Linux-Hardware Digest #888, Volume #12 Fri, 19 May 00 09:13:04 EDT
Contents:
Re: compaq proliant/prosignia/deskpro-m (Gereon Wenzel)
ATX Mainboards and UPS units ("John Kirkland")
compaq proprietary hardware (Gereon Wenzel)
More than 2 isdn cards in linux ("News d'en Felip")
Re: SmartArray 431 unsupported? (Peter Piepkorn VS/ESU3 42971)
Re: RH62 and UDMA66 (Cheng-Rong Hsing)
PS/2 mouse: kernel 2.0 works, 2.2 fails, Laptop (David van Leeuwen)
Re: Onboard Sound Chip (SeaTron)
harddisk performance (yannick)
Re: How to regocnize my seond ethernetcard ? ("Ed Bras")
Re: RH62 and UDMA66 (Hal Burgiss)
Re: Two HP NICs (aflinsch)
Re: ATX Mainboards and UPS units ("Larry Ebbitt ")
Motherboard/hardware question, bell rings (David Kirkpatrick)
Re: modem Motorola SM56 PCI install problems on RedHat's Linux 6.1 (Richard Watson)
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From: Gereon Wenzel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,linux.redhat.install
Subject: Re: compaq proliant/prosignia/deskpro-m
Date: Fri, 19 May 2000 10:12:42 +0200
Think its a NCR 73C710 on Board like my Prosignia and Deskpro/M have
too.
There is a basic driver called SIM710, that _should_ work.
The standard NCR710 driver works with PCI cards only.
I tried with SuSe 6.3 but failed.
53c710 was detected but I wasn't able to submit the irq argument.
The maintainer has a page also try search the web for 'sim710'.
There is a bootfloppy image for RH for download there as well.
Gereon Wenzel
Raj Rijhwani schrieb:
>
> In article <LdKR4.204$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Kurt C. Anderson" writes:
>
> > has anyone installed rh 6.2 on a compaq proliant 4500r server? i cannot get
> > the install to recognize the scsi controller. i believe it is an ncr53c825
>
> Tried and failed, this time last year. Unsupported SCSI card. Don't think
> anything significant has changed since then, in this respect.
> --
> Raj Rijhwani (umtsb5/16) | This is the voice of the Mysterons...
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] | ... We know that you can hear us Earthmen
> | "Lieutenant Green: Launch all Angels!"
> http://www.courtfld.demon.co.uk/raj/ (demon, and gods, willing...)
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From: "John Kirkland" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.misc
Subject: ATX Mainboards and UPS units
Date: Fri, 19 May 2000 09:15:59 +0100
Folks,
I'm led to believe that if power is removed from an ATX mainboard (and some
experience of this), that they will not restart when mains power is
reapplied. This obviously has impact on the usage of a UPS with a server
system, and negates much of the point of using a UPS.
Two questions:
1. Are there any mainboards where the PC will restart after power loss
automatically (through a BIOS tweak)?
2. Are there any hardware mods that will force the reapplication of power to
the mainboard (i.e. cutting the odd wire etc.).
TIA
--
John Kirkland
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From: Gereon Wenzel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,linux.redhat.install
Subject: compaq proprietary hardware
Date: Fri, 19 May 2000 10:27:12 +0200
By the way...
Anybody got the Compaq Netflex Ethernet-controller running with LINUX?
_Not_ the Netflex III, The old style EISA one with the TR socket.
Gereon Wenzel
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From: "News d'en Felip" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: More than 2 isdn cards in linux
Date: Fri, 19 May 2000 08:42:43 GMT
Hello:
I've heard that is possible to install more than two isdn cards in linux.
I have a PC with 2 isdn Asuscom compatible cards, I have configured with the
isapnp tools both cards and the linux recognize it. The problem is that when
configuring i4l I dont know how to tell i4l that it has 2 isdn cards and
only recognize one.
Can somebody help me?
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From: Peter Piepkorn VS/ESU3 42971 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: SmartArray 431 unsupported?
Date: Fri, 19 May 2000 10:50:48 +0200
Following one of the mentioned links I reached
ftp://ftp.compaq.com/pub/products/drivers/linux/released
where I found a patch for kernel 2.2.13 so that the ID for this quite new
controller is recognized. This patch also fits into older kernels im my case
2.2.12 which also is the standard kernel for RedHat 6.1.
Peter Piepkorn
Antony Platt wrote:
>
> Links for you
> ==========
> Mailing List
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> http://www.van-dijk.net
>
> One of Compaq employees
> http://www.insync.net/~frantzc/cpqarray.html
>
> Good Site (Richard Black)
> http://www.geocities.com/rlcomp_1999/
>
> Good page
> http://www.linuxstart.com/~JeePeePee/html/ProliantRHus.html
>
> Tony Platt
>
> "Peter Piepkorn VS/ESU3 42971" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > I have a Compaq Proliant 800 with a SmartArray 431 controller which I
> > want to use for Linux. Trying to install yields the error messasges
> > cpqarray: Device 1001 has been found at 0 78
> > cpqarray: Sorry I don't know how to access the SMART Array Controller
> > 40580e11
> > Is there any version of cpqarray taht support this controller?
> >
> > Peter Piepkorn
> > _
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> > Dept. VS/ESU3 Phone : +49 711 821 42971 +---------------+
> > 70430 Stuttgart Fax : +49 711 821 47065 | A L C A T E L |
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Peter Piepkorn
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From: Cheng-Rong Hsing <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: RH62 and UDMA66
Date: Fri, 19 May 2000 17:11:59 +0800
Hi,
I'm working on Rh6.1 with UDMA66(Quantum 15G)
& k7m & Athlon 800 cpu & 512M SDRAM.
But I have another problem.If I change H.D. to 2Gbyte(I think it is DMA 33),I
just can see 64M ram even though I add command (append = " mem=512M" ) in
lilo.confg.
>>>[EMAIL PROTECTED] ¼g¹D¡G
> Hi
>
> OK just to make things clear
>
> (concerning mail with subject "Re: RH6x and UDMA66")
>
> I have a Quantum 15GB UDMA66 HDD.
>
> When it is connected as an UDMA33 disk (IDE0 or 1, UDMA33 cable) then it
> works fine. Everything is as it should be!!!
> But when I connect it as a UDMA66 disk (to the apropriate port, cables OK,
> etc) then RH62 does not even see my disk!
>
> It says there is no device to install the RH on! But at the same time e.g.
> WIN or DOS works normally.
>
> Does this really mean that RH62's kernel does not support UDMA66?
>
> Those guys who have this kind of HDD and says that it works correctly: is it
> connected az an UDMA66 disk?
>
> This is crazy :))
>
> cheers
>
> e.
>
> Doug Alcorn wrote in message ...
> >Eric <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> >
> >> emil cimerman wrote:
> >> >
> >> > Hi guys
> >> >
> >> > HELP!!!
> >> >
> >> > My Redhat 6.x CANNOT see my NEW Quantum 15GB HDD, UDMA66
> >> >
> >> > I cannot even start installation. What is the problem
> >> >
> >>
> >> That's not so surprisingly since udma66 is not supported by linux yet
> >
> >That's odd, Linux is running on my udma66 drive. I think the problem
> >is what you mean by "support". If it means access using the udma66
> >protocol (for lack of a better word), then that might be true.
> >However, it should be (and is) perfectly reasonable to access a drive
> >_capable_ of udma66 with good old dma33 or even just ata-33.
> >
> >Now, back to the question at hand. What do you mean "I cannot even
> >start installation"? Why can't you? Can you boot off the floppy disk
> >or cdrom? If not, then your problem is not the udma66 drive. Can you
> >use the installation's DiskDruid? Does it show any partitions? If
> >not, then use 'Alt+F3' and 'Alt+F4' during installation to view the
> >error logs and command output. It could be possible that your windows
> >partition is eating up all the disk space. If that's the case, then
> >you need to shrink your windows partitions to make room for linux.
> >--
> > (__) Doug Alcorn (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.lathi.net)
> > oo / Win a 66MB capacity tape drive. Help me win too!
> > |_/ http://www.ecrix.com/extreme/getReferrals.cfm?ref=7612
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From: David van Leeuwen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: PS/2 mouse: kernel 2.0 works, 2.2 fails, Laptop
Date: Fri, 19 May 2000 10:12:25 GMT
Hi,
I've got a strange effect in the psaux druiver, namely that tit works=20
fine and can be recognized by the 2.0 (module) kernel,
while in 2.2 it doesn;t work. I've got all the ocnfigs set correctly.=20
On all my other machines things wottrk fine, it is just
the one Laptop for which /dev/psaux refuses to work under 2.2. =20
Is there any way to diagnose the real problem>??
The laptioop is a `nameless/' Topline.
---david
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From: SeaTron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Onboard Sound Chip
Date: Fri, 19 May 2000 05:46:28 -0400
I was looking at http://linnix.com, how do i install one of these
tarballs, Do i need to rewrite the kernel and add in the file?
or does these tarballs modifiy my kernel.
Thanx to all who have posted followups.
SeaTron
If at first you don't succseed, Ski Diving is not for you.
On Mon, 15 May 2000, Edward Lee wrote:
>No! cmi8330 is an ISA PNP chip. Don't use the PCI driver. Send $30 to
>commerical OSS or download the free driver at http://linnix.com.
>
>Gabriel Klyber wrote:
>
>> Support for that sound chip is experimental in the 2.2.x kernels. Either
>> compile the module by enabling experimental drivers and saying yes to
>> C-Media PCI driver or get the full version of OSS which supports it out
>> of the box.
>>
>> SeaTron wrote:
>> >
>> > Hello all,
>> > I have a MediaGX MMX 233 mHz with a cmi8330 onboard sound chip.
>> > I had sound when i was running win98. I downloaded WinLinux2000
>> > and installed it, the sound still worked fine. I liked Linux so much
>> > that i bought Redhat 6.1 wiped the hard drive and formated useing ext2f
>> > instaed of dos. Now i can't get the sound chip to work. What was
>> > winLinux doing that i don't have redhat 6.1 set to do?
>> > any help would be thankful, If i have to go buy a PCI sound card i
>> > will but i am staying with redhat.
>> > Thanx all for your help in the past.
>> > SeaTron
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From: yannick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: harddisk performance
Date: Fri, 19 May 2000 11:18:44 GMT
hi,
when benchmarking my harddisks with : hdparm -t /dev/hda or /dev/hdc
the results is 3.76 seconds to transfer 64MB, so 17.02 MB/sec.
can anyone tell me if it is a standard value for a supposed udma 66.
i'm running an asus K7M, athlon 500MHz, ide chipset is "amd 751".
thanks
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From: "Ed Bras" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How to regocnize my seond ethernetcard ?
Date: Fri, 19 May 2000 13:36:16 +0200
Thanks for the advice,
I noticed that it is a ISA Realtek 8019 NIC, NE2000 compatable, and it isn't
the same card as the other one
I have upgraded to RedHat 6.2, but still doesn't show up card with
ifconfig -a.
On www.redhat.nl I noticed that NE2000 cards need the ne module, does that
mean I have to load it before Linux is able to recognize it ?
I saw in on the internet in a example file that I can load the module by
inserting something like
alias eth1 ne option ne io=0x300 irq=3
in /etc/conf.modules.
But how do I find out the irq and io adress of the card ? I think it is like
above as I am running Win nt as well, but I am not sure. Is there a wasy to
find this out with Linux ? (or to reset the irq's like you say ?)
Regards,
Ed Bras
kevin metcalf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Firsth things first. Are the cards identical? If they are you may have
> some trouble. I COULD NOT get two dlink 220s to work without
> duplicating the ne.o object file and pointing the second card to it. If
> you have different brands of cards, you might be able to get away with
> simply resetting the IRQs and Addresses (0xNNN). It might be easier to
> help if we knew a few more specs, eh? As to your second question, once
> you get the second card running, use netconf to set the default gateway
> under routing and gateways to the cable modem. (Make sure you enable
> routing by checking the little box below.)
> Kevin
>
>
>
> Ed Bras wrote:
> >
> > Please help me out with the installation of a second ehternetcard ?
> >
> > I have bought a second isa ethernetcard, a PnP one, win compatable, and
the
> > trade mark is target if I am correct.
> > It works well under Win NT, as I use two cards now, one for my intranet
and
> > one for my cable modem.
> >
> > However how do I configure my second card under linux ? If I do a
> > ifconfig -a, I don't see the card showing up ??
> > So where must I start that Linux RedHat 6.0 recognizes the card ?
> >
> > Secondly, how can enable IP forwarding, when both cards are working ?
such
> > that someone from the inside can connect himself to the outside world
using
> > my gateway ? I configured my default gateway and enabled IP forwarding,
but
> > is that enough ? No proxy or something else is necessary ?
> >
> > Regards,
> > Ed Bras
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Hal Burgiss)
Subject: Re: RH62 and UDMA66
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Fri, 19 May 2000 11:55:22 GMT
On Fri, 19 May 2000 06:19:48 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>OK just to make things clear
>
>(concerning mail with subject "Re: RH6x and UDMA66")
>
>I have a Quantum 15GB UDMA66 HDD.
>
>When it is connected as an UDMA33 disk (IDE0 or 1, UDMA33 cable) then
>it works fine. Everything is as it should be!!! But when I connect it
>as a UDMA66 disk (to the apropriate port, cables OK, etc) then RH62
>does not even see my disk!
>
>It says there is no device to install the RH on! But at the same time
>e.g. WIN or DOS works normally.
>
>Does this really mean that RH62's kernel does not support UDMA66?
The stock kernel, no. With patch, yes. Is this your only drive? I am
using my UDMA66 controller with my cdrom ATM, but have to tell the
kernel where it is:
ide2=0xcc00,0xd002
I got this info from 'lspci'. See:
http://www.redhat.com/mirrors/LDP/HOWTO/mini/Ultra-DMA.html
>Those guys who have this kind of HDD and says that it works correctly:
>is it connected az an UDMA66 disk?
>
>This is crazy :))
--
Hal B
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: aflinsch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Two HP NICs
Date: Fri, 19 May 2000 08:14:47 -0500
Jay Hall wrote:
>
> I am trying to install two HP NC 16 NICs into my RedHat 6.1 Proxy Server.
> I have checked the supported hardware and the cards are supported.
>
> Card 1 (eth0) is configured to use IRQ 11, IO 300-317h and DMA 5.
> Card 2 (eth1) is configured to user IRQ 5, IO 340-357h and DMA 3.
>
> In /etc/conf.modules I have the following entries
> alias eth0 lance.o
> option eth0 irq=11 io=300
> alias eth1 lance.0
> option eth1 ira=5 io=340
^
^-- is this a typo, or what is actually there
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Crossposted-To: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.misc
From: "Larry Ebbitt " <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Fri, 19 May 2000 08:45:10 -0400 (EDT)
Reply-To: "Larry Ebbitt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: ATX Mainboards and UPS units
On Fri, 19 May 2000 09:15:59 +0100, John Kirkland wrote:
>1. Are there any mainboards where the PC will restart after power loss
>automatically (through a BIOS tweak)?
With the DFI board in my wife's PC, this is a BIOS option.
Larry - Atlanta - IBM Global Services
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From: David Kirkpatrick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Motherboard/hardware question, bell rings
Date: Fri, 19 May 2000 09:03:12 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi,
I believe my motherboard is gone. On boot there is no video
and bios does not boot. The screen is blank. I tested ram and
its good. I removed all cards except the video and it does the
same thing - no video, no boot, no bios report - no signal from
video to the monitor.
I think there might have been a short on some PCI fingers. I
have two ethernet cards in this motherboard and I removed one.
When I removed the extra lan card the monitor was flakey on
reboot. It flashed small blocks of color randomly all over the
monitor. I re-inserted the card and it booted properly. I
removed it again and rebooted and the monitor put up random
colors all over the computer. I did this a few times trying to
get the computer to boot with just one lan card. It finally did
a few times but then went dead i.e. no signal to the monitor from
bios or anything else. Beeping started. I removed all cards and
cables to drives except the video. I expected that I should at
least see the bios boot and test ram - nothing the monitor no
receives no signal. I suspected the video card so put in a known
good card but got the same thing - no signal. When I boot I get
lots of beeps from the computer. If I put in the floppy cable I
get less beeps. Note the mouse and keyboard are in also. If I
boot with the mouse and keyboard out I still get beeps and no
video. So I suspect the motherboard is bad. I tested the cpu in
another motherboard and its good. The question is who is putting
up the beeps? If the motherboard is bad and bios cannot even
scan the system and put up its report who is beeping? I also
tested the monitor on another computer and its good.
David
--
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Richard Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.redhat
Subject: Re: modem Motorola SM56 PCI install problems on RedHat's Linux 6.1
Date: 19 May 2000 14:32:19 +0100
[EMAIL PROTECTED] () writes:
> did the modem come with windows drivers disk? If it did then it probably
> is a winmodem.
Not so. Windows likes to have a driver for even the most standard
modem. My 56k External came with a whole CD full of "drivers".
--
Richard Watson email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Pentagon Web Design Ltd ICQ: 65274884
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