Linux-Hardware Digest #905, Volume #9 Fri, 2 Apr 99 06:13:59 EST
Contents:
Re: Reading NTFS partitions ("att")
Re: PIII supported? (Christophe KUMSTA)
Re: X11Amp
Re: StB Velocity 4400 ("M.C. van den Bovenkamp")
Re: Creative Labs Banshee AGP 16mb (Pod)
PB: two scsi_hostadapter in module (leblond)
Re: 'Dazed and Confused' (gus)
Wanna Hear A Success Story - Dual Pen2 (masanobu ono)
Re: All the current OSes are idiotic (was Re: Is Windows for idiots?) (Johan
Kullstam)
cable modem / ethernet connention ("Hans van Epen")
Video frequencies for IBM Thinkpad 390 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: replacing SCSI Adaptec AHA1515 by NCR53c8xx ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
ARO-1130C (Krisztian "The NightHacker" Litkey)
Linux on laptops with TORISAN cdr_u240 24x cdrom ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Linux on laptops with TORISAN cdr_u240 24x cdrom ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: backup hardware and Linux ("Spaceboy")
Re: Adaptec 2920 ([EMAIL PROTECTED] (Paul E. Larson))
Re: Problems getting Adaptec aha1542 to work under RedHat 5.2 (Guido Grosso)
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From: "att" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Reading NTFS partitions
Date: Fri, 2 Apr 1999 03:13:22 -0500
www.kernel.org -- get the new kernel and when you're compiling tell it to
include the NTFS drivers. Contrary to popular opinion NTFS is no big
deal -- just a little strange. The new Kernel even has write support for
it.
Richard Copeman wrote in message
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>Hi,
>
>I have mounted my FAT32 partition but would like to do the same for my NTFS
>partition.
>Can anybody point me in the right direction? How do I do this? What do I
>need?
>
>TIA,
>
>Richard.
>
>
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From: Christophe KUMSTA <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: PIII supported?
Date: Thu, 01 Apr 1999 09:07:52 +0000
Michael Hucka wrote:
>
> Sorry to ask such a stupid question, but can anyone tell me for sure whether
> Linux (specifically Red Hat 5.2) will run properly on the new Pentium-III
> (500 Mhz or faster) chips?
>
> Mike
I'm working ( for my job ) , on a Dual PIII 450Mhz without any pb.
System : Linux v2.2.0 with RTLinux RTL0D. (RedHat 5.2)
I've just updated the bios of my ASUS P2B-D motherboard with the
new bios release from ASUS website in order to recognize the PIII.
-- KUMSTA Christophe
-- <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
-- real-time system developper
-- RT-Linux (Use the source luke)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ()
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: X11Amp
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Thu, 01 Apr 1999 07:53:00 GMT
On Thu, 01 Apr 1999 00:33:04 -0500, Gary Portnoy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I finally got my Maestro-1 sound card working. Even if it is in 8bit
>mode. Now, I can output files to /dev/dsp and /dev/audio. However
>when I run x11amp, I get an error of "Couldn't open audio" This doesn't
>happen if I am root. When I am root mp3's play fine... Any
>suggestions?
Check your permissions on /dev/dsp and /dev/audio.
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From: "M.C. van den Bovenkamp" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: StB Velocity 4400
Date: Fri, 02 Apr 1999 10:15:57 +0200
Alain wrote:
> I am finding a driver for STB Velocity 4400 for X-Window
Upgrade to XFree 3.3.3.1 and use the SVGA server. Select your card
directly (it may be in the card list, I'm not sure) or if it's not, use
the generic NVidia RIVA TNT entry. Works beautifully (1600x1200x32bpp,
77Hz) for my Asus AGP-V3400TNT, which uses the same chip.
Regards,
--
Marco van den Bovenkamp.
CIO EMEA Network Design Engineer,
Lucent Technologies Nederland.
Room: HVS BZK 32
Tel.: (+31-35-687)2724
Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Pod <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: Creative Labs Banshee AGP 16mb
Date: Wed, 31 Mar 1999 18:31:31 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
i have tried XF86Setup with the new xf86 and the server found at
glide.xxedgexx.com
but i cannot run at 1024x768@16
it works only at 800x600@16
i have a creative blaster banshee pci 16M
can you send me the exact configuration you do on XF86Setup ?
maybe i do a simple error (i hope)
Gary Brown wrote:
> I have a CL Banshee PCI with 16M and finally got it to work at 1024X768 @ 16
> bit with RH5.2 by first upgrading to XWindows 3.3.3.? (the latest, whatever
> that is), and then using the VooDoo Banshee server (as the SVGA server)
> found @ http://glide.xxedgexx.com/3DfxRPMS_vb_glibc.html The server doesn't
> provide 3D, but in my opinion is an excellent piece of work the Banshee chip
> :-) Looks like the page has been updated a little since I saw it last...
> looks like RPM packages are available now :-)
>
> GB
>
> Conrad B Nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > Steve wrote:
> >
> > > Newbie here
> > >
> > > I just installed RH5.2 on my system. However, I cannot get X to
> recognize
> > > my video card. I can start X using the Creative Labe Banshee PCI but the
> > > resolution is 640x480 with the virtual desktop top set to 800x600.
> > >
> > > Other problem, how do i get x to dial into a internet provider?
> > >
> > > Any help is appreciated.
> > >
> > > SG
> >
> > Take a look at http://www.uno.edu/~adamico/banshee
> >
> > Conrad
> >
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From: leblond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: PB: two scsi_hostadapter in module
Date: 1 Apr 1999 09:32:04 GMT
I've got a aha1505ae (who works "fine" with the aha152x module) and a zip
parallelle.
The module ppa is declared as scsi_hostadapter. the aha152x too. In
conf.modules I can't put two alias for scsi_hostadapter.
I'd tried to put an alias for the zip:
alias block-major-8 ppa
but It doesn't work
Any Idea?
thanks, Eric
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From: gus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: 'Dazed and Confused'
Date: Thu, 01 Apr 1999 12:56:11 +0000
Richard Barndt wrote:
>
> > >
> > >Mar 23 04:26:31 db3 kernel: Uhhuh. NMI received for unknown reason 3d.
> > >Mar 23 04:26:31 db3 kernel: Dazed and confused, but trying to continue
> > >Mar 23 04:26:31 db3 kernel: Do you have a strange power saving mode
> > >enabled?
> > >Mar 23 04:26:31 db3 kernel: Uhhuh. NMI received for unknown reason 2d.
> > >Mar 23 04:26:31 db3 kernel: Dazed and confused, but trying to continue
> > >Mar 23 04:26:31 db3 kernel: Do you have a strange power saving mode
> > >enabled?
> > >
>
> Do all linux kernel error messages have this informal format? I think that
> is very creative to give personality to an error log... yet at the same
> time, it tries to give advice about what is causing it.
>
> I don't know how many times an apparently carefully worded Windows error
> message left me totally clueless about the root cause because it hid the
> true meaning of the error.
>
> I would certainly rather be informed by a 'dazed and confused' kernel than
> stupidly told a program had 'performed an illegal operation'.....
>
> Richard
I think this is one of the areas in which OSS excells. The reality is
that the error messages are put in place by the programmers, or
"patchers". Often, the errors are ironed out in bizarre circumstances,
and the error messages tend to have the personality of the programmer at
the time the error was first conquered or identified.
Although there are standards for look and feel, for interfaces to
kernel, and a lot more, there is no real standard for the wording of
messages. So, messages tend to serve as descriptive, debugging style
messages, as much to help the programmer when he/she programs as the
user or installer ...
Other operating systems could never admit to being "dazed and confused"
even if they are. Also, it is often (although not in this case)
pointless in non-OSS to indicate the details of the fault because no-one
will be able to fix it other than the original programmers, or source
owners.
Just some thoughts on it.
gus
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From: masanobu ono <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Wanna Hear A Success Story - Dual Pen2
Date: Thu, 01 Apr 1999 20:45:48 +0900
Greetings, all.
I'm considering a dual Pen2 board for replacing my 440TX one.
People talk a lot about Asus P2B-D and sometimes Tyan boards,
so I guess they are considered highly reliable.
Has anybody had major success w/ 2.2.* + other manufacturer's
board? As far as I know, EPoX, SuperMicro, Tekram, and Giga-Byte
are out there. Any inputs about then would be much appreciated.
--
________________________________________________________________________
Masanobu Ono ( mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] )
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Crossposted-To:
comp.lang.java.advocacy,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy
Subject: Re: All the current OSes are idiotic (was Re: Is Windows for idiots?)
From: Johan Kullstam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 01 Apr 1999 07:00:30 -0500
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> In the sacred domain of comp.os.linux.hardware didst Johan Kullstam
><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> eloquently scribe:
> : Craig Kelley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> :> Johan Kullstam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> :>
> :>
> :> > god help you if you have a file named `-rf'. now how much good did
> :> > that alias rm='rm -i' do you? now who's laughing at shell
> :> > expansions?!
> :>
> :> Umm, -i takes precedence...
>
> : not around here.
>
> : sophia(Tmp)$ touch foo
> : sophia(Tmp)$ rm -i -f foo
> : sophia(Tmp)$
>
> : notice lack of promptage querying whether or not i want to delete foo.
> : it sure seems like the last option takes precedence to me.
>
> Irrelevant.
> Try aliasing rm to 'rm -i' and doing it.
> Querying takes precedence then... At least on this shell.
> (tcsh), and I just checked it in bash as well....
you did? i just checked it in bash and i found that -f took
precedence.
sophia(A)$ alias del='rm -i'
sophia(A)$ touch ./-f foo bar baz
sophia(A)$ ls
-f bar baz foo
sophia(A)$ del *
sophia(A)$ ls
-f
sophia(A)$
ok, let's try it in tcsh for kicks.
[jk@localhost]$ alias del 'rm -i'
[jk@localhost]$ touch ./-f foo bar baz
[jk@localhost]$ ls
-f bar baz foo
[jk@localhost]$ del *
[jk@localhost]$ ls
-f
[jk@localhost]$
> Worked there...
what are you smoking? there was never a prompt anywhere. -i never took
precedence over -f. the last option given wins.
here is what happens if i use rm -f -i.
sophia(A)$ touch ./-f foo bar baz
sophia(A)$ ls
-f bar baz foo
sophia(A)$ rm -f -i foo bar baz
rm: remove `foo'? y
rm: remove `bar'? n
rm: remove `baz'? y
sophia(A)$ ls
-f bar
sophia(A)$
hey, this time i did get a prompt. however, it does not invalidate
the above results.
--
J o h a n K u l l s t a m
[[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Don't Fear the Penguin!
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From: "Hans van Epen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: cable modem / ethernet connention
Date: Thu, 1 Apr 1999 23:32:12 +0200
Is there anybody out there who can help me connecting a cable modem through
a 3-com ISA Ethernet card to the internet? (I mean the Linux software
setting up, not the hardware part...)
Preferably in step by step or easy to understand language? I use S.u.s.e 6.0
and nice it is too...
Tons of thanks in advance,
Hans.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Video frequencies for IBM Thinkpad 390
Date: Thu, 01 Apr 1999 12:09:25 GMT
Hi all:
I am trying to figure out how to configure XF86 on my
recently bought laptop, an IBM Thinkpad 390-200. IBM (of course)
has not helped me in finding the proper parameters, in particular
the horizontal and vertical sync. frequencies (the "of course"
must not be perceived as free of a deep disappointment).
HOWEVER, I noticed that in their support page they put some
new video driver for Win98 which should be the same for the
Thinkpad's 390 and i172x (a different model of Thinkpad). AND
on the "Linux on Laptop"
(http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/kharker/linux-laptop/page)
it recently appeared a posting with all the information to
configure XF86 on a Thinkpad i721. Do you think that I can
use the same settings for the i721 on my 390? I think that, if
the video driver for WIN98 is the same for both models, then
the video frequencies and all other parameters should be the
same.
Am I correct?
Many thanks in advance
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: replacing SCSI Adaptec AHA1515 by NCR53c8xx
Date: Fri, 02 Apr 1999 06:23:26 GMT
On 1 Apr 1999 10:12:38 +0100, Stefan Karrmann
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>My Adaptec AHA1515 is defect. Is there any problem
>to replace it with an NCR53c8xx to use my hard disk
>(Seagate) and my tape drive (Wangtek 525)?
>Or is there a better alternative?
>
>Thanks,
>Stefan.
The NCR will be fine. Just be sure the module exists in the kernel
when you boot it. There really is no better alternative ;-}
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Krisztian "The NightHacker" Litkey)
Subject: ARO-1130C
Date: 01 Apr 1999 15:20:20 +0300
Hi !
Does anyone know whether there is any chance for getting
Adaptec's ARO-1130CA RAID card working under Linux in the
near future? Is anyone working on a driver ?
--
Krisztian Litkey
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Linux on laptops with TORISAN cdr_u240 24x cdrom
Date: Fri, 02 Apr 1999 09:26:26 GMT
The problem is rather old but I am still having it: the TORISAN 24x CDROM
cdr_u240 used in many portables is kind of buggy. It seems to not fully
comply to the IDE/ATAPI specification. As a result, it is recocknised (in
Suse and Redhat) but can not be accessed, whether at installation or
afterwards. The failure mode in the Redhat distribution is a series of resets
(about 120) and then a timeout. In the Suse distribution, system fails to
mount a CDROM with the following message: "wrong fs type, bad option, bad
superblock on /dev/cdrom or too many mounted file systems (aren't you trying
to mount an extended partition, instead of some logical partition inside?"
Although this issue is rather old, I have seen only one real answer from
Richard West dated end of 1998 who stated that a change in the file "ide.c"
worked for him. Now, in RedHat and in SuSe disribution I could not find this
file. I am trying to talk to Rich so I do not know if this solution might
work for me.
However, I do not understand the two different failure modes. I thought that
drivers for cdrom are generic and similar in all distributions. Is there
anybody out there having a laptop with the Torisan cdr_u240 who has solved
the problem at least after having installed a basic linux system from his
hard drive (that's what I have done)? By any means ? Did anybody manage to
get a working replacement from the laptop manufacturer. I have a ctx 700e by
the way. And I am not a professional in compiling kernels after having
changed source files. I would like to have the answers posted here in the
newsgroup rather having them emailed. I think a lot of people have this
problem and from my searches it s not really solved yet.
TIA, Stephen
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Linux on laptops with TORISAN cdr_u240 24x cdrom
Date: Fri, 02 Apr 1999 09:29:19 GMT
The problem is rather old but I am still having it: the TORISAN 24x CDROM
cdr_u240 used in many portables is kind of buggy. It seems to not fully
comply to the IDE/ATAPI specification. As a result, it is recocknised (in
Suse and Redhat) but can not be accessed, whether at installation or
afterwards. The failure mode in the Redhat distribution is a series of resets
(about 120) and then a timeout. In the Suse distribution, system fails to
mount a CDROM with the following message: "wrong fs type, bad option, bad
superblock on /dev/cdrom or too many mounted file systems (aren't you trying
to mount an extended partition, instead of some logical partition inside?"
Although this issue is rather old, I have seen only one real answer from
Richard West dated end of 1998 who stated that a change in the file "ide.c"
worked for him. Now, in RedHat and in SuSe disribution I could not find this
file. I am trying to talk to Rich so I do not know if this solution might
work for me.
However, I do not understand the two different failure modes. I thought that
drivers for cdrom are generic and similar in all distributions. Is there
anybody out there having a laptop with the Torisan cdr_u240 who has solved
the problem at least after having installed a basic linux system from his
hard drive (that's what I have done)? By any means ? Did anybody manage to
get a working replacement from the laptop manufacturer. I have a ctx 700e by
the way. And I am not a professional in compiling kernels after having
changed source files. I would like to have the answers posted here in the
newsgroup rather having them emailed. I think a lot of people have this
problem and from my searches it s not really solved yet.
TIA, Stephen
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From: "Spaceboy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: backup hardware and Linux
Date: Fri, 2 Apr 1999 11:57:26 +0200
Hi!
U can't get safer than a DLT drive (best MTBF), but i'm not sure that Linux
supports it. But why shouldn't it? Stay away from DAT. Too big failure rate.
DLT4000 20-40GB (uncomp-comp)
DLT7000 40-80GB
For restoring smaller and many files DLT4000 is the fastes, but for big
files DLT7000 is the choise.
Hope this advice helps
Regards
Lehmann
Matthew Hixson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I was wondering what sort of backup hardware people are using with
> Linux. I am looking for some sort of a tape backup device, preferably
> SCSI. I will be needing to backup about 60GB of data on a weekly
> basis. Any thoughts on this? I am also considering going with the Jaz
> drive since it would be much faster to pull backups off of there if I'm
> looking for something in particular.
> Thanks in advance,
> -M@
>
> --
> Matthew Hixson - CIO
> FroZenWave Communications
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From: whistler<blahblah>@twcny.rr.com (Paul E. Larson)
Subject: Re: Adaptec 2920
Date: Fri, 02 Apr 1999 10:59:19 GMT
In article <7e0c0s$sld$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "peter-h" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>hi guys,
>do my adaptec 2920 work with linux 6.0 from suse.
>because if got trouble by installing, linux can`t find my scsi controller.
>what must i do?
>thanks for helping
>
Try using the Future Domain 16x(something) drivers, worked for me.
Paul
Get rid of the blahs to email me :}
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From: Guido Grosso <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: redhat.general,redhat.hardware.arch.intel,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Problems getting Adaptec aha1542 to work under RedHat 5.2
Date: Fri, 02 Apr 1999 12:52:23 +0000
Ed Lott wrote:
> I have RedHat 5.2 running on a pentium system and am trying to add an Adaptec
> aha1542cf scsi controller. I have added the alias scsihostadaptor aha1542
> statement to the /etc/conf.modules file, and generated a new initrd image by
> executing /sbin/mkinitrd /boot/newinitrd-image 2.0.36-0.7. when I issue the
> insmod -v aha1542 command I get:
> scsi : 0 hosts
> /lib/modules/2.0.36-0.7/scsi/aha1542.o init_module: Device or resource busy
>
> Can anyone shed any light on what I need to do to resolve this problem? Any
> assistance would be much appreciated.
>
> Ed. Lott
You have to check that the card I/O address is one of 0x330 or 0x334; for some
reason the driver's authors have only coded these two on the source file, so
that if you
cannot install your card with one of them, you have to modify the source code
and
recompile.
Guido Grosso
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