Linux-Hardware Digest #42, Volume #13 Wed, 14 Jun 00 06:13:04 EDT
Contents:
Re: Dos partition (Dances With Crows)
Mandrake-Update ("lumien")
Re: Diamond modem problems (any init string I can try?) (Lesley Lawless)
Re: Installing RH 6.1 on Gateway Desktop system ("Alex Robinson")
Re: Anandtech and powersupplies (Was Re: Silent Power Supply?) (Alexander Fong)
Acecad Tablet & XFree4 ("Gertjan")
Re: Bad Partition ?? (Thomas Hommel)
Re: speed hit with two drives on one ide controller ? (Thomas Hommel)
Re: IDE lockup problems (2.4.0-test1 w/ a bp6 motherboard) (Tim Moore)
SMC Ultra ISA NIC setup ("cyfur")
Problems with HP Laserjet 6P (=?iso-8859-1?Q?J=FCrgen?= Knauth)
QU: Dual head (mdacon) problem ("Eddie De Roos")
Re: IDE Zip disk faster via ide-scsi ??? (Igor Boukanov)
Does XFree86 support the ATI Rage Mobile-M1 Chip (Eduard Paul)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Subject: Re: Dos partition
Date: 14 Jun 2000 00:41:45 EDT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Tue, 13 Jun 2000 12:07:51 -0400, Martin Smith
<<8i6tj0$3bio$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> shouted forth into the ether:
>
>I have a Win98 partition I want to mount (Slackware)
>so I did: mkfs -t msdos /dev/hda1
You're damned lucky that the following error message occurred.
>attempting to make a file system too large :it says?
Hint: mkfs is roughly equivalent to FORMAT in the MS-DOS world. If this
had gone through, you'd have completely wiped /dev/hda1! Not what you
wanted, surely.
ANyway, the error message means your Lose98 partition is > 2G, and your
mkdosfs program is old enough that it doesn't handle FAT32
correctly. Upgrade your filesystem utilities--better yet, if you're using
a really old version of Slack, upgrade the entire distro.
The commands you're looking for are:
# mkdir /mnt/win
# mount -t vfat /dev/hda1 /mnt/win
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Matt G / Dances With Crows /\ "Man could not stare too long at the face
\----[this space for rent]-----/ \ of the Computer or her children and still
\There is no Darkness in Eternity \ remain as Man." --David Zindell "Online
But only Light too dim for us to see\ gender bending going too far?" --/me
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From: "lumien" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Mandrake-Update
Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2000 04:55:32 GMT
i am running mandrake 7.1 through a proxy server (winproxy) to get to the
net. i need to put proxy settings into the madrake-update program in order
to get it to connect to the internet to download the updates, but everytime
i run the program it fails to find any servers (because it cant connect to
the net without the proxy settings) and then it closes the program without
giving me a chance to enter the correct proxy settings. has anybody
experienced this before, is there a fix? possibly a newer rpm/binary? any
help would be appreciated.
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From: Lesley Lawless <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: it.comp.hardware.modem,uk.comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: Diamond modem problems (any init string I can try?)
Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2000 07:02:29 +0100
Wouter Verhelst wrote:
>
Thank you for the init strings. I tried it out last night
and, although one session is not enough to be certain, I was
connected for over an hour without any hangups at a
reasonable speed. I was even able to download the active
newsgroup list from my ISP, for the first time ever, in krn.
I used +ms=10 with the line speed set at 57600 and I had
reasonable speeds without hangups.
--
Lesley Anna
> Lesley Lawless <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schreef in berichtnieuws
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Lesley Lawless wrote:
> > >
> > > Wouter Verhelst wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Lesley Lawless <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schreef in berichtnieuws
> > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > [snip original]
> >
> > I can add the following.
> > The failure to get a response from the modem was cured by
> > running Lothar. I think I tried changing symbolic links and
> > that stopped it being available. I'm afraid I'm a newbie and
> > make a lot of mistakes, in spite of the reading I do (and
> > sometimes because I try something I read but don't
> > understand yet).
> > I cut the speed to 19200 and managed a stable connection at
> > the same slow sped for 40 minutes before being disconnected.
> > I do have very long line to the modem and that may be at
> > least partly the trouble. 56K modems are much more sensitive
> > to errors than slower ones, I believe.
>
> That is indeed true, but that does not mean you cannot use a very long line.
> I do use a line of 10 meters to my modem, and do not have problems...
>
> > Does anyone have an init string that they've used
> > successfully with a Rockwell chipset modem, who has also had
> > to use a long line from the phone socket to the modem? And,
> > as I am such a newbie, where do I put it, in the pppd
> > arguments?
> >
> > > >
> > > > Various things may be happening.
> > > > 1. I don't think it's a modem problem. I have exactly the same model,
> and
> > > > have had no problems over the last six months.
> > >
> > > Maybe it's the firmware? I have the 2.0. 1 (I think) version
> > > but have just downloaded .3, although I haven't installed it
> > > yet.
>
> Can't check that, since my other computer (the one that modem is connected
> to) has had a short circuit, so it is in for reparation :(
> But I have not upgraded any firmware, and I bought it in January of this
> year. Perhaps you'll be able to find out what firmware is on it...
>
> > >
> > > > 2. Did you use the software on the CD-ROM shipped with the modem that
> > > > changes your modemsettings to what it should be in your country? This
> may be
> > > > important...
> > >
> > > Of course, it won't work without that.
> > >
> > > > 3. Try to find out whether your modem- and dial-up settings are
> correct.
> > > > After all, a modemconversation needs two sides, so if your settings
> are not
> > > > completely what the other side expects, you may have disconnects.
> Especially
> > > > check the 'enable software compression' under windoze. If this solves
> the
> > > > problem, you may have to do something likewise under Linux. Check your
> > > > logfiles for a line saying pppd cannot find a certain module. If so,
> you've
> > > > got to add three alias-lines, but I don't know by heart what needs to
> be
> > > > entered, and I'm not at home right now. I found the names of those
> modules
> > > > in the helpfiles of kppp, you may want to check those.
> > > >
> > >
> > > I've done all that and there are no errors. Last night I
> > > unticked 'enable software compression' and ticked 'only
> > > connect at' setting it for 38400 after trying different init
> > > strings that did no good at all. I managed to stay connected
> > > for over 2 hours in windoze after doing that, untill I chose
> > > to disconnect.
>
> I use nothing else than AT&F... should work...
> If it doesn't, you may want to try the '+ms='-initstrings. This puts the
> maximum speed lower than it originally is, so that if you connect, it wont
> choose a connection speed it can't keep up...
> These are the values accepted for +ms:
>
> 0: disable V90 entirely.
> 1: enable V90 completely (no AT-string intervention)
> 2: maximum speed is 28800 bps
> 3: " " " 29333 bps
> 4: 30666 bps
> 5: 32000 bps
> 6: 33333 bps
> 7: 34666 bps
> 8: 36000 bps
> 9: 37333 bps
> 10:38666 bps
> 11:40000 bps
> 12:41333 bps
> 13:42666 bps
> 14:44000 bps
> 15:45333 bps
> 16:46666 bps
> 17:48000 bps
> 18:49333 bps
> 19:50666 bps
> 20:52000 bps
> 21:53333 bps
>
> example: AT&F+MS=16
> which means: Reset to factory defaults, and connect at maximum speed of
> 46666 bps
>
> You may want to lower the maximum speed your modem will allow, so that, as I
> said above, he will not try to connect at a speed he cannot keep up because
> of a bad telephoneline on the way to your ISP.
> If this solves the problem, contact your telephone company and ask them if
> they could be so kind to test your line for problems...
>
> > [snipped for brevity]
> > >
> > > > As I said, I did'nt have any problems over the last six months, to me
> this
> > > > has proved a very good modem...
> >
> > >
> > > Thanks for the encouragement.
> > >
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From: "Alex Robinson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Installing RH 6.1 on Gateway Desktop system
Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2000 08:44:55 +0200
Ross,
Thanks for the info.
However, I have already been to the Promise site, downloaded their patch,
created a boot floppy as per their instructions and tried a new install.
When I do this I get as far as RH asking me if my installation is on a HD or
a CD. When I choose the CD my CD drive whirrs for a bit and then nothing.
The system then just hangs.
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Regards,
Alex Robinson
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From: Alexander Fong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.comp.hardware,alt.comp.hardware.overclocking
Subject: Re: Anandtech and powersupplies (Was Re: Silent Power Supply?)
Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2000 03:01:56 -0400
On Sun, 11 Jun 2000, Bob wrote:
> On Sun, 11 Jun 2000 15:00:10 -0400, Alexander Fong
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >On Sat, 10 Jun 2000, Bob wrote:
> >> On Sat, 10 Jun 2000 13:48:05 GMT, "J Sheridan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >> wrote:
> >It's more of a question of tolerance. I have yet to see any PSU more
> >stable in terms of voltage regulation than the Antec that I just got. The
> >voltage hardly fluctuates at all.
> I'm quite sure you will notice a voltage drop when you spin up a
> CD-ROM, even at half load and using some HW monitoring program
> set to max. resolution (1 sec. or more <G>).
Yeah, since you're drawing power to spin it up. But I'm talking idle
condition...
> To study voltage regulaton you'll need a scope bud.
By voltage regulation in this case, depends on how bad the voltage
fluctuates according to the internal monitoring hardware. Yes, it's not
'proper', but it does give you a comparison, and you'll only be able to
see if it's a serious problem (ie: qualitative measure).
--
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Alexander Fong ap_fong (at) alcor.concordia.ca
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From: "Gertjan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Acecad Tablet & XFree4
Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2000 09:59:06 +0200
Hello,
Can anyone tell me how to setup an AceCad Flair with XFree 4.0?
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From: Thomas Hommel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Bad Partition ??
Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2000 09:53:54 +0200
I suspect, you have no filesystem on your newly created partition (Itīs
not formatted yet). Try the following:
# mke2fs /dev/hda2
Then mount the partition.
Tom
Martin Smith wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I had MS-Win98 running on a partition and Linux on another - no problems -
> every thing OK.
>
> Now there was also an extended MS-Win98 (MSDOS) partition, it was empty.
>
> I wanted to make this partiton into a linux partiton as I needed the space.
>
> In Linux I did fdisk, deleted, added and it as a Linux Native
> FileSystemType. rebooted.
>
> From Fdisk looks good ->
>
> /dev/hda1 * ... Unknown (windows)
> /dev/hda2 Linux Native (new partition)
> /dev/hda3 Linux Native (Linux /)
> /dev/hda4 Linux Swap
>
> but when I; mount -t ext2 /dev/hda2 /opt
>
> Print loads of stuff like this;
>
> EXT2-fs error drive 03:02 ext2_check_block_bitmaps block #253 of the inode
> table in group30 is marked free
>
> after many lines like this (with the #25x.. number going from the first
> block to the last of the partition) there is a panic and the system locks
> completely.
>
> MSDOS fdisk will let me reclaim the partion for itself - but I really need
> it for Linux. Do I need to do something before mounting ???
>
> Does anyone know how to fix this?
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Thomas Hommel
Beam Enterprise GmbH
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From: Thomas Hommel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: speed hit with two drives on one ide controller ?
Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2000 10:06:10 +0200
Your UDMA66 drive will run in UDMA33 mode if thereīs another slow device
on the controller.
Why donīt you put both UDMA66 drives on the same cable? Even a VERY fast
drive doesnīt send more than 25 MB/s of data, UDMA66 can handle (nearly)
66 MB/s, so there should be no performance impact.
Tom
Joeri Sebrechts wrote:
>
> I'm building a software RAID1 server.
> The two drives from the RAID1 will each be on a separate controller. But
> I need to have a third drive in there for (at most daily) backup.
> The two main drives are UDMA66, the third one is an older UDMA33.
> Will having the older UDMA33 drive on the same cable as an UDMA66 drive
> have a negative effect on the speed of the 66 drive, even if I rarely
> use the 33 drive ?
>
> thanks,
> Joeri Sebrechts
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Beam Enterprise GmbH
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From: Tim Moore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: IDE lockup problems (2.4.0-test1 w/ a bp6 motherboard)
Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2000 01:20:11 -0700
Are you using andre's ide patch?
ftp.*.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/hedrick/*
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timothymoore
bigfoot
com
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Reply-To: "cyfur" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
From: "cyfur" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: SMC Ultra ISA NIC setup
Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2000 18:13:34 +1000
Hi,
Does anyone know of a linux utility to set the card parameters on an SMC
Ultra ISA NIC ?
It has several options for IRQ, base memory etc, and in the past I have had
to pull the card and put it into a windows system to run the DOS mode setup
program that I have.
It isn't PnP unfortunately, so I can't do it that way.
Thanks
--
Tell a man that there are 400 billion stars and he'll believe you.
Tell him a bench has wet paint and he has to touch it.
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From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?J=FCrgen?= Knauth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Problems with HP Laserjet 6P
Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2000 10:58:52 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi
My HP Laserjet 6P does not work properly under Linux. It prints very
well but before each printed page my printer spats out two pages with
"%!" on top and nothing more and after each printed page i receive an
empty page. So instead of one page all in all four pages are used for
one page of printing.
I use ghost script version 5.50 that is capable of 600x600 dpi. In
earlier versions with 300 dpi everything worked fine but now I do not
manage to configure everything to 300 dpi so that it works like before.
I used all available three printer modules for laserjets and none of
them showed any different behaviour.
I also should mention that I do print via Samba from a Windows box. If I
print some simple text with lpr it does work fine, no extra pages are
printed. This behaviour appears only if I try to print with Samba. I
configured the printer under Windows in such a way that the raw printing
device is used. Strangly when the raw data gets piped through apsfilter
and all the stuff the resulting data seems to contain information for 3
extra unnecessary pages.
How can I debug the printing process? I mean: How can I get the raw data
received by apsfilter and how can I get the raw data sent to /dev/lp0?
Or does anyone know how to solve this problem somehow? I am thankful for
any help.
Please reply directly by mail. Thanks.
Joey
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From: "Eddie De Roos" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: QU: Dual head (mdacon) problem
Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2000 11:12:59 -0700
Dear all,
My primary card is a nVidia TNT onboard. It is driving the console in
framebuffer-mode.
I am now testing a Visa Hercules monitor on a nameless card. It is
functional as the primary display system in another linux box.
When I load mdacon, the kernel recognizes the card, says it has 8kB of RAM,
no error.
De screen shows only horizontal wobbly lines.
I can see that the monitor gets a signal, as the wobblies changes on
keyboard input.
Anyone ?
Thanks in advance
--
eddie
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Igor Boukanov)
Subject: Re: IDE Zip disk faster via ide-scsi ???
Date: 14 Jun 2000 11:46:48 +0200
In comp.os.linux.hardware Christopher McClan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi...
>
> Could you please enlighten me as to where I might find out how to use
> ide-scsi for an IDE zip drive. Presumably then all the normal zip drive
> tools will work with the drive and I can eject it properly as well
> etc...
>
> Cheers
>
> Cim
Well, that was a unexpected consequence that my friend discovered
by mistake.
First you have to tell kernel not to use ide driver for your zip.
You can do it via
append="hdd=ide-scsi"
in /etc/lilo.conf for your kernel image. According to CD-Writing-HOWTO
it works at least witn 2.0 kernels starting with 2.0.37 and with 2.2
starting with 2.2.10. Here is my lilo.conf were I assigned ide-scsi
to handle CD-ROM (/dev/hdc) as well:
============/etc/lilo.conf=================================
boot=/dev/hda
map=/boot/map
install=/boot/boot.b
prompt
timeout=50
linear
#default=linux
default=linux-ide-scsi
image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.2.14-5.0
label=linux
read-only
root=/dev/hda2
image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.2.14-5.0
label=linux-ide-scsi
read-only
root=/dev/hda2
append="hdc=ide-scsi hdd=ide-scsi"
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Then you have to call somehow "modprobe ide-scsi" during boot.
For that I just created the following /etc/rc.d/rc.modules:
===================/etc/rc.d/rc.modules======================
#!/bin/sh
/sbin/modprobe ide-scsi
============================================================
RedHat 6.* is calling this file from /etc/rc.sysinit
Before this change I had for "dd if=/dev/zip of=/dev/null bs=65536"
running time on average 1m55s for 100 MB zip drive, and never better
then 1m50s, but after that it became 1m33s with best result 1m31s.
So it helped. Another advantage is that I can use readcd command to
try to read corrupted zip drive and not only scratched music CD.
And "eject /mnt/zip" does work now.
Regards, Igor
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Eduard Paul)
Subject: Does XFree86 support the ATI Rage Mobile-M1 Chip
Date: 14 Jun 2000 09:57:42 GMT
Hi,
does any one knew for sure, if the ATI Rage Mobile-M1
Chip ist supported by XFree86.
The XFree Web-Site says that Rage Mobility (LM, LN, LR, LS)
Chips are supported by the XF86_Mach64 server, but i don't
know weather one of these is the M1 Chip.
Thanks,
Eduard
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University of Dortmund [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Germany software/edp/
Tel.: 4700 (inside UniDO)
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