Linux-Hardware Digest #234, Volume #9 Thu, 21 Jan 99 05:13:43 EST
Contents:
Soliciting suggestions for hardware environment. (James E. Quick)
Re: Linux keyboard? (For emacs use) (Frank da Cruz)
Re: Linux and HP tape drives? (Steven M. Gallo)
Re: Is there any support for HP720c in Linux ??? (Red Coral)
Re: modem/pppd config-bit 7 set to 0? (Mohd H Misnan)
3Com 3c905B-TX (PJ)
Re: Ram Detection (David Pace)
Seeking Memory Tester (Paul Bonnington)
Re: Registered Developer??? (Terry Hancock)
Re: N'kay... about those bogomips.. Cyrix (Dan Nguyen)
Re: Kernel Panic - Help! (Bill Anderson)
PCMCIA CArd services on COMPAQ 7800 (Gilles Cornillere)
SMP linux crashes badly ! (Fred)
Tekram DC390F SCSI and UMAX Astra 610S scanner (Lyre)
Re: SCSI Problem (AIC-78xx) (Philipp Lohmann)
Re: Upgrade to BusLogic DL ("Randy Olinger")
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (James E. Quick)
Subject: Soliciting suggestions for hardware environment.
Date: 20 Jan 1999 10:58:58 -0500
I am interested in installing a small machine to provide more
flexibility to my network. My goal is to migrate services from
primary systems which require 24x7 connectivity and consolidate
them on a single server. This would enable me greater flexibility
in how and what I deploy on my other hosts. It's duty will be
primarily net connectivity/firewall/communications server.
Here are the software requirements
sendmail
wu-ftpd
httpd
innd
either IP-Masquerading or NAT (true NAT preferred)
ppp and or cslip
small and low volume relational DB (mysql, oracle, or sybase)
Secure IP (optional)
My hardware requirements are flexible. In order of importance they are:
SCSI
2 fast serial ports
1-2 10/100 baseT network interfaces
Low power consumption
Quiet
Small
Inexpensive
I do not plan in using this for direct display of any graphics, so
it will rarely be connected to a monitor or keyboard. It should
not require either to boot. Once configured I can accept only
minimal, scheduled downtime.
Later SMP would be nice but would depend on cost.
My high end budget is $1K for the base system including:
Motherboard
Floppy
SCSI
Networking
Ram
Video
CPU(s)
I have not purchased any PC components in several years and have
never used Linux. I have used Unix boxen exclusively since the
early 80s, so Linux, OpenBSD, FreeBSD are no problem.
I am also curious which CD based distribution is likely to give me
the best results (measured by the metrics of; time to implement,
robustness, and elegance).
Anyone got any ideas?
N.B. Willing to accept bids as well, especially from Boston area
vendors or gurus.
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___ ___ | James E. Quick [EMAIL PROTECTED]
/ / / | Quick & Associates NeXTMail O.K.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Frank da Cruz)
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.misc,comp.unix.questions,comp.unix.misc,comp.emacs,comp.editors
Subject: Re: Linux keyboard? (For emacs use)
Date: 20 Jan 1999 16:58:40 GMT
In article <36a55eea.0@calwebnnrp>, Ilya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: In comp.editors David A. Rogers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: > On Tue, 19 Jan 1999 06:27:00 GMT, Joseph H Allen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
: > speaketh saying:
: > >In article <36a42292.0@calwebnnrp>, Ilya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: > >>I am interested in a "soft-touch" keyboard for a Linux workstation that
: > >>has one Control key on the home row - by the "A" key or "Caps lock" key,
: > >>instead of 2 Control keys on the bottom like on Windows keyboards. I
: > >>would like to hear someone recommend a keyboard with these
: > >>specifications.
: > >
: > >Remap the caps-lock key into the Ctrl key. Take a look at 'loadmap' and
: > >/usr/lib/kbd/keytables/emacs.map
:
: > As well as modmap for X11.
:
: I truly appreciate your suggestions, but I'd rather get a real workstation
: keyboard like the ones that Sun, HP, DEC and the rest of them sell, and not
: mess with re-mapping.
:
Remapping the keyboard is perfectly viable in Linux, but what if you have
a PC on which you need to boot lots of operating systems, and don't have the
time or inclination to learn how to remap the keyboard in each and every one?
(Or you want to leave these systems in their vanilla configuration for some
reason.)
There actually are keyboards on the market that still have the keys in the
right place for those of us (like EMACS users) who still use the Ctrl and Esc
keys a lot. Here's one:
http://www.pfuca.com/products/hhkb/
It also has a Meta key (it says "Alt" but it works like Meta). The placement
of backslash, tilde, and Delete are a bit unfamiliar to PC keyboard users,
but other than that, the layout is great. Also, it's not quite as long as
a canoe paddle, so saves you some desktop.
- Frank
P.S. It does not even *have* a Caps Lock key.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Steven M. Gallo)
Subject: Re: Linux and HP tape drives?
Date: 20 Jan 1999 16:50:27 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>All:
> Does anyone know if Red Hat Linux works with HP tape drives? If so, which ones
>and where does one get the SCSI hardware (if necessary), drivers, and backup
>software?
>
>Sincerly,
>Keith Lee
>([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Hi Keith,
I've got an HP SCSI tape drive in my RedHat 5.2 box (don't know the model
number, it's an older 4mm dat drive) that works quite well. I just
connected it to the scsi chain and made sure that the devices were created
in /dev and all went well. your kernel must have SCSI support.
Steve
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From: Red Coral <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Is there any support for HP720c in Linux ???
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1999 13:33:07 +0800
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Windows Printer like HP 720c does not support Postscript format.
I have Deskjet 340 and use laserjet as its driver in Linux RedHat 5.2. It
can print StarOffice document. Use printtools to configure the driver.
"Jan-Edvin S�nden�" wrote:
> I have successfully installed Staroffice but I cannot get my printer
> (HP720c) to work, has anyone gotten this printer to work in Linux. I use
> Redhat 5.2
>
> Jan-Edvin S�nden�
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mohd H Misnan)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,linux.redhat.ppp
Subject: Re: modem/pppd config-bit 7 set to 0?
Date: 21 Jan 1999 00:01:21 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
joris dallaire <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>What's the matter with the <Receive serial link> having bit 7 set to 0?
>Is my ISP having kind of another standard mask for login on TCP/IP?
>Or is that receive side my own serial device side misconfigured?
>There is that <timeout sending Config-Requests> that makes me believe my
>modem
>may be misconfigured. Then how to check if current setings are
>ok?(system's
>base i/o, irq)? my modem uses 0x03f8, irq 12
Read the PPP-HOWTO, it has quite in-depth instruction/documentation on
the above problem.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (PJ)
Subject: 3Com 3c905B-TX
Date: Wed, 20 Jan 1999 18:05:44 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Red Hat LINUX 5.2 -- I have a 3Com 3c905B-TX on a 100Mb LAN. The card
seems to start ok as I can ping my IP address, and I see no errors
during bootup. I verified all my IP settings with network support. I
cannot ping anything else on my subnet (including gateway) nor outside
the subnet. Is the card supposed to autosense the speed of the
network? Is there a configuration setting for setting the speed to 100
that I missed? Thanks in advance.
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From: David Pace <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.install,comp.os.linux.help
Subject: Re: Ram Detection
Date: Wed, 20 Jan 1999 13:10:46 -0500
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digitalklown wrote:
> I have had 64M of RAM for quiet sometime, and with the old install of RedHat
> 5.1 it was detected when I upgraded, however when I did a clean install of
> 5.2, only 16M was detected.
>
> Through my minimal research I have found that by entering at LILO:
>
> linux mem=64M
>
> however only 16M is only still loaded....
>
> any suggestions......
Go to /usr/src/linux
and run make config
and see if the third option "Limit memory to 16 meg" is set to Y
It should be 'N'.
--
David Pace Free Trading software: http://www.daveware.com
"I notice on TV, that Americans say "aye" to greet each other.
I thought that was a Canadian expression, aye?"
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digitalklown wrote:
<BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE>I have had 64M of RAM for quiet sometime, and with
the old install of RedHat
<BR>5.1 it was detected when I upgraded, however when I did a clean install
of
<BR>5.2, only 16M was detected.
<P>Through my minimal research I have found that by entering at LILO:
<P>linux mem=64M
<P>however only 16M is only still loaded....
<P>any suggestions......</BLOCKQUOTE>
Go to /usr/src/linux
<BR>and run make config
<BR>and see if the third option "Limit memory to 16 meg" is set to
Y
<BR>It should be 'N'.
<BR>
<BR>
<PRE>--
David Pace Free Trading software: <A
HREF="http://www.daveware.com">http://www.daveware.com</A>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Paul Bonnington)
Subject: Seeking Memory Tester
Date: 21 Jan 1999 08:16:26 GMT
Is there is simple test one can apply to a Linux machine that
comprehensively tests the memory?
I have a number of cluster machines which I suspect have faulty SIMMs. I am
familiar with the "Compile the Kernel"/"caught signal 11 error"test but due
to the diskless nature of the cluster machines, this test is impractical.
The BIOS test simply doesn't push the memory enough.
I would appreciate any advice/pointers to software etc.
Many thanks in advance!
Paul
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From: Terry Hancock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Registered Developer???
Date: Wed, 20 Jan 1999 23:37:35 -0800
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Have you seen this site: http://www.openhardware.org/ ?
It appears to be in a fledgling state, but appears to be implementing
what you propose, IMHO.
Cheers,
Terry Hancock
Paul Hovnanian wrote:
>
> I'm going to rant for a while and then propose something to the
> linux/open-source community.
>
[Rant omitted] :)
>
>
> What we need is some encouragement for the vendors out there who
> might still be attracted to the Dark Side. Why don't we (for some
> yet undefined 'we') begin documenting the level of support that
> vendors give toward open-source development. I'd rather see
> 'open-source' than 'Linux' lest this effort be seen as
> anti-anything-else and I'm willing to live in a world where even
> Microsoft has equal access. We need an open-source agreement for
> vendors. Not just for last years product lines, but for all
> new development. And then, we need to publish the list of
> vendors who are open-source compliant and those who are not.
>
> I am looking forward to the day when I can tell a vendor, "I'm
> sorry, but you are not on my list of 'registered suppliers'.
> I won't even write VB for your card."
>
> --
> Paul Hovnanian mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> ------------------------------------------------------------------
> mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Subject=Open-source%20Microsoft%20now%21
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From: Dan Nguyen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: N'kay... about those bogomips.. Cyrix
Date: 21 Jan 1999 02:38:17 GMT
LinuxCyrix <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: I have a Cyrix 686MX PR233 on a EFA Viking 1 P5V580-AT-C
: board. I've tried playin' with the system clock, but I can only do
: 133.4x bogomips. Is this a Cyrix pr EFA booboo? Can I fix this, or
: should I just forget it my performance is fine? Hmmm.... Maybe it
: doesn't matter... : (. (wanna do 200 at least)
Bogomips = Something Linus made it up. It doesn't mean much.
--
Dan Nguyen | There is only one happiness in
[EMAIL PROTECTED] | life, to love and be loved.
http://www.cse.msu.edu/~nguyend7 | -George Sand
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From: Bill Anderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup,linux.redhat,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: Kernel Panic - Help!
Date: Wed, 20 Jan 1999 11:03:38 -0700
David Kirkpatrick wrote:
>
> Dan,
> Are you running RH? Which version? Also, what is the exact
> text? I could not find "swapper task" or "not syncing" as
> strings
> in my RH 5.2 source but I've just setup my environment and may
> not
> have everything setup correctly yet. If you have these exact
> strings
> out of RH 5.2 then I will assume I still do not have my
> environment
> correct yet and will give it another shot.
> d
>
> Dan Warren wrote:
> >
> > Can someone tell me the severity of this message and possibly what
> > caused it:
> >
> > Kernel panic: skput:over 001a5818:110
> > In swapper task - not syncing
I saw this when trying to boot a 2.2 kernel compile dfor a PII on a
p133, not sure if it helps.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Dan Warren
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> --
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Gilles Cornillere <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: PCMCIA CArd services on COMPAQ 7800
Date: Wed, 20 Jan 1999 18:34:54 +0100
Trying to get PCMCIA Card services 2.9.6 running on my COMPAQ armada
7800, systematically crash the system during boot time, with the
follwoing error :
Linux PCMCIA Card Services 2.9.6
INtel PCIC probe
TI 1131 CardBus at Ox3e0, 2 sockets
hosts ipts:[serial irq ]
irq mask( and nothing else . System just stops
booting !!
Does anyone have an idea.....??
Kernel is 2.0.0
Thanks
Gilles
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From: Fred <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,";"
Subject: SMP linux crashes badly !
Date: Wed, 20 Jan 1999 17:55:03 +0100
Hi all,
I'm running a dual PII 266 256 mg RAM ;-))))
ASUS P2B - DS
USR ISDN TA (hisax.o)
S3 virge DX
Ethernet clone 8029
AHA 1505
RedHat 5.2 / 2.0.36
15 Xconsoles connected
The kernel is compiled with SMP=1
Everything seemed to work fine ...
But when i've got a heavy load on eth0, the server crashes with the
following message flooding the screen :
eth0:Reentering the interrupt handler ! isr=0x1 imv=0x0
When working with a single processor kernel (SMP=1 commented), the
server is ok.
Any ideas ?
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From: Lyre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.periphs.scsi
Subject: Tekram DC390F SCSI and UMAX Astra 610S scanner
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1999 03:48:21 GMT
Reply-To: Lyre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Hi:
I just got a Tekram DC390F SCSI card with UMAX Astra 610S scanner
which I heard that is supported by sane drivers. I have no trouble in
compiling Tekram DC390F SCSI card kernel driver but when I attach a
DB25-to-MDB68 SCSI cable between scanner and SCSI's external socket, the
troubles comes:
In booting:
...................
ncr53c8xx: at PCI bus 0, device 11, function 0
ncr53c8xx: 53c875 detected with Tekram NVRAM
ncr53c875-0: rev=0x03, base=0xe4000000, io_port=0x6200, irq=9
ncr53c875-0: Tekram format NVRAM, ID 7, Fast-20, Parity Checking
ncr53c875-0: on-chip RAM at 0xe4001000
ncr53c875-0: suspicious SCSI data while resetting the BUS.
ncr53c875-0: dp1,d15-8,dp0,d7-0,rst,req,ack,bsy,sel,atn,msg,c/d,i/o = 0x3e00140,
expecting 0x100
ncr53c875-0: FATAL ERROR: CHECK SCSI BUS - CABLES, TERMINATION, DEVICE POWER etc
.!
ncr53c875-0: detaching...
scsi : 0 hosts.
scsi : detected total.
...................
The error message seems to suggest a hardware connection problem.
I checked that the termination is done at the other SCSI connecter of the
scanner and the cable itself is newly purchased in local computer store.
The SCSI card has only this scanner connected. So, I would like to ask
suggestion before I went out to try another cable.
One question though, is it OK to use DB25-MDB68 conversion cable
or would it be better to use something like DB25-DB50 conversion cable,
which the Tekram DC390F happens to have one internal 50 pin connector?
Thanks for your time.
Lyre
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From: Philipp Lohmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: SCSI Problem (AIC-78xx)
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1999 09:42:39 GMT
Hi,
if the output of the kernel is correct, you are using all three=20
connectors of your scsi adaptor which is forbidden by scsi specs. Make=20
sure that this is not true or build your scsi system conformant to=20
scsi spec.
Regards, pl
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Urspr=FCngliche Nachricht <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
Am 21.01.99, 06:57:31, schrieb [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Chris) zum Thema Re: SCSI=20
Problem (AIC-78xx):
> I just solved this as I had the same problem. Try lowering your=20
transfer rate
> to 20 MB or less 16 seems to be working for me.
> Chris De Chiara
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,=20
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> >Hello,
> >I have installed RedHat 5.2 on a HP KAYAK XU computer.
> >The SCSI auto-probe module detects an AIC-7880 controler but at boot,=
> >I have this message:
> >
> >sqlsrv kernel: (scsi0) <Adaptec AIC-7880 Ultra SCSI host adapter> fou=
nd
> >at PCI 8/0
> >sqlsrv kernel: (scsi0) Wide Channel, SCSI ID=3D7, 16/255 SCBs
> >sqlsrv kernel: (scsi0) Warning - detected auto-termination
> >sqlsrv kernel: (scsi0) Please verify driver detected settings are
> >correct.
> >sqlsrv kernel: (scsi0) If not, then please properly set the device
> >termination
> >sqlsrv kernel: (scsi0) in the Adaptec SCSI BIOS by hitting CTRL-A=20
when
> >prompted
> >sqlsrv kernel: (scsi0) during machine bootup.
> >sqlsrv kernel: (scsi0) Cables present (Int-50 YES, Int-68 YES, Ext-68=
> >YES)
> >sqlsrv kernel: (scsi0) Illegal cable configuration!! Only two
> >sqlsrv kernel: (scsi0) connectors on the SCSI controller may be in=20
use
> >at a time!
> >sqlsrv kernel: (scsi0) Downloading sequencer code... 419 instructions=
> >downloaded
> >sqlsrv kernel: (scsi1) <Adaptec AIC-7860 Ultra SCSI host adapter> fou=
nd
> >at PCI 9/0
> >sqlsrv kernel: (scsi1) Narrow Channel, SCSI ID=3D7, 3/255 SCBs
> >sqlsrv kernel: (scsi1) Downloading sequencer code... 419 instructions=
> >downloaded
> >sqlsrv kernel: <Adaptec AIC-7880 Ultra SCSI host adapter>
> >sqlsrv kernel: scsi1 : Adaptec AHA274x/284x/294x (EISA/VLB/PCI-Fast
> >SCSI) 5.1.2/3.2.4
> >sqlsrv kernel: <Adaptec AIC-7860 Ultra SCSI host adapter>
> >sqlsrv kernel: scsi : 2 hosts.
> >sqlsrv kernel: Vendor: SEAGATE Model: ST34501W Rev: 8301=
> >sqlsrv kernel: Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI=
> >revision: 02
> >sqlsrv kernel: Detected scsi disk sda at scsi0, channel 0, id 0, lun =
0
> >sqlsrv kernel: (scsi0:0:0:0) Synchronous at 40.0 Mbyte/sec, offset 8.=
> >sqlsrv kernel: SCSI device sda: hdwr sector=3D 512 bytes. Sectors=3D =
8887200
> >[4339 MB] [4.3 GB]
> >sqlsrv kernel: sda: sda1 sda2 sda3
> >
> >And the system boots correctly.
> >But when I work on large files, I often get
> >
> >sqlsrv kernel: scsi : aborting command due to timeout : pid 3965,=20
scsi0,
> >channel 0, id 0,
> >lun 0 Write (6) 16 29 81 02 00
> >sqlsrv kernel: SCSI host 0 abort (pid 3965) timed out - resetting
> >sqlsrv kernel: SCSI bus is being reset for host 0 channel 0.
> >sqlsrv kernel: (scsi0:0:0:0) Synchronous at 40.0 Mbyte/sec, offset 8.=
> >
> >And the system blocks about 1 minute.
> >What should I do???
> >
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From: "Randy Olinger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.periphs.scsi
Subject: Re: Upgrade to BusLogic DL
Date: Wed, 20 Jan 1999 12:45:06 -0600
I don't know if you have tried this, but you could buy an internal-
to-external 50 pin SCSI converter. This is basically a cable that
plugs into the internal port on a card and goes to the rear of the
case. Probably about US$20at comp-usa. Much less from mail order.
Adaptec web site would have them too. That way you can take channel
to the external devices and leave channel 1 for the hard drive.
Randy
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message
<783ghl$6u4$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>I currently have a BusLogic LT adapter running under Debian Linux. I have
>all my devices connected to it except my scanner. Since I put in the Ultra
>SCSI hard drive, I cannot use the hard drive and scanner at the same
>time--probably due to cable length limitations. I don't have room for
>another SCSI controller either.
>
>
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