Linux-Hardware Digest #890, Volume #10 Sat, 31 Jul 99 01:13:45 EDT
Contents:
scanner driver (Bill Nevill)
Watching parallel port for a pin to go to ground? ("Matthew Delaney")
Is HP deskjet 695 a winprinter? ("Klement, Christopher (EXCHANGE:CRK:5T31)")
Re: scanner driver (Gerald Willmann)
Re: Looking for good *sounding* sound card (Justin B Willoughby)
Lexmark 1100 Printer ("Ryan Michaels")
Re: "Not found any active partition" ("Alok R Saboo")
Re: MegaRAID 762 + RedHat 6.0 (Mike Simos)
Re: Multiport NIC ("Michael Faurot")
Re: supermicro mobos (John Hong)
SCSI Hard Drive Power Management (Jonathan Golob)
ATI RAGE FURY... again... (Lord Drakken)
Re: Intel Pro/100+ Server Adapter. (Mike Simos)
Re: #@$%&%( WINMODEMS are a pain in the A#$^& (coffee)
[EMAIL PROTECTED] 37011
([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Intel Pro/100+ Server Adapter. ("Concerned Netizen")
Onboard sound with VIA's MVP4 (Mark M)
Errors reading BIG DVDs (Tom Harrison)
Re: What linux for my 386 ? ("Chi K. Chan")
Re: Promise + IBM 22Gig (Lam Nguyen)
Re: Linksys EtherFast Problem ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
FS DAC 960 Raid Controllers (Melb) ("Tony Platt")
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From: Bill Nevill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: scanner driver
Date: Fri, 30 Jul 1999 19:16:58 +0000
Please help,
Pretty much a newbie here. Looking for a device driver for an
InfoPeripherals Scanner, Model FB613. This is a TWAIN compliant scanner
(if that means anything at all). Have contacted manufacturer who and
can't get even get an auto reply :-( Have ditched Windoze on server,
and would *really* like to do same on workstation, but MUST keep scanner
on line. If anyone can direct me to an appropriate device driver, or a
collection of likely drivers, I'd most appreciate it.
If at all possible, please reply via email, as time to search for
replies in newsgroup is very limited. Thank you.
Bill Nevill
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From: "Matthew Delaney" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Watching parallel port for a pin to go to ground?
Date: Fri, 30 Jul 1999 21:29:26 -0400
Is there any way to have my Linux box watch the parallel port and wait for a
pin to get shorted to ground (or another pin if that works better) and then
take an action? I'm hoping to find a way to do this with a simple BASH if
statement, so I can execute a command based on it. I'm not C/C++ literate,
so I wouldn't be able to write a program using one of those to do it. It can
be any pin on the port, but it has to be the parallel port (I need all of my
serial ports). Basically, I want to be able to have a button, that when
pressed, will send an email (I know how to write the rest of the BASH
script, just not how to monitor the parallel port for that condition). I
guess there are 2 ways of doing this, either directly watching the status of
the port, or checking the error level of an external program that does this
already for some purpose.
Thanks!
Matt
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "Klement, Christopher (EXCHANGE:CRK:5T31)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux
Subject: Is HP deskjet 695 a winprinter?
Date: Fri, 30 Jul 1999 16:54:25 -0400
Hi I just bought the HP 695 and I can't get it to work in linux.
It just doesn't do anything... i only tried for a little while and
i'm going to tinker with it still. I believe i have to disable my pnp
support in my bios (that is what the HOWTO says). Any help will be much
appreciated. I was told by some HP guys that the 695's guts is identical
to the
694 and any other 69* printer. And I know that those others work and
I was told that this printer also will work.
I have RH 5.2 with kernel 2.2.6.? (is it possible that I messed
something
up when i recompiled my kernel... i put in printer support i believe)
Thanks in advance
Chris
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From: Gerald Willmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: scanner driver
Date: Fri, 30 Jul 1999 18:17:11 -0700
On Fri, 30 Jul 1999, Bill Nevill wrote:
> Please help,
> Pretty much a newbie here. Looking for a device driver for an
> InfoPeripherals Scanner, Model FB613. This is a TWAIN compliant scanner
> (if that means anything at all). Have contacted manufacturer who and
> can't get even get an auto reply :-( Have ditched Windoze on server,
> and would *really* like to do same on workstation, but MUST keep scanner
> on line. If anyone can direct me to an appropriate device driver, or a
> collection of likely drivers, I'd most appreciate it.
is it a SCSI/USB/parallel port scanner? if it's SCSI look into SANE,
otherwise you might be out of luck. Might consider exchanging it for
a SCSI scanner then. Recently got a HP IIc and it works fine with
xvscan (commercial version of xv including scanner support mainly
for HP scanners).
Gerald
> If at all possible, please reply via email, as time to search for
> replies in newsgroup is very limited. Thank you.
so you expect others to volunteer their time to answer your questions and
yours is to valuable to come and look for answers?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Justin B Willoughby)
Subject: Re: Looking for good *sounding* sound card
Date: 31 Jul 1999 01:56:31 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Justin B Willoughby)
David Fox (d s f o x @ c o g s c i . u c s d . e d u) writes:
> Heeeeeeeez back! <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
>> David Fox <d s f o x @ c o g s c i . u c s d . e d u> wrote:
>> > Oh, and here are the microcode files that go in /etc/sound/.
>>
>> > begin 664 msnd.tgz
>> > M'XL(`-^8GS<``^U:"W24QW7^5L_5OUJ)F-:FI:E_2;P,1D@\2_"A`E8"NT0"
>>
>> PLEASE don't post binaries...
<snip>
> Dare I ask why not, officer?
Perhaps becuase this is a non-binary newsgroup?
- Justin
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From: "Ryan Michaels" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Lexmark 1100 Printer
Date: Fri, 30 Jul 1999 22:47:09 -0400
I have a Lexmard 1100 Printer... it's not listed, but is there a way I can
set it up to work? I have it on Postscript printer, but it goes crazy when I
try to print a test page.
Just a side note, I'm a newbie when it comes to setting up printers in
Linux.
Thanks in advance
--
RyanM019 at Yahoo D0T com
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From: "Alok R Saboo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: "Not found any active partition"
Date: Sat, 31 Jul 1999 07:58:04 +0530
This problem arises if you do not define active partition while defining the
DOS Partition. You can rerun Fdisk and use the command "Set active
partition" and set it to driv econtaining your main partition or where your
windows is loaded. Hope this solves your problem.
>From Alok.
Ian Briggs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I tried to fit a new motherboard (Gigabyte GA-5AX), but on bootup it
> returned the error "Not found any [active partition] in HDD".
>
> I've gone back to the old board, and the HDD is perfectly good, so it must
> be a BIOS setting on the new board. I'm pretty sure I've got the drive
> cable the right way round, as the new BIOS autodetects the drive -- and I
> chose the C/H/S config that matched the old board's BIOS (and also the
> config printed on the drive itself). I also checked that it was
> definitely trying to boot from the HDD.
>
> Any suggestions what else I could try messing with?
>
> Ian
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From: Mike Simos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: MegaRAID 762 + RedHat 6.0
Date: Sat, 31 Jul 1999 02:44:22 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> Has anyone been able to get the MegaRAID 762 card
> to work with RedHat 6.0? When we install, it
> locks up while probing the on-board SCSI of the
> N440BX motherboard. If we remove the card, we can
> continue on and select the AMI MegaRAID driver,
> but of course the card is no longer in the
> machine.
Are you using the Astor chassis with the N440BX motherboard? If you are
the problem is with the hot swap backplane. You need to download the
latest firmware for the hot swap backplane. Go to
http://support.intel.com/support/motherboards/server/n440bx/bmc57.htm
Download BMC57, update the hot swap backplane. You also should update
the sensor data and motherboard firmware. Then download BIOS 11 and
upgrade the BIOS. Once the hot swap backplane is updated Linux will
recognize the backplane and it will boot fine.
>
> RedHat's hardware compatibility list
> (www.redhat.com/corp/support/hardware/intel/60/rh6
> .0-hcl-i.ld-6.html#ss6.6) lists the card as
> supported, but one of AMI's tech pages,
> http://www.ami.com/megaraid/mr_drivers_release.htm
> l, says that the card is NOT supported.
RedHat 6.0 comes with version 0.97 of the MegaRAID driver. The driver on
AMI's web site is 1.01, and according to the README the MegaRAID 762
isn't supported. However I have installed this driver and it does appear
to work fine with the MegaRAID 762.
Mike
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From: "Michael Faurot" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Multiport NIC
Date: 30 Jul 1999 23:55:26 GMT
In comp.os.linux.hardware [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
: In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
: Ron Black <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
:> I would like to develope a router/gateway/firewall
:> system using a linux box.
:>
:> The ideal system would have up to eight network interfaces.
:> I am aware of an adaptec ana 62044 multiport nic. Will this,
:> or a similar product, work under any version of linux ?
:> If so, is it possible to get two such devices working ?
: Go check out http://www.znyx.com/ for other adapters. We
: manufacture PCI and CompactPCI multiport adapters with up
: to eight ports.
I was looking at the Zynx cards awhile back and was wondering if
they'll work okay with a 2.0.35 kernel running with RedHat v4.2?
--
==============================================================================
Michael | mfaurot | Don't despair; your ideal lover is waiting for you
Faurot | atww.org | around the corner.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Hong)
Subject: Re: supermicro mobos
Date: 30 Jul 1999 21:45:40 GMT
Gerald Willmann ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
: can anyone comment on supermicro motherboards, in particular the P6DBE.
: I'm mainly interested in reliability, not so much in relative speed and
: fancy features. Thanks,
Supermicro makes very reliable motherboards and have done well in
the server market, at least, that is by reputation.
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Date: Fri, 30 Jul 1999 22:35:01 -0400
From: Jonathan Golob <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: SCSI Hard Drive Power Management
Is there a tool available for SCSI hard drives (similar to hdparm for
IDE) which allows one to spin them down when they are not in use?
I know this is possible, as Windows 95 (ugh, don't make me use that
anymore) and NT 5.0 b3 do so.
Card: Adaptec aic7xxx based
the drives in question are two SCSI III-UW 7200 rpm. (not lvd)
Any suggestions would be sincerely appreciated.
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From: Lord Drakken <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: ATI RAGE FURY... again...
Date: 29 Jul 1999 21:30:31 GMT
I've got Mandrake 6.0, and this ati card. BUT, even if I've found faqs
which explains how to make the video card work on linux, I still have some
problems:
- first, I can't load startx
- I can't go into the kernel configuration
These are the problems I've encountered so far.
Try this address:
www.0wned.org/~cain/ragefury.htm
but it doesn't work for me...
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From: Mike Simos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Intel Pro/100+ Server Adapter.
Date: Sat, 31 Jul 1999 03:05:36 GMT
Concerned Netizen wrote:
>
> Does anyone know where to get drivers for the Intel Pro/100 Server adapter
> to load in Linux?
As far as I know this adapter is unsupported according to
http://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/linux/drivers/index.html#notsupported
"No board with an on-board processor is supported, because these
invariably have a proprietary/undocumented interface. (EEPro Server and
Matrox multiport PCI switch cards fall into this category.) " ^^^^^^^^
Try to load the eepro100.o module, it might work because the NIC is
based on the 82559 chip which the eepro100.o supports. However the chip
or firmware is probably modified so even if it does load it may not work
properly.
Mike
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From: coffee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux,at.linux,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.x,linux.redhat.announce
Subject: Re: #@$%&%( WINMODEMS are a pain in the A#$^&
Date: Fri, 30 Jul 1999 00:51:23 -0400
Little Fish wrote:
>
> There should be a separte HELL for Salespeople who sell Winmodems. I asked
> for a REAL MODEM FOR LINUX!!! When I setup my Redhat 5.2 I couldn't get my
> modem to work!
<major snip here>
Since there are so many winmodems on the market I always buy external
modems. That way I dont have to worry about winmodems. But I am sorry to
hear of your experience.
I dont care for winmodems either of course, But the market is rife with
them. I got stuck once with a lucent 56k winmodem and had the hardest
time getting rid of it. Finally sold it to a windoze user.
I guess they are a plague...
--
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Kokomo, Indiana, USA
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From: "Concerned Netizen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Intel Pro/100+ Server Adapter.
Date: Fri, 30 Jul 1999 14:22:07 -0700
Does anyone know where to get drivers for the Intel Pro/100 Server adapter
to load in Linux?
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From: Mark M <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Onboard sound with VIA's MVP4
Date: Fri, 30 Jul 1999 21:23:59 GMT
Hi,
I have been trying to get the onboard sound card to work on a M/B with
VIA's MVP4 chipset and was hoping for advice. It is supposed to be
SB Pro compatible, and also use the AC97 codec interface. (Not sure
about this, the M/B documentation is pitiful).
As expected, the 100% SB compatible module (sb.o) doesn't work.
/dev/sndstat lists the audio device as Sound Blaster Pro (8 BIT ONLY)
(3.02), but gives nothing under `Installed drivers:' as the howto
suggests it should. When I cat english.au > /dev/audio, there is a
pause of approx. 3s before I get the command prompt back, but no error
messages (or sound) result.
The SB compatible module (sound.o) appears to load, but no devices or
drivers appear under /dev/sndstat
Bios has the following options:
Onboard sound: Enabled
Onboard legacy audio: Enabled
Soundblaster: Enabled
SB IO = 220H
SB IRQ = 5
... more SB leagacy options ...
Do these BIOS settings sound OK?
Using 2.2.10 kernel.
Any ideas would be much appreciated.
Thanks,
Mark.
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From: Tom Harrison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Errors reading BIG DVDs
Date: Sat, 31 Jul 1999 03:30:33 GMT
I am experiencing errors when trying to access some files on large
(>4GB) DVDs. On an older version of Linux, it blows up the kernel.
On a recently downloaded and installed Redhat-6.0, I get errors
indicating unexpected buffer sizes (x802 or x808 instead of x800),
then filenames -- and the subsequent command line prompt -- become
garbled. Under Win95, the disc is readable all the way through. I
am suspicious of a addressing error or some such, but wonder if
anyone has already seen this, and perhaps fixed it....
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From: "Chi K. Chan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: What linux for my 386 ?
Date: 31 Jul 1999 04:10:41 GMT
Get another 4meg of memory. Don't know if you're in the US.
but 30 pin 1meg simms here are 1 or 2 dollars each used. You might
even be able to get if for free.
Chi
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
: Hello all.
: I would like to install a linux on my 386/4mb (no 387). I plan to use it
: only to learn/play-around with linux, and maybe some development software.
: I would like to install xWindows, too (If such a thing is possible at all
: on my Oak/512kb svga). What distribution of Linux should i download &
: install ? As an added irritation, I have a slow connection to the net,
: which i have to pay for by the hour; so i can't get, say 10mb files.
: please advise me.
: yours,
: me.
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From: Lam Nguyen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: redhat.hardware.arch.intel
Subject: Re: Promise + IBM 22Gig
Date: Sat, 31 Jul 1999 04:00:28 GMT
Buy another drive and run Raid-0. I got about 28-34Mbyte/s on 2 IBM 18G
7200RPM.
Neil L wrote:
> This is realistically about as good as you can expect. The maximum
> sustained throughput of the drive is about 18 MB/sec.
>
> Are you using the Promise Ultra33 or Ultra66?
>
> Neil L
>
> Laurent Luyckx wrote in message <7ns9dq$kbm$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> Hi,
>
> I'm using debian 2.2.10 with promise patch. The card is well recognized and
> works well. But Both on the MB controller and on the Promise Card, my HD
> give me 17,11 Mb/s. When I make : hdparm -X66 /dev/hdx, my machine is
> freezing.
>
> Can you help me to improve the performances of my disk?
>
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> http://www.searchlinux.com
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Linksys EtherFast Problem
Date: Sat, 31 Jul 1999 04:14:54 GMT
Yup! You are right. I thought DHCP would assign the gateway for me.
After I add a default route, everything is OK now. THANKS!
In article <7nstte$t9q$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Sounds like you need to add a default route--one that gets used when
> the IP is not on the local subnet. Example:
>
> root# route add default gw 192.168.1.1 eth0
>
> See the NET-3 How To for more info, particularly section 5.7, that the
> above line was extracted from: http://metalab.unc.edu/LDP/HOWTO/NET-3-
> HOWTO.html
>
> -Dan
>
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>
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From: "Tony Platt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
aus.ads.forsale,aus.ads.forsale.computers.used,aus.computers.linux,linux.samba
Subject: FS DAC 960 Raid Controllers (Melb)
Date: Fri, 30 Jul 1999 01:37:31 +1000
I have 2 DAC 960 Raid Controllers I would like to sell
They are
Model
Hewlett Packard C3610A (DAC - 960PL) PCI with one 4meg simm installed (HP
Simm)
Hewlett Packard C3609A (DAC - 960LB) EISA with one 4meg simm installed (HP
Simm)
the PCI is a duel channel 68pin controller
the EISA is a duel 50 pin controller
come with original manuals and original packaging
(the PCI comes with 2x68pin cables + 1x50pin cable and a 50 to 68pin
converter)
Drivers for these cards a available for NT Novell SCO Linux etc
Items are located in Melbourne, Australia
Open to the Highest offer
Tony Platt
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