Linux-Hardware Digest #662, Volume #9 Mon, 15 Mar 99 02:13:32 EST
Contents:
Re: X munges the graphics card? (Re: Windows 2000 Rah! Rah! Session (Tim Hanson)
Acer SCSI controllers ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Slackware Linux ...Jaz drive not accessible (Lee)
Re: Screaming machine crawls when printing (Douglas E Harmon)
Re: Running CD-Rom of Soundcard (Paul Mc Kenna)
Re: Powerdown with Linux #2 - HELP (Douglas E Harmon)
[Fwd: force manufatures to support linux!] (Douglas E Harmon)
Horrible painful system crash when using a certain Zip disk. ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Xcdroast, hp7200i IDE not mounting problem (Douglas E Harmon)
Re: Sound card, "device in use"? ("ComFuMasta")
Re: problems with sound on Acer Extensa 386T notebook (Elmo Recio)
Secondary Hard-drive Partitions ("Eamon E. Perrel")
Re: Considering Linux: Is my hardware good enough? (Kelly Wilson)
Re: SuSE 6 doc. (Monte Milanuk)
Re: Corel Linux (jaffer)
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From: Tim Hanson <[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
Date: Sun, 14 Mar 1999 21:12:09 -0800
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Don wrote:
>
> Henning Strandin wrote:
> >
> > Jeff Szarka wrote:
> > >
> > > On Fri, 12 Mar 1999 19:23:47 +0100, Henning Strandin
> > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
<snip>
> I probably dont know enough to be sure, but at this point, I cant help
> but wonder if the biggest problem with linux isnt the documentation. Ive
> RTFMed a lot, and so far all of it has been a bunch of disconnected
> rubbish. Most of the authors of this documentation cant stay on one
> subject long enough to give any cohesive information about it. I truly
> feel if I had decent documentation that I could have solved most if not
> all my problems long ago. I cant help but wonder if it might improve if
> it were not a free system. If it was paid for and people depended upon
> it to stay in bussiness, maybe we would have better docs!
>
> Don
Linux has a problem? Its user base doubles every 18 months. It has
grabbed the attention of everyone who does computers these days. Linux
doesn't have a problem. You may have a problem with Linux.
The docs will get written. Care to write some of them?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Acer SCSI controllers
Date: Mon, 15 Mar 1999 05:14:38 GMT
Hello all.
I'll soon be aquiring an Acer SCSI (SCSI-II) controller.
Is there support for these beasts under Linux?
Thanks.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Lee)
Subject: Slackware Linux ...Jaz drive not accessible
Date: Sun, 14 Mar 1999 19:22:59 GMT
I've installed Slackware 3.6 but I cannot mount my Jaz drive.
Here is the configuration:
P2BDS+AIC7890
2 IBM internal UWSCSI and U2WSCSI
1 Zip external SCSI
1 Jaz external SCSI ( on same cable as Zip of course)
Zip drive is accessable but the Jaz isn't.
Any Ideas??? Thanks.
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From: Douglas E Harmon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,utah.linux
Subject: Re: Screaming machine crawls when printing
Date: Mon, 15 Mar 1999 00:19:29 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
L J Bayuk wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >
> >Hi,
> >
> >I run kernel 2.2.1 and RH5.2 on a dual P-II/400. It just screams...
> >until I print something.
> >
> >I have an ancient HP LaserJet Series II that just will not give up the
> >ghost. (Hard to justify a new laser printer while it continues to work
> >great.)
> >
> >When I print, the system gets sluggish, the mouse in X is jerky, and
> >effectively one CPU is pegged, with what xosview labels system tasks. It
> >looks like the printing is either busy-waiting or blocking continually.
> >
> >I've run on kernels 2.0.36 and 2.1.129 with the same results. This is my
> >central server and this interferes with Samba, etc. It's to the point
> >where I want to do something violent, like reformat my NT computer's
> >hard drive or do bad things to a Mr. Bill toy.
> >
> >Any ideas? I'm not familiar enough with intimate details of Linux to be
> >able to guess.
>
> I think you should try tunelp (see man tunelp). By default the
> parallel port driver doesn't use interrupts, and with tunelp you
> can turn them on so it will use interrupt-driven i/o rather than polling.
two more things to look at. Are we printing RAW? It could lock up the cpu
untill the file is done printing. Or a cute little problem that we found
running SCO UNIX an unbelievably large printer log file (162 megs). It'll
rewrite printerlog to .old for every print? not sure with linux.
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From: Paul Mc Kenna <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Running CD-Rom of Soundcard
Date: Sun, 14 Mar 1999 21:28:05 -0800
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> What soundcard do you attach the cdrom to. Does the soundcard needs to be
> initialized? or is it configured using jumpers? some linux-soundcard drivers
> also handle the eide-interface setup. for a more precise answer i need to
> know more about your specific soundcard
>
>
I believe it was a generic Taiwanese board. I think I had it originally
installed with the ESS 1688 drivers under windows 95. It is a plug and play type
card. The few jumpers on it seem to be associated with things like the mike
input and line out. I don't think any of the jumpers have anything to do with
IRQs of disabling plug and play etc.
I would really like to be able to use this computer for my linux setup. If the
setup of this card is too problematic, maybe you could suggest some other
(cheap) card which I could use instead.Thanks.
Paul
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From: Douglas E Harmon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Powerdown with Linux #2 - HELP
Date: Mon, 15 Mar 1999 00:14:08 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Gary Momarison wrote:
> "Keith A. Folske" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > OK,
> >
> > I have installed and compiled the new kernel (2.2.2) with APM support and
> > downloaded and installed the new halt(8) binary.
> >
> > I execute halt -p and the system halts but will not shutdown.
> >
> > Anyone have ANY ideas what I am doing wrong?
>
> When you say it "will not shutdown", do you mean it "will not shut down"
> or it "will not power down"? And in what run level are you doing this?
> From a normal run level, "halt" calls "shutdown" and so might not be
> doing the "-p".
>
> You probably should put the "halt -p" in a script like
> /etc/rc.d/rc0.d/S00halt and shut down with "shutdown -h now".
>
> --
> Look for Linux info at http://www.dejanews.com/home_ps.shtml and in
> Gary's Encyclopedia at http://www.aa.net/~swear/pedia/index.html
I think he is concerned that there is still text on the screen. Depending on
the motherboard his computer might have really "powered down" under 95/98.
unless the power management package is installed and configured this will not
happen in Linux.
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From: Douglas E Harmon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [Fwd: force manufatures to support linux!]
Date: Mon, 15 Mar 1999 00:30:48 -0500
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Hey all...
I have come to the conclusion that even with all the wonderful
work from the Linux community out there, that I feel more need to be
done. I would like to know what kind of movement, or feeling there is
out there to force manufactures to build suport for linux. I recently
migrated to Linux and have everything working execpt my color scanner a
Plustek 9636t. I know I should have bought a SCSI based scanner and I
wouldn't even be bothering anyone. I have an HP 3p that I use for
grayscale, but occasionaly I need to and some color. What can I say the
Plustek was on sale and had a rebate. Yes I am a cheap bastard! But
doesen't Plustak have an obligation to ALL it's customers. Even the so
called Linux Masochists that refuse to ASSimilate! Should I be upset
that their website doesn't even mention Linux? Or should I just lick my
wounds and go buy an HP scanner? Well I sent then this earlier
today.........
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Sales Related Question from the Website
Personal Info:
Name: Douglas E Harmon
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Phone: 305-552-8570
City: Miami
State: FL
Country: USA
Model: OpticPro 9636T
Question:
I have an opticpro9636t and have recently migrated all my systems to
Linux. I have checked with the sane project but they list
no support for this scanner. I would love keep using this scanner. I
need to use it daily for small office and have had to resort
to using an old HP 3p. What I would like to know is if you have plans in
the works to commercialy support Linux or will I have
to shelf this scanner and purchase form a competitor? Any information
you can give on timetable for Linux support would be
apreciated, as this will help me make my decision. respectfully Douglas
E Harmon Computer Generalities INC.
Am I beating my head against a wall?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Horrible painful system crash when using a certain Zip disk.
Date: Mon, 15 Mar 1999 05:25:21 GMT
I have an Adaptec aha1520B ISA SCSI controller that works fine controlling my
Scanner and Zip drive, until I put this specific disk in. It has a FAT
filesystem on it, and reads fine in windows and using PC-Exchange on a
Powermac. However, when I try to mount it under Linux, I get (close to) the
following errors, and the system dies:
========================================================= aha152: target left
COMMAND QUEUE_STATUS: issue_SC: current_SC: 0xc1a5b000: target=6; lun=0;
cmnd=(Read (6) 00 54 4f 02 00) ); residual=1024; buffers=0; phase
|send_ident|; in other (COMMAND); next = 0x00000000 disconnected_sc: on bus:
SCSISEQ(); SCSISIG (MESSAGE IN); INTSTAT(hi); sstat(SELDO PHASEMIS PHASECHG
REQINIT); SSTAT (PHASEMIS REQINIT); SXF RCTL(CH1); signal (BSYI REQI); SELID(
c0), SSTAT (SEMPTY); SCFNT (0); SCSICNT(0), OFFCNT(0), SSTAT4(); DMACNTRL 0
(16bit PIO READ)
enabled interrupts (ENPHASEMIS ENBUSFREE ENREQINIT)
Kernel panic aha152x panic
In swapper task - not syncing
============================================================
I am running kernel 2.2.1, but it also died with kernel 2.0.x, with a message
like this: "Aiee: scheduling in interrupt 00127bf1"
cat /proc/scsi/aha152x/0
Adaptec 152x SCSI driver; $Revision: 1.7 $
ioports 0x0340 to 0x035f
interrupt 0x0b
disconnection/reconnection enabled
parity checking enabled
synchronous transfers disabled
0 commands currently queued
enabled debugging options: (abort) (reset)
queue status:
no not yet issued commands
no current command
no disconnected commands
waiting: SCSISEQ (); SCSISIG (DATA OUT); INTSTAT (lo); SSTAT (BUSFREE PHASECHG
); SSTAT (); SXFRCTL0 (CH1 ); SIGNAL (); SELID (c0), SSTAT2 (SEMPTY ); SFCNT
(0); SCSICNT (0), OFFCNT(0), SSTAT4 (); DMACNTRL0 (16BIT PIO READ INTEN );
DMASTAT (DFIFOEMP )
enabled interrupts ()
It's not so much that I need to get to the data (as I said, windows reads the
disk fine) but it confuses me. I removed all the data from the disk,
reformatted, and put it back on, and I get the same thing.
Thanks,
Andrew Shaffer
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From: Douglas E Harmon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Xcdroast, hp7200i IDE not mounting problem
Date: Mon, 15 Mar 1999 00:10:16 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
jboers1 wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have successfully upgraded to 2.2.3, installed xcdroast and needed rpms
> on my linux-mandrake (redhat 5.2). I have xcdroast working and can make
> cd's. however i cannot mount a cd anymore.
> I enabled generic scsi and disbled atapi cdrom (the HP 7200i is an IDE
> cd-rw unit)in the kernel. The cdrw is on hdc. The cd-rw works fine when i
> enable atapi cdrom (compiled in and as a module) but then xcdroast won't
> see the drive.
>
> I want to be able to mount cd's and make them as well. I tried append lilo
> at boot with "hdc=scsi-ide" and the dmesg shows the cd-rw detected. but it
> is still one or the other.
>
> Any pointers out there on how to get this to work? I would appreciate it.
> I f possible please reply to my email address as well as the list.
>
> Thanks
> J-L Boers
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
You didn't mention it but did you change /mnt/cdrom in /etc/fstab ?
You have to make your mounts point to a scsi device instead of a ide device.
I changed my atapi cdrom to :
/dev/sr0 /mnt/cdrom iso9660
user,exec,dev,suid,ro,noauto 0 0
and added for the burner :
/dev/sr1 /mnt/cdrw iso9660
user,exec,dev,suid,rw,noauto 0 0
where (sr*) is the scsi device. you need to look in dmesg to see which drive
is assigned what scsi device.
Also it is very important when using scsi emulation to disable "IDE/ATAPI
CD-ROM support" under "floppy,IDE and other block devices". There is a bug in
the scsi driver and it wont work unless you disable this. your drives won't
show up in dmesg as scsi devices. and you wont get the meaasge "starting scsi
emulation". BTW if any of you know if this is fixed yet please e-mail me and
let me know.......
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From: "ComFuMasta" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Sound card, "device in use"?
Date: Mon, 15 Mar 1999 05:46:48 GMT
hi, i need your help as well,
i read the previously posted message andi am having the same problem, only i
get an error saying something about error encountered during modprobe." i
checked for ,irq, io, and dma conflicts and i cant find any. i dont see any
problems, i am new to linux, the sound part for sure, so any help even the
most minute will be of importance to me
setup:
sb16 audio device
irq 5
dma 1,5
io 0x0220-0x022f
please help me
comfumasta
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[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message <7cg7oo$ehb$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>If you read the Sound HOWTO you will find that Soundblaster "compatibles"
are
>not necessarily fully so. You'll need to find out who made the card and
what
>kind of chipset is on it so you can make a better guess at the settings and
>what driver modules to compile...
>
>In article <7af02l$qqa$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> "Chris Podurgiel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> I've got a Soundblaster16 compatible Sound card. I don't know the actual
>> manufactuer of it though :(.
>> when I try to set it up using sndconfig, it will get through to the "play
a
>> test sound" stage, and then i'll receive an error saying that the device
is
>> currently busy.
>>
>> Any ideas? Perhaps an IRQ conflict...
>>
>> Thanks for the help
>> Chris Podurgiel
>>
>>
>
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From: Elmo Recio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.dev.sound,linux.dev.laptop,linux.dev.kernel
Subject: Re: problems with sound on Acer Extensa 386T notebook
Date: Mon, 15 Mar 1999 01:25:47 -0500
Axel Morgner wrote:
> > - several kernel versions (2.0.3x -> 2.2.2)
>
> Not exactly correct, it works with kernel versions up to 2.0.35. IMHO it
> is a kernel problem, probably something in the OSS structure. I didn't
> try ALSA sound driver yet, maybe it works, too.
>
> For me I solved the problem by falling back to a kernel prior to 2.0.36
> (e.g. 2.0.32 did fine). Anybody an idea about getting rid of it using
> latest kernel?
I tried the alsa drivers and it worked wonderfully!!
cheers,
elmo
--
"She wants it Now
and she will not wait
but she's too rough
and I'm too delicate"
-Smiths (Pretty Girls Make Graves)
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From: "Eamon E. Perrel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Secondary Hard-drive Partitions
Date: Sun, 14 Mar 1999 22:41:26 -0800
Help! I'm new to the world of hard drives, partition, and Linux.
I'm running a computer with Windows 95, and I would like to put Linux on
a second hard drive. I've installed a drive, set it to Cable Select,
and run the Red Hat installation. Disk Druid will let me set a main
partition on the second drive (hdb), but it will only set a swap
partition on the hda drive. Is there a way around this? If someone
could (if not tell me) point me in the right direction I would be very
thankful.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kelly Wilson)
Subject: Re: Considering Linux: Is my hardware good enough?
Date: 15 Mar 1999 06:17:48 GMT
I'm running Slackware 3.6 on a Amd486Dx4/100 & 24mb ram, advansys
scsi & 2gb scsi drive. 3c509, 6x atapi cdrom, & old 8bit soundblaster..
works for me.. configged to run dns, dhcp, ftp, and ppp on a 33.6 line.
routes and firewalls. runs great.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
: I am pinching pennies to be able to buy a new computer. But in the mean time
: I want to get the most out of my current machine. I have been an OS/2 user
: since version 2.0 came out, but can see the writing on the walls telling me I
: may soon be in a dead-end niche.
: I am interested in trying Linux, but I am not sure how well it will run on my
: current hardware. I know it won't be state-of-the-art, but will it perform
: reasonably well?
: Zeos 486-66 VL-Bus(purchased 1993) 256k cache Martin motherboard
: Upgraded CPU using Evergreen 586 module (AMD 586 120mhz)
: On-board SCSI (Adaptec 6360??)
: Toshiba SCSI 4x CD-ROM
: 32 MB RAM
: 420 MB HD
: 850 MB HD (Bios can only see 540 MB, but OS/2 allows HPFS partition in the
: remaining space)
: Diamond Speedstar VL-Bus video card
: Sound Blaster 16
: I plan to add a 2GB SCSI hard drive for the linux partition.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Monte Milanuk)
Subject: Re: SuSE 6 doc.
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Mon, 15 Mar 1999 00:19:00 -0600
On Sun, 14 Mar 1999 21:59:12 -0000, Matthew Wilby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Does any one know of any books or urls where I can obtain documentation for
>SuSE 6, further to what is discussed in the manual (little vague at times
>for a newbie like me) as all the books around seem to revolve around Red
>Hat.
>
>cheers
>
Well, that seems to be one of the 'problems' w/ most distributions. Used to be that
if you wanted to use RedHat, you were more or less on your own, since the RH manual is
not nearly as detailed as the SuSE manual, and all the documentation was on Slackware.
Now, w/ RH being the one in the limelight, a lot of software is being written on a RH
platform, and subsequently the documentation seems to be RH oriented. FWIW, the
documentation you need may be available on your system, if you installed a lot of the
doc package. The full text ht://dig system may need a little tweaking to set up, but
it's worth it. I do wish there was a little more info on the capabilities of YaST;
I've learned several things on it by accident/trial & error.
Monte
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From: jaffer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Corel Linux
Date: Mon, 15 Mar 1999 06:49:47 GMT
To reinfoce the idea (for what its worth) this past weekend session of linux
seminar in san jose re-confirmed linux as a major threat to not only msft but
to sun solaris. however linux is going to be on main stream PC's sooner than
the end of this year.
at last !!!!
akbar
In article <7ccahs$b5m$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Rod Roark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> James Knowles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >Linux does have a long way util it can pass the "mother" test, i.e. "but
> >can my mother use it?"
>
> Tsk-tsk -- age and gender discrimination in the same breath!
>
> Regardless, I expect Linux will be there sooner than you think.
> There are too many very smart people trying to make it happen for
> it to turn out otherwise.
>
> -- Rod
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> Sunset Systems Preconfigured Linux Computers
> http://www.sunsetsystems.com/ and Custom Software
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
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