Linux-Hardware Digest #255, Volume #10 Mon, 17 May 99 10:13:21 EDT
Contents:
Re: Stopping Linux Startup (Swietanowski Artur)
Re: SB Vibra16 Problems. (Jim McCusker)
Re: InkJet printer help. (John Hong)
Re: Sound card IDE (Swietanowski Artur)
hp dat drive c1599a dds-2 scsi (Manfred Ranger)
Re: QIC Tape Drives (Markus Wandel)
Help needed! How to do with Adaptec SCSI2902? (Mic.Z)
Re: IBM Token-Ring (Richard van Denzel)
Re: AMD K6-III -- does it work? ("Mário Nogueira")
netcomm inmodem336 ("Hefty Smurf")
Can't get my D-Link 200 TP to work (Richard van Denzel)
Re: Buslogic FlashPoint LT not recognized after RH 5.2 Upgrade (Thomas Rassmann)
How to SILENCE a MODEM? (Denis)
Re: Sound card IDE (=?iso-8859-1?Q?S=E9bastien?=)
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From: Swietanowski Artur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Stopping Linux Startup
Date: Mon, 17 May 1999 12:42:20 +0200
Brian Seitz wrote:
> (...) I've never
> personally installed xdm (which is what I presume what you're using) but
> I would think you could kill it by doing "killall xdm" (...)
In the boot-into-X setup you normally have xdm started from
/etc/inittab at runlevel 5 (near or at the end of /etc/inittab).
If the line looks like
x:5:respawn: <command to run xdm>
then killing xdm will achieve little, unless runlevel is not changed
from 5 to something else (3 is reasonable). The 'respawn' up there
means that 'init' will restart 'xdm' when it gets killed. This is why
(and how) killing and X session bx Ctrl-Alt-Bksp gets you back to
the 'xdm' login screen.
What you need to do is:
(a) go from the unusable X screen to one of the virtual consoles by
pressing Ctrl-Alt-Fx, with x one of 1,2,3,4,5,6,
(b) log in as root,
(c) change the run level by executing
init 3
(d) edit the /etc/inittab and change the default runlevel to 3
(the line you'd need to edit will look like
id:5:initdefault:
and you want
id:3:initdefault:
(e) now you're ready to try fixing the X configuration.
HTH,
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Artur Swietanowski mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Institut für Statistik, Operations Research und Computerverfahren,
Universität Wien, Universitätsstr. 5, A-1010 Wien, Austria
tel. +43 (1) 427 738 620 fax +43 (1) 427 738 629
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From: Jim McCusker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,linux.redhat.install
Subject: Re: SB Vibra16 Problems.
Date: Mon, 17 May 1999 00:35:11 -0400
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> According to Kevin MacPherson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>
> > Has nayone had any experience with a SB Vibra16 PnP Sound card.
> > I try to get it to install but under Sndconfig when it goes to test I get a
> > Modprobe error?
>
> Go read: http://linux.umbc.edu/fom/fom-serve/cache/75.html
>
> Also, be aware that there are several different versions of the SB16
> PnP, so what works fine for someone else may not work for you...
I had trouble with my Vibra card under 2.0.x kernels. The 2nd DMA (which
is usually 16 bit) is actually 8 bit to save some pennies. The 2.0.x
kernels can't handle this by default. I had to change a line in
sb_common.c to allow it to look for dma numbers that are less than 5.
The kernel that comes with Redhat 6.0 (2.2.5), BTW, doesn't have this
"problem". It autodetects, configures, and tests perfectly.
Jim
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Hong)
Subject: Re: InkJet printer help.
Date: 17 May 1999 11:06:08 GMT
Donald E. Stidwell ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
: The BJC-6000 is the successor to the BJC-5000 which is a Win-Printer
: that does not work under Linux. Check carefully before buying.
Where did you get this info from? The successor to the BJC-5000
is actually the BJC-5100. ;-) The 6000 is following from the older 600
series, those were not WinPrinters...but, if one were to look at Canon's
website, there is absolutely nothing there that says otherwise. :-(
(Same can be said of the 1000 & 2000, which replaced the 250 and
4300/4400 respectively).
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From: Swietanowski Artur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Sound card IDE
Date: Mon, 17 May 1999 13:08:12 +0200
Sébastien wrote:
> I have a PNP sound card with an IDE connector.
> The card is working and configuration of PNP also.
I do not know the answer to your question, however I'd like to point
out that this IDE is likely to be the slowest IDE in your computer.
The on-board IDE's (which allow you to connect up to 2 devices each)
exist on the PCI bus, I think, while the one on the sound card
communicates through the slow 16 bit ISA bus.
Unless you absolutely need this IDE (i.e., you have more than 4 IDE
devices) I'd suggest forgetting about all it.
Regards,
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Artur Swietanowski mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Institut für Statistik, Operations Research und Computerverfahren,
Universität Wien, Universitätsstr. 5, A-1010 Wien, Austria
tel. +43 (1) 427 738 620 fax +43 (1) 427 738 629
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From: Manfred Ranger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: hp dat drive c1599a dds-2 scsi
Date: Mon, 17 May 1999 14:21:52 +0200
hih - i would like to use a hp dat drive c1599a dds-2 scsi within my
linux (suse 6.0 - kernel 2.0.36). what do i have to do, to get it
working ?
thx thorsten a. oeltjen
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Markus Wandel)
Subject: Re: QIC Tape Drives
Date: 17 May 1999 12:23:06 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Eric Gillespie, Jr. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>and didn't come up with much information. I did see that someone said
>to stay away from QIC drives.
You can't kill a good-quality QIC drive, they are so simple. But in my
experience with proper (SCSI) QIC-24 and QIC-150 drives they have a few
serious flaws:
1. Much greater tape wear. A 15-track tape needs to be run past the head
16 times (including rewind) vs. only twice for a single-pass tape device.
2. If your controller refuses to read past an unrecoverably bad block -- SCSI
ones usually do -- you can lose 29/30 of the data on a 15-track tape if
it is damaged in the middle, vs. only half the data for a single-pass
device.
3. To search for a file mark or the end of the current recorded data is the
same speed as to read the tape up to that point, so what's the point?
With a DAT drive at least, you can search for these things in fast-forward
mode.
Note I said "good quality", this means sturdy diecast metal construction for
starters. I've seen some _really_ junky QIC drives for PCs.
For tape drives, in general the most important thing is:
If the basement floods, or a thief steals the machine, or some other disaster
befalls it, can I still read my backup tapes? Nothing like a standard tape
format that the machines at work, or your friends' machines, can also read.
Remember by the time it matters, your tape drive might be discontinued and
unavailable new.
Markus
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From: Mic.Z <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Help needed! How to do with Adaptec SCSI2902?
Date: 17 May 1999 11:31:01 GMT
I cannot find any glue of configuring Adaptech SCSI 2902 card for Linux.
Is there any way to let Linux work with this card?
Thanks
Mike
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From: Richard van Denzel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: IBM Token-Ring
Date: Mon, 17 May 1999 13:21:56 +0200
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<blockquote TYPE=CITE>In <7hd2ue$5lr$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on
05/12/99
<br> at 11:35 PM, Cokey de Percin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
said:
<p>>Richard van Denzel wrote:
<br>>>
<br>>> Hi All,
<br>>>
<br>>> I recently got Debian 1.3-1 installed on a PS/2 model 95. The only
<br>>> problem I got that I got stiuck with my TR card.
<br>>> It's an IBM Token-Ring 16/4 Adapter A, with io=0xa20 and irq=9.
<br>>> When I try to add the options to /etc/conf.modules it complains
that
<br>>> there is no symbol for parameter irq was not found.
<br>>> When I don't specify the irq, there are repeated messages:
<br>>> first: tr0: Initial interrupt: shared RAM located at 00DC2D4
<br>>> repeated: tr0: Unrecoverable error: error code = 0011
<br>>> consequently the ifconfig command gets stuck.
<br>>>
<br>>> When I specify the irq=9 in /etc/conf.modules no errors appear but
the
<br>>> card still doesn't work.
<br>>>
<br>>> When I try ifconfig tr0 172.16.150.22 netmask 255.255.255.0 up the
<br>>> messages appear:
<br>>> SIOCSIFADDR: No such device
<br>>> SIOCSIFNETMASK: No such device
<br>>>
<br>>> The part of conf.modules look like this:
<br>>>
<br>>> alias tr0 ibmtr
<br>>> options ibmtr io=0xa20 irq=9
<br>>>
<br>>> Has anyone got this card working and how did he/she do it?
<br>>>
<p>>I've got a Mod 95 & 2 Mod 77 working on TR and they all have the
module
<br>>compiled into the kernel. The two 77s are on 2.0.35 (patched)
and the 95
<br>>is on 2.2.1. I've never had to do anything but compile
and go. I'll
<br>>take a look at work tomorrow and see what IRQ etc they're running
on.
<p>Well... I installed redhat 5.2 on an IBM 95 XP at work - later
I upgraded
<br>to kernel 2.2, now level 2.2.7. As we (at work) run
a 16 mb ps Token
<br>Ring network, I had to set the 'Bios' to match this speed before
<br>installing Linux! (And I suppose it is an advantage to have the
computer
<br>connected to the network)
<p>The support for the IBM TOKEN RING MCA card is compiled into the kernel,
<br>and it seems to work fine! I am not shure that compiling it as
a module
<br>will work!
<p>And, as said, I did not have to do anything special, no irq settings
<br>.......
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How did you do that? I've tried RH5.2 but there was no support for my SCSI
card (to which my disks and CD are connected). It's the "standard" IBM
PS/2 SCSI.
<br>B.t.w. my system is the Model 95 XP 486.
<p>Richard,
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From: "Mário Nogueira" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: AMD K6-III -- does it work?
Date: Mon, 17 May 1999 12:12:09 +0100
I've got a AMD K6-II 333 overclocked to 350 and i never had any problema
with linux (currently running RH 5.2 with KDE 1.1). Once i got those errors
while compiling the kernel, but were solved by changing the RAM (this with
a Intel...)
Arif H Saleem wrote:
> hi
>
> I'd like some advice regarding the AMD K6-III chips .. I am thinking of
> buying a 400MHz chip maybe with an ASUS motherboard and was wondering if
> anyone has any advice regarding this choice as far as Red Hat 6 is
> concerned ...
>
> I have noticed some people say (about the K6-2) that its fine while
> others have unfortunate stories to tell ...
>
> Is there any official statement from anyone 'official' about
> AMD K6-III compatibility ?
> The AMD Site simply states 'Linux Red Hat' with no release numbers and I
> couldn't find anything on the Red Hat site.
>
> Thanks and regards
>
> arif
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From: "Hefty Smurf" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: netcomm inmodem336
Date: Mon, 17 May 1999 10:58:33 +1000
I am having problems with my modem. It is a netcomm inmodem336 and linux
doesn't want to know it is there. I've tried using a friends external modem
which works fine but the internal one doesn't want to co-operate. Is this a
linux thing with internal modems or is it my modem. Maybe it is not
powering on because I know in windows sometimes I have to reboot to get it
going. Anyway all help will be accepted
Hefty Smurf
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From: Richard van Denzel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Can't get my D-Link 200 TP to work
Date: Mon, 17 May 1999 15:01:36 +0200
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Hi All,
<p>I have a RedHat 5.2 system running (kernel 2.0.36-7) but I can't get
my
<br>D-Link 200 TP card to work. I read somewhere to use de NE2000 driver
for it,
<br>so I did.
<p>/etc/conf.modules
<br>-----------------
<br>alias eth0 ne
<br>options ne io=0x300 irq=11
(According to W95 which is running also on
<br>
my PC on another disk).
<p>When I try a modprobe ne, I get the following error:
<br>ne.c: No NE*000 card found at i/o=0x300
<br>insmod: /lib/modules/2.0.36/net/ne.o: init_module: Device or resource
busy.
<p>What is wrong, am I not using the correct driver, should I use another
one? Is
<br>there a special driver for my card (D-Link 200 TP)?
<br>Can anyone help?
<p>Thanx in advance,
<p>Richard.
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From: Thomas Rassmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.setup,de.comp.os.unix.linux.hardware,de.comp.os.unix.linux.misc,linux.dev.config,linux.dev.scsi,linux.redhat.install,linux.scsi.ncr53c8xx
Subject: Re: Buslogic FlashPoint LT not recognized after RH 5.2 Upgrade
Date: Mon, 17 May 1999 14:01:58 +0200
Hey,
one possibility:
You use a boot-disc with a kernel detecting your buslogic-apater. Otherwise,
when you start the installed Linux, you use the kernel from harddisc.To support
Buslogic Apaters in this kernel, you have to enable the option (anywhere in
SCSI/ other adapters) in your kernel-config
and build a new kernel.
Hope, this helps.
Snoop wrote:
> Hi Folks!
>
> I recently re-setup my windows system due to too much shareware testing and
> so on. So when I eventually wanted to start my linux system (RH 5.2), I
> encountered the LILO boot prompt wouldn't show up. I tried mounting my hard
> disk (sdb5) by use of boot/rescue disks set up by rh and debian, but I
> really wouldn't succeed. So finally I decided to try upgrading the system
> with the Red Hat 5.2 CD. I reinstalled almost all the packages, which lasted
> about 20 minutes, but when I rebooted, it read: "scsi: detected 0 hosts" or
> something like that and a couple of lines later it says something like
> "kernel panic: can't mount root on 08:15 ..." (I really don't know it).
> Why doesn't the installation procedure set up the adequate buslogic.o
> module?
> If I'd find the mod on the net, could someone please tell me how to
> integrate it on a boot/rescue disk or immediately into my old system.
> Is there any possibility the system got totally broken? I mean, there's some
> stuff I'd really like to see again...
>
> Thanks for your time,
>
> Philipp
Tom
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From: Denis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: How to SILENCE a MODEM?
Date: Sun, 16 May 1999 09:50:42 -0400
Does anybody know how to control the loudness of the modem's sound when it's
connecting to ISP? (i have Internal US Robotics 56K).
Since I do that in Windows, I thought maybe I can do it in Linux, too.
Thanks.
Denis
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From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?S=E9bastien?= <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Sound card IDE
Date: Mon, 17 May 1999 14:04:46 +0200
Swietanowski Artur wrote:
>
> Sébastien wrote:
> > I have a PNP sound card with an IDE connector.
> > The card is working and configuration of PNP also.
>
> I do not know the answer to your question, however I'd like to point
> out that this IDE is likely to be the slowest IDE in your computer.
> The on-board IDE's (which allow you to connect up to 2 devices each)
> exist on the PCI bus, I think, while the one on the sound card
> communicates through the slow 16 bit ISA bus.
>
> Unless you absolutely need this IDE (i.e., you have more than 4 IDE
> devices) I'd suggest forgetting about all it.
yes, it's the case, I have more than 4 devices, and I will connect
the slowest one to IDE2.
The question is still here !!
>
> Regards,
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> Artur Swietanowski mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Institut für Statistik, Operations Research und Computerverfahren,
> Universität Wien, Universitätsstr. 5, A-1010 Wien, Austria
> tel. +43 (1) 427 738 620 fax +43 (1) 427 738 629
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