Linux-Hardware Digest #273, Volume #14 Tue, 30 Jan 01 08:13:03 EST
Contents:
2.2.5 to 2.4.0 for CD-RW /USB support (Neil Hollow)
Re: AMR modem & CS4280 sound chib ("Peter T. Breuer")
Re: ASUS A7V ATA 100 problems ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Argument for Linux: WebCam ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
PLEASE: Who can patch a nic driver to run on 2.4 kernel? ("sytex")
Redhat 7.0 and SCSI, xinetd, and apm shutdown (Martin Booth)
Re: PCI bus access (David Florez)
Re: kernel compilation problem (Chris Elvidge)
Re: Argument for Linux: WebCam (Chris Elvidge)
ATI Radeon Driver (Linux Newbie)?? ("Joseph Dadamo")
Re: SuSE 7.0 and 2 NIC's (Chris Elvidge)
Re: Using Teldat 150 USB ISDN box? (Scott Hawley)
Re: SBLive digital output ("The Leeds Lad")
Re: Using Teldat 150 USB ISDN box? ("Jaap de Haan")
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From: Neil Hollow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: 2.2.5 to 2.4.0 for CD-RW /USB support
Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2001 08:41:34 +0000
I need to either repatch or most likely recompile my kernal since 2.2.5
out of the box with RH6.0 has no USB support and I wish to stick an
Epson printer on this port and no support for SCSIs and I wish to get a
CD-RW.
My questions. I assume I hasve to recompile not patch to get the above
built in?
Are there any issues in upgrading from 2.2.5 to 2.4.0 ie. will gcc be up
to date enough?
Is there any way when recompiling to take my existing kernel and add to
it the bits I'm missing? I'm worried about leaving something out thats
in at the moment out I've never done this before.
If I compile things in as modules ie SCSI will linux load them when
required like it does the pppd?
Cheers NH.
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From: "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: AMR modem & CS4280 sound chib
Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2001 08:16:11 GMT
Hossam Hossny <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I registered with ALSA e-mailing list before I post my question here
> I also posted my question there but with no reply !!
> I dont know whether I didnt make my question clear or my question was
> too hard !
The question is incomprehensible.
Try again, giving command lines, error logs, and whatever else is
relevant.
> anyway, I tried to recompile ALSA with debug mode on (as it is said in
> it's installation) but nothing wrong with that
> the problem is when I try to modprobe snd-card-461x even with modified
> parameters...no use really.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
?????
> my question now is: how can I make use of snd-461x with or without ALSA?
> and my 2nd question is: how can I remove ALSA permenantly from my linux
> box??
Man rm.
Peter
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: ASUS A7V ATA 100 problems
Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2001 09:24:25 GMT
Thanks a bunch for your very detailed response! I'm sure it will help
someone out there! But for the moment we are far too new to Linux to
figure out everything on our own...we're going shopping for a new
mother board!
Cheers and thanks again!
Dennis
*In article <954oso$sl2$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Keith Wheeler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I've been down this road for about the last month. I have the Asus
A7V with
> the Athlon 1Ghz Thunderbird, 256MB ECC SDRAM, IBM 45GB ATA100 HDD,
Toshiba
> 48x CD-ROM, and 2 - Intel PRO/100+ NICs. And I tried to install RH
7.0 onto
> the IBM HDD attached to the embedded Promise ATA100 controller. No go.
>
> I tried playing with the 2.4.0 kernel, but it was too unstable for
me. I
> ended up using the 2.2.18 kernel and would recommend you do also.
First go
> to http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.2/ and download
> linux-2.2.18.tar.gz. Uncompress this into /root. Rename the linux
directory
> to linux-2.2.18, and move the directory to /usr/src. Edit the
symbolic link
> in /usr/src for linux to point to linux-2.2.18. You now have the base
source
> code for the 2.2.18 kernel in place.
>
> Now go to http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/hedrick/ide-
2.2.18/
> and download ide.2.2.18.1221.patch.bz. Uncompress this and place the
> resulting .patch file in the /usr/src/linux-2.2.18. Now at the
command line
> type "patch -p0 < ide.2.2.18.1221.patch". This will patch the 2.2.18
source
> code with the new IDE disk controllers.
>
> Now do a make menuconfig and configure your kernel parameters. Copy
> System.map to /boot/System.map-2.2.18 and bzImage to /boot/vmlinuz-
2.2.18.
> Up date your /etc/lilo.conf. Run lilo -v, and you should be good to
go.
>
> I skipped a lot of steps I know. I'd suggest you refer to the README
file in
> the kernel and the Kernel HowTo's on the RedHat site. Both have a TON
more
> info than I included here. The only thing I have not yet done on my
system
> is run hdparm to adjust the transfer speeds. The difference in
performance
> is amazing!
>
> Hope that helps.
>
> Good Luck,
> KW
>
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:954h4c$b7q$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > hi
> >
> > we've got very similar problems but we get an error
> >
> > unable to mount root fs on 21:08
> >
> > this site was very helpful in getting the fireball AS harddrive to
work
> > which apparently is tied in with the ATA 100 problem...
> >
> > any help with our FS problem would be much appreciated!
> >
> >
> > TIA
> >
> > serge
> >
> > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> > eander <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > If you're getting a Kernel Panic, the problem is caused by the AMD
> > > processor. Athlons and Durons do not have CPU IDs, which causes
the
> > > lockup. Bypass the problem at boot by typing (at the LILO prompt):
> > linux
> > > x86_serial_nr=1. When you run the install, type that same command
in
> > the
> > > kernel arguments textbox near the end of the install, and it will
> > ignore
> > > the CPU ID from that point on.
> > >
> > > Ben Holmes wrote:
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > In article <91kbhf$r4b$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> > > > "Jacob Hooysma" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > > Suse provides a special bootdisk for the Asus A7V motherboard
> > > > > you can download it form there ftp site....just type A7V in
their
> > > > > search field in the help database
> > > > >
> > > > > Let me know if it works.....I tried it, it know recognises my
disk
> > > > > but after that the system hangs.
> > > >
> > > > Ditto... any answers anyone?
> > > >
> > > > > Probably caused by my second ATA disc a seagate..
> > > > >
> > > > > Grtx Jacob
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Sent via Deja.com
> > > > http://www.deja.com/
> > >
> > > --
> > > Posted via CNET Help.com
> > > http://www.help.com/
> > >
> >
> >
> > Sent via Deja.com
> > http://www.deja.com/
>
>
Sent via Deja.com
http://www.deja.com/
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Argument for Linux: WebCam
Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2001 09:40:38 GMT
Being able to remotely access your camera is fairly easy to do on
Linux. And since you're not asking for much in terms of power or
storage almost any old machine will do. Especially since it's on a job
site. If cost is no issue than go with learning something that has more
life than Windows... ;�)
Dennis
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ray) wrote:
> On Mon, 29 Jan 2001 17:47:55 GMT, Mickey Mullin <eireannach@my-
deja.com> wrote:
> >My company is putting together a web camera that is going to be
> >watching the development of a carpentry project. I would rather go
> >with a Linux box driving the camera, because it can be lighter weight
> >and easier to maintain. My partner, on the other hand, thinks
Windows
> >would be easier, since more cameras come prepackaged with drivers for
> >Windows and maintenance on the equipment would be simpler with
> >PCAnywhere or something similar.
> >
> >Does anyone have some further arguments, or better yet specific
> >products or articles, about how Linux would be an easier and better
> >solution? (Cost is not a real issue, in this case, so I can't use
that
> >point.)
>
> This may be what you meant by "lighter weight" but I think the fact
that you
> can run Linux "headless" (ie. no monitor, keyboard, mouse) would be an
> advantage. I know some people manage this with Win. but every time
I've
> tried it I end up having to plug everything back in just so I can
click OK
> on something or another. It's pretty hard to screw Linux up so bad
you
> can't telnet into it and if you do you can just plug a laptop into
it's
> serial port (laptops are way more lugable than monitors).
>
> As for PCAnywhere, you should look into VNC. It's free, good, and
available
> for both Linux and Win (and others). If you'll be accessing it
remotely
> then Telnet & SSH are way faster than PCA or VNC.
>
> I don't know much about webcams but Linux seems to be pretty good at
> automating tasks. Lets say that in addition to whatever else you are
doing
> with the video stream, you want to take one of your frames each hour,
turn
> it into a jpeg and email it to yourself. In Linux that should be a
simple
> cron job shouldn't interfere with your main stream. With Win. you'd
> probably have to log in and do it manually each time and hope the
video
> stream doesn't show up on your desktop otherwise PCA will slow to a
crawl
> trying to keep up.
>
> --
> Ray
>
Sent via Deja.com
http://www.deja.com/
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From: "sytex" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: PLEASE: Who can patch a nic driver to run on 2.4 kernel?
Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2001 11:38:32 +0100
Hi all,
I have trouble compiling the D-Link Dge-500 SX driver. [
http://nerdone.nerdnet.nl/~leroy/dge500sx/ ]
This driver does compile on a default Redhat 7.1 (non-smp) kernel 2.2.16-22
sources.
The driver readme says it's 2.2.x compatible but when I download a normal
2.2.16.tar.gz kernel for example it doesnt compile anymore...
PLEASE can anyone patch this driver to work on 2.4 kernel or even on the
normal 2.2.16-18 kernels?
Mail me for more information on this [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Thanks for reading,
Leroy
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From: Martin Booth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.install
Subject: Redhat 7.0 and SCSI, xinetd, and apm shutdown
Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2001 11:00:44 +0000
Dear Folks,
I've just migrated from slackware to Redhat 7.0, a bit of a culture
shock I can tell you. Anyway on installation I had some problems with
installation, I have a SCSI adapter - adaptec 2940AU, and whereas I can
install the driver for it manually after the boot process (insmod
aic7xxx, I think, I don't have the computer in front of me) but it
doesn't want to pick it up on booting, which is a bit of a nuisance. Is
there something I don't know about and should do, as I thought that the
system would insmod it automatically on booting, the cdrw attached to
the card is on at booting and works fine after I've done insmod. Anyone
know what I am doing wrong?
Also, in the old days I could disable services by hand by editing
inetd.conf, but the obvious root in rh7.0 is via linuxconf which doesn't
actually seem to change anything, is it my incorrect use of it or is
linuxconf very flaky?
Lastly, when I don shutdown it no longer turns the power off (useful
when you want the machine off from afar) but leaves it saying machine
shutdown. Any ideas again?
Any help would be appreciated.
Martin Booth.
P.S. In case of E-mail remove the nospam.
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From: David Florez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.os.linux.development.apps,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: PCI bus access
Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2001 10:20:22 +0100
Arne,
I searched the web after reading your post and found this:
http://kernelnewbies.org/code/mmap/
The concept seems to be what I'm looking for but I've got a doubt:
I believe that when you map a file into user space by using mmap() the
kernel thinks it's a real file and therefore uses cache pages to do that
mapping. What if what you are really mapping is the PCI bus with lots of
changing hardware registers? How can I get rid of any caching at all?
Thanks to all.
David.
Arne Driescher wrote:
>
> David Florez wrote:
> >
> > Hi All,
> > Does anybody know if there is a way of mapping
> > the physical PCI bus addresses into user memory
> > space (being user root if needed)?
> >
> > I need to write an application that will be
> > accessing the PCI bus VERY often. The only thing
> > I can think of is adding a module to the kernel
> > (device driver) that maps the PCI bus to kernel
> > linear space ( by calling ioremap() ) and
> > therefore the user app would have to issue a
> > system call to request a PCI bus data transaction
> > to the device driver. The idea would be finding a
> > way of getting rid of these overkilling system
> > calls.
> The trick is called mmap. This means you have to write
> a device driver (module) that implements the mmap system call.
> Basically it works like:
> 1) The user uses address=mmap(FileHandle,some parameter ..) to
> get an address where the mem is mapped.
> 2) The request is routed to your driver and used to setup
> some memory mapping.
>
> Good luck,
>
> Arne
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From: Chris Elvidge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: kernel compilation problem
Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2001 15:18:26 +0400
Mark Post wrote:
>
> On Mon, 29 Jan 2001 15:48:09 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> >Hello
> >
> >I have redhat6.2 system. I follow following steps to compile the kernel:
> >make menuconfig
> >make dep
> >make clean
> >make modules
>
> Right here, do an rm -rf /lib/modules/kernelversionnumber/, (on my system,
> that would be rm -rf /lib/modules/2.2.18/) then do:
mv /lib/modules/kernelversionnumber /lib/modules/kernelversionnumber-0
then you can always get them back if neccessary
>
> >make modules_install
> >make bzImage
> >copy the bzImage to /boot
> >create "initrd" image
> >add new image in lilo.conf
> >run "lilo"
> -snip-
>
> Mark Post
>
> Postmodern Consulting
> Information Technology and Systems Management Consulting
> To send me email, replace 'nospam' with 'home'.
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From: Chris Elvidge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Argument for Linux: WebCam
Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2001 15:28:09 +0400
Mickey Mullin wrote:
>
> My company is putting together a web camera that is going to be
> watching the development of a carpentry project. I would rather go
> with a Linux box driving the camera, because it can be lighter weight
> and easier to maintain. My partner, on the other hand, thinks Windows
> would be easier, since more cameras come prepackaged with drivers for
> Windows and maintenance on the equipment would be simpler with
> PCAnywhere or something similar.
>
> Does anyone have some further arguments, or better yet specific
> products or articles, about how Linux would be an easier and better
> solution? (Cost is not a real issue, in this case, so I can't use that
> point.)
>
> "Because Linux rules" just won't cut it, by the way. Already tried
> that.
>
> Thanks,
> Mickey
>
> Sent via Deja.com
> http://www.deja.com/
There's a thread in uk.comp.os.linux (Julie Brandon IIRC) about cheap
cameras and linux.
HIH - Chris
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From: "Joseph Dadamo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: ATI Radeon Driver (Linux Newbie)??
Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2001 11:35:03 GMT
i need some help. i know that the 4.0x version of Xfree86 has support for
this video card, but i dont know how to download it here in windows and
install it in Red Hat... could anyone help me with that?
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From: Chris Elvidge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: SuSE 7.0 and 2 NIC's
Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2001 15:37:54 +0400
"Kilian A. Foth" wrote:
>
> Don Kupsch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I have SuSE 7.0 and am having trouble getting it to reconizze 2 NIC's and
> > use them both . I want to turn this box into a firewall . If I look at
> > the IRQ's they are using it seems that both network cards are on IRQ 9 .
> > Is this my problem as to why i can not get both to work at the same time??
>
> It almost certainly is. Reprogram one of the cards to use a different
> IRQ. (Depending on your type of card, this can involve messing with
> the BIOS, fiddling with jumpers, running DOS-only setup programs...
> but sometimes a man's gotta do what a man's gotta do.)
>
> --
> Disclaimer: everything I told you might be wrong.
Do you tell it you've got 2 NICs? Try ifconfig eth0 ....... and ifconfig
eth1 ..........
with alias eth0 ethernetcard1 and alias eth1 ethernetcard2 in
/etc/modules.conf
I have 2 tlans on IRQ11 (also aha7xxx and es1371); works perfectly!
Chris
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From: Scott Hawley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Using Teldat 150 USB ISDN box?
Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2001 12:55:48 +0100
Thanks for your reply. I have no experience writing device drivers either.
If I hear of any new developments, I'll let you know!
-Scott
> I also have the same "problem"
>
> I've tried to use it also with the CAPI and the serial COM port (But I am
> still trying... and I don't have a lot of experience)
>
> The USB support has still to be written according to what is written on the
> www.linux-usb.org site. I get the error "address not accepted" or something
> like that (sorry, I am at work and my experimental computer is at home, I
> cannot be more explicit)
>
> When I plug it out and then in again, the driver tries to affect an address
> to
> the new device but this one does not respond. It tries a few times (3-4) by
> incrementing the address before stopping.
>
> That is how far I am at the moment.
>
> We can keep in touch to try to solve the problem I am a programmer (more
> Window$ oriented at the moment) but if I had more time I would read the
> whole USB Spec and the data from AVM (in the Teledat 150, there is an AVM
> Fritz USB card) and try to write my own driver for it (I unfortunately lack
> experience but it is a good way to start learning).
>
> Best Regards
> Jaap de Haan
>
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From: "The Leeds Lad" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: SBLive digital output
Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2001 22:59:04 +1000
I thought SBLives had 4 speaker output thru 2 1/8" plugs. The Green and the
black sockets. Green being front and black being back. Hope this is what
you meant.
Regards
The Leeds Lad
p43cibmgs-Frank <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:9545gp$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I have a SBLive Valu card, and in WinME it's set to digital output, witch
gives it 4 channels (front right left, rear right left) out of a single 1/8"
plug to the card
> I haven't been able to get this to work in Linux, I've gotten all new
emu10k1 drivers, reconpiled, followed all the online HOWTO's `, etc,
> but she still won't work. Is this digital output the problem? If so, is
there a way to enable it in the Linuix drivers?
>
> Thanx,
> Tim
>
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From: "Jaap de Haan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Using Teldat 150 USB ISDN box?
Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2001 13:39:25 +0100
"Scott Hawley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Thanks for your reply. I have no experience writing device drivers
either.
> If I hear of any new developments, I'll let you know!
> -Scott
>
Thanks!
I started looking at some existing drivers. I'll take over the structure and
implement my own stuff... Hope it will work and not have too much
proprietary things in the USB card.
I let you know when I get a working driver (eh,.. Don't expect it before a
few months hmm :-( I don't have a lot of time and I lack experience like I
told you before.
Best Regards
Jaap
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