Introduction

Specifications

Configurations

1. Sound

• ALSA Drivers
• Default Drivers

2. Video

3. Mouse

4. Modem

Models

Input / Output Ports

Links

Tips and Other information
BIOS Editing Software

Screen used to become white, starts as flickering a little on one side, then starts to spread to other sides eventually covering the whole area, only way to fix this was pressing a tiny little button in front of the monitor, while holding, moving the screen back and forth then letting go of the button. Very painful method.

Modem problem, there used to be a very high pitch sound, even when not in use, real pain, you end up either hibernating the machine or reboot/halting and start again. It could have been due to heat or something like that.

To install the sound card using the default drivers that come with the kernel modules; add the following lines to your /etc/modules.conf file:

alias sound-slot-0 sb
post-install sound-slot-0 /bin/aumix-minimal -f /etc/.aumixrc -L >/dev/null 2>&1 || :
pre-remove sound-slot-0 /bin/aumix-minimal -f /etc/.aumixrc -S >/dev/null 2>&1 || :
options sound dmabuf=1
alias synth0 opl3
options opl3 io=0x388
options sb io=0x220 irq=5 dma=1 mpu_io=0x330

If that didn't work for you, you can try the one below:

alias sound-slot-0 sb
options sound dmabuf=1
alias synth0 opl3
options opl3 io=0x388
options sb io=0x220 irq=5 dma=1 mpu_io=0x330

The above lines were automatically entered using the sndconfig utility, although it doesn't detect your actual sound card, you can tune compatible sound card settings to match your settings. Also for the above to work, you must have the required modules, when you look carefully it is using the sound blaster's module.

Then reboot the computer, after reboot, type cat /proc/asound/cards, you should see 1 card listed there, ES1688, if you don't then there is something wrong. If it all worked out, run alsamixer, currently all channels are muted, to unmute press 'm' key for each channel you want and to raise/lower the volume use up/down keys, for more information, checkout man alsamixer. When you applied the changes to sound controls, use alsactl store command to save the settings, when the settings are lost, you can issue a alsactl restore command (better yet, add it to your /etc/rc.d/rc.local file to make it launch automatically)

If it didn't work for you, I recommend you go to alsa-project's web site and take a peek at their instructions.

These are the required sections in the /etc/X11/XF86Config

Section "Device"
        # no known options
        #BusID
        Identifier  "ATI Mach64"
        Driver      "ati"
        VendorName  "ATI Mach64"
        BoardName   "ATI Mach64"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
        Identifier "Screen0"
        Device     "ATI Mach64"
        Monitor    "Monitor0"
        DefaultDepth     16
        SubSection "Display"
                Depth     16
                Modes    "800x600" "640x480"
        EndSubSection
EndSection

You can improve the 'Screen' section by changing number of colours and resolutions.

To change number of colours change DefaultDepth & Depth section to either 8, 15, 16 or 24.

To change number of pixels/resolutions change Modes section to "1600x1200" or "1400x1050" or "1280x960" or "1152x684" or"1024x768" or "800x600" or "640x480"

These are the required sections in the /etc/X11/XF86Config

Section "InputDevice"
        Identifier  "Mouse0"
        Driver      "mouse"
        Option      "Protocol" "PS/2"
        Option      "Device" "/dev/psaux"
        Option      "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
        Option      "Emulate3Buttons" "yes"
EndSection

Specifications

Lucent
1641C
T RCH 12
99255 3089955
@ 95 Lucent
SPS: 316279-001
80-STOW 230-4

What the above says is that this modem is a ISA card, Luna model and Controller less modem (Twin & Triple chip - DSP (Digital Signal Processor). This is so gay. This modem was actually a 33.6Kbps modem, but, if you upgrade the software on it's EPROM (electronically programmable read only memory) then it can be used as a 56Kbps! So we get charged extra for nothing and more stress for the CPU.

Configuration

The hardest part to configure was the modem. Fortunately it works under linux! I had lots of troubles making it work, but at some point I realised that 2 devices were sharing a resource, that was my Xircom network card and had to disable/remove it. I will help you on making the card work.

You will need to make a choice here, there are 2 types of drivers, binary and source. I have made this device work with binary drivers and did not try source installation. Currently (Fri Mar 14 16:50:37 EST 2003) Debian, Red Hat, Mandrake, SuSE and Connectiva distributions have binary files.

To make this device work, you need to download proprietary drivers. Go to this site: LTModem Drivers for Linux Click on 'binary packages' to download binary packages, select your distribution and download. Install it, if it is an rpm file you can issue a rpm -ivh filename.rpm to install. This binary will provide you lt_serial & lt_modem modules which can be inserted/removed as you will.

After installation of binary package, in the /etc/modules.conf file you will see the following:

# lt_drivers: autoloading and insertion parameter usage
char-major-62 lt_serial
alias /dev/tts/LT0 lt_serial
alias /dev/modem lt_serial
# The next two lines are syntax examples, only Rarely Needed, to automate parameter usage during lt_drivers insertion. See documentation for details.
# options lt_modem Forced=3,0x260,0x2f8,0
# options lt_modem Forced=3,0x260,0x2f8,0
# section for lt_drivers ends

Note

The options section would be different to you at the moment. Edit /etc/modules.conf and change the options section to read:

options lt_modem Forced=3,0x260,0x2f8,0
options lt_modem Forced=3,0x260,0x2f8,0

Next is to configure links to /dev/modem

Type the following as a root user.

cp -rfv /dev/modem /dev/modem.bak
rm -rf /dev/modem
ln -s /dev/tts/LT0 /dev/modem

That is it! With your dialer program pppd, kppp, gppp etc.. make sure the modem points to /dev/modem & make sure no other program is using IRQ3 and same address like my one did (PMCIA network card). Enjoy!