Linux-Hardware Digest #919, Volume #12 Wed, 24 May 00 16:13:10 EDT
Contents:
Re: Device file ownership (Colin Watson)
Aviator 2.4 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: ESS1731 doesn't work after CD-Writer installation (eyez)
Re: RAM stress testing program? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
dmfe, dm9102 (Phil Reardon)
Re: realplayer 7 and slackware 4.0 (A Guy Called Tyketto)
Re: The Perfect Linux Video Card (Brandon Barnes)
Re: AGP Video on RedHat ("Jeffrey Tubes")
Re: Why does my VXA-1 tape only hold 14GB? (Bryan K. Wright)
Re: Compaq Prosignia 486 w/amd 586 overdrive and Redhat - too slow Help! ("Chris
Ripp")
Re: TV adapter from Terratec with bt878 chipset ("AI")
Re: VIA82CXXX (onboard sound for Athlon boards) (Rod Smith)
Re: UPS from Compaq on linux (Erik Jan van Westen)
Re: dmfe, dm9102 (Edward Lee)
Re: Soundblaster Live! - Which One ? ("John MacLean")
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Colin Watson)
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Device file ownership
Date: 24 May 2000 17:14:10 GMT
Sandhitsu R Das <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
[This isn't a hardware problem; followups set.]
>I have RH 6.0 running on Athlon 650. The audio devices (/dev/audio* ,
>/dev/mixer* /dev/midi* etc.) as well as the CDROM device (/dev/hdc) are
>all owned by a particular user for some reason. and the permissions are
>600! As a result, other users cannot use the CD to play songs, for
>example, or cannot use the sound mixer. I changed things by hand and made
>a "chown root" and "chmod 644", but it's turned back again to the same
>user account! I have never seen a strange thing like this.
Welcome to the wonderful world of pam_console. :)
Red Hat has a PAM module [1] which ensures that console users have
appropriate permissions to do things like play games. This unfortunately
results in a certain amount of ownership and permissions weirdness, not
to mention a potential security headache.
If you want to disable it entirely, remove the pam_console line from
/etc/pam.d/login; if you want to fine-tune it, have a look at
/etc/security/console.perms and the files in /etc/security/console.apps.
For more information, see the pam_console(8), console.apps(5), and
console.perms(5) man pages.
[1] PIN number? ;)
--
Colin Watson [[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
"Oh baby you're the only thing in this whole world / That's pure and
good and bright / And wherever you are and wherever you go / There's
always gonna be some light" - Meat Loaf, "Bat Out Of Hell"
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Aviator 2.4
Date: Wed, 24 May 2000 17:10:55 GMT
I am so lost with this. Any help is apreciated. My setup is
on a desktop (Redhat 6.0) and a laptop (Redhat 6.0). Both have
pcmcia-cs-3.1.15 installed. The laptop came up
with no problem but I have been fighting this desktop the whole way.
The main problem is that I can't get the green
"link" light to come on. When I start the PCMCIA service I get the two
beeps but nothing happens. Here are my
configs. Also does the slot number jumpers on the ISA card matter. I
have it in slot 4 but jumped at slot 1.
DEMESG
Linux PCMCIA Card Services 3.1.15
kernel build: 2.2.5-15 #1 Mon Apr 19 22:21:09 EDT 1999
options: [pci] [cardbus] [apm]
Intel PCIC probe:
Ricoh RF5C296/396 rev 00 ISA-to-PCMCIA at port 0x3e0 ofs 0x00
host opts [0]: none
ISA irqs (scanned) = 4,5,7,11,15 status change on irq 15
cs: IO port probe 0x1000-0x17ff: excluding 0x11f0-0x11f7 0x1378-0x137f
0x13f0-0x13ff 0x15f0-0x15f7 0x1778-0x177f
0x17f0-0x17ff
cs: IO port probe 0x0100-0x04ff: excluding 0x378-0x37f 0x3c0-0x3cf
0x408-0x40f 0x418-0x42f 0x438-0x43f 0x480-0x48f
cs: IO port probe 0x0a00-0x0aff: clean.
cs: memory probe 0x0d0000-0x0dffff: excluding 0xd0000-0xdffff
cs: memory probe 0x0c0000-0x0cffff: excluding 0xc0000-0xcffff
memory_cs: mem0: anonymous: unknown size
LSMOD
Module Size Used by
memory_cs 8160 0 (unused)
ds 6056 1 [memory_cs]
i82365 21404 1
pcmcia_core 43520 0 [memory_cs ds i82365]
ppp 18316 2 (autoclean)
slhc 4328 1 (autoclean) [ppp]
parport_pc 5012 0 (unused)
parport 7092 0 [parport_pc]
ip_masq_autofw 2208 0 (unused)
ip_masq_user 2312 0 (unused)
ip_masq_ftp 2352 0 (unused)
nfsd 150936 8 (autoclean)
lockd 30856 1 (autoclean) [nfsd]
sunrpc 52356 1 (autoclean) [nfsd lockd]
3c509 5812 1 (autoclean)
3c59x 18920 1 (autoclean)
I can see that I don't have the ray_cs module loaded but I tried that,
no difference. It loaded but was marked unused
just like the memory_cs.
Help, Anyone
TIA
Brian
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (eyez)
Subject: Re: ESS1731 doesn't work after CD-Writer installation
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Wed, 24 May 2000 17:23:45 GMT
Which kernel? Some newer 1371 chipsets don't work with kernels prior to
2.2.15... Although this doesn't seem like it would be the problem, it
came to my mind. ;)
quoting <Sebastian Scholz>:
>Hello, everybody.
>
>After the compilation of a new kernel for the generic scsi support my
>sound card with the above named chiopset doesn't work anymore...
>It's 100% the same kernel, the only change is about the generic scsi.
>Does anybody know the way to solve the problem?
>
>--
>Sebastian
> Visit my website at: http://www.corvo.de
--
Rando Christensen
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
<perception is reality>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: RAM stress testing program?
Date: Wed, 24 May 2000 17:31:25 GMT
On 23 May 2000 15:40:52 -0500, Colin Howarth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>Hi all,
>
>My system is crashing quite often (daily). There are the usual suspects.
>One
>thing I've tried is removing the second bank of PC100 memory. That seems to
>have done the trick, but I'd like to make _really_ sure, as memory isn't
>that
>cheap.
>
>Is there some program that tests the memory hardware?
I believe it is called memtest86. A guy from SGI wrote it, I'm not
sure if it was part of his job or not, but it is meant to test RAM.
Basically, it is the only process (actually an OS) which is running.
You can set it up from lilo, you can boot Linux (or that inferior
OS), or you can boot memtest86 and do memory testing.
Gord
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From: Phil Reardon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: dmfe, dm9102
Date: Wed, 24 May 2000 12:10:51 -0600
There was a thread here a while ago about the dm9102 driver for linux.
Davicom now has version 1.29 available, but only as an .exe file. Does
anyone have this as a .c or .o file that I can run on Red Hat 6.1?
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From: A Guy Called Tyketto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: realplayer 7 and slackware 4.0
Date: Wed, 24 May 2000 18:12:21 GMT
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john connolly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have installed realplayer 7 on a slackware 4.0 (glibc 2.0) system and
> on a turbolinux 6.0 (glibc 2.1) system. It loads smoothly on the
> turnbolinux system but it gives a segmentation fault on the slackware
> system. My guess is that realplayer needs glibc2.1 to run. Is that
> correct?
> Thanks, JWC
You're quite correct. RealPlayer 7 was built, using glibc-2.1.2,
so you would need at least that, to run it. Slackware 7.0 uses
glibc-2.1.3, so you should be kosher with that. slackware 4.0 has glibc,
but, as you say, 2.0, and in runtime only. Either go ahead and update to
the 7.0 dist, reinstall, or upgrade to glibc-2.1.3. Check the glibc
HOWTO for information on that.
BL.
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Unix Systems Administrator, | [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Brandon Barnes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: The Perfect Linux Video Card
Date: Wed, 24 May 2000 10:23:45 -0800
Thank you. This is exactly what I was looking for.
LhD Administrator wrote:
> > I know this is a tough subject, but instead of trying to get my current
> > card to work with Linux, I want to buy a card that is already
> > well-supported. What would be the best choice for a card that has great
>
> You should check out LhD, if you haven't already, and see what kinds of
> ratings other Linux users have given the most popular cards. There is
> also driver and workaround information.
>
> Opinions differ wildly, and having numeric scores from different users can
> help make sense of people's attitudes -- so you can immediately see
> the difference between something that's "very nice *once* you get it
> running" and something that's "easy enough for grandma to setup".
>
> --
> LhD Administrator
> Linux Hardware Database
> http://www.linhardware.com
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From: "Jeffrey Tubes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: AGP Video on RedHat
Date: Wed, 24 May 2000 13:28:46 -0500
I installed Redhat 6.2 which apparently ships with XFree86-3.3.6. It still
does not detect my card. Right now I'm running console until a driver that
works comes out.
"Dances With Crows" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> On 20 May 2000 02:14:24 GMT, Tillong
> <<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> shouted forth into the
ether:
> >I had rehat linux installed, and it worked fine under my old video card
that
> >wasnt AGP. But now that I have an AGP card (ATI Rage Fury 32Meg)
X-Windows
> >will not run. (I am running RedHat Linux 6.0 for x86 intel systems). I
tried
> >running X Configurator again, but it cannot detect my AGP card, and it
just
> >crashes when i try and configure it myself. Is there some kind of patch
or
> >something i need to install. Thanks.
>
> Yes, there is something you need to do. DeadRat 6.0 shipped with Xfree86
> 3.3.3(.1?) and the Rage Fury isn't supported under that release. Fury
> support was added in 3.3.6, I believe. So get the Xfree86 3.3.6
> package; URLs below:
>
> http://www.xfree86.org/3.3.6/RELNOTES.html (general info, 3.3.6)
> http://www.xfree86.org/3.3.6/r128.html (info on the Rage 128 cards)
> http://www-personal.umich.edu/~mhgraham/UpgradeXfree.html (unofficial
> guide to updating Xfree86; DeadRat 6.0 is a glibc 2.1 system)
>
> Pay attention to the "configuration" section on the Rage128 info pages if
> Xconfigurator has trouble configuring your new card.
>
> >Please Email me @ [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> In the future, post here, read here. This is a fundamental rule of Usenet
> ettiquette. Follow it.
>
> --
> Matt G / Dances With Crows \###| You have me mixed up with
more
> There is no Darkness in Eternity \##| creative ways of being
stupid?
> But only Light too dim for us to see \#| Beer is a vegetable. WinNT
> (Unless, of course, you're working with NT)\| is the study of
cool. --MegaHAL
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bryan K. Wright)
Subject: Re: Why does my VXA-1 tape only hold 14GB?
Date: 24 May 2000 18:20:27 GMT
hac ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
[snip]
: > Couldn't you get better performance by using a block size of 64k, as is
: > recommended (by Ecrix)?
: >
: Only if you increase the default buffer size in st_options.h from 32k.
Yes, that's what I did here. With some kernels you can also specify
the st buffer size at boot time (through an "st=..." statement in LILO)
or as an argument to the st module at load time.
For what it's worth, here are the results of the same experiment
with a block size of 64k:
$ time dd bs=64k < /dev/zero > /dev/nst2
dd: standard output: No space left on device
311184+0 records in
311183+0 records out
10.140u 5522.960s 5:41:26.38 27.0% 0+0k 0+0io 77pf+0w
so the total space on the tape still seems to be:
311184 blocks * 65536 bytes/block = about 20 GB.
When I do a backup using tar, I typically see a capacity of about
14 GB. What gives?
Bryan
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From: "Chris Ripp" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Compaq Prosignia 486 w/amd 586 overdrive and Redhat - too slow Help!
Date: Wed, 24 May 2000 13:02:27 -0500
As far as I know, the 586 on your overdrive chip ends where it meets the
motherboard, from that point on, Linux still thinks its a 486 due (probably)
to the fact that the overdrive CPU has to "report itself" to the motherboard
as such (I would imagine at least). Do a dmesg and see if you can find the
line that tells you what Mhz you're running at. If it says 133 (within a few
Mhz) then you're there.
Is it supposed to report as a 586? Not knowing too much about how these
chips work, I would guess no? Anyone?
"probebot" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:PecV4.6$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Redhat zoot posts message that it is running on a i486 at login.
>
> I am getting about 3 bogomips out of this system.
>
> Any help for increasing the of the system (diag disk shows the cpu running
> at 133 mhz).
>
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From: "AI" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: TV adapter from Terratec with bt878 chipset
Date: Wed, 24 May 2000 22:06:34 +0300
"Jörg Skottke" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
Hi!
Can anyone tell me if the chipset bt878 is supported by Linux (e.g.
RH6.2) ?
If this is the case, what "drivers"/modules do i need?
Yes it is. I have LifeView FlyVideo 98 and it's working.
Check http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/mini/BTTV-Mini-HOWTO-0.3.html
Greetings
Jörg Skottke
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Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rod Smith)
Subject: Re: VIA82CXXX (onboard sound for Athlon boards)
Date: Wed, 24 May 2000 19:19:38 GMT
[Posted and mailed]
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> Has anyone got onboard sound working on Athlon boards?
> I'm not sure, but I think all boards use VIA chips for sound.
...
> BTW, I'm using an Asus K7M,
I've got a K7M, and use the ALSA drivers (http://www.alsa-project.org).
They work quite well, but are a bit of a pain to compile and install. The
regular kernel drivers only support 8-bit sound, and are finicky at best,
in my experience.
--
Rod Smith, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.rodsbooks.com
Author of books on Linux networking & multi-OS configuration
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From: Erik Jan van Westen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.setup,nl.comp.os.linux.installatie,nl.comp.os.linux.overig,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: UPS from Compaq on linux
Date: Wed, 24 May 2000 21:00:24 +0200
In nl.comp.os.linux.overig Kees van Veen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hello ALL,
> Is there anybody out there who allready configured an Compaq UPS
> (T1000h) on his linux box ??
> I am having trouble, I get every time a BATTERY-LOW msg. The problem is
> probebly the deamon, I tried upsd, genpowerd end others...
> I use Debian Slink release 4/5
Je zult even uit moeten zoeken bij wie de betreffende ups vandaan
komt. Compaq maakt ze imho niet zelf. Je hebt goede kans bij het
vroegere fiskars, is overgenomen, nieuwe eigenaar is overgenomen.
Weet dus de naam niet meer.
Normaal is ook wel ergens te vinden hoe de ups zijn informatie
kwijt wil. Dat varieert van 1 of 2 lijnen van de seriele poort
omhoog of omlaag trekken tot echte volledige seriele comm. At
random programma's proberen zal niet gauw tot resultaat leiden,
mede omdat deze programma's geconfigureerd zullen moeten worden.
Dus: gebruik een zoekmachine.
EJ
--
Linux 2.2.15 on a pentium 233 MHz
Hi, I'm a signature borg virus. You are now assimilated :)
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From: Edward Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: dmfe, dm9102
Date: Tue, 23 May 2000 04:15:10 -0700
I wonder why they put linux drivers in .exe and .zip all the time.
Anyway, pre-compiled dmfe.o is available for download at
http://linnix.com.
Phil Reardon wrote:
> There was a thread here a while ago about the dm9102 driver for linux.
> Davicom now has version 1.29 available, but only as an .exe file. Does
> anyone have this as a .c or .o file that I can run on Red Hat 6.1?
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From: "John MacLean" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Soundblaster Live! - Which One ?
Date: Wed, 24 May 2000 15:53:47 -0400
Hi,
I recently bought a SB Live! and had asked myself the same questions. This
is what I found:
I recommend finding a local retailer selling the OEM Live! Value II (value
II has a digital audio output, value I doesn't). Same board as the retail
value, MP3+, and X-Gamer cards. And as you suspected, the difference lies in
the bundled Windows software. Just a driver CD with the OEM and you don't
get a CL warranty, but if the store is any good, they'll warranty it for
15-30 days; and if the board lives that long you aren't likely to ever have
problems.
I didn't look into the Platinum much because of the price. I believe its
still the same card but includes an audio breakout panel that installs in a
free 5 1/4" panel. Gives convient access to your various audio I/O plugs and
has a few extra I/Os not found on the others. Don't bother unless you plan
on doing lots of audio editing from external sources. This adapter can also
be purchased seperately for the other cards if you decide later you need
one. Software bundle consists of semi-pro audio editing programs for
Windows.
John
<no_name> <<nospam>@ > <"nospam.org> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Hi !
>
> I'm planning on getting a SoundBlaster Live! card now that there is
support
> for it under Linux. The problem is that there are so many different
versions:
>
> - Platinum, X-Gamer, MP3+, 1024, Value, etc.
>
> From looking at creative's webpage, the specs look identical on all cards.
> Is there any difference in hardware between them, or is it just the
bundled
> software (which I don't care about, since I want to use it with Linux)
>
> To rephrase the question, is there any other consideration from a linux
user's
> point of view other than trying to go for the cheapest SBLive card I can
find ?
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Gabriel
>
> PS To email me personally, please write to somlo at cs dot colostate dot
edu
> Thanks!
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