Linux-Hardware Digest #232, Volume #14 Tue, 23 Jan 01 11:13:08 EST
Contents:
Re: BP6 ATA66 Crashing System ("Rinaldi J. Montessi")
Re: RH6.2 with 3 NICs on a Dell Dimension L800r ?? ("castro62")
Hardware list: HP Vectra VL600 Mk II 32Mb Matrox G400 4x AGP, (Martin Booth)
Re: cups demon daemon ("Peter T. Breuer")
Re: How to save xvidtune settings? (John Peach)
Re: IDE CD-R and SCSI harddrive (hac)
Re: cups demon daemon (Hal Burgiss)
Re: slow system, SCSI to blame? ("Frank Riley")
Re: BP6 ATA66 Crashing System ("Rinaldi J. Montessi")
A7V-133 IDE raid support? (Henning Evers)
Re: adding second drive to ATA66 controller (Mark Bratcher)
Re: Travan atapi tape woes..... (Mark Bratcher)
Re: can't print to my printer, but Win machines can! (Mark Bratcher)
Re: Diamond SupraMax 2260 PCI Winmodem ?? Can be used for Linux ? (-J=P-)
Re: Funny Pixels on screen (Mark Bratcher)
Re: cups demon daemon ("Peter T. Breuer")
Re: Scanning SCSI hardware after startup
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From: "Rinaldi J. Montessi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: BP6 ATA66 Crashing System
Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2001 09:28:25 -0500
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > Adam Becker wrote:
> > >
> > > > <snip>
> > > >
> > > > I've had the exact same thing happen with a dual celeron abit bp6
> with
> > > > the original gentus linux and anything I've compiled since. Short
> > > > answer is hpt 366 is garbage. Get an ata pci card. Not a lockup
> since
> > > > I installed it. I think it was freezing during the slocate
> (updatedb)
> > > > cron job. That's the only rigorous thing that happens after I
> log off.
> > > >
> > > > I was (am?) using the RU BIOS and have been all along. I did not
> bother
> > > > testing the hpt controller in dma33 mode. You can probably buy a
> > > > Promise card for $30 - 40.00. I notice Abit stopped using the hpt
> > > > controller in recent releases.
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Rinaldi]$
> > > > "Defeat may serve as well as victory, to shake the soul and let
> the
> > > > glory out." --Poet Edwin Markham (c. 1898)
> > >
> > > I added the Promise card, but the system still finds the hpt366 as
> ide2&3
> > > how can I disable it so the system will find the new Promise card??
> > > I tried disabling Ultrdma in bios, no luck.
> > > I tried ide2=0x9400,0x9802 ide3=0x9c00,0xa002 (from /proc/pci for
> Promise
> > > card), it still finds ide2&3 on the hpt366.
> > > I tried ide4&5 on same address, no luck. Is Linux limited to ide0-
> 3?
> >
> > Also emailed-----------
> >
> > Did you recompile your kernel with the Promise ATA 100 support?
> >
> > Let's take it from the top. What kernel are you using and how did you
> > install it; rpm, *.tar.gz/bz2? Do you have the source? You composed
> > this using MS, does Winblows see the Promise card? Do you know how to
> > patch a kernel?
> >
> > I don't believe the hpt 366 can be disabled without altering the
> BIOS.
> > I put support for both hpt and Promise in my current kernel. I still
> > get the blue Highpoint screen at boot, but have nothing attached. I
> may
> > hook a couple of udma 33's to it and do some massive data transfers
> and
> > diff the files. If it's ok, that's good.
> >
> > One request: I'll gladly give you all the help you need on this, but
> > please bottom post (as you did here) your replies and don't <snip> any
> > of the content. It will save me from having to refer to previous
> posts
> > for information.
> >
> > The law of Linux: learn what you don't know, teach what you do.
> >
> > --
> > Rinaldi]$
> > "Defeat may serve as well as victory, to shake the soul and let the
> > glory out." --Poet Edwin Markham (c. 1898)
> >
>
> How can you disable the hpt? I can't find anything in the bios to
> disable it it, the "integrated peripherals" screen has options to
> disable ide1 and ide2, but that's the 2 33 ide ports. Now the blue hpt
> screen says press ctrl-H to configure, but hitting it and/or holding it
> down doesn't do anything. I can't enter the highpoint config screen at
> all.
As I said earlier, I don't believe it's possible. Unless someone writes
a BIOS flash designed to do that.
--
Rinaldi]$
"Defeat may serve as well as victory, to shake the soul and let the
glory out." --Poet Edwin Markham (c. 1898)
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From: "castro62" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup,linux.redhat
Subject: Re: RH6.2 with 3 NICs on a Dell Dimension L800r ??
Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2001 14:24:49 -0000
I agree with Steve.
to check if yu have a routing issue try thi command to ping :
ping -n xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
-n disables the name lookup
"Thierry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Hi,
> I'm trying to configure a firewall with RedHat 6.2 on a Dell Dimension
L800r
> with 3 NICs:
> - 1 integrated (Intel Pro 10/100)
> - 2 3Com 3C905C
>
> I turned off the PNP in BIOS, disabled the integrated sound card and the
> parallel port and let RedHat installs itself.
> RH found my NICs correctly but a ping on the local IP address on both the
> 3Com takes +1 minute.
>
> Then, I've found that the Intel and one of the 3Com are using the same IRQ
> and there's no way to change this.
>
> Is there a way to get 3 NICs to work on a Dell Dimension L800r running
> RedHat 6.2 ?
> Or should I go to RedHat 7.0 ?
>
> Thanks,
> Thierry.
>
>
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From: Martin Booth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Hardware list: HP Vectra VL600 Mk II 32Mb Matrox G400 4x AGP,
Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2001 14:34:55 +0000
Dear Folks,
I have a PC being offered to me, but I don't know if it will work with
Linux, specifically the 32Mb Matrox G400 4x AGP and the CrystalClear 16
bit Full Duplex. Any ideas if it will work? Any help would be gratefully
received, as I don't have long to deicde!
P.S. in case of E-mails remove the nospam.
Specifications.
HP Vectra VL600 Mk II
Processor
Pentium III 866 MHz
Cache Size/Type
256Kb Level 2
Standard Pre installed Memory
128Mb RAMBUS
Video/Graphics
32Mb Matrox G400 4x AGP
PCI Set
Intel 820
Hard Disk Interface & Size
15Gb Ultra ATA/66 (FAT32
Partitioned as C : 3.75Gb, D :11.25Gb)
DVD-Rom Drive
8x DVD ROM IDE Drive
Sound
CrystalClear 16 bit Full Duplex
(SoundBlaster compatible)
Networking
Intel Pro 100+ 100BaseT,10baseTX
Serial Port
2 x 16550 UART
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From: "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: cups demon daemon
Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2001 15:26:16 +0100
Hal Burgiss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Tue, 23 Jan 2001 01:36:06 +0000, Sinner from the Prairy
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have read docs till I am blue in the face. If it was not for
> linuxprinting.org, I'd still be reading. The man pages for lprm AND
> cancel indicate these can be used to cancel a print job. Either I am
> missing something (quite possible), or they don't do it in this
> situation. Perhaps, these are only for queued jobs, and not actively
> printing jobs? In which case, what commands are there to stop a run away
> print job?
lprm will stop something that can be stopped. If it's already in
your printer and printing, then, obviously, it's too late and you have
to attack the printer to stop the part that's printing.
> FWIW, the only way I could stop the printer from gobbling up paper, was
> to kill a process something like 'parallel://lp0' (or similar), and then
> turn the printer off. At least this is what seemed to do the trick. This
Surprise, surprise.
> after stopping the cups daemon. I couldn't find any non-empty spool
> files either. Does it spool in RAM?
Yep. In your printer's ram, to be precise.
Peter
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Peach)
Subject: Re: How to save xvidtune settings?
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x,comp.windows.x.i386unix,alt.os.linux
Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2001 14:52:22 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
|>In comp.os.linux.hardware [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
|>> I have Fetched the number from xvidtune and put them where I think
|>> they're supposed to be in /etc/X11/XF86Config but still no luck.
|>
|>> Any suggestions?
|>
|>That you think wrong. Either your entry in the file is worng/misplaced,
|>or that is not the configuration file.
Probably config file. I installed XFree86 4 from source and had no
problems; but I have seen that some distributions have renamed
XF86Config to XF86Config4 (or something like that). Gives you something
to look for :-)
|>
|>Test.
|>
|>Peter
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From: hac <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: IDE CD-R and SCSI harddrive
Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2001 14:56:22 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> Hy everybody,
>
> I've got the problem, that I can't use my CD-R (which is an IDE device)
> with my other hardware (SCSI Controller with 3 harddrives, a ZIP drive
> and a SCSI Scanner).
>
> The SuSE support data base says, that ... CD-Writer IDE-SCSI emulation
> does not work if you have SCSI harddisk and IDE CD-R...
>
I have no idea why it would say that, because it's not true.
> Does anybody have an idea how it will work nevertheless??
>
Yes. When you use ide-scsi, the ide controller shows up as another
SCSI controller. There's no problem with multiple SCSI controllers.
My second IDE channel has an ATAPI CD-R on it, and shows up as the
third SCSI controller in my system. I don't currently have any SCSI
hard drives attached, but do have every other type of SCSI device
working fine. The IDE hard drive works fine, as an IDE device. The
ATAPI CD-R works fine, as an emulated SCSI device.
--
Howard Christeller Irvine, CA [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Hal Burgiss)
Subject: Re: cups demon daemon
Reply-To: Hal Burgiss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 23 Jan 2001 09:58:10 -0500
On Tue, 23 Jan 2001 15:26:16 +0100, Peter T. Breuer
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hal Burgiss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> On Tue, 23 Jan 2001 01:36:06 +0000, Sinner from the Prairy
>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> I have read docs till I am blue in the face. If it was not for
>> linuxprinting.org, I'd still be reading. The man pages for lprm AND
>> cancel indicate these can be used to cancel a print job. Either I am
>> missing something (quite possible), or they don't do it in this
>> situation. Perhaps, these are only for queued jobs, and not actively
>> printing jobs? In which case, what commands are there to stop a run away
>> print job?
>
>lprm will stop something that can be stopped. If it's already in
>your printer and printing, then, obviously, it's too late and you have
>to attack the printer to stop the part that's printing.
I turned it off at least 10 times. When turned back on, it picked up
right where it left off.
>
>> FWIW, the only way I could stop the printer from gobbling up paper,
>> was to kill a process something like 'parallel://lp0' (or similar),
>> and then turn the printer off. At least this is what seemed to do
>> the trick. This
>
>Surprise, surprise.
>
>> after stopping the cups daemon. I couldn't find any non-empty spool
>> files either. Does it spool in RAM?
>
>Yep. In your printer's ram, to be precise.
Even when turned off? It has to be somewhere else, at least in this
case. Apparently memory used by parallel://lp0? But is there a command
short of kill KILL to stop this process?
--
Hal B
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From: "Frank Riley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: slow system, SCSI to blame?
Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2001 08:05:10 -0700
I also got the following numbers with bonnie:
-------Sequential Output-------- ---Sequential
Input-- --Random--
-Per Char- --Block--- -Rewrite-- -Per
Char- --Block--- --Seeks---
Machine MB K/sec %CPU K/sec %CPU K/sec %CPU K/sec %CPU K/sec %CPU /sec
%CPU
100 37 99.1 2171 71.9 1234 85.3 38 99.3 2857 83.8 54.1
28.7
"Frank Riley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:94jd38$17c$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Hello,
>
> I've got RedHat linux running on a Pentium 120 with 24mb of RAM. I know
this
> system isn't going to get going very fast, but it seems to me it is much
> slower than it should be. I'm trying to figure out what could be the
cause.
> I measured my SCSI drive speed with hdparm and got the following:
>
> /dev/sda:
> Timing buffer-cache reads: 128 MB in 24.75 seconds = 5.17 MB/sec
> Timing buffered disk reads: 64 MB in 37.48 seconds = 1.71 MB/sec
>
> These numbers seem awfully low to me. I've got an Adaptec 2940AU with an
> Ultra SCSI drive. Should I expect higher performance out of this drive? or
> is my system slow because I don't have a lot of memory? Any help is
> appreciated.
>
> Frank
>
>
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From: "Rinaldi J. Montessi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: BP6 ATA66 Crashing System
Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2001 10:03:25 -0500
This is a resend. Originally sent Mon 7:17 PM EST
I suspect it may be an issue with new/quoted text. Will snip
(grudgingly) quoted material.
Adam Becker wrote:
<snip technical background stuff, hrumph>
I'm going to include some data from my system configuration. I don't
recall all the steps I went through to arrive at this, but *it works*.
Note that the patch applied to the kernel (2.2.18) is Hedricks 12/21
patch. Previous patch would boot from floppy but not from mbr. Note
also that 2.4.0 fails from the mbr as well. Will boot from floppy but
there are other issues keeping me from using it.
You may have to modify some of these entries e.g. idecd. I use
scsi/atapi for CD writing per cdrecord; if you don't do this configure
for ide. I suppose you have enough common sense to determine what your
chipset and other hardware require.
# Please see Documentation/ide.txt for help/info on IDE drives
#
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_HD_IDE is not set
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDISK=y
# CONFIG_IDEDISK_MULTI_MODE is not set
# CONFIG_IDEDISK_STROKE is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDECD is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDETAPE is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEFLOPPY is not set
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDESCSI=y
# CONFIG_IDE_TASK_IOCTL is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_CMD640 is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RZ1000 is not set
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEPCI=y
CONFIG_IDEPCI_SHARE_IRQ=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDMA=y
CONFIG_IDEDMA_AUTO=y
# CONFIG_IDEDMA_NEW_DRIVE_LISTINGS is not set
CONFIG_IDEDMA_PCI_EXPERIMENTAL=y
# CONFIG_IDEDMA_PCI_WIP is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_OFFBOARD is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_AEC62XX is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_ALI15X3 is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_AMD7409 is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_CMD64X is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_CY82C693 is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_CS5530 is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_HPT34X is not set
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_HPT366=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_PIIX=y
CONFIG_PIIX_TUNING=y
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_OPTI621 is not set
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_PDC202XX=y
CONFIG_PDC202XX_BURST=y
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SIS5513 is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SLC90E66 is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_OSB4 is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_TRM290 is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_VIA82CXXX is not set
# CONFIG_IDE_CHIPSETS is not set
# CONFIG_IDEDMA_IVB is not set
Your /etc/lilo.conf may also require some fine tuning. Again this works
quite well:
boot = /dev/hda
timeout = 50
prompt
default = linux18-100
vga = normal
read-only
map=/boot/map
install = /boot/boot.b
disk = /dev/hda #first hd detected is always "a"
bios = 0x80 #bios of first hd is always 0x80
disk = /dev/hdb
bios = 0x81
#/dev/hdc and /dev/hdd are cdrom's.
disk = /dev/hde
bios = 0x82
disk = /dev/hdg
bios = 0x83
image = /boot/vmlinuz-2.2.18
label = linux18-100
vga = normal
root = /dev/hdg3
append = "ide0 = 0x1f0, 0x3f6 ide1 = 0x170, 0x376 ide2 = 0xbc00,
0xc002 ide3 = 0xc400, 0x802"
image = /boot/kernel-2.2.18
label = linux18
vga = normal
root = /dev/hdb7
append = "ide0 = 0x1f0, 0x3f6 ide1 = 0x170, 0x376 ide2 = 0xbc00,
0xc002 ide3 = 0xc400, 0x802"
image = /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.0
label = linux24
vga = normal
root = /dev/hdg3
other = /dev/hda1
label = dos
Make sure your BIOS is set for a P n P OS and auto handles the irq's. I
believe linux is supposed to handle them if the BIOS doesn't, but I
can't prove that. And I know it failed when I disabled it in BIOS.
BTW, I did notice something strange with my Western Digitals on the
Promise controller. As you can see I have them on ide2 and ide3. I
found that if I set the jumpers in the "master" position it wouldn't
work. Leaving the jumpers either off or in some inconsequential
position works fine.
--
Rinaldi]$
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From: Henning Evers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: A7V-133 IDE raid support?
Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2001 15:58:38 +0100
Hello everyone,
i have heard with the new ASUS A7V-133 mainboard comes a hardware ide-raid
controller, is it known to be supported? Is it known if someone is working at
drivers (Kernelsupport) for this feature?
Or is it maybe allready supported and i just don't know?
any help would be appreciated.
Thanks in advance.
Henning Evers
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From: Mark Bratcher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: adding second drive to ATA66 controller
Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2001 10:26:08 -0500
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Not having any other info, I would check the dumb stuff first:
1) Cables all fully connected (sometimes in the process of navigating around the
inside of the PC, connectors pull partially loose)
2) The jumpers are properly set on the drives (double check)
3) The BIOS recognizes both drives properly. Make sure it can auto detect both
drives and see them as master slave and the correct capacities.
You shouldn't have to tell LILO anything about the second drive (unless you made
the new drive the master and the old drive the slave, which would not work).
Mark
ekk wrote:
>
> Hello,
> Sorry to bother you again - I'm trying to put a 2nd drive on the same
> cable as the first on my promise controller. According to the
> documentation I've found on the web and with the controller, it should
> be as simple as setting one to master an the other to slave. But, I've
> done that but it hangs during boot at 'Verifying DMI Pool Data'.
> Everything is fine with only one drive. Do I need to tell Lilo
> something before I install the drive?
> Thanks,
> Ken
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From: Mark Bratcher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Travan atapi tape woes.....
Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2001 10:29:19 -0500
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Do you have IDE/ATAPI tape drive support compiled in your kernel, or at least
compiled as a module?
"Corey W. Clamp" wrote:
>
> I also forgot to state that if I use the device as /dev/ht0 or /dev/nht0
> (with mt) I get a "Device not configured" screamed back at me.
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From: Mark Bratcher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: can't print to my printer, but Win machines can!
Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2001 10:32:43 -0500
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What do your printcap entries look like for this printer?
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> I have a PS printer hooked up to my Linux machine. When windows
> machines print to my printer via SAMBA, their jobs come out perfectly!
> However, when I print from my own machine, I only get a line of code
> at the top of the page and then nothing else. This happens when I
> print ascii, PS, or basically anything from my own machine. Any
> suggestions on how to remedy this, or on what to look for? Printing
> used to work flawlessly!
>
> SUSE Linux Pro 7.0
> Apple LaserWriter 16/600 PS
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ken
>
> Sent via Deja.com
> http://www.deja.com/
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (-J=P-)
Subject: Re: Diamond SupraMax 2260 PCI Winmodem ?? Can be used for Linux ?
Date: 23 Jan 2001 09:32:48 -0600
On Sun, 07 Jan 2001 17:29:05 GMT, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, mike <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> I have a Diamond SupraMax 2260 PCI modem. I thing that it
>>is a Winmodem. It has a Rockwell RLVDL56 DPF / SP
>>R6785-61 chipset.
>> Is there any way that this modem can be used with Linux and
>>if so, how?
>
>No, it is a controllerless modem in the Rockwell HCF family. There is no
>Linux driver available for it at this time. Sorry :(
>
>Rob Clark, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>http://www.o2.net/~gromitkc/winmodem.html
>
>
Are there any projects in the offing for drivers for HCF modems?
I'd be interested in contributing a small amount of money or any
coding help I could give.
jp
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From: Mark Bratcher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Funny Pixels on screen
Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2001 10:38:48 -0500
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If the exact configuration (drivers, monitor, video card, Linux version) you
have used to work consistently before and now it's starting to fail, then I
would hazard a guess that it may be a failure of your video car.
Cubic Meter wrote:
>
> Recently my mouse pointer started having a black line, pretty thick,
> following it around. It sits right with my pointer and oscillates randomly.
> In addition, my screen sometimes pixilates with odd colored pixels and
> lines. They don't obscure my view, but they are damned annoying. It has
> done this before, but it always went away, but now it has become permanent.
> What can this be? What can I do about it?
>
> m^3
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From: "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: cups demon daemon
Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2001 16:31:28 +0100
Hal Burgiss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Tue, 23 Jan 2001 15:26:16 +0100, Peter T. Breuer
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>Hal Burgiss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>> On Tue, 23 Jan 2001 01:36:06 +0000, Sinner from the Prairy
> I turned it off at least 10 times. When turned back on, it picked up
> right where it left off.
It's just about possible that the daemon might delete the file before
sending it all to the printer, but I don't believe it!
>>> after stopping the cups daemon. I couldn't find any non-empty spool
>>> files either. Does it spool in RAM?
>>
>>Yep. In your printer's ram, to be precise.
> Even when turned off? It has to be somewhere else, at least in this
> case. Apparently memory used by parallel://lp0? But is there a command
If it started printing again after having been turned off, and
the printer ram is volatile, then it has to come from a process somewhere,
and that process by any rule of design has to be reading from a file
or a filter.
> short of kill KILL to stop this process?
You probably didn't recognize the process or possibly the file. The daemon
has to fork while handling the job, and it's that child process that you
need to kill. If the master daemon can't kill the child via a runtime
directive, then that's its problem, and you need to notify the authors.
Caveat: I only use bsd lpd myself. I don't know why people think it's
fashionable or useful to start using something else. lprng looked
incomprehensible last I saw.
OT: Mind you, I said the same about PAM until I studied it a couple of
weeks ago, and discovered that it IS incomprehensible, but only because
the documentation is written by solaris manpage escapees. If you ignore
sufficient of the docs you can abstract the semantics.
The third field, control, indicates the behavior of the
PAM-API should the module fail to succeed in its authenti
cation task. Valid control values are: requisite - failure
of such a PAM results in the immediate termination of the
authentication process; required - failure of such a PAM
will ultimately lead to the PAM-API returning failure but
only after the remaining stacked modules (for this service
and type) have been invoked; sufficient - success of such
a module is enough to satisfy the authentication require
ments of the stack of modules (if a prior required module
has failed the success of this one is ignored); optional -
the success or failure of this module is only important if
it is the only module in the stack associated with this
service+type.
Uh, duh, what they MEAN is that
foo sufficient ; .. = foo || ..
foo requisite ; .. = foo && ..
foo required ; .. = .. && foo
foo optional ; .. = .. || foo
and I bet they don't know they mean that.
Peter
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From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Scanning SCSI hardware after startup
Date: 24 Jan 2001 00:43:44 +0900
>>>>> "max" == max <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
max> Hi all, I would like to know how to rescan the SCSI
max> controller for new hardware. I have a PCI SCSI adapter with 2
max> devices attached to it: a CDRW (internal) and a tape drive
max> (external). The tape device is an older Python DAT drive,
max> which has it's own power supply & cooler, so it generates a
max> lot of heat and makes a lot of noise. Since I don't use it
max> that much, I mostly have it switched off. When the device is
max> 'down', the SCSI controller doesn't see it at boot time of
max> course and the system just sees the internal SCS This means
max> that when I want to use it the only way to get it 'known' in
max> my Linux (RH7.0) is to reboot the machine. I can understand
max> the reboot if it was a Windows-system, but surely there's a
max> Linux command somewhere which will rescan the bus at
max> 'controller-level'...
those pythons are cool -- they do dat audio. i have one from sgi, and
boy is it noisy. i use it to back up my indy and copy audio tapes,
otherwise, i want it off. (i've been thinking of finding a quieter
fan, or just removing the drive from the beige (!) case and running it
internally.)
anyway, the answer is simple my friend: just modularise
your kernel, and when you want to grapple with that python,
do like this:
> modprobe -r scsimod
(switch on power, hear roaring of python)
modprobe scsimod
hope that helps,
g.m.
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