SiS Graphics setup (Mark Knecht)
Poole, John J
john.j.poole at usa-spaceops.com
Tue Dec 14 20:22:44 UTC 2004
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Mark,
An excellent site to try and get SIS to do 3D:
http://www.winischhofer.at/linuxsisvga.shtml
John
Today's Topics:
1. SiS Graphics setup (Mark Knecht)
2. Re: PHP and apache on redhat 9 (Chris Hewitt)
3. CD/DVD drive (Tapas Ranjan)
4. Netfinity hangs at running /sbin/loader (J.P. Fischer)
5. Re: PHP and apache on redhat 9 (Rick Stevens)
6. Re: Redhat-install-list Digest, Vol 10, Issue 11 (Rick Stevens)
7. Re: RHCE doubts (Rick Stevens)
8. Re: Fedora Core3: How to make Module-Disk for Installation,
Problems with megaraid (Rick Stevens)
9. Re: 2 CPU support (Rick Stevens)
10. Re: SiS Graphics setup (Rick Stevens)
11. Re: CD/DVD drive (Rick Stevens)
12. Re: Netfinity hangs at running /sbin/loader (Rick Stevens)
13. Re: SiS Graphics setup (Mark Knecht)
14. Re: CD/DVD drive (Tapas Ranjan)
15. Re: SiS Graphics setup (Mark Knecht)
16. Re: CD/DVD drive (Rick Stevens)
17. Re: SiS Graphics setup (Graeme Nichols)
18. Re: Fedora Core3: How to make Module-Disk for Installation,
Problems with megaraid (Andreas Tolle)
19. Re: 2 CPU support (Andreas Tolle)
20. Re: Netfinity hangs at running /sbin/loader (Andreas Tolle)
21. ftp script? (Harold Hallikainen)
22. RE: ftp script? (Kenneth Goodwin)
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Message: 1
Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2004 09:20:08 -0800
From: Mark Knecht <markknecht at gmail.com>
Subject: SiS Graphics setup
To: Getting started with Red Hat Linux
<redhat-install-list at redhat.com>
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Hi,
Back to configuring my son's new machine. It had to stay in the
closet this weekend and I only get to work on it during the day this
week.
I'm looking for info on what graphics adapter to use. Here's what I
see in lspci:
[root at Christmas root]# lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 741/741GX/M741
Host (rev 03)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS]: Unknown device 0003
00:02.0 ISA bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS964 [MuTIOL
Media IO] (rev 36)
00:02.5 IDE interface: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 5513 [IDE] (rev 01)
00:02.7 Multimedia audio controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS]
Sound Controller (rev a0)
00:03.0 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 1.0
Controller (rev 0f)
00:03.1 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 1.0
Controller (rev 0f)
00:03.2 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 1.0
Controller (rev 0f)
00:03.3 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 2.0 Controller
00:04.0 Ethernet controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS900
PCI Fast Ethernet (rev 91)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS]
661FX/M661FX/M661MX/741/M741/760/M760 PCI/AGP
I don't see any of these in the FC2 display config utility. Any ideas?
Thanks,
Mark
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Message: 2
Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2004 19:36:48 +0000
From: Chris Hewitt <rhil at manordata.uklinux.net>
Subject: Re: PHP and apache on redhat 9
To: Getting started with Red Hat Linux
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On Sun, 2004-12-12 at 18:39, othman El Moulat wrote:
> thanks ted for your reply...
> actually i want to learn the whole business of php technology so i opted for
> installing and reconfiguring apache and php from scratch ...after some trials
> it works :) and this has taught me a lot about the installation issues and
> headaches :)
>
> but if i want to start a serious adventure in PHP development i should have
> some Professional IDE for php ...i wonder if someone knows about any FREE
> downloadable IDE that i can get from the WWW...
I use just Quanta Plus, but the version on RH9 will be rather old. If
you search the php-install and php-general archives at
http://marc.theaimsgroup.com this question has been asked many times and
you will find many recommendations.
HTH
Chris
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Message: 3
Date: Tue, 14 Dec 2004 04:37:58 +0900 (JST)
From: Tapas Ranjan <sarangi at bpost.kek.jp>
Subject: CD/DVD drive
To: Getting started with Red Hat Linux
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Hi :
I was looking for a CD/DVD-RW external drive to buy for my Dell
inspiron 1100 computer. I found out one good deal in Dell's web site. The
product is something like this :
-------------------
PLEXTOR
12X/4X/16X DVD+RW / 8X/4X/16X DVD-RW / 48X/24X/48X CD-RW PX-712UF External
Combo Drive - FireWire and USB 2.0
--------------------
Please help in deciding, whether it's a good product and will work
for linux without much trouble.
Thanks
---Tapas
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Message: 4
Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2004 15:07:59 -0500
From: "J.P. Fischer" <pfischer at atmit.com>
Subject: Netfinity hangs at running /sbin/loader
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Hi,
Trying to install RHEL onto an IBM Netfinity 4000R, dual P3 550Mhz
processors, 256Mb.
During CD-bootup it hangs at "running /sbin/loader" .
What to do?
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Message: 5
Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2004 13:46:12 -0800
From: Rick Stevens <rstevens at vitalstream.com>
Subject: Re: PHP and apache on redhat 9
To: Getting started with Red Hat Linux
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Chris Hewitt wrote:
> On Sun, 2004-12-12 at 18:39, othman El Moulat wrote:
>
>>thanks ted for your reply...
>>actually i want to learn the whole business of php technology so i opted for
>>installing and reconfiguring apache and php from scratch ...after some trials
>>it works :) and this has taught me a lot about the installation issues and
>>headaches :)
>>
>>but if i want to start a serious adventure in PHP development i should have
>>some Professional IDE for php ...i wonder if someone knows about any FREE
>>downloadable IDE that i can get from the WWW...
>
>
> I use just Quanta Plus, but the version on RH9 will be rather old. If
> you search the php-install and php-general archives at
> http://marc.theaimsgroup.com this question has been asked many times and
> you will find many recommendations.
Also check http://www.php.net for some leads.
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Message: 6
Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2004 13:49:12 -0800
From: Rick Stevens <rstevens at vitalstream.com>
Subject: Re: Redhat-install-list Digest, Vol 10, Issue 11
To: Getting started with Red Hat Linux
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Anthony Joseph Deo wrote:
> Nathan,
>
> Thank you very much. I ddin't realize that there was a separate kernel for dual cpu support.
Actually, you can use the SMP (symmetrical multi processor) kernel on UP
(uniprocessor) machines. The kernel is a bit bigger than you need and
it isn't as efficient, but it will work. The UP kernel will only drive
one processor on SMP machines, but again, it will work (as you have
found out).
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Message: 7
Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2004 14:01:14 -0800
From: Rick Stevens <rstevens at vitalstream.com>
Subject: Re: RHCE doubts
To: tariq samsudeen <tariq.samsudeen at gmail.com>, Getting started with
Red Hat Linux <redhat-install-list at redhat.com>
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tariq samsudeen wrote:
> hi gurus,
> i hv few clarification regarding rhce....im preparing for the exam on
> my own using fedora core 2...im using rhce exam study guide by michael
> jang and red hat linux bible by christopher negus.....
> I want 2 clarifications, please help me.
> 1. redhat manual raid configuration after installation.
> should i use LABEL=/ in fstab r directly use the device name example, dev/md0
> michael jang says we should use LABEL, where as the website
> www.linuxhomenetworking.com says...
> Note: It is very important that you DO NOT use labels in the
> /etc/fstab file for RAID devices, just use the real device name such
> as "/dev/md0". On startup, the /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit script checks the
> /etc/fstab file for device entries that match RAID set names in the
> /etc/raidtab file. It will not automatically start the RAID set driver
> for the RAID set if it doesn't find a match. Device mounting then
> occurs later on in the boot process. Mounting a RAID device that
> doesn't have a loaded driver can corrupt your data giving the error
> below.
>
> with fedora, its wrking whn i use dev/md0.....im not sure abt RHEL......
I'd have to go back and check the RHEL script, but I think the website
is correct. Personally, I don't like labels at all for the simple fact
that, if you set up a different Linux along side your current one (even
if it's on a new drive), you'll have two "/usr" or whatever partitions.
Which one gets mounted when /etc/fstab says "/usr"? You have no control
over it. I'm a control freak, so I try to use device names rather than
labels whenever possible.
> 2. DNS configuration.....
> should i have to copy these files...
> cp -f /etc/named.conf /var/named/chroot/etc
> cp -f /etc/rndc.* /var/named/chroot/etc
> and also the zone file example: example.com.zone
> cp -f /var/named/example.com.zone /var/named/chroot/var/named
> with fedora the above thing is wrking....wht abt RHEL....
If you set up named to run in a chrooted environment (in other words,
you give it the "-t /directory" option), all files needed to make named
work MUST be in that specified directory (by default, this is
"/var/named/chroot/").
Once the daemon starts and gets chrooted, it can't back up past the
specified directory to look at the rest of the filesystem. As far as
named is concerned, the given directory IS the root of the filesystem
("/"). That's what chroot does..."for this process, change the root of
the filesystem to the given directory".
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Message: 8
Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2004 14:07:03 -0800
From: Rick Stevens <rstevens at vitalstream.com>
Subject: Re: Fedora Core3: How to make Module-Disk for Installation,
Problems with megaraid
To: Getting started with Red Hat Linux
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Andreas Tolle wrote:
> Hallo,
>
> I have an HP LC2000 machine with an HP-NetRAID 2M controller and 5 disks
> in raid 5. He runs with Suse 9.1 and the 2.6.5 kernel very well using
> the megaraid (old) module.
> Now I want to setup the Server with the Fedora Core3.
> At startup, he loads the megaraid.mbox modul, but no harddisks are
> found. Also when I add "linux acpi=off apm=off" (without quotes) in the
> startup-screen.
> Now I want to add the megaraid.ko module from Suse via module-disk
> during the Installation manually, but I don't know, whitch format is
> needed.
> Or is there a chance to get the inbuild driver megaraid.mbox for
> running well?
I think the FC3 megaraid driver works well, but I can't tell you for
certain. Keep in mind that drivers such as that one are built against
the kernel and use versioning so the megaraid driver built for the
2.6.5 kernel works ONLY with the 2.6.5 kernel. The odds are that it
won't work with the kernel installed with FC3 (2.6.9-1.667) even if you
did make a driver disk for it.
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Message: 9
Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2004 14:07:57 -0800
From: Rick Stevens <rstevens at vitalstream.com>
Subject: Re: 2 CPU support
To: Getting started with Red Hat Linux
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Andreas Tolle wrote:
> Start ksysguard in kde and look, if there are shown the cpu's.
>
> Andreas
>
> < When I use top or look at the graphical system menu it seems to
> < indicate that only one proccessor is present.
It's much easier to "cat /proc/cpuinfo" and see if two processors show
up there. If not, either one is dead or you're running a UP kernel.
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Message: 10
Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2004 14:13:27 -0800
From: Rick Stevens <rstevens at vitalstream.com>
Subject: Re: SiS Graphics setup
To: Mark Knecht <markknecht at gmail.com>, Getting started with Red Hat
Linux <redhat-install-list at redhat.com>
Message-ID: <41BE1407.4050808 at vitalstream.com>
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Mark Knecht wrote:
> Hi,
> Back to configuring my son's new machine. It had to stay in the
> closet this weekend and I only get to work on it during the day this
> week.
>
> I'm looking for info on what graphics adapter to use. Here's what I
> see in lspci:
>
> [root at Christmas root]# lspci
> 00:00.0 Host bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 741/741GX/M741
> Host (rev 03)
> 00:01.0 PCI bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS]: Unknown device 0003
> 00:02.0 ISA bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS964 [MuTIOL
> Media IO] (rev 36)
> 00:02.5 IDE interface: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 5513 [IDE] (rev 01)
> 00:02.7 Multimedia audio controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS]
> Sound Controller (rev a0)
> 00:03.0 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 1.0
> Controller (rev 0f)
> 00:03.1 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 1.0
> Controller (rev 0f)
> 00:03.2 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 1.0
> Controller (rev 0f)
> 00:03.3 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 2.0 Controller
> 00:04.0 Ethernet controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS900
> PCI Fast Ethernet (rev 91)
> 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS]
> 661FX/M661FX/M661MX/741/M741/760/M760 PCI/AGP
>
> I don't see any of these in the FC2 display config utility. Any ideas?
There is a "sis_drv.o" in /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers, so I'd guess
that's the driver to use. In fact, I quote from http://www.X.org:
2.5 Video driver enhancements
o SiS driver updates include
o output device hotplugging
o lots of fixes for 661, 741, 760 <<<<<<<----- HINT! HINT!
o extended interface for SiSCtrl?
o extended LCD handling (allow more modes)
o HDTV support (480p, 480i, 720p. 1080i; 315/330 series)
o Added video blitter Xv adapter (315/330 series)
o extended RENDER acceleration
Does that help?
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Message: 11
Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2004 14:16:50 -0800
From: Rick Stevens <rstevens at vitalstream.com>
Subject: Re: CD/DVD drive
To: Getting started with Red Hat Linux
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Tapas Ranjan wrote:
> Hi :
> I was looking for a CD/DVD-RW external drive to buy for my Dell
> inspiron 1100 computer. I found out one good deal in Dell's web site. The
> product is something like this :
>
> -------------------
> PLEXTOR
> 12X/4X/16X DVD+RW / 8X/4X/16X DVD-RW / 48X/24X/48X CD-RW PX-712UF External
> Combo Drive - FireWire and USB 2.0
> --------------------
>
> Please help in deciding, whether it's a good product and will work
> for linux without much trouble.
Should work fine.
And Tapas, PLEASE don't respond to someone else's message and change the
subject line if you want to start a new thread. To start a new thread,
send a completely NEW message to redhat-install-list at redhat.com with an
appropriate subject line. What you did is called "thread hijacking"
and it's not appreciated as it screws up news readers that display
messages in thread order.
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Message: 12
Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2004 14:18:57 -0800
From: Rick Stevens <rstevens at vitalstream.com>
Subject: Re: Netfinity hangs at running /sbin/loader
To: pfischer at atmit.com, Getting started with Red Hat Linux
<redhat-install-list at redhat.com>
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J.P. Fischer wrote:
> Hi,
> Trying to install RHEL onto an IBM Netfinity 4000R, dual P3 550Mhz
> processors, 256Mb.
> During CD-bootup it hangs at "running /sbin/loader" .
> What to do?
Uh, the first thing to try is to add "noapic" to the end of the boot
command line:
boot: linux noapic
and see if that gets you anywhere.
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Message: 13
Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2004 14:20:34 -0800
From: Mark Knecht <markknecht at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: SiS Graphics setup
To: Rick Stevens <rstevens at vitalstream.com>
Cc: Getting started with Red Hat Linux
<redhat-install-list at redhat.com>
Message-ID: <5bdc1c8b0412131420293ba07a at mail.gmail.com>
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On Mon, 13 Dec 2004 14:13:27 -0800, Rick Stevens
<rstevens at vitalstream.com> wrote:
> Mark Knecht wrote:
>
>
> > Hi,
> > Back to configuring my son's new machine. It had to stay in the
> > closet this weekend and I only get to work on it during the day this
> > week.
> >
> > I'm looking for info on what graphics adapter to use. Here's what I
> > see in lspci:
> >
> > [root at Christmas root]# lspci
> > 00:00.0 Host bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 741/741GX/M741
> > Host (rev 03)
> > 00:01.0 PCI bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS]: Unknown device 0003
> > 00:02.0 ISA bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS964 [MuTIOL
> > Media IO] (rev 36)
> > 00:02.5 IDE interface: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 5513 [IDE] (rev 01)
> > 00:02.7 Multimedia audio controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS]
> > Sound Controller (rev a0)
> > 00:03.0 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 1.0
> > Controller (rev 0f)
> > 00:03.1 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 1.0
> > Controller (rev 0f)
> > 00:03.2 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 1.0
> > Controller (rev 0f)
> > 00:03.3 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 2.0 Controller
> > 00:04.0 Ethernet controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS900
> > PCI Fast Ethernet (rev 91)
> > 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS]
> > 661FX/M661FX/M661MX/741/M741/760/M760 PCI/AGP
> >
> > I don't see any of these in the FC2 display config utility. Any ideas?
>
> There is a "sis_drv.o" in /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers, so I'd guess
> that's the driver to use. In fact, I quote from http://www.X.org:
>
> 2.5 Video driver enhancements
>
> o SiS driver updates include
>
> o output device hotplugging
>
> o lots of fixes for 661, 741, 760 <<<<<<<----- HINT! HINT!
>
> o extended interface for SiSCtrl?
>
> o extended LCD handling (allow more modes)
>
> o HDTV support (480p, 480i, 720p. 1080i; 315/330 series)
>
> o Added video blitter Xv adapter (315/330 series)
>
> o extended RENDER acceleration
>
> Does that help?
Yep. Found as much this morning when I ran across a good web site. The
SiS driver is loaded but my 3D performance is pretty bad at about
200FPS.
Thanks,
Mark
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Message: 14
Date: Tue, 14 Dec 2004 07:34:02 +0900 (JST)
From: Tapas Ranjan <sarangi at bpost.kek.jp>
Subject: Re: CD/DVD drive
To: redhat-install-list at redhat.com
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0412140726550.5911-100000 at bpost.kek.jp>
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On Mon, 13 Dec 2004, Rick Stevens wrote:
> Tapas Ranjan wrote:
> > Hi :
> > I was looking for a CD/DVD-RW external drive to buy for my Dell
> > inspiron 1100 computer. I found out one good deal in Dell's web site. The
> > product is something like this :
> >
> > -------------------
> > PLEXTOR
> > 12X/4X/16X DVD+RW / 8X/4X/16X DVD-RW / 48X/24X/48X CD-RW PX-712UF External
> > Combo Drive - FireWire and USB 2.0
> > --------------------
> >
> > Please help in deciding, whether it's a good product and will work
> > for linux without much trouble.
>
> Should work fine.
Thanks Rick. So, I am going to buy it.
>
> And Tapas, PLEASE don't respond to someone else's message and change the
> subject line if you want to start a new thread. To start a new thread,
> send a completely NEW message to redhat-install-list at redhat.com with an
> appropriate subject line. What you did is called "thread hijacking"
> and it's not appreciated as it screws up news readers that display
> messages in thread order.
I guess, I change the subject line, probably didn't do the others
quite properly. Anyways, will take care afterwards.
---Tapas
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Message: 15
Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2004 15:13:03 -0800
From: Mark Knecht <markknecht at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: SiS Graphics setup
To: Rick Stevens <rstevens at vitalstream.com>
Cc: Getting started with Red Hat Linux
<redhat-install-list at redhat.com>
Message-ID: <5bdc1c8b04121315137d6b561 at mail.gmail.com>
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On Mon, 13 Dec 2004 14:24:34 -0800, Rick Stevens
<rstevens at vitalstream.com> wrote:
> Mark Knecht wrote:
> > Yep. Found as much this morning when I ran across a good web site. The
> > SiS driver is loaded but my 3D performance is pretty bad at about
> > 200FPS.
>
> Hah, hmmm. Do you have all of the necessary 3D boosts loaded? Try
> "man 4 sis" to see the options available for that driver. Maybe a
> combo of them will do the magic for you.
I don't know. The xorg.conf is just default except for changing the
driver name by hand from vesa to sis. Sometimes there are other
drivers that have to be loaded, at least with ATI and NVidia. Possibly
there is something like that here that I haven't discovered yet.
I'll have to check tomorrow as the kid is due home in about 5 minutes
so the machine is packed up and in the closet again.
I had a good day:
1) Found out about the SiS driver and found a kernel that seems to
work well. Got that booting with no complaints.
2) Got Half-Life working using Cedega. (WineX) Hard to believe but you
can play that game on a 128MB machine! The less sound and video seem
perfect. Amazing!
3) Switched wireless network adapters and got this one (DWL-520) to
install using ndiswrapper. It see my network using the scan option,
and then 'attaches' (I guess) when I put in the 24 digit key, but the
card isn't configured yet to do DHCP and ndiswrapper isn't starting
when I reboot.
4) Got my wife's XP box working with the DWL-G510 that I'd been trying
to use for the last 2 weeks under Linux. She wants to switch to Linux
too so I'll have to figure out how to handle that. The madwifi driver
gets started but complains about the HAL layer being incorrect. The
madwifi folks say they need a new HAL file from Atheros.
Tomorrow finish getting the wireless to work on boot and see about
acceleration on the SiS graphics adapter. Once that's done I can wrap
the package and get ready to leave on Friday.
Thanks so much for your help!
Cheers,
Mark
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Message: 16
Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2004 15:25:52 -0800
From: Rick Stevens <rstevens at vitalstream.com>
Subject: Re: CD/DVD drive
To: Getting started with Red Hat Linux
<redhat-install-list at redhat.com>
Message-ID: <41BE2500.3070301 at vitalstream.com>
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Tapas Ranjan wrote:
> On Mon, 13 Dec 2004, Rick Stevens wrote:
>
>
>>Tapas Ranjan wrote:
>>
>>>Hi :
>>> I was looking for a CD/DVD-RW external drive to buy for my Dell
>>>inspiron 1100 computer. I found out one good deal in Dell's web site. The
>>>product is something like this :
>>>
>>>-------------------
>>> PLEXTOR
>>>12X/4X/16X DVD+RW / 8X/4X/16X DVD-RW / 48X/24X/48X CD-RW PX-712UF External
>>>Combo Drive - FireWire and USB 2.0
>>>--------------------
>>>
>>> Please help in deciding, whether it's a good product and will work
>>>for linux without much trouble.
>>
>>Should work fine.
>
>
> Thanks Rick. So, I am going to buy it.
>
>
>>And Tapas, PLEASE don't respond to someone else's message and change the
>>subject line if you want to start a new thread. To start a new thread,
>>send a completely NEW message to redhat-install-list at redhat.com with an
>>appropriate subject line. What you did is called "thread hijacking"
>>and it's not appreciated as it screws up news readers that display
>>messages in thread order.
>
>
> I guess, I change the subject line, probably didn't do the others
> quite properly. Anyways, will take care afterwards.
Good deal. If you're starting a thread, use a NEW message--don't reuse
an old one. This is one case where recycling isn't a good idea!
;-)
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- Rick Stevens, Senior Systems Engineer rstevens at vitalstream.com -
- VitalStream, Inc. http://www.vitalstream.com -
- -
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Message: 17
Date: Tue, 14 Dec 2004 15:07:05 +1100
From: "Graeme Nichols" <gnichols at tpg.com.au>
Subject: Re: SiS Graphics setup
To: "Mark Knecht" <markknecht at gmail.com>, "Getting started with Red
Hat Linux" <redhat-install-list at redhat.com>
Message-ID: <002001c4e192$5fcb99b0$0101a8c0 at youru51ci7l8m4>
Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1";
reply-type=original
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Knecht" <markknecht at gmail.com>
To: "Getting started with Red Hat Linux" <redhat-install-list at redhat.com>
Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 2004 4:20 AM
Subject: SiS Graphics setup
> Hi,
> Back to configuring my son's new machine. It had to stay in the
> closet this weekend and I only get to work on it during the day this
> week.
>
> I'm looking for info on what graphics adapter to use. Here's what I
> see in lspci:
>
> [root at Christmas root]# lspci
> 00:00.0 Host bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 741/741GX/M741
> Host (rev 03)
> 00:01.0 PCI bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS]: Unknown device 0003
> 00:02.0 ISA bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS964 [MuTIOL
> Media IO] (rev 36)
> 00:02.5 IDE interface: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 5513 [IDE] (rev
> 01)
> 00:02.7 Multimedia audio controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS]
> Sound Controller (rev a0)
> 00:03.0 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 1.0
> Controller (rev 0f)
> 00:03.1 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 1.0
> Controller (rev 0f)
> 00:03.2 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 1.0
> Controller (rev 0f)
> 00:03.3 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 2.0
> Controller
> 00:04.0 Ethernet controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS900
> PCI Fast Ethernet (rev 91)
> 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS]
> 661FX/M661FX/M661MX/741/M741/760/M760 PCI/AGP
>
> I don't see any of these in the FC2 display config utility. Any ideas?
>
> Thanks,
> Mark
>
Mark, I have a SIS display adaptor on my old lap top and on earlier versions
of RH it proved to be a real dog. However, I installed FC2 on it some months
ago and simply set the display to a generic LCD 1024x768 and it all worked
OK. It should also work if you have a CRT display by setting it to the
'generic' and entering the vertical and horizontal sync values and the
resolution you want and your monitor supports. The latest X has support for
these SIS chips now.
Graeme.
------------------------------
Message: 18
Date: Tue, 14 Dec 2004 09:05:58 +0100
From: Andreas Tolle <andtolle at tolle-netz.de>
Subject: Re: Fedora Core3: How to make Module-Disk for Installation,
Problems with megaraid
To: Getting started with Red Hat Linux
<redhat-install-list at redhat.com>
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Am Mo, 2004-12-13 um 23.07 schrieb Rick Stevens:
> Andreas Tolle wrote:
> > Hallo,
> >
> > I have an HP LC2000 machine with an HP-NetRAID 2M controller and 5 disks
> > in raid 5. He runs with Suse 9.1 and the 2.6.5 kernel very well using
> > the megaraid (old) module.
> > Now I want to setup the Server with the Fedora Core3.
> > At startup, he loads the megaraid.mbox modul, but no harddisks are
> > found. Also when I add "linux acpi=off apm=off" (without quotes) in the
> > startup-screen.
> > Now I want to add the megaraid.ko module from Suse via module-disk
> > during the Installation manually, but I don't know, whitch format is
> > needed.
> > Or is there a chance to get the inbuild driver megaraid.mbox for
> > running well?
>
> I think the FC3 megaraid driver works well, but I can't tell you for
> certain. Keep in mind that drivers such as that one are built against
> the kernel and use versioning so the megaraid driver built for the
> 2.6.5 kernel works ONLY with the 2.6.5 kernel. The odds are that it
> won't work with the kernel installed with FC3 (2.6.9-1.667) even if you
> did make a driver disk for it.
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> - Rick Stevens, Senior Systems Engineer rstevens at vitalstream.com -
I thought also, that the megaraid driver is supported in fc3, but
definite no in my case with my hp netraid. I have tested to install fc2
last evening, this runs well with the buildin megaraid driver.
You make mention of building a driver disk. Do you know, where I can
find any documentation about this?
Thank you! Andreas
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Message: 19
Date: Tue, 14 Dec 2004 09:14:37 +0100
From: Andreas Tolle <andtolle at tolle-netz.de>
Subject: Re: 2 CPU support
To: Getting started with Red Hat Linux
<redhat-install-list at redhat.com>
Message-ID: <1103012076.2405.25.camel at server.home>
Content-Type: text/plain
Am Mo, 2004-12-13 um 23.07 schrieb Rick Stevens:
> Andreas Tolle wrote:
> > Start ksysguard in kde and look, if there are shown the cpu's.
> >
> > Andreas
> >
> > < When I use top or look at the graphical system menu it seems to
> > < indicate that only one proccessor is present.
>
> It's much easier to "cat /proc/cpuinfo" and see if two processors show
> up there. If not, either one is dead or you're running a UP kernel.
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> - Rick Stevens, Senior Systems Engineer rstevens at vitalstream.com -
Yes, of course, you are right. But he has a workstation. I thought it is
easier for him to work in the colored envirement by mouseclick. :-)
Andreas
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Message: 20
Date: Tue, 14 Dec 2004 09:35:37 +0100
From: Andreas Tolle <andtolle at tolle-netz.de>
Subject: Re: Netfinity hangs at running /sbin/loader
To: pfischer at atmit.com, Getting started with Red Hat Linux
<redhat-install-list at redhat.com>
Message-ID: <1103013336.2406.31.camel at server.home>
Content-Type: text/plain
Am Mo, 2004-12-13 um 21.07 schrieb J.P. Fischer:
> Hi,
> Trying to install RHEL onto an IBM Netfinity 4000R, dual P3 550Mhz
> processors, 256Mb.
> During CD-bootup it hangs at "running /sbin/loader" .
> What to do?
If you have an IDE-CDROM, try to enter linux dma=off (or nodma) at the
bootprompt.
Andreas
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Message: 21
Date: Tue, 14 Dec 2004 08:15:21 -0800 (PST)
From: "Harold Hallikainen" <harold at hallikainen.com>
Subject: ftp script?
To: redhat-install-list at redhat.com
Message-ID:
<31072.207.177.227.29.1103040921.squirrel at kauko.hallikainen.org>
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I'm trying to have ftp send a file to another machine in a shell script
called by cron. After Googling around, reading various man pages, etc., it
looks like I've gotten the script to log in properly by setting up stuff
in .netrc , but I'm still having trouble sending the cd and put commands
into ftp from the script. Can anyone give me some clues? This is running
on an RH8 machine.
THANKS!
Harold
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Message: 22
Date: Tue, 14 Dec 2004 11:30:28 -0500
From: "Kenneth Goodwin" <kgoodwin at datamarktech.com>
Subject: RE: ftp script?
To: "'Getting started with Red Hat Linux'"
<redhat-install-list at redhat.com>
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Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
> -----Original Message-----
> From: redhat-install-list-bounces at redhat.com
> [mailto:redhat-install-list-bounces at redhat.com]On Behalf
Of Harold
> Hallikainen
> Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 2004 11:15 AM
> To: redhat-install-list at redhat.com
> Subject: ftp script?
>
>
> I'm trying to have ftp send a file to another machine in
a
> shell script
> called by cron. After Googling around, reading various
man
> pages, etc., it
> looks like I've gotten the script to log in properly by
> setting up stuff
> in .netrc , but I'm still having trouble sending the cd
and
> put commands
> into ftp from the script. Can anyone give me some clues?
> This is running
> on an RH8 machine.
>
You can have your shell script dynamically create each time
a NETRC file
to do want you want to do at that instance and then call the
FTP command for that system name.
Or you can First put everything that is always going to be
the same
into a static NETRC file entry for that system
IE. everything you want it to do everytime you connect as
long as you
can do these things prior to your "unique" stuff that has to
be
generated on the fly. typially - login, password, chdir's
Then to do the custom stuff, you have the shell script
composite a string or build a temp file
to act as STDIN to the ftp commmand.
quick off the top of my head example of the latter
to give you the general idea,
check the ftp man pages for ftp flags and proper commands
echo "cd stored_data.d\nput ${MYFILENAME}\nquit" | ftp -i
systemname
or
echo "cd ${TARGET1}" > my_ftptemp_file
for fname in my_data_files*
do
echo "put $fname" >> my_ftptemp_file
done
echo "quit" >> my_ftptemp_file
cat my_ftptemp_file | ftp -i systemname
> THANKS!
>
> Harold
>
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