Linux-Hardware Digest #156, Volume #14 Wed, 10 Jan 01 13:13:03 EST
Contents:
Re: tulip NIC works with kernel 2.4? (John Peach)
Re: Help - Serial v USB modem? (Tim Haynes)
Recomendations for a preinstalled machine (Joseph Dalton)
will Mandrake Linux 7.2 support HP Officejet G85? ("Denise")
Re: Help - Serial v USB modem? (Georg Acher)
Re: Grecord alternative? (Mark Bratcher)
enable_irq() unbalanced ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Redhat 5.2 system (hac)
HPT366 errors (Andreas Gingsjoe)
via_audio: ignoring drain playback error -11 (Habibie4me)
Re: NEW kernel 2.4 and distro question (Kenneth Rørvik)
Re: Partitioning For Install (count0)
Printer won't print: What should I look for ("Dennis J. Tuchler")
I need an advice for Zip USB, ("ME")
GeForce2MX problem ("Dmitry Melekhov")
Re: Radeon and XFree86 4.02 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
winmodem HSP-56 PC-Tel and LINUX?? (Tiefenbacher)
RH 7 doesn't work with 3C905? (Raymond Toy)
Re: RH 7 doesn't work with 3C905? (Hal Burgiss)
Re: Cd Burning in Linux (Karsten Jensen)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Peach)
Subject: Re: tulip NIC works with kernel 2.4?
Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2001 13:39:04 GMT
In article <93ggb3$nmn$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
|>Hahahahahahah, not.
|>
|>The 2.4.0 release tulip driver is broken. Or
|>something is breaking it. The 3com driver seems
|>to be ok at least, but I'll tell you what I'm a
|>bit ticked off that they released *the big*
|>release with such a huge problem. Last minute
|>patches to network cards never should've gone in.
<SNIP>
Are you sure you're using the correct driver? My tulip-based card works
fine (as does the NE2K).....
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From: Tim Haynes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,uk.comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: Help - Serial v USB modem?
Date: 10 Jan 2001 13:50:57 +0000
Reply-To: Tim Haynes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
"Tom" <t.alexander@$NOSPAM$virgin.net> writes:
> I am a newbie to Linux and currently have a winmodem. I really want to
> ditch Windows completely and wondered if USB modems are supported under
> the new 2.4.0 kernal? Or should I stick to serial ext modems? Any
> advantages to either?
They are. USB Just Works(TM). I've got a very nice little 56K v90 USB
effort myself, and as long as you `modprobe acm' it works. Bear in mind
that currently, for me, USB is done on PPC, and this is some relatively
unknown modem I got in a semi-Mac shop (ie the left half of the shop is
colourful ;)
(I wouldn't mind if I could find it on the web someplace to give you a URL;
it's probably a MacSurfer or something, it's got a Lucent chipset inside,
it's translucent light-grey plastic with two sockets and has one Big Green
Flashy LED; if you were sleeping in the same room as your machinery, you're
not now!)
The USB thing has been giving me a consistent 5.3K/s or so against
UKlinux.net. Feels a bit nippier than serial. Make sure you get a receipt
is the best advice :)
~Tim
--
1:41pm up 16 days, 15:54, 11 users, load average: 0.00, 0.03, 0.03
[EMAIL PROTECTED] |The sun is melting over the hills,
http://piglet.is.dreaming.org |All our roads are waiting / To be revealed
|
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From: Joseph Dalton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Recomendations for a preinstalled machine
Date: 10 Jan 2001 09:28:13 -0500
I'm thinking of buying a preinstalled machine and was wondering if
people have had much experience with the vendors I'm considering.
What do people think of the SGI machines (230L, 330L, 550L)?
How about the IBM preinstalled machines?
VALinux?
The attractive feature of the SGI machines is the hardware accelerated
OpenGL in the box with the drivers. But would that cause upgrade
problems?
--
-- Joe Dalton
-- [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "Denise" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: will Mandrake Linux 7.2 support HP Officejet G85?
Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2001 22:35:34 +0800
Dear all,
anyone try that sucessfully? Would u kindly give me a hint how to do that?
Thanks a lot! :)
Best regards,
Denise
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Georg Acher)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,uk.comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: Help - Serial v USB modem?
Date: 10 Jan 2001 14:40:35 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Tim Haynes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
|> "Tom" <t.alexander@$NOSPAM$virgin.net> writes:
|>
|> > I am a newbie to Linux and currently have a winmodem. I really want to
|> > ditch Windows completely and wondered if USB modems are supported under
|> > the new 2.4.0 kernal? Or should I stick to serial ext modems? Any
|> > advantages to either?
|>
|> They are. USB Just Works(TM). I've got a very nice little 56K v90 USB
|> effort myself, and as long as you `modprobe acm' it works. Bear in mind
Then you had luck. As for normal modems, there are also Win-USB-modems around.
They consist mainly of a line interface and an AD-converter. The "sound" goes into
the PC via USB, the CPU has to do the rest. These modems are not supported and
propably will never be supported.
I have a Elsa Microlink USB, and it works with the ACM-driver (it´s a real
modem...)
--
Georg Acher, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.in.tum.de/~acher/
"Oh no, not again !" The bowl of petunias
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From: Mark Bratcher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Grecord alternative?
Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2001 10:02:28 -0500
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Karl,
Thanks for the suggestion, I'll check it out.
However, if it only checks levels after recording has already completed, then
it's probably not really what I'm looking for. I'd like a recorder that shows
real-time input level such as I get with the Creative Recorder that runs on
Windoze.
Mark
Karl-Heinz Herrmann wrote:
>
> Mark Bratcher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > Does anyone know of a sound recording app that will also show the line-in
> > recording levels? Without that, I don't see how I can adjust the levels for
> > recording from line-in.
>
> gramofile comes to mind. Text-console tool but has recording level
> display for whatever you mix together with a mixing tool (like smix).
>
> After recording it will even tell you how many samples were actually
> too loud, which always seems a little bit late to me.
>
> At some time it was at:
> http://cardit.et.tudelft.nl/~card06
>
> I don't know if this is still valid -- try search engines if not.
>
> K.-H.
>
> --
> -----------------------------
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> E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: enable_irq() unbalanced
Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2001 15:07:23 GMT
I have upgraded my Linux kernel from 2.2.7 to 2.2.16 because I wanted
to get the UDF file system. The old kernel was from SuSE 6.1
distribution and I have re-compiled it for customization (making IDE CD-
RW drive look like SCSI so I can use xcdroast). The new kernel was
from SuSE web site and again I had to customize it.
Everything works but now at boot time I get a message "enable_irq()
unbalanced from xxxxxxxx" where the xxxxxxxx appears to be a 32-bit hex
address. I found this message in the kernel source code (it's in
irq.c) but I'm not a low level C programmer so I'm not quite sure
what's happening. It appears to be setting some sort of where-to-go
vector table. All of my hardware is working and "cat /proc/interrupts"
shows the same interrupts regardless of which kernel I boot with. But
I'm afraid that at some point something will stop working. I need help
figuring out what's going on. Where's the best place to start looking
for the cause of this problem?
Thank you.
Al
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From: hac <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Redhat 5.2 system
Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2001 15:24:53 GMT
Kris Jackson wrote:
>
> I am urgently looking for someone in the SF Bay area that can configure,
> test and sell me a single user P-III system for me running Red Hat 5.2.
> I need this system to evaluate some older 3D software. I've already
> tried the VARs. They are of no help because of the older Linux version
> (no longer supported). I'm getting desperate.
>
Buy the hardware with whatever version they want to install. You then
have two choices:
1) Evaluate the software, using the compatibility libraries. I have
no problems running 5.2 applications on my 6.2 system.
2) Scrub the disk and install 5.2. It's still on the mirrors. Surely
you can hire someone in the area who can install it, if you don't want
to. I certainly can't be the only person who still has 5.2 CD-ROMs.
--
Howard Christeller Irvine, CA [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Andreas Gingsjoe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: HPT366 errors
Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2001 16:20:00 +0100
After a while with kernel 2.4.0 I've got the following error message:
hde: timeout waiting for DMA
ide_dmaproc: chipset supported ide_dmatimeout func only: 14
and the kernel locks.
The chip is HPT366 and the disk is IBM Deskstar 45GXP.
What's the error?
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From: Habibie4me <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: via_audio: ignoring drain playback error -11
Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2001 15:18:34 GMT
Hi,
My Linux system, built on an Asus K7M mobo with an AMD Athlon 500 MHz CPU
running on a linux-2.4.0 kernel with SuSE-7.0 Pro Linux distro + an
upgrade to KDE-2.0.1, keeps making static noise on the audio speaker when
I do an X login session. Then, it crashed with the following error
message found in /var/log/message file:
via_audio: ignoring drain playback error -11
Has anyone had encountered such an error? What seems to cause such a
problem? Is there a fix to this problem?
TIA.
--
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
PS. Please remove "4me" to reply.
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Subject: Re: NEW kernel 2.4 and distro question
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kenneth Rørvik)
Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2001 15:41:11 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mark & Janeane Simpkins) wrote in
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>From my experience, Linuxmandrake incorporates most useful new things
>quickly.
Agreed :) Their HPT366 backport, among other things, made life a lot easier
for me.
--
Kenneth Rørvik 91841353/22950312
Nordbergv. 60 A [EMAIL PROTECTED]
0875 OSLO home.no.net/stasis
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (count0)
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,alt.os.linux.caldera,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Partitioning For Install
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2001 15:41:26 GMT
On Wed, 10 Jan 2001 07:40:14 -0500, "Mike Gratis"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Well, I've gotten a lot of input regarding my previous question; but by
>the results I take it there's no definitive answers. Generally, here's what
>was suggested for installing (Caldera) Linux on my 46 GB HD:
>
>/(root) 500MB-10GB
>Swap 128MB-1GB
>/boot 10MB-25MB
>/opt 2-3GB
>/home 2GB-As Big As You Can Make It
>/temp 6GB
>/usr Big
>/var ?
>
>
> Now another question comes to mind: When I install programs, are they
>going to "know" where these directories/partitions are, or am I gonna have
>to "show" them?
They will "know"; the only difference with the way you partitioned it
and just using a single partition is that the folders like /usr are
now mounted on a partition instead of the root drive. It's like
mounting your cdrom to /mnt/cdrom or /tmp/cdrom, you can mount it
whereever you want, it's seemless to the OS, it just treats it like a
normal folder, except it has your cd data in it....
>The same question holds true for uninstalling programs.
>Where are the majority of programs going to install?
Depends on the way you want to install it. If you use a package
management system like rpm or dpkg, you'll have to find out from
there. I usually compile all my stuff from source and install it to
/usr/local, but that's just personal preference
> Oh yeah, and I take it
>that a program only needs to be installed once, and not for each individual
>user?
Correct, as far as I know
> From what I've been reading, this point is somewhat unclear to me....
>Thanks in advance for any input.
>
>
>
>--
>Mike Gratis
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
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From: "Dennis J. Tuchler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Printer won't print: What should I look for
Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2001 15:58:54 GMT
I installed SuSE with YAST2 and configured Linux for an HP Laserjet 6L.
However, I cannot get anything printed! Nothing seems to be going from
the computer to the printer. What do I look for to fix this problem?
thanks
dj tuchler
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From: "ME" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: I need an advice for Zip USB,
Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2001 16:14:08 GMT
Thanks for reading this,
I am trying to mount (dev/sda4) a Zip 100 USB drive under Kernel 2.2.16
(Suse 7.0). The modules usbcore, usb-ohci and usb-storage are loaded, but
yet the system fails to communicate with the Zip drive. While booting up the
system it finds the Zip drive. The error message is:
sda: Read Capacity failed
sda: status=0, message=00, host=7, driver=00
sda: sense not available
sda: block size assumed 512 bytes, disk size 1 GB
sda: scsidisk I/O Error: dev08:00, sector 0
unable to read partition table.
My USB Sony CD/RW drive is also seen but can not be mounted. I think it is a
SCSI issue, which I have tried to remedy with the insertation of module sg,
but that did not help either. Perhaps somebody has an advice for me, any
input is appreciated.
Thanks,
Bruce
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From: "Dmitry Melekhov" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: GeForce2MX problem
Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2001 20:18:03 +0400
Hello!
I use XFree 4.0.2 with NVidia drivers.
I need to have backingstore.
I write Option "backingstore" in config
but X says when start that backingstore is disabled.
Any ideas?
--
Dmitry Melekhov
http://www.belkam.com/~dm
2:5050/11.23@fidonet
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Radeon and XFree86 4.02
Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2001 17:04:46 GMT
In article <93gp1f$ug0$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Has anyone correctly configures XFree86 4.02 with an ATI Radeon video
> card? I tried, but I'm by no means an expert and experienced
> difficulties. I'd appreciate any tips.
>
> I have the following:
> Redhat Linux 7
> XFree86 4.02 (FTP'd from xfree86.org -- are RPMs available?)
> ATI Radeon DDR 32Mb
> Sony G400 Monitor
>
> Thanks for the help,
> Nick
>
That's very similar to the setup I have, and it works beautifully for
me... What, exactly, are the problems you're having? Drop me an e-mail
(I don't usually read this newsgroup) and I'll lend a hand.
Adam
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From: Tiefenbacher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os,linux.x,,comp.os.linux.embedded
Subject: winmodem HSP-56 PC-Tel and LINUX??
Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2001 18:29:41 +0100
Hi folks
Has anybody by accident come across the problem to use an internal HSP
56 PC-Tel Modem (one of these ugly winmodems?!) under LINUX SUSE 7.0??
The "how to" files and the HSP drivers found on www.linmodem.com still
don´t help solving my problems with recognition of the modem by YasT,
although kernel window tells it recognized a pc-tel modem,
and configuration of connection by kppp, error message: modem is busy.
Anybody ´can help??
with regards
stephan
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From: Raymond Toy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: RH 7 doesn't work with 3C905?
Date: 10 Jan 2001 12:26:58 -0500
I recently got a 3c905 ethernet card on a RH 7 system. On
installation of RH7, the card was correctly recognized etc.
Everything was set up appropriately.
However, if I try to ping anything, it always says network not
reachable.
At first I thought I screwed up my networking. So I dropped in my old
Kingston Tulip ethernet card, configured that exactly the same as for
the 905. This comes up just fine and networking is great---pings to
existing machines work, going out onto the web works. Just like I
expect.
However, if I use exactly the same settings for 905, nothing works.
To complicate things, with Windows ME, and the 905 card, everything
works as expected.
I looked at what Windows has to say about both cards and compared them
to RH7 dmesg and /proc information. Everything matches.
Any hints on what is preventing me from getting the 905 card to work?
I can supply additional info if necessary.
I'm rather disappointed that this doesn't work since 3Com was one of
the better supported NICs.
Thanks,
Ray
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Hal Burgiss)
Subject: Re: RH 7 doesn't work with 3C905?
Reply-To: Hal Burgiss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 10 Jan 2001 12:54:11 -0500
On 10 Jan 2001 12:26:58 -0500, Raymond Toy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>I recently got a 3c905 ethernet card on a RH 7 system. On
>installation of RH7, the card was correctly recognized etc.
>Everything was set up appropriately.
You probably need to specify exact model, and module. I have several
3C905Bs, and they all have always worked without problems with 3c59x
module. Does IRQ, etc look OK?
--
Hal B
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Subject: Re: Cd Burning in Linux
From: Karsten Jensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 10 Jan 2001 18:55:38 +0100
"Andrew McIntosh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I have an Toshiba IDE Dvd/CD Burner combo drive in my Redhat 7 machine. I've
> installed "cd record" but in the instructions it says that if you have a ide
> drive you must update your kernel somehow. Are there any fairly easy ways to
> get and IDE burner to work in redhat 7? Please send emails to
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Thanks.
Try http://www.linuxgazette.com issue 57. It contains an article about
the subject, and is quite easy to follow.
Karsten Jensen
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