Linux-Hardware Digest #163, Volume #13 Sat, 1 Jul 00 17:13:07 EDT
Contents:
RE: servidor de news ("Martin")
Re: IBM Deskstar 75GXP and UDMA ("Zvonimir Zelenika")
Re: IBM Deskstar 75GXP and UDMA ("Zvonimir Zelenika")
Ricoh F680 (Guus Zijlstra)
Re: vestigal partition - how to get rid of? (Joe Ringer)
Re: Why is my harddisk so slow? (Hal Burgiss)
mouse in Linux (ABIT ZM6, Celeron 466) (Speedy Fast)
Problem with D-link DFE-530TX+ (RTL8139) NIC (Warren Gross)
Re: Why is my harddisk so slow? (Cliff Pennock)
Re: mouse in Linux (ABIT ZM6, Celeron 466) (Speedy Fast)
Re: cdrecord -scanbus: No such file or directory. Cannot open SCSI (Duane)
Re: can't play audio CD's but works otherwise (Narbey Derbekyan)
Linux Resource (Cory Rauch)
Re: Can Linux do this? KIOSKS - Lite Linux desktop? Lock-down configs?
("news.teleport.com")
Re: can't play audio CD's but works otherwise (Narbey Derbekyan)
Re: adjust clock on linux (Michael V. Ferranti)
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From: "Martin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
es.binarios.sexo,es.comp.emuladores,es.comp.hardware.cd-rw,es.comp.hardware.misc,es.rec.juegos.comp.arcade,es.rec.juegos.comp.aventuras,es.rec.juegos.comp.simuladores.misc,es.rec.juegos.estrategia,microsoft.public.es.window
Subject: RE: servidor de news
Date: Sat, 1 Jul 2000 17:29:10 +0200
ranzio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escribió en el mensaje de noticias
eT975.9732$[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> alguien sabe algun servidor de news en el que salgan todos los grupos y
sea
> publico
>
> noticias.alphacom.es
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From: "Zvonimir Zelenika" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: IBM Deskstar 75GXP and UDMA
Date: Sat, 1 Jul 2000 17:23:17 +0200
Hi !
> Here is a data point for you, I've got the IBM75GXP/45G on the same
> ATA33 bus as an older IBM 14.4G drive. The performance of the two drives
> is exactly the same,
>
> /dev/hda: (14.4G)
> Timing buffer-cache reads: 128 MB in 1.19 seconds =107.56 MB/sec
> Timing buffered disk reads: 64 MB in 15.74 seconds = 4.07 MB/sec
> /home/bjrosen> hdparm -Tt /dev/hdb
> hdparm -Tt /dev/hdb
>
> /dev/hdb: (75GXP 45G)
> Timing buffer-cache reads: 128 MB in 1.19 seconds =107.56 MB/sec
> Timing buffered disk reads: 64 MB in 15.76 seconds = 4.06 MB/sec
We did get things working, at the end it was actually IRQ conflict beetween
Ethernet card and Promise Ultra 66 card. Things are now working great:
[mod@modtest mod]# hdparm -tT /dev/hda
/dev/hda: (Maxtor 6Gb on motherboard ATA33)
Timing buffer-cache reads: 128 MB in 1.60 seconds = 80.00 MB/sec
Timing buffered disk reads: 64 MB in 3.52 seconds = 18.18 MB/sec
[mod@modtest mod]# hdparm -tT /dev/hde
/dev/hde: (IBM Deskstar 75, 45Gb on Promise Ultra66)
Timing buffer-cache reads: 128 MB in 1.58 seconds = 81.01 MB/sec
Timing buffered disk reads: 64 MB in 2.20 seconds = 29.09 MB/sec
[mod@modtest mod]#
I think there might be something wrong with your settings, since 4MB/sec is
too slow and it sound like your disks aren't using DMA at all.
check hdparm /dev/hda and /dev/hdb to see if DMA is turned on at all.
using_dma = 1 (on)
and then try to turn it on with hdparm -d1 /dev/hda and on hdb. If your
system hangs, then check at startup if some devices are both using same IRQ
(if Mass Storage Controller is on same IRQ with something else).
--
Zvonimir
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From: "Zvonimir Zelenika" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: IBM Deskstar 75GXP and UDMA
Date: Sat, 1 Jul 2000 17:24:52 +0200
>
> I had problems with conflicts between maxtor and IBM drives on my
> system. I only had UDMA33 drives, but got random errors if I tried to
> run both drives in DMA mode at the same time on the same system.
>
Don't have same problem since they're on separate controllers (Maxtor in on
the board ATA33, and IBM Deskstar is on Promise Ultra66 card)... ...it works
great now. 30MB/sec on the IBM.
--
Zvonimir
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From: Guus Zijlstra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Ricoh F680
Date: Sat, 01 Jul 2000 17:32:27 +0200
Reply-To: remove_nospam_bogus_from_sender
I've been offered a new Ricoh F680 fax/printer
for about $260. This is in The Netherlands (Europe)
where prices can be slightly higher than in the US.
My questions are the following:
- Does anybody have first hand experience with
this model. Is it any good???
- Does it have a straight copier function? Ricoh's
website is pretty vague on this point.
- Is this machine supported under linux? It has a
centronix h/w interface, according to the specs.
Please cc me personally, if you can manage to remove
the no-spam stuff.
Tia,
Guus.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Joe Ringer)
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.mandrake
Subject: Re: vestigal partition - how to get rid of?
Date: 1 Jul 2000 15:36:27 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Fri, 30 Jun 2000 02:57:26 GMT, Jenny wrote:
>I have an old HP Pavilion that used to have two hard drives in it. Now it
>only has one, and an internal IDE zip drive, and a CD_ROM drive.
>
>The problem I have is that Linux (Mandrake) (the kernel,
>drak-partition-thingy) sees:
>
>hda - hard drive - BIOS says primary master
>hdb - ? - " says primary slave, but disabled
>hdc - CD-ROM drive - BIOS says secondary master
>hdd - IDE zip drive - " secondary slave
You say it had a primary master and a primary slave, then the primary slave
was removed. Was the primary master's jumper changed from master to single.
--
clear skies, |http://www.erols.com/jringer3/astro1.htm
Joe |
|Remember when "Truth, Justice, & the American Way"
|wasn't contradictory?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Hal Burgiss)
Subject: Re: Why is my harddisk so slow?
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sat, 01 Jul 2000 16:09:51 GMT
On Sat, 01 Jul 2000 15:55:53 +0200, Cliff Pennock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hardware: Celeron500, 128 Mb Samsung 15.3Gb UDMA mode4 HDD, SiS5513 IDE
> controller.
>Kernel : 2.2.16, patched with ide-2.2.16.20000630
>BIOS : Detects the harddisk as PIO4 and UDMA4
>hdparm : 3.9-1, params: -d1 -m16 -c1 -A1 (even tried -X66)
> (for some reason, after installing 3.9-1 my hdparm
> manpages were gone)
>
>Enabled SiS5513 support in the kernel (yes, and even recompiled and
>installed the new kernel :) ).
>
>hdparm -t /dev/hda gives me on average 8Mb/s (slow!)
>hdparm -T /dev/hda gives me on average 17Mb/s (waaaaaaay to slow!)
>
>I've tried all I can think off, but it won't go any faster...
>
>Anyone has any ideas?
Is there a slower device on hdb like a CDROM?
--
Hal B
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Speedy Fast <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: mouse in Linux (ABIT ZM6, Celeron 466)
Date: Sat, 01 Jul 2000 16:38:38 GMT
I am having problems getting my mouse working under Linux with this
motherboard. I have two mice... a USB and a standard serial mouse. I
plan on using the standard serial mouse in Linux.
I cannot get it to recognize my mouse. I've tried setting the IRQs
manually for serial port 1. What should they be and what settings
should exist in Linux to find this mouse?
Thanks
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Warren Gross <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Problem with D-link DFE-530TX+ (RTL8139) NIC
Date: Sat, 01 Jul 2000 17:02:59 GMT
I have a problem with my D-Link DFE-530TX+ NIC
(RTL8139) and Redhat 6.2.
The RTL8139 module is present and seems to be loaded.
The result of ifconfig is:
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:50:BA:85:84:D5
BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:100
Base address:0xb000
[root@localhost /root]# ifconfig eth0 up
SIOCSIFFLAGS: Resource temporarily unavailable
When I start ppp (I use rp-pppoe 1.9 for an ADSL pppoe connection)
I get the errors:
Jul 1 12:36:47 localhost pppd[5317]: pppd 2.3.11 started by root, uid 0
Jul 1 12:36:47 localhost pppd[5317]: Using interface ppp0
Jul 1 12:36:47 localhost pppoe[5318]: send (sendPacket): Network is
down
Jul 1 12:36:47 localhost pppd[5317]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/pts/3
Jul 1 12:36:47 localhost pppd[5317]: Terminating on signal 15.
Jul 1 12:36:47 localhost pppd[5317]: write: warning: Input/output error
(5)
Jul 1 12:36:47 localhost pppd[5317]: Modem hangup
Jul 1 12:36:47 localhost pppd[5317]: Connection terminated.
Jul 1 12:36:47 localhost pppd[5317]: Exit.
Anybody have any ideas? The card works fine in Windows.
Warren
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From: Cliff Pennock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Why is my harddisk so slow?
Date: Sat, 01 Jul 2000 19:30:11 +0200
Hal Burgiss wrote:
>
> On Sat, 01 Jul 2000 15:55:53 +0200, Cliff Pennock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >Hardware: Celeron500, 128 Mb Samsung 15.3Gb UDMA mode4 HDD, SiS5513 IDE
> > controller.
> >Kernel : 2.2.16, patched with ide-2.2.16.20000630
> >BIOS : Detects the harddisk as PIO4 and UDMA4
> >hdparm : 3.9-1, params: -d1 -m16 -c1 -A1 (even tried -X66)
> > (for some reason, after installing 3.9-1 my hdparm
> > manpages were gone)
> >
> >Enabled SiS5513 support in the kernel (yes, and even recompiled and
> >installed the new kernel :) ).
> >
> >hdparm -t /dev/hda gives me on average 8Mb/s (slow!)
> >hdparm -T /dev/hda gives me on average 17Mb/s (waaaaaaay to slow!)
> >
> >I've tried all I can think off, but it won't go any faster...
> >
> >Anyone has any ideas?
>
> Is there a slower device on hdb like a CDROM?
>
Actually, there is. But it doesn't make any difference if I restart my
computer with- or without the CDRom attached.
Thanks for the response.
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From: Speedy Fast <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: mouse in Linux (ABIT ZM6, Celeron 466)
Date: Sat, 01 Jul 2000 18:15:16 GMT
On Sat, 01 Jul 2000 16:38:38 GMT, Speedy Fast
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I am having problems getting my mouse working under Linux with this
>motherboard. I have two mice... a USB and a standard serial mouse. I
>plan on using the standard serial mouse in Linux.
>
>I cannot get it to recognize my mouse. I've tried setting the IRQs
>manually for serial port 1. What should they be and what settings
>should exist in Linux to find this mouse?
I don't require help anymore. Somehow I got it working.
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From: Duane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: cdrecord -scanbus: No such file or directory. Cannot open SCSI
Date: Sat, 01 Jul 2000 11:10:31 -0700
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> I'm brand new to Linux (though know device drivers, on up on Solaris)
> and am trying to get an IDE CD-RW drive to work under LInux.
>
> I've been following the document at:
> http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/CD-Writing-HOWTO-2.html
>
> But when I type:
> # cdrecord -scanbus
> It says:
> cdrecord: No such file or directory. Cannot open SCSI driver.
> cdrecord: For possible targets try 'cdrecord -scanbus'. Make
> sure you are root.
>
> It's an IDE drive (Yamaha 8xxx) and the system sees it on bootup and
> I can read files from it via "mount /dev/hdd /mnt; ls /mnt; ..."
>
> And it sounds like for the "cdrecord" stuff to work, I need
> to get Linux to do SCSI emulation on top of the IDE interface to
> the CD-RW drive. Any of this sound familiar?
>
> When I try do do the:
> # insmod sr
> ...
> I get:
> insmod: sr_mod: no module by that name found
It is more like SCSI emulation "instead of" the normal IDE. It would be
useful to know what distribution you are using. If it is Redhat 6.1,
then that message about sr_mod is normal.
>
> The other module loads work from that script.
>
> Then I modify /etc/modules.conf
> load ide-scsi before sg
> load ide-scsi before sr_mod
> load ide-cd before ide-scsi
If you are running Redhat 6.1, then to avoid recompiling the kernel, you
will need add an entry to the linux section of /etc/lilo.conf:
append="hdd=ide-scsi"
Also, I am guessing you have another CDROM on hdc? If so, many people
have reported that if they have two drives on the same IDE interface
cable, they have a hard time getting ide-scsi working unless they use it
for both drives. So you also might want to include in /etc/lilo.conf:
append="hdc=ide-scsi"
Then execute /sbin/lilo and reboot.
> What should I do to get "cdrecord -scanbus" to find the drive?
>
Try the above change in /etc/lilo.conf. Make sure you have a bunch of sg
device files:
# ls /dev/sg*
/dev/sg0 /dev/sg13 /dev/sg3 /dev/sg8 /dev/sgd /dev/sgi /dev/sgn
/dev/sg1 /dev/sg14 /dev/sg4 /dev/sg9 /dev/sge /dev/sgj /dev/sgo
/dev/sg10 /dev/sg15 /dev/sg5 /dev/sga /dev/sgf /dev/sgk /dev/sgp
/dev/sg11 /dev/sg16 /dev/sg6 /dev/sgb /dev/sgg /dev/sgl /dev/sgq
/dev/sg12 /dev/sg2 /dev/sg7 /dev/sgc /dev/sgh /dev/sgm
Reboot and type "modload ide-scsi". What does it say?
Try "cdrecord -scanbus" again. What does it say?
--
My real email is akamail.com@dclark (or something like that).
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From: Narbey Derbekyan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: can't play audio CD's but works otherwise
Date: Sat, 01 Jul 2000 18:58:18 GMT
More information:
xmcd is spitting out the following on STDERR
Opcode=0x42 Status=0x1 Msg=0x0 Host=0x0 Driver=0x28
Key=0x5 Code=0x24 Qual=0x0
Does anyone know what this means ?
narbey
Narbey Derbekyan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: Greetings:
: I'm having some dificulties playing audio CDs from my new
: cdrom. My system is a redhat 6.2 with kernel 2.2.16. Basically I can
: mount and read CDroms but I can't seem to be able to play CDs.
: I recently upgraded my 4x scsi2 cdrom with a much faster one,
: NEC DC-3010. The system boots up just fine, I can mount the cdrom and
: read iso fs, no problems. But when I try to play my CDs with various
: CD player software, I only hear a half second of sound and then
: nothing. The track slider on XMMS is jumping back an forth in place as
: if the cdrom is skipping. I did not have any such issues with the
: older cdrom. Ditto for kernel 2.2.14, same problem. All the CD players
: can read the number of tracks and correctly lookup the CD in CDDB.
: They're both scsi and have the same 50 pin connector. The only
: difference I can tell is that the new cdrom is ultra-scsi, but my card
: supports it and I can mount and read from CDs.
: If anyone has any insights as to what's up with this, please
: let me know.
: really wierd.
: narbey
========= [EMAIL PROTECTED] ======== http://www2.shore.net/~narbey ========
Iron is strong but it melts in the fire.
Stay pliant like water, that makes fire afraid.
-Nahabed Kouchag
============================ Narbey Derbekyan ============================
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From: Cory Rauch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Linux Resource
Date: Sat, 01 Jul 2000 15:11:32 -0400
OSFAQ.com is a new Operating System and Programming Technical site
looking to expand. Please check it out and add a link.
http://www.osfaq.com
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From: "news.teleport.com" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.comp.linux,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Can Linux do this? KIOSKS - Lite Linux desktop? Lock-down configs?
Date: Sat, 1 Jul 2000 12:15:08 -0700
Yep. . . Use fvwm and Netscape. There's a howto on LDP that explains
setting up fvwm so that it is locked down well. You gain quite a bit of
resources back by using fvwm over say gnome or kde so the lower ended cpu's
can be used. I won't vouch for a '486 though. . . Sure It could be done,
and if that's all you have for hardware, then by all means, go for it! But
if you're like me, my mom, and my grandma, you better find a Pentium. What
I'm saying is that a lower memory 486 with 36mb RAM will work - I've got one
of those and have tried it (with SCSI to help out) - but jumping up to my
p90 makes enough difference to make the system really useable.
happy surfing. . .
"Craig Kelley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (JEDIDIAH) writes:
>
> > On Mon, 19 Jun 2000 18:01:03 +0200, Matthias Warkus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> > >It was the 19 Jun 2000 06:02:43 -0500...
> > >...and Tim Palmer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > >> >- Simple web browser with low memory requirements; must be easy to
use for
> > >> >people familiar with IE and Netscape.
> > >>
> > >> You can iether use Netscape, which requiars more RAM and a faster
CPU, or you can use AREENA,
> > >> which isnt' finnished and probably never will be.
> > >
> > >Arena is obsolete anyway, it has been replaced by Amaya, but when I
> > >need a lightweight browser, I use w3m anyway.
> >
> > Also keep in mind that all a kiosk web browser on Linux would
> > need run is the browser itself and X. You don't need to load
> > a window manager or the rest of the desktop that would necesarily
> > be running under Windows or MacOS.
>
> Until the user selects File->New Window
>
> [snip]
>
> It would probably be best to run fvwm95, or another EXPLORE.EXE clone
> (theme), so as not to confuse the users.
>
> --
> The wheel is turning but the hamster is dead.
> Craig Kelley -- [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> http://www.isu.edu/~kellcrai finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] for PGP block
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From: Narbey Derbekyan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: can't play audio CD's but works otherwise
Date: Sat, 01 Jul 2000 20:31:33 GMT
Actually this is the full error:
CD audio: SCSI command error on /dev/scd0:
Opcode=0x42 Status=0x1 Msg=0x0 Host=0x0 Driver=0x28
Key=0x5 Code=0x24 Qual=0x0
Narbey Derbekyan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: More information:
: xmcd is spitting out the following on STDERR
: Opcode=0x42 Status=0x1 Msg=0x0 Host=0x0 Driver=0x28
: Key=0x5 Code=0x24 Qual=0x0
: Does anyone know what this means ?
: narbey
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From: Michael V. Ferranti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: adjust clock on linux
Date: Sat, 01 Jul 2000 21:40:44 +0100
Here I was, minding my own business, and wouldn't you know it?
Lily Fu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> just had to go and say:
>I did read HOWTO and man hwclock, I tried the following, but it didn't
>work:
>
>/sbin/hwclock --set --date="6/29/00 6:27:00"
Try recompiling hwclock with the correct hardware addresses??? Sounds
like Dell switched things around, and you'll probably have to find out how
*they're* setting the clock. You can add this to whatever internet login
post-script you use, or can set up to run after connecting:
> rdate -p -s 132.163.135.130
That'll sync your clock with the atomic clock at the National Institute
of Standards and Technology (NIST) at login, or you can add the IP address
to your /etc/hosts file with a name like "nist." Example:
> 132.163.135.130 nist
Then you can just:
> rdate -p -s nist
- Michael V. Ferranti [blades&inreach*com]
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