Linux-Hardware Digest #96
Linux-Hardware Digest #96, Volume #14Thu, 28 Dec 00 23:13:05 EST
Contents:
Re: Building new system (Dances With Crows)
INTEL LOPEZ ("jaap")
Panasonic CD-RW setup? (Kyle Dobbs)
Re: displaying video memory ("Dan White")
Re: Increase RAID capacity ("Dan White")
Re: Panasonic CD-RW setup? (Dances With Crows)
Re: Iomega HipZip and Dadio
A good place to buy components? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Creative Labs PCI 128 ("Ricardo Correia")
Re: "COM 5"? ("D. Stimits")
Re: PCI configuration in Linux 2.2.18 : IRQ assignment? ("D. Stimits")
ASUS A7V UDMA installation problems ("Vladimir Danishevsky")
Re: PCI configuration in Linux 2.2.18 : IRQ assignment? ("D. Stimits")
seting up a new network card ("Kirk R. Wythers")
silencing my modem (Paul Carbone)
Re: Creative Labs PCI 128 (Dances With Crows)
Re: silencing my modem (Tony Curtis)
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Building new system
Date: 29 Dec 2000 00:36:50 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Thu, 28 Dec 2000 22:23:11 GMT, mike staggered into the Black Sun and said:
I want to replace my computer with newer stuff (this P-200 system is too
slow to be any fun anymore). I'll probably buy parts and build it.
Problem is, I've been out of the loop for so long I don't even know what a
decent Linux baseline system is anymore. So:
This is a system for home use. I don't play any games. I use it mainly
for Internet and some working from home.
Which processor?
Which m/b?
How much and what kind of RAM?
What kind of video/how much video RAM?
I've always liked how easy IDE is but I'd like to get a scanner and a
recordable CD setup so should I switch to SCSI or stick with lower cost
IDE (I don't know jack about SCSI)?
I don't want anything that's bleeding-edge - I just want something faster
and more modern. And I'd like to keep it around $1000 (or less).
I'd recommend an AMD Duron, somewhere on the low side of the MHz range.
500? Don't know precisely which motherboard to get; my advice would be
to go with something from the middle end of the price range. Get as
much RAM as you can afford; RAM is cheaper now than it has been for a
while. 128M at minimum, 256 if you can afford it. If you're not doing
3D games, get a Matrox G400--really nice picture quality, works like a
champ under all modern Linux distros. Go ATi Xpert9x if you need
something dirt-cheap and reasonable. Avoid Intel; the price/performance
is worse than AMD's unless you must have SMP.
If you're getting a scanner, you have 2 options: SCSI and USB. The
really high-end stuff is SCSI; always has been. There are a number of
USB scanners that work with Linux; check http://linux-usb.org/ and look
under "Scanners" for the lowdown. SCSI disks are generally better-built
and cost more, but they use less CPU time and share the larger bus more
effectively than their IDE counterparts. A SCSI CD-RW is still the best
option, but recent IDE CD-RWs perform well and cost a lot less.
If you need max. performance, go SCSI. If you want lots of disks, go
SCSI. If you want to get reasonable performance for cheap for a home
system, go IDE.
And is there a Linux site somewhere which lists suggestions for system
components that will work together (not the hardware validation site)?
Eh? There aren't many problems of the "FooCard 200 doesn't work with
BarMotherboard BAZ-11" variety. I'd suggest going to
http://pricewatch.com/ or a similar site, picking out a set of pieces
that looks good, then trying to validate those pieces via
linuxhardware.com or your distro of choice's hardware compatibility
list. HTH,
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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: "jaap" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To:
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Subject: INTEL LOPEZ
Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2000 01:57:30 +0100
www.jasper-paul.com take a look
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From: Kyle Dobbs [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Panasonic CD-RW setup?
Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2000 15:14:18 -0500
Hello.
I recently purchased a panasonc "CW-7586" CD-RW drive. I plan on
running Linux-Mandrake whenever the CD arrives. According to
Linux-Mandrake.com, L-M only supports the Panasonic CW-7502 and CW-7582
drives. How do I set up my CW-7586?
Thanks.
-Kyle Dobbs
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Linux-Hardware Digest #96
Linux-Hardware Digest #96, Volume #11Wed, 25 Aug 99 19:13:47 EDT
Contents:
Re: ghost script and epson stylus 640 (Bill Maniatty)
Re: Support for SB PCI128 on Redhat6.0 ("Jamie")
Re: modem irony (C. C. McPherson)
Re: RH 5.1 locks during install - Help ! (C. C. McPherson)
RH 5.1 locks during install - Help ! (Jason Jarvis)
Re: More Confused.^ (Bill Bonde)
ghost script and epson stylus 640 (Stewart Hector)
Re: More Confused. (Stuart R. Fuller)
Re: Questions about modem setup and new software install? (Johan Kullstam)
LS-120 (Neil Walters)
Re: Support for SB PCI128 on Redhat6.0 ("HillBoy")
Intel SC450NX (Art Berggreen)
Re: More Confused. (Michael Wellman)
Help with modem!!! ("Lukasz Trybulec")
Re: More Confused. ("Matt Anderson")
Re: More Confused. ("L. Friedman")
Caldera Open Linux 2.2 (Ben Vince)
Re: USB Modems under Redhat 5.2 (ghelbig)
Re: More Confused. (Paul D. Smith)
Re: YAMAHA sound card problems - need help (Sonny)
Re: More Confused. (Grant Edwards)
Re: Seagate TapeStore 8GB --- SCSI or ATAPI (David Graham)
Re: US Robotics ISDN SPortster (ghelbig)
From: Bill Maniatty [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: ghost script and epson stylus 640
Date: Wed, 25 Aug 1999 16:01:56 -0400
Stewart Hector wrote:
can only tell me how to set ghostscript up to work with epson stylus?
please, don't tell me to rtfm!
a working script would be nice!!
I don't have such a configuration, so I have not had a chance to try the
following.
However, two interesting places on the web for just such stuff include:
http://eunuchs.org/epson/index.html
and
http://www.u.arizona.edu/~zdw/uniprint.html
Unfortunately your question is so vague that reading and trying stuff is
probably
the only way to get a more specific problem statement.
I hope that helps. I am under the impression that the uniprint drivers
could
require some color correction parameters to match the quality of the
Epson
supplied drivers (which are not available for Unix :-(). You might also
want to check dejanews to see if there is any good stuff in
comp.peripherals.printers.
Regards:
Bill Maniatty
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From: "Jamie" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Support for SB PCI128 on Redhat6.0
Date: Wed, 25 Aug 1999 17:17:59 -0400
For basic use, run 'sndconfig' from a command line. If you want more
capabilities, try the ALSA drivers.
Jamie
Ganesh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
Hi,
I just installed Redhat 6.0 on my machine with sound card from Creative
Labs -
SB PCI128. However I did not find any info in the docs, on how to enable
sound on my machine.
Is there a driver that I need to download from some place ?
Are ther options under linuxconf, kdemenus, gnome utilities that I
should be looking for ?
Is there any command line utlities that I should know about ?
Any help is appreciated
Thanks,
Ganesh - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (C. C. McPherson)
Subject: Re: modem irony
Date: Wed, 25 Aug 1999 16:26:46 -0400
Chris Webster wrote:
So I bought a Diamond SupraExpress 56K external. Hooked up, works great
on linux. Can't get it working under Win98 to save my life
REVENGE AT LAST !!! :-)
Csaba
Does the Supra have jumpers? If so is jumper A0 jumpered or not? This is the PNP
jumper
(OFF=PNP Mode, ON=NON PNP MODE). I have mine jumpered for NON-PNP mode, so windoz
requires
that you create a Com port for it, that points to the IRQ and IO Address your Supra is
jumpered
for. Once you create a com port, then all you do is point your Modem Entry to that com
port.
If you don't have the jumper settings, send me a e-mail, and I'll send you the jumper
settings.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (C. C. McPherson)
Subject: Re: RH 5.1 locks during install - Help !
Date: Wed, 25 Aug 1999 16:59:59 -0400
Hi all, looking for some help. Upgraded my machine to an AMD K6-III on
a cheap motherboard. Looks like it's a MegaStar AI5VG+ running Award
BIOS. I also got a Maxtor 10.2 ultra DMA hard drive. Problem is when
trying to install RH 5.1 from my old CD I get lockups. At first it
locked up while formatting the hard drive ( I used Disk Druid ). I
found out that UDMA probavly wasn't fully supported in the kernel that
is on my CD, so I tried disabling UDMA in the BIOS, no difference. I
tried creating smaller partitions (4 gig max) and didn't format all
partitions just / /usr /var, that got me into the install, but it locks
up just a little later while copying files. I have downloaded BIOS
updates for the MB and am going to try those. Since the old kernel I
have does not seem to
Linux-Hardware Digest #96
Linux-Hardware Digest #96, Volume #10Sat, 24 Apr 99 23:13:39 EDT
Contents:
Re: Plextor 32X SCSI CD (Eric Potter)
Adaptec 2940U2W ("TURBO1010")
Re: LILO and large hard disk ("David Travers")
Re: Linux Newbie Web Site Updated ("ne...")
Re: i740 drivers for Linux (John Thompson)
Re: Pacbell ADSL (Aeros)
Re: Iomega Zip100 in Linux (Monte Milanuk)
ALi Chipset (Bob Sully)
Re: Hang up with Adaptec 2940U2W (David Thompson)
Re: HELP +++ SB128PCI +++ HOW ??? ("Michael J. Cavanaugh")
Re: Problems with Mill II + Iiyama 502pro, with Win98 AND Linux
Re: Setting up the modem (M. Buchenrieder)
Re: booting problem. (Joe Harvell)
Re: Paralell Port Zip Drive (Tim Moore)
Intel Pentium III Xeon Chip ("Bruce P. Morin")
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Eric Potter)
Subject: Re: Plextor 32X SCSI CD
Date: 24 Apr 1999 18:44:32 GMT
Phil D. enlightened this group thus:
I'm having problems with time-out errors using Plextor's 32X CDROM drive. The drive
mounts OK, and sometimes it will work for a little while, but then nothing. It is
connected to a Fireport 40 card using the ncr53C8XX driver. I have a Zip drive
also on
the same card which works fine.
I am running RedHat 5.2, dual booting with win98. The CDROM works perfectly in
windows or DOS. I had this problem with Linux from day one, had to copy the Redhat
CD
to a hard drive partition to install. I've since upgraded the kernel to 2.2.3 but
the
problem with the CD persists. Otherwise, all is currently rosy in Linux-land.
Anyone have any advice to offer?
Phil D.
Sorry my first post got messed up. I had the same problem with my Fireport 20.
I fixed it by going into the SCSI card setup utility and reducing the transfer
rate to 10 MB/sec.
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From: "TURBO1010" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Adaptec 2940U2W
Date: Tue, 13 Apr 1999 14:49:35 -0700
How do I install Linux 1.3 on this card? I can't seem to get the module
loaded. Any help on this would be apprecitated. Thanks.
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From: "David Travers" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: LILO and large hard disk
Date: Sun, 25 Apr 1999 00:09:37 +0100
Make a /boot partation and ensure that it is below cylinder 1024. Linux will
not boot (i think) if kernel is in cylinder greater than 1024.
The rest of the system can be created as usual.
Paul Pop wrote in message 5keU2.42237$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
Hi,
I have a Fujitsu 8.4Gb hard disk on my system with an Asus TX97-E
motherboard. For some reason the BIOS does not recognize the full size of
the hard disk if I use LBA. The only option that works is NORMAL. With
this,
however, the number of cylinders is 16,383. When I run Linux' fdisk it
warns
me that the number of cylinders exceeds 1024. This is what the partition
table looks like:
DeviceBootBeginStartEndBlocksId
System
/dev/hda1 11 1020514048+
6
DOS 16-bit =32M
/dev/hda2* 1021 102115359 7614432 83
Linux native
/dev/hda3 15360 1612916383 128520 82
Linux swap
My problem is that Linux does not boot from the hard disk (it boots fine
from the floppy made during installation). I've installed LILO in theboot
record of the root file system. I've used the "append = hd=16383,16,63" in
the /etc/lilo.conf file. When I run lilo at the prompt I get the following
message:
geo_comp_addr: Cylinder number is too big (3119 1023).
^
(Where does this come from?)
I ran lilo -l and it told me that it added both the Linux and the DOS
partitions. However I still can't boot from the hard disk (system just
hangs
with no messages, I do not even get L.). In the DOS partition I have WinNT
and it sees the entire disk. Any help is greatly appreciated.
Best regards,
Paul Pop
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.misc,redhat.comfig,redhat.general
From: "ne..." [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Linux Newbie Web Site Updated
Date: Sat, 24 Apr 1999 23:38:41 GMT
[posted mailed]
On Apr 24, 1999 at 23:17, Diane Adams eloquently wrote:
Hi,
I just finished updating my web site. The site has links and information
about Linux. I have designed the site to help newbies to Linux find
informationon the OS. I would greatly appreciate it if you just checked
it out and let me know what you think, I can use all of the input I can
get. Thanks to all of the people who comented on the site already. I
hope you like the new additions. The address is:
http://www.angelfire.com/sc/linux/lin.html
IMHO U lef
