Linux-Hardware Digest #827, Volume #14 Sat, 26 May 01 08:13:03 EDT
Contents:
RH 7.1 on laptop? HELP! (Lyrch)
Re: Hardware Blues Too noisy and hot..Need a new setup (Stephe Thayer)
Re: Back up in Linux ("Aaron R. Kulkis")
Re: Back up in Linux ("Aaron R. Kulkis")
Re: Which PCMCIA card modem for linux.. (Stephe Thayer)
Re: Add IDE CDRW to system with SCSI-host adapter AHA-1542 (Roger Lindmark)
IRQ change ("alik blochin")
hard disk headache (Paul)
Re: Linux and Visor (Hans Streibel)
Re: compaq prosignia 300 network-card problems with tlan.o ("Julian Jöris")
Re: OS recognizes external keyboard (Markku Kolkka)
Re: Can't even recognize Promise Ultra100TX2 without kernel params, and can't enable
dma... HELP! (roel)
Re: onboard RAID + Linux (Juergen Sauer)
Re: Serial port expansion board recommendation? (Peter Andersen)
Wich Graphics card do I buy? ("Stijn Symons")
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Lyrch)
Subject: RH 7.1 on laptop? HELP!
Date: Sat, 26 May 2001 06:08:07 GMT
Reply-To: Where you found it
I have a Compaq Presario 12XL310 that I'd like to put redhat linux 7.1
on. Well, actuall it's already on. One problem. Video in Xwindows.
I only get the right 1/3 of the screen to display, the rest is black.
I have messed with the XF86Config file to many times to list with
suggestions off the web with no avail. I tried redhat tech support.
He didn't have a clue. And, no Xconfigurator settings seem to do any
good. Either the 1/3 screen or an error.
To my knowledge the video card is a Trident Cyberblade AGP i1
Any help is very greatly appreciated.
Chris
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From: Stephe Thayer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Hardware Blues Too noisy and hot..Need a new setup
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sat, 26 May 2001 02:45:44 -0400
Harry Putnam proclaimed:
> I have been running linux for several years so not completely green
> but really have no idea what kind of new hardware is out there that
> may solve my problem.
>
> My machines are too noisy and produce too much heat (Mine are pentium
> 200s circa 1997 tall towers). My wifes machine has a different look
> size and shape (shorter and fatter) and is very quiet and seems cooler
> too.
>I have
> enough ethernet cards and hard disks scattered around to start a small
> war so no problems there unless compatibility problems.
>
Just a note, the newer hard drives are a BUNCH quiter than the old ones...
The heat is less on the newer small die chips. I'm using a P3 800 and the
whole box runs about 20 deg cooler than my P2 350 did and is MUCH faster.
Asus makes a nice mother board and any of the later32 meg nvidia boards
should do what you need. Antech makes a nice case that has a pull out board.
Good luck and have fun building it!
Stephe
Stephe
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From: "Aaron R. Kulkis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux,alt.os.linux.mandrake,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.windows.x.kde,tw.bbs.comp.linux
Subject: Re: Back up in Linux
Date: Sat, 26 May 2001 02:35:44 -0400
> Jerry Wong wrote:
>
> I used to backup the windows by Ghost software. In linux, can the command "tar"
> be used like Ghost. I means to backup the whole Linux system by tar it and
> restore it when necessary. I have windows98 and two Linux system in my PC
> (Red Hat 7.0 and Mandrake 8.0), so I can tar one of them when running the other.
>
> Is it possible? Please give me some advice.
tar is okay for groups of files, but NOT good for the entire system.
learn to use dump, and/or BRU or Arkeia.
>
> Thanks.
>
> --
> http://members.hknet.com/~wong63124
> (In Chinese Big 5)
>
> http://members.hknet.com/~wong63124/linux.htm
> (In English)
--
Aaron R. Kulkis
Unix Systems Engineer
DNRC Minister of all I survey
ICQ # 3056642
L: This seems to have reduced my spam. Maybe if everyone does it we
can defeat the email search bots. [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
K: Truth in advertising:
Left Wing Extremists Charles Schumer and Donna Shalala,
Black Seperatist Anti-Semite Louis Farrakhan,
Special Interest Sierra Club,
Anarchist Members of the ACLU
Left Wing Corporate Extremist Ted Turner
The Drunken Woman Killer Ted Kennedy
Grass Roots Pro-Gun movement,
J: Other knee_jerk reactionaries: billh, david casey, redc1c4,
The retarded sisters: Raunchy (rauni) and Anencephielle (Enielle),
also known as old hags who've hit the wall....
I: Loren Petrich's 2-week stubborn refusal to respond to the
challenge to describe even one philosophical difference
between himself and the communists demonstrates that, in fact,
Loren Petrich is a COMMUNIST ***hole
H: "Having found not one single carbon monoxide leak on the entire
premises, it is my belief, and Willard concurs, that the reason
you folks feel listless and disoriented is simply because
you are lazy, stupid people"
G: Knackos...you're a retard.
F: Unit_4's "Kook hunt" reminds me of "Jimmy Baker's" harangues against
adultery while concurrently committing adultery with Tammy Hahn.
E: Jet is not worthy of the time to compose a response until
her behavior improves.
D: Jet Silverman now follows me from newgroup to newsgroup
...despite (C) above.
C: Jet Silverman claims to have killfiled me.
B: Jet Silverman plays the fool and spews out nonsense as a
method of sidetracking discussions which are headed in a
direction that she doesn't like.
A: The wise man is mocked by fools.
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From: "Aaron R. Kulkis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux,alt.os.linux.mandrake,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.windows.x.kde,tw.bbs.comp.linux
Subject: Re: Back up in Linux
Date: Sat, 26 May 2001 02:34:39 -0400
Investigator wrote:
>
> The short answer is "yes".
>
> More detail is needed, however, to explain the process.
>
> Importantly, you do *not* want to back up any draconian system (like Linux)
> while it is active with a full-bore "tar czf /dev/whatever/BACKUP.tgz /*"
This is true of ALL operating systems, including losedos.
We all know about registry sequence numbers, and the problems
they cause when you try to restory registry.dat.
> There are files which must be omitted from the archive, or reloading will
> cause unpredictable (specifically -- a system crash is the general
> prognostication) results. You will need an exclusion list for the tar to
> consider -- I know from experience <wink>.
>
> --
> _/_/_/ _/_/_/ _/ _/
> _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ Woody
> _/_/_/ _/_/_/_/ _/ _/ _/ He, who never tries,
> _/ _/ _/ _/ _/_/_/_/ never fails.
> _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/
>
> "Jerry Wong" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:9elu8v$mg1$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I used to backup the windows by Ghost software. In linux, can the command
> "tar" be used like Ghost. I means to backup the whole Linux system by tar it
> and restore it when necessary. I have windows98 and two Linux system in my
> PC (Red Hat 7.0 and Mandrake 8.0), so I can tar one of them when running the
> other.
>
> Is it possible? Please give me some advice.
>
> Thanks.
>
> --
> http://members.hknet.com/~wong63124
> (In Chinese Big 5)
>
> http://members.hknet.com/~wong63124/linux.htm
> (In English)
--
Aaron R. Kulkis
Unix Systems Engineer
DNRC Minister of all I survey
ICQ # 3056642
L: This seems to have reduced my spam. Maybe if everyone does it we
can defeat the email search bots. [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
K: Truth in advertising:
Left Wing Extremists Charles Schumer and Donna Shalala,
Black Seperatist Anti-Semite Louis Farrakhan,
Special Interest Sierra Club,
Anarchist Members of the ACLU
Left Wing Corporate Extremist Ted Turner
The Drunken Woman Killer Ted Kennedy
Grass Roots Pro-Gun movement,
J: Other knee_jerk reactionaries: billh, david casey, redc1c4,
The retarded sisters: Raunchy (rauni) and Anencephielle (Enielle),
also known as old hags who've hit the wall....
I: Loren Petrich's 2-week stubborn refusal to respond to the
challenge to describe even one philosophical difference
between himself and the communists demonstrates that, in fact,
Loren Petrich is a COMMUNIST ***hole
H: "Having found not one single carbon monoxide leak on the entire
premises, it is my belief, and Willard concurs, that the reason
you folks feel listless and disoriented is simply because
you are lazy, stupid people"
G: Knackos...you're a retard.
F: Unit_4's "Kook hunt" reminds me of "Jimmy Baker's" harangues against
adultery while concurrently committing adultery with Tammy Hahn.
E: Jet is not worthy of the time to compose a response until
her behavior improves.
D: Jet Silverman now follows me from newgroup to newsgroup
...despite (C) above.
C: Jet Silverman claims to have killfiled me.
B: Jet Silverman plays the fool and spews out nonsense as a
method of sidetracking discussions which are headed in a
direction that she doesn't like.
A: The wise man is mocked by fools.
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From: Stephe Thayer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Which PCMCIA card modem for linux..
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sat, 26 May 2001 02:56:53 -0400
John McCabe proclaimed:
> I have a crappy Linmodem for my Vaio 505SN at the minute and am
> considering getting a modem that I can easily get working under
> Linux.... (probably RH7.1)
>
> I'm looking in the UK and the cheaper the better :)
> /John
>
>
I got a "modem blaster" from creative that is a controller based modem that
was simple to set up in linux and works pretty good and wasn't real
expencive either.
Stephe
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From: Roger Lindmark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Add IDE CDRW to system with SCSI-host adapter AHA-1542
Date: Sat, 26 May 2001 10:01:46 +0200
Roger Lindmark wrote:
I got XCDRoast working now and the problem was that it did not work in DAO,
but in TAO. One minor glitch is that after successful test burning the CDR
is not ejected, but stays in the CDRW. The eject button on the CDRW does
not help either. Reboot is needed. I have seen similar behaviour sometimes
with CDRecord/2 under OS/2 Warp.
Sincerely Yours
Roger
--
Roger Lindmark
OS/2 Warp 4.06
RedHat 7.1
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From: "alik blochin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: IRQ change
Date: Sat, 26 May 2001 11:48:50 +0200
hi folks
my ethernet and sound card (on board VIA AC'97)
are sharing one irq 11
how do i change it?
do i have to mess with bios setup
or do it manually in linux ?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Paul)
Subject: hard disk headache
Date: Sat, 26 May 2001 09:06:27 GMT
Hi,
My hard disk is making sounds of ticking and dying, and then my PC freezes
and then the disk makes a sound of accelerating and my PC unfreezes.
Not really a Linux problem because it happens under Windows too.
Here are some lines from /var/log/warn
May 9 23:01:43 earth kernel: hda: multwrite_intr: error=0x04 { DriveStatusError
May 9 23:01:43 earth kernel: hda: multwrite_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady Seek
May 9 23:01:43 earth kernel: hda: multwrite_intr: error=0x04 { DriveStatusError
May 9 23:01:43 earth kernel: hda: multwrite_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady Seek
May 9 23:01:43 earth kernel: hda: multwrite_intr: error=0x04 { DriveStatusError
May 9 23:01:43 earth kernel: hda: multwrite_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady Seek
May 9 23:01:43 earth kernel: hda: multwrite_intr: error=0x04 { DriveStatusError
May 9 23:01:43 earth kernel: ide0: unexpected interrupt, status=0xd1, count=1
May 24 17:53:29 earth kernel: ide0: unexpected interrupt, status=0x80, count=1
May 24 17:53:59 earth kernel: ide0: reset timed-out, status=0x80
May 24 17:53:59 earth kernel: hda: status timeout: status=0x80 { Busy }
May 24 17:53:59 earth kernel: ide0: unexpected interrupt, status=0x80, count=2
May 24 17:53:59 earth kernel: hda: drive not ready for command
May 24 17:54:00 earth kernel: ide0: reset: success
Here is the output of hdparm -I
Model=UQNAUT MIFERABLLS 6T4. A , FwRev=0A.F8000, SerialNo=51769265
Config={ HardSect NotMFM HdSw>15uSec Fixed DTR>10Mbs }
RawCHS=13328/15/63, TrkSize=32256, SectSize=512, ECCbytes=4
BuffType=3(DualPortCache), BuffSize=81kB, MaxMultSect=16, MultSect=16
DblWordIO=no, maxPIO=2(fast), DMA=yes, maxDMA=2(fast)
CurCHS=13328/15/63, CurSects=12594960, LBA=yes, LBAsects=12594960
tDMA={min:120,rec:120}, DMA modes: sword0 sword1 sword2 mword0 mword1 *mword2
IORDY=on/off, tPIO={min:120,w/IORDY:120}, PIO modes: mode3 mode4
So it's a Quantum Fireball ST6.4 A. That UQNAUT etc was there before
this trouble started.
So, can my hard disk be saved? How long will it continue to work?
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From: Hans Streibel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux and Visor
Date: Sat, 26 May 2001 09:33:52 +0000
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I seem to be getting a error that tells me it cannot access /dev/visor,
> it does not show up in the menu, when looking at harddrake, I do know
> that the bus is OHCI.
OHCI caused some trouble. What kernel are you running? You need at least
2.2.18. There was a bug in some module preventing the synchronization between
the visor and Linux. I got a patch from the author which cured the problem. I
don't know whether this patch already made its way into 2.2.18 or 2.2.19. If
you will continue having problems I can send you that patch.
If you want to synchronize you first have to press the button at the visor.
After that you can start a program like pilot-xfer.
> System: AMD k6/2-400, 196megs,6gig hardrive
I have an AMD K6/2-300 here and everything runs very fine now.
Hans
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From: "Julian Jöris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: compaq prosignia 300 network-card problems with tlan.o
Date: Sat, 26 May 2001 12:35:14 +0200
Hi,
Here some Date of the compaq prosignia 300:
SUSE 7.1 Linux Kernel 2.4.0-4GB (standart SUSE Pentium optimized)
Prozessor: 90 MHZ Pentium
The Compaq Brochure says:
"Integrated NetFlex-L ENET"
It is Tower!
Julian
Michael F. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb in im Newsbeitrag:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> You absolutely sure you have the correct module, the TLAN is for
> thunderlan cards. That server you have I recall as being not a
> thunderlan adapter.
> Could you quote me the cpu specs and stuff, it might job my memory. Is
> it a tower?
> On Fri, 25 May 2001 00:56:42 +0200, "Julian Jöris"
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >Hi,
> >I have Problems to install my network-onbord-card (netflex) in a Compaq
> >prosignia 300 server.
> >the module tlan.o is installed, but it needs special parameters!
> >Does anybody know them?
> >
> >thx
> >
> >Julian
> >
>
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From: Markku Kolkka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: OS recognizes external keyboard
Date: 26 May 2001 13:37:33 +0300
Andreas Heckele <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Plugging in the keyboard is not the problem - but the laptop has a
> german
> keyboard integrated. So what I'd like to do is, make linux recognize
> that
> an external us-keyboard is plugged in and switch to the correct keymap.
The keyboard doesn't know which symbols are printed on the keycaps, so
the OS can't switch the layout automatically.
--
Markku Kolkka
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: roel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Can't even recognize Promise Ultra100TX2 without kernel params, and can't
enable dma... HELP!
Date: Sat, 26 May 2001 12:59:50 +0200
John Arrowwood wrote:
> It's been a long week! I tried putting my 60 gig drive in my 300 mhz
> box. It didn't like the drive, because its bios (even updated) couldn't
> handle a drive that big. So I tried buying a separate controller card.
> By looking in the Ultra DMA mini-howto, I found out how to get it at
> least recognized by adding kernel parameters, but then I couldn't enable
> DMA.
>
> I'm pretty much out of ideas and my frustration level is getting quite
> high. If anybody has any ideas what I'm doing wrong, or has ideas where
> to look (or who to ask) for answers, or ANYTHING, please let me know.
What kernel are you using, my gues is a 2.2 just take a 2.4 kernel compile it with
promise pdc 20265/20267 support and youre drive is up.
Roel
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From: Juergen Sauer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: onboard RAID + Linux
Date: 26 May 2001 09:18:51 GMT
Sebastian Bossung <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb
am Wed, 23 May 2001 12:50:40 +0200 in comp.os.linux.hardware:
> Hi,
> do you need special drivers for onboard (IDE) RAID controllers or do they
> just look like normal IDE controllers to the OS (when using RAID). In
> particular: the Epox 8KTA3 +(KT133A)
Three words: Forget the Raid.
The BIOS side Realtime-Mode-Software-Raid-functions are exorbitant trash,
in Linux not usable until HiPoint releases it's own working Linux driver.
Until then it's only a DMA100 IDE Controller.
mfG
Jojo
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From: Peter Andersen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Serial port expansion board recommendation?
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.embedded
Date: Sat, 26 May 2001 13:23:07 +0100
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Jem
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] says...
>> > > I'm looking for a PCI 8-port serial expansion card that supports
>> > > baud rates from 9600bps to at least 115.2kbps (preferably higher)
>> > > with linux drivers available. Does anyone have a favorite vendor
>> > > for this type of card? I looked at a couple vendors listed on
>> > > www.linux.org, but wanted to see what people have experience with.
>> >
>> > I don't have direct experience with it (yet), but the KeySpan 49W 4
>> > port USB to serial device is supposed to be well supported with newer
>> > 2.4.x kernels
>> > (evidently KeySpan helped in writing the driver). It claims data
>> > rates up to
>> > 920 Kbps per port.
>>
>> The poster said plainly that he wanted a PCI board. I think it implied
>> "no USB shit, please". He wanted a Cyclades, probably.
>>
>> -- Pete
>>
>
> Or a RocketPort - good Linux drivers (now built in to 2.4.x kernel) and
> high speed.
>
I think that i would use a MOXA boards. We use them at work with Dos and
Windows(95/98/NT). It's works fine.
I have for 1/2 year ago one 8 ports isa card up and running with RedHat6.2
/Peter Andersen
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From: "Stijn Symons" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Wich Graphics card do I buy?
Date: Sat, 26 May 2001 13:41:15 +0200
Hi all,
in a few weeks i'm going to install Mandrake 8 on my system, but i'm also
going to buy a new graphics card. Because i'm still a student my budget
ain't that high so the choice is between a Hercules 3D Prophet 4000XT (with
a KRYO2 chip) or an nVidea GeForce 2 MX based card.
Wich is best to buy, or is there a better card with approximatelly the same
price?
thanks,
stijn
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