Linux-Hardware Digest #647, Volume #9 Sat, 13 Mar 99 06:13:32 EST
Contents:
Re: Dual PPro ("Edgar Manik")
Re: Sound Config OPTi 82C930 (Eric GAUDET)
Re: 3Com Courier I-Modem ("James Kosin")
How to install and use Second IDE controller? (Dangerouse)
Re: install exabyte tape drive ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Mounting (Stephen Ashley)
Re: Mounting (Tom Pfeifer)
Re: Buying a new computer for linux (Allen)
2.2.3, ess 1888, & insanity (Herbert Ho)
Re: acessing Linux Drive from NT (Tom Pfeifer)
Re: cdrecord+hp7200+ (Jim Zubb)
Memor too short ALi, AMDk6-2 (John Collier)
Re: How do I get my soundcard working??? (Gerard Thornley)
Re: How do I get my soundcard working??? (Cece)
SiS 530/5595 Video Card an XProblem! ("Jari-Pascal Curty")
24 Bit sound cards searched (Johannes Nix)
Re: 3c509b/RH 5.2/DHCP ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Help - Unknown video PCI card under RHat 5.2 ?? (Nick)
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From: "Edgar Manik" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Dual PPro
Date: Sat, 13 Mar 1999 04:29:59 +0700
Just get the latest kernel v 2.2.x, enable SMP, and compile it. You get both
CPUs utilized.
Edgar
stein wrote in message ...
>I have Linux installed on an HP Vectra Xu Dual PPro and have search high
and
>low for how to get Linux to utilize both CPUs. Where can I get a module,
>docs or whatever to get Linux to do this.?
>
>
>Stein
>
>
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From: Eric GAUDET <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Sound Config OPTi 82C930
Date: Sat, 13 Mar 1999 16:10:23 +0900
Karthick Chilaka wrote:
>
> I am trying to configure the new 2.2.3 kernel to use the OPTi 82C930
> soundcard. I am using the MAD16 driver. I can now play CD's though my CD
> player using the KDE CD player but I am unable to play MP3 or WAV properly.
> I am getting an error saying IRQ/DRQ conflict. How can I figure out what are
> the correct values for DMA and IRQ for this card.
> Thanks
> karthick
download and install the OSS sound driver : it will detect and tell you
everything you want to know about your sound card, then remove the OSS
driver and configure your kernel. Worked fine form me with c930.
Eric
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From: "James Kosin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: 3Com Courier I-Modem
Date: Fri, 12 Mar 1999 21:34:58 -0500
Dear Amit,
When you dial into a service provider using ISDN modems you will usually get
a router on the other end. You just need them to walk you through a proper
setup with Linux ....
Linux supports CHAP and others ... Your ISP will be able to tell you which
one they prefer you using or if this is a dedicated line you maybe able to
tell them which type of authenication you would like to use.
I had the same sorts of problems with NT and an ISDN connection to the ISP.
Good Luck,
James Kosin
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message
<7cc78l$8sq$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>What is the correct init string to get a Courier I-Modem to work with
Linux?
>I can dial-in to my ISP using minicom and I get a CONNECT 64000 message. I
>can't dial-in using CHAP with the I-Modem (COM 1). The scripts, however,
work
>with my analog modem (COM 2). Any ideas?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Amit
>
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Date: Sat, 13 Mar 1999 01:09:37 -0700
From: Dangerouse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: How to install and use Second IDE controller?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.unix.solaris,comp.periphs.scsi
Subject: Re: install exabyte tape drive
Date: Sat, 13 Mar 1999 07:24:39 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Lupei Zhu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> just bought an EXB-8200 8mm tape drive from ebay. looks like an
> internal tape drive for me, no power cable or
> scsi cable. manual says it uses standard DC supply 5/12v. My concern is
> that if I install it inside my pentium box, will
> the fan is power enough to cool this thing? it requirs 5-40C operating
> temperature (41-104F) and needs air flow
> constantly. Does any one have a similar drive installed in a PC.
I have an EXB-8200 connected to my PC, but I went ahead and spent the extra
few bucks to get an external SCSI case. I marched on over to a local place
called MC Howard Electronics and got a great deal. I paid $20 or $25.
My point? A bargain on a SCSI enclosure can be had if you go looking.
Nobody wants to run full-height devices nowadays, so full-height
enclosures are not in a great deal of demand.
- Logan
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From: Stephen Ashley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Mounting
Date: Sat, 13 Mar 1999 18:01:24 +0930
Rod,
While in a command shell try 'man mount' check out the -t option.
mount -t vfat /dev/sda1 /mnt/windoze is what i use. the -t or type comand has
many 'file' types that can be mount in your file system you need to know what
type of fat system you want to mount. IDE disk drives are use different device
special file types i.e. _not_ sda1 etc type 'df' to see the file system your
system has been configured for.
Cheers,
Stephen Ashley,
Alice Springs,
Out Back Oz.
O'Brien wrote:
> I have Win98 on one partition and Linux on the other partition. I have some
> files on Win98 that I want to copy to the Linux partition. What commands do
> I need to do this?
>
> Thankyou
> Rod O'Brien
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Tom Pfeifer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Mounting
Date: 13 Mar 1999 09:26:54 GMT
O'Brien wrote:
>
> I have Win98 on one partition and Linux on the other partition. I have
> some files on Win98 that I want to copy to the Linux partition. What
> commands do I need to do this?
To mount the Win98 partition from Linux, use this command as root user:
mount -t vfat /dev/hdax /mnt
where hdax is your Win98 partition such as hda1, hda2, hda3 etc. If
you're not sure what the Win98 partition is, typing this command:
fdisk -l (the -l is a lower case L - not a one)
will display all your partitions which may help you determine which it
is.
Once mounted, you will have access to the Win98 partition in the /mnt
directory. From there you can use the cp command to copy files, or use a
file manager such as Midnight Commander, Tkdesk etc
I used /mnt as the mount point because that directory will already exist
on your machine. There's nothing to stop you from creating a new
directory such as /win98 or whatever, and mounting the partition there.
Tom
--
Try Debian GNU/Linux - it's free, it's open source, and it rocks
http://www.debian.org
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Allen)
Subject: Re: Buying a new computer for linux
Date: 13 Mar 1999 05:47:27 GMT
On Wed, 10 Mar 1999 19:39:08 +0000, Gerard Thornley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
...snip...
>Pentium II 350MHz
>ABIT BX6 motherboard
If you're looking at this board, be aware that there is a "BH6" with 5 PCI
slots, and the newer revision of the "BX6", with 5 instead of the orig.4. the
newer one looks to be a much better board.
there is a review of it at www.bxboards.com ?
( I think that's the right link)
>Panasonic LS-120
>Maxtor DiamondMax 4320 8.4Gb
>Creative Labs CL 36x CD-ROM drive
>Sound Blaster Live
>Graphics Blaster RIVA TNT
>3-COM 3C-509B combo ISA network card
>
>Thanks very much in advance...
Allen
(email addy; user ID portion has a numeral one in place of word
onespoiler, and of course, delete the bogus secondary domain of nospam.)
PC/hardware Guru, and Linux Newbie--(how DO you exit vi?)
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From: Herbert Ho <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: 2.2.3, ess 1888, & insanity
Date: Sat, 13 Mar 1999 09:26:59 GMT
i've been having the strangest problems with my sound card (ess 1888) under
2.2.3 kernel. it worked ok (kinda buggy, but worked) under 2.0.36 but refuses
to work now.
i've tired compiling as modules and into the kernel. the best i get is the
ability to play ONE and ONLY ONE sound file. then it gives me the error i get
all the time:
dma (output) timeout: IRQ/DRQ conflict?
i'm sure this isn't a conflict. my /proc/interrupts:
CPU0
0: 74022 XT-PIC timer
1: 1706 XT-PIC keyboard
2: 0 XT-PIC cascade
3: 2319 XT-PIC eth0
7: 1 XT-PIC soundblaster
12: 30668 XT-PIC PS/2 Mouse
13: 1 XT-PIC fpu
14: 32841 XT-PIC ide0
15: 4 XT-PIC ide1
NMI: 0
in addition, /dev/sndstat gives nothing helpful. just states the driver as
the ess 1688 when complied into kernel and the ess 1888 driver when in
modules
my /etc/conf.modules (part that pertains to sound):
# sound information
alias char-major-14 sb
options sound dmabuf=1
options sb io=0x220 irq=7 dma=1 dma16=5 esstype=1888
the card works fine under win95. it just won't work under 2.2.3. in
addition, after getting the dma timeout message, no program can write/read
to/from the floppy device. whether its mounted or not. i end up having to
reboot to restore use of the device. why is this?
preusing this newsgroup i've only found a few related posts...and the only
reply to the few were that the proprietory oss drivers should be used. but
the webpage for it doesn't even have support for the ess 1888. it seems only
people have trouble w/ the ess 1688 and 1868 ...but not this. has ANYONE
gotten this to work?!?!
ANY comments would be helpful. thanks in advanced.
herbert ho
"Just do me a favor, don't breed."
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From: Tom Pfeifer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: acessing Linux Drive from NT
Date: 13 Mar 1999 09:43:01 GMT
I haven't heard of any way to access the Linux ext2 file system from NT.
If there is a way, it certainly won't be available from Microsoft as
part of NT. NT can't even access Microsoft's own FAT32 file system yet
without a third party driver.
Tom
Vibor Paravic wrote:
>
> I have a dual boot machine Linux/NT 4.0
>
> Under linux I can see the nt partion however I cannot see the linux
> partion under NT
>
> If I go to the disk manager it knows that the other disk is there and it
> correctly guesses the size however it does not give me access to it!!!
>
> How can I see my Linux partition under NT ... clearly I also want to
> access the data stored there....
>
> Thanks in advance : Vibor Paravic
--
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http://www.debian.org
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From: Jim Zubb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: cdrecord+hp7200+
Date: Sat, 13 Mar 1999 01:01:23 -0500
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> Hi there,
>
> I am trying to burn CDs from linux. I have the following setup: HP 7200+
> CDWriter, Redhat5.2, kernel 2.0.36, cdrecord 1.6, mkisofs 1.11. scsi
> emulation was compiled in the kernel. The CDR is the only device on the IDE
> interface, harddisk is SCSI.
>
> Making an image with mkisofs works
> fine. I can mount it and check it, as explained in the CDWRITING-HOWTO. When
> write track data: error after 786432 bytes
> Sense Bytes: F0 00 00 00 00 00 00 19 00 00 1D 08 00 00 00 00 00 00
> cdrecord: Unknown error. flush cache: scsi sendcmd: retryable error
> CDB: 35 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
> status: 0x2 (CHECK CONDITION)
> Sense Bytes: F0 00 02 00 00 00 00 19 00 00 1D 09 04 01 00 00
> Sense Key: 0x2 Not Ready, Segment 0
> Sense Code: 0x04 Qual 0x01 (logical unit is in process of becoming ready) Fru
> 0x0
> Sense flags: Blk 0 (valid)
> cmd finished after 0.002s timeout 120s
> Trouble flushing the cache
> Writing time: 68.136s
> Fixating...
> cdrecord: Unknown error. close track/session: scsi sendcmd: retryable error
> CDB: 5B 00 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
> status: 0x2 (CHECK CONDITION)
> Sense Bytes: F0 00 02 00 00 00 00 19 00 00 1D 09 04 01 00 00
> Sense Key: 0x2 Not Ready, Segment 0
> Sense Code: 0x04 Qual 0x01 (logical unit is in process of becoming ready) Fru
> 0x0
> Sense flags: Blk 0 (valid)
> cmd finished after 0.003s timeout 480s
> Fixating time: 6.593s
> cdrecord: fifo had 152 puts and 25 gets.
> cdrecord: fifo was 0 times empty and 6 times full, min fill was 94%.
>
> Can someone tell me what I am doing wrong? When writing audio CDs, I get the
> same timeout. Using xcdroast gives also the timeout, but writes a few tracks
> on th CD (making it unusable :-(). I have to mention that the same setup
> under WinNt works fine and writes data and audio CDs very well with Nero. In
> fact writing CDs is the only reason I still have an NT partition and I would
> like to get rid of it as soon as possible. I hate to be dependent of
> Micro$oft for writing CDs. So please help me out of it!
Do you get the same error when you do a simulation write?
It would save you on Cd-Rs while troubleshooting.
Try editting
================linux/drivers/block/ide.h======================
159c159
< #define WAIT_CMD (10*HZ) /* 10sec - maximum wait for
an IRQ to happen */
---
> #define WAIT_CMD (1000*HZ) /* 1000sec - maximum wait for an IRQ to
happen */
1000 is extreme, try 400 or so.
Recompile kernel and try again.
BTW: This is actually in the Xcdroast docs, under
README.ATAPI, but it says that it is not needed for kernel
>2.0.35, but it might be the cause anyway.
--
Jim Zubb
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Collier)
Subject: Memor too short ALi, AMDk6-2
Date: 13 Mar 1999 08:54:29 GMT
I have a funny problem Windows 95 and OS2 report
96 Meg of memory on my box. That agrees with BIOS.
Linux reports 14 Meg.
I am running a compiled version of 2.2.2, but have also
used my 2.036 vanilla Redhat 5.2 kernal. and a cmpiled
verion of it for my machine. Same thing: 14 meg. Other utilities
report the same. Swap file use is consistent with 14 Meg.
Any ideas? I am using a 64 bit sdram simmand a 32 bit dram simm
in banks 1 1nd 2 of three. The 32 bit ram is a bit slow (not
designed for 100 Mh bus.
Any ideas?
--
John Collier Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Philosophy -- U. of Newcastle Fax: +61 49 216928
Callaghan, NSW, AUSTRALIA 2038 http://bcollier.newcastle.edu.au
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From: Gerard Thornley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How do I get my soundcard working???
Date: Sat, 13 Mar 1999 10:26:50 +0000
On 12 Mar 1999, Mike Schenk wrote:
> Get back to Windows, Linux is just not for you.
Is this really the kind of response that the linux comunity should be
giving to people who just don't understand computers.
Is anyone working on a stable linux installation that is easier to
install and use by people who don't know their IRQs from their FTPs?
--
Gerard Thornley
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.dur.ac.uk/~d7249y
or mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] or http://www.bigfoot.com/~g247
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Date: Fri, 12 Mar 1999 21:26:33 -0500
From: Cece <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How do I get my soundcard working???
David Orlow wrote:
> Hey, I just got Linux 5.2 up and running again. The last time I had it
> on my computer for about 2 minutes and got frusterated and then formated
> and went back to Windows. This time I am going to try and be more open
> minded and figure out things. Well I am to my first problem. I am
> trying to get my soundcard to work. And probably to make things more
> complicated I am running this on a laptop. They have you set up the
> soundcard in soundconfig or something like that, but you have to know
> the address of the card. For instance you have to know the I/O Port,
> IRQ, DMA1, DMA2, and the MPU I/0. I have always set things up in
> Windows and it is always plug and play so I never need to worry about
> these things. What do I do now???
> David
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
While you're in Windows, go in the control panel and open the 'system'
icon. Then using the list of hardware in device manager, write down all the
info listed for your hardware. (sound,video, monitor,etc..) Then highlight
the computer at the top of the list. Click properties. You can copy the
I/O, DMA, & IRQ for your sound card, video ,etc.... Write this down and
when you're in Linux, you'll have it handy. For the sound, run sndconfig
and choose your card and check the boxes for DMA,etc.. according to the
info you collected in MS Windows.
Cece
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From: "Jari-Pascal Curty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: SiS 530/5595 Video Card an XProblem!
Date: Sat, 13 Mar 1999 11:46:09 +0100
Hello there!
I recently bought a computer to run linux on it. It's sad to say it but i
did not really take care of the video card (although i knew how important it
is 8( ). Actually my video card is an SiS 530/5595 (built-in chipset). I
went on the SiS server (www.sis.com.tw) where i found a small note for linux
useres. They say that linux drivers are available for the 5597, 5598, 62...
chipset.
So, i would like to know if someone in this newsgroup have experience with
this chipset.
I can run Xwindows but only with 320x200 which is not workable!
Any help is (as always!) welcome.
Thanks in advance,
Jari
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From: Johannes Nix <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: 24 Bit sound cards searched
Date: 13 Mar 1999 11:43:32 +0100
I am searching urgently a Linux supported high-quality 24 Bit Stereo
Sound card (possibly with digital output). It shall be used for
applications like speech processing, audiometry and psychoacoustics.
Another important application would be measurement of transfer
functions, for this it is necessary that one can do input and output
at the same time _and_ match incoming and outgoing waveform exactly.
If you know Linux drivers, please contact me.
Does some know what hardware alternatives exist for fast analog output
with 44.1kHz sampling rate?
as I am away most of the next two weeks, please mail me also.
--
Johannes Nix
==================================================
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Arbeitsgruppe Medizinische Physik
Universität Oldenburg
D-26111 Oldenburg
Germany
Tel. + 49 441 798-5472
Fax No. + 49 441 798-3698
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: 3c509b/RH 5.2/DHCP
Date: Sat, 13 Mar 1999 10:48:13 GMT
DING- finally got it working. Thanks to Don and Tim Stark for their very
helpful posts. A quick recap of what I did to get my 3COM 3c509b card working
with my RH 5.2 (2.0.36) system and the DHCP protocol. I didn't have to
upgrade the kernal or change the driver in the end.
1. Disabled PnP.
2. added the following to my /etc/conf.modules file
alias eth0 3c509
note: Tim Stark reccomended adding an options line to this file. My system
didn't like that.
3.typed insmod 3c509 (I don't know if this was neccessary, but it didn't hurt)
4. used netcfg to set up eth0 with DHCP and told it to activate on boot time.
thanks again to all
Ivan
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Don Baccus) wrote:
> >/lib/modules/preferred/net/3c509.o: symbol for parameter io not found
> >delaying eth0 initialization
>
> Been there myself, as of about a week ago. The
> 3c509 driver doesn't want the "io=", though
> it will take the "irq=" specification.
>
> Despite comments in various HOWTOs about the
> fact that ISA NIC drivers generally don't probe
> for NICs automatically, the 3c509b driver
> does.
> My module configuration file simply contains:
>
> alias eth0 3c509
> alias eth1 3c509
>
> and nothing else, and the kernal finds them both.
>
> - Don Baccus, Portland OR <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Nature photos, on-line guides, at http://donb.photo.net
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Nick)
Subject: Help - Unknown video PCI card under RHat 5.2 ??
Date: Sat, 13 Mar 1999 10:59:51 GMT
Hi
I am trying to install a *new* video PCI card under Red Hat 5.2
but I am getting these messages:
(--) S3: PCI: unknown (please report), ID 0x8904 rev 1, Linear FB @
0xd0000000
(--) S3: Unknown S3 chipset: chip_id = 0x8904 rev. 1
The card was produced by an unnamed Far East manufacturer with no
support whatsoever. I can awkwardly see the screen with vga but no
svga...
Any indeas of how to make Linux recognize my card, please ?!
Thanks in advance
Nick
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