Linux-Hardware Digest #245
Linux-Hardware Digest #245, Volume #14 Thu, 25 Jan 01 03:13:07 EST
Contents:
Re: Open GL setup - slow graphics!! (Marcus Lauer)
How to setup 3c905c in Debian ? (Wong Sai-kee)
HELP: Kernel panic on first reboot after install of RH6.0 ("MisterD")
Re: hdparm (Tim)
pppd (Jeff Moore)
Re: Still confused on UDMA support (Rich Carreiro)
Re: popping sound card (Tim)
Grub ("Brian")
Re: Im curius...why is ISA modem cost more than PCI modem?? ("kellyboy")
Re: Any of 2.2.x not have CPUID problem with AMD CPUs? ("japhilp")
Re: Prosessor type in xconfig ("japhilp")
Re: Hard drive gone totally unrepairablely bad?? ("kellyboy")
Re: Cable question (Ray)
Re: HELP: Linux stepper motor control (E J)
Re: AMR modem & CS4280 sound chib (Ray)
HP DeskJet 932C Driver is needed ("Joshua Robinson")
Re: Compatibility (Ray)
Re: Hard drive gone totally unrepairablely bad?? (Ray)
Re: Hard drive gone totally unrepairablely bad?? (Ray)
Re: ISA Modems. Suggestions? (Ray)
Re: Cheap PCI Hardware Modem (Ray)
Problems with archiving to tape ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
From: Marcus Lauer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Open GL setup - slow graphics!!
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2001 21:06:41 -0800
Tomas Andersen wrote:
> Hi.
>
> I just installed the Mesa-lib GL on my linux OS.
> I am running Linux on a Duron 700MHz machine with a Matrox G400 Max
> graphic card.
> When I run Quake III or other games that use GL the graphics are really
> slow!!
>
> Does anyone know why??
>
> Tomas Andersen
>
Yup. Mesa is nice and complete, but it's not fast. Like X itself,
it's designed so that it can be used over a network. Thus it wastes time
acting like there was a network separating your GL-using program and you X
server. What you want is the appropriate GLX module. GLX runs much faster,
since it lets the GL-using program draw graphics directly.
What version of X are you using?
Marcus
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From: Wong Sai-kee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: How to setup 3c905c in Debian ?
Date: 25 Jan 2001 05:27:01 GMT
Thanks to the nn, I got the mouse problem fixed, but then I had problem
on setting up the network. I installed the 3c905c and downloaded the
driver from 3com site and according to the instructions:
Compile the loadable kernel
config the modules.conf (it was not updated in the readme)
insmod
reboot
But the insmod reportes Unresolved symbolic references.
Any hints ?
Further, I believed the Linux developed so far should be able to detect
most hardware and help the admin to config the hardware a lot. But I found
my perception is quite wrong.
And, is the Debian very troublesome distribution ? I browsed through
several Linux sites, and believed that the Debian is not as easy install
as Red hat but should be good for professional (not in Linux but in
Unix). But I found that the installation/configuration process for Debian
is really troublesome. Its difficult to look for the info you needed
from the CD-ROM and sites and also the dselect and dpkg are very trouble
to use.
Should I switch to other package like Red-hat ? Or all the distribution
suffer from more or less the similar problem ?
SK
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From: "MisterD" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: HELP: Kernel panic on first reboot after install of RH6.0
Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2001 05:36:59 GMT
Greetings,
Just recently built a new machine to take the place of my currently tired
old firewall. It's a 486 DX4/100-SE w/ 32 MB RAM (4 x 8MB 72-pin (non-EDO)),
4 PCI, 3 ISA, 1 VLB, chipset is UMC (kernel reports UM8886BF). Drives are 1
x Maxtor 540S (540MB) and 1 x Seagate ST14200 (1GB) hooked to an Adaptec
2940 SCSI controller (PCI), has an 8-bit mono video card (ATI) and 3 Intel
EtherExpress Pro/10 ISA NIC's (PnP), only 1 setup for install purposes.
Everything seems to work fine during the install of RH6.0, via FTP from an
internal server. Once the install has finished, on the first reboot after,
it stops at the last line below everytime ...
... snipped ...
UM8886BF: port 0x01f0 already claimed by ide0
UM8886BF: port 0x0170 already claimed by ide1
UM8886BF: neither IDE port enabled (BIOS)
Floppy drive(s): fd0 is 1.44M
FDC 0 is an 8272A
md driver 0.90.0 MAX_MD_DEVS=256, MAX_REAL=12
raid5: measuring checksuming speed
8regs : 78.105 MB/sec
32regs : 61.341 MB/sec
using fastest function: 8regs (78.105 MB/sec)
scsi : 0 hosts.
scsi : detected total.
md.c: sizeof(mdp_super_t) = 4096
Partition check:
autodetecting RAID arrays
autorun ...
... autorun DONE.
request_module[block-major-8]: Root fs not mounted
VFS: Cannot open root device 08:01
Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 08:01
I've tried different boot parameters (root=/dev/sda1 and linear), didn't
work. I've tried another SCSI controller, a 2940W dual channel,
Linux-Hardware Digest #244
Linux-Hardware Digest #244, Volume #14 Thu, 25 Jan 01 00:13:07 EST
Contents:
Re: Im curius...why is ISA modem cost more than PCI modem?? ("NervousSpear")
Re: Cheap PCI Hardware Modem (Bob Hauck)
Re: RAID 1 terabyte on linux - advice needed (Cokey de Percin)
SMC 1211 Network Card - Problems with Kernel 2.4 ("Brian")
Re: Soundcard: YMF744 and optical output ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: RH 7.0 & ATA100 on Asus A7V ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: driver for isdn-modem ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: popping sound card ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: iomega zip slow (Dances With Crows)
Re: Can I use joystick at linux? (Dances With Crows)
Re: Im curius...why is ISA modem cost more than PCI modem?? ("kellyboy")
Re: WACOM drivers at http://lepied.com/xfree86/ - what format? ("David L. Johnson")
Re: beowulf clusters (Jeff Moore)
Re: Im curius...why is ISA modem cost more than PCI modem?? (GWM3)
Re: Hard drive gone totally unrepairablely bad?? (Jeff Moore)
savage 4 in redhat 7.0 ("Henry")
Re: MSI K7T-Pro2A+HP9100i+Linux doesn't work. Why? (Marcus Lauer)
From: "NervousSpear" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Im curius...why is ISA modem cost more than PCI modem??
Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2001 21:48:23 -0500
"kellyboy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Why is ISA modem cost more than PCI modem??
>
Because the ISA modem contains a processor for decoding and encoding analog
signal. A PCI modem uses software to use CPU to decoding and encoding. The
software is cheaper that the hardware, but the hardware modem puts less work
on the system, so that you get better CPU performance.
> kellyboy
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bob Hauck)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Cheap PCI Hardware Modem
Reply-To: bobh{at}haucks{dot}org
Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2001 02:43:51 GMT
On 25 Jan 2001 00:27:11 GMT, Bernd Eckenfels <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Is the PCI Bus fast enough for modern Modems?
Modern modems are well within the capabilities of ISA.
--
-| Bob Hauck
-| To Whom You Are Speaking
-| http://www.haucks.org/
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From: Cokey de Percin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.alpha
Subject: Re: RAID 1 terabyte on linux - advice needed
Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2001 02:32:00 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> In comp.os.linux.alpha Janne Sinkkonen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>
> >> The situation is _exactly_ the same one for x86 boards with this
> >> difference that I do not recall ever seeing x86 machine with a builtin
> >> SCSI controller. But maybe there are some?
>
> > Asus makes (or has made) motherboards with LVD SCSI controllers.
>
> Well, ok. So I did not see these "higher end" x86 boards. :-) I am
> not that surprised.
>
> OTOH I did run experiments with sym53c1010 controller from Intraserver
> on Linux/Alpha, and suitable drives, and a speed reported on a bus was
[snip]
One model of the Tyan 'Thunder 2500' comes with a onboard dual channel
sym53c1010 controller.
Cokey
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F. 'Cokey' de Percin, DBA Email:
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Columbia, South Carolina Home - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "Brian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: SMC 1211 Network Card - Problems with Kernel 2.4
Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2001 02:59:10 GMT
Hi,
I just compiled the 2.4 kernel under Mandrake 7.2...
Everything worked great (I thought)... No error messages or anything when
compiling...
On booting, however, with the new 2.4 kernel I noticed that eth0 failed,
which suggests that my network card was incorrectly selected when I set up
the new kernel.
My question is, which card should I select, that supports the SMC 1211, when
setting this kernel up?
Thank you for any help... =)
Note: Please send a copy of any replies to -> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Thanks again!
- Brian -
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Soundcard: YMF744 and optical output
Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2001 11:21:16 GMT
Stephan Rottmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: Hi !
: I have a sound-card with the Yamaha YMF744-chip under SuSE 7.0 with alsa...
: Now, i want to use the optical output.
: What have I to do to get a signal to the optical line ?
I'm assuming your card is otherwise up and running.
Find the file named "asound.conf". Most likely in "/etc".
Look for an entry:
switch("S/PDIF MixerOut",true) .
It either may say "false" instead of "true", or it may not exist.
Change it to "true", or create it.
Then, as root, execute the command "alsactl restore".
This should switch the
Linux-Hardware Digest #243
Linux-Hardware Digest #243, Volume #14 Wed, 24 Jan 01 21:13:03 EST
Contents:
ISA Modems. Suggestions? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Cheap PCI Hardware Modem (Josh Stern)
Re: AMR modem & CS4280 sound chib (Hossam Hossny)
Re: Cheap PCI Hardware Modem (Bernd Eckenfels)
Im curius...why is ISA modem cost more than PCI modem?? ("kellyboy")
5th Annual Linux Showcase & Conference: Call for Papers (Sasha Keller)
HELP: Linux can't access 1024MB (Chuck Reese)
Tape Backup Configuration ("J. J.")
Re: Genius Netmouse Pro under Linux-Mandrake 7.2 / XF86 4.01 ("Anonymous Bob")
Re: Cheap PCI Hardware Modem (Josh Stern)
Re: upgrading/adding a 2nd drive ("Brian")
Any of 2.2.x not have CPUID problem with AMD CPUs? (Rich Carreiro)
Still confused on UDMA support (Rich Carreiro)
Re: RAID 1 terabyte on linux - advice needed ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Still confused on UDMA support ("Rinaldi J. Montessi")
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: ISA Modems. Suggestions?
Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2001 00:03:55 GMT
I need an isa modem for my freesco router. 56 k modem. I found a Modem
Blaster 56 k on mwave.com. Will a modem blaster work w/ minor setup
problems or tweaking? What isa modem do you suggest? I would get an
external but it is on a 386 and the freesco site said that internal is
better with the old compters because they had slow comm ports.
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Cheap PCI Hardware Modem
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Josh Stern)
Date: 25 Jan 2001 00:19:47 GMT
I know this issue comes up a lot, so I just wanted
to report that http://www.mwave.com is
selling these http://www.archtek.com/pcv.html
for $38 USD and the one I got works great connecting
to several different sites. The chipset is
made by 'Topic'.
Please note that the "support" in the package for Linux
is useless (no documentation and a libc5 binary of
unknown purpose). What needs to be done under linux
is to look in /proc/pci for the assigned interrupt and
port of the card and then configure your startup
appropriately (e.g. /etc/serial.conf entry on Debian),
or use 'setserial' dynamically yourself.
Anyway, bottom line is that there is at least one
cheap, competent, PCI hardware modem out there.
-= Josh
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From: Hossam Hossny <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: AMR modem & CS4280 sound chib
Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2001 00:10:23 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ray) wrote:
> On Wed, 24 Jan 2001 01:02:40 GMT, Hossam Hossny <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> >hi all
> >this is about AMR modems again
> >well I have i810 MB with i810 video card & crystal CS4280 sound chib
> >built-in.
> >my modem is volcano AMR modem (ICH82801AA chib on it).
> >so easily I managed to configure the video card with support from
Intel
> >website. I had troubles configuring the sound chib even after using
> >ALSA drivers which I discovered that their drivers configure the
chibs
> >built on cards (not built in the MB) like they got a module
called "snd-
> >card-cs461x" but the module I should use is "snd-cs461x" which is
> >already provided in my linux distribution and loaded successfully BUT
> >with no sound in the end !!!
>
> I'm pretty sure that snd-card-cs461x is correct regardless of weather
your
> sound card is built into the motherboard or not.
>
> --
> Ray
>
I'm afraid that it's not !
when I do "modprobe snd-card-cs461x" it gives me "device busy or not
found" error !
also, when I do "cat /proc/modules" or "lsmod" it lists all the sound
modules loaded succefully but "not used" !!!
I think I should use "amixer" to unmute the sound.
anyway..any other ideas??
Sent via Deja.com
http://www.deja.com/
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From: Bernd Eckenfels <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Cheap PCI Hardware Modem
Date: 25 Jan 2001 00:27:11 GMT
In comp.os.linux.networking Josh Stern <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Anyway, bottom line is that there is at least one
> cheap, competent, PCI hardware modem out there.
Is the PCI Bus fast enough for modern Modems?
Greetings
Bernd
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From: "kellyboy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Im curius...why is ISA modem cost more than PCI modem??
Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2001 18:37:17 -0600
Why is ISA modem cost more than PCI modem??
kellyboy
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From: Sasha Keller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: 5th Annual Linux Showcase & Conference: Call for Papers
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2001 17:08:31 -0800
5th Annual Linux Showcase & Conference (ALS 2001)
November 6-10, 2001
Oakland, CA USA
http://www.linuxshowcase.org
Sponsored by USENIX and the Atlanta Linux Showcase, Inc.,
in cooperat
Linux-Hardware Digest #242
Linux-Hardware Digest #242, Volume #14 Wed, 24 Jan 01 19:13:10 EST
Contents:
Any known problems with IWill's Motherboard KK266 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
matrox g400 max dualhead + Abit kt7-raid (the Everrambling and MultiSyllabic Sean
DEE)
Re: Printing to Epson Stylus 980 over USB cable? (Anders Skovsted Buch)
Dell/Linux Tape Backup Settings ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Promise Fasttrack 100 RAID 0 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Setting up SuSE 6.1 on a laptop ("John B")
Re: Sound Blaster PRO slow sound (Martin Daur)
Re: upgrading/adding a 2nd drive (Trevor Hemsley)
Re: Orinoco / PCI ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Compatibility ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Promise IDE Controller on Dell PowerEdge 1400 (IRQ problem?) (Eric R. Jorgensen)
Re: changing motherboards (Juergen Sauer)
HELP: Linux stepper motor control ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Orinoco / PCI ("Peter T. Breuer")
Re: USR 5610 and 2.4.0 (Paul Pygeon)
Re: Cable question ("Rinaldi J. Montessi")
Re: upgrading/adding a 2nd drive ("Rinaldi J. Montessi")
Re: Home made Small(est) open HW (schematics) to run (Embedded)Linux (Hartmann
Schaffer)
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Any known problems with IWill's Motherboard KK266
Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2001 20:55:13 GMT
Hi Linux fans,
I am planing to build new machine based on Iwill's mothermoard
KK266,"Iwill Socket A ATA /100 266 FSB". Did anybody used this
motherboard and had any problems? It has following specs.
CPU TYPE:
Supports Socket A for AMD Athlon and Duron Processors
Supports Athlon Processors from 700 MHz to 1.2 GHz and Higher
Supports Duron Processors from 600 MHz to 800 MHz and Higher
Supports Adjustable Vcore & VIO
Chipset
VIA Apollo KT133A Chipset (North Bridge Controller)
VIA VT82C686B Chipset (South Bridge Controller)
C-Media CMI8378 Sound Chip
Bus Frequency:
Supports DDR 266/200 MHz FSB
MicroStepping Iwill CPU Frequency Setting
Bye-Bye Jumper Iwill Smart Setting (Software CPU Frequency Setting)
On Board IDE
Dual ATA 100/66/33 IDE Channels
Supports ATAPI IDE CD-ROM, ZIP-100 & LS-120
Thanks for any info.
Naresh.
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http://www.deja.com/
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From: the Everrambling and MultiSyllabic Sean DEE <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: matrox g400 max dualhead + Abit kt7-raid
Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2001 13:08:48 -0800
Has any one experienced any issues regarding this combination in
linux? I have several distros lying around here, so there is no
preference other than supporting sound and 3d applications as well as
using the second monitor out put to T.V.
there is other hardware to be put in the slots as well
(yes currently I am writing this from a win32 partition due to the
cisco 605 dsl card- patiently waiting on a cisco 675)
ram: at least 2(Micron/ST 128M PC100 8ns)
Soundblaster pci128 + interact propad 6
3com etherlink 3c905b ethernet card
possibly a scsi card with symbios 53C875 chip, the kouwell 801v75
usb(?) devices: 1. efilm reader-4 (for smartmedia cards from camera)
2. Wacom Graphire 4x5 tablet (pen&mouse)
serial devices: 1. camera's uplink should the usb reader fail-
a
FUJI MX1200 model digital camera
2. a management port for the cisco 675
parallel devices: hp deskjet 600c printer
the scsi card is listed as a possibility because my server will be
currently using it, but ya never know
this will be my "play around" machine with multiple oses installed
namely
Amiga dev hosted on linux
Amiga dev hosted on Win32
BeOs 5 personal edition
Freedos and bad seal interface
Gnu/linux with gnome interface
QNX RTP
ide devices are probably not important to list but they are:
a teac cdW54e with firmware 1.0x 4x4x32
a 36.5 gb hard drive - Maxtor 93652u8 (udma 66)
in the near future I may add some more hard drives (ata 100) to deal
with video and multimedia output using Broadcast2000 when it matures a
little bit more
--
"We are Microsoft, of Borg. General Protection Fault in module
assimilate.exe : Resistance izkx GPF 0x56548820 Application RESIST.EXE
has performed an illegal operation and will be shut down."
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Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2001 16:36:53 -0500
From: Anders Skovsted Buch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Printing to Epson Stylus 980 over USB cable?
> > I will continue by installing the gimp-print-4.1.2 package.
> >
> > By the way, I'm using redhat 6.1. Do you know about a place to download
> > printtool filters for Epson 980?
>
> I'm using cups (www.cups.org) and the gimp-print cups-drivers (and
> certainly gimp-drivers) (from http://gimp-print.sourceforge.net/).
>
> These drivers let you control all the printer settings you need for
> really good results (paper type, resolution etc.).
>
> I would *strongly* recommend switching to cups (quite easy).
>
> -Gunnar
Thanks again for the help! I downloaded and installed
cups-1.1.5-linux-2.2-intel.rpm and also threw in the s
Linux-Hardware Digest #241
Linux-Hardware Digest #241, Volume #14 Wed, 24 Jan 01 16:13:07 EST
Contents:
Re: RAID 1 terabyte on linux - advice needed (Janne Sinkkonen)
Re: AMR modem & CS4280 sound chib (Ray)
Re: upgrading/adding a 2nd drive (Marcell Stoer)
Re: System reliability (Ray)
beowulf clusters ("Scheen K. Thurmond")
Re: I WANT TO HEAR A SOUND !!! (Toby Haynes)
Re: Trouble configuring NVIDIA GForce2 + Samsung 19" 950p monitor ("Robert L.
Klungle")
Re: Compatibility (Ray)
Re: Linux on Sequent S2000 (John-Paul Stewart)
Re: Minolta PagePro Color (PCL5C) (Ray)
NE 2000 Compatible card problems. ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: How to setup mouse in Debian ? (Ray)
Re: Modem (Ray)
iomega zip slow (Marvin Hoffmann)
Re: How does "Tom's Hardware PC" sound for Linux? (Scott Alfter)
Re: Hard drive Image and cloning (Electromik)
Re: How to setup mouse in Debian ? ("Christian T. Steigies")
Hard drive gone totally unrepairablely bad?? ("kellyboy")
Open GL setup - slow graphics!! (Tomas Andersen)
Prosessor type in xconfig (Tomas Andersen)
Re: hdparm (Eric Ho)
Any known problems with IWill's Motherboard KK266 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
From: Janne Sinkkonen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.alpha
Subject: Re: RAID 1 terabyte on linux - advice needed
Date: 24 Jan 2001 21:11:27 +0200
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> The situation is _exactly_ the same one for x86 boards with this
> difference that I do not recall ever seeing x86 machine with a builtin
> SCSI controller. But maybe there are some?
Asus makes (or has made) motherboards with LVD SCSI controllers.
--
Janne
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ray)
Subject: Re: AMR modem & CS4280 sound chib
Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2001 19:19:48 -
On Wed, 24 Jan 2001 01:02:40 GMT, Hossam Hossny <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>hi all
>this is about AMR modems again
>well I have i810 MB with i810 video card & crystal CS4280 sound chib
>built-in.
>my modem is volcano AMR modem (ICH82801AA chib on it).
>so easily I managed to configure the video card with support from Intel
>website. I had troubles configuring the sound chib even after using
>ALSA drivers which I discovered that their drivers configure the chibs
>built on cards (not built in the MB) like they got a module called "snd-
>card-cs461x" but the module I should use is "snd-cs461x" which is
>already provided in my linux distribution and loaded successfully BUT
>with no sound in the end !!!
I'm pretty sure that snd-card-cs461x is correct regardless of weather your
sound card is built into the motherboard or not.
--
Ray
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From: Marcell Stoer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: upgrading/adding a 2nd drive
Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2001 11:22:59 -0800
Thanks for all the advice. I am seriously considering just re-installing on
the 4.3Gb drive.
The problem is that new software gets installed to /usr (as far as I can
tell) as well as many updates. If I cannot easily increase the /usr storage
with this added on drive, then a re-install is better. I could just
migrate the entire thing to the new drive (as described in the HD upgrade
HowTo), but I don't see that as any faster. I cannot make a backup (no tape
or CD burner attached).
I think I'll just save a few of my setting files to floppy ( .conf files
...) and a copy of a recent dmesg output so I know what I need to "aim" for
if I have a problem re-installing.
Thanks again,
Marcell
mstoer at uvic dot ca
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ray)
Subject: Re: System reliability
Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2001 19:28:09 -
On Tue, 23 Jan 2001 19:36:28 -0800, Tom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I have been having some problems with system reliability of late.
>
>The problem: My system tends to hang (I suspect a hardware problem due to
>the nature of the crash) very frequently, whereas it used to be completely
>stable. Every time it hangs I am running X-windows, and am in the process
>of moving my mouse.
>
>My system:
>Tyan dual Pentium Pro motherboard
>2 Pentium Pro 200 MHz processors (256k cache)
>Adaptec 2941 SCSI controller
>4 Seagate SCSI drives
>UMAX SCSI scanner
>Matrox video card
>
>I doubt the rest of the details are terribly significant.
>
>My system originally ran 2 IDE drives and kernel 2.0.27, with extremely
>good results. The longest uptime I managed was around 3 months; longer
>than that and things like an accidental bump of the power switch or
>completely clogged fans would end the stint.
>
>This all came to an end about a year ago when one of the drives died,
>taking my system with it. It was at this time when I switched to an all
>SCSI system after obtaining the drives. At the same time I started using
>the 2.2.9 kernel.
>
>I had the occasional crash with the 2.2.9 kernel, but after upgrading to
>2.2.16, stability returned for awhile.
>
>I found that the 4 internal SCSI drives pumped out a
Linux-Hardware Digest #240
Linux-Hardware Digest #240, Volume #14 Wed, 24 Jan 01 14:13:05 EST
Contents:
Re: WACOM drivers at http://lepied.com/xfree86/ (Toby Haynes)
Promise ultra66 & SMP (John Dixon)
Re: Quad Xeon Box ("Steve Wolfe")
Trust 7230 scanner (Martin Herrman)
Re: WACOM drivers at http://lepied.com/xfree86/ - what format? ("FEEB")
Re: WACOM drivers at http://lepied.com/xfree86/ (I R A Darth Aggie)
Re: 2.4 architecture support (Henrik Carlqvist)
Re: Funny Pixels on screen (Henrik Carlqvist)
Re: 3rd Day Same Modem and Same story.. (Henrik Carlqvist)
Re: Cable question (Ray)
From: Toby Haynes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: WACOM drivers at http://lepied.com/xfree86/
Date: 24 Jan 2001 13:12:47 -0500
On Wed, 24 Jan 2001, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hi,
>
> can anyone please tell me what format are the drivers at
> http://lepied.com/xfree86/ in?
>
> I am talking about
> wacom_drv.o.gz
> xf86Wacom.so.gz
>
> I tried to gunzip and unzip them to no avail.
They are gzip, so gunzip should have worked if the files had been transfered as
is by your browser. However, it's likely that your browser has already
decompressed these files, so just rename them to wacom_drv.o
That said, why do you have both? If you are running XFree86 3.3.6 you should
use xf86Wacom.so and for 4.0.x you should use wacom_drv.o.
Also note that the drivers are distributed with the basic XFree86 4.0.x
distros, so unless you need to upgrade (the alpha 21 is more recent than 4.0.2
for example and fixes a bug in XF86Config-4 parsing among others) you should
already have the drivers on your system. I'm not so sure about 3.3.6.
Cheers,
Toby Haynes
--
Toby Haynes
The views and opinions expressed in this message are my own, and do
not necessarily reflect those of IBM Canada.
--
From: John Dixon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Promise ultra66 & SMP
Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2001 18:27:51 +
I recently installed a WDCaviar 20gig UDMA100 drive along with a Promise
Ultra66 controller and cable. Mandrake 7.2 saw the controller on a
fresh install and booted up in single processor mode - tho I have two
Pentium Pro 200mhz chips installed. No problem. I compiled a 2.4.0
kernel for SMP and rebooted - everything fine.
Exceptalthough I get a full and glorious 15mb per sec I/O when the
original installed 2.2.x kernel is running ONE processor, it drops
dramatically to about 8mb per sec when booted in dual processor mode on
the 2.4.0 kernel! Why is this? Here is my kernel configuration in
2.4.0. I don't know how to extract the configuration information for
the 2.2.x kernel installed by Mandrake 7.2.
Any light on this mystery greatly appreciatedk!
..
#
# Automatically generated make config: don't edit
#
CONFIG_X86=y
CONFIG_ISA=y
# CONFIG_SBUS is not set
CONFIG_UID16=y
#
# Code maturity level options
#
# CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL is not set
#
# Loadable module support
#
CONFIG_MODULES=y
CONFIG_MODVERSIONS=y
CONFIG_KMOD=y
#
# Processor type and features
#
# CONFIG_M386 is not set
# CONFIG_M486 is not set
# CONFIG_M586 is not set
# CONFIG_M586TSC is not set
# CONFIG_M586MMX is not set
CONFIG_M686=y
# CONFIG_M686FXSR is not set
# CONFIG_MPENTIUM4 is not set
# CONFIG_MK6 is not set
# CONFIG_MK7 is not set
# CONFIG_MCRUSOE is not set
# CONFIG_MWINCHIPC6 is not set
# CONFIG_MWINCHIP2 is not set
# CONFIG_MWINCHIP3D is not set
CONFIG_X86_WP_WORKS_OK=y
CONFIG_X86_INVLPG=y
CONFIG_X86_CMPXCHG=y
CONFIG_X86_BSWAP=y
CONFIG_X86_POPAD_OK=y
CONFIG_X86_L1_CACHE_SHIFT=5
CONFIG_X86_TSC=y
CONFIG_X86_GOOD_APIC=y
CONFIG_X86_PGE=y
CONFIG_X86_USE_PPRO_CHECKSUM=y
# CONFIG_TOSHIBA is not set
# CONFIG_MICROCODE is not set
# CONFIG_X86_MSR is not set
# CONFIG_X86_CPUID is not set
CONFIG_NOHIGHMEM=y
# CONFIG_HIGHMEM4G is not set
# CONFIG_HIGHMEM64G is not set
# CONFIG_MATH_EMULATION is not set
CONFIG_MTRR=y
CONFIG_SMP=y
CONFIG_HAVE_DEC_LOCK=y
#
# General setup
#
CONFIG_NET=y
# CONFIG_VISWS is not set
CONFIG_X86_IO_APIC=y
CONFIG_X86_LOCAL_APIC=y
CONFIG_PCI=y
# CONFIG_PCI_GOBIOS is not set
# CONFIG_PCI_GODIRECT is not set
CONFIG_PCI_GOANY=y
CONFIG_PCI_BIOS=y
CONFIG_PCI_DIRECT=y
CONFIG_PCI_NAMES=y
CONFIG_EISA=y
# CONFIG_MCA is not set
CONFIG_HOTPLUG=y
#
# PCMCIA/CardBus support
#
# CONFIG_PCMCIA is not set
CONFIG_SYSVIPC=y
# CONFIG_BSD_PROCESS_ACCT is not set
CONFIG_SYSCTL=y
CONFIG_KCORE_ELF=y
# CONFIG_KCORE_AOUT is not set
CONFIG_BINFMT_AOUT=y
CONFIG_BINFMT_ELF=y
CONFIG_BINFMT_MISC=y
CONFIG_PM=y
CONFIG_APM=y
# CONFIG_APM_IGNORE_USER_SUSPEND is not set
# CONFIG_APM_DO_ENABLE is not set
# CONFIG_APM_CPU_IDLE is not set
# CONFIG_APM_DISPLAY_BLANK is not set
# CONFIG_APM_RTC_IS_GMT is not set
# CONFIG_APM_ALLOW_INTS is not set
CONFIG_APM_REAL_MODE_POWER_OFF=y
#
# Memory Technology Devices (MTD)
#
# CONFIG_MTD is not set
#
# Parallel port support
#
CONFIG_PARPORT=y
CONFIG_PARPORT_PC=y
CONFIG_PAR
Linux-Hardware Digest #239
Linux-Hardware Digest #239, Volume #14 Wed, 24 Jan 01 13:13:10 EST
Contents:
Re: Questionable boot up messages (David Filion)
Re: A7V promise IDE controler WITH UDMA MODE (Dirk Traenapp)
Home made Small(est) open HW (schematics) to run (Embedded)Linux ("Albert Goodwill")
Re: Can I use joystick at linux? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Diagnosing hard crashes (Toby Haynes)
I WANT TO HEAR A SOUND !!! ("pepe")
WACOM drivers at http://lepied.com/xfree86/ ("FEEB")
How to setup mouse in Debian ? (Wong Sai-kee)
Using Teldat 150 USB ISDN box? (Scott Hawley)
Re: A7V promise IDE controler WITH UDMA MODE ("Keith Wheeler")
pcmcia locks system (jean-jacques jossa)
Re: I WANT TO HEAR A SOUND !!! (Mark Bratcher)
Modem ("Jeeva Chelladhurai")
Re: I WANT TO HEAR A SOUND !!! (Robert Wiegand)
Re: Do DVD players work with Linux? (Robert Wiegand)
Re: WACOM drivers at http://lepied.com/xfree86/ (BCT)
Re: driver for isdn-modem (Markku Kolkka)
tcpdump (wrong icmp csum) (Tyrone Harvey)
Support for 160N SCSI (Ronald Bruck)
Re: I WANT TO HEAR A SOUND !!! ("pepe")
Re: Attention Harry or anyone... I don't have this command... (Geoff Hargreaves)
From: David Filion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: mlist.linux.kernel
Subject: Re: Questionable boot up messages
Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2001 09:11:42 -0500
It`s an SMP system. The first one I`ve worked with, that`s why I'm
curious about these 'new' messages that I've never seen.
Mark Bratcher wrote:
>
> David,
>
> I only have some feedback on a couple of your messages:
>
> > 6)
> > ide: Assuming 33MHz system bus speed for PIO modes; override with
> > idebus=xx
> > (Q: does this mean the bus it at 33 while the CPU and SDRAM are at 133?)
>
> This has to do with your motherboard's ATA speed. Newer ones support ATA/66 or
> ATA/100. Most "older" (2 years or so) ones are ATA/33.
>
> If your motherboard has ATA/66 or ATA/100 and your hard drive also supports it,
> you can try to take advantage of it by setting the idebus=xx option in Lilo or
> at the lilo prompt when you enter "linux". Kernel 2.4.0 will not do it for you
> automatically (at least what I would infer from the note).
>
> Also, I think at least a couple of the other messages sound like notices
> regarding multi-processor systems. Maybe those would go away if you compile the
> kernel without SMP support (?).
>
> Mark
--
From: Dirk Traenapp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: A7V promise IDE controler WITH UDMA MODE
Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2001 15:33:40 +0100
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> append = "x86_serial_nr=1 ide=reverse idebus=33 ide0=dma hda=913/255/63
>hdb=5606/255/63 hdc=noprobe hdd=noprobe"
>
> and I reffered http://www.geocities.com/ender7007/ for setting kernel.
> Does anyone know what should I do next?
Hi,
i have a asus a7v also with Thunderbird 1.1 GHz, IIBM 45GB UDMA100 HD
connected to the promise-controller. I installed RH7.0 with the
ide-parameter-trick mentioned on the above website and afterwards compiled
kernel-2.4.0 with promise-support.
The difference between your and my system is that i´m booting from a hd
connected to the normal VIA-IDE. Thats why i am not using the
ide-parameters in the append-line.
So my UDMA100-hd is hde and is working without problems with the following
hdparm-parameters:
-X69 -m16 -d1
Dirk Traenapp
--
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NN N W W O O NWO, Zum Oelhafen 207, 26384 Wilhelmshaven, Germany
N NN W W W O O E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
N N W W OO Phone: +49(0)4421 62-364 Fax:+49(0)4421 62-381
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From: "Albert Goodwill" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Home made Small(est) open HW (schematics) to run (Embedded)Linux
Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2001 13:54:39 +1100
Is there any puclic/open HW information (inc. schematics) for small embedded
computer boards to run Linux to build home-made Linux machine?
--
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Can I use joystick at linux?
Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2001 15:28:53 GMT
In article <94m6j8$lma$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Carfield Yim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have a microsoft joystick attach to my sound card, can I use it at
linux?
>
> Sent via Deja.com
> http://www.deja.com/
>
More than likely if your sound card is supported within linux then
your joystick will also be supported but you may have to upgrade your
kernel or recompile it with the joystick support.
--
Tim Coble
Support provided by Linuxgruven, Inc.
www.linuxgruven.com
314-727-0918
Sent via Deja.com
http://www.deja.com/
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From: Toby Haynes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Diagnosing hard crashes
Date: 24 Jan 2001 10:44:35 -0500
My Aptiva 865 running Linux appears to be creaking and crashing more and
more. The symptoms include
- fails to reach the Lilo prompt on boot (i.e. just a flashing cursor)
- sponta
Linux-Hardware Digest #238
Linux-Hardware Digest #238, Volume #14 Wed, 24 Jan 01 09:13:05 EST
Contents:
Minolta PagePro Color (PCL5C) ("Moeller Dirk")
Quad Xeon Box ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: A7V-133 IDE raid support? ("Zoran V. Petrovic")
Re: Promise ATA/100 card ("Zoran V. Petrovic")
Help, please, post install... ("Greg")
Re: Linux on Sequent S2000 ("JP")
Re: Printing to Epson Stylus 980 over USB cable? ("Gunnar Hilling")
Re: Printing to Epson Stylus 980 over USB cable? ("Gunnar Hilling")
Re: Microsoft FUD here? (Mike Edwards)
Re: can't print to my printer, but Win machines can! (Mark Bratcher)
Re: Microsoft FUD here? (Mark Bratcher)
Re: Questionable boot up messages (Mark Bratcher)
From: "Moeller Dirk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Minolta PagePro Color (PCL5C)
Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2001 11:34:06 +0100
i want to use an Minolta PagePro Color with Linux SuSe.
The printer emulate PCL5C
What driver works for this configuration?
(mayby without colorprinting)
Dirk Möller
--
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Quad Xeon Box
Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2001 10:31:19 GMT
Hi,
We (my research group) are looking to invest in a small scale, parallel
architecture in order to run a parallel C compiler
which supports OpenMP such as the portland group compiler. We will be
running Linux on this box as we are UNIX based and
have the greatest experience in Linux and Solaris. We are not over
concerned with getting the best performance as this system will be used
for code experimentation. The task of spec'ing the machine has fallen
to me. I have checked out
what the bigger players have to offer and there seems to be quite a few
offering Quad Xeon II or III units. If I understand
correct a 2.2.xx Linux kernel with SMP support should have no problems
running reasonably efficiently on such as box (?)
What I would like are any `pearls of wisdom' from people who have done
this kind of thing before. In particular;
What are the problems we are likely to encounter?
Are there any hardware configurations which people have found
stable/unstable?
What benefits would we get from a Xeon III system over a II or could
we simply project expected performance improvments based on a cheaper II
system?
Is a Xeon quad unit a sensible choice for a testbed of our software -
numerically intensive medical image analsis?
Many thanks for any help.
Sent via Deja.com
http://www.deja.com/
--
From: "Zoran V. Petrovic" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: A7V-133 IDE raid support?
Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2001 10:16:23 +0100
==2EC950CA272BA54CD0B5472E
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Keith Wheeler wrote:
> Henning,
>
> I have that motherboard. It is an Asus A7V with 200MHz FSB and PC133 SDRAM
> support. You may be thinking of the Abit K7 series. I believe they have an
> IDE RAID M/B.
>
> I am running the AMD Athlon Thunderbird 1000 on the Asus A7V. I have two
> Intel PRO/100+ NIC's. I have installed RH 7.0 and it runs, but my onboard
> Promise ATA100 controller is not yet supported. Other than that it runs
> great. I have "played" with the 2.4.0 kernel which DOES have support for the
> Promise controller, but this introduces boot difficulties (can't boot to
> Promise controller).
Hello.
You have solutions on: http://www.geocities.com/ender7007/index.html
Install 2.2.18 plus ide-patch from Hedrick linux-ide.org, make new kernel
and You have boot with promise100. On my computer ( ASUS A7V address
is ide2=0x9800,0x9402, You must find address on Alt F2 , cat /proc/pci )
>
>
> Currently I have the HDD on the VIA ATA66 controller and all is fine.
> Waiting for RH to encorporate 2.4.x into the next RH release for now
Work , boot with 2.2.18 + ide-patch ( Promise 20265 ) .
--
===
Zoran V. Petrovic, System Administrator [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Office: DD IRITEL, Batajnicki put 23, 11080 Beograd, Serbia, Yugoslavia
Phone: +381 11 105 042 Ext. 370 ; Fax: +381 11 108 801
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Keith Wheeler wrote:
Henning,
I have that motherboard. It is an Asus A7V with 200MHz FSB and PC133
SDRAM
support. You may be thinking of the Abit K7 series. I believe they
have an
IDE RAID M/B.
I am running the AMD Athlon Thunderbird 1000 on the Asus A7V. I have
two
Intel PRO/100+ NIC's. I have installed RH 7.0 and it runs, but my onboard
Promise ATA100 controller is not yet supported. Other than that it
runs
great. I have "played" with the 2.4.0 kernel which DOES have support
for the
Promise controller, but this introduces boot difficulties (can't boot
to
Promise controller).
Hello.
You have solutions on: http://www.geocities.com/ender7007/index.html">htt
Linux-Hardware Digest #237
Linux-Hardware Digest #237, Volume #14 Wed, 24 Jan 01 05:13:05 EST
Contents:
Re: MSI K7T-Pro2A+HP9100i+Linux doesn't work. Why? (Marcus Lauer)
Re: Microsoft FUD here? (Mark Post)
Re: [HELP]: LS-120 Setup as Floppy /dev/fd0 (Gerhard Wanderer)
Re: Serial Terminal ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Microsoft FUD here? ("Shane Baker")
System reliability (Tom)
Compatibility ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Compatibility (Dances With Crows)
Re: RAID 1 terabyte on linux - advice needed (Michael Meissner)
Re: upgrading/adding a 2nd drive (Chris Elvidge)
Re: MSI K7T-Pro2A+HP9100i+Linux doesn't work. Why? (moonie;))
Re: Serial Terminal (Harri Haataja)
Re: Linux on an SGI INDY workstation (Harri Haataja)
Can I use joystick at linux? (Carfield Yim)
Re: zip drives on linux (jonasbn)
Re: hdparm (bob)
From: Marcus Lauer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: MSI K7T-Pro2A+HP9100i+Linux doesn't work. Why?
Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux.mandrake,alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.msi-microstar,alt.comp.periphs.mainboard
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2001 18:11:08 -0800
> This would be a problem for me as well, as I was just getting ready to order
> this board. I would like to point out that I have been using the vt686 (FIC
> 503a) for about a year with NO problems at ATA/66. Anybody else having any
> problem with the vt686b?
> --
> moonie ;)
>
Just so everyone knows, the 686b started appearing on motherboards in
the last _few weeks_. It's _brand_ new. So direct comparisons between the
vt686 and the vt686b are irrelevant.
Marcus
--
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mark Post)
Subject: Re: Microsoft FUD here?
Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2001 02:10:49 GMT
On 23 Jan 2001 08:53:39 -0800, Harry George <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>In dealing with "Tina", I began to wonder if we were dealing with a
>Microsoftian prank, but I didn't want to say anything. Now that
>someone else has raised the issue, I'm wondering how we address it.
Go to deja.com, and do a search on "tina carter." I think you'll find
everything you need to know there.
Mark Post
Postmodern Consulting
Information Technology and Systems Management Consulting
To send me email, replace 'nospam' with 'home'.
--
From: Gerhard Wanderer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [HELP]: LS-120 Setup as Floppy /dev/fd0
Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2001 06:56:08 +0100
Youngert wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I finally finished setting up my Linux system with an LS-120 UHD ATAPI
> Floppy drive and would like to be able to use it as a 1.44MB floppy drive
> with the mtools utility, i.e. mdir, mcopy, etc. Everytime when I issue
> "mdir a:", my Linux system complained with the following messages:
>
> init: set default params
> Cannot initialize 'A:'
>
> Does anyone know how I can setup the LS-120 drive acts as a 1.44 floppy
> drive?
I have removed /dev/lp0 and made a link /dev/hdc -> /dev/fd0 (if hdc is
your LS-120). With this i can use the mtools for the LS-120.
--
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Serial Terminal
Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2001 11:36:12 GMT
Roland Scheike <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: I try to connect a Siemens/Nixdorf TC20 terminal to
: a linux box via the serial line.
: My settings of the terminal are:
: v.24/ 38400 / 8n1/ xon,off, ANSI
Don't use xon,xoff!
Use Hardware Flowcontrol.
And make sure you get your cable right.
The serial cables for those terminals are very likely none
standard.
If you don't have docu on it, this means try and error. :-)
Good Luck,
Friedhelm
--
Microsoft is NOT the answer. Microsoft is the Question.
The answer is: "NO!"
===
Friedhelm Mehnert, Berliner Allee 42, 22850 Norderstedt, Germany
phone + fax: +49-40-5236562email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
===
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From: "Shane Baker"
Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2001 14:13:45 +1000 (EST)
Reply-To: "Shane Baker"
Subject: Re: Microsoft FUD here?
On Tue, 23 Jan 2001 19:50:07 GMT, Mike Edwards wrote:
>A quick search on yahoo produced this nugget:
>
>http://macworld.zdnet.com/cgi-bin/storyforums/macworldforums/_2000_03_30_upgradejeopardy/forum.pl?read=44
>
>MS-sponsored FUD or not, she seems to despise anything non-Wintel. Gee,
>when I was 16, I hated the status quo--I would've loved Linux if it had
>been around at the time.
I agree on both points.
FWIW, this girl seems a sandwich short of a picnic. (Apple and Communism in
the same sentence?)
Regards
Shane Baker
Canberra - Australia's national capital
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sbakerATpcug.org.au - please correct the obvious from my email address if replying
direct
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