Linux-Hardware Digest #297, Volume #10 Sat, 22 May 99 06:13:35 EDT
Contents:
Re: Cloning a Linux box (Leslie Mikesell)
DEC depca ethernet card recognized by Linux? (Georg Schwarz)
Re: 3Com EtherLink III 3C509TP ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
redhat 6.0 and installing a voodoo2 card ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
IBM Clicker Keyboards ("vess")
Problem installing Linux on ..... (Gary Helbig)
Hard Drive Problem (Adrian Silveanu)
RH 6.0 & Soundblaster AWE 32 PnP ("Al Kooz")
Linux on Channel B of AHA-3940UW? ("Thelonious Georgia")
Re: New cable modem means I have a lot to learn (Johan Kullstam)
Re: Can't communicate through 2nd NIC (Harley Waagmeester)
RH 6.0 on Compaq Proliant 1500R (samuraikm)
CDRecord problems? (Martijn Valkier)
Re: Help with modem setup ("Stephen Workman")
Would this h/w configuration give me problems? (kev)
Re: Diamond Viper V770 and 320x200 Res. ("Monkeyman")
Re: sndconfig ("Christopher R. Thompson")
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Leslie Mikesell)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Cloning a Linux box
Date: 21 May 1999 23:39:44 -0500
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Dirk Traenapp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> What's the big advantage to using cpio?
>
>cp -a doesn't copy SUID and SGID flags! So it's better to use cpio or
>tar for cloning!
Mine does. Are you sure you were running as root?
Les Mikesell
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Georg Schwarz)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: DEC depca ethernet card recognized by Linux?
Date: 21 May 1999 22:38:17 GMT
I've got an old 8 bit Ethernet card from Digital, which according to the
FCC ID and to
http://www.wi-inf.uni-essen.de/~schwarze/nt/karten/net13.html appears to
be a DEC depca. Booting Linux 2.2.9 with Lance support compiled in it is
not recognized, even when supplying lilo with ether=5,0x300,0xd000,eth0
(those are the values jumpered according to the above web page).
The LEDs do not light up either.
Is there anything I could still try?
--
Georg Schwarz ([EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], PGP 2.6ui)
Institut für Theoretische Physik +49 30 314-24254 FAX -21130 IRC kuroi
Technische Universität Berlin http://home.pages.de/~schwarz/
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: 3Com EtherLink III 3C509TP
Date: Sat, 22 May 1999 04:36:52 GMT
that 3c509 thing in hardware list is really the 3c509TP it's just there
is different versions of the 3c509, but they are all the same driver
wise.
I use them.. they work fine.. in any OS. Including Linux
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (DB7654321) wrote:
> Does the 3Com EtherLink III 3C509TP work well with Red Hat 5.2? I
looked in
> the hardware compatibility list and could find 3C509 but not 3C509TP
is there a
> difference?
>
> David Bell
>
> Please don't email me just reply on the board.
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: redhat 6.0 and installing a voodoo2 card
Date: Sat, 22 May 1999 04:35:43 GMT
I have 6.0 up and running but would like to add a voodoo2 card so I can
run Q3 server.
Is it hard to install a card after the system is already installed? Can
anyone explain the proceedure?
Is it easier just to reload the entire system?
thanks
Andy
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From: "vess" <vesledah(NOSPAM)@teleline.es>
Subject: IBM Clicker Keyboards
Date: Sat, 22 May 1999 07:26:28 +0200
Get them before there gone....
I have a few M Model "clicker" keyboards that have a PS/2 connector. You
can check out a picture at:
http://www.minkota.com/ebay/ibmkb.gif
These are tested and come with a 30 day warranty. We use new boxes and
peanuts to pack our products so rest assured they will make it to your
location in one piece....
Price is 24.00 TOTAL shipped to your door.
--
Dan
Minkota Technologies
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From: Gary Helbig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Problem installing Linux on .....
Date: Fri, 21 May 1999 22:30:07 -0700
I'm having a hard time getting Linux up on my new box.
OS: RH 5.2, XF 3.3.3.1
Motherboard: Intel LM440LX:
http://developer.intel.com/design/motherbd/lm/LM_DS.HTM
This board has an 82371 PCI-AGP bridge on it, a Cirrus CL-GD4565 AGP
graphics port, an EtherExpress PRO/100 Ethernet port, and a Yamaha
OPL3-SA3 sound system.
Oh, and it has the usual cast of characters: Two serial, parallel, USB,
floppy, dual IDE.
The symptom is:
When moving the PS/2 mouse (in X-windows), the CPU will lock up solid.
Telnet sessions into the box will die.
Switch to a serial mouse. Mouse behavour too erratic to use. System
locks too.
If I don't start up X, it will run forever.
Even with X not started, and the serial mouse active, plugging in the
PS/2 mouse will cause the system to lock up.
The system runs fine with windoze-95, but that was after loading a ton
of driver updates.
Anyone seen something like this? Any clues?
Thanks,
Gary.
moc.yticliam@giblehg:otlaim
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From: Adrian Silveanu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Hard Drive Problem
Date: Sat, 22 May 1999 01:24:47 -0500
Hello,
Just recently I ran into problems with one of the
hard drives in my computer. I was transferring files on to my
computer when I started getting errors about not being able to
access the hard drive. Originally I suspected that it was about
to die. After running diagnostic programs on the hard drive,
which showed that I had problems on certain cylinders,
and checking that the specs for the hard drive were correct in
the BIOS, I rebooted Linux and watched the boot up messages.
I discovered that the values that Linux used for the
number of cylinders, heads, and sectors were not the same as in the
BIOS. I have two hard drives in the computer. The values Linux
used for the other hard drive matched the values in the BIOS.
This computer was to have Win98 run on it, but after numerous
attempts to have Win98 recognize the hard drives actual size, I
install Linux on it. This computer's BIOS has a problem telling
low end OS's hard drive specs. This problem didn't exist with WinNT.
Another computer was bought for use with Win98. It was for a family
member. (There is no point in teaching somebody how to use UNIX when
all they want to use a computer for is to write papers and e-mail.)
Could anybody tell me how I can manually set the
hard drive specs for Linux?
Thank you in advance!
Adrian
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From: "Al Kooz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: RH 6.0 & Soundblaster AWE 32 PnP
Date: Sat, 22 May 1999 08:48:10 +0200
Ok I have following problem:
I was running RH 5.1 for quiet a while and I could use my AWE 32 after
having configured it with sndconfig just perfectly. Then I installed Redhat
5.2 and all of the sudden my AWE would freeze my system copmletely when
playing an Mp3 file on x11amp. Well I beared with it, and I waited for RH
6.0 to come out (I tried different things in the meantime of course, like
recompiling the kernel I read all the howto's concerning kernel rebuilding,
and soundblaster awe support) Well then I installed RH 6.0 and sound worked.
Then I thought I might recompile my kernel to save some memory, and boom !
My system freezes up again when I play an Mp3 on x11amp, and sndconfig
doesn't recognize my card (it didn't do it before the rebuild either, I had
to configure it manually). When I boot up the system and it tries to load
the midi module for the card it says that no sequencer is found and that the
device is busy...
Now, could anybody tell me what the heck I am supposed to do ????? I even
looked at possible ressource conflicts in the different /proc files. I must
have done something wrong in the kernel rebuild, could somebody PLEASE help
me! I would want to switch to linux completely but I can't unless I have my
Mp3's !!!
Sorry that this is so long, I'm desperate !
Thanx for any reply
Al
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From: "Thelonious Georgia" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Linux on Channel B of AHA-3940UW?
Date: Sat, 22 May 1999 02:21:49 -0400
Hey all-
I just got a new hd that I want to install Linux on, but I have all 6 ids
set on channel A of my 3940UW card. Will Linux see / understand / install /
run if I were to put the hd on channel B, where there are no devices?
Thanks for any info,
Theo
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From: Johan Kullstam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: New cable modem means I have a lot to learn
Date: 21 May 1999 12:44:14 -0400
ByteMe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Steve Snyder wrote:
>
> > The good news: after years of dithering my cable TV provider is providing
> > Internet access. The bad news: I need to quickly get up to speed on
> > everything needed to provide Internet access to my whole LAN via the cable
> > modem.
> >
> > My simple LAN consists of a server running RedHat v5.2 (updated to kernel
> > v2.2.x and glibc v2.1) and 10 clients (running Win95, Win98 and OS/2) all
> > running on the same subnet. Name resolution is done via an identical hosts
> > file on each system. The server does not provide Internet access to the
> > clients.
> > I do not intend to run any additional local services (mail, Web, news, etc.)
> > at this time. I just want my LANs server to pass packets between the client
> > machines and the cable modem.
> >
> > With the imminent arrival of my cable modem I quickly need info on:
> >
> > 0. My ISP will provide a dynamically-allocated IP address. Does that mean I
> > need to configure my server for DHCP? All the client system will continue
> > to have static addresses.
> >
> > 1. Supporting a 2nd NIC in my server. Having Linux recognize both NICs is
> > a no-brainer, but how do I configure it to communicate only with the cable
> > modem? (The 1st NIC will remain connected to the hub, of course.)
> >
> > 2. IP Masquerading?
> >
> > 3. Firewall? Up to now I haven't had to think much about security, since
> > the LAN doesn't have direct Internet access. Now that we'll be constantly
> > connected, I'm wondering if I need a firewall. I have an older machine that
> > I could use solely as a firewall if needed.
> >
> > Any information, or pointers to info, on these topics would be gratefully
> > received.
> >
> > Thank you.
> >
> > ***** Steve Snyder *****
>
> Be extremely concerned about security when connected via a cable modem.
yes. i recommend running a packet filtering firewall at the very
least. bob ziegler has a great site for firewall and has scripts for
both ipfwadm and ipchains. it's at
<URL:http://rlz.ne.mediaone.net/>
follow the relevant links.
the packet filtering will allow you to run telnetd, ftpd &c while
preventing anyone from the outside from hooking up to those services.
> do not run telnetd if you don't need it.
> set up a dedicated firewal/GW and or Proxy machine and use ip_masq.
> strip the machine down to as few services as posible to start (it's
> called bastion host)
some people only have one machine. while a bastion host is nice, a
packet filter is better than nothing. and the bastion should be
running packet filtering in any event.
> no ftp, http ,telnet, tty , finger , netstat, whois or ping services.
> ( crond even has a hole )
> some important files to pay attention too are /etc/hosts.deny,
> hosts.allow, hosts take complete control over these files and others
> , such as chmod , su , chgrp, chown , login , passwd , etc.
/etc/hosts.deny and /etc/hosts.allow only affect inetd so services not
controlled by inetd bypass these. that is why i really like the
packet firewall.
> if you strip the services (and know how to maintain the box manualy
> ) you can take control of the /bin , /etc dir's so that no one else
> can see or execute them ( the machine will still run just fine ) to
> do this ( chmod -R o-rwx,g-rwx /bin /etc ) check your documentation
> befor you do this for the correct syntax for your machine & MAKE A
> BACKUP first on these directories somewhere else on the hard drive ,
> if you screw it up you'll be locked completely out of the machine (
> hense the security aspect of doing this ) and you will probably have
> to rebuild you system.
> do some reading befor you go nuts on your machine , But I promise
> you , you will be hacked through the cable modem if you don't pay
> attention to security !!!
finally, i would really recommend getting a back-up device. if you
make weekly back-ups to tape, a cracker break-in is much less costly
in time and aggravation. nothing beats a good back-up. it helps me
defend against the idiot attack launched from the person sitting in my
chair too!
--
johan kullstam
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From: Harley Waagmeester <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Can't communicate through 2nd NIC
Date: Fri, 21 May 1999 23:53:51 -0700
Steve Snyder wrote:
>
> #cat /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth1
> ---------------------------------------
> DEVICE="eth1"
> IPADDR="24.4.162.173"
> NETMASK="255.255.255.0"
> ONBOOT="yes"
> BOOTPROTO="none"
>
> #netstat -nr
> ----------
> Destination Gateway Genmask Flags MSS Window irtt Iface
> 192.168.0.12 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.255 UH 0 0 0 eth0
> 24.4.162.173 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.255 UH 0 0 0 eth1
> 192.168.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth0
> 24.4.162.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth1
> 127.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 0 lo
> 0.0.0.0 24.4.162.173 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 eth1
>
> Can someone advise me on what to configure just to get basic communications
> going? If there's any info missing from above I would happily provide it.
>
> Thank you.
>
> ***** Steve Snyder *****
IPADDR="24.4.162.173" <-------
You have assigned your internet /cable modem address to your eth1 network card,
that won't work.
Give your eth1 card a local ip like you have for the eth0 card.
I'll give a tough sketch of what needs to happen:
if you give eth1 an ip address of 192.168.0.13,
Then you need :
route add 24.4.162.173 gw 192.168.0.13
route add default gw 24.4.162.173
I'm probably wrong about the syntax
Just give the eth1 a local ip address and leave the gateway address as
24.4.162.173,
and maybe the startup scripts will set the default route up correctly
I hope someone explains this better, or gives the right numbers to plug into the
config files :))
The point is that you want a local ip for the eth1 interface card and use that as
the gateway out
of the machine, and the default route is a "logical route" that flows through the
hardware route.
The 24.4.162.173 is the address of the cable modem device
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From: samuraikm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: RH 6.0 on Compaq Proliant 1500R
Date: Sat, 22 May 1999 02:10:49 -0500
>From what I have read here, this should be compatible. P133/SCSI RAID.
Moving from Netware to Linux (a newbie). Also, can I incorporate Linux
6.0 on Netware 4.x?
Many Thanks in advance!!
- Kerry
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From: Martijn Valkier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: CDRecord problems?
Date: Sat, 22 May 1999 09:26:32 +0200
Hi there,
Can some help me out with the following problem?
When I trie to record a audio cd with cdrecord (version 1.6.1 / Kernel
SuSe-6.1 2.2.5)
with the following commandline:
cdrecord dev=6,0 speed=4 -audio -nofix [audio file]
it records an audio cd but skips about 3 to 4 minutes when it starts
writing the data to the cd, the cd therefore isn't readable in ANY
audio cd player.
The problem isn't the audio file format because i've converted it with
sox
to the right format (got that from HOWTO's and FAQ's).
This really puzzles me because creating a data cd is no problem at all.
My cdwriter is Yamaha CDR400t (firmware rev. i) on a Adaptec 2920 (Aka
fdomain tmc controller)
on the same controller are a zipdrive (int.) and a teac cdrom player.
This has never been a problem when I was using Windows9x.
--
Bye,
Martijn ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
http://www.multiweb.nl/~joker
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From: "Stephen Workman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,linux.redhat
Subject: Re: Help with modem setup
Date: Sat, 22 May 1999 10:01:37 +0100
Thanks!
Only problem is, is at a lower level than that. I've read all that config
stuff before. what I can't get to work is the actual com port. I can't
seem to get the modem to respond through linux at all. It works fine under
Win95, but any time I make a call through cua2 or cua3, which are the only
two ports it could be, nothing happens. Cua1 and cua2 are actual com ports,
ie. serial ports at the back of the base unit, but as my modem is internal,
it should be working through cua2 or 3, should it not? I think it's
something to do with the kernel, but I don't know.
Please help.
Stephen.
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Date: Sat, 22 May 1999 18:44:18 +0930
From: kev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Would this h/w configuration give me problems?
Hi all,
I am planning to buy this configuration and install RH5.2. Does anyone
foresee any problem and suggest alternative choices?
INTEL CELERON 433 CPU W/ 128K
MITSUMI 1.44 FLOPPY
44X CD-ROM
MAXTOR 10.1 GB 5400 UDMA HARD DRIVE 9MS
PS2 KEYBOARD
64MB SDRAM
PC100
LUCENT PCI 56K
V.90 FAX MODEM W/ VOICE
ENLING INTEL LX440 MOTHERBOARD
PS2
MOUE
YAMAHA X-G WAVE 3D SOUND
120 WATT STEREO
SPEAKERS
ATI RAGE II 8MB
AGP 3D
Thanx.
Kevin
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From: "Monkeyman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Diamond Viper V770 and 320x200 Res.
Date: Sat, 22 May 1999 03:35:53 -0600
My card only works in 320x200 resolution after Red Hat 6.0 set up my FB
device. I cannot do the quick resolution change (<crtl> <alt> <+/->). I
wanted to use the generic TNT drivers but RH6 won't allow me to make that
selection. I know the this card works unlike my RageFury which I returned
after abusing it for 2 months.
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From: "Christopher R. Thompson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: sndconfig
Date: Sat, 22 May 1999 02:37:42 -0700
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Ryan Green wrote:
> hi i'm hoping there is someone that can help me with getting snconfig to
> work with my sound card. The card is a Opti 929 also known as MAD16, and
> when i used to use dos, it would work when set as a Sound Blaster Pro.
> The info i could get from win95 was :
> IRQ 05, 09
> I/O 0201-0201, 0300-0301, 0388-038B, 0604-060B, 0F8D-0F93
> DMA 01, 03
> I've tried most configurations with sndconfig under opti 929 and sound
> blasters but nothing works. I get a message "error opening /dev/audio"
> can somebody please help me this is so frustrating!
> Thanks,
> Ryan
Did you try " ls -l /dev/audio /dev/dsp " it should look like below. I
just had the same problem doing cat > /dev/audio somehow my "device file"
turned into a regular file instead.
If false check man mknod.
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