Linux-Hardware Digest #284, Volume #10 Thu, 20 May 99 21:13:41 EDT
Contents:
tyan tsunami? (Gerald Willmann)
Can't install Linux5.2 on Presario 5660 'Help'! (Glenn)
Re: how's this for a cheap webserver? (bryan)
sndconfig (Ryan Green)
video and moniter problems ("Matt")
i'm killed 3 cd-rom drives!!! ("Jeremy Prellwitz")
Re: Zoom Modem and FreeBSD/Linux (Robert McCormick)
Re: how's this for a cheap webserver? (Rod Roark)
SCSI Controller Peformance (hoang)
Re: Zoom 56K Model 2925L PCI Modem - will it work? (Eric Fierke)
Re: NCR53c8xx SCSI detection problem :-( *HeLp* (hoang)
Re: Where to buy Symbios SCSI controllers? (hoang)
Re: Cloning a Linux box (Shawn K. Quinn - NO SOLICITING)
disk access errors on raid0-device ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Building a small linux box ("Lee Sharp")
Re: accurate timer - HELP! (Nitin Malik)
Re: accurate timer - HELP! (Donald Gillies)
Re: AMD K6-2 Problems (NeXuS)
How to load modules for new hardware
Pentium III motherboards (Damian O'Sullivan)
Re: Linux on Dell servers (Keven R. Pittsinger)
Re: Blur problem with X-Window (Robert Tomanek)
Re: how's this for a cheap webserver? (bryan)
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From: Gerald Willmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: tyan tsunami?
Date: Wed, 19 May 1999 20:19:05 -0700
anyone out there using a tyan tsunami 1830 AT mobo? Any opinions about
Tyan in general? So far I have happily used Asus but the P2B-B doesn't
seem to fit in my AT desktop case (which I need to keep so my wife won't
think it's a new computer :)
thanks, Gerald
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Glenn)
Crossposted-To: aus.computers.linux,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Can't install Linux5.2 on Presario 5660 'Help'!
Date: Thu, 20 May 1999 21:21:27 GMT
I have a Compaq Presario 5660: Pent.II, 128meg ram, 12gig HD. I used
FIPS after doing a defrag, and split my HD into 8gig for my M.S. and
have about 4gig I want for Linux. All went smooth until I went into
Disk Druid, put my cursor on Mount Point, selected hda2 the 4gig and
followed the instruction: "Press F1 to add partition. Enter / for
Mount Point. Select Linux Native, leave default 1 for size and
selected "Growable". I click Ok and get the following:
"There are currently unallocated partition(s) present in the list of
requested partition(s). The unallocated partition(s) are shown below
with the reason they were not allocated.
/............... boot partition too big"
I tried using the supplemental floppy with my CDRom still to no avail.
I am a 'newbie' working from Linux for Dummies and the Red Hat 5.2
included in that CD. Any help or guidance would be appreciated.
Compaq was of NO help. I am finding nothing on the Red Hat site.
Thanks.... Glenn, To reply by email, remove NOSP from the email
address in the header. Thanks again......
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From: bryan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: how's this for a cheap webserver?
Date: Thu, 20 May 1999 21:32:05 GMT
avoid ide for a webserver. really. I've been there...
go with the best fastest scsi disk you can afford. if you can sprint
for even a 4gig 10k rpm drive (I like the ibm's) and a good scsi
controller (tekram makes some good affordable ones) then you'll be
better off.
also go heavy on memory. go ECC ram if you can afford the extra $10 or so.
definitely get pc100 ram.
I like the BX motherboards - least amount of problems out there. asus
is the best (IMHO). p2b or even p2b-d (dual) -- that way you can
upgrade to a dual system if you have to (too many processes running in
the background).
get a cel300a and o/c to 450. get the slotkets that allow setting the
SMP bit on the celeron.
Lyn A Headley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: hi,
: I'm putting together an experimental webserver on a shoestring
: budget. I just want to be sure it will work with linux (and solaris
: for intel, if anyone has comments about that). This is my first time
: building a machine from components, so I'm probably remarkably
: clueless about some things. I have indicated my insecurities beneath
: each component. I'd be much obliged if folks would comment on any and
: all aspects of this system.
: thanks,
: -Lyn Headley
: vendor -- http://www.axiontech.com
: motherboard: $95
: ASUS:P5A ALI 512K 100MHZ 5PCI 2ISA 3DIMM AGP ATX
: -- ALI chipset OK?
: -- will it take a celeron?
: memory: $145
: HYUNDAI:128MB SDRAM HIGH DENSITY 16 CHIPS UNBUFFER
: hard drive: ($140)
: FUJITSU:MPA3084AT 8.4GB 10MS UDMA 128KB
: -- do I need a controller?
: cpu ($50)
: INTEL:CELERON-300A MMX 128KB CACHE ON DIE OEM
: fan/heat sink ($15)
: COOLER MASTER:CELERON-FAN BALL BEARING FAN & HEAT SINK
: -- does it matter what I get?
: case ($37)
: IMAGE:ATX MEDIUM TOWER 3-5.25" 2-3.5" 250 WATTS 1 HIDDEN 3.5" UL
: LISTED ATX 2.01 COMPLIANT
: -- will everything fit in here?
: ethernet card ($45)
: INTEL:PRO100 100MBPS ETHER EXPRESS PRO 100+ PCI
: CD-ROM ($40)
: SAMSUNG:SCR-3232 32X IDE INTERNAL CD-ROM 80MS 128K
: keyboard ($15)
: KEYTRONIC:REGPS2 WIN 95 KEYBOARD W/ PS/2 CONNECTOR SOFT TOUCH
: not getting a monitor
: total cost: $582
--
Bryan
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ryan Green)
Subject: sndconfig
Date: 20 May 1999 22:19:13 GMT
hi i'm hoping there is someone that can help me with getting snconfig to
work with my sound card. The card is a Opti 929 also known as MAD16, and
when i used to use dos, it would work when set as a Sound Blaster Pro.
The info i could get from win95 was :
IRQ 05, 09
I/O 0201-0201, 0300-0301, 0388-038B, 0604-060B, 0F8D-0F93
DMA 01, 03
I've tried most configurations with sndconfig under opti 929 and sound
blasters but nothing works. I get a message "error opening /dev/audio"
can somebody please help me this is so frustrating!
Thanks,
Ryan
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From: "Matt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: video and moniter problems
Date: Wed, 19 May 1999 23:11:16 -0500
I have a trident TGUI9400CXi video card and a Goldstar 1505 monitor. The
problem is that I can't get Xwindows to work. It just locks up my computer.
Is there any special settings that I need. The video card is in the setup
but not the monitor. Any help with this problem would be very helpful.
Thanks
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From: "Jeremy Prellwitz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.admin,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.redhat,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: i'm killed 3 cd-rom drives!!!
Date: Thu, 20 May 1999 04:05:20 GMT
does anyone know why i keep destroying cd-rom drives while trying to install
Linux. i can install Linux (Redhat 5.1 or 5.2) just fine when using my old
4x cd-rom drive. but when ever i've tried installing Linux using one of
those new UDMA drives i've killed it. i've wrecked a 24x, a 32x and a 36x
cd-rom drives.
why is this happening???? why is everyting ok with my 4x.
when installing...usually what happens is that the drive starts stalling or
something. it stops occasionally and then trys to spin up again....and this
goes on repeatedly...getting more frequent as time progresses....all the
time still working correctly...very slowly though mind you....until it just
dies...and doesn't start up again.
any help in this matter would very much appreciated!
Jeremy
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From: Robert McCormick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.unix.misc,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Zoom Modem and FreeBSD/Linux
Date: Wed, 19 May 1999 23:00:08 -0500
I'm using a Zoom model 2819. In order to get it to work in Linux I had
to jumper it so that the plug and play was turned off (as described in
the manual). Does the 2919 have this option?
--Robert
Mike Packard wrote:
>
> I have an internal Zoom Modem model 2919, which I am having problems
> getting it to work on FreeBSD and Linux. First, has anyone out there
> got this modem to work for them? My problem is when the modem dials
> out, the magic CONNECT answer back does not appear.
>
> Any advice would be appreciated.
>
> Mike Packard
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Rod Roark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: how's this for a cheap webserver?
Date: 20 May 1999 23:29:38 GMT
Lyn A Headley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Rod Roark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> >motherboard: $95
>> >ASUS:P5A ALI 512K 100MHZ 5PCI 2ISA 3DIMM AGP ATX
>> >-- ALI chipset OK?
>> >-- will it take a celeron?
>>
>> No. The P5A is a Super Socket 7 board and would need something like
>> a K6-2. Plus it's harder to get UDMA support out of the ALI
>> chipset. The Asus P2B is a good Slot 1 mobo for Celeron and P-II.
>>
>> But for good quality and less $$ check out the AOpen boards, for
>> example:
>>
>> AX59Pro - Super 7
>> AX6BC - Slot 1
>> MX3L - PPGA Celerons
>>
>sorry, I'm confused. My tiny brain has heard of two modern
>motherboard types, Socket 7 and Slot 1. I thought Slot 1 was for
>Pentium II's and higher, and Socket 7 was for everything else,
>including celerons. What's a PPGA celeron, and what relationship does
>it have to motherboard type?
In the Intel world we have:
Socket 7 - the original Pentium architecture, operating the
memory bus at 66 Mhz
Super 7 - downward compatible with Socket 7 but also supports
faster CPUs with 100 Mhz memory bus
Slot 1 - for Pentium II and slot 1 Celeron CPUs
Socket 370 - Strictly for the pin-grid-array type Celerons; they
look a bit like Socket 7 but are not compatible with it
and have more pins
By the way you'll have plenty of horsepower for an experimental server
without SCSI or dual CPUs. No offense, Bryan. :-)
-- Rod
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http://www.sunsetsystems.com/ and Custom Software
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From: hoang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: SCSI Controller Peformance
Date: 20 May 1999 05:31:07 GMT
Hello All-
I have a problem(?) and not sure where the source of the problem lies,
actually i am not even sure if it's a problem at all. Here is my situation:
I used to have an Adaptech 2940U SCSI controller (8 bit wide) connected to
a Seagate 15150W SCSI drive (16 bit wide) via a converter. The performance
is adequate. Recently i swicthed to a DTC 3130BW SCSI controller (16 bit
wide, chip set 53c875) and the Seagate drive is now connected directly to
the controller without the converter. But the performance now is little
worse than before. I have tried these steps:
1. Low level formated the drive
2. High level formated the drive
3. Did bench marks in Window95 and Linux. Consistent results
Here are the specs of the controller:
DTC 3130B-WIDE. Chip set SYMBIOS 53c875.
ADAPTECH AHA 2940U. Chip set AIC-7880P.
The Linux kernel 2.2.x was compiled with AIC-7xxx and SYM53C8XX.
The other problem that i am having is that i can't boot the kernel
with both controllers in the system. But i can boot the kernel with
either controller.
Here is a sample boot session:
sym53c8xx: at PCI bus 0, device 9, function 0
sym53c8xx: setting PCI_COMMAND_PARITY...(fix-up)
sym53c8xx: 53c875 detected with Symbios NVRAM
sym53c875-0: rev=0x04, base=0xe8000000, io_port=0xe800, irq=11
sym53c875-0: Symbios format NVRAM, ID 7, Fast-20, Parity Checking
sym53c875-0: initial SCNTL3/DMODE/DCNTL/CTEST3/4/5 = (hex)
05/4e/80/01/00/24
sym53c875-0: final SCNTL3/DMODE/DCNTL/CTEST3/4/5 = (hex)
05/46/80/00/08/24
sym53c875-0: on-chip RAM at 0xe8001000
sym53c875-0: resetting, command processing suspended for 2 seconds
sym53c875-0: restart (scsi reset).
sym53c875-0: enabling clock multiplier
sym53c875-0: Downloading SCSI SCRIPTS.
scsi0 : sym53c8xx - version 1.3c
scsi : 1 host.
sym53c875-0: command processing resumed
Vendor: SEAGATE Model: ST15150W Rev: 0017
Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02
Detected scsi disk sda at scsi0, channel 0, id 0, lun 0
Vendor: SEAGATE Model: ST15150W Rev: 0023
Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02
Detected scsi disk sdb at scsi0, channel 0, id 1, lun 0
sym53c875-0-<0,0>: tagged command queue depth set to 8
sym53c875-0-<1,0>: tagged command queue depth set to 8
scsi : detected 2 SCSI disks total.
sym53c875-0-<0,*>: WIDE SCSI (16 bit) enabled.
sym53c875-0-<0,*>: FAST-10 WIDE SCSI 20.0 MB/s (100 ns, offset 15)
SCSI device sda: hdwr sector= 512 bytes. Sectors= 8388315 [4095 MB] [4.1
GB]
sym53c875-0-<1,*>: WIDE SCSI (16 bit) enabled.
sym53c875-0-<1,*>: FAST-10 WIDE SCSI 20.0 MB/s (100 ns, offset 15)
SCSI device sdb: hdwr sector= 512 bytes. Sectors= 8388315 [4095 MB] [4.1
GB]
If you have ideas on why the performance of my 16-bit controller is worse
than that of the 8-bit controller. I would appreciate hearing from you.
Please email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Tnank You,
Hoang
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From: Eric Fierke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Zoom 56K Model 2925L PCI Modem - will it work?
Date: Wed, 19 May 1999 13:06:43 -0400
considering most of the programming "geniuses" are disgusted with the
concept of winmodems, I really doubt it. If you want to try, go right
ahead, but don't expect ANY support from the manufacturer.
Eric
> Maybe one day of the Linux programming "geniuses" will figure out a driver
> for these things.
>
> Meanwhile, thank you for replying. <sigh>
> =========
> Rob Clark wrote in message ...
> >In article <7hpul6$ben$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> >Stephen McGinnis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >>Well, RedHat Linux 6.0 (which I just upgraded to yesterday from 5.2) still
> >>gives an "unknown device" under "PCI devices found" for my modem. Am I
> >>still beating a VERY dead horse or has someone actually managed to get
> this
> >>particular modem to work under Linux?
> >
> >No, it's a winmodem-- you will not get it to work.
> >
> >Sorry :(
> >
> >Rob Clark, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >http://www.o2.net/~gromitkc/winmodem.html
>
>
>
>
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From: hoang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: NCR53c8xx SCSI detection problem :-( *HeLp*
Date: 20 May 1999 05:31:08 GMT
Hi,
I have an Adaptech 2940U (8-bit controller) and it is connected to a
Seagate 15150W (16-bit controller) via a converter and it works fine.
I recently purchased a DTC 3130B-WIDE (16-bit) controller ( this
controller has two type of connectors: 8 and 16 bit). I tried to
connect the same drive, cable, converter to the new controller 8-bit
connector and i can't get it to work either. If you any info on this
please drop me a line at [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Thanks,
Hoang
Thomas Skou Hansen wrote:
> 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: hoang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Where to buy Symbios SCSI controllers?
Date: 20 May 1999 05:31:06 GMT
Hello-
You can get SYMBIOS SCSI controller through DTC. Their web page
is www.datatechnology.com. I have two DTC controllers and i encountered
something that i don't understand yet. I suggest that you read
comp.os.linux.hardware for my post.
Hoang
Mark H. Wood wrote:
>
> People talk about NCR/Symbios/LSI Logic SCSI controllers, but where do
> they buy them? None of my usual suppliers list them.
>
> --
> Mark H. Wood, Lead System Programmer [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Specializing in unusual perspectives for more than twenty years.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Shawn K. Quinn - NO SOLICITING)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Cloning a Linux box
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Thu, 20 May 1999 23:50:18 GMT
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, HAC <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
| If you happen to have a bad block, dd will bite you bigtime. Much safer
| to put the new drive in the system you are cloning, run "badblocks -w
| /dev/hdx", then partition and create your swap and filesystems. The
| passthrough mode of cpio works well for duplicating filesystems.
[...]
| I did run into a cpio that was really pax - it mangled permissions on
| symbolic links. Check first.
I've done something like this by booting from a rescue disk type setup
(actually a scaled down Slackware install onto a Zip disk), mounting
both partitions, then running 'cp -a /mnt/old /mnt/new' (or similar depending
on mount point).
What's the big advantage to using cpio?
--
Shawn K. Quinn
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development.system
Subject: disk access errors on raid0-device
Date: Thu, 20 May 1999 06:57:49 GMT
Hi all,
I'm seeing strange disk errors with a raid0-device consisting of
2 ST446452W U2W-drives attached to a AHA-294X Ultra2 SCSI adapter.
There are other SCSI-disks attached to the same and also other
controllers (of the same type). When I copy large amount of data
from the other drives to the raid-device (with rdist), I often see
the following kernel error messages in the syslog:
May 17 21:24:38 horst kernel: attempt to access beyond end of device
May 17 21:24:38 horst kernel: 08:81: rw=0, want=593012863,
limit=17775891
(also with device numbers 08:71 and 08:91)
These messages then repeat all over, and the machine will eventually
become unresponsively until I reboot it.
The confusing part here is, that
08:71 points to /dev/sde7
08:81 points to /dev/sdf1 and
08:91 points to /dev/sdf11,
and that the limit in the messages is always 17775891.
The raid0-device includes /dev/sde1 and /dev/sdf1 (the ST446452W disks)
and these disks have 45953901 blocks. /dev/sde7 and /dev/sdf11 do not
exist on this system, but there are seven disks that have 17775891
blocks (the number seen as limit in the error messages). These are
ST118273LW
devices that are used as source for rdist.
So, what devices are really causing these errors? the raid-disks or the
source disks? And what about the confusing device numbers 08:x1?
Any comments?
Andreas
P.S.: I'm using Kernel 2.0.36 (SMP) and mdutils-0.41
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From: "Lee Sharp" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Building a small linux box
Date: Thu, 20 May 1999 06:47:58 GMT
Michael Mellinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in article
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>
> I want to build a Linux box that fits in a small case that I can stick
> out of the way, stuck in a corner somewhere. It will be left on 24x7,
> so I like it to be quiet and consume as little power as possible. It
> will contain a CD-ROM drive and 1 large EIDE drive. A motherboard
> with onboard video and Ethernet would be desirable. Finally, I'd like
> to keep the price to around $400. Any recommendations?
http://www.calibri.net/ They have a couply of little PCs in a box.
Cheap too. $450 Otherwise, you could look at the NLX form factor
developed by Asus. st3.yahoo.com/jinco/c6newwit10bu.html is a reasonably
loaded P2 with a 10/100 AGP Rage Pro, and CD-ROM. $495 Just add CPU and
RAM.
Lee
--
SCSI is *NOT* magic. There are *fundamental technical reasons* why it is
necessary to sacrifice a young goat to your SCSI chain now and then. *
Black holes are where God divided by zero. - I am speaking as an
individual, not as a representative of any company, organization or other
entity. I am solely responsible for my words.
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Date: Thu, 20 May 1999 20:07:19 -0400
From: Nitin Malik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.realtime,comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.hardware
Subject: Re: accurate timer - HELP!
use the "rdtsc" pentium instruction.... check the Intel Developer site
for more details
nitin
Dorin-Ioan Marinca wrote:
> Hi!
>
> Please help me in the following problem:
>
> How can I count the time (*less than 1us* - even x*10ns) very accurate
> on Linux? I search something not depended on hardware or, if not,
> something Pentium specific.
>
> (gettimeofday() return *realy* microseconds or only something rounded
> at n*10ms?)
>
> (A linked question: How can I calculate the exact clock frequency for
> an Pentium Processor?)
>
> Thanks in advance for any help (docs / ideas / www pointer / ...),
> D.I.M.
>
> --
> Dorin-Ioan MARINCA
> email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> tel: 00 33 - (0)4 72 15 56 81
>
>
--
nitin
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Donald Gillies)
Crossposted-To: comp.realtime,comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.hardware
Subject: Re: accurate timer - HELP!
Date: 20 May 1999 16:52:19 -0700
killbill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> Dorin-Ioan Marinca <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> How can I count the time (*less than 1us* - even x*10ns) very accurate
>> on Linux? I search something not depended on hardware or, if not,
>> something Pentium specific.
>>
>> (gettimeofday() return *realy* microseconds or only something rounded
>> at n*10ms?)
starting with the Pentium and PowerPC both there are clock
cycle-counter registers. These increment at the rate of the system
clock or the bus clock. On the last PowerPC I used, we had a 6.25 Mhz
bus clock rate, so you'd get 160 nanosecond accuracy. Check the
assembly language manuals for Pentium. For an embedded PowerPC, this
routine would do it :
time32_cpp:
time32:
isync /* prevent ppc speculative time reads. */
mftb r3
blr
On a system host like Linux, you've got to expect at least 500 ns or
even 1 microsec just to get into the kernel, so gettimeofday() is
probably all the accuracy you can really hope to get...
Don Gillies - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Planetwide Software, Inc.
(consultant) / Globalstar Satellite CDMA Project, Qualcomm Inc.,
6455 Lusk Blvd San Diego, California 92121 - phone: 619-651-2326.
Adjunct Professor of EE, UBC, Vancouver BC Canada V6T 1Z4
http://www.ee.ubc.ca/home/staff/faculty/gillies/etc/www/index.html
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From: NeXuS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: AMD K6-2 Problems
Date: Thu, 20 May 1999 23:20:14 +0200
> ->> This sounds like the problem I am getting with a new FIC VA503+ w/ K6-2 350. I
>am booting successfully with a floppy now, but I wish I could get back to the
> ->> usual way of booting from the hard disk boot partition in /
> ->
> ->Linux does _not_ have problems with properly configured K6-2 systems.
>
> Nope. It doesn't. This problem may be an issue with the motherboard
> tho. It seems that the FIC-503+ is very picky about the RAM it will work
> correctly with.
>
> Check the FIC web page under the reports section.
I'm only a newbie if it comes to linux, but I've got a similar system
running a k6-2/300. If it's a problem with the memory there is a neat
feature on this board. It uses a via chipset witch allows you, with
help of jumpers, to run your memory at 66Mhz while your system can still
use the 100FSB. This way you can still use old edo 72pinns if you want
to @ a 100 FSB. Maybe you should try that out to see if it makes any
difference. If your system runs normal with this setting enabled it
probably is your memory that doesn't work very well with this board.
It's a good board for a good price but it can be picky :-)
Hope this helps you out
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ()
Subject: How to load modules for new hardware
Date: Fri, 21 May 1999 00:36:12 GMT
Hi,
I posted earlier about a 3com509b card not being recognized at bootup.
Note that this is a piece of hardware added to an already installed system.
I have used the utilities (DOS/windoze) that come with the card to set the IRQ,
base address, and turn off PnP. Also, 1 of the machines into which I want
to install the card does not have a PnP BIOS (so there is nothing to do there).
The other machine does have a PnP BIOS, but I turned the proper IRQ to "legacy ISA"
as per some suggestions-still nothing. According to the /proc/ioports there should
be no conflict with the 3com card's base address. There are 2 possibilties
1) The kernel cannot find the card
2) The kernel is not trying to find the card
I feel it has to do with loading the modules. I am using an out of the box (prebuilt)
kernel from Redhat 5.2 I used the Kernel daemon configurator as root from X windows
to set up the /etc/conf.modules with
alias eth0 3c509
options eth0 io=0x300 irq=7
Is there something else necessary to do so that the kernel will load that module
at bootup? (I use kerneld-so no need for all that depmod, insmod, etc..)
Everything I read just seems to say set up the /etc/conf.modules.
any ideas,
thanks,
craig
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Damian O'Sullivan)
Subject: Pentium III motherboards
Date: Thu, 20 May 1999 22:10:29 GMT
Hi,
Anyone know a motherboard that will support 2 P3-500s and 1gb of RAM with
the RAM being 2 x 512mb chips??
Also what kinda speed increase should I be expecting with the extra
processor???
Thanks..
--
On the other hand, you have different fingers.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Keven R. Pittsinger)
Subject: Re: Linux on Dell servers
Date: 20 May 1999 08:10:30 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Dontae Beavers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I have Linux (RedHat 5.2) running on two 2300's.
> What do you need to know?
>
> Lewis Foti wrote:
>
>> Has anybody experience of running Linux on a Dell Power Edge 1300 server,
>> and if so would you do it again? I'd appreciate details of the hardware
>> configuration, especially what disk subsystems have been used.
You using sendmail?????????????? I'm having problems mailing thru
Earthlink, and could really dig seeing your /etc/sendmail.cf file...
Keven
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In Reavers' Deep
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From: Robert Tomanek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Blur problem with X-Window
Date: Thu, 20 May 1999 07:54:54 +0200
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> I have a computer with Sis 620 display card and AT&T 15" monitor. I installed
> Redhat 6.0/XFree86 3.3.3.1. I downloaded the XFCom_Sis server from SUSE and
> made the symbolic link. I modified the XF86Config file according to the
> articles about Sis cards, then ran X. But then I found that the screen is
> blurred, everything: letter, cursor, window, will have several "shadow"s
> beside it horizontally. What's the problem with this? And what shall I do?
> Thank you!
>
> --== Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ ==--
> ---Share what you know. Learn what you don't.---
Are you pushing the limits of your graphics card? If yes, simply
decrease mode clock in the modeline you're using in /etc/X11/XF86Config.
Robert
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From: bryan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: how's this for a cheap webserver?
Date: Thu, 20 May 1999 21:32:35 GMT
Lyn A Headley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: Rod Roark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
: > >motherboard: $95
: > >ASUS:P5A ALI 512K 100MHZ 5PCI 2ISA 3DIMM AGP ATX
: > >-- ALI chipset OK?
: > >-- will it take a celeron?
: >
: > No. The P5A is a Super Socket 7 board and would need something like
: > a K6-2. Plus it's harder to get UDMA support out of the ALI
: > chipset. The Asus P2B is a good Slot 1 mobo for Celeron and P-II.
: >
: > But for good quality and less $$ check out the AOpen boards, for
: > example:
: >
: > AX59Pro - Super 7
: > AX6BC - Slot 1
: > MX3L - PPGA Celerons
: >
: sorry, I'm confused. My tiny brain has heard of two modern
: motherboard types, Socket 7 and Slot 1. I thought Slot 1 was for
: Pentium II's and higher, and Socket 7 was for everything else,
: including celerons. What's a PPGA celeron, and what relationship does
: it have to motherboard type?
celeron is slot1 or socket370 - NOT socket-7.
--
Bryan
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