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R: [SuSE Linux] Zip 100 ATAPI ?!?
by g.rizzo＠usa.net 23 Mar '99

23 Mar '99

I take the occasion to thank everyone replied to me and to ensure them (I'm surethey will sleep better tonight) that my zip now works without problems on /dev/hdb4... I'm happy, it is happy, you should be happy, it seems an english classwork but indeed everyone is happy, and that's right. Mano ;) ---------------------------------- Germano Rizzo - g.rizzo(a)usa.net <A HREF="http://members.xoom.com/germano"><A HREF="http://members.xoom.com/germano</A">http://members.xoom.com/germano</A</A>> webmaster of <A HREF="http://members.xoom.com/ACSpinea"><A HREF="http://members.xoom.com/ACSpinea</A">http://members.xoom.com/ACSpinea</A</A>> Linux Registered User N° 114445 Official Linux KDE Doc. Translator PLUTO member - www.pluto.linux.it ---------------------------------- -----Messaggio originale----- Da: Chris Martin <camst65+(a)pitt.edu> A: suse-linux-e(a)suse.com <suse-linux-e(a)suse.com> Data: martedì 23 marzo 1999 16.34 Oggetto: Re: [SuSE Linux] Zip 100 ATAPI ?!? the easiest way to get this working is to use scsi emulation I think. I found out about it and its advantages at linuxgazette, may 1988 issue, in the "2-cents" area. This worked flawlessly for me though it did mean a kernel recompile. chris On 20-Mar-99 Juergen Braukmann wrote: > > Germano Rizzo wrote: >> >> Hi, >> does anyone knows how to get a IOMega ZIP 100 ATAPI (internal IDE) to >> work? At boot time it's correctly recognized at HDB, but when I try to >> access to /dev/hdb or /dev/hdb0 it fails... >> Thanks >> Mano :) >> > > I had some trouble with mine also. Have you tried /dev/hdb2 to > /dev/hdb4? > I read, that in some cases itŽs always the 4th partition. > mine shows and works as /dev/hdd. > > My major trouble was the undocumented jumper that put it in atapi mode > from whatever mode. Since you see hdb on bootup, I recon itŽs not that > jumper, cause I didnŽt see anything. > > Juergen > > -- > ========================================== __ _ > Juergen Braukmann mail: brauki(a)cityweb.de| -o)/ / (_)__ __ ____ __ > Tel: 0201-743648 dk4jb(a)db0qs.#nrw.deu.eu| /\\ /__/ / _ \/ // /\ \/ / > ==========================================_\_v __/_/_//_/\_,_/ /_/\_\ > -- > To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with > this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e > Check out the SuSE-FAQ at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A">http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A</A>> and the > archive at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A">http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A</A>> ------------------------------------------ E-Mail: Chris Martin <camst65(a)pitt.edu> Date: 23-Mar-99 Time: 08:55:39 ** Powered by SuSE Linux. You want it?! ** <A HREF="http://www.suse.com"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com</A">http://www.suse.com</A</A>> | <A HREF="http://www.linux.org"><A HREF="http://www.linux.org</A">http://www.linux.org</A</A>> ------------------------------------------ -- To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e Check out the SuSE-FAQ at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A">http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A</A>> and the archive at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A">http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A</A>> -- To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e Check out the SuSE-FAQ at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A">http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A</A>> and the archive at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A">http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A</A>>

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[SuSE Linux] R: 3D cards
by g.rizzo＠usa.net 23 Mar '99

23 Mar '99

Uah! I uncovered a wasp nest, as we say in Italy! I don't identify 3D with 3dfx, as well as I don't identify linux with SuSE or PC with IBM or wemen with Pamela Andersson; I said only that the only thing that need outstanding computing power nowadays is 3D gaming, and one interested in it shouldn't change its CPU, but buying a 3D card, FOR INSTANCE a Voodoo 2. About TNT, well... it's great, I know, so what? 3dfx is good, too, you can't deny it, and G200 is, and S3 savage is... I dont' want to take a position, I just have a voodoo 2 and it works fine. Stop. I have a Matrox Millennium G200 and a Voodoo 2, and I don't pretend to have the heaven's keys, I was only speaking about games, and, you know, many games still support ONLY Glide, which is a proprietary library of 3dfx... I hope to have clarified my position... No need to start polemics, Pedro :), everyone is happy with what he has, and I don't exclude that in future I could buy a TNT2... Re-entering in topic, however, I don't see actually any advantage in having a 3D accelerated card in Linux... what could be its use? Someone improves his work having one? I'm curious... Is it possible to accelerate, let's say, Blender or POVRay with one? Mano :) ---------------------------------- Germano Rizzo - g.rizzo(a)usa.net <A HREF="http://members.xoom.com/germano"><A HREF="http://members.xoom.com/germano</A">http://members.xoom.com/germano</A</A>> webmaster of <A HREF="http://members.xoom.com/ACSpinea"><A HREF="http://members.xoom.com/ACSpinea</A">http://members.xoom.com/ACSpinea</A</A>> Linux Registered User N° 114445 Official Linux KDE Doc. Translator PLUTO member - www.pluto.linux.it ---------------------------------- -----Messaggio originale----- Da: Pedro Timoteo <deh(a)ip.pt> A: suse-linux-e(a)suse.com <suse-linux-e(a)suse.com> Data: martedì 23 marzo 1999 14.47 Oggetto: 3D cards (was: Re: R: [SuSE Linux] AMD processors) > >Germano Rizzo wrote: >> >> applications I guess also a 266 CPU works fine, these days the only things >> that really need a better CPU are 3D games, and they works much better >> buying a 3dfx card... > >This is kind of off-topic, but 3dfx is currently far from the "king" of 3D >acceleration. >The Riva TNT card is much better than the Voodoo 2, while the upcoming TNT >2 completely out-performs the upcoming Voodoo 3. >XFree86 already has support for the TNT (since 3.3.3), too. If you want to >know how and why... any 3D site will tell you. > >I just had to say this because it saddens me that so many people equal 3D >with 3dfx. It's the same as thinking that "computers = MS Windows". :((( >-- >To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with >this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e >Check out the SuSE-FAQ at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A">http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A</A>> and the >archive at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A">http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A</A>> -- To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e Check out the SuSE-FAQ at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A">http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A</A>> and the archive at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A">http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A</A>>

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Re: [SuSE Linux] Distorted text in xterm
by jont＠ii.uib.no 23 Mar '99

23 Mar '99

> I sometimes rlogin into my home machine from work machine (Sun Ultra 10 > with Solaris.) and I use a xterm to do this. Unfortunately, the text > in the xterm is distorted when I run lynx. Also, when I "cat" or "more" > a text file, the text appears like it has been selected. Does this have > to do with my machine not recognizing that I am using an xterm? > > Is there a way to correct this? Any help will be much appreciated. The file /usr/lib/terminfo/x/xterm doesn't understand the Sun xterm correct. I've had the same problem on RH 5.1 as well, but the current snapshot of Debian 2.2 has a correct terminfo file! So I copied it over to my SuSE6.0 box, and it works great! :-) I can send it to you if you want to. Just send me an email. There may be another solution to this. The directory /usr/lib/terminfo/x/ contains over thirty files, one of which is called "xterm-sun". Maybe if you rename this to "xterm" (remember to save a copy of the old xterm first! ;-) ), it will do the trick? I haven't tried this. I just found a solution that worked for me... ---J.T.U. #include <disclaimer.h> \\|// - ? (o o) /================================oOOO=(_)=OOOo=====================\ | Jon Trygve Utne |e-mail: jont(a)ii.uib.no | | Department of Informatics | Jon.Utne(a)mi.uib.no | | University of Bergen | Jon.Utne(a)student.uib.no | | NORWAY | | | Tlf: |"Smith & Wesson: The original| | Home: +47 55 13 06 13 | point and click interface" | | Work: +47 55 58 40 39 | | | URL: <A HREF="http://www.ii.uib.no/~jont"><A HREF="http://www.ii.uib.no/~jont</A">http://www.ii.uib.no/~jont</A</A>> | | | .oooO | | ( ) Oooo. | \==================================\ (==( )======================/ \_) ) / (_/ -- To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e Check out the SuSE-FAQ at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A">http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A</A>> and the archive at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A">http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A</A>>

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[SuSE Linux] Future Domain TMC-1680 users
by raffo＠neuronet.pitt.edu 23 Mar '99

23 Mar '99

Hello, Anybody using an ISA slot Future Domain TMC-1680 SCSI card? I'm trying to use it in my SuSE 6.0 with kernel version 2.2.3. I have the driver modularized. At boot up the card's BIOS detects the HD connected to the card. When I load the module fdomain, it scans all possible IDs but fails to detect the HD. Here is the ouput of one of the attempts from the syslog. Any suggestion would be appreciated. Syslog output: -------------------------- kernel: Future Domain 16-bit SCSI Driver Version 5.50 kernel: scsi0: <fdomain> BIOS version 3.0 at 0xca000 using scsi id 6 kernel: scsi0: <fdomain> TMC-1800 chip at 0x140 irq 11 kernel: arbitration (2), target = 7 cmnd = 0x00 pieces = 0 size = 256 kernel: sent_command = 0, have_data_in = 0, timeout = 0 kernel: in_interrupt_flag = 0 kernel: IMR = 0x87f8, IRR = 0x0038, ISR = 0x0000 kernel: SCSI Status = 0x01 kernel: TMC Status = 0x43 (interrupt) kernel: Interrupt Status = 0x2b (enabled) kernel: Configuration 1 = 0x46 kernel: Clearing timer for command c03ffe00 kernel: Adding timer for command c03ffe00 at 600 (c019a708) kernel: internal_cmnd (host = 0, channel = 0, target = 7, command = c03ffe45, buffer = c7661df4, kernel: bufflen = 256, done = c0193fa8) kernel: queuecommand : routine at c881b20c kernel: leaving internal_cmnd() kernel: Adding timer for command c03ffe00 at 50 (c019a708) kernel: scsi : aborting command due to timeout : pid 6, scsi0, channel 0, id 7, lun 0 Test Unit Ready 00 00 00 00 00 kernel: scsi: <fdomain> abort ----------------- Thanks, -- Rafael Herrera Laboratory for Computational Neuroscience University of Pittsburgh <A HREF="http://www.neuronet.pitt.edu/~raffo"><A HREF="http://www.neuronet.pitt.edu/~raffo</A">http://www.neuronet.pitt.edu/~raffo</A</A>> -- To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e Check out the SuSE-FAQ at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A">http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A</A>> and the archive at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A">http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A</A>>

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[SuSE Linux] WP8 Reg.
by tomas＠primenet.com 23 Mar '99

23 Mar '99

I know, wrong list :p but does anyone recall (can't remember for the life of me) where I am supposed to place the registration key once I've received it? Been quite some time since I registered my copy and I reinstalled it since I reinstalled SuSE6.0 -- S.Toms - tomas(a)primenet.com - <A HREF="http://www.primenet.com/~tomas"><A HREF="http://www.primenet.com/~tomas</A">http://www.primenet.com/~tomas</A</A>> S.u.S.E. Linux v6.0+ - Kernels 2.0.36/2.2.3 -- To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e Check out the SuSE-FAQ at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A">http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A</A>> and the archive at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A">http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A</A>>

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[SuSE Linux] New book on Suse linux, authors wanted
by zentara＠mindspring.com 23 Mar '99

23 Mar '99

Hi, I just received this. Members of this list are far more qualified than me. So I forward this to all of you. Please email them if you can help. Subject: SuSE book with Que Publishing Date: Mon, 22 Mar 1999 16:16:18 -0400 From: gganser(a)mcp.com To: zentara(a)mindspring.com Hello, I am an acquisitions editor with Que Publishing, a division of Macmillan Computer Publishing, and am currently working on a book dedicated to SuSE Linux. As you may know, Macmillan Computer Publishing is the world's largest computer publishing company as well as the top publisher of Linux titles. We are always searching for top-quality writers, reviewers, and editors to lead and help with our books, and at the moment I am trying to bring forces together to publish this book on SuSE. Would you be interested in acting as a lead author or helping write some chapters? If so, please contact me as soon as possible and I will provide you with more details. Likewise, if you know of someone who might be interested and qualified, I would appreciate it if you could forward this message. Best regards, Gretchen Ganser Que Publishing/Macmillan Computer Publishing 201 W. 103rd Street Indianapolis, IN 46290 gganser(a)mcp.com 800-545-5914 x4969 -- To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e Check out the SuSE-FAQ at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A">http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A</A>> and the archive at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A">http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A</A>>

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[SuSE Linux] 2.2.3 success but mouse hates me
by imm＠KidsCare.Net 23 Mar '99

23 Mar '99

I have successfully compiled and installed my first kernel. I was in a state of shock when 2.2.3 was running after reboot. Too Cool. However my mouse hates me. I disabled gpm which has always caused me mouse problems. When x starts my cursor stays in the middle of the screen. I run sax and that fixes it till my next reboot. This is very strange to me because I thought if I fix it in sax it would stay fixed but nope..... I did add ps2 mouse support in kernel....Any ideas? I would also like to say THANKS for all the past help I have received through this mail list. Whoever said there was poor support for linux smokes crack. Thanks Again Ian -- To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e Check out the SuSE-FAQ at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A">http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A</A>> and the archive at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A">http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A</A>>

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RE: [SuSE Linux] fvwm2 V2.2
by EGauselmann＠beit.de 23 Mar '99

23 Mar '99

<ADDRESS>Title: RE: [SuSE Linux] fvwm2 V2.2</ADDRESS> >I'm running SuSE 6.0 with fvwm V2.0.46 (which is what it ships with). I've >downloaded fvwm2 V2.2. However, I (obviously) want to replace 2.0.46 with >2.2, but I don't know what options the SuSE RPM was built with. I can >provide various arguments to ./configure to place the various files in the >correct locations - but can anyone tell me what those locations are? > >Thanks, >Keith Keith, install the (outdated) source package that came with SuSE and have a look at the two additional files /usr/src/packages/SOURCE/*.dif (if present) and /usr/src/packages/SPECS/*.spec Eugen

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[SuSE Linux] Nics...
by linux＠maximum-threshold.com 23 Mar '99

23 Mar '99

Hi! I just installed SUSE 6.0 a few weeks ago. (A total newbie to Linux.) But I can't seem to setup my cable modem with SUSE. I have it setup on my main computer on an existing LAN. It has a dual boot with Win 98. And has 3 computers hooked up to it that also have Win 98. (No Linux on those yet.) Since this computer is the one with the connection to the cable modem it has two 3Com 509b ISA Nics in it. One for the Cable and one for the proxy thingy so it can share the access with the other Win 98 computers. No mater what I have tried I could not get it to work. All I would like to do is to have SUSE have access to the net. I don't need the 3 other Win 98 computers to run or have access to the net while I am using Linux. I was told to by my Cable provider that I have to configure it via DHCP. Any help would be appreciated. TIA. - Barnabas Toth barnabas(a)maximum-threshold.com <A HREF="http://www.maximum-threshold.com"><A HREF="http://www.maximum-threshold.com</A">http://www.maximum-threshold.com</A</A>> ICQ UIN: 293732 -- To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e Check out the SuSE-FAQ at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A">http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A</A>> and the archive at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A">http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A</A>>

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[SuSE Linux] communicator-v451 & 6.0
by deem＠wdm.com 23 Mar '99

23 Mar '99

communicator-v451-export.x86-unknown-linux2.0.tar.gz pukes under SuSE 6.0 as it's a libc version. Is it possible to use it under 6.0 ? -Dee W.D.McKinney (Dee) deem(a)wdm.com Faith is acting on your passions & beliefs. -- To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e Check out the SuSE-FAQ at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A">http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A</A>> and the archive at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A">http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A</A>>

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