Linux-Hardware Digest #590, Volume #9 Sun, 7 Mar 99 09:13:42 EST
Contents:
Re: Power Down with Linux? ("Alex")
linux 2.2.2, lpdPLP and lp0 (Matthias Juchem)
Re: mem=128M hangs system (Justin The Cynical)
Re: AIC-7895 in RedHat 5.2 ("matthew.r.pavlovich.1")
Barracuda 9LP and Symbios controller (Do-Hoon Kwon)
Re: Linux with > 64MB RAM?? (Adam Jones)
Which Xfre86 server for diamond Fire GL 1000 pro video card ? ("Dr. Joseph
Fairbrother")
Re: 230k+ serial support? (Mickey Stein)
Re: E-mail from ATI Tech Support / ATI TV `n Linux... (Brian Hunt)
Re: Can Linux use 36-bit Xeon addressing? (Robert Krawitz)
Re: MS Intellimouse (garfield)
Re: 230k+ serial support? (Mickey Stein)
How can I use my UMAX S6E scanner (SCSI) under linux (Red Hat 5.2)? ("James Wanless")
Re: awe64 PCI (Dave Underwood)
Re: Hardware Accelerated OpenGL? (billysara)
Re: BT speedway, red hat 5.1/2, hisax?? howto?? (Paul Black)
Re: 3COM 3c509b PROBLEMS (fwd) (Greg H.)
problems mounting hda1 as root ("Chris Walker")
Re: linux 2.2.2, lpdPLP and lp0 (Bob Tennent)
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Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.questions
From: "Alex" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Power Down with Linux?
Date: Sun, 7 Mar 1999 07:59:47 GMT
jagged wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>"Keith A. Folske" wrote:
>>
>> How do I get linux to power down my pc like windows98 does? I have an
ATX
>> capable power supply. When I choose shutdown in windows, it turns power
>> off.
>> I have been using "shutdown -h now" in linux, but that only halts the
system
>> and does not remove power. Anyone know how to accomplish this?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Keith
>>
>> --
>> Keith A. Folske
>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>You need to recompile the kernel with apm support (there there is an
>option about power down). That worked for me. Then depending on the
>version of the kernel you have, you may have to modify the halt script
>(which can be found in /etc/rc.d/init.d/) and change a line which says
>command="halt" to command="halt -p"
The other alternative is ' command="poweroff"', basically the same as
halt -p.
>(I had to do that only when i upgraded to kernel 2.2.2, on my old 2.036
>kernel power down worked fine without that modification)
>--
>jagged
>
>"I either want less corruption, or more chance to participate in it."
>
>icq : 3163150
>mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>http://members.tripod.com/~Tsarbo
>http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Lot/6301
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From: Matthias Juchem <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: linux 2.2.2, lpdPLP and lp0
Date: Sun, 7 Mar 1999 12:51:41 +0100
Hi folks,
I've installed the new kernel 2.2.2 recently. Everything seemed to work but
today I noticed that my printer won't print.
lpdPLP is running fine, using lp0, but when receiving a print job it says:
lp: Print_open: cannot open /dev/lp0: Operation not supported by device
Modules parport, parport_pc and lp are loaded.
I don't have any clue what to do, so please help me.
TIA
Matt
p.s. If this isn't the right newsgroups to post this problem to, tell me.
-- -mj
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Justin The Cynical)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: mem=128M hangs system
Date: 7 Mar 1999 12:00:50 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I hate following up on folowups when I want to respond to the original
posted, but since the original hasn't made it here yet.... :-)
->Chris Menzel wrote:
->
->> We have just upgraded a server to a PC-100 Super7 100MHz board with a
->> K6-2/350 and 128MB of RAM. There is one SCSI drive with an Adaptec
->> AHA-2940 controller. We are running Redhat 5.2. After booting, we
What kernel version is RH 5.2 using? If it's not 2.0.36, I would
suggest upgrading to that one. it does away with the need for the mem line.
->> noticed that the system was only seeing 64MB of RAM. Accordingly, we
->> added append="mem=128M" to lilo.conf, ran lilo, and rebooted. However,
->> the system would then hang in the boot process at the point where it is
[snip]
Question: Does the motherboard have a built in video card? One of
the servers I deal with had an AGP-style board (the amount of video RAM was
selectable in the BIOS), and we had given it 4 megs. Well, with pre .36
kernels, I specified alll 128 Megs of RAM the system had. And it would hang.
Untill someone mentioned that the BIOS was taking away that 4 megs and I
changed the mem line to reflect that, it would keep hanging. Upgrading to
the .36 kernel eliminated the problem and allowed me to get rid of the mem
line.
Just a thought. It helped me out.
--
"NT disk, meet Mr. Microwave."
David Parsons in comp.os.linux.advocacy (e-mail addy deleted for spam reasons)
Justin The Cynical - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "matthew.r.pavlovich.1" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: AIC-7895 in RedHat 5.2
Date: Sat, 6 Mar 1999 11:52:22 -0500
This chip is similar to the 3940 add-on SCSI adapter. I have the 7895
chip on my mobo and it works fine, use the aic7xxx driver. no problem.
-matt
On Sat, 6 Mar 1999, Tim Mavers wrote:
> After installing RedHat on one of my servers I would like to install it on
> my main machine. The server was easy (it was IDE), but my main machine is
> running SCSI with an Adaptec 7895 dual-channel device (on the motherboard)
> with a Seagate Cheetah 9.1GB drive. Is this compatible?
>
> RedHat's site does not specifically list it as a supported device. I have
> also searched Dejanews and it appears that some people are using Linux with
> the 7895, but no details were given. I would just try installing it, but
> NT4 itself doesn't support it OOTB (neither does the latest beta of NT 5).
>
> Anyone using this chip under RH 5.2? If so, is supported OOTB?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Tim
>
>
>
>
>
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From: Do-Hoon Kwon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.periphs.scsi
Subject: Barracuda 9LP and Symbios controller
Date: Sat, 06 Mar 1999 12:13:15 -0500
Hello,
I'm having a weird problem with Seagate ST39173W
(firmware 6244) and Symbios SYM8751SP (BIOS 4.13).
During the initial installation, I formatted and
verified the drive. Then, the SCSI BIOS reports
for the drive C/H/S=1024/64/32, which is definitely
wrong.
Dos fdisk only sees 1024MB, but Linux fdisk reports
C/H/S=8683/64/32, which amounts to the correct
capacity of the drive. However, I want
less number of cylinders than that.
The drive works wonderfully, but I'm worried that
when I add another OS to the later half of the
drive, which is now empty, the boot manager may
fail.
Any hints?
Do-Hoon Kwon
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Adam Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux with > 64MB RAM??
Date: Sun, 07 Mar 1999 12:35:19 +0000
Eric Lee Green wrote:
> On Sun, 28 Feb 1999 20:21:32 GMT, User <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >I was wondering if anyone else has had this problem.
> >I was running Linux with 32MB of EDO ram (4*8MB Simms)
> >with no problem. Then I bought 2*32MB Simms and
> >put those along with two of my 8MB simms in for a total
> >of 80MB RAM. However, Linux seems to recognize only
> >64MB.
>
> Upgrade to version 2.0.36 of the Linux kernel. It will properly recognize
> your memory and fixes various important bugs.
>
> --
> Eric Lee Green [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linux-hw.com/~eric
> "Microsoft views service as what a bull does to a cow." -- Unknown
If your using anythign fiarly recent DONT upgrade the kernel!!!
(Assuming you havent fiddled with all the other options like lilo).
Lilo is nearly always the problem... the html docs with redhat tell you
exactly what you need to do.
You need to add an
append="mem=128m" line to lili.conf and then rerun lilo at the prompt
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From: "Dr. Joseph Fairbrother" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Which Xfre86 server for diamond Fire GL 1000 pro video card ?
Date: Sat, 6 Mar 1999 13:44:06 -0500
I am installing Linux for the first time and have a Diamond Fire GL 1000 Pro
with 8MB. Which server should I select to use X ? I typically display at
1280 x 1024 on a 19 inch monitor.
Thanks
Joe
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From: Mickey Stein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: 230k+ serial support?
Date: Sun, 07 Mar 1999 04:50:48 -0800
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Greg Tesch) writes:
>
> >>http://www.yk.rim.or.jp/~gigo/over115K/index_e.html
> ^^
> !!
> new: os
>
> >Mickey,
>
> >I have a 16750 UART which runs at 92160 and that's the setting I use.
> >Apparently Holger here doesn't know about the setserial program.
Um.. You've got me confused with this post. That web link doesn't seem to
be valid.
> I do not know any new Hardware, and I am eager to learn new things.
> So, I have a question:
>
> Which version of "setserial" do you use?
2.14, but I dl'd the source and commented 16750 def's back in and then
rebuilt it and installed it.
> My version doe not know the 16750-chip
I don't know why but they seem to have taken support out on the shipping
binary. You should also have kernel 2.1.53 or greater (I've forgotten
exactly which kernel so maybe just get 2.2.0 or greater).
> How does "setserial" change the external crystal?
yikes! Ok... now we need a much smarter person than me. . . All I thought
setserial did was set up the irq, io port and UART type so that comm
programs would know how to deal with the control registers on the
particular UART.
> Who is the maker of the chip, where do I get a data-sheet?
The 16750? I'm pretty sure that it's Texas Instruments but maybe they were
the ones who made the 16650. I know that it's not the same company that
made the 16550 and 16650. Pretty lousy answer.. sorry -
Oh - http://www.ti.com/sc/docs/folders/analog/tl16c754.html might be a
good place to look. It's TI's data sheet on a chip that contains 4
seperate 16750's. I couldn't find the exact chip because the designations
always have a letter like 16C750 or something of that sort..
> Yours, Holger
Mick
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From: Brian Hunt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.setup,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: E-mail from ATI Tech Support / ATI TV `n Linux...
Date: Sat, 6 Mar 1999 14:33:30 -0400
Creative labs seems to be in the Linux-support PR mode. They have a
'coming soon' link on developer.soundblaster.com and from what I recall
they are supporting the EMU10K and the DVD-ROM and DVD-RAM products.
But like all great things, this will take time.
ATI's stance is a little more rigid. I believe they are in cahoots with
Microsoft so any laterial action might detriment their agreement with
MS. But like all great barriers, that one may fall.
HTH.
Sincerely,
Brian
On Sat, 27 Feb 1999, Jeraimee wrote:
> I also wanted to buy the AIW 128... but... after I got that e-mail I'm
> thinking again...
>
> What may happen is that I might have to run 2 boxes...
>
> I like my soundblaster live, DVD, All in Wonder, etc... the whole family
> loves the stuff... but I only want to 'use' Linux...
>
> we've got a 27inch monitor that's run off the same box (surround sound,
> etc...) and I guess it (the windoze box) will end up being ran just for that
> stuff and my personal box will be linux.
>
> Doesn't lppk as though I'm getting any other choice...
>
> Jeraimee
>
> Ben wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> >Good info. If ATI doesn't get a Linux "All In Wonder" going soon.
> >Somebody else will. I guess ATI is doing the best thet can as fast as
> >they can. I am waiting for my next video card purchase to be an ATI all
> >in wonder 128 but if it doesn't support Linux I may not buy it. I am
> >trying to buy NO hardware that only supports Windows. Just my small
> >little opinion.
> >
> >Ben
>
>
>
>
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From: Robert Krawitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Can Linux use 36-bit Xeon addressing?
Date: 06 Mar 1999 13:54:21 -0500
"David A. Frantz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I think you hit on one problem at the very least and that is if you want to
> get away from I386 you have only one other mass produced platform and that
> is Apples Mac. When dealling with software I do not think binary
> compatablity is s big deal for Linux users. After all if you want to run
> something you can just recompile it.
For better or for worse, the latter statement is not true, and it's
becoming less and less true. If your goal is to run Oracle, Informix,
DB/2, Sybase, or what have you, binary compatibility is essential.
(If people want to argue that that should not be the case -- that
everything should be GPL'ed and Linux should provide no help to either
authors or users of proprietary software -- that issue can be argued
on its own merits. However, that is not the current state of affairs,
and even as far as existing Linux distributions go, support for
platforms other than the x86 is spotty. For example, to the best of
my knowledge I cannot get SuSE for the Alpha.)
--
Robert Krawitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.tiac.net/users/rlk/
Tall Clubs International -- http://www.tall.org/ or 1-888-IM-TALL-2
Member of the League for Programming Freedom -- mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
"Linux doesn't dictate how I work, I dictate how Linux works."
--Eric Crampton
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From: garfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: MS Intellimouse
Date: Sat, 06 Mar 1999 14:03:44 -0500
Lee Luchford wrote:
> I'm considering buying an MS intellimouse to use in Linux. I know that there
> are various hacks to use the wheel for scrolling in X windows but what I
> need to know is does the wheel act like a third mouse button when you press
> it. I don't want to buy it and find out that it is effectively a 2 button
> mouse
> Thanks
> Lee
I am using ia MS intellimouse and I am using the hacks for the scroll wheel
under X. The wheel acts as both a button and a wheel with the hacks I got
from http://www.inria.fr/koala/colas/mouse-wheel-scroll/
You can get more info there.
Gregg
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From: Mickey Stein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: 230k+ serial support?
Date: Sun, 07 Mar 1999 04:52:05 -0800
Sorry about that: I found the link to the 16750 datasheet on the ti site
about a second after i said i couldn't.
mick
http://www.ti.com/sc/docs/folders/analog/tl16c750.html
Holger Petersen wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Greg Tesch) writes:
>
> >>http://www.yk.rim.or.jp/~gigo/over115K/index_e.html
> ^^
> !!
> new: os
>
> >Mickey,
>
> >I have a 16750 UART which runs at 92160 and that's the setting I use.
> >Apparently Holger here doesn't know about the setserial program.
>
> I do not know any new Hardware, and I am eager to learn new things.
> So, I have a question:
>
> Which version of "setserial" do you use?
> My version doe not know the 16750-chip
>
> How does "setserial" change the external crystal?
> Who is the maker of the chip, where do I get a data-sheet?
>
> Yours, Holger
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From: "James Wanless" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: How can I use my UMAX S6E scanner (SCSI) under linux (Red Hat 5.2)?
Date: Sat, 6 Mar 1999 16:46:08 -0000
I've successfully got Linux RH 5.2 to recognize my SCSI card, and the
boot-up messages apparently also recognize my scanner - but are there any
drivers/apps available (preferably with RH5.2?) to allow me to use my
scanner e.g. as TWAIN source, to input and edit picture files? Any help
appreciated, please
--
James Wanless
http://www.jwanless.freeserve.co.uk
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From: Dave Underwood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: awe64 PCI
Date: 7 Mar 1999 13:31:34 GMT
I also have been having difficulties with Awe64, RH 5.2 with Kernel 2.2.2.
After doing a bit of surfing tonight I stumbled across a site called Linux
Hardware (www.linuxhardware.net). It contains some useful references to
all sorts of things including Awe64.
All the best.
Dave.
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From: billysara <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Hardware Accelerated OpenGL?
Date: Sat, 06 Mar 1999 20:27:50 +0000
"matthew.r.pavlovich.1" wrote:
>
> Xfree 4.0
>
On a slight tangent, anyone know a *rough* release for Xfree4? Even to
a quarter/six-month?
Billy.
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From: Paul Black <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: uk.comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: BT speedway, red hat 5.1/2, hisax?? howto??
Date: Sun, 07 Mar 1999 13:54:41 +0000
Mark Hamlin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have Red Hat 5.1, I am about to upgrade to 5.2. I have just bougt an
> internal BT Speedway IDSN2e card.
>
> Is the Hisax driver the right one? Is it in the standard distribution?
> Will I have to recompile the kernel? Last but no least, once I know I
> have the right driver how do I use it/configure it/set it up?
>
> Your help will be really appreciated. Even more so if the answer is
> Newbie friendly. Are there any sources of info on the web on this
> topic, I've looked around the LDP but have not found a lot of interest.
>
> p.s. I have no experience setting up modems with linux. I tried to
> setup an internal USR modem of the windows variety and didn't get
> anywhere, which makes me a bit aprehensive about this task.
It's fairly easy. Kernel config: Yes for Hisax Siemens support,
yes for Hisax Support for Euro/DSS1 and yes for Hisax support for
AVM PnP/PCI. These options are certainly present in kernel 2.0.36,
they're not all in 2.2, don't know about earlier versions. You also
need "isdn4k-utils". The version I'm currently using is from a file
isdn4k-utils-3.0beta1.tar.gz. With this, you get (amonst other) two
commands: isdnctrl & ipppd.
To configure the link:
isdnctrl verbose 3
isdnctrl system on
isdnctrl addif ippp0
isdnctrl addphone ippp0 out <ISP number>
isdnctrl eaz ippp0 <Your number>
isdnctrl huptimeout ippp0 60
isdnctrl l2_prot ippp0 hdlc
isdnctrl l3_prot ippp0 trans
isdnctrl encap ippp0 syncppp
isdnctrl secure ippp0 on
isdnctrl pppbind ippp0 0
ipppd /dev/ippp0 defaultroute netmask 255.255.255.255 debug user <username> -vj
-vjccomp
To dial: isdnctrl dial ippp0
To hangup: isdnctrl hangup ippp0
I haven't got channel bonding working yet (admittedly I haven't
tried very hard but if anyone has done it ...).
Paul
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Greg H.)
Subject: Re: 3COM 3c509b PROBLEMS (fwd)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Date: Sun, 07 Mar 1999 13:42:13 GMT
Justin C Miranda ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> I've been attempting to configure my 3com 3c509b network card for about
I had the same problem on nearly the exact same PC. I have a
Gateway 2000 P5-100 Family PC. Disabling PnP alone didn't work for
me, either. In fact, if I remember right, PnP didn't have to be
disabled. The problem was the IRQ and possibly the address. Boot
into Windows 95 DOS-mode and run the configuration program that
came with the NIC (3c5x9cfg.exe or something like that). Reset
the card, reboot and see what happens to the IRQ. I noticed it currently
is 10 for you. When I reset the card, the IRQ changed to 11 and miraculously
it worked. Also, the address will probably be 0x210 or something
to that effect.
The 3c509b (Etherlink III TPO ISA NIC) seems to give a lot of people
this same problem. It _can_ be done. It just needs a little tinkering.
Oh, and be sure to disable PnP in your BIOS. Windows 9x doesn't need it
and Linux doesn't like it. This could also affect this problem.
Greg H.
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From: "Chris Walker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: problems mounting hda1 as root
Date: Sat, 06 Mar 1999 20:28:43 GMT
When trying to mount /dev/hda1 as a root partition it only boots partway.
The last thing I see on the screen is:
Partition check:
hda: hda1 hda2
VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem) readonly.
_
At that point I have a flashing cursor on the screen. I can type and what I
type is shown on-screen, but hitting enter just creates a new line. The
machine doesn't do squat.
Edward Dunagin was kind enough to reply to an indentical earlier post,
advising me to look at my /etc/lilo.conf file. I booted with a resuce disk
and tried this, but this durn thing won't let me put LILO on the boot
partition of hda1 when I've got the system booted with fd1 as the root.
AAARRRRGGHHH!!!
Thanks in advance,
chris
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From: r d t@c s.q u e e n s u.c a (Bob Tennent)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: linux 2.2.2, lpdPLP and lp0
Date: 7 Mar 1999 13:47:34 GMT
On Sun, 7 Mar 1999 12:51:41 +0100, Matthias Juchem wrote:
>
>I've installed the new kernel 2.2.2 recently. Everything seemed to work but
>today I noticed that my printer won't print.
>
>lpdPLP is running fine, using lp0, but when receiving a print job it says:
>
>lp: Print_open: cannot open /dev/lp0: Operation not supported by device
>
>Modules parport, parport_pc and lp are loaded.
>
Have you added the following to /etc/conf.modules?
alias parport_lowlevel parport_pc
Bob T.
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