Linux-Hardware Digest #263, Volume #11 Thu, 16 Sep 99 00:13:39 EDT
Contents:
Purpose of Eepron? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Compatibly problems? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: REQ: The fastest Window Manager for a slow Laptop? (rob)
Req: Formating floppy ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Sound Blaster Pro. Can I get 16 bit sound? (Bob)
help: umax ubdx-as mboard, aic 7880 scsi problem
([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: AMD K6-2 (Scott Alfter)
Oops! ("Ken Shibley")
Re: REQ: The fastest Window Manager for a slow Laptop? (David M. Cook)
Re: What's Better: Suse 6.2 or Mandrake 6.0 ?? ("Robert M. Taylor")
Re: Kernel upgrade (Larry Ozarow)
Re: PCMCIA CD-R or CD-RW Drive? ("Brent Willcox")
Re: Does joystick work with SBLive?? (nosecret undiscovered)
Re: Creative sound PCI ? (OldUncleMe)
Re: Help with hardware, PLEASE!! (Johan Kullstam)
Re: ACI now Taking Beta Testers for Linux Laptops! (Christopher Browne)
Re: Bttv drivers won' work again :(Than (Ron Venema)
Re: Linux does not detect second CPU (Larry Ozarow)
Re: Problem with Sony SuperStation IDE tape drive (Mark Bratcher)
Re: SONY SuperStation 10GB IDE Tape Drive. (Mark Bratcher)
Re: Kernel upgrade (Mark Bratcher)
Re: Error beep codes (Mark Bratcher)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Purpose of Eepron?
Date: 16 Sep 1999 00:39:23 GMT
My motherboard calls for PC100 Unbuffered SDRAM at 100 Mhz. Some
manufactures also list a PC100 with an Eepron. I knew what the
purpose of the Eepron was but forgot. Could someone refresh my
memory?
Thank you kind person.....
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Compatibly problems?
Date: Thu, 16 Sep 1999 01:56:18 GMT
I am a new new newbie, i dont know much about anything, so I'll make
this easy and break it up:
I read in the install guide about IDE and SCSI stuff. PCI cards, etc. I
have a pentium II 350 with 64 megs dimm ram motorola 56k modem
and the cards mentioned below. would i have problems.
I want to know if the following are supported and/or easy to setup.
Ethernet card with cable modem.
ATI xpert AGP 8 Meg 3d accelerator card
rewriteable CD rom
Also, I would like to know your preference, gnome or kde? why?
Would new hardware be autodetected?
you probably answered these stupid questions a million times, i am
sorry if i am a bother. but once i know these things, My friends wont
have to go to deja.com and type their problems too! :)
thank you,
tequila_tsunami
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Share what you know. Learn what you don't.
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From: rob <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.x,de.comp.os.unix.linux.newusers,de.comp.os.unix.linux.misc
Subject: Re: REQ: The fastest Window Manager for a slow Laptop?
Date: Wed, 15 Sep 1999 19:56:38 -0600
This post is overly crossposted. Anyway, your problem is not
your window manager or your distribution, it is gnome. The same
window manager (Enlightenment) might be reasonably fast without gnome,
or Window Maker is nice. Older ones like olwm and twm are likely
to be faster yet but not quite as nice (in some opinions).
rob.
David Rabanus wrote:
>
> Hi folks,
>
> I wonder which window manager might be the fastest on a Compaq Laptop
> (Presario 1215, 24MB RAM, 180 MHz). I have installed RedHat 6.0 (Kernel
> 2.2.5-15smp) and it automatically installed the window manager
> "enlightenment" and "gnome" (although I don't understand what tasks each of
> those exactly fulfill). Anyway: I turns out that this system is VERY slow.
> Even slower than Windows 95. But that - of course - wasn't the reason to
> switch over to linux. When I try to change the window manager in the "GNOME
> Control Center" it doesn't seem to remember that when I "startx" the next
> time. But it doesn't offer me the option to save that new configuration.
>
> Now: Probably that also depends on the distribution I have.
> What is the recommendation for the slimmest/fastest linux
> version/distribution/window manager that should be used?
> Which window manager does NOT use a thousand bitmaps to display its window
> corners and radio buttons and so on?
>
> In my experience the trend goes to still fancier desktops with a thousand
> different gimmicks and gizmos constantly sucking memory and cpu time and
> that sucks (literally :-). I just want to know how to SWITCH them off. I
> hope that this doesn't impair the good reputation of linux being an
> efficient system.
>
> Thanks in advance - Dave.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Req: Formating floppy
Date: Thu, 16 Sep 1999 02:24:48 GMT
Hi,
I'm, of course, a newbie. Have a question about formating floppy to
use in Linux. I have my main pc using Windoze and another machine
with RH Linux 6.0 installed. If I format a floppy on the Linux
machine, would I be able to d/l a file on my Windoze machine and put
the file on a Linux floppy? I haven't been able to setup my Linux
machine to use the internet, so I am browsing with my Windoze machine
and d/l files to use in Linux. I would like to get my Linux machine
to connect to the internet so it would be a lot easier to d/l files,
but for now I have to use the Windoze machine. TIA
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Bob <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Sound Blaster Pro. Can I get 16 bit sound?
Date: Wed, 15 Sep 1999 22:45:30 -0400
I have a Sound Blaster Pro ( the real thing ). I can get 8 bit sound,
but some applications always try to play 16 bit sound--very unpleasant.
Is there any way to have the 16 bit sound transparently converted to 8
bit, or get the card to actually play 16 bit sound?
Thanks
Bob
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: help: umax ubdx-as mboard, aic 7880 scsi problem
Date: 16 Sep 1999 02:27:58 GMT
Lets try that again ;-)
Hi All,
I am experiencing quite a bit of trouble getting any linux kernel from
the 2.2.x or 2.3.x series to run on my server. The server stats are as
follows:
motherboard: umax UDBX-AS with integrated scsi - (AIC 7880)
ram: 96M
disks 2* seagate ST39140W
The kernel will boot and load happily until it reaches the scsi initialisation
phase. It happily detects the the onboard scsi, but dies part way through
the initialisation phase. Here is an example of what appears on the
console:
...
(scsi0) <Adaptec AIC-7880 Ultra SCSI host adapter> found at PCI 12/0
(scsi0) Wide Channel, SCSI ID=7, 16/255 SCBs
scsi0 : Adaptec AHA274x/284x/294x (EISA/VLB/PCI-Fast SCSI) 5.1.2/3.2.4
<Adaptec AIC-7880 Ultra SCSI host adapter>
SCSI: aborting command due to timeout: pid 0, scsi0, channel 0, id 0, lun 0
Test Unit Ready 00 00 00 00 00
SCSI host 0 abort (pid 0) timed out - resetting
SCSI bus is being reset for host 0 channel 0
SCSI host 0 abort (pid 0) timed out - resetting - trying harder
...
It will continue to do this until the kernel panics.
Now, the frustrating thing is that the machine currently runs redhat 5.2
with 2.0.36 version of the kernel.
Any help would be appreciated
peace
Chris
--
==============================================================================
Chris Albone email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Systems Administrator ph: +612 9351 7774
Faculty of Medicine phax: +612 9351 7778
University of Sydney, Australia
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Scott Alfter)
Subject: Re: AMD K6-2
Date: 16 Sep 1999 02:07:17 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
jwk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>On 15 Sep 1999 05:20:50 GMT, Scott Alfter
><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>problem with Netscrape...it would be nice if Microsoft saw fit to port IE to
>>Linux.) I've done a couple of kernel compiles with no problems at all.
>
>Aaargh. Go wash your hands. If there is anything else but lynx we need,
>it *may* be Opera. IE5 on Linux - complete with rampant Active-X
>controls and all the other backdoors - is a vision from the Gates of
>Hell itself :-)
I don't mean to start a browser flamewar (OK, maybe I do :-) ), but Netscape
does a horrid job of rendering pages, especially under Linux. Pages that
are easily readable with IE under Win9x end up getting rendered with fonts
that are way too small. Bumping the character size up doesn't work too well
as it often screws up the rest of a page's formatting. Netscape under Win9x
doesn't work much better either, from what I've seen on other people's
machines. I also don't like the idea of using anything that's related to
AOHell on my computers, and Netscape definitely falls into that category.
What other browsers are out there, and what are they like? I know about
Lynx (use it in some cron jobs to grab stuff automatically), but what about
browsers that run under X and/or KDE? Netscape is intolerable; it's one of
the reasons my main workstation spends more time in Win98 (where I can run
IE) than in Linux. You mentioned Opera...I've heard mention of it before;
is it any better than Netscape?
_/_
/ v \
(IIGS( Scott Alfter (salfter at (yo no quiero spam) delphi dot com)
\_^_/ http://people.delphi.com/salfter
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From: "Ken Shibley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Oops!
Date: Wed, 15 Sep 1999 23:00:10 -0400
I forgot to ask if anyone knows how to get an LS-120 superdisk drive to
assume the floppy designation in Linux.
Ken
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David M. Cook)
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.x,de.comp.os.unix.linux.newusers,de.comp.os.unix.linux.misc
Subject: Re: REQ: The fastest Window Manager for a slow Laptop?
Date: Thu, 16 Sep 1999 01:01:48 GMT
On Wed, 15 Sep 1999 17:12:04 -0700, David Rabanus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I wonder which window manager might be the fastest on a Compaq Laptop
Try Window Maker. A version already comes with Redhat 6. To run it instead
of gnome create a file in your home directory called .Xclients
#!/bin/sh
exec wmaker
Then make it executable with chmod +x .Xclients. Install the user specific
Window Maker files with wmaker.inst. Then restart X.
If you want even faster, try IceWM. It isn't as elegant as Window Maker,
though.
Dave Cook
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From: "Robert M. Taylor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: What's Better: Suse 6.2 or Mandrake 6.0 ??
Date: Thu, 16 Sep 1999 03:19:12 GMT
Depends.
I like SuSE 6.1 as a desktopper. I would rather use redhat as a server.
I understand Mandrake is an optimized redhat.
What do you want to do with it?
I play and do homework on a SuSE system and do paid work on NT and
Win'98 boxes. I work for someone else of course...
Bob
"[EMAIL PROTECTED]" wrote:
>
> "G.T." wrote:
> >
> >
> > Yeah, a bunch of slackware script kiddies stuffing the ballot box. No other
> > poll that I have seen in the last 4 years has had Slack at the top. RH,
> > Mandrake, and SuSE are all way better.
> >
>
> it depends what you mean by 'better.' i use suse and slackware and like
> them both. there is no 'better' distribution. it's all a matter of opinion.
--
Bob Taylor @ Home with Janet, Katie, Anna &
Welcome to SuSE Linux 6.1 (i386) Kernel 2.2.5
Peregrine Login:
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From: Larry Ozarow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Kernel upgrade
Date: Thu, 16 Sep 1999 02:30:08 GMT
Brian Donaldson wrote:
> I have kernel 2.0.36 on linux5.2 Red hat. Can i upgrade to 2.2.5 or
> higher, and what is the best way to do it. I have already tried to
> compile from source and the code has errors in it. What is the best
> solution to this problem?
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------
> College email address: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> Home email address: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> -----------------------------------------------------------
Do you really think the kernel code has errors in it? Well of course it
does. Anything thas size does, but that's not what your problem is.
Upgrading from 2.0.x to 2.2.x requires that a number of programs and
utilities be upgraded, beyond just compiling the kernel.
Try www.redhat.com/corp/support/docs/index.html. They have a little
HOWTO on upgrading Red Hat 5.2 systems to 2.2.x kernels.
By the way it's hard to see how comp.os.linux.hardware is the right home
for this question.
Oz
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From: "Brent Willcox" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: PCMCIA CD-R or CD-RW Drive?
Date: Wed, 15 Sep 1999 01:17:19 -0500
Reply-To: "Brent Willcox" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> You mention a PCMCIA SCSI card... where can I get one... and does anyone
> reccomend any?
I can tell you what I use-- an Adaptec SlimSCSI APA-1450A. According to
Adaptec this card is only supported under Mickeysoft OS'en, but to my
surprise the Linux PCMCIA drivers recognized it right away. I haven't used
anything other than a Zip and Jaz disk off of it, but they were flawless.
Works good under Windows * if you use that OS too. A much welcome
improvement over the parallel zip I had at the time :-)
Think I bought it at CompUSA, and this particular card has been
discontinued a long time ago. The current Adaptec product should work OK
though.
HTH,
-bw-
[*] for values of "windows" and "working" in the same sentence....
--
==============
Brent Willcox
University of North Texas (student)
mail: bwillcox at jove acs unt edu
***The Network is The Computer****
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From: nosecret undiscovered <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.uu.comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Re: Does joystick work with SBLive??
Date: Wed, 15 Sep 1999 20:00:29 -0700
SBlive uses PCI interface NOT the ISA one for which linux's stuff is
written. I have the same problem, so I am wondering if anyone else
has fixed it?
On Mon, 13 Sep 1999 14:26:56 -0500, "dkmallick"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I am trying to use my MS Sidewinder Precision Pro joystick in Linux. I am
>running Linux-Mandrake 6.0. The joystick is connected to SBLive card. I have
>installed the latest driver for SBLive ( I believe rev. 3) which is supposed
>to have joystick support. The sound is working fine with the sound card.
>
>I have compiled kernel 2.2.10 with supports for joystick as well as
>sidewinder pro as module. The module joystick.o loads fine at boot-up but
>not the sidewinder.o. When I try to do 'insmod sidewinder.o' I get the error
>message that the resource is busy.
>
>Any suggerstions as to what I can do?
>
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (OldUncleMe)
Subject: Re: Creative sound PCI ?
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Thu, 16 Sep 1999 00:34:31 GMT
It was: Sun, 12 Sep 1999 21:47:48 +1000 and with STARTLING insight,
""Jasenko Blazevic" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>"
posted "Re: Creative sound PCI ?"
to "comp.os.linux.hardware" :
-->i just typed sndconfig and my card was recognised instantly in that
-->program,nothing else,
-->have you already tried that?
-->
-->Igor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
-->news:7rdshd$9kl$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
-->> Hi
-->> I have Crativ sound PCI card, Slackware 4.0
-->> and i can't install this card under Linux.
-->> In windows I get this resources:
-->> IRQ 11
-->> Memory address e114000
-->> pnpdump didn't give any data.
-->> Can someone helps me to setup sound card ?
-->> Thanks in advanced
-->> Igor
Which pci Creative soundcard model? If it's the pci512 then you need
drivers, available from the linux page at developer.creative.com. Good
luck. The ones you need are for the SBlive. Check the chipset in the docs
supplied with the card, if it's something like emu10k1 then these drivers
are for it, untar/gzip and read the install docs. Worked for me..... This
will not involve using sndconfig or any other utility, basically just the
install program they come with. You may even have to manually remove any
script entries that sndconfig may have made to load the drivers
successfully however. /ts
tenox @ home dat com
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From: Johan Kullstam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Help with hardware, PLEASE!!
Date: 15 Sep 1999 12:49:06 -0400
"Robert Kaylor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I just installed redhat 6.0 and I am very much a newbie to Linux. It seems
> to be working just fine but I cant seem to figure out how to set up my
> modem, sound card, or my zip drive. All of which are very common brands and
> models, so I know linux must support them!! Can someone give me a little
> insight or direct me to some documentation on this matter. I'de really
> appreciate it!! Thanks
we cannot read minds or probe your hardware remotely. ;-)
please give us your hardware brands, versions and chipsets.
what kind of zip drive? ide, parallel, scsi? you will need to
compile some kind of kernel support which depends on the type of drive
interface.
meanwhile, here are some places for you to look.
for modem info
<URL:http://www.o2.net/~gromitkc/winmodem.html>
for video card visit
<URL:http://www.xfree86.org/>
for general info search with
<URL:http://www.deja.com/home_ps.html>
set `results type' to `deja classic' for sanity's sake.
enter your hardware and the word linux. see what comes up.
hope this helps
--
Johan Kullstam
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Christopher Browne)
Subject: Re: ACI now Taking Beta Testers for Linux Laptops!
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Thu, 16 Sep 1999 02:56:02 GMT
On Wed, 15 Sep 1999 13:08:43 -0400, Keith Elder
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>In an effort to assist the Linux community with promoting Linux on
>Laptops we are announcing today our efforts to build a complete line
>of Linux Laptops. Currently we need three Linux savy individuals who
>would like to help us with the Beta testing of these laptops. Please
>read further to see how this program is structured and what we are
>trying to offer. This information will be on our Linux site later on
>at www.affordablecomputers.com/linux.
Interesting proposal; the unfortunate thing that I would note is that
the pricing that gets publicized at the site is, um, rather
optimistic.
The "TS795" systems claim to have a base price of $829, which would be
not too bad except for the fact that this excludes such critical
components as:
a) CPU
b) Memory
c) Hard drive
d) CD-ROM.
A minimal system with NIC is priced at about $1300, which is far less
clearly economical...
Incidentally, it would be in Good Taste to note who the actual
manufacturer of the Laptop is, likely from the selection of makers at
<http://www.fringeweb.com/laptops.html> or
<http://www.lyngemark.com/jungle/>. That identification would be
highly helpful in establishing compatibility information...
--
"Linux poses a real challenge for those with a taste for late-night
hacking (and/or conversations with God)." -- Matt Welsh
[EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://www.hex.net/~cbbrowne/lsf.html>
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From: Ron Venema <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Bttv drivers won' work again :(Than
Date: Wed, 15 Sep 1999 20:44:32 -0700
Ron Venema wrote:
> Hi all, I'm having a problem getting my TurboTV card working.
>
> Forgive my ignorance as I'm still trying to understand the concept of
> loading modules.
>
> I am running RedHat 6.0 with most of the upgrades.
>
> First I recompiled my kernel to include modular support for bttv
> drivers. The system is not loading them however.
>
> I also included pci and pnp support. I know that that part works because
> I had a sb live sound card installed and it worked (sort of, went back
> to awe64).
>
> I then did a depmod -a and checked the modules.dep file and they were
> listed.
>
> When I do a insmod bttv.o I get the following errors:
>
> /lib/modules/2.2.5-15/misc/bttv.o: unresolved symbol i2c_unregister_bus
> /lib/modules/2.2.5-15/misc/bttv.o: unresolved symbol
> video_register_device
> /lib/modules/2.2.5-15/misc/bttv.o: unresolved symbol
> video_unregister_device
> /lib/modules/2.2.5-15/misc/bttv.o: unresolved symbol i2c_register_bus
> /lib/modules/2.2.5-15/misc/bttv.o: unresolved symbol i2c_control_device
>
> I don't understand why make modules would not have croaked when I
> recompiled the kernel?
>
> I even dl'ed the latest bttv drivers and compiled and installed them, no
> difference.
>
> When I try to run xawtv I get the following error:
>
> This is xawtv-2.40, running on Linux/i686 (2.2.5-15)
> DGA: version mismatch -- disabled
> wmhooks: gnome
> x11: 1280x1024, 32 bit/pixel, 0 byte/scanline, VidMode
> open /dev/video: No such file or directory
> can't open /dev/video: No such file or directory
> v4l-conf had some trouble, trying to continue anyway
> open /dev/video: No such file or directory
> no video grabber device available
>
> I have checked the /dev directory and sure enough there is no entry for
> video.
>
> Any help in correcting these problems would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> RV
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Thanks for the reply guys, however I am still having a problem. I ran the
update program that comes with the bttv drivers and here is the output:
[root@localhost driver]# ./update
rmmod tuner
rmmod i2c
rmmod videodev
insmod videodev
insmod i2c verbose=1 scan=1 i2c_debug=0
insmod tuner debug=0 type=5
insmod bttv radio=0 card=15
./bttv.o: init_module: Device or resource busy
[root@localhost driver]#
I ran rmmod bttv and it says it is not loaded?
Again I ran xawtv and this is the output:
[root@localhost driver]# xawtv
This is xawtv-2.40, running on Linux/i686 (2.2.5-15)
DGA: version mismatch -- disabled
wmhooks: kde
x11: 1280x1024, 32 bit/pixel, 0 byte/scanline, VidMode
open /dev/video: No such file or directory
can't open /dev/video: No such file or directory
v4l-conf had some trouble, trying to continue anyway
open /dev/video: No such file or directory
no video grabber device available
[root@localhost driver]#
What bothers me is that it looking for video in /dev which there is none.
Should there be a link to some other device?
Again thanks in advance
RV
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Larry Ozarow)
Subject: Re: Linux does not detect second CPU
Date: Thu, 16 Sep 1999 03:39:41 GMT
In article <7rpmgg$gmv$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> Hi,
> I've just bought a Dual PIII Xeon 550MHz with Supermicro
> SD2G2 motherboard; I compiled a 2.2.5 kernel with SMP
> support (followed all the instructions correctly, I think).
> The system boots ok, but it only detects one CPU.
> Is there any known problem with linux on this kind of hardware,
> or is it possible that I have a broken CPU?
>
> Thank you very much for the attention,
>
> Antonio
>
>
> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> Share what you know. Learn what you don't.
Try "uname -a" It'll report whether the currently working kernel is
an SMP kernel.
Oz
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From: Mark Bratcher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Problem with Sony SuperStation IDE tape drive
Date: Wed, 15 Sep 1999 22:57:05 -0400
J,
According to the latest README's that come with the Linux kernel, Gadi
Oxman is working on making the Superstation and Aiwa Bolt tape drives
work under Linux. I had sent him an email asking for status and offering
any help but I received not reply. That was a few months ago.
Mark
J wrote:
>
> Thanks in advance for help!
>
> I just (this evening) purchased a Sony SuperStation IDE tape drive, and
> installed it in my old P120 running RH6.0. Since I had to recompile the
> kernel anyway, I upgraded from 2.2.10 to 2.2.12 and compiled my kernel the
> same way I had before, but with the ide-tape driver statically compiled into
> the kernel. When it boots, I get a message like this (I included the IDE
> controller detection messages in case its relevant):
>
> pty: 256 Unix98 ptys configured
> PIIX: IDE controller on PCI bus 00 dev 38
> PIIX: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later
> PIIX: neither IDE port enabled (BIOS)
> PIIX: IDE controller on PCI bus 00 dev 39
> PIIX: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later
> ide0: BM-DMA at 0x3000-0x3007, BIOS settings: hda:pio, hdb:pio
> ide1: BM-DMA at 0x3008-0x300f, BIOS settings: hdc:pio, hdd:pio
> hda: WDC AC21600H, ATA DISK drive
> hdc: SuperStation-Int, ATAPI TAPE drive
> ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14
> ide1 at 0x170-0x177,0x376 on irq 15
> hda: WDC AC21600H, 1549MB w/128kB Cache, CHS=787/64/63, DMA
> ide-tape: ht0: I/O error, pc = 1a, key = 2, asc = 4, ascq = 1
> ide-tape: Can't get tape parameters - assuming some default values
> ide-tape: hdc <-> ht0, 450KBps, 6*26kB buffer, 2600kB pipeline, 110ms tDSC
>
> Here's what mt status says (with a 6.6M tape in drive):
>
> [root@ix /root]# mt status
> Unknown tape drive type (type code 0)
> File number=0, block number=0.
> mt_resid: 0, mt_erreg: 0x0
> mt_dsreg: 0x200, mt_gstat: 0x0
> General status bits on (0):
>
> Here's what it says with the tape out of the drive:
>
> [root@ix log]# mt status
> /dev/tape: Input/output error
>
> When I try to run a tar to the tape, however, it causes a kernel panic
> (looks like a problem in the interrupt service routine?). Unfortunately, I
> have not been able to capture the output from the panic(havent figured out
> how from a VGA head).
>
> Is there some way to generate a crash dump under Linux (and more importantly
> someone who could analyze it)? IANADD (I am not a driver developer), but I'd
> be happy to help work on this problem with someone who is. Please email me
> at:
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> Remove the obvious element to email me at bigfoot.com!
> Thanks again in advance!
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From: Mark Bratcher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: SONY SuperStation 10GB IDE Tape Drive.
Date: Wed, 15 Sep 1999 23:00:06 -0400
According to what I've read on DejaNews, Gadi Oxman is allegedly working
on it (his name is listed in the Linux kernel source or readme's). I
sent him a mail note to try to confirm this a few months ago but I
received no reply.
The Sony Superstation and its twin brother, the Aiwa Bolt (which is what
I have), are known NOT to work under Linux currently. Using the latest
2.2.x kernel the best you can do is tar a couple megs out to the tape
then it gives an i/o failure.
Mark
Frank Webster wrote:
>
> A NAY-SAYER REPLIES:
>
> There have been many postings in the past two months about
> these SONY SUPERSTATION ATAPI/IDE tape drives. I've CCed
> two people who've posted. Perhaps they can offer more information.
>
> Under RedHat or SuSE kernel 2.2, these tape drives do NOT work. indeed,
> there's even a comment to this effect
> in the ide-tape.c source code. chris stegmaier is wrong
> and noone should NEVER assume that a device driver exists
> for some new product. I'd be happy to sell this thing to him.
>
> Is anybody working on this problem?
> Does anybody have new information?
>
> Frank Webster
>
> Webster Info Sys Eng Associates
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 410-961-3998
>
> Dr. Frank Webster, Applied Mathematician
> Lab. for Physical Sciences, Univ. of Maryland
> 301-935-6967 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Mark Bratcher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Kernel upgrade
Date: Wed, 15 Sep 1999 23:04:29 -0400
Brian,
I have RH5.2 that shipped with kernel 2.0.36. I have had no problems
loading the latest kernel sources (2.2.12), compiling, and installing
the kernel.
I recommend:
- Make sure you read any HOWTO's regarding kernel updating and
installation
- Make sure you install all the _development_ and _libraries_ when
installing RH5.2. You will need them to build the kernel.
When you have installed everything you need, the whole process is really
very simple (see the README in the top Linux kernel source directory).
RH5.2 ships with everything you need to build the latest kernel.
Hope this helps.
Mark
Brian Donaldson wrote:
>
> I have kernel 2.0.36 on linux5.2 Red hat. Can i upgrade to 2.2.5 or
> higher, and what is the best way to do it. I have already tried to
> compile from source and the code has errors in it. What is the best
> solution to this problem?
>
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Subject: Re: Error beep codes
Date: Wed, 15 Sep 1999 23:05:46 -0400
Maik Hassel wrote:
>
> Hi!
>
> I�ve got an old Highscreen "Le Book" Laptop which gives me 1 short
> beeps, pause, 3 beeps, pause, 4 beeps, pause, 1 beep, pause after
> switching power on!
> I�ve got no information about the bios! Can anybody help me?
>
> Thanks
> Maik
Maik,
Try contacting the hardware vendor for your computer. Your problem has
nothing to do with Linux.
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