Linux-Hardware Digest #875, Volume #14 Thu, 7 Jun 01 06:13:06 EDT
Contents:
RH 7.1 NE200 NIC & inetd.config (mark wisner)
RH7.1 Palm StarOffice5.2 (Geoff Stamper)
Re: RH 7.1 NE200 NIC & inetd.config (J Hayward)
Good Sound Config Program (Adam Theo)
Re: New Server: Hardware under Linux (David Efflandt)
Re: Pb with RAID Mylex DAC960P ("GCS Tech")
700 MHz AMD Slot A w/ Fan, Heatsink, 256MB ("Someone Insignificant")
Re: RH 7.1 NE200 NIC & inetd.config (Starwing)
Re: RH7.1 Palm StarOffice5.2 (Dirk Traenapp)
Re: Bootable Flash device (Oystein Steimler)
Re: Maximum RAM my processor can address? ("arthur")
ZIP USB 250Mo (bmw524)
CD/DVD ROM speed - too much noise (Benou)
Re: Two tulip ethernet cards in a single RH 6.2 machine? (Harri Haataja)
Re: Diamond Fire GL 1 doesn't work (Harri Haataja)
Re: alpha (Harri Haataja)
Re: Linux, CPU HLT instruction et software cooling ! (Harri Haataja)
Re: Linux IO scalability (Harri Haataja)
Re: Maximum CPU speed for Linux? (Harri Haataja)
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From: mark wisner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RH 7.1 NE200 NIC & inetd.config
Date: Thu, 07 Jun 2001 02:20:37 GMT
I put RH 7.1 on my old P166. The system has a NE2000 compatable ISA
Ethernet card. It worked with RH 6.2 but is seems RH 7.1 did no see it
during install. How do I get the card to work now since I have the
system loaded? Control-panel does not have as many icons as it did in RH
6.2.
I have another PIII system at work and I noticed their does not seem to
be a /etc/inetd.config file. How does RH 7.1 stor the configurations for
the network routines? I'm hoping to move some of our utilities to the RH
7.1 system but I need to update the inetd.config file.
Thanks,
Mark
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From: Geoff Stamper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: RH7.1 Palm StarOffice5.2
Date: Wed, 06 Jun 2001 22:49:10 -0400
Does anyone have any experience getting their palm pilot to sync with
StarOffice running on
a linux machine? I used windows to install the staroffice ".prc" file
and it syncs under windows but
I can't seem to get it to work under RH.
What about AvantGO?
Thanks.
Geoff
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From: J Hayward <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: RH 7.1 NE200 NIC & inetd.config
Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2001 20:03:46 -0700
Hello,
mark wisner wrote:
> I put RH 7.1 on my old P166. The system has a NE2000 compatable ISA
> Ethernet card. It worked with RH 6.2 but is seems RH 7.1 did no see it
> during install. How do I get the card to work now since I have the
> system loaded? Control-panel does not have as many icons as it did in RH
> 6.2.
In /etc/modules.conf add:
alias eth0 ne
options ne io=0xNNN,irq=M
Just fill in the io address and irq your card uses. Then: modprobe eth0
>
> I have another PIII system at work and I noticed their does not seem to
> be a /etc/inetd.config file. How does RH 7.1 stor the configurations for
> the network routines? I'm hoping to move some of our utilities to the RH
> 7.1 system but I need to update the inetd.config file.
inetd has been replaced with xinetd in the 7.x series.
Look in the dir /etc/xinetd.d
For more info:
man xinetd
man xinetd.conf
http://synack.net/xinetd/
Regards,
Jim H
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Adam Theo)
Subject: Good Sound Config Program
Date: 6 Jun 2001 20:14:01 -0700
hello all. i had posted a couple of days ago asking for help on my
sound problem (titled 'Choppy Sound'). no responses, so i was just
wondering if anyone knew of a good sound configuration program for
linux? i would be willing to jump through hoops or even pay a bit of
money for a powerful program that fixed my choppy sound problem. i'm
sure it's got to do with my configuration of the driver, module, or
kernal or something, since i'm running red hat 7.0 with a soundblaster
16.
the onlt thing i can think of is my slow processor. i am running a
Cyrix 166 with 64 megs RAM. but still, i get the choppy sound even
after buffering the sound file.
*sigh* so i'm asking if anyone knows of a good config program. i have
been using red hat's sndconfig, but it is not solving the problem.
perhaps that is because i'm running it under X. i don't know how to
switch out of X mode to command line, and then safely back again, so
i've been running sndconfig under x, which it warns about.
thanks all for your help. hope to hear back soon.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David Efflandt)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: New Server: Hardware under Linux
Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2001 03:41:42 +0000 (UTC)
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Wed, 06 Jun 2001 19:50:51 -0500, Robert Ullman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi.
>
> I'm building a server. After doing some research, I've decided
> (for now) on the server hardware. I'd like to know if the hardware is
> adequate
> and if Linux will support it reasonably well. Below, I list what I've
> chosen
> for now, what we'll run on server, then some questions.
>
> Hardware:
>
> - ASUS A7M266 motherboard.
> - AMD Athlon 1.3GHz 384kb cache, socket A, T-BIRD 266MHz.
> - Adaptec 3200S RAID controller PCI to U160 w/32MB SDRAM 80MIPS 64bit.
> Adaptec 64MB ECC SO-DIMM for the RAID controller.
> Adaptec battery backup for 3200S RAID.
> - Two Seagate Cheetah hard drives: 18.4GB, Ultra 160 SCSI, 10K RPM,
> 3.5LP.
> - Toshiba 40X SCSI CD-ROM (XM-6401B).
> - EtherPower II 10/100 PCI network card.
> - Viewsonic Q71-5 Optiquest monitor: 17in/16.0v, 27mm, 1280X1024, 87Hz.
> - MATROX Millenium G200 AGP 8 MB video card.
> - Two 256 MB PC2100 DDR SDRAM ECC.
> - Seagate Scorpion DAT drive (DDS-3).
> - UPS- Probably Tripp Lite Smart Online 1000 (SU1000RT2U) with battery
> pack.
> (or Invensys Fortress or possibly Patriot II)
Just a comment about Tripp Lite. I bought a BC 450 Internet because I
knew someone who used to work there and it started overheating and
tripping out as though the power was failing (it was not) fortunately just
before the warranty ran out. The warranty replacement (a newer model)
likewise began overheating and tripping out before another year. At that
time I was just using it for a single computer and monitor. On the other
hand we have one on a UPS box (as in United Parcel Service) at work that
has not had any problems even though it was totally run down once when
someone shut off the wrong breaker.
Since then I have been using what should be a light duty APC Back-UPS
Office to run 2 computers, a monitor and sometimes a laptop, and it is
cool as a cucumber with no problems at all. We also have an old APC 400
on our office network equipment, a newer 500 on my work PC and a bigger
one on our office phone system that have been faultless (except for
flickering neon power light on the very old 400).
I believe APC units come with Unix software, but we just have Windows (not
NT) at work so I have not tried it.
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From: "GCS Tech" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Pb with RAID Mylex DAC960P
Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2001 22:43:26 -0500
Tom,
When exactly is it aborting? I have a 704 w/ 10 drives in two raid 5's
running SuSE 7.0 and installed without a hitch. Do you have the raid set up
with the Mylex software? I don't know Redhat that well but does it give you
an option to load extra modules during install? Give us a little more info
and will help you out.
Phil Schilling
Tom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:9fkvcd$ffe$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I ve got problems wih he installation of the RedHat 7.0 on a IBM Server
704
> with a Raid controller Mylex DAC960P. The installation abort when it
doesn't
> find the disk. If someone can help me !!! Thanks a lot
>
>
>
>
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From: "Someone Insignificant" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.forsale.hardware,it.comp.hardware,it.comp.hardware.cpu,it.comp.hardware.overclock
Subject: 700 MHz AMD Slot A w/ Fan, Heatsink, 256MB
Date: Thu, 07 Jun 2001 03:58:40 GMT
In case anyone is interested, I have an extra AMD 700 MHz Slot A CPU for
sale on ebay. The winning bidder also receives a ball bearing fan &
heatsink, and (2) 128MB PC100 DIMM modules. The auction is at the following
link:
http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1244418286
Bidding begins at only $10.00 with no reserve.
Thanks.
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From: Starwing <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: RH 7.1 NE200 NIC & inetd.config
Reply-To: null@dev/null
Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2001 12:56:12 +0800
mark wisner wrote:
> I put RH 7.1 on my old P166. The system has a NE2000 compatable ISA
> Ethernet card. It worked with RH 6.2 but is seems RH 7.1 did no see it
> during install. How do I get the card to work now since I have the
> system loaded? Control-panel does not have as many icons as it did in RH
> 6.2.
>
> I have another PIII system at work and I noticed their does not seem to
> be a /etc/inetd.config file. How does RH 7.1 stor the configurations for
> the network routines? I'm hoping to move some of our utilities to the RH
> 7.1 system but I need to update the inetd.config file.
> Thanks,
> Mark
>
>
RedHat 7.0 and above does not use inet.d anymore, but instead they change
their format to xinetd which seems more secure.
There are tools that comes along to convert inetd to xinetd, should come
along with your distro
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From: Dirk Traenapp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: RH7.1 Palm StarOffice5.2
Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2001 08:11:39 +0200
Geoff Stamper wrote:
>
> Does anyone have any experience getting their palm pilot to sync with
> StarOffice running on
> a linux machine? I used windows to install the staroffice ".prc" file
> and it syncs under windows but
> I can't seem to get it to work under RH.
My SO52 syncs nice with my palm (Calendar, ToDo, Phonebook). Never the less
i prefer Jpilot because of the enhanced functionality. I have not tried
kpilot yet but it may be an alternative.
> What about AvantGO?
Don´t know! I don´t use it.
cu
Dirk Traenapp
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Oystein Steimler)
Subject: Re: Bootable Flash device
Date: Thu, 07 Jun 2001 07:33:35 GMT
On Wed, 30 May 2001 20:06:40 GMT, "Jan-willem Michels"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>I need a bootable flash device to get rid of Hardisk for a linux router
>
>Anybody any Idee
>
>To make my life easy, I want lots of room, maybe 256 Mbyte. Cost not really
>a concern
Have you concidered just connecting it directly to your IDE
controller?
I read about this a while ago, but the page seem to be down. You might
have a look at the Google cache, though:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&safe=off&q=cache%3Awtarreau.free.fr%2F1u%2Fv0-flash.html
This is simply a question of buying a CF-connector and some
soldering... (If you're going to sell this, then this is maybe a bit
too hack-mack, but otherwise you should be fine with this
soulution...) I've never tried it, but it is said to work...
mvh, Øystein Steimler
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From: "arthur" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.comp.hardware.homebuilt
Subject: Re: Maximum RAM my processor can address?
Date: Thu, 07 Jun 2001 01:09:09 -0700
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have a 586 processor and motherboard. I previously had 32MB and
>> recently added another 64MB RAM but my machine only sees 64MB. I'm
>> pretty sure the memory cards are inserted properly.
>>
>> Could it be my processor can only address 64MB?
>>
>> Thanks
>> Rajesh
Don't you know the make and model of your motherboard?
Knowing that would make it easier to find an answer rather
than guessing.
If you can't find make/model by examining the motherboard
then look at the bottom of the screen when it is booting. You
can also hit the Pause key to stop the boot process so that
you can copy down the information.
Did you try switching the RAMs, and also try the 64meg by
itself to see if it is in fact 64meg?
Arthur ( remove .remove to email )
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From: bmw524 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: ZIP USB 250Mo
Date: Thu, 07 Jun 2001 08:52:55 GMT
Hi,
How can do to install a ZIP 250Mo USB on RED HAT 7.0
Thanks a lot
Nicolas
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From: Benou <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development.system
Subject: CD/DVD ROM speed - too much noise
Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2001 11:28:46 +0200
Hi,
I have a brand new DVD ROM drive, and of course, it does make noise!!
Under windows I've found a small utility that can set the maximal speed
from 17X to 4X (4X was "detected" on my drive). This utility is not
optimal, the settings are lost as soon as I insert a new CD (for DVDs
it does not work).
So, is there any way to do the same under linux???
Thanks
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Harri Haataja)
Subject: Re: Two tulip ethernet cards in a single RH 6.2 machine?
Date: Thu, 07 Jun 2001 09:53:33 GMT
Kenneth Crudup wrote:
>In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
>Richard Cobbe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> says:
>
>>I'm a little concerned by the fact that /proc/interrupts has *both*
>>ethernet cards attached to IRQ 9-
>
>That's no big deal (linux is not Windows). So's my dual-Tulip machine.
But it's still a PC and therefore potentially flakey.
You should not share interrupts, it will spell trouble.. maybe.
My tulip recently stopped autodetecting the coax link because
I removed the mouse, booted and the ******* ***** BIOS reassigned
IRQ's so there was a conflict with eth and display!
Another moment when I would regret not buying the Indigo2 =)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Harri Haataja)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: Diamond Fire GL 1 doesn't work
Date: Thu, 07 Jun 2001 09:54:37 GMT
Jan Koehnlein wrote:
>did anybody ever get a Diamond Fire GL1 card working under Linux. There
>are drivers at www.firegl.com, but they do not work on my system (no
>textures, X crashes, etc). I think, it's an OpenGL related problem. I am
>using RedHat 7.0 and Xfree 4.0.2
Closed drivers?
Bug the maker.
>So if there are any hints, please let me know. I do not browse this
>newsgroup too often, so please CC to me directly.
This is not a helpdesk, this is usenet.
Behave and it'll be a wonderful thing.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Harri Haataja)
Subject: Re: alpha
Date: Thu, 07 Jun 2001 10:00:15 GMT
Kerstin Hoef-Emden wrote:
>Oliver Maller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> i want to install redhat 7 on a alpha pc 164lx i have chacked the hardwar
>
>I always heard that RH 7.0 is troublesome.
FUD.
>Perhaps you try to change to RH
>7.1
If there is one.
>or give SuSE or Debian a chance instead.
Kludge, but may be a working one.
>> VFS: Disk change detected on device 11/0
>> kernel unaligned trap at fffffc0000d47908
>> kernel unaligned trap at fffffc0000d47910
>> max size 336348 log zone size 2048
>> first datazone : 28 root inode nummber 57344
>> MILO: faild to load kernel
Curious indeed because it doesn't show any kind of message as to
why the loading fails.
You might try another Linux (kernel/dist) or you might try NetBSD
or even VMS if you have it. Just to confirm it's not SCSI cabling
or something like that.
I found out that a mis-terminated (accident with jumpers) drive
would install on a sparc (RH6 then) but wouldn't boot. BSD would
boot the install but fail in disklabel.
The install program ran fine?
What boot and media did you use?
Are you sure there were no other messages?
Does this one have IDE as well? Could you try that?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Harri Haataja)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Linux, CPU HLT instruction et software cooling !
Date: Thu, 07 Jun 2001 10:06:10 GMT
faeychyld wrote:
>Georges Goncalves wrote:
>> Hardware : AMD Duron 700 @ 950 on Abit KT7, OS Win2K SP2
>> AMD Duron 700 @ 900 on Abit KT7, OS GNU/Linux (Debian SID)
>> PS: I've recompiled the kernel with APM support "Make Idle CPU calls" or
>> some
>> to try the feature but the temperature variation was about a quarter of
>> a degree.
Check dmesg if it's actually enabled. I'm not sure if there are other
(APM/ACPI) options that affect this.
>> Georges 'Melkor' Goncalves <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
>Just an observation here, Linux uses sys logging and cron
>to perform various housekeeping tasks constantly.
>
>I am not sure if the cpu would be halted and started each time these
>functions were accessed. Windows approach is quite different,it will
>sit idle for hours with the drive(s) shut down, so why not the CPU?.
AFAIK it should be much, much more fine-grained. It's not apm-suspend,
just idle cpu cycles. He said his load is 0.00 which means that
on any given timeframe within the minute there's approximately 0
processes using the cpu. ie it's 100% idle. Total amount of used cycles
falls below 0.5%. The rest should be HLT's.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Harri Haataja)
Subject: Re: Linux IO scalability
Date: Thu, 07 Jun 2001 10:07:36 GMT
Shirish wrote:
>Does Linux have an IO scalability issue. We here have 25 drives attached to
>a server with two fibre controller cards. The max thruput we can arrive at
>is around 40MB/s, thats like 5% PCI efficiency. If I have the same
>configuration under windows, I can easily do 250~300MB/s using the same HW
>configuration. Any clues!!
Shouldn't be Linux itself.
I would guess some odd mode has to be enabled for this (like UDMA on IDE)
or there's some other kind of problem with the driver.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Harri Haataja)
Subject: Re: Maximum CPU speed for Linux?
Date: Thu, 07 Jun 2001 10:09:48 GMT
Bob wrote:
>Is there a maximum CPU speed that Linux can handle?
If it will ever be met, get the latest kernel and it'll probably be fixed.
Meanwhile, you probably won't find a clock so high _Linux_ will have a
problem with.
>Is the answer different if the system is a dual-processor system?
Pretty much the same answer. Ofcourse timeslices etc may vary. Dual-proc
SMP is "ready" unless some odd stunts are done. If you go 512-way... YMMV.
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