Linux-Hardware Digest #205, Volume #13 Mon, 10 Jul 00 09:13:06 EDT
Contents:
Re: Unresoved symbol? ("D. Stimits")
Re: Modem Installation Problem ("richard")
Re: Hpt366. need support in 2.2.16 (Kenneth R�rvik)
Re: hotrod66 (Kenneth R�rvik)
Re: Linux home server: Clean-slate hardware plan? (Steffen Kluge)
Re: Linux home server: Clean-slate hardware plan? (Steffen Kluge)
Re: mysterious noise from PC speaker (Christian =?iso-8859-1?Q?Fr=F6hlich?=)
Re: Data Acquisition Help ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: IBM PC Server 300? (mindglow)
After Installing Corel Linux I can't use my keyboard ("David Farrell")
Re: How do I turn on IDE DMA at boot time? (Sylvain POURRE)
glut&mesa problem (FROZEN_Steam)
Re: LS-120 FLOPTICAL (Dances With Crows)
linux/NT partition (jkauffman)
Re: glut&mesa problem (Rasputin)
16 bit computer (sanjeev)
Re: Linux home server: Clean-slate hardware plan? (Trygve Selmer)
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Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2000 00:12:55 -0600
From: "D. Stimits" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Unresoved symbol?
Mark wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I'm trying to configure an AMD 2700TX NIC and when the system comes up I get
> an error message that says "depmod unresolved symbol..." when trying to load
> the pcnet32.o module. The interface will not activate at boot up, and will
> not stay active if I try to start it using netcfg. I'm not quite sure what
> the error message means. Does anyone have any insight on this? And if so,
> what should I do about it? Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks.
>
> Mark
It is referring to symbols created during a compile of the module
requiring the kernel source to be in place and configured to match your
existing system at the time of compile. Modules and some programs
include headers from /usr/include/linux/, which is in turn a sym link to
the kernel source. The kernel source is modified when you do "make
menuconfig" (or the equivalent), and thus compiling your module when the
kernel isn't configured to your system can break symbols. Once you do
have it compiled right, your System.map file needs to be available
(there are a number of names and locations it looks for it). Probably
the best is to put it in /boot/ (it is in /usr/src/linux/ as System.map
after kernel compile), and name it after "uname -r" output. For example,
if you have compiled 2.2.15 kernel source, uname -r says "2.2.15". You'd
therefore name it System.map-2.2.15, and place it in /boot/. If the
module was part of your kernel compile, then it should match this
System.map already. Some modules, such as emu10k1, can be obtained
separately from the kernel, and should be compiled only after the full
kernel compile routine has been set to match your current setup...if you
don't know what that is, you'll want to recompile the kernel and
reinstall (it pays to save your config file to an alternate directory
and name so you can reference it later).
If you are unfortunate enough to be using a binary module distribution,
you must use the exact kernel version the binary was intended for.
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From: "richard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Modem Installation Problem
Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2000 08:43:39 +0200
Using RH6.2, you could try wvdial and wvdailconf (read man pages).
Worked fine for me.
Mohd Hamidi Mohd Nor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:8jvmcp$4fi$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Deslack <omark@!NOSPAM!bitsmart.com> wrote in message
> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > > Mine also. Using RH6.2 but artnet external modem 56kbps connecting to
9
> > pin
> > > serial com port. This modem support linux and even have manual on
> > > installation with RH Linux. I have follow the instructions but linux
> still
> > > can't detect my modem. Why???? Anybody.....help.
> > >
> >
> > There's no such thing as 'linux detects modems'. You have to configure
it
> > yourself. If you are using an external modem, this should be pretty easy
> to
> > resolve. BTW, please include the details of the problem, error messages,
> the
> > COM port your modem is plugged on, your OS distro and version.
> >
> > (d)
>
> I tried to configure myself but the error still appear. Ok....I connected
> the modem to com1 and using Gnome RH6.2. One error message come when I try
> to connect to internet. The message is "Cannot open /dev/ttyS0:
Input/output
> error. ERROR: Unable to initialize modem."
>
> The second error message when I try to configure it manually. I checked
the
> com port using the command statserial /dev/cua0. Error message appeared
was
> "statserial: TIOCMGET failed: Input/output error." Ihave tried for all com
> port. Still the same error msg. Could anybody help please.
>
>
>
>
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Subject: Re: Hpt366. need support in 2.2.16
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kenneth R�rvik)
Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2000 07:28:27 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Markus Kossmann) wrote in
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>Marius Th�ring wrote:
>>
>> Does anyone know where to find a ide-kernel patch
>> that enables the hpt366 controller in my system?
>>
>Follow the links on http://www.linux-ide.org/
Or go straight to http://www.csie.ntu.edu.tw/~b6506063/hpt366/.
Even better, if you don't mind using test kernels, get 2.4.0-test2. I had
some problems with the patched 2.2.16 during bootup, but with the 2.4.0-
test2 kernel it works like a charm.
--
Kenneth R�rvik 91841353/22718452
Steenstrupsgate 5 B [EMAIL PROTECTED]
0554 OSLO home.no.net/stasis
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Crossposted-To: be.comp.os.linux,pandora.os.linux
Subject: Re: hotrod66
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kenneth R�rvik)
Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2000 07:30:22 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Prime) wrote in
<pSB95.23221$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>Vol moed begonnen aan mijn eerste stapjes linux,
>doch in de kiem gesmoord.
>De harde schijven (maxtor 40,9gb en fireball 4gb) zijn via een ultra dma
>controller verbonden met moederbord. Linux installeren lukt niet omdat de
>harde schijven niet worden gevonden.
>Heeft iemand van jullie suggesties???
I'm not really good at your language, but I do understand you're having
problems with your hotrod 66 card.
See http://www.csie.ntu.edu.tw/~b6506063/hpt366/, or get the new 2.4.0-
test2 kernel and compile in support for HPT366 chipset.
--
Kenneth R�rvik 91841353/22718452
Steenstrupsgate 5 B [EMAIL PROTECTED]
0554 OSLO home.no.net/stasis
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Steffen Kluge)
Subject: Re: Linux home server: Clean-slate hardware plan?
Date: 10 Jul 2000 07:19:55 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
B. Joshua Rosen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>This is a home server not a corporate server, there isn't any need to go
>beyond 2 drives which IDE supports fine.
He's got two drives already, a hard disk and a CDROM drive. A
third drive would be catastrophic for IDE performance.
Maybe he should use one of those old CDROM drives that connect
to the sound card... :-)
Cheers
Steffen.
--
Steffen Kluge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Fujitsu Australia Ltd
Keywords: photography, Mozart, UNIX, Islay Malt, dark skies
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Steffen Kluge)
Subject: Re: Linux home server: Clean-slate hardware plan?
Date: 10 Jul 2000 07:38:58 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
zealot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>64 meg of ram (hey its cheap)
This is not enough. Get at least 128MB for decent file sharing
performance.
>Don't use the server to store files these should be kept on the client
>computers.
>this is just in case your server gets hacked you lose NOTHING.
??? You've got to be kidding. What do you use the server for,
then?
>Get a high quality switch or hub make sure its a 10/100 dual speed.
Don't get a dual-speed hub.
>If you can connect the Laser Jet 5 directly to the network. This would
>make this much simpler as far as
>your printing functions go. Printer setup and functionality on linux is
>still somewhat shaky.
Multiple PCs printing to the same JetDirect card is a lot
shakier, and you have no central queue to control.
>It would be worth the money to setup the laser jet on the network by
>itself rather than running
>it through another computer.
I disagree. Why do you think so?
>File sharing can be done between the windows clients without the need to
>setup the linux box for this.
>This would make the linux box a little more secure from the inside in
>case someone decides to play
>network detective for the fun of it. This only works if using a
>hub/switch. Other wise you must
>setup SAMBA the linux windows server program (read BIG PAIN IN BUTT) get
>the hub/switch.
Apart from the fact that Samba is not a pain in the butt (it
actually works straight out of the box for home dir and printer
sharing), what does a hub/switch have to do with it??
Cheers
Steffen.
--
Steffen Kluge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Fujitsu Australia Ltd
Keywords: photography, Mozart, UNIX, Islay Malt, dark skies
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From: Christian =?iso-8859-1?Q?Fr=F6hlich?= <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: mysterious noise from PC speaker
Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2000 10:10:44 +0200
Hi Warren!
Assuming, that you're using an ASUS P5A-Motherboard, it has something to
do with the floppy-controller and your BIOS-Settings. Search the
knowledgebase an asus.com and you'll probably find some help...
Warren Gross wrote:
>
> I've got a mysterious noise coming from the PC speaker
> with Redhat 6.2.
>
> It happens pretty randomly it seems, after the box has been up
> (and idle) for several hours and it just starts by itself. Its a
> high-pitched
> note. Only shutting down seems to kill it.
>
> Any ideas? How can I disable the speaker permanently as a work-around?
>
> Warren
--
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http://www.rz.uni-frankfurt.de/~chrifroe
"Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity,
and I'm not sure about the former." - Albert Einstein
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.help
Subject: Re: Data Acquisition Help
Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2000 08:03:25 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In article <8js96l$cji$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"ChrisE" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Can anybody recommend a good DIO PCI card that works under Linux. I
have
> been using an Nat Inst DIO-32HS under NT but haven't got the
experience to
> write the drivers and NI do not want to support Linux. I need 32 IO
channels
> Max IP voltage of 5V and capable of 2.8 MS/s or 11 MB/s for 32bit
input.
>
> Any help gratefully recieved.
>
> ChrisE
>
Chris
We are in the process of adding a PCI DIO board with Linux drivers to
our range. We expect it to be ready in a couple of weeks. Please
contact Kieran Winstanley our product manager for Instrumentation(this
includes data acqusition) He will be happy to discuss you requirement.
Thank you
Ian Waterman
Marketing Director
Amplicon Liveline Ltd
News and Technical Information http://www.amplicon.co.uk
Online Catalogue http://www.amplicononline.com
Tel +44 (0)1273 608331
Fax +44 (0)1273 570215
IT and instrumentation for industry
>
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From: mindglow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: IBM PC Server 300?
Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2000 09:10:02 GMT
Heya Bill,
firstly, welcome to Linux!
secondly why do you want X? A gui _really_ isn't a must-have, it's just
something that is 'posed to look nice and eat lots of resources.
If I were you, and you did say you wanted to learn Linux, I'd make a
machine that I could mail to, http to, ftp to and _especially_ telnet
to. Did you say you wanted to use the SuSe distro? SuSe is pretty big,
and includes lots of stuff you really don't need, therefore the total
install will indeed need lots of space. The answer is dont install all
of it!
Just get a base system up and networked and gradually add components to
enhance it. You have what looks to be someone's old cdrom-server and you
could configure it to do the same for you! Also I'd think about trading
in a cdrom or two for an extra harddrive. Over here in the Netherlands
there are many shops that sell older or used components at good prices
so I guess the same applies to where you're at. Try www.scsistuff.com if
you're in the usa.
A good tip would be : read the 'HOWTO' collection. Try www.linux.org.
Good luck!
-mindglow
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From: "David Farrell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.linux,alt.os.linux,alt.os.linux.corel,alt.os.linux.redhat,at.linux,be.comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.admin,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.setup,corelsupp
Subject: After Installing Corel Linux I can't use my keyboard
Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2000 11:02:28 +0100
I installed linux corel from a cover cd of digit magazine.
The PC is a Dell PIII 600 128mb ram 10gb hd 8mb s3 rage pro c/labs sound
905b network card ps2 keyboard & mouse.
It installed OK except for the following.
1: in the initial menu after installing where the COREL LINUX
COREL CONSOLE
COREL VGA
ETC...
I can use the keyboard to toggle between the options.
If I choose the COREL LINUX option it goes through a boot up screen
loading drivers and stops with the message
LOGIN or something to that effect.. also the screen (in DOS type mode)
flashes. this doesn't look normal.
The same happens when I choose the COREL CONSOLE.
If I choose COREL VGA it goes into a bootup sequence.
Then an NT like loggon screen comes up.
But The keyboard doesn't work, because the loggin doesn't have a
password I can use the mouse pointer to load the desktop.
But still no keyboard.
The control panel says us keyboard. I tried to change it but this was
not easy in vga mode and with no keyboard.
So if you can help a new Linux user get sorted please help.
David Farrell
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Sylvain POURRE <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How do I turn on IDE DMA at boot time?
Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2000 12:30:26 +0200
J Bland wrote:
>
> On Fri, 07 Jul 2000 12:57:25 +0200, Sylvain POURRE <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >"B. Joshua Rosen" wrote:
> >>
> >> How do I enable DMA at boot time?
> >
> >Hi
> >
> >It's a kernel option. You have to compile a new one.
>
> Or you can pass a hardware parameter to the kernel, eg through LILO.
>
> Although if you're gonna use it a lot probably best if you do, and get a
> quicker kernel as well (over standard install ones).
>
You are right. Very often the Kernel is to big . When you compile your
own one you can choose what you really need . It's a good way to learn
and to understand how this operating system works.
----
Sylvain
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From: FROZEN_Steam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x
Subject: glut&mesa problem
Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2000 13:48:05 +0200
Hello,
I've installed mesa and the glx drivers for my tnt2 ultra card.
When I try to start an application wich uses 3d, I get an error:
'GLUT: Fatal Error in <program-name>: OpenGL GLX extension not supported
by display: :0.0'
I've also installed the glx drivers from the nvidia site, could this be
the problem or is something else wrong?
thanx,
Floris
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Subject: Re: LS-120 FLOPTICAL
Date: 10 Jul 2000 08:05:08 EDT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Sun, 9 Jul 2000 22:35:10 -0400, KASI
<<6xaa5.3041$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> shouted forth into the ether:
>I have a ls-120 superdrive installed in place of a regular floppy drive.
>When Linux(RH) boots it identifies the drive as hdd which is correct as it
>is installed as the slave on my secondary IDE port. Linux, however does not
>set up or recognize the drive in control panel or linuxconf. It does
>however list a floppy device which it should not since all floppy drives are
>turned off in the BIOS. I guess what I need to know and have been unable to
>find in the help documents is the mount point(s) for a LS-120 when using a
>1.44M floppy disk and when using a 120M superdisk.
0. Insert formatted disk (floppy or LS-120, doesn't matter)
1. mkdir /mnt/ls120 (only do this once!)
2. mount /dev/hdd /mnt/ls120
Edit /etc/fstab so that it includes a line like so:
/dev/hdd /mnt/ls120 auto noauto,user 0 0
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But only Light too dim for us to see\ they become Gods, or Usenetters?" --/me
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From: jkauffman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: linux/NT partition
Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2000 05:10:53 -0700
I have installed both NT and Linux on my machine, NT having
2 partitions. My problem is that NT can only see one of
them, how can I configure things so that NT sees both
partitions?
Thanks
Jeremy
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rasputin)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: glut&mesa problem
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2000 12:38:38 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] <FROZEN_Steam> wrote:
>Hello,
>
>I've installed mesa and the glx drivers for my tnt2 ultra card.
>When I try to start an application wich uses 3d, I get an error:
>'GLUT: Fatal Error in <program-name>: OpenGL GLX extension not supported
>by display: :0.0'
>
>I've also installed the glx drivers from the nvidia site, could this be
>the problem or is something else wrong?
It sounds like your X-server isn't loading the module - what version of XFree
are you running?
--
Rasputin.
Jack of All Trades - Master of Nuns.
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From: sanjeev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: 16 bit computer
Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2000 13:44:17 +0100
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hallo everybody
I have a very basic question:
What does te mean by 16 bit computer or 32 bit computer etc.?
Thanks in advance
--sanjeev
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From: Trygve Selmer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux home server: Clean-slate hardware plan?
Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2000 11:56:16 +0200
Steffen Kluge wrote:
>
> He's got two drives already, a hard disk and a CDROM drive. A
> third drive would be catastrophic for IDE performance.
What do you mean by catastrophic?
I'm running an IBM PC 300GL (P3 533MHz) with:
- hda: Maxtor 91021U2, ATA DISK drive
- hdc: LTN403, ATAPI CDROM drive (40x)
- hdd: WDC WD136AA, ATA DISK drive
hdparm -t /dev/hda1:
64 MB in 2.86 seconds = 22.38 MB/sec
hdparm -t /dev/hdd1:
64 MB in 2.93 seconds = 21.84 MB/sec
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