Linux-Hardware Digest #711
Linux-Hardware Digest #711, Volume #14Tue, 1 May 01 08:13:07 EDT Contents: Linux and multi PCI Bridge chips (Paolo Santinelli) Re: Newbie query - UDMA system - problem with Mandrake 8.0 RH7.1 installs (Andy Elvey) Re: RH7.1 kernel fails on dual Asus motherboard (D. Stimits) Re: ESS Solo1 soundcard and Logitech Wingman Extreme (digital) (D. Stimits) Firewire, anyone (Helmut Steinwender) Re: Two network cards (Aalderd Bouwman) Strange (?) memory error (Jacques) óss linux (Amit kt) Re: WinTV BTTV driver with NO SOUND (fyrie) Re: Newsgroup for embeded linux? (M. Buchenrieder) replacing a CDROM with a HD (William B. Cattell) two harddisks crashed and third one expected (William Tang) Re: two harddisks crashed and third one expected (John) Re: Help me get scsi working? (Ian Northeast) Re: Help me get scsi working? (John) From: Paolo Santinelli [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Linux and multi PCI Bridge chips Date: Tue, 01 May 2001 09:18:16 +0200 I am building an industrial PC, a system composed by a single boart PC with pci connector, plugged in a PCI backplane equipped with 2 (or more) PCI bridge chips to control a lot of pci expansion slot (until 20). Can Linux support more PCI bridg chips. Tanks in advance. Paolo Santinelli [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- From: Andy Elvey [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Newbie query - UDMA system - problem with Mandrake 8.0 RH7.1 installs Date: Tue, 1 May 2001 19:07:46 +1200 Ok - thanks very much for this - will give it a go :-) Nader [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... Sounds like you need the 2.4 kernel. Until then, follow the instructions at http://linux.nf/ultra66.htm. Basically, you will need to pass parameters to the kernel so that it can find your UDMA HD. once you have installed and stabilized your system, you can upgrade your kernel to 2.4. This kernel version has UDMA support built in. After that, you will no longer have to pass parameters to he kernel. Good luck! Andy Elvey wrote: Hi all . First the (hopefully relevant!) config info for my PC - Current OS - Win98SE ( trying to ditch , but having problems , that's why I'm here ... ) Chip - PIII 533Mhz Monitor - Philips 105S CD drive- Asus CD-3400A Modem - LT Winmodem (yes - will have no 'net under Linux - will replace this with the modem from my old PC which no longer goes ... :-) IRQs for UDMA are as follows - IRQ14 - VIA bus master PCI IDE controller (Ultra DMA) IRQ14 - Primary bus master IDE controller (dual fifo) IRQ15 - VIA bus master PCI IDE controller (Ultra DMA) IRQ15 - Secondary bus master IDE controller (dual fifo) The story so far - when I tried the installs , the Linux installers (both for Mandrake 8.0 and RH7.1) seem to be unable to detect my hard drive. CD drive is found, no problem. Hard drive - no go . Tried Mandrake 8.0 first - no luck . Tried Red Hat 7.1 - ditto . The error message zooms past , but it says something like unable to find a valid device to install filesystem onto .. I've poked around on the 'net a bit (have been to http://linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/mini/Ultra-DMA-7.html#unified and one or two other places ) , but haven't yet come across the info needed to get me up and running. I should say that I ain't a hardware guru, so any advice may need to bear that in mind ! :-)) . Very many thanks for any help received ! -- Date: Tue, 01 May 2001 01:50:45 -0600 From: D. Stimits [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: RH7.1 kernel fails on dual Asus motherboard Hannu wrote: I am trying to install RedHat 7.1 (comes with kernel 2.4.2) into this box, Dual Pentium III 933 Coppermines on a Asus CUV4X-DLS motherboard. The RH installation runs well, but when it comes time to boot, the following error messages come up, and the booting sequence stops righ there: Total of 2 processors activated (374210 BogoMIPS) Before bogocount - setting activated=1 Boot done. ENABLING IO-APIC psysical APIC ID to 2 ...ok Synchronizing Arb IDs ...TIMER vector=49 pin1=2 pin2=0 testing the IO APIC WARNING: Unexpected IO-APIC please mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] done. calibrating APIC timer CPU clock speed 937.4845 MHz . host bus clock speed is 133.9260 MHz cpu: 0, clocks: 1339260, slice: 446420 . CPU0TO: 1339248,T1:892816,D:12,S:446420, C: 1339260 CPU: 1. clocks: 1339260, slice: 446420 This is where the system dies. Looks like it cannot get the second CPU going. I did include kernel-smp package when installing. I know that my hardware works, Win2000Professional runs fine, uses both CPU's. Any help appreciated. Hannu Some of the i840 chipset boards have problems with the IO-APIC (I don't know if the Asus board is i840 or other, concept
Linux-Hardware Digest #711
Linux-Hardware Digest #711, Volume #12 Thu, 20 Apr 00 06:14:29 EDT
Contents:
Using a Psion 5 as a terminal (J T)
Thanks (Will Joyner)
37.5 GB drive and kernel 2.3.99-pre5
portable storage
Graphics card driver ("siapa")
sound irq conflict (root)
Re: 37.5 GB drive and kernel 2.3.99-pre5
Re: logitech itouch internet keyboard/mouse (Robbie Gates)
Re: Recommend PCI ATA66 card for Linux v2.2.14+? ("Bobby Hitt")
Re: networking two boxen (Donovan Rebbechi)
Re: Graphics card driver (Dances With Crows)
Re: can't get ide-scsi mod to work (Doc Shipley)
Re: can't get ide-scsi mod to work (Steve Martin)
Re: Best printer for linux box? (Scott Alfter)
Re: Recommend PCI ATA66 card for Linux v2.2.14+? ("fREDDieV")
How to get Mandrake 7.0 kernel 2.2.13 to recognize tape drive ("fREDDieV")
Re: whats *your* ($hdparm -t) speed? ("fREDDieV")
RedHat Version 6.2 in Singapore ("Mr Jackie Lee Choon Yau")
Re: linux in notebook--modem (Xiaoqiang Su)
Suggestions for Video Card on Linux??? (Joe Perkowski)
Seagate SCSI Drive timeout on a Adaptec 2940 UW ("Reid Sutherland")
Re: Network Card Drivers? ("Dino7")
Re: Logitech mouse ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: OPL3-SA3 sound chip setup problem. (Don Grafton)
Re: networking two boxen (Michael Meissner)
Re: Help! Need driver for Trident Cyberblade /i7 (Jim Harvey)
Re: FAT32 and LINUX? (Mark Bratcher)
Re: portable storage (Michael Meissner)
Re: New Athlon 700 Box (Steffen Kluge)
From: J T [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Using a Psion 5 as a terminal
Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2000 00:01:32 +0100
Hi,
I'm trying to set up my system so I can connect my Psion 5 to a serial
port as a text terminal. I have read the how-to an I get as far as a
login prompt on the Psion with the command '/sbin/agetty -L 115200 ttyS1
vt100'. Unfortunately, when I enter my user name and password all I get
is:
login failed - on the Psion and
Apr 18 23:44:33 keri login: FAILED LOGIN 1 FROM /dev/ttyS1 FOR jrt,
Authentication failure
in /var/log/messages.
I have modified the 'login.access' to include the line '+:jrt:LOCAL'.
Is there any other files I need to modify? Or is there someway I can
get 'agetty' to report what it recieves??
Any help appeciated, Jay
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From: Will Joyner [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Thanks
Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2000 15:24:31 -0400
Well guys,
Thanks for all that replied to my posts giving me advice on how to fix
my computer. I did what you suggested and after tweakign with some
settings I got the best performance that I can hope for...for now.
There is hardly any static noticible when i play my mp3s, and now my
computer can shut down without locking up.
I am a newbie so I may be asking more questions in the future. So
thanks ahead of time
Will Joyner
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: 37.5 GB drive and kernel 2.3.99-pre5
Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2000 16:32:31 -0700
Hi. I just got an IBM Deskstar 37GP (37.5 GB drive), installed in into my
linux box and (ta-da) it's only weighing in at about 3 GB!
with 'df' i see:
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/dev/hdc1 348042313 3300383 0% /hdc1
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with 'fdisk' i see:
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Command (m for help): p
Disk /dev/hdc: 16 heads, 63 sectors, 7144 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 1008 * 512 bytes
Device BootStart EndBlocks Id System
/dev/hdc1 1 7144 3600544+ 83 Linux
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I read the Large-Disk-HOWTO and saw that there might be a kernel problem
so I've upgraded. I'm currently running 2.3.99-pre5 but the drive still
doesn't show up as a 37.5 GB drive?
what can I do?
Any help will be greatly appreciated
-- Jonathan [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: portable storage
Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2000 23:30:03 GMT
I need to have some kind of storage mean,that is an external drive I can
use to copy and browse files. It can be a CD-RW or an Orb, or something
else.
Does anyone know what kind of drive I should buy - I'm using a laptop, and
no scsi!
Thank You
L.G.
--
Posted via CNET Help.com
http://www.help.com/
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From: "siapa" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Graphics card driver
Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2000 22:49:18 +0800
Anyone knows where to get driver for Creative Riva TNT2 Ultra graphics card
driver for redhat linux6.1 ? Tenkiu..
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From: root [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: sound irq conflict
Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2000 18:58:47 -0600
on bootup it skips lo
Linux-Hardware Digest #711
Linux-Hardware Digest #711, Volume #10Fri, 9 Jul 99 03:13:40 EDT
Contents:
Re: Non-Windows digital cameras? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Help: Linksys Phoneline Network Card Support (Cryph)
Re: Linux and Maxtor hard drives? (Chad Page)
Problems with Lilo on reinstalling Redhat 5.2 and using an LS-120. ("Peter Erzetic")
Re: Linux und Miro DC 30, Videoschnitt (Jens Haug)
Re: Celeron, what's the catch? (Anthony Hill)
No DMA with ALI IDE chipset (Asus P5A) (Frank Paehlke)
Re: Celeron, what's the catch? ("Dean Kent")
Re: Celeron, what's the catch? (Jay Patrick Howard)
Re: Celeron, what's the catch? (Chris Robato Yao)
Re: Celeron, what's the catch? (Anthony Hill)
Re: Celeron, what's the catch? (Anthony Hill)
Re: Celeron, what's the catch? (Anthony Hill)
Re: Celeron, what's the catch? (Jay Patrick Howard)
Re: HELP w/ modem! ("ZombieSeed")
Re: ESS688 Soundchip without tone (Eric Wick)
Re: Celeron, what's the catch? ("Charismo")
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Crossposted-To: rec.photo.digital,comp.os.os2.setup.misc,comp.sys.mac.hardware.misc
Subject: Re: Non-Windows digital cameras?
Date: Fri, 09 Jul 1999 04:18:57 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Thu, 08 Jul 1999 18:09:09 -0700, Ken [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
What's a good digital camera for use on systems other than Windows?
I'm looking for something to produce images on the web. I mostly use
OS/2, but also use Linux, and less frequently NT4 and Win98. I can see
having a Mac in the future.
My concerns are hardware compatibility and file format interoperability.
Memory card cameras would be ok if they use a standard card for which a
reader is available on various platforms, and the card stores images in
a standard format and filesystem. A floppy-based camera has the
advantage of very high portability, but the disadvantage of very little
storage.
Hardware will be the biggest problem. Software is a breeze on a Linux
system, there are lots of programs out there for interpreting image
formats... (Gimp, for one..)
You need to check with the manufacturers to see if the storage media
has any Linux or Unix drivers before you buy. But don't stop there.
The whole idea of open architecture is that the source codes are
freely available, so it is VERY possible that someone else has written
a driver that you need for the hardware you are considering. (Having
Linux, you already know this)
Make good use of the search engines to look for drivers that you might
need.. and don't just depend on the web based search engines.. use the
Archie and Gopher engines too. There's a lot of information on the
web that never appears on web pages or Usenet. (let alone AltaVista or
Deja.com..)
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From: Cryph [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Help: Linksys Phoneline Network Card Support
Date: Fri, 09 Jul 1999 00:27:00 -0500
My only choice of a NIC at home happens to be a Linksys Phoneline
Network Card (hpn100). I can find no way whatsoever to make this bugger
work, has anyone been sucessful or can point me in the right direction?
"The Linksys HomeLink Phoneline Network Card utilizes Advanced
Micro Devices' (AMD®) PCnet-Home technology"
Thanks in advance..
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From: Chad Page [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Linux and Maxtor hard drives?
Date: Fri, 09 Jul 1999 06:30:02 GMT
I have a Maxtor 17GB drive that works fine with only one ext2fs
partition, on an Intel AL440LX board. fsck-ing it takes a while though. ;)
- Chad
Geoff Stanbury [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi, I'm wondering if Maxtor IDE hard drives work with Linux. See, I
was about to buy a new hard drive today - a Maxtor 17.0 gigabyte IDE -
when I saw a big ugly sticker on the front of the box that said
"Windows 95 required."
After checking the system requirements, I saw something to the point
of Windows 9x or NT being required for the usage of all hard drives
over Something in size.
How accurate is this? I mean, do Maxtor hard drives act in the same
terrible fashion as Winmodems? Or does this sticker mean something
more like "Only recent operating systems can handle a hard drive of
this size, and because most of the world uses Microsoft, we'll just
say that you need something as recent at Windows 95" ?
Thanks in advance.
--
From: "Peter Erzetic" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.install,linux.redhat.install,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Problems with Lilo on reinstalling Redhat 5.2 and using an LS-120.
Date: Fri, 9 Jul 1999 16:33:02 +1000
I have been having a heap of hassles getting Lilo operational on my system.
I have previously had Redhat 5.1 working like a charm.
I run it on a second drive and boot from my main dr
