Linux-Hardware Digest #843, Volume #12 Thu, 11 May 00 18:13:07 EDT
Contents:
Problems With CMI8330 Sound Card in Mandrake 7 (Charles Connolly)
Re: Problems With CMI8330 Sound Card in Mandrake 7 (Edward Lee)
NTFS: Linux performance? ("T.P Harte")
Re: mknod (Lew Pitcher)
Re: network card problem !! ("Sipke de Wal")
Re: hdc: lost interrupt (ATA drive) ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Linux and Adaptec 29160 (Tellplace)
Re: NTFS: Linux performance? (Edward Lee)
switching to FVWM from KDE (Peter Bismuti)
Re: SCSI CD-ROM problem (kevin metcalf)
netscape hangs in RH6.2 KDE (Peter Bismuti)
Re: IDE/ATAPI CD-R config confusion ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: NTFS: Linux performance? (Dances With Crows)
Re: Athlon Locks in Linux?!?! (Ed L Cashin)
Re: ISA SoundBlaster installation ("Paul Voller")
Re: modem woes for redhat, desperate for some help ("Paul Voller")
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Charles Connolly)
Subject: Problems With CMI8330 Sound Card in Mandrake 7
Date: Thu, 11 May 2000 17:34:47 GMT
My "sound card" is the built in CMI8330 on the ASUS P5A-B motherboard.I
have not been able to get it to work in any Linux. I am currently trying
Mandrake 7.0. My card is detected but no combination of settings I have
tryed makes it work. Is it possible to get updated drivers or a BUG fix
to make these work ?
Please send replys to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and carbon copy to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
-- Charles [ Mandrake 7 on I200MMX, mu on 386 and OS-9 on Cocos ]
--
- Charles.
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From: Edward Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Problems With CMI8330 Sound Card in Mandrake 7
Date: Thu, 11 May 2000 11:48:03 -0700
Get the correct driver at http://linnix.com. Avoid the Window Sound System
mode unless you are using custom mixers.
[Reposted for corrected system time. I need a new MB with working clock chip]
Charles Connolly wrote:
> My "sound card" is the built in CMI8330 on the ASUS P5A-B motherboard.I
> have not been able to get it to work in any Linux. I am currently trying
> Mandrake 7.0. My card is detected but no combination of settings I have
> tryed makes it work. Is it possible to get updated drivers or a BUG fix
> to make these work ?
>
> Please send replys to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and carbon copy to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> -- Charles [ Mandrake 7 on I200MMX, mu on 386 and OS-9 on Cocos ]
>
> --
> - Charles.
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From: "T.P Harte" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: NTFS: Linux performance?
Date: 11 May 2000 19:47:44 GMT
I am not familiar with the low-level stuff so bear with me!
[Q.] What is the performance of Linux if it is forced to
use a non-native file system? i.e. suppose that
we are forced to access (masses and masses of) data
that are stored on NTFS but we have the choice of running
Linux, then what is the performance likely to be vs ext2?
How does the file system affect the performance of any
OS for that matter?
Thanks...
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Lew Pitcher)
Subject: Re: mknod
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Thu, 11 May 2000 19:48:29 GMT
On Thu, 11 May 2000 18:56:58 GMT, "Robert L." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>i know some major/minor number ( fd0 and hda ) but not the other.
>where can i find information about this?
>
>I have find those 2 with altavista, searching "mknod /dev/fd0".
Read /usr/src/linux/Documentation/devices.txt on your Linux system
Lew Pitcher
System Consultant
Toronto Dominion Financial Group
([EMAIL PROTECTED])
(Opinions expressed are my own, not my employer's.)
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From: "Sipke de Wal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: network card problem !!
Date: Thu, 11 May 2000 22:33:06 +0200
Try to get the 3c5x9cfg.exe util and installl (under dos)
the non-pnp modus. Then set the I/O-port and the desired irq
These settings will be written to the nic's nv-ram and after reboot
you will propably able to modprobe the device.
Sipke de Wal
macabre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schreef in berichtnieuws
E9oS4.2656$[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
> http://www.utter-macabre.com
>
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, JEMI
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > hi!
> > i just installed RH linux 6.2 on an old machine as below:
> > Digital Celebris XL5100, 100MHz, 1G, 80M memory, 3Com Etherlink III
> > (3c509b/3c509)
> >
> > the problem is the network card cannot be detected although a thorough
> > probing work has been done. Can anybody advise me on this please ...
> >
> > thank very much.
> >
> > JEMI.
> >
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.mandrake
Subject: Re: hdc: lost interrupt (ATA drive)
Date: Thu, 11 May 2000 19:41:17 GMT
I have this same exact behavior in Mandrake 7.0. I was going to try to
modify Windows (in the registry I believe) to not eject the zip disk at
shutdown. I was planning on leaving the disk in there permanently.
However, I've seen a few posts saying that leaving the disk inserted in
the drive may be bad for the zip drive. What is the problem and how
large is the risk?
In article <8f96ie$4sf$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Billy Foss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> FYI:
> I had to place the zip disk in and then reboot. (ie The zip disk must
> be in the drive before linux boots.) It does not rescan the drive
> looking for the disk.
>
> You probably tried this, but I wanted to clarify it for others.
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
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From: Tellplace <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux and Adaptec 29160
Date: Thu, 11 May 2000 21:59:43 -0100
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sebastian Posner wrote:
> Any problems known using a Adaptec 29160 under Linux? Is it natively
> supported by the Kernel? Version? Driver available?
>
> TIA
> Sebastian
> --
> You're dead, Jim.
> -- McCoy, "The Tholian Web", stardate unknown
> You're dead, Jim.
> -- McCoy, "Amok Time", stardate 3372.7
I have a Adaptec 29160 running an Mandrake 7.0 witch is based on
RedHat (6.0 I think). It uses the aic7xxx driver with no problems.
System info:
AMD Ahtlon 700 MHz
256 MB RAM
Adaptec 29160
Quantum Atlas V 9.1 GB (LVD)
Plextor CDROM (12Plex) (Fast SCSI2)
Plextor CDR (Plexwriter Fast SCSI2)
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From: Edward Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: NTFS: Linux performance?
Date: Thu, 11 May 2000 12:03:48 -0700
Last time I tried, Linux NTFS driver is not stable enough for writing.
DOS file system is quite stable, but you have to be root all the time.
NFS file system is difficult to deal with if files are owned by root.
I do not notice much differences in performance. Those are just my
limited experiences with file systems.
"T.P Harte" wrote:
> I am not familiar with the low-level stuff so bear with me!
>
> [Q.] What is the performance of Linux if it is forced to
> use a non-native file system? i.e. suppose that
> we are forced to access (masses and masses of) data
> that are stored on NTFS but we have the choice of running
> Linux, then what is the performance likely to be vs ext2?
>
> How does the file system affect the performance of any
> OS for that matter?
>
> Thanks...
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Peter Bismuti)
Subject: switching to FVWM from KDE
Date: 11 May 2000 20:19:35 GMT
HI, I've installed RH6.2 as a KDE workstation. I've noticed that
my netscape keep hanging, apparently because of a bug in the JavaVM
(applets cause it to hang).
IN ANY CASE:
I'd like to try running FVWM instead, is there any way I can easily
switch over to using FVWM without major reconfiguration? Perhaps
I can set it up so I can start up either of the two?
Any ideas?
Thx!
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From: kevin metcalf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Re: SCSI CD-ROM problem
Date: 11 May 2000 16:21:13 EDT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Probably dumb questions, but:
1) Did you check the Termination?
2) Have you tried to recreate the conditions of the install and check to
see that your current configuration matches? IE, did you put the
install disk back in, reboot, and see what the install can autodetect?
Kevin
Lev Givon wrote:
>
> I successfully installed a new SCSI CD-ROM drive on a fully functional
> Intel-architecture system (Pentium III, IDE hard drive, 128 MB memory) a
> month or two ago. The SCSI card (a DPT 2024) is supported by Linux. The
> CD-ROM operated correctly at that time.The system was subsequently not
> started for about a month. When I recently booted up the system and
> tried to mount a CD, the system failed to do so. The system logs (copied
> below) appear to indicate that the boot was normal (i.e., the eata_dma
> driver used by the SCSI card was loaded):
>
> EATA (Extended Attachment) driver version: 2.59b
> developed in co-operation with DPT
> (c) 1993-96 Michael Neuffer, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Registered HBAs:
> HBA no. Boardtype Revis EATA Bus BaseIO IRQ DMA Ch ID Pr QS S/G IS
>
> scsi0 : PM2024A/9X v07C.D 2.0c PCI 0xdd90 10 BMST 1 0 N 64 64 N
> scsi0 : EATA (Extended Attachment) HBA driver
> scsi : 1 host.
> Vendor: TEAC Model: CD-ROM CD-516S Rev: 1.0G
> Type: CD-ROM ANSI SCSI revision: 02
> Detected scsi CD-ROM sr0 at scsi0, channel 0, id 1, lun 0
> scsi0: queue depth for target 1 on channel 0 set to 64
> Uniform CDROM driver Revision: 2.56
>
> When I tried to mount a CD in the drive from the console, the system
> coughed up the following:
>
> scsi0 channel 0 : resetting for second half of retries.
> SCSI bus is being reset for host 0 channel 0.
> eata_reset called pid:9 target: 1 lun: 0 reason 0
> eata_reset: board reset done, enabling interrupts.
> eata_reset: interrupts disabled again.
> eata_reset: exit, wakeup.
> scsi0 channel 0 : resetting for second half of retries.
> SCSI bus is being reset for host 0 channel 0.
> eata_reset called pid:11 target: 1 lun: 0 reason 0
> eata_reset: slot 20 in reset, pid 11.
> eata_reset: board reset done, enabling interrupts.
> eata_reset: interrupts disabled again.
> eata_reset: slot 20 locked, DID_RESET, pid 11 done.
> scsi0: device driver called scsi_done() for a syncronous reset.
> eata_reset: exit, pending.
> eata_dma: int_handler, reseted command pid 11 returned
> VFS: Disk change detected on device sr(11,0)
> attempt to access beyond end of device
> 0b:00: rw=0, want=33, limit=2
> dev 0b:00 blksize=1024 blocknr=32 sector=64 size=1024 count=1
> isofs_read_super: bread failed, dev=0b:00, iso_blknum=16, block=32
>
> Subsequent attempts to mount the drive failed; in fact, any mount
> process started after the first one (which produced the error above)
> would persist in memory despite kill -9 attempts. I looked over the
> internal connections inside the system, but nothing seems to be amiss.
> What could be causing the mount to fail? I am running RedHat 6.2 with
> RedHat's precompiled kernel (2.2.14-5.0). The system is booting off its
> single (primary master) IDE drive.
>
> Any advice or assistance would be greatly appreciated; I really must get
> this CD operational again. Remove the "nospam-" string from my email
> address if you wish to reply to me directly.
>
> Thanks,
> L.G.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Peter Bismuti)
Subject: netscape hangs in RH6.2 KDE
Date: 11 May 2000 20:26:57 GMT
HI, I've installed RH6.2 as a KDE workstation. I've noticed that
my netscape keep hanging. If I open multiple browsers, if one
hangs it often causes the others to hang.
I've noticed that running the JavaWebServer admin applet (a large
applet) causes it to hang very quickly every time, it seems to
only happen if there is one other netscape open at the same
time.
On my old machine I ran the same applet with 8-10 browsers open at
the same time never with any problem. That was with RH6.1 using
FVWM(2?).
Has anyone experienced this problem?
THx
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: IDE/ATAPI CD-R config confusion
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Thu, 11 May 2000 20:39:20 GMT
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Wolfgang Fritz
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> >BTW: If you have a CDROM on the same IDE-Bus as the CD-RW, access it via
>> >the ide-scsi also. The ide-cd and scsi drivers don't like each other.
>> >You get funny things with device names if you mix them.
>>
>> Is this the cause of my problem too?
>> I have in IDE HP8100 master on the primary IDE with no other IDE stuff.
>> I have 2 HDs and a PD drive on a Buslogic scsi. I have the standard Mandrake 7.0
>> setup. The HP is recognised at boot up, and cdrecord -scanbus detects
>> it on scsi adapter1, but I can't mount the drive. I followed the
>> instructions in the HOWTO. When I put in a normal CD and try
>> to mount the drive ro I get:
>> mount: No medium found
>>
>> - Richard Kimber
>>
>Hi,
>
>I don't have real SCSI drives in my system, so I don't know, but I think
>the problems are only between the ide-cd module and the scsi emulation
>module, not with real SCSI controllers.
Thanks for your comments. I'll thinnk about it all again, but I'm
currently starting to think that there is something wrong with the loading
procedure for modules. I'm not an expert, so my reasons for this may
be wrong:-
Firstly, when I played with Gnome toaster, one interpretation of the
error message was that sg module hadn't been loaded.
Secondly, when I tried to mount the drive after re-compiling the kernel
with the iso9660 system as a module, mount complained that that system
wasn't supported by the kernel. But why didn't it just load the
module?
Thirdly, I'm not sure what the module loader is called, but I thought
it was either kmod, or kerneld. If you do ps-ax, neither of these
features as a running process.
Finally, when re-building the kernel, although it completes
successfully, a load of warnings are thrown up, especially at the make
modules stage.
Do you think any of this is plausible?
- Richard Kimber
Political Science Resources
http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: NTFS: Linux performance?
Date: 11 May 2000 16:53:48 EDT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Thu, 11 May 2000 12:03:48 -0700, Edward Lee
<<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> shouted forth into the ether:
>Last time I tried, Linux NTFS driver is not stable enough for writing.
YMMV on that... I found it worked fine, but I didn't play with it for more
than an hour.
>DOS file system is quite stable, but you have to be root all the time.
Nope. Adding the right incantations to /etc/fstab will allow ordinary
users to access a FAT partition, or allow all users at once to access it.
Main problem is that every file on said FAT filesystem will be owned by
the user who originally mounted it, since FAT knows nothing about
security.
>I do not notice much differences in performance. Those are just my
>limited experiences with file systems.
can't say too much for NTFS, but performance suffers a bit on FAT. Like
so:
time dd if=/dev/urandom of=/win/crud bs=1024 count=4096
real 0m25.689s
user 0m0.010s
sys 0m23.480s
time dd if=/dev/urandom of=~/crud bs=1024 count=4096
real 0m24.581s
user 0m0.010s
sys 0m23.170s
It's worse if there are a lot of file seeks--fragmentation on the FAT
partition and all. Another test with mkisofs showed that having source
and destination files on FAT32 took about 310 seconds, while having those
files on ext2 took about 207 seconds. HTH,
--
Matt G / Dances With Crows \###| You have me mixed up with more
There is no Darkness in Eternity \##| creative ways of being stupid,
But only Light too dim for us to see \#| as I have to run nothing but a
(Unless, of course, you're working with NT)\| burp in the butt. --MegaHAL
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From: Ed L Cashin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Athlon Locks in Linux?!?!
Date: 11 May 2000 17:09:07 -0400
"Kevin J. Walchko" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> i returned my abit board, and got an asus k7v. i installed it today
> and have had no problems since. the abit board would lock up on me
> after about 20-30 sec after i entered X windows. good luck
How did you know it was the motherboard?
--
--Ed Cashin PGP public key:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.coe.uga.edu/~ecashin/pgp/
Note: If you want me to send you email, don't munge your address.
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From: "Paul Voller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: ISA SoundBlaster installation
Date: Thu, 11 May 2000 22:36:29 +0100
This sounds like aproblem with the IRQ in general. Try using either IRQs of
5 or 10, as I /think/ that an irq of 7 may be one of those "out of bounds"
system values.
To change the irq, goto a prompt and type (as root):
setserial /dev/ttyS? irq 5
( where /dev/ttyS? is the port that your soundcard is plugged into) and this
should set the irq. Failing that, type :
setserial /dev/ttyS? autoconfig
and this should /try/ to guess the right values, although results often
vary.
Good luck!
P.
--
===
Paul Voller
[EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED]
www.theMullet.org.uk/paul
Karen E. Chancellor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I am trying to get sound working in my 486sx system and need help.
> I have upgraded RedHat 6.1 to 6.2. Immediatlely following the upgrade,
> my soundblaster compatible card was detected as was the ESS1869 chip,
> although there was as IRQ7 conflict. However, when I attempted to use
> sndconfig, I at first got some sounds, but then then sndconfig quit and
> said something about an IRQ conflict. Subsequently when I try to use
> sndconfig, I get modprobe problems with 'insmod........sb.o failed'. Now
> when I boot the machine, I also get these modprobe failure messages, and
> there is nothing about recognition of my sound card or chip.
> The card is an ISA, plug and play soundblaster pro compatible with
> ESS1869 chip. My bios is NOT plug and play. I read about isapnptools
> which I should need to use, but pnpdump gives 'No board found'.
> I tried to setup in Win95 - it tells me it is set up and functioning
> properly, but no sound under Win95 so far.
> Any help apprecitated.
> Karen
>
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From: "Paul Voller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: modem woes for redhat, desperate for some help
Date: Thu, 11 May 2000 22:38:33 +0100
have you tries setting the irq for that port? Sometimes is gets it wrong.
Use the setserial command (check out the man pages - it's "easy".) ;-)
--
===
Paul Voller
[EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED]
www.theMullet.org.uk/paul
The Red Knight <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:391a1bd0$0$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I am really hoping someone can help me out with this, as I am a newbie
> to LINUX/UNIX.
> I have an external 33.6 newcom modem on ttyS1. I am running Redhat Linux
> 6.2.
> I tried using GNOME's RH PPP dialer, and first it didn't see my modem,
> but I was able to choose what ttyS it was on, and it walked me through
> the rest. When I went to activate it, the TR light on the modem keeps
> going on and off, so I know it sees it, but I don't get a dial tone or
> dialing. Here is the PPP stuff from my /var/log/messages:
>
> ifup-ppp: pppd started for ppp0 on /dev/ttyS1 at 57600
> ifup-ppp: pppd 2.3.11 started by root, uid 0
> WvDial: WvDial: Internet dialer version 1.41
> WvDial: Initializing modem
> WvDial: Sending: ATZ
> WvDial: Modem not responding
> pppd[708]: Connect script failed
> pppd[708]:Exit
>
> So I thought that maybe RH PPP didn't make the link to /dev/modem, so I
> ran modemtool and set the link with that and tried again, this time
> using the "ifup ppp0" but got the same results.
> I also added/modified the following files: /etc/ppp/scripts
> /etc/ppp/options and /etc/resolve.conf
>
> I know the modem works with Redhat as I had it set up with redhat 5.2
> but did an upgrade to 6.0 and got the problems I am having now, so I
> upgraded again to 6.2.
>
> Since the failure is it not getting a response from my modem, I am
> guessing (hoping?) that it is something really simple that I didn't do.
> Oh, I also checked it with an old external 14.4 to see if my modem
> wasn't working but got the exact same thing.
>
> If someone knows how to fix this or steer me in the right direction, I
> would greatly appreciate it, I want to get off Windows!
>
> Thanks from a linux newbie
> ~The Red Knight
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