Linux-Hardware Digest #158
Linux-Hardware Digest #158, Volume #14 Wed, 10 Jan 01 19:13:06 EST
Contents:
Re: Problem with RedHat 6.2 and Promise Ultra100 (ATA100) (Tim Moore)
Re: How to move one Linux system to new hardware? (Tim Moore)
Re: Modem connects, but I can't use it. ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: soft ide raid (5?) vs. SCSI raid (Tim Moore)
Re: Modem connects, but I can't use it. ("D F")
Keyboard: Getting Alt_L AND Alt_R (and other iBook keyboard things) (Bo Brinkman)
Can you use msn with linux?? (Tim Dale)
D-Link DE-220PCT NIC Problems (Luckydaze)
Re: Help - Serial v USB modem? (Tim Haynes)
Re: A Direct Modem-to-Modem Connection (Juha Laiho)
Re: D-Link DE-220PCT NIC Problems (Bartek Kostrzewa)
Re: Abit KT7 Raid. Anyone got solution for Raid0? ("Stephan Winter")
Re: Can you use msn with linux?? (Anonymous)
Problems with ISA internal modem partition in SuSe 7 (Van der Ivor)
From: Tim Moore [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
Subject: Re: Problem with RedHat 6.2 and Promise Ultra100 (ATA100)
Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2001 21:13:47 GMT
I just bought an IBM 61G deskstar DTLA 307060. Then I learned that you
can't run an ATA100/66 drive on an ATA33 controller. darn.
Incorrect. ATA100/66 drives will run on ATA33 controllers with ATA33
controller performance.
request_module[block-major-3]: Root fs not mounted
VFS: cannot open root device 03:05
Kernel Panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 03:05
http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/mini/Ultra-DMA.html
Also, please don't crosspost. The correct group for this question is
comp.os.linux.hardware
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timothymoore
bigfoot
com
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From: Tim Moore [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: How to move one Linux system to new hardware?
Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2001 21:41:00 GMT
I've migrated several systems by booting a minimal system on the new box
and using dd to copy the paritions. Minimal requirement is similar
disks (eg- ATA33 or better, equal size or bigger). This is followed by
a kernel reconfigure/rebuild to sort the rest of the system. Key points
to get sorted before entering run level 5 are graphics and network
drivers. You don't want to damage a graphics card and/or monitor or
create a network problem.
In the above cases, 2 drives were used: minimal bootable install on
floppy, blank new drive 0, old drive 1. If you created the same
partition geometry on the new drive you could get everything over the
net (or backups) except boot block (see LILO HOWTO).
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I have a Red Hat 6.2 system running and I've been asked to move it to a
new machine (faster processor, more memory, larger drive, etc.). What
are some ways to accomplish this task? Is there a way without bringing
down the original system? The old system is being backed up nightly
using Amanda (version 2.4.2). I'm sure I can restore to the new system
but how to know which files to restore and which to keep?
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timothymoore
bigfoot
com
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Modem connects, but I can't use it.
Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2001 13:45:12 -0800
James,
Sounds like a routing problem. What program are you using to connect to the
net? Are you using something like kppp?
Once you've got your connection established, try looking at your routing table
to see if you have a default route going out to the net using "netstat -rn",
this should verify a) if you've established a PPP connection and b) whether or
not you have any default routing set up to use the PPP connection.
If everything above works well, and you do happen to have routing sorted out
ok, have you check making connections via IP addresses as opposed to machine
names? If not, give that a try, and if you find that you can ping external
machines via their IP address then all you will have to do is to enter the IP
address of the nameservers you ISP provides into your /etc/resolv.conf file.
Hope this helps a little,
L
James wrote:
Hi,
I've just installed SuSE 6.4 and have been trying to get my modem to
work, finally I've got to the stage where it dials and connects to my ISP
perfectly.
Unfortunatly if I then open netscape I immed iatly get the error
message;
"Netscape is unable to locate the server "Server". Please check
the server name and try again."
Also if I try to use the shell to telnet anywhere I get a similar
message.
Linux doesn't seem to be able to find or communicate with my modem, but
it is somehow able to dial-up.
What could be causing this?
Thankyou.
JL
My computer
cyrix 266
64MB RAM
SuSE 6.4
Sportster 28,800 external modem
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From: Tim Moore [EMAIL PROTEC
Linux-Hardware Digest #158
Linux-Hardware Digest #158, Volume #13 Fri, 30 Jun 00 14:13:09 EDT
Contents:
Re: Are TSC's synchronized in an Intel P6 SMP configurations? (Johan Kullstam)
Conexant SoftK56 winmodem (sigh) ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Tape Device Trubble, please advice. (Nigilo)
Re: phone line network cards supported? (Mark Astley)
Re: OfficeJet 710 (D G)
Re: Modem doesn't work (Smitty)
Re: Netgear FA-310TX with Tulip chip ("D.H.C.P. Bach")
Internet through a ntserver ("Eystein Aase")
Re: Soundblaster - emu10k1 (smp root)
Re: SB Live! in Linux Problems!! (smp root)
Re: Can't Boot from Compiled Kernel (2.2.13) (smp root)
Re: Are TSC's synchronized in an Intel P6 SMP configurations? (Iain McClatchie)
Re: Netgear FA-310TX with Tulip chip (bgeer)
Re: Ejecting a Zip-Disk (Stefan Seyfried)
Re: IBM Deskstar 75GXP and UDMA (Dan Lapine)
Re: Netgear FA-310TX with Tulip chip ("Chris Harshman")
Re: Sound Hardware - VIA 82C686 Audio Codec (Dan Lapine)
Re: inetd problem (Dan Lapine)
Re: ALS 100+ (Dan Lapine)
From: Johan Kullstam [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: 30 Jun 2000 10:03:42 -0400
Jan Vorbrueggen [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
"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,
not always. take two mechanical clocks and bolt them to a board. the
vibrations can cause entrainment or frequency locking. the two clocks
move in lock-step due to a non-linear feedback type mechanism. while
this example is mechanical, the same kind of thing can happen in
electrical circuits. in fact, many FM radio receivers work using a
frequency entrainment.
you can also have one clock on a mobo and it can feed two (or more)
processors. a clock can't drift relative to itself.
proportional to the time since last synchronisation. Ever wondered why the
world's official time base is called UTC = Universal Time Coordianted?
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johan kullstam l72t00052
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Conexant SoftK56 winmodem (sigh)
Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2000 14:20:07 GMT
I just installed Linux on a friends Packard Bell in
an attempt to enlighten her and show her "the ways of the
source".
Unfortunately she is a bit limited at present by the lack
of a modem. The box has a PCI card based winmodem and I
can't seem to find a "linmodem" driver for it.
Anybody know if one is in development ?
TIA,
John
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
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From: Nigilo [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Tape Device Trubble, please advice.
Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2000 14:30:10 GMT
Hello.
I'm trying to install a tape device on a
Red Hat 6.2 Linux Server. (kernel 2.2.12 Compaq's version)
When I boot I can see the DAT is being found,
but later on I read:
"No SCSI device's been found" or
"SCSI device's found=0"
(it is a SCSI DAT device..)
The Smart Array is working fine..
Server: Proliant DL 380
Tape device: Compaq DAT 12/24 GB
What have I missed?
Thanks for your time,
Daniel Hager
DataSecurity
BTW
My problem is very like Cscmdot's, posted
in Compaq's Message Board as message nr. 73,
titled: "rh62 on dl380" under "Servers-Linux"
I'm sending you a copy of that one to..
snip
I am having problems seeing my tape drive on a dl380
(dual 733 / 1 gb / 54 gb) system.
The smart array apperars to be happy with the hard drives,
but the /proc filesystem reports no scsi devices.
The tape drive reports as device 6 on the power up sequence.
The scsi chip is marked as sym53c1510. I have attemped rebuilding
the kernel several times, but still never seem to see the tape drive.
Any suggestions?
snip
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From: Mark Astley [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: phone line network cards supported?
Date: 30 Jun 2000 10:31:59 -0400
Edward Lee [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Arne Goetje wrote:
But I'm guessing then that you can't use voice over the same phone
line at the same time, right? This is one of the features touted by
the new HomePhone network cards. Of course, if your
Of course not... You can't use voice and data over the same wires at
the same time...
Actually I don't know these cards, but I'm a technician for phone lines
and networks... :)
But I don't think that you can use voice and data on the same wires at the
same time... voice should be disturbed while sending data...
You need to read more on broadband communicatio
Linux-Hardware Digest #158
Linux-Hardware Digest #158, Volume #11Wed, 1 Sep 99 19:13:48 EDT
Contents:
Sound Blaster PCI 512 (Curtney Jacobs)
Adaptec 2940U2W SCSI reset (Wolfram Saringer)
Re: 128 bits? I don't think so... (David C.)
Re: G400 Max w/360 MHz RAMDAC? (Josh Harr)
Where did my SB64 go ? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
3Com model 5687-02 on RH6 Help (Tinh Tran)
Re: Redhat 6.0 -- No lp device! (Jørgen Hermanrud Fjeld)
Re: Starfighter AGP (Josh Harr)
Re: zip scsi interface real scsi? (David C.)
Video Camera on Linux... (Gandolf)
Sound Blaster PCI 128 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Modem recommendation for RH 6.0 (brasscpu)
Re: Xserver problem? (Howard Mann)
Is Brother HL-1040 laser printer supported? (James P. Bennett)
Promise Fasttrak66 ("arne")
Re: WinModems (David C.)
Creative Sound Blaster PCI 128 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Installing Linux on a notebook (David C.)
Any support for 8-bit ISA sound cards under linux-AXP/alpha
([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: An Acer Hole! (K. Eggleston)
From: Curtney Jacobs [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Sound Blaster PCI 512
Date: Thu, 26 Aug 1999 13:35:48 -0700
Hi,
I am running RedHat 6.0 with kernel version 2.2.5-15. I have
soundblaster PCI 512. I have searched
through this newsgroup but there are no postings pertaining to the above
soundcard.
Does anyone know where I can download the appropriate sound driver that
work s with sb pci 512?
Any help would be appreciated.
_CJ
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From: Wolfram Saringer [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Adaptec 2940U2W SCSI reset
Date: Wed, 01 Sep 1999 20:22:00 GMT
I have a severe problem with an Asus Motherboard (P2B-S)
with an onboard Adaptec 2940U2W controller.
The errorlog fills up with lines like the following:
Sep 1 02:13:09 sonne kernel: scsi : aborting command due to timeout : pid 1684250,
scsi0, channel 0, id 11, lun 0 Write (10) 00 00 57 82 8b 00 00 f4 00
Sep 1 02:13:09 sonne kernel: scsi : aborting command due to timeout : pid 1684251,
scsi0, channel 0, id 11, lun 0 Write (10) 00 00 57 83 7f 00 00 f4 00
Sep 1 02:13:09 sonne kernel: scsi : aborting command due to timeout : pid 1684252,
scsi0, channel 0, id 11, lun 0 Write (10) 00 00 57 84 73 00 00 f4 00
Sep 1 02:13:09 sonne kernel: scsi : aborting command due to timeout : pid 1684258,
scsi0, channel 0, id 10, lun 0 Read (10) 00 00 26 31 c5 00 00 02 00
Sep 1 02:13:09 sonne kernel: scsi : aborting command due to timeout : pid 1684259,
scsi0, channel 0, id 10, lun 0 Read (10) 00 00 26 31 c7 00 00 02 00
Sep 1 02:13:09 sonne kernel: scsi : aborting command due to timeout : pid 1684260,
scsi0, channel 0, id 10, lun 0 Read (10) 00 00 26 31 c9 00 00 02 00
Sep 1 02:13:11 sonne kernel: SCSI host 0 abort (pid 1684251) timed out - resetting
Sep 1 02:13:11 sonne kernel: SCSI bus is being reset for host 0 channel 0.
Sep 1 02:13:14 sonne kernel: (scsi0:0:0:0) Synchronous at 40.0 Mbyte/sec, offset 15.
Sep 1 02:13:14 sonne kernel: (scsi0:0:10:0) Synchronous at 40.0 Mbyte/sec, offset 15.
Sep 1 02:13:14 sonne kernel: (scsi0:0:11:0) Synchronous at 40.0 Mbyte/sec, offset 15.
Sep 1 02:13:39 sonne kernel: (scsi0:0:13:0) Synchronous at 40.0 Mbyte/sec, offset 15.
So far, the computer did not hang or reboot on these occasion,
but I nevertheless want this resolved, as performance is
limited...
Any hints ?
Wolfram.
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Wolfram Saringer
EMail address is faked, sorry for that.
Try 'W' dot 'saringer' at 'bsg' dot 'at' or reply to the group.
BSG Bernhardt, Saringer Grundschober Net Consult
==
Why should I crawl through cramped Windows
when I can run around freely in UNIX???
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David C.)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: 128 bits? I don't think so...
Date: 01 Sep 1999 17:02:49 -0400
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (David C.) writes:
There's very little value in greater than 64 bit addressing unless
you actually plan to address more than 4 billion GB of data.
Not necessarily.
Even if you don't ever come close to using 64-bits of address for
physical memory, there is value in mapping smaller amounts of RAM to
a 64- or 128-bit virtual address space.
Large sparse matrix algorithms become far easier to implement if you
can allocate terabytes of virtual memory and only map physical RAM to
the parts of the matrix that are non-zero.
Algorithms for sparse matrixes should make use of the sparseness and
by doing so the need of linear addressing is not really that big
deal. If you had the need of exceeding the 64-bit limit (18exabytes)
it would take three and a half year to only traverse the memory under
the assumption that memory accesses are made at 128-bit width and
500GHz.
Depends on your application.
You may never have a need to completely traverse your sparse matrix. If
you only need get/set operations and m
Linux-Hardware Digest #158
Linux-Hardware Digest #158, Volume #10Tue, 4 May 99 17:13:40 EDT
Contents:
LinuxLITE ("Folkert Meeuw")
Re: Problem with ZIP drive (Piniek aka Piotr Ingling)
Re: removing cooling fans--how dangerous? ("Larry Brasfield")
Re: Scanner (Michael Borgwardt)
Re: Winmodems and Linux (Eric Fierke)
Re: LINUX 56K MODEM WEBSITES FOUND!! Linux PCI modem found (killbill)
Re: HP support sucks (was: funniest printer-problem) (peter)
Re: brother hl-1040 and linux ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: PS/2 and USB (Eric Fierke)
Re: Will Linux utilize dual processor systems? (Jerald Jackson)
Adaptec 3940 UW and MANY devices ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Newbie: Can't address SCSI DAT (Jerald Jackson)
Re: modem is slow in console and x (kde) (M. Buchenrieder)
Re: Redhat Linux w/ AMD K6-2 (Henry Kammler)
Re: Redhat 6.0... the good, the bad, and the ugly ("dpc")
Re: Q: HP NetRAID 3Si + booting LINUX (Dark Jedi)
Re: Will Linux utilize dual processor systems? ("Andre Malafaya Baptista")
Re: Scanner
From: "Folkert Meeuw" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: LinuxLITE
Date: Tue, 4 May 1999 20:13:00 +0200
Reply-To: "Folkert Meeuw" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hallo Dear Friendly Readers,
is anyone of you here try to ported Linux on a handheld PC ?
What I mean is LinuxLITE.
MfG Folkert Meeuw
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Piniek aka Piotr Ingling)
Subject: Re: Problem with ZIP drive
Date: Tue, 04 May 1999 14:14:34 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Dnia Sun, 2 May 1999 15:49:14 +0100, "Manula" [EMAIL PROTECTED] napisa³(a):
I posted a message before but didn't get any replies, so thought I'll try
again. I have an iOmega 100 external ZIP drive. I recently installed Red
Hat Linux 5.2 on my PC and the ZIP drive worked fine after the installation.
Then I upgraded the kernel to 2.2.2 and since then, I can't use the ZIP
drive under Linux. The HOWTO said to use imm driver instead of ppa and I
tried both as a module and load at boot. As a module, when I try to load
it, I get a message saying the device is busy or something like that. I
have another machine and it works fine on that. I tried configuring the
kernel identical to the working one but it still doesn't work. I have tried
everything I know. I also have Windoze NT on it and the drive works fine
with NT.
Are you sure that you need an imm driver? Is it a ZIP Plus drive? If not - use
ppa.
Piotr Ingling
e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "Larry Brasfield" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To:
alt.comp.hardware,alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt,alt.comp.hardware.overclocking
Subject: Re: removing cooling fans--how dangerous?
Date: Tue, 04 May 1999 14:17:38 GMT
(comp.os.linux.hardware and alt.comp.hardware
removed from followups. Please limit cross-posts.)
gus [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
Is there no wqay that convection can be used to cool it?
Convection depends on density difference
between the heated fluid and the cool fluid.
That is what creates the pressure differential
necessary to make the fluid flow thru any
kind of resistance.
As the CPU heats the fluid (perhaps water) in the heatsink, it rises,
and flows up and out of the case in to a cooling reservoir. The same
reservoir provides the cool source for the intake to the heatsink.
The problem with water and most liquids
is that their density does not change very
much across normal temperature changes.
Although 100degrees is hot for a CPU, it is not too far out of spec, and
the latent energy in water when it boils will pretty much maintain that
temperature.
True, but 100 C at the outer case is way
too hot for long term operation. Reliability
is going to take a big hit up there. As many
folks know, the CPU timing is degraded at
higher temperatures, so it would have to be
underclocked as well.
Otherwise, choose a fluid which has a lower booling point (alcohol)
Freon (or its modern CFC-free equivalent)
is a good choice, technically. Instead of
relying on convection, I would put in a wick
to make it work as a heat pipe does.
...;-).
Could this convection method work?
Probably not with water. But alchohol
or refrigeration fluid might do the trick.
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--Larry Brasfield
Above opinions may be mine alone.
(Humans may reply at unundered [EMAIL PROTECTED] )
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Michael Borgwardt)
Subject: Re: Scanner
Date: 4 May 1999 14:44:10 GMT
In article 7gmpa1$8hm$[EMAIL PROTECTED],
"Andre Malafaya Baptista" [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Hi all.
Does kernel 2.2.7 support parallel port scanners?
It takes the first step towards doing so, but the problem is that
there is *no* standard for parallel port scanners. Each company
has its own proprietary interfac
