Linux-Hardware Digest #173, Volume #14 Sat, 13 Jan 01 20:13:05 EST
Contents:
SnapScan 310 at Adaptex 1505 (Onno Garms)
Problem loading agpgart module with i815 chipset (LNyT)
Re: MS Outlook Express ("DjM")
netgear fa312 and redhat 7.0 ("Jason")
Re: intel express 100 known to the kernel but can't be identified? ("Alexander
Deztroyer")
Re: Linux IDE RAID Cards (mlw)
FS: Internal ISA hardware modem (xiangdong shi)
Re: Configuring SBLive! 1024 Player under SuSE Linux 7.0Pro (Juergen Korn)
SBLive 1024 PCI (Nicolas Rinaudo)
Backup ("Funsi")
Good, cheap *AT* motherboard/processor combos? (Matt O'Toole)
Re: Linux IDE RAID Cards (Tim Moore)
Re: Help: SDRAM Memory Problem (Tim Moore)
FLOPPY problem with kernel 2.4 ("John Burrell")
Linux on ABIT BX133-RAID motherboard ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Bellsouth DSL Modem and Linux ("Robert M. Taylor")
Radeon All in Wonder vs. Matrox G450 TV (Adam Atherton)
Re: netgear fa312 and redhat 7.0 ("Robert M. Taylor")
Re: Linux box?!? ("Robert M. Taylor")
Re: Good, cheap *AT* motherboard/processor combos? (Scott Alfter)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Onno Garms)
Subject: SnapScan 310 at Adaptex 1505
Date: Sat, 13 Jan 2001 20:52:11 GMT
Hello,
recently I received an Agfa SnapScap 310 for free from a
friend. Now I am trying to install it under Linux. It ships
with an scsi-card which seems to be an Adaptec AVA 1505.
(The documentation mentions the type of card implicitely.
pnpdump also reports this.) I know that buying a better SCSI
card is recommended, but I am not sure whether it is the
card that causes my problem.
I use sane.
Problem: When saying "scanimage -d snapscan:/dev/sg0"
nothing happens. The process takes up 99.9% CPU and
continues even on Cntl-C. The only way to terminate it is to
kill it. The process produces no output.
System Data:
Mainboard Gigabyte GA-6BXC
no other SCSI-controllers
Linux 2.2.7 (SuSE 6.1)
Kernel recompiled with scsi-generic support, without
ide-scsi, aha152x as module
Configuration I did:
- pnpdump / isapnp works but seems to be not necessary.
Output of isapnp /etc/isapnp.conf (after setting up
isapnp.conf):
Board 1 has Identity de 0a 94 72 3c 05 15 90 04: ADP1505
Serial No 177500732 [checksum de]
ADP1505/177500732[0]{SCSI Controller }: Port 0x140;
IRQ10 --- Enabled OK
The problem described above is the same no matter if I setup
isapnp.conf to find the card or not.
- modprobe aha152x 152x=0x140,10,7
0x140,10,7,0 and 0x140,10,7,1 make no difference
modprobe returned no error messages
- made sure sg0 is a public readable
- tried several devices in snapscan.conf
Makes no difference (as long as valid devices are given)
- commented out everything but snapscan in dll.conf (because
recommented for my sort of problem in the FAQ) Makes no
difference.
- checked the output of programs that should find the
scanner. All seem to be OK:
[find-scanner from sane package]
find-scanner: found scanner "AGFA SNAPSCAN 310 1.90" at
device /dev/sg0
[scanimage -L]
device `snapscan:/dev/sg0' is a AGFA SNAPSCAN 310 flatbed
scanner
[/proc/scsi/scsi]
Attached devices:
Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 02 Lun: 00
Vendor: AGFA Model: SNAPSCAN 310 Rev: 1.90
Type: Scanner ANSI SCSI
revision: 02
Did anyone get the SnapScan 310 to work? Used the shipped
card or bought a better one?
TIA
Onno Garms
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Onno Garms
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From: LNyT <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Problem loading agpgart module with i815 chipset
Date: Sat, 13 Jan 2001 22:18:52 +0100
My system is a RH7 box, kernel 2.4.0 (release), PIII-866, an ASUS CUSL2
motherboard (i815chipset), an ATI Rage 128 video card. I'm trying to get
DRI to work, and I need to load the agpgart module (before r128) which
compiled without a hitch with the new kernel. But when I modprobe the
module, I get :
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/lib/modules/2.4.0/kernel/drivers/char/agp/agpgart.o: init_module: No such
device
Hint: insmod errors can be caused by incorrect module parameters, including
invalid IO or IRQ parameters
/lib/modules/2.4.0/kernel/drivers/char/agp/agpgart.o: insmod
/lib/modules/2.4.0/kernel/drivers/char/agp/agpgart.o failed
/lib/modules/2.4.0/kernel/drivers/char/agp/agpgart.o: insmod agpgart failed
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and it fails, thus not allowing me to load r128.o, and therefore no DRI in
X :'(
Any suggestion would be greatly appreciated!
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From: "DjM" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: MS Outlook Express
Date: Sat, 13 Jan 2001 21:17:02 GMT
Hopefully, I can apply closure to this (yikes!)...
I had left a few postings on the board before the holidays. When I picked
my installation situation(s) back up shortly thereafter, I was unable to
read them. FYI: I was logging in on my MS Windows station using MS Outlook
Express (which is brand new to me). At this junction, I wanted to let
people who might have responded (i.e. courtesy) know that I didn't blow them
off. I guessed that I was hitting something extremely basic with Outlook
and that surely, somebody might answer it right away.
Admittedly, I "mis-tagged" the subject textbox. It is sent. I am sorry.
However, I am not sorry for sticking a note out there to let people know
that I intend to respond to their reply(s) and why I have not.
Essentially, that is what my note stated.
...and that's the story.
I didn't anticipate being ridiculed by someone who also misjudged my intent.
I chose to address this by clarifying my intent and throwing out the
negativity (i.e. this sucks, that sucks). The reciprocal response was
formed in vulgarity which is both undeserved and unnecessary.
In response to your departed wisdom:
> My word, a genius who can't quote whatever he is talking about so thet
> we might know and judge.
There is no such thing as genius- only perfection. In addition, nobody in
this world is going to judge anybody- thank God!
DjM
"Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> 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" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: netgear fa312 and redhat 7.0
Date: Sat, 13 Jan 2001 15:31:13 -0600
I can't seem to get the drivers for this card to compile on a redhat 7.0
system.. any help would be appreciated
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From: "Alexander Deztroyer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: intel express 100 known to the kernel but can't be identified?
Date: Sun, 14 Jan 2001 11:14:32 +1300
k, thanks for your advise, I will try and see if that works.
Alex
Eric P. McCoy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> "Alexander Deztroyer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > The problem is I've used the 2.0.36 kernel, the system didn't recognize
the
> > express pro. That's why I used the 2.1.125 kernel.
>
> Try 2.2.x, at least.
>
> > After enabled the Epress Pro to loaded as "built-in", it still
> > doesn't work. Wondering if it would be solve by upgrading to
> > 2.4. BTW, you got it work on 2.0.38, right :-)
>
> Yep.
>
> --
> Eric McCoy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> "Knowing that a lot of people across the world with Geocities sites
> absolutely despise me is about the only thing that can add a positive
> spin to this situation." - Something Awful, 1/11/2001
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From: mlw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: Linux IDE RAID Cards
Date: Sat, 13 Jan 2001 17:55:46 -0500
"Aaron R. Kulkis" wrote:
>
> Steve Wolfe 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 really need that much speed that you're going to go with two IDE
> > RAID controllers, you really might want to look into a SCSI RAID setup.
> > Having used SCSI RAID, I can say that it just makes you go "ooooooh" with
> > delight. It's definitely worth the extra money.
>
> Not only that, but you can put all your disks on ONE SCSI channel
> and STILL get better performance than IDE.
>
> Especially under Linux.
This depends on many factors.
My personal favorite RAID controllers are SCSI to SCSI raid controllers.
They work on all platforms.
Infortrend, www.infortrend.com, makes a great box. Plug one end into a
standard SCSI or fibre channel card, plug a number of disks in the other
end (up to some silly number like 60).
The SCSI to SCSI boxes have a great number of advantages. When asked
professionally, I say to stay away from RAID controller boards, and go
with a SCSI to SCSI raid device. They work with any OS that supports any
SCSI card with main stream drivers (very important for stability!), and
offload any possible CPU cycles to an external box.
I have had too many problems with software RAID (like what happens when
the OS crashes?), I have also had too many problems with PCI solutions
in that the newest versions of OS lag in support.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (xiangdong shi)
Subject: FS: Internal ISA hardware modem
Date: Sat, 13 Jan 2001 23:02:07 +0000 (UTC)
This is not a for sale forum, but these modems are specially for Linux.
They are leftovers of a Linux project. They were bought new and never
used. The Model number is AOpen FM56-ITU/2, internal ISA. They are
hardware modems and have been tested and documented to work under Linux.
$25 + $3 shipping/each, US only (bought for $50).
If you are interested, please send me email.
Xiangdong
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From: Juergen Korn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Configuring SBLive! 1024 Player under SuSE Linux 7.0Pro
Date: Sun, 14 Jan 2001 00:11:40 +0100
Michael Steiner wrote:
> Hi everybody!
> i got the following problem: when installing the soundblaster live!
> kernel driver as a module (under kernl 2.2.18) and running kmix under
> kde2, the following messages are printed on system console:
>
> (date)(time)(host) modprobe: can't locate module sound-slot-1
> (date)(time)(host) modprobe: can't locate module sound-service-1-0
in the control-center - sound -mixer
you can find two options which are set
to 2. reduce both to 1.
then kde tries just the 1 sound-slot-0
> of course, the soundcard works as suggested,
the message is just a warning
because kde can't find the second card
which is configured in the sound settings
of kde
Details: http://sdb.suse.de/sdb/de/html/thallma_kde2_mixer.html
that is all.
koerni
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From: Nicolas Rinaudo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: SBLive 1024 PCI
Date: Sun, 14 Jan 2001 00:14:00 +0100
Does any of you folks know how to set up an SBLive 1024 PCI under
slackware?
Thanx a lot,
Nicolas Rinaudo
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From: "Funsi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Backup
Date: Sun, 14 Jan 2001 00:27:22 +0100
hello, i�ve got a problem with my backups ....
A long time ago I used novell with the program backup-exec und now i need a
file from my old backup with backup-exec with a linux tool ... I`ve got a
normal SCSI streamer
Can i read them in some way ????
My system is a RedHat 6.2
Thank you
Something else ...
I want to tune my EIDE - Fixed Disk ? , and i heard that i can do this with
a partition at the outside edge. But which is the outside edge ? The first
partition or thr last ?
Thank you
E-mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Matt O'Toole <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Good, cheap *AT* motherboard/processor combos?
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sat, 13 Jan 2001 23:26:33 GMT
I'm looking for some replacement motherboards for some Pentium I systems.
They're AT based. The other cards and drives are fine, so there's no
reason to replace those. I'm hoping to find new motherboards that will fit
and be worth the trouble and expense, vs. purchasing new systems. This
probably means K6-and-motherboard combos selling for around $100, and only
if they use the newer, much cheaper PC100/133 RAM. Does such a beast
exist? Is it reliable? Who's selling them?
-Matt O.
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From: Tim Moore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: Linux IDE RAID Cards
Date: Sat, 13 Jan 2001 23:26:59 GMT
http://www.ami.com/products/subpage.cfm?CatID=5&SubID=14
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timothymoore
bigfoot
com
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From: Tim Moore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Help: SDRAM Memory Problem
Date: Sat, 13 Jan 2001 23:30:54 GMT
> I recently bought two brand new SpecTek 168-pin 32-MB
> PC-100 SDRAM memories.
>
> When I installed the new memories in my PC, I got
> only 8 MB of memory from each stick (a total of
> 16 MB for both). The mainboard on my PC has an
Note the append line. Remember to run '/sbin/lilo -v' before rebooting.
# cat /etc/lilo.conf
boot=/dev/hda
map=/boot/map
install=/boot/boot.b
prompt
timeout=30
default=linux
append="mem=64MB"
...
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timothymoore
bigfoot
com
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From: "John Burrell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: FLOPPY problem with kernel 2.4
Date: Sat, 13 Jan 2001 23:45:24 -0000
I was using kernel 2.2.16-3 and everything worked fine (if it ain't broke,
don't fix it!)
I've just compiled kernel 2.4.0 and I get the following message when I try
and mount the floppy drive -
mount: /dev/fd0 has wrong major or minor number.
What have I done wrong in xconfig? Or perhaps what have I not done?
/etc/fstab looks like this for the floppy device -
/dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto noauto,owner 0 0
Can anyone give me a clue please.
J.B.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Linux on ABIT BX133-RAID motherboard
Date: Sun, 14 Jan 2001 00:22:29 GMT
I've been trying to setup RAID on an ABIT
BX133-RAID motherboard-based system. The following
are my impressions/problems with the mobo. I
welcome hearing from other Linux users who have
different impressions of the mobo - especially
Linux users who may have had more success with the
mobo than I have.
If you are considering RAID, don't believe the
ABIT or Highpoint product literature. The "RAID"
provided by the Highpoint 370 controller on the
BX133-RAID mobo is implemented only partially in
hardware. The 370 controller does *not* make a
disk array appear as a single device interface.
Some RAID functions are performed in software!
This means that ABIT BX133-RAID Linux users will
have to configure Linux for software RAID in order
to take advantage of *all* drives in each RAID
array.
Fortunately, Andre (the Linux IDE guy) produced a
device driver that capable of *seeing* the drives
behind the 370. I installed a patch he prepared.
Now that Linux (2.2.18) can see the drives when I
boot from a floppy, I can try to use the Linux
built-in RAID level 0 and 1 driver (/dev/md) to
setup software RAID.
Doing RAID in software wouldn't bother me too much
if ABIT did not advertise the BX133-RAID as a RAID
motherboard which included a Gentus (Redhat) Linux
port for the motherboard. Though Gentus Linux does
see the RAID array, it only performs I/O with the
*first* device in the array. Except for appearing
in a graphical device list, all other devices in
the array are ignored (e.g. their resources are
ignored), making Gentus Linux no more useful
with the BX133-RAID than any other Linux
distribution.
- Bernie
Sent via Deja.com
http://www.deja.com/
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From: "Robert M. Taylor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Bellsouth DSL Modem and Linux
Date: Sun, 14 Jan 2001 00:32:11 GMT
Verizon wanted to do the same to me. I argued with the salesperson that
I needed a setup that used an etherent card or I would cancel the
service on receipt of the kit. They sent me what I asked for. PPPOE was
simpler to setup under Linux than under Windows. The Windows install
software installed TWO copies of IP over the same device and botched it
up. Ended up removing one and worked thereafter. The kit they sent
included an external Westell "modem" and a Netgear FA311 10/100 ethernet
card that took me all of 20 minutes to install the drivers for.
B A Koch wrote:
>
> I've got the Intel 2100 internal modem from Qwest. "USWorst is now
> Qworst". :)
> I got a slightly different spin: your choice of modem, installation is
> a separate $90 fee. However, the internal is free, the external costs
> $150 because it's actually a router thus more costly.
> It sucks, but I'd have to challenge you to get an external that will
> WORK with your service for much less.
>
> If there's EVER a driver for Linux for the internal, PLEASSSSE let me
> know!
>
> Brian
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From: Adam Atherton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Radeon All in Wonder vs. Matrox G450 TV
Date: Sun, 14 Jan 2001 00:28:41 GMT
I am looking at purchasing a 3D video card with the video editing, and
TV
tuning capabilities, and the two that I am trying to settle between is
the
ATI Radeon All in Wonder, and the Matrox G450 TV card. I am currently
using both Mandrake 7.2 and RedHat 7.0 (having troubles picking) and
am wondering about which card is better supported under linux. Any
comments would be most welcome.
Thanks,
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From: "Robert M. Taylor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: netgear fa312 and redhat 7.0
Date: Sun, 14 Jan 2001 00:49:16 GMT
Jason,
I'm using an FA 311 which uses the same driver. What have you done thus
far? I just unpacked the files into a clean dirctory and renamed the
files as so:
mv FA311.C fa311.c <return>
mv FA311.H fa311.h <return>
mv makefile Makefile <return>
Make <return>
Output should be fa311.o. Copy (from a root shell) the file to
/lib/modules/2.2.XX/net.
run (as root) depmod -a. Then modprobe fa311.
If you don't get any errors, you're done.
Jason wrote:
>
> I can't seem to get the drivers for this card to compile on a redhat 7.0
> system.. any help would be appreciated
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From: "Robert M. Taylor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux box?!?
Date: Sun, 14 Jan 2001 00:54:10 GMT
Is this the same as a netwinder, or are we talking about a different
company. Jerry Pournell has one of these and seems quite satisfied with
it as a dialup router.
"Brett I. Holcomb" wrote:
>
> Linksys makes a firewall box (I don't have the URL). You can also get a
> firewall at www.gnatbox.com . The free version works well for small
> networks like a home. They also have hardware boxes and a software solution
> that handles larger networks. The software products only require a floppy
> drive.
>
> --
> Brett I. Holcomb
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> Microsoft MVP
> AKA Grunt<><
>
> "jazz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:93ohv7$6m0$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > Hi ya I'm pretty new to Linux so please excuse me if I'm in the wrong n/g
> >
> > I'm trying to build a Linux router - I know I can put together a decent pc
> > and install Linux router software etc. I don't really want to this as A
> > complete pc is always on, that acts as a sever- I can do with windows. I'm
> > sure I've seen little Linux box (black in colour) which in affect it a
> > little pc - with all the bits in it. I'm sure I vet seen some around but I
> > cant seem to locate any.
> >
> > any help be most appreciated :)
> >
> > Jazz
> >
> >
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Scott Alfter)
Subject: Re: Good, cheap *AT* motherboard/processor combos?
Date: Sun, 14 Jan 2001 01:03:33 -0000
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In article <Ju586.3713$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Matt O'Toole <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I'm looking for some replacement motherboards for some Pentium I systems.
>They're AT based. The other cards and drives are fine, so there's no
>reason to replace those. I'm hoping to find new motherboards that will fit
>and be worth the trouble and expense, vs. purchasing new systems. This
>probably means K6-and-motherboard combos selling for around $100, and only
>if they use the newer, much cheaper PC100/133 RAM. Does such a beast
>exist? Is it reliable? Who's selling them?
I've used an FIC VA-503+ in my primary system for a couple of years now,
first with a K6-2-300 with 64 megs of oc'd PC66 memory and now with a
K6-III-450 with 256 megs of PC133 memory (run as PC100). I've never had any
problems with it, and the boards and processors should be dirt-cheap
nowadays. (The company from which I've been buying stuff lately, Spartan
Technologies, has the VA-503+ at $73 and the K6-2-400 at $38. You can
probably find lower prices among the Pricewatch lowballers, but I haven't
had any trouble with these guys in several purchases.)
(Since this is comp.os.linux.hardware, I should mention that this combo
works great with Linux. :-) )
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