Linux-Hardware Digest #848, Volume #14 Thu, 31 May 01 02:13:04 EDT
Contents:
PCMCIA network card(DE660) installation question ("C.Y. Su")
Re: ide cdrw under redhat linux 7.0 (Dances With Crows)
Re: How could I make a raw copy of a disk ? (The Doctor)
has anyone know adaptec ana-62044 driver for linux ("jack")
Re: SCSI problems ("Rob")
Re: installing NIC (Edward Ned Harvey)
Re: Please help me get WIN98 back!! (Edward Ned Harvey)
Re: Best Laptop for Linux? (Edward Ned Harvey)
Re: What to install for a laptop? (3FE)
"GET LINUX" contest (Tom E Novotney)
Re: PCMCIA network card(DE660) installation question ("Peter T. Breuer")
Re: Lexmark Z12 printer with Mandrake 7.2 ("arthur")
PARIDE ("H. van Niekerk")
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From: "C.Y. Su" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: PCMCIA network card(DE660) installation question
Date: Thu, 31 May 2001 10:26:30 +0800
I have trouble with my PCMCIA network card(DE660) installing to my
Laptop(Compaq Presario 1682). During boot up process system gives a high
beep + low beep. I checked system log and found: for some reason OS doesn't
understand what is eth0. Note: PCMCIA card service start successful. Any
advise would be very appreciated!
RedHat 7.0
=====================excerpt from /var/log/messages ========
May 31 08:10:58 localhost cardmgr[443]: executing: './network start eth0'
May 31 08:10:58 localhost sshd: sshd startup succeeded
May 31 08:10:59 localhost cardmgr[443]: + usage: ifup <device name>
May 31 08:10:59 localhost cardmgr[443]: start cmd exited with status 1
=======================================================
=============== more /var/log/messages ===================
May 31 08:10:57 localhost pcmcia: Starting PCMCIA services:
May 31 08:10:57 localhost pcmcia: modules
May 31 08:10:57 localhost kernel: Linux PCMCIA Card Services 3.1.20
May 31 08:10:57 localhost kernel: kernel build: 2.2.17-14 #1 Mon Mar 5
19:15:53 CST 2001
May 31 08:10:57 localhost kernel: options: [pci] [cardbus] [apm]
May 31 08:10:57 localhost kernel: PCI routing table version 1.0 at 0xfdf90
May 31 08:10:57 localhost kernel: Intel PCIC probe:
May 31 08:10:57 localhost kernel: TI 1131 rev 01 PCI-to-CardBus at slot
00:0a, mem 0x68000000
May 31 08:10:57 localhost kernel: host opts [0]: [ring] [pci + serial
irq] [no pci irq] [lat 168/176] [bus 1/1]
May 31 08:10:57 localhost kernel: host opts [1]: [ring] [pci + serial
irq] [no pci irq] [lat 168/176] [bus 2/2]
May 31 08:10:57 localhost kernel: ISA irqs (scanned) = 3,4,7,9,10
polling interval = 1000 ms
May 31 08:10:57 localhost pcmcia: cardmgr.
May 31 08:10:57 localhost cardmgr[443]: starting, version is 3.1.20
May 31 08:10:57 localhost rc: Starting pcmcia: succeeded
May 31 08:10:57 localhost cardmgr[443]: watching 2 sockets
May 31 08:10:57 localhost kernel: cs: IO port probe 0x0c00-0x0cff: excluding
0xcf8-0xcff
May 31 08:10:57 localhost kernel: cs: IO port probe 0x0800-0x08ff: clean.
May 31 08:10:57 localhost kernel: cs: IO port probe 0x0100-0x04ff: excluding
0x200-0x207 0x220-0x22f 0x330-0x337 0x378-0x37f 0x388-0x38f 0x4d0-0x4d7
May 31 08:10:57 localhost kernel: cs: IO port probe 0x0a00-0x0aff: clean.
May 31 08:10:58 localhost cardmgr[443]: initializing socket 0
May 31 08:10:58 localhost kernel: cs: memory probe 0xa0000000-0xa0ffffff:
clean.
May 31 08:10:58 localhost cardmgr[443]: socket 0: D-Link DE-660 Ethernet
May 31 08:10:58 localhost cardmgr[443]: executing: 'modprobe 8390'
May 31 08:10:58 localhost cardmgr[443]: executing: 'modprobe pcnet_cs'
May 31 08:10:58 localhost kernel: eth0: NE2000 Compatible: io 0x300, irq 3,
hw_addr 00:80:C8:8F:D0:3B
May 31 08:10:58 localhost cardmgr[443]: executing: './network start eth0'
May 31 08:10:58 localhost sshd: sshd startup succeeded
May 31 08:10:59 localhost cardmgr[443]: + usage: ifup <device name>
May 31 08:10:59 localhost cardmgr[443]: start cmd exited with status 1
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Subject: Re: ide cdrw under redhat linux 7.0
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 31 May 2001 02:44:13 GMT
On Wed, 30 May 2001 05:12:53 GMT, jack staggered into the Black Sun and
said:
>i'm trying to setup redhat with cdrw burner. i check how to and
>compatible list. it is under compatibility list. i download the binary
>from cdroast but since it is ide it asked me to enable scsi emulation
>in kernel. is there any easy way to configure ide cdrw under linux.
>cause i don't want to go thru' all configuring kernel. the reason is
>i'm not advanced user and don't want to screw up something else.
If you ask around, you'll notice that the advanced users have screwed up
*TONS* of times. That's how you get to be an advanced user--by screwing
up, then figuring out what you did wrong, then doing it right.
Configuring a kernel is not as scary is it seems, you should try it out
for practice after you've made a bootdisk with the old kernel.
Anyway, you shouldn't have to recompile the kernel. (This assumes x86
hardware, modify if you're on an Alpha or Sparc or PPC. Also, it
assumes a distro that's relatively recent.) At the LILO: prompt, boot
the system with the command line "linux hdX=ide-scsi". X will be the
letter of the IDE interface the CD-RW is connected to, c for secondary
master, d for secondary slave, b for primary master. It will probably
be c. When the system has booted, log on as root, and execute the
command "modprobe ide-scsi". Test it out by putting a data CD in the
drive and attempting to do "mount -t iso9660 /dev/scd0 /mnt/cdrom". If
it works, you're set.
Further info can be had by searching this NG for keyword "CD-R" and my
name at http://groups.google.com/ . You may wish to edit /etc/lilo.conf
to include the line ' append="hdX=ide-scsi" ' and re-run lilo, and add
the line "modprobe ide-scsi" to the end of the /etc/init.d/boot.local or
/etc/rc.d/rc.local file. HTH,
--
Matt G|There is no Darkness in Eternity/But only Light too dim for us to see
Brainbench MVP for Linux Admin / Workin' in a code mine, hittin' Ctrl-Alt
http://www.brainbench.com / Workin' in a code mine, whoops!
=============================/ I hit a seg fault....
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (The Doctor)
Subject: Re: How could I make a raw copy of a disk ?
Date: 31 May 2001 02:43:36 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Wed, 30 May 2001 10:49:35 +0530, Pavan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>> For my own information, edification and enjoyment; what's wrong
>with
>> cp -ax / /mnt/newdisk ? I use this regularly for mirroring my /
>> install on a seperate device. I verify this with a find cmp
>sequence
>> taken from the Hard Drive Upgrade mini How To.
>>
>
>
>Come to think about this, it has its own advantages and disadvantages
>in my opinion. Depending on how much the disk is used, cp might be
>faster. Also if the partition has a large no. of small files, it is
>similar to the small bs in dd and hence cp would be slow(Am I right
>here?).
>
>dd with a large block size would be a very fast sequential access of
>the disk and would ideally reach the maximum data rates of the disks.
>However dd will not bother about used or unused disk space.
I used strace(1) on cp(1) and cp does 4k (one page) reads & writes.You'll
probably want to do a "hdparm -a16" (or whatever) to set the DOS pre-fetch
so that you're reading more than 16 sectors
(4k plus the normal 8-sector readahead)
at a time.
It would be nice if there was a generic DOS function to find out what blocks
are in use.That would make it possible to write a sector copier that would
work with any DOS (FMS) and not copy un-used sectors.It would also be nice
if statfs(2) would return the "optimal transfer block size".But it just
returns 1024 for my (Linux 2.2) system.
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From: "jack" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: has anyone know adaptec ana-62044 driver for linux
Date: Thu, 31 May 2001 02:55:38 GMT
i've tried to install this adaptec ANA-62044 quatret 64 in linux 6.2. is
there any where that i can find a driver for this adapter. adaptec itself
doesn't have any driver for this adapter.
if anyone has done so pls. do share for me.
i really appreciate ur help.
thanks in advance.
jack
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From: "Rob" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: SCSI problems
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Date: Thu, 31 May 2001 05:33:32 +0200
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "John English"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I've just installed Red Hat 7.1 on a machine at work which has an
> Adaptec 2940 SCSI controller, to which is attached a Fujitsu M2513A 640M
> magneto-optical drive. I've also got an HP 7100 IDE CD writer, which
> I've got set up for SCSI emulation as per the X-CD-Roast docs. I have
> problems with both devices...
>
> 1) I can mount a disk in the M-O drive, and I can list the contents
> of the directory. As soon as I try to copy to or from the disk, I
> either get a segmentation fault (following a null pointer) or
> sometimes X freezes such that the mouse doesn't move and I can't get
> out.
>
> 2) When I try to write a CD, it writes a few meg and then reports
> a recoverable error. It then loops endlessly reading from the drive
> (dunno why).
>
> Has anyone else got this hardware to work? Can anyone tell me what the
> problem is (or what other information I should post here about it)?
>
> TIA
YES, just change your setup to use the aic7xxx_old module, instead of the
aic7xxx.
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From: Edward Ned Harvey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: installing NIC
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Thu, 31 May 2001 03:30:50 GMT
Andrey Shcherbina wrote:
> Hi guyz,
>
> I'm new to Linux. I've installed Debian distro with some NIC which drivers
> I selected from the list. Now I need to replace that card with a newer one
> and of course I need proper drivers. There's too many FAQs and HOWTOs so
> I'm just lost. Could you please point me to the proper document on how to
> install new hardware.
>
If you're new to Linux, I don't think Debian is the distro of choice.
Although it's a very good one, it's more confusing and requires more
expertise than some others, such as RedHat, Mandrake, and SuSE.
What is your new NIC? Most NICs have the driver module readily available,
and all you have to do is stick in the card, turn on the computer, and it's
ready to go. (That is, create a network configuration for eth1 or
whatever, use ifup and ifconfig.)
You will know it's ready, if a message appears at boot time indicating
something about your new NIC.
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From: Edward Ned Harvey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Please help me get WIN98 back!!
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.redhat
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Thu, 31 May 2001 03:40:57 GMT
Yep, I can see how you're unhappy about all that.
Perhaps I've overlooked it, but I'm surprised that nobody's told you how to
fix it. Every response I've seen so far has said something to the effect
of "That shouldn't have happend" or "Next time, try..."
Here's how to do it:
Somewhere, somehow, you've got to get a boot disk for Win98. Beware --
There are different versions of Win98, and you have to get a disk that
matches your version. Lots of times, you can do this by booting from your
Win98 installation CD. Other times, create a floppy on another computer by
using the Control Panel, Add/Remove Programs, Startup Disk.
Boot from the Win98 disk, and get to a command prompt. Type in the command:
A:\> sys c:
If all goes well, it will say "system transfered."
Then, reboot, and if you got the right version of Win98 startup disk,
you're golden.
If you got the wrong version, all bets are off. Maybe it works, maybe not.
Maybe stable, maybe not. You just don't know.
Special note:
fdisk /mbr doesn't make a drive bootable; it zeros the mbr. You were on
the right track, trying to rewrite the mbr with win98, but you just tried
the wrong command.
gl & hf.
Somphong K wrote:
> During this Memorial weekend, I installed Redhat 7.1 (Kernel 2.4.2-2)
> on my PC at home. Win98 is on IDE drive/A and Rh7.1 completely on IDE
> drive/B. I did not realize at the time that part of linux, such as /boot
> partition, had to be on drive/A to use LILO.
>
> During graphic installation,I was prompted where to put LILO i.e. in MBR
> or linux drive's boot partition. Unfortunately I decided to avoid fooling
> with MBR and opted for the later.
>
> The lilo installation ended up with failure. Everything else went fine.
> I created boot diskette. I then realized I was no longer able to boot
> Win98. Everybody in my household jumped on me!! My wife wanted to search
> webs about her stock investment, my kid wanted to play starcraft with his
> folks, ....
>
> I hoped to restore MBR by executing 'fdisk /MBR' under MSDOS but I was
> surprised to learn that all my Windows rescue and MSDOS diskettes failed
> to even boot. PC tried to boot from the floppies but hang after reading/
> loading a few blocks.
>
> When I mounted on to /dev/hda1, I could see that all Win98 directories
> and files were still intact. I just do not know why drive/A broke when I
> tried my best < which was obviously not good enough :-( > not to disturb
> its MBR.
>
> I would appreciate any advice that can pull me out of this mess.
>
> 1) What corruptions on drive/A and how to restore it??
>
> 2) I configured lilo to boot either linux and win98 but the later never
> came up - it hang just like when I booted off diskettes. Could you
> offer me a copy of /etc/lilo.conf to compare. My copy is at home.
>
> 3) I configured printer OK but not my sound card (Turtle Beach Montogo II
> and Altec Lansing 495). sndconfig autoprobe concluded it was Altec
> ADA305 and mentioned it is not supported by Linux yet. I tried without
> probe but there were only 2 Turtle Beach choices and my Montego II was
> not ont the list. I tried both and they all ended up in errors.
>
> Does it mean I'm out of luck as far as sound card is concerned?
>
> 4) Does Linux support HP 6200C scanner?? If affirmative, how?
>
> 5) I have MSN connection which I usually use their 'MSN Internet Access'
> tool to connect. Could and how I connect to MSN from Linux??
>
> Please asnwer to my e-mail address. Thanks for kind assistance.
>
> Rgds somphong
>
>
>
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From: Edward Ned Harvey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Best Laptop for Linux?
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Thu, 31 May 2001 03:42:43 GMT
Hans-Ulrich Kuhn wrote:
> Howdy,
>
> I'm in the market for a laptop to use between the home and office, it will
> need to run Mandrake 8. Can anyone recommend a laptop that would be a good
> deal and provide the best Linux compatibility. Also, if u know of any
> "don't buys", let me know too.
>
> As I said, it will need to run Mandrake 8 and the only other requirement
> is a 1024x768 capable screen.
>
> Thanks
> Hans
>
I suggest asking the same question in comp.os.linux.portable
I also suggest checking the site
http://linux-laptop.net
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (3FE)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.setup,linux.redhat.install
Subject: Re: What to install for a laptop?
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Thu, 31 May 2001 04:04:44 GMT
Fvwm (not fvwm2) is nice and light too. If fanatical, wm2 rules!
On Tue, 29 May 2001 06:05:34 GMT, colche <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> insisted:
> hehe
> try blackbox as ur desktop then!
>
>
> "LRW" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:nQtQ6.9325$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > Need some advice from experienced people.
> > I have an icky 486DX-66 with 16MB RAM and 2GB HD 640x480 laptop.
> > I have RedHat 5.0, RH 6.2, and RH 7.1 and Mandrake 6.0.
> > What would be a better package for this thing? Latest and greatest, like
> > with Windows, is not always a good idea. So I'm leaning toward RH 6.2. But
> > if I can't get Xwindows to run anyway, the is there any problem with using
> > RH 7.1?
> > Speaking of Xwindows, think any desktop will work? I know Gnome and KDE
> are
> > right out (darn it), but what about one of the lesser memory intensive
> > desktops?
--
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Date: Thu, 31 May 2001 00:32:35 -0400
From: Tom E Novotney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: "GET LINUX" contest
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From: "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: PCMCIA network card(DE660) installation question
Date: Thu, 31 May 2001 05:09:26 GMT
C.Y. Su <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have trouble with my PCMCIA network card(DE660) installing to my
> Laptop(Compaq Presario 1682). During boot up process system gives a high
> beep + low beep. I checked system log and found: for some reason OS doesn't
THis means it finds the card OK, but then later setup fails.
> understand what is eth0. Note: PCMCIA card service start successful. Any
> advise would be very appreciated!
> May 31 08:10:59 localhost cardmgr[443]: + usage: ifup <device name>
Yes, that's clear enough. You haven't configured your network.opts with
any sensible data, I think. You'll have to turn on a bit more
sebugging in the pcmcia script (with "set -x") to see precisely what's up.
> May 31 08:10:59 localhost cardmgr[443]: start cmd exited with status 1
> May 31 08:10:58 localhost cardmgr[443]: socket 0: D-Link DE-660 Ethernet
> May 31 08:10:58 localhost cardmgr[443]: executing: 'modprobe 8390'
> May 31 08:10:58 localhost cardmgr[443]: executing: 'modprobe pcnet_cs'
> May 31 08:10:58 localhost kernel: eth0: NE2000 Compatible: io 0x300, irq 3,
> hw_addr 00:80:C8:8F:D0:3B
confirm card is A-OK.
> May 31 08:10:58 localhost cardmgr[443]: executing: './network start eth0'
And now ...
> May 31 08:10:59 localhost cardmgr[443]: + usage: ifup <device name>
No useful data supplied to the ifup command. It should have got "ifup
eth0". Check tye script for why.
> May 31 08:10:59 localhost cardmgr[443]: start cmd exited with status 1
Peter
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From: "arthur" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Lexmark Z12 printer with Mandrake 7.2
Date: Wed, 30 May 2001 22:22:05 -0700
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Sreeni"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi,
> I have successfully installed Mandrake 7.2 on my PC. I have a Lexmark
> Z12 printer connected to my PC via USB. I could not find any driver for
> my printer. I found out that there is no linux driver available for my
> printer. Is there a driver that I could use for this printer from HP,
> Epson or other drivers that are available for linux. Or can I atleast
> set it up for text printing? If so, how.
>
> Thanks,
> Sreeni
None that I know of. As you probably know, Lexmark has a linux driver
for the Z32 and Z52. I ask them about the Z42 and they replied "no".
I bought a Z52 and have it connected to 2 machines using the USB on one
(running Win98) and the parallel on the other (running RH 7.0 and Win98).
Love it.
Maybe you could sell or trade in the Z12?
Arthur (remove .remove for email)
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From: "H. van Niekerk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.redhat,comp.os.linux.setup,redhat.config
Subject: PARIDE
Date: Thu, 31 May 2001 08:03:35 +0200
Hi,
I want to use 'insmod paride' but get these messages:
unresolved symbol parport_enumerate
unresolved symbol parport_claim
unresolved symbol parport_register_device
unresolved symbol parport_unregister_device
unresolved symbol parport_release
What does this mean and how do I solve it...
Thanks
Huub
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