Linux-Hardware Digest #221, Volume #13 Wed, 12 Jul 00 09:13:09 EDT
Contents:
bizarre problem with X windows ("balh bald")
Advantech PPC-102T (Gilles POLART-DONAT)
Dual Processor MotherBoard (Neven Boric)
Voodoo or TNT? (Neven Boric)
Re: After Installing Corel Linux I can't use my keyboard ("frog")
Re: recommended DVD players and mice for Linux Mandrake 7 ("Hor Jiun Shyong")
S3 savage4 dri ("Markus Poeltl")
Re: 3dfx V3 2000 AGP (mindglow)
Re: Industrial Hardware (mindglow)
Re: Dual Processor MotherBoard ("qwerty")
Re: Does anybody know how to decompress packages ending with .tar.bz2 ? (Markus
Holzapfel)
Re: Dual Processor MotherBoard ("Stefan Kneip")
IDE/ATAPI CD Writers - Aaagh! ("Andrew Ellington")
Re: IDE/ATAPI CD Writers - Aaagh! (Jonathan Moore)
Re: Recognizing 3C509B NIC (Steve Martin)
Re: 16 bit computer (Steve Martin)
Re: IDE/ATAPI CD Writers - Aaagh! (Steve Martin)
Re: Dual Processor MotherBoard (mindglow)
Re: Recognizing 3C509B NIC ("Christopher R. Cockerham")
Re: Is the 1024 cylinder limit gone ??? (Hal Burgiss)
Sound VIBRA16 problem with CDs (Romek Pitera)
Re: Is the 1024 cylinder limit gone ??? (Olivier Breard)
newbie HP 930C help (theCelt)
Re: Is the 1024 cylinder limit gone ??? (Eric)
Re: bizarre problem with X windows (Eric)
RH 6.2 IDE Tape Drive (Ron)
Re: shutdown...? (emwafol)
From: "balh bald" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: bizarre problem with X windows
Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2000 08:17:13 GMT
g'day
i recently installed redhat 6.0 on an aptiva and have got a weird problem -
when i move the mouse in x-windows env, the monitor makes a "buzzing" sound
(there is no sound when i don't move the mouse). There is also no buzz if i
drag it over a blank desktop - only when the cursor changes from an x to an
arrow. i have a sis6205 videocard(2mb) and an ibm g70 monitor. the problem
does not appear when running win95 on the same system, even in the same
vidmode. ibm and sis have been exceptionally unhelpful. does anyone have
any ideas?
thanks in advance,
ben wilson
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From: Gilles POLART-DONAT [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Advantech PPC-102T
Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2000 08:28:38 GMT
Hello
I try to install Linux (Redhat 6.2) on three panel PC Advantech
PPC-102T. It doesn't work very well.
Sometime it freeze during install, sometime the install was good.
But after install, when I use it (try to work with the Elotouch input
for X) it freeze !
It is a random process, it can freeze during boot sequence or when I
invoke ls or vi or when I work under XWindow (simple window manager :
fvwm). Sometimes, I got som kernel panics !
I suspect a hardware problem (on 3 PC ?) so I try to use other SIMM
memory but without success.
Does anyone have some experience on this kind of problems ?
Thanks
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From: Neven Boric [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Dual Processor MotherBoard
Date: Fri, 07 Jul 2000 14:25:32 -0400
I wouls like to buy a dual chip motherboard, but I have no experience on
this, so I would appreciate some advice. I'm loking for something cheap,
but powerful, i.e two Celeron or two K6-3. How much would this cost (the
mb and the chips), wich is the better option, waht mb. model should I
get, etc. Can anyone help me on this?
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From: Neven Boric [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Voodoo or TNT?
Date: Fri, 07 Jul 2000 14:25:49 -0400
Can anyone recommend a 3D card for use on Linux.
I own a Voodoo 2 and it works, but very slowly. I'm thinking about
buying a Voodoo 3 or TNT 2, wich one is better for Linux? (better
performance, drivers, etc)
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From: "frog" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To:
alt.linux,alt.os.linux,alt.os.linux.corel,alt.os.linux.redhat,at.linux,be.comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.admin,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.setup,corelsupp
Subject: Re: After Installing Corel Linux I can't use my keyboard
Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2000 10:52:18 +0100
Wow, that all sounds a bit messy! Ive no idea what could be causing that.
Ive installed Corel Linux about 20 times (!) and Ive never seen that. Im not
gonna bring you through stuff like check if your keyboard is plugged in
properly etc. cause I know you're a beginner, not an idiot! It could be some
sort of hardware conflict but thats a complete guess. My advice is go out
and get a copy of Redhat. The installation program may be a bit more
complicated than Corels 3-step approach but its a solid distro. The lack of
input in Corel's installation means you dont even get to choose a mouse or a
keyoard! Try it and see. Otherwise, see if you can get another copy of the
Corel cd or try a different keyboard, just to make sure.
H