Linux-Hardware Digest #719
Linux-Hardware Digest #719, Volume #14Thu, 3 May 01 01:13:05 EDT Contents: Re: run two linuxes (Eric P. McCoy) Fullscreen mode in xawtv, using PCTVpro (Lars Luthman) Stupid D-Link DFE-530+, how to fix in RH 7.1? (Adriel Michaud) Re: that PCMCIA question (Linksys PCMPC100 V2/Dell Inspiron 4000) (Dean Thompson) The Excalibur GeForce 2 MX AGP and Linux (Joker 2 Thief) Re: Reach maximum mount count? (Dances With Crows) Epson 640U RedHat 6.2 (Rodney D. Myers) Re: network card - redhat 7.1 [Thanks] (J Hayward) Researching Linux AMD Duron (Zhan) Re: that PCMCIA question (Linksys PCMPC100 V2/Dell Inspiron 4000) (blariz) Re: that PCMCIA question (Linksys PCMPC100 V2/Dell Inspiron 4000) (P Stein) USB harddisk - how to get more out of it (William Wong) Re: that PCMCIA question (Linksys PCMPC100 V2/Dell Inspiron 4000) (Dean Thompson) Re: Reach maximum mount count? (Eric P. McCoy) MyLinux Pocket Linux Workstation Update! (Rob Wehrli) INfo on high-capacity SCSI tape drive (Frank Saab) Re: run two linuxes (Michael Meissner) Re: run two linuxes (Michael Meissner) Re: Researching Linux AMD Duron (olgnuby) Subject: Re: run two linuxes From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Eric P. McCoy) Date: 02 May 2001 20:39:32 -0400 alik blochin [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: can i run both Mandrake 8.0 and RH7.1 on the same hdisk ? i suppose i can but two separate disks would definitly be better choice for such endevour... the question is how do i do it? No, the question is why in the world would you _want_ to do it? -- 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 -- From: Lars Luthman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Fullscreen mode in xawtv, using PCTVpro Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2001 15:20:34 +0200 I have a Pinnacle PCTVpro TV card installed in my computer, and I use xawtv to watch TV. It works fine with small window sizes, but when I try to use fullscreen mode something goes wrong. I see the left edge of the picture, the rest of the screen is black. The edge between the picture and the black area isn't sharp, it's kind of fuzzy. I'm using the drivers that came with Mandrake 8.0. xawtv is set to PAL mode (I know it's the right mode, because it's the only one that looks right). --ll -- From: Adriel Michaud [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Stupid D-Link DFE-530+, how to fix in RH 7.1? Date: Thu, 03 May 2001 01:30:05 - Problem a. I've got a D-Link DFE-538TX, which makes it part of the 530+ family that uses the realtek 8139 series chipsets. Problem b. I run RH 7.1 Compiling the rtl8139.c driver comes with nothing but errors, the 8139too package doesn't work, and there is no pre-compiled version of the driver module to be found (I think it's supposed to be included, but I can't find the darn thing anywhere on the CD) I'm in the midst of attempting to recompile my kernel, but with RedHat, they make it so darn difficult if you're upgrading without their specific kernel. I've seen a fair bit of posts about this problem, and I've looked at a ton of online references, but all signs point to no dice. I've even seen one post saying that kernel 2.4.2 in RH 7.1 doesn't work with the driver. So one should just have to recompile right? but I'm taking the stance that if I'm going to be compiling I may as well cruise on up to kernel 2.4.4 Any help with these confounded nics would be appreciated. -- Posted via CNET Help.com http://www.help.com/ -- From: Dean Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.portable,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: that PCMCIA question (Linksys PCMPC100 V2/Dell Inspiron 4000) Date: Thu, 03 May 2001 11:30:27 +1000 Hi Yuri, I would very much appreciate any advice on how to get my new PCM card to work. I've installed Redhat 7.1 on Dell Inspiron 4000 laptop; my PCM card is Linksys Etherfast 10/100 (PCMPC100 V2). Some details on the At this stage it doesn't look like the Card Services are capable of providing support for the PCMPC100 Version 2 cards. A quick check of: http://pcmcia-cs.sourceforge.net/ftp/SUPPORTED.CARDS shows that the basic card is supported and that version 3 is not supported. It doesn't talk about version 2, but a number of postings that google found seemed to confirm the basis that the PCMPC100 V2 card isn't being supported at the moment. See ya Dean Thompson -- +++ | Dean Thompson | E-mail - [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | Bach. Computing (Hons) | ICQ - 45191180 | | PhD Student| Office - Off-Campus | | School Comp.Sci Soft.Eng
Linux-Hardware Digest #719
Linux-Hardware Digest #719, Volume #13 Fri, 13 Oct 00 02:13:06 EDT
Contents:
Re: Death knell for Windows (Keith Fullerton)
f$%#ing MODEMS ("Dusty Dew")
Re: KT7-RAID with Linux? (Ron)
Re: SMP and IDE LOST INTERRUPT ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
NAJNIZE CENE LINUX-a i NAJVECA PONUDA LINUX-a, Nove Distribucije: Red Hat 7.0,
Slackware 7.1... ("Heart of the Tiger")
Onstream DI-30 and Linux? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2000 17:08:45 +1200
From: Keith Fullerton [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Death knell for Windows
You are absolutely right that the "people who can't get things to work in
Linux ... don't know what they're doing". I think that you will find that the
people who can't get things going in Windows know even less or are trying to
shoehorn incompatable things together.
I have many years of Unix experience and have worked with many operating
systems and hardware for over twenty five years and I will tell you that Linux
is still not for the faint of heart. It still daunts me at times for long
periods.
It takes someone who is dedicated to making things work and yes, learning
enought and searching out the proper drivers and configurations and maybe even
creating thier own to get thier hardware to work. The nice thing is that this
is possible and with the huge army of people who develop and help others by
answering questions and by providing How-Tos, this will become something that
the general public can easily use. It has not happened yet.
I'll also bet that the games that are crashing your Windows system don't
even run on your Linux box. Another problem that will be solved in time.
Adam Short wrote:
After finally finishing my system upgrade I've installed both Mandrake 7.1
and Windows 98SE on my machine. What I found odd (but very cool) is that
Mandrake installed everything I had on there automatically and (apparently)
optimally. X runs like a greased pig and the 3D screensavers that come with
it zoom around the screen like mad, pixel perfect all the time. My new zip
drive worked straight from the box, my IDE CD-Writer was not only recognised
but properly configured as a writer before I even touched anything, the
whole thing was like a dream. What happened with Windows is another matter
entirely. Conversely nothing at all worked properly. The drivers for my
motherboard made it totally incompatible with my AGP graphics card, my sound
card still doesn't work properly (it crashes about half of my games for no
apparent reason). I've sorted most of it but its taken weeks. Linux worked
straight out of the box, no messing.
In short I believe that this is what is going to kill Windows. The
newsgroups are full of people complaining that they can't get this that and
the other working with Windows. Bloatware has finally become a true
liability as even device drivers end up conflicting with each other, mangled
dependencies in hardware and software causing chaos in the system. In
comparison, while there are a lot of people who can't get things to work in
Linux, for the most part (and I mean no offense) its usually because they
don't know what they're doing. Linux will work with just about anything, and
if it doesn't straight away, somebody will eventually write a driver (or the
user can try to write one himself).
Windows stuffs you up from day one. Its impossible to change some settings
that you absolutely have to change. You are forced to rely on drivers
written by manufacturers that have probably never gone anywhere near your
hardware, thus your video card quite possibly won't work properly with your
motherboard (as in my case), your sound card will happily sit there blithely
ignoring any request for it to make noise and your modem will have
absolutely no idea where it is or what it is supposed to be doing. I think
its time for Microsoft to learn the value of open source development,
releasing technical information to those who could make their product at
least work properly. Otherwise increasing hardware sophistication will make
Windows a fat, sluggish, crippled dinosaur waiting patiently for someone to
put it out of its misery.
I never run it anymore except to play the few games I have that still work.
If I can afford to ditch it, anyone can.
Adam
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From: "Dusty Dew" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: f$%#ing MODEMS
Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2000 00:10:29 -0500
I miss my T1
First can anyone tell me if a PCI 56k/V.90 Internal modem from Viking
Components will run under Linux. I went to there web site and from reading a
couple of FAQs it seems that it will work. How? The always leave off the
how.
Second, hoe do I set it up if it does work.
All help appreciated,
~Dusty
Winblows, the next upgrade for a TI-86.
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Linux-Hardware Digest #719
Linux-Hardware Digest #719, Volume #9Fri, 19 Mar 99 07:13:31 EST
Contents:
Re: shakey ATI Xpert 98 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Linux vs FreeBSD vs NetBSD vs OpenBSD (Harald Arnesen)
Re: X munges the graphics card? (Re: Windows 2000 Rah! Rah! Sessionfalls flat)
([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Toshiba laptop xwindows ("dooley")
T.Yunden and AHA-2940A Ultra ("Bertrand L.")
fujistsu c340 modem and linux? ("Geekster")
SiS 6326 (Markus Hillenbrand)
Tape Library Support ("CT")
Re: HP 2100 and ghostscript (Bill Simpson)
sound card setup - HELP (Lee Bennett)
Midi on CS423x w/2.0.36 (**Nick Brown)
Re: Supermicro S2DGE + Xeon problems (Michael Lillie)
Re: Parport Iomega Zip with imm module, kernel 2.2.1 (Burkard B. Kreidler)
Re: X munges the graphics card? (Re: Windows 2000 Rah! Rah! Session falls flat)
(John Thompson)
Re: Linux vs FreeBSD vs NetBSD vs OpenBSD (Lee Blevins)
Re: Is Windows for idiots? (Bloody Viking)
Re: Linux on a Celeron? ("sasha")
Re: SCSI 68pin to 50pin, possible? (M. Buchenrieder)
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To:
comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.video,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc,comp.os.ms-windows.nt.setup.hardware,comp.os.ms-windows.video
Subject: Re: shakey ATI Xpert 98
Date: 19 Mar 1999 08:03:20 GMT
This problem is usually in the cable: this board has dual IDE
controllers, but you will often find that the devices are set as
master / slave on the primary controller with the secondary set up
without any devices on it. Move the CD-ROM to master on the
secondary controller and as often as not your problem will go away.
If this doesn't help re-post here and I will attempt some other
troubleshooting.
Beware Scots bearing gifts - have ye no idea what's in a haggis,
laddie?
On 18 Mar 1999 09:55:09 +0100,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Clemens
Beckstein) wrote:
maybe someone can help me with the following problem:
- MSI-6151 Pentium II (400MHz), 100Hz FSB ATX board with Intel BX chipset
- Monitor Iiyama Vision Master Pro 400 (A701GT)
- ATI Xpert98 8MB AGP 2x graphiocs card on onboard
- instable picture whenever there is a lot of hard disk activity
(Maxtor 8GB UDMA IDE hard disc) or if the
TEAC 32x-CD-ROM (also IDE) is starting up or very busy
the degree of the disturbance depends on the vertical frequency
(at the moment it is set to 90Hz at a resolution of 1024x768)
it happens bot under Windows NT 4.0 SP4 and Linux
what could be the reason?
I have already changed monitor cables (tried both BNC and VGA cables)
and exchanged the power supply of the machine but the problem persists
could this be a problem of the motherboard or will I have to send back
the monitor (the monitor works fine as long as there is no busy
activity of the hard disk or the CD-ROM)
Any help appreciated (preferrably by e-mail since I do not routinely
read all the hardware newsgroups)...
Cheers,
- Clemens
--
Prof. Dr. Clemens Beckstein http://www.minet.uni-jena.de/fakultaet/beckstein/
Friedrich-Schiller-Universitaet Jena Phone: Intl.+49/3641/9-46350 + 9-46301
Institut fuer Informatik Fax: Intl.+49/3641/9-46302
Ernst-Abbe-Platz 1-4, D-07743 Jena, Germany
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From: Harald Arnesen [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: Linux vs FreeBSD vs NetBSD vs OpenBSD
Date: 19 Mar 1999 08:03:27 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Lee Blevins) writes:
The directions for building a kernel in freebsd take about two
paragraphs and work flawlessly. I can execute the procedure in a few
minutes. I get the feeling with linux you have to join some linux cult
and get the inside information that is not covered in the docs.
The documentation must have improved a lot since the last time I tried
it, then (version 2.2.6). I found it very confusing, but I managed to
build a kernel in the end. Even the "Complete FreeBSD" book didn't
help much.
I get a new (old) 486 later today, and I plan to try FreeBSD on that
one. I have some 3.0 CDs lying around.
It's all about what you're used to. I have installed Linux about a
dozen times now on different machines, compiled almost all kernels
since 1.1.x, so for me it has become routine. I'm completely new to
FreeBSD, so naturally I expect more problems from that OS.
For what it's worth, Solaris 7 is the OS I have had the least problems
in installing on an Intel-based computer.
--
Harald Arnesen, Apalløkkveien 23 A, N-0956 Oslo, Norway
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To:
comp.lang.java.advocacy,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: X munges the graphics card? (Re: Windows 2000 Rah! Rah! Sessionfalls
flat)
Date: 19 Mar 1999 07:56:06 GMT
There's a pretty old book entitled "Linux Configuration and
Installation"
