Okay, I’m trying to migrate my TR3a to Red hat Linux. I have some questions before i try-
1) are there any SCSI drives in the system
2) what are the max horiz/vert syncs for the monitor
3) would the dvd/cdrw capabilities of the drive be useable
4) how could i get wifi to work with linux
5) anybody else try installing linux b4 and get it to work?

Thanks y’all.

[quote author=“nox”]Okay, I’m trying to migrate my TR3a to Red hat Linux. I have some questions before i try-
1) are there any SCSI drives in the system
2) what are the max horiz/vert syncs for the monitor
3) would the dvd/cdrw capabilities of the drive be useable
4) how could i get wifi to work with linux
5) anybody else try installing linux b4 and get it to work?

Thanks y’all.

1) Yes.  You need scsi support compiled in for both the memory stick and the cdrw.

2) XFree86 does not seem to support 1280x768, so I instead opted to purchase AcceleratedX from XiGraphics   which is commercially supported and can do the native resolution out of the box.  (The downfall is no 2.6 kernel).

3) I haven’t tested it yet, however it should be supported.  Maybe I’ll burn something tonight.

4) Wifi is generally well supported by Linux, however the Intel Pro/2200BG chipset is not well supported.

You have a few options here.

a)  
b)  
c)  

I tried b) without luck, then resorted to c) which is not free, but comes with commercial support.  You can also get a driver for the ConeXant modem from linuxant…  I am still having issues using WEP with the linuxant wifi driver, though.

5) Yes. 

Other issues you’ll run into….

If you wish to run AcceleratedX, you will need to rebuild the kernel without NPTL (New Pthreads for Linux)—the default Redhat and Fedora kernels as of late include this.

You’ll need Alsa for sound—the driver to build is snd-intel8x0.  You’ll need to configure the card option for “external amplifier power down” (or similar)—this can be done with gnome-alsamixer or amixer.

It actually seems to be working pretty well for me.  Little bugs here and there to take care of though.

I’m running 2.4.24 with the swsusp, acpi, and bootsplash patches on Fedora Core 1.  If you’re interested, I might be able to put together a kernel RPM for you…

I’m running 2.4.24 with the swsusp, acpi, and bootsplash patches on Fedora Core 1. If you’re interested, I might be able to put together a kernel RPM for you…

    Haha, I understood about 20% of that. See, I use XP mostly, but I have a dusty copy of Red Hat 6 lying around w/ a No BS guide to Linux book along with it, so i’m planning on installing that.  Do you have to manual install the SCSI stuff for the Memory Gate, etc, or does it auto do it for you?

  for 2) would i just specify generic monitor for startup to prevent damage to my LCD? And also, how does LCD vert/hor sync match up with CRT?

~nox

[quote author=“nox”]
    Haha, I understood about 20% of that. See, I use XP mostly, but I have a dusty copy of Red Hat 6 lying around w/ a No BS guide to Linux book along with it, so i’m planning on installing that.  Do you have to manual install the SCSI stuff for the Memory Gate, etc, or does it auto do it for you?

  for 2) would i just specify generic monitor for startup to prevent damage to my LCD? And also, how does LCD vert/hor sync match up with CRT?

~nox

I’d suggest downloading Fedora Core 1 ISO’s (from   ) and burning them to disc.

Install from those—It’ll make things much easier.

I’ll have to look at the default config for the Fedora kernel, but I think the memory stick is supported out of the box on it.

Just configure your monitor as LCD 1024x768.  It will be fine, just not at full resolution.

I’m not positive if the ide-scsi stuff is installed by default, either.  But, once you get Fedora installed, it’d be trivial to add in my kernel.

Just to clear up a couple things I said that you didn’t understand….

2.4.24 is the Kernel Version I’m running (analagous to the “Build” of Windows XP’s ntoskrnl.exe)

Patches are modifications to the kernel to support additional stuff.

swsusp = software suspend.  The 2.4 kernels do not include a method of suspending the state of the computer to disk; this patch adds that.

bootsplash—when Linux boots, you see a bunch of text.  Bootsplash makes it a little more user friendly and provides a nice graphic with a progress bar on the bottom.

acpi = advanced computer power interface.  Older stuff used something called APM to implement BIOS based suspend.  You need this to assign irq’s to some pci stuff, including the wireless card.

Hey, pheller,  thanks a lot for the clarification and help. It’s good to know people can take the time to help a brother out! last questions, should I just install Fedora Core 1 ISO alongside Red Hat, or by itself, and how is the interface/commands different/similar in comparison to red hat/other linux distros?
  ~nox

[quote author=“nox”]Hey, pheller,  thanks a lot for the clarification and help. It’s good to know people can take the time to help a brother out! last questions, should I just install Fedora Core 1 ISO alongside Red Hat, or by itself, and how is the interface/commands different/similar in comparison to red hat/other linux distros?
  ~nox

You’re welcome, man.

So, Fedora Core and RedHat are approximately the same thing.

RedHat decided spending money on to develop and support their free linux offering (“RedHat Linux”) was not gaining them enough return.

So, they have released the development of “RedHat Linux” (the free version) to an opensource development model, while retaining editorial control.  New versions of this free product will be released under the “Fedora” label.

Once technologies solidify and attain some reasonable stability, they will eventually be integrated into RedHat’s enterprise offerings.

There still are RedHat paid developers involved in Fedora development, but now there is really no support model for the free product.

Anyways, in short.  Just install Fedora (by itself)—it’s basically RedHat 10, just without the availability of paid support from RedHat, Inc.

Hmmh.  Mayb e if I didn’t drink a full bottle of wine tonight, my response would’ve been a little more terse. 

Glub glub . Sounds pretty good to me. AFter al, even though I don’t have Red Hat support, I got TR World support, which is good enough for me. I’ll tell you how the install goes after I get my Sony Recovery DVD and boot Fedora. 

I’ve actually just put on Fedora Core 1 to help with coding in my OS class , but I haven’t had much chance to fix things yet.

I’d also be interested in how your Fedora install goes, nox.

I tried the Linuxant drivers (they have a free 30 day trial) and couldn’t get it to work with the WPA of my home network.  I’m actually not sure if that’s the case since I didn’t bother removing WPA from my network. 

Pheller, where do you get those bootsplash things for your Fedora?  Is it from yum/apt/up2date?  If you a good sources.list or yum.conf, I’d like to know what repos you have in there.

[quote author=“kuyars”]I’ve actually just put on Fedora Core 1 to help with coding in my OS class , but I haven’t had much chance to fix things yet.

I’d also be interested in how your Fedora install goes, nox.

I tried the Linuxant drivers (they have a free 30 day trial) and couldn’t get it to work with the WPA of my home network.  I’m actually not sure if that’s the case since I didn’t bother removing WPA from my network. 

Pheller, where do you get those bootsplash things for your Fedora?  Is it from yum/apt/up2date?  If you a good sources.list or yum.conf, I’d like to know what repos you have in there.

So, I’m still having issues with WEP and the linuxant wifi ndis shim driver.  I haven’t been able to bring myself to re-enable WEP since it’s currently working. 

Oh well, it is an evil I must soon face.

For bootsplash, visit  
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You’ll need to patch the kernel source and rebuild it.  Once that’s done, you need to attach the bootsplash image to the init ramdisk, and if you want an animated progress bar, you’ll have to modify your rc scripts to be slightly more intelligent.

This is all covered on the bootsplash website….

Oh, and when you get things mostly installed and can’t quite figure out why you don’t get a nice full screen image (that hides all the kernel messages on boot), it’s probably because you don’t have “splash=silent” as an argument to the kernel.

Took me about an hour to figure that out. 

Hi!
Has anyone some idea to make the motion eye working under linux?
It should be similar to the one present in the old picturebook,
which has the driver in the linux kernel, but it is now a USB device.  :(

Ciao.

GP

[quote author=“Gippo”]Hi!
Has anyone some idea to make the motion eye working under linux?
It should be similar to the one present in the old picturebook,
which has the driver in the linux kernel, but it is now a USB device.  :(

Ciao.

GP

I’ve spoken with Stelian Pop, one of the original MotionEye driver authors, and he believes the camera is entirely different.

He does hope to get a TR laptop at some point though, so that’s encouraging.

—phil