Linux-Hardware Digest #179
Linux-Hardware Digest #179, Volume #14 Mon, 15 Jan 01 00:13:07 EST
Contents:
no joysticks in kernel 2.4.0 (ken pile)
How to test a joystick? ("jazardous")
Re: Is it possible to boot off of a usb floppy or usb cd-rom disk yet? (Dances With
Crows)
scanner support? ("Pete")
Xconfigurator ("Jess Jackson")
Re: Is it possible to boot off of a usb floppy or usb cd-rom disk yet? (jtnews)
Re: scanner support? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: CDRW ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: RH 7 doesn't work with 3C905? (Allen Mcintosh)
Re: no joysticks in kernel 2.4.0 (Isaac Venn)
no sound or network, need higher resolution ("Fu Muma")
Re: no joysticks in kernel 2.4.0 ("Christopher C. Stump")
Re: no sound or network, need higher resolution (E J)
Re: no sound or network, need higher resolution ("Matt Jones")
Re: Strange alpha clock issue ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: ABit; HPT366; Linux 7 Install problems (Nader)
From: ken pile [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux
Subject: no joysticks in kernel 2.4.0
Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2001 00:25:47 +
I have downloaded kernel 2.4.0 for one reason, for the joystick support
on the soundblaster live! soundcard. However, when I came to select the
joystick in xconfig, they were all blanked out. Can anyone guide me on
this please?
Thanks in advance,
Ken Pile
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From: "jazardous" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: How to test a joystick?
Date: Sun, 14 Jan 2001 22:00:03 GMT
Hi. I have a joystick attached to my game port
and just compiled a kernel with support for it.
How can I test the axes and so on?
Is there any program or similar floating around?
Thanks!
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development.system
Subject: Re: Is it possible to boot off of a usb floppy or usb cd-rom disk yet?
Date: 15 Jan 2001 00:44:06 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Sun, 14 Jan 2001 11:36:24 -0500, jtnews staggered into the Black Sun
and said:
Is it possible to boot off of a USB floppy or USB CDROM disk yet in
Linux 2.2 or 2.4?
Booting the machine is a BIOS problem, not a Linux problem. It's not a
Linux problem until the kernel is loaded! If the root filesystem you
wish to mount is on the USB floppy/CD-ROM, the kernel will need USB
support compiled in and possibly a few kernel parameters. If the root
filesystem is on a compressed RAMdisk image, it should load OK provided
the BIOS can find the boot block on the USB device.
If your motherboard allows booting from a USB floppy/CD-ROM, you will
probably have to tweak the BIOS settings to make the board see the USB
device as a "normal" device, since the standard PC BIOS knows nothing of
USB and expects to find standard floppy/hard drives at fixed locations.
(A similar BIOS hackaround allows you to use a USB keyboard as a normal
keyboard when using DOS or doing BIOS setup.)
I do not know how many motherboards have this capability. If you could
post details about your hardware and specifics of what you want to do,
it's possible that someone would be able to steer you in the right
direction.
If this is a laptop, that could make things even more difficult.
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Matt G|There is no Darkness in Eternity/But only Light too dim for us to see
Brainbench MVP for Linux Admin / Workin' in a code mine, hittin' Ctrl-Alt
http://www.brainbench.com / Workin' in a code mine, whoops!
=/I hit a seg fault
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From: "Pete" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: scanner support?
Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2001 11:39:33 +1100
Hi all, just a question from a complete linux newbie. Can I get my Mustek
Paragon 600IICD SCSI scanner to work with linux. Currently trying RedHat 6.2
or Mandrake 7.1 on a celeron 333 with 512Mb RAM.
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From: "Jess Jackson" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Xconfigurator
Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2001 00:52:39 GMT
Greeting:
I am running Redhat 7.0 with an ET4000/x32 1-MB PCI video card on an old
Gateway 2000 486-66. This is my Linux "learning" machine. After I put the
7.0 upgrade on from 6.2, everything was fine. I was running an 800x600
display setting in X. I had only the 800x600 at 16-bit mode selected.
Output from SuperProbe Version 2.23 is...
First video: Super-VGA
Chipset: Tseng ET4000/W32p Rev A (Port Probed)
Memory: 1024 Kbytes
RAMDAC: STG1700 15/16/24-bit DAC w/pixel-mux
(with 6-bit wide lookup tables (or in 6-bit mode))
(programmable for 6/8-bit wide lookup tables)
This system worked fine in Redhat 6.2 and OK in 7.0 UNTIL...
I decided to try adding back running the display at 1024x768. I had it that
way once before under 6.2 but changed back due to limited colors. In any
event, I ran Xconfigurator and started getting error messages.
Linux-Hardware Digest #179
Linux-Hardware Digest #179, Volume #13Wed, 5 Jul 00 14:13:09 EDT
Contents:
Can't set using_dma = 1 (rbroman)
Graphics - ELSA and old monitor (Mike O'Dorney)
Re: Postscript Level 1 printing under RH6.2 (Grant Taylor)
[Q]: How to transfer file from SGI O2 to PC Linux Mandrake 7 ? (Farget Vincent)
Sound problem (Richard Gartner)
Modem Installation Problem ("Mohd Hamidi Mohd Nor")
HP 882 Problem (Kevin Clark)
Re: linux and USB
Re: ESS Solo-1 sound card (Edward Lee)
Re: how can I change thesettings to the system sounds in gnome/sawmill? (Edward Lee)
Re: Help getting USB setup (aflinsch)
Re: 486 Linux setup, 250 meg HD, which distro ??? ("Alex DeLarge")
Laptop recommendation? ("Steve Woodward")
Re: What the HE-- is this "chewtoy" ("Terrance E. Hodgins")
Configuring Display in X ("David Stackis")
Re: Shutdown Linux box from NT Server? (John Nelson)
ESS 1978S audio fails on BATTERIES only (Lauren Weinstein)
From: rbroman [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Can't set using_dma = 1
Date: Wed, 05 Jul 2000 08:21:48 -0700
Just purchased new 30GB IBM Deskstar 75GXP drives. hdparm -tT shows
they're slower
than older 27GB Deskstar 34GXP drives on essentially the same system
see below.
The systems are both PIII 533 on Tyan S1854 MB, uses Via Apollo Pro
82C586 chipset.
Running RH 6.2 with 2.2.14 kernels separately compiled, but I
thought I picked all the
right IDE options in xconfig in each case . maybe I missed
something
Apart from slower performance, the "symptom" is that the new system
"won't take" setting
using_dma = 1 ie. I can set it to 1 with hdparm, but if I look at
hdparm *after* running the
timings I'll always see it set back to zero (using_dma= 0 (off)).
So I can see why the new drive would be slower if I can't set
dma "on" for it, but I
can't figure out why I can't set dma "on". Anyone know?
Thanx, Randy
"New" System . Deskstar 75GXP, DTLA-307030
[root@jboat10 /root]# hdparm -i /dev/hda
Model=IBM-DTLA-307030, FwRev=TX4OA50C, SerialNo=YK0YKT0M884
Config={ HardSect NotMFM HdSw15uSec Fixed DTR10Mbs }
RawCHS=16383/16/63, TrkSize=0, SectSize=0, ECCbytes=40
BuffType=3(DualPortCache), BuffSize=1916kB, MaxMultSect=16,
MultSect=off
DblWordIO=no, maxPIO=2(fast), DMA=yes, maxDMA=2(fast)
CurCHS=16383/16/63, CurSects=-66060037, LBA=yes
LBA CHS=1023/256/63 Remapping, LBA=yes, LBAsects=60036480
tDMA={min:120,rec:120}, DMA modes: mword0 mword1 mword2
IORDY=on/off, tPIO={min:240,w/IORDY:120}, PIO modes: mode3 mode4
UDMA modes: mode0 mode1 mode2
[root@jboat10 /root]# hdparm -tT /dev/hda
/dev/hda:
Timing buffer-cache reads: 128 MB in 1.58 seconds =81.01 MB/sec
Timing buffered disk reads: 64 MB in 8.43 seconds = 7.59 MB/sec
"Old" System . Deskstar 34GXP, DPTA - 372730
[root@jboat rbroman]# /sbin/hdparm -i /dev/hda
Model=IBM-DPTA-372730, FwRev=P78OA30A, SerialNo=JRYJR023925
Config={ HardSect NotMFM HdSw15uSec Fixed DTR10Mbs }
RawCHS=16383/16/63, TrkSize=0, SectSize=0, ECCbytes=34
BuffType=3(DualPortCache), BuffSize=1961kB, MaxMultSect=16,
MultSect=off
DblWordIO=no, OldPIO=2, DMA=yes, OldDMA=2
CurCHS=16383/16/63, CurSects=-66060037, LBA=yes, LBAsects=53464320
tDMA={min:120,rec:120}, DMA modes: mword0 mword1 mword2
IORDY=on/off, tPIO={min:240,w/IORDY:120}, PIO modes: mode3 mode4
UDMA modes: mode0 mode1 mode2 mode3 *mode4
[root@jboat rbroman]# /sbin/hdparm -tT /dev/hda
/dev/hda:
Timing buffer-cache reads: 128 MB in 0.83 seconds =154.22 MB/sec
Timing buffered disk reads: 64 MB in 2.87 seconds = 22.30 MB/sec
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Randy BromanLinuxcare Inc. Phone:(415)354-4495
Technical Account Manager 650 Townsend Street FAX: (415)701-7457
[EMAIL PROTECTED] San Francisco, CA 94103
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From: Mike O'Dorney [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Graphics - ELSA and old monitor
Date: Wed, 05 Jul 2000 08:22:00 -0700
I am running Linux 6.2 on an ELSA Gloria Synergy + (4 or 8 megs)
and using an old Digital PCXBV-BP monitor.
I can't seem to get any video above bare minimum (640x480, 8 bit).
Anybody got any clues?
Also, is there a repository of old monitor types - resolutions and scan
rates?
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Mike O'Dorney
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
"To reply, please remove appropriate word."
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From: Grant Taylor [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: uk.comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.redhat
Subject: Re: Postscript Level 1 printing under RH6.2
Date: Wed, 05 Jul 2000 15:23:34 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (U S-D) writes:
In article 8jtqsq$19ahr$[EMAIL PROTECTED], U S-D wrote:
I've recently upgraded from 6.0 to 6.2 and now my Postscript Lev
