Linux-Hardware Digest #613
Linux-Hardware Digest #613, Volume #14 Thu, 12 Apr 01 14:13:11 EDT Contents: Re: linux installation on acer travelmate 345t (R-R-B) Re: SCSI errors, why? (Trevor Jenkins) Re: Looking for (Andrey Vlassov) Re: Superblock (Andrey Vlassov) Re: IDE-SCSI for CDR on offboard IDE controller (Andrey Vlassov) Re: CUV4X-D, io-apic problem (VIA chipset) (Andrey Vlassov) Re: ** HP Pavilion computers: modem works? ** (aflinsch) From: R-R-B [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: linux installation on acer travelmate 345t Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2001 17:10:32 GMT ks wrote: is it possible to install linux on that notebook? Any reference document in the web? I installed quasi/successful a travelmate 201T (suse 7.1 kernel 2.4.0-4GB) but had some problem with lucent modem and ali sound, both should work with appropriate drivers, but i don't messed around very much with 'em. -- Saluti..Gr"usse..Salutations..Regards..Saludos.. Rag.Roberto Basville http://basrob.firenze.net/ -- From: Trevor Jenkins [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: SCSI errors, why? Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2001 17:14:06 + Trevor Jenkins wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, 09 Apr 2001 10:39:07 +, Trevor Jenkins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Since connecting a Jaz and Zip drive on my workstation's SCSI bus I've been seeing odd behaviour from the (SCSI) CD-ROM. Prior to introducing these new devices I didn't have a problem using the CD-ROM . Do you have good termination at both ends of the SCSI bus? ... Terminated this problem. :-) You were correct. Bus termination was all over the place. Seems I spoke too soon. Although the SCSI bus is now usable I'm still seeing errros reported when I try to use some CDs. Similar messages to those I mentioned before. Although I don't think that the bus length is too great some of the cables are long. From what I can see the Jaz and Zip drives are unaffected by these problems. Regards, Trevor British Sign Language is not inarticulate handwaving; it's a living language. Support the campaign for formal recognition by the British government now! -- Re: deemed! -- From: Andrey Vlassov [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Crossposted-To: alt.comp.hardware Subject: Re: Looking for Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2001 17:20:47 GMT Hi Chris, not too much help but try contact next guy he had some experience with this Tape Library Garry D. Robbins From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David x76353/RDCS/8-23-KP) I have been using the Networker product from Legato for about 3 years now. It is in use on several of our servers. We backup over 250 workstations nightly to two SPARC20's each connected to a EXA-BYTE EXB480 jukebox. We also have several DLT-4000 jukeboxes running on other servers. On one of the DLT-4000 servers we backup over 40Gbytes to two DLT's in about 4-5hr. Using only 1 tape in each jukebox. I have not had much success using the Soltice Backup product that SUN bundles with the SOlaris nowdays. It is not configurable enough to allow for use on more than a single NFS server machine, it allows only single client usage. http://www.netsys.com/sunmgr/1996-12/msg00107.html and check next pdf file - there is some reference for IBM tape library which emulates EXB480. http://www.storage.ibm.com/hardsoft/tape/pubs/7334sog.pdf Andrey Chris Johnson wrote: Hi, We've inheritted an EXB480 tape library. That's the good news. The bad news is we have no operations manual for it and don't know how to work the console keypad. We're using software called mover to move tapes around. It works fine on other libraries but on the EXB480 it tries to do an inventory search each time we ask for a move. Obviously we'de like to turn this behavior off. Where to find an operations manual or a PDF or an ASCII version or just plain HELP from someone who has one would really be appreciated. Thanks. --- Chris Johnson |Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Systems Administrator |Web: http://www.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/~johnson NMR Center |Voice:617.724.2369 Mass. General Hospital |FAX: 617.726.7422 149 (2301) 13th Street |Survival, all by it self, isn't worth it. Charlestown, MA., 02129 USA | Me --- -- -- From: Andrey Vlassov [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Superblock Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2001 17:27:27 GMT Hi Aalderd, when you create filesystem in the HDD it will write many superblocks. But during boot process system try to read only first super block. T
Linux-Hardware Digest #613
Linux-Hardware Digest #613, Volume #13 Thu, 21 Sep 00 20:13:06 EDT
Contents:
Re: Bad Mouse (Rahul Singh)
Sun GDM 20E20 ("Bernd Oliver Christiansen")
IRQ conflicts and PCI cards (Rajesh Raman)
Intel D815EEA MB: Ethernet OK. Sound? (Bill Stapleton)
Re: IRQ conflicts and PCI cards (Andrey Vlasov)
USB (Jason Fossella)
Video and Sound ("Kevin L. Brooks")
Video and Sound ("Kevin L. Brooks")
Confirmation of "Spyware" (Valentin Guillen)
Re: Nvidia Geforce2 GTS VMware (Jim Broughton)
Re: Mandrake 7.1 Installation errors Overcome! (Felix Miata)
Re: USB (Georg Acher)
Mouse right-click on desktop: how to modify pop-up menu? (Scott Rockstad)
Re: Mandrake 7.1 Installation errors Overcome! (root)
Re: Mouse right-click on desktop: how to modify pop-up menu? (Zane)
Re: SAMSUNG DVDROM SD604 compatibily ("Stéphane Glondu")
Re: dual sound cards with linux (slack7) (lobotomy)
From: Rahul Singh [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Bad Mouse
Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2000 16:52:05 -0400
Hi,
My intellimouse now works since I changed the lines in XF86Config and it scrolls
great in netscape browser.
But it does'nt work in netscape messenger for emails etc. Can I make it work in
my netscape inbox as well?
Rahul Singh,
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
James Richard Tyrer wrote:
Chris A wrote:
I'm having a problem getting my mouse, a microsoft Intellimouse, working
for X. Actually it works but only about every 50th time i try it. I use
mouseconfig to set it up and i've tried all the different ttyS' and seriel
protocals but nothing seems to work. I've also tried editing the xf86config
file but it doesn't work there either. Any ideas?
If your mouse works on the console, then it is an X problem.
Press Ctrl+Alt+F2 to get a console. Log in and see if you can use the mouse.
If you have a PS/2 Wheel Mouse, your XF86.Config should have the following:
ProtocolIMPS/2
Device /dev/mouse
Buttons 5
ZAxisMapping 4 5
In the proper syntax for your version of X.
JRT
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From: "Bernd Oliver Christiansen" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Sun GDM 20E20
Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2000 14:08:56 -0700
Hello:
does anybody have a nicely working XF86config file for Sun's GDM 20E20
monitor or knows which monitor type to select in RedHat 6.2? I'm currently
using Genreric Multisync, but at 1280x1024 the picture is shifted down by an
inch or so.
Thanks,
-Bernd
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From: Rajesh Raman [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: IRQ conflicts and PCI cards
Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2000 16:31:59 -0500
Hello,
I'm running Linux Mandrake 7.1, and am having problems with an
IRQ conflict between the PCI modem and NVIDIA's graphics driver,
which both want IRQ 3. As a result, if I first dial-up and then try to
startx, the X server freezes, and if I startx and then try to dial-up,
the modem cannot "get terminal I/O params." (Yes, I can dial-up
outside X, xor run X just fine.)
Since I don't have any ISA cards (in fact my motherboard doesn't
have any ISA slots), isapnp tools (pnpdump in particular) don't
give me any information to work with --- it just comes back with
"no boards found."
I guess I could install a 2.3 series kernel and let honest-to-God pnp
take care of the mess. However, is there some other relatively easy
solution for this problem? A few pointers to the right tools would be
sufficient, but complete solutions are always welcome. :-)
Thanks much!
++Rajesh
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bill Stapleton)
Subject: Intel D815EEA MB: Ethernet OK. Sound?
Date: 21 Sep 2000 21:46:08 GMT
Reply-To: Bill Stapleton [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I got handed a new work machine, based on an Intel D815EEA all-in-one type
motherboard. It came with Windows 98SE, now I've also got Linux (Red Hat
6.2) running, so I can pass on a couple of things:
The built-in ultra66/100 controller works, on the Quantum Fireball
20gig that it came with anyways. I went from 4mb to 25mb/sec by
turning on dma which was off by default (hdparm -d1).
I had problems with the built-in ethernet. It shows up as eepro100
in Windows, but the FOUR different eepro100 drivers I got from
various linux places didn't work. However, Intel offers a linux
driver, e100, which DOES work. I got it from here:
http://support.intel.com/support/network/adapter/pro100/30504.htm
The built-in video was disabled, it's useing a Matrox card instead,
so it works in that fashion. :-)
Now, sound: Apparently this motherboard can have 2 different AC '97 sound
setups, described as:
basic, "soft" audio, ICH2 component and an Analog Devices AD1885
analog codec.
enhanced, Creative Labs ES1373 AC '97 digital controll
Linux-Hardware Digest #613
Linux-Hardware Digest #613, Volume #12Wed, 5 Apr 00 01:13:11 EDT
Contents:
Re: PPP modem problem: bug in chat? (Daniel Savard)
Re: Linux/Samba printer configuration (John Hill)
high altitude modern systems performance (Kenneth Mankoff)
Partition -Boot problem. (Den Zoner)
scsi, eth0 irq conflict ("Jerry O'Brien")
Linux with Cisco 605 internal xDSL modem (Robert Adams)
Re: printing problems with ye old Epson740 (Dale Pontius)
Creative Ensoniq card in Mandrake 6.1 (Michael Longval)
telnet via serial? ("John Bald")
Re: BP6: Linux hangs on udma66 HD access (Hal Burgiss)
Re: Linux with Cisco 605 internal xDSL modem (Hal Burgiss)
Re: PCMCIA!!! (Bob Martin)
Re: IDE problems with Linux (John Hill)
Re: CD's play but there is no sound (Craig Peterein)
Re: Which of these Ethernet Cards? (Lucky)
Recommend a modem? (Ed Hourigan)
Re: Promise FastTrak 66 RAID controller (Rod Roark)
Integrated Motherboards ("Dylan McClung")
Re: Dual processor (Robert McCormick)
From: Daniel Savard [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: PPP modem problem: bug in chat?
Date: Tue, 04 Apr 2000 22:10:00 -0500
Dans l'article [EMAIL PROTECTED], "S. Park"
[EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit :
Dragos-Anton Manolescu wrote:
I have 2 computers running Mandrake 7.0. The main difference between
them is the clock speed--120 vs 500MHz. I've been using a TDK
Cyberexpress modem (PCMCIA) for dialup in the 120MHz computer for
about 3 years now. However, I can't get it to work with ppp on the
500MHz computer. The modem is recognized Ok by the PCMCIA package, and
setserial displays the same status on both computers. As far as I can
tell, the problems are caused by one of the programs in the ppp suite:
Mar 26 07:53:55 hoth pppd[2872]: pppd 2.3.10 started by root, uid 0
Mar 26 07:53:56 hoth chat[2896]: Can't get terminal parameters: Input/output error
Mar 26 07:53:56 hoth pppd[2872]: Connect script failed
Mar 26 07:53:57 hoth pppd[2872]: Exit.
I have searched with altavista and someone suggested redirecting the
I/O for chat. I've changed /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifup-ppp and
now it reads:
connect "/usr/sbin/chat $chatdbg -f $CHATSCRIPT /dev/modem /dev/modem"
However, this hasn't solved my problem. Is the version of chat
distributed with Mandrake ($Id: chat.c,v 1.25 1999/09/06 05:10:23
paulus Exp $) broken?
Thanks,
-Dragos
If there is I/O error, it doesn't look like solely chat problem. Did you
test with minicom to see if the modem responds correctly to at commands?
If not, you have to look up if the modem is set up properly.
Cheers.
I had exactly the same problem. The minicom test worked fine and I
was able to startup pppd using the manual method with minicom. After
many tests, it seems the chat scripts from which I wrote my own were
buggy. I rewrote it on a single line taking care to remove all unecessary
options (TIMEOUTs, ABORT, etc) until it works. I ended with a minimal
chat script, but a working one...
Hope this can help
Daniel Savard
CIDS Inc.
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From: John Hill [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Linux/Samba printer configuration
Date: Wed, 05 Apr 2000 03:09:54 GMT
Mark Bratcher wrote:
One question: if the jobs are just sitting in the spooler, what is the
status the jobs? Spooling? Printing?...
...
BWMiller wrote:
I have installed Samba and am attempting to establish it as a print
server for one HP LaserJet4Mplus on our NT network. I can print
locally from within Samba, have created the proper printer share,
installed the printer using printtool, and can see the printer on the
network from any NT workstation. Assuming the identical print drivers
are already loaded on the local file system, I should be able to print
through the Samba server, but nothing happens. I don't recieve any
error messages, and the documents just sit in the spool on the
workstations.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
I have had this happen to me seemingly at random. If the files sit in
the Windows machine, it is a Windows issue. I usually reinstall the
printer driver in Windows, making sure to print directly to the printer
- why even involve the Windows spooler??
Good luck!
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From: Kenneth Mankoff [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: alt.comp.hardware.homebuilt,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.systems
Subject: high altitude modern systems performance
Date: Tue, 4 Apr 2000 21:16:58 -0600
Hello everyone,
I live at 10,000 feet and have had all systems newer than a 486DX33Mhz
computer fail me. Since november, this is:
* 3 Dell Inspiron 7500 latptop motherboards (450Mhz). 2 months to failure
* 3 Dell Inspiron 7500 hard drives (12 to 18 gig). 2 months to f
