Linux-Hardware Digest #762, Volume #10 Wed, 14 Jul 99 16:13:44 EDT
Contents:
Re: /dev/lp0 nor /dev/lp1 getting detected (Lew Pitcher)
Please help - RAID driver needed ("Michael L. DePolis")
Re: Linux and Epson 740 ("John E. Garrott")
Re: Compaq Presario 1600? (Abhishek Kumar)
Re: Dell Inspiron 7000 & Linux Redhat 6.0 & Kernel 2.2.10 & X-Windows (sporter)
Re: Embedding linux and changing the world (gus)
My LS-120 is driving me crazy!!! (Aaron Ginn)
Re: Compact Flash vs. SSFDC Smart Media (Randy G.)
GNOME audio mixer bug? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: About to build Linux RAID box. Need advice. (Floyd Davidson)
Re: Scanning scsi-drives (Stuart R. Fuller)
Re: VIA VT82C570 and Busmastering under Linux? (Peter Hecke)
Re: baby AT motherboard (Peter Hecke)
Yamaha 4416S crashed Linux on bootup ("Richard Nunez")
baby AT motherboard ("john w. connolly")
Re: About to build Linux RAID box. Need advice. (Mike Frisch)
Re: Printing graphics with Lexmark 1020 (business edition) (Ganesan Thiagarajan)
Adaptec 2940UW problems (Jerry Craker)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Lew Pitcher)
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: /dev/lp0 nor /dev/lp1 getting detected
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Wed, 14 Jul 1999 17:16:40 GMT
This may be *too* obvious, but have you compiled parallel port
support into the kernel? If you made it a module, are you probing/loading
the module?
On Wed, 14 Jul 1999 17:22:38 +0200, "Thierry ANDRIAMIRADO" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>Hello I really need to have some resumes printed, so here I am:
>
>as mentioned above, Linux can't detect my /dev/lp0 nor /dev/lp1. It worked
>fine before the RH5.2 to RH6 upgrading.
>
>I thought it was because of my soundcard and the isa PnP tools, as my Linux
>Box is an isa one (i486). I tried so many things, de-slotted the soundcard,
>updated to kernel 2.2.5-22 and to the last -RedHat- 'dev' package, but it
>doesn't works. Here's some details:
>
>- after the RH5.2 to RH6 upgrade, my '/dev/lp' symbolic link desappeared. I
>re-created it.
>- of course, PrintTool doesn't find any /dev/lpx with a printer attached
>- 'cat test.file >/dev/lp1' returns a not found device message, even an 'ls
>/dev/lp?' shows the three /dev/lpx
>- the parallel port (/dev/lp1) never appears in /proc/ioports nor in
>/proc/interrupts:
>
>Here is my /proc/ioports: (the parallel port, /dev/lp1, should be at 0378)
>0000-001f : dma1
>0020-003f : pic1
>0040-005f : timer
>0060-006f : keyboard
>0070-007f : rtc
>0080-008f : dma page reg
>00a0-00bf : pic2
>00c0-00df : dma2
>00f0-00ff : fpu
>0170-0177 : ide1
>01f0-01f7 : ide0
>0220-022f : soundblaster
>02f8-02ff : serial(auto)
>0300-031f : NE2000
>0330-0333 : MPU-401 UART
>0376-0376 : ide1
>03c0-03df : vga+
>03f6-03f6 : ide0
>03f8-03ff : serial(auto)
>0620-0623 : sound driver (AWE32)
>0a20-0a23 : sound driver (AWE32)
>0e20-0e23 : sound driver (AWE32)
>
>and my /proc/interrupts (/dev/lp1's irq should be irq7):
> CPU0
> 0: 146854 XT-PIC timer
> 1: 724 XT-PIC keyboard
> 2: 0 XT-PIC cascade
> 4: 103 XT-PIC serial
> 5: 1 XT-PIC soundblaster
> 8: 2 XT-PIC rtc
> 11: 755 XT-PIC NE2000
> 13: 0 XT-PIC fpu
> 14: 56615 XT-PIC ide0
> 15: 5 XT-PIC ide1
>NMI: 0
>
>and finally, my /etc/printcap:
>
>##PRINTTOOL3## LOCAL uniprint NAxNA a4 {} U_EpsonStylusColor stc500p {}
>lp:\
> :sd=/var/spool/lpd/lp:\
> :mx#0:\
> :sh:\
> :lp=/dev/lp1:\
> :if=/var/spool/lpd/lp/filter:
>
>
>It's not a hardware problem. When Linux initialize the printer during
>boot process, it seems ok!
>
>As I need to print my resumes it really annoys me, makes me crazy!
>Any ideas please?
>
>--
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
>
Lew Pitcher
System Consultant, Integration Solutions Architecture
Toronto Dominion Bank
([EMAIL PROTECTED])
(Opinions expressed are my own, not my employer's.)
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From: "Michael L. DePolis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Please help - RAID driver needed
Date: Wed, 14 Jul 1999 11:11:30 -0500
I have a dell poweredge 4300, need to Install Red Hat linux on it (5.2
or 6.0). This server has a
PERC2 quad channel RAID controller, which even Dell doesn't have a
driver for. Does anyone know of one or a
substitute driver that may work?
Any help would be greatly appreciated. TIA
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From: "John E. Garrott" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux and Epson 740
Date: Wed, 14 Jul 1999 09:22:12 -0700
Varouxis John wrote:
>
> I'd like to buy an Epson 740 and I want to know if is possible to print
> from linux (RH 5.1 kernel:2.0.35)
>
> Thanx in advance
> --
> Varouxis John <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Software Engineer
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> IMS Ltd.
> Alyos 12 115 28 Athens
> Tel: 0030 1 7215603 Fax: 0030 1 7210097
> Mobile:0030 97 7779194 ICQ: 27680293
check out
http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/pht/printer_list.cgi
Good luck,
John
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From: Abhishek Kumar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.portable,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Compaq Presario 1600?
Date: Wed, 14 Jul 1999 12:06:59 -0400
Bruce Schultz wrote:
> On Mon, 12 Jul 1999 16:30:56 -0400, David J. Topper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >So it seems quite obvious that the Linux laptop situation is quite
> >grim. I have yet to find a vendor with a machine that has:
> >
> >Supported Video chipset
> >Supported audio chipset
> >Supported modem
> >
> >It seems as though most will have 2 out of 3 at best. I'd love to see a
> >day where www.VENDOR.com would actually contain a page listing chipset
> >specs.
>
> Finding a supported built-in modem will be nearly impossible. I'm not
> familiar with any that work. All that I've seen are winmodems. It's no
> big deal. If you have a pcmcia port, you can use a pcmcia modem.
>
> >So my latest question is about the Compaq Presario line. Do they stack
> >up? How is the AMD K6-III 380 chip vs. the Portable PII-400?
>
> I have a Presario 1230 at the office. It has an odd pcmcia controller
> that some versions of the pcmcia card support can't work with, but
> everything (except the winmodem, of course) works. This one has a 300
> mhz Cyrix chip, I think.
>
> My main machine is an older Fujitsu Lifebook 435DX. Everything works,
> it's stable and reliable and fast enough for my needs. I don't do
> computer games.
>
> --
> Bruce Schultz
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
After running Linux on my Sony Vaio PCG748, it felt like that linux was made for
laptops.
Everything worked right out of the box and in a far better way than under Win98.
Everything -
including the internal modem & PCMCIA controllers to the IRDA ports.
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From: sporter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Dell Inspiron 7000 & Linux Redhat 6.0 & Kernel 2.2.10 & X-Windows
Date: Wed, 14 Jul 1999 17:31:03 GMT
Linux on a Dell Inspiron 7000 Laptop
http://www.eecs.umich.edu/~steveh/inspiron/
--
root wrote:
> Hi .
>
> Does anyone know how to get X working with Dell Inspiron 7000 with an
> 14.1 lcd screen.
>
> BR
>
> Mili ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
>
>
>
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From: gus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Embedding linux and changing the world
Date: Wed, 14 Jul 1999 17:29:27 +0100
[to sender and group]
Jason Hihn wrote:
>
[snipped]
and your point is .... ;-(
gus
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From: Aaron Ginn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: My LS-120 is driving me crazy!!!
Date: Wed, 14 Jul 1999 09:13:06 -0700
I've about had it with my ls-120 drive. At this point I'm ready to rip
the thing out of my box and smash it to bits! Here's a little history
about me, linux, and the ls-120.
I had the hardest time for about three months getting linux to even
recognize the drive. I tried moving the device from slave to master
status and back on my secondary IDE controller, but it did no good.
Finally, one day I was playing with my BIOS settings, and I thought to
myself, "maybe I'll enable the floppy controller to see if that does
anything". Voila! The next time I booted Linux, it recognized the
drive as an ls-120, and I was able to use it fine. All is well with the
world at this point.
Two weeks ago, I bought and installed a CD burner. I moved the ls-120
to my primary slave, and made the burner the secondary master. I have
an 32X CD-ROM as my secondary slave, and I need to keep it because my
CD-RW only reads at 8X. Anyway, I went to boot up again, and guess
what! I get the following message at boot for the ls-120:
hdb: UNKNOWN ATAPI (type 16)
I know what you're going to say. Move the ls-120 back to the secondary
master and make the CD-RW a slave. Well, my burner only works properly
as a master drive, so I can't do it. If I have to, I'll sell the damn
ls-120 and get a basic floppy drive, but this has gotten personal at
this point! I'm not going to let this go down without a fight!
Does anyone have any suggestions for me at this point? More
specifically, is anyone out there using an ls-120 with two CD drives?
What BIOS settings do you have enable/disable, and how are your drives
set up? At this point, I wouldn't wish one of these drives under Linux
on my worst enemy!
Thanks a lot!
Aaron Ginn
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From: frcn@żNoSPAM?quiknet.com (Randy G.)
Crossposted-To: rec.photo.digital,comp.arch.embedded
Subject: Re: Compact Flash vs. SSFDC Smart Media
Date: Wed, 14 Jul 1999 14:36:27 GMT
As a consumer it would seem that CF would be the choice for a number
of reasons:
-Controller on the card so that as new controllers are designed you
can 'upgrade' your device by simply purchasing a new card
-Any certified CF card (or at least one that meets the CF
association's standards) will work in any CF device.
-Any size (capacity) CF card will work in your CF device- no
limitations as to the design of the device accepting certain sizes of
cards.
-Larger sizes of CF have always been available as compared to SM. 80
mb CF compared to 32mb SM at the moment.
SM cards are a little smaller (if that actually matters) as well as a
little cheaper. There are relationships between the manufacturers who
produce SM cards and manufacturers that produce equipment that use
removeable memory that I believe has driven this media. All things
considered, CF is the choice of the moment. With the CFII standard
starting to show up on devices which will accept the IBM Microdrive as
well as newer, larger, and faster CFII cards when available, SM will
have to improve in a hurry, dealing with size as well as compatability
issues, to catch up.
With the past and present incompatabilities of SM cards with cameras
as well as other devices coupled to the fact that SM has always lagged
behind in size availability, it is a wonder that there are devices
that use SM still being produced.
From Randy.... AKA "-ED" at the....
Feather River Canyon News - "Fruit Of The Plume"
http://www.quiknet.com/~frcn/Camera.html
The opinions expressed Remove the żNOSPAM?
here aren't necessarily in the E-mail address
those of the FRCN to reply by E-Mail
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: GNOME audio mixer bug?
Date: Wed, 14 Jul 1999 17:37:36 GMT
I am running RH 6.0 with GNOME. My sound card is an Ensoniq AudioPCI
(1370). Whenever I run the audio mixer program that comes with GNOME,
my CD audio stops working (ie, i can't hear CD audio, but I can hear
other sounds). In order to fix it I need to run sndconfig and set up
my sound card again. Is there anyway to stop this from happening?
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Share what you know. Learn what you don't.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Floyd Davidson)
Subject: Re: About to build Linux RAID box. Need advice.
Date: 14 Jul 1999 17:11:46 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
sincero arcadio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I've acquired 8 2GB _differential_ wide SCSI harddrives for a
>fairely cheap ($21.00 a piece cheap) price, and I'd like to set up a RAID
>box using Linux software RAID with them. Some of the issues I need advice
>on are: the controller, the cabling, and the power.
Software RAID seems to be in a state of flux. It won't work on
the latest kernels (2.2.7 and later). Some people have trouble
with it even with earlier kernels. (It didn't work well at all
for me using a setup somewhat similar to what you are
describing. Just too many little problems...)
> After a number of days of searching, I finally found somebody
>selling PCI differential SCSI controllers for a reasonable price.
>Actually, this guy as two kinds: a QLogic controller for $99 and a Symbios
>one for $125. The QLogic controller is a QLA1041 and the Symbios one is a
>SYM8751D. I'd go with the QLogic one here, but problem is I'm not sure if
>it'll work in Linux. Should I go with the Symbios one instead?
The Symbios will work. There is another option, that is
particularly good if you have a motherboard with a built in
SCSI, but might be useful otherwise too. A single-ended to
differential converter. There are several different models
around, and they commonly sell on eBay for less than $100.
Another option is to buy a supported hardware RAID controller.
They seem to be selling for anything from $150 to $250 each
on eBay, and for a great deal more if you buy a new one.
> The second issue is cabling. Now a couple of people have told me
>that for differential drives you need differential cabling and that normal
>SCSI cabling won't do. But after doing a DejaNews search, I've come
>across a post which implied that if I don't need to have really long
>cables then normal cabling will do (just use the Good Stuff instead of the
>Cheap Stuff). Can anybody here offer me a definite yes or a definite no
>on this?
There is no difference in cabling as such, but the terminators
are distinctly different. You need a differential terminator at
the end of the cable. (Actually, you need one at each end of
the cable and the controller will have an internal terminator
that can be enabled to provide one, but you most likely will
have to provide the second one as a separate unit. They cost
less than $10.)
Also note that Low Voltage Differential is different than High
Voltage Differential.
> And finally, what kind of power supply will I need? Is 250watts
>insufficient for 8 drives? What would happen if the power supply is not
>powerful enough (i.e. will it simply not turn on or will it explode ;-))?
>What kind of power supply would I need to drive 8 differential SCSI
>drives?
That depends entirely on the drives. You can usually find a label on the
drive somewhere that will list the power requirements. It will tell how
many amps at 5 volts and how many amps at 12 volts. You can compare that
to the amp rating of your power supply. If you have some of the full
height 5.25 inch drives that have been selling very cheaply then they
take something like 2.75 amps at 5 volts, and 2 amps at 12 volts. Hence
the total power per unit is about 40 watts, and 8 of them adds up to
more than 250 watts! Probably the best solution there is a pair of 250
watt supplies.
If you try it anyway two things will likely happen. First, if they all
start at once, it simply will not start. The surge when the start is
great and will cause the over current protection to shutdown the power
supply output. If you stagger the start up it is likely that the last
one will cause a shutdown of everything when it tries to spin up the
platters. If that doesn't happen, then you will have a working system
until the excess heat causes the power supply to fail. (Basically,
over taxing the power supply is a very bad idea, but it probably won't
hurt anything other than the power supply. That cannot be guaranteed
though...)
Floyd
--
Floyd L. Davidson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Ukpeagvik (Barrow, Alaska)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Stuart R. Fuller)
Subject: Re: Scanning scsi-drives
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Wed, 14 Jul 1999 16:00:04 GMT
Kent Nilsen ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
: Hello, is there a simple way to see what disk is /dev/sd? Let's say I have 2
: controllers, and several different-sized disks, how do I see what /dev/sd?'s
: are available? In Solaris, I used to boot -r and the new disks were added as
: devices. This gave me a good overview. In Linux all devices are already
: present.
On my Redhat 5.1 system, there is a utility called "scsi_info".
# scsi_info /dev/scd0
SCSI_ID="0,6,0"
MODEL="NEC CD-ROM DRIVE:841"
FW_REV="1.0"
Substitute "/dev/scd0" for your favorite "/dev/sd.."
Stu
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From: Peter Hecke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: VIA VT82C570 and Busmastering under Linux?
Date: 14 Jul 1999 18:31:27 GMT
Try VIA's web site http://www.viatech.com for information and drivers. Also
try FIC at http://www.fic.com.tw/ and select the BIOS/drivers link.
Helmut Holle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hallo,
> is anyone running a VIA 82C570 Chipset with Harddisk-Busmastering under Linux?
> I have a old FIC PA2000 Board with this chipset and I want to improve the speed a
>bit?
> How to configure Linux?
> Thanks for any help.
> --
> ********************
> * Helmut Holle *
> * [EMAIL PROTECTED] *
> ********************
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From: Peter Hecke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: baby AT motherboard
Date: 14 Jul 1999 19:53:21 GMT
Take a look at the Tyan Trinity 100AT 1590S. It seems to be highly recommended
by people that have it and those who have reviewed it.
john w. connolly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Any suggestions about baby AT motherboards and linux?
> Thanks, JWC
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From: "Richard Nunez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.apps.cdwrite,comp.os.linux.help,alt.linux
Subject: Yamaha 4416S crashed Linux on bootup
Date: Wed, 14 Jul 1999 14:53:04 -0500
I have a Yamaha 4416S SCSI CD-Writer. It workes fine under NT and Win9x,
but when I boot up Red Hat Linux 6.0 I get a KERNEL PANIC and it FREEZES my
system. This didn't not happen in Red Hat 5.2. What could be the problem.
I have did all sorts of configuration with the pins in the rear but it still
does not work.
Please help
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From: "john w. connolly" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: baby AT motherboard
Date: Wed, 14 Jul 1999 09:37:15 -0500
Any suggestions about baby AT motherboards and linux?
Thanks, JWC
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mike Frisch)
Subject: Re: About to build Linux RAID box. Need advice.
Date: 14 Jul 1999 18:54:02 GMT
On 14 Jul 1999 17:11:46 GMT, Floyd Davidson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Software RAID seems to be in a state of flux. It won't work on
>the latest kernels (2.2.7 and later). Some people have trouble
An 'official' patch has been posted which supports 2.2.10 (the latest
kernel in the 2.2.x series) just this past week.
>with it even with earlier kernels. (It didn't work well at all
>for me using a setup somewhat similar to what you are
>describing. Just too many little problems...)
Works perfectly here, but I am running 3 IDE disks (on separate
controllers) in a RAID5 configuration.
Mike.
--
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Mike Frisch Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Northstar Technologies WWW: http://saturn.tlug.org/~mfrisch
Newmarket, Ontario, CANADA
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From: Ganesan Thiagarajan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Printing graphics with Lexmark 1020 (business edition)
Date: Wed, 14 Jul 1999 18:58:36 GMT
"Amir J. Katz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Lexmark tech support told me that the Lexmark Inkjet printer 1020 comes
> in two models. The one that I own is called "Business Edition" (model
> 4078-001) and is supported under Linux, and indeed I was able to print a
> text page on it (using the command "lpr /etc/passwd").
> However, sending an HTML page to the printer drove it crazy. Since RH
> Linux 6.0 does not support any Lexmark printers, does anyone know which
> printer(s) does it emulate, from the list of supported printers (see URL
> below).
Use ghostscript. Using printcap input filters, u can make it automatic
when u give lpr command. Make it always to print PS files.
ghostscript supports wide variety of printers.
HTH
Gana
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From: Jerry Craker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Adaptec 2940UW problems
Date: Wed, 14 Jul 1999 14:55:14 -0400
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I have a problem with my Adaptec 2940UW PCI controller. I currently
have Windows NT 4.0 and Linux 5.2 dual-booting from my system. My
system is a 200 PRO with 5-4.5 GB Wide SCSI drives, 1 CDROM, 1 CDR, 100
MB Ethernet, and USR ISDN. Everything works under NT (not my preferred
system, but I use it because everything works). Linux 5.2 works but
does not recognize the Ethernet adapter or ISDN adapter. I know that
6.0 supports both adapters in the machine, so I need to upgrade.
However, whenever I try to boot (either from the CD or diskette) it
simply keeps rescanning the SCSI bus without ever finding the adapter.
I had absolutely no problems installing 5.2. Any information would be
greatly appreciated.
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