Linux-Hardware Digest #730, Volume #14 Sat, 5 May 01 07:13:07 EDT
Contents:
Re: binding network cards under linux. (Eric P. McCoy)
Re: ftP?? (Dean Thompson)
Re: RH 7.1, kernel 2.4, and Adaptec 29160 ("D. Stimits")
Re: Dealing with IRQ errors? ("D. Stimits")
Re: linux machine croaked :( ("Dave Stanton")
Re: USB harddisk - how to get more out of it (William Wong)
Re: RH 7.1, kernel 2.4, and Adaptec 29160 ("Peter T. Breuer")
Re: binding network cards under linux. ("Peter T. Breuer")
Re: Wrong major or minor number... (jwk)
Re: Gigabyte GA-6vxdr7 SMP barfs with 2.2.17 (jurriaan kalkman)
Re: total newbie please be kind ("siu00ew2")
ATI Rage 128+ AGP Installation ("Andrew Chalk")
Re: Voodoo 3500 TV? ("uncle freddy")
SCSI timeout problem ("Andy Walker")
Lucent AMR modem still non suppoerted in linux??? (R-R-B)
Re: lucent modem (R-R-B)
Re: Question on Nvidia drivers with Suse 7.0 ("me")
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Subject: Re: binding network cards under linux.
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Eric P. McCoy)
Date: 05 May 2001 00:11:06 -0400
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jonadab the Unsightly One) writes:
[ethernet adapter bonding]
> You "know for a fact" this can be done? Have you done it? I'd
> be VERY surprised to find out that it's possible, unless I'm
> misunderstanding what you're asking.
It's possible, but requires support on the other end. I think. I
have only a hub, which defeats the purpose, so I haven't tried it.
But anyway, it's a kernel configuration option.
--
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: Dean Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.mail.sendmail,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.security
Subject: Re: ftP??
Date: Sat, 05 May 2001 14:16:10 +1000
Hi!,
> I have a linux ipchains router connecting to dsl. Red Hat 7.0
>
> I've been able to setup a FTP server using port 21 using IPCHAINS and
> ip_masq_ftp... works great
> However, using different ports provides better security.
> Has anyone had any sucess w/ this type of setup??
You have to be careful when you start to changing the ports because ftp uses
two ports to do its communications (ports 20 and 21). Hence, if you do play
around with the ports and your FTP daemon allows you to do so, you will need
to find a client as well which is capable of actually knowing that your ports
have changed. Some clients are hard-wired causing all sorts of problems and
making them slightly inflexible.
See ya
Dean Thompson
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Date: Fri, 04 May 2001 22:21:49 -0600
From: "D. Stimits" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: RH 7.1, kernel 2.4, and Adaptec 29160
"Peter T. Breuer" wrote:
>
> Shelby S. Evans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > console #4 shows that either the SCSI bus/device is timing out, or that
> > the interrupt handler is not syncing (which results in a kernel panic).
> > The failure type seems to be a function of the parameters set in the
> > SCSI bios either for the adapter itself (ID 7) or for the drive (ID 1).
> > I have concentrated on various combinations of enabling/disabling wide
> > negotiation and max sync rate for those two devices.
>
> > Suggestions on how to get this controller and drive to work?
>
> Use a different kernel. Apparently RH fouled up on the adaptec scsi
> support they compiled. I have seen references to a new install kernel
> available on their website. Please check the bugfixes/errata.
>
> Peter
I briefly installed a RH 7.1 beta release on a machine with an
integrated version of this controller, which worked fine. I do get a
similar error when using an i840 chipset, but it is due to the broken
IO-APIC...is this an SMP board? If so, try with kernel option "noapic"
to disable the IO-APICs. I can't guarantee that this exact board works
with RH 7.1, but I can confirm that the integrated version does work
great with RH 7.1 beta.
D. Stimits, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Date: Fri, 04 May 2001 22:24:42 -0600
From: "D. Stimits" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Dealing with IRQ errors?
I don't know if this will solve any problems, but you might have some
luck with the "setpci" command (see also lspci and file /proc/pci). If a
serial port is involved, also check out "setserial".
D. Stimits, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Tom LeTourneau wrote:
>
> Thanks in advance for your insights
>
> I have a wonderful Mandrake 8.0 system... but am trying to deal with
> IRQ problems on another Red Hat 7.1 setup. I seem to have USB, Promise
> PCI card with second hard disk, and eth0 card on IRQ 11. KDE doesn't
> seem to provide a workable way to change interrupts. I also
> successfully installed kernel 2.4.3-1.i686 rpm to match my Mandrake
> kernel setup. Still no success.
>
> On bootup (either 2.4.2x and 2.4.3x kernels), my hda stalls with IRQ
> problems... but eventually boots to desktop. I know I have eth0
> intermittent problems due to Netscape stalls, and I can't find my hde
> hard disk in fstab (the disk on a PCI Promise card), nor my zip drive
> parallel (slaved on parallel printer). Mandrake seems to solve all
> these problems.
>
> I keep thinking if I had the correct patches for the kernel, I could
> get everything working, but I'm clueless as to how to either change
> interrupts in the GUI or to find the correct kernel rpm in kernel.org.
>
> If you have some good HowTo sites or some fairly detailed directions
> for me, I would be most appreciative!
>
> --
> Tom LeTourneau
> >[EMAIL PROTECTED]<
> http://home.maine.rr.com/tletourneau
>
>
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From: "Dave Stanton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: linux machine croaked :(
Date: Sat, 05 May 2001 05:57:10 +0100
I
> Check to make sure all of the add-in cards are properly seated in their
> slots. Again, I've seen an improperly seated graphics card cause all of
> the above symptoms on an ATX board (even the PS fan bit). It doesn't
> really make much sense to me, but give it a try.
> J-P Stewart
I think you will find this is the power good line on the psu coming into
play, the mb senses when anything is wrong power wise and sends a signal
back to the psu. Which then shuts down.
Dave
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From: William Wong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: USB harddisk - how to get more out of it
Date: Sat, 05 May 2001 13:17:13 +0800
I think u need to find out the chip set come with the USB-IDE case. You
have to select the right components during a kernel re-compile.
I am using 2.4.3...I heard that 2.4.4 might be a little bit better...but
haven't tried.
Finally, I use slackware-current. somewhere between 7.1 and 7.2.
John Hong wrote:
>
> William Wong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> >I am using kernel 2.4.3 and I have attached a USB-IDE harddisk to my
> >thinkpad 600.
>
> How did you get your USB hard drive going? I've been trying to
> get mine up and running, but so far nadda. Did you get this working under
> the 2.4.2 kernel? That is what I'm running with Red Hat 7.1. What
> distribution are you running?
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From: "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: RH 7.1, kernel 2.4, and Adaptec 29160
Date: Sat, 5 May 2001 08:41:41 +0200
Shelby S. Evans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
[in the WRONG place! Reformatted. Please do not mindlessly write at top]
> "Peter T. Breuer" wrote:
>> Shelby S. Evans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> > console #4 shows that either the SCSI bus/device is timing out, or that
>> > the interrupt handler is not syncing (which results in a kernel panic).
>>
>> > Suggestions on how to get this controller and drive to work?
>>
>> Use a different kernel. Apparently RH fouled up on the adaptec scsi
>> support they compiled. I have seen references to a new install kernel
>> available on their website. Please check the bugfixes/errata.
> Thanks Peter. Unfortunately, the bug fix to which you refer
> does not seem to be there, not yet anyway. In fact, at this
> very moment the 29160 is currently listed in the RedHat
Interesting. I have a 29160 working fine in my box. But I had to hunt
very hard for information as to whether it was supported or not
before buying it .. information was contradictory in the web as it
dated from several different epochs and related to several very
different drivers. But reading the code for the driver settled the
issue! It's definitely supported by any recent version of the Gibbs
driver, no matter which kernel you drop them into. The whole
29x60 family seems to use the same chip.
> hardware compatibility list as "certified," the pinnacle of
> their compatibility ratings, even higher than the
I daresay they meant the 29260. The 29160 was an unknown issue
until it appeared!
> merely "compatible" assigned to the 2940W driver that has
> been working successfully in this box under Linux for about
> 5 years.
Peter
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From: "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: binding network cards under linux.
Date: Sat, 5 May 2001 08:48:59 +0200
Jonadab the Unsightly One <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (ashley pestkowski) wrote:
>> Is there anyway to bind two network cards together under Linux to
>> create a redundant connection to a switch? If one of the cards fails
Cards don't fail. Switches might, cables might. Not cards.
And sure, ethernet binding is supported.
>> the other one takes over, reducing the link from 200Mb to 100Mb.
That will be the inevitable result of binding a nonworking card, surely!
> You "know for a fact" this can be done? Have you done it? I'd
> be VERY surprised to find out that it's possible, unless I'm
> misunderstanding what you're asking. The problem is, each
> network interface on the same LAN needs a distinct IP address.
Peter
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (jwk)
Subject: Re: Wrong major or minor number...
Date: 5 May 2001 07:54:53 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On 04 May 2001 19:33:01 GMT, Shad
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Thanks for responding so quickly...
>
> Mine looks like the following...
>
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 3 May 3 09:06 /dev/cdrom -> hdc
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4 May 3 09:06 /dev/cdrom1 -> scd0
>
> brw-rw---- 1 root disk 11, 0 May 5 1998 /dev/scd0
>
> As far as I can tell, it's pretty much set up the way it needs to be, and
> similar to yours. Any other thoughts?
Post the relevant part of dmesg, mine looks like this:
SCSI subsystem driver Revision: 1.00
sym53c8xx: at PCI bus 0, device 10, function 0
sym53c8xx: setting PCI_COMMAND_PARITY...(fix-up)
sym53c8xx: 53c860 detected
sym53c860-0: rev 0x13 on pci bus 0 device 10 function 0 irq 11
sym53c860-0: ID 7, Fast-20, Parity Checking
scsi0 : sym53c8xx-1.7.3b-20010407
Vendor: PLEXTOR Model: CD-R PX-R412C Rev: 1.03
Type: CD-ROM ANSI SCSI revision: 02
Vendor: SONY Model: SDT-5000 Rev: 330B
Type: Sequential-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02
Vendor: PLEXTOR Model: CD-ROM PX-32TS Rev: 1.02
Type: CD-ROM ANSI SCSI revision: 02
Vendor: TOSHIBA Model: DVD-ROM SD-M1401 Rev: 1007
Type: CD-ROM ANSI SCSI revision: 02
st: bufsize 32768, wrt 30720, max init. buffers 4, s/g segs 16.
Attached scsi tape st0 at scsi0, channel 0, id 4, lun 0
Attached scsi CD-ROM sr0 at scsi0, channel 0, id 2, lun 0
Attached scsi CD-ROM sr1 at scsi0, channel 0, id 5, lun 0
Attached scsi CD-ROM sr2 at scsi0, channel 0, id 6, lun 0
sym53c860-0-<2,*>: FAST-10 SCSI 10.0 MB/s (100.0 ns, offset 8)
sr0: scsi3-mmc drive: 12x/12x writer cd/rw xa/form2 cdda caddy
Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.12
sym53c860-0-<5,*>: FAST-20 SCSI 20.0 MB/s (50.0 ns, offset 8)
sr1: scsi-1 drive
sym53c860-0-<6,*>: FAST-20 SCSI 20.0 MB/s (50.0 ns, offset 8)
sr2: scsi3-mmc drive: 40x/40x cd/rw xa/form2 cdda tray
and include a part of your /etc/fstab, mine looks like this:
/dev/cdrom /cdrom auto ro,noauto,user,exec 0 0
/dev/cdrom1 /cdrom1 auto ro,noauto,user,exec 0 0
/dev/dvd /dvd auto ro,noauto,user,exec 0 0
It's possible that mount thinks your cd isn't a cd I guess. I'm not
sure, but there must be a definite difference somewhere.
Good luck,
Jurriaan
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GNU/Linux 2.4.3-ac12 SMP/ReiserFS 2x1743 bogomips load av: 0.04 0.02 0.00
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (jurriaan kalkman)
Subject: Re: Gigabyte GA-6vxdr7 SMP barfs with 2.2.17
Date: 5 May 2001 07:54:54 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Fri, 04 May 2001 23:57:23 GMT, Dean Carpenter
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (jurriaan kalkman) wrote in
><[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>
>>On 4 May 2001 15:32:13 GMT, Dean Carpenter
>><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>> Hi All -
>>>
>>> Just got some eval equipment in today to play with, with the Gigabyte
>>> GA- 6vxdr7 motherboards in them. The NICs show up as EtherExpressPro
>>> 10/100 nics, pretty normal. These are dual P3 boards with dual 933
>>> cpus and 512meg memory.
>>>
>>> Otherwise, any ideas ?
>>
>>'add noapic to the lilo arguments'.
>>
> Heh - thanks for the hint. I tried that. Same thing, or rather, almost
> same thing. It got one extra line ...
>
> Waiting for send to complete.
>
> Or something similar to that - I'm not at the box right now. But still
> no go ...
>
In that case, you may want to post your question to
[EMAIL PROTECTED], including all relevant information (dmesg,
lspci -vvxx, things like that). The hard-core experts are there.
Good luck,
Jurriaan
--
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new management
GNU/Linux 2.4.3-ac12 SMP/ReiserFS 2x1743 bogomips load av: 0.00 0.00 0.00
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From: "siu00ew2" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: total newbie please be kind
Date: Sat, 5 May 2001 09:04:49 +0100
"Ron Bellomo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
I don't know about USB mouse support. But, did your mouse come with a USB to
PS/2 adapter cable? If so, try using the mouse in the PS/2 mouse port (if
your PC has one). Many people are using the Intellimouse with no problems.
No, don't have one of those. My mouse came OEM unboxed etc.
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From: "Andrew Chalk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: ATI Rage 128+ AGP Installation
Date: Sat, 5 May 2001 03:21:44 -0500
I am having a devil of a job getting X to work on TurboLinux v6.0.2 with an
ATI card. I have installed XFree86 v4.0.2.
The ATI is called:
"Rage 128+ AGP" by its own BIOS at boot up.
"ATI Rage 128 4X AGP 4X" by Windows 2000 server (advanced display
properties).
And, the chipset under W2000 is described as "Rage 128 GL 4X (AGP 4X)".
I have read these descriptions of the installation process by others:
http://www.linuxnewbie.org/nhf/intel/hardware/ati_rage128.html
http://www.yk.rim.or.jp/~ishikawa/how-to-change-X.html
http://www.xfree86.org/4.0.3/ati5.html#5
http://www4.ncsu.edu/~distclai/rage128-howto.html
However, I just get a black screen and an error to the effect "no screen".
Below, is a short extract from the XFree86.0.log (the part that reports the
error):
============================================================================
===============
(--) Assigning device section with no busID to primary device
(EE) No devices detected.
Fatal server error:
no screens found
============================================================================
=================
As a newcomer to Linux I don't know what this means and am frankly stumped
about what the problem is. I would appreciate any help some of the more
experienced users here could provide. If anyone uses this particular card
and would like to send me their /etc/x11/XF86Config I would appreciate that
as well. Note that this "+" model is apparently detected differently from
the earlier Rage cards.
Many thanks.
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "uncle freddy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Voodoo 3500 TV?
Date: Sat, 05 May 2001 09:55:20 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Michael"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> http://sourceforge.net/projects/v3tv/
>
or v3tv.sourceforge.net
notice the project has been quiet for about 4 months. Trying to do some
TV capture froze the kernel up solid with 2.4.4 for me btw, be careful!
TV Out works fine however. (divxs play back all choppy on my box (AMD
k6-2 450, 192M pc100, and this card) so eh)
good luck.
> Claudio Dosio wrote:
>>
>> Is there anybody that is wrting the drivers for the Voodoo 3 3500 TV
>> interface? Or does anybody know where to find any alpha or beta drivers
>> for it?
>>
>> --
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From: "Andy Walker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: SCSI timeout problem
Date: Sat, 5 May 2001 11:04:43 -0000
I'm having problems with my CD-RW running with Mandrake 7.2 where it locks
up on the SCSI bus with time out errors. I have two different SCSI cards
that both use the aic7xxx module and this fault occurs on both, but only
when I have another SCSI device on the chain. The really strange thing is
that I have no problems with it when running Windows98! The fault doesn't
occur immediately but usually occurs after heavy disk usage, for example
when X-Windows loads.
Please help, I'm tearing my hair out!
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From: R-R-B <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Lucent AMR modem still non suppoerted in linux???
Date: Sat, 05 May 2001 10:22:37 GMT
Got a cheap Acer trav. 201T with this !@#$!%@ lucent/agere AMR winmodem
but still no support for kernel 2.4.0
Please point me to some url or info.
thanx a lot.
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http://basrob.firenze.net/
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From: R-R-B <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: lucent modem
Date: Sat, 05 May 2001 10:26:41 GMT
try www.ibm.com/developer
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http://basrob.firenze.net/
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From: "me" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,alt.os.linux,alt.os.linux.suse
Subject: Re: Question on Nvidia drivers with Suse 7.0
Date: Sat, 05 May 2001 10:12:01 GMT
I had tryed all you suggested earlier. I am using the same kernel version as
what Nvidia compiled for anyway. Mine is a "patched" version from SuSe. I
asked them did I need to recompile and they said no. I did it anyway and I
still get the same problem. The Mesa package is there but MEsasoft isn't.
Still no luck. I notice from other people's lofs that mine is stopping at
where it lists the memory size. I have put in my config explicity how much
memory is on the card. I tryed without this too. No luck.
"Curtis Rey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Some of the NVidia drivers are only compiled for specific/generic kernel
> version related to the stock release. If you have 7.1 with either/or
> 2.2.18 and 2.4.0-4GB then it works. I tried to get them to work with
> 2.4.2-4GB and 2.4.2-5 and they wouldn't work. I didn't have a black
> screen but the full functionality/acceleration would not work. Best
> answer I can give you. Hope someone else has the answer, but I suspect
> this is a problem with NVidia's compile. You could use the src.rpm's
> but you'll have to remove the old drivers and NVidia kernel rpm's
> first.
> Also, Mesa drivers conflict with the nvidia drivers. You don't want to
> remove all the mesa packages, just the drivers. It also may have
> conflicts with other video driviers/packages.
>
> Cheers! Curtis.
>
> me wrote:
> >
> > My Config:
> >
> > Suse 7.0 Pro
> > 2.2.16
> > Geforce 2 GTS video card
> > Xfree86 4.0.2
> > Latest Nvidia driver for Linux loaded off of Nvidia's site.
> >
> > When I try to run startx all I get is a black screen and I have to
> > Ctrl-Alt-F1 out. When I look at the log I see the last line is something
> > like "Write-combining range" with some memory addresses. If I try the
"nv"
> > driver that comes with Suse, no problem starting. However if I try the
> > nvidia one (I change the driver name to "nvidia" in my config file) no
go.
> > I've configured everything according to the installation from NVidia and
> > Tom's hardware. I've tryed disabling AGP (I can verify via the log that
it
> > disables it) to see if that was the problem as well.
> >
> > One question I have is that I downloaded a kernel from Suse's site
> > (k_eide.rpm) that specifically was for issues with the Promise EIDE
> > controller I have onboard and Nvidia Geforce cards. I booted (via a boot
> > image) and went thru the install. Since with Geforce2 cards YAST2 is not
> > possible I used YAST. Cause I am new to Linux I performed the following
> > after the install (I guess redundant)
> >
> > rpm -ihv --force --nodeps k_eide.rpm
> > mk_initrd
> > lilo -v
> >
> > This was in Suse's instructions for a post install kernel update I
think.
> >
> > Anyway my point is if I update the kernel with a boot image and via rpm,
are
> > the correct sources installed? (I installed the source package that
comes
> > with Suse in the install) I'm wondering because I have to make sure I
> > compiled the Nvidia driver with the right sources. Are the original
sources
> > valid for the same kernel version with patches I guess?
> >
> > In the end I need to get past the "Write-combining range" part of
startx.
> > Thanks.
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