Linux-Hardware Digest #222, Volume #11 Fri, 10 Sep 99 11:13:40 EDT
Contents:
SupraMax PCI Modem under Red Hat 5.2 (Marco Costa)
Re: Changing Monitor Resolution (Chi Kwong Cheung)
Ftape, bpck driver, deviced not configured ("Richard M. Denney")
Re: CD burner suggestions? (Lew Pitcher)
New PC, linux compatible? (Paul FLOYD)
Re: Installing Linux on a notebook (Kees v Putten)
SCSI Pcmcia (Pc-Card) Devices ("Neil C. Dean")
Jaz misidentified with wrong block device (Dennis Lee)
Ethernet 100 vs 10 BT (Thomas Forlenza)
Re: 2 NICS on the same machine ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: UDMA66 HD (QuestionExchange)
SupraMAX 56k PCI Modem and Red Hat 5.2 (Marco Costa)
Re: Video card issue (QuestionExchange)
Re: AMD K6-2/300 ("JL")
Printer goes mad (Gunnar)
Re: how to use a graphic tablet (James Tappin)
NICs T/X LEDs stay off (gendro)
z-note network installation (Pascal David)
Two Problem ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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From: Marco Costa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: SupraMax PCI Modem under Red Hat 5.2
Date: Fri, 10 Sep 1999 12:25:28 +0100
Hi.
I bought a SupraMax 56k PCI and it works fine under Windows 9x/NT.
I tried to use it under Red Hat Linux 5.2 and I could not get the modem
to work.
Before I bought it, I checked
http://www.redhat.com/corp/support/hardware/intel/52/rh52-hardware-intel-14.html#ss14.3
and it says that the following (among others) are incompatible modems:
- Plug-and-Play (PNP) modems (these may be set up via isapnptools and
setserial).
- Modems that require software drivers for compression, error
correction, high-speed operation, etc.
- PCI Memory Mapped Modems (these do not act like serial ports)
- Internal SupraExpress 56k
- Internal SupraSonic 56k
- ...
But is says nothing about SupraMax. So I assumed it would work.
I have read now "Modems: Traditional, Controller-less and Soft" white
paper
http://www.supra.com/products/white-papers/communications/c-less_paper.html
and now I am afraid that is too late.
Is it possible to get the modem working in a different OS other that
Windows 9x/NT ?
And is it possible to get the modem working under Linux ?
Thank you
Goncalo
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Date: Fri, 10 Sep 1999 12:14:23 +0100
From: Chi Kwong Cheung <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Changing Monitor Resolution
Run "Xconfigurator" from the command line, it's very easy to use, it
helps if you have the monitor specs at hand when you run this.
Soltzer wrote:
>
> I'm a new linux user (as of this morning). I'm running Redhat 6.0 on a
> P2-333 Dell XPS w/ a Dell D1025HTX 17" monitor and a Diamond FireGL 1000 PRO
> OEM video card w/ 8 megs of memory
>
> I have both GNOME and KDE installed (both are latest versions)
>
> My question is how to I change my monitor resolution, it is running at
> 640x480 right now. I can't for the life of me find any controls or settings
> relating to this. Any help would be _much_ appreciated. Thanks in advance.
>
> --
> Glen McWhorter
> =================================
> I'm so close to Hell I can almost see Vegas!
> =================================
--
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Chi Kwong Cheung
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Date: Fri, 10 Sep 1999 07:08:03 -0500
From: "Richard M. Denney" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Ftape, bpck driver, deviced not configured
Lots of people having trouble with Ftape, it would seem by the reports
to the *.hardware. Me, too. After upgrading to RH 6.0 (kernel 2.2.15), I
have not been able to get ftape to work with my Ditto Easy 3200. (Was
working under RH 5.1). First I couldn't get 4.02-07 to "make" (with the
fdc-interrupt-wait lacking a timeout error, which several others have
reported in ftape mailing list). At the recommendation of someone on
that list, I downloaded the latest, greatest "unstable" version of ftape
(the September 7th, 1999 version), and got it to compile fine. Also did
the same for the latest version of ftape-tools. This also compiled fine.
I can load the modules (bpck-ftd.o, ztape, etc) fine with insert and
they show in lsmod that they are loaded. I used
"bpck-ftd,none,none,none" in the insert file, and also put this
configuration in the conf.modules file in /etc. Despite everything
seeming to be OK with module loading, attempting to invoke ftape with
ftmt -f /dev/nqft0 status (or rewind, or eom, or any other
parameter) gives the message, "device not configured".
Can anyone tell me how to deal with this?
Rick Denney
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Lew Pitcher)
Subject: Re: CD burner suggestions?
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Fri, 10 Sep 1999 12:16:05 GMT
Having just done this, I think I can answer...
Yes, in Linux, you can use re-writable CDs for software backups,
and create installable CDs for software distribution. What you
will need to do is
1) read the CD-Writing HOWTO, and the Hardware-HOWTO
2) obtain and install a supported CD-Writer drive
3) configure your kernel for SCSI support (IDE-SCSI simulation
if it is an IDE drive)
4) obtain and install the "cdrecord" package (look for it in freshmeat)
5) obtain and install a frontend package (I use "cdar" for backups, and
"cdrtoaster" for software distro CDs, but "xcdroast" is also recommended)
6) go to it.
On Fri, 10 Sep 1999 00:27:00 -0500, "Rick Carlson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>I want to use re-writeable CD's for software backups.
>I also want to be able to create installable CD's for software distribution.
>Has anyone had experience with either of these operations?
>I would like to buy a reliable CD burner that supports all current CD media.
>Speed is not an issue, but reliability is (no 'coasters', please).
>
>TIA (Thanks In Advance)
>
>Rick
>
>P.S. If reply by E-mail, remove the obvious.
>
>
>
Lew Pitcher
System Consultant
Toronto Dominion Financial Group
([EMAIL PROTECTED])
(Opinions expressed are my own, not my employer's.)
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From: Paul FLOYD <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: New PC, linux compatible?
Date: Fri, 10 Sep 1999 14:23:28 +0100
Hi,
I'm about to put together a new PC. Does anyone have any comments about
components that are *not* supported under Linux? (FWIW, I've not used
Linux before, but do have plenty of PC experience).
Asus P3B-F with 256M RAM, Pentium III 500
Symbios 21002 SCSI controller
Two Quantum 9.1G harddrives (plus my old 2G IBM SCSI-2 disk from my old
PC).
CD-RW
Plextor PlexWriter RW 8/2/20 (maybe 4/2/20 if the 8x model is too
pricey)
OR
Yamaha CRW 6416SZ
DVD
Toshiba SDM-1201
OR
Pioneer 303s
[I'm not so keen on slot loading, but it there's a big price difference,
I might put up with it]
Video
Matrox G200 AGP (perhaps G400 or G400 Max, depending on the price).
Soundcard
I'm a bit stuck here, but I'm thinking of either
Yamaha YM724
OR
AOpen AW320
(I'm not into multimedia in a big way [yet]).
Other pieces (modem, keyboard, monitor...) from my old PC.
I'm planning on installing RedHat 6.0, PartitionMagic bootmanager, as
well
as NT, OS/2 and FreeBSD (not so sure about having 2 unices though).
Any comments? I'm particularly interested in the CD-R(W) support, which
seems to be the trickiest thing.
Paul
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From: Kees v Putten <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.portable
Subject: Re: Installing Linux on a notebook
Date: Fri, 10 Sep 1999 11:53:29 GMT
In article <SBiz3.15461$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Justin W. Williams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Tomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > I would like to install Linux as a second operating system on my
Toshiba
> > Sattelite 2520CDS notebook (AMD K6-2 300 processor).
> > Will this give any problems for configuring the system for Linux?
> > Where can I find the necessary drivers?
>
> I installed Red Hat 6 on my Toshiba 2545CDS without much trouble.
Just make
> sure you have your manual (for Video Refresh Rates) and your sound
card info
> (Can be achieved from Windows9x System Command in Control Panel).
>
> The only thing that really sucks is that the modem is a *shudder*
WinModem.
> I have heard that the Toshiba Engineering guys are developing Linux
drivers
> for Toshiba Laptops, but I have not seen anything as of yet.
Hopefully it
>>> Have seen it somewhere on the net that Toshiba is developing
>>> a driver but forgot to bookmark the page..
> will come true.
>
> ----
> Justin W. Williams
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> http://www.cyberpunks.net/
> "Fascism is not defined by the number of its victims, but by the way
it
> kills them." -- Jean-Paul Sartre
>
>
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Date: Fri, 10 Sep 1999 09:19:24 +0100
From: "Neil C. Dean" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: SCSI Pcmcia (Pc-Card) Devices
I want one.
I want somewhere which sells one.
Am I stupid (Putting himself at great risk of being flamed)?
Does anyone reccomend a good one?
One which works well with Linux.
thanks everyone!
Neil
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From: Dennis Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,alt.os.linux.slackware,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Jaz misidentified with wrong block device
Date: Fri, 10 Sep 1999 08:53:29 -0400
I recently tried to mount my Jaz drive in Slackware 4.0 but the scsi
modules return a block device of /dev/sda instead of /dev/sda4. I hadn't
turned the system on in 7 months but I remember it working perfectly
before. My system logs from the beginning of the year verify this. I
forgot the specific model number but it is an Adaptec using the aic7xxx
driver.
I did have one disk (/usr mountpoint) with intermittant read seek
failures that crashed my system. That's why my system was offline for so
long. But I already recovered that data and put it on another disk.
I recompiled the kernel to search all LUNs but that didn't have any
effect. How do I force the scsi, sd, or aic7xxx driver to search a
different LUN? Or is this a totally different problem?
Dennis
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Date: Thu, 09 Sep 1999 23:26:25 +0000
From: Thomas Forlenza <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Ethernet 100 vs 10 BT
What is the wireing diagram for running 100BT cables?
Can someone point me to the right documents.
I was informed that the pins need to be wired in a particular order for
the line to handle 100 megabit. Is this true?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: 2 NICS on the same machine
Date: Fri, 10 Sep 1999 12:58:49 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Not sure, but I think that with 2 "identical" nics, the
> nic with the lower IRQ would be configured as eth0; if
> 2 different nics, then the one replying quicker to the probe
> would be eth0. Both happened to me recently.
>
> The bootup recognizes both nics as per the /var/log/messages
> but only 1 is configured; doing an ifconfig to configure the
> 2nd nic, activates and no need to reboot.
>
> Some others have been able to have "both" ethx "ifconfig"ed
> on boot but I wish I knew how...
>
> gendro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >I have some problems configuring a PC as firewall/router. I have a
ADSL
> >internet connection which I want to pipe to my other PC (p200 running
> >Win98/Linux).
> >
> >Facts:
> >On my router-to-be, I have RedHat 6.0 installed - no X - customized
with
> >minimal apps to do what I want.
> >PC: 486-dx2-66 VLB - 400 Meg HD, 16 Ram
> >NICs : 2 DLink DE220t
> >
> >My problems resides in the NIC detection and configuration.
> >Iniatial config of the cards have been done in accordance with the
> >supplier specs ie I have used the DOS software supplied with the
driver
> >to configure both cards and make sure that they have been PNP
disabled
> >and set to different I/O adress and IRQ.
> >
> >Problem:
> >At first boot, eth0 was detected which was the IO300 IRQ10 NIC.
> >So I launched linuxconf to configure the second card (eth1) as IO 320
> >and IRQ5. Next, I logged off and rebooted the machine to ensure that
the
> >new setting would take place.
> >At the second boot where ethx are loaded, eth0 successfully installed
> >but not eth1.
> >On top of that, eth0 has connected itself to IO 320 - IRQ which was
> >supposed to be IO 300 - IRQ !!!
> >
> >How come ?
> >
> >Is it possible that linux does not allow having two NIC of same
> >brand/model ?
> >OR
> >Is there any specific setting that has to be done in order to ensure
> >that the two card are treated seperately at installation time even
> >though they use the same driver ?
> >
> >Thanks
> >
> >
> >
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linux only autodetects one nic at startup. You need a line like
append="ether=0,3,eth1" in your lilo.conf for the 2nd one.
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From: QuestionExchange <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: UDMA66 HD
Date: 10 Sep 1999 13:2:31 GMT
For the time being, yes. They are working on this for (i
believe) the 2.3 series, but right now its still experimental,
so I would reccomend you not play with it, unless you can
honestly say you dont need to have the data on the disk.
> I'll ask this under the assumption that it has probably
already been asked a
> million times. Do I have to forego my UDMA66 connection
(built in to ABIT
> motherboard) in favor of a regular IDE connection to get
Linux to recognize
> that it is even there?
>
>
>
>
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From: Marco Costa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: SupraMAX 56k PCI Modem and Red Hat 5.2
Date: Fri, 10 Sep 1999 14:29:13 +0100
Hi.
I bought a SupraMax 56k PCI and it works fine under Windows 9x/NT.
I tried to use it under Red Hat Linux 5.2 and I could not get the modem
to work.
Before I bought it, I checked
http://www.redhat.com/corp/support/hardware/intel/52/rh52-hardware-intel-14.html#ss14.3
and it says that the following (among others) are incompatible modems:
- Plug-and-Play (PNP) modems (these may be set up via isapnptools and
setserial).
- Modems that require software drivers for compression, error
correction, high-speed operation, etc.
- PCI Memory Mapped Modems (these do not act like serial ports)
- Internal SupraExpress 56k
- Internal SupraSonic 56k
- ...
But is says nothing about SupraMax. So I assumed it would work.
I have read now "Modems: Traditional, Controller-less and Soft" white
paper
http://www.supra.com/products/white-papers/communications/c-less_paper.html
and now I am afraid that is too late.
Is it possible to get the modem working in a different OS other that
Windows 9x/NT ?
And is it possible to get the modem working under Linux ?
Thank you
Marco Costa
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: QuestionExchange <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Video card issue
Date: 10 Sep 1999 13:2:22 GMT
Using the XConfigurator, you should be able to force it to
accept a generic SVGA card (If its not listed, use something by
trident, they tend to make lousy cards, but they fit generics.
) You will have to make sure you also include AGP acceleration
in the kernel, and XF86Setup.
> Hi,
> I have installed RedHat Linux 6.0 on my computer with ATI
Rage 128 VR AGP 2X
> video card. Xfree86 does not support this chipset as of now.
SueS (is that
> right) Linux has a driver for this chipset. The question is
that is there
> really no way to get the card working with redhat linux?
>
> Susheel
>
>
>
>
>
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From: "JL" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: AMD K6-2/300
Date: Fri, 10 Sep 1999 07:35:54 -0600
More likely you have a motherboard with flaky components on it. Windows has
grossly inferior error reporting (I think by design), so its likely that at
least some of your Windows problems have hardware issues at the root of them
as well.
You should first move to a distrib with a 2.2.x kernel (like RH6.0), which
supports the K6 better than 2.0.x kernels.
2) If that doesnt work, recompile the kernel on another box and try tweaking
some of the PCI/IDE related options.
Good luck!
JL
Jaakko Heikkila <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:7rais1$vt$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I am having problems running Linux (RedHat 5.2) with K6-2/300 and AOpen
AP5T-3
> motherboard. Booting usually gives irq timeout errors, filesystems get
corrupted
> and new installation hangs when it tries to read from cdrom. When my
processor
> is manufactured if its date code is AFR? Is it possible I have a faulty
K6?
>
> BTW. Windows works as fine as it can... not very well.
>
> --
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From: Gunnar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Printer goes mad
Date: Fri, 10 Sep 1999 16:08:53 +0200
Hello.
When I boot my PC, the lights on my HP 6L starts blinking, it looks
like it's receving data for printing, but it stops after a few seconds,
and then both lights are on (indicating that the printer contains some
unprinted data, according to my printer manual.)
When I print, I get first a blank paper, then the things I want print.
So some crap is sent to the printer, I think this happends when Linux
(slackware 4.0 with the net.i kernel form CD) tries to find network
cards.
When I print I get an empty page unless I reset the printer.
Has anybody any idea about what I should do so the printer does not
behave like this? Can it has something to do with the BIOS settings?
I did some changes when I installed a modem some time ago...
Thank you all,
Gunnar.
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From: James Tappin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: how to use a graphic tablet
Date: Fri, 10 Sep 1999 13:54:47 GMT
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
On 9/7/99, 11:57:48 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (glibert) wrote=20
regarding how to use a graphic tablet:
> how to use a graphic tablet under linux
Not sure about the specific device. But look for the XInput extension=20
pages (I seem to recall there's an Xinput HOWTO out there somewhere -=20
I don't have the URL on me here). The WACOM tablets certainly work=20
very well.=20
The only application that I know of that can use all the fancy stuff=20
is Gimp (and then only in the development version).
James
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From: gendro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: NICs T/X LEDs stay off
Date: Fri, 10 Sep 1999 13:48:57 GMT
Goal:
Conigure an old 486 as Internet routeur/firewall for my ADSL
internet connection.
Facts:
1)I just completed the configuration of my firewall/routeur-to-be
machine.
2)I have succeeded in installing two NICS (ifconfig/modprobe stuff)on
this
machine. Both cards are running ok when querying ifconfig.
One card is config'd as DHCP.
The other card has ip 192.168.1.1 config'd.
Other facts:
3)My other is a P200 pro (with Linux/Win98) which plays the workstation
role . This machine also has a NIC properly configured on both Win98 and
(eg IP 192.168.1.2 ......).
4)These two machines are connected using a twisted pair type of RJ45
cable. This wired used to "net"work well a while ago between two Win95
machines.
Problems:
Can't telnet, ping or anything between machines.
LEDs transmit/receive (T/X) on both static IP config'd NICs never come
on when both machines are running Linux.
But When my P200 runs Win98 (and 486 still runs linux), both cards LEDs
T/X then come ON .............
Can this be caused by misconfiguration in my linuxconf network config ?
Or hardware problem (would be surprised ref above fact 4)?
Or else ?
Thanks to all !
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From: Pascal David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.portable,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: z-note network installation
Date: Fri, 10 Sep 1999 13:12:06 GMT
Hi,
I have a Zenith Z-note 425 Lnp+ (M/N IWL-4256-21-FF) with an AAUI
network interface.
I'm trying to install RH5.2 but can't found a driver for the network
card
Has anyone heard about a driver for this type of card?
Best regards
-dvd
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Two Problem
Date: Fri, 10 Sep 1999 14:08:35 GMT
I have a video card which is a nVidia TNTII M64,but it cannot be
supported by the RH6.0. Where can download the driver?
And another question the DLink DE220 net card also cannot work under
linux.Any advice?
Thanks in advance!
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