Linux-Hardware Digest #653, Volume #9 Sun, 14 Mar 99 08:15:19 EST
Contents:
Re: RealTek Linux driver "rtl8139.c" (Lutz Fehrle)
Re: Memor too short ALi, AMDk6-2 (John Collier)
Lavlink ISA 16650 UART Card & Linux (Foo Bar)
Re: Ensoniq AudioPCI 1370 - SB64 (me)
fighting with X ("Kabal")
Re: How to compile Kernel 2.2.2 with redhat 5.2??? - HowTo-URL ("matsushita")
Re: X munges the graphics card? (Re: Windows 2000 Rah! Rah! Session falls flat)
(David Steuber)
bonnie results skewed by link library - 2.0.36 (Tim Moore)
Re: How to compile Kernel 2.2.2 with redhat 5.2??? - HowTo-URL ("Prutser")
Re: Ensoniq AudioPCI 1370 - SB64 (Ken Blount)
Re: X munges the graphics card? (Re: Windows 2000 Rah! Rah! Session falls flat)
(Jeff Szarka)
pcmcia freezes me to death ("Mario Schrijver")
DAT tape and IBM disks (Karl Esau)
Re: SiS 5597/5598 video ("Barry Kauler")
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Lutz Fehrle)
Subject: Re: RealTek Linux driver "rtl8139.c"
Date: Sun, 14 Mar 1999 06:57:17 GMT
ftp://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/pub/linux/drivers/test/
Regards
Lutz Fehrle
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
(remove meb)
On Thu, 11 Mar 1999 15:15:10 +0100, Claudio Candio
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I'm looking for the last version (v1.05 of 2/25/99) of the RealTek Linux
>
>driver "rtl8139.c", because I've got many problems with some Linux
>systems
>with this chip.
>
>The related html page
>http://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/linux/drivers/rtl8139.html,
>though reports the v1.05 as the last version, it links the v1.04 of the
>"rtl8139.c".
>
>Can anybody help me?
>Thank you for any information.
>
>-----------------
>Claudio Candio
>Italy (Rome)
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Collier)
Subject: Re: Memor too short ALi, AMDk6-2
Date: 14 Mar 1999 07:08:12 GMT
Andy Johnstone ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
: Are you using LILO? It sounds like you're dual booting, so I'm assuming
: you are. Instead of hitting enter or typing linux at the lilo prompt,
: try lilo mem=96. That should tell linux how much memory you have. I
: can't remember if thats the exact command though, try man lilo for more
: info.
Tried that. Got OOPS 2 kernel panic. the machine really seems to
think I have ony 14Meg. Why 14?
John
: Remove nospam from my email to reply to me
:
: Andy
:
: John Collier wrote:
:
: > 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
:
--
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: (Foo Bar)
Subject: Lavlink ISA 16650 UART Card & Linux
Date: Sun, 14 Mar 1999 08:54:58 GMT
Has anyone gotten the Lavlink 650 ISA card (16650 UART) to
work under linux? I am running 2.0.34 and it's not working right. I
can echo at commands to the device, but things like minicom etc can't
communicate with it.
Thanks..
-Curt
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: me <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Ensoniq AudioPCI 1370 - SB64
Date: Sun, 14 Mar 1999 21:30:57 +1300
I think you need the latest version of XFree86 -- at least 3.3.3-x
This cured the conflict I had between my Viper330 and my PCI SCSI card
--
>
> My ES1370 (AudioPCI) shares an interrupt with my PCI video card (Diamond
> V330) and when I try to load up X with either the support built into the
> kernel or through loading modules, the entire system freezes up. My BIOS
> does not allow me to manually go in and give each PCI device a separate
> IRQ - they are all on IRQ 10. Any idea of a work-around for this
> situation (besides purchasing a new computer)? My hardware is as follows:
(snip)
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From: "Kabal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: fighting with X
Date: Sun, 14 Mar 1999 01:15:06 -0800
Hi!
I am (still) having problems setting up and running X. I think i followed
the relnotes instructions that come with new X 3.3.3.1 correctly but still
have XF86Setup and X say it can't find something. Here is how I installed
it. I all went smooth without giving me any errors.
I have Riva TNT card and slackware 3.6
mkdir /home/X11R6
ln -s /home/X11R6 /usr
cd /usr/X11R6
sh /var/tmp/preinst.sh
chmod 755 extract
cd /usr/X11R6
/var/tmp/extract /var/tmp/X*.tgz
cd /usr/X11R6
sh /var/tmp/postinst.sh
these are the errors i am getting:
Kabal:~# XF86Setup
Couldn't determine where u have XFree86 installed. If u have XFree86
properly installed, set the XWINHOME environment variable to point to the
parent directory of the XFree86 bin directory.
and this is what i get when i try to start up X
Kabal:~# startx
execve failed for /usr/X11R6/bin/X (errno 13)
_X11TransSocketUNIXConnect: Can't connect: errno = 2
_X11TransSocketUNIXConnect: Can't connect: errno = 2
_X11TransSocketUNIXConnect: Can't connect: errno = 2
_X11TransSocketUNIXConnect: Can't connect: errno = 2
_X11TransSocketUNIXConnect: Can't connect: errno = 2
_X11TransSocketUNIXConnect: Can't connect: errno = 2
giving up.
xinit: No such file or directory (errno 2): unable to connect to X server
xinit: No such process (errno 3): Server error.
i will appreciate any ideas u guys may have... i've been strugglin with it
for a week now and still can't get it to run. thx
Kabal
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From: "matsushita" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: aus.computers.linux,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: How to compile Kernel 2.2.2 with redhat 5.2??? - HowTo-URL
Date: Sun, 14 Mar 1999 03:13:47 -0600
URL should be:
http://www1.portal.redhat.com/support/docs/rhl/kernel-2.2/kernel2.2-upgrade.
html
William Grinolds wrote in message ...
>Bad URL - web page not found...
>
>Bill
>
>Tim wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>>I was able to upgrade to the 2.2.3 kernel over 2.0.36 (RH 5.2) by
following
>>the guide at
>>http://www1.portal.redhat.com/support/docs/rhl/kernel-2.2/kernel2.2-upgrad
e
>.
>>html Hope this helps.
>>
>>-Tim
>
>
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From: David Steuber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.lang.java.advocacy,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: X munges the graphics card? (Re: Windows 2000 Rah! Rah! Session falls
flat)
Date: 13 Mar 1999 05:25:00 -0500
"M. le Rutte" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
-> And than people still say Linux is ready for the desktop?
Well, I don't think this is a common problem.
I am running Linux on a notebook computer. Hardly a server or
workstation. It doesn't spend a lot of time on desktops though. I
play from the comfort of my bed.
I think Linux is ready for the desktop. It is time to expose ordinary
users to it and see how they really fair. It does need to be
preconfigured, of course.
--
David Steuber
http://www.david-steuber.com
s/trashcan/david/ to reply by mail
Where was it you said you wanted to go today? Sorry, you can't get
there from here.
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Date: Sun, 14 Mar 1999 02:38:55 -0800
From: Tim Moore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: uk.comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: bonnie results skewed by link library - 2.0.36
Four different compilations, three different results for putc/getc and seeks. Other
common tests indicate ~16MB/s (stripe set). How is bonnie to be compiled for results
that are actually comparable (or even accurate)?
-------Sequential Output-------- ---Sequential Input-- --Random--
-Per Char- --Block--- -Rewrite-- -Per Char- --Block--- --Seeks---
Machine MB K/sec %CPU K/sec %CPU K/sec %CPU K/sec %CPU K/sec %CPU /sec %CPU
orig 256 15027 89.5 14096 26.2 4465 14.3 12176 52.3 15569 18.2 117.0 1.0
orig 256 15097 89.5 14065 26.1 4501 15.0 12559 54.7 15284 20.6 115.7 1.2
libc_O2 256 7634 95.7 14057 25.6 4394 13.3 7670 85.6 15513 13.3 100.4 2.2
libc_O2 256 7788 96.0 14040 26.5 4441 14.2 7533 85.0 15494 16.0 98.9 1.9
libc_stat 256 9124 96.2 14036 25.4 4476 14.1 8794 82.3 15556 15.3 97.4 1.5
sysV_O2 256 7858 96.9 14223 25.8 4479 15.0 7554 85.4 15529 15.3 212.0 3.5
sysV_O2 256 7853 96.6 14078 25.0 4518 14.0 7567 85.3 15585 14.9 208.0 2.8
sysV_stat 256 9055 95.5 14124 25.9 4445 14.2 8706 81.8 15557 14.7 206.4 2.7
orig = (bonnie-1.0-3 rpm: libc.so.5)
libc_O2 = (locally compiled: 'make')
sysV_O2 = (locally compiled: 'make SysV')
_stat = (locally compiled: add '-static')
> rpm -qi bonnie-1.0-3
Name : bonnie Distribution: (none)
Version : 1.0 Vendor: (none)
Release : 3 Build Date: Sat Dec 28 20:04:49 1996
Install date: Mon Mar 8 01:24:38 1999 Build Host: ew
Group : Utilities/Benchmarks Source RPM: bonnie-1.0-3.src.rpm
Size : 42312 License: distributable
Packager : [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Summary : Bonnie benchmark for Unix filesystems
> rpm -qa | egrep 'gcc|libc'
gcc-2.7.2.3-14
glibc-profile-2.0.7-29
libc-5.3.12-28
glibc-2.0.7-29
glibc-devel-2.0.7-29
Bonnie's target for these runs is a 6GB RAID0 stripe set. The host machine: 2.0.36
kernel, 82371AB PIIX4 + Promise U/33 controllers, Celeron 300A@450MHz, 128MB.
hdc: IBM-DHEA-36481, 6197MB w/472kB Cache, CHS=12592/16/63, UDMA
hde: IBM-DHEA-36481, 6197MB w/472kB Cache, CHS=12592/16/63, UDMA
> cat /proc/mdstat
Personalities : [1 linear] [2 raid0] [3 raid1]
read_ahead 8 sectors
md0 : active raid0 hde7 hdc7 6345600 blocks 16k chunks
md1 : inactive
md2 : inactive
md3 : inactive
# hdparm -tT /dev/md{0,0,0}
/dev/md0:
Timing buffer-cache reads: 64 MB in 0.65 seconds =98.46 MB/sec
Timing buffered disk reads: 32 MB in 2.05 seconds =15.61 MB/sec
/dev/md0:
Timing buffer-cache reads: 64 MB in 0.74 seconds =86.49 MB/sec
Timing buffered disk reads: 32 MB in 2.05 seconds =15.61 MB/sec
/dev/md0:
Timing buffer-cache reads: 64 MB in 0.74 seconds =86.49 MB/sec
Timing buffered disk reads: 32 MB in 2.05 seconds =15.61 MB/sec
# /usr/bin/time dd if=/dev/zero of=/raid/tim/tmp/256mb bs=1024 count=262144
262144+0 records in
262144+0 records out
0.21user 8.52system 0:16.28elapsed 53%CPU (0avgtext+0avgdata 0maxresident)k
0inputs+0outputs (83major+11minor)pagefaults 0swaps
# rm -f /raid/tim/tmp/*mb; sync
# /usr/bin/time dd if=/dev/zero of=/raid/tim/tmp/256mb bs=1024 count=262144
262144+0 records in
262144+0 records out
0.25user 8.42system 0:16.57elapsed 52%CPU (0avgtext+0avgdata 0maxresident)k
0inputs+0outputs (83major+11minor)pagefaults 0swaps
# rm -f /raid/tim/tmp/*mb ; sync
# /usr/bin/time dd if=/dev/zero of=/raid/tim/tmp/256mb bs=1024 count=262144
262144+0 records in
262144+0 records out
0.30user 8.35system 0:16.45elapsed 52%CPU (0avgtext+0avgdata 0maxresident)k
0inputs+0outputs (83major+11minor)pagefaults 0swaps
# ls -l /raid/tim/tmp/*mb
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 268435456 Mar 14 01:16 /raid/tim/tmp/256mb
# echo "268435456/((16.28+16.57+16.45)/3)" | bc -q
16338128.78
--
[Replies: make the double y a single]
"Everything is permitted. Nothing is forbidden."
WS Burroughs.
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From: "Prutser" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: aus.computers.linux,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: How to compile Kernel 2.2.2 with redhat 5.2??? - HowTo-URL
Date: Sun, 14 Mar 1999 10:50:10 +0100
maybe you want to try my example on how I upgraded from 5.1 to 2.2.2?
have a look at
http://www.geocities.com/TheTropics/Island/3924/linux/upgrade.htm
William Grinolds wrote in message ...
>Bad URL - web page not found...
>
>Bill
>
>Tim wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>>I was able to upgrade to the 2.2.3 kernel over 2.0.36 (RH 5.2) by
following
>>the guide at
>>http://www1.portal.redhat.com/support/docs/rhl/kernel-2.2/kernel2.2-upgrad
e
>.
>>html Hope this helps.
>>
>>-Tim
>
>
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From: Ken Blount <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Ensoniq AudioPCI 1370 - SB64
Date: 14 Mar 1999 07:31:41 GMT
> Don't bother with sndconfig. At least from the latest 2.1-kernels the
SB64
> is supported. I don't know if patches for 2.0-kernels are available.
> Just choose ES1370. Give the card an interrupt in the BIOS, the rest is
> automatic. My SB64 happily shares one interrupt with SCSI and works
great.
My ES1370 (AudioPCI) shares an interrupt with my PCI video card (Diamond
V330) and when I try to load up X with either the support built into the
kernel or through loading modules, the entire system freezes up. My BIOS
does not allow me to manually go in and give each PCI device a separate
IRQ - they are all on IRQ 10. Any idea of a work-around for this
situation (besides purchasing a new computer)? My hardware is as follows:
Gateway PPro 200
Ensoniq AudioPCI (ES1370)
Diamond Viper 330 (PCI)
Guillemont VoodooII (don't have any support loaded for this)
Zoom 56Ki modem (isa)
Iomega ZipZoom SCSI adapter (do have it installed)
Think that's about it. I'm running Caldera's OpenLinux 1.3, but I just
upgraded to the 2.2.3 kernal (with the HackPack on Caldera's ftp site).
Thanks,
Ken
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jeff Szarka)
Crossposted-To:
comp.lang.java.advocacy,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: X munges the graphics card? (Re: Windows 2000 Rah! Rah! Session falls
flat)
Date: 14 Mar 1999 01:49:07 -0600
On Fri, 12 Mar 1999 19:23:47 +0100, Henning Strandin
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
:Funny, that sounds exactly like the very reason I stoppped using Windows
:a few years ago. If I remember right, it was something about Windows
:trying to reinstall my videocard everytime I booted up. At MS support
:they were of course clueless like me. No way of researching the problem.
:This was not the first time this kind of problem occured (presently my
:Win95 box at home [my secondary computer of course] thinks that my modem
:is a PS2-mouse, and will not be told otherwise), so I simply decided to
:take MS out of the loop. And I'm a much happier puppy for it. These
:days, when something goes wrong (as it is bound to do from time to time)
:I know that I have all the possibilities to research and fix, from
:reading howtos to scanning the source to contact the person who wrote
:the program, i.e. it is all up to me. Sometimes I'm too lazy and just
:gives up, but then it's still my choice. Not so with moronic MS bugs
:like the ones described above. _That's_ the point with an open source
:system, and it's usually hard to grasp until you've tried it yourself.
I'd probably use linux myself if it weren't for a few things that
still make it impossible to switch. Maybe once corel gets their distro
out I'll think about it. Here's a perfect example of why I can't/won't
use linux:
Problem: I want to change my resolution.
Win9x/NT:
Right click on desktop - properties - settlings - done
Linux:
Edit config files and god know's what else
Why does everything have to be so inconvenient? I don't even care if
you can get a program to let you do this, it HAS to come built in,
ready to go, I don't want someone telling me I can download
whateverdalskjflsa;djfla;sjdfl;.rpm or download the source and compile
it. I just want it as simple as win9x/nt, end of story.
KDE is neat but it doesn't hide away the unix roots of linux, you
still can not escape it.
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From: "Mario Schrijver" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
apana.lists.os.linux.kernel,apana.lists.os.linux.ppp,apana.lists.os.linux.redhat,at.fido.linux,comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.portable,comp.os.linux.setup,de.comp.os.unix.linux.hardw
Subject: pcmcia freezes me to death
Date: Sun, 14 Mar 1999 11:14:38 +0100
Hi,
I,ve got a Micropoint Iliission with the pcmcia-cs-3.0.8 module combined
with 2.2.3 Linux Kernel. Starting PCMCIA freezes the machine.
probe -m shows an i82365 like pcmcia chipset in my machine. Still, loading
the modules by hand shows that all other related modules don't cause a
crash, but the i82365 does
When i relay the output to logfiles it only shows the module going in for a
restart... and then it stops.
How to debug this?
Anyone has a clue how to handle this.?
Regards,
Mario Schrijver
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From: Karl Esau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: DAT tape and IBM disks
Date: Sun, 14 Mar 1999 10:16:41 +0000
Hi,
I'm using a HP C1533A SCSI DAT tape here at home.
for my office I want to configure a server with a HP C1528J.
IMHO I think, that any SCSI tape runs with Linux.
since I haven't found Linux related information about the
C1528J at HP, SuSE/hardware database or other web sources:
does anyone use it? are there problems?
further this server will have 6 IBM DCAS-34330W for an OFA
compliant Oracle database (4 disks plus sys disk and a spare
disk).
do I need special cooling? does an AHA-2940UW treat this well?
bye
Karl Esau ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
___Windooze_is_bootiful
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From: "Barry Kauler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: SiS 5597/5598 video
Date: Sun, 14 Mar 1999 19:11:54 +0800
Hans,
I recently installed RH5.2 on a PC with the SiS5598 on the motherboard,
but can't even get generic VGA to work. Just get lines on the screen.
I'm new to Linux, but found out about the config file and edited that,
tried all sorts of things, but the closest I got to seeing anything was when
I went down to 320x200 mode and was able to vaguely see a mouse pointer,
at four places on the screen.
I have all the monitor specs (it's a cheap SVGA 14inch).
I decided that I had to get XFree 3.3.3.1, but now I wonder what is really
wrong, as you were able to get generic VGA to work ...
Maybe I'll just go and buy a video card, but that's a cop-out.
regards,
Barry Kauler
H. van Walen wrote in message <7c94s8$jun$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>When installing RH5.2 I couldn't find a video driver for SiS 5597/5598 with
>4Mb shared memory. So I use the generic VGA instead.
>
>Is there a better solution, so that I can use a resolution of say 1000x800?
>
>Thank you!
>
>Hans van Walen
>
>
>
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