Linux-Hardware Digest #56, Volume #10 Sun, 18 Apr 99 11:13:54 EDT
Contents:
Re: Hard disk error? ("Dinesh Pannu")
Re: HELLLPPPP (Harold Hotham)
Re: RH 5.2 and Matrox g200 agp ("Rolf Wagner Jr.")
Re: ATI Xpert 98 AGP problems in Xwindows ("Paul Sims")
Re: No X window !!!!!!!!! (Thomas Zajic)
Printer Recommendations (Charles)
Re: sane and snapscan310 (Harald Arnesen)
Hardware conflicting - give me a hand, please ("dpc")
promise pci ide cards (Ralph Blach)
booting problem. (Sung-Ho Maeung)
DLT tape driver (Simone Piccardi)
ess1688 sound card (derc)
Re: Problems with ATI All-in-Wonder video card config using xf86config, startx (Mark)
Re: XServer for NVidia RIVA 128ZX (krescendo)
Moving and resizing partition under linux (Valerio Farruggio)
Re: What's the int for, was Re: [Fwd: Source Code To <snip> (Chris Sherlock)
Diva T/A ISDN Modem ("Claus Jul Larsen")
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From: "Dinesh Pannu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Hard disk error?
Date: Sun, 18 Apr 1999 16:15:34 +0800
Ho there.
Claus Christian P�rtner wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>(using Lilo). I do, however, keep getting variations of the following
>message (when in bash):
>
>hda: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
>hda: dma_intr: error=0x84 { BadCRC DriveStatusError }, LBAsect=10158284,
>
>sector=262152
>
>The numbers for LBAsect and sector varies.
I used to get those msgs before my 6.4GB Quantum Fireball ST died a horrible
death on me. Best to backup all u're important stuff and cross u're fingers.
-KKK
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Date: Sun, 18 Apr 1999 21:55:22 +1000
From: Harold Hotham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: aus.computers.linux
Subject: Re: HELLLPPPP
john wrote:
> Help...... I can't install redhat 5.2
> the problem is, after I choose fdisk then I get to choose between hard
> disk and jaz drive (where I want to install)
>
> the problem:
>
> after entering "/jaz" as mounting thing (???), the when I press OK,
> it says "need to have root (/) directory in linux native format ext2 to
> continue installation" or something like that.
>
> I haven't got a clue on what this meant.
> If anybody sucessfully installed red hat on jaz disk, (also for bootable
> disk), or knows how to do it, PLEASE TELL ME HOW TO.
>
> thank's
Hi,
To install RH to the jazz drive don't specify the mount point as /jazz.
After you have selected the jazz drive as the one you whish to install to
instead of entering /jazz just type '/ ', without the '.
This will work, I just hope I explained it well enough that it makes sense.
Harold
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From: "Rolf Wagner Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: RH 5.2 and Matrox g200 agp
Date: Sun, 18 Apr 1999 04:52:21 GMT
Download the updates:
XFree86-SVGA-3.3.3.1-1.1.i386.rpm
.... XF86Setup-3.3.3.1-1.1.i386.rpm
perform updates via rpm using --force
Run XFree86Setup.. and go through install. Let the process probe, just
identify the memory installed in the card. Works great.
Gardoonza wrote:
>
> Hello all,
>
> does anyone have any information on getting a Matrox g200 agp working with
> linux?
>
> Jason
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From: "Paul Sims" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: ATI Xpert 98 AGP problems in Xwindows
Date: Sun, 18 Apr 1999 12:06:53 +0100
X has installed the plain vanilla VGA16 server by the looks of it. Make sure
you also installed the SVGA server and a Mach64 server if available
seperately when you installed the Xfree package.
Dominic Hargreaves <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>
>Ok, here is a complete description of my problem. I don't think it can
>be due to faulty hardware because I have had the same problem with two
>different PCs from the same supplier.
>
>The following occurred at startup and again when I subsequently ran
>XConfigurator:
>
>Message: PCI probing found
>
>PCI entry: Mach64 GB
>X Server: Mach46
>
>I selected Generic monitor from the list (I don't feel confident setting
>up a custom monitor from my manual, it's an unbranded one and I couldn't
>understand all the parameters. Is this a possible cause?
>
>It then probed the video card and said:
>
>There was an error detecting the video card.
>
>I responded that there were 8 megs of ram, and no clockchip setting
>(recommended)
>
>It the probed for checks, and the clock probe failed, so the next time
>round I chose skip. The program then wrote to the config file and
>exited. I selected 8 bit, 16 bit and 24 bit color in 640 by 480 and 800
>x 600
>
>When I run startx I get a 640 by 480 screen even if I have selected
>higher modes.
>Ctrl-Alt-+ doesn not change this. When I exit X I get the following
>messages:
>
>PCI (92) and CONFIG_CHIP_ID (124) don't agree on Chiprev, using PCI
>value
>Card type: AGP
>Memory type: 4
>Clock type: Internal
>Maximum allowed dot-clock: 230.000 MHz
>Mode "640 x 480": mode clock = 25.175
>There is no mode definition named "800 by 600"
>Removing mode "800 x 600" from list of valid modes
>Virtual resolution 800 x 600
>Video RAM: 8192k
>Using hardware cursor
>Using 16MB aperture @ 0xe4000000
>Using 4KB register aperture @ 0xe6000000
>Ramdac is internal
>Ramdac speed: 230 MHz
>Using 8 bits per RGB value
>Pixmap cache: 0 256x256 slots, 0 128x128 slots, 0 64x46 slots
>Font cache: 0 fonts
>
>waiting for X server to shut down mac64ProgramClkMach64ct: Warning: Q <
>16.66666667
>
>I have a PII 400 MHz, 64 MB RAM, and a P2XBL/e Rev A+ System board.
>
>I am running Red Hat 5.2 with 2.0 kernel and XFree86 3.3.2.3-25.
>Please can someone help me on this, I want to get stuck into KDE
>installation and configuration, but I want to get this sorted first. In
>640 x 480 my monitor chops off a bit of the screen at the right, so I
>can't see some stuff.
>
>I would appreciate a copy to my email if you are replying from a
>newsgroup.
>
>Thanks.
>
>--
>Dominic Hargreaves
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>http://fly.to/dominic
>"If at first you don't succeed, you must be a programmer"
>
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From: Thomas Zajic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: No X window !!!!!!!!!
Date: Sun, 18 Apr 1999 12:46:01 GMT
D0uG wrote:
> I can't start xwindow with the command "startx". He says that there
> are no servers installed.
> I've a intel740 AGP 8mb video-card.
> Who can help me!!!!
> D0uG :-((
Hmmmmm ... well, if it doesn�t start and complains that there are no
servers installed, how about _installing_a_server_?! ;-) You�ll need
at least the XF86_SVGA server, plus XF86_VGA16 if you intend to run
XF86Setup (the GUI setup tool).
ftp://ftp.xfree86.org/pub/XFree86/3.3.3.1/binaries/
Choose the proper subdirectory for your architecture/libc, then go
to the �Servers� subdirectory and get XSVGA.tgz and XVG16.tgz.
HTH,
Thomas
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From: Charles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Printer Recommendations
Date: 18 Apr 1999 13:11:13 GMT
I'm in the market for a new printer in the $260CDN range. I'm looking
for suggestions of *current printers* which are Linux-compatible. I've
checked the GhostScript how-to and a couple of other places which all
seem to list older supported printers.
Any help is greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Charles
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From: Harald Arnesen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: sane and snapscan310
Date: 17 Apr 1999 22:28:55 +0200
Ralph Schleifer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I've got a problem accessing my AGFA SnapScan 310 scanner attatched
> to a ASUS SC200 SCSI card although the find-scanner command says
>
> Does anybody have an idea what the problem is?
The simplest solution is to upgrade to the new sane-pre1.01.
--
Harald Arnesen, Apall�kkveien 23 A, N-0956 Oslo, Norway
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From: "dpc" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Hardware conflicting - give me a hand, please
Date: Sun, 18 Apr 1999 01:50:20 -0400
I'll try this one more time, and then linux gets thrown out the window :)
(probably not, actually)
Over the past three weeks, I have installed the different flavors of RedHat
5.9, Debian 2.1, and SuSE 6.0. I've had problems with all, but I think I've
settled on SuSE. Nevertheless, all have generally given me the same problem
with no way to solve it.
Overview of problem:
I cannot get my AWE64 isa PnP, pci ethernet card, and pci Promise Ultra66
add-on card working all at the same time. If I get sound to work - I can
use my ethernet or my add-on card, _but not both_. When sound doesn't work,
then I can get both ethernet and my add-on card to work. Alright, now the
gory details as to WHY this happens.
Detailed info:
The way I get my sound card to work is by disabling a setting in the
BIOS. That setting is "PnP OS installed". So when that is set to no - my
sound card works. After enabling that setting - my sound card doesn't work.
All that comes up on boot is Sound init started and Sound init completed. I
believe I'm assuming correctly in that this is an IRQ conflict, but why the
hell does changing that setting render my sound card useless? And is there
a way to solve this WITHOUT buying OSS. OSS works and all, but I would
rather get this working without any of those additional drivers.
I'm running Kernel 2.2.6 (Also tried this on 2.0.36 and 2.2.5) with Sound
card support compiled into the kernel. Please somebody help me, as I am
getting VERY desperate. I would LOVE to use linux as my primary OS, but
this one little obstacle stands in my way and I will leave The Dark Side and
join your forces if someone who browses these newsgroups can aid me in
getting everything working. Thank you very much!
dpc
Remove _NOSPAM_ to e-mail me directly - My apologies for any inconvenience.
p.s. When sound card works and I enable my ide add-on card - I receieve the
following error from my 3com 3C905B-TX
SIOCSIFFLAGS Resource Temporarily unavailable - Ring a bell anybody??!
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From: Ralph Blach <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: promise pci ide cards
Date: Mon, 12 Apr 1999 07:48:48 -0400
Hi,
are the promise pci ide cards supported by linux?
There website is
http://www.promise.com
Thanks
Chip
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Date: Sun, 18 Apr 1999 10:25:07 -0400
From: Sung-Ho Maeung <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.advocacy,alt.os.linux
Subject: booting problem.
Hello.
I edited a user's count, exactly I deleted the user using linuxconf.
and then I rebooted the linux ( redhat5.2)system,
After that, I got error messages as follows: I couldn't boot the system.
===============================
.......
INIT: version 2.74 booting
INIT: cannot execute "/etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit"
INIT:entering runlevel:3
INIT:cannot execute "/etc/rc.d/rc"
INIT:ld"1" respawing too fast:disabled for 5 minutes
INIT:ld"2" respawing too fast:disabled for 5 minutes
INIT:ld"3" respawing too fast:disabled for 5 minutes
INIT:ld"4" respawing too fast:disabled for 5 minutes
INIT:ld"5" respawing too fast:disabled for 5 minutes
INIT:ld"6" respawing too fast:disabled for 5 minutes
no more processes left in this runlevel.
==============================================
How can I fix these error messages?
I tried to get into the system using the resuse.img booting disk,
but there was not any command to fix it.. it was like base directory and
files in there when I get into there using the rescued disk,
I got it from Redhat ftp site.
please help, if you know what problems are, I think it is terrible
thing.
or, could you please recommend whether there is a good site to
figure it out?
please, any comment I will appreciate it.
--
=================================
Rochester Institute of Technology
Computer Science
Sung-Ho Maeung
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Simone Piccardi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: DLT tape driver
Date: Sun, 18 Apr 1999 16:13:14 +0200
Does anyone know what driver to use for a DLT tape?
Thanks
--
Simone Piccardi
Microsoft is NOT the answer. Microsoft is the Question.
The answer is: "NO!"
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From: derc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: ess1688 sound card
Date: Sun, 18 Apr 1999 09:35:54 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I've tried a lot of configurations with the suse 5.3 but none of then
work. I know that i have to use a sound blaster mode and use the mpu401
base of sb16...ES1688 .I've read a lot but i never meet somebody with
exactly the same laptop :olivetti echos P120E(with an ess1688). If
somebody have an adress...
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From: Mark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help,linux.redhat.install
Subject: Re: Problems with ATI All-in-Wonder video card config using xf86config, startx
Date: Sun, 18 Apr 1999 08:32:07 -0600
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DFarmer wrote:
> Sorry to answer my own question...
>
> Download the update to XFree86 from http://support.redhat.com/
It took me quite a few tries to get the Xconfigurator to work for my
system:
Motherboard: Abit BX6
CPU: Intel 300A Celeron
Video: ATI All-in-Wonder Pro AGP 8Meg
Sound: SoundBlaster 16
Monitor: CTX 17" Model 1769
- The ATI Card works for me on RedHat 5.2 with or without the XFree86
upgrade.
- RedHat 5.9 Beta recognizes the ATI card better
If you mess up during initial install of configuring your video card,
just type in
Xconfigurator at the # prompt and reconfigure....
Here are the steps I went through to get my card to work:
# Xconfigurator
PCI PROBE
PCI probing found a:
PCI Entry: Mach 64 GB
XServer: Mach 64
OK
MONITOR SETUP
Selected Generic MultiSync
(5.9 has my monitor listed, so I like the new Xconfigurator)
Screen Configuration
Don't Probe
Video Memory
8 Meg
Clockchip Configuration
No Clockchip Setting (recommended)
Probe for Clocks
Skip
Select Video Modes
24 Bit: "1024 x 768"
You're Done
OK
# startx
--
Mark Williams
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DFarmer wrote:
<BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE>Sorry to answer my own question...
<P>Download the update to XFree86 from <A
HREF="http://support.redhat.com/">http://support.redhat.com/</A></BLOCKQUOTE>
It took me quite a few tries to get the Xconfigurator to work for my system:
<P>Motherboard: Abit BX6
<BR>CPU: Intel 300A Celeron
<BR>Video: ATI All-in-Wonder Pro AGP 8Meg
<BR>Sound: SoundBlaster 16
<BR>Monitor: CTX 17" Model 1769
<P>- The ATI Card works for me on RedHat 5.2 with or without the XFree86
upgrade.
<BR>- RedHat 5.9 Beta recognizes the ATI card better
<P>If you mess up during initial install of configuring your video card,
just type in
<BR>Xconfigurator at the # prompt and reconfigure....
<P>Here are the steps I went through to get my card to work:
<P># Xconfigurator
<P> <U>PCI
PROBE</U>
<P> PCI probing found a:
<BR> PCI Entry: Mach 64 GB
<BR> XServer: Mach 64
<P>
OK
<P> <U>MONITOR
SETUP</U>
<P> Selected Generic MultiSync
<BR>
(5.9 has my monitor listed, so I like the new Xconfigurator)
<P> <U>Screen
Configuration</U>
<P> Don't Probe
<P> <U>Video
Memory</U>
<P> 8 Meg
<P> <U>Clockchip
Configuration</U>
<P> No Clockchip Setting (recommended)
<P> <U>Probe
for Clocks</U>
<P> Skip
<P> <U>Select
Video Modes</U>
<P> 24 Bit: "1024 x 768"
<P> <U>You're
Done</U>
<P> OK
<P># startx
<PRE>--
Mark Williams
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[EMAIL PROTECTED]</PRE>
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From: krescendo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: XServer for NVidia RIVA 128ZX
Date: Sun, 18 Apr 1999 00:33:24 -0700
Sven,
I have the same video card. It works just fine for me. You can select the
video card in Xconfigurator. However, I had problems at first because my
monitor's frequency range wasn't set right. If you set it wrong, and
attempt to go at true color, it will either not let you, or your monitor
will be toast. (It almost happened to me.)
--krescendo
Sven Bohlmann wrote:
> Hi!
>
> I'm searching for an XServer for the NVidia Riva 128ZX because the normal
> SVGA Server supports just a resolution with 640x480 pix for this graphics
> card and the windows don't fit on the desktop. Please help me!
>
> tanks Sven
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Sven Bohlmann
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> http://www.bohlmann.de
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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From: Valerio Farruggio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Moving and resizing partition under linux
Date: Sun, 18 Apr 1999 09:30:06 +0200
Hi, I've a ibm 10,1GB where i've installed WinNT, Win98 and Linux. The
distribution installed is Mandrake, but it allow only to make partitions under
the 1024th cylinder, why? Now I have the remaining cylinders unused and I can't
make partitions of any type with the space avalaible. Does anyone have a Linux
program similar to Partition Magic able to move and resize partitions or help me
in other ways ( write me how make a new linux partition and move the contents
of the first boot into it). I really need and help.
Reply to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ThankZ
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From: Chris Sherlock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.lang.c,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.x,alt.os.linux,comp.lang.c++
Subject: Re: What's the int for, was Re: [Fwd: Source Code To <snip>
Date: Sun, 18 Apr 1999 18:42:16 -0700
<tons of stuff snipped>
> >Bear in mind here that most of my serious programming has been for a
> >place that does everything in MS-DOG, which doesn't use any features
> >invented since the Stone Age.
>
> In DOS I believe it determines the ``error level'' in COMMAND.COM.
>
This is off-topic, but MS-DOS batch files can be made to test for error
level codes using the 'IF ERRORLEVEL == <value>' statements. Another
reason to stick to the recommened C standard!
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From: "Claus Jul Larsen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Diva T/A ISDN Modem
Date: Sun, 18 Apr 1999 16:43:19 +0200
Hey
Someone have an init-string to the ISDN-modem to Linux (XISP). Plus other
perferences? I've got the modem for one week ago, but didn't work! :-(
Claus Jul Larsen
Denmark
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