Linux-Hardware Digest #523, Volume #13 Sun, 3 Sep 00 23:13:09 EDT
Contents:
linksys card w/no drivers ("david")
Free CompUSA drawing tablet; need Linux drivers (Brian Hall)
Re: Promise ATA100 and Linux ("Christian Lagerberg")
Panasonic PV-L779K camcorder ("Andrew P. Billyard")
How to get an lpd printer to *not* wait for an entire file to spool (Edwin Van Hoeke)
Re: why lots of bad hardware suddenly discovered upon linux (Lyndon)
Re: A7V, Promise and Linux
Re: How To Boot Window$ Or Linux ??? (Steven Fosdick)
Re: Printers with Linux (Steven Fosdick)
Re: Need help configuring soundcard ("A-Tuin ®")
Re: Using serial ports from another machine (Josh Rovero)
Re: Need help configuring soundcard (RogerB)
SMP with Mandrake 7.1 and dual CPU performance ??? (peter)
Re: Promise ATA100 and Linux (Allen Wong)
Re: IEEE 488 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
riptide soundcard ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Is there a patch for the 60Gig Maxtor hard disk? (Mike Martinez)
Re: Need help configuring soundcard (Garry Knight)
Re: installing linux (SOMERTON KENNEDY)
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From: "david" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: linksys card w/no drivers
Date: Sun, 3 Sep 2000 17:31:42 -0400
does anyone know where I can the tulip.c file for the linksys network card.
they aren't on the disk or the website
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Brian Hall)
Subject: Free CompUSA drawing tablet; need Linux drivers
Date: Sun, 03 Sep 2000 22:06:02 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I picked up a "free" SkidDoodle kid's computer drawing tablets from
CompUSA today. Tried using the Watcom Xfree86 driver module; no dice. I'm
guessing the tablet is actually made by Watcom, but there is no mention of
them anywhere. Are there Linux drivers available to give this even partial
functionality? If it doesn't work, I can live with it, assuming the $50
rebate actually arrives.
Info from the bottom of the tablet:
SkidDooble Drawing Tablet
model #1722
KB Gear Interactive
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http://www.bigfoot.com/~brihall
Linux Consultant
A computer's attention span is as long as it's power cord.
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From: "Christian Lagerberg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.asus,alt.os.linux.slackware,comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Promise ATA100 and Linux
Date: Sun, 03 Sep 2000 22:10:47 GMT
"Allen Wong" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:8ou8n5$oev$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> In alt.os.linux.slackware Christian Lagerberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Anyone have a disk image with a working ATA100 driver that i can use to boot
> > and install Slackware on this box ? The promise controller is named PDC20265
> > on the Asus A7V mainboard.
> Go to http://zuul.slackware.com and download the ata66 boot disk (it also
> supports ata100). HTH
>
> Allen
> --
> Linux: If you're not careful, you might actually learn something.
> 12:00pm up 3 days, 12:38, 5 users, load average: 2.00, 2.01, 2.00
Aha. many thanks but i tried the ata66.i from slack 7.1 current cdrom, didnt work for
me. Failed to detect my IBM 75GXP ata100 disk.
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From: "Andrew P. Billyard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Panasonic PV-L779K camcorder
Date: Sun, 03 Sep 2000 22:12:12 GMT
I have a Panasonic PV-L779K camcorder which can take stills which are
saved on a 2Meg Flash card. The camcorder can be hooked up to the
computer via the serial port and the stills downloaded...all via a
program written for Windows. Is there support for camcorders in Linux?
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From: Edwin Van Hoeke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.periphs.printers,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: How to get an lpd printer to *not* wait for an entire file to spool
Date: Sun, 03 Sep 2000 17:18:11 -0500
I need to do some high-volume/high-speed printing (about 1,000,000 pages
of reports) under Linux, but I have found that the printing system
(LPRng) waits for the *entire* document to be sent to the printer before
printing even the first line.
How hard could this be? In Windows, there is an option (which doesn't
work for lpd printers) that says to start printing immediately, as soon
as the first page is received. I want to do something similar in Linux,
because the spool file that's being created would be around 3 GB in
size.
Incidentally, the reports I am printing are being created through a
shell pipeline, so there doesn't even *need* to be a file.
I think the hardware is irrelevant in this case, but here's the setup:
Linux box: (PII/500, 256MB RAM, RedHat Linux 6.0 completely patched)
Printer: HP LaserJet 8000
Has anyone done something like this before? I am about ready to start
hacking the lpd source, but don't want to reinvent the wheel.
Thanks-
evh
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E. Van Hoeke
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From: Lyndon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.mandrake,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: why lots of bad hardware suddenly discovered upon linux
Date: Sun, 03 Sep 2000 15:21:38 -0700
Don't give up dude. It took me 3 months to get my Mandrake 7.0 running
like my other computer with the leading brand OS. It was worth it I
believe, now I have a computer that can do tricks :)
Dan Jacobson wrote:
>
> Often I see postings like
>
> > > Well I am exhausted. I am forced to accept the reality, Mandrake 7.1
> is
> > > beyond my abilities. To those who have installed Mandrake 7.1 you have
> > > my complete admiration. With more than 25 years of computer
> experience,
> > > much of it in Unix, I am totally defeated.
>
> > What errors do you get? Signal 11 or 7 can mean you have a bad memory
> chip
> > in RAM or cache. Refusal of X to test/start can be an unfriendly video
> > card. Do you get disk geometry errors? Are you using anything SCSI? Have
> > you tried an install with the system stripped to the bare essentials?
>
> True, good possibilities, but I still see a lot of postings where lots of
> bad hardware is suddenly discovered upon Linux installations... One would
> wonder why didn't these problems didn't appear before they changed from
> other leading brand OS...
> --
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From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: A7V, Promise and Linux
Crossposted-To: alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.asus
Date: Mon, 04 Sep 2000 09:33:46 +1000
I have now my Linux, working with the Onboard Promise Controller.
i had no problems applying, the patch. If you are using alsa driver,
you have to re-install them again, after each new kernel compile.
This will fix your "Can't locate module emu10k". This is mentioned
in the als readme's.
Regards,
Horst Simon
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
In article <8ortso$i3i$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Jason Souder"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Either of you have trouble after applying the patch? My network card and
> sound card (both PCI) failed to work after applying the patch. I did a
> make oldconfig after installing the patch, but it did not seem to work.
> I had to do a make menuconfig and alter all the settings. My network
> card works, but my sound card still fails on startup,
>
> "Can't locate module emu10k"
>
> Any ideas? Jason
>
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:8ok3j9$jhh$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>> Goto www.linux-ide.org and get the latest patch to 2.2.16, it has
>> promise support and it works for my a7v...
>>
>> In article <go6r5.1433$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
>> "Horst Simon" < > wrote:
>> > I just recently changed from a K6-2/450 to a Duron-700. First I had a
>> Epox M/B,
>> > all worked ok with this mothermoard, except power on. After a soft
>> power off, I could
>> > not power on with the front panel power switch. I had to power off/on
>> on the power
>> > supply. This happened only when it was powered off more then 4-5
>> hours.
>> > Since I didn't wan't to crawl under the desk for power on I decided
>> > to
>> return the epox
>> > board and spend more money for a ASUS A7V, because I had good
>> experience with
>> > the early ASUS Pentium boards. When I started up for the first time,
>> > I got constant blue screens in
>> W2000 and NT4, Linux
>> > got disk errors and segmentation faults. I swapped my memory around
>> > into different slots a few times and it
>> hasn't failed since this
>> > time. I have an A7V with the dip-switches and bios 1002. SB-LIVE in
>> > slot 3 Nvidia TNT2 32MB AGP Card INTEL 10/100 eepro in slot 5 Seagate
>> > 20MB ST320423 CD-ROM Memorex 48x
>> > 256MB memory 133's, which are 2 x 128MB. One module is TT and the
>> other Hyundai.
>> >
>> > I have the normal BIOS settings and the memory set to 133. Installed
>> additional chassis fan.
>> >
>> > The system has W2K, NT4 and SuSE Linux 6.4. I have not encountered
>> > any
>> problems, after
>> > sorting out the inital problems, which were probably not well seated
>> memory modules.
>> >
>> > Now I try to get the Promise ATA100 controller working under Linux.
>> > It
>> works very well under
>> > NT4 and W2K, after installing the drivers from VIA and Promise, but
>> Linux can not recognize
>> > any drive on the Promise/ATA100 controller.
>> >
>> > Anyone aware of any drivers for Linux?
>> >
>> > Regards, Horst Simon
>> >
>> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> >
>>
>>
>> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Before you buy.
>
>
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From: Steven Fosdick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How To Boot Window$ Or Linux ???
Date: Sat, 02 Sep 2000 12:53:42 +0000
In article <O9Ur5.45741$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"kurt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I Have 2 HD
> on hda1 there is Windows
> on hdb1 there is BestLinux
> on hdb2 is the swap file
>
> but when I'm trying to boot, it just strats windows ....
> isn't there a way to have a screen on the startup , so I can choose with OS
> I wanna Use ???
When the BIOS is looking round for something to boot it loads the
first sector from the first hard disk and executes it. In your case it
will find the DOS MBR which in turn will boot the partition marked
as active on the first drive which is obviously windows.
The DOS MBR code doesn't look at a second disk - it assumes the
OS will do that once it's booted.
So what we need to do is replace the DOS MBR with something
else which can load an OS from the other disk and which will
also offer the choice. The standard unix boot loader called LILO
can do this if you tell it to take over the MBR. You tell it (via
the config file) where each OS is to be found, and which
should be the default if no-one types anything then run the
/sbin/lilo program to install it in the relavent place. There is some
documentation on LILO which should help. On my system it is
installed in /usr/doc/lilo but on your system it may be slightly
different.
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From: Steven Fosdick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Printers with Linux
Date: Sat, 02 Sep 2000 13:04:11 +0000
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Person 7) wrote:
> Hello.
> I have a printer (EPSON STYLUS 670 on LPT1) and the drivers are only
> for Windows. Will I be able to use the printer with Linux?
Yes.
I have one of these too and I have it working.
For printing text you can just send it straight to the printer - the printer
has a simple text mode. You may have to fiddle with the options to
avoid the step ladder effect though.
To print graphics you will probably have to go via ghostscript which
does postscript to raster conversion and use the ghostscript driver
for this printer. The driver is called stp and is part of the gimp project.
I forget where I got it from but the README file mentions
http://gimp-print.sourceforge.net so that's worth a try.
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From: "A-Tuin ®" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,alt.os.linux.mandrake,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Need help configuring soundcard
Date: Sun, 03 Sep 2000 23:11:39 GMT
I had problems loading the sound module when I installed the standard kernel
but when I installed the fb kernel I had no problems at all, alternativly
download the drivers from open.creative.com I think.
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"Mike" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:aFys5.1$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Im running Linux-Mandrake 7.1 and have a SoundBlaster Live! Value
soundcard.
> harddrake and sndconfig find it but I cant hear anything when i do a Test.
> What can I do to get sound?
>
>
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From: Josh Rovero <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Using serial ports from another machine
Date: Sun, 03 Sep 2000 23:45:26 GMT
"Felix E. Klee" wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I own a laptop without a serial port. However I would occasionally
> like to use a graphics tablet which connects to a serial port.
>
> Is it possible to map the serial port from another machine to the
> laptop via a network?
Yes this is very possible. Look for termpkg, which contains
termnetd. This allows network connections to a serial
port.
Title: termnet
Version: 3.1
Entered-date: 08JAN00
Description: Terminal server daemon and simple telnet like client.
Allows access to one or more serial ports through the
telnet protocol. Can be configured to connect in a one to
one relation of telnet ports to serial ports or in a
round-robin fashion where one telnet port serves many
serial ports.
Keywords: telnet serial terminal server.
Author: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Joe Croft)
Maintained-by:
Primary-site: www.croftj.net/~termpkg
64.1KB termpkg-3.1.tgz
Alternate-site: sunsite.unc.edu /pub/Linux/system/network/serial
64.1KB termpkg-3.1.tgz
Original-site:
Platforms: Linux, SCO5, OSF/1 AIX FreeBSD
Copying-policy: GPL
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (RogerB)
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,alt.os.linux.mandrake,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Need help configuring soundcard
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Mon, 04 Sep 2000 00:40:26 GMT
Check the mixer and see if it's not turned down suse
does this.
On Sun, 3 Sep 2000 16:40:49 -0400, Mike <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Im running Linux-Mandrake 7.1 and have a SoundBlaster Live! Value soundcard.
>harddrake and sndconfig find it but I cant hear anything when i do a Test.
>What can I do to get sound?
>
>
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From: peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,alt.linux
Subject: SMP with Mandrake 7.1 and dual CPU performance ???
Date: Sun, 03 Sep 2000 21:33:13 -0400
I've been given a mobo that can handle 2 p233mmx cpus and I'm
wondering if Mandrake 7.1 is automatically SMP enabled or do I have to
re-compile the kernel ???
Now a question about performance, I know every application might not
utilize both processors, and I won't see twice the performance over 1
p233mmx, but what should I expect ?
My other linux machines are a Cyrix 366 (2.5x100bus) AMD K6-2 350
(3.5x100) and now the p233mmx (3.5x66).
I would give the performance advantage to the machines with the faster
bus speeds, BUT the dual board has ultra-wide SCSI...so what do you
think ???
How would the dual board function as a server compared to the others?
How about some number crunching, like SETI, etc ???
Thanks,
Peter
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Allen Wong)
Crossposted-To:
alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.asus,alt.os.linux.slackware,comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Promise ATA100 and Linux
Date: 4 Sep 2000 01:07:33 GMT
In alt.os.linux.slackware Christian Lagerberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Go to http://zuul.slackware.com and download the ata66 boot disk (it also
>> supports ata100). HTH
>>
> Aha. many thanks but i tried the ata66.i from slack 7.1 current cdrom, didnt work for
> me. Failed to detect my IBM 75GXP ata100 disk.
I believe that the ata66 boot disk at http://zuul.slackware.com is different
from the one that came on the CD. The above website is sort of an "unofficial"
site that the Slackware developers use for experimental projects like autoslack.It's
not an "official" boot disk, but it was created by the Slackware developers.
Allen
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6:00pm up 3 days, 18:38, 5 users, load average: 2.02, 2.01, 2.00
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: IEEE 488
Date: Mon, 04 Sep 2000 01:58:38 GMT
In article <8nkjbv$o76$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Noble Pepper" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Anybody have recommendations on software and interface hardware for
IEEE-488?
>
>
You might want to try buying and installing LabView or use kernel 2.0
and try the stuff at http://www.llp.fu-berlin.de/
I do not know why they dont have support for kernel 2.2 there yet, the
site seems to have been dead since 1998.
Best regards
Olafur Jens Sigurdsson
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: riptide soundcard
Date: Mon, 04 Sep 2000 02:02:49 GMT
Hello
I was wondering if anyone out there has got the riptide soundcard from
Rockwell to work. If so then could you please tell me where I can find
the driver for that card. I contacted the author and he told me that it
was to be found at the hp-linux.org but I couldnt find it there and
neither on the official hp linux page.
Please help me, Im getting crazy not being able to listen to anything
here at work.
Best regards
Olafur Jens Sigurdsson
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
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From: Mike Martinez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development
Subject: Is there a patch for the 60Gig Maxtor hard disk?
Date: Sun, 03 Sep 2000 21:49:06 -0400
I need a patch for kernel 2.2.16-3 so it can use the whole 60gig of my
Maxtor disk.
--
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System Administrator
Systems Engineering and Security, Inc.
Onsite at National Centers for Environmental Prediction
301.763.8000 x7172
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From: Garry Knight <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,alt.os.linux.mandrake,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Need help configuring soundcard
Date: Mon, 4 Sep 2000 03:19:56 +0100
"Mike" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Im running Linux-Mandrake 7.1 and have a SoundBlaster Live! Value soundcard.
>harddrake and sndconfig find it but I cant hear anything when i do a Test.
>What can I do to get sound?
Did you check the mixer volume levels? Try kmix or aumix.
--
Garry Knight
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: SOMERTON KENNEDY <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: installing linux
Date: Mon, 04 Sep 2000 02:48:46 GMT
try woven goods for linux
Michael Rosel wrote:
>
> Hello everybody!!!
>
> I am very much new to Linux and I want to have informations about it.
> --What do I need
> --limitations
> --how to
>
> Can anyone refer me to a very informative site.
> I am planning to install linux on a Compaq deskpro 5120 (pentium 120Mhz)
> series and on a Deskpro 4000 (pentium 166) series.
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