Linux-Hardware Digest #239, Volume #14 Wed, 24 Jan 01 13:13:10 EST
Contents:
Re: Questionable boot up messages (David Filion)
Re: A7V promise IDE controler WITH UDMA MODE (Dirk Traenapp)
Home made Small(est) open HW (schematics) to run (Embedded)Linux ("Albert Goodwill")
Re: Can I use joystick at linux? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Diagnosing hard crashes (Toby Haynes)
I WANT TO HEAR A SOUND !!! ("pepe")
WACOM drivers at http://lepied.com/xfree86/ ("FEEB")
How to setup mouse in Debian ? (Wong Sai-kee)
Using Teldat 150 USB ISDN box? (Scott Hawley)
Re: A7V promise IDE controler WITH UDMA MODE ("Keith Wheeler")
pcmcia locks system (jean-jacques jossa)
Re: I WANT TO HEAR A SOUND !!! (Mark Bratcher)
Modem ("Jeeva Chelladhurai")
Re: I WANT TO HEAR A SOUND !!! (Robert Wiegand)
Re: Do DVD players work with Linux? (Robert Wiegand)
Re: WACOM drivers at http://lepied.com/xfree86/ (BCT)
Re: driver for isdn-modem (Markku Kolkka)
tcpdump (wrong icmp csum) (Tyrone Harvey)
Support for 160N SCSI (Ronald Bruck)
Re: I WANT TO HEAR A SOUND !!! ("pepe")
Re: Attention Harry or anyone... I don't have this command....... (Geoff Hargreaves)
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From: David Filion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: mlist.linux.kernel
Subject: Re: Questionable boot up messages
Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2001 09:11:42 -0500
It`s an SMP system. The first one I`ve worked with, that`s why I'm
curious about these 'new' messages that I've never seen.
Mark Bratcher wrote:
>
> David,
>
> I only have some feedback on a couple of your messages:
>
> > 6)
> > ide: Assuming 33MHz system bus speed for PIO modes; override with
> > idebus=xx
> > (Q: does this mean the bus it at 33 while the CPU and SDRAM are at 133?)
>
> This has to do with your motherboard's ATA speed. Newer ones support ATA/66 or
> ATA/100. Most "older" (2 years or so) ones are ATA/33.
>
> If your motherboard has ATA/66 or ATA/100 and your hard drive also supports it,
> you can try to take advantage of it by setting the idebus=xx option in Lilo or
> at the lilo prompt when you enter "linux". Kernel 2.4.0 will not do it for you
> automatically (at least what I would infer from the note).
>
> Also, I think at least a couple of the other messages sound like notices
> regarding multi-processor systems. Maybe those would go away if you compile the
> kernel without SMP support (?).
>
> Mark
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From: Dirk Traenapp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: A7V promise IDE controler WITH UDMA MODE
Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2001 15:33:40 +0100
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> append = "x86_serial_nr=1 ide=reverse idebus=33 ide0=dma hda=913/255/63
>hdb=5606/255/63 hdc=noprobe hdd=noprobe"
>
> and I reffered http://www.geocities.com/ender7007/ for setting kernel.
> Does anyone know what should I do next?
Hi,
i have a asus a7v also with Thunderbird 1.1 GHz, IIBM 45GB UDMA100 HD
connected to the promise-controller. I installed RH7.0 with the
ide-parameter-trick mentioned on the above website and afterwards compiled
kernel-2.4.0 with promise-support.
The difference between your and my system is that i´m booting from a hd
connected to the normal VIA-IDE. Thats why i am not using the
ide-parameters in the append-line.
So my UDMA100-hd is hde and is working without problems with the following
hdparm-parameters:
-X69 -m16 -d1
Dirk Traenapp
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From: "Albert Goodwill" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Home made Small(est) open HW (schematics) to run (Embedded)Linux
Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2001 13:54:39 +1100
Is there any puclic/open HW information (inc. schematics) for small embedded
computer boards to run Linux to build home-made Linux machine?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Can I use joystick at linux?
Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2001 15:28:53 GMT
In article <94m6j8$lma$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Carfield Yim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have a microsoft joystick attach to my sound card, can I use it at
linux?
>
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>
More than likely if your sound card is supported within linux then
your joystick will also be supported but you may have to upgrade your
kernel or recompile it with the joystick support.
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From: Toby Haynes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Diagnosing hard crashes
Date: 24 Jan 2001 10:44:35 -0500
My Aptiva 865 running Linux appears to be creaking and crashing more and
more. The symptoms include
- fails to reach the Lilo prompt on boot (i.e. just a flashing cursor)
- spontaneous reboot (as in typing at terminal shell one second,
power-up screen the next)
- hard crashes (total lockup of sound, graphics and keyboard, no Alt-SysRq-
recovery possible).
The system hardware looks like this:
Athlon 650MHz
128MB RAM
S30 Anigma motherboard (AMD 750 Irongate chipset)
200W power supply
Elsa Erazor III video card (basically a TNT2U)
Aureal Vortex 2 soundcard (AU8830 chipset.
DLink Ethernet card 530TX 10 Mbps
Single IDE 20GB drive
8x DVD drive
Single 3.5" floppy drive
Wacom graphics tablet (connected to serial port)
Logitech Wingman Extreme Digital 3D joystick (connected to USB)
Canon BJC5100 printer (paperweight under Linux)
I've compiled and run a memcheck test for 36 hours to test memory previously,
so I'm fairly happy that the memory is good.
Software wise I'm running XFree86 4.0.2 + Nvidia 0.9-6. Sound is via the aureal
drivers off sourceforge (version 1.1.1) which doesn't seem to suffer the same
lockups as the original Aureal drivers. AGP is disabled.
When the crashes occur, there are few or no error messages. I have had some
'bad_slab_magic' and kernel 'Ooops' suggesting memory corruption but I wonder
whether that is a symptom of something else. Recent crashes have shown no log
messages.
This leads me to the following line of thought - either the system is
overheating or the power supply is insufficient to keep the system afloat. Are
there any hardware gurus who have seen something like this before? What should
I investigate next?
Thanks,
Toby Haynes
--
Toby Haynes
The views and opinions expressed in this message are my own, and do
not necessarily reflect those of IBM Canada.
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From: "pepe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: I WANT TO HEAR A SOUND !!!
Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2001 17:06:13 +0100
I can't install my sound card (see below) in Red Hat 7. After I've used
sndconfig, the system response was: "{.../module_name} busy".
The device is: Multimedia Pro 16 IIB-3D (by Aztech/Azt. Labs).
The chip is: 2316R. I have appropriate drivers for Windows and
the card DOES work properly.
I wrote a post a couple of days ago and NOBODY could write even a word on
that matter! I just don't believe there are NO LINUX SPECIALISTS in this
group knowing what to do! I need any information on which drivers I should
use (which card it's compatible with, where to find the drivers etc.).
Pleeease help!!! I'm going crazy!
Peter P.
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ICQ: 86937710
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From: "FEEB" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x
Subject: WACOM drivers at http://lepied.com/xfree86/
Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2001 10:51:04 -0500 (EST)
Reply-To: "FEEB" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Hi,
can anyone please tell me what format are the drivers at
http://lepied.com/xfree86/ in?
I am talking about
wacom_drv.o.gz
xf86Wacom.so.gz
I tried to gunzip and unzip them to no avail.
Thanks
Frank Bures, <grandial at softex.cz>
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From: Wong Sai-kee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: How to setup mouse in Debian ?
Date: 24 Jan 2001 16:21:58 GMT
I asked this odd question because I failed to get it work. I tried Debian
2.1 and 2.2. Both had the same problem. There is no /dev/mouse. I tried
XF86Setup. Within XF86Setup, I tried all combination, still cannot get
it work.
The PC is the Aptiva 2138 with a PS2 2 button Mouse. The mouse and PC
work under MS Windows. I also tried to connect a TurboRing (USB) from
Kengsington, it works under MS Windows but not with the Debian.
I tried to link the /dev/mouse to /dev/tty04, doesn't work. Actually,
I don't know which device should be for the mouse. But none of the
possibility in XF86Setup works.
Thanks in advance.
SK
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From: Scott Hawley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Using Teldat 150 USB ISDN box?
Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2001 17:36:27 +0100
Dear friends,
Has anyone had any luck using the (Deutsche Telekom) Teldat 150 box,
connecting it with
the USB port to a a machine running linux? I've just assumed that it
would only work under
windows, but I'd really like to use it when running linux.
Thanks,
Scott Hawley
(reply in English please! :-) )
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From: "Keith Wheeler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: A7V promise IDE controler WITH UDMA MODE
Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2001 08:49:10 -0700
K.,
There is an option you can use on the "ide2=0xfff0,0xf802,IRQ" command line.
You can place the IRQ at the end as shown.
Good Luck,
KW
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:94g6n7$8ru$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>
> I tried kernel 2.4.0 for using UDMA5 with my A7V.
> Then A7V promise controller has been recognized successfully,
>
> ...
> Uniform Multi-Platform E-IDE driver Revision: 6.31
> ide: Assuming 33MHz system bus speed for PIO modes; override with idebus=
> PDC20265: IDE controller on PCI bus 00 dev 88
> PDC20265: chipset revision 2
> PDC20265: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later
> PDC20265: (U)DMA Burst Bit ENABLED Primary PCI Mode Secondary PCI Mode.
> ide0: BM-DMA at 0x8400-0x8407, BIOS settings: hda:pio, hdb:pio
> ide1: BM-DMA at 0x8408-0x840f, BIOS settings: hdc:DMA, hdd:pio
> VP_IDE: IDE controller on PCI bus 00 dev 21
> VP_IDE: chipset revision 16
> VP_IDE: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later
> VP_IDE: VIA vt82c686a IDE UDMA66 controller on pci0:4.1
> ide2: BM-DMA at 0xd800-0xd807, BIOS settings: hde:DMA, hdf:DMA
> ide3: BM-DMA at 0xd808-0xd80f, BIOS settings: hdg:pio, hdh:pio
> hda: QUANTUM FIREBALLlct15 07, ATA DISK drive
> hdb: IBM-DTLA-307045, ATA DISK drive
> hde: MATSHITA CR-594, ATAPI CDROM drive
> hdf: PLEXTOR CD-R PX-W1210A, ATAPI CDROM drive
> ide0 at 0x9400-0x9407,0x9002 on irq 11
> ide2 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14
>
> but boot sequence stops at this point(IRQs or I/Os are incorrect).
> Now it works with generic ide driver with kernel 2.2.18.
> hdparm says:
> > sudo hdparm -d1 /dev/hdb
>
> /dev/hdb:
> setting using_dma to 1 (on)
> HDIO_SET_DMA failed: Operation not permitted
> using_dma = 0 (off)
>
> CPU: Athlon thunderbird 1.2GHz
> Kernel: 2.4.0 (slackware 7.1 base)
> ide0: promise Ultra100 (PDC20265)
> hda: QUANTUM FIREBALLlct15 07, 7162MB w/418kB Cache, CHS=15522/15/63
> hdb: IBM-DTLA-307045, 43979MB w/1916kB Cache, CHS=5606/255/63
> ide2: VIA VT82C686A
> hde: MATSHITA CR-594, ATAPI CDROM drive
> hdf: PLEXTOR CD-R PX-W1210A, ATAPI CDROM drive
>
> # /etc/lilo.conf:
> image = /vmlinuz.2.4.0
> root = /dev/hdb3
> label = 2.4.0
> append = "x86_serial_nr=1 ide=reverse idebus=33 ide0=dma hda=913/255/63
hdb=5606/255/63 hdc=noprobe hdd=noprobe"
> read-only
>
> and I reffered http://www.geocities.com/ender7007/ for setting kernel.
> Does anyone know what should I do next?
>
> ---
> K. Mori
>
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From: jean-jacques jossa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: pcmcia locks system
Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2001 17:45:03 +0100
Using Suse Linux 6.4, I met some problems with a laptop and my PCMCIA
card: it locks the system when starting pcmcia services.
I tried to reset plug-n-play in pcmcia_core opts, without success:
invalid parameter;
I tried limit IRQ in pcic_opts, without success also.
>From pcmcia info , my card should be supported by my PCMCIA module:
the probe command returns Cirrus PD6832, and pcmcia stab file displays
Ethernet Xircom CEM33 .
Anybody has some info on which values to set in rc.config or in pcmcia
config files ?
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From: Mark Bratcher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: I WANT TO HEAR A SOUND !!!
Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2001 11:53:01 -0500
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Check out www.linhardware.com and see if you spot it there. They'll also have
tips on setting up the driver in some cases.
pepe wrote:
>
> I can't install my sound card (see below) in Red Hat 7. After I've used
> sndconfig, the system response was: "{.../module_name} busy".
> The device is: Multimedia Pro 16 IIB-3D (by Aztech/Azt. Labs).
> The chip is: 2316R. I have appropriate drivers for Windows and
> the card DOES work properly.
>
> I wrote a post a couple of days ago and NOBODY could write even a word on
> that matter! I just don't believe there are NO LINUX SPECIALISTS in this
> group knowing what to do! I need any information on which drivers I should
> use (which card it's compatible with, where to find the drivers etc.).
>
> Pleeease help!!! I'm going crazy!
>
> Peter P.
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From: "Jeeva Chelladhurai" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Modem
Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2001 11:52:16 -0500
I have recently migrated from WIN to red hat 7. My system computer has Modem
Blaster DI5605 modem.
Could anybody guide me to setup my modem.
Jeeva.
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From: Robert Wiegand <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: I WANT TO HEAR A SOUND !!!
Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2001 10:33:35 -0600
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
pepe wrote:
> I can't install my sound card (see below) in Red Hat 7. After I've used
> sndconfig, the system response was: "{.../module_name} busy".
> The device is: Multimedia Pro 16 IIB-3D (by Aztech/Azt. Labs).
> The chip is: 2316R. I have appropriate drivers for Windows and
> the card DOES work properly.
>
> I wrote a post a couple of days ago and NOBODY could write even a word on
> that matter! I just don't believe there are NO LINUX SPECIALISTS in this
> group knowing what to do! I need any information on which drivers I should
> use (which card it's compatible with, where to find the drivers etc.).
>
> Pleeease help!!! I'm going crazy!
>
> Peter P.
> -------------------------------------------
> ICQ: 86937710
You didn't even say what sound card you have. If you want help
you need to supply enough information.
Did you run sndconfig from a text mode login? It isn't going
to work correctly under X.
--
Regards,
Bob Wiegand [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Robert Wiegand <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Do DVD players work with Linux?
Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2001 10:35:21 -0600
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Andy Walker wrote:
> My DVD drive seems to appear as a cd-rom when I boot up.
> should it appear as a DVD drive and work as such, or is it not yet
> supported.
> I`m using an Athelon 600 running Mandrake 7.2.
It will look like a CD-ROM.
There is a project to support DVD but it isn't going to be in your
Mandake release.
--
Regards,
Bob Wiegand [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: BCT <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: WACOM drivers at http://lepied.com/xfree86/
Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2001 17:08:59 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"FEEB" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> can anyone please tell me what format are the drivers at
> http://lepied.com/xfree86/ in?
>
> I am talking about
> wacom_drv.o.gz
> xf86Wacom.so.gz
>
> I tried to gunzip and unzip them to no avail.
>
> Thanks
>
> Frank Bures, <grandial at softex.cz>
>
>
When I downloaded xf86Wacom.so, it came as object file, not compressed.
Are you sure it had a .gz extension?
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From: Markku Kolkka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: driver for isdn-modem
Date: 24 Jan 2001 19:23:54 +0200
"Thaler Guenter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> has anyone an idea/link where i get driver for an
> elsa microlink isdn modem (extern) ?
External ISDN adapters work like regular modems, they don't need
special drivers (unless it has USB interface)
--
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[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Tyrone Harvey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: tcpdump (wrong icmp csum)
Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2001 09:52:10 -0800
Helping in diagnosing and resolving the following problem would be
enormously appreciated by this newbie.
Boxie Tyronius
10.0.0.1 10.0.0.13
regardless of which I ping and run tcpdump on, I get:
icmp: echo request (wrong icmp csum) on the machine running tcpdump.
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From: Ronald Bruck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Support for 160N SCSI
Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2001 09:52:22 -0800
I know of only one SCSI-3 160N card, by Adaptec. Are there drivers for
this card on either
(a) INTEL Linux platforms,
(b) Alpha Linux platforms?
(I've read there isn't, for the Alpha.)
Also, there is a Socket A motherboard by MSI, the K7T Master, which has
a single-channel 160N controller built-in. Is there support for this in
Intel Linux?
Many thanks!
--Ron Bruck
--
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From: "pepe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: I WANT TO HEAR A SOUND !!!
Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2001 18:57:53 +0100
> You didn't even say what sound card you have. If you want help
> you need to supply enough information.
I did:
> > The device is: Multimedia Pro 16 IIB-3D (by Aztech/Azt. Labs).
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> > The chip is: 2316R.
I also noticed a label: FCC ID: I38-SN96103.
Yet I know that there is a program in DOS (config.exe) which lets you set up
all the stuff like IRQs, DMA channels and so on. They are divided into 3
sections:
1) (attention!) sound blaster (settings: address 220H, IRQ 5, DMA 1),
2) MS Windows Sound System (addr. 300H, IRQ 2), and
3) MPU 401 (addr. 530H).
So I suppose this card must be somehow compatible with SB. With one jumper,
I made the device read the settings from it's EPROM rather than from the
other jumpers.
> Did you run sndconfig from a text mode login? It isn't going
> to work correctly under X.
Yes, I was logged in as root and ran sndconfig in a console.
Thanx for your response, I hope to solve it eventually!
What's next?
Peter P.
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ICQ: 86937710
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Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2001 18:04:30 +0000
From: Geoff Hargreaves <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Attention Harry or anyone... I don't have this command.......
Tina
It really does sound like you do not have a complete Linux installation.
I think you said in an earlier post that you bought Corel Linux instead
of RedHat. If this is true then you should have the installation CD.
I would suggest that you try to re-install Linux from the CD and select
to install everything, if you have enough disk space available. You
certainly
need to install gcc (gcc is the GNU C compiler) and other tools. You
need
these in order to compile source files (written in C) from *.tar.gz
files
downloaded from the internet.
I also suggest looking at this web site
http://sunsite.dk/linux-newbie/index.htm
it is aimed at beginners and I found it useful when I first started. It
provides
information about installing Linux for the first time and what you need.
Have a read of this and then try to re-install Linux, if at all
possible.
Good luck
Geoff
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