Linux-Hardware Digest #198, Volume #14 Thu, 18 Jan 01 14:13:06 EST
Contents:
Can't mount USB Hard disk (Daniel Seed)
Sound Blaster PRO slow sound ("Migue")
help with internet (REGGIE BOLAND)
NETWORK CARD FOR PRESARIO 17XL370 (Stefano Di Carlo)
Re: Driver USB for ADSL Modem ("dids")
How can I make my own file server rack? (jtnews)
Stupid question about hardware capability ("Astroboy")
Linux on Sequent S2000 ("JP")
Re: How can I make my own file server rack? (Eric Ho)
PCI IDE Controller card (Mike Edwards)
Anyone get APC brand UPS to work with *USB* ?? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
3com etherlink II and 2.4.0 kernel ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Laptops (Daniel Seed)
Re: To switch to Linux or not? Advice please.
Re: MSI K7T-Pro2A+HP9100i+Linux doesn't work. Why? (alexei)
Re: Is Promise Ultra ATA100 controller supported? ("Keith Wheeler")
Re: Multiple SCSI controllers? (Paul Repacholi)
Re: VIA KT133A support? . . . horror stories ("Keith Wheeler")
Re: CISCO 675 Modem ("Keith Wheeler")
Re: Multiple SCSI controllers?
Re: hdparm settings for IBM-DTLA-307060 (Andreas Heiduk)
Re: Asus A7V ("Keith Wheeler")
Re: um...Does this modem work with linux? ("Jonathan Paul")
HELP- Changing DISPLAY settings ("Scott Fricker")
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From: Daniel Seed <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Can't mount USB Hard disk
Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2001 20:12:52 +0800
I am using Mandrake 7.2 on IBM Thinkpad 570. After loding USB drivers
(usbcore, usb-storage,usb-uchi) I can see following messages with usbview:
USB Disk
Manufacturer: OnSpec Electroinc, Inc.
Serial Number: 5424ADD524
Speed: 12Mb/s(full)
USB Version: 1.00
Device Class: 00 (>ifc)
Device Subclass:00
Device Protocol: 00
Maximum Default Endpoint Size: 8
Number of Configurations: 1
Vendor id: 07c4
Product id: 0103
Revision Number: 9.04
However, I can not mount it because I can not find it in /dev/sda or
/dev/sda1 .....(try hundreds of them).
Anyone can help me with it?
By the way, the hard disk is a 2.5" IBM Travelstar 4GB.
Thanks!
Daniel
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From: "Migue" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Sound Blaster PRO slow sound
Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2001 12:24:03 +0100
I have a Sound Blaster PRO card ISA , it's correctly configured but the
sound is slow.
I need help , thanks?
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From: REGGIE BOLAND <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: help with internet
Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2001 13:55:38 GMT
how do i set up winlinux to acess the internet i have shaw@home and my
card is a "3com EatherLink XL TPO 10Mb Eathernet NIC(3C900-TPO)" i have
no clue how to set it up because this is my first time trying lunixx
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From: Stefano Di Carlo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: NETWORK CARD FOR PRESARIO 17XL370
Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2001 14:59:26 +0100
Anybody know how I can install the Presario 17XL370 Network Card under
Red Hat 6.2?
The network Card is a Conextant Combo 10/100
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From: "dids" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: fr.comp.peripheriques.modems,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Driver USB for ADSL Modem
Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2001 14:39:23 -0000
oops replied to wrong one
the site has been down about 2 weeks now
these drivers i think are most unlikely to happen
the author has suffered a family loss and says the the driver is not really
v important to him if at all
its just ridiculous of alcatel, we need to organise a worldwide
alcatel->linux usb driver mailing
its so frustrating
dids
"Rod Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:do%76.228346$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> [Posted and mailed]
>
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> Vincent Deverre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > Are exist drivers for USB ADSL modem ???
> >
> > How can I connect my USB ADSLmodem with Linux ????
>
> AFAIK, no such drivers are yet available, although I hear drivers for at
> least one model are in beta test. Check
> http://kapu.name.daemon.xs4all.be:8080/Projects//speedtouch.php3 for
> details. (This site was inaccessible when I just tried to reach it, but
> hopefully that's a transient problem.)
>
> --
> Rod Smith, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> http://www.rodsbooks.com
> Author of books on Linux & multi-OS configuration
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Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2001 09:34:38 -0500
From: jtnews <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: How can I make my own file server rack?
I want to make an array of file servers
for my home. One way I'm considering
going about it is purchasing
several motherboards and power supplies
hooking them up together. Should I use
standard enclosures and just stack them?
Are enclosures available that hold
multiple motherboards?
Can I make my own enclosure out of wood?
Would this be a fire hazard?
What about RF interference, would this cause
a problem without a grounded metal enclosure?
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From: "Astroboy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Stupid question about hardware capability
Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2001 10:41:16 +0800
I'm a Linux newbie. I got a very stupid question about the hardware
capability. If there is a linux software with is specified for a certain
hardware platform, can it be easily port to another platform. (I'm not sure
whether the software using any libraray or development tool, maybe GTK)
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From: "JP" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Linux on Sequent S2000
Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 15:31:19 -0000
Hi,
I have an old Sequent S2000/290 system currently running DYNIX and want to
turn it into a linux system *somehow*.
I think this is possible because the Sequent is intel based but don't know
how to go about putting this OS onto anything other that a PC.
Anyone got any ideas??
JP
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From: Eric Ho <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How can I make my own file server rack?
Date: 18 Jan 2001 15:48:57 GMT
You can buy rack-mountable PC cases and put them on 19" racks.
Eric Ho
jtnews <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I want to make an array of file servers
> for my home. One way I'm considering
> going about it is purchasing
> several motherboards and power supplies
> hooking them up together. Should I use
> standard enclosures and just stack them?
> Are enclosures available that hold
> multiple motherboards?
> Can I make my own enclosure out of wood?
> Would this be a fire hazard?
> What about RF interference, would this cause
> a problem without a grounded metal enclosure?
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From: Mike Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: PCI IDE Controller card
Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2001 10:06:48 -0600
Hi all,
I just picked up a CMD PCI-0649 IDE controller card which I have
connected to an internal tape drive.
http://www.cmd.com/ProductInfo.cfm?ProdID=168
I'm running RH7.0 (with all the available updates :) ) on a 2.2.16
kernel.
I was reading the compatability lists and, while it looks like I can
specify a command line argument in lilo.conf to probe for it (
append="ide2=0x1e8,0x3ee,11" ), it doesn't seem to come up.
Is there something I need to set in the kernel, or is the ATA/100 chip
not supported in current, stable kernels?
...
OK, I just did some digging and see that there are some patches at
www.linux-ide.org, but are they what I really need (little or no doc on
that site).
Thanks!
Mike
--
Mike Edwards, MIS
Edwards Graphic Arts, Inc.
2700 Bell Avenue
Des Moines, IA 50321
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Anyone get APC brand UPS to work with *USB* ??
Date: 18 Jan 2001 10:35:06 -0500
We've got several APC brand UPS's (BackUPS-Pro 500) with USB ports
(and no serial ports).
Has anyone got power monitoring to work under Linux using USB?
Thanks,
Richard
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: 3com etherlink II and 2.4.0 kernel
Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2001 16:23:31 GMT
I am using a linux box for my gateway / firewall and have everything working properly
with
kernel 2.2.17 (2 3c509b nics) eth0 and eth1.
After compiling 2.4.0 (going through the standard procedures) and rebooting Im able to
ping
my local interfaces, but not through them, to either my local lan, or the internet ..
ifconfig looks normal both interfaces are up and pingable from the linux box, but
other
systems on my lan aren't able to ping my linux box and the linux box can't ping them.
I'm not worried about the iptables stuff, I just want to be able to at least ping my
local lan.
Anyone seen this before?
Any suggestions?
Im drawing a blank on this one..
Thanks in advance
--
#!/usr/bin/perl
$a="\<b isfg\=\"nbjmup";
$b="\:\/\/udq\@cmvfnppo";
$c="\.nzjq\.psh\"\>tfoe\<\/b\>";
$d="$a"."$b"."$c";
$d =~ y/b-z/a-z/;
print "$d\n";
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From: Daniel Seed <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Laptops
Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2001 01:33:17 +0800
Alain Laederach wrote:
> Hi Everyone,
>
> Has anyone had a good experience installing a Dual boot system on a
> recent laptop? Are there any laptop models to be avoided at all cost? As
> far as I understand it, there are two issues, when setting up such a
> system. A, how will the recovery CD deal with the partitioning, and B,
> will I be able to find a video driver for my video card?
>
> Finally, I would like to know if any of you would suggest installing NT
> over Windows 2000, or windows 98, on the windows partition?
>
>
> Thanks for any help,
>
> Alain Laederach
>
>
I am using IBM ThinkPad 570 (kind of old?) running Windows ME and
Mandrake 7.2 Linux.
Alsa driver is included and autodetect my sound card. Dlink-DFE-650 fast
etheret card is also autodetected. X runing 1024x768 24bit. Download
ltmodem for the Lucent Winmodem and it is working.USB 250MB ZIP is also
runing. Oh, my sound card can't play midi, so what. MP3 is good
enough.what else you need for a laptop?
Cheers,
Daniel Yang
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ()
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Re: To switch to Linux or not? Advice please.
Date: 18 Jan 2001 11:41:47 -0600
On Wed, 17 Jan 2001 10:40:14 -0700, jelb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>1 ) Is there a more newbie friendly distribution than Corel's yet? It
>is nice but still has a long way to go to being as easy to use as
>Windows. (Sorry but it's the truth).
Redhat is pretty easy, far easier to install than windoze which requires
many reboots during the instalation process.
>
>2a ) If I run VMWare will I be able to run every Windows program?
all windoze programs that don't require direct hardware access. IE:
printer software and cdr burning software will probably fail.
>
>2b ) Will I take a speed hit? I intend to get a Celeron 700 system
>with at least 128 MBs PC100 RAM.
>
No. Linux is much faster than windoze.
>2c ) Will VMWare allow me to just kill Windows and restart it whenever
>it hangs? If I can without a reboot that'll be great - assuming Linux
>really doesn't hang very often. Then I can ease my way into learning
>Linux instead of having to jump right in and also find programs,
>similar to the Windows ones I use, right away.
Yes. Plus, if you enable disk journaling, you can cut the power and
throw out all disk changes -- this is cool for testing software.
>
>3 ) Will any motherboard that accepts the Celeron 700 work with Linux
>or are there some that are better than others? Some I should avoid?
Any 386 or later processor should work fine.
>
>Lastly
>
>4 ) I'll be getting a new 2D/3D card to replace my old Voodoo II. I'm
>thinking maybe a GEFORCE2 MX AGP 32MB but I'm open to ATI and, of
>course, 3DFX still. I might want one with TV Out/Vid Capture too. Any
>recommendations - for or against?
See www.xfree86.org for video boards. Also try the linux hardware
newsgroup.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (alexei)
Subject: Re: MSI K7T-Pro2A+HP9100i+Linux doesn't work. Why?
Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2001 17:59:14 GMT
On Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:00:01 -0600, Steve Swiss
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>First let me tell you I am no novice user, I have been using linux since
>the kernel was like 0.8 or something, and I am pretty sure this isn't
>BIOS problem or a jumpering problem or something so trivial, but I hope
>it is. ;)
>
>I had been running a older TX mainboard with DMA using the following:
>M-Tech R541 Mainboard w/96 Meg Ram
>Symbios Logic 53c875 SCSI card with 9 Gig Seagate UW Barracuda
>Generic CD-Rom 48x /dev/hda
>HP9100i CD-RW /dev/hdc
>3Com 3C595 10/100 Network Card
>Turtle Beach Montego II Quadzilla Sound Card
>ATI Expert @ Play 98 PCI Video
>Dual Boot Win98/Linux-Mandrake 7.2
>
>Everything worked fine and dandy, but slow for me, So I got a new MSI
>K7T-Pro2A Mainboard with 192 Meg PC133 Ram and a AMD Duron 800 CPU,
>swapped it into a new ATX case with a 300 watt PS, all other peripherals
>the same, except using onboard sound instead of TB card. Well Windows 98
>worked perfectly, can burn a cd and surf the net and compile C code
>while never getting the CD-RW's buffer under 90% while copying a CD.
>Problem comes when under Linux, system is irrattic, doesn't allow the
>proper use of any IDE device, gives lots of errors if it does boot up,
>errors are timeouts and lost interrupts on IDE devices from either the
>kernel or ide-scsi module, if I remove the HP9100i, everything is OK,
>Hook it back up and whether I load the ide-scsi module or not the system
>just goes bonkers. I have tried swapping IDE channels, turning DMA on
>and off, and just about anything else I can think of. If anyone has any
>ideas, it would be appreciated. Would really like to use a real OS
>instead of Win98. ;)
>
>-Steve
>
>
Hi,
blind shot - I also have that motherboard w/ 2 fujitsu disks on
primary ide connected by normal (40 wires) cable, but bios erratically
thinks that the second is UDMA66. So I have a bad performarce on that
disk. When I set primary slave udma to disable and system started to
work OK.
Alexei
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From: "Keith Wheeler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Is Promise Ultra ATA100 controller supported?
Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2001 11:03:47 -0700
Timo,
Saw this on another post in another NG. Apparently there is an issue using
the Promise ATA100 controller in UDMA mode. I'm personally having better
success trying to get the 2.4.0 kernel to work with it. The new kernel
includes support for the Promise chipset(s) and includes a "Special UDMA"
feature you can turn on and compile into the kernel.
Might try that.
Good Luck,
KW
"Timo Warns" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:93uuqm$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Frederik Himpe wrote:
> > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "alex" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > > I have Promise Ultra100 standalone (not onboard) ATA100 controller
with
> > > 45 GB IBM DTLA hard disk.
> > >
> > > Goal: want to make linux install and boot from that configuration.
> > >
> > > Question: if it's supported at all and if yes how to install linux
with
> > > it? I tried RH7.0 - install script assumed there's no hdd at all :0/
> > I have exactly the same controller and hard disk and it works with
> > Mandrake 7.2 out of the box for me.
> >
> > On this page you find a workaround if your controller is not recognised
> > automatically, it is specifically written for Mandrake, but I guess it
> > should be possible to use this trick with other distributions:
> > http://www.mandrakeuser.org/hardware/hbits5.html
> >
>
> I've done this and it worked fine. But I'm not able to enable DMA access
at
> Maxtor 51536H2. "hdparm -d1 /dev/hda" refuses to enable DMA. Has anyone a
> solution for this?
>
> Timo
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Subject: Re: Multiple SCSI controllers?
From: Paul Repacholi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 19 Jan 2001 01:56:12 +0800
Rod Roark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I have a customer who wants a (Athlon-based) machine with four SCSI
> controllers, one for each hard drive. He thinks it will make for a
> faster system. I'm not even sure if it would work (BIOS/driver
> conflicts?), much less be faster. Has anyone heard of such a thing?
He is right, but it is expensive. 2 or, in a few cases 3, drives
per bus seems to have been a constant for two decades. If the
drives arbitrate badly, one each will win. But I hope they
are no-existant nowdays. Oh, and turn off disconect.
--
Paul Repacholi 1 Crescent Rd.,
+61 (08) 9257-1001 Kalamunda.
West Australia 6076
Raw, Cooked or Well-done, it's all half baked.
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From: "Keith Wheeler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: VIA KT133A support? . . . horror stories
Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2001 11:15:28 -0700
Mikael,
I am running the Asus A7V M/B with 256MB ECC PC133 SDRAM, 45GB IBM ATA100
HDD, 3dfx 5500 AGP (Voodoo5) and the AMD Athlon 1000. System runs RH great
if I run the HDD on the VIA ATA66 controller.
Am now playing with the 2.4.0 kernel to get the ATA100 support. I've gotten
it to recognize the Promise controller. Now trying to get the HDD to boot
off the Promise controller. Should have that fixed in the next day or two.
All in all it's been OK so far. You may want to use a different Linux distro
from the RH 7.0 I chose. I understand SuSE and Mandrake 7.1 support the
Promise ATA100 in their current configs without needing the 2.4.0 kernel.
Good Luck,
KW
"Ben" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> You want horror stories? Mine's too long to go into, but I made
> the sad mistake of trying to build a RH 7 server using an ABIT
> KT7-RAID . . . and now am reduced to trying to get Win98 to
> run on it, so I can use my desk machine, a very stable Epox-KII-500
> based unit instead. At present, I'm very pleased to have reduced system
> crashes on the Abit to only once ever 2 - 3 hours and this is after
> 30+ hrs of OS installs and reinstalls, poring over newsgroup postings
> and FAQ's and so on.
>
> Never could get either RH7 or Linux to install, and had to go to
> beta Via and Abit BIOS to get Win98 to be reasonably stable. May
> have a bad SIMM as well, and the Matrox G200 video is a
> nightmare all on its own.
>
> My recommendation? Find a system that someone else has that
> is working 100% . . . and then buy EXACTLY the same mobo,
> video and MEMORY they have.
>
> Also, check out the relevant newsgroup for the mobo you settle
> on: the Abit board has gleaned glowing reviews all over the web,
> but if you check the newsgroup, you'll find it full of folks who haven't
> even been able get an OS installed . . . and of folks who've achieved
> 'success' after 20, 30, 50 hours of 'tweaking'. Wasn't the way I'd
> planned to go.
>
> Good luck!
>
> Ben
>
>
> "Mikael Pettersson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> >
> > Has anyone tested any recent linux kernel (2.4 or 2.2 + ide patches)
> > on a VIA KT133A-based mainboard? Any horror stories?
> >
> > I'm trying to decide whether to buy an ASUS A7V (KT133 + Promise ATA100
> > controller) now or wait for the A7V133 (KT133A w. FSB 200/266 and
> > ATA100 support). Alternatively, I might buy an ABIT KT7A now, but
> > I have more confidence in ASUS. This will be for a non-overclocked
> > server/development machine.
> >
> > /Mikael
> > --
> > Mikael Pettersson ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
> > Computing Science Department, Uppsala University
>
>
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From: "Keith Wheeler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: CISCO 675 Modem
Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2001 11:19:04 -0700
I have this config at my house. Planned on adding Linux later next month. My
ISP has already told me the just accept the Ethernet without the need for
PPPoE. Not all ADSL providers do this.
The 2.4.0 kernel DOES have Experimental support for PPPoE . . . if you need
it.
Good Luck,
KW
"the Everrambling and MultiSyllabic Sean DEE" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in
message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> http://www.users.qwest.net/~awagner/index.html
> http://www.users.qwest.net/~agondor/
> http://www.sushisoft.com/adsl/
> try out these, a combination may be useful, unfortunately I currently
> have the 605 in my set-up which will forever seem to be unusable in
> linux
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >
> > Jeff Andre wrote:
> > >
> > > CS Reddy ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> > > : I have a CISCO 675 ADSL External Modem connected to my RJ-45 type
NIC. I
> > > : have dual boot system (NT4.0 and RH Linux 7.0). I am using DSL
services with
> > > : this modem with NT and it works fine. However, RH Linux is not
detecting
> > > : this device. The vendor says it is compatible with Linux. Can some
one point
> > > : me in the right direction? Thanks....
> > >
> > > Did you set the Linux system to use DHCP? If not, try that.
> >
> > Likely you need to set up PPPoE as well. Never did that with Linux
> > though.
> >
> > It is not a matter of modem compatibility or detection, but of network
> > configuration likely needing an extra layer. What you need depends on
> > your ADSL network and your ISP.
> >
> > Thomas
>
> --
> "We are Microsoft, of Borg. General Protection Fault in module
> assimilate.exe : Resistance izkx GPF 0x56548820 Application RESIST.EXE
> has performed an illegal operation and will be shut down."
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ()
Subject: Re: Multiple SCSI controllers?
Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2001 18:22:26 -0000
On 19 Jan 2001 01:56:12 +0800, Paul Repacholi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Rod Roark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
>> I have a customer who wants a (Athlon-based) machine with four SCSI
>> controllers, one for each hard drive. He thinks it will make for a
>> faster system. I'm not even sure if it would work (BIOS/driver
>> conflicts?), much less be faster. Has anyone heard of such a thing?
>
>He is right, but it is expensive. 2 or, in a few cases 3, drives
I dunno about that. Even with all four drives on the same
bus it should not be saturated. Why not just get a hardware
RAID5 solution at this point?
>per bus seems to have been a constant for two decades. If the
>drives arbitrate badly, one each will win. But I hope they
>are no-existant nowdays. Oh, and turn off disconect.
--
Finding an alternative should not be like seeking out the holy grail.
That is the whole damn point of capitalism.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Andreas Heiduk)
Subject: Re: hdparm settings for IBM-DTLA-307060
Date: 18 Jan 2001 18:21:35 GMT
Roger Ray ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
: I'm getting very poor performance for a 60 GB ATA IBM-DTLA-307060
: running under 2.2.14-6.1.1smp. The system drive is a 20 GB ATA Maxtor
: connected to the same cable as the IBM.
What chipset is on your motherboard? Is it supported and enabled by your
current kernel?
FYI: I'm using a VIA VT82c686B chip with ATA100 and an DTLA-307045. The chip
seems to be supported by linux-2.2.18, so I get ~35MB/s from hdparm. My
hdparm setting are:
hdparm -c1 -d1 -m16
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From: "Keith Wheeler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Asus A7V
Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2001 11:31:13 -0700
Drew,
I also have the A7V and an IBM 45GB HDD. I'm using RH 7.0 and have had to
play with compiling the 2.4.0 kernel. Yes, the 2.4.0 kernel includes support
for the Promise 206xx chipset(s). Now I'm having issues getting the LILO
setup properly to boot off the IBM HDD on the Promise. Works fine on the VIA
ATA66.
Fear not. I've only been playing with Linux for about two and a half weeks
now. If I can do it, anyone can. Suggest you hit the RedHat web site. They
have a fairly good HOWTO on doing kernel upgrades. Also, make sure you print
the README file in the 2.4.0 kernel source file(s). That also has great tips
in it.
Good Luck,
KW
"Bernd Riedel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Hi,
>
> I have an a7v and an ibm hdd attached to the ata100 controller. it works
just
> fine with suse 7.0 and the updated eide bootdisk:
>
ftp://ftp.rz.uni-wuerzburg.de/pub/linux/MIRROR.suse/update/7.0/kernel/promis
e/
>
> regs
> Bernd
>
> Drew wrote:
>
> > I'm a Linux newbie who just built a new box with an Asus A7V and Duron
CPU.
> > My IBM drive is on the ATA100 connector on the mobo and the Linux
install
> > can't see it (Mandrake 7.1). It sees only the drive on my primary IDE
> > channel. Are there any new Linux distros that will see the ATA100
> > controller on the A7V right out of the box? Failing that, are there any
> > step by step procedures for a newbie (who has yet to experience
compiling a
> > kernal) that will enable me to get my system loaded with Linux on the
ATA100
> > channel of the motherboard?
> >
> > I have found several bits and pieces of info on several websites, but
still
> > have alot of holes in my knowledge. For instance, one site said put the
> > Linux drive on the primary IDE channel, upgrade it to kernal 2.4.x,,
> > configure the kernal for Promise ATA100 controller, make some lilo.conf
> > changes and move the Linux drive back to the ATA100 channel. But I
don't
> > know if the Promise driver is in the 2.4 kernal, or if it is in another
RPM
> > I must add.
> >
> > I'm anxious to learn but need help. Has anyone succeeded with an A7V?
>
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Reply-To: "Jonathan Paul" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
From: "Jonathan Paul" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: um...Does this modem work with linux?
Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2001 18:45:37 GMT
Linux has never and will never support winmodems ( or so I've heard) the
reason why is becuse they rely completly on the processor to do what a real
modem's hardware is supposed to do and linux dudes have a stygmatizm with
throwing away processor time...... duhh ya i know i can;t spell ;)
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I just brought a new modem, U.S. Robotics 56K Internet Call Modem, Model
> No. USR5695.
>
> It doesnt say it has anything about supporting Linux, but maybe at least
> 3Com has a driver for it, or maybe it can be auto detected, My old modem,
> It is auto detected, but it is a Win Modem, and the linux i had was
> Winlinux 2000. and I knew that win modem will not work one way or the
> other. can anyone give me any idea on this modem?
>
> --
> Posted via CNET Help.com
> http://www.help.com/
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From: "Scott Fricker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: HELP- Changing DISPLAY settings
Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2001 13:58:41 -0500
As will become painfully obvious in a moment, I'm first time linux user, and
first time to this group. Apologies in advance.
Any help with the following problem would be greatly appreciated!!
When attempting to run a tool called QQEA, I get the following error message
when garnet begins to load:
Loading GARNET. . .
%%%%%%Loading CLX%%%%%%%
Connection to socket failed.
An unhandled error occurred during initialization:
Could not open a display for "".
You must already be running X to load or compile Garnet. Your
DISPLAY environment variable must be set with the name of the machine on
which the GARNET windows will be displayed. Please exit LISP and execute
one of the following commands:
setenv DISPLAY unix:0.0
setenv DISPLAY 0.0
We are running RedHat Linux 6.1, and I get the same message when I submit
from the shell prompt with and without the GNOME Xwindows interface running
in the background. Nor does the Bash shell recognize the "setenv" command.
In troubleshooting this same problem months ago, I recall that I redefined
the shell variable (somehow) and typed "qqea $DISPLAY," which resolved the
problem. However, I don't recall what file we edited to produce this
solution. I looked in /etc/sysconfig, inittab, and even played with
changing the 'qqea' script, but with no success.
Any HELP? I'm afraid that the solution is something quite simple, though is
beyond me at this point. Thanks for any help!
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