Linux-Hardware Digest #653, Volume #12 Mon, 10 Apr 00 12:13:05 EDT
Contents:
Drivers ("Martin F. Johansen")
Re: Geforce 256, DRI, XFree86 4.0 and 3D Accel. (Steve Cousins)
Re: high altitude modern systems performance ("Brian Johnson")
Re: Drivers (Dances With Crows)
ide-tape ("onvoy")
[Q]: PassPort Support on Linux (Young4ert)
RedHat 6.0 and network cards: continued... ("Shamus Rask")
Problems installing Linux on SGI 320 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: netgear 10/100 ("Thomas J. Canich")
Promise FastTrak66 (Thorsten Hufschmidt)
Re: Y2K Linux Problem?? (Mark Bratcher)
VFS: Disk change detected (David Kirkpatrick)
Re: Rage Fury and Red Hat 6.0 ("Palmchai")
Re: high altitude modern systems performance ("Robert W. Cunningham")
Re: AC97 codec (Rod Smith)
Re: Rage Fury and Red Hat 6.0 (Dances With Crows)
Re: How to use xf86config? ("Palmchai")
Re: Rage Fury PRO and Linux support (David Szlucha)
Re: Rage Fury and Red Hat 6.0 (Roy Anger)
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From: "Martin F. Johansen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Drivers
Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2000 16:15:11 +0200
Hello nice people helping me with linux!
I miss drivers for these components:
Voodoo 3500
CTX 1569MS monitor
Does anyone know where i can find hardware drivers?
Or if you know where i can find drivers for those components?
Thanks in advance!
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From: Steve Cousins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Geforce 256, DRI, XFree86 4.0 and 3D Accel.
Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2000 10:23:24 -0400
Eric White wrote:
> Andy,
>
> I saw this while review video cards. Hope it helps.
> http://www.xfree86.org/4.0/Status21.html#21
> ...
> 21. NVIDIA
>
> 3.3.6:
> Support (accelerated) for the NV1, Riva 128, 128ZX, TNT, TNT2 (Ultra, Vanta,
> M64), GeForce (DDR) and Quadro is provided by the XF86_SVGA server and the
> nv driver.
>
> 4.0:
> Support (accelerated) for the Riva 128, 128ZX, TNT, TNT2 (Ultra, Vanta,
> M64), GeForce (DDR) and Quadro is provided by the XF86_SVGA server and the
> nv driver.
>
> Summary:
> All chipsets supported in 3.3.6 except the NV1 are also supported in 4.0.
> ....
>
> Andy wrote in message ...
> >On Wed, 22 Mar 2000 00:23:42 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Chris) wrote:
> >
> >I've just downloaded ver 4.0, but can't find ANY mention of a server
> >for my GEforce DDR, anybody know what I'm supposed to select as a
> >card? (I've used xf86config and also XF86Setup)
> >Any help appreciated muchly, ta.
> >Andy.
> >
> >
> >>On Mon, 20 Mar 2000 01:41:26 GMT, Kevin Clark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >>wrote in comp.os.linux.hardware:
> >>
> >>>I just upgrade to XFree86 4.0. While they say that driver support
> >>>(diver nv) is included in xf4.0 for the GEforce 256 I am having trouble
> >>>finding any information on it and how it fits in to DRI. Has anybody
> >>>try using this set up for 3D acceleration (I am thinking Q3 and UT)? I
> >>>hate to think that I will have to boot back into windows to take
> >>>advantage of my new (expensive?) graphics card. Any info would help.
> >>
> >>There's an article on SlashDot today on this topic. It seems that after
> >>building up hopes that NVidia would be a Linux-friendly open-source
> >>manufacturer they have done a big about-turn and will now only be
> >>supporting their hardware using proprietary binary drivers. Apparently
> >>they don't think much of DRI. There are mutterings about a boycott....
> >
The only way that I was able to get OpenGL acceleration in XFree86 with the
GeForce DDR card was to go back to version 3.3.5 and then get the X server and
GL libraries from:
http://www.nvidia.com/Products.nsf/htmlmedia/soft_ware_drivers.html
then go to the Linux Drivers and get:
RIVA-X-GLX-1.0-glibc-i386.tar.gz
tar xzvf RIVA-X-GLX-1.0-glibc-i386.tar.gz
cd X-GLX-glibs-i386
./riva_install
If someone can get it to work with XFree86 4.0 I'd be very interested in
hearing what needs to be done.
Steve
_____________________________________________________________
Steve Cousins Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Research Associate Phone: (207) 581-4302
Ocean Modeling Group
School of Marine Sciences 208 Libby Hall
University of Maine Orono, Maine 04469
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From: "Brian Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.comp.hardware.homebuilt,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.systems
Subject: Re: high altitude modern systems performance
Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2000 14:28:25 GMT
but the airplaine cabin is also presurized, although the pressure seems to
be lower than when the plane is on the ground, it may not be as low as
where he is.. of course those special sealed units may still help,
although I assume it's a diffetent problem being under too much pressure
than too little...
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Robin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> David Rencher wrote:
>
>> There are special laptops for environmental conditions. Some are
>> sealed for water proof up to 10,000 feet below the water level. They
>> cost a freaking fortune but it might solve some of your issues.
>
> People use laptops on airplanes all the time, and I've never heard of a
> laptop owner having problems like yours... What's your mean time to
> failure? You said something about a problem with your sister's machine,
> was it something that happened quickly? If not, then it's probably just
> time exposed to the high altitude, but if they fail quickly, then maybe
> a laptop's the answer?
>
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Subject: Re: Drivers
Date: 10 Apr 2000 10:31:16 EDT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Mon, 10 Apr 2000 16:15:11 +0200, Martin F. Johansen
<<DolI4.2989$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> shouted forth into the ether:
>I miss drivers for these components:
>Voodoo 3500
http://www.xfree86.org/3.3.6/RELNOTES.html
If you have a recent distribution (RedHat 6.1, SuSE 6.2, Mandrake 7.0,
etc.) then Xfree86 3.3.5 or higher should be in there. The Voodoo 3500 is
supported in Xfree86 3.3.5 or higher.
>CTX 1569MS monitor
No particular driver needed for a monitor. Look in the monitor's manual
and find out the Hsync and Vsync ranges, then feed those to the X
configuration utility. (SaX, Xconfigurator, or XF86Setup.) If you don't
have a monitor manual, try the default "safe" values and try increasing
those cautiously, unless this is one of those older fixed-frequency
monitors.
--
Matt G / Dances With Crows \###| Programmers are playwrights
There is no Darkness in Eternity \##| Computers are lousy actors
But only Light too dim for us to see \#| Lusers are vicious drama critics
(Unless, of course, you're working with NT)\| BOFHen burn down theatres.
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From: "onvoy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: ide-tape
Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2000 14:38:13 GMT
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info: kernel 2.2.14; mt version 2.4.2 tape-drive HP Colorado 4/8GB
IDE drive
ide-tape is not a module it is built into the kernel;
ok
I can write to the drive; tar cf /dev/nht0 /home
mt -f /dev/nht0 weof
but when I type mt -f /nht0 status
I see that the blocks value is set but the filenumber is still 0
when I mt -f /dev/nht0 rewind
then tar xvf /dev/nht0
I get a cannot read /de/nht0 read I/o error
and a kernel /dev/nht0 pc, ... error
I pulled the drive out of the linux box and put it in a w98 box and
did a back-up and restore, so the drive is fine
the w98 box also noticed that the tape contained invalid information
and need to initialize the tape (software issue?)
I was wondering if anyone has seen this before and what you might
have done to solve your problem.
FYI I have also tried using cpio, dump with the same results: it
looks like when ever I write to the drive it does not write a valid
end of file marker. I have tried to use mt -f /dev/nht0 eof [1..10]
with the same results
also everywhere in here you see /dev/nht0 I have tried the rewinding
device /dev/ht0
TIA
- --
Chris
http://bliss.treewax.com
The remembered visit
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From: Young4ert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: [Q]: PassPort Support on Linux
Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2000 10:36:14 -0400
Hi,
Does anyone have any clue as to the support of the PassPort Home
Networking Kit by Intelogis under Linux?
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From: "Shamus Rask" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: RedHat 6.0 and network cards: continued...
Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2000 10:31:55 -0400
Hello again...
I'm still a newbie, and still trying to figure Linux out. I have a Compaq
Presario on which I'm attempting a dual boot configuration (Win98/RedHat
6.0). The only odd thing about my machine is that the A: drive is busted
(not sure why).
Ok, so, I'm attempting the install. Everything works great until we get to
the network configuration (by the by, I'm going for a Workstation install).
It didn't work. So, after asking around, I determined that it would work if
I bought an Ethernet card that Linux would recognize...
I purchased an AOpen 10/100 card (based on the RealTek chip 8159?). So,
after re-installing (I don't know how to do it any other way) Linux
recognized the card and continued along its merry way with the install.
However, after rebooting, there is no connection. For whatever reason it
does not see the 'net. Any ideas?
Yes, the card does work under Win98, so its not the card.
thanks again,
Shamus
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Problems installing Linux on SGI 320
Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2000 14:36:41 GMT
Hi all,
I'm trying to install RedHat Linux 6.0 on my SGI 320
but I can't go more than the 2nd floppy. I'm following
the istructions indicated in www.linux.sgi.com.
Here is the configuration of my 320:
CPU single PIII 500 Mhz
RAM 256 MB
HD SCSI 9.1 GB (the 1st partition is a NTFS,
the 2nd is a FAT)
SCSI Qlogic 1080
PROM 1.0006
- FLOPPY BUILDING
Downloading of rh60.initrd.img and rh60.rescue.img,
and renaming them in initrd.img and rescue.img. After
that downloading of the remnant files.
-> Floppy1 (format -FAT- and copying arclx.exe and larc.exe)
-> Floppy2 C:> rawrite
C:> enter disk image source: initrd.img
C:> enter target diskette drive: A
C:> Please enter a formatted diskette .....
C:>
-> Floppy3 C:> rawrite
C:> enter disk image source: rescue.img
C:> enter target diskette drive: A
C:> Please enter a formatted diskette .....
Controller has failed
C:>
-> Floppy4 (format -FAT- and copying f4jul28.tgz)
- LINUX INSTALLATION
1. creation of two boot settings (one with arclx.exe and one
with larc.exe); I tried both of them.
OSLoader: arclx.exe (or larc.exe)
OSLoadFilename: /la2210.vw
OSLoadPartition: Floppy1
SystemPartition: Disk Partition no longer present
OSLoad Options: root:/dev/fd0 load_ramdisk=1
I tried also with
OSLoad Options: root:/dev/fd0 load_ramdisk=1 init=1
but without positive results.
2. Insert Floppy 1
3. Start System
The system starts to work and begins to load the first
floppy: everything is recognized (USB keyboard and
mouse, ql1080, Disk, etc.). In the final part of
the list that appears (black page with the
penguin Tux in the upper-left corner) there are these
messages:
Partition Check:
sda: sda1 sda2
VFS: insert root floppy disk to be loaded into RAM disk and
press ENTER
<I insert the floppy 2 and press ENTER>
RAMDISK: ext2 filesystem found at block 0
RAMDISK: Loading 2000 blocks [2 disks] into ram disk... done disk #1
Please insert disk #2 and press ENTER
<which second floppy???? I tried to insert the other disks (one
for each attempt) but the result is always the same>
Loading disk #2... done.
VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem) readonly.
Freeing unused kernel memory: 52k freed
Warning: unable to open an initial console.
Kernel panic: No init found. Try passing init=option to kernel.
<at this point I have to reset the SGI 320 because I can't
go on>
Who can help me? Thx in advance.
--
Enrico Santori
ITALSOFTWARE BUSINESS
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
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From: "Thomas J. Canich" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: netgear 10/100
Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2000 09:33:22 -0400
i am using an FA310TX from netgear right now. I have support compiled
into the kernel (2.3.99pre3) using the DEC 21x00 drivers (used to be
called tulip). Works great!
tom
"If you can't win on the scoreboard, hit them with your fists."
--Mike, on the penguins losing to the islanders
On Sun, 9 Apr 2000, HOHO wrote:
> Is netgear 10/100 ethernet cards linux compatible?? i keep seeing ads about
> how cheap they are and stuff.. was wondering if they are compatible with
> linux..
> thanx
> PeLe
>
>
>
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From: Thorsten Hufschmidt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Promise FastTrak66
Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2000 16:58:00 +0200
is there any Linux-Driver for the Promise FastTrak66 (not Ultra66) ?
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From: Mark Bratcher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Y2K Linux Problem??
Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2000 11:04:09 -0400
Philip,
> Yes, I have a hard time believing it's Linux also, it just seems weird that
> booting to "dos" works.
That _is_ weird.
> Any ideas? I would aim squarely at the BIOS and just replace the box if it
> had the same date/time problem in DOS (and although it's an older P133, it
> serves nicely as a firewall/router).
To be honest, I'm not sure what would cause it. Can you boot to your Feb
15 kernel still? And does the problem go away if you do that?
If so, then I'd run through your kernel config and make sure you didn't
tell it you had a special real-time clock or something.
Mark
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From: David Kirkpatrick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: VFS: Disk change detected
Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2000 11:10:39 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I'm getting:
VFS: Disk change detected on device ide1(22,64)
and then tons of repeats of this message.
What is going on?
Also: on boot I get put into maint mode and have to fsck drives
in
order to boot.
My setup has all the linux stuff on hda and there are two other
disks hdb & c. This is the same setup I had on 5.2 and it did
not get
errors. I just upgraded to 6.2 and get the above problem.
Sometimes
I boot clean and sometimes get put into maint mode.
Thanks David Kirkpatrick Marlborough, MA
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From: "Palmchai" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Rage Fury and Red Hat 6.0
Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2000 23:12:59 +0800
yes ar, I also have this problem for my ATI rage 128 display card,
XFree86-3.3.5 in redhat 6.0 can't be installed even I choice generic VGA.
But I cannot find any update from redhat 6.1 & 6.2.
Does anyone help me? I heared that from XFree86-3.3.6 or above can support
r128, but where can I download them and which files need to download ar ?
Thank You.
Palmchai ^_^
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bass <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:8cskhk$ron$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Hi,
>
> i tested many solutions but unable to configure my ATI Rage Fury to
> work with red hat linux 6.0
>
> Thanks for any help.
>
>
> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> Before you buy.
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From: "Robert W. Cunningham" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.systems
Subject: Re: high altitude modern systems performance
Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2000 15:16:55 GMT
Sven Bovin wrote:
> "Robert W. Cunningham" wrote:
> >
> > Sven Bovin wrote:
> >
> > > "Robert W. Cunningham" wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Of course, the smaller the circuit feature, the thinner the IC layers > > >
>are, and the easier
> > > > they are for a cosmic ray to damage. If the PIII is viewed as being
> > > > made with pencil-width
> > > > lines, the 486 was made with lines as wide as sidewalks. The larger
> > > > the design feature, the
> > > > "harder" the circuit will be.
> > > >
> > >
> > > I have one tiny problem with your explanation: why would
> > > the new Dells fail, while the old 486 does not ?
> >
> > Learn to read, and all will be revealed.
> >
> > -BobC
>
> Hmm, indeed, I should have paid closer attention. But even
> in that case, how about cumulative radiation damage and/or
> effective cross section of radiation damage (don't know
> whether that's the proper term, what I mean is the effect of
> radiation damage in a structure on its immediate
> surroundings in that structure, a bit like debris sprayed
> from an impact crater of a meteorite or artillery shell) ?
It's a non-linear relationship: While larger design rules have larger device
geometries and thicker
oxide layers, they also run at higher voltages. I'd recommend the SEI and NASA sites
for the detailed
physics.
-BobC
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Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rod Smith)
Subject: Re: AC97 codec
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2000 15:23:49 GMT
[Posted and mailed]
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"The Nice One" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Can anyone tell me if the AC97 sound codec(onboard) is supported by
> Linux(any distribution)
I don't know if this is a single device or a standard that might or might
not require different drivers for each device. I've got two systems that
use VIA sound chipsets (a notebook based on an MVP-4 chipset and an Athlon
motherboard with a combination AMD/VIA chipset). The ALSA
(http://www.alsa-project.org) drivers work with both, but only the latest
version (0.5.6); the VIA 82c686a driver didn't exist in the 0.5.5 and
earlier versions. I believe a few distributions do ship with ALSA, but I
don't know what version offhand.
--
Rod Smith, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.rodsbooks.com
Author of books on Linux networking & multi-OS configuration
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Subject: Re: Rage Fury and Red Hat 6.0
Date: 10 Apr 2000 11:31:40 EDT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Mon, 10 Apr 2000 23:12:59 +0800, Palmchai
<<8csqpb$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> shouted forth into the ether:
>yes ar, I also have this problem for my ATI rage 128 display card,
>XFree86-3.3.5 in redhat 6.0 can't be installed even I choice generic VGA.
>But I cannot find any update from redhat 6.1 & 6.2.
>Does anyone help me? I heared that from XFree86-3.3.6 or above can support
>r128, but where can I download them and which files need to download ar ?
http://www.xfree86.org/3.3.6/RELNOTES.html
http://www-personal.umich.edu/~mhgraham/UpgradeXfree.html
RedHat 6.0 or higher is a glibc2.1 based distribution if you're confused
about *that*.
--
Matt G / Dances With Crows \###| Programmers are playwrights
There is no Darkness in Eternity \##| Computers are lousy actors
But only Light too dim for us to see \#| Lusers are vicious drama critics
(Unless, of course, you're working with NT)\| BOFHen burn down theatres.
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From: "Palmchai" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How to use xf86config?
Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2000 23:32:56 +0800
Yes, I have the same case, I use microsoft intellimouse (PS/2). U can press
"P" to switch setting and press "A" to test your mouse lor, I find this
method useful to choose the suck mouse in XF86Setup. But now i faced the
problem in suck rage 128 display card lor.
Palmchai
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Eddie <eddieb(at)attglobal(dot)net> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I had the same problem with RH 6.1. When I installed I chose Microsoft
> Intellimouse because that's the mouse I have. Stuck up on top! So I
> re-installed and chose generic 3 button mouse and checked the box at
bottom
> left "emulate three button mouse". When GUI booted no problems. I don't
know
> of another way to fix this prob without a mouse. Hope this helps. Eddie
>
>
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From: David Szlucha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Rage Fury PRO and Linux support
Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2000 15:30:24 GMT
Thanks for the info! Do you know of any way to do this during an install
of Redhat 6.2 since the installer wants to start X right away?
rchau wrote:
>
> David,
> You need to tell the card that your chip is backwards compatible
> with the Rage 128 using the following line in your
> XF86Config File:
>
> ChipId 0x5246
>
> For more info:
>
>
> http://www.angelfire.com/ca/rchau/xconfig.html#Rage128
>
> regards,
> PeAK
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From: Roy Anger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Rage Fury and Red Hat 6.0
Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2000 11:39:20 -0400
You're probably going to want to look into the support that the X-server
has for you video card. You'll want to check www.xfree86.org to see what
version you need and you'll probably need to upgrade from what comes
with
Redhat 6.0
Roy
Bass wrote:
> Hi,
>
> i tested many solutions but unable to configure my ATI Rage Fury to
> work with red hat linux 6.0
>
> Thanks for any help.
>
> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> Before you buy.
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