Linux Hardware

Diagnosing a faulty 8GB USB drive
Dear All, I have an 8GB USB memory stick which I believe is faulty. I know there are duff USB sticks out there on the market. The vendor assures me that all items are checked before dispatch and so I would like to demonstrate/verify the problem for him. The device identifies its capacity as 8GB and will fo... 12 Jul 2008 13:34

serial to usb adaptor?
Hello All! Anyone know of a adaptor that will allow a RS232 device (uses a 25 pin plug but can convert that to 9 pin) to send data to a USB printer. Nope, its not that simple: The device has settings via a dip switch to change: baud rate Stop bits data bits (even/odd) Printer/PC bit etc It is NOT a P... 19 Apr 2008 12:19

USB Interface and Linux software for DSO 2100 digital storage scope
Hi All, A few weeks ago I have posted a message about the Linux driver for the parallel port connected digital storage oscilloscope DSO 2100 ( http://www.ise.pw.edu.pl/~wzab/dso2100pp ). Now I'm glad to inform you, that the first version of the USB interface for this scope has been successfully tested. Of cours... 23 Dec 2007 16:52

Dell SP2008WFP
Hi. Does someone know if the webcam integrated in Dell SP2008WFP monitor works with linux ? Many thanks. Best Regards. Fabrizio ... 14 Nov 2007 08:05

Toshiba P-series sound works with kernel tweak
I have a Toshiba P105-S6197 with BIOS V3.30 and the Intel HD-Audio 82801G ICH7 sound hardware. With kernel 2.6.22 I had to give it the argument acpi_osi=!Linux before sound would work. (Otherwise, there would be no obvious errors, but only silence.) With kernel 2.6.23.1 this trick didn't work. However, if in ... 10 Nov 2007 08:41

Noisy CPU fan on amd64 & configuring powernowd...
Hello, I'm using Debian Etch on my laptop (Fujitsu Siemens AMILO A1655G on amd64) and I was experiencing problems with the CPU fan, which was noisy (apparently an AMILO-specific problem) but, most of all, was always running even when "acpi -t" told me temperature was normal. I resolved with a "modprobe powernow-... 10 Nov 2007 08:41

detecting ISA card?
Hi, I put ISA card with UART chipset... but It didn't detected by linux kernel... When I run 'cat /proc/isapnp' , it don't have anyting about ISA card with UART. and when I run "dmesg | grep isapnp" it says "isapnp: No Plug & Plug card found" I think linux kernel can able to detected I... 11 Jun 2007 14:44

mptbase LogInfo kernel messages
Hi, just wondering if anyone knows what this 'invalid page' kernel message means. System is a Dell PE1955, RedHat AS4, kernel 2.6.9-55.ELsmp mptbase: ioc0: LogInfo(0x30030101): Originator={IOP}, Code={Invalid Page}, SubCode(0x0101) ... 7 Jun 2007 16:18

CPU Freq scaling
I have an NFORCE3 based motherboard and an Athlon64 3000+ CPU. I can't seem to get frequency scaling to work -- the appropriate pseudo files do not exist in /sys: # ls /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/ cache topology I would expect to see also a "cpufreq" dirctory at that level. I think I have everything en... 6 Apr 2007 18:05

x86-based, barebone router
I need kind of a programmable router running on Linux or FreeBSD based on an x-86 arch-type box that should comsume the minimal amount of power (like a basic router) ... ~ Ideally I shouldn't even need a fan. Just the most minimal hardware to run networking, a firewall, rated DHCP (some internal ports get more ... 28 Mar 2007 12:26