Linux-Hardware Digest #33, Volume #14 Thu, 14 Dec 00 21:13:09 EST
Contents:
making a Contour Perfit USB mouse work under Linux (Brendan Kehoe)
Can't get floppy to work (Jorge)
Re: ATI Rage Fury (Jorge)
making a Contour USB Perfit mouse work with Linux (Brendan Kehoe)
Re: ATI Rage Fury ("PyrO")
Re: new hard disk (Andrey Vlasov)
D-Link DFE 550 FX ("news.btx.dtag.de")
D-Link DFE 550 FX ("Christian Westphal")
configuration ttyS0 on HP netserver lc2000 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
soundblaster16 PnP plays 16-bit as noise ("Stewart Heitmann")
Which motherboard? (Henning Pedersen)
Re: Running linux on 486 (sik)
Re: D-Link DFE 550 FX (Jens Stomber)
CD key for the PowerDVD 1.6 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
sox: Invalid audio buffer size 0 (Black Cat)
Re: Cable Modem Connecting??? ("Jennifer Sinsley")
Re: Running linux on 486 (Carl Paul)
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From: Brendan Kehoe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: making a Contour Perfit USB mouse work under Linux
Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2000 22:12:39 GMT
I just wanted to take a moment and scribble down these notes, since I'm sure
others have encountered the same problems.
The goal has been to make my Contour Perfit USB mouse (model UP-L-R) work with
my Linux system. The laptop is a Toshiba Portege 3200, and it's running a
very-updated version of RedHat 6.1. (By now it's somewhere between RedHat 6.2
and 7.0, I imagine.) It's running a 2.2.16 kernel, with the USB patch named
usb-2.4.0-test2-pre2-for-2.2.16
from the Linux-USB group at
http://www.suse.cz/development/usb-backport/
http://www.linux-usb.org
Anyway, I got my mouse to work by doing these commands:
insmod usbcore
insmod usb-uhci
insmod input
insmod usbmouse
My kernel build was configured to have
CONFIG_USB=m
CONFIG_USB_DEBUG=y
CONFIG_USB_UHCI=m
CONFIG_USB_MOUSE=m
(actually most of the CONFIG_USB_* stuff is set to be a module)
I then created /dev/usbmouse with:
mknod /dev/usbmouse c 13 32
It uses major device 13 based on the result of doing a cat of /proc/devices,
which listed
13 input
Anyway, after doing that on my non-X console screen, I then did
gpm -k
gpm -t ps2 -m /dev/usbmouse
and it worked! I changed the /dev/mouse symlink to point at `usbmouse', and
with the XF86Config file containing
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "PS2"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "PS/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/mouse"
EndSection
running X (version 4.0.1) seems perfectly happy. Now to make all of that
insmod'ing more automatic.
You don't want to know how long it took to find this correct sequence of
events. :)
B
--
Brendan Kehoe
CTO, nobie.com (http://www.nobie.com/)
-- Finally true Net marketing in .ie
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From: Jorge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Can't get floppy to work
Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2000 22:26:15 GMT
I am unable to I/O to my floppy drive, althoght it has been congured by
the OS when I use 'fdflush' it reports that the following
floppy0: probe failed.
When I 'ls' the /dev/fd0 the file is set to
br----x--t 1 root floppy 2, 0 .....
I tryed the same floppy drive on a Win95 and it worked, which leads me
to accept that it is CLOS where the problem is and not in the floppy
drive.
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From: Jorge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: ATI Rage Fury
Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2000 22:31:12 GMT
I have the same card, and although my monitor is a vga/svga, I get
640x480 with 32 bit colour.
All you have to do is manually modify the XF86Config.
If this is what you are looking for just let me know and I'll give you
the details.
good luck!
Robert wrote:
>
> Hi all!
> anyone been succesful on configuring an ATI Rage Fury under xfree86
> 4.0.1?
> i actually can only get 640x480, which is *pathetic*
>
> please any related information is welcome, thanks very much
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From: Brendan Kehoe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: making a Contour USB Perfit mouse work with Linux
Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2000 22:42:22 +0000
I just wanted to take a moment and scribble down these notes, since I'm sure
others have encountered the same problems. I'd sent an earlier copy of this,
but that was missing a crucial part (the insmod of mousedev). Thus this
revised copy is being sent in its place. I think this information would be a
great addition to the www.contourdesign.com/perfit_linux.htm page, which at
the moment only talks about the PS/2 and Serial uses of the Perfit.
The goal has been to make my Contour Perfit USB mouse (model UP-L-R) work with
my Linux system. The laptop is a Toshiba Portege 3200, and it's running a
very-updated version of RedHat 6.1. (By now it's somewhere between RedHat 6.2
and 7.0, I imagine.) It's running a 2.2.16 kernel, with the USB patch named
usb-2.4.0-test2-pre2-for-2.2.16
from the Linux-USB group at
http://www.suse.cz/development/usb-backport/
http://www.linux-usb.org
(I've started to try out 2.2.18, but have stuck to 2.2.16 due to the system
freezing while loading up serial_cb for my Xircom 10/100 PCMCIA ethernet card.
Long story; suffice it to stay, I'm not investing a lot of time into that yet.)
Anyway, I got my mouse to work by doing these commands:
insmod usbcore
insmod usb-uhci
insmod input
insmod usbmouse
insmod mousedev
My kernel build was configured to have
CONFIG_USB=m
CONFIG_USB_DEBUG=y
CONFIG_USB_UHCI=m
CONFIG_USB_MOUSE=m
(actually most of the CONFIG_USB_* stuff is set to be a module)
I then created /dev/usbmouse with:
mknod /dev/usbmouse c 13 32
It uses major device 13 based on the result of doing a cat of /proc/devices,
which listed
13 input
Anyway, after doing that on my non-X console screen, I then did
gpm -k
gpm -t ps2 -m /dev/usbmouse
and it worked! I changed the /dev/mouse symlink to point at `usbmouse', and
with the XF86Config file containing
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "PS2"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "PS/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/mouse"
EndSection
running X (version 4.0.1) seems perfectly happy. Now to make all of that
insmod'ing more automatic.
You don't want to know how long it took to find this correct sequence of
events. :) In retrospect it sure seems obvious, but...
B
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From: "PyrO" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: ATI Rage Fury
Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2000 22:43:17 GMT
In your XF86Config file, go to the Screen section (I believe its the screen
section) where it shows you the different types of resolution / colour depth
/ etc. Now the first resolution X reads is obviously the first one (in your
case, 640x480). Delete the one that you dont want and have your default /
favorite resolution the first one (instead of 640x480, change it to
1024x768).
Enjoy
.
"Robert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Hi all!
> anyone been succesful on configuring an ATI Rage Fury under xfree86
> 4.0.1?
> i actually can only get 640x480, which is *pathetic*
>
> please any related information is welcome, thanks very much
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From: Andrey Vlasov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: new hard disk
Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2000 23:13:34 GMT
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Ivan Danicic wrote:
> Hello,
> My pc has two hard discs: disk 1 for windows 98, disk 2 for linux (debian).
> I have always accessed disk 1 from linux with the command "mount /dev/hda1"
> (as root) with the corresponding line in /etc/fstab:
> /dev/hda1 /win vfat defaults 0 2
/dev/hda2 /mnt/win2 vfat defaults 0 2
if D: located on extended patition it should be /dev/hda5 instead /dev/hda1
/dev/hd?1-/dev/hd?4 primary partiotions
/dev/hd?5-??????????? extended partiotions
Andrey
>
>
> Now disk 1 has been replaced by a larger one which has had to be partitioned
> into two parts, known to windows 98 as drive C: and drive D:.
> Now the mount command as above accesses C: but not D:. How can I access
> D: from linux?
> Thanks for any suggestions.
> Ivan
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Ivan Danicic wrote:
<blockquote TYPE=CITE>Hello,
<br>My pc has two hard discs: disk 1 for windows 98, disk 2 for linux (debian).
<br>I have always accessed disk 1 from linux with the command "mount /dev/hda1"
<br>(as root) with the corresponding line in /etc/fstab:
<br>/dev/hda1 /win vfat defaults 0
2</blockquote>
/dev/hda2 /mnt/win2 vfat defaults 0 2
<p>if D: located on extended patition it should be /dev/hda5 instead /dev/hda1
<p>/dev/hd?1-/dev/hd?4 primary partiotions
<br>/dev/hd?5-??????????? extended partiotions
<p>Andrey
<blockquote TYPE=CITE>
<p>Now disk 1 has been replaced by a larger one which has had to be partitioned
<br>into two parts, known to windows 98 as drive C: and drive D:.
<br>Now the mount command as above accesses C: but not D:. How can I access
<br>D: from linux?
<br>Thanks for any suggestions.
<br>Ivan
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From: "news.btx.dtag.de" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux.suse,comp.os.linux.networking,de.comp.os.unix.linux.hardware
Subject: D-Link DFE 550 FX
Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2000 00:21:26 +0100
Hi Newsgroup!
Does anybody know, if the D-Link DFE 550 FX NIC works with SuSE Linux 7.0?
If yes: how can I get it to work?
Thanks a lot!
Christian
___________________________________________________________________
Hi Leute!
Weiß jemand von Euch, ob die D-Link DFE 550 FX mit SuSE Linux 7.0
funktioniert?
Wenn ja: wie?
Vielen Dank!
Christian
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From: "Christian Westphal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux.suse,comp.os.linux.networking,de.comp.os.unix.linux.hardware
Subject: D-Link DFE 550 FX
Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2000 00:23:38 +0100
Hi Newsgroup!
Does anybody know, if the D-Link DFE 550 FX NIC works with SuSE Linux 7.0?
If yes: how can I get it to work?
Thanks a lot!
Christian
___________________________________________________________________
Hi Leute!
Weiß jemand von Euch, ob die D-Link DFE 550 FX mit SuSE Linux 7.0
funktioniert?
Wenn ja: wie?
Vielen Dank!
Christian
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: configuration ttyS0 on HP netserver lc2000
Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2000 23:28:21 GMT
Running Redhat 6.1, but with 2.2.17 Kernel. I can't
seem to get my /dev/ttyS0 to work, nor /dev/ttyS1.
I'm trying to install APC Powerchute software for the
SmartUps 2200, but it can't talk to the serial port.
940-0024C is the serial cable used...
Are there special Kernel options for the drivers?
I called HP, and they didn't have a clue.......
Couldnt even tell me the chipset for the uarts..
-Phil C.
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Reply-To: "Stewart Heitmann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
From: "Stewart Heitmann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: soundblaster16 PnP plays 16-bit as noise
Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2000 10:42:19 +1100
Hi all,
does anyone know if 16-bit DMA actually works for
an ISA SoundBlaster16 PnP card running under Linux 2.2.x (RedHat) ?
I can get 8-bit (DMA 1) and MIDI working ok, but 16-bit (DMA 2)
plays sounds overlayed by an awful white noise hiss.
I can still hear the original sound under the hiss if I listen carefully so
things
cant be too far wrong - byte ordering problem perhaps?
Anyway, i've tried every combination of interrupt and port that sndconfig
allows me and still no luck.
Has anyone had this problem too?
stewart heitmann
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From: Henning Pedersen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Which motherboard?
Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2000 18:52:15 -0500
Hej everybody.
I am planning to make a new linux box with dual processor and I have so far
found 3 boards that is ok in price. Is there anyone who has experience with
any of them then I would like to know about it.
the boards are the following:
1. TYAN Tiger230 S2507
2. VP6 Abit Dual FC-PGA Socket
3. EPOX EP-D3VA
Thanks in advance.
Henning.
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From: sik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Running linux on 486
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2000 00:05:46 GMT
Actually.. I'm not planning on even using Gnome or KDE.. or any other
gui.... do you know if there is any linux distro that is small enough
that i could download and fit on a couple of floppies?
On Thu, 14 Dec 2000 07:15:19 GMT, James Richard Tyrer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>sik wrote:
>
>> Hi.. I posted a few days ago about not being able to get linux started
>> on my old 486 when i installed it on this comp (with cdrom) and
>> transferred the hd back... i got it to start, but now i've come up
>> with a problem that i thought i would prob get... i get a kernal panic
>> becuase it was compiled for a pentium, and i'm trying to run it on a
>> 486.. is there anyway to recompile it without starting it? .. or to
>> change the kernal on this comp? or is my only option getting a cdrom
>> and installing it from the 486? .. Thanks for any help!
>
>You have to have a running system to compile a Kernel.
>
>If the Kernel on the CD is compiled for a 586 or 686 it won't work.
>
>Might I suggest that on a 486 that you might want to use Red Hat 5.2 and
>FVWM for the window manager.
>
>And, that you will find that using Gnome or KDE may be too much for it.
>Too slow.
>
>JRT
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From: Jens Stomber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux.suse,comp.os.linux.networking,de.comp.os.unix.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: D-Link DFE 550 FX
Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2000 01:30:11 GMT
Am besten mal unter www.dlink.de die neusten Linux Treiber runterladen. =
In der Knowledge Base wirst du sicherlich einen guten Rat finden.
Mit freundlichen Gr=FC=DFen Jens Stomber
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Urspr=FCngliche Nachricht <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
Am 15.12.00, 00:21:26, schrieb "news.btx.dtag.de"=20
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> zum Thema D-Link DFE 550 FX:
> Hi Newsgroup!
> Does anybody know, if the D-Link DFE 550 FX NIC works with SuSE Linux =
7.0?
> If yes: how can I get it to work?
> Thanks a lot!
> Christian
> ___________________________________________________________________
> Hi Leute!
> Wei=DF jemand von Euch, ob die D-Link DFE 550 FX mit SuSE Linux 7.0
> funktioniert?
> Wenn ja: wie?
> Vielen Dank!
> Christian
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Subject: CD key for the PowerDVD 1.6
Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2000 01:37:56 GMT
I lost the CD key for my PowerDVD 1.6 CD-ROM. If you happen to have it,
please send it to me at [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I really appreciate that.
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From: Black Cat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: sox: Invalid audio buffer size 0
Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2000 18:58:04 -0700
I'm trying to get my linux box to use the Sound Blaster card, but when
I try to play a sound bit from play, it gives me this error.
I've made sure that the irq, io, and dma settings were correct. I
cross referenced them with the win98 that's running on it and the
modprobe in the startup scripts. The /dev/sndstat looks like this:
root@remsik:/fat-d/desktop/Sounds# cat /dev/sndstat
OSS/Free:3.8s2++-971130
Load type: Driver loaded as a module
Kernel: Linux remsik 2.2.16 #97 Fri Jun 16 19:45:30 PDT 2000 i686
Config options: 0
Installed drivers:
Card config:
Audio devices:
0: Sound Blaster 16 (4.12) (DUPLEX)
Synth devices:
0: Yamaha OPL3
Midi devices:
Timers:
0: System clock
Mixers:
0: Sound Blaster
root@remsik:/fat-d/desktop/Sounds#
I'm running a slackware 7.1.
Pleaze help, this is starting to get on my nerves..
Ron
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From: "Jennifer Sinsley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Cable Modem Connecting???
Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2000 02:05:11 GMT
It is the right adapter.. the SMC 2202. I am just having trouble finding
out how to install it
"Keith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:QV7_5.147554$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> On Thu, 14 Dec 2000 13:14:41 GMT, Jennifer Sinsley
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > In my device manager it says EZ Connect USB/Eithernet Converter. The
Driver
> > manufacture is SMC. I can not find any numbers... and in Control
Panel
> > and Network... it says EZ Connect USB / Eithernet Converter. Doesn't
give
> > driver info
>
> There has to be a number on your SMC USB device. Look at your USB device
and
> not the software or control panel. It should at least have a FCC-ID number
on it.
>
>
>
> >
> >
> >
> > scribe/Grpahics-magic
> > "Keith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> > news:iE2_5.146873$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > > On Thu, 14 Dec 2000 06:23:06 GMT, Jennifer Sinsley
> > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > Anyone here on the @Home system?? I just got Slackware 7.1 with the
> > latest
> > > > kernel for USB support. My network adapter for @Home is USB. Cany
> > anyone
> > > > direct me is getting it to work with Linux? I am stuck in Windows
for
> > > > internet usage because I also have a winmodem which doesn't work in
> > Linux.
> > > >
> > >
> > > What USB device do you have? If it is the SMC 2202 then you can use
> > > the Pegasus driver. See http://www.scyld.com/
> > > also see http://www.linux-usb.org/
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > >
> > > Best Regards,
> > >
> > > Keith (Use Reply-to for email)
> > > Avertir ce page Web est illégal pour visualiser en France.
> > > --
> > > Where do you discover free software for Windows? Strongsignals DOT COM
is
> > a
> > > great place to start: http://Strongsignals.com "Where would
Christianity
> > be
> > > if Jesus got eight to fifteen years with time off for good behavior?"
NY
> > > State Senator James Donovan, speaking in support of capital
punishment.
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>
> --
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Keith (Use Reply-to for email)
> Avertir ce page Web est illégal pour visualiser en France.
> --
> Where do you discover free software for Windows? Strongsignals DOT COM is
a
> great place to start: http://Strongsignals.com "Where would Christianity
be
> if Jesus got eight to fifteen years with time off for good behavior?" NY
> State Senator James Donovan, speaking in support of capital punishment.
>
>
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From: Carl Paul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Running linux on 486
Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2000 21:28:00 -0500
sik wrote:
>
> Actually.. I'm not planning on even using Gnome or KDE.. or any other
> gui.... do you know if there is any linux distro that is small enough
> that i could download and fit on a couple of floppies?
>
Try http://www.toms.net/rb/home.html
In addition to the main attraction (tomsrtbt) he has links to many other
small distros...
Carl
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