Linux-Hardware Digest #515, Volume #12 Mon, 20 Mar 00 14:13:08 EST
Contents:
Re: Partition problems (Svend Olaf Mikkelsen)
lp.o and TRUST_IRQ (Yan Seiner)
Re: New laptops with WinModem :-( (Rod Smith)
ZIP & RH 6.1 ("David B. Johnson")
Help LILO 10101... Problem!!! ("Martin")
Re: One SCSI Card, 21 SCSI Hosts? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Turtle Beach Pinnacle Setup++ (Jaroslaw M Myszewski)
P3C2000, 3C509B ISA network card not working ("Rafał Michalski")
Re: NVIDIA Linux drivers soon... (Michael Kelly)
Re: lexmark Z11 (Scott Alfter)
What is an ATHLON? (mike)
Re: General enquiry/discussion about hardware support in linux. (Henrik Carlqvist)
Re: Repost: Audio CD won't play under RH 6.1 (now Mandrake 7.0) ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Help LILO 10101... Problem!!! (Neil Koozer)
Re: NVIDIA Linux drivers soon... (Johan De Messemaeker)
Re: Help LILO 10101... Problem!!! (Irv)
Probs with Brother HL1050 (Sven Holz)
Re: HELP!! Can't install Linux with SCSI HD.!! (Anthony)
Re: IDE via PCI not working (Allan Poindexter)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Svend Olaf Mikkelsen)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Partition problems
Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2000 16:14:11 GMT
Paweł Kot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I had some Linux patritions on my hard drive (primary and logical as well).
>I have overritten the partiotion table using DOS fdisk. Now, Linux can boot
>from the first partition but the other are not visible. And I need some data
>from a logical partition. Can I recover the old partition table? Or can I
>recover some data from some place on the disk to the first partition? Maybe
>DOS fdisk make backup of the partition table and I can recover it? And the
>last question: can I use Linux fdisk to set up the partitions without
>loosing stored data?
>
>Thanks in advance for help
>
>regards
>
>peKOT
You can go to my page http://inet.uni2.dk/~svolaf/utilities.htm
download Findpart, boot to DOS, do
findpart all fp.txt
and post the content from fp.txt. Then maybe I can help.
--
Svend Olaf
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From: Yan Seiner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: lp.o and TRUST_IRQ
Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2000 10:27:39 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I keep getting the following:
Mar 20 08:42:38 aphrodite kernel: lp0: the printing could be optimized
using the TRUST_IRQ flag, see the top of linux/drivers/char/lp.c
I've read through lp.c and seems that I could use the flag.
Unfortunately, I am using lp as a module, and tunelp does not "stick"
once the module is unloaded and loaded.
Any way I can put this flag into conf.modules?
I've searched and drew a blank.
--Yan
--
Think different
ride a recumbent
use Linux.
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Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rod Smith)
Subject: Re: New laptops with WinModem :-(
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.portable
Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2000 16:27:29 GMT
[Posted and mailed]
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Julius Apweiler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Rod Smith wrote:
>>
>> The Lucent software modem in my Compaq 1200-XL106 works fine using the
>> Lucent drivers from http://www.linmodems.org. See my web page at
>> http://www.rodsbooks.com/presario/ for details.
> Is that the same modem as in the Presario 1230? I'm trying to set that
> up for my father, and so far he has to use a 33.6 serial one. It's
> actually faster than the '56k' soft-modem, but of course it's external.
> Do the Lucent drivers work with the 1230's modem, and if yes, how?
I don't know, but I'd say the odds are good. It's certainly worth trying
the drivers.
--
Rod Smith, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.rodsbooks.com
Author of books on Linux networking & WordPerfect for Linux
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From: "David B. Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: ZIP & RH 6.1
Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2000 16:10:13 GMT
Have a ZIP PP drive which works well under Billyware, but have had no
such luck in Linux. I 'followed' the posted technoques for modularizing
ppa - no luck. According to RH both old & new versions are supported.
Drive has manufacture date of 07/06/99 but no indication if it's a zip
or zip+.
I have 2 pp's with the zip attached to the 2nd.
Any thoughts will be appreciated.
Dave
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From: "Martin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
uk.comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup,linux.redhat.install
Subject: Help LILO 10101... Problem!!!
Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2000 17:20:10 -0000
When installing RH 6.1 on my system after the LILO configuration has
completed upon rebooting my system I get the 10101010... string running
accross the screen. I then have to boot into DOS and "fdisk /mbr". I have an
IBM Deskstar 20.5GB drive with 2 partitions of 10GB running Win 98 and a 4GB
Quantumn Fireball running Linux. I did not have any probs with LILO before
the IBM drive was installed.
Any help on how to get around this problem will be greatly appreciated.
Martin
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: One SCSI Card, 21 SCSI Hosts?
Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2000 17:20:54 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> when I tried to build a new kernel, Linux suddenly thought I had 21 SCSI
> controllers. Each controller supposedly had 7 removable devices attached to
> it, as well.
Duh. I had the "SCSI debugging host adapter" checked in the kernel config.
That appears to have been the troublemaker.
jas
--
Jason Van Patten
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From: Jaroslaw M Myszewski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Turtle Beach Pinnacle Setup++
Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2000 12:33:10 -0500
Hi. I'm havin pretty bitchy time getting PInnacle to work under linux.
My pinnacle TB is in non-plug and play mode. Reason for it, if it is plug
and play then it conflicts with my Adaptec 2940 U2W SCSI card.
Apparently, I get message "Device or resource busy" if I try to test the
card. Below are contents of necesarty setup files and files that contain
irqs assigned and memory ranges used. (these are same I use under NT) Also
piece of code from the driver
that returns the error shown in dmesg output.
Question: in order to get that card
working, do I have to recompile kernel?
DOes that fact that I have SCSI controller influence how I have to handle
that card? (it did under NT)
Regards.
Jarek Myszewski
==============================================================
conf.modules:
alias sound msnd_pinnacle
pre-install sound insmod sound dmabuf=1
alias midi mpu401
options mpu401 io=0x330 irq=5
options msnd_pinnacle io=0x290 irq=11 cfg=0x250 mpu_io=0x330 mpu_irq=5
mem=0xd8000
======================================================
dmesg:
msnd_pinnacle: Turtle Beach MultiSound (Pinnacle/Fiji) Linux Driver
Version 0.8.2.2, Copyright (C) 1998 Andrew Veliath
msnd_pinnacle: Non-PnP mode: configuring at port 0x250
msnd_pinnacle: Configuring MPU to I/O 0x330 IRQ 5
msnd_pinnacle: 131072 byte audio FIFOs (x2)
msnd_pinnacle: Pinnacle revision F, Xilinx version 1.4, I/O 0x290-0x297,
IRQ 11, memory mapped to 0xc00d8000-0xc00dffff
msnd_pinnacle: DSP reset
msnd_pinnacle: DSP firmware uploaded
msnd_pinnacle: DSP reset timeout
msnd_pinnacle: DSP reset failed
msnd_pinnacle: Attach failed
=====================================================================
localhost /etc]# less /proc/interrupts
CPU0
0: 229340 XT-PIC timer
1: 5595 XT-PIC keyboard
2: 0 XT-PIC cascade
3: 54760 XT-PIC serial
8: 2 XT-PIC rtc
9: 8546 XT-PIC aic7xxx
12: 85864 XT-PIC PS/2 Mouse
13: 1 XT-PIC fpu
NMI: 0
==================================================================
cat /proc/ioports
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
02f8-02ff : serial(auto)
03c0-03df : vga+
03f8-03ff : serial(auto)
e400-e4be : aic7xxx
f000-f007 : ide0
f008-f00f : ide1
===============================================================
cat /proc/modules
ppp 18316 2 (autoclean)
slhc 4328 1 (autoclean) [ppp]
nfsd 150936 8 (autoclean)
lockd 30856 1 (autoclean) [nfsd]
sunrpc 52356 1 (autoclean) [nfsd lockd]
aic7xxx 106928 2
======================================================================
#ifdef MSND_CLASSIC
static void reset_proteus(void)
outb(HPPRORESET_ON, dev.io + HP_PROR);
mdelay(TIME_PRO_RESET);
outb(HPPRORESET_OFF, dev.io + HP_PROR);
mdelay(TIME_PRO_RESET_DONE);
#endif
static int initialize(void)
int err, timeout;
#ifdef MSND_CLASSIC
outb(HPWAITSTATE_0, dev.io + HP_WAIT);
outb(HPBITMODE_16, dev.io + HP_BITM);
reset_proteus();
#endif
if ((err = init_sma()) < 0) {
printk(KERN_WARNING LOGNAME ": Cannot initialize SMA\n");
return err;
}
if ((err = reset_dsp()) < 0)
return err;
if ((err = upload_dsp_code()) < 0) {
printk(KERN_WARNING LOGNAME ": Cannot upload DSP code\n");
return err;
}
timeout = 200;
while (readw(dev.base)) {
mdelay(1);
if (!timeout--) {
printk(KERN_DEBUG LOGNAME ": DSP reset
timeout\n");
return -EIO;
}
}
mixer_setup();
return 0;
}
static int dsp_full_reset(void)
int rv;
if (test_bit(F_RESETTING, &dev.flags) || ++dev.nresets > 10)
return 0;
set_bit(F_RESETTING, &dev.flags);
printk(KERN_INFO LOGNAME ": DSP reset\n");
dsp_halt(NULL); /* Unconditionally halt */
if ((rv = initialize()))
printk(KERN_WARNING LOGNAME ": DSP reset failed\n");
force_recsrc(dev.recsrc);
dsp_open(NULL);
clear_bit(F_RESETTING, &dev.flags);
return rv;
}
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From: "Rafał Michalski" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: P3C2000, 3C509B ISA network card not working
Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2000 18:50:58 +0100
Hi all,
My 3Com 3C509B ISA network card doesn't work
with the new P3C2000 motherboard.
This happens under Linux (Slackware 7.0) and Winnt.
I have Pentium III 533 MHz at bus speed 133 MHz.
I even tried to reserve the IRQ 5 for the card in setup,
knowing from DOS configuration program that the card uses this interrupt.
Helped nothing.
The PCI card 3C590 works well.
Has anybody heard about some restrictions
using ISA cards with Camino mobos?
Bus speed, IRQs, setup tricks?
Rafal Michalski
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From: Michael Kelly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: NVIDIA Linux drivers soon...
Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2000 13:00:06 -0500
Reply-To: Michael Kelly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
On Mon, 20 Mar 2000 02:33:18 GMT, Alexis Bilodeau
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I use Mandrake 7.0 Air and it works perfectly.
>--
>Alexis Bilodeau
> ----
Thanks Alexis.
Mike
--
"I don't want to belong to any club that would have me as a member."
-- Groucho Marx
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Scott Alfter)
Subject: Re: lexmark Z11
Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2000 18:10:37 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Robert Halloran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>You're doomed: Lexmark only makes "winprinters".
That's not entirely accurate. I have an Optra Color 40 at home and use an
Optra S 2420 at work; both of 'em would work fine under Linux. (They even
support PostScript, which is a Good Thing (TM) for printing things from any
*ix.)
The trick is finding one of these. buy.com was blowing out the Optra Color
40 recently for $100, but I'm fairly sure they're all out by now. If you're
only looking at Best Buy/CompUSA/etc., you're not gonna find 'em as those
stores usually carry only the Color Jetprinter line, which are GDI printers.
(There's some limited support for some models through Ghostscript, but why
tie up your computer by having it pretend to be a printer's
microcontroller?)
_/_
/ v \
(IIGS( Scott Alfter (salfter at (yo no quiero spam) delphi dot com)
\_^_/ http://salfter.dyndns.org
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From: mike <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: What is an ATHLON?
Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2000 13:13:31 -0500
Hi,
What is the difference between an Athlon and a pentium III or
pentium II?
Mike
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From: Henrik Carlqvist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: General enquiry/discussion about hardware support in linux.
Date: Sun, 19 Mar 2000 20:54:14 +0100
Steve Taylor wrote:
> And even when it acceps a hardware device, it doesn't automatically
> mean it will access it optimally.
Could you please give an example of some hardware whose drivers could be
better optimized?
> The manufacturers are quite content to write drivers only for windows
> and refuse to disclose information on how to access the hardware
> directly.
This is true only for a few pieces of hardware. Software driven
winmodems and winprinters are such examples. Revealing the
specifications for them would show all their customers what kind of
brain dead hardware they have bought.
Other hardware such as network cards and scsi-controllers if easy to get
information about.
> Should the drivers load when you start an X-Windows compatible
> environment, then unload when you leave?
Not ordinary drivers. How would you be able to start X-windows if a
driver for your disk controller isn't already loaded?
> the alternative to this is, of course, writing a driver for
> each new piece of hardware and having it load upon login (or bootup).
A computer should be fully working even if noone is logged in.
> You may have a driver (or should I say daemon)
Deamons are different. They usually give some kind of service like a web
server and are not related to hardware drivers.
> to handle basic functionality of, say, an S3 card.
Graphics cards is an exception to the rule that drivers are loaded at
boot. Unless you are using the framebuffer device XFree86 contains the
hardware accelerated driver. However, linux is able to use the card as a
text console.
> Then you startup an XWindows session using, say, XFree86 which has
> its own driver for your S3 card. Then you have your soundcard.
Why would someone want to load the sound driver when X is started? That
way I would not be able to have my computer tell me the time every hour
without being logged in and running X.
> There is no guaruntee on the success or the quality of the work,
> since these guys aren't getting paid and no-one is telling them to do
> it.
You are often able to see a difference in quality comparing software
written by professionals who make a living on their programs and
software written by enthusiasts who live for their programs.
Professional software is being sold when it is "good enough". It would
give less profit wasting time on the bugs that most people won't notice.
You don't only want to sell a program. You also want people to later
make an upgrade. Most people don't upgrade because of new functionality
which they want but because of old bugs that they don't want.
> Let the hardware manufacturers write the drivers.
It would be nice, but would they give out the source? If they keep the
source, will they update the driver if it is needed for a new kernel or
will they try to sell you a newer model of their hardware? How many
winmodems or winprinters that are older than 3 years have drivers for
win2000?
> There is no "device manager".
If support for hardware isn't compiled into the kernel it is loaded as a
module. For more information about this, check /usr/src/linux/README and
the Module-HOWTO.
> And the question remains, why wait until X-Windows starts to start a
> device manager? Why not on system startup? The answer is quite
> simple. Who volunarily uses command line environments anymore?
> Point-and-click, drag-and-drop; it's the way to go.
I don't want to point-and-click or use a command line to load any
drivers. Those of my drivers which isn't compiled into the kernel are
being loaded by my startup scripts at boot.
> "Yeah, but why not load all those drivers on system startup or
> login?"
> Because we want all our hardware access drivers to load in the same
> step.
Why?
> You see, a graphical desktop environment will need video drivers that
> are a bit more feature-rich than a video driver designed just to give
> access to the card. A video driver for a GUI system has routines for
> moving windows, displaying the mouse pointer, etc... Why load some
> drivers upon startup/login and some more upon starting the desktop
> environment? It just doesn't go with the spirit of having a hardware
> device manager. It fucks things up.
It works so fine, what is the problem?
> I have a Yamaha WaveForce 192XG soundcard. It is a fantastic
> little piece of equipment. It also has no linux support.
I'm not familiar with that card. However, did you try ALSA or the
commercial OSS drivers?
> I still have one of those old S3 Trio64V+ video cards. It still does
> the trick, because its windows driver makes the most of its hardware
> acceleration capabilities. However, no linux driver does yet,
>From the README.S3V for XFree86 3.3.5 (which has been around for some
time now):
o Acceleration is pretty complete: Screen-to-screen copy, solid
rectangle fills, CPU-to-screen color expansion, 8x8 pattern mono
and color fills. Currently, the color expansion appears to be
substantially faster than the accel server due to the optimized
XAA routines.
o Acceleration at 32bpp is limited: only ScreenToScreen bitblit and
solid rectangles are supported. The ViRGE itself has no support
for 32bpp acceleration, so the graphics engine is used in 16bpp
mode.
o All modes include support for a hardware cursor.
Where you running at 32 bits color depth?
regards Henrik
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[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Repost: Audio CD won't play under RH 6.1 (now Mandrake 7.0)
Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2000 18:13:40 GMT
Thanks for the info, Grassman. Unfortunately, I have no file on my
system called setup. It sounds like you are talking about the sndconfig
file, which I have tried and it works great. I have sound within X, just
no sound from an audio CD when played. Yes, it's a trivial matter
really, I can live without it, it's just annoying.
Also, in regards to you statement below where you apologise for how
simple a fix it might be, sometimes it's the easy/simple things we
overlook. I appreciate help. It just doesn't work for me. I am willing
to hear any other suggestions that you might have.
Thomas
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
grassman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Hey Boys,
> I've been into the linux scene for a few months now and interestingly
> enough, I hear of this problem quite frequently with the Red Hat 6.1
> distribution. But closer to home, it has happened to me --on every
> installation I perform --with any possible (and legitimate) hardware
> configuration.
>
> I have come across a simple way to remedy the problem. Forgive me if
the
> answer seems absurdly simple, but I often find that the most difficult
> questions have the most obvious answers.
>
> When working from the X desktop, whatever desktop environment, open a
> terminal emulator like gnome terminal, xterm, etc.
> log in as the superuser, and from the command prompt type:
>
> /usr/sbin/setup
>
> Or if you're not afraid of the big black screen, it's easier on your
> computer to just hit CTL+ALT+F2, login as root from the new virtual
> console, and use the same command.
>
> If memory serves me correctly, this is the command which directs you
to a
> setup program for hardware configuration and the specification of
device
> drivers for any hardware upgrades. --note that this setup runs
completely
> independent of the installation process. I'ts not the same.
>
> You'll see a colored screen appear as soon as you hit the carriage
return
> following the command that I just listed. You'll find a dialog box on
the
> center of the screen with a list of options. You are interested
> specifically in the sound card configuration option. (ex- If you'd
like
> to change up your display properties, go to the x-configuration option
> from the same dialog box. I's a really user friendly tool for
newbies.)
>
> Now you'll get the chance from within the soundcard configuration to
> specify your soundcard type by custom parameter definition or by
> autodetection following your choosing the soundcard from a predefined
list
> (the default) --you only enter custom setup for soundcards if there is
an
> error on autodetection. Good news though-- it's interactive
> autodetection. So if it sounds funny when it plays back the wave
sample
> and the midi sample, just say you didn't here it. And of course if you
> didn't hear it at all, you'd want to reflect that also in the post
> playback poll, "Did you hear the sample?" -YES? -NO?
>
> If for some reason this isn't working for you, try these awesome
little
> options from the command prompt to get more help:
>
> setup --help
> setup -h
> man -setup **--|__or possibly:__|--** man setup
>
> It is my experience that re-configuring my soundcard and video card
after
> installation proves most beneficial in CDROM and VGA DISPLAY trouble
> shooting. AND it's reliably effective. I also was dealing with a
> Soundblaster, i.e.- Creative Labs, Soundblaster16. I have never had to
go
> through more than the autodetection process. I hope you don't have to
> either.
>
> As another tech support/ self-education resource, try:
>
> http://www.linuxhelp.net/
>
> It's the most informative, straightforward, helpful, and specific help
> available for linux on the wwweb, at least in my opinion. It's free.
> It's great for newbies.
>
> ...Now, if I could only get some help with the drive detection
problems I
> get with the new pc I'm building... (AMD K62/500Mhz processor, VIA
Apllo
> MVP3 chipset, 1st Mainboard [VA 503+] AT motherboard, 128 Mgb PC100
SDRAM
> @3.3v, Winpro brand memory card.)
>
> Send comments/questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> Thanks, and good luck.
>
> --
> Posted via CNET Help.com
> http://www.help.com/
>
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
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From: Neil Koozer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
uk.comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup,linux.redhat.install
Subject: Re: Help LILO 10101... Problem!!!
Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2000 10:21:47 -0800
Martin wrote:
>
> When installing RH 6.1 on my system after the LILO configuration has
> completed upon rebooting my system I get the 10101010... string running
> accross the screen. I then have to boot into DOS and "fdisk /mbr". I have an
> IBM Deskstar 20.5GB drive with 2 partitions of 10GB running Win 98 and a 4GB
> Quantumn Fireball running Linux. I did not have any probs with LILO before
> the IBM drive was installed.
>
> Any help on how to get around this problem will be greatly appreciated.
>
> Martin
When you get "L 01 01 01..." that is LILO relaying the '01' error code
from the bios. The '01' means 'invalid command', which in turn means
that you're trying to access material from an area that is inaccessible
to the bios (either above cyl 1023 or on the secondary itreface). Your
4gb drive should be completely below cyl 1024 if it is set to LBA in the
bios setup. If it is on the secondary interface, try moving it to the
slave position on the primary.
Neil.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Johan De Messemaeker)
Subject: Re: NVIDIA Linux drivers soon...
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2000 18:29:08 GMT
On Sun, 19 Mar 2000 19:38:06 -0500, Michael Kelly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hi. I haven't installed Linux on my new machine yet 'cause I've been
>messing around working around the Promise66 udma issue, but I now
>have a boot disk that can recognize the drive. I have a Gateway with
>NVidia TNT2 32 MB ram. Do you have any experience which Linux
>distribution will get XWindows up and running easily with it?
Every distribution with a version of XFree > 3.3.5 will do (running debian here, know
people
who use the TNT on RedHat ...)
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From: Irv <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
uk.comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup,linux.redhat.install
Subject: Re: Help LILO 10101... Problem!!!
Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2000 18:38:38 +0000
Martin wrote:
> When installing RH 6.1 on my system after the LILO configuration has
> completed upon rebooting my system I get the 10101010... string running
> accross the screen. I then have to boot into DOS and "fdisk /mbr". I have an
> IBM Deskstar 20.5GB drive with 2 partitions of 10GB running Win 98 and a 4GB
> Quantumn Fireball running Linux. I did not have any probs with LILO before
> the IBM drive was installed.
>
> Any help on how to get around this problem will be greatly appreciated.
>
> Martin
Yes, i had this problem... it's not the master boot record that lilo has messed
up, it's the FAT tables. If you have Norton disk doctor, run that and it
should sort you out :-)
Irv
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exactly what I am, that's something I will always doubt.
-- Face To Face
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From: Sven Holz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Probs with Brother HL1050
Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2000 19:40:49 +0100
Hi, i got a big problem with the configuration of an Brother HL 1050, it
should be supported from ghostscript with the "ljet4" driver @ 1200x600
dpi.
That is what i configured but it seems not to work correct. The
apsfilterrc is correctly installed also the printcap ( i should better
say "i think they are") and its working via samba with printjobs from
Windows-Machines (i think theire jobs don't need to be filtered) but via
remote printing from another linux machine the documents seems to be NOT
filtered by the aps, because the documents are not complete and that
parts, that are on the paper does't have the right format.
I don't know yet the Versionnumber from that Ghostscript on my machine
but it should be an new one (it's from the SuSE 6.2).
There's nothing i didn't have done up to know so please, if you got an
idea let me know.
I'm realy ashamed cause of my bad english but writing is not the same
than reading and that is what i do the most time ;-)
OK thanks a lot for reading this
c ya
Sven
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Anthony)
Crossposted-To:
hk.comp.pc,alt.os.linux,hk.comp.hacker,hk.comp.os.linux,tw.bbs.comp.linux
Subject: Re: HELP!! Can't install Linux with SCSI HD.!!
Date: 20 Mar 2000 18:57:28 GMT
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>It might help if you give more accurate info, like what distribution you
>were using and when you start to have problem.
>
>In article
><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:>From:
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Subject: HELP!! Can't install Linux with SCSI HD.!!>Date:
>Thu, 24 Feb 2000 23:04:57 +0800
>
>>Hello all,
>>Could you give me a hand ?
>>i always message that " ExT2-fs warning: checktime reached, running
>> e2fsck is recommended"
>> " VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem) "
>>Why ?? and my computer can be install win95 with no problem.
>
>>SCSI card : AHA-1542CF
>>HD : compaq 510MB x3
There is nothing wrong. The system suggest you to do a disk check
after certain number of mounting (for example after 10 mountings).
Linux and Unix system typically run for months and years without
reboot, mounting the main root file system usually occurs after
booting. It is reasonable to do fsck (file system check) after
a year or two of disk activity. The system will do automatic
fsck anyway.
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From: Allan Poindexter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: IDE via PCI not working
Date: 20 Mar 2000 11:55:58 -0700
Allan> Linux sees the motherboard IDEs but does not seem to probe the PCI
Allan> card. Is there any sort of boot parameter voodoo I can use to
Allan> encourage the drive to probe?
Henrik> If you don't have the extra IDE ports on standard addresses or
Henrik> interrupts you might want to try the parameters mentioned in chapter
Henrik> 5.1 in the BootPrompt HOWTO.
I have tried these. Unfortunately none seem to work. One option is noprobe
but there seems to be no corresponding probe option. Presumably this is
because probe is supposed to be the default but as I said there seems to be no
probing. I was hoping I could be more insistent with the driver.
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