Linux-Hardware Digest #672, Volume #9 Tue, 16 Mar 99 05:13:40 EST
Contents:
NIC card not initializing ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: HELP! Mouse not working in Xfree86 ("Alien")
Teles 16.3c ISDN card + kernel 2.0.36 (JALinuxUser)
Re: Thinkpad 760 and Linux (Greg Paswindar)
Re: Running CD-Rom of Soundcard (Paul Mc Kenna)
Re: Migrating RH Linux 5.2 to new hard drive (David Elliott)
Re: GNOME ... ? START ME UP! ("Alien")
Linux & PCI Modems (Amir Shamsuddin)
3c509 ISA ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
XFree86 on Toshiba Satellite 2535 CDS (Brent Rader)
Re: X munges the graphics card? (Re: Windows 2000 Rah! Rah! Session ("M. le
Rutte")
Re: optra e+ ("T. Tjioe")
I can't set lancard SureCom 10/100 pci in Redhat 5.2 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
D-Link DFE-530TX Anybody? ("Minh Doan")
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: NIC card not initializing
Date: Tue, 16 Mar 1999 04:06:23 GMT
Greetings all,
I'm trying to connect my Linux Box to a TCP/IP network. I have a 486DX4 100
with 32MB RAM, DTC 2278E controller, ATI Mach32, and an ISA SMC Elite
Ultra Network card (83C790QF Chipset). I tried using the Kernel
configuration utility under Xwindows. I chose the SMC Ultra module, and
configured the card properly. I then used the Network configuration utility
to setup the ip addresses, net mask, etc. The card did not initialize during
lilo boot. I also tried "ifconfig -a", with no output. I then swapped the
card with a new 3COM Etherlink III card and ran the configuration utilities
again. The same thing happens. I then typed "cat /some directory/proc" to
check for address conflicts, there was none. I also can't find eth0 in the
/dev directory. The HOWTO documents says to recompile the kernel to use the
ethernet modules. The documents says to untar the kernel source file in
"/usr/src" and run make config or make menuconfig. I don't see any kernel tar
files and "make config" yielded an error. How can I recompile the kernel
to use the ethernet module? Any help would beappreciated?
Thank You,
James
P.S. I also inserted, "append eth0=10, 0x300" in lilo.conf. Nothing happens
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From: "Alien" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: HELP! Mouse not working in Xfree86
Date: Tue, 16 Mar 1999 06:58:13 GMT
I have a same MS 2-button PS2 mouse like yours. While I was installing the
RH5.2, I use the wrong protocol. After installing, I have to run
mouseconfig to select the right protocol--Generic Mouse (PS2) for it. If
you run stratx immediately, the mouse wouldn't work. I have to re-run
XConfigurator to setup the X-windows again. Then the mouse would work. You
may want to try this.
jsf
Josh Miller ���g��峹 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>Have you tried editing the /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/XF86Config in the mouse
section...
>the line
># Emulate3Buttons
>You may need to just remove the hash mark. worked for me on one of my mice.
You could also be using
>the wrong mouse protocol... but who knows.
>
>Med Bennett wrote:
>>
>> I am having problems similar to that described by Chad Dale in an
>> earlier post. When I start Xfree86, the mouse cursor starts in the
>> middle of the screen, but any movement of the mouse causes the cursor to
>> jump to the upper left corner and stay there, or twitch slightly, but
>> it's basically useless. I have a very standard Microsoft 2-button PS/2
>> mouse (v. 2.0A) attached to a Dell P133, 48MB RAM. I've tried various
>> mouse settings via mouseconfig to no avail. When I kill X with
>> Ctrl-Alt-Bksp, I see on the screen the message "Warning: /dev/mouse
>> unable to get status of mouse fd (Inappropriate ioctl for device)".
>> Thanks in advance for any suggestions -
>>
>> Med Bennett
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From: JALinuxUser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Teles 16.3c ISDN card + kernel 2.0.36
Date: Tue, 16 Mar 1999 06:49:40 GMT
Hi,
Wonder if any of u can help me out with a little problem i'm
having with my Teles ISDN card & Linux...
I can't seem to get the kernel to recognize the interrupt
i've set for the card... here's the details..
I'm using kernel 2.0.36 and a Teles 16.3c ISA PnP card...
Here's the relevant section of my /usr/src/linux/.config :-
=========================================
CONFIG_MODULES=y
CONFIG_ISDN=m
CONFIG_ISDN_PPP=y
CONFIG_ISDN_PPP_VJ=y
CONFIG_ISDN_MPP=y
CONFIG_ISDN_DRV_LOOP=m
CONFIG_ISDN_DRV_HISAX=m
CONFIG_HISAX_EURO=y
CONFIG_HISAX_16_0=y
CONFIG_HISAX_16_3=y
CONFIG_HISAX_TELES3C=y
CONFIG_HISAX_TELESPCI=y
CONFIG_HISAX_S0BOX=y
=========================================
I've compiled the ISDN subsystem as a module and also the HiSax drivers
for Teles 16xx all as modules.
Booted up with the new kernel
Here's my /etc/isapnp.conf file :-
=========================================
(READPORT 0x0203)
(ISOLATE PRESERVE)
(IDENTIFY *)
(VERBOSITY 2)
(CONFLICT (IO FATAL)(IRQ FATAL)(DMA FATAL)(MEM FATAL)) # or WARNING
(CONFIGURE TAG2620/209717183 (LD 0
(IO 0 (SIZE 2) (BASE 0x0300))
(INT 0 (IRQ 10 (MODE +E)))
(NAME "TAG2620/209717183[0]{TELES.S0/16.3c Plug&Play}")
(ACT Y)
))
(WAITFORKEY)
=========================================
Did an "isapnp /etc/isapnp.conf" and got the following :-
========================================= lspci not found, so PCI resource
conflict not checked Board 1 has Identity bd 0c 80 07 bf 20 26 27 50:
TAG2620 Serial No 209717183 [checksum bd] TAG2620/209717183[0]{TELES.S0/16.3c
Plug&Play}: Port 0x300; IRQ10 --- Enabled OK
=========================================
OK.. no problem so far... then i did the modprobe hisax like this and
got the results as follows:-
=========================================
# modprobe hisax type=14 protocol=2 irq=10 io=0x300
ISDN subsystem Rev: 1.44.2.9/1.41.2.11/1.48.2.27/none/none loaded
Teles 16.3c: IRQ(10) getting no interrupts during init 1
Teles 16.3c: IRQ(10) getting no interrupts during init 2
Teles 16.3c: IRQ(10) getting no interrupts during init 3
HiSax: Card Teles 16.3c not installed !
Initialization of hisax failed
ISDN-subsystem unloaded
=========================================
Something's not right here... can't pinpoint exactly where it is... tried
putting the card to another PC but got the same results... MAYBE it could
be the card being faulty OR something else... hope u can help out here..
Thanx ;) ;)
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Date: Tue, 16 Mar 1999 07:22:16 +0000
From: Greg Paswindar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.x,comp.sys.laptops
Subject: Re: Thinkpad 760 and Linux
Hi all.
I run RedHat 5.2 (kernel 2.0.36) on my Thinkpad 760XL with Turbo
Tokenring PC Card and PCMCIA modem.
My WM is KDE and all the things are running well. Now, trying to install
Wine to run Lotus Notes from Linux.
The only problem occur is DHCP but I think it most on kernel level,
token ring, and dhcp level.
That's my share to you.
Erik FAURE wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I want to install on my Thinkpad 760 Linux.
> Which distribution can I use ?
> I have already RedHat 5.1, but ...
>
> Thanks. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
--
best regards,
Greg Paswindar
[EMAIL PROTECTED] / +65-3201398
(All disclaimers apply)
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From: Paul Mc Kenna <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Running CD-Rom of Soundcard
Date: Mon, 15 Mar 1999 23:39:08 -0800
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> Your CD-ROM may not even be an IDE device. Is there actually a master/slave/cable
> select jumper on it? Don't forget that the Sony/Panasonic(? one of those might be
> Mitsumi, I don't remember) CD-ROM interfaces also use 40-pin connectors. What speed
> is your CD-ROM? Generally speaking, if it's 4x or less, there's a good possibility
> that it's a proprietary interface and you're just wasting mental clock cycles. :-)
I am sure that the drive is IDE. Up until this 486, I have never used a CD which didn't
attach to the IDE controller. Also the sound card connector is marked IDE. And as I
said, this drive was working with this sound card under windows 95. ( I think the drive
was originally attached to an old Pentium I had)
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From: David Elliott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.linux,alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.admin,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.questions,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: Migrating RH Linux 5.2 to new hard drive
Date: Tue, 16 Mar 1999 01:18:28 +0000
Greg Waugh wrote:
> Well, there are several reasons I want to move it. First of all, it works
> perfectly, second of all, the drive that it's currently on is slow and very
> old and I don't really trust it anymore. That and I don't really have room
> in the case for it with these new drives. I suppose I could do it that way,
> but like I said, it's a server so I don't really want it down that long... I
> was hoping I could prepare the second disk, reboot and have it ready to go
> in a few minutes...
>
> Wait a second... crazy idea... has anyone ever moved a Linux installation
> using Patition Magic 4.0 for Windows? I know it sounds crazy, but I've used
> it very successfully to move NT before and it claims to do Linux... that's
> just another thought too...
>
> Brett W. McCoy wrote in message ...
> >On Mon, 15 Mar 1999 15:04:28 -0500, Greg Waugh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> >>Hey fellow Linux users! I'm going to be moving my current RedHat 5.2
> Linux
> >>server to a new hard drive. Everything in the system is going to be the
> >>same, just a new /sda drive. I'm just curious if anyone has a procedure
> to
> >>do this of if it is documented anywhere. I thought I would do a cp -a *
> (or
> >>a few with correct tmp mount points), then boot from a floppy with the new
> >>HD as root and run LILO, but I'm fuzzy on how to set up the /proc and /dev
> >>filesystem.... and if there are going to be any issues with the swap
> >>space... Thanks everyone! Any help would be very appreciated!
> >
> >The /proc filesystem is a virtual filesystem and is created dynamically by
> >the loaded kernel. /dev is a different story. You may be better off
> >backing up your important stuff (i.e., /home & /usr directories),
> >reinstalling directly onto the new hard drive, and then restoring your
> >backed up stuff.
> >
> >But is there any reason you can't keep your boot partition on the current
> >drive and just create new (and bigger) partitions on the new one?
> >
When I need to move crap between drives I find the tar command to be quite
usefull:
Assuming you have your new drive mounted as /mnt/newdrive, and also assuming
you have this on one large partition (I usually would seperate out /home and
/usr, but it's up to you):
Go through every directory in / excluding /proc and /mnt and do the following:
[root@hostname /]# tar -c dirname/ | tar -xC /mnt/newdrive/
That should tar up the whole directory and pipe it out to another tar that will
be untarring what is coming through the pipe after changing the current
directory to /mnt/newdrive so that it all shows up in the right directory.
Make sure you don't do it for the /mnt directory (duh.. recursion). and just
mkdir /mnt/newdrive/proc but don't put anything in it.
This should work for copying the crap in /dev also (since a distro usually has
a .tar.gz of the proper /dev dir anyway).
You will also need to properly install lilo on the machine (I strongly
recommend creating a bootdisk with the proper kernel and initrd on it while you
still have your old hd up and running, then reboot with the disk giving it the
root=/dev/sdxN. If all goes well, reconfigure lilo, run it, and you should be
in business.
Dave.
P.S. YMMV, but the tar thing is a trick I like much better than using cp.
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From: "Alien" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: GNOME ... ? START ME UP!
Date: Tue, 16 Mar 1999 07:26:45 GMT
At /etc/X11/xinit/Xclients I add a case for Gnome to start gnome-session.
At /root, edit file ".wm_style" and change it from FVWM95 to Gnome. then
save it and run startx. That's it.
Alien
Jim Smith ���g��峹 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>Igor Raznatovic wrote:
>
>> I just intsalled GNOME on my Red Hat 5.2 box. Problem is I cant start it
>> up. Somebody in a chat room told me to put panel in xinitrc or to type it
in
>> xterm. I tried and I was not satisfied...why? That is not the full
desktop.
>> Then I found out about gnome-session. A document on Gnome site said to
>> include it in xinitrc and I did. But I got only plain ol' X (without a
>> window manager as I set it up). I typed in xterm gnome-session and this
is
>> what I got:
>>
>> Priority 00 : Starting Id = default0
>> Priority 00 : Cloning Id = default0
>> Priority 00 : Registering Id = (null)
>> Segmentation fault (core dumped)
>> [root@igor bin]# ICE default IO error handler doing on exit(), pid = 285,
>> errno= 2
>>
>> Give me a hint...It 's not that I know a lot about it...
>
>Don't feel like your alone. I get essentially the same thing.
>
>SESSION_MANAGER=local/localhost.localdomain:/tmp/.ICE-unix/417,tcp/localhos
t.localdomain:1037
>
>Priority 00 : Starting Id = default0
>Priority 00 : Cloning Id = default0
>Priority 00 : Registering Id = (null)
>Segmentation fault
>
>It doesn't help to start it in the .xinitrc. Still no go.
>
>I'm running a P60,, 80M, RH5.2, kernel 2.2.3, Enlightenment WM.
>
>Jim
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Amir Shamsuddin)
Subject: Linux & PCI Modems
Date: Mon, 15 Mar 1999 19:44:04 GMT
Hi,
I'd like some info about the current situation with PCI modems
Here's what I understand:
a) WinModems DON't work
- Obvious, and would never expect them to work
b) Modems needing an enumerator can be made to work by loading them in DOS to write
this bit of software to the
modem, and then booting into linux will work
- Pain in the backside to do this if you don't keep your computer permanently
on
c) Modems using shared memory, detected by linux as using shared memory in /proc/pci
(configured by BIOS or
whatever, normally) could be made to work with linux (relatively) easily if there are
any specs for using shared memory
for modems
- I don't know if there are any such specs (also is this similar to b) ? )
d) modems with a UART on-board
- these work with linux
Could someone tell me, or point me to modems/chipsets which fall into category d), ie
those which work with linux?
Also, is there anything for type c) to work in linux?
Thanks,
Amir Shamsuddin
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
PS Feel free to correct any inaccuracies in my above summary, I'm not an expert
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: 3c509 ISA
Date: Mon, 15 Mar 1999 19:37:52 GMT
In the process of configuring my sound card, I had to run pnpdump >
/etc/isapnp.conf and modify it for the correct settings for my sound cound. I
also had a listing for my 3c509 Ethernet(which is ISA), for which there was no
"Multiple choice", only one of each type of argument in isapnp.conf.
This is where the "But" comes in. But...
When i rebooted, I got an error message about the LD settings. dmesg didn't
catch the error message, but the gist of it was it said it couldn't verify ld4
but that it may not be aproblem, try running (verifyld n), the line# of the
error in /etc/isapnp.conf was in the 3c509 section.
Then later in the bootup, i get the message:
IPX Portions Copyright (c) 1995 Caldera, Inc.
Appletalk 0.17 for Linux NET3.035
eth0: 3c509 at 0x300 tag 1, 10baseT port, address 00 a0 24 bf f5 ec, IRQ 10.
3c509.c:1.16 2/3/98 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
eth0: Setting Rx mode to 1 addresses.
Any ideas? I"m thinking maybe I don't need the section in isapnp.conf, since
its being picked up somewhere else.
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From: Brent Rader <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: XFree86 on Toshiba Satellite 2535 CDS
Date: Tue, 16 Mar 1999 01:49:45 -0600
Has anyone tried to get X windows to run on a Toshiba Satellite 2535 CDS
laptop? The chipset it uses is Chips & Technologies 6900. I am using
Red Hat 5.2 and I have tried some of the drivers for other C & T
chipsets and I havn't been able to make one work. Any ideas?
Also, with this laptop when it is in the regular text mode the display
doesn't fill the screen. It fills it ithe horizontal direction but not
vertical. It looks like one of those videos in the wide screen formats.
Is there a way to fix this?
Thanks for any help,
Brent
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From: "M. le Rutte" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.lang.java.advocacy,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: X munges the graphics card? (Re: Windows 2000 Rah! Rah! Session
Date: Tue, 16 Mar 1999 10:01:53 +0100
Gerhard Traeger wrote:
> [...]
> Changing spatial resolution for X-servers is done by pressing
> <Ctrl>+<Alt>+<Num "+"> or <Ctrl>+<Alt>+<Num "-">
>
> Way simpler than searching for the "desktop - properties - settlings" icons!
> [...]
GUI rule #1: All actions *MUST* be accessible with a menu option or an
icon and *MAY* be accessible with a shortcut key assignment.
Why do Linux people always seem to forget that 99.9% of the people who
use a computer are not experts. Try to explain to my mom that you should
press some keys to change resolution (if she knows what that is), or
that she should 'just rebuild the kernel' to include some feature.
Maurice. (not a fan of MS either)
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From: "T. Tjioe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: optra e+
Date: Tue, 16 Mar 1999 01:10:09 -0500
Todd L. Cohen wrote in message <7c45mi$b7o$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>printer and I'm having a hard time finding one that 1) works well with
>linux and 2) is relativly cheap (under $400 or so)
The E+ is a PCL printer, and should function fine with a generic PCL printer
description, like the HP laserjet //. I think with any *NIX derivation,
it's better to go with an inexpensive PostScript printer though.
You may want to look at the new Lexmark Optra E310, which has full PS Level
2 emulation, 8ppm, USB and parallel ports as standard. - MSRP is $400.
Street price should be slightly lower. This printer replaces the Ep, which
was essentially the E+ with a special PostScript 2 emulation SIMM inside. I
know a kid at school that has one of these running under Linux too. You
might still be able to find the Ep at a good price online.
My Optra RT+ worked perfectly under Caldera, and Irix 5.3 - in the
Postscript emulation mode.
Cya,
-T
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Clarkson University
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: I can't set lancard SureCom 10/100 pci in Redhat 5.2
Date: Tue, 16 Mar 1999 09:17:07 GMT
Hi all
I select ne2k-pci.o in netconf but they don't work and
I try to use driver from SureCom but they don't work again.
Please tell me the detail instruction to install lan card and
instruction to turn off PnP because I don't understand.
thank you verymuch
Ob
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From: "Minh Doan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: D-Link DFE-530TX Anybody?
Date: Tue, 16 Mar 1999 03:11:23 -0500
Just wondering if anybody who uses the D-Link DFE-530TX 10/100 Fast Ethernet
adapter with RedHat (I have 5.2) could tell me how they set it up?
I can't seem to find it among the network adapters cards available.
Thanks
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