20:38:21 MySystem kernel: cs: IO port probe 0x0100-0x04ff:
excluding 0x300-0x307 0x378-0x37f 0x398-0x39f 0x4d0-0x4d7
Mar 8 20:38:21 MySystem kernel: cs: IO port probe 0x0a00-0x0aff: clean.
Mar 8 20:38:21 MySystem cardmgr[303]: initializing socket 0
Mar 8 20:38:21 MySystem kernel: cs: memory probe 0xa0000000-0xa0ffffff:
clean.
Mar 8 20:38:21 MySystem cardmgr[303]: socket 0: Panasonic KXLRW10A
Mar 8 20:38:21 MySystem cardmgr[303]: executing: 'insmod
/lib/modules/2.2.15-0.12mdk/pcmcia/qlogic_cs.o'
Mar 8 20:38:21 MySystem kernel: qlogic_cs: GetNextTuple: No more items
Mar 8 20:38:21 MySystem kernel: scsi : 0 hosts.
Mar 8 20:38:21 MySystem kernel: Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer
dereference at virtual address 00000000
Mar 8 20:38:21 MySystem kernel: current->tss.cr3 = 07900000, %cr3 =
07900000
Mar 8 20:38:21 MySystem kernel: *pde = 00000000
Mar 8 20:38:21 MySystem kernel: Oops: 0000
Mar 8 20:38:21 MySystem kernel: CPU: 0
Mar 8 20:38:21 MySystem kernel: EIP:
0010:[scsi_unregister_host+1071/1180]
Mar 8 20:38:21 MySystem kernel: EFLAGS: 00010246
Mar 8 20:38:22 MySystem kernel: eax: c88b19c0 ebx: 00000000 ecx:
00000000 edx: 00000000
Mar 8 20:38:22 MySystem kernel: esi: c64b0120 edi: 00000013 ebp:
00000000 esp: c645b88c
Mar 8 20:38:22 MySystem kernel: ds: 0018 es: 0018 ss: 0018
Mar 8 20:38:22 MySystem kernel: Process cardmgr (pid: 303, process nr:
14, stackpage=c645b000)
Mar 8 20:38:22 MySystem kernel: Stack: 00000013 c645b8fc c7c44800
c645bafc 0000000f c8896bb8 c889d2c7 c889d041
Mar 8 20:38:22 MySystem kernel: c889cba1 c01c9069 c88b19c0
c64b0120 c645bcf8 00000002 c7c44800 00ff0003
Mar 8 20:38:22 MySystem kernel: c645b8fc c88b061f 00000001
c88b19c0 c645b988 c645baef c645b988 c64b0120
Mar 8 20:38:22 MySystem kernel: Call Trace:
[sb:sb_be_quiet_R42424109+158812/9592584]
[sb:sb_be_quiet_R42424109+185195/9566201]
[sb:sb_be_quiet_R42424109+184549/9566847]
[sb:sb_be_quiet_R42424109+183365/9568031] [scsi_unregister_module+45/64]
[sb:sb_be_quiet_R42424109+268900/9482496]
[sb:sb_be_quiet_R42424109+263875/9487521]
Mar 8 20:38:22 MySystem kernel:
[sb:sb_be_quiet_R42424109+268900/9482496]
[sb:sb_be_quiet_R42424109+163843/9587553]
[sb:sb_be_quiet_R42424109+263812/9487584]
[sb:sb_be_quiet_R42424109+197384/9554012]
[sb:sb_be_quiet_R42424109+197367/9554029]
[sb:sb_be_quiet_R42424109+163262/9588134]
[sb:sb_be_quiet_R42424109+211539/9539857]
[sb:sb_be_quiet_R42424109+217028/9534368]
Mar 8 20:38:22 MySystem kernel:
[sb:sb_be_quiet_R42424109+213668/9537728]
[sb:sb_be_quiet_R42424109+254246/9497150]
[sb:sb_be_quiet_R42424109+158884/9592512]
[sb:sb_be_quiet_R42424109+163262/9588134]
[sb:sb_be_quiet_R42424109+163307/9588089]
[sb:sb_be_quiet_R42424109+168923/9582473]
[sb:sb_be_quiet_R42424109+264231/9487165]
[sb:sb_be_quiet_R42424109+154469/9596927]
Mar 8 20:38:22 MySystem kernel: [printk+41/360] [printk+345/360]
[sb:sb_be_quiet_R42424109+159262/9592134]
[sb:sb_be_quiet_R42424109+262687/9488709]
[sb:sb_be_quiet_R42424109+164738/9586658]
[sb:sb_be_quiet_R42424109+269028/9482368]
[sb:sb_be_quiet_R42424109+264088/9487308]
[sb:sb_be_quiet_R42424109+243504/9507892]
Mar 8 20:38:22 MySystem kernel:
[sb:sb_be_quiet_R42424109+246225/9505171] [grow_buffers+92/248]
[alloc_skb+125/240] [memcpy_fromiovec+60/104] [sock_def_readable+28/56]
[unix_dgram_sendmsg+1049/1148] [merge_segments+696/764]
[do_munmap+930/1096]
Mar 8 20:38:22 MySystem kernel: [dput+239/348]
[pipe_read_release+76/84] [__fput+101/112] [__down_failed+8/16]
[release+234/276] [fput+23/104] [sys_wait4+625/764] [sys_ioctl+367/396]
Mar 8 20:38:22 MySystem kernel: [process_timeout+0/176]
[system_call+52/64]
Mar 8 20:38:22 MySystem kernel: Code: 66 8b 11 81 fa 40 01 00 00 7f 2a
83 c4 f8 a1 48 fc 26 c0 52
Mar 8 20:38:22 MySystem network: Bringing up interface lo succeeded
Mar 8 20:38:22 MySystem ifup: Delaying eth0 initialization.
Mar 8 20:38:22 MySystem network: Bringing up interface eth0 failed
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From: Sniper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.portable
Subject: Re: Linux vs Windows docs (was: Re: Linux sucks)
Date: Thu, 09 Mar 2000 08:40:35 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On 24 Feb 2000 14:32:30 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David Magda)
wrote:
>On Wed, 23 Feb 2000 17:07:45 GMT, John Jordan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> =
wrote:
>[...]
>>However, with Windows you have numerous, mature, texts from Microsoft
>>and third parties. Furthermore, Microsoft has a well-organized
>>KnowledgeBase. All the information for Linux is out there in just as
>[...]
>
>GNU/Linux's ``KnowledgeBase'' is USENet. You can also go to =
<www.deja.com>.
>Though I've found that since they've differsified from just a USENet =
search
>engine it has a really confusing interface.=20
Sorry dave but that doesn't wash, With TechNet and Microsoft KB, I
have access to the information now, and in detail. With Usenet, I may
or may not get the information, and when is a completely different
question, one thing you can't knock about Windows and MS is
_THE_DOCUMENTATION_ unfortunately, as with most things MS, you pay for
it.
-- =20
.
Sniper
"Necrophilia: That Uncontrollable Urge To Crack Open A Cold One."
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From: Svend Garnaes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: not sloooow, but sluggish linux modem
Date: Thu, 09 Mar 2000 08:52:32 +0100
Just a thought,
are you able to determine whether each modem stall is systematically
preceded by some other particular computer activity, e.g. a disk write?
- Svend, pondering
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Christopher Michael Collins ())
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: ESS Solo-1 w/ALSA No Sound Help?
Date: 9 Mar 2000 08:03:08 GMT
>I've installed Slackware 7.0 with Kernel Version 2.2.13.
>I've downloaded ALSA v.4.1d and followed all the ...
Use the latest ALSA 5.x.x.
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From: "Darren Good" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: BJC-265 compatability
Date: Thu, 9 Mar 2000 15:53:37 +0800
Has anyone heard / does anyone know if the BJC-265 is supported / compatable
with linux? I see from the faq that other 200 series printers are but I
also know that a few numbers can mean bad things when it comes to
compatability. I am also aware that this is a relatively new printer and
may not be supported yet if it is significantly different from its previous
cousins.
Darren Good
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John McKown)
Subject: Re: Praise for CD-ROM drive
Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2000 20:59:42 -0600
On 08 Mar 2000 14:24:43 EST, Dances With Crows
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>People without $130 to spare, though, might wish to take a look at
>cdparanoia for ripping CDDA. http://www.xiph.org/paranoia ...it seems to
>work well even on cheap nasty hardware.
>
>(You didn't mention which program you were using for ripping in your post;
>if it *was* cdparanoia, I think I'll crawl away and attempt to remove my
>foot from my mouth.)
I was using cdparanoia and dagrab. It was dagrab that would get the "skips".
cdparanoia seemed to work OK, but I was constantly getting IRQ timeouts
and IDE resets on the IDE CD-ROM (which is the only device on the secondary
IDE controller). And those seemed to cause cdparanoia to go very slow. In
fact, it took longer to rip the CD than to play it. I really didn't understand
that. But the Plextor rips (using cdparanoia - dagrab doesn't work at all -
it get ioctl() errors) so quickly that I finished up the last 15 CDs in
less than 2 hours. That includes converting the WAV files to MP3, using Xing's
encoder on a dual 450Mhz Pentium III system.
Again, I'm just happy with the drive and wanted to let others know of some
really good hardware.
John
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