Linux-Hardware Digest #771, Volume #13 Mon, 23 Oct 00 07:13:04 EDT
Contents:
Re: Microsoft Intellimouse Optical ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Looking for soundcard with Linux microphone support (Lew Pitcher)
hpt366 on intel 440fx chipset ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: updating hard disk in PII 233 from dma 33 - dma 66 (James Richard Tyrer)
how to configure network cards ? (Timpie)
Re: Problems with floppy (Eric)
Re: Jaz 1G removable hard-drive (Eric)
Re: Copying /usr to new partition (Eric)
Re: dual cpu (John Chen)
HELP: SuSE Linux hangs while booting (Nick Bishop)
modem problem ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: ATA100 & RH7.0 (jwk)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Microsoft Intellimouse Optical
Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2000 06:00:38 GMT
where is the xf86config file located? thx.
In article <8sovg3$ed0$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> You should try to put "IMPS/2" instead of "PS/2" in your XF86Config file.
> If you want to use the wheel take a look at "imwheel". I don't have an url
> for it, but you shouldn't have trouble to find it. There is good
> documentation with it and it is relatively easy to install.
>
> good luck,
>
> Pierre.
>
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From: Lew Pitcher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Re: Looking for soundcard with Linux microphone support
Date: Sun, 22 Oct 2000 15:31:27 -0400
Brian Davis wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> Does anyone know of a soundcard with Linux driver capability to use the
> microphone to record?
Most (if not all) Soundblaster cards will do here.
--
Lew Pitcher
Master Codewright and JOAT-in-training
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: hpt366 on intel 440fx chipset
Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2000 07:19:41 GMT
Hi
I have installed HotRod66 controller on two different mainboards (PPro
200 on AUSUS P/I-P6NP5 board and IBM DeskStar 15G disk and PPro 180 on
intel VS440FX with Seagate Barracuda 15G). The both mainboards share the
same intel chipset 440FX. I used patched kernel 2.2.17 for AUSUS
P/I-P6NP5 and
2.4.0-pre6 (from RH7 distribution) for intel VS440FX. On both computers
the hpt366 works well under w95osr2. Under linux, however, the
controller is detected, disks are recognized properly but system hangs
at random places during bootup.
Specifying kernel parameters
idebus=30 ide2=noautotune
(for PPro 3x60MHz and intel mainboard)
the controller correctly boots up in pio0 mode (I suppose = performance
is 1.35MB/s). Under pio4 mode (switched using hdparm -p4 /dev/hde)
system works, but with worse performance than with ordinary ide0
controller (2.31 vs. 3.18 MB/s).
Enabling dma (hdparm -d1 -X34 /dev/hde) cause error
ide-dmaproc: chipset supported
ide_dma_timeout func only:14
and the system hang.
Any comments, please
Cyril F.
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From: James Richard Tyrer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: updating hard disk in PII 233 from dma 33 - dma 66
Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2000 08:06:39 GMT
erv wrote:
> Hi,
> I'm trying to update the hard drive on my old PII 233 machine.
> I bought a new Promise ultra66 controller. How do I get the mother
> board (bios)to except this new controller card and hard drive?
The BIOS on the card will install itself when you boot the system.
>
> I was able to download the bios from Promise for Linux for the ultra66
> card.
The BIOS you down loaded is an upgrade for the flash BIOS on the Promise
card. AFAIK you don't need this for any reason, unless you know of a
specific one.
> I have to be able to start the system to be able to upload the
> dma66 bios to the mother board?
You aren't going to do this.
> I have just taken the old harddisk out
> of the chain.
>
> Anyway I'm clueless any help would be appreciated.
To start the system in DMA 33 mode (or less) follow the directions in the
Ultra-DMA HOWTO -- section 5.1.
Then you need to build a Kernel v. 2.2.26 with the ide patch applied.
Remember to use the global parameter "linear" in you "lilo.conf" file.
It is my understanding that you do not have a HD with anything installed
on it in your system. Therefore, you will need to start an installation,
get to a console, get the numbers and enter them some how. With RedHat,
you would enter at the "Boot:" prompt:
linux ide2=0x<a>,<b+2>
with the numbers you obtained from:
cat /proc/pci
Read the HOWTO and then ask more questions.
JRT
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From: Timpie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: how to configure network cards ?
Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2000 10:52:44 +0200
Hello there,
Recently installed Red Hat 2,6, trying to replace NT on my Compaq Armada
1750 portable.
How do I setup my linux machine to access the network depending on the
way I boot.
I booted from the docking station and (onboard Compaq Neteligent
interface) was recognized,
but I can't seem to bring it up with ifup eth0 boot. It painfully
states "Delaying ethe0 initialization".
How do I set this up and how do I detect wanting to go on the network
with the Pulsar PCMCIA
network card ...
Thankx Linux gurus
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Tel: +32 3 241 68 46
Fax: +32 3 241 68 99
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From: Eric <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Problems with floppy
Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2000 11:01:18 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Filipe Bonjour wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I'm having some serious trouble using my floppy disk under Red Hat 6.2.
> Anytime I try executing mount, mke2fs, mkbootdisk this is what I get:
>
> root 1 % mount -t vfat /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy/
> mount: /dev/fd0 is not a valid block device
>
What does `ls -l /dev/fd0` return?
Eric
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From: Eric <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Jaz 1G removable hard-drive
Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2000 11:12:44 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Vincent wrote:
>
> I am using Redhat 6.2. I just install a Jaz 1G removable hard-drive but it
> cannot be detected. Could anybody help? Thanks!
>
> Vincent
Why can't it be detected?
(or: give more information)
Eric
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From: Eric <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Copying /usr to new partition
Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2000 11:29:17 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> I'm trying to get all my linux stuff on one hard drive (and windows on
> another) and am running into problems.
>
> Following are fdisk dumps of my 2 hard drives. Also, I've included a
> dump of the 'df' command.
>
> --------------------------------------------------------
> Disk /dev/hda: 240 heads, 63 sectors, 833 cylinders
> Units = cylinders of 15120 * 512 bytes
>
> Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
> /dev/hda1 * 1 87 657688+ 6 FAT16
> /dev/hda3 88 764 5118120 85 Linux extended
> /dev/hda5 88 358 2048728+ 6 FAT16
> /dev/hda6 359 764 3069328+ 83 Linux
> --------------------------------------------------------
hda2 should be of type 5, otherwise windows cannot use hda5
>
> Disk /dev/hdc: 16 heads, 63 sectors, 19841 cylinders
> Units = cylinders of 1008 * 512 bytes
>
> Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
> /dev/hdc1 * 1 4161 2097112+ 83 Linux
> /dev/hdc2 4162 19811 7887253+ 5 Extended
> Partition 2 does not end on cylinder boundary:
> phys=(1023, 4, 63) should be (1023, 15, 63)
> /dev/hdc5 4162 4668 255496+ 82 Linux swap
> /dev/hdc6 9914 19811 4988151 b Win95 FAT32
> /dev/hdc7 4669 9913 2643448+ 83 Linux
> Partition table entries are not in disk order
> --------------------------------------------------------
hda2 should be of type f, your data can get corrupted if you do not
change this. I don't like the message interleaved there, I think it is
not setup in LBA mode in the BIOS (??). Anyway this table looks pretty
scary to me. It should be easy enough to renumber the partitions, delete
them and recreate them in the right order again, (hdc6 and hdc7 should
be name-swapped). This should be possible without data loss, but if you
have important data on this disc, back it up first.
> Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
> /dev/hdc7 2.5G 100M 2.3G 4% /
> /dev/hdc1 2.0G 1.0G 865M 55% /home
> /dev/hda1 642M 152M 490M 24% /mnt/win_c
> /dev/hdc6 4.7G 4.1G 688M 86% /mnt/win_c2
> /dev/hda5 2.0G 50M 1.9G 2% /mnt/win_d
> /dev/hda6 2.9G 1.6G 1.1G 60% /usr
> --------------------------------------------------------
>
> I have /usr set up in it's own partition on /dev/hda. I want to move it
> to either it's own directory under / or it's own partition on /dev/hdc.
>
> I could simply swap /dev/hdc6 and /dev/hda6... but I suspect there are
> issues with moving /usr around.
IIRC there's a HOWTO on adding a new HDD to your system, read that one
carefully, it describes what you want to do in detail
> With all the free space on /, I would prefer to put it in a directory
> instead.
>
> One other issue is my partition setup (particularily /dev/hdc). Is it
> really screwed up? The cylinders seems too high. (Please don't mock me
> too bad if I did somehting real stupid :) )
Yes this is a strange partition table. How did you manage to create it
like this? I would try to fix ASAP.
Eric
> Hope you can help, thanks!
>
> -Naf
>
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From: John Chen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: dual cpu
Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2000 02:44:54 -0700
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hello,
This is my first time emailing this list. Please excuse me if my questions are
too dumb.
I was wondering about a dual cpu (Compaq) system working with linux. If I
install say Red hat 7 on a dual cpu Compaq system, during the installation
process, would the o.s. detect the dual cpus by itself, and work with both cpus
in delegating tasks/processes among them. In other words, is it simple to get
linux to work with a dual cpu Compaq system and recognize automatically that
there are two cpus and work with both? Or do I have to do something (or a
bunch of things) during the installation process to make linux recognize and
work with both cpus.
Thanks for any input!
-john
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William Fong wrote:
> 8 CPUs is Intel's Chipset limits. There are other chipset makers that have
> produced a 32-CPU chipset for Intel processors. UNISYS is one of them.
>
> -william
>
> --
>
> ______________________________
> William Fong - www.digitaldev.com
>
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > Siukong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> >
> > > hi there,
> > >
> > > i want to optimize the multi-tasking ability of my workstation. is
> > > dual-cpu the best way to do so? or just get a super fast cpu like
> > > TB, P IV (not yet out).
> >
> > If you want to optimize your multitasking, then you should add CPUs.
> >
> > As someone else mentioned, you should also upgrade the rest of your
> > system. My lowly P3-450 gets me into a Half-Life map in under five
> > seconds, whereas people with Athlon 3487587456MHz computers, or
> > whatever they're up to, are still waiting.
> >
> > The reason is that for 98% of applications, a SCSI drive is going to
> > be faster - often much faster - than a same-speed IDE drive. Having
> > enough RAM that the entire application can sit in the disk cache helps
> > a great deal as well.
> >
> > > is there any possible way for a pc to have more than 2 cpu?
> >
> > Yes, but you have to go to Xeons. You can go up to 8 on the Intel CPUs.
> >
> > > well, for dual-cpu, what's the best combination for linux
> > > workstation? i know that dual celeron is the very comman way for a
> > > pc to run in dual-processor mode.
> >
> > It's common because it's cheap. Intel does not support dual
> > Celerons. Spend the tiny amount of extra money and get better CPUs.
> > For most dual-CPU tasks, the heftier caches will help you out more
> > than a couple extra MHz.
> >
> > My philosophy on SMP-ing Celerons is like my philosophy on
> > overclocking. My philosophy on motherboard manufacturers who market
> > products explicitly to one or both of these two groups is best left
> > unsaid.
> >
> > > is it possible to get some better cpu like PIII, TB run in dual mode
> > > under linux??
> >
> > AMD processors do not support SMP. The P2 and P3 are limited to two
> > CPUs apiece, I believe, whereas P2/P3 Xeons can go up to eight.
> > Pentium Pros can go up to six at least, possibly eight.
> >
> > If you want to run a workstation (that is, a regular computer that is
> > occasionally called upon to do heavy computations), 2 CPUs is probably
> > your best option. If you want to run a server, particularly a
> > terminal server, you will be better served by getting more CPUs with
> > less power.
> >
> > --
> > Eric McCoy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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From: Nick Bishop <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.suse
Subject: HELP: SuSE Linux hangs while booting
Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2000 10:08:40 GMT
PROBLEM
=======
I am installing SuSE 6.4 linux onto a Gateway computer. If I boot from
the LILO floppy, the computer hangs on
"Setting up the CMOS clock"
in the boot sequence.
Anyone got any answers?
There's a lot of information below - when replying, cut out everything
except what you want to focus on. Reply to the newsgroup.
PRIOR ACTIVITY
==============
I've asked this question on comp.os.linux.setup.
I was installing SuSE 6.4 linux and I got as far as installing the
packages, writing the LILO boot disk, and after answering the dialog box
advising of a reboot, the system hung. After waiting five minutes, I
press CTRL-ALT-DEL and the system cold-booted. That's when I used the
floppy and got the error.
THINGS I'VE TRIED
=================
At the floppy LILO boot: prompt, I enter "linux mem=63M". Also tried
"linux mem=48M" and nothing (press enter).
If I boot from the evaluation distro CD, using boot: manual mem=63M, go
through the language/colour/keyboard choices and at the next menu,
choose ...
1) "boot installed system", the same thing happens
2) "start rescue system", I don't have the problem, even though it
does the same step of "Setting up the CMOS clock".
Using the rescue system, I can log in, mount the various hard disk
partitions, and have a look.
Installing SuSE 6.3 also snagged on "Setting the CMOS clock"
THINGS I'VE TRIED using the rescue system
=========================================
1. After mounting the hard disk root partition, I backed up the hard
disk's /sbin/init.d/rc.config and replaced it with the rescue system's
version (which has less being enabled). --> Makes no difference.
2. Backed up the hard disk's /etc/fstab and then deleted all entries
except /proc / (swap) /usr /home (five entries). This included deleting
a proc-like entry for usb, the floppy entry, and the cd-rom entry. -->
Makes no difference.
3. The command that hangs the system is called from the hard disk's
/sbin/init.d/boot (command called hwclock). This compares identical to
the rescue's version of the file.
4. The only difference between the hard disk's /etc/inittab and rescue's
/etc/inittab is the default run-level: 2 on rescue, 3 on hard disk.
5. At the floppy boot: prompt, I typed "linux 2 mem=63M" to get
run-level 2, still hung.
6. Booting from the distro CD, at it's boot: prompt, I typed "manual 3
mem=63M" to get run level 3, then select "Start rescue system". That
works normally. [note: pre SuSE 6.4 users: "manual" is the config that
gives you the text-based YaST1 - "linux" will give you the YaST2 - which
is not what you want]
=> 5 & 6 above tells me that the run-level makes no difference.
7. The hard disk's /sbin/hwclock cmp's equal to the rescue system's
version.
8. Q: Should I be evil? Comment out that section in the hard disk's
/sbin/init.d/boot script that executes hwclock?
9. I couldn't find the rescue system's vmlinuz - so I couldn't compare
it with the hard disk's version, nor replace the hard disk's version
with it (and yes, I will backup vmlinuz to another place before
overwriting it ...)
Q: Could it be something in the hard disk's kernel? How do I replace
it? Is this the right area to look at?
THINGS TO NOTE:
===============
1) I see messages relating to USB when I boot via the floppy, which I
don't see when starting the rescue system
2) I don't have mouse support (thank god for ALT+(underlined letter)) -
that I'll tackle later
3) Windoze on hda1 partition, linux on hda5/6/7/8 partitions
HARDWARE
========
Gateway Neo (also known as Astro), with 64M memory, USB keyboard and
mouse, 4.1G hard disk, 400MHz celeron, integrated sound.
Hard disk Quantum Fireball CR4.3A, geometry 255H, 63Sec, 524Cy Atapi
CD-ROM Samsung CD-ROM SC140F
Display: "Gateway Astro on Intel 810 Chipset Graphics" Video bios
ver 02.10
Memory: 2MB
Can do 75Hz, 16 or 24 bit colour, 1024x768 in windoze.
If you want more information on hardware, I can get it from Windoze 98.
Tell me what to concentrate on.
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Subject: modem problem
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2000 10:35:37 GMT
I have downloaded the driver for Cirrus Logic PCI modem.I added some infomation about
modversions.h to the Makefile and the sources to match my 2.2.13 kernel and compiled
it successfully.Now I meet some pinpricks.every time when I connect to My ISP,it is
broken down.I copied the tail of the file /var/log/message here:
localhost kernel: MODEM is Handshaking...
localhost pppd[14808]: Connect script failed
localhost chat[14833]: timeout set to 60 seconds
localhost chat[14833]: expect (CONNECT)
localhost chat[14833]: ^M
localhost chat[14833]: ERROR
localhost chat[14833]: -- failed
localhost chat[14833]: Failed (ERROR)
localhost kernel: MODEM Has Connected!
localhost kernel: Modem Mode: V.34 Asym
localhost kernel: Modem Baud TX: 31200
localhost kernel: Modem Baud RX: 33600
localhost kernel: CLM: Connection Terminated.
localhost kernel: STATISTICS:
localhost kernel: RX chars : 0
localhost kernel: TX chars : 0
localhost kernel: RX errors : 0 ?
localhost kernel: CLM: Reseting modem...
localhost pppd[14808]: Exit.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (jwk)
Subject: Re: ATA100 & RH7.0
Date: 23 Oct 2000 10:41:52 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Sun, 22 Oct 2000 18:14:36 GMT, David Lerner
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>In article <AkLG5.92$BX3.1253@client>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dave Nuttall) wrote:
>>I was thinking about getting one of the new Maxtor 80GB drives and sticking it
>>on a modest, 2yr old box, but it looks like it "needs" a high speed/width
>>plugin card. CompUSA had one (circa $50) but no indication of its
>>compatibility with Linux.
>>
>The Promise controller is not supported in the official 2.2 series kernels.
>It is supported with the 2.4.0-test kernels and a back port is available
>for 2.2 kernels through 2.2.16. SuSE 7.0 includes support for the Promise
>controller. There is no support in Red Hat 7.0 or Mandrake 7.1.
>
also 2.2.17: ftp.us.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/hedrick/
Good luck,
Jurriaan
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