Linux-Hardware Digest #862, Volume #14 Mon, 4 Jun 01 01:13:03 EDT
Contents:
Re: Middle mouse button depressed when going in to X? ("Trev")
tv cards
Re: Linux, CPU HLT instruction et software cooling ! (bill davidsen)
Re: CD Burning/SCSI emulation with RH 7.1 (bill davidsen)
Re: Linux, CPU HLT instruction et software cooling ! (Juergen Heinzl)
No graphics adapter ("Tonny Sejr Kromann")
Re: What module for Linksys Ether 16 ISA nic RH 6.2 (Kelly)
Re: ORiNOCO timeouts ("Mark Juric")
Re: (new!) D-Link DFE-570TX Quadcard - Comments? (Michael Meissner)
Re: need scsi card suggestion ("Dan Smith")
Re: System locks up when scanning with 2.4.x kernel (Chuck)
Why the hack do my system not recognise my RAM upgrade? (Paul Q.)
Re: Why the hack do my system not recognise my RAM upgrade? (J Hayward)
Re: usb: visor printer? (Christopher Cobb)
Re: No graphics adapter (John Taylor)
Re: Why the hack do my system not recognise my RAM upgrade? (Paul Q.)
Serious problems with SIIG Ultra66 controller (Eric P. McCoy)
Help: Apple Network Server 500 and IX3D ultimate rez and RAID (Me)
Re: Help: Apple Network Server 500 and IX3D ultimate rez and RAID (Andrew J. Brehm)
Re: problems with hda (Simon Green)
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From: "Trev" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x,comp.windows.x.i386unix
Subject: Re: Middle mouse button depressed when going in to X?
Date: Sun, 3 Jun 2001 22:55:01 +0100
Could be a setup problem. But how about this;
My mouse worked fine in Windoze, but when I installed Linux Mandrake it used
to get erratic problems.
I opened it up and found a piece of plastic for the right button micro
switch was seated incorrect.
After fixing that all was fine.
Moral is that it could be hardware. Can you borrow another mouse?
Trev
"grendel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:%AkS6.121399$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I've noticed that sometimes when first going in to KDE or GNOME that the
> middle button (wheel) is depressed. I can tell this because I have to hit
> the middle button again before any of the other buttons will work. I have
it
> set in my XF86Config for Buttons with 4 and 5 XAxis. Any ideas?
>
>
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Date: Sun, 3 Jun 2001 18:31:58 -0400
From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: tv cards
anyone know of any good tv input output only cards that will run under
linux. What i am looking for is either a card with the 2 audio and video
outputs or a card with a single cable output (which i do not think they
exists). Prefferably pci as well
--
My plan is to rule the world!!!
and make cheese
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (bill davidsen)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Linux, CPU HLT instruction et software cooling !
Date: Sun, 3 Jun 2001 22:51:38 +0000 (UTC)
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Georges Goncalves <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
| I have a technical question on these topics...
|
| Hardware : AMD Duron 700 @ 950 on Abit KT7, OS Win2K SP2
| AMD Duron 700 @ 900 on Abit KT7, OS GNU/Linux (Debian SID)
[... snippty clip ...]
| What puzzles me is that all modern OSes (WinNT/2K, Linux and others) are
| ALREADY meant to use the CPU HLT command when they're Idle, but, the
| temperature remains constant (does not drop) HMonitor claims using the
| HLT command and the temperature really drops.
Since Win95/98 run much hotter and got much worse battery life on my
laptops than Linux, I'm reasonably sure that the HLT is there and works.
However, if you look in the code for process.c, you see that there is a
value for CPU characteristics called hlt_works_ok. This is the idle loop:
================================================================
/*
* We use this if we don't have any better
* idle routine..
*/
static void default_idle(void)
{
if (current_cpu_data.hlt_works_ok && !hlt_counter) {
__cli();
if (!current->need_resched)
safe_halt();
else
__sti();
}
}
================================================================
Now if the hlt_works_ok characteristic is not set for your CPU, then
a halt might not happen. I have no idea what kernel version a "Debian
standard" is, but if it isn't a kernel which knows about Duron, or gets
confused by the O/C, that flag may not be set. If you are running a 2.4
kernel, forget that. If you are running 2.219 or any kernel which has
config options for Duron, also forget. But if you are running an older
kernel which may be guessing on CPU and being safe, you may not be
getting HLT because the kernel isn't dure it's safe.
COmment?
--
bill davidsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> CTO, TMR Associates, Inc
At LinuxExpo Sun was showing Linux applications running on Solaris.
They don't get it, the arrow points the other way. There's a reason why
there's no SolarisExpo, Solaris is a tool; Linux is a philosophy, a
religion, a way of life, and only incidentally an operating system.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (bill davidsen)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: CD Burning/SCSI emulation with RH 7.1
Date: Sun, 3 Jun 2001 22:59:02 +0000 (UTC)
In article <3b198602$0$18886$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
root <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
| I used to have RH 7.0 running the 2.2 kernel, and then I upgraded to 7.1
| with the 2.4 kernel. Both of my CD drives (IDEs) were working under
| /dev/scd0 (the reader 0,0,0) and /dev/scd1 (the burner 0,1,0). After
| the upgrade, kudzu found my CD-ROM drive for some reason and added it to
| /etc/hosts even though it was already set under /dev/scd0. It is no
| longer recognized as being SCSI. My CD burner was left at /dev/scd1 and
| is still recognized as a SCSI device, but is now at 0,0,0. cdrecord's
| scanbus option no longer can detect my reader so I can't make disc
| copies as easily as I could before. What should I do?
Looks as if the default setup is to make burners scsi and leave
readers ide. If you want both scsi, set the flag in /etc/lilo.conf so
that both are force scsi. Then rerun lilo, obviously.
--
bill davidsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> CTO, TMR Associates, Inc
"I am lost. I am out looking for myself. If I should come back before I
return, please ask me to wait." -seen in a doctor's office
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Juergen Heinzl)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Linux, CPU HLT instruction et software cooling !
Date: Sun, 03 Jun 2001 23:03:11 GMT
In article <9fef1q$7446$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, bill davidsen wrote:
>In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
>Georges Goncalves <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>| I have a technical question on these topics...
>|
>| Hardware : AMD Duron 700 @ 950 on Abit KT7, OS Win2K SP2
>| AMD Duron 700 @ 900 on Abit KT7, OS GNU/Linux (Debian SID)
>
> [... snippty clip ...]
>
>| What puzzles me is that all modern OSes (WinNT/2K, Linux and others) are
>| ALREADY meant to use the CPU HLT command when they're Idle, but, the
>| temperature remains constant (does not drop) HMonitor claims using the
>| HLT command and the temperature really drops.
>
>
> Since Win95/98 run much hotter and got much worse battery life on my
>laptops than Linux, I'm reasonably sure that the HLT is there and works.
>However, if you look in the code for process.c, you see that there is a
>value for CPU characteristics called hlt_works_ok. This is the idle loop:
>================================================================
>/*
> * We use this if we don't have any better
> * idle routine..
> */
>static void default_idle(void)
>{
> if (current_cpu_data.hlt_works_ok && !hlt_counter) {
> __cli();
> if (!current->need_resched)
> safe_halt();
> else
> __sti();
> }
>}
>================================================================
>
> Now if the hlt_works_ok characteristic is not set for your CPU, then
>a halt might not happen. I have no idea what kernel version a "Debian
>standard" is, but if it isn't a kernel which knows about Duron, or gets
>confused by the O/C, that flag may not be set. If you are running a 2.4
>kernel, forget that. If you are running 2.219 or any kernel which has
>config options for Duron, also forget. But if you are running an older
>kernel which may be guessing on CPU and being safe, you may not be
>getting HLT because the kernel isn't dure it's safe.
>
> COmment?
[-]
dmesg | fgrep -i hlt ...
Checking 'hlt' instruction... OK.
... to find out.
Ta',
Juergen
--
\ Real name : Juergen Heinzl \ no flames /
\ EMail Private : [EMAIL PROTECTED] \ send money instead /
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From: "Tonny Sejr Kromann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: No graphics adapter
Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2001 02:31:29 +0200
Hi
What happens with console-output if there is no graphics adapter?
Will it automatically go to /dev/null or is it as default configured to go
to a serial device?
Is it possible to install eg. Redhat without a graphics adapter?
--
Regards
Tonny
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From: Kelly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: What module for Linksys Ether 16 ISA nic RH 6.2
Date: Sun, 03 Jun 2001 20:11:40 -0500
If it is a combo card like I have, you need to set up which interface to
use (RJ45 or BNC) with the DOS setup utility.
That one cost me a couple of hours...
KRS
jmd wrote:
>
> thanks for the replies. i will try both this weekend
>
> jeff
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From: "Mark Juric" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: ORiNOCO timeouts
Date: Sun, 3 Jun 2001 20:02:22 -0500
I found a fix for this. I "downgraded" my PCMCIA version to 3.1.19 that
comes with RedHat 7.0, re-added the PCIC_OPTS="irq_mode=0" line, and it
worked! It did indeed grab a different interrupt, but even using that
interrupt with the 3.1.26 PCMCIA verion it wouldn't work. Go figure.
-Mark
"Dan Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I've heard that the PCI adapter from ORiNOCO really has troubles.
> When lucent told me this, I went for the ISA one and it works great.
> May want to pick one up and give it a try..
>
> --Dan
>
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Subject: Re: (new!) D-Link DFE-570TX Quadcard - Comments?
From: Michael Meissner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 03 Jun 2001 22:05:28 -0400
"Daniel Seiler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Hi NG!
>
> I'm about to buy some PCI quadcards for a linux box (2.4 kernel). Has anyone
> got any experiences with the D-Link DFE-570TX?
>
> I'm asking because I've seen that they seem to have changed the board from
> tulip to intel chipset!! (?)
> And, yes, there should be a linux driver as mentioned on dlink webpages but
> all you seem to get when clicking on download linux drivers is an archive
> with windows drivers...duh. (no matter if you try .com, .de, .tw whatever)
>
> So is anyone using this card? Comments, Bugs, Tip etc. are very, very
> welcome!
Search the Linux kernel mailing list archives:
http://www.kernel.org/
and look for the topic in the last week:
[OFF-TOPIC] 4 ports ETH cards
Most of the people were postive, though they used Tulip based cards. One
person complained that they wouldn't fit in his box. Note, even if the chip is
made by Intel, it still could be a tulip, since when DEC sold their chip
business to Intel, in addition to the foundary, they gave Intel the rights to
the Strongarm and the network chip. At one point, it looked like Intel was
going to close the tulip plant (and a lot of the vendors switched to tulip
clones), but the last I heard Intel has decided to sell both lines.
--
Michael Meissner, Red Hat, Inc. (GCC group)
PMB 198, 174 Littleton Road #3, Westford, Massachusetts 01886, USA
Work: [EMAIL PROTECTED] phone: +1 978-486-9304
Non-work: [EMAIL PROTECTED] fax: +1 978-692-4482
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From: "Dan Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.redhat
Subject: Re: need scsi card suggestion
Date: Sun, 3 Jun 2001 22:21:52 -0400
I like the Tekram DC390U2W. It works great with the sym53c8xx module in
linux. Very nice fast card. Very well behaved under linux ;)
--Dan
"Anthony Ewell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Hi,
>
> Anyone have a favorite SCSI-U2 (80 MB/s) card that
> will get along with:
> Red Hat 7.1 (new kernel dislikes old SCSI card bios'es)
> Megaraid Express 500
> dual PIII-600 processors
> MSI MS-6120 motherboard (BX chipset)?
>
> I have tried the Advansys 3940u2w, but it will only
> work with RH7.1's single processor kernel (linux.up) and
> times out on the dual kernel. (I have upgraded the bios
> on the 3940u2w to v3.2w with no effect. Also, be aware
> if you are downloading the 3940u2w's v3.2w bios from connectcom's
> web site, it is actually v3.2r -- tech support will eMail you
> the correct one.)
>
> Did Adaptec and the Linux community ever make up with
> each other? (Are their drivers finally reliable?)
>
> Many thanks,
> --Tony
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
>
> --
> -------------------------
> I Fish. Therefore, I am.
> -------------------------
>
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From: Chuck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: System locks up when scanning with 2.4.x kernel
Date: Sun, 3 Jun 2001 19:23:19 -0800
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Chuck wrote:
> My system locks up when I try to scan with my Scanjet 4c connected to an
> Adaptech scsi card using the aha152x driver. I am running RH 7.0 with the
> 2.4.5 kernel. I still have a monolithic 2.2.x kernel with the driver
> compiled in that works just fine. The first time that I try and run xsane
> or xscanimage, the device isn't found. The second time it is found and the
> application starts. I get part way through a preview scan and the system
> locks up. I have read at least one other posting that relates the same
> problem, but no solutions have been suggested. Sure would be nice to be
> able to scan with a 2.4.x series kernel running!
Solved the problem myself after doing some research at the Linux SCSI
Generic Driver site. In the SANE 1.0.4 source, change line 1892 of
sanei/sanei_scsi.c to read: req->sgdata.sg3.hdr.timeout = 1000 * 10 * 60;
Then build and install per the readme.
The timeout default was 10000 which apparently not enough time and caused a
reset.
Hope this helps someone.
--
Chuck Hakari
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Paul Q. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: jaring.os.linux
Subject: Why the hack do my system not recognise my RAM upgrade?
Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2001 11:59:44 +0800
Hi all,
I recently upgraded from 64Mb to 128Mb SDRAM. But, my GNU/LINUX system
still doesn't recognise the upgrade. 'free' still report my system as
having 65Mb++. I don't know where the rest of my upgrade is.
Do i need to recompile my kernel(2.2.16)? Or does it have to do with lilo?
Do i need to give it more swap space (currently 128Mb)? This RAM module is
running fine on my other systems.
Any self proclaim expert out there? Thanks in advance.
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From: J Hayward <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Why the hack do my system not recognise my RAM upgrade?
Date: Sun, 3 Jun 2001 21:04:32 -0700
Hello,
add this to your /etc/lilo.conf file:
append="mem=128M"
and rerun lilo:
lilo -v
then reboot.
Regards,
Jim H
Paul Q. wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I recently upgraded from 64Mb to 128Mb SDRAM. But, my GNU/LINUX system
> still doesn't recognise the upgrade. 'free' still report my system as
> having 65Mb++. I don't know where the rest of my upgrade is.
>
> Do i need to recompile my kernel(2.2.16)? Or does it have to do with
> lilo?
> Do i need to give it more swap space (currently 128Mb)? This RAM module
> is
> running fine on my other systems.
>
> Any self proclaim expert out there? Thanks in advance.
>
>
>
>
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From: Christopher Cobb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: usb: visor printer?
Date: Mon, 04 Jun 2001 03:51:26 GMT
Solved my own problem. Serial ports and printer ports have different node
numbers. This is correct:
crwxrwxr-- 1 root palm 188, 0 Mar 25 01:50 ttyUSB0
crwxrwxr-- 1 root palm 188, 1 Jun 3 15:43 ttyUSB1
crw-r--r-- 1 root root 180, 0 Jun 3 23:41 usblp0
I was using a serial node for a printer -- doh!
cc
Christopher Cobb wrote:
> I have a visor which works perfectly via my USB port. However I am
> having problems getting a USB printer working. I have the printer on
> /dev/ttyUSB0 but I get (as root):
>
> # echo "hello" > /dev/ttyUSB0
> su: /dev/ttyUSB0: No such device
>
> The log file has this:
>
> --- kern.log ---
> Jun 3 15:47:54 cseg kernel: hub.c: port 1 connection change
> Jun 3 15:47:54 cseg kernel: hub.c: port 1, portstatus 101, change 1, 12
> Mb/s
> Jun 3 15:47:55 cseg kernel: hub.c: port 1, portstatus 103, change 0, 12
> Mb/s
> Jun 3 15:47:55 cseg kernel: hub.c: USB new device connect on bus1/1,
> assigned device number 12
> Jun 3 15:47:55 cseg kernel: usb.c: kmalloc IF c295f2a0, numif 1
> Jun 3 15:47:55 cseg kernel: usb.c: new device strings: Mfr=1,
> Product=2, SerialNumber=3
> Jun 3 15:47:55 cseg kernel: usb.c: USB device number 12 default
> language ID 0x409
> Jun 3 15:47:55 cseg kernel: Manufacturer: Hewlett-Packard
> Jun 3 15:47:55 cseg kernel: Product: DeskJet 880C
> Jun 3 15:47:55 cseg kernel: SerialNumber: MX92I1S0TFFA
> Jun 3 15:47:55 cseg kernel: usbserial.c: none matched
> Jun 3 15:47:55 cseg kernel: printer.c: Disabling reads from problem
> bidirectional printer on usblp0
> Jun 3 15:47:55 cseg kernel: printer.c: usblp0: USB Unidirectional
> printer dev 12 if 0 alt 1
> Jun 3 15:47:55 cseg kernel: usb.c: usblp driver claimed interface
> c295f2a0
> Jun 3 15:51:13 cseg kernel: usbserial.c: serial_open
> Jun 3 15:51:13 cseg kernel: usb-serial.h: serial_open - serial == NULL
> --- kern.log ---
>
> lsmod produces (among other things):
> --- lsmod output ---
> Module Size Used by
> printer 4992 0 (unused)
> visor 8800 0
> usbserial 18320 0 [visor]
> usb-uhci 22864 0 (unused)
> usbcore 51856 0 [printer visor usbserial usb-uhci]
> --- lsmod output ---
>
> Notice that the printer module is unused.
>
> Here are my USB devices:
> crwxrwxr-- 1 root palm 188, 0 Mar 25 01:50 /dev/ttyUSB0
> crwxrwxr-- 1 root palm 188, 1 Jun 3 15:43 /dev/ttyUSB1
>
> Distribution: Debian potato (actually, Libranet)
> Kernel: 2.4.2
>
> Like I mentioned, my Visor works great, attached to /dev/ttyUSB1.
> However, I can't even access /dev/ttyUSB0, even as root.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> cc
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From: John Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: No graphics adapter
Date: Mon, 04 Jun 2001 04:16:06 GMT
Tonny Sejr Kromann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: Hi
: What happens with console-output if there is no graphics adapter?
: Will it automatically go to /dev/null or is it as default configured to go
: to a serial device?
: Is it possible to install eg. Redhat without a graphics adapter?
: --
: Regards
: Tonny
In newer kernels, you can configure a serial port for console output, as
used on headless systems. There is also support for console on the parallel
port. From /usr/src/linux/Documentation/Configure.help:
Support for console on serial port
CONFIG_SERIAL_CONSOLE
If you say Y here, it will be possible to use a serial port as the system
console (the system console is the device which receives all kernel messages
and warnings and which allows logins in single user mode). This could be
useful if some terminal or printer is connected to that serial port.
Even if you say Y here, the currently visible virtual console (/dev/tty0)
will still be used as the system console by default, but you can alter that
using a kernel command line option such as "console=ttyS1". (Try "man
bootparam" or see the documentation of your boot loader (lilo or loadlin)
about how to pass options to the kernel at boot time.)
If you don't have a VGA card installed and you say Y here, the kernel will
automatically use the first serial line, /dev/ttyS0, as system console.
Support for console on line printer
CONFIG_LP_CONSOLE
If you want kernel messages to be printed out as they occur, you can have a
console on the printer. This option adds support for doing that; to actually
get it to happen you need to pass the option "console=lp0" to the kernel at
boot time.
Note that kernel messages can get lost if the printer is out of paper (or
off, or unplugged, or too busy..), but this behaviour can be changed. See
drivers/char/lp.c (do this at your own risk).
--
John Taylor
Reply to:
john
at
giffords dot net
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From: Paul Q. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Why the hack do my system not recognise my RAM upgrade?
Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2001 12:42:02 +0800
J Hayward wrote:
> Hello,
>
> add this to your /etc/lilo.conf file:
>
> append="mem=128M"
>
> and rerun lilo:
>
> lilo -v
>
> then reboot.
>
> Regards,
> Jim H
>
>
> Paul Q. wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I recently upgraded from 64Mb to 128Mb SDRAM. But, my GNU/LINUX system
>> still doesn't recognise the upgrade. 'free' still report my system as
>> having 65Mb++. I don't know where the rest of my upgrade is.
>>
>> Do i need to recompile my kernel(2.2.16)? Or does it have to do with
>> lilo?
>> Do i need to give it more swap space (currently 128Mb)? This RAM module
>> is
>> running fine on my other systems.
>>
>> Any self proclaim expert out there? Thanks in advance.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>
Thanks Jim. It works. Fast response too.
Ever thought of joining "Who wants to be a Millionaire" ?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Eric P. McCoy)
Subject: Serious problems with SIIG Ultra66 controller
Date: 3 Jun 2001 21:41:38 -0700
I recently bought a SIIG UltraATA/66, which uses the same chipset as
the HPT366, to run two of my hard drives. Compiled in support in the
kernel, and some nightmares later (due to BIOS not being able to boot
off-board IDE devices) got it to boot. It recognizes the card and
hard drives just fine.
The problem is that any use at all (literally) resets the IDE
controller. One time, when shutting down the computer to try some
different kernel options, I got about 50 resets in about 3 seconds.
I've been afraid to turn the computer on since.
The error message it gives is the same as the one in the help for the
kernel option about always enabling multi mode, but the last bit is {
Busy } instead of whatever it says ( { Ready } ?).
I half-suspect this is due to the controller interrupt being shared
with the network card's interrupt: I had to move the card around in
the past to keep it from sharing an interrupt with the onboard net
card. (Both are eepro100's.) But I can't move anything else, because
this is the last PCI slot on the board (Intel "Providence" PR440FX).
Also, I swapped the video card and the IDE controller, which put the
controller on a different interrupt from the NIC (not shared with
anything), and the problem actually seemed to get worse.
I'm using kernel 2.4.3. Please, please, please help me; I was using
that computer as my file server and have about 50GB of data on there I
need to get back. Since my last attempt to get it working wouldn't
let me login or reboot using C-A-D ("You don't exist, go away"), I'm
probably screwed, but... if I put these drives (Maxtor 30GB 7200rpm)
and this controller in another computer, will the same thing happen?
Thanks. Replies to email are preferred, but I'll try to monitor the
group as well.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Me)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.powerpc,comp.os.linux.redhat,comp.os.linux.x.video
Subject: Help: Apple Network Server 500 and IX3D ultimate rez and RAID
Date: Mon, 04 Jun 2001 04:47:40 GMT
Hello all,
I have an Apple Network Server 500 (with upgraded CPU<200mhz> 128M Ram
and Apple PCI RAID Card also Apple Ethernet Card). I have an IX3D Ultimate
Rex pci video card laying around. Here are my 101 questions...
1) I would like to run MySql on this server what would be the best version
of linux for that job?
2) What would be the easiest install for the ANS <if you wouldn't mind
telling me what the difference between answer 1 and 2 if any>
3> Would I be able to get the IX3D Ultimate Rez card working with the ANS
and Linux? What would I lose?
4> After all that would I be able to use the RAID, if so please let me
know what is it that I haven't been able to find. All I can find as far as
info is raidtools briefly explained. Would I have to use the utility that
came with the RAID controller (which means I need to hook my mac up to my
ANS if I recall)
5> Or should I just say screw it and become gravedigger and relish a life
of solitude, alienating myself from all others?
TIA
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.powerpc
Subject: Re: Help: Apple Network Server 500 and IX3D ultimate rez and RAID
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Andrew J. Brehm)
Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2001 06:57:19 +0200
Me <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 5> Or should I just say screw it and become gravedigger and relish a life
> of solitude, alienating myself from all others?
There is no reason to become a Windows user over such a little problem.
--
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PowerPC User
Supporter of Pepperoni Pizza
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From: Simon Green <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: problems with hda
Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2001 15:12:43 +1000
You'll also get this if you've turned on "use DMA by default" or sometimes
multimode if you've got the wrong (or none) IDE drivers. Eg, you have a
VIA-based MB but you've compiled in Intel PIIX support.
Did you just do a kernel rebuild?
Trevor Hemsley wrote:
> On Sun, 3 Jun 2001 18:44:22, "J-Pip" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> my /var/log/messages has got those lines all over the place:
>>
>> hda: dma_intr: status = 0x51 {DriveReady SeekComplete Error}
>> hda: dma_intr: status = 0x84 {DriveStatusError BadCRC}
>>
>> apparently in pairs ordered as above.
>> Could someone tell me what is going on? Is my hard disk damaged ?
>
> Alan Cox's standard reply to anyone getting the BadCRC message is that
> their cable is bad.
>
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