Linux-Hardware Digest #927, Volume #10 Wed, 4 Aug 99 09:14:14 EDT
Contents:
Install hard drive (gub)
vga=ask problems with 2.2.10
Re: I need some help with RH60 and network.... Can you help me Please? ("^KC^")
Re: SCSI emulation layer & CDRW (Michael McConnell)
Re: Linux and Pentium iiis (nobody)
kodak 2801 CD problems (Chris)
kodak 2801 (Chris)
Wangtek 5150ES scsi tape questions (B'ichela)
Re: 3 button mouse (Harald Arnesen)
Re: 3 button mouse (Mohd H Misnan)
Re: SCSI emulation layer & CDRW (Kimmo Hovi)
Re: can't find module st, also 9Gig SCSI disks? OK? (Jon Bloom)
Re: MX300 (Tim Smith)
Cacheable area... how was that? (Beat Rupp)
Re: Tekram DC-390F with Linux (Tapio =?ISO-8859-1?Q?V=E4=E4tt=E4nen?=)
Re: HP JetDirect EX (ethernet) (bilge)
Re: PCI WINMODEM HELP (Robert Sheskin)
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From: gub <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Install hard drive
Date: Wed, 04 Aug 1999 11:42:44 +0200
I installed a hard drive (1.2 Gb Conner IDE, fat32 formated). When I
first started linux, I had a PANIC! message and the computer hanged
during the random generator init. After that, I got a crc error during
the kernel uncompacting. When I remove the HD, everything seems to work
fine. And the same problem appears when I put it back (crc error).
Please help me
thanks
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From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: redhat.hardware.arch.intel,redhat.kernel.general
Subject: vga=ask problems with 2.2.10
Date: 3 Aug 1999 18:30:35 GMT
I recently upgraded my kernel from 2.2.5-15 to 2.2.10. When I used the old
one, in lilo.conf I had vga=791 to set my console to 1024*768 resolution.
After installing the new kernel, this caused a blank screen after typing
linux at LILO. I booted the old kernel and changed this to vga=ask and
when I scan for available types, it doesn't show any ones that are of the
same resolution. Can anyone help? I'm wondering why a certain vga value is
supported in the old kernel but doesn't work in the new one.
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Reply-To: "^KC^" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
From: "^KC^" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
cogeco.linux,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup,linux.redhat.install,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: I need some help with RH60 and network.... Can you help me Please?
Date: Tue, 3 Aug 1999 14:54:50 -0400
Thanks for the info Josef...
Kasey
Josef Oswald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:uN_n3.25201$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Ok just so that you don't waste too much time....but I only can gaive
_one_
> hint about your etho card.
>
> I have the very same etho card, and _one_ thing you have to do is to turn
> _PNP_ OFF on it.....
> Sometimes Linux ( just as it was in my case ) would recognise the card,
yet
> the card itself would unable to connect to the internet...:-((
>
> after that done you can check it with ping local host....
>
> Also in you message there is a referecen to a PnP device.... Linux and PnP
> don't mix well, I think PNP was/is mostly used for the Redmont OS.....
>
> Ok here is from a Ethernet HOW-TO and what it has to say about PnP...:-)
>
> Just in case you do use _both_ Linux and Winxx on your box ( just like I
do)
> you would have to install a new driver (of course non-PnP) for this other
> OS.
>
> If this does not fix your problem, then you have one more step to do, in
the
> Bios change the interup for your nic from PnP to legacy ( disable pnp).
>
> hope this helps at least with your card problem,
> it could very well be that your soundcard has the similar solution.... but
I
> don't know since I'm not using sound ( not even under Windows) on my
> system...........
>
> So you might have to read the HOW-To in order to get the answers you are
> looking for..:-))
>
> All the best in your adventure into Linux world......:-)
>
> Jo Os.
>
> (Linux new-bie too) on a SuSE workstation......
>
> ---------
>
> 3.7.1. Linux and ISA Plug and Play Ethernet Cards
>
>
> For best results (and minimum aggravation) it is recommended that you
> use the (usually DOS) program that came with your card to disable the
> PnP mechanism and set it to a fixed I/O address and IRQ. Make sure
> the I/O address you use is probed by the driver at boot, or if using
> modules then supply the address as an io= option in /etc/conf.modules.
> You may also have to enter the BIOS/CMOS setup and mark the IRQ as
> Legacy-ISA instead of PnP (if your computer has this option).
>
> Note that you typically don't need DOS installed to run a DOS based
> configuration program. You can usually just boot a DOS floppy disk and
> run them from the supplied floppy disk. You can also download OpenDOS
> and FreeDOS for free.
>
> ---------------------- end of quote-----------
>
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From: Michael McConnell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: SCSI emulation layer & CDRW
Date: Wed, 4 Aug 1999 10:18:22 +0100
On 3 Aug 1999, Charlton Wilbur wrote:
>=20
> Hi all,
>=20
> I just broke down and bought myself a new CDRW drive - the ATAPI Acer
> 4x4x32. It works like a charm under Windows, but I'm having a hell of
> a time getting it to work under Linux.
>=20
> When it started out, it was /dev/hdc, and it had no trouble playing
> CDs, but cdrecord refused to work. So I recompiled my kernel,
> removing native ATAPI support and enabling the SCSI emulation layer.
> cdrecord now appears to be happy, but none of my other programs, which
> look for an ordinary cdrom, seem to be.
>=20
> (My internal Zip drive, which was formerly at /dev/hdd, is now at
> /dev/sda and appears to be working without any problems.)
Re-enable native ATAPI support in your kernel, leave IDE-SCSI compiled in a=
s=20
well, and have in your /etc/lilo.conf:
append=3D"hdc=3Dide-scsi"
Your ZIP drive will then return to being /dev/hdd.
> A transcript follows. Any ideas? The fact that the CDRW shows up as
> every LUN makes me somewhat nervous. The docs I've found have been
> somewhat spare, and so I'm pretty much in the dark here. I'm probably
> missing something really obvious.
In your kernel compile, disable 'Probe all LUNs'.
> Charlton
>=20
> [cwilbur@prin-107 cwilbur]$ cat /proc/scsi/scsi=20
> Attached devices:=20
> Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 00 Lun: 00
> Vendor: IOMEGA Model: ZIP 100 Rev: 14.A
> Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: ffffffff
> Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 01 Lun: 00
> Vendor: ATAPI Model: CD-R/RW 4X4X32 Rev: 3.DR
> Type: CD-ROM ANSI SCSI revision: 02
> Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 01 Lun: 01
> Vendor: ATAPI Model: CD-R/RW 4X4X32 Rev: 3.DR
> Type: CD-ROM ANSI SCSI revision: 02
> Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 01 Lun: 02
> Vendor: ATAPI Model: CD-R/RW 4X4X32 Rev: 3.DR
> Type: CD-ROM ANSI SCSI revision: 02
> Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 01 Lun: 03
> Vendor: ATAPI Model: CD-R/RW 4X4X32 Rev: 3.DR
> Type: CD-ROM ANSI SCSI revision: 02
> Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 01 Lun: 04
> Vendor: ATAPI Model: CD-R/RW 4X4X32 Rev: 3.DR
> Type: CD-ROM ANSI SCSI revision: 02
> Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 01 Lun: 05
> Vendor: ATAPI Model: CD-R/RW 4X4X32 Rev: 3.DR
> Type: CD-ROM ANSI SCSI revision: 02
> Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 01 Lun: 06
> Vendor: ATAPI Model: CD-R/RW 4X4X32 Rev: 3.DR
> Type: CD-ROM ANSI SCSI revision: 02
> Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 01 Lun: 07
> Vendor: ATAPI Model: CD-R/RW 4X4X32 Rev: 3.DR
> Type: CD-ROM ANSI SCSI revision: 02
> [cwilbur@prin-107 cwilbur]$ cdrecord -scanbus
> Cdrecord release 1.8a24 Copyright (C) 1995-1999 J=F6rg Schilling
> scsibus0:
> =09=09 0) 'IOMEGA ' 'ZIP 100 ' '14.A' Removable Disk
> =09=09 1) 'ATAPI ' 'CD-R/RW 4X4X32 ' '3.DR' Removable CD-ROM
> =09=09 2) *
> =09=09 3) *
> =09=09 4) *
> =09=09 5) *
> =09=09 6) *
> =09=09 7) *
> [cwilbur@prin-107 cwilbur]$ su
> Password:=20
> [root@prin-107 cwilbur]# mount -t iso9660 /dev/scd0 /mnt/cdrom
> mount: block device /dev/scd0 is write-protected, mounting read-only
> mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/scd0,
> or too many mounted file systems
> [root@prin-107 cwilbur]#=20
>=20
>=20
>=20
>=20
>=20
-- Michael "Soruk" McConnell
Eridani Star System -- The Most Up-to-Date Red Hat Linux CDROMs Available
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.amush.cx/linux/ Fax: +44-8701-600807
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From: nobody <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux and Pentium iiis
Date: Wed, 04 Aug 1999 18:06:43 +0800
Mr Foong wrote:
> I can't seem to make red hat's linux 6.0 to work on my Pentium iii 450.
> Any help would be appreciated.
> Thanks
Please describe your problem in detail ....
Linux newbie and lover
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From: Chris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: kodak 2801 CD problems
Date: Wed, 04 Aug 1999 20:11:59 +1000
Hello, I installed X-CDroast and Its havign problems recgonising the
CDR.. its an IDE, and when I chooose the button to show the list of
CDR-s supported, nothing shows up? Is this a tk problem or am I missing
something here?
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From: Chris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: kodak 2801
Date: Wed, 04 Aug 1999 20:30:31 +1000
How can I get my kodak 2801 burning in linux?
I tried Xcdroast but I cant get past the config menu (I cant see the
list of available CD drives to install from)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (B'ichela)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Wangtek 5150ES scsi tape questions
Date: Wed, 4 Aug 1999 06:09:58 -0400
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I have a Wangtek 5150ES scsi tape drive, its mounted as
SCSI-ID 6 on my Linux system (Slackware 3.9, Kernel 2.0.27pre10. This
problem has always been here. even from slackware 3.1! so I know its
not a new problem.
When I use the rewinding Scsi /dev/st0 device I can backup to
tape fine and dandy. but if I want to ADD a new valume after that one
with /dev/nst0 all hell breaks loose! heres a small example
pinkrose:~# tar -cvf /dev/st0 /etc/lilo.conf
tar: Removing leading `/' from absolute path names in the archive
etc/lilo.conf
pinkrose:~# mt -f /dev/nst0 fsf
pinkrose:~# tar -cvf /dev/nst0 /bin/bash
tar: Removing leading `/' from absolute path names in the archive
bin/bash
st0: Error with sense data: extra data not valid Current error
st09:00: sense key Illegal Request
tar: Cannot write to /dev/nst0: I/O error
tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
st0: Error with sense data: extra data not valid Current error
st09:00: sense key Illegal Request
st0: Error on write filemark.
Does the Scsi st.o driver have a problem with a Wangtek 5150es
drive using more than one volume? I don't have a manual for a 5150es
so I cannot tell if this is a problem inherent with the drive or the
software itself. Could someone tell me what the story with this drive
is? It does fsf without a fit. seek and tell work from mt too. as
does rewind and retension.
Related to this. how do I physically REFORMAT Scsi tapes? I
have a few that their formats are muffed up and a mt -f /dev/st0 erase
does NOT fix. I really wish someone write a SCSI-tape-HOWTO!!
After you copy a volume to tape. how do you findout how much
ROOM is left? I had problems with multiple volume tar tapes on both my
Wangtek and my Ditto 800 (floppy based tape unit). tar reads back
first tapes dandy. its the second and third tapes that get out of sync
with first tape. Do I need to specify tape length in tar????
PLEASE HELP ME FIND THESE ANSWERS. WEB PAGES, MAILLED COPYS OF
WANGTEK MANUALS.... ANYTHING!!!!!
--
A pearl of wisdom from the y2K newsgroups:
=========================================================================
Y2K appears to be the Baby Boomers mid-life crisis, and it has the
potential to be a dandy.
-- Anonymnous --
==========================================================================
B'ichela
N O T E
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From: Harald Arnesen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: 3 button mouse
Date: 04 Aug 1999 09:10:03 +0200
Reply-To: Harald Arnesen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Gunnar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Please suggest a 3 button ( I'd rather buy a 3button than a 2b.+1 wheel)
> PC mouse, that:
> - works fine with Linux and X Windows (all 3 buttons)
> - does not require switches, holding down left button during boot, or
> any other extra work, (I hate my present mouse)
>
> Has anyone any comments on the Logitech Pilot mouse (3 buttons)?
Very good mouse. I have one PilotMouse and one PilotMouse+ (the middle
button is a scroll wheel), and I prefer the plain one. Nice feel to
it, and unlike most modern mice, it can be used by a lefthanded
person.
--
Harald Arnesen, Apalløkkveien 23 A, N-0956 Oslo, Norway
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mohd H Misnan)
Subject: Re: 3 button mouse
Date: 4 Aug 1999 01:22:25 GMT
On Tue, 03 Aug 1999 14:23:08 +0200, Gunnar wrote:
>Hello.
>
>Please suggest a 3 button ( I'd rather buy a 3button than a 2b.+1 wheel)
>PC mouse, that:
> - works fine with Linux and X Windows (all 3 buttons)
> - does not require switches, holding down left button during boot, or
>any other extra work, (I hate my present mouse)
>
>Has anyone any comments on the Logitech Pilot mouse (3 buttons)?
I've Logitech 2button+1wheel mouse. The wheel can act as 3rd button without any
problem. Logitech Pilot mouse = Logitech MouseMan+ (elsewhere in the world other
than Europe), so I guess it should work just fine.
--
|Mohd Hamid Misnan | [EMAIL PROTECTED] / [EMAIL PROTECTED] |
|iMac/233RevB/MacOS 8.6 | [EMAIL PROTECTED] |
|AMDK6-2/300/Linux2.2.10 | http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/3319/ |
-Southern DOS: Y'all reckon? (Yep/Nope)
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From: Kimmo Hovi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: SCSI emulation layer & CDRW
Date: Wed, 4 Aug 1999 14:13:13 +0300
[clip clip]
umm, using 2.2.10, I have my ide-scsi devices as /dev/sr*
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From: Jon Bloom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: can't find module st, also 9Gig SCSI disks? OK?
Date: Wed, 04 Aug 1999 07:18:37 -0400
"Lyndon F. Bartels" wrote:
>
> When I boot the system, I get the following error message.
>
> Enabling Swap Space [OK]
> can't locate module st
> INIT: Entering run level 3 yadda yadda yadda.
>
> I'm assuming this has something to do with the tape drive? Any obviously
> simple answers?
I think SCSI tape support is compiled into the kernel, not as a module.
The RH init scripts are supposed to detect that and not load the st
module. Which leads me to wonder if you are really booting the default
kernel. What does a "uname -r" give you?
> Also, I'm planning on adding 2 9G drives to this system for data storage.
> I have the OS and httpd server setup on the existing 4.5s. I'm merely adding
> the 9Giggers. I read somewhere that either Adaptec doesn't like drives larger
> that 8Gig, or that Linux doesn't. What's the skinny? Am I doomed?
Dunno where you heard that, but I'm using a 2940U with a 9-GB Seagate
drive without any problems.
Jon
--
Jon Bloom, KE3Z
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Electronic Publications Manager (Software, CD-ROMs and Web site)
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From: Tim Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: MX300
Date: Wed, 04 Aug 1999 04:27:24 -0700
David Brown wrote:
>
> Thanks for the reply. One more question. I have a spare SB 16. Can I put
> this in with the MX300? Will I get conflicts in Windows, Linux, or both?
> Or will this work. I have a dual boot system, and would like to use the
> MX300 for Win and the SB16 for my Suse Linux.[CHOP]
That's the setup I use. Both cards can safely co-exist. The folks at
Aureal
(makers of the chips on the MX300) are one of the companies that are
afraid
to release the programming details of their chips, so the Linux
community
has been unable to get the proper drivers done for these cards. I guess
only
companies that have well-designed hardware and confidence in their
products
can afford to cooperate with the open-source software community. Any
company
that has poor products that require software work-arounds and hacks
can't
afford to show their source code...people would see how internally messy
the stuff is.
-Tim
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From: Beat Rupp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Cacheable area... how was that?
Date: Wed, 04 Aug 1999 12:54:06 GMT
Hi
I have a Digital HiNote VP710 and upgraded to 80MB RAM. Now I'm=20
wondering, whether this amount of memory is still cached? From the=20
specs it's not absolutely clear, how much 2nd level cache it has. It's=20
almost certain that's only 256kb.
Host bridge: Intel 82439TX (rev. 1)
Bridge: Intel 82371AB PIIX4 ISA (rev 1)
Something about Intel chipsets was bad earlier, they couldn't cache=20
more than 64mb. Probably this also happens on my computer??
Thanks for any hints
Beat
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Tapio =?ISO-8859-1?Q?V=E4=E4tt=E4nen?=)
Crossposted-To: comp.periphs.scsi
Subject: Re: Tekram DC-390F with Linux
Date: 04 Aug 1999 14:47:55 +0300
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> Have you entered the configuration program at boot up?
> There is an option to enable > 1G support. Select this option.
Yes, it's selected. I even toggled it, what was suggested in User's
Manual. I think I'll borrow DAT from somewhere, backup the
whole system and try to do everything from scratch. If even that don't
work, I'll just leave it be.
I haven't try if I could get rid of the warning with
FreeBSD, which is currently on my IDE drive, but I probably
test the drive with that too.
Thanks, for everyone for their help. Still, if some one
has any suggestions, I'm willing to try them.
--
[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.iki.fi/tav/prudence/
Isn't it strange that the same people that laugh at gypsy fortune
tellers take economists seriously?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (bilge)
Subject: Re: HP JetDirect EX (ethernet)
Date: 4 Aug 1999 12:03:21 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Gumbie [EMAIL PROTECTED] blared:
> I am having troubles trying to get Linux (lpd) to print to the
>JetDirect device attached to my HP LaserJet M5P printer
>
> Heres what i do know:
>
>JetDirect listens on port 9099 for connections. When I telnet to it I
>can type text in and send an EOF and it prints the text.
>
>All other ports 1-9999 (excluding the allready mentioned port 9099)
>give a connection refused.
>
> Does anyone know of have done this in the past, please respond to:
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
M5P?
I'm using an 5SiMx, which works fine. Did you
put the ip adress and print command in /etc/printcap?
lp|0|HP Text:\
:rm=xxx.yyy.zzz.ttt:\
:rp=TEXT:\
:sd=/var/spool/lj5text:\
:mx=0:
:sh:
for postscript, change TEXT to RAW, and gve the printer a
different, like
lp1|1|HP PS:\
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From: Robert Sheskin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: PCI WINMODEM HELP
Date: 4 Aug 1999 07:31:06 -0500
>>>>> "Aldo" == Aldo Basso <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
In linux you have a paper weight.
--
Robert Sheskin
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