Re: [newbie] -C code=
lll wrote: i just downloaded a c program and it said to make it executable 'chmod +x file', and when im going to run it it just says that the file doesnt exist.. helP. are you using the format ./program_name or typing the full path of the program. If the directory that the program is in is not in your path you need to use one of the above methods. Don S
Re: [newbie] Will U.S. Robotics 56K PCI Performance Pro Modem work with Linux?
If you are referring to the 3cp5610 model - yes it's supposed to work. There is a page at http://www.o2.net/~gromitkc/3cp5610.txt that describes how to configure it. I used it to reconfigure my 5613 (gaming modem) and it still works except I had to get rid of the ^fourport option (didn't work - got modem busy). Don S - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, January 14, 2001 10:20 PM Subject: [newbie] Will U.S. Robotics 56K PCI Performance Pro Modem work with Linux? Egghead has the U.S. Robotics 56K PCI Performance Pro Modem on sale. It appears from the description that it is not a winmodem. Can anyone tell me if it will work with Mandrake 7.2?
Re: [newbie] OT 6th question - SCSI vs IDE OT
Adrian, SCSI in itself is not really faster than the latest UDMA ide interfaces. There is another layer of arbitration that has to be gone through to read from a device as the SCSI bus is an idependant bus. I have seen tests some where they took identical drives (except interface) and tested them side by side and the ide drive won because the command has to go through less steps with UDMA than SCSI. So if you get an old SCSI drive don't expect it to be faster than your new 7200 rpm IDE scorcher. Now that i've sort of bashed SCSI I'll give you the advantages. 1. The fastest drives made are SCSI. New harddrive technology debuts in high end SCSI drives. The 15000 rpm Seagate cheatah is one ex. of this. Of course they are some of the most expensive. 2. Much more expandable. You can up to 7 narrow and /or15 wide devices to a single SCSI adaptor card which uses only one irq. This is opposed to 2 devices per channel on IDE at one irq per channel. 3. More variety of devices. DVD, -RAM's,-RW's, tape drives, CD-ROM, RW's, R's, hard drives, solid state storage, scanners, high end printers, and much more. 4. Separate bus. This may be a disadvantage with one device but when it comes to doing high intensity disk activities the scsi buss really shines. It uses a lot less cpu cycles to do inter-bus tranfers (from scsi hdd to cdrw for ex.) That's why scsi cd burners have lower processor utilization than ide ones do. Before burn proof you had a lot less coasters with scsi cdrw's and you do other things while the cdburner was doing it's thing. Caching raid controllers are still almost unheard of in the ide world. In a server enviroment scsi is usually the best way to go. So scsi has a quite a few advantages in the right enviroments. In a typical desktop enviroment it's probably not worth the extra cost. But if you consider yourself a power user and need the expandability and have the cash then go for it. Don S - Original Message - From: "Adrian Smith" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2000 6:57 PM Subject: [newbie] OT 6th question - SCSI vs IDE OT this came up the other day. someone told me that a SCSI hard drive is faster than an IDE hard drive. i have never used a SCSI drive in my life, so i don't know from experience. is this true?? thanks much no more questions for now Adrian Smith 'de telepone dude Telecom Dept. x 7042 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] Auto Updates
at a terminal in x windows type drakconfig You will get a window popping up and Mandrake Update is one of the choices. Don S - Original Message - From: "Jon Greisz" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, October 09, 2000 12:51 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Auto Updates I think I chose server install and went with pretty much every option. This is for a router/firewall. I do not have any Star Icons except for news. *** REPLY SEPARATOR *** On 10/9/00 at 12:50 PM Larry Marshall wrote: I bought and installed Mandrake 7.1 this weekend. I cannot find how to do an Auto Update. Where would this be located. If you did a normal, X-windows configuration it's sitting right on your desktop as one of those Mandrake star icons. Cheers --- Larry
Re: [newbie] SCSI card, Where to buy?
My next scsi card will most likely be a tekram card. They have drivers for their newest cards on their website and I believe their older cards are supported out of the box. You can pick up the U2scsi for around $100 and the U3scsi for around $190. These are full kits with all of the cables (3), terminators, and 50 pin internal to md50 external adaptor. -Don S - Original Message - From: "hugh" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2000 6:32 PM Subject: [newbie] SCSI card, Where to buy? Does anyone have a location that they like to purchase a new scsi card? Heck I would even buy used as it's going. Cant find many cards that are supported for sale. And of those are most often sold in bundles of ten. :) Any ideas? Hugh -- Main's Law: For every action there is an equal and opposite government program.
Re: [newbie] ttyS4 problem still!
Mark, I posted this before, basically you don't need a dev/ttyS4 for COM5 because coms above 2 are software set by the OS so the modem doen't care what com port it uses. Use the setserial command with the irq, iobase and uart opteions (see link in message). On my modem (USR Internet Gaming Modem PCI) it is set up as COM 5 in Windows and dev/ttyS3 in Linux Mandrake 7.1. Check out www.unionbuiltbox.com/faqmodem.htm it basically says that COM 3 on up are software derived Com ports and you can use either dev/ttyS2 or dev/ttyS3 in linux. They also have a modem setup tutorial on that site for PCI modems. It's worked for me twice setting up my modem in Mandrake 6.1 and 7.1. Another thing to check for is to see if your usb is on the same IRQ as your modem. If it is the only work around that I have heard (and what I'm currently using) is to go into the mandrake setup program and disable USB and your modem won't have the Device Busy Message when you try to use KPPP. - Don S - Original Message - From: "markOpoleO" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2000 2:01 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] ttyS4 problem still! Yes I know all this stuff, but my modem in WIndows was on COM 5, so that is why i am looking for ttyS4...i though i made myself pretty clear :) markOpoleO - Original Message - From: "Larry Marshall" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2000 11:45 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] ttyS4 problem still! Ok i tryed all your suggestions so far, I finally got linux to reconize my modem. All communication programs show it working, But i still can't get kppp to dial my ISP..cause there is NO ttyS4 listed (only ttyS0-ttyS3). Does anyone know the procedure to get Kppp to reconize ttyS4 from the list? You're looking for ttyS4 because? If it's the equivalent of COM4 that you're looking for, use ttyS3. What's curious is how you know that "all communications programs show it working" if you haven't even set the port that it's connected to :-) In any case: com1 = ttyS0 com2 = ttyS1 com3 = ttyS2 com4 = ttyS3 Cheers --- Larry
