Linux-Hardware Digest #721, Volume #9 Fri, 19 Mar 99 08:15:31 EST
Contents:
Re: Iomega Zip - Error 27010000, imm (David McAleavy)
Re: how to completely format a hdd (Eric Lee Green)
Re: shakey ATI Xpert 98 (the fly)
Re: 3c905b-TX with Mandrake 5.3 (or any Linux2.2) ("H Brett Bolen")
Re: HP Laserjet 1100 Problems (Grant Taylor)
STB Velocity 128 Video Card ("John")
Re: ATI Xpert@Play 98 AGP (Mike Simpson)
NCR53c8xx SCSI detection problem :-( *HeLp* (Thomas Skou Hansen)
Re: Maxtor 8.4, Maxblast, EZ-Bios and SuSE. HELP!!! (Allen)
AMD-K6 [B], >32MB, Linux and dmesg ("David S. Zimmerman")
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From: David McAleavy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Iomega Zip - Error 27010000, imm
Date: 19 Mar 1999 08:07:38 GMT
Michael,
I had the same problem with an older parallel port ZIP drive and the
2.2.3 kernel.
You have to set your parallel port to either EPP mode 1.9 in the BIOS
(mine defaulted to EPP 1.7) or drop it back to SPP mode (which would be
slower), again in the BIOS of your machine.
My system now goes fine in EPP + ECP mode with the 1.9 option set.
Hope that helps.
Dave McAleavy
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Michael Augustin wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I�ve problems with my iomega zip drive.
>
> 1. It don�t work whit the ppa-driver (it�s a 100MB parallel port, but it�s new
> and thatswhy it could work with the imm-module.
>
> 2. I compiled a new kernel (2.2.1) whit scsi-support as module, parallel port
> also as module, with imm support - as module.
>
> 3. When I load the imm-driver many messages appear in /var/log/messages -> look
> pasted text folowing this lines. The scsi host (iomega parallel) is detected.
>
> ---------- snip ---------------
> Mar 5 00:56:50 pitti kernel: parport0: PC-style at 0x378, irq 7 [SPP,PS
> 2,EPP]
> Mar 5 00:56:50 pitti kernel: parport0: no IEEE-1284 device present.
> Mar 5 00:56:50 pitti kernel: imm: Version 2.03 (for Linux 2.0.0)
> Mar 5 00:56:50 pitti kernel: imm: Found device at ID 6, Attempting to u
> se EPP 32 bit
> Mar 5 00:56:50 pitti kernel: imm: Communication established with ID 6 u
> sing EPP 32 bit
> Mar 5 00:56:50 pitti kernel: scsi0 : Iomega VPI2 (imm) interface
> Mar 5 00:56:50 pitti kernel: scsi : 1 host.
> Mar 5 00:56:51 pitti kernel: Vendor: IOMEGA Model: ZIP 100
> Rev: J.67
> Mar 5 00:56:51 pitti kernel: Type: Direct-Access
> ANSI SCSI revision: 02
> ------------- snap -----------
>
> Then I use the drive for instance with "fdisk /dev/sda" or try a "mount -t vfat
> /dev/sda4 /mnt". At this moment the following messages appier in log.
>
> ---------- snip --------------
> Mar 5 00:57:56 pitti kernel: Detected scsi removable disk sda at scsi0,
> channel 0, id 6, lun 0
> Mar 5 00:57:57 pitti kernel: SCSI device sda: hdwr sector= 512 bytes. S
> ectors= 196608 [96 MB] [0.1 GB]
> Mar 5 00:57:57 pitti kernel: sda: Write Protect is off
> Mar 5 00:57:57 pitti kernel: sda:SCSI disk error : host 0 channel 0 id
> 6 lun 0 return code = 27010000
> Mar 5 00:57:57 pitti kernel: scsidisk I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0
> Mar 5 00:57:57 pitti kernel: unable to read partition table
> Mar 5 00:57:57 pitti kernel: SCSI error: host 0 id 6 lun 0 return code
> = 27010000
> Mar 5 00:57:57 pitti kernel: ^ISense class 0, sense error 0, extended s
> ense 0
> Mar 5 00:57:57 pitti kernel: VFS: Disk change detected on device sd(8,0
> )
> Mar 5 00:57:57 pitti kernel: sda : READ CAPACITY failed.
> Mar 5 00:57:57 pitti kernel: sda : status = 0, message = 00, host = 1,
> driver = 27
> Mar 5 00:57:57 pitti kernel: sda : sense not available.
> Mar 5 00:57:57 pitti kernel: sda : block size assumed to be 512 bytes,
> disk size 1GB.
> Mar 5 00:57:57 pitti kernel: sda:scsidisk I/O error: dev 08:00, sector
> 0
> Mar 5 00:57:57 pitti kernel: unable to read partition table
> Mar 5 00:57:57 pitti kernel: SCSI error: host 0 id 6 lun 0 return code
> = 27010000
> Mar 5 00:57:57 pitti kernel: ^ISense class 0, sense error 0, extended s
> ense 0
> Mar 5 00:57:57 pitti kernel: VFS: Disk change detected on device sd(8,0
> )
> Mar 5 00:57:57 pitti kernel: sda : READ CAPACITY failed.
> Mar 5 00:57:57 pitti kernel: sda : status = 0, message = 00, host = 1,
> driver = 27
> Mar 5 00:57:57 pitti kernel: sda : sense not available.
> Mar 5 00:57:57 pitti kernel: sda : block size assumed to be 512 bytes,
> disk size 1GB.
> Mar 5 00:57:57 pitti kernel: sda:scsidisk I/O error: dev 08:00, sector
> 0
> Mar 5 00:57:57 pitti kernel: unable to read partition table
> ------------ snap ----------------
>
> What does the error number 27010000 mean? What says "READ CAPACITY failed"?
>
> here my module list before modprobe imm:
> ---------- snip ---------------
> Module Size Used by
> ne 6480 1 (autoclean)
> 8390 6212 0 (autoclean) [ne]
> dummy0 684 1 (autoclean)
> serial 17076 0 (autoclean)
> nls_cp437 3548 2 (autoclean)
> vfat 11388 2 (autoclean)
> fat 24864 2 (autoclean) [vfat]
> --------- snap ---------------
>
> and after loading
> ---------- snip --------------------
> Module Size Used by
> sd_mod 15516 0 (autoclean) (unused)
> parport_probe 2884 0 (autoclean)
> parport_pc 5020 1 (autoclean)
> imm 9352 0 (unused)
> parport 6788 1 [parport_probe parport_pc imm]
> scsi_mod 48712 2 [sd_mod imm]
> ne 6480 1 (autoclean)
> 8390 6212 0 (autoclean) [ne]
> dummy0 684 1 (autoclean)
> serial 17076 0 (autoclean)
> nls_cp437 3548 2 (autoclean)
> vfat 11388 2 (autoclean)
> fat 24864 2 (autoclean) [vfat]
> ------------- snap ---------------------
>
>
> thanks Michael
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Eric Lee Green)
Subject: Re: how to completely format a hdd
Date: 19 Mar 1999 07:43:05 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>completely format my hdd using linux, I do not want to low level format it
>but hope the hdd as clean as low level formatted. Is there any process in
The best bet is to zero out the raw device by writing to it from
/dev/zero, e.g., if you have a running Linux system and the drive to
wipe is an IDE drive, primary slave,
cat /dev/zero >/dev/hdb
will zero it out. (assuming that the drive is at /dev/hdb).
You can do this from the Red Hat install disk without having Linux
already installed by (once the CDROM has booted) going to the
shell window on ALT-F2, and doing this:
cd /tmp
mknod zero c 1 5
mknod hda b 3 0
cat zero >hda
That will wipe out the first drive to all zeros, about as clean
as it gets :-).
--
Eric Lee Green [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linux-hw.com/~eric
"People have grown used to thinking of computers as unreliable, and it
doesn't have to be that way." -- Linus
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (the fly)
Crossposted-To:
comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.video,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc,comp.os.ms-windows.nt.setup.hardware,comp.os.ms-windows.video
Subject: Re: shakey ATI Xpert 98
Date: 19 Mar 1999 08:10:06 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Try slowing down the refresh rate a bit. Mine works fine at
85Hz, 1024 X 768 with a 17" Viewsonic.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Clemens
Beckstein) wrote:
>
>maybe someone can help me with the following problem:
>
> - MSI-6151 Pentium II (400MHz), 100Hz FSB ATX board with Intel BX chipset
> - Monitor Iiyama Vision Master Pro 400 (A701GT)
> - ATI Xpert98 8MB AGP 2x graphiocs card on onboard
> - instable picture whenever there is a lot of hard disk activity
> (Maxtor 8GB UDMA IDE hard disc) or if the
> TEAC 32x-CD-ROM (also IDE) is starting up or very busy
>
>the degree of the disturbance depends on the vertical frequency
>(at the moment it is set to 90Hz at a resolution of 1024x768)
>
>it happens bot under Windows NT 4.0 SP4 and Linux
>
>what could be the reason?
>
>I have already changed monitor cables (tried both BNC and VGA cables)
>and exchanged the power supply of the machine but the problem persists
>
>could this be a problem of the motherboard or will I have to send back
>the monitor (the monitor works fine as long as there is no busy
>activity of the hard disk or the CD-ROM)
>
>Any help appreciated (preferrably by e-mail since I do not routinely
>read all the hardware newsgroups)...
>
>Cheers,
>
>- Clemens
>
>--
>Prof. Dr. Clemens Beckstein http://www.minet.uni-jena.de/fakultaet/beckstein/
>Friedrich-Schiller-Universitaet Jena Phone: Intl.+49/3641/9-46350 + 9-46301
>Institut fuer Informatik Fax: Intl.+49/3641/9-46302
>Ernst-Abbe-Platz 1-4, D-07743 Jena, Germany
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From: "H Brett Bolen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux,comp.os.misc
Subject: Re: 3c905b-TX with Mandrake 5.3 (or any Linux2.2)
Date: 19 Mar 1999 07:43:28 GMT
check www.linuxmandrake.com, I have the same trouble and found
there are instructions for the 2.2.3 update there. Haven't tried it
yet though.
b\253
Richard F. Jr. wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>
>I run this card with no trouble on SuSE Linux 5.3 kernel 2.0.36
>I just had to get a "driver" for it a ".c" file to install into my kernel
>befor I made it...
>
>
>
>Kevin White wrote:
>
>> eric wrote:
>> > I was wondering if the *New* Linux Kernel will support this card?
>>
>> I have a 3c905b and it works great with slackware 3.6 upgraded to kernel
>> 2.2.2 (and other associated necessary updates, as specified in the 2.2.2
>> readme file). I don't think I tried it with any previous kernel,
>> though, so I can't say.
>> --
>> Kevin White, Software Engineer
>> Envision Telephony
>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
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From: Grant Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: HP Laserjet 1100 Problems
Date: 19 Mar 1999 08:09:24 GMT
Rainer Kiehne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I've got two problems with my Laserjet 1100, Linux Mandrake 5.3,
> ghostscript-4.03-1 using th Laserjet 4/5/6 driver
I would suggest an upgrade to Ghostscript verion 5.10 or 5.50 just as
a matter of course. I doubt that the ljet4 driver has been changed in
any big way, but it never hurts to have the improved Postscript
support offered by the latest Ghostscript version.
> Printing more then one page via ghostscript takes a lot of
> time. Every single page is treated as a singel printjob. This
> problem does not happen using dvilj, but there are lots of .ps
> documents out there...
This printer is indeed listed as being slow in the compatibiliy list*;
the comment says "seems to be limited by parallel port speeds/speed of
host computer".
Ghostscript will always render a page then dump it to the printer as a
bitmap; this is how Postscript programs are structured and this is how
all Postscript implementations work (those inside printers do not face
a bottleneck, however, between themselves at the printer mechanism).
Dvilj is not limited to dumping one page at a time in bitmap form;
although I don't know much about it, it would be reasonable for dvilj
to be defining fonts as downloadable PCL fonts and then printing each
page by just telling the printer to put each character in the proper
place. This would typically result in less data...
> Postscript graphics are only printed with 300x300 dpi. Using 600x600
> results in pictures where the lines are displaced against each
> other.
Now this I'm not aware of. I'm not quite clear on what you are
describing, though - what do you mean by displaced lines, and what
sort of graphics - vector graphics or embedded bitmapped pictures?
* The Linux Printing HOWTO's compatibility listing lives at
http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/pht/printer_list.cgi
--
Grant Taylor - gtaylor@picante<dot>com - http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/
Cellphone information: http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/cell/
Libretto information: http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/
Linux Printing HOWTO: http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/pht/
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From: "John" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: STB Velocity 128 Video Card
Date: 19 Mar 1999 07:43:29 GMT
Any good information on this video card. Couldn't find any compatibly list
from Red Hat, Caldera or Linux.org on this card.
Thank
John
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mike Simpson)
Subject: Re: ATI Xpert@Play 98 AGP
Date: 19 Mar 1999 08:01:02 GMT
I have this card and it's working fine - I'm also running Red Hat 5.2,
with KDE. I used Xconfigurator to set the video mode, having just
installed Linux last weekend (I'm just now learning my way around).
I'm not sure what version of XFree86 I have (I'm in Windows at the
moment), but I'll check. It should be whatever version came with Red
Hat.
On Wed, 17 Mar 1999 17:10:29 -0700, Rustan LeBaron
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I have an ATI Xpert@play 98 AGP w/ 8 meg RAM, and I cannot get it
>configured with XF86Setup...I have tried multiple configurations, does
>anyone out there have this card configured correctly on their Linux box?
>I am using Redhat 5.2, and XFree86 3.3.2 - I have 3.3.3.1 available but
>I haven't upgraded yet. Will I have more success getting my card to work
>with 3.3.3.1??
>
>Please help,
>RL
Mike Simpson
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Thomas Skou Hansen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: NCR53c8xx SCSI detection problem :-( *HeLp*
Date: 19 Mar 1999 08:12:07 GMT
Hi,
I've just got my hands on a 4,5 Gb IBM UltraStar (Ultra 2 SCSI, wide)
which hoped would play together with my ASUS (NCR53C8xx based) Fast SCSI
2 controller.
I know... wide disk, non-wide controller *sigh*, but we've got
adapters for such situations :-). So, I've also got a 68-pin to 50-pin
bus adapter, so everything should be cool, but it isn't. My controller
newer finds my new disk! *fume*
Until now I've only had a SyJet drive (removable harddisk from
SyQuest) on my controller with the controller and the SyJet as
terminating units, which has been working just fine. My plan is now to
insert the UltraStar as SCSI unit #0 and let the SyJet still be unit #1
and the terminator, but for some reason the UltraStar is newer detected!
However, the SyJet still works as usual, so I guess it is not a
termination problem.
I've heard that the UltraStar (DDRS-34560W2) needs *active*
termination, but since I cannot see any resistor pack on the SyJet
circuit board, I assume it makes an active termination. So, I just
wondered if the problem is in the adapter (68 to 50 pins).
I hope there is some master mind out there who knows what to do :-)
Sincerely,
Thomas
--
"Noone starts with two a day, but they all seem to end that way"
- Nina Hagen
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Allen)
Subject: Re: Maxtor 8.4, Maxblast, EZ-Bios and SuSE. HELP!!!
Date: 19 Mar 1999 08:12:03 GMT
What are they plugged into? ie, What are you using for a drive controller?
Somehow, some way, I think you will need to find a way to REMOVE the maxblast
software completely as it will only cause you grief, in any OS.
What motherboard are you using, and the bios date may be relevant, only if I was
familliar with that motherboard...
How much data on your system is irreplaceable? Hope you either have, or don't
need a backup. What is your complete hardware configuration, and how do you
want or need to divide up the hard drive space?
On Mon, 15 Mar 1999 20:36:23 GMT, Barry Bogart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>I have a primary/master Quantum 850 with Win95. Also a Maxtor 8.4 on
>Secondary/master. The default automatic install of Maxblast creates one
>physical partition and a number of virtual ones after that. The Maxtor
>overlay software made them all visble from Win95, and EZ-BIOS made them
>visible to DOS, so I was able to do the install. The source was on one
>of the virtual drives (my CDROM was NOT visible from DOS), and the
>destination was on the physical partition of the Maxtor. The install
>seemed to work, but abended with some disk error. Now Linux WILL run off
>that drive, and it seems to be contained withing that physical
>partition. However the other virtual partitions are no longer visible
>from Win 95 OR DOS(!). I have tried 'restoring the boot block' using the
>Maxtor Maxblast install disk/advanced options, but it doesn't help. Did
>the Suse install blow the partition table? I am sure that the rest of
>the stuff is still there intact, but how do I resurrect it? Has anyone
>solved this problem? If so, please email me directly.
Allen
(email addy; user ID portion has a numeral one in place of word
onespoiler, and of course, delete the bogus secondary domain of nospam.)
PC/hardware Guru, and Linux Newbie
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From: "David S. Zimmerman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: AMD-K6 [B], >32MB, Linux and dmesg
Date: 19 Mar 1999 08:12:10 GMT
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Thank you for the standardized reply. My comments are interspersed
to aid you in the qualification of my problem. Regards, DSZ
<p>hwsupt7 wrote:
<blockquote TYPE=CITE>The software and hardware that was tested directly
by AMD is listed at:
<br><a
href="http://www.amd.com/products/cpg/k623d/compat.html">http://www.amd.com/products/cpg/k623d/compat.html</a>
<br><a
href="http://www.amd.com/K6/k6docs/compat/k6compat.htm">http://www.amd.com/K6/k6docs/compat/k6compat.htm</a></blockquote>
I've now looked at the mentioned sites and see that they do not explicitly
address my problem, running Linux with more than 32MB. The sites say that
the processor works with Linux. Great. But the sites do -not- mention how
much memory the motherboards had on them when they were tested. Nothing
at all about the motherboard configuration is mentioned.
<br>
<blockquote TYPE=CITE>Software and hardware listed on this list will not
have any
<br>problems installing or running with the K6 or the K6-2.
Our information
<br>on
<br>products not listed is limited, though. The next
recommended source for
<br>compatibility info. would be the manufacturer. If you decide
to contact
<br>them, you will need to ask whether they have done testing with the
K6 and
<br>the K6-2.
<p>Some software might be limited only by a processor ID routine that detects
<br>the installed processor and is only capable of identifying the Pentium
<br>processor and no other. In these cases, a patch or an updated
version is
<br>probably available from the manufacturer.
<br> </blockquote>
The following, from my first post to you, shows that the Linux OS does
correctly gage what processor it is running on during each boot. It tells
that the Linux community has ascertained that the AMD-K6 processor may
have problems when more than 32MB of memory are used, hence the warning
message. As your sites show Linux operability ("..will not have any
problems.."), <b>how do you address these concerns</b>?
<p>---snip---
<br>trying to find work-arounds and just suffering through the many daily
reboot cycles. I happened across the
<br> "dmesg" command and found an interesting message:
<br> . . .
<br> AMD K6 stepping B detected - system stability may be impared
when more than 32 MB are used.
<br> . . .
<p> I've got 96MB. Does anyone know more about this?
Is there a later stepping to the K6 processor that would not
<br> have this problem?
<br>---snip---
<blockquote TYPE=CITE>
<br>Best regards,
<br>AMD TSC
<p>-----Original Message-----
<br>From: root <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
<br>To: hwsupt7 <hwsupt7>
<br>Date: Tuesday, March 16, 1999 7:26 PM
<br>Subject: UNSOLVE [Fwd: AMD-K6 stepping B, Running Linux]
<p>>A specific question regarding incompatibilities between the AMD-K6
<br>processor and
<br>>Linux.
<br>>
<br>>Do more recent processors in this family have similar problems with
Linux?
<br>Do
<br>>you have Linux enthusiastic engineers in your organization that track
such
<br>>problems and field questions?
<br>>
<br>>
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