Linux-Hardware Digest #25, Volume #9 Fri, 25 Dec 98 11:14:15 EST
Contents:
Re: Two 3C589B Cards in one Laptop? (Tim Ward)
Re: SCSI Recommendations? (OraSaurus)
How to report kernel bug? ("R.A. Wilson")
Re: ATI XPERT@PLAY AGP (Raymond Lillard)
Re: ATI XPERT@PLAY AGP (Raymond Lillard)
modules, noyau, configuration et compilation ("Christophe MICHEL")
Re: Mustek Scanner / Iomega Ditto Streamer Support ??? (Kyle Dansie)
Re: things I'd pay to have developed for Linux... (George Bonser)
Re: Conflict with X-Windows and Linksys EtherFast 10/100 LAN Card ("cball")
Ditto MAX, ftape, performance ("Robert C. Paulsen, Jr.")
Re: How to config my ATI-RageII chip to 16bit or 24bit color? (Marco 'Big Brother')
Re: Newbie Modem Dial-up Problem (Rob Clark)
tape backup for linux > 4G (Miguel Angel Moreno)
Re: Syquest SparQ drives (Jason Tallon)
Re: Monitor 1024x768 under Win, 640-480 (and flaky) under Linux (Regnor Jernsletten)
Re: Can run a AMD K6-2 300 with a ASUS TX 97 X MB ?? (Mike Thoreson)
Re: Conflict with X-Windows and Linksys EtherFast 10/100 LAN Card (Dale Miracle)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Tim Ward)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Two 3C589B Cards in one Laptop?
Date: 22 Dec 1998 23:28:20 GMT
While it's bad form to follow up to one's own posting, I should report
that I discovered if I replace the second 3c589 with a motorolla mariner
(uses SMC driver) that the box works just fine as desired. Looks like
with this combination, you cannot use the same driver for the two cards.
Tim
Tim Ward ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
: I've an IBM 760 running Redhat 5.1 (2.0.34) with PCMCIA 3.0.6. I have two
: identical 3C589B PCMCIA Ethernet Modules installed. I can only use one.
: While the link light (indicating electrical connectivity to the hub/switch)
: is on for both cards, if I check the hub/switch, only one link is shown.
: I'm trying to set up a basic, dual homed host, with no routing and no
: bridging between the networks to which the two interfaces are connected.
: Ifconfig and netstat both show the appropriate entries for lo, eth0 and eth1
: I think this may be a problem with the PCMCIA card driver supporting both of
: the cards. On boot up, when cardmgr runs, I get a single beep (for eth0 ?),
: then two beeps (for eth0 ?), then another single beep (for eth 1 ?). I've
: ruled out wiring, dongle and card problems. Either card will work fine if
: they are the only card installed.
:
: /var/run/stab shows:
:
: Socket 0: 3Com 3c589 Ethernet
: 0 network 3c589_cs 0 eth0
: Socket 1: 3Com 3c589 Ethernet
: 1 network 3c589_cs 0 eth1
:
: []# /sbin/cardctl status
: Socket 0:
: 5V 16-bit card present
: Function 0: ready
: Socket 1:
: 5V 16-bit card present
: Function 0: ready
:
: []# /sbin/cardctl config
: Socket 0:
: Vcc = 5.0, Vpp1 = 0.0, Vpp2 = 0.0
: Interface type is memory and I/O
: IRQ 5 is exclusive, level mode, enabled
: Function 0:
: Config register base = 0x10000
: Option = 0x41, status = 0000
: I/O window 1: 0x0300 to 0x030f, 16 bit
: Socket 1:
: Vcc = 5.0, Vpp1 = 0.0, Vpp2 = 0.0
: Interface type is memory and I/O
: IRQ 9 is exclusive, level mode, enabled
: Function 0:
: Config register base = 0x10000
: Option = 0x41, status = 0000
: I/O window 1: 0x0310 to 0x031f, 16 bit
:
:
:
:
: --
: Tim Ward [EMAIL PROTECTED] V 847-467-1449
: Senior Network Engineer G166 Leverone Hall F 847-467-5690
: Information Technology Telecommunications and Network Services
: Northwestern University 2001 Sheridan Rd Evanston IL 60208-2030
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Information Technology Telecommunications and Network Services
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Crossposted-To: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (OraSaurus)
Subject: Re: SCSI Recommendations?
Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1998 00:30:38 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Robert C. Paulsen, Jr."
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Adam Williams wrote:
>>
>> I use the BusLogic Model BT-950 PCI Wide Ultra to controll my drives
>> (U.W. Fujitsu) and a BusLogic Model BT-930 PCI Ultra to connect to such
>> devices as a scanner, tape drive, etc... You need the latest kernel to
>> support these well, but they work with very little fuss. Performance
>> is noticably better than when I was using IDE. And SCSI hard drive
>> typically come with longer warranties than their IDE counter-parts (for
>> good reason, in my experience a very busy host can burn out an IDE drive
>> in less than a year).
>
>Thanks for the info. I am pretty happy with my BusLogic and am just
>wondering whether it makes sense to invest in another narrow drive or to
>spend the extra bucks on a wide controller and then get a wide drive.
>
>Question: Do you know if there are any problems connecting both wide and
>narrow drives on a wide controller?
I am quite happy with my BT-958 KT. I have two UW SCSI drives on a UW cable,
and have a ZIP and Plextor CD on a narrow cable (which is actually wider :-).
Check out .http://www.tdl.com/~netex/controllers/controllers.html
They used to recommend the BT-958 for "serious" SCSI, but now that U2W
controllers are out, they take the highest ground.
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From: "R.A. Wilson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: How to report kernel bug?
Date: 23 Dec 1998 16:30:45 PST
Hi all -
How does one report a bug in the kernel? or put another way,
to whom does one report a bug?
Here's the deal -
The new IDE/ATAPI Zip drive has cylinders/heads/sectors CHS
of 32/64/96 but this is what the bootup partition check reports;
hdd: 98304kB, 32/64/96 CHS, 4096 kBps, 512 sector size, 2941 rpm
As you can see, the numbers for sectors/cylinders are reversed.
I tried to change this in fdisk and also by adding an append to
LILO, but when I rebooted, it was detected the old way.
Can anybody help?
r.a.wilson
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Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1998 12:44:19 -0800
From: Raymond Lillard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: ATI XPERT@PLAY AGP
walter leeman wrote:
> Has anyone used the ati xpert@play AGP with linux if so how does it
> behave,and is the xpert@play 98 compatible?
I have one. It works great for me on RH-5.2 (v2.0.36-0.7).
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Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1998 12:43:57 -0800
From: Raymond Lillard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: ATI XPERT@PLAY AGP
walter leeman wrote:
> Has anyone used the ati xpert@play AGP with linux if so how does it
> behave,and is the xpert@play 98 compatible?
I have one. It works great for me on RH-5.2 (v2.0.36-0.7).
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From: "Christophe MICHEL" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: modules, noyau, configuration et compilation
Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1998 00:17:51 +0100
Bonjour à tous, j'ai deux questions de la plus haute importance
Question n1
===========
quand on compile un noyau avec modules, on compile les noyaux par 'make
modules' puis on les installe par 'make modules_install'. Je voudrais savoir
où (dans quel repertoire) ils se mettent. De plus, savez vous si il est
nécessaire de modifier un fichier de configuration de façon à dire au kernel
si il doit charger les noyaux et où il doit les charger. est ce que le
kernel
les charge systematiquement?????????????
Question n2
===========
sur redhat 5.1, avec kernel 2.0.35-2 (de base, après une installation
propre,
dans le répertoire BOOT, on trouve les fichiers suivants:
System.map.2.0.35-2,
initrd-2.0.35-2.img et module-info.2.0.35-2, en plus du bien
connu vmlinuz-2.0.35-2.
Le vmlinuz, pas de problème, je sais à quoi il correspond mais je voudrais
savoir a quoi correspondent les trois premiers, sont ils spécifiques au
kernel
2.0.35-2????
Si on installe une version 2.0.36 du kernel, comment mettre ces fichiers à
jour ???????
si on installe la 2.0.36, sans mettre a jour ces fichiers, se peut il que
l'on
ait des défauts de configurations???????????????
en bref, merci de votre aide précieuse, n'hesitez pas à rajouter des
détails,
il vaut mieux être clair.
En bref, quelqu'un sait il une bonne adresse pour de la doc sur la
compilation
du noyau ET de ses modules?,
Merci
Christophe Michel
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Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1998 18:10:09 -0700
From: Kyle Dansie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Mustek Scanner / Iomega Ditto Streamer Support ???
Try the sane page at
http://www.mostang.com/sane/
--
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Linux Rules
ZIP drive Mini-HOWTO
http://njtcom.com/dansie/zip-drive.html
or
http://sunsite.unc.edu/mdw/HOWTO/mini/ZIP-Drive.html
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Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.os.linux.development.apps
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (George Bonser)
Subject: Re: things I'd pay to have developed for Linux...
Date: Fri, 25 Dec 1998 09:17:15 GMT
In article <75lkkb$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kyler Laird) writes:
>
> Under UNIX, I'd just untar the files in some directory I
> own and fire up the program. I'd expect it to write its
> settings in an rc file in my home directory. In NT, this
> doesn't happen. The installation will often fail because
> the app will need to write a *system* registry entry.
>
This is because NT EMULATES a multi-user operating system but really isn't
one.
--
George Bonser
The Linux "We're never going out of business" sale at an FTP site near you!
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From: "cball" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Conflict with X-Windows and Linksys EtherFast 10/100 LAN Card
Date: Fri, 25 Dec 1998 02:49:13 -0600
try changing the cards resouces
sounds like the video resource usage is leaking into the NIC's
Jim Orfanakos wrote in message ...
>I have Redhat 5.1 and a Linksys EtherFast 10/100 LAN Card that uses the
>tulip driver. My video card is a STB 128. I am having problems with my
>networking under X-Windows.
>
>If I activate the Ethernet card, then start X-Windows....the system hangs.
>Hard Boot required.
>
>If I de-activate the Ethernet card then go into X-Windows...X-Windows works
>but I have no networking.
>
>If I de-activate the Ethernet card then go into X-Windows...and activate
the
>Ethernet card...the system hangs. Hard Boot required.
>
>I checked everywhere...I see no irq conflict nor I/O address conflict.
>
>Does anyone have any ideas or experience?
>
>
> Jim Orfanakos
> --------------------------------------------------------------
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> http://home.sprynet.com/sprynet/djo3
> --------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
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From: "Robert C. Paulsen, Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Ditto MAX, ftape, performance
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1998 19:44:10 -0600
Hello,
Has anyone been successful in setting up ftape with the Ditto Max (Pro)
tape drive?
I can get it to "work", but have two problems...
1) I/O errors on read. I suspect a configuration problem since the
errors always occur at the same point even when different tapes are
used. Also, the same tapes read and verify OK under W98.
2) Performance. The drive never gets into streaming mode. It
starts/stops continuously ("stutters") about once a second as the tape
is written to or read from. Same behavior using tar or taper. When using
taper, it reports 0.7 MB/sec for a 15MB backup. The same tape does
18MB/s (uncompressed) in Windows.
When using tar (with the -v option) a long list of files goes by very
quickly then stops for a while. This repeats -- quick list of several
files then stop for a while. This "frequency" doesn't seem related to
the faster "stutter" but the read error mentioned above always comes at
the point where the file list first stopped when writing. I therefore
suspect the two problems are related.
I read the ftape FAQ and followed the advice it gave for improving
performance but it didn't help. This involved experimenting with setting
different block sizes and DMA buffer counts.
One other thing. In windows there is a way to specify the speed of the
accelerator card (1, 2, 4, or "automatic" megabits/sec). I can't find a
way to specify this with ftape, mt, ftmt, or taper.
--
Robert Paulsen http://paulsen.home.texas.net
If my return address contains "ZAP." please remove it. Sorry for the
inconvenience but the unsolicited email is getting out of control.
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From: Marco 'Big Brother' <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How to config my ATI-RageII chip to 16bit or 24bit color?
Date: Fri, 25 Dec 1998 13:58:28 +0100
Wah Wai Tan wrote:
> I have managed to relink the X program point to XF86_Mach32, but when I
> run my netscape under the X-window I still get the 16-colors. How to I
> configure it to 64K or 1.6 million color? Thanks for any help. Merry
> X'mas and a Happy New Year!
Run the server with -bpp 24 or -bpp 32.
--
Marco 'Big Brother'
Work: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://super.nlr.nl:8080/
Home: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.flnet.nl/~marco/
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Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux.dial-up,alt.uu.comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.setup,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: Newbie Modem Dial-up Problem
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rob Clark)
Date: Fri, 25 Dec 1998 13:25:52 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Jason and Christa Dixon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>P.S. The modem is a CPI Viva 56LC-SM (K56 flex) modem.
>
I don't think you're going to get this modem to work because the
ViVa 56LC modems are all Windows-only modems:
http://www.cpinternational.com/Shop/viva56lc.html
Rob Clark, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.o2.net/~gromitkc/winmodem.html
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From: Miguel Angel Moreno <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: tape backup for linux > 4G
Date: Sun, 13 Dec 1998 12:17:22 +0100
HI!!
I'm looking for a tape backup to be used with Linux, I need about 4Gb
min.
Are any of you using a similar one? With no-problems-with-drivers? No
scsi?
Thanks in advance.
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From: Jason Tallon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Syquest SparQ drives
Date: Fri, 25 Dec 1998 13:36:35 +0000
Thanks for the information!
I'll check it out... that would save some hassle!
Jason
Andrew Barber wrote:
>
> There are several auto mounter daemons which allow you to automatically
> change disks for removable drives. I used vold to auto mount and unmount
> my cdrom. It has a strange way of mounting, but seems to work well.
> However, it did crash on me several times, but all it needed was a kill -9
> to kick it into shape:)
>
> Andy
>
> Jason Tallon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in article
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> > Well, I can't speak for the parallel port version of
> > the Sparq, becaues I don't own one. But my EIDE version
> > runs as well as can be hoped.
> >
> > Just mount it like any other hard drive, and away you go.
> > You'll need to unmount it to eject and change cartridges,
> > so it's not quite as handy as on Winduhs... but that's
> > a small price to pay for the greater stability of Linux,
> > I guess.
> >
> > Works great.
> >
> > Jase
> >
> >
> >
> > Lee Bennett wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi All
> > >
> > > Does anyone know if the Syquest SparQ 1GB drive (both parallel and EIDE
> > > versions) will work on Linux (Red Hat 5.1 or SUSE 5.2). If so there any
> > > special configuration requirements i.e. kernel drivers that are
> > > required.
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > >
> > > Lee Bennett
> > >
> > > ---
> > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
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From: Regnor Jernsletten <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: Monitor 1024x768 under Win, 640-480 (and flaky) under Linux
Date: 24 Dec 1998 14:46:13 +0100
David Nebauer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> SHORT DESCRIPTION:
(...)
> The install went okay, except that I cannot get XWindows to provide a
> satisfactory display on the monitor.
(Redhat 5,1, intel 686): I have now managed to filter out modelines
for my own system by help of `X -probeonly' (described in
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/doc/README.Config) on draft XF86Configs. The
drafts were produced with Xconfigurator. Your problem seems, however,
to be far more complicated than mine, I had the manual for my monitor,
but lacked some info about my Matrox card. And I was modifying a
working system.
--
Regnor Jernsletten
Tromso, Norway http://www.uit.no/ssweb/
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From: Mike Thoreson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Can run a AMD K6-2 300 with a ASUS TX 97 X MB ??
Date: Sat, 26 Dec 1998 00:08:03 +0900
Guyzmo wrote:
> I bought about 6 months ago a MB ASUS TX 97/X Mother Board ...
>
> Last week, I bought a AMD K6/2 300Mhz... ASUS web site, and they say that
> put a
> CPU faster than 233 Mhz is imossible !
>
> ...
Don't give out all hope until you check the following web sites:
www.processor.org www.cpu-center.com www.3dnow.net
www.cetinc.com/hardware www.chiptech.com/jc Good luck and Happy New Year.
Mike
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From: Dale Miracle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Conflict with X-Windows and Linksys EtherFast 10/100 LAN Card
Date: Fri, 25 Dec 1998 10:22:20 -0500
Jim Orfanakos wrote:
> I have tried messing with the card and the NIC settings to no avail.
>
> Yesterday I downloaded a new LINUX tulip.c driver from the LinkSys web site
> but (sine I am a newbie) I am not sure how to re-compile the kernel to
> activate the new driver.
>
Copy the tulip.c to the /usr/src/linux/drivers/net directory. cp tulip.c
/usr/src/linux/drivers/net/ or you can use mv which is move, same as it is in
dos.
from the /usr/src/linux directory you should be able to recompile your kernel
with the new file. Here is a link to a how-to that explains how to do that.
ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/docs/howto/Kernel-HOWTO
--
Dale Miracle "No matter where you go, there you are",
System Administrator Oliver's Law of Location
The Edge of Insanity "Real funny Scotty, now beam down my
[EMAIL PROTECTED] clothes"
"I've gone to look for my self, if I return before I get
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