Linux-Hardware Digest #769, Volume #12 Sat, 29 Apr 00 15:13:07 EDT
Contents:
Re: scsi dds2 bakup (Phil Jones)
Re: BT878 TV-Karte unter Linux (Andreas Maunz)
Re: scsi dds2 bakup (Marc Andre Selig)
Re: installing NIC in redhat 6.1 (joe 90)
Re: help with a CD-R (Richard Jordon)
Re: RH 6.1 install says not enough memory (Leonard Evens)
Mount a floppy, Cdrom etc...I'm newbies...Help!!!! (Peanuts)
Re: HELP! Setting up a 'Plug and Pray' Ethernet card!! ("Morten Aarĝe")
Re: Netscape Crashing Problems (Thomas Neurauter)
Re: DMA66 and a IDE CDROM ("Morten Aarĝe")
Re: mouse makes noise ("Morten Aarĝe")
Re: Netscape Crashing Problems ("Peter T. Breuer")
Re: No Generic-SCSI-Support ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Mount a floppy, Cdrom etc...I'm newbies...Help!!!! ("Peter T. Breuer")
USB mouse support ("Morten Aarĝe")
Re: sound on a sony laptop (Thomas Neurauter)
Re: Can't manage to get a dual OS going. (Michael Kelly)
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From: Phil Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: scsi dds2 bakup
Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2000 17:25:01 +0100
"ChemSoft GmbH" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>hi all,
>
>i have got an 2gb scsi hp surestore tape.
>now i try to use it to backup my system but something goes wrong.
>the tape is detected as /dev/st0.
>i can backup files on it using tar and i can restore them. but when i tr=
y to
>append other files, tar overwrites the first backup files cause of the
>tape-drive spools to the beginning of the tape.
>another questions is how is it possible to backup more files then 2gb wi=
th
>this 2gb tape-drive.
>
>thanks in advanve
>
>Tobias
Tobias
You can use /dev/nst0 which will not rewind after tar file is w=
ritten
or you can use the mt fsf command ( see man page ) to go to start of=20
next file. If you have 1 tar file on tape mt -f /dev/st0 fsf 1 will go=
to
position to write next tarfile, by changing fsf x where x =3D number of
file you want to go to the end of.
Phil Jones
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From: Andreas Maunz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: BT878 TV-Karte unter Linux
Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2000 16:32:21 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (JEDIDIAH) wrote:
> The i2c modules typically come with the bttv driver when it is
> distributed separately. Now, if you are running a linux distro
> with the 2.2 kernel, the i2c module along with the rest of the
> bttv stuff should have been precompiled for you.
>
> [deletia]
>
> This sort of situation should only come up if you have built
> your own kernel...
>
I actually reinstalled the Standard IDE - Kernel with the standard
modules that came along with SuSE Linux 6.4 (Kernel 2.2.14).
According to /usr/src/linux/.config the Kernel is now configured to load
i2c-support as modules (as you stated).
But still I cannot execute a command like 'modprobe i2c'. It says that
it can't find a 'module i2c'
This really BUGS me! Anybody out there for help?? Anybody there who got
it working?? Thanx in Advance!
[Andreas Maunz]
"Vergangenheit und Zukunft sind in Wahrheit nichts weiter als geschickte
Täuschung"
-Albert Einstein
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: scsi dds2 bakup
From: Marc Andre Selig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 29 Apr 2000 17:52:21 +0200
"ChemSoft GmbH" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> i can backup files on it using tar and i can restore them. but when i try to
> append other files, tar overwrites the first backup files cause of the
> tape-drive spools to the beginning of the tape.
This was already answered by somebody else (/dev/nst*).
> another questions is how is it possible to backup more files then 2gb with
> this 2gb tape-drive.
Split the backup. If you use GNU tar, try options -L, -M, and -F: -L
is used to specify the length of one tape, -M switches on multi-volume
mode, and a script can be executed at the end of each tape with -F.
This script might send mail to the operator, requesting the next tape,
and pause operation until it is inserted.
This is documented in tar(1), tar.info, and the help screen you get
with `tar --help'.
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From: joe 90 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: installing NIC in redhat 6.1
Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2000 16:42:40 GMT
have you read the ethernet how to?
Thorsten Steffen wrote:
> Hi guys,
> I just installed redhat 6.1 on my pc and now I want to install a ethernet
> card. How can I add this nic (which tool, util or files) ?
> It's a HP D5013 pci 10/100 card, does somebody know which drivers I should
> use (HP doesn't have own) ?
>
> Thanx
> Thorsten
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From: Richard Jordon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: help with a CD-R
Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2000 11:09:32 -0600
"internet.usinet.rmjone2" wrote:
> Richard Jordon wrote:
>
> > I have just installed SuSE 6.4. I have a pentium 233 system with 64 mb RAM.
>There is a Smart And Friendly
> > Speed Writer attached to an adaptec 1505A scsi adapter (ISA). While the
>installation does not detect it the
> > following command works well:
> >
> > modprobe aha152x aha152x=0x140,9,7
> >
> > after this command KDE says that the system can see a single cdrom drive attached
>to the scsi host.
> > I've created a mount point for the drive : /cdrw
> >
> > but when I try:
> >
> > mount -t iso9660 /dev/scd0 /cdrw
> >
> > the system totally hangs (keyboard lockout) and only turning off the computer and
>turning it back on forces a reboot.
> >
> > The /var/log/messages files has the following lines prior to reboot:
> >
> > aha152x: BIOS test: passed, detected 1 controller(S)
> > aha152x0: vital data: PORTBASE=0x140, IRQ=9, SCSI ID=7,
> > aha152x: trying software interrupt, ok.
> > scsi0 : Adaptec 152x SCSI driver; $Revision: 1.7 $
> > scsi : 1 host
> > Vendor: SAF Model: CD-R4012 Rev: 6.0L
> > Type: CD-ROM ANSI SCSI ro
> > Detected scsi CD-ROM sr0 at scsi0, channel 0, id 5
> > VFS: Disk change detected on device sr(11,0)
> > 1.3-3: restart
> >
> > If anyone can help I'd appreciate it. I'm wondering what i can change to
>eliminate the total system hang.
> > The disks are not being changed when i try this and this scsi host + drive worked
>well under Win98.
> >
> > Thanks in advance for the help
> >
> > Richard Jordon
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> You might look in /dev and see what scd0 is and where sr0 is pointing.
> ls -l /dev/sr* to see if sr0 is pinting at scd0; might try mounting sr0
> good lck
> rfjones
Thanks for the hints! Unfortunately they didn't help :-( scd0 appears to be a normal
dev pointer and sr0
is linked to it. When I try to mount sr0 I get the same system hang up.
Richard Jordon
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From: Leonard Evens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: RH 6.1 install says not enough memory
Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2000 12:31:51 -0500
Graham Daniell wrote:
>
> I found out what it was that caused my problem. With RH 5.2, if you
> chose "server" in the install process, you got a server installed WITH
> fvm (or whatever the X interface was called).
>
> With RH 6.1, if you choose "server" as an install option, you get NO
> GUI! Only a TEXT-BASED server system!
>
> This is progress?
>
> Regards,
> Graham Daniell
> --------------------------
>
> Graham Daniell wrote:
> >
> > I am trying to install Redhat 6.1 on a PC with a Pentium 100 processor,
> > 32 MB EDO RAM, 256k cache, a 4 MB video card and a 3GB HDD with 2GB free
> > space.
> >
> > Each time I install, it comes up with a message saying I don't have
> > enough memory, and drops from Graphical install mode to text install
> > mode. After the install, I find that startx and Xconfigurator are not
> > installed.
> >
> > It seems that RH 6.1 thinks I don't have enough memory for graphics, but
> > it is MORE THAN adequate for Windoze, so why not for Linux?
> >
> > Can anyone give me a clue why this is happening?
> >
> > Graham Daniell
> > Perth, Western Australia
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> --
> Graham Daniell
> Perth, Western Australia
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I consider it progress. On a server one does not ordinarily
need a GUI interface for routine maintenance. So you don't
waste the disk space and you avoid any potential problems which
could arise from problems with the GUI.
But of course, there is absolutely nothing to prevent you
from installing a GUI interface after the basic installation.
Or you could do a custom install.
People running servers should be a bit more sophisticated
than the most naive users.
--
Leonard Evens [EMAIL PROTECTED] 847-491-5537
Dept. of Mathematics, Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL 60208
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From: Peanuts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Mount a floppy, Cdrom etc...I'm newbies...Help!!!!
Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2000 18:03:08 GMT
-- Hi thanks for your help. I'm new to the world of Linux and I have a
few question :
- How I can mount a floppy, Cdrom and the Windows partition ?
- How I can create a shortcut for the floppy, Cdrom etc...in my desktop ?
- When I mount a partition or a floppy it is mount remains when I
restarted the Linux ?
Please if you want to explain to me i'm a newbies....
Many thanks for your help !!!!
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "Morten Aarĝe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: HELP! Setting up a 'Plug and Pray' Ethernet card!!
Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2000 20:10:08 +0200
Hi!
It can be done, but u dont have to use PnP to do it. BTW: I think that
isapnpconfig is made obsolete by the kernel u use. At least I no longer need
it for running my SBAWE 64 (PnP) with kernel 2.2.14.
If it is NE2000 compatible u should be able to use the kernel driver
right away.
To configure and recompile ur kernel (It isn't as frightening as u might
think) do:
"cd /usr/src/linux" - u should have installed the source for the
kernel during installation. Otherwise install it with Yast. I believe its in
the "dev" series
"make menuconfig" - text based menu configuration, much easier that "make
config". In X u could use "make xconfig" too.
Find the drivers and enable them (see help or the man page for help on this)
when done exit saving changes.
"make dep clean"
do a "make zlilo" if u use lilo (u know if u do) or "make bzImage" if u dont
(if u dont u'll have to install the compiled kernel manually by copying it
to ur loadlin dir
"make modules modules_install"
Hopefullty u wont get any errors. The compilation should be done (all
included except the config) in about 5 minutes depending on ur system.
Since ur new to Linux I would _strongly_ recommend that u read the HOWTO's
on kernel recompilation, network and every subject u need. I know its a lot
of reading, but trust me it will pay off in the end. The HOWTO's should be
installed by default by the installation, but they are also on the CD and on
the 'Net. Do a yahoo search to HOWTO and the subject to find the relevant
docs.
As for simple instructions: There is no such thing in Linux for most
problems, as the configuration of most things rely on the setup of ur
system. Generally speaking there are as many types of unix/linux as there
are users. A lot look alike, but many are very different from each other.
Having the same distro helps, but when u start installing lib's, sources and
3rd party rpms/ tgz's it becomes very difficult to pinpoint problems
exactly. This is the both the greatest benefit and greatest problem of this
OS. When u know the system it is extrmely flexible, but when u dont its hard
to get started. Corel Linux is supposedly better in this regard, but I
haven't tried it yet.
Regards
Morten Aarĝe
> Hello,
>
> I have a Net Vin PnP card (ISA) and I am running SuSE 6.3 kernel version
> 2.213 and am trying to network it.
>
> I have read that PnP network cards are rather troublesome to get working
but
> it is possible to get them working.
> I have downloaded some information fom the SuSE WWW Database about setting
up
> such a card but I have only been using Linux for about 2 days now and I
don't
> fully understand the documentation.
>
> Can anyone give me some simle instructions on how to get my card working
and
> even send me their /etc/isapnp.conf file?
>
> Any help what so ever would be much appreciated!! Please use
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> Thanks for any help and regards,
> --
> David
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Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2000 20:11:31 +0200
From: Thomas Neurauter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Netscape Crashing Problems
Timothy wrote:
> > I am having problems with netscape crashing. Several times when a java
> > based website is running and/or opened when another netscape window is
> > opened, netscape freezezs. I have waited for the page to load, but
> > after 5 minutes I am forced to kill the application.
I had the same problem. I found out that this had to do
with my XFree86-upgrade to version 3.3.5, and the libraries
included were to new for my formerly Netscape 4.7.
Since using Netscape 4.72 everything works fine.
Well... at least it doesn't crash for java...
:) tn
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From: "Morten Aarĝe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: DMA66 and a IDE CDROM
Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2000 20:16:57 +0200
"Tom Rogers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I recently installed Mandrake 7.0. Install went great; it discovered I
> had a DMA66-equiped motherboard, installed the patch and the rest of the
> install was just as easy.
>
> I booted/installed from the CDROM. Now I keep getting an I/O buffer error
> when I try to use either my CDROM or my floppy. Per the motherboard
> manufacturers recommendation, I did not put the CDROM on the UDMA
> controller, but rather the plain old IDE controller.
On my mobo (ASUS K7M ) there is no difference. My CDROM is on a UDMA/66
controller with my primary HD working fine. So is my 2nd HD on the secondaty
controller
>
> I can still boot from either the CDROM or the floppy, can't can't access
> either once linux is up.
Are u sure u mounted them? Use "mount" to see mounted partitions. U could do
a "cat /proc/mounts" too if u have proc fs enabled.
> Both the CDROM and floppy work find under Windoze98 (which is getting
> deleted as soon as I can use my CDROM/floppy.
Congratulations. I cant quite do that yet (Too hard to play counterstrike
through Wine)
Hope it can help
Morten Aarĝe
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From: "Morten Aarĝe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: mouse makes noise
Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2000 20:29:15 +0200
The mouse may work even though the buffer is full. It does on my Win98 when
it crashes (it does quite regularly - as in > once/day - ever since the
sh**** IE 5.0 internet settings wasted itself for no apparent reason and
because "IE is an integral part of the Windows GUI..." also F***'ed up the
rest of my system) Luckily I had my trusty SuSE Linux to work on in stead
:-)...
Another reason for the overflow of the buffer is when the HD needs to
spin up after standby mode.
Morten
"Thomas J. Canich" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Does the mouse still work, in spite of the noise?
>
> The PC=speaker will make a dull _clicking_ noise when the buffer(?) for an
> input device becomes full. Sounds like for some reason this could be
> occuring on you system. Happens a lot when Windows hangs (but can't quite
> muster BSOD) and the cursor is immobile. Move the mouse around long
> enough and you'll hear a repetetive noise. Of course if your mouse is
> still functioning, it invalidates everything i just typed...;)
>
> tom
>
> "If you can't win on the scoreboard, hit them with your fists."
> --Mike, on the penguins losing to the islanders
>
> On Thu, 27 Apr 2000, robert t. lemmon wrote:
>
> > On Tue, 11 Apr 2000 20:35:30 +0200, jl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > wrote:
> >
> > >hi
> > >i've got a problem with my intellimouse.
> > >the sound card makes noise when i move the mouse, it's very boring !
> > >i have a mandrake 7.0
> > >someone told me that it was a problem with interrupts.
> > >what can i do to fix that ?
> > >thanks
> > >(please forgive my english)
> > >
> >
> > try sprinkling arsenic powder around PC case - will kill
> > mousies in short order.....
> >
> > ( sorry, i couldn't resist )
> >
>
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From: "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Netscape Crashing Problems
Date: 29 Apr 2000 18:19:32 GMT
In comp.os.linux.misc Thomas Neurauter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: I had the same problem. I found out that this had to do
: with my XFree86-upgrade to version 3.3.5, and the libraries
: included were to new for my formerly Netscape 4.7.
I am currently using XFree86 3.3.6 (compiled from source) with no ill
effects on either of my netscapes (3.0gold and 4.61). I'd upgrade
them if it were any fun ...
Peter
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: No Generic-SCSI-Support
Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2000 18:18:04 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Andrew E. Schulman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Here is the message that I get when I try to open X-CD-Roast.
> >
> > "No Generic-SCSI-Support has been detected. Without it no
SCSI-Devices
> > can be detected or used by X-CD Roast. Please load the sg-module
> > (e.g."insmod.sg") or recompile your kernal with
Generic-SCSI-Support.
>
> [snip]
>
> > Should I attempt to try to reconfigure the kernal again or is this
> > dangerous?
> >
> > Is there an easier way to go about this?
> >
> > Any help would be appreciated.
>
> Yes, you'll have to rebuild your kernel. For an easier build, try
> menuconfig (text-based) or xconfig. It takes a while to go through
all
> of the options, but they have good help messages. While you're at it,
> you can upgrade to a newer kernel, and get rid of parts of it that
> you're not using. Then install the new kernel and you should be ready
> to go. Go for it, I did and the new kernel works fine.
>
> Good luck,
> Andrew.
>
Thanks for the help,
however when I tried to do this using xconfig, great hint, I setup
everything and then was asked to run "make dep" which I did.
The result is the same when I try to use XCDroast.
I then when back to make config, and did the step by step configuration
and the same command came up to execute the "make dep" command, which I
did.
Lot's of activaty on the HS, but when I try to run xcdroast, I still get
the message above.
Any suggestionsm
Thanks
Nairda
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From: "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Mount a floppy, Cdrom etc...I'm newbies...Help!!!!
Date: 29 Apr 2000 18:42:28 GMT
Peanuts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: -- Hi thanks for your help. I'm new to the world of Linux and I have a
: few question :
These questions are certainly not appropriate to the hardware newsgroup.
Here's a (really!) helpful hint:
read your distros manual
: - How I can mount a floppy, Cdrom and the Windows partition ?
Mount /floppy, mount /cdrom, mount /windows. Depends. But you really don't
want to, and if you get an error, well, you know you have some reading
to do ...
: - How I can create a shortcut for the floppy, Cdrom etc...in my desktop ?
Depends what you are using as a desktop. If it's KDE, click on help. Or
just click. Lots of nice helpful menus will pop up.
: - When I mount a partition or a floppy it is mount remains when I
: restarted the Linux ?
No.
: Please if you want to explain to me i'm a newbies....
Then please go to www.linuxnewbie.org before you drive the rest of us
bonkers. You are only a newbie for a brief period of your life, please
make the most of it! (or someone else may decide to make it the last
period ..).
Peter
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From: "Morten Aarĝe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: USB mouse support
Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2000 20:50:02 +0200
Hi,
I use SuSE 6.0 with a 2.2.14 self-compiled kernel and the usb backport
patch. It correctly identifies my Logitech Pilot+ USB Wheel mouse (I can see
it in the bootup as device "N48", which I recognize from win9x. However I
cant see anything in /proc/bus/usb or in /dev. Now the question is how do I
activate it (get a device created for it) so I can use it in X?
It is rather confusing with 2 mice at the same time ;-)
thanks in advance,
Morten Aarĝe
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Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2000 20:51:11 +0200
From: Thomas Neurauter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: sound on a sony laptop
Derek Robert Price wrote:
> No luck. For some reason the first try at insprobe returns a "device or resource
>busy" error from init_module too. Using modprobe seems to load the sb driver but my
>cd player still seems to think it's working while
> no sound comes out of my machine - the same thing that happened while the nm256
>driver was failing to load.
Check out http://ls7-www.cs.uni-dortmund.de/~kohler/software/AcerTravelmate
and don't worry about the fact that it's written for ACER TravelMates -
they (and therefore mine too) have the NeoMagic NM256AV chip.
It worked for me and several others, so maybe you'll be lucky soon!
:) tn
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From: Michael Kelly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Can't manage to get a dual OS going.
Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2000 14:54:47 -0400
On Sat, 29 Apr 2000 08:25:12 GMT, Jonathan Bertsch
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Thanks for your help, the link you gave me solved my problem. Again
>thanks.
>
>-Jon
Glad you got it going.
Mike
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