Linux-Hardware Digest #233, Volume #11 Sun, 12 Sep 99 02:13:28 EDT
Contents:
Re: DMA support ("Gene Heskett")
Re: Agfa Scanner and AVA1505 Controller (C. C. McPherson)
Re: SiS 620 problem (David M. Cook)
Re: Dual Celeron (Elvis Chen)
Re: Scsi troubles (M. Buchenrieder)
Re: Memory Upgrade IRQ Timeout (DBob)
Re: Serial ports & strange baud rates (Holger Petersen)
Re: Linux and Zip 250MB or Imation SuperDisks? ("Mitch Foxworth")
Re: wierd bug: NS communicator crashes sending mail (fixed, sort of) ("Robert M.
Taylor")
Re: Problems with NCR 710 SCSI controller and with Compaq Smart1 array ("Robert M.
Stockmann")
Re: kds vs-195 and vs-19sn: opinions? ("Robert M. Taylor")
Need help with HP external Writer 7200 (Xun Wang)
Re: CPUs (Darwayne Willock)
Re: Scsi troubles (Robert Sheskin)
Re: FREE EAST TIMOR!!! STOP THE KILLING!!! ("William B. Cattell")
Intermittent Ping problems - 3c59x and tulip (Anil Roopnarine)
Re: Which soundcard is best for Linux? (Nick Urban)
Re: sound problems!!!!!! (Milosh)
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Date: 11 Sep 99 20:15:30 -0500
From: "Gene Heskett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: DMA support
Unrot13 this;
Reply to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Gene Heskett sends Greetings to David St.Clair;
>> Hi, i'm having the same problem, and honestly i think it has to do
>> with the Ali V Chipset, which uses the 1541-1543 integrated chip
>> for both busmastering and agp port support. i don't think it has to
>> do with bios settings, as the bios report screen identifies my
>> drive correctly to be udma2. But i do think however, that under the
>> current stable versions of the kernel (2.2.1 and up) it is still a
>> problem to get udma66 going. i have heard of a solution to work
>> around this under dos setting the busmaster to udma 33 but couldnt
>> get any proper information on how to do this. any help on this
>> would be appreciated, and as this is a chipset used quite a lot i
>> think a lot of people would be grateful for it.
>>
>> thanks a bunch in adv.
>> martin
DS> I have a Quantum Fireball Plus KA 13.6, which is UMDA/66. I got
DS> it working by switching my ribbon cable from a 66 pin cable (the
DS> one it comes with) to a 33 pin cable (a regular hard drive ribbon
DS> cable). I also used a utility from http://www.kernel.dk/ide/
DS> that set my UDMA/66 to UDMA/33. This works great! Linux is very
DS> happy now.
Huh? 'scuse me, but *both* cables are terminated in a 40 pin idc plug,
and are interchangeable at the lower speeds. UDMA-66 requires a better
grounding arrangment than 33 does, so the 66 cable is an 80 conductor
cable, with every other wire grounded. Even then, 18 inches borders on
too long. 12 to 15 would be more dependable.
DS> I don't know if this will work with your Ali V Chipset, but you
DS> might try switching the ribbon cable. That should be enough to
DS> get it to work. I 've tried the latest patches for the UDMA/66
DS> in the 2.3.16 kernel and the 2.2.12 kernel, but they hang at
DS> certain stages. (2.2.12 did find it though, so its not far off)
As near as I can tell from looking at the code for ALI stuffs, it
doesn't support DMA in any form. Unless theres some magic in the code,
no attempt is made to even setup a DMA channel.
Cheers, Gene
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (C. C. McPherson)
Subject: Re: Agfa Scanner and AVA1505 Controller
Date: Sat, 11 Sep 1999 09:00:04 -0400
>
> My Suse 6.1 Linux doesn't recognize the AVA1505 SCSI-Card. Please help me
> if
> you can!!
> Thanx
> Daniel
>
>
>
>
They're supported with the aha152x driver, but you may have to remove the jumper, I
did.
-Clyde
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David M. Cook)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: SiS 620 problem
Date: Sun, 12 Sep 1999 02:04:22 GMT
On Fri, 17 Sep 1999 11:08:01 -0800, Tao Xie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>My PC is with the SiS 620.
What version of XFree86? 3.3.5 is supposed to have better support for that
card:
http://www.xfree86.org/3.3.5/RELNOTES4.html#4
Dave Cook
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From: Elvis Chen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Dual Celeron
Date: Sat, 11 Sep 1999 22:14:21 -0400
On 11 Sep 1999, Gene Heskett wrote:
> If thats the case, then I must be running pretty stably. I'm running
> both the rc5-64, and seti gismos. slowly reaching for an >80% rank in
> setiathome.
don't bother. I'm stuck on somewhere between 9,000-10,000th (99.1%) place
for the past 3 weeks. There are many more people in this world with more
CPU cycle to waste than me.
Elvis
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (M. Buchenrieder)
Subject: Re: Scsi troubles
Date: Sat, 11 Sep 1999 22:00:34 GMT
Please fix your setup.
Robert Sheskin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
[...]
>I tried to add io and irq to the command (modprobe sym53c416 io=0x200
>irq=4) and get invalid parameter.
Try an IRQ that's not occupied already.
[...]
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Unless you do have an account there, you're forging a valid domain name.
>Replace "nospam" with "tidalwave" for email
Dream on.
Michael
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (DBob)
Subject: Re: Memory Upgrade IRQ Timeout
Date: Sat, 11 Sep 1999 18:16:28 GMT
On Sat, 11 Sep 1999 08:20:04 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (DBob) wrote:
>I am trying to upgrade the memory on an old 486 with an overdrive
>processor.
>While still under Windows, I had upgraded the machine from 4 to 16 meg
>RAM.
Since then, I've installed Redhat Linux 5.0, which appeared to be
working fine, until:
>Now, I'm trying to upgrade to 36 meg and I encountered the following
>problems:
>With 36 meg installed(4 onboard + two 16 meg SIMMS), the boot fails
>with the following error:
>
>unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address 4002d0a0
>
>I then tried a smaller upgrade using one of the new 16 meg SIMMS and
>and, alternatively, an 8 meg and 4 meg SIMM.
>The boot failed with the following error:
>20, 28:
>Unknown interrupt
>hda: irq timeout: status=0X58 (driveReady SeekComplete DataRequest)
>ide0 reset success
>hda: irq timeout: status=0X58 (driveReady SeekComplete)
>
>repetively infinitum.
>
>Thanks for any help - Don
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Holger Petersen)
Subject: Re: Serial ports & strange baud rates
Date: Sat, 11 Sep 1999 19:27:27 GMT
Nicolas Mailhot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>Hello everybody,
> I need to communicate on a serial port with a device that
>uses non-standard baud rates
Depending on the hardware... On a standard PC serial port, you may
get any Baudrate from 115200 to ~1 that satisfies the following
equation: B = 115200 / N, where N is any integer from 1 to 16535.
>(i.e.8737bds for example).
Impossible; either 115200/14 => 8228 or 115200/13 => 8861
>I also thought I might use a DB25 serial
>port and apply the device clock on pins 15 & 17 (as in the
>RS232 original spec)
... but "no connection" on any PC serial port.
>Any idea/suggestion/link anyone ?
Take a standard extra serial board, un-solder the 1.8 MHz quarz
and re-solder a custom one: 4.915.200 was 8and still should be)
available: with a divisor of "35" you get "8777"; which might be
near enough?
Yours, Holger
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From: "Mitch Foxworth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux and Zip 250MB or Imation SuperDisks?
Date: 12 Sep 1999 02:35:48 GMT
Ditto the LS-120. I use a jury-rigged SuSE 6.0, and can't boot off of the
LS-120 ("kernel compression format not recognized" error), but it works
great as a backup drive. The media are cheaper than Zips, too.
Gene Heskett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Unrot13 this;
> Reply to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> Gene Heskett sends Greetings to Glasgow ;
>
> > Hello,
>
> > Will Linux successfully recognise and use either of the following?
>
> > 1) IOMega ZIP 250MB
> > 2) Imation SuperDisk LS-120
>
> Yes, and Yes
>
> > I ask because I am going to buy a backup drive at the weekend and
> > need to be able to buy the right one. I realize that Linux is able
> > to use the Zip100 version of the drive, but I wondered about the 250
> > version. If not that, then I hoped it would be able to use the
> > Imation SuperDisk which gives me
> > 20MB more than the Zip100.
>
> > My distribution of Linux is SuSE 6.2, latest one.
>
> I'm using an old Superdisk as a 120 meg removeable hard drive. Noisey,
> slow, and (knock on wood, my head will do in a pinch..) so far, rock
> solid dependable. You might have to turn on the atapi floppy stuffs and
> recompile to use the floppy as a floppy though.
>
> Cheers, Gene
> --
> Gene Heskett, CET, UHK |Amiga A2k Zeus040 50 megs fast/2 megs chip
> Ch. Eng. @ WDTV-5 |A2091,GuruRom,1g Seagate,CDROM,Multiface
III
> |Buddha + 4 gig WDC drive, 525 meg tape
> |Stylus Pro, EnPrint, Picasso-II, 17" vga
> RC5-Moo! 690kkeys/sec isn't much, but it all helps
> email gene underscore heskett at iolinc dot net
> --
>
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From: "Robert M. Taylor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: wierd bug: NS communicator crashes sending mail (fixed, sort of)
Date: Sun, 12 Sep 1999 03:52:22 GMT
There is a new Browser out there: Opera. I think the software is in now.
If netscape ends up a dog, this is a replacement. I have been using
Communicator for about a month and have not seen the problems you
mentioned. Are you trying to run this beast in less than 32 MB of RAM?
If so, forget it. This thing thrashes my box more than StarOffice does.
Good Luck
Bob
Chris Abajian wrote:
>
> I backed out 4.61 and tried 4.07, the one shipped with RH 5.2 and
> the problem goes away. Sigh.
>
> After a morning reading the newsgroups I realized:
>
> - The product is really flaky. There are an enormous number of crashing bugs
> posted even within the narrow envelope of my news server keeping the
> messages. Bad sign: many people recommend not updating. Suggests the
> codebase is becoming unmaintainable, i.e. more bugs created than fixed.
>
> - Nobody at netscape pays the slightest attention to these reports AFAICT
>
> - If Mozilla doesn't get it together soon, there's an EXCELLENT business
> opportunity for a good browser on Linux. I would PAY for one. Can you
> believe it? Believe.
>
>
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Welcome to SuSE Linux 6.1 (i386) Kernel 2.2.5
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From: "Robert M. Stockmann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Problems with NCR 710 SCSI controller and with Compaq Smart1 array
Date: Sun, 12 Sep 1999 05:53:06 +0200
Wim wrote:
>
> I tried to install linux on a Compaq proliant 1000 and a Compaq prosigma.
> I used Redhat 6.0, and Suse 6.1 but they just wouldnt detect my hardware.
> The proliant had a Smart1 array and the prosigma an NCR..... scsi card,
> I found on the internet that there could be problems with the NCR ..... card
> but nobody could offer me a solution. As for the Smart 1, I only saw smart2
> in the kernel so maybe it is not supported, I dont know. Now I cant install
> linux on these machines cause it wont find my harddisks. Does anybody have
> the solution to this problem?
have a look here :
http://www.sleepie.demon.co.uk/ncr53c710/index.html
regards
Robert
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From: "Robert M. Taylor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: kds vs-195 and vs-19sn: opinions?
Date: Sun, 12 Sep 1999 03:57:25 GMT
We have the KDS monitors at work. Nice. One of the 12 units bought was
DOA though. We bought local, so there was not a problem in returning it.
A defective power switch. I'm not sure our "intern" didn't punch the
thing hard in frustration at trying to get some other peice to work.
Bob
fulton wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> Does anyone have some opinions about these monitors?
> Are they good monitors? What in particular do you like
> or dislike? Is one significantly better than the other?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ed Fulton
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From: Xun Wang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Need help with HP external Writer 7200
Date: Sun, 12 Sep 1999 01:19:31 -0400
I have bought an external HP Writer Plus 7200 (Serial Port) for
long time. But I never made it work on linux system. That's the only
reason I still keep my Windows98 running on my computer, and I hate it.
Anyone can help me out? Please e-mail me at [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Thanks in advance!!
Xun
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From: Darwayne Willock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: CPUs
Date: Sun, 12 Sep 1999 00:00:28 -0500
John Williams wrote:
> I am trying to install Red Hat Linux 5.2 and it crashes before I get to the
> setup area.
>
> But just before it dies it mutters these last words. Any suggestions what
> might be wrong....
>
> Partition check:
> hda:hda1
> hdb:hdb1
> RAMDISK:Compressed image found at block 0 crc errorVFS: cannot open root
> device 08:22
> Kernel panic: VFS:Unable to mount root fs on 08:22
>
> My PC is:
>
> AMD K6 - 200
> TX chipset Motherboard
> Quantum Fireball 6149MB as master with Seagate 528MB as slave
> Toshiba CD-ROM XM5302TA
> Matrox Millennium Graphics Card
I believe the problem has to do with your RAM, not you processor. You might
want to check your HDD's as a precaution.
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From: Robert Sheskin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Scsi troubles
Date: 11 Sep 1999 23:49:05 -0500
>>>>> "M" == M Buchenrieder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
M> Please fix your setup. Robert Sheskin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
M> writes:
M> [...]
>> I tried to add io and irq to the command (modprobe sym53c416
>> io=0x200 irq=4) and get invalid parameter.
M> Try an IRQ that's not occupied already.
That is a vacant irq.
M> [...]
>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
M> Unless you do have an account there, you're forging a valid
M> domain name.
So.
>> Replace "nospam" with "tidalwave" for email
M> Dream on.
Get a life.
M> Michael -- Michael Buchenrieder * [EMAIL PROTECTED] *
M> http://www.muc.de/~mibu Lumber Cartel Unit #456 (TINLC) &
M> Official Netscum Note: If you want me to send you email, don't
M> munge your address.
No thanks I'll keep it the way it is.
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From: "William B. Cattell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.m68k,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: FREE EAST TIMOR!!! STOP THE KILLING!!!
Date: Sun, 12 Sep 1999 05:41:27 GMT
James Knott wrote:
>
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Pedro RA" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >Sorry to post off topic but this is EXTREMELY important!
> >
> >FREE EAST TIMOR NOW!
> >STOP THE KILLING KNOW!
> >
> >Please take a look at the nearest
> >internacional news broadcast.
> >
> >Remember KOSOVO, RUANDA,
> >BOSNIA, CAMBODJA, KURDISTAN,
> >or the HOLOCAUST. Or remember all
> >of them. You may as well add
> >EAST TIMOR to this list.
> >
> >DO SOMETHING!
> >
> >Do what ever you can.
> >
> >Better even:
> >STOP SOMETHING THAT SHOULD NEVER HAVE HAPPENED!
> >
> > FREE EAST TIMOR
>
> Let's all send them our old Linux CDs!!!
That's actually not a bad idea... We can lobby congress and the UN to send
a Peacekeeping mission over and then train the Timorians(?) on how to
sharpen the edge of the used CD we send them. They can then use them as
weapons and achienve their freedom. Or we could keep the old CDs and use
them for coasters. ;-)
Bill
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Anil Roopnarine)
Subject: Intermittent Ping problems - 3c59x and tulip
Date: 12 Sep 1999 05:49:30 GMT
I have a linux box running 2.2.12 with a 3com 3c905b TX card and a Linksys
etherfast card. The problem would be that ping the interface remotely
sometimes fails - ifconfig on the machine shows no errors - as well as
log/messages, so i stuck the linksys card in.
this one seems to perform better - but it seemed to display the same problem.
at the moment it is alive while the 3com one is dead.
I really don't have a clue as to how to try to debug this - I feel the problem is with
the router, but my netop says that it works for the other machines
connected to it.
At one time he made the router update its cache(arp) and immediately the interface
responded.
i just wanted to put this out there and see if anyone has any ideas - I
think i will try to set up a packet sniffer to see if packets are being sent to the
interface when its in suck mode.
but i'm a newbie at this networking stuff :(
any help is appreciated - or pointers to documentation/relevent newsgroups!
-anil
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Nick Urban)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Which soundcard is best for Linux?
Date: Sat, 11 Sep 1999 22:28:11 -0700
Mine was even easier to set up than that. I don't know what distrubutions
include this, but redhat installed something called "sndconfig" which made
the whole thing a breeze. I popped in my SB16, an ran sndconfig. It
autodetected the card, and updated /etc/conf.modules. After that sound
just worked.
If you have a well-known card I would try to use sndconfig before spending
a lot of time manually messing with that stuff. Especially if you are a
newbie, in which case the sound problem is no doubt one of only 1000
things that are confusing the hell out of you. I know they did me ;-)
Nick Urban
<snip>
>Getting most soundcards to work is a matter of installing the correct driver
>as a module, running pnpdump, editing the output file to set the IRQ / DMA and
>then running isapnp at each boot (oh, and update conf.modules to reflect the
>new settings).
>
>To be honest, it is not half as bad as it seemed a year ago when I started on
>Linux.
<snip>
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From: Milosh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.x,hk.comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: sound problems!!!!!!
Date: Sun, 12 Sep 1999 01:03:10 +0200
Hi!
First of all, don't crosspost your sound problem to networking , hatdware
and other news groups. It is not realy polite:-)
Now, about your sound problem..
Perhaps your X envoirment (gnome ,kde ..) system uses your sount card.
Enlightenment, for example loads (by default) esd (enlig. sound deamon)
,so the sound card is in use when you try to play mp3 witn some player.
In enlightenment (and gnome+enlightenment) you can say is shell
killall esd
then you will be able to play music..
Bye
On Sun, 12 Sep 1999, exploser wrote:
> I have set my soundcard by sndconfig, it work in the test and i have heard
> Linus Torvald's sound!! but when i started the X-window, it does not show
> any sound effect, even if i try to use X11amp,it failed to play any
> MP3!!Why??Please help me to solve it!!!!!thx!!
>
>
>
>
>
>
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