Linux-Hardware Digest #80, Volume #14 Sat, 23 Dec 00 20:13:03 EST
Contents:
Teles PCI ISDN (Rafal Wysocki)
RTL8139 PCMCIA card ("Tobias Reichert")
Re: ES1371 soundcard setup problem - not the usual one... (Robert Hampf)
Re: Intel Easy PC camera - cannot be supported in Linux! ("Kyle Jacobs")
Re: Diamond Speedstar A200 (Robert Wickson)
Re: SCSI Controller not recognized by Linux? (Wolfgang Fritz)
Turtle Beach Santa Cruz DSP (Jeff Davis)
Re: D-Link DWL-650 wireless LAN PCMCIA card (Peter Seebach)
Re: ??? RH7.0 on a Pentium Pro 200 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Dual Xeon hangs ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Modem Not Responding ("Patrick Bartek")
Re: PCTel Modem Driver (KEMAL YILMAZ")
Re: Dual Xeon hangs (Hans J�rgensen)
Re: 1U cases for Supermicro's 370DLR/370DER m/b's ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: SCSI ADAPTER 1505 (Ekkard Gerlach)
Re: dying courier modem? (Matt Garman)
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From: Rafal Wysocki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Teles PCI ISDN
Date: Sat, 23 Dec 2000 20:28:42 +0100
Hi All,
I've got a problem with a new Teles PCI ISDN card. Namely, when I try do
dial out with it my system hangs solid. I use the HiSax driver, type 20
(NetJet PCI), which should work, AFAIK.
My system: K7 800, 128 MB RAM, Asus K7V.
Please let me know if You can help me.
Rafael
PS
Merry Christmas!
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From: "Tobias Reichert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: RTL8139 PCMCIA card
Date: Sat, 23 Dec 2000 20:50:27 +0100
Hi,
you can i get my 100mbit PCMCIA card running with Suse 7.0?
I downloaded the newest pcmcia-package and did the necessary modifications.
I also got it to load the rtl3189 and pcnet_cs modules when i insert the
card no eth0 is set. If i want to set it up manually ifconfig says "resource
temporarily unavailable". Who can help?
cu,
tobias
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Robert Hampf)
Subject: Re: ES1371 soundcard setup problem - not the usual one...
Date: Sat, 23 Dec 2000 21:58:38 +0200
Dances With Crows <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> h�lt �essu fram:
:
: I have noticed that if I try to start esd, though, sound stops. I think
: this is a configuration problem on my end; I'm running KDE2 and don't
: use esd for anything, but some GNOME programs want to start esd up every
: time they start up. I think my problem is related to esd and artsd
: fighting over /dev/dsp, so you might want to check for odd things like
: that if all the other stuff is OK.
I had the same problem (?). Changing auto_spawn=1 in /etc/esd.conf to
auto_spawn=0 helped.
rh
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From: "Kyle Jacobs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy,alt.linux.sux
Subject: Re: Intel Easy PC camera - cannot be supported in Linux!
Date: Sat, 23 Dec 2000 06:48:38 GMT
"Anthony P. Rounsaville" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:%OL06.23139$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Have you acctually used 2000 or ME? They are the WORST products Microsoft
> has ever made.
OK, this is clearly an opinion topic (this is an opinion NG) but saying that
2000 and Me were "the worse" means that you'd clearly prefer NT and 98 over
the afformetnioned products.
> Why would you build a sever OS that is designed for idiots? Have you even
> tried to load non-standard drivers on 2000? I'll say not, because you
> can't.
You can. Devices not assoicated with the HID, network or DirectX layers
(such as scanners, printers, media devices) will function with non-2k
drivers.
> They are now shoving Plug and Pray down your throat.
So? Why shit around with jumpers and conflicts when you can plug it in, and
have it WORK then, and there? Or are you still bitter about Windows 95's
"plug-and-play" functionality. I'd love to see Linux even attempt to aspire
to what Windows Me & 2000 have for PNP support.
> Active Directory is nothing more than a rip off of an NDS tree.
True, but it works, and it's easy to set up. I don't see why even the
administrator should have to spend hours on complicated tasks when the admin
has better things to be doing then running around catering to their PC
networks. The network works for the users, remember? The administrator is
exactly that, the administrator of the domain. Not the other way around.
> If you are configuring or managing a server you want and need controll.
Please, tell me how the MMC reduces your "control" over the Active Directory
and Legacy DS's
> Not to mention security. Considering that no Microsoft product has any
security at all.
I'd love for you to decrypt my personal profile from my NTFS5 volume.
> If there is IP connectivity Linux will compleatly bypass MS security.
Yes, Linux's NTFS module provides full read-only to the NTFS permition
structure, user class nothwithstanding. I can get similar software for
Windows to access EXT2 volumes and do the same thing.
> This was confirmed on a 2000 Domain with an NTFS partition. Linux
instantly had full access to the disk in question, no errors or security
checks.
Yes, I remember this one. Only it wasn't a "2000 domain", but a "legacy
domain". And NT4 systems could pretty much do similar stuff. (remember PC
masquerading)
> As for ME. ME should get the title as the worst OS ever released. You
have
> to love an OS that crashes every two hours.
You don't use Me, do you.
> I just love the "Linux Myths Page" on MS' web site. They refer to the
high
> cost of Linux support. Do they honestly think that $300 per incident is
> cheap. Taking into consideration that they don't help. They will
generally
> give you the reinstall line.
At least the install line will give you the time of day, (and most
importantly, walk you through the reinstall). RedHat's support line is
staffed with people who remind me of "Nick Burns, your companies computer
guy" who would sooner have hung up on me then walk someone through the
actual process of <INSERT TASK HERE>.
> Winblows was designed for idiots and novices.
And Linux is designed for computer geeks who adore control, because they
have none. Fine, Windows is for "idiots". Then is MacOS X designed for
dumb UNIX administrators? No, it's desgned for people who can clearly see
the real power behind UNIX. HINT: try copying some of the REAL innovation
found in OSX.
> This is one point that even MS has not denied. This has been their market
strategy. If it were not for the boom in the tech industry, Winblows would
have gone the way of OS2.
This sounds like a statement from someone who feels their IS/IT knoledge
isn't worth what it used to be.
> There is one undeniable fact in all of this, Linux acctually works. I
have
> set up a dual boot PC running both Linux and NT4 server. (Linux was a
> server build) Linux ran at least 50% faster, was more secure, and never
> crashed. All of my hardware was suported and worked far better than using
> NT. The PC in question's specs are below.
<SNIP>
> Amazingly everything worked with Linux the first time out. The video took
> three days to get running on NT4. You can choose to ignore these facts
and
> continue to support an inferior product line. If there is any one clear
> indication that Linux and Unix are far supperior to Window it would have
to
> be that most if not all high end network security devices run clones of
Unix
> as an OS.
Your only point of WIndows NT being a problem was the video card took "three
days to setup". Fine, why is the video card such an issue on a SERVER
anyway. 16 colors are 15 more than your Linux system seems to have needed
to provide basic data services (of which you do not list).
I don't think I care about Windows NT and Linux. When Linux can out do
Windows 2000 in every aspect (desktop and server), call me, then SHOW ME.
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From: Robert Wickson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: Diamond Speedstar A200
Date: Sat, 23 Dec 2000 20:24:35 GMT
"Jorge L. Rivas" wrote:
>
> Hello
> This is my own example of /etc/X11/XF86Config for xfree86 3.3.6. I suggest
[some stuff snipped]
> #*********************************
> #Graphics Device Section
> #********************************
>
> Section "Device"
> Identifier "Savage 4"
> VendorName "Diamond Multimedia. Savage4"
> VideoRam 8192
> Option "no_accel"
Try this option to get rid of the big white square cursor.
Option "sw_cursor"
> End Section
[ more snipping ]
> The only problem i get is that my cursor becomes a big, white square.
> Anyway i think we should buy another card. The option "no_accel" made my
> computer a turtle when i move a window but it's the only way that i found.
>
> Maybe this reply is not helpful but i want you to know that you're not the
> only frustrated guy in the neighborhood. :-)
>
> Jorge L. Rivas
> http://www.avantel.net/~trieb
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bob.
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From: Wolfgang Fritz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: SCSI Controller not recognized by Linux?
Date: Sat, 23 Dec 2000 12:05:41 +0100
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> Pizza et al:
> Thanks for the info. I was able to get the machine to recognize the
> SCSI drive using the /sbin/modprobe command. Afterwards, I checked the
> "/etc/conf.modules" file for the "alias scsi_hostadapter aic7xxx"
> line. The "alias scsi_hostadapter aic7xxx" line was already in my
> /etc/conf.modules file. Each time I reboot I am forced to issue the
> /sbin/modprobe command in order for the machine to recognize my SCSI
> card and Jaz drive. It seems like I am missing something to get the
> machine to automatically recognize the SCSI card at boot up. Any help
> is greatly appreciated.
>
Hi,
I have the same configuration as you and I inserted the line
post-install sd_mod modprobe aic7xxx
in my modules.conf. This way the aic7xxx module is automatically loaded
when I mount the jaz drive. I have no other SCSI devices in my system.
Wolfgang
>
> Thanks-
> Rodney
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jeff Davis)
Subject: Turtle Beach Santa Cruz DSP
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sat, 23 Dec 2000 21:22:28 GMT
anybody using a Turtle Beach Santa Cruz DSP sound card with Linux?
--
jeffrey davis
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.portable
Subject: Re: D-Link DWL-650 wireless LAN PCMCIA card
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Peter Seebach)
Date: 23 Dec 2000 21:56:12 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Gregor N. Purdy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I have purchased the D-Link DWL-650 wireless LAN PCMCIA card with
>the hope of getting it to work under Linux. I saw someone had the PCI
>version (which I think is just a PCMCI-PCI bridge card with the PCMCIA
>card inserted in it) working with the tulip driver. I tried setting up a
>new adaptor in linuxconf using tulip_cb as the driver, but it didn't
>work.
Nope.
>Has anyone gotten this specific card working in a laptop?
Sort of.
I'll just warn you up front that I am working on NetBSD. Hold the flames,
we have common interest here.
First off, this is *NOT* a tulip card. It's a Wavelan clone, based on the
Intersil Prism 2 chipset. Look at linux-wlan.com for a driver that's
supposed to work with it.
Anyway, I've got it working very nicely with NetBSD's wi(0) driver (originally
written by Bill Paul for FreeBSD). However, I've got a concern:
If I shut off a nearby Airport, the DWL-650 goes into an odd state where
commands never complete, and the card just times out on everything. It stays
in this state until I "ifconfig wi0 down; ifconfig wi0 up".
This is in ad-hoc mode. In infrastructure mode, it's fine.
Cards other than an Airport (running under MacOS, of course) don't seem
to confuse it this way.
I'm about a third of the way through learning enough about Linux to build
a desktop system to use one of these (in an ISA adapter) and try the Linux
driver, so I can see whether it has the same problem, and I showed up here
in the hopes of finding relevant experience or insights.
I would be happy to contribute what little I know about the card, if it'll
help, but frankly, I'm not a kernel person, I'm not a driver person, and I
have no docs on the card, so I don't know a whole lot. I have learned (by
debugging this extensively) a lot about the card, but not enough to explain
the weird stoppage.
-s
--
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Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.install,linux.redhat
Subject: Re: ??? RH7.0 on a Pentium Pro 200
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sat, 23 Dec 2000 21:57:25 GMT
Chris Elvidge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Where did you get a PPro 200? I need another, pref. Compaq but I'll try
> anything!
eBay is your friend.
If it takes you more than five minutes to find a PPro-200 from Compaq
on eBay, you should be very careful when chewing gum.
--
Eric McCoy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
"Luckily I have the fashion sense of a colorblind street pimp
freebasing cocaine through a gunpowder funnel, so it all works out."
- Something Awful, 12/19/2000
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Subject: Re: Dual Xeon hangs
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sat, 23 Dec 2000 21:58:44 GMT
Ralph Wesseling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I used to have a similiar problem with my dual celeron system.
Solution: Replace with processors which support SMP.
--
Eric McCoy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
"Luckily I have the fashion sense of a colorblind street pimp
freebasing cocaine through a gunpowder funnel, so it all works out."
- Something Awful, 12/19/2000
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From: "Patrick Bartek" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 23 Dec 2000 14:31:26 +0800
Subject: Modem Not Responding
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I recently removed a working, internal, US Robotics 33.6 (flashed to
56K) hardware modem from a Pentium 133 box, that is setup to boot W98,
DOS6.22/W31 and Mandrake Linux 7.0, and installed it in another box.
No problem. But the external USR 56K x2 fax-modem I replace it with,
both Linux and W98 report that it fails to respond. I know the modem
works: I tested it on two other computers, an Amiga 3000 and an old
25MHz 486 notebook, and it worked without any problems.
The modem is connected to the external 25-pin serial port on the 133
box, since the serial mouse is on the 9-pin, which is COM1. the
25-pin plug is COM2. Verified by actually checking the motherboard.
(The original internal modem was ALSO on COM2.) I have verified that
the Linux symbolic link for /dev/modem points to /dev/ttyS1. I have
even tested it on the other available ports. Nothing works. Even
tried installing it on W98 with the original install software that
came with it. Windows reports it's "...Not Responding." I've even
tested it using several serial cables. Same-o, same-o. Cables are
good. Work on the other machines.
My guess is that I've got a bad external 25-pin port. Anyone got any
suggestions to verify this conclusion?
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From: KEMAL YILMAZ" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: PCTel Modem Driver
Date: Sat, 23 Dec 2000 23:30:06 -0000
H�
I AM TURKISH
I DON'T SPEAK ENGLISH
HELP !!!
PCtel 288PNP fax/modem driver not
MY E-MAIL ADRRESS LINK
PLEASE..
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Hans J�rgensen)
Subject: Re: Dual Xeon hangs
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sun, 24 Dec 2000 00:38:36 +0100
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>> I used to have a similiar problem with my dual celeron system.
>Solution: Replace with processors which support SMP.
Solution (on BP6) upgrade to latest 2.4test-kernel and latest bios.
My BP6/dual-celeron366@522-system is at least 99,9% stable and
very fast as a workstation :)
--
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ICQ2969623 / http://ph33r.dk / mail: hans at ph33r.dk (nospam@ virker ikke)
.."We will crush them" - Linus Torvalds, 1998
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To:
alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt,alt.comp.hardware.homebuilt,alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.supermicro
Subject: Re: 1U cases for Supermicro's 370DLR/370DER m/b's
Date: Sun, 24 Dec 2000 00:31:55 GMT
Hi,
You might want to take a look at www.rackmount.com.
http://www.rackmount.com/Rackmt/RM-01-20TEST7.htm
They have a 1U chassis supports the Tyan S2510LE motherboard. It
has very similar spec. as the supermicro 370DLR motherboard.
http://www.tyan.com/products/html/thunderle_p.html
Eric -
In article <91o07i$vsh$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> has anyone managed to find a suitable 1U rackmount chassis
> for a supermicro 370DER or 370DLR motherboard besides
> supermicro's SC820 case?
>
> (i'd prefer not to pay for hot-swappable bays since i am
> building a beowulf cluster with these. a typical compute
> node merely contains a small ide hard drive and a floppy.
> the master node however will have a scsi hard drive, a
> cd-rom, and floppy.)
>
> during the search so far, the main stumbling block has been the
> i/o port configuration on the back plate. the 300watt power
> requirement drives the price up, but is generally available.
>
> thanks,
> --
> bil <http://abweb.larc.nasa.gov/~kleb/>
>
> Sent via Deja.com
> http://www.deja.com/
>
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From: Ekkard Gerlach <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: SCSI ADAPTER 1505
Date: Sun, 24 Dec 2000 01:51:02 +0100
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Gotzon Berrojalbiz wrote:
>
> Ekkard Gerlach wrote:
>
> > Your problem:
> > I have got the same SCSI-Card and an scanner attached, too.
> > Have you got a pnp-card (Plug&Play) or non-pnp ? - The
> > non-pnp-card you can switch IRQ and DMA by jumper, the
> > pnp-card you have to initialise by Kernel-options
> > at lilo-start. See linux-pnp-tool (attention: isapnp.conf
> > that is automatically generated is buggy! Delete "CHECK"!).
> >
> > Which options did you enable in your Kernel? pnp?
> > SCSI-generic support? ..... What exactly have you
> > done?
>
> I've generated a new kernel with these options:
> PLUG & PLAY SUPPORT = Y
as module !
> SCSI SUPPORT = Y
> SCSI GENERIC SUPPORT = Y
> ADAPTEC AHA152X/2825 SUPPORT = Y
> The SCSI card I'm using it's PNP and there's no posibility of
> configuring by jumpers.
IRQ 9 and 0x340 or IRQ11 and 0x140 are possible on this card.
> I've also modified the BIOS config. with NON PNP O.S.
Turn off BIOS pnp-support. The BIOS setting may confuse
Linux. But reserve IRQ 9 or IRQ11 in BIOS for ISA-Cards
Linux pnp installed?
generate isapnp.conf
you get something like this:
[...]
IO 0 (SIZE 32) (BASE 0x0340) (CHECK)) original
[...]
Eliminate "(CHECK)" (bug!)
reboot.
load modules.
ready.
> My questions are:
> a) Do I have to compile scsi card support as a module ?
> b) How do I exactly have to modify lilo.conf ?
> c) Is there any conflict risk between these card and SCSI EMULATION
> SUPPORT for IDE CD-RW ?
I can't imagine, that SCSI emu and real SCSI can co-exists.
> d) Do I have to use isapnptools for modifying IO and IRQ , or this can
> be done with lilo.conf ?
something like this, depends to your configuration
0x340,11,7,1,1,0,0,0
RTM! Which doku did you read? Which Linux do you have ?
What exactly did you do so far? Post all scripts, config-files,
boot-messages (dmesg). Give a complete protocol of your tests.
Further help depends on your answer to my questions!
mery chrismas and a happy new year!
Ekkard
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Matt Garman)
Crossposted-To: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: dying courier modem?
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sun, 24 Dec 2000 00:57:19 GMT
On Fri, 22 Dec 2000 19:44:26 -0500, Hooda Gest <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Sorry, emailing tech support is a waste of time in most cases. Better to
> dial them up since it is toll free in the US (I am assuming you are in the
> US). Much faster response :) and much more productive.
> 1-888-326-6099.
Yup, I called them and I got the OK to send this modem in and have them
send me a (hopefully) better one.
> Ok, you have a poor line. Your Dad's modem handles it better. I have found
> my Sportster (178600) handles my line a bit better also so the Courier sits
> as a spare.
In the meantime, what can I do about crummy phone lines? Is there a FAQ
on this (it seems like something that would come up often)? We've been
plauged with bad phone lines for years.
As I said before, we live in the country, at least five miles from the
phone company (cable isn't even available out here, or we'd get a cable
modem). But this is a tiny phone co. in a town of 1000 people. We only
got a *local* ISP dialup within the last year---we used to have to dial
into a town that was at 30 miles away.
So things are slow to happen out here... the copper that runs from the
telco to our house is probably a patchwork of old spare wires taken from
failed home electronics projects, crusty old foil and cold solder
joints... with a rat's nest every two feet.
The phone company claims the lines are pristine... but I've never known
anyone with lines this poor.
The tech guys at our telco are really nice and hardworking, but I think
that due to the smallness of our phone company, their test equipment is
pretty limited (and probably not too sophisticated). I actually went in
and talked to the owner personally... he was quite possibly one of the
least pleasant people I've ever dealt with.
Am I simply at a loss here, or is there anything else I can do?
> Ok, what's the firmware date on this modem? You can find that in the ati7
> response. It appears you need to flash the modem. That invalid codeword is a
> V.42 issue.
> The latest code is March of 1998. If you have older code than that, just
> Read the instructions carefully. You can use the Xmodem transfer method to
> do the flash.
It's strange, I had the March '98 code (verified it with ati7). Just for
kicks, I tried to Xmodem upload the newest flash code, and couldn't get it
to work in *test* mode (so I was afraid to try "real" mode). All the more
reason I think it needs to be sent back to USR (which will be done).
Thanks as always!
You all have been extremely nice and helpful.
Matt
--
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"I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer."
from _Dune_ by Frank Herbert
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