Linux-Hardware Digest #803, Volume #12 Thu, 4 May 00 15:13:07 EDT
Contents:
Stream benchmarks for VIA Apollo 133 motherboards ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Help with USB mouse ("Mauricio Carvalho")
Re: Presentations on Laptop (Henrik Carlqvist)
Re: UMAX Astra 2200SU/2400S compatibility (Andrey Vlasov)
Any modem drivers for CONEXANT HCF v90 56K Data Fax PCI Modem (Mun Sing)
Re: My 300Mhz is reported as 233Mhz!!!! (Brian Payne)
Can't get SMC 8432T NIC to work in 6.2 ("Krakus")
Re: Linux woes (Compaq for one) on the horizon (Scott Alfter)
Re: hdc: lost interrupt (ATA drive) ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Building new linux / apache server, hardware advise needed: (LhD Administrator)
Re: caldera 2.3 & adaptec 29160 (LhD Administrator)
Re: Any modem drivers for CONEXANT HCF v90 56K Data Fax PCI Modem (MSeward)
Re: Any modem drivers for CONEXANT HCF v90 56K Data Fax PCI Modem
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Stream benchmarks for VIA Apollo 133 motherboards
Date: Thu, 04 May 2000 17:05:04 GMT
Hello!
I am looking for Stream benchmarks (for memory
bandwidth)
for motherboards with the VIA Apollo 133/133A
chipset.
We have an ASUS P3V133 mobo that yields
approximately
HALF of the benchmarks than our (older) 440BX
mobos
yield, and this is surprising taking into account
that the VIA
chipset has a FSB of 133 Mhz, while the BX has 100
MHz.
We suspect that there is something wrong, and we
would
like to compare.
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From: "Mauricio Carvalho" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Help with USB mouse
Date: Thu, 04 May 2000 17:30:16 GMT
Hi!
I'm a linux newbie. I've installed RH 6.2, and updated to kernel 2.3.51,
which I'm running at moment.
I have a Logitech MouseMan USB connected to my computer, and I'm not being
able to use it. I read some articles and messages about enebling it, but so
far no success...
RH 6.2, kernel 2.3.51
USB support compiled into the kernel, not as modules: HID support, Mouse
support and Mix all mice into one device support. NOT the USB HIDBP Mouse
support, as I read it's not as good so far.
I did: mknod /dev/usb/usbmouse0 c 13 32
When I try to cat /dev/usb/usbmouse0 , I got a message "no such device". I
know Linux is sensing my mouse, because when I do more /proc/interrupts ,
move the mouse, and do it again, irq 12 (usb-uhci) increases in value, as it
should if the device is being sensed.
So, what more must I do to enable the driver? Do I must to take some more
steps to add the device to the system (usbmouse0) ? Or just mknod should do
it? As I'm a newbie, and a non-English speaking, please the ones that answer
be clear.
My system:
BH6
Celeron 466/66
256 MB Ram
Logitech MouseMan USB
Thanks in advance,
Mauricio
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From: Henrik Carlqvist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Presentations on Laptop
Date: Wed, 03 May 2000 20:06:26 +0200
dan wrote:
> I use StarOffice , StarImpress to create slide presentations.
>
> I need to be able to switch from the presentation to the desktop
> and/or a console screen. I can't do this.
>
> Can anyone help with what key strokes will put the presentation in
> the background and turn the desktop back over to other apps?
This depends on your window manager. You should be able to iconify
StarOffice with a mouse click. Some window managers also support this
with keyboard.
To get to another console, press ctrl-alt-f2. Most distributions have
different consoles at ctrl-alt-f1 to ctrl-alt-f6 and the first X session
is at ctrl-alt-f7.
regards Henrik
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From: Andrey Vlasov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: UMAX Astra 2200SU/2400S compatibility
Date: Thu, 04 May 2000 10:35:11 -0700
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Hi Sian,
one day I found this link on freshmeat and it is "What are you looking
for"
http://www.Wolfsburg.DE/~rauch/sane/sane-umax.html
but UMAX Astra 2400S come with very cheap SCSI card which suppose to
work
in Linux but I couldn't manage to make it work. I' probably will try to
find another SCSI cable for NCR875 SCSI card in near future. After that
I'll able
to connect the scanner to my second computer. ( Scanner's end of SCSI
cable looks
almost like for printer - but only SCSI)
About USB model I can not say for sure as I just don't have it but have
a link and
they meantioned there UMAX 2000U. I guess that they was able to make it
work.
http://www.jump.net/~dnelson/linux/usb/
but remember that USB works only in kernel 2.3 and it cery close to 2.4
stable
version at the moment. You may need to compile own kernel to use USB
scanner.
Hope it will help.
Andrey
Sian Leitch wrote:
> Has anybody managed to get the UMAX Astra 2200SU or the UMAX Astra
> 2400S working with Linux? I am currently using Linux 2.0.36. Which
> Adaptec SCSI controller card would I need? Would the AHA2940UW do?
>
> Regards
> --
> Sian Leitch (Software Engineer specialising in Algol 68)
> Algol 68 for Linux will be available from me.
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== System Development & Support Systems ============================
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Hi Sian,
<p>one day I found this link on freshmeat and it is "What are you looking
for"
<p><A
HREF="http://www.Wolfsburg.DE/~rauch/sane/sane-umax.html">http://www.Wolfsburg.DE/~rauch/sane/sane-umax.html</A>
<p>but UMAX Astra 2400S come with very cheap SCSI card which suppose
to work
<br>in Linux but I couldn't manage to make it work. I' probably will
try to
<br>find another SCSI cable for NCR875 SCSI card in near future. After
that I'll able
<br>to connect the scanner to my second computer. ( Scanner's end of SCSI
cable looks
<br>almost like for printer - but only SCSI)
<p>About USB model I can not say for sure as I just don't have it but have
a link and
<br>they meantioned there UMAX 2000U. I guess that they was able to make
it work.
<p><A
HREF="http://www.jump.net/~dnelson/linux/usb/">http://www.jump.net/~dnelson/linux/usb/</A>
<p>but remember that USB works only in kernel 2.3 and it cery close to
2.4 stable
<br>version at the moment. You may need to compile own kernel to use USB
scanner.
<p>Hope it will help.
<p>Andrey
<p>Sian Leitch wrote:
<blockquote TYPE=CITE>Has anybody managed to get the UMAX Astra 2200SU
or the UMAX Astra
<br>2400S working with Linux? I am currently using Linux 2.0.36. Which
<br>Adaptec SCSI controller card would I need? Would the AHA2940UW do?
<p>Regards
<br>--
<br>Sian Leitch (Software Engineer specialising in Algol 68)
<br>Algol 68 for Linux will be available from me.</blockquote>
<p><br>--
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<font color="#900000">Andrey
Vlassov</font>
Phones: +1-(604)-482-5792
+1-(604)-482-5791
E-Mail: <a
href="mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]">[EMAIL PROTECTED]</a>
Home: +1-(604)-294-6653
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href="mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]">[EMAIL PROTECTED]</a>
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From: Mun Sing <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.sys.pc-clone.compaq,linux.news.groups,linux.redhat,linux.sources.kernel,alt.os.linux.caldera,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Any modem drivers for CONEXANT HCF v90 56K Data Fax PCI Modem
Date: Thu, 04 May 2000 10:40:03 -0700
Hi pros...
I have learnt that my PCI modem is a stupid and cheap "winmodem".
But I still need help, some to point me in the right direction to get
CONEXANT HCF v90 56K Data Fax PCI Modem LINUX driver.
(VENDOR ID: 14F1, DEV. ID: 1033, IRQ 3, I/O 0x2070, COM2)
I believe there are people having the same CONEXANT HCF modem as me.
Please kindly let me know how you pro. solved this problem.
I have tried the CONEXANT web site... there is no drivers or anything.
Then since I bought the stupid PC from COMPAQ.... I have tried their
site too.
NO DRIVER found.... :(
Thank you guys,
Mun Sing
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From: Brian Payne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: My 300Mhz is reported as 233Mhz!!!!
Crossposted-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Thu, 04 May 2000 18:06:59 GMT
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
On 2/10/00, 7:26:01 PM, Anton Deguet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote=20
regarding Re: My 300Mhz is reported as 233Mhz!!!!:
> Lion wrote:
> >
> > When I power on my computer, the BIOS does its stuff and reports my
> > processor correctly (Cyrix 586 300Mhz), yet when look at system
> > information under KDE, it says my CPU is an Intel Pentium 233Mhz.
> >
> > Does anybody know why this is, and is this likely to be effecting
> > performance? If so, how can I get linux to recognise that it's runni=
ng
> > on a 300Mhz CPU, and not a 233?
> > --
> > Lion
> This will not help, but might just confirm that you are in trouble.
> What's in the file /proc/cpuinfo ?
> Anton
On many of the Cyrix chips, the number it is sold as is how it runs=20
but the actual clock speed on the chip is somewhat less. For example,=20
the 6x86 PR-120 actually has a clock speed of 100. I wouldn't worry=20
much unless you are experiencing performance degredation.
-Brian Payne
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From: "Krakus" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Can't get SMC 8432T NIC to work in 6.2
Date: Thu, 04 May 2000 18:20:59 GMT
I've just installed RedHat 6.2. I have an SMC 8432T network card that I'd
like to use, but I can't get it to work.
I've chosen the driver de4x5. I've configured my network so that I can
connect to the Internet through my @Home cable modem, benefitting from some
nice instructions someone wrote up. During boot-up, the network card
detection status is OK (it doesn't say failed or anything). However, after
logging in, and successfully using the network for a couple of minutes, the
whole system just hangs. All I can do at that point is to re-boot. There
goes that famous Linux reliability. :) This happens consistently. For
example, when I ping yahoo.com after logging in, after on average around 100
pings, the system just freezes.
I tried the tulip driver instead, but then I can't connect to the Internet
at all. I also replaced the SMC card with a Realtek 8139 card, using the
rtl8139 driver, and even though the network card status was shown as OK
during bootup, I again couldn't connect to the Internet at all.
Going back to the SMC card and the de4x5 driver again, which seemed to have
a better chance of working, I added options to the conf.modules file,
supplying the IRQ and I/O range for eth0. Actually, it's a bit of a problem,
because the SMC card is obviously made for plug-and-play. I went into DOS
and ran SMC's EZSTART diagnostic program, and it displayed the IRQ and I/O
ranges, and the diagnostic test passed, but I couldn't change the IRQ or I/O
range. The best I could do was to program the appropriate values in
conf.modules. However, when I did this, and tried to use the Internet, I got
a network unreachable error.
Next, I went into my BIOS (where plug-and-play was always disabled, by the
way), and kept reserving different IRQ's so that a new IRQ would be chosen
for the card. However, none of the other IRQ's worked, either. And frankly,
there shouldn't be any conflicts because the only cards I have in this
bare-bones system are a video card and the NIC.
So, I'm kind of stumped. I checked the Ethernet FAQ, and read about some
issues with SMC cards, but none fit this bill. Anyone have any offbeat
ideas? I'd really appreciate anything. I remember reading a post when
searching on deja that another guy also had a similar problem with the 8432T
and RedHat, but never got anywhere. It's a pretty common card, though, so
that's pretty strange. Anyway, please keep in mind that I'm still a Linux
beginner, so keep it in English :).
Thanks very much!
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Scott Alfter)
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Linux woes (Compaq for one) on the horizon
Date: Thu, 04 May 2000 18:21:13 GMT
In article <8en9mi$ime$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Patrick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I understand your frustration. The Compaq comes with a weird
>Windows which will not work on another computer.
It's the same OEM Win9x that all other manufacturers use. The difficulty
with these machines isn't Windows itself, but in the drivers needed to get
everything working. The big boys often use "tweaked" hardware for which
standard drivers from a chipset manufacturer's website might not work, and
some of them don't provide drivers on their own websites. (IBM is usually
pretty good about supplying drivers, but Compaq is hit-or-miss, especially
with Presarios.)
>I found out (much to my chagrin, that a format, then install a "normal"
>Windows, it does not work.
I nuked a Presario 305 recently and put a normal Win98 install on it. I had
to go to other companies' websites to find drivers for the modem (Lucent),
video controller (ATI), and audio (ESS chipset, but they didn't have the
driver...found a driver that worked at Toshiba's website, of all places).
It works better now than when it was originally purchased...got rid of all
the extra crap that Compaq preloads on its computers.
(Of course, the best approach would've been to put Linux on it, but this
wasn't my computer. :-) )
>I believe there is something in the BIOS which detects the presence of the
>HP version of Windows.
There's nothing of the sort. I don't think I've run across a computer yet
that's so brain-damaged that it won't take a standard Win9x install. (I had
to install Win95 before Win98 on a notebook once to get support for its
goofball IDE controller, though.)
For what they're intended to do, the restore disks provided by HP, Compaq,
et al. work OK. There is more than one way to get Win9x (or Linux or
[insert your favorite OS]) running, though, just as there's more than one
way to flay a feline. :-) It just takes some experimentation on the trickier
setups.
_/_
/ v \
(IIGS( Scott Alfter (salfter at (yo no quiero spam) delphi dot com)
\_^_/ http://salfter.dyndns.org
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.mandrake
Subject: Re: hdc: lost interrupt (ATA drive)
Date: Thu, 04 May 2000 18:17:05 GMT
Thanks, but it was already there.
Here are the zip lines in the fstab.
/dev/zip /mnt/zip vfat noauto,user 0 0
/dev/zip /mnt/lzip ext2 noauto,user 0 0
More information:
hda is my hard drive
hdc is my cdrom
hdd is my zip
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think the partition check is done before
fstab is read. The only other thing I can offer is that my zip is
OLD. It is one of the IDE ATA (not ATAPI) zip drives. Not even the
same geometry, but it worked fine in 2.2.12.
I will probably recompile the kernel to see if RedHat missed an option
I need. Any suggestions for the options?
Thanks,
Billy
In article <_k%K4.53447$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"TekMate" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Try adding noauto to the line in /etc/fstab for your zip and seeing
if this
> helps.
>
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:8dhuii$oob$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > I just upgraded to RedHat 6.2 and am having the same errors.
> >
> > I placed a zip disk in the drive and rebooted. For some reason it
needs
> > the zip disk in the drive for the boot "partition check" process.
RH6.1
> > (2.2.12) did not have this problem, but RH6.2(2.2.14) does for me.
> >
> > While having a zip disk in the drive is annoying, at least I can
boot.
> >
> > I'm still looking for the 'no disk in drive' solution.
> >
> > Billy
> >
> > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> > Graham Bosworth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > Chad Clark wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Hello,
> > > >
> > > > I just made my first attempt at installing Linux. I have
Mandrake
> > 7.0. I
> > > > put the CD in my computer and rebooted the machine. The setup
> > started
> > > > checking my hardware. It checks hda: and then I keep getting
the
> > following
> > > > error.
> > > >
> > > > hdc: lost interrupt
> > > > hdc: lost interrupt
> > > > hdc: lost interrupt
> > > >
> > > > It just keeps repeating this message. I think this is my Zip
> > Drive. I've
> > > > searched for this topic on Deja News, but I've never seen a
answers
> > to the
> > > > question. I don't have much experience with Linux, so keep
that in
> > mind if
> > > > you have an explanation. Any information would be appreciated.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks,
> > > >
> > > > Chad Clark
> > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > >
> > > Just a guess, but...
> > >
> > > Have you taken the lid off the system yet? Switch it off, and do
so.
> > > See what is in there, and give us a few more clues. Follow the
40-way
> > > lead from the hard drive to the motherboard where you should see
IDE0
> > or
> > > IDE1. That hard drive is /dev/hda. If there is another drive on
the
> > > same cable, it is /dev/hdb. Adjacent to the motherboard socket,
you
> > > should see another labelled IDE1 or IDE2 (it all depends on
whether
> > the
> > > board's manufacturer started counting from 0 or from 1.) Any lead
> > > connected to that will be connected to /dev/hdc and
possibly /dev/hdd.
> > >
> > > I assume that, since the CD works, it is correctly jumpered as a
> > master
> > > or slave, but it won't hurt to check the jumpers to ensure that
there
> > is
> > > no more than one master and one slave on any IDE lead. Further,
if
> > > there is only one device, it must be a master.
> > >
> > > When you put it all back together and switch on, enter the BIOS
> > setup.
> > > There should be a table of connected devices, which should tell
you
> > what
> > > the BIOS detected, and which should match what you found inside
the
> > > box. The top entry is hda, the second is hdb, and so on. The
> > > auto-detect option (if present) should confirm what is going on -
but,
> > > since the system was working, do not change anything.
> > >
> > > If you do not solve the problem from this, give us more
information.
> > > What are the various IDE devices?
> > >
> > > Sorry I cannot give more help,
> > > Graham
> > >
> > > If I hadn't seen such poorness, I could live with being rich.
> > >
> >
> >
> > Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> > Before you buy.
>
>
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From: LhD Administrator <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.infosystems.www.servers.unix
Subject: Re: Building new linux / apache server, hardware advise needed:
Date: Thu, 04 May 2000 18:36:44 GMT
In article <8eakl9$7b6$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> AMI Megaraid 428 3-channel Raid controller with 8mb Cache
> 5 x IBM 7200rpm u2w drives bundled into RAID-5 (2 hdds on first 2
> channels and parity on the third one)
> DDS2 backup
Do you really need that many channels? It's nice, but with only 5
drives I doubt you would saturate even one 80 Mbyte/sec. channel. (The
half-power point being 40 Mbyte/sec., and drives providing 8-10
Mbyte/sec. each).
> 1: Which CPU choice will be better for my server ?
For servers, SMP is better than a faster single processor. But it's
always a trade-off, and the lower bus speed will have an impact.
BTW, it appears that the Abit board(s) is(are) stable when used with
SCSI -- see http://www.linhardware.com/db/searchproduct.cgi?name="abit"
> 3: RAID5 or RAID0 ? :)
RAID5
For hardware ratings on individual components, check out LhD -- and of
course, come back to rate the hardware you have to help others.
--
LhD Administrator
Linux Hardware Database
http://www.linhardware.com
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From: LhD Administrator <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: caldera 2.3 & adaptec 29160
Date: Thu, 04 May 2000 18:40:23 GMT
In article <9OhQ4.50250$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Daniel M. Leung" <@lightspeed.net> wrote:
> I just installed an adaptec 29160 controller and ibm disk. When I
try to
> install Caldera 2.3, I get no recognition of the scsi disk. I have
It *is* supported, but Caldera may not have the right aic7xxx driver.
For driver, ratings and workaround, check out
http://www.linhardware.com/db/dispproduct.cgi?DISP?1143
And definitely contribute your experience!
--
LhD Administrator
Linux Hardware Database
http://www.linhardware.com
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From: MSeward <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.sys.pc-clone.compaq,linux.news.groups,linux.redhat,linux.sources.kernel,alt.os.linux.caldera,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Any modem drivers for CONEXANT HCF v90 56K Data Fax PCI Modem
Date: Thu, 04 May 2000 09:40:41 -0500
Mun Sing wrote:
> Hi pros...
>
> I have learnt that my PCI modem is a stupid and cheap "winmodem".
> But I still need help, some to point me in the right direction to get
> CONEXANT HCF v90 56K Data Fax PCI Modem LINUX driver.
> (VENDOR ID: 14F1, DEV. ID: 1033, IRQ 3, I/O 0x2070, COM2)
> I believe there are people having the same CONEXANT HCF modem as me.
> Please kindly let me know how you pro. solved this problem.
> I have tried the CONEXANT web site... there is no drivers or anything.
> Then since I bought the stupid PC from COMPAQ.... I have tried their
> site too.
> NO DRIVER found.... :(
>
> Thank you guys,
> Mun Sing
Hi -- I have a CONEXANT PCI v90 56K data fax modem that I purchased under
the AOpen brand name. I had to take it back. There is no support for
this modem. At least AOpen was good enough to tell me that on their web
site. However, they do sell an ISA modem that worked almost instantly.
I don't know if Compaq sells ISA CONEXANT modems but if they do it will
work.
Mark Seward
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To:
alt.sys.pc-clone.compaq,linux.news.groups,linux.redhat,linux.sources.kernel,alt.os.linux.caldera,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Any modem drivers for CONEXANT HCF v90 56K Data Fax PCI Modem
Date: Thu, 04 May 2000 13:59:20 -0500
Mun Sing wrote:
> Hi pros...
>
> I have learnt that my PCI modem is a stupid and cheap "winmodem".
> But I still need help, some to point me in the right direction to get
> CONEXANT HCF v90 56K Data Fax PCI Modem LINUX driver.
> (VENDOR ID: 14F1, DEV. ID: 1033, IRQ 3, I/O 0x2070, COM2)
> I believe there are people having the same CONEXANT HCF modem as me.
> Please kindly let me know how you pro. solved this problem.
> I have tried the CONEXANT web site... there is no drivers or anything.
> Then since I bought the stupid PC from COMPAQ.... I have tried their
> site too.
> NO DRIVER found.... :(
>
> Thank you guys,
> Mun Sing
try www.linmodems.org
C. DeVille
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