Linux-Hardware Digest #588, Volume #13 Sat, 16 Sep 00 23:13:06 EDT
Contents:
Re: Ethernet Really Slow in Linux ("B. Joshua Rosen")
Re: purchase question (Brad Friedman)
Re: Can't see my ethernet card... (Eric)
Re: Mandrake 7.1 with 3c509b NIC (chewie8han)
Logitech Desktop Pro freezes in SuSE ("Dragan Colak")
Help ("vic")
Re: MotherBoard Integrated Sound Card --supported??? ("Jason Byrne")
Re: SCSI tape drive problem w/ RH 6.1 (-ljl-)
Re: Samba with 2 NICs Question ("Jason Byrne")
INSTALL with External CD-ROM !! ("Joguy")
Re: WheelMouse (James Richard Tyrer)
Re: IDE controller for ALi 1541 - help! (James Richard Tyrer)
B/W Connectix QuickCam bw-qcam.o ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
HP842C (Sparkzz)
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From: "B. Joshua Rosen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Ethernet Really Slow in Linux
Date: Sat, 16 Sep 2000 20:19:32 -0400
Try power cycling the Dlink. I have one and I noticed that FTPs dropped
to a few bytes per second, I power cycled my Dlink and everything was
normal again. I have no idea why the power cycling helped but it did.
Doubt wrote:
>
> Okay, I've noticed a large bottleneck on my linux box; I have a Linux box
> with a 3com 100/10mbit card connected to a D-Link 100mbit switch. Three
> computers are connected to this switch, the Linux Box, and two winblows
> boxes. Transfer rates from Linux Box <=> Winblows boxes tops out at
> transfer rates of 2meg/s ... transfer rates from Winblows <=> Winblows tops
> out at about 7meg/s. Why are my transfer rates terribly slow from the Linux
> box. All three machines share same type of setups, 3com 3c509 cards. I
> should get 7meg/s from the Linux box just like between the windows machines.
> I thought maybe kernel server optimization would help, I have not done this
> yet, but I'm skeptical, not that the windows TCP/IP stack is all that
> optimized and blowing away the Linux machine. How would I go about fixing
> this? Ideas what is wrong, or how I can go about finding out how to fix
> this? Thanks alot.
>
> Doubt
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From: Brad Friedman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: purchase question
Date: Sat, 16 Sep 2000 19:27:18 -0500
I found a system offerred by Surplus Direct / Egghead that I like. This
dealer got good reviews on resellerratings.com. It is a Nexar system and I
really don't know much about them. I was wondering if anyone had any input
on Nexar or on the system that I would like to buy. The specifications can
be found at:
http://www.egghead.com/category/inv/00000201/03271189.htm
Thanks for any input.
-BF
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On 16 Sep 2000, Dances With Crows wrote:
> On Sat, 16 Sep 2000 02:04:59 -0500, Brad Friedman wrote:
> >I am a new Linux user and I am thinking of purchasing a new PC. I am
> >willing to spend around $500 for the whole system, excluding a monitor. I
> >was referred to www.pricewatch.com where I found a system that I like
> >offered from Explorer Micro, Inc. I was wondering if anyone had used this
> >dealer and what they thought, or if anyone had a recommendation for another
> >dealer to use. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Only $500? You get what you pay for, and $500 isn't much in the
> computer world. You could always buy parts, I guess... (prices are
> approximate, and this system is very low-end):
>
> Super 7 motherboard: $85
> K6-2 300 $35
> 32M RAM $40
> Mid-tower ATX case: $80
> 8G IDE drive: $95
> ATi Xpert 98 video: $50
> Ensoniq AUdioPCI sound: $30
> keyboard+mouse: $30
> 24x IDE CD-ROM: $35
> 15" monitor: $150 (you want a decent one, hence the expense)
>
> That comes out to $630 + shipping. Not too bad, really. Buying a
> complete system is often a crapshoot; they'll sell you something hideous
> with all the hardware integrated on the board (makes it difficult to
> upgrade, and Xfree86 has problems with the low-end SiS video cards that
> are integrated into most really cheap PCs) and if you go cheap, the
> board itself will most likely be flaky, leading to all kinds of horrible
> problems. Most complete-system suppliers also know nothing about what
> they're selling (when the only info on the sound chip is "SoundBlaster
> Compatible", forget it) which means Linux compatability is impossible to
> establish.
>
> --
> Matt G|There is no Darkness in Eternity/But only Light too dim for us to see
> Brainbench MVP for Linux Admin / Those who do not understand Unix are
> http://www.brainbench.com / condemned to reinvent it, poorly.
> -----------------------------/ --Henry Spencer
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Eric)
Subject: Re: Can't see my ethernet card...
Date: Sun, 17 Sep 2000 00:43:10 GMT
On 16 Sep 2000 22:45:33 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
wrote:
>On Sat, 16 Sep 2000 15:34:08 GMT, Eric wrote:
>>I'm using Mandrake 7.1 and I have a Network Everywhere fast ethernet
>>adapter (NC100 v2) installed on my machine. This is a PCI card.
>>Works fine with Win98, but I'm unable to detect it with Linux?
>
>What does "cat /proc/pci" show? Post the output of that command that
>relates to the network card; it'll be like so:
Well, cat/proc/pci shows:
[root@localhost /root]# cat /proc/pci
PCI devices found:
Bus 0, device 0, function 0:
Host bridge: Intel 82437VX Triton II (rev 2).
Medium devsel. Master Capable. Latency=32.
Bus 0, device 7, function 0:
ISA bridge: Intel 82371SB PIIX3 ISA (rev 1).
Medium devsel. Fast back-to-back capable. Master Capable. No
bursts.
Bus 0, device 7, function 1:
IDE interface: Intel 82371SB PIIX3 IDE (rev 0).
Medium devsel. Fast back-to-back capable. Master Capable.
Latency=32.
I/O at 0xffa0 [0xffa1].
Bus 0, device 8, function 0:
VGA compatible controller: 3Dfx Unknown device (rev 1).
Vendor id=121a. Device id=5.
Fast devsel. Fast back-to-back capable. IRQ 11.
Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xfc000000 [0xfc000000].
Prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xf8000000 [0xf8000008].
I/O at 0x7c00 [0x7c01].
Bus 0, device 9, function 0:
Ethernet controller: Unknown vendor Unknown device (rev 17).
Vendor id=1317. Device id=985.
Medium devsel. Fast back-to-back capable. IRQ 9. Master
Capable. Latency=32. Min Gnt=255.Max Lat=255.
I/O at 0x7800 [0x7801].
Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xffaefc00 [0xffaefc00].
>
>Bus 0, device 9, function 0:
> Ethernet controller: 3Com 3C590 10bT (rev 0).
> Medium devsel. IRQ 11. Master Capable. Latency=248. Min Gnt=3.Max Lat=8.
> I/O at 0xe800 [0xe801].
>
>Naturally, it won't say "3Com 3C590" but something else; possibly an
>NE2000-PCI clone card or a RealTek 8xx9 card. You *could* just try
>"modprobe ne2k-pci" or "modprobe rtl8139" and see what happens. A lot
>of cheap cards use those chipsets.
>
>--
>Matt G|There is no Darkness in Eternity/But only Light too dim for us to see
>Brainbench MVP for Linux Admin / Those who do not understand Unix are
>http://www.brainbench.com / condemned to reinvent it, poorly.
>-----------------------------/ --Henry Spencer
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From: chewie8han <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Mandrake 7.1 with 3c509b NIC
Date: Sun, 17 Sep 2000 01:28:33 GMT
I can ping myself, but i can't ping anyone else, including my roomate who
i'm connected to by a hub. so i'm not even getting connection outside my
computer at all let alone the internet. any other thoughts?
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From: "Dragan Colak" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.suse
Subject: Logitech Desktop Pro freezes in SuSE
Date: Sun, 17 Sep 2000 03:39:50 +0200
Hi group,
my keyboard/mouse combination is a Logitech Desktop Pro (this is wireless).
I don't have any problems with it when running Win98SE or W2K Pro or
accessing my BIOS.
But as soon as I run SuSE Linux it freezes occosionally. It's on the console
aswell as when running X. It is at system installation aswell as in normal
operation.
Windows tells me the battery status is okay for keyboard and mouse.
When running X I can get it back to work by moving the mouse, but on the
console I don't have a chance. The only thing I can do there is rebooting.
This problem occurs in SuSE Linux 6.3 (Kernel 2.2.13) and in
SuSE Linux 7.0 (Kernel 2.2.16). I didn't try another distribution.
Can anybody tell me what the problem is?
What can I do to run it properly?
Thanks in advance
Dragan
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From: "vic" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Help
Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2000 09:49:44 +0800
Hello,I'm a newbieI'd tried some distribution but got the same problem.My
computer is P-90,64MRAM,2GB HD.
At RedHat 6.1,after the installation windows shown software package.
Texts went out as
"Installation stop ,sending signal 9........
"Rebooting your computer"
Please help on that if there is any hardware conflict.
Thanks
Victor
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From: "Jason Byrne" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: MotherBoard Integrated Sound Card --supported???
Date: Sat, 16 Sep 2000 18:35:25 -0700
you might laugh at this one...
I have three identical motherboards (PCChips M748LMRT) in three PC's... 100%
integrated components... all working with Linux
10/100 fast ethernet (Davicom 9102)
onboard sound (C-Media 8738)
onboard video (SiS 620)
onboard winmodem (PCTel HSP56 Micromodem - yes... even this works)
running SuSE 6.4 - nice way to put together some cheap boxes.
bought the first one almost on a *dare* from a guy that swore it would never
work with Linux... and then built two more identical systems after I got
everything working.
on another note - I am more likely to buy *interesting* hardware than pay
through the nose for something *popular* - 3com, Intel, US Robotics, Asus,
HP, etc...
"Steve Wolfe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:8aOw5.154$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > Hi, I ordered a new system
> > which I picked up yesterday.
> > Prior, and During the Whole Process I insisted on
> > a motherboard that did not have integrated video and sound cards.
> >
> > However, much to my dismay, this morning, I find that its sound card
> > is an integrated part of the motherboard.
> >
> > Are there issues with integrated 'on the motherboard' soundcards???
>
> It all depends on the card. Some will work just fine, some won't. We
> recently bought some "book pc's" to use as demo units at a trade show, and
I
> set one up wth Linux as a NAT router / firewall, and the Redhat 6.2
> installation found the sound card and installed the correct module. When
I
> recompiled the 2.2.16 kernel, I found the appropriate driver in the kernel
> tree. That's the ideal situation, however....
>
> steve
>
> --
> --------------------------------------------------
> Domain for replies is "codon"
> --------------------------------------------------
>
>
>
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From: -ljl- <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: SCSI tape drive problem w/ RH 6.1
Date: Sun, 17 Sep 2000 01:34:35 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (David C.) wrote:
> Harshal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> >
> > I installed an Adaptec 2940U2W card in a Red Hat 6.1 system and
> > attached a Quantum DLT drive to it. On bootup, SCSI card BIOS
detected
> > the drive fine but none of the backup commands worked. I always get
> > erorrs saying no such device at /dev/st0. /var/log/dmesg has nothing
> > to say about the Adaptec card. Does this mean that the system can't
> > see the card as well as the attached drive?
>
> This means that the card's device drivers have not loaded.
>
> > The card does not come with drivers for Linux but I was told that
'RH
> > 6.1 knows about the card'.
> >
> > Do I have to install any driver for the tape drive to work properly.
>
> Yes. Add this line to /etc/conf.modules:
>
> alias scsi_hostadapter aic7xxx
>
> and reboot.
>
> Be sure to regenerate your boot floppy (via mkbootdisk) afterwards, so
> it will be able to access any SCSI devices.
>
> If you plan on booting from a SCSI hard drive, be sure to also
generate
> an initrd file (via mkinitrd) after doing this, so that your ramdisk
> will have the SCSI driver in it - then update LILO before rebooting.
> (If you don't require any files on any SCSI drives at boot time, then
> this last step is optional.)
Also, you will need 'st' (SCSI Tape) support compiled in or as a module.
I suspect that you have "st.o" and it should be loaded automagically.
--
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From: "Jason Byrne" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Samba with 2 NICs Question
Date: Sat, 16 Sep 2000 18:37:45 -0700
If I remember correctly... there is an interface setting in smb.conf - might
do the trick
"Doubt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:39c2ecb1$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Okay, I have a new build of Redhat installed on a box, and I have Samba
> configured and running. I have two network cards in this Linux box, one
> which is 10mbit and goes to an Internet gateway. The other is a 100mbit
> card which is a local network only. My problem is this: How do I
configure
> Samba to run over the 100mbit card, and not the 10mbit card, since the
> windows machine that will be accessing the Samba network have 2 network
> cards also, and are on the same networks as the Linux machine. Basically,
I
> want local transfers to work at the 100mbit speed, and the internet
traffic
> to go through another router. Is there a way in Linux to specify which
> network the client should use? If i was connecting to it via IP Addresses
I
> could just specify the respective IPs .. Like '\\192.168.0.1\login' ..
> however it is accessed like '\\Samba\login' (Samba being the netbios name
> for the Linux box on the network). Anyone know how this can be done?
> Thanks.
>
> Doubt
>
>
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From: "Joguy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: INSTALL with External CD-ROM !!
Date: Sun, 17 Sep 2000 03:24:30 +0200
Hi,
Does anyone know how to install Mandrake 7.1 on a Compaq armada with a
parallel CDROM (EPAT) ?
The "CDROM.IMG" doesn't recognize it, and no NFS install is possible !
A "Howto make" a bootdisk or a "xxxxxx.img" will be welcome ! :-)
Thanks a lot !
Guy.
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From: James Richard Tyrer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: WheelMouse
Date: Sun, 17 Sep 2000 02:02:26 GMT
Lexa wrote:
> I have a RedHat 6.2 and Microsoft IntelliMouse.
> Using KDE
> How can i make the wheel work in KFM filemanager.
> And possibly in some texteditor too.
> The imwheel is intalled.
> /etc/X11/Xf86Config pointer section is:
> Section "Pointer"
> Protocol "IMPS/2"
> Device "/dev/mouse"
> ZAxisMapping 4 5
> Buttons 3
>
> I put folloving skript in .Xdefaults and wheel works in
> netscape very well.
>
> !## NETSCAPE
> Netscape*drawingArea.translations: #replace \
> <Btn1Down>: ArmLink() \n\
> <Btn2Down>: ArmLink() \n\
> ~Shift<Btn1Up>: ActivateLink() \n\
> ~Shift<Btn2Up>: ActivateLink(new-window) \
> DisarmLink() \n\
> Shift<Btn1Up>: ActivateLink(save-only) \
> DisarmLink() \n\
> Shift<Btn2Up>: ActivateLink(save-only) \
> DisarmLink() \n\
> <Btn1Motion>: DisarmLinkIfMoved() \n\
> <Btn2Motion>: DisarmLinkIfMoved() \n\
> <Btn3Motion>: DisarmLinkIfMoved() \n\
> <Motion>: DescribeLink() \n\
> <Btn3Down>: xfeDoPopup() \n\
> <Btn3Up>: ActivatePopup() \n\
> Ctrl<Btn4Down>: PageUp()\n\
> Ctrl<Btn5Down>: PageDown()\n\
> Shift<Btn4Down>: LineUp()\n\
> Shift<Btn5Down>: LineDown()\n\
> None<Btn4Down>: LineUp()LineUp()LineUp()LineUp()LineUp()LineUp()\n\
> None<Btn5Down>:
> LineDown()LineDown()LineDown()LineDown()LineDown()LineDown()\n\
> Alt<Btn4Down>: xfeDoCommand(forward)\n\
> Alt<Btn5Down>: xfeDoCommand(back)\n
>
> Netscape*globalNonTextTranslations: #override\n\
> Shift<Btn4Down>: LineUp()\n\
> Shift<Btn5Down>: LineDown()\n\
> None<Btn4Down>:LineUp()LineUp()LineUp()LineUp()LineUp()LineUp()\n\
>
> None<Btn5Down>:LineDown()LineDown()LineDown()LineDown()LineDown()LineDown()\
> n\
> Alt<Btn4Down>: xfeDoCommand(forward)\n\
> Alt<Btn5Down>: xfeDoCommand(back)\n
>
> Is there anything same sort of skript for KFM as well.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Lexa
There is a lot of info at?
http://www-sop.inria.fr/koala/colas/mouse-wheel-scroll/
1. Change buttons to 5. I don't know if it matters but ...
2. Get the program "imwheel". Follow instructions included with it.
http://www.rpmfind.com/RPM/powertools/6.2/i386/i386/imwheel-0.9.6-9.i386.html
JRT
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From: James Richard Tyrer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: IDE controller for ALi 1541 - help!
Date: Sun, 17 Sep 2000 02:18:52 GMT
"Andrew P. Billyard" wrote:
> I've been trying to tune up my disk speed but cannot use the -d1 switch
> in hdparm (receiving the error message "HDIO_SET_DMA failed: Operation
> not permitted"). I know the problem; it's the solution that I'm not
> sure about. I am currently running kernel version 2.2.14-5 (Red Hat
> 6.2) on a ASUS P5A-B motherboard with an AMD K6-2/500 processor. The
> portion of my dmesg reads
>
> PCI_IDE: unknown IDE controller on PCI bus 00 device 78, VID=10b9,
> DID=5229
> PCI_IDE: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later
> PCI_IDE: simplex device: DMA disabled
> ide0: PCI_IDE Bus-Master DMA disabled (BIOS)
> PCI_IDE: simplex device: DMA disabled
> ide1: PCI_IDE Bus-Master DMA disabled (BIOS)
>
> and part of /proc/pci reads
>
> Host bridge: Acer Labs Unknown device (rev 4).
> Vendor id=10b9. Device id=1541.
>
> for my /dev/hda (IBM-DJNA-351520, ATA DISK drive) where Linux resides.
> The problem is that I have an ALi1541 chipset, which is not supported in
> the current kernel.
>
> First question: does the most recent stable kernel (whatever that is)
> have support for this
> chipset?
>
> Second question: If not, can the Unified driver support be insmod'ed
> into my current kernel? If so, where can I get this driver?
>
> Third question: A previous message on this newsgroup recommended going
> to
>
> ftp://ftp.us.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/hedrick/
>
> and download a patch for the kernel. The problem is that I've never
> done patchwork and the patches have names like
> ide.2.2.18-3.all.20000904.patch.bz2; does the 2.2.18 have anything to do
> with the kernel version or just the patch version (I'm extremely
> hestitant about applying patches...I use this machine everyday for my
> work and can't afford a week of farting around with the kernel because I
> did something wrong).
>
> Thus, of the three options (download new kernel/ insmod/patch) could
> someone tell me which are possible, which is the best method and which
> method is the easiest or fastest.
>
> Many thanks,
> Andrew
>
> --
> Please reply to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
The first number [2.2.18-3] refers to the Kernel version, the second number
20000904 is the date of the patch -- its version.
The only thing hard about installing a new kernel is that you must
configure the options correctly. There is a HOW TO at:
http://www.ssc.com/mirrors/LDP/HOWTO/Kernel-HOWTO.html
I am running Kernel v. 2.2.16 with the "ide.2.2.16.all.20000805" patch and
have had no problems with it after proper configuration. I forgot to
enable PPP the first time etc. Not a big problem but had to do it over.
JRT
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: B/W Connectix QuickCam bw-qcam.o
Date: Sun, 17 Sep 2000 02:08:38 GMT
Has anyone gotten the bw-qcam driver to load sucessfully?
I must me losing my mind but I think I've tried everything
and I only get the device or resource busy message.
/sbin/insmod -L /lib/modules/2.2.12-20/misc/bw-qcam.o
/lib/modules/2.2.12-20/misc/bw-qcam.o: init_module:
Device or resource busy
parport: Device or resource busy
Anyone have any clues?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Sparkzz)
Subject: HP842C
Date: 17 Sep 2000 02:55:16 GMT
Hello,
Does anyone know how to get the color to print on this printer.
??
thanks,
Ken
.
.
....Ken
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