Linux-Hardware Digest #829, Volume #10 Fri, 23 Jul 99 10:13:51 EDT
Contents:
Modem for Linux (Mark Lyttle)
Re: 2nc case for HD's (John McKown)
Installing videocard/monitor for X ("Kris Van Daele")
Re: Yamaha 4416S crashed Linux on bootup (Jibé)
Unexpected busfree Scsi errors (Pete Oliver)
Re: Reading Amiga Formatted Zips Under Linux (Re: Reading Mac Zip Disks) (Stig
Tamnes)
Re: Why Build Box? (John Doe)
Soundblaster Live (Value) / S/PDIF (Stefan Lewandowski)
Re: Why Build Box? (John Doe)
Re: Best Inkjet Printer to Buy (Jeff McWilliams)
Re: Modem for Linux (Rob Clark)
Re: building efficient fileserver on Linux - hardware questions (Jeff McWilliams)
Mobo for linux server (Yan Seiner)
Not sound with an Opti 924-Card ("Claus Mller")
compiling via-rhine.c (colin)
Is there a 'pseudo-tape' driver for Linux/x86? (Lew Pitcher)
Which one Laptop is 100% with Linux? (chunfuyu)
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From: Mark Lyttle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Modem for Linux
Date: Fri, 23 Jul 1999 10:55:22 +0100
Dear All
This is the first time I have posted on this group and I'm not
completely sure its the right one, so apologies up front if it's not.
My question is two fold
1) I have a US Robotics Sportster Voice 38k modem (internal) which I
can't get to work with Linux. Somewhere in the PPP FAQ or some other of
the related documents I've read this week, I think I read that Linux
does not support PCI modems. Does anybody know if this is the case.
2) Assuming that I need to replace my modem (I was thinking of a v90
modem anyway) can anybody suggest one that will work with Linux and
Windows 95 (dual boot).
Thanks in anticipation
Mark Lyttle
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John McKown)
Subject: Re: 2nc case for HD's
Date: 23 Jul 1999 10:00:44 GMT
On Thu, 22 Jul 1999 22:27:33 -0400, John Jacques <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I need some clearity please:
>
>I noticed the pictures of SCSI controller cards have a cable adapter,
>which I assume is for running a cable to another case that holds the
>scsi drives. Is this what it is for?
That is correct. Most SCSI card have both an external connector and either
one or two internal (ribbon) connectors.
>If so:
>How long can the cable be?
Sorry, I don't remember off hand. I can say that I have two SCSI devices.
The cable from the PC to the first device is 6ft (2m.) and the cable
from the first device to the second is 3ft (1m.). Therefore, I know that
the combined length can be at least 9ft (3m.). I don't know if there is
a maximum length, or what it is. I think the signal is "regenerated"
at each device. But I could be wrong.
>There's one cable connection, so, I take it the drives are chained
>together or does the cable split off?
Multiple SCSI peripherals are "daisy chained" together. If you look at
the back of an external SCSI peripheral, there is an "input" and an
"output". I currently chain my external CD-R and a tape drive together.
Depending on the SCSI controller, you can have up to either 6 or 14
separate devices. A lot of the doc says 7 or 15, but the SCSI controller
itself "take up" an address, leaving 6 or 14.
>Is there perofrmance loss for using external drives, like radio
>interference on the cables?
If you get a good quality SCSI cable, you should NOT have any problems with
RFI. The cables are quite thick due to the extra shielding in them. That's
similiar to the differences between a "normal" (cheap) printer cable and
a high quality printer cable. The high quality cable has shielding. The
cheap ones don't. They may work, but you might get interferrence.
>
>Thanks
>John Jacques
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
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From: "Kris Van Daele" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Installing videocard/monitor for X
Date: Fri, 23 Jul 1999 12:08:51 +0200
Hi,
recently I bought Red Hat Linux 6.0 with the 2.2.5 kernel. When I start the
installation, everything runs fine, until I want to install my video card
(SiS 6326) and monitor (DTK DC 770 BA). I find the driver for my video
card, but none for the monitor, so I select 'custom type'. After that you
have to choose your horizontal and vertical sync (no prob 'til then), but
when the install program says that it will start the X-window system,
nothing but the mouse pointer appears, and after that an error message.
Can anybody help me? Thanks, Stephan Orban
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From: Jibé <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Yamaha 4416S crashed Linux on bootup
Date: 23 Jul 1999 08:31:12 GMT
Richard Nunez wrote:
>
> My SCSI CD-Writer is set to ID 6, and I am using an Adaptec 2490-UW PCI
> card.
>
> I have the best and standard hardware. It worked fine under RH 5.2, but
> after I reinstalled it doesn't work. I have to shut off the power to the
> Writer to bootup properly.
>
>
> Mike <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:7mkcug$247$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> >
> > Richard Nunez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> > news:lW5j3.6380$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > > 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.
> > >
> > I have the same cd writer and red hat 6.0 and it loads fine. Make sure
> your
> > host scsi ID is 7, and you have an ID between 2-6 for your writter
(mine
> is
> > 3). If that doesn't solve it, linux might not support your scsi card
(if
> you
> > are using one).
> > Mike
> > > Please help
> > >
I've read on this forum that you have to disable the WIDE NEGOCIATION on
your SCSI control panel...
Try this ... it works...
Jibé - France
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From: Pete Oliver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Unexpected busfree Scsi errors
Date: Fri, 23 Jul 1999 10:01:13 +0100
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi,
I have RedHat 6.0 using kernel 2.2.10 and using 5.1.19 version of the
aic7xxx driver connected to an Overland DLT7000 tape drive
I have a multifile tape but when I try and read the second file on the
tape I get the following error messages towards the end of the second
file.
Jul 23 09:35:13 munin kernel: (scsi0:0:4:-1) Unexpected busfree,
LASTPHASE = 0xa0, SEQADDR = 0x14f
Jul 23 09:35:48 munin last message repeated 7 times
Jul 23 09:36:50 munin last message repeated 12 times
Jul 23 09:37:00 munin last message repeated 2 times
Boot messaged for Scsi devices
(scsi0) <Adaptec AIC-7890/1 Ultra2 SCSI host adapter> found at PCI 6/0
(scsi0) Wide Channel, SCSI ID=7, 32/255 SCBs
(scsi0) Downloading sequencer code... 374 instructions downloaded
scsi0 : Adaptec AHA274x/284x/294x (EISA/VLB/PCI-Fast SCSI) 5.1.19/3.2.4
<Adaptec AIC-7890/1 Ultra2 SCSI host adapter>
scsi1 : SCSI host adapter emulation for IDE ATAPI devices
scsi : 2 hosts.
(scsi0:0:4:0) Synchronous at 20.0 Mbyte/sec, offset 15.
Vendor: QUANTUM Model: DLT7000 Rev: 204B
Type: Sequential-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02
Detected scsi tape st0 at scsi0, channel 0, id 4, lun 0
(scsi0:0:6:0) Synchronous at 20.0 Mbyte/sec, offset 15.
Vendor: OVERLAND Model: LXB Rev: 0331
Type: Medium Changer ANSI SCSI revision: 02
Detected scsi generic sgb at scsi0, channel 0, id 6, lun 0
scsi : detected 1 SCSI tape total.
command used to read files on tape
dd if=/dev/nst0 ibs=131072 of=/home/pmo/file.1;dd if=/dev/nst0
ibs=131072 of=/home/pmo/file.2
Can anybody help?
thanks
Pete Oliver
Systems Manager
email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Stig Tamnes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.m68k,amiga.linux
Subject: Re: Reading Amiga Formatted Zips Under Linux (Re: Reading Mac Zip Disks)
Date: Fri, 23 Jul 1999 11:05:01 GMT
Teddy Wang wrote:
> I've got a similar problem. I'm trying to mount Zip disks which I
> formatted with AmigaOS on my SUSE 6.1 based Intel box. The kernel has
> AFFS support already built in, but trying to mount /dev/sdb or
> /dev/sdb1 (it's a SCSI zip) don't work. Has anybody gotten this to
> work?
>
> Teddy
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> On Fri, 18 Jun 1999 16:47:06 -0700, Michael Schmitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
>
> >Never had to use this trick (or read the man page), I always compile in
> >all partition formats and filesystems I need. hmount /dev/sdb3 is what I
> >use :-)
> >
> >But thanks anyway, that'll help me next time I can't simply reboot with
> >the right kernel.
> >
> > Michael
hi
try
mount -t affs /dev/sdb3 /mnt
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Doe)
Subject: Re: Why Build Box?
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 23 Jul 1999 07:00:15 -0500
On Thu, 22 Jul 1999 20:54:57 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>On 22 Jul 1999 11:08:01 GMT, Robert V. Grizzard
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] says...
>>>
>>>On 22 Jul 1999 02:25:13 GMT, Robert V. Grizzard
>>><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>>>In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] says...
>[deletia]
>>>There is no noticable performance difference between my $100 system and
>>>system based on dual pII boxes unless you are doing fluid dynamics
>>>calculations.
>>
>
> For compiles you should get something very close to a 100%
> increase in speed. If you have multiple source files it's
> the sort of thing that's very parallelizable. At one time
> my company even employed a compiler farm.
These replies are my favourites:) Heh. heh.. I did not know my machines
are running pII until you two tell me. Thanks for pointing out that
out!
100% increase in speed? 30% increase in speed? If I only knew how to
laugh really loud in email.... It will still be laughable if anyone else
says 10% increase in speed.
>>I've seen reports of as much as a 30% difference in compile speeds between a
>>dual PII and a single PII. Of course, the Aopen AX59Pro is a Super Socket 7
>>board, not a dual Slot 1.
>>
>
>
>--
>
>It helps the car, in terms of end user complexity and engineering,
>that a car is not expected to suddenly become wood chipper at some |||
>arbitrary point as it's rolling down the road. / | \
>
> Seeking sane PPP Docs? Try http://penguin.lvcm.com
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From: Stefan Lewandowski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Soundblaster Live (Value) / S/PDIF
Date: 23 Jul 1999 13:15:17 +0200
Hi, I'm thinking about getting the Soundblaster Live Value.
I read here that there is that beta driver from creative.
Does it work only with soundblaster live or also with the
value edition? (is not clear to me from the readme file
nor from their website)
Is the S/PDIF supported yet? And what would be most important
for me, is there a way to connect the S/PDIF connector from
the SBLive Value with the optical dig. out from a Sony MiniDisc
recorder (I know this won't be possible directly, but there may
be an adapter or something).
If this isn't possible, who can recommend some soundcards that
work with Linux and which have S/PDIF preferable with an
optical dig. line in?
Thanks for your help, please reply (also) via email, thanks,
Stefan.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Doe)
Subject: Re: Why Build Box?
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 23 Jul 1999 07:13:39 -0500
On 23 Jul 1999 07:00:15 -0500, John Doe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>On Thu, 22 Jul 1999 20:54:57 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>On 22 Jul 1999 11:08:01 GMT, Robert V. Grizzard
><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>>In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] says...
>>>>
>>>>On 22 Jul 1999 02:25:13 GMT, Robert V. Grizzard
>>>><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>>>>In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] says...
>>
>100% increase in speed? 30% increase in speed? If I only knew how to
>laugh really loud in email.... It will still be laughable if anyone else
>says 10% increase in speed.
^^^^
I meant like 200%.
FYI $100 machine takes about 35 minutes to compile.
Let see... I know that it takes about 70 seconds to compile on a quad
cpu machines.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jeff McWilliams)
Subject: Re: Best Inkjet Printer to Buy
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Fri, 23 Jul 1999 12:06:41 GMT
In article <7n8qal$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Sage Mage wrote:
>HP 697 and 712 should be alright. I have an associate who uses them on his
>mandrake machine.
>I am not sure where to get the drivers, but they are both parallel port and
>have excellent ink economy for inkjet printers.
>
I would stay away from the 7xx series of HP printers. They aren't fully
functional under Linux. THey do not support PCL 3 like the 600 series
or the 800 series.
Jeff
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Jeff McWilliams - Advanced Development Engineer, ACE Technologies
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Subject: Re: Modem for Linux
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rob Clark)
Date: Fri, 23 Jul 1999 12:02:56 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Mark Lyttle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>My question is two fold
>1) I have a US Robotics Sportster Voice 38k modem (internal) which I
>can't get to work with Linux. Somewhere in the PPP FAQ or some other of
>the related documents I've read this week, I think I read that Linux
>does not support PCI modems. Does anybody know if this is the case.
Linux can support PCI modems, but 99% of PCI modems available today are
Windows software modems that require the OEM "modem emulation" software to
work at all. Of course, this software is only provided for Windows.
Please check your USR model number at the link below to see if it is
listed...
>2) Assuming that I need to replace my modem (I was thinking of a v90
>modem anyway) can anybody suggest one that will work with Linux and
>Windows 95 (dual boot).
How much are you willing to spend? A mice external can run well over
UKP100. Most (traditional) external modems are fine, and failing that an
ISA modem with jumpers to set the address is usually safe.
Rob Clark, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.o2.net/~gromitkc/winmodem.html <-- Linux/modem compat. list
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jeff McWilliams)
Subject: Re: building efficient fileserver on Linux - hardware questions
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Fri, 23 Jul 1999 12:12:51 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Scott Marlowe wrote:
>What does TOP say about CPU usage and swap file usage? If you are not maxing the
>CPU, but using swap file, you need more memory, if you are maxing out the CPU, and
>still have 20 or more megs in buffers, time to look at a dual Celeron 466 machine.
I wouldn't recommend Celerons for a Server. In a server situation you really
can benefit from the additional Level 2 cache on the full Pentium II CPU's.
Don't bother with Pentium III's though - they won't offer anything
above what the Pentium II's will.
Additionally, while SMP Celeron systems seem to work fine they are not
officially supported by Intel. I wouldn't hesitate for a second to build
a dual Celeron system for home or personal use. But as a server that people
have to depend on? I just wouldn't take the chance personally.
>For a while the Diamond Fireport was a great deal, with the SymBIOS 675 on it, but
>they don't make it anymore, apparently they forgot about a little thing called
>marketing. But, I've had good luck with other SymBIOS controllers as well. I'm
>not familiar with the HP U/W, what chipset does it use?
Actually it's a Symbios 53c875, not 675.... probably just a typo...
>
>If you REALLY want fast I/O, buy hardware RAID arrays. There are several that work
>with Linux well, and now AMI has a 1.00 version of their MegaRAID controller driver
>out. That is a monster card, that can handle up to 45 drives on one card, and
>seems to get faster under RAID 5 as you add drives right up to about 8 or 10
>drives. Very nice. $1800 worth of nice.
>
In general this is very good advice...
Jeff
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Jeff McWilliams - Advanced Development Engineer, ACE Technologies
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Yan Seiner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Mobo for linux server
Date: Fri, 23 Jul 1999 08:17:36 -0400
I am setting up a linux server (no x, dual homed, 100baseT eth). My old
P5-166 is about maxed out. Any suggestions for a reliable mobo+CPU
combo? I'm thinking somewhere along the lines of a PII-350.
Performance is not really an issue; rock solid reliability and cost are
more important.
Thanks,
Yan
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From: "Claus Mller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Not sound with an Opti 924-Card
Date: Fri, 23 Jul 1999 14:22:46 +0200
Hi,
I'm a new Linux user (SuSE 6.1, Kernel 2.2.5) and have big difficulties
to get sound with my Opti 924 card. I suppose that I tryed all advices I
could get in the howto's, documentation files and the handbook. All
failed. There was also no succes using the free version off OSS or the
ALSA 3.01- soundriver tools. I upgrade my isapnp- tools, no automatical
ISA-PNP configuration was possibel, so that I configured it with the
DOS- setting. While booting the ISA- card is recognised successfully.
Configuring my kernel to load modules for sound devices never showed me
any devices with cat /dev/sndstst. lsmod showes loaded modules. My
conf.modules I configured also. But never there was any sound to hear. I
tested volume settings ond so on ...I don't know, what I can do else to
get sound under Linux. My soundcard functions properly under DOS und
other platforms. Maybe I loaded the wrong modules (I used advices from
an Opti931 - card) maybe to much or to less modules. Does anyone know
what's wrong. Best would be If anyone has the same soundcard as I do,
and one can tell me how he could get sound under Linux with his card.
Please help me!
Thanks
Claus
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From: colin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,redhat.config
Subject: compiling via-rhine.c
Date: Fri, 23 Jul 1999 12:31:13 GMT
Hi there. I'm a newbie and I'm trying to get the via-rhine driver to
compile for my d-link NIC. I use the line included in the source :
"gcc -DMODULE -D__KERNEL__ -I/usr/src/linux/net/inet -Wall
-Wstrict-prototypes -06 -c via-rhine.c `[-
f /usr/include/linux/modversions.h
] && echo -DMODVERSIONS`"
but I get a problem which no one in any other docs/postings I've read
seems to mention:
-06 unrecognized option. Now, in the source it says to use oh six rather
than zero six - this was apparently a mistake. I get the same error which
ever I use. I'm using redhat 6.0, kernel 2.2.5-15 glibc2.1
Can any one help?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Lew Pitcher)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Is there a 'pseudo-tape' driver for Linux/x86?
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Fri, 23 Jul 1999 13:24:34 GMT
It has occurred to me that, although the standard backup utilities assume tape media,
other media might be substituted with good results. Specifically, tape drives and media
are currently expensive commodities, while CD-R/CD-RW drives and media are relatively
cheap. It would be nice to be able to use the magtape tools ('mt') against a CD-R or
CD-RW
device (i.e. multitrack CD-R where magtape would provide tape 'files': think "mt -fsf"
against a CD-RW device).
Has anyone seen a driver (or other software) that would cause a CD-R or CD-RW drive to
look like a tape drive to the magtape tools?
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: chunfuyu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Which one Laptop is 100% with Linux?
Date: Fri, 23 Jul 1999 06:32:24 -0700
Hi pals:
I am looking for a laptop and 100% with Linux....
display, sound card, modem...
Thanks for Ur help.....
I am driving crazy on this sony vaio PCG-F270!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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