Linux-Hardware Digest #649

2001-04-19 Thread Digestifier

Linux-Hardware Digest #649, Volume #14   Thu, 19 Apr 01 07:13:05 EDT

Contents:
  question about modules ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
  Sound question ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
  Re: question about modules (Eric P. McCoy)
  Re: linux and cray j90 (MindPatrol)
  Re: using firewire with linux ("Nick K. Aghazarian")
  Umax 6400 Scanner ("Nick K. Aghazarian")
  Re: Printer Problems... ("Oliver B. Tupman")
  Re: linux and cray j90 (Jagged)
  Re: A Linux emulator for Linux, does this exist? ("Peet Grobler")
  Re: k7vza onboard sound support ("Mark")
  Re: Could Linux be used in this factory environment ? (Paul Repacholi)
  No logitech mouse works with any distribution of linux... (iQXth)
  CD-RW problem with redhat 7.0 ("Choi Kam Hung, Sean")
  remount HD rw (Frederik Himpe)
  Re: 2.4.3 kernel / new aic7xxx driver problem (Bruce Garlock)
  Re: remount HD rw (=?iso-8859-1?Q?Andr=E9?= David)
  Re: CD-RW problem with redhat 7.0 (=?iso-8859-1?Q?Andr=E9?= David)
  Re: 2.4.3 kernel / new aic7xxx driver problem (Bruce Garlock)
  Re: CD-RW problem with redhat 7.0 (choi kam hung)



From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: question about modules
Date: 18 Apr 2001 22:26:56 PDT

I was wondering if someone could explain the concept of compiling
support for modules into the kernel and loadable modules? 

And, also, why does the kernel have to be re-compiled when support
of a new module is added?

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Manatee

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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Sound question
Date: 18 Apr 2001 22:29:23 PDT

How do I configure sound for a machine? On my home machine,
I just put a CD in the drive and no problem I get sound.
On my work machine, not so simple.

Also, the person who had the machine before me said
that the SCSI drive interfered with sound somhow. Does
that make sense? How might that happen and how can I fix it?

I would love to troubleshoot the problem but I am not sure
how to get more info.

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Manatee

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Subject: Re: question about modules
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Eric P. McCoy)
Date: 19 Apr 2001 01:45:15 -0400

[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

> I was wondering if someone could explain the concept of compiling
> support for modules into the kernel and loadable modules? 

Modules are like device drivers, but you can load and unload them
without having to restart the system.  This is most useful because...

> And, also, why does the kernel have to be re-compiled when support
> of a new module is added?

...you can add new modules without recompiling your entire kernel.
When you enable that module, just do `make modules; make
modules_install' and you're set.  No reboot required.

This is in contrast to Windows 2000, which requires a reboot after
certain types of drivers are modified, and marked contrast to lesser
Windowses, which require a reboot after almost _any_ drivers are
modified.

-- 
Eric McCoy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
  "Knowing that a lot of people across the world with Geocities sites
absolutely despise me is about the only thing that can add a positive
spin to this situation."  - Something Awful, 1/11/2001

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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (MindPatrol)
Subject: Re: linux and cray j90
Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2001 05:51:49 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]




The Cray J90 series is air cooled, in case anyone really
cares; not that the water cooling ideas aren't novel and
entertaining.



The early model J90s are really pieces of crap. They shipped
the first version with broken cache hardware, which requires
that the cache be disabled (can you spell SLOW). I suffer
every day using a 12 processor J92; it's probably the worst
Unix box I've ever used (and its cache works).

No virtual memory support. No demand paging. This means that
things like "mmap" don't exist. No shared libraries. Memory
management is a nightmare (can you spell SWAPPING). A
context switch kills the poor thing.

Remember that Crays are designed to crunch floating point
numbers. Thats all!  Any decent PC will run rings around a
J90 doing anything except floating point. My PIII 933 is a
lot faster!

Most of my other headaches with this machine come from the
holes in Unicos (the OS). It's like Unix from the 1970s with
a half hearted attempt to add some Posix features. Linux
would fix most of these problems.

Sorry, but I hate this computer! Cray would have been
ashamed to put his name on this box (he didn' t design this
POS, he was at another company when the J90 was released).

However, let me express my extreme respect for the compiler
people at Cray. They did a wonderful job given what they had
to work with! The OS folks should have tried a little
harder.

<\RANT_MODE>

To steer this topic back to the Linux world...

A Linux port to the J90 (any Cray?) doesn't exist, so what
would

Linux-Hardware Digest #649

2000-09-29 Thread Digestifier

Linux-Hardware Digest #649, Volume #13   Fri, 29 Sep 00 15:13:06 EDT

Contents:
  UDMA-Driver (IDE) 4 ASUS K7M (Tom Assmuth)
  Re: Strange keyboard problem in Enlightenment (Tom Assmuth)
  Re: Imagewriter II on a 486? (Scott Alfter)
  Re: ati rage PRO compatibility ("Fabio Giovagnini")
  anyone recommend webcam/software for linux? (Peyton Bay)
  Re: Aureal Sound Cards ("Mox Fulder")
  Where go all the ports ? (Bravo)
  Problems with home-built system (Matthew Lynn)
  Re: UDMA-Driver (IDE) 4 ASUS K7M ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
  Re: annoying scsi resets in linux (Esa Tikka)
  Modem problem (Giles Turner)
  Re: UDMA-Driver (IDE) 4 ASUS K7M (Dances With Crows)
  Linux doesn't shows my ram (Chris Animal)
  Toshiba Combo DVD + CDROM writer SD-R1002 ("Andreas St. Pierre")
  2.4.0-test8 and PDC 20265 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
  Re: Linux doesn't shows my ram (Lew Pitcher)
  Re: Logitech Desktop Pro freezes in SuSE (Bram Bouwens)



From: Tom Assmuth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: UDMA-Driver (IDE) 4 ASUS K7M
Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2000 18:02:26 +0200

Hi,

Im using Athlon 650 with an ASUS K7M board
I wonder how i should get my IDE-device run at adequate speed.
As I looked up in the mainboard - Manual:
"South Bridge System Chipset: VIA VT82C686A PCIset with PCI Super I/O
integrated peripheral cnotroller supports UltraDMA/66, which allows
brust mode data transfers rates up to 66.6 MB/sec."

Im using a kernel 2.2.14 and took the following switshes

# Block devices
#
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_FD=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE=y
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_HD_IDE is not set
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDISK=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDECD=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDETAPE=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEFLOPPY=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDESCSI=m
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_CMD640=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_CMD640_ENHANCED=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RZ1000=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEPCI=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDMA=y
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_OFFBOARD is not set
CONFIG_IDEDMA_AUTO=y
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_OPTI621 is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_TRM290 is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_NS87415 is not set
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_VIA82C586=y

the dmesg section is:
VP_IDE: IDE controller on PCI bus 00 dev 21
VP_IDE: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later
ide0: BM-DMA at 0xffa0-0xffa7, BIOS settings: hda:DMA, hdb:pio
ide0: VIA Bus-Master (U)DMA Timing Config Success
ide1: BM-DMA at 0xffa8-0xffaf, BIOS settings: hdc:DMA, hdd:pio
ide1: VIA Bus-Master (U)DMA Timing Config Success
hda: IBM-DJNA-371350, ATA DISK drive
hdc: TOSHIBA CD-ROM XM-5602B, ATAPI CDROM drive
ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14
ide1 at 0x170-0x177,0x376 on irq 15
hda: IBM-DJNA-371350, 12949MB w/1966kB Cache, CHS=1650/255/63
hdc: ATAPI 8X CD-ROM drive, 256kB Cache
Uniform CDROM driver Revision: 2.56

That seems to be all right. 
But as i copy files from a scsi - volume (which is definately capable to
write 8MB/s) to this ide-drive, performance is at 4,5 MB/sec. if i copy
data within the ide-drive it's only 2,1 MB/sec.
That seems slow. But the worst thing is, as the ide - drive is been
written - you cannot work any-more. Mouse jumps and you cannot even move
windows. Also load goes up to 5 or more.

Does anyone experienced the same? Or even better - got a solution or a
hint for me??
Is there a switch i overlooked?
;-)

Thanks tom


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From: Tom Assmuth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Strange keyboard problem in Enlightenment
Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2000 18:11:10 +0200

Adam Short wrote:
> 
> I have an odd problem with my keyboard and the enlightenment window manager.
> For some strange reason, on certain programs, notably games, the keyboard
> refuses to work (at all). Other programs work fine. This is highly bizarre
> and I wondered if anyone had any similar problems.
> 
> The system is:
> 
> AMD Athlon T-Bird 800
> ATI Xpert 2000 32Mb VIVO AGP
> 128Mb RAM
> 10 Gb Linux partition (actually I think its about 3 for / and 7 for /home)
> No sound, nothing else of any importance (as far as I can see anyway)
> 
> The keyboard is an AT keyboard with an ATX adapter attached. It works
> perfectly in GNOME, KDE and WindowMaker. I am running Mandrake 7.1 if that
> helps.

never experienced that. but i do not game on my system. 

BUT - did you check in the shortcut - options (legacy e-conf tool)
, if some controls you need are not blocked. 


which controls for the game would you need? 
Did you test another window - manager (I d do a test with fvwm2
("startx fvwm2 -- :1"  assuming that you already work on DISPLAY 0)




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Linux-Hardware Digest #649

2000-04-09 Thread Digestifier

Linux-Hardware Digest #649, Volume #12Sun, 9 Apr 00 23:13:05 EDT

Contents:
  Memory problem ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
  Re: netgear 10/100 ("HOHO")
  p5a-b slow disks... (Marco Mililotti)
  Re: Geforce 256, DRI, XFree86 4.0 and 3D Accel. (Rod Roark)
  Re: I am a reseller and need help (Alan Clifford  (email:  change mundungus to AC))
  Re: Memory problem (Dances With Crows)
  Re: installing a second hd controller (Cameron Kerr)
  Re: HELP: Can't make PS/2 mouse work (Mark Bratcher)
  Re: Complain to antitrust against Canon (Mark Bratcher)
  LinkSys EtherPCI LAN Card 2 Problem (Yu Di)
  Re: help on 3Com Mhz 10/100 Cardbus ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
  Y2K Linux Problem?? ("Philip Allen")
  Re: LinkSys EtherPCI LAN Card 2 Problem ("Philip Allen")
  AC97 codec ("The Nice One")



From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Memory problem
Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2000 00:13:59 GMT

I just upgraded my memory in my computer.  But after upgrading memory,
then I decided to put Linux in.  I am pretty knowledgeable in Linux.  (I
can at least get around and I know most commands to work at a prompt
efficiently.)  But I just upgraded my memory from 64 megs to 192 megs.
I now find out that Linux defaults to 64 megs of ram no matter if you
have more or not.  I am told to get it to work you have to edit the
/etc/lilo.conf file and add at the top of the file
append="mem=192".  Then go to /sbin and run lilo.  I have done this and
it doesn't work.  Lilo runs from /sbin without any error messages, but
after I reset the computer, the startup screen and the system info under
gnome's menu system both say that there is still 64 megs of ram
installed.
Something else.  I don't know if this is relevant or not, but I should
tell you some other things I have to do to my system to get it to work
that may affect this or not.
When I first install Linux, my LS-120 drive doesn't work.  So the only
way for me to get it to work is to go to a configuration tool in
Mandrake that adds support for ide-floppy.o in my kernal.  But after I
do this, when I startup the computer, there is always two services that
fail from then on.  But I know now, if there are not two services that
fail, my LS-120 nor my HP 7200i CD Writer doesn't work until those two
fail.
Any ideas??
David
[EMAIL PROTECTED]


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Before you buy.

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From: "HOHO" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: netgear 10/100
Date: Sun, 9 Apr 2000 20:31:47 -0400

thanks again... how much they cost you?

"Thomas E. Haynes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:YK8I4.93921$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>
> "HOHO" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:8cr3cg$6m5$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > Is netgear 10/100 ethernet cards linux compatible?? i keep seeing ads
> about
> > how cheap they are and stuff.. was wondering if they are compatible with
> > linux..
> > thanx
> > PeLe
>
> I have them in two Linux machines and have always worked well for me. They
> use the tulip driver.
>
> Regards...   Tom Haynes
>Murfreesboro, TN
>
>
> >
> >
>
>



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From: Marco Mililotti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: p5a-b slow disks...
Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2000 01:46:10 +

Hi, does someone know why a Linux box on a p5a-b mb seems to go very slow on
disk I/O? I've downloaded the patch 4 linux (ALi ide driver 1.0 beta 3 for UDma
33), and I'm using it. The I/O throughput is better then before, ok. But when,
for example, I do massive I/O with more than one app (say: listening MP3 while
browsing the web, like now!) the system can't afford that: I can use mp3 player
OR I can use Netscape. Otherwise the system seems doing a lot of job without
being able to execute concurrently the jobs.

Mah!! Do you know something on that?

Any help wellcome (also private email, if you like).

Tnx, a lot
Bye

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Peace cannot be kept by force. It can only be achieved by understanding.
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Marco Mililotti
email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
web  : http://www.dadacasa.com/yah/





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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rod Roark)
Subject: Re: Geforce 256, DRI, XFree86 4.0 and 3D Accel.
Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2000 01:05:45 GMT

To answer the original question... you can run xf86config and choose
the Riva TNT from the card list and that will get you the nv driver.

BTW the installation script for XFree86 4.0 under Slackware 7.0 gave
me a symbolic link /etc/X11/xinit pointing to itself!  I replaced this
with the old xinit directory and now eve

Linux-Hardware Digest #649

1999-07-02 Thread Digestifier

Linux-Hardware Digest #649, Volume #10Fri, 2 Jul 99 15:13:47 EDT

Contents:
  Re: Mouse wheel? (Michael Wellman)
  Re: Lexmark 3200 and Linux (Michael Wellman)
  Re: Windows easy to install? BULLSHIT! (JLKirkham)
  Re: Problems with AWE64 and RH 6.0 ("Jason W (Borland)")
  Re: Logitech Cordless Desktop (Matthew Hunter)
  Creative Labs 3d Blaster Banshee and 320*240 Res
  3 GB > hard disk partitions ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
  Seeking video card recommendation (Kenneth Kellum)
  Re: What is a good tape drive for Linux ("Carl R. Stevenson")
  Alps printer (Gordon Charrick)
  Re: Seeking video card recommendation (killbill)
  Re: 486? HELP!! ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
  Re: courier v.everything NON WIN MODEM (Mike Frisch)
  Re: Ziatech 6660 and Linux (Peter F Bradshaw)
  Re: Dell Inspiron compatibility?  What is best laptop? (Serban-Mihai Popescu)
  Re: @home schitzophrenia with RH (Johan Kullstam)
  Re: Need Iomega Ditto 3200 (3.2G) Tape Drive info ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
  Re: Windows easy to install? BULLSHIT! (Brian Hartman)
  Re: PCMCIA Ethernet networking problem (David Hinds)
  Re: please reccommend a PCI sound card (Marty Bowers)



From: Michael Wellman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Mouse wheel?
Date: Fri, 02 Jul 1999 16:15:50 GMT


I believe it's already supported by X.  There's a page out there=20
somewhere on the web that shows you how to set up the mouse in X and=20
how to configure the apps to use it.


>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

On 7/1/99, 2:06:46 PM, Bill Sherrard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote=20
regarding Mouse wheel?:


> Will there be support in Linux for the wheel on my Logitech Marble?





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From: Michael Wellman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Lexmark 3200 and Linux
Date: Fri, 02 Jul 1999 16:18:53 GMT


The 3200 (and 5700) are Winprinters.  However there is a driver for=20
the 5700 that works.  They say they're (not lexmark, rather the guys=20
who did the 5700) going to make a 3200 driver but they aren't working=20
on it yet.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

On 7/1/99, 10:17:55 AM, Joker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote regarding=20
Lexmark 3200 and Linux:


> Has anyone been able to get a Lexmark 3200 to work with Linux?
> I have apsfilter and ghostscript installed but can't seem to find the
> appropriate
> filter. I have 4.0 Slackware (Linux 2.2.6 w/ libc5).

> Thanks!

> Dan





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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (JLKirkham)
Subject: Re: Windows easy to install? BULLSHIT!
Date: 02 Jul 1999 17:02:10 GMT

>I'd venture to say that the error messages you get in Windows are a lot less
cryptic than those that Linux spits out.

Well, I can't compare, as I haven't had an error message in Linux (yet) that I
didn't understand  ("no such file or directory" is pretty self-explanatory). 
But with Win95/98 - fatal exception errors, BSOD, registry problem - explain
those to a newbie.  They don't sound any better than "mysteriously murdered" in
my book, and at least Linux told you what was murdered. 

>Linux has a learning curve that just isn't worth it for most users

Perhaps that is true, but then most users would know that going in.  BTW, DOS
had a learning curve too, remember?  And even win95/98 has a learning curve for
the complete beginners (thus the installation manual explaining how to click a
mouse for people like my mom).  At least people who are easily frustrated with
Linux didn't have to drop a paycheck to buy it.

>the hardware conflicts because of Linux's present lack of compatibility make
matters worse. 

I'll agree that I was disappointed to find out that my Rockwell HCF wasn't
going to work, I had no idea it was a winmodem (that's not Linux's fault, it
should have been in the modem docs).  But the scanner I bought - as I said, it
never occurred to me to check compatibility, so that's my fault.  But I can
still use it with my other stuff, and I got a really great deal - if either
were not true, at least I kept the box so I could return it.

>But you also shouldn't need a Masters to operate your computer. :)

Well, I don't have a Masters, never took even one computer class (not even in
high school), and I get by okay.  And I figure out who to ask if I get stuck.
  
>The problem is most people have neither the time nor the patience to wrestle
with their system

Most people don't have the patience for many things, a major American problem
in my books.  Our society is way too "instant gratificati

Linux-Hardware Digest #649

1999-03-13 Thread Digestifier

Linux-Hardware Digest #649, Volume #9Sat, 13 Mar 99 14:13:34 EST

Contents:
  Linux loader and Dynamic drive overlay (jfleblond)
  Re: install exabyte tape drive (John Thompson)
  Re: Linux and 486 ("jwpurple")
  Re: ATI RAGE IIC AGP ("jwpurple")
  Re: Us Robotics Sporster Modem with V90 upgrade ("jwpurple")
  Travan 4 (Patrice DUMAS)
  Redhat5.0 installation on 2nd drive(13.g),(Disk Druid problem) (floyd7)
  Re: Advise please re RedHat 5.2 and my install (Martin Gelfand)
  Re: Mounting a Windows formatted LS120 drive ("jwpurple")
  Re: Xserver support for STB 4400 TNT agp (Cory Johnson)
  Can I use a Lexmark 3200 under Linux? ("Paulo César Carvalho")
  Magic TView no sound with bttv ("J. Petters")
  Re: Matrox (Johan Kullstam)
  Re: Can Linux use 36-bit Xeon addressing? (wizard)
  Trident Cyber 9397 (Dimiter Tschawow)
  Advise please re RedHat 5.2 and my install ("Gary")
  Re: 2.2.3, ess 1888, & insanity (Michael Taylor)
  Re: aha152x scsi issues (Eric Sobalvarro)
  Re: Hardware Raid Solution ("Daniel W. Halverson")



Date: Sat, 13 Mar 1999 11:16:31 -0500
From: jfleblond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Linux loader and Dynamic drive overlay

Hi everyone,

I intend to use my old PC entirely for the use of Linux Red Hat 5.2
deluxe.

HP Vectra 486/66 VL
20MB RAM
SVGA
1.3 GB Seagate HD

There`s a potential problem that I anticipate.

Since this BIOS is old (1992) and it couln`t recognize the hole 1.3GB of
the newer disk that I`ve put it, I installed the Ontrack dynamic drive
overlay software that comes with the hard disk. This utility is working
fine with win95 and previously DOS. I`m wondering though with Linux. I
checked with Seagate and Ontrack and they don`t say anything about this
utility running under Linux.

I did a test: I booted with DOS diskette after DDO loaded and fdisk saw
the hole 1.3 GB, but without DDO it saw only 504MB. Currently this disk
has only one DOS (win95) partition.

Since I`m new to Linux, I don`t know what approach to take.

Would I need a small DOS partition that will load the DDO and after that
load Linux ? I don`t know.
Is that feasable with LILO ?
If not will Loadlin or Syslinux be able to help me or will I be forced
to boot from a diskette ?

Thanks in advance for your input.

J-F Leblond


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From: John Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.unix.solaris,comp.periphs.scsi
Subject: Re: install exabyte tape drive
Date: Sat, 13 Mar 1999 09:58:16 -0600

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

> I have an EXB-8200 connected to my PC, but I went ahead and spent the extra
> few bucks to get an external SCSI case.  I marched on over to a local place
> called MC Howard Electronics and got a great deal.  I paid $20 or $25.
 
> My point?  A bargain on a SCSI enclosure can be had if you go looking.
> Nobody wants to run full-height devices nowadays, so full-height
> enclosures are not in a great deal of demand.

Yes, I picked up an old full-height enclosure here for
US$20, complete with power supply, fan, etc.  And plenty of
room for two half-height devices.  

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From: "jwpurple" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux and 486
Date: Sat, 13 Mar 1999 10:34:06 -0500

Go for the P75 if you've got the extra cash.  It should do fine for some
time, while the sx machine is marginal.

While we're bragging about how 'little' a machine linux will run on, I
started with 99.15 on a 386sx25/4meg memory/250Mhd and actually got X
running, but it was slow.

Wake

TN wrote in message ...
>Hi
>
>Will Linux work well on a 486?  I've found a sale on IBM 486sx33/8mb/270hd
>for $79.
>Is this an OK machine for me to try Linux out on or should I get the
>P75/16m/850 for $199?
>
>Regards,
>Ted
>
>



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From: "jwpurple" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: ATI RAGE IIC AGP
Date: Sat, 13 Mar 1999 10:40:24 -0500

I had to get a special X server for this card - mine has 4meg.  Don't
remember where i got it (running NT at the moment so I can't look it up). If
you haven't figured it out yet I'd be glad to let you know. I think I found
the info in the X docs, though.

Martyn Beer wrote in message
<7c91ns$73q$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>
>I'm a newbie with Linux, and I  cannot get X to work with the above card
and
>a CTX 1569SE monitor-  the best I can achieve is a very wobbly 1024x768
>resolution with duplicated menus which is completely unusable. Every other
>res is always black. When I exit the server there are no obvious errors in
>the server output apart from deleting unsupported modes. The only other
>anomaly I can see is that Windows reports 2mb of RAM for