Linux-Hardware Digest #172, Volume #14 Sat, 13 Jan 01 15:13:06 EST
Contents:
SB16 problems ("Matt Ng")
Re: Sound Blaster 128 PCI ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: 2nd posting: IDE problems on Dell PowerEdge 1400 (Kyle Dansie)
nvidia geforce 2 perfomance tweaks? (Isaac Venn)
Re: boot from PCI /dev/hde ("J.Pedro")
Re: MS Outlook Express ("DjM")
Re: Partitioning For Install (David)
Re: Via on-board sound success! ("Jason Byrne")
Re: ABit; HPT366; Linux 7 Install problems ("DjM")
Re: MS Outlook Express ("Peter T. Breuer")
Re: winmodem HSP-56 PC-Tel and LINUX?? ("Jason Byrne")
Re: Linux IDE RAID Cards ("Aaron R. Kulkis")
Re: Kensington webcam driver available... ("Jason Byrne")
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From: "Matt Ng" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: SB16 problems
Date: Sat, 13 Jan 2001 12:39:04 +0500
Hi,
This is one of those strange problems that I cannot figure out. I have a
SB16 ISA, non-PnP that was working on one computer (P233, running RH6.1
with the upgraded kernel 2.2.16-3), and I decided to move it to a similar
computer (P133, same linux installation) and I cannot get it to work at
all. Oddly, kudzu didn't seem to detect it, and on start up I do get some
error regarding "can't find module midi", but since it's a stock RH
install with no custom compiled kernel (like on my other computer), I'm
not sure what is wrong. I do get error messages about "No such device" for
/dev/audio and /dev/dsp, so I can't figure out what exactly I've
configured wrong, or if I'm missing some package or file (since the list
of modules and libraries in both computers is the same, I don't think
that should be the problem). sndconfig doesn't help because it ends with
the "Can't open /dev/audio" and isapnp doesn't help either.
I used a DOS disk to check out if it was a hardware problem, but the card
was working fine under dos, and PnP on the MB is disabled.
If it helps any, here's the relevent entry in my conf.modules
alias sound sb
pre-install sound /sbin/insmod sound dmabuf=1
alias midi opl3
options opl3 io=0x388
options sb io=0x220 irq=5 dma=1 dma16=5 mpu_io=0x330
Thanks for any help. BTW I have looked at the HOWTOs, which don't really
help in this situation.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Sound Blaster 128 PCI
Date: Sat, 13 Jan 2001 18:03:34 GMT
Thanks Sinner, but I had tried that already, unfortunately no luck. But
keep those ideas coming :)
Jeff
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Sinner from the Prairy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> > Has anyone ever properly configured a Sound Blaster 128 PCI card
using
> > (...)
> > All of my sound
> > programs work as if sound is properly configured, but I just don't
get
> > any sound. I can use the CD player and XMMS without receving any
> > errors, just no sound.
> > (...)
> > Any advice would be appreciated.
>
> Hi Jeff!
>
> Open any mixer program that you are confident with (xmixer...) and
> crack-up the volume.
>
> My SB-PCI64 (ensoniq 1370 chipset) did the same... until I discovered
> that the default volume at the mixer (not at the aapplications) was
set
> waaaaaaaay too low. I kind of remember that even at a 40% volume, I
got
> no sound. No I'm at a 80%-90% volume and it works.
>
> Now, try this and probably it will work.
>
> Someone will have to tell the modules guys to check the deafult volume
> before releasing the modules.
>
> Regards,
> Sinner
> --
> http://www.geocities.com/sinner_prairy
> [MaDuiXa PoWeR] http://www.maduixa.net
> __________________
> |\ Linux User # 89976
> =====Sinner==== >=--[]>- a Mach 2.5!! Running on Mandrake 7.2
> __________________|/ Linux Machine # 38068
>
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From: Kyle Dansie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: 2nd posting: IDE problems on Dell PowerEdge 1400
Date: Sat, 13 Jan 2001 18:30:36 GMT
"Eric R. Jorgensen" wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> This is my second posting - my first didn't receive any replies.
>
> I've recently purchased a Dell PowerEdge 1400 system and am in the
> process of bringing up RH7.0 on it. It is mostly SCSI based with an
> Adaptec controller, but the CDROM uses an IDE interface. I would like
> to do two things:
>
> 1. Add a Tecmar Travan NS20 ATAPI tape drive.
> 2. Add more IDE hard drives with a Siig controller Dell comped me.
>
> My questions are:
>
> 1. I want to keep the CDROM and the tape drive on the same IDE
> controller, right? That is, I don't want a tape drive and a hard drive
> sharing the same controller.
>
> 2. When I do an "insmod ide-tape", I get the following error:
>
> Using /lib/modules/2.2.16-22smp/block/ide-tape.o
> divide error: 0000
> CPU: 1
> EIP: 0010:[<d008a553>]
> EFLAGS: 00010206
> eax: 00200000 ebx: 00000000 ecx: 00200000 edx: 00000000
> esi: 00000034 edi: ce2b6000 ebp: 00000000 esp: cdecbed8
> ds: 0018 es: 0018 ss: 0018
> Process insmod (pid: 876, process nr: 39, stackpage=cdecb000)
> Stack: 00000104 d008b94c 00000000 c029852c ce2b6000 d008bd20 0000001a c029852c
> 00000000 c023d0d0 00000000 00000104 c0298506 c02984a0 000081c0 d008a7ff
> c029852c ce2b6000 00000000 d0087000 00000000 d0087051 00000000 00000000
> Call Trace: [<d008b94c>] [<d008bd20>] [<d008a7ff>] [<d0087000>] [<d0087051>]
>[<d008a88d>] [<c01192c7>]
> [<d008bb44>] [<d008bd50>] [<d007e000>] [<d0087048>] [<c010a2e8>]
> Code: f7 fb 89 c1 51 8b 7c 24 50 31 c0 66 8b 87 82 13 00 00 89 44
>
> Note: On boot, the kernel does find the tape drive (from dmesg):
>
> hda: CRD-8482B, ATAPI CDROM drive hdb: TRAVAN NS20, ATAPI TAPE drive
>
> So, is this a hardware problem? Is this a driver issue?
>
> 3. The Siig card is a "PCI Bus Dual Channel Ultra ATA Controller",
> Model CN2449. It says it "conforms to PCI v2.1 Plug-and-play" Scary!
> Anyway, when I install it, I can no longer use the built-in controller
> (I get "hda: lost interrupt"). What do I need to do to get this
> going? Do I need to put proper probing information into the
> conf.modules file?
>
> Thanks for any help.
>
> Eric
>
> --
> Eric R. Jorgensen [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> University of Colorado, Boulder http://spot.colorado.edu/~jorgy
> "A lot of people may not know this, but I'm pretty famous." -- Sam on Cheers
The message "hda: lost interrupt" could mean that you are out of IRQ's
to allocate the new device. I have this same machine. When I tried to
add in a sound card, I had problems because all the IRQ's were used up.
Use the F2 key to enter the bios setup and turn off anything not being
used. I turned off the serial ports and the USB port. The option to turn
off these devices is in the embedded device menu.
Good Luck,
Kyle
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Date: Sat, 13 Jan 2001 12:53:23 -0600
From: Isaac Venn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: nvidia geforce 2 perfomance tweaks?
Just purchased a geforce2 ultra and I'm trying to get the quake 3
performance closer to the windows framerate. I know they can't match
perfectly, but the gap between them is larger than it is supposed to be.
Can anyone recommend any tweaks or some good sites I can visit to
close this gap?
Thanks.
-Isaac
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From: "J.Pedro" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: boot from PCI /dev/hde
Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2001 14:10:53 +0000
quagly wrote:
>
>
> I would like to boot from my new drive,
> quantum fireball \
> Promise UDMA 66 \
> Kernel 2.4.0-test12
> Lilo 21.4.4-10
>
> I belive my bios may allow this, since there is an option to boot from
> off board controllers.
>
> I cannot get lilo to start. At first I only got "LI" at boot. then
> hang.
>
> Then I added
> disk=/dev/hde
> bios = 0x80
> to lilo
>
> Now I get "LIL-" then hang.
>
> I can't get to a lilo prompt. I tried adding
> append="ide2=0x10c0,0x10016" but I don't think lilo is getting that far.
>
> I am testing to see if I can boot before I migrate my linux system to
> the new drive.
>
> Here is my lilo.conf as it stand. I have tried many variations.
> -----------
> disk=/dev/hde
> bios = 0x80
>
> boot=/dev/hde
> install=/boot/boot.b
> map=/boot/map
> compact
> prompt
> timeout=50
> image=/boot/bzImage2.4.0
> label=linux
> append="ide2=0x10c0,0x10016"
> root=/dev/hda11
> read-only
> other=/dev/hda
> ------------
>
> You forgot to mention where did you install LILO .
> Perhaps you did'nt put it before the 1024 cylinder ...
I instaled a lot of times an UDMA 66 disk connected to a ide Promise
controller and just need to use the ide=... statement at boot during
instalation and when configuring LILO ( also at instaltion ) using RH 6.2.
All the best
J.Pedro
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From: "DjM" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: MS Outlook Express
Date: Sat, 13 Jan 2001 19:18:24 GMT
...because, dumb acting one, I chose to display why I have not gotten back
to those who might have responded to my previous inquiries in the same
paragraph. If you weren't preoccupied with negativity and vulgarity you
might have understood (sharp as a bowling ball).
Doesn't it make sense that I might be logging on with a Windows box (tools,
etc...), if I can't get Linux setup? There are probably a lot of readers in
the same temporary situation, too (e.g. read all the installation woes).
Ergo, there's probably a good chance someone's reading the board with MS
Outlook Express which is one of the most popular mail components for MS
Windows users.
In addition, who are you to limit the technical capacity of everyone in
comp.os.linux.hardware? Those of us who have been in the field for a chunk
of time probably know a little bit about quite a lot. In fact, pertaining to
the level of responses on this board, I would guess that most people have
quite a heavy skill set. How small of you to project otherwise!
It's too bad that you didn't like the tag that I chose to give my inquiry
(i.e. "MS Outlook Express"), but it's not your request. If you would read
my initial posting, my objective (e.g. notify responders) was clearly stated
and pertaining. The contingency (i.e. MS Windows tool; Outlook Express) was
not by (Subject:) title.
Your contributions are worthless.
DjM
"John Peach" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:eRD76.18$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> In article <Iyt76.449$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> "DjM" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> |>John,
> |>
> |>Dughhhhh!!!
> |>
> |>My objective was to get back to the KIND people who responded to the
> |>questions that I posted so that I might show respect for their time. In
> |>addition, I would like to thank them.
>
> If you really expected a sensible answer you should have posted to a
> relevant newsgroup. Why should anyone in comp.os.linux.hardware know
> anything at all about billyshit outlook depress?
>
> |>
> |>Your objective is to throw negativity at people. So, here- take it
back!
> |>
> |>Aren't you a Peach?
> |>
> |>DjM
> |>
> |>"John Peach" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> |>news:2zi76.11$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> |>> In article <wO976.743$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> |>> "DjM" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> |>> |>Teckies,
> |>> |>
> |>> |>I have a lot of messages to respond to concerning Linux
> |>questions/answers.
> |>> |>However, MS Outlook Express is only letting me view messages from
Jan 1,
> |>> |>2001. FYI: I only use Outlook Express for newsgroups and am not at
all
> |>savy
> |>> |>with it. I have browsed the setoptions many times and can't figure
out
> |>how
> |>> |>to display messages from last year (Dec 2000). Ergo, I can't get to
the
> |>> |>Linux questions that I left. I would really like to check them out
and
> |>> |>thank people for their responses, share info, etc... However, I do
not
> |>know
> |>> |>how to get this tool to enable their display.
> |>> |>
> |>> |>Does anybody know how to fix this?
> |>>
> |>> Sounds like a feature to me :-) Either that or a Y2K bug.
> |>> The way to fix it is to get a decent newsreader.
> |>>
> |>> |>
> |>> |>Thanks,
> |>> |>DjM
> |>> |>
> |>> |>
> |>>
> |>
> |>
>
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From: David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,alt.os.linux.caldera,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Partitioning For Install
Date: Sat, 13 Jan 2001 19:20:42 GMT
Mike Gratis wrote:
>
> /(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 ?
If you are going to use multiple partitions on the system,then a 10 GB
/(root) or a 6 GB /tmp partition is a waste of disk space.
But this is my opinion and others will probably disagree.
--
Confucius say: He who play in root, eventually kill tree.
Registered with the Linux Counter. http://counter.li.org
ID # 123538
Completed more W/U's than 99.000% of seti users. +/- 0.01%
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From: "Jason Byrne" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Via on-board sound success!
Date: Sat, 13 Jan 2001 11:26:48 -0800
"Peter Christy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:93kuj7$6ak$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I originally posted this in the alt.os.linux.mandrake forum, but
apparently
> some people can't access it there. So I'm posting it here too for those
> unlucky souls!
sorry for snipping all the details... but it really looked like you were
having a Mandrake-specific battle (DevFS?, drakconf?, etc.., etc...)
ignoring all the Mandrake *stuff* on your reply... it's a pretty standard
setup with Alsa ;-)
- Jason
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From: "DjM" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: ABit; HPT366; Linux 7 Install problems
Date: Sat, 13 Jan 2001 19:29:48 GMT
Glitch,
Thanks for your reply.
I have managed to get Linux up on one of my BE6-II's. I chose to plug the
drive directly into IDE1 to quickly get by this snafu (ie. version
discursion; v2.4 is supposed to work with the HPT366). My objective is to
set myself up to install a 2.4 kernel. More specifically, I'm gonna rebuild
the kernel on my working Linux box.
If I have problems with 2.4, I will certainly consider the suse 6.3i option
that you are offering. Thanks, again...DjM
"Glitch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> using suse 6.3 i was able to install linux on my slave htp366 drive just
> fine. Suse detected both primary and secondary controllers. I did have a
> problem with fdisk recognizing all the cylinders of the drive but i was
> able to at least access the drive.
>
> if u can get suse 6.3, and higher i presume, try using it instead.
> i have a BE6 mobo by the way.
>
> DjM wrote:
> >
> > Teckies:
> >
> > I am a Unix application developer who is in the process of setting up a
pair
> > of Linux networks (Prod/Dev). I have built a number of PIII machines
> > employing ABit bords that contain the infamous HPT366 controller (IDE;
> > DMA66/33).
> >
> > I have tried a number of times to install Linux (3 different versions-
5.0,
> > 6.2, 7; Gentus Linux that comes with the board). All of the
installations
> > point at the controller (in my mind). Here's what I get after selecting
the
> > installation type (i.e. workstation, server, etc...):
> >
> > No Drives Found
> > An Error has occurred - no valid devices were found on which to create
new
> > file systems. Please check your harware for the cause of this problem.
> >
> > If ayone has run into this on their ABit board and/or know how to fix
this,
> > it would greatly appreciated! I have quite ABit of setting up to do and
> > obviously can't get to first base, until I get Linux installed. I
suspect
> > that I'll have to pass the kernel something, but I am still researching
> > this. I have spent the past 2 days trying to work through this. Any
> > clue-ins would be appreciated.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > DjM
>
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From: "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: MS Outlook Express
Date: Sat, 13 Jan 2001 19:55:14 GMT
DjM <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> ...because, dumb acting one, I chose to display why I have not gotten back
Eh? Is there some story here that we should know about?
> to those who might have responded to my previous inquiries in the same
> paragraph. If you weren't preoccupied with negativity and vulgarity you
My word, a genius who can't quote whatever he is talking about so thet
we might know and judge.
Peter
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From: "Jason Byrne" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: winmodem HSP-56 PC-Tel and LINUX??
Date: Sat, 13 Jan 2001 11:50:48 -0800
<cross-posting trimmed to comp.os.linux.hardware>
"Tiefenbacher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> 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
> donīt 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 īcan help??
> with regards
The Yast problem you refer to is really just a glorified interface to
'wvdialconf' the last time I looked at SuSE... and it creates an
unnecessarily complicated /etc/wvdial.conf
Assuming you have the module/driver loaded for the modem... try running
'wvdialconf /etc/wvdial.conf' from the command line. You should see
wvdialconf scanning your serial ports for modems, etc... and it should find
it at /dev/ttyS15. Edit /etc/wvdial.conf and adjust phone, username,
password details (probably a good idea to limit dialup to a specific group
and make /etc/wvdial.conf 660 or even 640 (root.modemgroup) ownership.
I don't use 'kppp' and/or KDE... but you might want to do something like
'ln -s /dev/ttyS15 /dev/modem' (I assume it might look for /dev/modem?)
btw... http://www.o2.net/~gromitkc has a nice winmodems page.
I've always had success with compiling the pctel.o driver from source with
'MODEM.zip'... but your mileage may vary - I forget the names of the other
versions... packaged as binaries, etc...
I've used the modem successfully on SuSE 6.3, 6.4... and Slackware 7.1... if
you're curious.
- Jason
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From: "Aaron R. Kulkis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: Linux IDE RAID Cards
Date: Sat, 13 Jan 2001 14:47:34 -0500
mlw wrote:
>
> "Aaron R. Kulkis" wrote:
> >
> > Chris Lopeman wrote:
> > >
> > > Can anyone recommend a good raid IDE controller for Linux. Preferably
> > > ATA 100. We have tried using the Promise controller with limited
> > > success. We probably want to run 2 controllers in the server (for more
> > > speed) with a total of 6 drives. 4 of the drives running raid 1+0 and
> > > the other 2 forming a separate mirror. The 2 in the mirror we also want
> > >
> > > to boot off of.
> > >
> > > If you can't recommend a good one maybe you can let us know your
> > > experience with the AMI or Escalade cards. We are considering going to
> > > one of these.
> >
> > http://www.research.att.com/~gjm/linux/ide-raid.html
> >
>
> The link you posted was for software raid. There are a lot of pros and
^^^^^^^^^^^^^
oops.
> cons for hardware vs software for RAID, but in the case of IDE, a
> hardware raid solution makes more sense than a software one.
>
> --
> http://www.mohawksoft.com
--
Aaron R. Kulkis
Unix Systems Engineer
DNRC Minister of all I survey
ICQ # 3056642
H: "Having found not one single carbon monoxide leak on the entire
premises, it is my belief, and Willard concurs, that the reason
you folks feel listless and disoriented is simply because
you are lazy, stupid people"
I: Loren Petrich's 2-week stubborn refusal to respond to the
challenge to describe even one philosophical difference
between himself and the communists demonstrates that, in fact,
Loren Petrich is a COMMUNIST ***hole
J: Other knee_jerk reactionaries: billh, david casey, redc1c4,
The retarded sisters: Raunchy (rauni) and Anencephielle (Enielle),
also known as old hags who've hit the wall....
A: The wise man is mocked by fools.
B: Jet Silverman plays the fool and spews out nonsense as a
method of sidetracking discussions which are headed in a
direction that she doesn't like.
C: Jet Silverman claims to have killfiled me.
D: Jet Silverman now follows me from newgroup to newsgroup
...despite (C) above.
E: Jet is not worthy of the time to compose a response until
her behavior improves.
F: Unit_4's "Kook hunt" reminds me of "Jimmy Baker's" harangues against
adultery while concurrently committing adultery with Tammy Hahn.
G: Knackos...you're a retard.
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From: "Jason Byrne" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Kensington webcam driver available...
Date: Sat, 13 Jan 2001 11:57:28 -0800
> Does not compile on the latext linux-2.4.0 kernel.
> Needs some hacks.
I noticed there is also a driver based on the chipset many of the Kensington
webcams use - mentioned at http://linux-usb.org (se401? - I don't recall
exactly)
(link mentioned in one of the follow-ups for the Kensington webcam listing)
I haven't tried compiling, etc... on the latest kernel
- Jason
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