Linux-Hardware Digest #974, Volume #10 Tue, 10 Aug 99 11:13:26 EDT
Contents:
Re: EZ-BIOS and LILO (Tim Clapp)
Re: Diamond Monster Fusion (Voodoo Banshee chipset) (Scott J. Bertin)
Re: Diamond Monster3D W/R.H. 6.0? (Scott J. Bertin)
Re: display multi-CPU utilization under SMP ("BennoG")
Re: Watch and see... k6.2co6.65jc ("Methyon")
Re: Watch and see... k6.2co6.65jc ("Methyon")
onboard soundchip ("Jens Hechtfisch")
configuring OPL3 sound card (RAJEEV SURESH VASUDEV)
Re: Adaptec 7896 and 7890 support?? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: ATI TV Wonder, bt878 chipset (fIPS)
Re: Help on ppp connections( I have read the How-to's please help!!) (Chan Chung
Hang Christopher)
Re: Anybody using DLINK DFE530 NIC under RH6.0 ?? (Scott Marlowe)
Re: D-Link NIC (Scott Marlowe)
Typhoon - PCI Radiosound 3D (Dirk Engel)
Re: Clock showing Feb 6, 2033 (Greg Martin)
Linux, Promise Ultra/33, SCSI controller (Allen Ahoffman)
*BAD* experience with SIIG ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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From: Tim Clapp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: EZ-BIOS and LILO
Date: Tue, 10 Aug 1999 10:39:21 +0100
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
"Cameron L. Spitzer" wrote:
>
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Eric Goforth wrote:
> >My old hard drive crashed. I've bought a new WD 13 Gig to replace it,
> >and
> >have installed Win98. I'd like to reinstall RH 5.2 as on my old hard
> >drive.
> >
> >However, my BIOS doesn't support > 8 Gig HDD so I installed Western
> >Digital's EZ-BIOS. I assume that this "lives" in my MBR, I see a little
> >EZ-BIOS message at bootup, before the OS is loaded. Is there any
> >way that I can use LILO in my MBR as before?
>
> Boot the EZ-BIOS diskette. When it asks for your OS intall disk,
> give it a backup copy of your RH 5.2 install disk.
>
> Instead of hitting Enter at the LILO
> boot prompt, give the cylinder/head/sector numbers generated by EZ-BIOS.
> This little ditty is described in the BootPrompt-HOWTO:
>
> LILO boot: linux append="hda=12345,255,63"
>
> Do not let Disk Druid mess with your partition table. Run cfdisk or
> fdisk yourself. Be sure they are using the same numbers EZ-BIOS
> gives.
>
> Install Linux as usual. EZ-BIOS will tell LILO what it needs to know.
> Edit your /etc/lilo.conf file and add a line
>
> hda=12345,255,63
>
> after each image statement.
>
> Let me know if this doesn't work, or if it's hard to get the numbers from
> EZ-BIOS.
>
This is interesting: I went for an alternative route, which works very
well although it does require some thought before repartitioning. I used
the MaxBlast software from Maxtor, although it calls itself EZ-BIOS when
it boots up.
1) Install EZ-BIOS onto MBR.
2) Make a small (16 Mb should be plenty unless you do lots of kernel
development) partition first on the disk (it must be the first primary
partition), and make it active. You can mount this as /boot so kernel
images are always below the 1024 cylinder boundary. Install lilo onto
the start of this partition (e.g. /dev/hda1)
Windows can go on the second partition and anything else can go in an
extended partition (more windows partitions, linux partitions, swap,
etc.).
When booting EZ-BIOS is loaded first, then the it boots the first active
primary partition (i.e. lilo)
The only quirks I've noticed are:
1) Windows (95 OEM 1) still doesn't realise the disk is bigger than 8Mb
- well the fdisk on the boot disk sees it the right size, but won't let
me put partitions there.
2) Linux doesn't _need_ EZ-BIOS - it can still see the whole disk anyway
(albeit with possibly different geometry)
I hope this helps,
Tim.
--
Tim Clapp St. John's College, Cambridge, CB2 1TP
[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www-sigproc.eng.cam.ac.uk/~tcc1000/
Signal Processing Group, Cambridge University Dept. of Engineering
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Scott J. Bertin)
Subject: Re: Diamond Monster Fusion (Voodoo Banshee chipset)
Date: 10 Aug 1999 10:09:31 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[Posted and mailed]
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (AJ1701) writes:
> Hi all,
>
> I recently put together a new box just for linux (in an attempt to begin moving
> away from Windoze), and i checked xfree86.org and found the voodoo banshee
> chipset was supported, so i got a Monster Fusion w/16mb vid memory agp. I
> found that the chipset is supported by the SVGA X server, but for some reason
> it only wants to work at 320x200x256. The vid board obviously can go higher,
> and my monitor can do 1024x768x64M at 70hz in windows. The monitor actually
> can go higher, i just can't see that well. Anyone have any ideas (or
> modelines) that might get me to 800x600x64M at least? Email me at
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Remove everything after the edu to mail me).
> Thanks for any help!
You need to be using XFree86 3.3.4 or get the server from
http://glide.xxedgexx.com/3DfxRPMS_vb_glibc.html for Voodoo Banshee support.
Scott J. Bertin
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Scott J. Bertin)
Subject: Re: Diamond Monster3D W/R.H. 6.0?
Date: 10 Aug 1999 10:18:26 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Don Chorman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I have looked at the "Short List X Servers" for the Monster 3D, and I
> didn't find any matches. Does anyone know of an Xserver that I can use?
> Can I make my own Xserver? If not, I am looking into buying the Diamond
> Fire GL1000 Pro, which is on the Xserver list. Has anyone tried using
> this card. Any help would be great! I just installed the system (RH
> 6.0), and I am excited to be a newbie.
Since the Monster 3D is a 3D only card, I assume you mean the Monster
Fusion. An X server for this card can be found at
http://glide.xxedgexx.com/3DfxRPMS_vb_glibc.html
Scott J. Bertin
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "BennoG" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development.apps
Subject: Re: display multi-CPU utilization under SMP
Date: Tue, 10 Aug 1999 12:06:41 +0200
> I need to display the CPU utilization (or occupancy) for multiple
> CPU's under Redhat's 6.0 which has SMP built in. Something equivalent
> to "ps -xau" or "top" would be great. I just need something that shows
> what % of each_CPU_in_the_system is being used. Does such a tool
> exist?
>
> I tried ps and top, but nothing in the output even hinted that there
> were multiple CPU's....unless the output is a composite? ( I doubt
> it).
>
Try using ktop it display usage of every CPU in the system.
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From: "Methyon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
rec.arts.comics.marvel.universe,rec.travel.europe,nz.comp,alt.astrology.marketplace,alt.prophecies.nostradamus,alt.prophecies.cayce
Subject: Re: Watch and see... k6.2co6.65jc
Date: Tue, 10 Aug 1999 10:41:52 GMT
> I already said it some time ago, but I have to repeat it whenever I am
> remembered of this film because I was so disappointed by it:
... REMINDED of the film, of course.
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From: "Methyon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
rec.arts.comics.marvel.universe,rec.travel.europe,nz.comp,alt.astrology.marketplace,alt.prophecies.nostradamus,alt.prophecies.cayce
Subject: Re: Watch and see... k6.2co6.65jc
Date: Tue, 10 Aug 1999 10:41:20 GMT
> "I don't wanta close my eyes,...
>
> don't wanta fall to sleep...
>
> 'Cause I miss you BABY...
>
> and I don't wanta miss a thing..."
>
>
> <LET'S ROCK !!!>
I already said it some time ago, but I have to repeat it whenever I am
remembered of this film because I was so disappointed by it:
They made dozens of allusions to Star Wars, but not even one to Star Trek.
And it would have been so nice if the friend of Gracy, the daughter of the
character Bruce Willis played, would have had the name "George", like the
humpback whales in Star Trek IV. But they didn't give him this name. Mean,
isn't it?
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From: "Jens Hechtfisch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: onboard soundchip
Date: Tue, 10 Aug 1999 12:51:49 +0200
Hallo,
ich habe ein Mainboard von "pc-chips" (M573) mit onboard soundchip. Kann mir
jemand sagen, wie ich dieses Ding unter Linux einrichten muß? Ich habe schon
etliche Einstellungen im Kernel probiert bisher ohne Erfolg.
Danke Jens
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (RAJEEV SURESH VASUDEV)
Subject: configuring OPL3 sound card
Date: Tue, 10 Aug 1999 10:30:51 GMT
: I have presently running SUSE 6.0 . Previously i had RH 5.2 and
: it had a utility sndconfig which worked well for configuring the
: snd card. but in the Suse rel. there seems to be no such utility
: available. is there some utility with suse or will i have to do a
: recompile of the kernel with the appropriate changes.
: I'd greatly appreciate any Help.
: -rajeev
: ------------------------------------------------------------------
: Rajeev S Vasudev
: 2-Ganga, Harikripa-II CHS,
: Station Road, Govandi.
: Mumbai-400088.
: e-mail:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Adaptec 7896 and 7890 support??
Date: Tue, 10 Aug 1999 12:01:18 GMT
Could you post your SCSI Bios settings? RedHat 6.0 installation stops on
SCSI detection with my Tyan 1837UANG motherboard, which includes the
same Adaptec AIC-7896 U2W adaptor.
Thanks,
Jean-Marc van der Kolk
> I've been using an Intel L440GX+ motherboard that has a 7896 builtin
since
> about the March time frame with no Linux problems using 2.[12].x
kernels (well
> I've never been able to load Windows on it, but that is hardly a Linux
problem
> :-) At the moment, I have 2 9 gig IBM 10,000rpm LVD disks and 3 older
7,200rpm
> Seagate/Quantum SE disks on the second channel. Originally I had my
HP DAT
> tape drive and TEAC CD-R on the SE chain instead of the 3 disks, but I
moved
> those devices to a TekRam DC-390U controller when I added a scanner.
The
> standard AIC7XXX driver supports this chipset.
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From: fIPS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: ATI TV Wonder, bt878 chipset
Date: 10 Aug 1999 12:07:51 GMT
Doug <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Peter wrote:
>> Has anyone got the ATI TV Wonder to work under Linux? It's got the bt878
>> chipset so it should work with the bttv drivers. I got the video working
>> but no audio. I am using the 2.2.10 kernel with the 0.6.4 bttv drivers.
>> I've tryed using both kwintv and XawTV but no luck with the audio. Video
>> works great though. If anyone has managed to get the audio on this card
>> working, please advise me on what to do. Thank you.
>>
>> Peter,
>>
>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> I have the ATI all in wonder pro. I only wish it was a bt chipset because
> of the huge amount of support for it. Unfortunately, its an ATI proprietary
> chipset.....
Not true...in fact it is an BT829/BT829a on those cards...that's the reason,
why is was possible to write a driver without _any_ support by ATi !!
CU,
fIPS
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From: Chan Chung Hang Christopher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Help on ppp connections( I have read the How-to's please help!!)
Date: Tue, 10 Aug 1999 12:29:03 +0000
Mindspring wrote:
> Hey I would really appreciate some help debugging my ppp connection... When
> I start minicom I type ATDT###-#### the first time I tried this it logged me
> in and asked for a username and password, after supplying those it said ppp
> packet enabled and it froze up.... I had to kill minicom and when I tried it
> again it said my modem was locked... I have read all the ppp-howtos I could
> get my hands on and I would really appreciate it if someone would help me
> out with this...I must be a dumbass or something because I have been trying
> to make this work for a week or so... And I don't have a winmodem either...
> I checked and double check that....
>
> Thanks for any and all help ahead of time.......
>
> Stonethrower
mind telling us what distribution you are using?
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From: Scott Marlowe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Anybody using DLINK DFE530 NIC under RH6.0 ??
Date: Tue, 10 Aug 1999 07:58:35 -0600
"BERTHIAUME, ERIC" wrote:
> Anybody using Dlink dfe-530 nic under rh6.0 ... as you can guess i'm
> having a hard time getting that card to work.
>
> I know its NE2000 compatible but the probe can't seem to work.
>
> Any sugestions ?? Options in conf.module ??
It is a via-rhine chipset card, not NE2000
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From: Scott Marlowe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: D-Link NIC
Date: Tue, 10 Aug 1999 08:00:53 -0600
Chris wrote:
> Is a D-Link DFE-530TX 10/100Mbps PCI Adapter supported by RH 5.2?
> Thanks in advance
Yes. Use the via-rhine module. Note that under 2.0.36 kernel, it only
works as a module, not compiled into the kernel.
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From: Dirk Engel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Typhoon - PCI Radiosound 3D
Date: Tue, 10 Aug 1999 15:55:18 +0200
Hello,
I want to use this card (-> subject) with my Linux (Kernel 2.2.5).
Knows somebody a driver for this card or at least for the built-in radio
tuner.
The soundcard chip is ES 1969 / Maestro -2.
Yes, I have read the previous discussion about that chip.
--
EMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hompage: http://www.uni-karlsruhe.de/~Dirk.Engel
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Greg Martin)
Crossposted-To:
alt.comp.hardware,alt.comp.hardware.homebuilt,alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: Clock showing Feb 6, 2033
Date: Tue, 10 Aug 1999 14:45:51 GMT
On Mon, 9 Aug 1999 17:55:27 -0700, "Brian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hi:
>
>I have a AMD586-133MHz pci motherboard that runs Slackware 3.9 Linux 2.0.37
>with 32megs DRAM, 4gig HDs and 2 PCI ethernet cards. It runs as a gateway,
>router, web server, dns, etc. 24/7 and never misses a beat.
>
>The problem is that at random times the system clock randomly resets itself
>to Feb 6, 2033 (so I know the clock can do Y2K).
>
>This is playing havoc with my log files which all of a sudden find the
>machine far into the future.
>
>I have may machine periodically update the system clock from the Internet
>but there are periods of up to 5 minutes where my machine is "Back to the
>Future".
>
>This is a real reliable machine that consumes very little power and does
>everything I want without breaking a sweat. I want to keep it running but
>the system clock thing is a problem.
>
>My CMOS battery appears to be good - replaced it Jan this year.
>
>Any suggestions?
>
>Brian
>
There's lots of Linux groups out there Brian. That wuld seem the best
place to ask.
Regards,
Greg Martin.
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From: Allen Ahoffman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Linux, Promise Ultra/33, SCSI controller
Date: 10 Aug 1999 14:07:31 GMT
I am trying to get a Linux box using Redhat 5.2 or 6.0
to work with:
Promise Ultra/33 UDMA IDE controller
it works ifne on 8 drives
and then I put in the SCSI contreoller
tried Symbios SCSI conteroller, shows up as 27xx ncr53c875
when scsi is on the system works fine
when IDE in system works fine
If I set the boot to SCSI and then put both in the system hangs, no msg
no nothing on boot.
Can someone recommend a combination that will make this work?
Thanks.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: alt.comp.periphs.main,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,alt.sys.pc-clone.dell
Subject: *BAD* experience with SIIG
Date: Tue, 10 Aug 1999 14:04:06 GMT
Hello all.
I have experienced what is, without doubt, the WORST case of customer
service and negligence from a manufacturer of computer products. That
company is SIIG, maker of expansion cards for PCs.
Let me state now that in the 10+ years I've been using Internet
newsgroups, and in the 18 years I've been using/supporting computers, I
have never felt the need to publicize a bad experience like this.
However, I feel it necessary to warn the general public about this
company so that others don't go through the same experience I have had to
endure.
Here's the story:
Almost 2 months ago, we purchased two SIIG SC-PE4012 Ultra-ATA
controllers so that we could upgrade the hard drives in two of our PCs:
A Dell Dimension XPS P90, and a Gateway P5-90. Both machines have the
latest version of their BIOS.
After following the directions for installation of the product, I
encountered similar problems with both machines. Specifically:
1) After entering the partition information using FDISK, that
information would disappear after rebooting the computer.
2) When trying to flash the card's BIOS, the system would freeze.
3) When making any changes inside the card's BIOS, the system would
freeze.
I firt wrote an E-mail to SIIG's customer support. After waiting a few
days, I received an E-mail from Mike Mendoza from SIIG, and was told to
flash the BIOS on the card (which, if he had read my initial
message, had been tried and wasn't working). After searching the
Internet, I found other people who had the exact same problem with this
card. Upon the recommendation of one person, I installed both cards into
a 3rd machine (a no-name clone), and was able to flash the BIOS of each
card.
However, upon reinstalling the cards into the Dell & Gateway, I could
format the drives, but making changes in the BIOS would still cause a
system freeze, and attempting to do anything with the card in Windows
95 (install drivers, check properties, etc.) would cause a system crash.
After reading some half finished documentation sent by Mr. Mendoza, I
determined that there is a conflict between the BIOS on the card, and the
BIOS on the motherboard, and there apparently isn't any solution to that.
Such a thing was SPECIFICALLY MENTIONED in that half finished
documentation. I have supported PCs for 10 years now, and have a plenty
of experience in resolving compatibility issues. The problem definitely
lies in the expansion card itself.
I inquired with Mr. Mendoza about returning these cards in exchange
for two cards of a different model. I specifically stated that I
didn't care if they were ISA or PCI cards, or if the replacement
would result in slower hard drive speeds. I just need something that
allows each machine to use the new 10GB hard drives properly. He
told me that SIIG does not perform such exchanges, and that I
have to return the cards to my reseller.
The reseller only exchanges "defective" products for same-item
replacement. Besides, at this point, I had spent over 30 days
troubleshooting this problem, and could not return the product anyway.
Frustrated, I called SIIG's Customer Service Department (a toll call),
and was told the same thing: the company would not exchange the cards.
I explained the situation, and that these machines are NAME BRAND
systems, and was then told that the company "does not guaranty
compatibility". I asked for the representatives' supervisor, and was
given a phone number for "Laurie": 510-657-8688, x5315. Upon calling
this number many times, the person on the other end insisted that I
wasn't talking to SIIG. I don't know if there's a problem with the
phone company's switches, or if the person who picked up was an SIIG
employee who didn't want to talk to anybody.
Nowhere in the warranty statement that accompanied these cards does
it state that the company doesn't guaranty compatibility. The
warranty does state that:
"The Company warrants to the original buyer of this product that the
hardware is free of defects in materials and workmanship for a period
of five years from the date of purchase from a reseller or dealer.
Should this product fail to be in good working order during the
warranty period, the Company, at its sole option, will repair or
replace the defective product with an identical product or product
having similar features and functionality as determined by the
Company"
With that being said, I e-mailed their sales department, told them the
situation to date, and claimed that the cards have defects in
workmanship (due to the BIOS being improperly programmed), and that I
am entitled to replacements under the terms of the warranty.
The person who replied to the e-mail, Kris Chen, said that she'd have Mr.
Mendoza call me regarding this problem. In my e-mail to them, I stated
that I was on the East Coast (they are in California), and what my phone
number was. A few days later, I arrive at work to find that Mr. Mendoza
left a voice mail message well after 6pm. I tried calling him twice that
day (more toll calls), but his mailbox was full, and I could not leave a
message. I e-mailed him with this info, and asked him to call me between
9-5pm eastern time. A few days later, I again arrive at work to find a
message from him, left after 6pm.
I once again e-mailed the sales department, giving them an ultimatum: if
they don't contact me by 5pm on Monday, August 9th, I will take what
action is necessary to get a resolution to this problem. I also stated
that I no longer wanted to deal with Mr. Mendoza, as he apparently has no
legitimate desire to even attempt to resolve my problem. I get an e-mail
back from Kris Chen, telling me that she'll print out my e-mail and
deliver it personally to Mr. Mendoza. Sigh.
5pm came and went on Monday, and I received no e-mails or phone calls
from SIIG.
The only conclusion I can come to is that SIIG sells products of
questionable design, and refuses to provide any kind of customer support
for them. It appears that they go out of their way to avoid dealing with
customers experiencing problems, and will not honor their stated
warranty.
I urge anybody considering the purchase of an expansion card for their PC
to avoid SIIG.
I also plan to contact the Better Business Bureau and the California
Attorney General's office regarding this matter, as failure to honor a
product warranty is a crime.
If anybody would care to reply to this, please send me an e-mail.
Thanks for your time,
Chris Freemesser
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