Linux-Hardware Digest #885, Volume #12 Thu, 18 May 00 19:13:10 EDT
Contents:
using flash-memory on Linux workstations? (Martin Brown)
Re: SCSI: Adaptec Ultra160/Advansys 2936UW + RedHad 5.2 / COL / Debian? (Timothy A.
McDaniel)
Re: Logitech mouse protocol (Johan Kullstam)
does anyone ... ... Did it? (Pedro Cuartango)
Re: SCSI: Adaptec Ultra160/Advansys 2936UW + RedHad 5.2 / COL / Debian? (David C.)
Re: Trident 9750 AGP 4MB on Linux (theBuddy1)
LPD doesn't work :-( (Majin Bu)
Re: Dell Latitude CP and Redhat 6.x ("Jeff")
Anyone have already intalled a mylex 250 Raid Card ?? (lafon)
Re: Imation floppy drive problem (Peter Schoch)
Ethernet IRQ conflict - I'm stuck ("John Smith")
Re: Still going *&%@ nuts with NIC.. ("n.elliott")
Re: i286 (John Devine)
Re: Bug in kernels >=2.2.14
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Subject: using flash-memory on Linux workstations?
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Martin Brown)
Date: 18 May 2000 20:01:11 GMT
[RH6.1 - 2.2.12-20smp]
I plan on getting several devices, independent of my computer, that use
flash-memory. I'm having a hard time determining Linux's compatibility
with flash-memory card/chips. I've looked at a couple of text files in
/usr/src/linux, and checked a few hardware compatibility lists on the
web. The result being few answers, at least definitive ones.
Are there memory card/chip "drives" that can be mounted in a
workstation/server?
Are there Linux drivers for the above devices?
What about kernel modules, etc.?
Any info, or web links, on the above would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you.
--
- Martin J. Brown, Jr. -
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Timothy A. McDaniel)
Subject: Re: SCSI: Adaptec Ultra160/Advansys 2936UW + RedHad 5.2 / COL / Debian?
Date: 18 May 2000 20:10:27 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, David C. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>The only problem with the 2940UW (and all ultra-wide adapters)
>is that an Ultra-Wide SCSI bus is limited to 1.5m of cabling
>before it becomes unstable. This doesn't allow for much more
>than one or two internal hard drives before you exceed the
>limit.
(drops into "dc") Almost 5 feet. I have only one disk drive
anyway. (I have other devices on the 50-pin slower bus.)
>This may make it worth spending the extra money on an Ultra2 or
>Ultra3 adapter (like the 2940U2W).
My major concerns were being able to boot at all, given that I
have an old O/S (Red Hat 5.2), and also being able to read the
hard drive. The RH 5.2 support site warns that the Adaptec 2940
U2W *ought* to work but really hasn't been tested.
If I were assembling a new system with a newer Linux distro, I'd
certainly look at newer cards, including LVD &c.
>Pricewatch is a great source. But keep in mind that they work
>by indexing the ads that vendors give them. The major vendors
>don't usually list there - so you'll probably want to shop
>around at other web sites as well before making a decision.
Few vendors had the 2940 UW.
--
Tim McDaniel is [EMAIL PROTECTED]; if that fail,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] is my work account.
"To join the Clueless Club, send a followup to this message quoting everything
up to and including this sig!" -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jukka Korpela)
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From: Johan Kullstam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Logitech mouse protocol
Date: 18 May 2000 16:06:17 -0400
Doug Alcorn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Stephen Intille <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > I'm looking for the Logitech byte protocol for reading
> > data from the serial port for their MouseMan wheel
> > devices. In particular, I'm interested in the code
> > for the cordless mouseman wheel.
>
> I don't think they do anything special. It's just a 5 button mouse.
er, it's *6* button mouse. one left, one right. three on the wheel
(up,down,press). one thumb button.
> As far as programming directo support for it, have you checked the
> serial-programming-HOWTO?
--
johan kullstam l72t00052
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From: Pedro Cuartango <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: does anyone ... ... Did it?
Date: Thu, 18 May 2000 22:30:02 +0200
Hi! Guys:
I'm moving from Win to LINUX. I'm placing this question here because
in spanish newsgroups no one has ever heard about my ISDN card. I wonder
if any of you has. If so, please, heeeeeeeeelp. I've a NetCommander
ISDN/EC 128 kbps card from Diamond Multimedia. I realize the card is old
but I do not know if it is possible to run it under LINUX.
Thanks in advance
Pedro
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David C.)
Subject: Re: SCSI: Adaptec Ultra160/Advansys 2936UW + RedHad 5.2 / COL / Debian?
Date: 18 May 2000 16:26:54 -0400
Timothy A. McDaniel writes:
> David C. wrote:
>>
>> The only problem with the 2940UW (and all ultra-wide adapters) is
>> that an Ultra-Wide SCSI bus is limited to 1.5m of cabling before it
>> becomes unstable. This doesn't allow for much more than one or two
>> internal hard drives before you exceed the limit.
>
> (drops into "dc") Almost 5 feet. I have only one disk drive anyway.
> (I have other devices on the 50-pin slower bus.)
The 50-pin connector is attached to the same bus. You need to get the
more expensive 3940UW to get two busses.
Now, if your narrow devices are all non-Ultra, then the bus will run in
"fast" mode when they are accessing it, so you may be able to stretch
your length limit a bit, but it's still not a good idea.
>> This may make it worth spending the extra money on an Ultra2 or
>> Ultra3 adapter (like the 2940U2W).
>
> My major concerns were being able to boot at all, given that I have an
> old O/S (Red Hat 5.2), and also being able to read the hard drive.
> The RH 5.2 support site warns that the Adaptec 2940 U2W *ought* to
> work but really hasn't been tested.
AFAIK, the U2W and the UW have identical software characteristics. I
know they use the same chipsets. Unfortuntaely, I haven't had a chance
to use one either.
Keep in mind that the 2940 driver from RH5.2 has some known bugs. Be
sure to install the latest available kernel for it (see the RedHat
Errata page).
You may also want to look into upgrading to the 2.2.x kernel. The RH6.1
and 6.2 boxes aren't too expensive if you buy at computer shows and flea
markets.
According to /usr/src/linux/drivers/scsi/README.aic7xxx from the
2.2.12-20 kernel (RH 6.1, plus patches), the 2940U2W and 3940U2W are
supported. According to the file, only these are not supported:
AHA-2920 (with Future Domain chipset)
AHA-13x RAID adapters
AHA-113x RAID port card
AIC-7810 motherboard chipset
all RAID port busses
-- David
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From: theBuddy1 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Trident 9750 AGP 4MB on Linux
Date: Thu, 18 May 2000 20:30:05 GMT
hi, r u serious??? ok, tell me which linux u r running?? and as i am a
newbie to linux, u gotta tell me how i run XConfigurator. sorry, must be
frustating, god i know, to explain something which seems so simple to an
idiot on the subject. i installed red hat and during the install, i ran
the XConfigurator thing and it detected my settings as 640X480. when i
select a higher resolution, and then test it, it fails the test. so, tell
me if i should use a different flavor of linux or do something else. by
the way, i am running a Pentium 2, 233 MHz, 64 MB RAM.
Eric Games wrote:
>
> theBuddy1 wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have a Trident 9750 AGP/PCI 4MB Video Card and i am running red hat
> > linux. now, i cant seem to change the resolution from 640X480 to some
> > decent higher resolution. can u please suggest what i should do or
suggest
> > a different version of linux to install so i can get about 800X600 or
> > 1024X768(which i am currently running on windows 98).
> >
> > please, this is the only reason i am not using linux. please help
> >
> > --
> > Posted via CNET Help.com
> > http://www.help.com/
>
> WOW! Yea you can't do 640 x 480. That would drive me crazy! I have a
> couple computers (Dell Optiplex 180mhz & 200mhz) that have this same
> video adapter. I run both machines at 1200x1024 with 16 bpp. Just
> run Xconfigurator and it will walk you through the setup. You should
> be able to select the Trident 9750 4mb video card and then you can
> select the resolution and color depth a few setup screens later. I
> would note that I could not get the 1200x1024 until after I added more
> memory. I had just 32 Mbytes of RAM initially but then bought 32 more
> Meg and I was able to get the higher resolution. That is going from
> 1024 x 768 to 1200 x 1024 I had to add more memory. 1024x768 wasn't
> too bad but I run two other Dell computers at 1600x1200 and now I can't
> stand to look at anything less that 1200x1024. Hell even my laptop
> running RH 6.2 does 1440x1050.
>
> eric
--
Posted via CNET Help.com
http://www.help.com/
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From: Majin Bu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: LPD doesn't work :-(
Date: Thu, 18 May 2000 16:18:59 -0600
Hi all,
First off I am a competent linux user (have been for over two or three years).
So no need to ask me if I have the printer on or have the cable connected or
If I am using the correct port :)
Information:
100 Mhz Pentium
24MB Ram
Networked w/100Mbs
Debian 2.1r4
Files:
--------------
/etc/printcap:
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lp|lj|laserjet:\
:lp=/dev/printer:\
:sd=/var/spool/lpd/lj:\
:mx#0:\
:if=/var/spool/lpd/lj/filter:\
:sh:
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Misc Data:
/dev/printer is a softlink to /dev/par0
When I "cat" something into /dev/printer it prints out fine (except of course
for the stair-casing)
Yes, the /var/spool/lpd/lj directory *does* exist and I do have the example
fileter perl script that is included with the HOWTO documentation.
Yes, I have rebooted.
Yes, I did clean out the lock files, it just re-creates them.
# lpr <NameOfFile>
# lpq
no entries.
# lpc
lpc> status
lp:
queuing is enabled
printing is enabled
no entries
no daemon present
lpc> quit
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Reply-To: "Jeff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
From: "Jeff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: Dell Latitude CP and Redhat 6.x
Date: Thu, 18 May 2000 16:40:45 -0500
Ok, that is NOT what i meant. I was looking for answer more toward the
FIRST question
Jeff
"Sven Bovin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Jeff wrote:
> >
> > Hey all,
>
> [snip]
>
> > Thanks in advance.
> >
> > Jeff
> >
> > P.S. Has anyone tried a different distro. of Linux??
>
> I use RedHat (mostly 5.2) here at work, and my computer at
> home runs SuSE (at the moment 6.3, latest version is 6.4).
>
> I definitely like the installation procedure of SuSE more
> than that of RedHat (though I have to admit that my most
> recent RH install was either 5.2 or 6.0). And SuSE comes
> with heaps of software (the distribution is 1 DVD-ROM or
> 6 CD-ROMs), an easy to use X-configuration utility (SaX),
> a solid system administration and installation tool
> (Yast), ... . My main problem is always to choose which
> packages to install (since there are so many of them and
> I only have limited space on my HD).
>
> HTH
>
> Sven
>
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From: lafon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Anyone have already intalled a mylex 250 Raid Card ??
Date: Fri, 19 May 2000 00:55:38 +0200
I have installed a mylex 250 card in order to use 2 scsi disks in raid
1.
I can access the two virtual disk separatly but i can 't use my disks in
Raid 1. Under Linux i can see the status which indicates a strange RAID7
status.
If anyone, who have already installed this kind of card, can help me to
configure this card i would be very happy.
Thanks.
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Date: Thu, 18 May 2000 18:11:03 -0400
From: Peter Schoch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Imation floppy drive problem
The drive is an LS-120.
Without creating the boot floppy, I can't run Linux at all. The two
files that are supposed to install to the hard drive do, but if I try to
open them I get garbage.
Is there a way to tell the installation, at the prompt to the startup,
that fd0 is an ide device?
Peter Schoch
"David C." wrote:
>
> Peter Schoch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> >
> > I must admit, first off, that I am a newbie to Linux; but, not to
> > computers.
> >
> > I am trying to use RedHat 6.2 to do a partionless install of the Gnome
> > workstation on my Gateway. I get all the way to creating the boot
> > disk with no trouble. However, I have an Imation floppy drive
> > installed and it won't create the boot disk.
>
> By "Imation floppy drive", do you mean an LS-120 drive attached to an
> IDE interface? Or are you talking about something attached to your
> floppy drive interface?
>
> If you mean the IDE interface, the installer may not have enough smarts
> to automatically make the disk. I suspect (but don't know for certain),
> that this drive will mount as /dev/hd* and not as /dev/fd0.
>
> > I have tried several disks, I have reformatted them prior to the
> > install, etc. I can't get the drive to be recognized. At the point
> > it should access the drive, the drive light never comes on.
>
> Have you installed Linux to your hard drive yet, or did you give up
> after failing to make a boot floppy?
>
> If it's running on your hard drive, check the boot messages (type
> "dmesg" or view /var/log/dmesg). Look for a line that begins with
> "Floppy drive(s):" - these are the device names for your floppy drives.
> fd0 is the first floppy. If it's not found, then Linux doesn't
> recognize any floppy drive device.
>
> Also look for lines beginning with "ide#" (where # is a digit). These
> are your IDE controllers. The lines immediately following them
> (beginning with "hd#", where # is a letter) are your IDE drives. If
> your drive is attached to an IDE interface, you should find it in
> there.
>
> -- David
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From: "John Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Ethernet IRQ conflict - I'm stuck
Date: Thu, 18 May 2000 22:00:27 GMT
Hi,
Things used to work fine until I moved my 2 hard drives onto the udma66
slots
of my ABIT BE6 card and re-installed Mandrake. I also have 2 cdrom drives
installed on ide0 and ide1.
Now, my ethernet card doesn't seem to function properly. It still works
under windows. I have a Realtek card, and the driver being picked is
ne2k-pci.
I'm sure all my settings are correct. I'm an engineer and know my way
around computers. My best guess is that the problem is that the ethernet
card, and the HPT366 udma66 controller are sharing irq 11
(ide2=0xb000,0xb400,11 ide3=0xbc00,0xc000,11 are the boot params used to get
linux to recognize the HPT366 udma controller).
I've tried fiddling with the BIOS settings to move the network card to
another interrupt, but for some reason, the nic doesn't want to use any
other interrupt.
I'd appreciate any suggestions on where to go next.
Thanks in advance.
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From: "n.elliott" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Still going *&%@ nuts with NIC..
Date: Thu, 18 May 2000 23:32:24 +0000
JJR wrote:
> Ok.. Now I've tried everything unless you guys can help.. I am running
> Rhat 6.1 on HP Pavilion 8570c.
>
> My tulip NIC simply won't activate. I am getting "resource temporarly
> unavailable" no matter which PCI slot I put it. I tried
> modifying /etc/conf.modules in the following manner and that did have an
> effect..... now the error is "device not found" whenever I try to activate
> eth0. I've recompiled the tulip.c driver in both module and kernel method..
> Clean installs before recompiling..
>
> I tried the following different /etc/conf.modules entries: :
>
> alias eth0 tulip
> options eth0 io=0x1400 irq=10
>
> and
>
> alias eth0 tulip
> options eth0 irq=10
>
> alias eth0 tulip
> options eth0 io=0x300 irq=10
>
> nothing doing. /proc/interrupts still does not have an 10 entry for irq..
>
> anyone want to take a stab at how to resolve this irq problem? My only
> other wild guess is to get rid of the on-board video and replace it with a
> PCI or AGP video card. FYI: I have an ASUS P2B-VE motherboard which does
> not have a switch for NIC irq setting..
>
> thanks!
> -jr
I think that what you should have done was turn off pnp for IRQ 10 only
hth,
norm
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From: John Devine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: i286
Date: Thu, 18 May 2000 16:24:39 +0100
0Bits wrote:
> Donde puedo conseguir linux para procesadores i286?
> Where i can find linux for i286?
what the fuck are you talking about speak english
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From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup,linux.dev.kernel
Subject: Re: Bug in kernels >=2.2.14
Date: Thu, 18 May 2000 22:48:44 GMT
I have a similar problem. I don't know if it is related or not. I have a
box that used to run 2.2.13. I upgraded to 2.2.15. Now I can't get the
second ip on my eth0 to work.
bash# /sbin/ifconfig eth0:0 209.219.91.70
SIOCSIFADDR: No such device
SIOCSIFFLAGS: No such device
... and that worked before. I have two different machines with the same
problem, but using Intel Ethernet Express cards.
In linux.dev.kernel Bob Singleton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>>
>> I believe there is a bug (or undocumented change of behavior) in kernels
>> >=2.2.14. My NICs work in 2.2.13 and 2.2.14pre4, but not in 2.2.14 or
>> 2.2.15.
>>
>> The problem is that I have a PCI NE2000 card, and a 3com 3c905b card.
>> Both are stated to be recognized by the kernel on boot (no problems or
>> differences in the dmesg for 2.2.13 and 2.2.14), but ifup on my eth1
>> (the NE2000 NIC) works on 2.2.13 works and doesn't on 2.2.14. It is
> No solution, but just to let you know I had a similar prob. An NE2000
> and a Linksys
> (Tulip) card refused to both come up in 2.2.14, but worked in 2.2.12. I
> just picked
> up another linksys card and it worked. Strange prob tho...
--
Joseph Shraibman (aka TuPari)
http://www.akula.com/~jks jks(at)iname.com
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