Linux-Hardware Digest #34, Volume #9 Sun, 27 Dec 98 08:13:23 EST
Contents:
Re: ATAPI CD-ROM Problems (MNETT)
What is the very best motherboard ("Command")
Problem with xstart and jumpy mouse - HELP!!! (Vinay Doma)
Linux on Sparc - ROM Rev. 1.6c ("client.ne.news.psi.net")
Winmodem replacement
Re: need to take action on the Winmodem problem (David M. Cook)
Uncorrectable Error on HD - Help! (Hugh caley)
Re: Merry Christmas and a SMP survey (Edward Hooper)
Re: Celeron 300a and SMP (mark wolfe)
Re: Dual channel SCSI card for Linux? (Edward Hooper)
Re: Diamond Fireport not found on boot (Edward Hooper)
Corrupt partition table and only L when booting. (Tobias Andersson)
Re: Lexmark 3200 (John Hong)
Re: Winmodem replacement (Rob Clark)
Re: need to take action on the Winmodem problem (mlw)
Help! Kernel 2.0.36: SCSI CDrom lockup; aic7890 uw2-scsi onboard controller.....
("Alexander Schuetz")
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (MNETT)
Subject: Re: ATAPI CD-ROM Problems
Date: 27 Dec 1998 06:42:17 GMT
I had the same problem with a Hewlett Packard P90. I was able to from cd rom by
using a program called "CD-ROM God" which is basically a boot disk with
several cd drivers. Down load from www.games-online.com However now that I
have redhat 5.0 loaded when I boot it still fails at mounting the cdrom drive
(in reality it locks up and I have to reboot which takes right back to the
problem) any suggestions?
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From: "Command" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: What is the very best motherboard
Date: Sun, 27 Dec 1998 01:18:24 -0600
Can any one give me opinions on the "Very Best Motherboard/CPU" on the
market?
I m looking to build my linux box very slow, but with the best hardware.
It is going to be a work in progress from a PC the best Linux server I can
afford.
Thanks
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From: Vinay Doma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.x,xomp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Problem with xstart and jumpy mouse - HELP!!!
Date: Sun, 27 Dec 1998 01:37:46 -0600
Hello All,
I've tried to be as descriptive as possible, so forgive me if u think
this posting is too long.
I recently installed RedHat Linux 5.2 on my Gateway G6-400 and
ran Xconfigurator. I figured out that my Video Card
(Ensoniq AGP 16384K, that I got directly from Gateway) was
not supported by XFree86. So I downloaded XBF_i740 from your
ftp server and installed the package. I also downloaded the
new xf86config and ran it to configure my system. I checked my
video card documentation for all the required information. I made sure
that I selected the correct mouse (MicroSoft Intellimouse (PS/2
compatible)). I checked to make sure the file XF86Config and the links
were all correct.
On running startx, I got an X Window that had a huge screen
area and my mouse was always kept jumping in the left top
corner of my screen. I also couldn't change resolutions using
Ctrl-Alt-+.
I tried killing gpm and restarting startx, but it didn't
work. I have enclosed the log file I got on running startx.
Script started on Sat Dec 26 18:58:50 1998
[root@localhost HOWTO]# startx
XBF_i740 Version 1.0.0 / X Window System
(protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6300)
Release Date: December 21 1998
If the server is older than 6-12 months, or if your card is newer
than the above date, look for a newer version before reporting
problems. Please see ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/XBF/ for the latest
i740 server.
Please report any problems to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]".
Operating System: Linux 2.0.35 i686 [ELF]
Configured drivers:
SVGA: server for SVGA graphics adaptors (Patchlevel 0):
i740, i740_pci, generic
(using VT number 7)
XF86Config: /etc/XF86Config
(**) stands for supplied, (--) stands for probed/default values
(**) XKB: keymap: "xfree86(us)" (overrides other XKB settings)
(**) Mouse: type: IntelliMouse, device: /dev/psaux, baudrate: 1200
(**) Mouse: buttons: 3, 3 button emulation (timeout: 50ms)
(**) SVGA: Graphics device ID: "Intel 740 (generic)"
(**) SVGA: Monitor ID: "My Monitor"
(--) SVGA: Mode "1600x1200" needs hsync freq of 105.77 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "1280x1024" needs hsync freq of 107.16 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "1800X1440" needs hsync freq of 96.15 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "1800X1440" needs hsync freq of 104.52 kHz. Deleted.
(**) FontPath set to
"/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/"
(--) SVGA: PCI: 3Dfx Banshee rev 3, Memory @ 0xf4000000, 0xfc000000, I/O
@ 0x9000
(--) SVGA: chipset: generic
(--) SVGA: videoram: 64k
(--) SVGA: clocks: 25.18
(**) SVGA: Using 8 bpp, Depth 8, Color weight: 666
(--) SVGA: Using builtin driver modes
(--) SVGA: Builtin Mode: 320x200
(--) SVGA: Virtual resolution set to 320x204
(--) SVGA: SpeedUp code selection modified because virtualX != 1024
System: `/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb/xkbcomp -w 1 -R/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb
-xkm -m us -em1 "The XKEYBOARD keymap compiler (xkbcomp) reports:" -emp
"> " -eml "Errors from xkbcomp are not fatal to the X server"
keymap/xfree86 compiled/xfree86.xkm'
Warning: /dev/psaux unable to get status of mouse fd (Inappropriate
ioctl for device)
xinit: connection to X server lost.
waiting for X server to shut down
[root@localhost HOWTO]# exit
Script done on Sat Dec 26 18:59:12 1998
Please HELP!!!!
Thanks, Vinay Doma
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "client.ne.news.psi.net" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Linux on Sparc - ROM Rev. 1.6c
Date: Sun, 27 Dec 1998 08:01:35 GMT
My installation of RrdHat Linux 5.2 fails when I try to boot it from a
floppy. It aborts the boot with: "IDPROM: Unknown format type!". I have
ROM Revision 1.6c on Sparc 1+ clone and I suspect that is the problem. Does
anybody know more about this and how I can upgrade the rom in my Sparc 1+?
Thanks in advance,
Jordan
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From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Winmodem replacement
Date: Sun, 27 Dec 1998 08:06:29 GMT
I have a recently purchased CompUSA PC and it came with a Winmodem. I have
had some problems in the past with it. From what I've read, I should get
something else if I want Linux. What modem would you suggest and how much
should I pay? Also, my sound card(PCI 338-A3D) doesn't always cooperate w/
DOS programs. WIl this be a problem as well? Thanks
-Travis, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David M. Cook)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: need to take action on the Winmodem problem
Date: Sun, 27 Dec 1998 08:26:38 GMT
On Sat, 26 Dec 1998 23:52:51 GMT, David J. Looney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>as many brands of both "full" and "winmodems" now state that they
>require MS Windows, without any discrimination.
Do they work with NT?
>important to get one of the major manufacturers to release their specs
>so that at least a minimal driver can be written.
Short of industrial espionage and sit ins, I don't see what can be done
about it.
Dave Cook
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From: Hugh caley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Uncorrectable Error on HD - Help!
Date: 27 Dec 1998 08:07:13 GMT
Every time my NEC laptop does an fsck I get a bunch of "uncorrectable"
errors, and I have to skip the errors to proceed. It also informs me of
something like "short read in inode scan".
I'm running kernel 2.1.132, but I get the same thing with 2.0.33. Anyone
know what this is?
I'd appreciate a reply to my email address [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hugh
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From: Edward Hooper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Merry Christmas and a SMP survey
Date: Sun, 27 Dec 1998 00:52:10 -0800
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Adam Husik wrote:
>
> I'm running linux on an asus p2b with a P2-333 and am considering getting a
> dual cpu motherboard to experiment with SMP. There hasn't been much
> discussion about people running more than one processor lately. Any comments
> about setups you're either happy or disappointed with? I primarily use my
> system as a personal workstation and am debating wether I'll see a big
> speed-up with the change.
>
> I hope everyone has a happy holiday,
>
> Adam
I have a Tyan Tomcat III with 2 P5-166's (old style, not MMX) and I had
no problems getting SMP to work. I really haven't seen a speed
increase, but I haven't done any thing CPU intensive yet. (Of course,
my system is bound by using an old Adaptec AHA-1542CF that won't go
above 8Mb/s transfer because of some old hardware...)
If you can, try to find either an old Socket 7 motherboard or someone
who can patch the Celeron-A processors for SMP, because going dual on a
Pentium II is going to be expensive.
Just my $0.02 worth.
Edward Hooper
--
Why Linus Torvalds moved to Silicon Valley: It's the cheese!
Edward Hooper: SysAdmin for the Love Boat(tm).
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From: mark wolfe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Celeron 300a and SMP
Date: Sun, 27 Dec 1998 09:17:49 +0000
You have to mod the chips. See http://www.bxboards.com
I've got 2 here running 2.1.131 kernel at 463mhz. So far so good, make
-j's on kernels and such without errors.
Jasper Janssen wrote:
>
> Hi.
>
> Anyone know anything about getting celeron 300a's to Multi-process?
> I've heard some rumors that despite Intel blockage, it may be
> possible.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jasper
--
Mark Wolfe http://www.wolfenet.org
A Linux machine! because a 486 is a terrible thing to waste!
(By [EMAIL PROTECTED], Joe Sloan)
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From: Edward Hooper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Dual channel SCSI card for Linux?
Date: Sun, 27 Dec 1998 01:12:39 -0800
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Ben Goble, Lakewood Colorado wrote:
>
> I an trying to find a dual channel wide SCSI controller
> that will work with Linux. I purchased a Mylex (BusLogic)
> KT-952 but have had no end of problems with it.
> Tech support is knowledgeable and helpful but as yet
> I do not have the card working in Windows or Linux
> and tech support is closed until Jan 4 '99. I have spent
> over 26 hours fooling with this BT-952 and I gave up
> and reinstalled my old AHA-2940U. Can anyone suggest
> a good dual channel wide SCSI controller that will work
> with Windows (3.1, 95 & 98) and Linux?
>
> I have five external SCSI 2 devices, one internal SCSI 2
> HD and three internal wide SCSI HDs that I want to connect
> to my ASUS TX97-XE main board.
>
> TIA
>
> --
> Ben Goble Lakewood, Colorado USA
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> A Stranger and a Pilgrim on the Earth
>
> --
> Ben Goble Lakewood, Colorado USA
> bgoble at uswest dot net bgoble at nyx dot net
> A Stranger and a Pilgrim on the Earth
The Diamond FirePort 40 Dual works find. There is even support in the
2.0.36 kernel that I default boot to, and the 2.1.131 kernel that I am
expirimenting with. And I haven't had any conflicts with the other SCSI
adapter in my system, an Adaptec AHA-1542CF.
Edward Hooper
Edward Hooper
--
Why Linus Torvalds moved to Silicon Valley: It's the cheese!
Edward Hooper: SysAdmin for the Love Boat(tm).
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From: Edward Hooper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Diamond Fireport not found on boot
Date: Sun, 27 Dec 1998 01:05:33 -0800
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> I am running slackware 3.6 with a Quantum scsi harddrive and toshiba
> cdrom. The hard drive is ID 0 with the cdrom at ID 2.
>
> The problem is that on bootup, my Diamond Fireport 40 is not found
> when I compile a custom kernel. I am using the 2.0.36 sources.
>
> I was able to install slackware using a bootdisk and an confused why
> my custom kernel is not working. When I looked at the directory
> structure during compile process, I saw that the
> /usr/src/linux/drivers/scsi directory had a ncr53c7,8xx.o but not an
> 53c8xx.o. I do not know if that will help. My only thought is that
> the kernel is compiling without support for the fireport card, but I
> do not now how to make it suport it.
>
> I have compiled kernels successfully before but they were all IDE and
> not scsi.
>
> Any suggestions.
>
> Since I do not keep up on usenet posts, please send responses to
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> (to send mail remove nospam.)
The support for the ncr53c8xx chipset. I have the same board in my
machine and it recognizes the card just fine. I am using menuconfig to
configure my kernel, and have set the option for Symbios Logic
compatability. Smybios Logic is the company that was spun off by NCR to
handle the microchip manufacturing.
Edward Hooper
--
Why Linus Torvalds moved to Silicon Valley: It's the cheese!
Edward Hooper: SysAdmin for the Love Boat(tm).
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From: Tobias Andersson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Corrupt partition table and only L when booting.
Date: Sun, 27 Dec 1998 11:51:26 +0100
Hello.
I tried to install Redhat Linux 5.2. I created two partitions. One
native as / (root) and another on my second harddrive as swap.
The installation seemed to work out fine. When it was time to reboot I
did so. Then I only got the first letter in LILO boot. A "L" and the
system crashed/hanged.
I thought that only the LILO boot wasn't installed correctly. I tried to
install Redhat Linux 5.2 again. Full installation again, and on the same
partitions. But this didn't help, same result. Then I wrote fdisk /mbr
at my two harddrives and restored everything as it was before the
installation, without any LILO boot.
Then I thought that the LILO boot was destroyed at the CD with Redhat
Linux 5.2 so I decided to install Redhat Linux 5.0 and upgrade that
version to 5.2. I created a startdisk and tried to install 5.0. When I
came to the part where you choose to use "Diskdruid" I got a warning
message:
"The partition table on device hda is corrupted to create new partitions
it must be initialized, causing the loss of ALL DATA on this drive"
The first drive, hda is the drive which I run Win 95 from. It seem to
work :), but something is probobly wrong. I couldn't boot 5.2 and 5.0
refuses to use my old partitions. The partition which I used for Linux,
on my first drive (hda) has never been formatted under DOS or Win 95 or
any OS. It comes directly from the factory. Maybe there is a small error
on the disk?
Do I have to initialize my harddrive and lose ALL DATA? In that case I
have buy I CD-rom writer first... :)
I would really appreciate some help.
Thanks!
/Tobias
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Hong)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Lexmark 3200
Date: 27 Dec 1998 11:10:29 GMT
Ajay Shekhawat ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
: � This printer will not work under Linux. Why didn't you check up
: � on this before buying?
: I was just wondering: would it be possible to get this printer (or any
: such "WinPrinter") working under Linux using a combination of Wine, Win3.1 and
: Ghostscript for Win32? That would be one heck of a hack.... :-)
Not sure, maybe with Wabi you can... Anyone know for certain?
This is fairly easy with OS/2's Win-OS/2 as some WinPrinters can operate
in that manner by simply installing the Windows 3.1x driver under it.
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Subject: Re: Winmodem replacement
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rob Clark)
Date: Sun, 27 Dec 1998 11:58:20 GMT
In article <9Ulh2.1185$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I have a recently purchased CompUSA PC and it came with a Winmodem. I have
>had some problems in the past with it. From what I've read, I should get
>something else if I want Linux. What modem would you suggest and how much
Almost any serial external modem should work and will be the least hassle
to set up. Among internal modems, the easiest to use are ISA cards with
"legacy jumpers," i.e. not just Plug and Play. Two that come to mind are
the Zoom 2919 dualmode and the Hayes Accura dualmode ISA modems. Avoid
the 56K PCI modems.
You can use the web to get an idea of prices. For example, here's a page
of competitors' prices for the Zoom 2949 external dualmode:
http://www.shopper.com/prdct/768/891.html
Rob Clark, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.o2.net/~gromitkc/winmodem.html
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From: mlw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: need to take action on the Winmodem problem
Date: Sun, 27 Dec 1998 13:03:58 +0000
David M. Cook wrote:
>
> On Sat, 26 Dec 1998 23:52:51 GMT, David J. Looney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
>
> >as many brands of both "full" and "winmodems" now state that they
> >require MS Windows, without any discrimination.
>
> Do they work with NT?
>
> >important to get one of the major manufacturers to release their specs
> >so that at least a minimal driver can be written.
>
> Short of industrial espionage and sit ins, I don't see what can be done
> about it.
>
> Dave Cook
My suggestion is buy Modems that don't call themselves Winmodems, when
they don't work -- return them and complain, call the manufacturor and
complain. Bean counters count the cost of this stuff. The margins are so
slim, the cost of making a Winmodem will grow beyond the cost of stock
modems. We win.
--
Mohawk Software
Windows 95, Windows NT, UNIX, Linux. Applications, drivers, support.
Visit the Mohawk Software website: www.mohawksoft.com
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From: "Alexander Schuetz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Help! Kernel 2.0.36: SCSI CDrom lockup; aic7890 uw2-scsi onboard
controller.....
Date: Sun, 27 Dec 1998 12:46:55 GMT
Dear Linux Community,
I wonder if you can help me out with my SCSI CDRom problems. My latest,
all-singing, all-dancing 2.0.36 Linux kernel behaves like a real charm...
if I do *not* use my UltraPlex 32x SCSI cdrom, that is.
Mounting (mount -r -t ISO9660 /dev/sr0 /mnt) works fine.
ls -laR /mnt does well too. However as soon as I actually copy files from
the cdrom, the struggle begins: Linux does copy a few bytes (sometimes even
large chunks) of the file, then starts to lock up (most of the time, as
soon as the cdrom drive speed decelerates and stabilizes to like 12x) - the
lock up continues for about 10 seconds until a SCSI timeout message
arrives, at which the kernal decides to reset all SCSI devices and try
again. These retrys usually end up in an I/O error, drive not ready error,
and the suchlike.
Small files tend to have a much bigger chance of being copied from the CD
than big files, for some unknown reason.
I compiled my kernel myself, I tried every options I could, yes boot
options too, I edited /linux/drivers/aic7xxx.c and changed some #define
lines, all to no avail. The lockup problem prevails.
Speaking of which, as soon as I mount my cdrom, kernel tells me
"Synchronous Transfer, 20 mb/sec". Like i never have a chance to select
between asynchronous/synchronous transfer? [Yes I might change that in the
SCSI bios....]
Anyway, I am really out of clues, so any advice is greatly appreciated. I
hope you can help, and I'd appreciate to hear from you soon.
Yours faithfully,
Alex
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