Linux-Hardware Digest #770, Volume #12 Sun, 30 Apr 00 02:13:08 EDT
Contents:
error when mounting cdrom (Andreas Berglund)
Access to tape drive (Vu N Dang)
Re: BT878 TV-Karte unter Linux (JEDIDIAH)
\\..HP LaserJet 3150 Users... Can You Print Landscape???..///
([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: No Generic-SCSI-Support (Craig Peterein)
scsi-scanners ("kenneth smith")
Problem with External Modem Rockwell ACF 56K (2 Meg ROM) can work in linux? (Materia)
Re: scsi-scanners ("Alex")
Re: Mapping COM Port (Craig McCluskey)
Linux Woes on the horizon !!! (Yanglong Zhu)
Re: scsi-scanners ("Jeffery Stanley")
Cool it. (was: Linux Woes) (Dances With Crows)
Abit KA7 and Linux (Mark)
Re: Linux Woes on the horizon !!! (Charles E Taylor IV)
Re: Netscape error messages.. (James Waldby)
Re: I'm Looking for a printer (Michael Meissner)
Resolving Conflicts (Chris)
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From: Andreas Berglund <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: error when mounting cdrom
Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2000 19:17:36 GMT
Hi!
I have a Sonny CDU311 ATAPI cdrom-drive, when I mount it with "mount
/mnt/cdrom" I get the following error:
Apr 25 15:37:22 localhost kernel: hdc: packet command error: status=0x51
{ DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
Apr 25 15:37:22 localhost kernel: hdc: packet command error: error=0x44
Apr 25 15:37:22 localhost kernel: ATAPI device hdc:
Apr 25 15:37:22 localhost kernel: Error: Hardware error -- (Sense
key=0x04)
Apr 25 15:37:22 localhost kernel: Focus servo failure -- (asc=0x09,
ascq=0x02)
Apr 25 15:37:22 localhost kernel: The failed "Prevent/Allow Medium
Removal" packet command was:
Apr 25 15:37:22 localhost kernel: "1e 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
"
When I mount it with "mount -t iso9660 /dev/hdc /mnt/cdrom" I get the
following error:
Apr 25 15:44:22 localhost kernel: ATAPI device hdc:
Apr 25 15:44:22 localhost kernel: Error: Not ready -- (Sense key=0x02)
Apr 25 15:44:22 localhost kernel: Media load or eject failed --
(asc=0x53, ascq=0x00)
Apr 25 15:44:22 localhost kernel: The failed "Prevent/Allow Medium
Removal" packet command was:
Apr 25 15:44:22 localhost kernel: "1e 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
"
Apr 25 15:44:22 localhost kernel: hdc: tray open
Apr 25 15:44:22 localhost kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev 16:00
(hdc), sector 2
Apr 25 15:44:29 localhost kernel: ATAPI device hdc:
Apr 25 15:44:29 localhost kernel: Error: Not ready -- (Sense key=0x02)
Apr 25 15:44:29 localhost kernel: Media load or eject failed --
(asc=0x53, ascq=0x00)
Apr 25 15:44:29 localhost kernel: The failed "Prevent/Allow Medium
Removal" packet command was:
Apr 25 15:44:29 localhost kernel: "1e 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
"
Apr 25 15:44:39 localhost kernel: hdc: irq timeout: status=0xd0 { Busy }
I know this probably means there is something wrong with the drive, but
I was wondering if someone could explain a bit more detailed what the
messages actually mean?
Thanks
Andreas Berglund
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From: Vu N Dang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Access to tape drive
Date: 29 Apr 2000 19:39:48 GMT
Hi,
How could I know if a tape drive is serving for another process?
Thanks
VD
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (JEDIDIAH)
Subject: Re: BT878 TV-Karte unter Linux
Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2000 19:55:38 GMT
On Sat, 29 Apr 2000 16:32:21 GMT, Andreas Maunz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>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).
This is really quite peculiar. Any binary version of kernel 2.2.14
should come with all the associated modules including the i2c ones.
Are you sure you installed the modules? You really shouldn't need to
rebuild the source yourself.
>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!
Actually, running "modprobe bttv" should load the i2c modules
automagically for you. modprobe loads a module (like insmod)
along with all the 'dependency' modules.
I've been running a Hauppauge WinTV 401 for about a year and a half
now... but under Bughat. Under 6.x it was sufficient to merely load
bttv and tuner via modprobe. For Bughat 5.x I just got the bttv driver
source distriution from Metzler's homepage and installed that...
http://www.metzlerbros.de/bttv.html
--
|||
/ | \
Need sane PPP docs? Try penguin.lvcm.com.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: \\..HP LaserJet 3150 Users... Can You Print Landscape???..///
Date: 29 Apr 2000 20:03:18 GMT
HP LaserJet 3150 Users... Can You Print Landscape???
&
Try it...
&
OK, neither can I - and neither can a whole lot of other users either.
So far I've identified several here in Usenet, but I'm sure there are
many, many more.
&
I'm attempting to identify as many people as possible with this problem,
so we can approach HP as a group and hopefully get them of their asses and
give us an appropriate firmware revision.
&
The workaround they currently recommend is completely unacceptable, since
it requires you to lower your video graphics acceleration significantly.
This degrades the video capabilities of your entire machine!
&
I don't think so...
&
Please write me at: [EMAIL PROTECTED] if you are having
this problem so we can approach HP as a group and hopefully motivate/shame
them into fixing this.
&
I hope to heard from you.
&
Sincerely,
&
Charles Hamilton
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
&
&
PS: Flames, SPAM complaints, death threats, or any other such crap
will be completely innored.
&
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Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2000 16:44:43 -0500
From: Craig Peterein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: No Generic-SCSI-Support
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> 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.
"make dep" is but the first of many steps needed to compile, install and
boot to a new kernel.
> The result is the same when I try to use XCDroast.
Because you haven't compiled, installed or booted to the new kernel.
Read the Kernel HOWTO, normally located at /usr/doc/HOWTO/Kernel-HOWTO.
Btw, I prefer "make menuconfig" as opposed to config and even xconfig.
HTH,
--
Craig Peterein
mailto:`echo [EMAIL PROTECTED] | sed 's/[NOSPAM]//g'`
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From: "kenneth smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: scsi-scanners
Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2000 21:43:36 GMT
does any body knowhow to sget a scsi scanner working on mandrake 7.0
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From: Materia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Problem with External Modem Rockwell ACF 56K (2 Meg ROM) can work in linux?
Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2000 23:53:33 +0200
Xoltrix external modem 8FM56e can work in linux? I heard that is a
soft modem despite de fact that is external. Is that true? I been
trying to find out about this model but w/o success. Anyone knows
anything that I should know to make it work, please let me know. I
didn´t have any luck trying to connect to ISP in Mandrake 7.02 o BEos
5PE.
Jess
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From: "Alex" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: scsi-scanners
Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2000 19:21:48 -0400
Without knowing what scanner you are using then it is a scanner, all I can
say is check out the following web page. I have set up one HP and UMAX SCSI
scanner using sane ans xsane.
http://www.mostang.com/sane/
Hope this helps.
Alex.
kenneth smith ¼¶¼g©ó¤å³¹ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>does any body knowhow to sget a scsi scanner working on mandrake 7.0
>
>
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From: Craig McCluskey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Mapping COM Port
Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2000 18:46:07 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Scott Zielinski wrote:
>
> I'm trying to sync my Palm Pilot to my Linux computer, but its not
> recognising the COM port. How do I "activate" the port so the HotSync
> software can "see" it?
The setserial command might do what you want.
Craig
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From: Yanglong Zhu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Linux Woes on the horizon !!!
Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2000 20:34:49 -0700
Hi all,
I wake up to a horrific reality that some computer manufacturers may be
trying to suppress and uproot Linux and all other free Operating
Systems. How? They make computers that do not read nor write those free
OS bootdisks in drive A. It is a very bad trick upon us free OS users.
We must wake up and get together to fight this war.
I bought a Compaq Presario 5834 two weeks ago. I bought this computer
with Linux in mind. But after days of trying and calling support service
reps, I'm left stranded with a computer not at all of any use to me. At
this moment, I don't know how widespread this phenomenon is. But I urge
everybody who loves these free OS and free softeware in general do a bit
investigation to monitor this somputer industry's new move.
I suspect that this kind of restriction of Linux and other free OSes are
implemented through BIOS and/or Hardware, therefore it could defeat the
Free Software Movement if we don't get together to fight it. Or are we
ready to devise FREE BIOS and FREE OS COMPATIBLE HARDWARE???
This may be an over reaction. But it does pose the threatening
potential.
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From: "Jeffery Stanley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: scsi-scanners
Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2000 23:05:31 -0400
Dear :
Without knowing the brand of your scanner, I can only suggest you take a
look at the following web site.
http://www.mostang.com/sane/
I have set up one HP SCSI scanner (can't remember the model) and UMAX SCSI
610s using sane and xsane.
Hope this helps.
Alex.
kenneth smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> does any body knowhow to sget a scsi scanner working on mandrake 7.0
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Subject: Cool it. (was: Linux Woes)
Date: 29 Apr 2000 23:26:52 EDT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Sat, 29 Apr 2000 20:34:49 -0700, Yanglong Zhu
<<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> shouted forth into the ether:
>I wake up to a horrific reality that some computer manufacturers may be
>trying to suppress and uproot Linux and all other free Operating
>Systems. How? They make computers that do not read nor write those free
>OS bootdisks in drive A. It is a very bad trick upon us free OS users.
[snippage]
How on earth do you think they get Non-Free OSes installed? (Hint: It
has to do with a bootable CD.) Besides, I think companies would get an
immense amount of flak if machines couldn't boot from a floppy drive.
Just think, there are a few things in Win9x that require booting from a
DOS floppy. (FDISK.EXE for one.) Not to mention that flashing the BIOS
or performing rescue operations on a severely f***ed system or even using
Ghost to re-image an NT machine that's gone FUBAR all require booting from
a floppy--often a standard DOS floppy!
The only way that manufacturers could make installing a Free OS impossible
if the machine's BIOS looked on the floppy or CD-ROM drive for an Official
Signature when it attempted to boot from something other than the HD.
This would be possible, but expensive for BIOS manufacturers--too
expensive when you consider the other factors and the negative consumer
reaction that would ensue.
Threats to the free OS movement are there, but they come from other
directions. I'd be more worried about non-standard non-documented file
formats that change every 18 months (*COUGH* .doc .xls *COUGH*) than
hardware pieces at the moment, IMHO.
--
Matt G / Dances With Crows \###| Programmers are playwrights
There is no Darkness in Eternity \##| Computers are lousy actors
But only Light too dim for us to see \#| Lusers are vicious drama critics
(Unless, of course, you're working with NT)\| BOFHen burn down theatres.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mark)
Subject: Abit KA7 and Linux
Date: Sun, 30 Apr 2000 03:28:33 GMT
Hi everyone,
Before I make any purchase, is the Abit KA7 (Athlon Slot-A)
motherboard compatible with Linux??
Thanks in advance,
Mark
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Charles E Taylor IV)
Subject: Re: Linux Woes on the horizon !!!
Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2000 23:09:01 -0400
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Yanglong Zhu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> How? They make computers that do not read nor write those free
> OS bootdisks in drive A. It is a very bad trick upon us free OS users.
> We must wake up and get together to fight this war.
If we're to interpret this as more than simply a rant, you'll need to
post in more specific terms what you tried and what went wrong.
Here's one thing to try - booting a Linux CD.
> I bought a Compaq Presario 5834 two weeks ago. I bought this computer
> with Linux in mind.
Honestly, if you're buying a computer for Linux, why the heck get a
Presario other than wanting a challenge? Just one look at the things
should give a Linux user the screaming heebie jeebies.
If you're getting a system for Linux, your best bet is to buy a system
that someone's built for Linux from one of the online Linux-savvy
vendors, or build your own system using components that are known to
work with Linux.
Having said that, I've retrofitted two older Presarios to run Linux.
However, when buying a new system for Linux, current Presarios weren't
even under consideration. :)
--
========================================================
Charles E Taylor IV <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
========================================================
Visit me on the web!
http://orangesherbert.ces.clemson.edu
========================================================
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From: James Waldby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Netscape error messages..
Date: Sun, 30 Apr 2000 03:49:00 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> Netscape constantly gives errors about not being able to write to CACHE
> folder. Is it because I'm logged in as root and it can't write to
> my .netscape/cache/ directory? Also, How do I adjust the font?
> Edit|Preferences|Font settings don't have much effect. Text is too
> small and squashed together vertically. Even the max size on the fonts
> doesn't help readability.
root can write to anywhere that exists and has room,
so see if /root/.netscape/cache/ exists, and use df
or df /root to see if space is free. Of course, once
you solve the problem you should stop running netscape
as root. Maybe sooner. :)
Re the font questions, see frequent threads in
netscape.communicator.unix (use news server
secnews.netscape.com if you don't have it locally).
I have the lines below in my .Xdefaults to control
menu fonts. Note, substitute whatever fonts you
like in place of these.
Netscape*toolBar.myshopping.isEnabled: false
Netscape*fontList:-b&h-lucida-bold-r-normal-sans-14-100-100-100-p-90-iso8859-1,-
b&h-lucida-bold-i-normal-sans-17-120-100-100-p-108-iso8859-1=BOLD,-b&h-lucida-bo
ld-i-normal-sans-17-120-100-100-p-108-iso8859-1=ITALIC
Netscape*XmLGrid*fontList:-b&h-lucida-bold-r-normal-sans-14-100-100-100-p-90-iso
8859-1,-b&h-lucida-bold-i-normal-sans-17-120-100-100-p-108-iso8859-1=BOLD,-b&h-l
ucida-bold-i-normal-sans-17-120-100-100-p-108-iso8859-1=ITALIC
Netscape*banner*fontList:lucidasanstypewriter-12,lucidasanstypewriter-bold-12=BO
LD,lucidasans-italic-12=ITALIC
Also, in preferences/appearance/fonts I
have "use my default fonts" checked.
Even so, lots of docs show up in what
looks like 10-pt instead of my defaults
(24-pt) so I frequently use ctrl-alt-plus
or minus to switch from 1280x1024 to 640x480.
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Subject: Re: I'm Looking for a printer
From: Michael Meissner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 30 Apr 2000 01:14:07 -0400
Ziad Ganim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Qualifications:
>
> 1) Linux friendly (ie: supported drivers, will print ps pdf latex)
> 2) Mainstream brand (so that I can get ink, have a warranty)
> 3) Good printer overall (won't fuggle up on me, sturdy, reliable)
>
> Does anyone have experience with a printer of these qualifications? I'd
> love to hear about it.
As has been reported in this group, the Lexmark Optra series supports
postscript in hardware. Evidently the new model (Optra 45) just came out, and
Lexmark has dumped all of the old model 40's (which use the same ink as the 45)
in the clearance channels. I must say I really though the print quality was
high, particularly the text. They also put in the high capacity ink in the
printer (which is about the cost of the printer at clearance prices). I was
able to buy the printer for $84, and when I checked tonight (Saturday), they
still had 44 left at:
http://www.us.buy.com/clearance/dept.asp?deptID=70203
(there were also sightings at egghead's clearance site). Note, you will need
to put in an additional SIMM of memory to bring the memory up from 4 megabytes
(I currently have an 8 meg chip in it for a total of 12 meg, and will probably
swap it for a 16 meg chip when I retire my old PowerPC that is my pond
association's web server).
--
Michael Meissner, Cygnus Solutions, a Red Hat company.
PMB 198, 174 Littleton Road #3, Westford, Massachusetts 01886, USA
Work: [EMAIL PROTECTED] phone: +1 978-486-9304
Non-work: [EMAIL PROTECTED] fax: +1 978-692-4482
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From: Chris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.mandrake,comp.os.linux.admin,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Resolving Conflicts
Date: Sun, 30 Apr 2000 05:26:08 GMT
System: Mandrake 7.0
K6 400, 192 meg ram
I'm trying to install an Adaptec 1542 SCSI host adapter. I get the
following message during boot up
Apr 29 20:46:50 shania kernel: scsi : 0 hosts.
.
.
.
Apr 29 20:46:39 shania isapnp: /etc/isapnp.conf:139 -- Fatal - resource
conflict allocating IRQ9 (see pci)
Apr 29 20:46:39 shania isapnp: /etc/isapnp.conf:139 -- Fatal - Error
occurred executing request 'IRQ 9' --- further action aborted
Apr 29 20:46:39 shania rc.sysinit: Setting up ISA PNP devices failed
When I try to install the module
modprobe aha1542
/lib/modules/2.2.14-15mdk/scsi/aha1542.o: init_module: Device or
resource busy
Sound is not working.
Questions:
1) How can I resolve these conflicts
2) How do I determine what device my tape is. I'm assuming it will be
/dev/sga
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