Linux-Hardware Digest #907, Volume #12 Mon, 22 May 00 20:13:07 EDT
Contents:
Re: Linux Crashs ("Gero H. Marten")
Re: Removing Linux Print Banner (Apple Advertising)
Re: Anger & RedHat (Slightly Off Topic) (C. C. McPherson)
Trouble with Rockwell / Conexant modem (Guus Zijlstra)
Re: Which card shall I choose? 3dfx Voodoo 3000, 3500, nVidia TNT2, or (Guus
Zijlstra)
Re: are asus reliable? ("Peter Christy")
Re: Ethernet IRQ conflict - I'm stuck (C. C. McPherson)
Re: SCSI controllers (Tellplace)
Re: Trouble with Rockwell / Conexant modem (Edward Lee)
Re: OKI Printer (Tom Collins)
Why does my VXA-1 tape only hold 14GB? (Bryan K. Wright)
Sound Modules
Re: Removing Linux Print Banner (Stuart R. Fuller)
Re: update ("Kirk Wythers")
Re: SCSI controllers (Chris Pitzel)
Diamond Viper II ("Christopher T. Kight")
How do I check available disk space
Re: Fasttrak66 vs redhat 6.2 (Prasanth Kumar)
Re: Sound Modules (Prasanth Kumar)
Re: Trouble with Rockwell / Conexant modem (Sandhitsu R Das)
Re: How do I check available disk space (Hal Burgiss)
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From: "Gero H. Marten" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux Crashs
Date: Mon, 22 May 2000 21:01:50 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Just a hint. Could it be, that your machine and/or the video card is
over clocked? Linux doesn't like that, especially with AMD machines.
--
Gero H. Marten
<http://www.provi.de/gmarten/>
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From: Apple Advertising <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Removing Linux Print Banner
Date: Mon, 22 May 2000 15:13:44 -0500
Something you need to check is in the printing setup in the remote
machines - i.e. - windows software is notorious for having a "print
banner" option in their printer setup as well.
- Ken
M Jennings wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Can anyone help me, I wish to remove a banner thats printed out every
> time I print to a remote printer through Samba. The Printer is a HP
> LaserJet 4000TN and I have the following setups....
>
> Printcap:-
> ##PRINTTOOL3## REMOTE POSTSCRIPT 1200x1200 a4 {}PostScript Default {}
> lj4000:\
> :sd=/var/spool/lpd/lj4000:\
> :mx#0:\
> :rm=(IP ADDRESS):\
> :rp=:\
> :if=/var/spool/lpd/lj4000/filter:\
> :sh:
>
> And also smb.conf:-
> [lj4000]
> path = /var/spool/samba
> read only = No
> print ok = Yes
> postscript = Yes
> printing = lprng
> print command = lpr -P %p %s -h; rm %s
> printer name = lj4000
> printer driver = HP LaserJet 4000 Series PCL6
> oplocks = No
> share modes = No
>
> I thought that the :sh: command in the printcap removed the banner and
> also
> the -h in the Samba print command line also achieved this.
>
> If anyone can help reply or send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> Many Thanks
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From: C. C. McPherson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: Anger & RedHat (Slightly Off Topic)
Date: Mon, 22 May 2000 16:23:56 -0400
> Dances With Crows wrote:
>
> > same. It's fashionable to hate the big guy and cheer for the little guy,
> > for reasons which are deeply rooted in human psychology. Maybe it's
> > because people think that if MS vanished overnight, Bob Young would start
> > acting just lke Bill Gates.
>
> Pride goes before a fall. It requires rare strength of character to avoid this
> trap, but it has been done. This is why Christians are instructed to pray for
> leaders - there are many temptations and snares at the top.
>
> > 1. RPMs. Oh, they seem to work well at first, but it's terribly easy to
> > get lost in a twisty maze of dependencies, all slightly different.
>
> We also use the "LPP" package manager in AIX. The AIX system has much more
> intricate dependency checking than RPM, but I found the RPM system easier to
> build packages for. The sophisticated dependency checking is hard to set up
> just right when building packages, but when well done, it save end users a lot
> of trouble. We have been amazed at the intelligence built into IBM LPPs on
> AIX - it has saved our skin many times.
>
> The way to support general intelligence in RPM is to have a script entry point
> that returns GO/NOGO and displays diagnostics like "need X" or "can't work with
> Y". The script can query the existing and projected installed base to make its
> decision. The IBM way involved "prerequisites", "corequisites", and "stop
> versions". (I.e. this version of this package stops working at version 5.1 of
> requisite package ibm.foo.bar.)
>
Ah the LPP package in AIX, how do I long for thee, after
using it for years (Whoops - showing my age)! I lived by
that package. Thanks for all those nice memories...
Clyde
> > 2. Convoluted, complex init-script layout in /etc/rc.d/init.d/ and
> > also in /etc/sysconfig/ that for some strange reason overwrites /etc/issue
> > upon every boot.
>
> We have used System V on 88k. The /etc/rc.d stuff plagiarizes System V, so we
> found it familiar and easy to customize :-)
>
> > 3. Silly default settings for a number of things like PS1.
>
> The five programmers in our office all think the default settings of the other
> four programmers stink . . .
>
> > Similar arguments can be made for every distro in existence, though. The
> > truth is that All Software Sucks, and RedHat is taking flak because
> > they're the most visible at the moment.
>
> We selected RedHat because they have the most useful package manager IMHO. We
> were spoiled by AIX.
>
> BTW, the one feature of AIX we most sorely miss in Linux is the Logical Volume
> Manager. Partitions seem so primitive in comparison. I heard that SGI is
> working on an Linux open source version of a similar product used on Irix.
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From: Guus Zijlstra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Trouble with Rockwell / Conexant modem
Date: Mon, 22 May 2000 22:24:12 +0200
Reply-To: remove_nospam_bogus_from_sender
I am trying to set up a pci Rockwell / Conexant HCF modem,
(id 1025) without luck.
The bios says it would use irq 5, but this is not confirmed
in /proc/interrupts.
Should I access it through /dev/ttyS3 ?
efax gives a tcgetattr error on ttyS2 and ttyS3.
How to fix? Where to look?
Any help is greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Guus.
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From: Guus Zijlstra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Which card shall I choose? 3dfx Voodoo 3000, 3500, nVidia TNT2, or
Date: Mon, 22 May 2000 22:26:05 +0200
Reply-To: remove_nospam_bogus_from_sender
Jeff Veit wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I'm buying another computer today. I want it to run Linux. Which of these
> cards has the least problems? Any recommendations world? I'm looking at 3dfx
> Voodoo 3000, 3500, nVidia TNT2, or Geforce? I'm not especially interested in
> performance for gaming. I am interested in stability of drivers.
>
> Thanks
>
> Jeff
I have no problem with nVidia TNT2.
Good luck!
Guus.
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From: "Peter Christy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: are asus reliable?
Date: Sun, 21 May 2000 20:01:15 +0100
I've been running an Asus P5AB motherboard with an AMD K2-350 overclocked to
400 MHz, and its as solid as a rock! (aladdin V chipset)
Years ago I had an early Pentium system with a Via chipset and wasn't
impressed, but I believe they've improved a lot now!
Pete
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From: C. C. McPherson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Ethernet IRQ conflict - I'm stuck
Date: Mon, 22 May 2000 16:36:57 -0400
> in article
cxmV4.5711$[EMAIL PROTECTED], John
Smith at
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 20/5/00 12:13 PM:
>
> > Thanks, Tom,
> >
> > I finally figured it out. My card was in PCI slot #3, and on the BE6
> > motherboard, slot #3 and the HP366 always share the same interrupt. This
> > was why I couldn't change the interrupt in my BIOS. I put the card in
> > another slot and everything works now.
>
> I'm normally a Mac user so I don't know intel hardware much at all. Would
> this kind of set up be common where the slot has a specific IRQ assigned to
> it?
>
> I ask because I am trying to get two 3c509 ethernet cards working in a
> second hand IPEX P100 I've recently purchased and I can get one working at a
> time, but as soon as I put both in, both Windows and Linux lose all network
> access.
>
> I'd love to solve this problem if anyone can help.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Adrian Sutton
>
> **************************************************************
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> Nothing so needs reforming as other people's habits.
> -- Mark Twain.
> **************************************************************
>
>
Adrian:
Just a concern on your 3C509's. Make sure that they are not
using the same IRQ's. You may have to reconfigure one via
the etherdisk dos utility (you can get it a 3com's web site)
go to
support.3com.com/infodeli/tools/nic/3c509/3c5096.1.htm
download both disk1 and disk2
-Clyde
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From: Tellplace <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: SCSI controllers
Date: Mon, 22 May 2000 22:43:41 -0100
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Douglas Fraser wrote:
> Given a choice of several PCI SCSI adapters,
> which would be best given the following
> order of importance (to me...):
>
> 1) Stability/Reliability
> 2) Performance
> 3) Cost
>
> And what one card would you avoid at all cost?
I have good results with Adaptec both 2940, 2940UW and
29160UW under Linux RedHat 6.0 and Linux Mandrake 7.0.
I don't think the 29160UW is worth the cost because the per-
formance increase is minimal compared to 2940UW.
I have bad experience with Advansys 3940UW where neither
RH nor Mandrake was able to recognize it under install. It could
be a single bad board because I never got it to work and bought an
Adaptec instead.
I think all the Adaptec use the aic7xxx driver with no problems.
Although Adaptec is more expensive I think it's worth it simply
because it gives less problems.
Regards
Tellplace
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From: Edward Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Trouble with Rockwell / Conexant modem
Date: Mon, 15 May 2000 17:51:22 -0700
Guus Zijlstra wrote:
> I am trying to set up a pci Rockwell / Conexant HCF modem,
> (id 1025) without luck.
> The bios says it would use irq 5, but this is not confirmed
> in /proc/interrupts.
>
> Should I access it through /dev/ttyS3 ?
> efax gives a tcgetattr error on ttyS2 and ttyS3.
>
> How to fix? Where to look?
It is difficult to fix without the driver source. You can license the
source codes for 7.8 billions for now. It could be cheaper later on.
>
>
> Any help is greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> Guus.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Tom Collins)
Subject: Re: OKI Printer
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Mon, 22 May 2000 20:57:22 GMT
"Matthew Guy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hello,
>
>I have an OKIPAGE 6e laser printer, I want to connect it to Linux (RedHat
>6.2 i386)
>Has anyone managed or know how to do it (do I need a driver and if so where
>do I get it from?)
>
>Things I have already tried,
>
>Connecting it as every printer in the available list.
>Looking for a Linux driver on the net (no joy yet)
>
>Can anyone please help
>
>
>Thanks
>
If you have Windows on your system, too, you will need to change the
Oki's default emulation to HP Laserjet. It starts out with "Hi-Per W"
emulation, which doesn't work with Linux. You have to go into the Oki
printer control program to do this.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bryan K. Wright)
Subject: Why does my VXA-1 tape only hold 14GB?
Date: 22 May 2000 20:59:42 GMT
Hi folks,
I recently bought 2 internal VXA-1 tape drives, and I'm having
a problem with them. The V17 cartridges, which should hold 33GB
uncompressed, only hold about 14GB. This is true for both drives,
with two different tapes. Can anybody point out the error of my ways?
Here's the drive info:
$ mt -f /dev/nst1 status
SCSI 2 tape drive:
File number=-1, block number=-1, partition=0.
Tape block size 65536 bytes. Density code 0x80 (unknown).
Soft error count since last status=0
General status bits on (1010000):
ONLINE IM_REP_EN
and here's where the tape ends (writes fail beyond this point):
$ mt -f /dev/nst1 tell
At block 219514.
The platform is Linux 2.0.36 with an Adaptec 1542 controller.
This machine also runs an Exabyte Mammoth and a few Exabyte
8505s. The other drives work as expected.
Any clues would be appreciated.
Thanks in advance,
Bryan
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Physics Department | applesauce, they taste much more like prunes
University of Virginia | than rhubarb does." -- Groucho
Charlottesville, VA 22901 |
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From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Sound Modules
Date: Mon, 22 May 2000 21:30:15 GMT
I have RedHat 6.1. I have switched sound cards. My new sound card, based
on an Aureal chipset, is unsupported. There are drivers from Aureal I
would like to try sometime. Right now, I get an error on bootup because
the system is attempting to use the modules for my old supported sound
card. How do I uninstall these modules or get them to be be ignored in the
boot process? I figure I can do without sound until I try to install the
Aureal drivers. Thank you in advance. JH
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Stuart R. Fuller)
Subject: Re: Removing Linux Print Banner
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Mon, 22 May 2000 22:10:03 GMT
M Jennings ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
: Hello,
:
: Can anyone help me, I wish to remove a banner thats printed out every
: time I print to a remote printer through Samba. The Printer is a HP
: LaserJet 4000TN and I have the following setups....
Is it a banner or a trailer?
If it's a trailer, then the printer itself is doing it without the knowledge
of the operating system. You'll need to get the manual for the printer to
turn it off.
Stu
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From: "Kirk Wythers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: update
Date: Mon, 22 May 2000 16:17:37 -0500
I've got the sucker dialing (or at least it sounds like it). I set PnP in
the bios to "NO". Now the modem won't conect to my isp. Where are the
configuration files that RedHat's modem config tool writes so that I can
double check the password and user stuff?
Thanks,
Kirk
Kirk R. Wythers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I have a 3COM / USR fax modem (ISA) that I'm trying to get working on a
> redhat 6.2 box. None of the auto config tools seem to be able to find
> the modem and I'm guessing that it is a COM or IRQ issue. The modem
> looks like it came from the factory configured as PnP. I'd like to know
> if I can leave the modem as PnP (my bios says PnP is on) or if I should
> set the COM and IRQ on the modem with jumpers. I'm having a bugger of
> time figuring out what COM port linux is seeing. setserial says the
> modem is on COM2. I have /dev/modem pointing to /dev/ttyS1 with a
> symbolic link.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Kirk
>
> btw this is a duel boot system and windows 98 can use the modem fine, so
> I know it's installed ok and working...
>
> --
> Kirk R. Wythers University of Minnesota
> Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Department of Forest
Resources
> Tel: 612.625.22611530 Cleveland Ave. N.
> Fax: 612 625.5212 Saint Paul, MN 55108
>
>
>
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From: Chris Pitzel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: SCSI controllers
Date: Mon, 22 May 2000 22:20:05 GMT
> Given a choice of several PCI SCSI adapters,
> which would be best given the following
> order of importance (to me...):
> 1) Stability/Reliability
> 2) Performance
> 3) Cost
I've had extremely good luck with the NCR/Symbios/LSI Logic 53c8xx
series. They've been supported in Linux for the past 4.5 years now, and
the boards cost significantly less than the equivilant Adaptec boards.
If you're gonna go for a Symbios/LSI Logic board, try and get a 'stock'
one manufactured by Symbios/LSI Logic themselves. Such boards can be
purchased at www.insight-electronics.com and elsewhere.
I've had mixed results with the Adaptec boards. At first, they weren't
very good under Linux, and caused all kinds of problems. Lately,
they've been just fine. However, there's nothing compelling about the
Adaptec boards for one to go out and spend twice as much for one of them
instead of an equivilant Symbios board. I've also found that
Symbios/LSI have been much more 'linux-friendly' as companies than has
been Adaptec, so that's why I would like to support them (vote with my
dollars).
> And what one card would you avoid at all cost?
Anything made by Diamond.
> Keep it short and simple, just the manufacturer
> and model/part number of what board you prefer,
> and if you have such a view, what board you hate.
What type of SCSI are you looking for? I could give you a part number
and a source, but I don't know what you're looking for (ie: single
channel, dual channel, fast/wide, fast SCSI, ultra, fast-40,
differential, single-ended, etc., etc.).
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From: "Christopher T. Kight" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Diamond Viper II
Date: Mon, 22 May 2000 23:32:14 GMT
Forgive me if this has been asked before..
I have a Diamond Viper II. It's a great video card, I was wondering if
anyone has been able to get one running under any flavor of X? I have some
older hardware that I know works under x, but I'd like to give it a shot
with the nicer card.
Christopher
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From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: How do I check available disk space
Date: Mon, 22 May 2000 23:30:05 GMT
I have two 8gig drive. I installed RedHat 6.1
Drive hdb have 4gig free.
>From command line how can I tell free space available on hda or hda.
How to create 2gig mount point /test1 on hdb
How to extend mount point /u01 on hdb
I appreciate all help.
Thanks in advance.
Junior
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From: Prasanth Kumar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Fasttrak66 vs redhat 6.2
Date: Mon, 22 May 2000 23:45:58 GMT
Lurch wrote:
>
> Promise have been telling me for about 12 months (and i
> quote) "drivers for Redhat Linux 6.1 coming next month..."
>
<snip>
You mean Promise can't keep a promise?!
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From: Prasanth Kumar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Sound Modules
Date: Mon, 22 May 2000 23:47:25 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> I have RedHat 6.1. I have switched sound cards. My new sound card, based
> on an Aureal chipset, is unsupported. There are drivers from Aureal I
> would like to try sometime. Right now, I get an error on bootup because
> the system is attempting to use the modules for my old supported sound
> card. How do I uninstall these modules or get them to be be ignored in the
> boot process? I figure I can do without sound until I try to install the
> Aureal drivers. Thank you in advance. JH
>
> --
> Posted via CNET Help.com
> http://www.help.com/
They are loaded based on the file /etc/conf.modules.
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Prasanth Kumar
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From: Sandhitsu R Das <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Trouble with Rockwell / Conexant modem
Date: Mon, 22 May 2000 20:01:49 -0400
On Mon, 22 May 2000, Guus Zijlstra wrote:
HCF modems are winmodems. You can't use them in Linux.
> I am trying to set up a pci Rockwell / Conexant HCF modem,
> (id 1025) without luck.
> The bios says it would use irq 5, but this is not confirmed
> in /proc/interrupts.
>
> Should I access it through /dev/ttyS3 ?
> efax gives a tcgetattr error on ttyS2 and ttyS3.
>
> How to fix? Where to look?
>
> Any help is greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> Guus.
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Hal Burgiss)
Subject: Re: How do I check available disk space
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Tue, 23 May 2000 00:09:00 GMT
On Mon, 22 May 2000 23:30:05 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I have two 8gig drive. I installed RedHat 6.1
>Drive hdb have 4gig free.
>
>From command line how can I tell free space available on hda or hda.
[root@feenix root]# cfdisk -Ps /dev/hdc
Partition Table for /dev/hdc
First Last
# Type Sector Sector Offset Length Filesystem Type Flags
-- ------- -------- --------- ------ --------- ---------------- ---------
1 Primary 0 976751 63 976752 FAT16 (06) Boot (80)
2 Primary 976752 1025135 0 48384 Linux (83) None (00)
3 Primary 1025136 1150127 0 124992 Linux swap (82) None (00)
4 Primary 1150128 12213935 0 11063808 Extended (05) None (00)
5 Logical 1150128 2322431 63 1172304 Linux (83) None (00)
6 Logical 2322432 5447231 63 3124800 Linux (83) None (00)
7 Logical 5447232 5572223 63 124992 Linux swap (82) None (00)
8 Logical 5572224 10454975 63 4882752 Linux (83) None (00)
9 Logical 10454976 10846079 63 391104 Linux (83) None (00)
10 Logical 10846080 11237183 63 391104 Linux (83) None (00)
11 Logical 11237184 12213935 63 976752 Linux (83) None (00)
Logical 12213936 26520479 0 14306544 Free Space None (00)
>How to create 2gig mount point /test1 on hdb
man fdisk or cfdisk
>How to extend mount point /u01 on hdb
There are tools for this (parted for one), but can't vouch for them, and
would be reluctant to use them myself.
--
Hal B
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