Linux-Hardware Digest #766, Volume #14 Sun, 13 May 01 22:13:06 EDT
Contents:
Analog joystick problem (Johannes Bauer)
Re: is amd's trilevel cache supported in linux? (Scott Alfter)
Re: RAM question (Dan Smith)
Re: Help with install problem (Philip R. Columbus)
Re: lpr command (Homer)
Wavelan2_cs driver with Mandrake 2.4 (2.4.3-20) (Shawn Armstrong)
ORiNOCO Wavelan Question (Dan Smith)
Re: promise ultra66 problems ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: is amd's trilevel cache supported in linux? (Gregory Davis)
Re: Help with Ftape / T3000 drive (Cerberus)
Re: Nvidia drivers. Can I use RPM? ("grendel")
HP PSC500 driver (Paul Folbrecht)
Re: Sun Netra 105 Help.. ("Jimi Thompson")
Boot without VGA (=?iso-8859-1?Q?Andr=E9?= David)
3com 3c574-TX drivers needed. ("John Niedermeyer")
Newbie Question: Printing on PS printer -- RH 7.0 ("B. Jenkins")
Compaq Smartstation SCSI contoller (LTE ELITE) (Johnson's)
Re: ATX 12V Power Supply (Ray)
newbie help: Backpack CD-RW support + other hardware problems
([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: RAM question (Eric P. McCoy)
File system problem, Fujitsu HD, BP6 (Keith Rhodes)
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From: Johannes Bauer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Analog joystick problem
Date: Sun, 13 May 2001 20:09:08 +0200
Hello,
I've got a question to an analog joystick I connected to my linux box:
I'm using no "real" joystick, it's just a plug with one potentiometer
and one switch connected to it (X1, B1). Now I'm loading the module
the following way:
insmod joystick
insmod joy-analog js_an=0x201,17
as 17=16+1 = ButtonA+X1. When I do this while having plugged in my
"cord" the potentiometer just reads zero while the button works fine.
When I it while having a "real" jostick plugged in, the jostick
readings are just fine.
This would suggest my cord has been soldered wrong. Here's the weird
part: When I do this on the same PC while having DOS loaded instead of
linux, the potentiometer reads my cord just fine. When I use the cord
on another Windows PC, it also gives me perfect readings.
What could be wrong here?
Thank you
Joe
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Scott Alfter)
Subject: Re: is amd's trilevel cache supported in linux?
Date: Sun, 13 May 2001 18:15:28 -0000
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In article <9di1qa$d1g$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Gregory Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Sorry about the extra long subject-line, but thats it. Is AMD's trilevel
>cache supported; in other words, can linux recognize the 2 on die caches on
>a K6-3 and also the motherboard cache? I looked at /proc/cpuinfo and that
>file only makes reference to one of the caches.
No special OS-level support is needed for trilevel cache. As you noticed,
/proc/cpuinfo returns the size of the processor's L2 cache, but the L3
(motherboard) cache is still active and still doing its job. I have a
K6-III-450 on a VA-503+ running my LFS server/router/firewall, and it runs
fine. Before that, it was running SuSE 6.3 and (under VMware) Win98 as a
workstation.
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Subject: Re: RAM question
From: Dan Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 13 May 2001 14:20:51 -0400
The PC100 and PC133 Specification is just what the RAM is guaranteed
to run at. It has nothing to do with the RAM's abilitly to run at a
different speed, just it's certification. I use siemens ram in my
server boxes and I can run PC100 chips at 133MHz easy. Likewise,
PC133 RAM is guaranteed at 133, but will work FINE at lower speeds.
--Dan
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From: Philip R. Columbus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Help with install problem
Date: Sun, 13 May 2001 19:30:53 GMT
Santiago Capel wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
>> I posted this on alt.os.mandrake but didnt get much replies....
>> maybe I'll have better luck here??
>>
>> -Christian
>>
>>
>>>> I get a Fatal error very early in the install. Here is the
>>>> message:
>>>> -------------------------
>>>> Loading program into memory
>>>> [**********************************]
>>>> error in exec of stage 2 :-(
>>>> FATAL ERROR of STAGE1: I/O ERROR
>>>> I cant recover from this
>>>>
>>>> -------------------------
>>>>
>>>> HW:
>>>> I have a 3yr old PCChips motherboard with AGP slot, and
>>>> integrated
>>>> sound. 224Mb of RAM, 8Mb ATI video card. I have a 500MHz AMD
>>>> K6-2
>>>
>> cpu.
>>
>>>> Currently Mandrake 7.2 is installed, and that installation went
>>>> flawlessly. Any ideas what is wrong?
>>>>
>>>> -Christian
>>>>
>>>
>
> It seems to be an error with your CD or harddisk. Try to verify that
> you can read all of the files in your CD or harddisk without errors.
>
>
Had the same problem here due to bad burn on installation CD. Might
be your problem. New download and burn solved the problem.
--
Philip R. Columbus
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cum Dignitate Otium - Leisure With Dignity
... Cicero c. 50 B.C
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From: Homer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: lpr command
Date: Sun, 13 May 2001 22:00:11 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Homer wrote:
> Dear people,
> Something changed on the lpr command atfer the installation of kernel
> v2.4.4, but how do I find out what?
> I get the next message:
>
> lpr: connect: Onbekend bestand of map (means unknown file or dir)
> jobs queued, but cannot start daemon.
>
> I included all tree necassary options into the kernel.
> Does anyone know what?
>
> Thanks in advantage!
>
> Peter
Thanks for reading but the problem is solved!
Peter
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From: Shawn Armstrong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Wavelan2_cs driver with Mandrake 2.4 (2.4.3-20)
Date: Sun, 13 May 2001 12:16:07 -0800
Has anyone got this to work yet? What's the trick?
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: ORiNOCO Wavelan Question
From: Dan Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 13 May 2001 16:16:46 -0400
Does anyone know of a way to make a linux box with a wavelan card act
like an access point instead of a peer-to-peer station? I have a
Silver ORiNOCO card installed and working in the linux box. There are
lots of things that do not work in peer-to-peer mode (like security
apparantly) and I was wondering if you can get the linux box to act
like an access point. I know the lucent access points use the actual
wavelan card in them, so I thought there might be a way..
Thanks!
--Dan
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: promise ultra66 problems
Date: Sun, 13 May 2001 20:51:39 GMT
Peter Sandstrom wrote:
> Is there support in the kernel for UDMA on RH 7.1 or did you roll your own
> kernel ? I'm trying to enable the onboard promise Ultra100 interface on my
> RH 7.0 (kernel 2.2.17) linux system (the motherboard is an Asus A7V), but
> I'm not sure if this is possible without applying the kernel patch. I
> actually tried applying the ide.2.2.17.all.20001120.patch but I got error
> messages while doing it. Do I actually need this patch at all ?
>
> ---
> Peter Sandström, Development Engineer
> Oy ISI Industry Software Ab / Brändö Office
> Hänninensvägen 2
> FIN-66530 Kvevlax, Finland
>
> tel +358 (0)6 3808914
> fax +358 (0)6 3182378
>
> --
> Posted from www.tassen.fi [62.148.198.27]
> via Mailgate.ORG Server - http://www.Mailgate.ORG
I am running redhat7.1 on a7v kt133 motherboard using only promise controller
ata100. Linux assigns the hde to the first harddrive on the promise
controller.
bye,
William.
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From: Gregory Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: is amd's trilevel cache supported in linux?
Date: Sun, 13 May 2001 17:02:06 -0400
Thanks all. I was just worried that I was letting that resource go to
waste (it is nice to have cache running at the cpu freq and not that of the
bus). As far as recognizing, I found that the cache is displayed in
boot.msg which is made by the kernel logger.
Greg
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From: Cerberus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Help with Ftape / T3000 drive
Date: Sun, 13 May 2001 21:11:01 GMT
Ahhh.... Could you describe this splitter cable in more detail. Maybe
where I could get one, if you know? I just picked up a T 3000 and was
trying to get it to work on the "B" connector of the floppy cable. No
wonder it won't work if it's not designed to go there.
On Mon, 12 Mar 2001 22:01:09 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Allan R. Batteiger)
wrote:
>John Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in
><[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>John and Others
> The T3000 I have is a floppy attached drive. It has a spliiter cable
>that goes between floppy A and the main floppy cable. the end of this cable
>then goes to the tape drive. I have tried putting the drive on the B drive
>connector with no luck.
>
>
>>"Allan R. Batteiger" wrote:
>>
>>> I am running RH 7.0 (Kernel 2.2.17-14). I have a HP/Colorado T3000
>>> tape
>>> drive on that system. I have tried to use both ftape.o and ztape.o
>>> with no success. When I use the command "mt -f /dev/rft0 rewind" it
>>> accesses the floppy drive not the tape drive. I have reread the
>>> HOW-To several times and tried several variations but I cannot get the
>>> the tape to work. This system is an web/ftp/email server. It only
>>> has a couple of hundred of MB to backup. Anyone have any experience
>>> with something like this that could shed some light ?
>>
>>I'm not completely familiar with the T3000, but isn't that a
>>parallel-port attached external drive? Ftape is for drives that
>>attach to a floppy controller (like the old Jumbo series). For a
>>parallel attached device I think you'll need to compile "
>>Parallel port IDE device support" for your kernel as well as
>>ATAPI tape device support.
>>
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From: "grendel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.comp.periphs.videocards.nvidia,alt.os.linux.suse,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.x,comp.windows.x.i386unix
Subject: Re: Nvidia drivers. Can I use RPM?
Date: Sun, 13 May 2001 20:59:40 GMT
Suse has an article (search in their support database at their site for
"Promise") about some issues (for instance SuSE 7.0 can't recognize a hard
disk connected to the onboard Promise Controller on an A7V motherboard
without this patch. There are also issues with Geforce cards fixed by this.
I think they throw in an updated GL driver or something. Not sure. SuSE 7.1
has this fixed.
"Vladimir [AvEnGeR] Mikac" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:9dlm52$r13$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > I have SuSE 7.0 with 2.2.16 kernel. However a patch was downloaded for
it
> > because of the Promise IDE Controller and Geforce 2 that I have. This
was
> in
> > the form of K_EIDE.RPM. Anyway I've been trying to get the Nvidia
drivers
> to
> > work fine and have been having problems. (the nv driver in Xfree works
> > fine). What I wonder first of all is do I need to use the source or tar
> from
> > Nvidia or can I just use the RPM's they provide. Does the patch I got
for
> > the kernel from SuSE make the Nvidia RPM's non usable for me? They seem
to
> > load fine however I can never make it into X. I'll get a black screen
with
> > no errors in the XFree log. IT only stops after "Write-combining range".
> > Thanks in advance.
> >
> > Also if I installed the Promise/Geforce patch for the kernel did it
update
> > the header files automatically or do I need to do this?
>
> what, does the promise controller have problems with GeForce?
>
>
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From: Paul Folbrecht <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: HP PSC500 driver
Date: Sun, 13 May 2001 21:49:59 GMT
I've got an HP PSC 500 printer/scanner/copier that I'd like to get
working with Linux (I'll settle for just the printer.)
I'm running RH 7.0. This model is not listed in the printtool database
and trying other HP drivers with various settings hasn't worked. A
search on the Linux Hardware DB turned up nothing and of course HP's
site is of no use.
Does anyone know if/where I can get a driver for this thing? Thanks.
-Paul
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From: "Jimi Thompson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.redhat,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Sun Netra 105 Help..
Date: Sun, 13 May 2001 17:09:15 -0500
Since you can download Solaris for free, why are you running Linux on a
Sparc machine? Solaris is optimized for the Sparc CPU.
Malkevich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:DRuL6.5$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Hi All,
> Just a question that is simple I hope, has anyone installed RH6.2 on
a
> Netra 105 before ?? I am having problems getting the Ethernet port up.
> Anyone assist with driver info ?
>
> Also, anyone know of a "beginners" guide to Sparc kernel compiling and
> install methods.. I am very familiar with Intel method, but not Sparc
> method.. Me am getting lost..
>
>
>
> Malkevich
>
>
>
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From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Andr=E9?= David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Boot without VGA
Date: Mon, 14 May 2001 00:42:54 +0200
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I was wondering if I can boot a machine without a graphics board (well
at least after being configured.) It should be used in a network or via
a serial port (eheh, good old VT's)
Any shareable experiences outthere on this?
TIA,
Andre
ps - yes, I want to squeeze out even the video bandwidth for other uses
;)
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From: "John Niedermeyer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: 3com 3c574-TX drivers needed.
Date: Sun, 13 May 2001 23:26:48 GMT
Anyone have or know of where to get drivers for the 3com Fast Etherlink
16-Bit PC Card?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
John Niedermeyer
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "B. Jenkins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Newbie Question: Printing on PS printer -- RH 7.0
Date: Sun, 13 May 2001 19:27:28 -0400
Just installed RH 7.0 and trying to get things working on a
system I am totally unfamiliar with (although I have used older
Unixes).
The Postscript driver under printtools does not set the top margin
correctly for 1-up printing. What I could find for accessing files
is that this is a known problem. Is there a known fix?
While I could reset the margins in all of the base (TeX and LaTeX) documents, it means
that other "printing" devices (e.g. Adobe
Distiller) would not end up with proper margins without resetting
and recompiling. Something that addresses the printer sounds like
a much better idea.
I don't think it matters, but I am using a HP LJ4550N printer.
--
B. Jenkins
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Johnson's <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Compaq Smartstation SCSI contoller (LTE ELITE)
Date: Sun, 13 May 2001 13:59:15 -0500
I have a Compaq LTE Elite with a Smartstation for docking. The
Smartstaion has a built in SCSI controller. I have successfully used it
on FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, SCO Openserver, OS/2 Warp Connect, and Win
95.
All the above mentioned OS' recognized the controller as an Adaptec
aha-1520 without problems. I have tried installing Debian and RedHat
without any luck. I really want to get RedHat 6.2 running. When I try
the 1520 driver it is unrecognized. Do I need to ad parameters or will
it just not work on Linux?
FYI... I have put an aha-1540 in the ISA slot to for a "quick fix", but
I want to use the built in one if possible. It's a matter of principle
now.
Thanks,
Marvin Nashville, TN USA
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ray)
Subject: Re: ATX 12V Power Supply
Date: Mon, 14 May 2001 00:11:52 -0000
On 12 May 2001 18:29:08 GMT, Dr A.J. Marquis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hi,
>
> I just bought and Aopen Full Tower case, which I think is very well
>made. The case came with an ATX 12V power supply which I understand
>is designed for P4 and Athalon M/Bs. I have an Abit Vp6 with dual
>PIII-866 processors. I connected everything up OK pressed the power
>button and nothing happened. I connected up the old psu and everything
>is fine. I would suspect that the new psu is faulty by the 5V standby
>seems to be OK, i.e. it gives 5V OK.
>
>Is there any reason why an ATX 12V supply wont work with my M/B and
>processors ?
No, ATX 12V has an extra plug and should be capable of providing more
current on the 12V line but that's it.
--
Ray
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: newbie help: Backpack CD-RW support + other hardware problems
Date: Mon, 14 May 2001 00:41:31 GMT
I'm at the point now where I'm ready to switch to linux, but I have
some concerns.
Has anybody been able to get a MicroSolutions Backpack CD-RW to work
on linux? I don't see it on any compatiblity list. I know you're not
supposed to be able to get software driven hardware (which I think it
may be) such as WinModems to work in Linux, but I know of people who
have gotten WinModems to work so I'm hoping something similar can be
done with my Backpack.
Also, I have no idea what some of my hardware is. Some of it is
pretty old. Any tips in determining just what some of them are?
________________________________________________________
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http://www.geocities.com/sugapablo
(To email me, remove "Sugapablo-" from my email address)
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Subject: Re: RAM question
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Eric P. McCoy)
Date: 13 May 2001 21:24:47 -0400
Dan Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> The PC100 and PC133 Specification is just what the RAM is guaranteed
> to run at. It has nothing to do with the RAM's abilitly to run at a
> different speed, just it's certification. I use siemens ram in my
> server boxes and I can run PC100 chips at 133MHz easy. Likewise,
> PC133 RAM is guaranteed at 133, but will work FINE at lower speeds.
Is your article in reply to anything, or did you just decide to impart
this information out of a random urge?
I ask because you give no context whatsoever, nor did you mention any
sort of previous poster to whom you might by replying.
--
Eric McCoy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
"Knowing that a lot of people across the world with Geocities sites
absolutely despise me is about the only thing that can add a positive
spin to this situation." - Something Awful, 1/11/2001
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From: Keith Rhodes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: File system problem, Fujitsu HD, BP6
Date: Sun, 13 May 2001 23:28:51 +0200
I had a scare today. I booted my BP6 (twin 400MHz celeries) and /usr
(/dev/hdc3) was reported to be corrupted!
The other two ATA HDs (a Western Digital and a Seagate) mounted OK... I
tried the other partitions of the Fujitsu and got the same report about
there being no valid file system.
I was about to get really annoyed, when I thought about something...
I looked in the boot messages, and found that where I should have seen
the drive manufacturer reported (Fujitsu), I got something like "@!&"...
I rebooted, and went into the BIOS setup, and found that the BIOS had
"lost" the IDE configuration!
I ran through the auto-detection of IDE devices, and all three discs
were found and correctly set up. Next reboot, all worked
perfectly. Strangely enough, the BIOS had not lost the time and
date... I wonder why?
--
==
I don't like spammers. So take the warning
out of my address before you reply.
++
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