Linux-Hardware Digest #41
Linux-Hardware Digest #41, Volume #14Sat, 16 Dec 00 12:13:06 EST
Contents:
Re: ATAPI device hdd error ("Tadeusz Bogdan Babiak")
Re: Running linux on 486 (Mark)
Iomega 250 USB Zip? ("mpierce")
COM and IRQ help ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Iomega 250 USB Zip? ("Alk")
Re: Motherboards with sound and ethernet ("Jason Byrne")
Re: Mylex AcceleRAID 170 (Sebastian Kollmann)
Re: Crystal audio (AC_97.o) on SMP, linux02.2.16 ("Jason Byrne")
Re: HELP!!! drivers for winmodem (FMRCYouth)
Re: MagicVideo 3Ddx video card ("Jason Byrne")
Re: two graphics cards ("Jason Byrne")
Re: HELP!!! drivers for winmodem ("Jason Byrne")
Re: can i instal linux on this computer? ("Jason Byrne")
how diagnose hardware - Hard lockup then crc error (Stan Towianski)
Hard disk partition problem (Richard Kimber)
Install Problem - Asus CUVX Motherboard ("Richard Clough")
Re: Soundblaster 16 PCI woes (Yurasis Dragon)
Re: COM and IRQ help (Noble Pepper)
Re: ATI Rage Fury (Robert)
Re: ATAPI device hdd error ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: LILO-Problem after adding a HD (John in SD)
Re: HELP!!! drivers for winmodem (Robert)
Adaptec 1522B w/ RedHat v6.2 (David Fisher)
Re: LILO-Problem after adding a HD ("Tauno Voipio")
Re: Install Problem - Asus CUVX Motherboard ("BenZen")
From: "Tadeusz Bogdan Babiak" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: ATAPI device hdd error
Date: Sun, 17 Dec 2000 00:01:05 +1030
tmch wrote.
Hi. Sorry, should have made myself clearer. I can read from both the DVD
drive and Matshita CD/RW in Mandrake 7.2 and Win98. CD burning in Win98
is no problem, but I have not tried burning in Mandrake yet. Maybe this
is a kernel bug??? Just guessing..If you know something, I'll be
eager to hear as well. Thanks.
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I also wasn't completely clear clear, in addition to various DVD and CDRW
combinations I also tried CDROM and CD burner combinations (no DVD) and got
the same results in RH 7.0.
Anyway FWIW I checked out the Bugzilla database at http://www.redhat.com and
this is a new and reported bug certainly in RH 7.0. (I don't remember the
number but other users have reported it, and advised they have been unable
to use cdrecord with the new distro). No fix advised as yet. I'll be going
back to RH 6.2 to try my luck with cdrecord there. (Mandrake 7.2 hangs my
computer at every attempt at starting X, forcing a reboot, this in spite of
identifying the same hardware as RH 6.2 and 7.0 (and presumably configuring
X the same) so I've given up on it for the time being) Linux is weird
sometimes, but never dull :-)
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From: Mark [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Running linux on 486
Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2000 13:32:55 GMT
On Fri, 15 Dec 2000 00:05:46 GMT, sik [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Actually.. I'm not planning on even using Gnome or KDE.. or any other
gui do you know if there is any linux distro that is small enough
that i could download and fit on a couple of floppies?
On Thu, 14 Dec 2000 07:15:19 GMT, James Richard Tyrer [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
sik wrote:
Hi.. I posted a few days ago about not being able to get linux started
on my old 486 when i installed it on this comp (with cdrom) and
transferred the hd back... i got it to start, but now i've come up
with a problem that i thought i would prob get... i get a kernal panic
becuase it was compiled for a pentium, and i'm trying to run it on a
486.. is there anyway to recompile it without starting it? .. or to
change the kernal on this comp? or is my only option getting a cdrom
and installing it from the 486? .. Thanks for any help!
You have to have a running system to compile a Kernel.
If the Kernel on the CD is compiled for a 586 or 686 it won't work.
Might I suggest that on a 486 that you might want to use Red Hat 5.2 and
FVWM for the window manager.
And, that you will find that using Gnome or KDE may be too much for it.
Too slow.
JRT
Try looking at the linux router project. They use a small
version of Debian to make a single floppy load. From what I see you
could just add to that. Part of what i found there is that you may
have a kernel problem running the newer kernels with an older
processor. Start at www.linuxrouter.org
Mark
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From: "mpierce" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Iomega 250 USB Zip?
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2000 14:13:07 GMT
RH7.0, kernel 2.2.16-22
Can someone tell me where to go to get information to install this drive?
Or, how I do it if simple?
Will I need to upgrade my kernel?
Marvin
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: COM and IRQ help
Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2000 14:34:37 GMT
OK, I have installed Radhat 6.1 on my P-120 (debian's gone because lynx
would not work on it). SO now I do appear to have some primitive X
windows stuff that comes up when I type
Linux-Hardware Digest #42
Linux-Hardware Digest #42, Volume #14Sat, 16 Dec 00 18:13:08 EST
Contents:
PCMCIA EthnetCard not recognised ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: SIMM's types and IDE for DMA ("Guennadi V. Liakhovetski")
Re: dial up modem on demand? (Henry B. Tindall, Jr.)
Re: Kernel panic with Mandrake 7.2 (x86_serial_nr=1 doesn't seem to work) (Don Hinds)
HELP with USB iomega 100 drive
Re: SIMM's types and IDE for DMA (Gareth Randall)
Re: DVD playing in Linux (Mark Patton)
new configuration ("Cédric CHEN")
Re: PCMCIA EthnetCard not recognised (Andreas Mohr)
ASUS A7V ATA 100 problems (Michael Wilms)
harware install solution that works ("Default User")
Sound Card Problem ("Joshua Beard")
X window font server crash: help ("Gilles Lamoureux")
Re: X window font server crash: help ("Dan White")
Re: ASUS A7V ATA 100 problems ("Dan White")
Re: harware install solution that works (Joshua Beard)
Re: how diagnose hardware - Hard lockup then crc error ("Dan White")
Re: Hard disk partition problem ("Dan White")
Re: How can I change the booting order? ("Dan White")
weird keyboard/mouse problem (Brad Friedman)
Re: ASUS A7V ATA 100 problems (Harald van Pee)
Sound Blaster not working ("Chris")
Re: Crystal audio (AC_97.o) on SMP, linux02.2.16 ("Robert L. Klungle")
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.portable
Subject: PCMCIA EthnetCard not recognised
Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2000 17:03:47 GMT
I have a new PCMCIA ethernet which is a replacement for another card.
The first did not work on my machine or any of the three colleages's
machine's I tried.
The new one does work on a colleage's Acer with Win98 installed. It
does not however get recognised by my 486 Sharp running Slackware linux
(kernal 2.2.17). I have tried other PCMCIA NICs in my computer, all of
which are instantly recognised and function fine.
Upon inserting the RE450, I get the high tone indicating recognition of
insertion of a card, but then a low tone indicating an unrecognised
card.
The output from "cardctl ident" is:
Socket 0:
product info: "Ethernet", "Adapter", "2.0"
manfid: 0x0149, 0xc1ab
function: 6 (network)
Socket 1:
no product info available
The output from "lsmod" is:
Module Size Used by
pcnet_cs 10512 0 (unused)
83906272 0 [pcnet_cs]
ds 6256 2 [pcnet_cs]
tcic6688 2
pcmcia_core43296 0 [pcnet_cs ds tcic]
lp 5920 0 (unused)
parport_pc 7424 0 (unused)
Again, other cards are recognised and functions (as does a flipdisk in
the PCMCIA slot).
Any help or suggestions for further diagnostics appreciated.
Yours,
Tim
PS -
The output of "cardctl ident" when I switch in a functing card is:
Socket 0:
product info: "PCMCIA LAN", "Ethernet", "A", "004743118001"
function: 6 (network)
Socket 1:
no product info available
and for "lsmod":
Module Size Used by
pcnet_cs 10512 1
83906272 0 [pcnet_cs]
ds 6256 2 [pcnet_cs]
tcic6688 2
pcmcia_core43296 0 [pcnet_cs ds tcic]
lp 5920 0 (unused)
parport_pc 7424 0 (unused)
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From: "Guennadi V. Liakhovetski" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: SIMM's types and IDE for DMA
Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2000 16:53:38 +
DMA of any kind (PCI bus-mastering, PC DMA etc.) has nothing to do with
the type of memory. This should make no difference at all. Don't confuse
DMA on your motherboard (typically used in soundcards with DMA1, DMA5
etc) with the so-called "DMA" on disk drives. They are different
systems.
Yes, I know they are different systems, can't say I understand
_everything_ about them, e.g., is a DMA channel allocated for an IDE
bus-master?
To my understanding DMA on hard disks is just where the PCI based
controller can be a bus master and may (not sure) access main memory
within the defined and well thought out (unlike other DMA) methods of
the PCI bus. You need to have a PCI bus master controller which is
supported by your kernel to the point where DMA can be turned on.
The 'PCI bus master controller' resides on the hard drive, right?
Oh, a have a look at "hdparm"
Yep, sure, hdparm, kernel config, IDE patch, kernel boot parameters, have
been playing with all that for a few weeks already... (kernel
2.2.17). And, what's the worst - yesterday I took a Win-95 (OSR1 - which
officially does not support IDE bus-mastering) hard disk from my drawer,
plugged it in along with the Linux disk, started Win95, tried several
tests to check IDE DMA (I've installed the Intel driver to enable it) -
they all shoed it worked!!! This is really terrible! If I knew it was
impossible on this hardware - ok, I would forget
Linux-Hardware Digest #43
Linux-Hardware Digest #43, Volume #14Sat, 16 Dec 00 21:13:05 EST
Contents:
Re: Can't get floppy to work (Jorge)
Re: ATI Rage Fury (Jorge)
Re: ATI Rage Fury (Jorge)
Re: Soft-Power Shutdown RH7 (Markku Kolkka)
Re: Sound Blaster not working ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: how diagnose hardware - Hard lockup then crc error ("Harry-0")
Re: GeForce2 with any distro - any success? failure? anybody? ("bigtiny")
choosing a hard drive (sherry)
Re: TV card question ("Jason Byrne")
ATA disk bad blocks ("lewis e. lipkin")
Xfree86 and cl-5429? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Is (networking kit) Linksys FESWSK5 supported under Linux? (Michael Badt)
Re: X window font server crash: help (=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Rasmus_B=F8g_Hansen?=)
Re: how diagnose hardware - Hard lockup then crc error
(=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Rasmus_B=F8g_Hansen?=)
From: Jorge [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Can't get floppy to work
Date: Sun, 17 Dec 2000 00:00:15 GMT
James Richard Tyrer wrote:
Jorge wrote:
I am unable to I/O to my floppy drive, althoght it has been congured by
the OS when I use 'fdflush' it reports that the following
floppy0: probe failed.
When I 'ls' the /dev/fd0 the file is set to
brx--t 1 root floppy 2, 0 .
I tryed the same floppy drive on a Win95 and it worked, which leads me
to accept that it is CLOS where the problem is and not in the floppy
drive.
The permissions for the floppy devices should be: 660. That is, as root:
chmod 660 /dev/fd0*
Then, you need to make all users that are allowed to use the floppy drives
members of the group: floppy
At least that is doing it by the book.
Also check the permissions of the mount point. If it is root:root then it
needs to be 666. Unless you need something else for security reasons.
JRT
Thanks for the help. I'll try it ASAP.
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From: Jorge [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: ATI Rage Fury
Date: Sun, 17 Dec 2000 00:05:26 GMT
What Pyr0 says is true, but will only work if your monitor can handle
that resolution.
As once said by Jorge - the great programmer "You can't give what you
don't have".
Robert wrote:
PyrO wrote:
In your XF86Config file, go to the Screen section (I believe its the screen
section) where it shows you the different types of resolution / colour depth
/ etc. Now the first resolution X reads is obviously the first one (in your
case, 640x480). Delete the one that you dont want and have your default /
favorite resolution the first one (instead of 640x480, change it to
1024x768).
i use the xf86config script and always tell it to set resolution to
800x600
or better (which is the same than doing manually) but startx simply
doesnt work.
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From: Jorge [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: ATI Rage Fury
Date: Sun, 17 Dec 2000 00:09:58 GMT
Well, let me put it bluntly to you. What you think is of not concern for
Linux, what you know is what matter.
Having said that, try using SuperProbe, it will tell you what kind of
chip set you have.
Have fun man, 'cos linux is SO much fun!!
Robert wrote:
no i think my chipset is mach64 but is worth trying anyway,
where can i get it?
Doug Kramer wrote:
I am having problems with mine so I don't have room to talk!
But wouldn't you want to install ATI Wonder SVGA server for your Rage 128
chip? I thought that's what XFree86 suggested for this ATI hardware instead
of the old Mach64 server under version 4.01.
You want the R128 driver.
"Robert" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
i've tried lots of things on xf86config, perhaps a lower-level
configuration
can solve the problem. and what about the xserver? i'm using the mach64
server
and i've set the card to number 104 in xf86config, does it matter?
James Richard Tyrer wrote:
Robert wrote:
Hi all!
anyone been succesful on configuring an ATI Rage Fury under xfree86
4.0.1?
i actually can only get 640x480, which is *pathetic*
At the risk of being redundant:
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen 1"
Device "ATI Rage IIC"
Monitor "NEC MultiSync3V"
DefaultDepth 24
Subsection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1024x768"
ViewPort0 0
EndSubsection
EndSection
Ad some other Modes if you want, need, and you monitor can support them.
But this isn't enough, you have to have the proper horizontal refresh
and vertical sync rates. And, don't enter something that your monitor
won't handle or you may give new meaning to the term "smoke test".
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "NEC MultiSync3V"
HorizSync 31.5 - 48.5
VertRefresh 50-70
EndSection
The above range will support 1024 x 768.
These are copies
Linux-Hardware Digest #39
Linux-Hardware Digest #39, Volume #14Sat, 16 Dec 00 03:13:03 EST
Contents:
Re: Mylex AcceleRAID 170 (Cokey de Percin)
Re: crossover cable (Silviu Minut)
Re: crossover cable (jens)
Re: ATAPI device hdd error ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: ls-120 bad superblock (Dances With Crows)
Re: crossover cable (Dances With Crows)
Re: Running linux on 486 ("Joshua Walden")
Re: can i instal linux on this computer? ("Joshua Walden")
RadioTrack II Live (Julie Brandon)
Re: Running linux on 486
kernel 2.4.0-test11, TNT2 and XFree 4 ("Brian C. Kiefer")
Re: Eisa Dac960 ("Dan White")
Re: ls-120 bad superblock ("Dan White")
Re: crossover cable ("Dan White")
Re: Modem problems (James Richard Tyrer)
Soundblaster PCI 128 es1371 (Rasmussen)
How can I change the booting order? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Thanks. Problem solved. (Michael Kantor)
Re: Soundblaster 16 PCI woes (James Richard Tyrer)
Re: Soundblaster PCI 128 es1371 ("Nino")
From: Cokey de Percin [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Mylex AcceleRAID 170
Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2000 01:12:48 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
normaly there should be a driver called dac960, this one should work
with the mylex
Correct. RH 7.0 should have it; RH 6.2 does as I'm running it and I have
a AcceleRAID 250. Note that the driver is a 'block' driver, not a SCSI
driver. The normal install should find it if the hardware setup is correct.
Note that if you're using it for a RAID level, then you need to set up the
raid configuration BEFORE you try to install your OS. I used the onboard
configuration to set up my RAID 5 and then installed Linux on it.
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED],
Sebastian Kollmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hello everyone,
i would be very thankful if somebody could tell me how to setup
RedHat7.0 on a Mylex AcceleRAID 170 controller or how to create a
driver
disk that supports this hardware. I've only found some sources of a
new
driver that can be compiled into a new kernel. But I really need setup
support.
Thanks for any possible help.
Best
Cokey
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Mynd Corp. (Soon to be CSC) Work - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Columbia, South Carolina Home - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Silviu Minut [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: crossover cable
Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2000 15:10:40 -0500
Are you actually using a 'crossover' cable or are you using a
'straight' cable ? The results you indicate would suggest to me that
your crossover cable isn't crossing over.
It's a crossover Cat 5e by Belkin, sealed, from CompUSA. I just exchanged it
for another one, same brand same everything. Again, the leds don't light up
when I connect it between either card (eth0 EtherPower - SMC and eth1
EtherFast - Linksys) to the OTHER computer (eth0 3Com). HOWEVER, when I
connect eth0 and eth1 on the SAME computer it works.
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From: jens [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: crossover cable
Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2000 02:50:36 GMT
On Fri, 15 Dec 2000 15:10:40 -0500, Silviu Minut
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Are you actually using a 'crossover' cable or are you using a
'straight' cable ? The results you indicate would suggest to me that
your crossover cable isn't crossing over.
It's a crossover Cat 5e by Belkin, sealed, from CompUSA. I just exchanged it
for another one, same brand same everything. Again, the leds don't light up
when I connect it between either card (eth0 EtherPower - SMC and eth1
EtherFast - Linksys) to the OTHER computer (eth0 3Com). HOWEVER, when I
connect eth0 and eth1 on the SAME computer it works.
Well, I am stumped on that one.
I know that a straight cable results in the 'link' lights not lighting
up when you go direct. The only other thing I can throw into the pot
is the fact that I had my system working under Windows at the time but
that should make no difference at all ...
Heck, maybe some of the cards are snobish and don't feel that they
should talk to the guy in the poor end of town at this point your
guess is as good as mine. If the modem works on all the cards
individually then the only thing else that could be tried in
desperation is to start juggling cards. Maybe the eth0 and eth1 cards
don't like to talk to the other guy for some reason. I would try
swapping the cards so that the cards currently talking on the same
computer would talk via different computers.
The last thing would be anything that qualifies under the Simpsons
'Dhh' rule where something short circuits in your brain and you do
something real stupid (something that I am VERY good at..)
Good luck !!
Jens
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: ATAPI device hdd error
Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2000 02:51:41 GMT
In article
