Linux-Hardware Digest #157
Linux-Hardware Digest #157, Volume #13 Fri, 30 Jun 00 10:13:04 EDT
Contents:
Re: Are TSC's synchronized in an Intel P6 SMP configurations? (Terje Mathisen)
Re: fiberchannel ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Getting serial ports to work on FIC VA-503+ (M. Buchenrieder)
Re: Slim cases for rack-mounted solution (Simon Brooke)
Re: fiberchannel (kf)
Netgear FA-310TX with Tulip chip (kf)
Re: Slim cases for rack-mounted solution (John Winters)
barcode scanners, please reaply! (Samy Atoui)
Re: Are TSC's synchronized in an Intel P6 SMP configurations? (Trent Worthington)
Re: Are TSC's synchronized in an Intel P6 SMP configurations? ("Mike Smith")
Re: vestigal partition - how to get rid of? (Jenny)
System hangs at bootup while loading sound module ("Heino Sloot")
Re: System hangs at bootup while loading sound module (Kenneth Rørvik)
Re: Are TSC's synchronized in an Intel P6 SMP configurations? (Del Cecchi)
Re: "screen" problems while using a vt320 (Thomas Dickey)
Re: Are TSC's synchronized in an Intel P6 SMP configurations? (Jan Vorbrueggen)
OfficeJet 710 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: replacing a winmodem (Lewis)
Aztech soundcard (Ivo Kocvara)
From: Terje Mathisen [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.arch,comp.sys.intel,comp.os.ms-windows.nt.setup.hardware
Subject: Re: Are TSC's synchronized in an Intel P6 SMP configurations?
Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2000 11:05:27 +0200
Jan Vorbrueggen wrote:
"Mike Smith" [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
1 TSC tick = 1 CPU clock cycle so, assuming the 2 CPUs are running at the
same speed, the TSCs should always be identical [...]
No, any two clocks, no matter how similar, will drift relative to each other,
proportional to the time since last synchronisation. Ever wondered why the
world's official time base is called UTC = Universal Time Coordianted?
Well, that's more or less true:
The RDTSC cycle counts go directly from the motherboard crystal
(suitably multiplied inside the cpu), so two cpus on the same board will
be counting the same (single) external clock.
I.e. in this case you have just one clock, but with two or more places
to read it.
They can still be different, due to taking different amounts of time to
initialize the counter after reset, but they will maintain a constant
offset.
Terje
PS. UTC is _really_ interesting, particularly the idea that _nobody_
knows exactly what time it currently is, only what the time was last
month.
UTC is determined once a month by comparing all the different ensembles
of clocks, from labs all over the world, that take part in UTC
determination. Comparing clocks this way is pretty hard though, afaik
the current state of the art is to use week-long common-mode observation
of a single GPS sat.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: fiberchannel
Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2000 09:45:05 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I need to find a supported fiberchannel adapter for Linux, x86 arch,
PCI. so far, I've found a Qlocix 22xx. I can't tell if the Compaq ones
are supported, and it seems that emulex doesn't support linux.
ideas, folks? else I end up running something I'd rather not.
JNI adapters works just great.
Sergiusz
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (M. Buchenrieder)
Subject: Re: Getting serial ports to work on FIC VA-503+
Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2000 06:51:01 GMT
Jim McDonald [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Brian McCrary wrote:
Has anyone else had any problems getting the serial ports to work on a FIC
VA-503+ motherboard under Linux? I am running 2.0.36 kernel (I know it's
old, but still need to run it), and the serial ports will not input or
output any charcters. They do, however, work perfectly fine with a DOS
term program (Lync) under DOS. Setserial sees them, identifies the UART,
and when I open them I can see why my serial tester the DTR will become
active, and it deactivates when I close them. Just no characters will
come through.
[...]
Sorry, all 3 of my 503+ boards work OK with 2.0.36, serial mouse and
modem.
Just a guess: Did you change the serial cables as well when swapping
the motherboards ?
Michael
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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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Crossposted-To: uk.comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: Slim cases for rack-mounted solution
From: Simon Brooke [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2000 10:33:46 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Winters) writes:
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED],
Nick Kew [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED],
Simon Brooke [EMAIL PROTECT
Linux-Hardware Digest #157
Linux-Hardware Digest #157, Volume #11Wed, 1 Sep 99 17:13:32 EDT
Contents:
FAST SCSI CONTROLLER NOT RECOGNIZED DURING INSTALLATION ("Russ Denny")
Re: HELP PLEASE! - sound card woes (Torleiv Flatebo Ringer)
Re: Buying new Linux Box; any hardware recommendations? (Eddie Corns)
Re: Linux Diamond Monster Fusion ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Hardware ?? (LhD Administrator)
Re: Linux Diamond Monster Fusion ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Monster Fusion and RH 6 (Bill Sherrard)
Re: intel 740i su red hat 6.0 ("Peter Christy")
-- WE buy and sell your hardware and software material ("WEBmoney")
3COM ImpactIQ TA troubles (Just This Girl)
Re: Aiee, Killing interrupthandler! (Chris Mahmood)
Re: An Acer Hole! ("Michael J. Hennessy")
Re: Linux not seeing all my RAM :-{ ("Serge Guerin")
Re: What is the best 10/100 NIC for RH 6.0? (Torleiv Flatebo Ringer)
Re: 3C509 cards alive, but not working... (Brian Fritz)
Re: Installing Linux on BE6 with UDMA66 drive (David St.Clair)
Re: 3COM Ethernet Card PROBLEM... (Torleiv Flatebo Ringer)
Re: 3C509 cards alive, but not working... (Brian Fritz)
powermac G4 announced (Doug Dahlke)
From: "Russ Denny" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: FAST SCSI CONTROLLER NOT RECOGNIZED DURING INSTALLATION
Date: Wed, 01 Sep 1999 18:23:25 GMT
I am trying to install Redhat version 6 on a Compaq Systempro XL (486-50).
During the installation the 32 Bit Fast SCSI-2 adapter is not recognized.
None of the drivers in the installation process detect this adapter. The
adapter is set up with three drives ( a single and a mirrored pair).
When DOS is booted everything is detected and works fine.
I have an Adaptec 1740 controller for the CD-ROM, which is working okay.
Does anyone have an idea of how to get Redhat to know the Fast SCSI-2
controller and drives are there?
Thanks,
Russ
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From: Torleiv Flatebo Ringer [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Wed, 01 Sep 1999 19:33:56 GMT
Subject: Re: HELP PLEASE! - sound card woes
I was able to get my es1371 card to work in RH6 by choosing to compile=20
sound (iinto the kernnel) as a module (this is default, so i didn't=20
even have to compile another kernel), then choosing to compile the=20
audioPCI driver (es1371) as a module. After a make modules, I edited=20
my /etc/conf.modules to look like:
alias sound es1371
it worked fine after that (next reboot of course, or you could type=20
`insmod sound` if you don;t want to reboot.
Original Message
On 9/1/99, 4:48:37 AM, Ralf Siemieniec=20
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote regarding Re: HELP=20
PLEASE! - sound card woes:
Sean Turner wrote:
I've been trying in vain for weeks to get my sound card to work. I'=
ve
got a Creative Ensoniq AudioPCI 64D. I figured out that it's the 13=
71
chipset by checking the pci settings (I can't remember where how to =
do
this). Initially, I had the 2.2.5-11 kernel and tried to get it to=
work. No go. Then I tried the alsa drivers. Again no go (I'm sure=
=20
I'm
not setting it up right, but the documentation was really hard to
follow). So after a few weeks of mucking about I've moved onto to t=
he
2.2.11 kernel because somebody told me it supported my card. Well I=
compiled it with sound support in the kernel, the card as a module. =
I
followed the SOUND howto and saw that a "ls -l /dev/sndstat" actuall=
y
returned something. But, when I did "cat /dev/sndtat" it's empty. =
I
used "modprobe es1371" to load the module but still nothing.
So I'm going to start from scratch and recompile the 2.2.11 kernel. =
I
know I need to pick sound support, and my sound card. My sound card=
needs to be comipled as a module. I also included isapnp just in ca=
se
and some other pci related things. Do I need to tick the OSS free
modules too?
I am a little frustrated some could sombody please help me!
spt
a.k.a. the guy with the mute computer
Hi, Sean,
Your card should work with Kernel 2.2.5 or later. Since the AudioPCI64=
=20
or
128 does not support the sndstat-device,
there is no wonder that there is silence only.
I'm using a SB 128 PCI with similar start problems. I use Suse-Linux,,=
=20
so
maybe some of the following notes may be a bit different with other
distributions. I'm using sound as modules first:
I had to edit the /etc/conf.modules file. the lines
alias char-major-14 off
alias sound off
alias midi off
should change to:
alias char-major-14 es1371
# alias sound off
# alias midi off
Start a mixer. Now using 'lsmod' should tell something about es1371=20
and
soundcore modules. If nothing works, retry after depmod -a.
In my syztem, I was able to play sound by using rplay nnn.wav - take=20
care
about your mixer !!!
If you are using KDE, you have to start th
Linux-Hardware Digest #157
Linux-Hardware Digest #157, Volume #10Tue, 4 May 99 14:13:33 EDT
Contents:
Redhat 6.0... the good, the bad, and the ugly ("Jeff Volckaert")
Re: waiting the moment ("soltec")
Re: 2.2.5 Kernel is dead ("David Murray")
Re: Scanner ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Does Linux support AVA-1502 or AIC-6x60 SCSI ? (George O)
How good is a Riva TNT for svgalib? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: STB 4400 Velocity? ("John Leopold")
Re: How good is a Riva TNT for svgalib? (Pasztor Szilard)
Re: scsi (steve)
Re: Winmodem Rip Off Baskets (**Nick Brown)
Re: Dual screen ("Jeff Volckaert")
Re: xwindows and display problems ("Jeff Volckaert")
Re: Which Eicon ISDN card? (miko)
Re: X-SVGA-Server mit CL-GD 5426! (Vaclav Stepan)
Re: Redhat Linux w/ AMD K6-2 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Does Linux work on AMD K6-3 processors? ("Scott Simpson")
Re: Riva 128 Question ("Intel Team SocGen")
Re: ppp-connction and CD-writer (--) (Eric Potter)
Re: Problem with ZIP drive ("Manula")
From: "Jeff Volckaert" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Redhat 6.0... the good, the bad, and the ugly
Date: Tue, 4 May 1999 09:52:16 -0400
Hello Everybody,
I just did two Redhat 6.0 installs over the weekend and thought some people
might like to read some comments. Overall I'm really impressed. Every
Redhat version since 3.0.3 has raised my expectations of Linux and not let
me down.
The good:
The single disk ftp install is great. It's also nice to test the X setup
during install.
The bootup process is nicer since they added green OKs (Red faileds) and
changed the X login screen to a much more stylish graphic.
I LOVE the login option to select Gnome, KDE, etc on login. Great job
Redhat!
The desktops keep getting better all the time, this is no exception. This
is my first experience using Gnome and I love it. Just need better
installed themes now. Can't they work a deal with www.themes.org or
something?
All my hardware (with the exception of my Hauppauge tuner card) works
flawlessly. Ensonique sound, Riva128 video, 13G seagate drive and ne2000
network included.
The Bad:
I've had a few hard locks. Ouch! Some of my first with Linux (which i've
been using for over 3 years). Not a good trend to start.
LICQ segment faults now... could be LICQ though.
Still haven't got XawTV working with my Hauppauge tuner card. I'll have to
mess around with hand loading modules like I had to do with Redhat
5.2+2.2.5. Just hoping I wouldn't have to.
The Ugly:
The Ultima Online client will not run under Gnome but will under WindowMaker
(without sound though, but that's Origin's prob).
DHCP will not work with my Cable modem. My workstations DHCP fine to my
Linux DHCP server though. This one really hurts and prevents me from
upgrading my firewall until it's fixed. I'm told that Redhat now uses a
program called pump instead of dhcpcd.
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From: "soltec" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To:
alt.binaries.hacking.utilities,alt.hackers.malicious,alt.hacking,alt.hacking.in.progress,es.comp.hackers,es.comp.os.linux,esp.comp.so.linux,esp.comp.so.linux.redes
Subject: Re: waiting the moment
Date: Tue, 4 May 1999 15:06:38 +0200
Lo único que permite que montes una red con Linux y Windows, que yo conozca
es SAMBA. Si no, sólo puedes acceder a WWW y FTP. Samba permite que Linux
trabaje como cliente o como servidor de una red Windows. Lo divertido será
encntrar una tarjeta de cable telefónico para portátil soportada por Linux.
cv13p11 escribió en mensaje 01be9293$eec6b400$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
la cuestion es la siguiente:
me gustaria conectar un ordenador portatil con linux 2.0.35 a una red que
tiene conectados 15 ordenadores en red mediante tarjetas de red tipo
ethernet, con cable telefonico y con W95 como sisteme operativo. si ejecuto
el programa "winipcfg" en una de las maquinas de la red, obtengo como
resultado:
winipcfg: x.x.xdir. adap: 00-40-05-3B-1E-FF
dns:125.1.0.55 125.1.5.0
ip: 125.1.3.88
masc:255.0.0.0
gw:125.1.0.222
con lo que deduzco que las diferentes máquinas se identifican por el nº de
identificacion del adaptador de red ¿no?,
todavia no tengo la tarjeta de red PCMCIA por lo que acepto sugerencias,
pero una vez la tenga ¿como la tengo que configurar para adoptar la
personalidad de una de las de la red, y poder así utilizar el linux en
dicha red? ( linsniff, nmap, ftp, etc ); hasta ahora he utilizado un modem
PCMCIA desde linux y ningun problema, pero no tengo conocimientos todavia
en asuntos de redes locales desde linux, sí un poco desde windows, y de los
protocolos de comunicacion, pero me urge el tema de la conexion desde mi
portatil con linux a la red local de la que hablo, con el fin de utilizar
alguno de los servicio
