Linux-Hardware Digest #142, Volume #14 Sun, 7 Jan 01 18:13:06 EST
Contents:
D-Link DWL-650/500 - Wavelan driver? (jeffrey j cook)
Re: Advice Needed - Partitioning New HD For Linux (Bill Unruh)
Re: Orinoco / PCI ("Peter T. Breuer")
netgear pa301 phoneline card (ray)
Re: A Direct Modem-to-Modem Connection (Bill Unruh)
Re: cdrecord won't scan bus for cdwriter (Bill Unruh)
Re: ATA100 Drives and RH 7.0 (M. Buchenrieder)
Re: A Direct Modem-to-Modem Connection (Youngert)
Can you help me with XFree86? ("Rodrigo Marques")
Using a Voodoo2 as a 2D card in XFree86 ("Rodrigo Marques")
Re: A Direct Modem-to-Modem Connection (Stanislaw Flatto)
Re: Xeons vs plain P3's ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Linux SBC with audio ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: A Direct Modem-to-Modem Connection (CBFalconer)
Re: GeForce2 MX Driver for Linux (Paul Bristow)
Lucent Winmodem in 2.2.16 or later kernel? (Brett)
Drivers for the ATI Radeon 64mb DDR ("john.q (replace NO_SPAM with ntlworld to
reply)")
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From: jeffrey j cook <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: D-Link DWL-650/500 - Wavelan driver?
Date: Sun, 07 Jan 2001 20:09:00 GMT
I am trying to use the D-Link DWL-650 Wireless LAN. It includes a DWL-500
PCMCIA wireless nic and a pci->pcmcia adapter. From what I've heard, the
DWL-500 is a repackaged Wavelan card (prism2?), but I've been unable to get
the driver to load beyond the follwing message:
wvlan_cs: WaveLAN/IEEE PCMCIA driver v1.0.4
wvlan_cs: (c) Andreas Neuhaus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
(the rest which says what irq's, etc have been allocated, which I've never
gotten seem to be missing)
It doesn't create and interface that I can see with ifconfig.
I have tried using kernel's 2.2.14,2.2.16,2.2.18,2.3.50,2.4.0-test8 with the
wvlan_cs driver, as well as the wavelan2_cs. I have tried using the
linux-wlan next generation driver 0.1.17 but had always received the messages
of unresolved symbols of netlink_kernel_create and netlink_broadcast...
even if they were in the System.map.
According to one website, I am supposed to use 'netconf' and manually add the
wvlan0 interface and leave the other entries blank. What configuration or
boot-time functions does this actually do to perhaps allocate the interface
so the driver can bind to it???
A dump from dmesg:
Linux PCMCIA Card Services 3.1.15
kernel build: 2.2.16 #3 Fri Jan 5 04:23:01 CST 2001
options: [pci] [cardbus] [pnp]
PnP: PNP BIOS installation structure at 0xc00fa190
PnP: PNP BIOS version 1.0, entry at f0000:a290, dseg at 400
Intel PCIC probe:
Ricoh RL5C475 rev 80 PCI-to-CardBus at slot 00:0b, mem 0x68000000
host opts [0]: [isa irq] [io 3/6/1] [mem 3/6/1] [no pci irq] [lat 168/176] [bus
32/34]
ISA irqs (default) = 9 polling interval = 1000 ms
cs: IO port probe 0x0c00-0x0cff: clean.
cs: IO port probe 0x0800-0x08ff: clean.
cs: IO port probe 0x0100-0x04ff: clean.
cs: IO port probe 0x0a00-0x0aff: clean.
cs: memory probe 0xa0000000-0xa0ffffff: clean.
wvlan_cs: WaveLAN/IEEE PCMCIA driver v1.0.4
wvlan_cs: (c) Andreas Neuhaus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Any help is greatly appreciated!
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bill Unruh)
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Advice Needed - Partitioning New HD For Linux
Date: 7 Jan 2001 20:25:16 GMT
In <EP366.10542$[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "Mike Gratis"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
] I'm getting ready to take the plunge and install Linux on my computer
](Caldera 2.4); but would like some advice regarding hard drive configuration
]first. I've presently got Windows ME installed on a 13.5 GB IBM drive.
]I've just picked up a 2nd 46 GB IBM drive. I'd given some thought to
]putting W-ME on the 46 GB and Linux on the 13.5 GB; but I'm thinking that I
]might not be using W-ME all that much after trying Linux (...though I've
]been using computers since 1978, I've only been using Windows at home for a
]little less than 4 years -- And I've never been a big fan of it). That
]being so, now I'm thinking of just leaving the 13.5 GB as is and putting
]Linux on the 46 GB.
] So, the question of the day is: Besides the two partitions that'll be
]created when I install Linux (Root & Swap), should I partition the drive any
]more, or just go with the full 46 GB? With Windows, it made sense to create
]more partitions due to defragmentation & performance issues (...I have 3 on
]my 13.5 GB); but from what I've been reading it looks like Linux avoids a
]lot of those problems. Though I try to read as much as I can before asking
]questions, I'm sure you'll be hearing more from me as this project
]progresses. :) Any input is appreciated....
I would make a small ( 1GB) / partition, a larger (say 4GB) /usr
partition, and then say a 4GB /local partition. On the /local, I would
put my home (eg /local/home) and put in a link from /home to /local/home
(ie afte you have brought up linux having installed it, do
rm /home
ln -s /local/home/ /home)
That way you will have the stuff you yourself have created on a single
file system, and when you upgrade, you can wipe / and /usr to reinstall
without losing your own work.
For now, leave the other 38Gb or so unassigned. You can always partition
it and give it to whatever OS you want it to have after you have played
around a while. Both Linus and Win can use a partition on a second disk
anyway. I would leave this new one as the second disk, so that if you do
create a new Win partition on it (making sure it is a logical not
primary) you will not mess up all your drive letters under Win (except
of course your CDROM drive. ) It keeps driving me up the wall the way in
which Windows (and OS2) reassignes drive numbers with nothing you can do
about it. It is a completely insane feature.
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From: "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Orinoco / PCI
Date: Sun, 7 Jan 2001 21:13:18 +0100
Roberto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> In article <JJh56.22122$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>> Has anyone solved the problems associated with use of Lucent (Wavelan)
>> Orinoco wireless lan cards in desktop PC's via the PCI adapter?
>>
>> As I recall there was some sort of problem with the PCI card not
>> operating correctly with pre-PCI-2.2 motherboards?
> Somewhere on the Lucent site it says that the PCI adapter only works with
> motherboards that comply to the PCI 2.1 standard. Those are usually PC's that
However, that is ALL boards built since several years ago. The issue
was resolved by recent driver and pcmcia-cs releases. I have boards
on which the lucent didn't use to work (io conflict with the video
card, as I recall), and now works, with no other change than update
pcmcia-cs and lucent driver. As far as I know it was a driver issue,
though you can argue for the hardware being at fault and the driver
merely having implemnented a workarround that should never have been
necessary ....
> conform to the PC99 standard and pc's that only have PCI slots. So it's more
> of a hardware problem than a software/driver problem. I sweated for some
NT had the same problem, until recently.
Peter
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From: ray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: netgear pa301 phoneline card
Date: Sun, 07 Jan 2001 20:49:49 GMT
Does anyone know if the Netgear pa301 phoneline (hpna) network card
works on linux.
If not, then does anyone know where I can get a couple Actiontec
ActionLink cards, none of the computer stores in my area stock them.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bill Unruh)
Subject: Re: A Direct Modem-to-Modem Connection
Date: 7 Jan 2001 21:03:44 GMT
In <Mb066.12017$[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Youngert
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>Hi,
>I have two computers with the following configuration:
>1. Computer one: is running SuSE 7.0 Pro Linux distro and has a direct
>connection to the Internet through a Cable modem. It is also equipped with
>a 56Kbps modem.
>2. Computer two: is running Windows2K Pro and does not have any connection
>to the Internet, except it has a 56Kbps mode.
>What I would like to accomplish is to connect computer two to the Internet
>by means of computer one, a.k.a. Modem-to-Modem connection using PPP (an
>alternative way is to add a second ethernet card to computer one and
>another ethernet cat to computer two. Then, establish a PPP connection
Fairly easy. The modem is of use only if you want to telephone from one
to the other. Direct serial connection with a null modem cable is
another but the best is to buy one extra ethernet card for your Win
machine. The other already has an ethernet card. It does not need
another. Ethernet cards can connect to many different things at once. Of
course, you may then need a hub, so it may be cheaper to buy two cards.
>between these two ethernet cards). However, since I am in a tight budget
>and speed is of no importance, I would like to implement a PPP connection
>between the two modems. Does anyone know if this can be done. If so, can
>you please at least help me out? Any reference to this subject is
>certainly appreciated.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bill Unruh)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: cdrecord won't scan bus for cdwriter
Date: 7 Jan 2001 21:13:17 GMT
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Parminder Lehal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
]HP7200e is external
]CD burner which uses linux sg driver for scsi emulation. I use following
]modules for this
]bash-2.04# /sbin/insmod parport
]Using /lib/modules/2.2.16-17/misc/parport.o
]bash-2.04# /sbin/insmod paride
I think in that case you need to use the ide-scsi interface as well to
handle the parallel port device. cdrecord talks ONLY to scsi devices.
Thus you must get your cdrom to be a scsi device.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (M. Buchenrieder)
Subject: Re: ATA100 Drives and RH 7.0
Date: Sun, 7 Jan 2001 15:34:25 GMT
"Michael Brown" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>As far as I know, it should work fine. Maybe not at ATA100 but is should at
>least work at ATA33 or maybe 66 (depending on the kernel)
Please add your comments below the cited text. Thank you.
>Jeff Nicoll <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
>news:ntL56.4761$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>> I was wondering if there are any problems with installing Red Hat 7.0 on a
>> machine that has ATA100 hard drives. The motherboard is an Asus A7V?
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>>
You will have to get a patch for the ATA100 controller, as none of
the current distributions does support it out of the box. Connect
the drive to the standard (ATA66) IDE controller for the installation,
install Linux, get the patch and apply it to the kernel source, then
recompile your custom kernel with support for the ATA100 chipset.
Reconnect the drive to the ATA100 controller, and you're done.
Michael
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From: Youngert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: A Direct Modem-to-Modem Connection
Date: Sun, 07 Jan 2001 21:24:03 GMT
Bill Unruh wrote:
> In <Mb066.12017$[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Youngert
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> >Hi,
>
> >I have two computers with the following configuration:
>
> >1. Computer one: is running SuSE 7.0 Pro Linux distro and has a direct
> >connection to the Internet through a Cable modem. It is also equipped
> >with a 56Kbps modem.
>
> >2. Computer two: is running Windows2K Pro and does not have any
> >connection to the Internet, except it has a 56Kbps mode.
>
> >What I would like to accomplish is to connect computer two to the
> >Internet by means of computer one, a.k.a. Modem-to-Modem connection using
> >PPP (an alternative way is to add a second ethernet card to computer one
> >and
> >another ethernet cat to computer two. Then, establish a PPP connection
>
> Fairly easy. The modem is of use only if you want to telephone from one
> to the other. Direct serial connection with a null modem cable is
> another but the best is to buy one extra ethernet card for your Win
> machine. The other already has an ethernet card. It does not need
> another. Ethernet cards can connect to many different things at once. Of
> course, you may then need a hub, so it may be cheaper to buy two cards.
>
I am awared of serial connection between two computers; however, what I am
interested in is if it is do-able to do a PPP connection between two
computer over the modem-to-modem connection (without through a telephone
line connection). Of course, to start with there is not dial tone between
the modem-to-modem connection. I am hoping someone on the net will be able
to tell me if there can be a simple PPP command to handshake the two modems
without a dial tone. In that case, the modem that initiates the call will
be answered by the other one and a PPP connection should be established.
It is like when you connect a telephone unit to the modem's telephone
inline port. And, when you press any key on the telephone keypad, the
computer should be able to recognize and launch a sequence command, i.e.
PPP (in other words to simulate an incoming PPP from other). This is what
I am looking for.
> >between these two ethernet cards). However, since I am in a tight budget
> >and speed is of no importance, I would like to implement a PPP connection
> >between the two modems. Does anyone know if this can be done. If so,
> >can
> >you please at least help me out? Any reference to this subject is
> >certainly appreciated.
>
>
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From: "Rodrigo Marques" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Can you help me with XFree86?
Date: Sun, 7 Jan 2001 19:42:51 -0200
Hello,
I own a Diamond Stealth 64 Graphics 2001, which uses an ARK Logic ARK2000PV
PCI
Graphics Chip, an ICS5341 GENDAC 24 bit DAC and a ICS5340/1/2 GENDAC
Integrated Clock. I am kind of new to Linux, and I must confess I was pretty
confused (and amazed), and I was only able to run X using a vesa driver (a
lot of flickering, poor performance and interlaced modes).
But I managed to use the ARK driver (OK, it wasn't difficult :-) Well, the
card is correctly detected (ARK Logic 2000PV), and I configured some video
modes. But when I start X-Window, the colors are all messed up, pink and
green everywhere. The speed is great, it is visible the things are
accelerated, but the colors are terrible, there are some graphical glitches,
too.
I've tried disabling acceleration (Option noaccel), putting a line
("Clockchip ICS5340"), in XF86Config file, among other things, without
results.
I would like to know if you can help me making my card to work with XFree86,
your help will be very appreciated. If this isn't the most correct place to
find help, I apologize and ask for some better directions.
Best regards,
Rodrigo
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From: "Rodrigo Marques" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Using a Voodoo2 as a 2D card in XFree86
Date: Sun, 7 Jan 2001 19:45:20 -0200
Hello,
Well, while I'm having no luck setting up my ARK Logic card I would like if
there is the possibility to use my Diamond Monster 3D II (3DFX Voodoo2) to
render the image as a 2D card. I can be wrong, but I think I've read
something about this, unfortunately I didn't remember where, I was sure I
would be able to configure my ARK Logic one! :-)
So, my questions are: Can I use a Voodoo2 in this way? Any sucess histories?
What are the supported resolutions? In 3D the max is 800x600. If someone can
tell me how to do that I will be very grateful. The location of the needed
files (if applicable) wil be very useful too, as I am a beginner.
XFree86 version: 4.0.2
Best regards,
Rodrigo
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From: Stanislaw Flatto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: A Direct Modem-to-Modem Connection
Date: Mon, 08 Jan 2001 09:12:52 +1100
Youngert wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have two computers with the following configuration:
>
> 1. Computer one: is running SuSE 7.0 Pro Linux distro and has a direct
> connection to the Internet through a Cable modem. It is also equipped with
> a 56Kbps modem.
>
> 2. Computer two: is running Windows2K Pro and does not have any connection
> to the Internet, except it has a 56Kbps mode.
>
> What I would like to accomplish is to connect computer two to the Internet
> by means of computer one, a.k.a. Modem-to-Modem connection using PPP (an
> alternative way is to add a second ethernet card to computer one and
> another ethernet cat to computer two. Then, establish a PPP connection
> between these two ethernet cards). However, since I am in a tight budget
> and speed is of no importance, I would like to implement a PPP connection
> between the two modems. Does anyone know if this can be done. If so, can
> you please at least help me out? Any reference to this subject is
> certainly appreciated.
>
> TIA.
Hi!
Modems talk over telephone lines, meaning that the connection between them has
to have characteristics defined by CCITT.
You don't want to build an exchange??? I suppose. So this one OUT.
If speed is of no concern consider a)serial connection (slowest) b)parallel
connection (faster) c) normal LAN vith cross-over cable, no hub needed when it
is two boxes only.
On the other hand if all parts have NIC's inside then a hub can connect them
all and correct administrative approach solves it.
Have fun.
Stanislaw.
Slack user from Ulladulla.
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Subject: Re: Xeons vs plain P3's
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sun, 07 Jan 2001 22:04:35 GMT
"Michael Brown" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> The only major difference that I know about for Xeons is that they have a
> heap of L2 (or is it L1 - correct me if I'm wrong) cache (1Mb and up).
It's L2.
> Compare this to a P3 which has only 256K.
Some P3s have 512K cache (like mine).
File servers aren't likely to see a big benefit, as they spend most of
their time fetching data from disks (which are orders of magnitude
slower than what L2 caches operate on). Something like a database
server _might_, depending on how the software, queries, and database
are all organized.
Bigger caches pay off more with bigger memory.
> One more minor difference is that you can stack heaps of Xeons together (not
> sure of the max) but you can only stick 2 P3s together.
I'm not sure of what the maximum is, either. I suspect that the
production-maximum of 8 CPUs per box has more to do with market demand
and difficulty of design than a technical limitation in the chips.
--
Eric McCoy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Subject: Linux SBC with audio
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sun, 07 Jan 2001 22:13:43 GMT
I'm looking to start a project with a Linux-based Pentium-MMX single
board computer with at least one serial port, build in sound hardware,
support for at least one IDE device, and preferably USB (but ethernet
if necessary). Cost is an issue, but compatability is most important:
I want it to run Linux dead-reliably right out of the box. APM or a
better equivalent is a must. No backplanes or anything: this is going
to be an embedded system. Something like a nice boot PROM would be a
bonus, but I don't want to have to buy extra hardware to burn a chip.
I know a little about SBCs, but nothing about reliable manufacturers,
where to buy them, how much I can expect to be gouged, etc. I found
some stuff on the Internet from - uh - Advantech? that looks close to
what I want for about $550. I was hoping to find something in the
$300 range.
--
Eric McCoy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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From: CBFalconer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: A Direct Modem-to-Modem Connection
Date: Sun, 07 Jan 2001 22:21:34 GMT
Youngert wrote:
>
> I have two computers with the following configuration:
>
> 1. Computer one: is running SuSE 7.0 Pro Linux distro and has a direct
> connection to the Internet through a Cable modem. It is also equipped with
> a 56Kbps modem.
>
> 2. Computer two: is running Windows2K Pro and does not have any connection
> to the Internet, except it has a 56Kbps mode.
>
> What I would like to accomplish is to connect computer two to the Internet
> by means of computer one, a.k.a. Modem-to-Modem connection using PPP (an
> alternative way is to add a second ethernet card to computer one and
> another ethernet cat to computer two. Then, establish a PPP connection
> between these two ethernet cards). However, since I am in a tight budget
> and speed is of no importance, I would like to implement a PPP connection
> between the two modems. Does anyone know if this can be done. If so, can
> you please at least help me out? Any reference to this subject is
> certainly appreciated.
If computer 2 has a modem and no connection to the internet, it
must have no telephone access. Thus I assume 1 & 2 are
connectible with some gestalt of wires.
In this case you don't need any modems whatsoever. I suspect,
under linux, you can simply treat 2 as a terminal and have it sign
on to 1 as a session. Just use the serial ports.
--
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From: Paul Bristow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup,linux.redhat.install
Subject: Re: GeForce2 MX Driver for Linux
Date: Sun, 7 Jan 2001 23:26:16 +0100
I have one of these cards and it worked with Mandrake 7.2 out of the box.
It wasn't difficult to even make the NVIDIA drivers work for OpenGL support
too.
Jason Ng wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I've just bought a new computer with Winfast GeForce2 MX display card and
> I would like to install Linux on this machine.
> But I can't find the driver for the display card. How can I get the driver
> and how to install it?
>
> Regards,
> Jason
>
>
--
Regards,
Paul Bristow
ICQ #11965223
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From: Brett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.setup,linux.redhat.misc,linux.dev.kernel,linux.sources.kernel,muc.lists.linux-kernel
Subject: Lucent Winmodem in 2.2.16 or later kernel?
Date: Sun, 07 Jan 2001 17:36:01 -0500
Has anyone had success using the linux winmodem drivers with kernel
2.2.16 or later? I can dial my isp but my system locks up shortly after
"Connect ppp0 <--> /dev/ttys14" in the log. Works fine with kernel
2.2.14 otherwise.
Brett
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From: "john.q (replace NO_SPAM with ntlworld to reply)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Drivers for the ATI Radeon 64mb DDR
Date: Sun, 07 Jan 2001 22:55:48 +0000
Does anyone know were you can get the drivers
for the ATI Radeon for Redhat 6.2.
Cheers
John:-)
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