Linux-Hardware Digest #536, Volume #13 Wed, 6 Sep 00 08:13:08 EDT
Contents:
3dfx voodoo1 PCI & S3 trio3d 365 AGP (Cheng Fangxiang)
linux says i only have 15MB RAM (mike)
linux says i only have 15MB RAM (mike)
linux says i only have 15MB RAM (mike)
Re: linux says i only have 15MB RAM (sideband)
Re: Promise ATA100 and Linux (The Black Unicorn)
Re: PCI modem as serial port isn't registering with Linux (M. Buchenrieder)
Re: CD Writer problem ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Modem: Sometimes I hear it, sometimes I don't (Jim)
Re: Davicom drivers and Mandrake (redhat) linux ??? (Michael Perry)
Re: actiontec ISA 56k probs (Michael Young)
Install problem with CompaqPresario ("fuchs.frank")
Re: actiontec ISA 56k probs (sideband)
Re: Red Hat with Athlon??? (Demian Gutierrez)
Re: Zip100 Mount Problems - /dev/sda4 not a valid block device (Chris Rankin)
Re: Install problem with CompaqPresario ("Peter T. Breuer")
Linux and ABIT KT7 motherboard (Hans-Martin Gutmann)
Re: Mouse problem under XFree86 ("Andrew P. Billyard")
Re: Mouse problem under XFree86 (Chuck)
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From: Cheng Fangxiang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: 3dfx voodoo1 PCI & S3 trio3d 365 AGP
Date: Wed, 06 Sep 2000 10:20:35 +0100
can I connect the two for my display? 3dfx voodoo1 PCI & S3 trio3d 365 AGP?
Thanks
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (mike)
Subject: linux says i only have 15MB RAM
Date: Wed, 06 Sep 2000 09:30:00 GMT
linux says i only have 15MB RAM but i've got 64MB in one DIMM.
Tried to fix in lilo.conf with append="mem=64M" didn't seem to work.
I thought linux autodetected any amount of ram under 64MB anyway.
but theres nothing wrong with my ram coz windows seems to work ok
any ideas anybody ???
cheers
mike
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (mike)
Subject: linux says i only have 15MB RAM
Date: Wed, 06 Sep 2000 09:30:01 GMT
linux says i only have 15MB RAM but i've got 64MB in one DIMM.
Tried to fix in lilo.conf with append="mem=64M" didn't seem to work.
I thought linux autodetected any amount of ram under 64MB anyway.
but theres nothing wrong with my ram coz windows seems to work ok
any ideas anybody ???
cheers
mike
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (mike)
Subject: linux says i only have 15MB RAM
Date: Wed, 06 Sep 2000 09:29:57 GMT
linux says i only have 15MB RAM but i've got 64MB in one DIMM.
Tried to fix in lilo.conf with append="mem=64M" didn't seem to work.
I thought linux autodetected any amount of ram under 64MB anyway.
but theres nothing wrong with my ram coz windows seems to work ok
any ideas anybody ???
cheers
mike
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From: sideband <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: linux says i only have 15MB RAM
Date: Wed, 06 Sep 2000 05:45:43 -0400
In your bios, disable the "Memory Hole at 15-16M" option. It's called
something slightly different in each BIOS
Also, disable the "Boot to OS/2 > 64M" if that option exists.
Didn't we answer this once before?
-SSB
On or about Wed, 06 Sep 2000 09:29:57 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
(mike), using the forum comp.os.linux.hardware did say:
:linux says i only have 15MB RAM but i've got 64MB in one DIMM.
:Tried to fix in lilo.conf with append="mem=64M" didn't seem to work.
:I thought linux autodetected any amount of ram under 64MB anyway.
:but theres nothing wrong with my ram coz windows seems to work ok
:
:any ideas anybody ???
:
:cheers
:
:mike
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From: The Black Unicorn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.asus,alt.os.linux.slackware,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Promise ATA100 and Linux
Date: Wed, 06 Sep 2000 10:06:24 GMT
yep, I have the same problem with hdparm. no dma. which leaves me with a
fantastic 4.7 M/sec throughput. hurrah for ATA100 ?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (M. Buchenrieder)
Subject: Re: PCI modem as serial port isn't registering with Linux
Date: Wed, 6 Sep 2000 06:01:29 GMT
James Richard Tyrer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>This is a multi-part message in MIME format.
>--------------83CDC5D7DDE75B5BBC8CEC14
>Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii
>Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
[...]
Please stop that. Now. Your postings won't even propagate properly
when using HTML tags in them - not to mention the fact that
you'll end up in most people's filters.
Michael
--
Michael Buchenrieder * [EMAIL PROTECTED] * http://www.muc.de/~mibu
Lumber Cartel Unit #456 (TINLC) & Official Netscum
Note: If you want me to send you email, don't munge your address.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: CD Writer problem
Date: 6 Sep 2000 06:27:48 -0400
Filip Atanassov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have 2 CD drives on the secondary channel ( master is Yamaha 4416,
> slave is CDR-50X ).
> When I try with cdrecord -scanbus I 'm getting a warning saying
> "controller returns wrong size for CD capabilities page"
You can check which drive is giving the message with, say:
cdrecord dev=0,0,0 -scanbus
I have a "no name" 56X reader which gives the error. No error on my CDRW.
> When trying to record a disk (KisoCD) it works somehow but won't write
> more than around 300MB.
Hmmm ... I haven't been burning since I replaced my reader ... this sounds
worrisome (I can still mount CDs in the reader with no problems).
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From: Jim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Modem: Sometimes I hear it, sometimes I don't
Date: Wed, 06 Sep 2000 10:46:16 GMT
My CTX EZ-Book 800 laptop is running RedHat 6.1. The main modem is
software based so I use a Viking 56K PCMCIA modem instead. I've got
everything I can think of set so that I can hear the modem dial out but
that only works about 10% of the time. The modem itself works fine and
this isn't really a big deal. Just the same, I'd be interested in
knowing whether or not there is something I might do about it or if
anyone's run into this before. Thanks.
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Michael Perry)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Davicom drivers and Mandrake (redhat) linux ???
Date: Wed, 6 Sep 2000 00:27:58 -0700
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Sun, 03 Sep 2000 16:38:34 -0400, peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I'm using Mandrake 7.1 and everyone is saying that the Davicom lan
>(dm9102) on my Amptron 599lmr (PCCHIPS) should be auto-detected...and
>that it can also be setup with netconf, the only problem I have with
>the netconf command is that I don't know what the name of the driver
>is, the file is "dmfe" but nothing like that is listed in the Kernel
>Module setting.
>
>Can someone help me setup this lan, step by step.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Peter
I have a davicom ethernet card on my redhat box. All I did was use
linuxconf to tell it what kernel module to use to activate eth0. I typed in
dmfe and linuxconf wrote "alias eth0 dmfe" in my conf.modules. Now when I
start my redhat 6.2 box, the eth0 comes right up each time.
I imagine if you travel to /lib/modules/2.2.x/net (replace x with your
kernel number), you will see a dmfe.o module which resides there. You could
also add the command linuxconf did for me and edit the ifcfg-etho file in
/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts and you would get the right Ip, netmask, etc
each time.
--
Michael Perry
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Michael Young <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: actiontec ISA 56k probs
Date: Wed, 06 Sep 2000 05:05:32 -0500
d wrote:
> i just purchased a new modem to use on my linux machine running RH6.1 and
> have
> been having a lot of trouble trying to install it. i keep getting the
> message of :
> Cannot open /dev/ttyS1: Input /output error
> Error: Unable to initialize modem
> ive tried setting it up with ppp, linuxconf, isapnp, and setserial. no
> luck. can anyone
> give me a hand. the modem is on COM2, Input/Output Range 02f8-02ff, and
> IRQ3.
> whats the problem ? thanks in advance
>
> --
> Posted via CNET Help.com
> http://www.help.com/
try this....
become root and type...
cd /dev
./MAKEDEV ttySx (you can skip this if your ttyS dev is already setup)
ln -s /dev/ttySx /dev/modem
chmod 666 /dev/ttySx
chmod 666 /dev/modem
then use setserial to setup your irq. io port and uart.
hope this helps
mike
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From: "fuchs.frank" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Install problem with CompaqPresario
Date: Wed, 6 Sep 2000 13:24:29 +0200
Hi,
I'm trying to install RedHat 6.1 on a NOTEBOOK :
Compaq Presario 16XL256.
I have some trouble with the graphics (card or screen) : nothing
works when launching X.
Any idea ?
Thanks in advance
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From: sideband <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: actiontec ISA 56k probs
Date: Wed, 06 Sep 2000 07:29:34 -0400
If the modem is an internal one, make sure com2 is shut off in the
BIOS.
-SSB
On or about Wed, 06 Sep 2000 05:05:32 -0500, Michael Young
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, using the forum comp.os.linux.hardware did
say:
:d wrote:
:
:> i just purchased a new modem to use on my linux machine running RH6.1 and
:> have
:> been having a lot of trouble trying to install it. i keep getting the
:> message of :
:> Cannot open /dev/ttyS1: Input /output error
:> Error: Unable to initialize modem
:> ive tried setting it up with ppp, linuxconf, isapnp, and setserial. no
:> luck. can anyone
:> give me a hand. the modem is on COM2, Input/Output Range 02f8-02ff, and
:> IRQ3.
:> whats the problem ? thanks in advance
:>
:> --
:> Posted via CNET Help.com
:> http://www.help.com/
:
:try this....
:
:become root and type...
: cd /dev
: ./MAKEDEV ttySx (you can skip this if your ttyS dev is already setup)
: ln -s /dev/ttySx /dev/modem
: chmod 666 /dev/ttySx
: chmod 666 /dev/modem
:
:then use setserial to setup your irq. io port and uart.
:
:hope this helps
:
:mike
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From: Demian Gutierrez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Red Hat with Athlon???
Date: Wed, 06 Sep 2000 07:21:25 -0400
Bernhard Mogens Ege wrote:
> >>>>> "Justin" == Justin A Nave <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > Can you run Red Hat Linux on the latest Athlon based motherboards? Has
> > anyone
> > actually done this? Please e-mail me ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) if you have
> > any
> > information. Thanks.
>
> > What I know:
>
> > The Red Hat page lists all Athlon motherboards on their "not Red Hat
> > compatible"
> > list. But, Gateway claims that I could use Linux with Athlon.
> > Basically, I'm trying
> > to find someone who has done this before I buy. Any help would be
> > appreciated.
>
> I have installed RedHat 6.0 on Athlon 500 on MSI 6167 mb for about
> half a year ago. No major trouble. No crashes. I guess the RedHat page
> should list the mothuerboards as not supported instead of not
> compatible as they are compatible.
>
> regards,
>
> Bernhard Ege
I had Red Hat 6.2 on an Athlon 750! PC-PARTNER MB fot about two months and
all works right.
DMI
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From: Chris Rankin <au.zipworld.com@{no.spam}rankinc>
Subject: Re: Zip100 Mount Problems - /dev/sda4 not a valid block device
Date: Wed, 06 Sep 2000 22:47:39 +1000
> > Probably a waste of time, but maybe you could try enabling EPP alone?
> Just tried it - didn't work either.
Not really surprised, but it was worth a shot.
> > does your CD-Writer work OK? Can you read CD-ROMs?
> My CD-Writer does work, both under Linux and Win98SE. I can read CD-ROM's,
> CD-R's, and CD-RW's. I can also write to CD-RW's and CD-R's.
Then you must have the ide-scsi module somewhere. Do you also have boot
parameter in /etc/lilo.conf relating to ide-scsi?
> > Look in the /proc filesystem for /proc/scsi. Have you mounted the /proc
> > filesystem? Put this line in your /etc/fstab if you haven't:
> >
> > none proc /proc defaults
>
> My /etc/fstab entry looks _almost_ exactly like this one. Mine reads:
>
> none /proc proc defaults 0 0
>
> Hmm, the "/proc" and "proc" are reversed compared to your example, and mine
> ends in "0 0". Is this a problem ?
No, I just can't type. The point is that you have a proc filesystem.
> > Then "mount /proc" as root. However, I'm pretty sure that RedHat will
> > have done this for you. Once ppa is correctly loaded, you should have
> > this file:
> >
> > 0 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Sep 5 23:31
> > /proc/scsi/ppa/0
> >
> > which should contain something like this:
> >
> > Version : 2.03 (for Linux 2.2.x)
> > Parport : parport0
> > Mode : EPP 32 bit
>
> Mine reads exactly the same.
>
> > There should also be this file:
> >
> > 0 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Sep 5 23:33
> > /proc/scsi/scsi
> >
> > which should contain:
> >
> > Attached devices:
> > Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 06 Lun: 00
> > Vendor: IOMEGA Model: ZIP 100 Rev: J.03
> > Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02
>
> Mine reads a little different, but it's just a different ZIP revision #,
> and the fact that I have 2 SCSI devices instead of just 1:
>
> $ cat /proc/scsi/scsi
> Attached devices:
> Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 00 Lun: 00
> Vendor: MATSHITA Model: CD-RW CW-7585 Rev: 1.04
> Type: CD-ROM ANSI SCSI revision: 02
> Host: scsi1 Channel: 00 Id: 06 Lun: 00
> Vendor: IOMEGA Model: ZIP 100 Rev: K.05
> Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02
>
> > > Here's another 'twister'. Whenever I try to mount the zip drive (i.e.
> > > mount /mnt/cdrom),
> >
> > mount /mnt/cdrom ??? Is that a misprint?
>
> Nope, not a misprint. My /etc/fstab reads as follows for the cdrom:
Yes, but you said you were mounting the ZIP drive. What you seem to mean
instead is that you can no longer eject ZIP disks after you try to mount
the cdrom.
> > Is ide-scsi compiled into your kernel too? If your CD-Writer works and
> > you can't find this module then I would guess "yes".
>
> Then, yes, that is the case.
OK. So in summary:
- your parallel port is correctly configured in the BIOS
- your parallel port modules are loaded with the correct options
- the ppa module loads OK
- you have SCSI support compiled into the kernel
- you are loading the rest of the modules via modprobe at boot-time
This *should* be enough. The fact that it isn't seems to imply that
something else is interfering. Something like the SCSI-support for your
CD-Writer, perhaps? Specifically, the ide-scsi.o module, which
unfortunately is compiled into your kernel. Doctor, you're going to have
to operate!
RedHat must have given you the source tree, because this is Linux! And
if the people at RedHat are sane then you have the source tree matching
your kernel :-)! Don't be afraid; all you need to do is take the *EXACT*
same settings that you have now, and turn a few them from <*> to <M>.
Go to /usr/src/linux and type
# make menuconfig
Top Level:
- Block Devices
- IDE / ATAPI CDROM support
- SCSI emulation support
- SCSI support
- SCSI CDROM support
The idea here is that by making the CD-ROM support entirely modular, you
can load either the IDE version or the SCSI emulation version, depending
on what you want to do.
Now:
# make dep; make clean
# make bzImage
# make modules
# make modules_install
Maybe you can even skip the "modules_install" step, because they should
all be identical. You should, however, have one new module called
ide-scsi.o, which should go into the /lib/modules/<correct version
number>/scsi directory.
Now copy the /usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot/bzImage file to
/boot/vmlinuz-test, and edit your /etc/lilo.conf file and put a new
section in:
# Linux without ide-scsi support
image = /boot/vmlinuz-test
root = WHATEVER YOUR ROOT DEVICE IS
label = UNQIUE LABEL NAME
optional
read-only
# End
If your default config has an "append" line then you'll probably want
that too unless it only contains something like "ide-scsi" (which we're
doing away with).
Now rerun lilo:
# /sbin/lilo
You *should* have now added an extra label to your LILO boot loader,
which will give you the option of loading the kernel you have just
compiled. If it doesn't work then your original config should still be
intact. lilo should run without error, of course. Backup your original
lilo.conf file, just in case.
The new kernel will hopefully boot; your CD-ROM drive will be an IDE
drive again (once you modprobe the ide-cd module) and you won't be able
to use cdrecord unless you unload the ide-cd and cdrom modules, and
modprobe the sg and ide-scsi modules instead. HOWEVER, I suspect that
your ZIP drive will work.
> Ugh. I will definitely try stripping the config to the bare essentials and
> starting all over for the zip drive, but I am not confident enough in my
> Linux education to recompile the kernel. I've done it twice in the very
> recent past and ended up with a completely unusable system.
Heh, been there. Done that ;-)
> Chris I really want to thank you and all others who have responded to this
> posting. Although I am an experienced C/C++ programmer on UNIX platforms,
> I am new to Linux setup and administration. Thanks for the time you and
> others have spent helping people like myself get our systems up and
> running.
No worries; but you're not out of the woods yet. Come to think of it,
are there any other kernels on your installation CD? A kernel capable of
supporting a CD-Writer might be a bit specialised for some people. Maybe
there's a more basic one you could try?
Chris
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From: "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Install problem with CompaqPresario
Date: 6 Sep 2000 11:32:28 GMT
fuchs.frank <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: I'm trying to install RedHat 6.1 on a NOTEBOOK :
: Compaq Presario 16XL256.
: I have some trouble with the graphics (card or screen) : nothing
: works when launching X.
: Any idea ?
Don't launch X?
Until you provide us with the output from SuperProbe and X -probeonly
(with the appropriate choice of X = XF86_???), we can't tell even
what card you have, of course. It's likely that it's an NVIDEA of
some kind, but it may not be. I suggest you go to the linux laptop web
pages and look upother peoples experiences with your model.
http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/kharker/linux-laptop/
Peter
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From: Hans-Martin Gutmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Linux and ABIT KT7 motherboard
Date: Wed, 06 Sep 2000 12:50:18 +0100
Hi,
I'm contemplating to buy an ABIT KT7 motherboard with an Athlon
processor and I want to run Linux. Has anybody got experience with that?
Are there any problems?
Thanks very much.
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From: "Andrew P. Billyard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Mouse problem under XFree86
Date: Wed, 06 Sep 2000 12:02:32 GMT
This may not work, but here is a suggestion; if you have a PS/2 to SERIAL
adaptor, I suggest you use it and configure the computer (XF86Config) to use
a serial mouse. I had the *exact* same problem with my Kensington's
Mouse-In-A-Box and it drove me crazy. I don't know why this solution worked
for me, but it did.
Frederik Tilkin wrote:
> My microsoft PS/2 compatible Intellimouse jumps about everywhere on the
> screen in XFree86 4.0.1
> I installed it, ran XF86Config and told it to use the PS/2 protocol. Same
> problem when I tried to use the Intellimouse protocol.
> As the device I gave up /dev/mouse which is a symlink to /dev/psaux
>
> It didn't happen in the previous version of X (3.somewhat). I am using
> RedHat 6.2.
>
> Does anyone have a solution to this problem?
>
> Thanx,
>
> Frederik
--
Please reply to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Chuck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Mouse problem under XFree86
Date: Wed, 06 Sep 2000 08:07:20 -0400
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I checked xf86config on my system, and found the mouse options to be
somewhat restricted. XF86Setup has more mice options, as I'm sure do
several other x config.
However you do it, I'd recommend trying the IMPS/2 ( Intelli Mouse PS/2 ?).
If you can't find the option anywhere, go into /etc/X11/XF86Config, and
scroll down to the pointer section, and if you dare, change the mouse
protocol to "IMPS/2". I'd have to exit/restart X for the configuration to
take effect, but I suspect there's a more elegant way to reinitiallize X....
(...in XF86Config)
Section "Pointer"
Protocol "IMPS/2"
Device "/dev/mouse"
ZAxisMapping 4 5
Frederik Tilkin wrote:
> My microsoft PS/2 compatible Intellimouse jumps about everywhere on the
> screen in XFree86 4.0.1
> I installed it, ran XF86Config and told it to use the PS/2 protocol. Same
> problem when I tried to use the Intellimouse protocol.
> As the device I gave up /dev/mouse which is a symlink to /dev/psaux
>
> It didn't happen in the previous version of X (3.somewhat). I am using
> RedHat 6.2.
>
> Does anyone have a solution to this problem?
>
> Thanx,
>
> Frederik
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