Linux-Hardware Digest #464
Linux-Hardware Digest #464, Volume #14 Sat, 10 Mar 01 12:13:07 EST
Contents:
Re: Intel 810 ("Marcel Gorjup")
Re: Suse Linux 7.0 on LCD + SIS630 ("David Glick")
Voodoo 5500 (Alex Ayala)
xplaymidi vs. AC97 V2.1 CODEC Compliant (Young4ert)
Re: Ricoh mp7040a (Dances With Crows)
Re: Multiple identical cards in one box? (Dances With Crows)
Re: HELP - Dual Input Monitor ("Martin")
Re: Sound Cards (Black Eagle)
Re: via82cxxx rate setting problem (Mark Dickie)
Re: toshiba / alsa sound problems ("Callum McKenzie")
Re: laser printer for Linux (Mark Bratcher)
Re: modem question... (Mark Bratcher)
Re: SCSI-III IBM harddisk at Adaptec 2940UW (Tom Gafford)
Re: laser with lpd setup (Tom Gafford)
Hardware compartibility ("Pat")
Re: via82cxxx rate setting problem (Young4ert)
Re: Getting an HP 9350 CDR/W to work? ("psheer AT icon DOT co DOT za")
Re: modem question... (Young4ert)
Re: KT7A RAID et Linux ("Luca")
From: "Marcel Gorjup" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Intel 810
Date: Sat, 10 Mar 2001 14:38:59 +0100
now i have instales the driver and i can start sax and kde but i have to
write this everytime i boot new
insmod /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/misc/agpgart.o
mknod /dev/agpgart c 10 175
you know a way i didnt make it after a new boot
how can i start sax or kde without put this after a new reboot
sorry for my bad english
"kurt riitters" [EMAIL PROTECTED][remove].us schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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Harri Haataja [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message
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Matt King wrote:
The problem is there is almost no support for the i810 video chipset.
You
have to download the Intel driver at http://support.intel.com...
Was.
Now it seems to be one of the easiest chipsets (DRI, sound... all
works).
--
Life -- Story by Kafka, illustration by Dali, algorithm by Conway
Is the video driver required on the CA810E (Does the on-board video do
text
mode OK)? When not using the video driver with both RH6.2 and RH7.0,
three
of four CA810E's run fine for weeks unless I try to do anything with them.
Then they randomly lock up under heavy disk and cpu load, image
processing.
Is the video the issue here? I don't want to mess with the upgrade and
don't run Xwindows.
Information -
Sometimes a kernel panic message appears, but means not much to me.
Problems killing an idle process are common. Otherwise, crond or swapper
are
mentioned as the process; and sometimes the words are about virtual pages
and null pointers. Sometimes cron dies and sends me mail. Sometimes I
can
log in on another virtual console, sometimes a login on second console
flashes error message and then freezes. 866/256MB memory of the correct
type. There is a KVM switch. This must be something so simple that I will
kick myself. Thanks for any advice.
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From: "David Glick" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Suse Linux 7.0 on LCD + SIS630
Date: Sat, 10 Mar 2001 15:02:49 GMT
I'm running SuSE 7.1 on a Prostar 2250 laptop (SiS 630) with X. I could
not get 4.x to work (I read a note somewhere about the SiS 630 4.x driver
being buggy), so I use 3.3.6 instead. I didn't take time to figure out how
to make the native driver work, but the framebuffer mode is all I need for
my development work.
In article 989sst$23c8$[EMAIL PROTECTED], "Christian Pustlauk"
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi there,
I have installed SUSE 7.0 Linux, updated X env. to 4.0a and still cannot
get my LCD screen to work with Xwindows. My card is a SIS630.
If you have a working XF86Config file ,please let me know !
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David Glick
Transmit Consulting, Inc
619-475-4052
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Alex Ayala [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Voodoo 5500
Date: Sat, 10 Mar 2001 15:08:47 GMT
Is anyone using a Voodoo 5500? I was wondering if they worked well with
linux.
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From: Young4ert [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: xplaymidi vs. AC97 V2.1 CODEC Compliant
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Date: Sat, 10 Mar 2001 15:06:04 GMT
Hi,
My Linux system is composed of an Asus K7M mobo with an AMD Athlon CPU and
it is setup with SuSE-.70 Pro Linux distro. The audio hardware system is
based on the Analog Device 3D sound chipset (I believe the chipset is
AD1881) and it is an AC97 V2.1 CODEC compliant. I also have installed
rosegarden-2.1pl2 software and I would like to be able to play the midi
file while I am using the rosegarden to create/type in the notes. I
realized that the rosegarden software requires xplaymidi and my Linux
system does not seem to have installed a copy of playmidi software. A
search through SuSE' FTP site yielded nothing about playmidi source code.
Then, I found a copy of the
Linux-Hardware Digest #464
Linux-Hardware Digest #464, Volume #13 Tue, 22 Aug 00 17:13:10 EDT
Contents:
Re: pro's/contra's upgrading S3-ViRGE/DX/GX (2MB) to VooDoo3 3000(from 3dfx) with
16MB?, idea's? experiences? ("Jason")
Re: Recommended SCSI card for Zip Plus drive and RH6.1? (Andrey Vlasov)
Re: printing problem (Grant Taylor)
Re: hunting down a SCSI RAID controller (Andrey Vlasov)
Re: pro's/contra's upgrading S3-ViRGE/DX/GX (2MB) to VooDoo3 3000(from (paul van
duijn)
Re: Improve Rotational Delay of HDD with Software Only (Jeff Jonas)
From: "Jason" Jason(AT)cyborgworkshop.com
Subject: Re: pro's/contra's upgrading S3-ViRGE/DX/GX (2MB) to VooDoo3 3000(from 3dfx)
with 16MB?, idea's? experiences?
Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2000 15:28:01 -0500
Actually.. one of the most shocking tests, for the voodoo 3 3000 anyway, was
that the PCI version was marginally FASTER then the AGP version. You have
to remember, despite all the hype, PCI is right on par with AGP 1x and 2x.
This of course doesn't apply to AGP 4x with or without sidebands, but since
we are talking about a voodoo3, that really doesn't matter. Other then the
already stated increase in resolution and refresh rates for your 2D stuff,
you won't notice as much of a difference as you would if you were a gamer.
If nothing else, you will have pretty darn good support for OpenGL stuff
with the 3DFX card. (Mesa, etc). . I have a voodoo3 2000 in my test box
at home and have been very pleased with it. Just do yourself a favor and
make sure you have some fans or something blowing inside that box as the
voodoo 3 does double as a toaster oven. Good Luck.
--
Jason
www.cyborgworkshop.com
...and the geek shall inherit the earth...
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From: Andrey Vlasov [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Recommended SCSI card for Zip Plus drive and RH6.1?
Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2000 13:44:06 -0700
Hi Dave,
I have Tekram 315U 55CA$ and 390F 125CA$ and both works pretty well.
http://www.a-power.com
NOTE: Price in Canadian dollars.
Andrey
Dave Stanton wrote:
"Simon Tomlinson" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message
news:8nttca$kk2$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
I currently run my Zip Plus drive connected to my PC parallel port
using RH6.1. However I can't use my printer off the same port. I have
considered putting in a second parallel port but would rather add a
Linux compatible SCSI card and run the zip plus off that. What is the
best (ie cheap and win9x RH6.1 Zip compatible) PCI SCSI card to use?
Any suggestions
Thanks
Simon
Don't know about cheap ( got mine s/h ) but have had good results from
Advansys cards.
Dave
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From: Grant Taylor [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: printing problem
Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2000 20:51:35 GMT
Alexis Bilodeau [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I have a problem setting up an Optra E+ laser printer under Mandrake 7.0
with PDQ. I use pdq 2.2.1 with the pdq-o-matic driver for this printer.
It prints Postscript files only with xpdq, but I can't print from any
other program, nor can I print other types of file.
Does someone know what could be the problem?
Sure. I have not yet written the code to put ascii or other handling
into the PDQ files. In the meantime, you can simply print everything
via postscript. It's not quite as fast, but it'll work.
You should be able to print fine from other programs by specifying a
suitable pdq command or just xpdq instead of lpr.
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Grant Taylor - gtaylor@picantedotcom - http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/
Linux Printing HOWTO and Website: http://www.linuxprinting.org/
I offer consulting in most things Unix/Linux/*BSD/Perl/C/C++
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From: Andrey Vlasov [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: hunting down a SCSI RAID controller
Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2000 14:01:23 -0700
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Hi there,
check links and some posts from this newsgroup I hope that you will find it
usefull
Andrey
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Hi there,
I guess that you can not use this system for RAID. As I understood you plan to
use IDE Ultra66 controller. This controller has only two IDE channels which in
it's own order allow connect only two master drives. Only master drives should
be used for RAID. Best what you can to do use two controllers to get 4 master
IDE drives. You can not use master and slave drives by reason that one of two
drives will wait for another - what will decrease performance. If your data
critical you have to use RAID5 and it suppouse to have at least 3 drives.
http://www.linuxdoc.org/
Linux-Hardware Digest #464
Linux-Hardware Digest #464, Volume #12 Sun, 12 Mar 00 19:13:04 EST
Contents:
Install locks up (Ken)
Re: How to add new hardware in Linux? (Matti Juhani Kurkela)
Re: Ultra66 RH6.1 installs, but LILO hangs (John Noble)
Re: COM1 or COM2 for the ext. modem; whats optimal? ("Roger Hamlett")
Re: UDMA66 HPT366 linux driver (Bryan)
Re: ATA66 and Linux (Hal Burgiss)
Re: Ultra66 RH6.1 installs, but LILO hangs (Alan Burns)
Re: D-Link DFE-550TX Ethernet card...supported??? (Kris)
Re: Real audio, /dev/mixer (Martin Booth)
Re: VIA vs Intel chipsets - which is better? (Bill Moseley)
BE6-II mobo no 64MB ("Felonius Monk")
Re: ATA66 and Linux (A transfinite number of monkeys)
3com nic problem (Jim Colgan)
Re: BE6-II mobo no 64MB (Dances With Crows)
Re: Zoom modem configuration (Jim Jerzycke)
Re: need help with pcmcia scsi. ("Robert M. Stockmann")
From: Ken [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.redhat,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Install locks up
Date: Sun, 12 Mar 2000 20:18:37 GMT
All,
I am trying to install Redhat 6.0 on a computer with a Tyan Titan Turbo
S1572 motherboard.
From either the floppy or the CD, i lock up right after i get past
the SCSI detection.
I have stripped the ocmputer down to only a video card (Diamond V330),
and still no luck.
Any ideas ?
Ken
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From: Matti Juhani Kurkela [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: How to add new hardware in Linux?
Date: 12 Mar 2000 22:40:02 +0200
Per Inge Oestmoen [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
As a newcomer to Linux, there is a question that seems less obvious than
it should be:
When one buys a Linux distribution, often you have hardware which is not
supported by the material found in the present package. That is cool; I
know that the support is under way.
However, there the problem arises: In the absence of a Windows-style
driver model, how is support for new hardware in Linux added?
Basically, there are two possibilities.
If the new hardware uses some standard interface which is already
supported (and its data-transfer requirements are not too great)
the support may come in the form of an utility program,
which is installed just like any other program.
(That is: if the program comes e.g. as a RPM package, you use your
favorite package management tool to install it. If there's only the
source of the program available, the installation usually goes
more or less like this:
less README
less INSTALL
./configure
make
make install
...and then maybe edit a configuration file or two according to the
instructions in the README and/or other included documents.
Done!)
Otherwise, the support will be included in the Linux kernel (or as a
separate kernel module). This will often require you to compile
yourself a new kernel. (For more information, see e.g. the appropriate
HOWTO document and/or the documentation of your distribution.)
Compiling a kernel is not too difficult nor at all dangerous per se.
The amount of configurable options at the start of kernel compilation
might seem daunting, but the configuration system has a very
informative help system. It even contains hints like "Most people will
say N here" or "Answer Y unless you *know* you don't need this".
However, when you install your new kernel be sure to ensure that you
have a fallback option of some sort if your new kernel turns out to be
non-functional.
The complete kernel source package is about 16 MB in size, so it might
be a pain to download. There is a way around this, though: you can
download a patch to upgrade your existing kernel source to a next
newer version. These patches are orders of magnitude smaller than the
complete kernel source: however you'll need to apply one patch for
every step of increment in the version number, and the patches *must*
be applied in order. (A failure in patching is not immediately fatal:
at worst it means that you must obtain a "clean" kernel source package
before you can compile a new kernel.)
A case in point is my own SCSI card, scanner and graphics card.
Then the question arises: How do we a) find and b) install the necessary
additions that will allow the use of new hardware? Understandably, some
form for upgrade must happen, but how is this accomplished? I take for
granted that one does not have to buy/download a new distribution after
each time a new piece of hardware is added, but what exactly are the
procedures for adding it?
SCSI card:
The support for SCSI cards is certainly a part of the kernel.
The Linux kernel archive (http://www.kernel.org/) has the current
kernels and http://www.kernelnotes.org/ documents the changes between
kernel versions. Both have some documentation about compiling and
installing a new kernel.
Scanner:
The Linux scanner support is being developed by the SANE project.
Linux-Hardware Digest #464
Linux-Hardware Digest #464, Volume #10 Fri, 11 Jun 99 07:13:47 EDT
Contents:
Re: Powering off problems (Max)
Re: good motherboard for K6-2 450 and 350 (jaydub)
Re: Windows easy to install? BULLSHIT! (Martin A. Boegelund)
Re: Sound help: ESS 1969-based embedded soundcard (Rob Davison)
Ensoniq 1371 (Chuck Cusack)
video capture cards for Linux? (Peter Bismuti)
Re: Celeron or PII? (Mike Frisch)
Red Hat on a Dell Dimension (Sam Choi)
multiple soundcards (toast)
Re: modem problems (BoYz)
Video Shuts off Automatically! (Joe Pelkey)
Re: Linux on desktop Dells (Jonny Wray)
Re: does linux support maxblast? (Csaba Raduly)
Re: Video Shuts off Automatically! ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: 3Com OfficeConnect NIC (Henrik Carlqvist)
Re: SiS 6326 ("Tim Lewis")
slight OT: automatic reboot after power fail (Martin Lorenz)
Re: Disk usage monitoring ("Shaun Beech")
Re: Iomega Ditto drive ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: HP 697C. Need help configuring. (Robert Brodeur)
Multiple SCSI controllers ? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
From: Max [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.asus
Subject: Re: Powering off problems
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1999 22:39:33 +0500
Mohd H Misnan wrote:
On Mon, 7 Jun 1999 12:02:48 -0700, Ryan Lovett wrote:
I've got an Asus P2B-D inside of an Inwin ATX case. When I soft shutdown
from Windows, the box turns off. When I shutdown -h now from linux, I wait
till init finishes and then I press the power button on the front of the
case. The problem is that as soon as the machine turns off, it powers back
to life again. I have to flip the power switch on the back to safely turn
everything off.
What about Linux and/or my mobo/case is causing this to happen? Is it
possible to get Linux to turn off the power in the same fashion as
Windows? If not, is there any way to prevent immediate power cycling? Any
info is appreciated!
The feature that you wanted is called Advance Power Management (APM) and you can
surely use APM to automatically power-off your machine when you 'halt' your
Linux. Check for apmd and APM support inside your kernel and make sure that your
BIOS does support APM too.
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|Mohd Hamid Misnan |[EMAIL PROTECTED] / [EMAIL PROTECTED] |i|
|iMac/233 RevB+MacOS 8.6 |http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/3319/ |M|
|Mitac 5033/AMD K6-2/300 |We want to take over the world, but we don't have |a|
|Linux 2.2.9 i586|to do it tomorrow. It's OK by next week - Linus T.|c|
The problem is that Intel-based Dual-Processor motherboards DO NOT
IMPLEMENT APM CORRECTLY. At least P2B-D (i've got one too) does not for
sure. AFAIK Intel promises to correct the problem, but when ? I don't
know...
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (jaydub)
Subject: Re: good motherboard for K6-2 450 and 350
Date: Fri, 11 Jun 1999 07:56:07 GMT
On Tue, 08 Jun 1999 10:23:13 -0500, William Mount
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I'm very happy with my FIC VIA-503+. 2 Meg L2 Cache. 450
I am quite happy with the FIC 2013 1 Meg L2 Cache, 350 (ATX)
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Any suggestions on a decent mobo for my K6-2? I'm getting a 350 and a
450 to build 2 systems.
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Share what you know. Learn what you don't.
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From: Martin A. Boegelund [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Windows easy to install? BULLSHIT!
Date: Fri, 11 Jun 1999 06:47:12 GMT
In article 7imhtp$[EMAIL PROTECTED],
"Roberto Leibman" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Daniele,
Are you more familiar with Linux or Windows? I've been working with
Windows
for many years now and have installed it in many strange hardware,
it's just
a matter of knowing what its tricks are, as I'm sure its true of
linux and
any os. If you have access to another computer, I suggest you get the
latest
drivers for your laptop directly from compaq BEFORE you install
anything
else, so that you have them ready when required, remember that
manufacturers
seem to put a lot more custom stuff on their laptops than on other
computers, and that NO OS testing team can test every possible
combination.
He _had_ trouble installing Windows, no doubt about that. He uses this
experience to show that a common reason for choosing Windows over other
OSs because of easy installation, does not hold in the real world.
And now you tell him to get drivers for this and that over the net?!?
Well, one often heard reason for _not_ liking Linux, is that you might
have to get special patches and other software for your specific
hardware-configuration over the net. This argument is often used by MS-
advocates...
I'd say you just proved his point!
--
Roberto Leibman
Talaria Research, Inc.
http://www.talaria.com
Cxi tioj opinioj ne necese estas la opinioj de la administrantaro
[snip
