Last modified: 2003-11-13
# cat cpuinfo
processor : 0
cpu : 586
model : Pentium 75+
vendor_id : GenuineIntel
stepping : 12
fdiv_bug : no
hlt_bug : no
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid : yes
wp : yes
flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr mce cx8
bogomips : 66.36
# cat pci
PCI devices found:
Bus 0, device 8, function 0:
VGA compatible controller: S3 Inc. ViRGE (rev 6).
Medium devsel. IRQ 255. Master Capable. Latency=64. Min
Gnt=4.Max Lat=255.
Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xf8000000.
Bus 0, device 7, function 1:
IDE interface: Intel 82371SB Natoma/Triton II PIIX3 (rev 0).
Medium devsel. Fast back-to-back capable. Master Capable.
Latency=64.
I/O at 0xffa0.
Bus 0, device 7, function 0:
ISA bridge: Intel 82371SB Natoma/Triton II PIIX3 (rev 1).
Medium devsel. Fast back-to-back capable. Master Capable. No
bursts.
Bus 0, device 0, function 0:
Host bridge: Intel 82439HX Triton II (rev 1).
Medium devsel. Master Capable. Latency=64.
Disk /dev/hda: 128 heads, 63 sectors, 624 cylinders Units = cylinders of 8064 * 512 bytes Device Boot Begin Start End Blocks Id System /dev/hda1 * 1 1 520 2096608+ 6 DOS 16-bit >=32M /dev/hda2 521 521 623 415296 5 Extended /dev/hda5 521 521 623 415264+ 6 DOS 16-bit >=32MThe 8X CD-ROM is device /dev/hdc.
System log messages:
ide: 430FX (Triton) on PCI bus 0 function 57
ide0: BM-DMA at 0xffa0-0xffa7
ide0 timing: (0xa307) sample_CLKs=3, recovery_CLKs=1
master: fastDMA=on PreFetch=on IORDY=on fastPIO=on
slave : fastDMA=off PreFetch=off IORDY=off fastPIO=off
ide1: BM-DMA at 0xffa8-0xffaf
ide1 timing: (0xa103) sample_CLKs=3, recovery_CLKs=3
master: fastDMA=on PreFetch=off IORDY=on fastPIO=on
slave : fastDMA=off PreFetch=off IORDY=off fastPIO=off
hda: QUANTUM BIGFOOT2550A, 2457MB w/87kB Cache, LBA, CHS=624/128/63, DMA
hdc: GCD-R580B, ATAPI CDROM drive
ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14
ide1 at 0x170-0x177,0x376 on irq 15
First video: Super-VGA
Chipset: S3 ViRGE (PCI Probed)
Memory: 2048 Kbytes
RAMDAC: Generic 8-bit pseudo-color DAC
(with 6-bit wide lookup tables (or in 6-bit mode))
The S3 ViRGE video chip was not supported by XFree86 until the 3.2
distribution, released on 30 October 1996.
You may download XFree86 from ftp.XFree86.org/pub/XFree86
for example. Unpack and install the tar files according to the README
file. For the 7270, you need the S3V server.
To enable the S3V server, /usr/X11R6/bin/X should point to XF86_S3V. On the Slackware 3.1 distribution, it does so via two symbolic links:
$cd /usr/X11R6/bin $ls -l X lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 Sep 8 20:53 X -> /var/X11R6/bin/X $cd /var/X11R6/bin $ls -l X lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 23 Nov 3 21:25 X -> /usr/X11R6/bin/XF86_S3V
This XF86Config works for me:
Section "Files"
RgbPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/"
EndSection
Section "ServerFlags"
EndSection
Section "Keyboard"
Protocol "Standard"
AutoRepeat 500 5
EndSection
Section "Pointer"
Protocol "PS/2"
Device "/dev/mouse"
Emulate3Buttons
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "SyncMaster"
VendorName "Samsung"
ModelName "SyncMaster 17GLs"
Bandwidth 135
HorizSync 30-82 # multisync
VertRefresh 50-120 # multisync
ModeLine "640x480@73Hz" 31.5 640 664 704 832 480 489 492 520
ModeLine "800x600@72Hz" 50 800 856 976 1040 600 637 643 666
ModeLine "1024x768@70Hz" 75 1024 1048 1184 1328 768 771 777 806
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "HP S3 ViRGE"
VendorName "HP"
BoardName "HP"
Chipset "S3_ViRGE"
Option "power_saver"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Driver "accel"
Device "HP S3 ViRGE"
Monitor "SyncMaster"
Subsection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "1024x768@70Hz" "640x480@73Hz" "800x600@72Hz"
ViewPort 0 0
Virtual 1280 1024
EndSubsection
EndSection
Of course, you will have to adjust the monitor part to match your
hardware. If the parameters are wrong, you can damage your
monitor!
Here are the X startup messages:
XFree86 Version 3.2 / X Window System
(protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6100)
Release Date: Oct 26 1996
If the server is older than 6-12 months, or if your card is newer
than the above date, look for a newer version before reporting
problems. (see http://www.XFree86.Org/FAQ)
Operating System: Linux [ELF]
Configured drivers:
S3: accelerated server for S3 graphics adaptors (Patchlevel 0)
s3_ViRGE
(using VT number 7)
XF86Config: /etc/XF86Config
(**) stands for supplied, (--) stands for probed/default values
(**) Mouse: type: PS/2, device: /dev/mouse, baudrate: 1200,
3 button emulation (timeout: 50ms)
(**) S3: Graphics device ID: "HP S3 ViRGE"
(**) S3: Monitor ID: "SyncMaster"
(**) FontPath set to "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/"
(--) S3: PCI: ViRGE rev 6, Linear FB @ 0xf8000000
(**) S3: Option "power_saver"
(--) S3: card type: PCI
(--) S3: chipset: ViRGE rev. 61
(**) S3: chipset driver: S3_ViRGE
(--) S3: videoram: 2048k
(--) S3: Ramdac type: s3_trio64
(--) S3: Ramdac speed: 135
(--) S3: Using Trio32/64 programmable clock (MCLK 50.114 MHz)
(--) S3: Maximum allowed dot-clock: 135.000 MHz
(**) S3: Mode "1024x768@70Hz": mode clock = 75.000
(**) S3: Mode "640x480@73Hz": mode clock = 31.500
(**) S3: Mode "800x600@72Hz": mode clock = 50.000
(--) S3: Using 6 bits per RGB value
(**) S3: Virtual resolution set to 1280x1024
(--) S3: Local bus LAW is 0xF80xxxxx
(--) S3: Using a banksize of 2048k, line width of 1280
PEX extension module not loaded
XIE extension module not loaded
I have noticed no problems so far. Many thanks to Harald Koenig <koenig@tat.physik.uni-tuebingen.de> and the rest of the S3V team!
I have not tried 15 or 16 bpp yet.
svgalib: S3: Unknown chip id 31e1 Using VGA driver.
Update
I moved my Linux work to another machine without ever getting the sound working on the HP 7270. However, I eventually got this message which suggests I should have persisted:
Date: Sun, 16 Jan 2000 19:22:40 -0500 (EST)
From: "Hill,Patrick" <hellspawn@neo.rr.com>>
X-Sender: hellspawn@viper.nailed.org
Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII
Hi... a friend and I have managed to get sound working on the HP
7270... On the HP, we're running the current unstable version of Debian,
with kernel 2.2.13. To get it working, we enabled Sound Card Support
(obviously), OSS Sound Modules, Persistent DMA buffers, FM synthesizer
(YM3812/OPL-3) support, and Loopback MIDI device support in the kernel
configuration, and enabled Yamaha OPL3-SA1 audio controller as a module.
We didn't seem to have to do anything with the isapnp
configuration.... The card will also work using the ALSA drivers, by
compiling the Crystal Semiconductor and SB drivers, from what others have
told us. :)
I just happened to be reading your page, and didn't know if you were still
having problems with it, but if you are, that should fix it. :)
Take care...
-- Pat Hill
if [ -x /usr/bin/gpm ] then echo "Running gpm..." /usr/bin/gpm -t ps2 fi
See also section XFree86.
I put this into /etc/isapnp.conf:
(READPORT 0x0203) (ISOLATE) (IDENTIFY *) (CONFIGURE ROK0010/0 (LD 0 (IO 0 (BASE 0x02f8)) (INT 0 (IRQ 3 (MODE +L))) (ACT Y)))I added this to /etc/rc.d/rc.local:
if [ -x /sbin/isapnp ] then echo "Configuring PnP modem..." /sbin/isapnp /etc/isapnp.conf /bin/setserial /dev/cua1 uart 16550 fiisapnp prints the following message:
Configuring PnP modem... Board 1 has Identity f2 00 00 00 00 10 00 eb 49: ROK0010 Serial No 0 [checksum f2]According to pnpdump, the modem is the only PnP card.
Serial driver version 4.13 with no serial options enabled tty00 at 0x03f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A tty01 at 0x02f8 (irq = 3) is a 16550A tty02 at 0x03e8 (irq = 4) is a 16550AAfter setting the modem up as above, setserial reports the following configuration:
# setserial -ag /dev/cua[1-3]
/dev/cua1, Line 1, UART: 16550, Port: 0x02f8, IRQ: 3
Baud_base: 115200, close_delay: 50, divisor: 0
Flags: spd_normal skip_test
/dev/cua2, Line 2, UART: 16550A, Port: 0x03e8, IRQ: 4
Baud_base: 115200, close_delay: 50, divisor: 0
Flags: spd_normal skip_test
/dev/cua3, Line 3, UART: unknown, Port: 0x02e8, IRQ: 3
Baud_base: 115200, close_delay: 50, divisor: 0
Flags: spd_normal
gcc-2.7.2 -O)
are:
TEST BASELINE RESULT INDEX
Arithmetic Test (type = double) 2541.7 29371.2 11.6
Dhrystone 2 without register variables 22366.3 209608.1 9.4
Execl Throughput Test 16.5 173.8 10.5
File Copy (30 seconds) 179.0 3803.0 21.2
Pipe-based Context Switching Test 1318.5 39927.6 30.3
Shell scripts (8 concurrent) 4.0 51.3 12.8
=========
SUM of 6 items 95.8
AVERAGE 16.0
Hard disk benchmark:#hdparm -t /dev/hda Timing buffer-cache reads: 32 MB in 0.84 seconds =38.10 MB/sec Timing buffered disk reads: 16 MB in 2.93 seconds = 5.46 MB/sec Estimating raw driver speed: 16 MB in 2.51 seconds = 6.37 MB/secCD-ROM benchmark:
#hdparm -t /dev/hdc Timing buffer-cache reads: 32 MB in 0.83 seconds =38.55 MB/sec Timing buffered disk reads: 16 MB in 13.68 seconds = 1.17 MB/sec Estimating raw driver speed: 16 MB in 13.27 seconds = 1.21 MB/sec
The Pavilion computer is not designed to be easily serviced. However, it can be done if care is taken. Here is how I did it:
The first step is to open the case, which is not self-evident. However, there are instructions in the user manual. The back cover is held by plastic clips at the top. Pull straight away from the case at the top, letting it hinge down to a 45 degree angle, then detach the catches at the bottom. You will find three small screws which fasten the cover on. Remove the screws, pull the cover straight back by a centimeter, then lift it off.
Be sure you ground yourself by touching the bare metal of the case before touching anything inside. Touch the case again if you do anything that might create a static charge (like sliding across an upholstered chair, or walking across a carpet).
The ISA and PCI adapter slots are on a separate board from the mother board. To access the memory slots, you have to remove this daughter board. It is connected to the mother board with a big connecter approximately in the center of the board, and several screws. Remove all the ISA and PCI cards and the screws, and pull the daughter board straight away from the mother board. I found it necessary to remove one of the I/O card slot covers (the one nearest the big connector) so I could use a screwdriver to pry up on the daughter board. Use care!
There are some ribbon cables which interfere somewhat with the two empty memory slots. However, I was able to get the SIMMs installed without disconnecting the ribbon cables. Incidently, my SIMMs were quite symmetric, with chips on both sides. However, there was a small shoulder on one end of each SIMM, and the slots are keyed. The shoulder goes toward the front of the computer.
While you have the computer open, notice that there is room for a lot of internal drives, including two 2.5 inch bays on top of the power supply.
More instructions for hardware upgrades are included in HP's on-line documentation (available within Windows 95).
I have not figured out how to access sound from Linux.
DISCLAIMER: There is no guarantee that the information on this page is accurate. I have no connection to Hewlett Packard. For official information, see HP's site, in particular their specifications for the 7270.
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