Linux Hardware

control system fan with software
Dear group, is it possible to control the system fan with software tools? I am using linux 2.6 and a board from MSI (K8T Neo2). I would like to spin down or turn it off by software. Thank you very much, Magnus ... 24 Nov 2006 11:26

SB: ICH8 support (Supermicro PDSBA mobo)
What's a recommended (pref. stable) kernel version with ICH8 support? Anything in 2.4.x line? hdparm -t reports 12MB/s under MEPIS and 4.2MB/s under Slackware 11 I can do much better even with usb HDDs :-[ DistroWatch: Imagine that sucky mepis installed a unpiprocessor kernel on my core duo 2 system! ... 17 Nov 2006 07:15

ICH8/ESB2 Hardware RAID support on "testing"
On 2006-11-14, patpro ~ Patrick Proniewski <patpro(a)boleskine.patpro.net> wrote: On a brand new server I have an ICH8/ESB2 chipset onboard. It features RAID 0,1,10,5 capability. Unfortunately, if a create a RAID volume into the chipset BIOS, this RAID volume remains unseen from the "testing" install CD... 27 Nov 2006 03:16

How find if new motherboard chipset supported in Linux kernel
How can I check whether a motherboard is sufficiently supported by Linux before buying? I am looking to set up a system that runs up to eight SATA-II drives (in a software JBOD configuration). I can find a couple of motherboards that have the necessary number of SATA-II ports (prefer mobo-provided ports rather t... 13 Dec 2006 15:42

Dell Precision 380 dual monitor?
I have three users with Dell Precision 380 workstations running Red Hat WS 4. How do I get the second monitor to be something other than a duplicate of the primary display? Which video driver do I need? -- * John Oliver http://www.john-oliver.net/ * ... 14 Nov 2006 16:27

CD ripping is slow, but DMA is enabled?!
My new NEC DVD-RW drive, ND-3550A, is extremely slow at ripping audio from CDs. Maybe 5-6x at most. On the same computer, when booted into Windows XP, the drive is lightning fast (20x or higher). This is Suse Linux 10: # uname -a Linux myhost 2.6.13-15.12-smp #1 SMP Thu Aug 24 11:23:58 UTC 2006 i686 i686 i3... 10 Nov 2006 10:17

Debian linux Kanotix and DLink AirPlus DWL-G630 wireless card with Marvel w8300 chipset
Z.K. wrote: Marvel w8300 chipset Allegedly it's supported in the 2.6.14 kernel: http://www.linuxhq.com/kernel/v2.6/14/drivers/pci/pci.ids ... 7 Nov 2006 04:44

What do I need to conserve power on my old Linux box?
Hello, Electricity is sure getting expensive these days, especially during the summer time ($500 per month!). I would like to see if I can keep my little 24 hours/7 days Linux desktop/workstation (also acts like a private server, so I can ssh/VNC in from outside) from using a lot of power/electrcity when in idled ... 6 Nov 2006 16:11

Hitachi Harddisk
Hitachi harddisk 160G: IC35L180AVV207 HDT722516DLAT80 The two harddisks are 160G with 8M buffer by Hitachi. Any difference in performance? Which one is better? -- Jerry Wong http://www.geocities.com/jerrywong.geo ?????L??3?\?B ???s??s?a?A???q?~?b???C(????3:13) But in keeping with his promise we ar... 25 Oct 2006 11:19

Trouble installing USB 56K Modem onto RHEL4 U3
Hi all, Sorry for the lengthy email, but I am having trouble getting a USB modem to work, or even to install correctly, with RedHat Enterprise Linux I have the following setup: - RedHat ES 4 Update 3 (Kernel version 2.6.9-34smp) - Zoom 56K Model 2986 USB Modem - cdc_adm v0.23 I am attempting to use thi... 23 Oct 2006 11:04