Linux-Hardware Digest #211, Volume #9 Mon, 18 Jan 99 16:13:40 EST
Contents:
lp not configured -- parallel printer problems (David Todd)
Re: NVIDIA RIVA TNT (Perry Gilfillan)
MediaGX Crashes Linux (Hank Magnuski)
Re: Installing - "Recieved signal 11" (Nicolas Kisselhoff)
X Windows Display Problem (Andy Molnar)
Re: ongoing modem problem (Rob Clark)
Minolta PagePro 6l (Max =?iso-8859-1?Q?B=F6lhoff?=)
REQ: Supported Modem Server Card (Erwin Burgstaller)
Re: Parallel Zip Drives (pces)
IBM Intellistation Clock Problem (Matthias Braun)
Re: Manual Switch boxes, Any hope? (Angel Alexander =?iso-8859-1?Q?Maga=F1a?=)
Re: recommend a sound card for Linux? (Michiel Ettema)
IRQ conflicts (Allen Wong)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David Todd)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.misc,linux.redhat.install
Subject: lp not configured -- parallel printer problems
Date: 18 Jan 1999 19:52:33 GMT
Dear Colleagues,
This is a followup and attempt to consolidate a series of
postings about lp configuration problems that a number of people have
experienced -- including me. I browsed several lists trying to find
a solution, but it appears that none has yet been found. I hope that
by pooling our experiences we might find the source of the problem and
a solution.
The problem is characterized in the most simple way
as failure of the printer system to print in Linux. A check with
lpc status
shows that the printer daemon is running but that it is waiting for
the printer to come offline. If you check with
grep lp /var/log/messages
you find the message that "lp not configured". If you check
/proc/interrupts and /proc/ioports, you find no entry for lp.
I've seen the following solutions proposed and found the
corresponding results:
No /dev/lp*
Nope, they're all there. Checked this first, even
recreated one. Not the source of the problem.
TCP/IP not configured
Nope ... it's up & running to serve my local network
(I can ping my wife's PC, for example)
Force the lp module to load with insmod
Well, lsmod shows that the module *is* loaded.
But just to be sure, rmmod lp and then try
insmod lp io=0x378
just to be sure (using /dev/lp1's address, as seems
standard in Linux). No change.
Force lp driver into the kernel
Recompiled the kernel and tried it out. No change
in behavior.
Config doesn't get the CONFIG_PRINTER setting right
Read somewhere that a bug in at least one earlier
config program didn't write out
CONFIG_PRINTER=y
into the .config file. Checked: it's there.
Make sure lp driver gets loaded
Added option "lp=0x378,0" in lilo.conf, as suggested
in one response. No change in behavior.
lp service affected by ZIP drive
No zip drive on mine. Parallel port goes directly to
printer, with no other connection.
Printer may be a Win printer
Didn't know these things existed ... thanks for the warning.
Can't tell you how angry I've been about getting a
WinModem.
No, this is an 8-year-old HPLJ III. First used on a DOS
machine. Doesn't care a bit about having a Windows
machine at the other end of the cable.
I should add that there is no problem with the cable or printer. Any
time I'm in Linux and my wife wants to print over the network
through my PC, I just reboot into Win95 and it works just fine.
Also, I've found this to be an intermittant problem. About
9 times out of 10, the problem occurs as I described. About
1 time in 10, the printer system works just fine.
Few of the postings gave many details, but several commented
that they have Compaq systems. Mine is, too. In hopes that we
can see some pattern here, I describe my system:
Compaq 4860
333MHz PII, 64MB
ATI Rage Pro AGP video, 8MB
dual IDE controllers
2 8GB IDE drives
1 DVD
serial, parallel, USB ports
Compaq Winmodem (yes, I know, I'm replacing it)
Configured to multi-boot Linux (chnl 0, drive 0)
or W95 (chnl 1, drive 0) through LILO
Printer
HP LaserJet III (not a Win printer)
RedHat Linux 5.1 with
vmlinuz-2.0.35-1 (distributed version)
vmlinuz-2.0.35-2 (recompiled with embedded lp support)
If anyone has ideas for other possible solutions, please
respond to the list so that dejanews can capture the idea for
others. If any of us figure it out, please post to the lists so
we can all try it out.
TIA for any help you can offer.
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From: Perry Gilfillan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: NVIDIA RIVA TNT
Date: Mon, 18 Jan 1999 11:02:48 -0600
To run X, you'll need to get XFree86-3.3.3 release from
htt://www.xfree86.org
You will use the standard SVGA server. Some day they might move suport
for the RIVA family to it's own server, but this is just speculation on
my part.
I haven't had much luck with the SVGAtext package for enhanced text
terminals. It got REAL scary when my monitor started compressing the
left and right edge and proportionatly strechting the text at the center
of the display, as if a sheet of paper was wrapped around a cylinder!
Has not done this in mre than a week now!
Here is a copy of my XF86Config. You must look at the horz and vert
clock ranges for your monitor! Just use this as a hint. The video
modes are customized for my monitor, an Impression 5. I started from
the Impression 7 that is in the monitor DB.
Good Luck,
Perry
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# XF86Config auto-generated by XF86Setup
# *** !! Customized for Impression 5 Monitor !! ***
#
# Copyright (c) 1996 by The XFree86 Project, Inc.
#
# Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining
a
# yadda yadda yadda ............
# See 'man XF86Config' for info on the format of this file
Section "Files"
RgbPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/local"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi"
EndSection
Section "ServerFlags"
EndSection
Section "Keyboard"
Protocol "Standard"
XkbRules "xfree86"
XkbModel "pc105"
XkbLayout "us"
EndSection
Section "Pointer"
Protocol "Microsoft"
Device "/dev/ttyS1"
BaudRate 1200
Emulate3Timeout 20
Resolution 200
Buttons 3
Emulate3Buttons
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Primary Monitor"
VendorName "Unknown"
ModelName "Unknown"
HorizSync 30-65
VertRefresh 50-100
Modeline "1280x1024" 110.00 1280 1328 1512 1712 1024 1025 1028 1062
Modeline "1152x864" 92.00 1152 1256 1416 1606 864 865 875 923
Modeline "1024x768" 85.00 1024 1100 1220 1368 768 772 775 807
Modeline "800x600" 60.75 800 864 928 1088 600 616 621 657 -hsync
-vsync
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Primary Card"
VendorName "Unknown"
BoardName "Diamond Viper 550"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Driver "Accel"
Device "Primary Card"
Monitor "Primary Monitor"
DefaultColorDepth 32
SubSection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 15
Modes "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 32
Modes "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600"
EndSubSection
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Driver "SVGA"
Device "Primary Card"
Monitor "Primary Monitor"
DefaultColorDepth 32
SubSection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 15
Modes "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 32
Modes "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600"
EndSubSection
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Driver "VGA16"
Device "Primary Card"
Monitor "Primary Monitor"
SubSection "Display"
Depth 4
Modes "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600"
EndSubSection
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Driver "VGA2"
Device "Primary Card"
Monitor "Primary Monitor"
SubSection "Display"
Depth 1
Modes "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600"
EndSubSection
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Driver "Mono"
Device "Primary Card"
Monitor "Primary Monitor"
SubSection "Display"
Depth 1
Modes "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600"
EndSubSection
EndSection
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Paul Suurbach wrote:
>
> I just starting exploring redhat linux 5.2 and offcourse having problems
> whit installing the video??
> Does someone now what settings to use with my card (NVIDIA RIVA TNT 16mb)
> I'm stuck..
>
> Greetingz, Paul Suurbach
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From: Hank Magnuski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: MediaGX Crashes Linux
Date: Mon, 18 Jan 1999 10:33:30 -0800
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I have a MediaGX system on which I loaded stock Redhat 5.2 (2.0.36)
Linux, and it keeps crashing, typically messing up the console
display in the process.
Question: Does Linux have to be told about the integrated display
memory? It seems to want to keep overwriting it.
Anybody else out there with MediaGX experience?
Please reply to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Thanks.
Hank
p.s. The problem seems to go away using a 3C509 network card, but
fails using an eepro100. Does the pci card use a different buffer
management, buffer pool strategy? How do I check what memory areas
Linux feels it has available? Is this a BIOS problem?
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From: Nicolas Kisselhoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.anwsers,no.linux
Subject: Re: Installing - "Recieved signal 11"
Date: Mon, 18 Jan 1999 21:10:51 +0100
Jørgen Spangen wrote:
>
> I tried to install RH 5.0 on a IBM Valuepoint 486 33mhz 8 mb ram 320
> mb hardrive.
> When I try to install RH, I just get the error messages:
> install exited
> abnormally - recieved
> signal 11
>
> EVRYTHING IS JUST A SATE OF MIND
First : do not crosspost, choose your news group !
fatal signal 11 error is a material error.
That means that you have some harware that is used to fast. Usually it
is memory or HD. You have to slow down your box using the setup or
change the bad memory chip (one ore more) or slow down the HD contoller.
Nicolas.
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From: Andy Molnar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.linux,alt.os.linux,alt.uu.comp.os.linux.questions,at.linux,comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.x,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: X Windows Display Problem
Date: Fri, 15 Jan 1999 23:49:18 GMT
I recently installed Red Hat 5.1 Linux. I'm a newbie for Linux, so I
don't know much. I started X Windows, and display height is too large.
The width is fine on my monitor, but the height reaches about a
half-inch above and below the display area. I've selected different
drivers during install for my video card, but the results are always the
same. The video card I use is an ATI Mach64 VT. My monitor is a one
not on the list (Packard Bell PB 8538SV), so I selected generic in setup
(I doubt the monitor is the problem... I don't have the display problem
in the shell prompt). If anyone knows how to fix this, please email
me. Any help is appreciated.
Regards,
Andy Molnar
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Subject: Re: ongoing modem problem
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rob Clark)
Date: Mon, 18 Jan 1999 16:55:53 GMT
In article <77vlao$9ch$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
digitalklown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I have an Internal ISA PNP Cardinal 33.6 modem. I have had no problems with
>this in Windows. I can connect and everything fine. When running minicom in
>Linux, the modem dials out I get assigned an IP, MTU's but after that the
>connection to the remote server is never established. While reading my
>/var/log/message I find that my chat script is failing. However, I've
>checked tons of websites, emailed many people and my chat seems to mirror
>those that I have found to be right according to these resources. I think at
>this point it is a hardware conflict.
I use the same modem--the modem is okay. If you get as far as getting
assigned an IP address, the problem is probably one of the options you
send to PPP (e.g. defaultroute).
Rob Clark, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.o2.net/~gromitkc/winmodem.html
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From: Max =?iso-8859-1?Q?B=F6lhoff?= <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Minolta PagePro 6l
Date: Mon, 18 Jan 1999 18:14:17 +0100
Hi folks!
Does anybody know how to use the Minolta PagePro 6l printer under
Linux?
The printer uses either GDI or PCL.
Max -- [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Erwin Burgstaller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: REQ: Supported Modem Server Card
Date: Mon, 18 Jan 1999 18:17:47 +0100
Is there any modem server card which is supported by Linux?
Or maybe an external device connected over ethernet, which doesn't need WIN9[58] for
any purpose?
thanx in advance
Erwin
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From: pces <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Parallel Zip Drives
Date: Tue, 19 Jan 1999 01:18:23 +0800
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Dustin Oprea wrote:
> how can I address a parallel device (mainly my zip drive)
Umm.. probably Mr. ZIP drive, or Mr. Parallel device?
heh.. ok, sorry.. was just being facetious there..
Anyway, the whole process of getting a Parallel device(ZIP drive) to
run in Linux is explained in the ZIP-DRIVE mini howto,
courtesy of the Linux Documentation Project...
Try the following link:-
http://metalab.unc.edu/LDP/HOWTO/mini/ZIP-Drive.html
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From: Matthias Braun <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: IBM Intellistation Clock Problem
Date: Mon, 18 Jan 1999 17:00:47 +0100
Hi,
The kernel clock on my IBM Intellistation is running far to slow.
Does anyone have the same problems?
Does anyone know a solution?
Thanks
browny
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From: Angel Alexander =?iso-8859-1?Q?Maga=F1a?= <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: Manual Switch boxes, Any hope?
Date: Mon, 18 Jan 1999 19:50:06 GMT
gus wrote:
>
> Regardless, the digital boxes are useful in that they shadow the
> existance of monitor / mouose / keyboard to the "inactive" machine at
> all times, including boot. This is very useful. I don't recall the linux
> box forgetting that it had a keyboard, but manual switch boxes can
> seldom cope with Microsoft intellimouses (and other "advanced" mice I
> suspect) which uses all (8?) data lines in the cable wheras traditional
> mice only use 7 and the manual sqitch does not swith the last ... ;-).
> Then again, the digital box I have now struggles to cope with it as
> well, and takes a few seconds to get it up and running after a switch.
> Thus I have two mice, one keyboard, and one monitor.
>
Would this solution be applicable the other way around? I have a RHL
5.1 machine that works fine, but when I use my manual switch box to
change to my Win98 machine, I loose the monitor and keyboard. I
currently have a similar setup to yours, two mice, one keyboard and one
monitor.
Any comments are greatly appreciated.
TIA,
Angel
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From: Michiel Ettema <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: recommend a sound card for Linux?
Date: 18 Jan 1999 00:15:04 +0100
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> here are some models advertised at a local computer show:
> prices are from a number of flyers - often the actual table
> price goes down some on some of these ad due to the competition :)
> [prices are from jan 2-3 1999]
> opti 931 w/wave table.
> trident 3d/s3 3d w/wavetable $18
> (hmm, i thought trident only was associated with video)
> procom ensoniq pci sound 32bit $22
> s3 pci w/32 voice - $22
I haven't had much luck with the opti. I got it working to a
point where I can cat /dev/dsp or /dev/audio to a file and
back again (that works). But when I run esd or realplayer I
get all kind of squeeky noises and the load of my system
skyrockets. It does work well however with the 2.2.0pre6
kernel. Too bad ISDN is sub-optimal in there when compared
to 2.0.36.
--
People waste time making stuff pretty instead of usefull.
-Quoted from Kevin Huber
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From: Allen Wong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: IRQ conflicts
Date: Mon, 18 Jan 1999 12:39:43 -0800
I have a minor IRQ conflict problem. Minor in that it does not seem
to disrupt any of the systems functions but weird enough that it's
driving me nuts. Here's the situation. On my Linux server, I have
three non-ISA cards:
1. Matrox Millenium 4MB AGP video card
2. Adaptec 2940UW SCSI card
3. 3Com 905B-TX network card
Whenever I turn on the machine, the BIOS startup message shows that I
have an IRQ conflict between the nic and the serial port. They both are
trying to use IRQ 9. The solution would be to move the nic to another
PCI slot which I did. I, then, restarted the machine with the cover
off, just in case I have to make further adjustments. The machine then
shows that the nic is now using IRQ 11. Hurrah! I close the case and
powered up. The nic jumped back to IRQ 9! Huh?!! Reluctantly, I
opened up the case again and tried to rearrange the cards. Needless to
say, I get various other IRQ conflicts such as the video card and the
SCSI card both wanting IRQ 10 or other nonsense. I go back to the
arrangement that gave the serial port IRQ 9 and the nic IRQ 11. Again,
I powered up with the case opened. Serial port on IRQ 9, okay. NIC on
IRQ 11, okay. Put the cover back on and, you guessed it, the nic jumps
back to IRQ 9.
I'm not making this up, honest. Does anyone have an explanation or
a solution or will someone else, at least, admit that he's seen this
before?
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