Linux-Hardware Digest #148, Volume #9 Sun, 10 Jan 99 16:13:43 EST
Contents:
Re: Modem not responding... (billysara)
Re: Compiling kernel w/ AMD K62-350 (billysara)
TEAC CD-C68E on Linux (Robert Steindl)
Re: LILO and booting from scsi (Adrian Smith)
Epson 600=640 ? (VanPopering)
Modem not responding... ("Dave Rodgman")
Re: 3com 3C905B-TX Problem (Andre Bossard)
Re: Logiciel comparable à Visual C++ de Microsoft ("Michael Lee Yohe")
Re: iomega atapi zip drive under RedHat5.2 ("Michael Lee Yohe")
Re: Have a Question about Fujitsu M2513A MODD ("Michael Lee Yohe")
Re: Onboard SCSI problem ("Michael Lee Yohe")
Re: Epson 600=640 ? (Preston F. Crow)
Re: XF68_FBDev fails to start (Plo0P)
Re: pnpdump didn't find anything (can't get my SB PCI64 to work) (Jeff Verheyen)
Re: Modem (Rockwell 56.6 PCI data/fax) probs ("David J. Looney")
New HP-7200i only burning coasters with cdrecord (Grant Likely)
Re: XF68_FBDev fails to start (Plo0P)
hardware for new computer (Dan LaMee)
Yamaha CDR-100, Adaptec 2940 & SCSI timeouts (Andrew Congdon)
Q: Compiling Linux on Gainbery CPU (John P)
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From: billysara <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Modem not responding...
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1999 19:11:47 +0000
Dave Rodgman wrote:
>
> My modem (a BitWare internal 56k modem) won't respond at all under Linux -
> even echoing commands directly to /dev/modem or /dev/cua3 produces no
> response whatsoever. I'm concerned that it may be a re-branded WinModem (it
> produces the terrible quake pings that that modem is notorious for. How
> could
> I tell if this were the case, or am I just missing something obvious?
Have you run isapnpdump? it should (...) find the irq's etc for the
modem....
ie.
isapnpdump > isapnp.conf
then edit the isapnp.conf file, usually just uncomment the lines that
match your modem, then
isapnp -c isapnp.conf
and see if that help.
Billysara.
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From: billysara <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Compiling kernel w/ AMD K62-350
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1999 19:15:38 +0000
Harry McGregor wrote:
>
> For the 2.2.x kernels I know you compile as Pro/K6/etc for the 2.0.xx
> I would compile as pentium just to be safe (I have done this numerous
> times on my K6-2).
>
> Harry
There is also a K6-2 patch for the kernel.... have a look at....
http://www.klografx.de/misc/ctx/
Billysara.
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From: Robert Steindl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: TEAC CD-C68E on Linux
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1999 20:23:28 +0100
Hi,
I have a Teac CD-C68E cd-rom changer, which works with the standard
Atapi driver, but only the first cd slot (of 6) is usable. Is there any
way to get all slots to work?
Robert
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Adrian Smith)
Subject: Re: LILO and booting from scsi
Date: 10 Jan 1999 18:27:17 -0000
Stefan Frank ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
: Hi Neil(l?),
: although i don't have any tips for you, i just wanted to let you know that you
: are not alone with this problem. Some time ago i made a bios-update because
: the new bios allows me to boot from scsi devices. But unfortunatelly i'm not
: able to configure LILO so that it boots from my scsi HDD.
: My system is as follows :
: ide : 850 MB western digital with Win95 and LILO in the MBR.
: scsi: 1x 4.3 GB IBM disc with the following layout :
: asterix# fdisk -l /dev/sda
: Disk /dev/hda: 32 heads, 63 sectors, 827 cylinders
: Units = cylinders of 2016 * 512 bytes
: Device Boot Begin Start End Blocks Id System
: /dev/hda1 1 1 826 832576+ 6 DOS 16-bit >=32M
:
: Disk /dev/sda: 134 heads, 62 sectors, 1019 cylinders
: Units = cylinders of 8308 * 512 bytes
:
: Device Boot Begin Start End Blocks Id System
: /dev/sda1 * 1 1 25 103819 83 Linux native
: /dev/sda2 26 26 631 2517324 5 Extended
: /dev/sda5 26 26 40 62279 82 Linux swap
: /dev/sda6 41 41 237 818307 83 Linux native
: /dev/sda7 238 238 508 1125703 83 Linux native
: /dev/sda8 509 509 631 510911 83 Linux native
:
: I tried to install LILO on the MBR ( boot =/dev/sda) and on the boot record of
: partition one (sda1 = the / partition), but no luck.
You could try giving Lilo your disk configuration in lilo.conf. Mine starts as
follows:
serial=0,9600n8 # for my serial console.
boot=/dev/sda
disk=/dev/sda
bios=0x80
sectors=32
heads=64
cylinders=2014
partition=/dev/sda1
start=63 # You see these numbers in fdisk if you change
# units to sectors.
partition=/dev/sda2
start=819315
partition=/dev/sda3
start=2867200
partition=/dev/sda4
start=2930688
map=/boot/map
install=/boot/boot.b
Adrian Smith
http://www.snaffles.demon.co.uk
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From: VanPopering <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Epson 600=640 ?
Date: 10 Jan 1999 18:20:16 GMT
I am trying to find out exactly which Epson Injets will works with Linux. I am
running Caldera's OpenLinux (next to
last) ona Gateway.
I only see references to Epson 600 and Epson 400. Does that imply the 600 SERIES and
400 SERIES?
Please advise.
(response to my e-mail is appreciated)
Thanks!
--
David
==
David van Popering
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
root$_
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From: "Dave Rodgman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Modem not responding...
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1999 17:38:26 -0000
My modem (a BitWare internal 56k modem) won't respond at all under Linux -
even echoing commands directly to /dev/modem or /dev/cua3 produces no
response whatsoever. I'm concerned that it may be a re-branded WinModem (it
produces the terrible quake pings that that modem is notorious for. How
could
I tell if this were the case, or am I just missing something obvious?
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From: Andre Bossard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: 3com 3C905B-TX Problem
Date: Mon, 04 Jan 1999 14:18:05 +0000
> I got a problem when probing 3com 3c905B TX (as it failed to recognise).
Hyo Ng
The support for your 905b-tx (Boomerang) is in the Module: 3c59x.c.
You can download the newest version of the 3c59x.c Module by:
http://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/linux/drivers
Rename the driver to 3c59x.c and recompile the kernel with support for
that.
For more:
http://www.desy.de:8888/~sieversm/boomerang.html
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From: "Michael Lee Yohe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Logiciel comparable à Visual C++ de Microsoft
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1999 12:27:06 -0600
>Nous avons écrit un application sous Visual C++. Existe-t-il un
>équivalent sous Linux ? Peut-on facilement faire passer notre
>application sous Linux ?
La seule voie facile de développer l'application sous Linux avec une
interface graphique est d'utiliser le X Window Manager. Recherchez
l'information sur des X libraries et la programmation pour la plateforme de
Linux. Il n'y a aucun compilateur croisé droit des X Windows.
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From: "Michael Lee Yohe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: iomega atapi zip drive under RedHat5.2
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1999 12:24:06 -0600
>Partition check:
> hda: hda1 hda2 < hda5 >
> hdb:hdb: irq timeout: status=0x50 { DriveReady SeekComplete }
>
>when i try to mount hdb, this happens:
>hdb:read-intr:status=0*59{ DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest error}
>hdb:read-intr:error=0*10 {sector ID NOT FOUNd}
These errors are okay errors. The partition checking is trying to see if
the media actually meets the specifications read in from the ROM on the hard
drive. Since no media is in the drive (I am assuming), it can verify this
information (thus the "sector not found" error). Many CD-ROMs also generate
this error.
If you stick a disk in the drive and attempt to mount it - it should mount
just fine.
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From: "Michael Lee Yohe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Have a Question about Fujitsu M2513A MODD
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1999 12:28:16 -0600
>I have an Fujitsu M2513A Magneto-optical drive on my computer. It works
>fine under
>Win95, but I don't know how to setup it in Linux (I'm relative new in
>Unix world).
>This device has UW-SCSI-2 interface, and works with 640Mb hard-sectored
>(2048bps) disks. During boot kernel correctly determines SCSI-adapter
>and MO drive, but than says, that disk has 0.0M capacity and "can't read
>partition table on /dev/sda".
>Please, tell me, what I can do whith it?
Is their a disc in the drive when you boot up?
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From: "Michael Lee Yohe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Onboard SCSI problem
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1999 12:21:44 -0600
>The problem is that every time there's intense SCSI activity (i.e. copying
>large files) the system freezes completely: no display, no keyboard, no
>network, nothing.
Check your cables to see if they are all snug. Also - poor cable quality
can cause fluctuations in the power travelling along the SCSI cable (leading
to faulty termination).
Another thing to try is installing an alternative OS (like DOS) and then
performing intense disk activity.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Preston F. Crow)
Subject: Re: Epson 600=640 ?
Date: 10 Jan 1999 19:20:20 GMT
VanPopering <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>I am trying to find out exactly which Epson Injets will works with Linux.
I think they all work fine for text. You may need the latest version
of Aladin Ghostscript, though. Graphics are a bit more tricky.
>I only see references to Epson 600 and Epson 400. Does that imply
the 600 SERIES and 400 SERIES?
http://www.epson.com/printer/
>From here, you can see what printer language each printer uses. In
theory, the only difference between two printers with the same
language (from the software side)are things like minimum margins and
such.
I have An Epson Stylus Color 440. It works great with text. I
haven't gotten it to do graphics quite right yet--either it is not
doing the color and resolution right, or it will do something weird
and draw circles looking like lemons.
Your best bet with a printer is to make sure it comes with a generous
return policy.
--PC
--
DOE SHP @ NMFECC/LLNL (NERSC) ID 87
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Plo0P)
Subject: Re: XF68_FBDev fails to start
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1999 20:07:58 GMT
On Sun, 10 Jan 1999 05:32:17 -0400, "Grant Leslie"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> babbled:
>Make sure that XF68_FBDev is set as executable
>chmod +x /usr/lib/X11/XF68_FBdev
>
linux newbie question. how do ya get it from lib5c or whatever it is
after ya untar is to the above without the lib5c or 6c extension?
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From: Jeff Verheyen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: pnpdump didn't find anything (can't get my SB PCI64 to work)
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1999 18:36:32 +0000
If you are running 2.2.0:
Open your computer and take a look at the souncard. It probably
has the ES1370 chipset (at least my PCI64 has).
The recompile the kernel and select the ES1370 at the top of the
'sound system' menu. For this option you also have to select the
'prompt experimental' in one of the first menu's.
I have the ES1370 driver compiled in the kernel and it works
perfect.
(using redhat 5.1 and the 2.2.0pre3)
Jeff
Klaus-Peter Schubert wrote:
>
> I can't get my SB PCI64 to work :-(
> I'm running Linux 2.2.0pre5 on a Debian 2 system.
> All Packages should be up-to-date thanks to "apt".
>
> The Parameters in the kernel should be correct, sb is compiled as
> module.
> insmod sb io=0x220 irq=5 dma=1
> failed and did not find my Soundblaster.
>
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From: "David J. Looney" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Modem (Rockwell 56.6 PCI data/fax) probs
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1999 18:47:32 GMT
Rob Clark wrote:
> You probably have a Winmodem. The only PCI 56K hardware modem I know of
> has a Lucent chipset. Rockwell only makes chips- not finished modems. Do
> you know the manufacturer or do you have any identifying numbers?
He probably does, but the Multitech MultiModemZPX-PCI (Model number
MT5634ZPX-PCI) is stated to work under Linux, as one user posted success
in this group and the company web page and a specific reply to my
inquiries
([EMAIL PROTECTED],http://www.multitech.com/products/FamilyHomePages/tn.asp)
indicate that it functions as a regular modem and is operating system
independent.
Thank you for your web page. Very nice.
Dave Looney
--
Remove composers from email address to respond.
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From: Grant Likely <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: New HP-7200i only burning coasters with cdrecord
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1999 20:18:18 GMT
HELP! I just bought an HP-7200i (IDE) and recompiled the kernel
(2.0.36) with IDE SCSI emulation to get it to be recognized as a SCSI
CD-Writer. Unfortunatly, every time I try to burn a CD-R, it goes
through the entire burn process, and then fails on the "Fixating..."
step. I've tried this twice, and got a Medium Error both times
Also, I've had no luck truing to burn CD-RW disks. It fails on trying
to blank the disk.
I've included the output of cdrecord for CD-Rdisks
Can anyone tell me what I'm doing wrong?
Thanks,
G.
======
[root@nowhere vol2]# cdrecord -v -eject speed=2 dev=0,0
09-Jan-1999.iso9660
Cdrecord release 1.8a14 Copyright (C) 1995-1998 J rg Schilling
TOC Type: 1 = CD-ROM
scsidev: '0,0'
scsibus: 0 target: 0 lun: 0
atapi: -1
Device type : Removable CD-ROM
Version : 2
Response Format: 1
Vendor_info : 'HP '
Identifikation : 'CD-Writer+ 7200 '
Revision : '3.01'
Device seems to be: Generic mmc CD-RW.
Using generic SCSI-3/mmc CD-R driver (mmc_cdr).
Driver flags : SWABAUDIO
Track 01: data 126 MB
Total size: 145 MB (14:22.14) = 64661 sectors
Lout start: 145 MB (14:24/11) = 64661 sectors
Current Secsize: -1
ATIP start of lead in: -11754 (97:25/21)
ATIP start of lead out: 335100 (74:30/00)
Disk type: Cyanine, AZO or similar
Manuf. index: 8
Manufacturer: Hitachi Maxell, Ltd.
Blocks total: 335100 Blocks current: 335100 Blocks remaining: 270439
RBlocks total: 346013 RBlocks current: 346013 RBlocks remaining: 281352
Starting to write CD/DVD at speed 2 in write mode for single session.
Last chance to quit, starting real write in 1 seconds.
Waiting for reader process to fill input-buffer ... input-buffer ready.
Starting new track at sector: 0
Track 01: 126 of 126 MB written (fifo 100%).
Track 01: Total bytes read/written: 132421632/132421632 (64659 sectors).
Writing time: 431.711s
Fixating...
cdrecord: Input/output error. close track/session: scsi sendcmd:
retryable errorCDB: 5B 00 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
status: 0x2 (CHECK CONDITION)
Sense Bytes: F0 00 03 00 00 00 00 19 00 08 20 C0 02 F8 00 80
Sense Key: 0x3 Medium Error, Segment 0
Sense Code: 0x02 Qual 0xF8 (no seek complete) [No matching qualifier]
Fru 0x0
Sense flags: Blk 0 (valid) actual retry count 0
cmd finished after 130.585s timeout 480s
Fixating time: 130.597s
cdrecord: fifo had 4042 puts and 4042 gets.
cdrecord: fifo was 0 times empty and 3899 times full, min fill was 96%.
[root@nowhere vol2]#
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Plo0P)
Subject: Re: XF68_FBDev fails to start
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1999 20:23:58 GMT
On Sun, 10 Jan 1999 05:32:17 -0400, "Grant Leslie"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> babbled:
>Make sure that XF68_FBDev is set as executable
>chmod +x /usr/lib/X11/XF68_FBdev
>
No matter what I do, i keep getting this error "Cannot open
/dev/fb0current (No such device)." yes i do have the symolic link
from fb0 to fb0current and i have followed the instructions on that
page to try to get it to work. nothing i do can get it towork and im
getting really frustrated with linux right about now. can anyone give
me a tip or 2 if you have seen this problem and fixed it?
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From: Dan LaMee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: hardware for new computer
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1999 20:46:46 GMT
Hi all. I'm thinking about building a computer for linux and win nt and
would like any feedback on the hardware I'm considering.
FIC VA503+ Super 7 motherboard w/ AMD K6-2 3DNow 400 MHz processor
128 MB PC100 SDRAM
Diamond Speedstar 8MB AGP video card (model name is A50)
Quantum Fireball EX 6.4GB IDE hard drive (i've got a 1.2 GB and a 540 MB
hard drive already)
Acer KB 104keys
Logitech First Mouse+ (the one with the third wheel)
Creative Labs 128PCI sound card
TEAC 32X IDE/ATAPI CDROM
Kingston KNE-40T network adapter PCI
I also have an old 28.8 modem (zoom v.34); since I have a cable modem
I'm not really interested in paying for a 56K external modem.
Is this hardware compatible with Red Hat 5.2? I've checked most things
but I'm not sure. Any advice is welcome. Thanks in advance.
Dan LaMee
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Andrew Congdon)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Yamaha CDR-100, Adaptec 2940 & SCSI timeouts
Date: 11 Jan 1999 07:12:42 +1100
I'm having a problem with a Yamaha CDR-100 which is connected to a
machine running RedHat 5.2 (2.0.36) via an Adaptec 2940 SCSI card.
Depending on which media I use, I get SCSI timeouts when using
cdrecord. Previously I thought just using Kodak Gold CDs was
sufficient to workaround the problem but it appears that some of the
newer Kodak media also cause the problem. The timeout happens before
any writing occurs.
Can anyone suggest a fix? Following is the log of errors..
thanks,
--
Andrew
Jan 6 14:17:31 cdwrite kernel: scsi : aborting command due to timeout : pid 83,
scsi0, channel 0, id 2, lun 0 VENDOR SP
ECIFIC(0xe6) 00 00 00 00 00 04 00 00 00
Jan 6 14:17:31 cdwrite kernel: (scsi0:0:2:0) Aborting scb 14, flags 0x4
Jan 6 14:17:31 cdwrite kernel: (scsi0:0:2:0) SCB disconnected. Queueing Abort SCB.
Jan 6 14:17:31 cdwrite kernel: (scsi0:0:2:0) Abort message mailed.
Jan 6 14:17:31 cdwrite kernel: (scsi0:0:2:0) SCB 14 abort delivered.
Jan 6 14:17:31 cdwrite kernel: (scsi0:0:2:-1) Reset device, active_scb 1
Jan 6 14:17:31 cdwrite kernel: (scsi0:0:2:-1) Cleaning up status information and
delayed_scbs.
Jan 6 14:17:31 cdwrite kernel: (scsi0:0:2:-1) Cleaning QINFIFO.
Jan 6 14:17:31 cdwrite kernel: (scsi0:0:2:-1) Cleaning waiting_scbs.
Jan 6 14:17:31 cdwrite kernel: (scsi0:0:2:-1) Cleaning waiting for selection list.
Jan 6 14:17:31 cdwrite kernel: (scsi0:0:2:-1) Cleaning disconnected scbs list.
Jan 6 14:17:31 cdwrite kernel: (scsi0:0:2:0:tag14) matches search criteria
(scsi0:0:2:-1:tag255)
Jan 6 14:17:31 cdwrite last message repeated 2 times
Jan 6 14:17:31 cdwrite kernel: (scsi0:0:2:0) Aborting scb 14
Jan 6 14:17:31 cdwrite kernel: (scsi0:-1:-1:-1) 1 commands found and queued for
completion.
Jan 6 14:17:33 cdwrite kernel: (scsi0:0:2:0) No active SCB for reconnecting target -
Issuing BUS DEVICE RESET.
Jan 6 14:17:33 cdwrite kernel: (scsi0:0:2:0) SAVED_TCL=0x20, ARG_1=0xff,
SEQADDR=0xf5
Jan 6 14:17:34 cdwrite kernel: (scsi0:0:2:-1) Unexpected busfree, LASTPHASE = 0xe0,
SEQADDR = 0x14e
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John P)
Subject: Q: Compiling Linux on Gainbery CPU
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1999 20:23:44 GMT
I have a 486 board running a Gainbery Computer Maximizer CPU (AMD
586-133) which is a pin-for-pin 586 equivalent CPU for a 486 board.
My question is in recompiling my RH5.1 Linux Kernal should I select
i586 and no FPU emulation for maximum performance?
John P
(Remove NOSPAM from my address before emailing)
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