Linux-Hardware Digest #398, Volume #9 Tue, 9 Feb 99 23:13:48 EST
Contents:
Re: Wheel mouse (David Utidjian)
web pages with ".ff" extension
sound with CMI8330 audio (luca belfiore)
2.2 breaks token ring driver? Need help! ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: CDROM problems in Windows after Linux installed (John Burton)
Need distribution that sees pp hd ("Seth")
I need specific PCI Modem usage info. (Seth Kingsley)
Adaptec 2940UW w/RH5.2 (Daniel Elswit)
Re: ISDN Modems (Spam Memore)
Yamaha PCI Sound card and Redhat 5.2 ("YOUNG, MICHAEL")
Re: K6-400 "kernel paging request" errors (Dave Platt)
Zip Plus SCSI on Adaptec 1505. Card found, device errors
([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: 100MBit Ethernet (Erwin de Beus)
Fujitsu Dynamo 640SE (Robert Dale)
sound just WILL NOT work. ("Oo.et.oO")
3Com 3c509b problems - Help! (Christian Aasland)
Trouble Starting X with correct resolution POST2 ("Quinn")
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
From: David Utidjian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Wheel mouse
Date: Thu, 04 Feb 1999 02:59:49 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Brian Rutledge wrote:
> I have a microsoft ps/2 wheel mouse, and I'm wondering if linux/redhat
> 5.2 supports that.
>
Short answer: Yes.
Longer answer.... Works fine with StarOffice5.0. Works fine with
Netscape4.x. Works fine with Filerunner. It does not require any tweaks
to work with SO but for the other stuff and xterms look at:
http://www.inria.fr/koala/colas/mouse-wheel-scroll/
That site has all teh skinny on Linux and wheeled rodents.
-David Utidjian-
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
------------------------------
From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.html,alt.html.writers,alt.linux,alt.netscape,alt.os.linux,alt.www.webmaster,comp.mail.sendmail,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.security.firewalls,it.comp.www.h
Subject: web pages with ".ff" extension
Date: Tue, 9 Feb 1999 16:40:51 -0800
=====BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE=====
Hash: SHA1
Hey,
Does anyone know what program generates a ".ff" extension on web
pages? All I could figure out is that the web server is Netscape
Enterprise 3.5.1G
Any Help would be great.
Max
=====BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE=====
Version: PGP 6.0.2
iQA/AwUBNsDViUTs2GJkspS/EQJCZwCfc7zwzbgromcSCwljk5dBEyuxgjcAn0e5
ckgbDsP3094XmlWvlcllTBUD
=31Id
=====END PGP SIGNATURE=====
------------------------------
From: luca belfiore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: sound with CMI8330 audio
Date: Tue, 09 Feb 1999 14:23:26 +0100
I would like to configure my Linux for audio device CMI8330.
This is an audio on board on Asus P5a/b 100MHz mainboard.
It is soundblaster 16 compatible, but setup program on linux
doesn't consent me to configure it.
I'd like some help on finding this audio driver or some other kind of
resolution.
Thanks. Luca
------------------------------
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: 2.2 breaks token ring driver? Need help!
Date: Tue, 09 Feb 1999 13:13:38 GMT
Tried all day to get the IBM Auto 16/4 ISA up and running with 2.2.1. I am
giving up.
It ran just fine under 2.0.36. No problems there.
The messages that come up are the following:
modprobe and insmod answer: ...ibmtr.o: init_module: Device or ressource busy
syslog says: ibmtr: register_trdev() returned non-zero
The pretty little LED's on the adapters back plate are blinking all the time.
Pls help as this machine is being setup for a *very* big bank, and I am trying
to raise the tux banner in here.
Pls respond per Email *also*, as my usenet access is rather limited.
TIA Tobias
============= Posted via Deja News, The Discussion Network ============
http://www.dejanews.com/ Search, Read, Discuss, or Start Your Own
------------------------------
From: John Burton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: CDROM problems in Windows after Linux installed
Date: Tue, 09 Feb 1999 14:08:28 GMT
Anthony Warren wrote:
>
> I recently installed Redhat 5.2 on my machine which works very well.
> However, I still need the world of Windows 95 but now I have found that
> my CD ROM no longer works under windows.
>
> I have two hard drives under one IDE controller. Windows is on the
> Master controller with Linux on the Slave drive. My CD ROM is the on
> the Master of my other controller . Windows tells me that there are
> conflicts (but not very specifcally) with the controllers and my CD ROM
> has been erased from existence.
>
> Any ideas as to what is wrong would be much appreciated.
> Thanks
Ummm...probably the simplest suggestion would be to check to see if the
CDROM drive letter has changed. If you already had the second hard drive
in the system and simply repartitioned/reformated it as a Linux drive,
then Windows would no longer recognize it as a valid drive. In you case,
the CDROM drive might have been changed from E: to D: (or something
along those lines)... I assume you've already checked this and so the
above suggestion is worhtless...;-)
John
------------------------------
From: "Seth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Need distribution that sees pp hd
Date: Tue, 9 Feb 1999 20:47:34 -0500
I'm a Linux newbie. I'm trying to install it on a new hard drive that is
connected through a parallel port on a notebook using a Shuttle epat
protocol driver. Is there a way to get Red Hat 5.2 to recognize this drive
for the installation, or is there any distribution that will see the drive
and allow me to install there? I expect to boot from a floppy when
everything is up and running.
Thanks for your help.
--
-Seth
------------------------------
From: Seth Kingsley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: I need specific PCI Modem usage info.
Date: Tue, 09 Feb 1999 15:02:08 -0500
I've read a lot of the others posts, and parts of HOWTOs about using a
PCI modem under Linux and I still can't seem to make sense of it. I have
played around with setserial, testing things with minicom with no avial.
It all seems way to vague -- Am I supposed to set the IRQ of the COM
port to the IRQ of the modem or vice versa and what about the Memory
address? Regaurdless here is information about my system, please help
me:
The modem that I bought is an Internal IDEMA PCI FaxModem (Is this a
no-name brand or what?).
excerpt from /proc/pci:
Bus 0, device 13, function 0:
Communication controller: Cirrus Logic Unknown device (rev 1).
Vendor id=1013. Device id=4000.
Medium devsel. IRQ 10.
Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xe2000000.
I/O at 0x6000.
setserial reports this:
/dev/cua0, UART: 16550A, Port: 0x03f8, IRQ: 4
/dev/cua1, UART: 16550A, Port: 0x02f8, IRQ: 3
/dev/cua2, UART: unknown, Port: 0x03e8, IRQ: 4
/dev/cua3, UART: unknown, Port: 0x02e8, IRQ: 3
I made sure to ask the vendor if it was a Winmodem or not, and they told
me that it wasn't. Was I lied to? I figured that they must have some
idea what they were talking about given that they were selling FreeBSD
there. Please at lease mirror all responses to my email address --
[EMAIL PROTECTED] And thanks in advance for anybody who is
willing to go over this...
-Seth Kingsley
------------------------------
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Daniel Elswit)
Subject: Adaptec 2940UW w/RH5.2
Date: Tue, 09 Feb 1999 14:59:51 GMT
Hi everyone. What's the story with running Redhat5.2 with a 2940UW adapter?
The system worked perfectly under 5.1, but upon completely reinstalling the
OS, I get errors like this at random times:
Feb 8 13:13:37 wwwscas kernel: scsi : aborting command due to timeout : pid
1636, scsi0, channel 0, id 0, lun 0 Write (10) 00 00 53 b0 42 00 00 02 00
Feb 8 13:13:39 wwwscas kernel: SCSI host 0 abort (pid 1636) timed out -
resetting
Feb 8 13:13:39 wwwscas kernel: SCSI bus is being reset for host 0 channel 0.
Feb 8 13:13:40 wwwscas kernel: (scsi0:0:0:0) Synchronous at 40.0 Mbyte/sec,
offset 8.
I suspect this might be a particularly horrible situation if my system resided
on the scsi chain, but it doesn't - it's on an IDE. Anyway, I've heard rumors
that acquiring and building version 2.2.1 of the kernel will solve this
problem. Is that truly the case? Any experiences with this problem?
Thanks very much,
--Dan
------------------------------
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Spam Memore)
Subject: Re: ISDN Modems
Date: Wed, 10 Feb 1999 02:32:13 GMT
On Thu, 04 Feb 1999 17:23:05 +0200, Alex Rier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>Andrew Gregory wrote:
>>
>> I am due to get an ISDN line put in this week. I am currently connecting my
>> small LAN to the Internet through my Linux box using IP masquerading through
>> a Motorola 28.8kbs modem.
>>
>> I would like to continue doing this using the ISDN modem. I will create two
>> ppp-up scripts, one for a 64kbps connection and one for a 128kbps
>> connection.
>>
>> Does anyone know which ISDN modems work well with Linux and should I go for
>> an Internal or external modem.
I have a Motorola Bitsurfr Pro and it works fine.
You might want to look into a high speed serial card
if you want to get the most out of your 128K connection.
There are several available, see the serial HOWTO.
------------------------------
From: "YOUNG, MICHAEL" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Yamaha PCI Sound card and Redhat 5.2
Date: Tue, 09 Feb 1999 09:29:37 -0500
I don't see this card in the compatibility list - anyone know if it will work?
MikeY
------------------------------
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dave Platt)
Crossposted-To: linux.dev.kernel,comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: K6-400 "kernel paging request" errors
Date: 10 Feb 1999 02:27:03 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Jeff McWilliams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Might be a bad CPU, I'm running 100MHz FSB on a K6-2 300 using an Asus P5-A
>and have compiled the 2.2.0-pre5, 6, 7 kernels a couple times without
>trouble.
Same combination here - and it works very reliably for me. I've been
running this configuration since late October and it's been
essentially trouble-free.
I did decide to spring for PC-100 SDRAM DIMMs from a "first tier"
vendor (Micron). I'd heard that some of the second- and third-tier
memory out there in the marketplace can be of marginal reliability,
and I've had enough difficulties with slightly-flaky memory in the
past that I decided to spend the extra few dollars on a name-brand type.
Whether for this reason, or because I'm just lucky otherwise, the
system has been solid. The only trouble I had during initial startup
was some system lockups while installing... this turned out to be due
to the Mylex FlashPoint BT SCSI controller I was using (either
defective, or incompatible with the ASUS motherboard or its chipset).
Mylex was kind enough to swap this controller for one of their
"MultiMaster" models at no charge, and the new controller fixed the
problem.
--
Dave Platt [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Visit the Jade Warrior home page: http://www.radagast.org/jade-warrior/
I do _not_ wish to receive unsolicited commercial email, and I will
boycott any company which has the gall to send me such ads!
------------------------------
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Zip Plus SCSI on Adaptec 1505. Card found, device errors
Date: Tue, 09 Feb 1999 14:55:48 GMT
Linux kernel 2.0.34 or 2.0.36, same problem.
with "modprobe aha152x.o aha152x="0x140,10,7,1" I get the following:
aha152x: BIOS test: passed, detected 1 controller(s)
aha152x0: vital data: PORTBASE=0x140, IRQ=10, SCSI ID=7, reconnect=enabled,
parity=enabled, synchronous=disabled, delay=100, extended translation=disabled
aha152x: trying software interrupt, ok.
scsi2 : Adaptec 152x SCSI driver; $Revision: 1.18 $
scsi : 1 host.
Vendor: IMG Model: ZP10PU Rev: J6
Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02
Detected scsi removable disk sda at scsi2, channel 0, id 5, lun 0
sda : unsupported sector size 16712447.
SCSI device sda: hdwr sector= 16712447 bytes. Sectors= 0 [0 MB] [0.0 GB]
sda: Write Protect is off
sda:scsidisk I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0, absolute sector 0
unable to read partition table
Any idea what is going on?
------------------------------
From: Erwin de Beus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: 100MBit Ethernet
Date: Tue, 09 Feb 1999 15:37:29 +0100
This is a multi-part message in MIME format.
==============9B817BE2494BBC045482D00A
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Eric Wutzke wrote:
> Hi There !
>
> I've got two linux boxes connected with two identical 100Mbit PCI Adapters
> (probed successfully by the tulip-driver) connected with a cat5 crossover
> cable.
>
> Box I : Asus PT54SP3-Board, 90Mhz Pentium, 32MB RAM, PCI ISDN Card
> Box II : PC-Chips M590, K6-2 300Mhz, 66Mhz external clock, 64MB RAM, A 2940UW
>
> When I boot both machines at nearly the same time, the network comes up fine.
> But when I shutdown/reboot Box II. the network doesn't come up again. The
> network detection-LED doesn't light up at boot time, but the Card is probed
> correctly. I can't get any IP-Connection. After shutting down both machines
> and powering them off and on, it works again. Well I want to run Box I.
> permanently and switch Box II. on only when I need it without rebooting Box
> I. :)
>
> Is it a problem caused by using an X-Over-Cable ?
>
> Thanks a lot
>
> Eric
>
> -----------== Posted via Deja News, The Discussion Network ==----------
> http://www.dejanews.com/ Search, Read, Discuss, or Start Your Own
I think this is caused by the autoconfig mechanism in the network card that
tries to detect whether it is connected to a 100 Mbit or a 10Mbit network. The
problem might go away if you use a hub, but you can also try to fix the nic to
100 Mbit. Sometimes this can be done with a dos-based setup program that comes
with the card.
My second machine runs W98 with a 10/100 Mb nic connected with a cross cable to
a Linux machine with a similar network card. In W98 I can set the card for 100
Mbit only, and after that everything worked ok.
Good luck,
Erwin de Beus
==============9B817BE2494BBC045482D00A
Content-Type: text/x-vcard; charset=us-ascii;
name="erwinb.vcf"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Content-Description: Card for Erwin de Beus
Content-Disposition: attachment;
filename="erwinb.vcf"
begin:vcard
n:de Beus;Erwin
tel;fax:+31 15 2781204
tel;work:+31 15 2783248
x-mozilla-html:FALSE
url:www.wt.tn.tudelft.nl
org:TU Delft - Technische Natuurkunde;Warmte en Stroming
adr:;;Lorentzweg 1;Delft;;2628 CJ;The Netherlands
version:2.1
email;internet:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
title:ing.
x-mozilla-cpt:;-17760
fn:Erwin de Beus
end:vcard
==============9B817BE2494BBC045482D00A==
------------------------------
From: Robert Dale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Fujitsu Dynamo 640SE
Date: Wed, 10 Feb 1999 01:21:51 GMT
Hi,
I am about to buy a Fujitsu Dynamo 640SE. I contacted Fujitsu to make
sure it will work in linux. They said yes, BUT I can only use up to
the 540MB cart. The 640MB cart. won't work because of a hard 2k
sectoring and SCSI expects 512b sectoring.
If this is true, then I suppose I can write a driver to work around
this feature. I snooped around the scsi drivers but didn't see
anything that was device specific, just for cards. So what
I'm wondering is, will I have to hack the scsi card driver, a
generic driver, or write my own? Any pointers?
Also, do you or know someone who has one of these working in linux?
Thanks!
--
Robert Dale
Shine on you crazy diamond...
------------------------------
From: "Oo.et.oO" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: sound just WILL NOT work.
Date: Wed, 10 Feb 1999 04:03:01 +0000
"Oo.et.oO" wrote:
>
> I don't understand. I got all the modules to load with the right
> parameters.
> here is /dev/sndstat:
> OSS/Free:3.8s2++-971130
> Load type: Driver loaded as a module
> Kernel: Linux byzantine 2.2.1 #4 SMP Sat Feb 6 22:09:15 EST 1999 i586
> Config options: 0
>
> Installed drivers:
>
> Card config:
>
> Audio devices:
> 0: Sound Blaster 16 (4.13) (DUPLEX)
>
> Synth devices:
>
> Midi devices:
> 0: Sound Blaster 16
>
> Timers:
> 0: System clock
>
> Mixers:
> 0: Sound Blaster
>
> so shouldn't it work now?
> I send it a file. it pauses then completes but nothing comes out.
> I have a SB16 ISA with jumpers set in the bottom slot on my ISA bus
> (only two slots) the other one is my modem and it is in the upper slot
> and works fine.
> BTW when I put the modem in the bottom slot it didn't work anymore.
> does this mean my mother board is hosed? it is a ASUS P5A with amd k6-2
> chip...
> I don't want to send this crap back!-
> thanks-
> eric
> is there anyway to probe the slots?
------------------------------
From: Christian Aasland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: 3Com 3c509b problems - Help!
Date: Wed, 10 Feb 1999 04:05:07 GMT
Got a 3Com 3c509b on a VX98 motherboard. All I get when I boot up is the
'eth2 initalization delayed'. (eth0 is the 3c905 and eth1 is 3c900 and
they work fine). Here's what I've done to try to get the 3c509b (ISA)
card working:
1. with 3c5x9cfg.exe I've disabled pnp and assigned irq/io so it won't
conflict.
2. turned of pnp os on the mboard.
3. run pnpdump, doesn't find the card (so isapnp would be worthless).
4. recompiled the kernel to include support for this card.
5. used kerneld to add the card at the correct irq/io.
and still I get the same error! The card worked under NT, so I know that
isn't the problem. Since I don't have any PCI slots left I can't just
plug in another PCI card.
Help!
--
Christian Aasland
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
ICQ#: 30268555
AIM:caasland
------------------------------
From: "Quinn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.binaries.warez.linux,alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Trouble Starting X with correct resolution POST2
Date: Tue, 9 Feb 1999 11:01:05 -0500
Trouble Starting X with correct resolution POST2
I am very new to Linux so please bear with my ignorance and newbie
questions. The Redhat 5.1 installation from Que seemed clean and
straightforward. I gave up on the installation automatically selecting my
actual components (as I get a locked black screen):
Actual Components:
PS2 (MS IntelliMouse)
DEC Compatible NIC
Optiquest V95 monitor
STB Velocity 128
Question: Is the black screen considered a virtual terminal?
Several from the newsgroups suggested that I use xf86config to set up X so I
did.
? If I go through and pick all generic devices, X will start but at a
unbearable 320 x 320 resolution.
? If I go through and pick 800x600 and the STB Velocity etc… I still get
the unbearable resolution
? Sometimes if I pick some various combinations of resolution and Video , x
will lock. When I say pick various combinations, they are combinations of
generic drivers and settings that the monitor can actually handle.
Question: Is there a quick and easy Windoze way of changing resolution in
X?
I have listened to your suggestions on (CTRL)+(alt)+(+/- on the keypad) but
I get no response, both when the screen remains black as well as when I am
in the unbearable 320x320 resolution.
When I exit x I see a bunch of notes on the screen regarding the setup and
(**) with the selections that were made. Showing that 8 bit color depth,
320x320 has been selected etc….
1.) Where can I edit manually?
2.) How Can I see previous page upon exiting X? (page up command?)
3.) Could it be a keyboard problem? I am picking a standard 101 keyboard
in the xf86config setup. The Keyboard is a ps2 NMB????
4.) Could cards in the PC not recognized screw around with the setup.
Example sound Card, Cable Modem card, and the modem?
Thank you for your time
Quinn
Please email me at [EMAIL PROTECTED]
------------------------------
** FOR YOUR REFERENCE **
The service address, to which questions about the list itself and requests
to be added to or deleted from it should be directed, is:
Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
You can send mail to the entire list (and comp.os.linux.hardware) via:
Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Linux may be obtained via one of these FTP sites:
ftp.funet.fi pub/Linux
tsx-11.mit.edu pub/linux
sunsite.unc.edu pub/Linux
End of Linux-Hardware Digest
******************************
