November 2004 - WLUG - wlug.mailman3.com

Re: [Wlug] PCI-X under Linux

by Brian Waite

On Fri, 26 Nov 2004 14:55:36 -0500 (EST), Carlton C. Stedman II <sageman(a)wpi.edu> wrote: > I was just wondering if anyone had any success using PCI-X/PCI-Express > cards under linux. I was looking through the kernel and don't see any > specific settings strictly for PCI-X bus. I wonder if they *just work* > with PCI support enabled, as AGP does. > > I'm specifically interested if anyone has got hardware 3D acceleration > working with a PCI-X video card. I'm looking at getting a mid-range NVidia > card, since their drivers are at least useable under linux, compared to > the atrocious performance and glitches the ATI proprietary drivers have > (and the open drivers being worked on are not overly worried with the card > I have, and the R300 driver doesn't have any sort of 3D acceleration right > now). > > As far as I can understand from the docs on nvidia's website, it seems > like it'll just work, but was interested if anyone had any success. In > particular I'm looking at the nvidia 6600gt series. Any input would be > much appreciated. Thanks. Carlton, I use PCI-X cards here at the office. Most of the support for PCI-X is relegated to the specific platform support areas. For example I use PowerPC 74xx processors on Marvell bridges and it works. You might need to do some research on your specific combinations, but being x86 based you'll probably have support. I can't say I've tested any Nvidea cards though so I can be of limited success. Thanks Brian

Nov. 29, 2004

PCI-X under Linux

by Carlton C. Stedman II

I was just wondering if anyone had any success using PCI-X/PCI-Express cards under linux. I was looking through the kernel and don't see any specific settings strictly for PCI-X bus. I wonder if they *just work* with PCI support enabled, as AGP does. I'm specifically interested if anyone has got hardware 3D acceleration working with a PCI-X video card. I'm looking at getting a mid-range NVidia card, since their drivers are at least useable under linux, compared to the atrocious performance and glitches the ATI proprietary drivers have (and the open drivers being worked on are not overly worried with the card I have, and the R300 driver doesn't have any sort of 3D acceleration right now). As far as I can understand from the docs on nvidia's website, it seems like it'll just work, but was interested if anyone had any success. In particular I'm looking at the nvidia 6600gt series. Any input would be much appreciated. Thanks. CCS -- Carlton C. Stedman II, sageman(a)wpi.edu "To iterate is human, to recurse, divine." -- L. Peter Deutch

Nov. 26, 2004

Linux Job Opportunity

by Andy Stewart

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 HI Everybody, I am posting this for a technical recruiter. If you have interest in the position, or know someone who does, please contact the recruiter directly. ====start===== My name is Tom Di Filippo. I am a technical recruiter in the Boston area. I am conducting a confidential search for one of my client companies that is specifically looking for several Software Engineers with desktop Linux experience. Below is a brief overview of what they are looking for. If you or any of your colleagues are interested in hearing more about these opportunities please contact me directly. Thank you in advance for your help. Senior/Principal Engineer, Linux Client (positions at various levels) * Will design and implement portable runtime environment on a Linux desktop platform * Experience with any of the following: Java, Swing, JNI, C++, MFC, ATL, COM, ActiveX. * IE Browser Control and/or Mozilla Geiko engine. * Embedding Media Players into client applications. * Multithreading, X Windows Window Manager development. * Linux device driver development and integration Kind regards, Thomas Di Filippo Market Manager, Client Services (IT and Engineering Staffing) Kforce Professional Staffing 20 Mall Road, Suite 400 Burlington, MA 01803 (781) 359-1707 tdifilippo(a)kforce.com ====end===== - -- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group Worcester, MA USA http://www.wlug.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFBo9GsHl0iXDssISsRArtgAKCBx+gDu6gDgUsuz0o1/eONNVa9wwCeKR3r +c2BVq+82puWli3hzTODygU= =Y8uw -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

Nov. 24, 2004

Re: [Wlug] Linksys WPC11 v3 Wireless Card in SuSE 9.1

by Andy Stewart

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Monday 15 November 2004 6:53 pm, Chuck Haines wrote: > Has anyone gotten a WPC11 ver 3 wireless card to work in suse 9.1? > YaST detects the card, however I cannot get it to use WEP correctly > and since both WPI and my home network require it, I'm outta luck > right now. Any help with this would be much appreciated. > > Chuck HI Chuck, I am using an Orinoco Silver wireless card with SuSE 9.1 on my laptop. I am using WEP, so I hope my comments will be helpful even though my card is not the same as yours. First, is it feasible to temporarily turn off WEP on the card and on the home network and make your card work with your network that way? This will insure that you have the proper kernel modules installed, the card isn't broken, etc. Note that the range of this card is IMHO rather poor, so stay close to the wireless access point. When you configure the card via YaST, you should see your config info in the /etc/sysconfig/network directory. For my system, the file is ifcfg-wlan-bus-pcmcia. In that file, note that WIRELESS_KEY_n (0<=n<=3) should be equal to the null string for disabled WEP. I also have STARTMODE='hotplug' to ease my life. The WIRELESS_MODE is 'Ad-hoc'. There should be a value for WIRELESS_ESSID specific to your network. If that works (and please let me know if it does), then I was able to enable WEP by the following settings: WIRELESS_KEY_0="A1B2C3D4E5" where you would put the 5 hex bytes of your key between the double quotes. For some reason, I have WIRELESS_KEY_LENGTH='128', but 5 hex bytes is only 40 bits, so go figure. I did have a WPC11 card at one time, and I could not get > 40 bit WEP to work at all. I don't know if this is (was) a 'feature' of the WPC11, some limitation of Linux, or my own ineptitude. - -- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group Worcester, MA USA http://www.wlug.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFBmVP2Hl0iXDssISsRAn6AAJ9lqNApXvHYtA4527Qep67ui02fkACfTh6m QK/YCIBHRc5VsSZ1tlFViY0= =fsBv -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

Nov. 16, 2004

Linksys WPC11 v3 Wireless Card in SuSE 9.1

by Chuck Haines

Has anyone gotten a WPC11 ver 3 wireless card to work in suse 9.1? YaST detects the card, however I cannot get it to use WEP correctly and since both WPI and my home network require it, I'm outta luck right now. Any help with this would be much appreciated. Chuck -- Chuck Haines chaines(a)gmail.com ------------------------------------------- Tau Kappa Epsilon Fraternity http://www.tkezm.org WPI Class of 2005 http://www.wpi.edu ------------------------------------------- AIM: CyberGrex YIM: CyberGrex_27 ICQ: 3707881 -------------------------------------------

Nov. 15, 2004

[jmorris@redhat.com: Linux Journal Article]

by Charles R. Anderson

----- Forwarded message from James Morris <jmorris(a)redhat.com> ----- From: James Morris <jmorris(a)redhat.com> To: selinux(a)tycho.nsa.gov Cc: fedora-selinux-list(a)redhat.com Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2004 21:48:49 -0500 (EST) Subject: Linux Journal Article Message-ID: <Xine.LNX.4.44.0411122147260.7482-100000(a)thoron.boston.redhat.com> Reply-To: "Fedora SELinux support list for users & developers." <fedora-selinux-list(a)redhat.com> What's New in Fedora Core 3 SE Linux By Faye Coker http://www.linuxjournal.com/node/7887 -- James Morris <jmorris(a)redhat.com> -- fedora-selinux-list mailing list fedora-selinux-list(a)redhat.com http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-selinux-list ----- End forwarded message -----

Nov. 13, 2004

Re: [Wlug] Website whoopsies...

by Andy Stewart

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Tuesday 09 November 2004 9:36 am, Keller, Tim wrote: > I won't be able to make it to the meeting because 'm not sure what day > "Thursdayday" is... :-) > > Also the link at the bottom to St IgnuCIUS is broken... Both fixed...thanks for the head's up. Secretly, this is how I insure that people actually *read* the website. :-) Andy - -- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group Worcester, MA USA http://www.wlug.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFBkU8uHl0iXDssISsRAuuBAJ0TJzqjeLyIxm8AYRBHS4JwTn5nUgCeNFer AhS0ln2t02zC/qikKXPaDSg= =aQr8 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

Nov. 9, 2004

JOB Opening Linux (UML) skills needed

by John Spencer

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Nov. 9, 2004

Website whoopsies...

by Keller, Tim

I won't be able to make it to the meeting because 'm not sure what day "Thursdayday" is... :-) Also the link at the bottom to St IgnuCIUS is broken... Later, Tim.

Nov. 9, 2004

REMINDER: WLUG Meeting - Thursday!

by Andy Stewart

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi Everyone, We'll be having our next WLUG meeting on Thursday, November 11th at 7:00 PM in the usual place. Chuck Anderson is going to talk to us rather informally (a la the Gentoo meeting) about what is new and different in Fedora Core 3. He'll also have a PC or two for a live demo. Coming in December: Our guest speaker at the December 15th meeting will be Jon 'maddog' Hall. If you never come to another WLUG meeting, be sure you make it to this meeting! maddog is a fantastic speaker that you don't want to miss. He has spoken at several WLUG meetings in the past and the feedback has been universally positive. Please see the WLUG website for more details about maddog's talk. Starting in January 2005: It looks like our meeting location will be used for a class on Wednesday evening. It may be possible for us to find another location on campus for our Wednesday meetings. Another possibility is to have occasional meetings on Monday evening. Right now, we alternate between Wednesday and Thursday evening. I know that if we changed to Mon/Thurs meeting nights, some folks would like it and others would not. There's really no way to make everybody happy here, except perhaps to find another campus location for Wednesday evening meetings. Stay tuned...nothing is definite yet. Later, Andy - -- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group Worcester, MA USA http://www.wlug.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFBkAlbHl0iXDssISsRAtpNAJ4393ZnBSizHZIWrUK0KTx3YOV/7gCfd1lL oPBP1OtzG93IQVrlPYQ7QNU= =QKLg -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

Nov. 9, 2004