Linux-Hardware Digest #206, Volume #9 Mon, 18 Jan 99 03:13:57 EST
Contents:
Re: Linux dual cpu system (Brian)
Patritioning WD 8.4 GB drive and Linux and EZ-Drive/EZ-Bios (Leslie Groer)
Re: which distribution package do you recommend? (Frank Hale)
Re: Linux dual cpu system (Tim Moore)
Re: What should you _not_ buy? (Tim Moore)
Re: no "probe" utility, so can't tell if pcmcia is loading (TJ)
linux modem/ppp dramas...still ("ochre small")
Re: Where to spend more money to speed up file server? (Tim Moore)
Re: NDC 10/100 PCI Ethernet Card (Sohoware) (Walter Cardwell)
Re: AudioPCI question (Tim Moore)
Re: Linux Serial Port Question (Tim Moore)
Re: HD prob. (Tim Moore)
Parallel Zip Drives ("Dustin Oprea")
Re: Software RAID5 questions (Tim Moore)
ATI Graphics Ultra / Mouse Setup Problem with Caldera 1.3 - Newbie (Kenmau Chow)
ATI Graphics Ultra / Mouse Setup Problem with Caldera 1.3 - Newbie (Kenmau Chow)
MODEM PROB NEED HELP ("Jerry")
Re: Modem detection ("ochre small")
Re: Setting up a Creative Labs Graphics Blaster Extreme [permedia2] in RH5.2 with
XFree86 3.3.3 (Andy Wendel)
Re: 3C509 Combo configuration problem. (Warren Young)
Re: linux modem/ppp dramas...still (Warren Long)
Re: Using SB AWE32 card with 2.2.0-pre7 (Warren Young)
Re: MODEM PROB NEED HELP ("ochre small")
HELP, Linux direct cable, 56K int modem, Apache/CGI/Postgres (Richard Joseph & Maite
Casas)
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Date: Mon, 18 Jan 1999 11:18:03 -0600
From: Brian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Linux dual cpu system
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I plan on buying the following system for doing number-crunching calculations,
> and I would like to know whether anyone can see any incompatibilities in my
> choices, or anything I should be concerned about:
>
> ASUS P2B-D motherboard
> 2x128Mb Corsair CAS 3 PC100 RAM
> 2xPentium 450Mhz cpus
> DPT 2044 SCSI controller
> RedHat Linux 5.2
> Sony Multiscan 200sx monitor
>
> I am desperate for a recommendation for a PCI graphics card. I have the list
> of supported video chips, but most of the chips on this list are no longer
> available on current video cards, and I don't know about the performance of
> the others under Linux (I'll be using XFree86 or MetroX). (I currently have
> the notorious CirrusLogic 5465, which works only if I defeat most of its
> capability in the XF86Setup file.) A 3D-capable card would be fine, but
> isn't necessary. The most important thing to me is to be able to use the card
> at high refresh rates (at least 80Hz) with both 24bpp and 32bpp color depth,
> and without having to turn off any speed features like XAA, BitBLT, hardware
> cursor, etc. I won't be playing video games on this system, but I will be
> doing molecular modelling, which involves some animation of molecular images
> (not necessarily in 3D, though).
>
> Thank you and best wishes to all,
>
> Dale
>
> -----------== Posted via Deja News, The Discussion Network ==----------
> http://www.dejanews.com/ Search, Read, Discuss, or Start Your Own
Video Card:
None other than the TNT! You will have to update the XFree86 to version 3.3.3
though... An easy task in Red Hat 5.2 using the RPM's at
ftp://updates.redhat.com/pub
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From: Leslie Groer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Patritioning WD 8.4 GB drive and Linux and EZ-Drive/EZ-Bios
Date: Sun, 17 Jan 1999 23:18:09 -0600
Hi
I just installed a Western Digital 8.4 GB drive on my Micron machine
with a Micronics M54Hi motherboard as the second drive. This has the
PhoenixBIOS 4.04 which cannot support disks larger than 7.8 GB. There
is a BIOS (v5.05) upgrade available from Micro Firmware but for $79! I
installed the WD EZ-Drive software and it partitioned the drive in 4
with about 2.1 GB per partition. I can see these partitions OK in Win95
(though I do have a spurious E: drive that cannot be accessed).
In Linux (RedHat 4.1 - yes, part of the reason of getting the new drive
was to upgrade to RH5.2), fdisk sees only the first partition of the hard
drive (as /dev/hdb1 with about 2.1GB) with the rest of the drive seen as one
partition with unknown type. If I use linux fdisk to partition the disk
in what I _think_ is the same partitions as EZ-Drive used then Win95 sees
the first partition but cannot read the other three. Repartitioning the
drive with EZ-Drive causes the original problem (i.e. can only see the two
partitions in Linux).
I know Western Digital claims that EZ-Drive does not support Unix but
the Large Disk mini-HOWTO claims that Linux will work with EZ-Drive. I
seem to be almost there. Has anyone got this working or have any
suggestions?
Thanks in advance for any advice.
Leslie Groer
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From: Frank Hale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: which distribution package do you recommend?
Date: 18 Jan 1999 05:28:15 GMT
Loren Brookes wrote:
> RedHat 5.2 is *very* easy to set up.
I totally agree get RedHat 5.2 but incase you need more information the
head over to www.linux.org
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Jade: http://jade.netpedia.net/
"Excuse my english I went to a US public school"
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Date: Sun, 17 Jan 1999 21:49:25 -0800
From: Tim Moore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux dual cpu system
> ASUS P2B-D motherboard
Excellent choice. I run the P2B
> 2x128Mb Corsair CAS 3 PC100 RAM
This stuff is over priced. Ordinary CL3 (eg- Hitachi or LGS) works fine.
Even at 133MHz.
> 2xPentium 450Mhz cpus
> DPT 2044 SCSI controller
> RedHat Linux 5.2
Oops. The 2.0.36 kernel has very limited SMP capabilities. The 2.2.x
kernels have what you want but are still in developoment.
> Sony Multiscan 200sx monitor
This is a crappy monitor in my opinion. Used them at work. Viewsonic and
a few others are significantly better if you can swing the $$.
> I am desperate for a recommendation for a PCI graphics card. I have the list
http://www.xfree86.org/3.3.3.1/index.html
> and without having to turn off any speed features like XAA, BitBLT, hardware
> cursor, etc. I won't be playing video games on this system, but I will be
> doing molecular modelling, which involves some animation of molecular images
> (not necessarily in 3D, though).
Try the modeling/graphics conferences for suggestions, then the xfree86
supported hardware guides. RH5.2 ships with 3.3.2
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Date: Sun, 17 Jan 1999 21:51:26 -0800
From: Tim Moore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: What should you _not_ buy?
http://www.redhat.com/support/docs/rhl/intel/rh52-hardware-intel.html
Or similar for whatever distribution you plan on using.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (TJ)
Subject: Re: no "probe" utility, so can't tell if pcmcia is loading
Date: Mon, 18 Jan 1999 06:05:08 GMT
SuSE uses a system V init scheme which doesnt match any of the
documentation that youve read in all the popular 'manuals'.
Go to /sbin/init.d/ to edit (add parameters).
Also, go to the SuSE support site, look at the history because there
is another parameter to modify if your pc card slots still wont load
correctly! (You will hear 2 very quiet short high pitched tones if you
listen hard enough!)
SuSE RULES!!
TJ
On 17 Jan 1999 01:59:22 GMT, "Penny Freund"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I cant seem to load the pcmcia module. The YaST tool doesn't do it. I
>tried to insmod (doesn't report an error) but modprobe doesn't display the
>devices. Should I load all the modules in the package? How do I ensure
>that my TexasInstrum PCI1131 slots are running (I DON'T have a utility
>called "probe" that was suggested to me)?? Thanks!
>
>
>
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From: "ochre small" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: aus.computers.linux,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.protocols.ppp
Subject: linux modem/ppp dramas...still
Date: Mon, 18 Jan 1999 15:25:32 +0930
Hi again all,
thanks to lots of advice and a little luck, I have now arrived at the point
where I can get my internal pnp modem to dial, and I hear it happening. I
have been using minicom, and I now have the following problem:
Although it responds to AT commands such as ATDT xxxxxx
th emodem does not send strings back to minicom as far as I can tell.
all of the suggestions tell me to expect OK as a return. even when I tell
it to dial and it does, it doesn't send back anything except a much delayed
(~10 sec) echo of my keystrokes.
Minicom also seems to get a <lf> every few seconds. when I get the modem to
dial my ISP minicom shows apparently random groups of characters, a few
every 10 or so seconds.
The modem appears to handshake ok (I'm not really sure, but it sounds the
same as a successful connect under W95), but once its connected I just get
these seemingly corrupt strings.
Why aren't I getting even the OK messages?
any thoughts or guidance much appreciated.
Dave
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Date: Sun, 17 Jan 1999 22:02:00 -0800
From: Tim Moore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.dcom.servers,comp.protocols.smb
Subject: Re: Where to spend more money to speed up file server?
John Rowe wrote:
>
> I'm looking to set up a linux file server, primarily running samba
> * 2x Pentium II 350 MHz
Current released kernels (e.g. 2.0.36) consider SMP as 'experimental'.
> Disk drive RPM Seek Transfer rate
> +#0 Ultrastar 9ES 7200 7.5ms 108.6-171.1
> +#520 Ultrastar 9LP 7200 6.5ms 92.2-179.2
> +#800 Ultrastar 9LZX 10020 5.6ms 187.2-243.7
What are the units of the xfer rates? KB?
> So, where, if anywhere, is it worth spending more money? I guess what
> I'm asking is, in a linux server running samba and s/w disk mirroring
> on multiple ethernet cards, is the limit in the disks, the CPU,
> memory, memory bandwidth, or something more nebulous? And is there any
> part of the above which is noticably weaker than the rest?
Software RAID is also still considered experimental. I'd invest in a
couple of RAID controllers in the $150-225 US range. Most likely network
will be the bottleneck. Before investing in a single large machine I'd get
a single CPU, 128 MB mem, 4 drives, RAID controller and two 100bT NIC's and
see where the limits are. You can always add another machine and play with
load balancing and redundancy. Cheaper too.
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From: Walter Cardwell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: NDC 10/100 PCI Ethernet Card (Sohoware)
Date: Mon, 18 Jan 1999 06:13:51 GMT
OK, I found out it uses the "tulip" driver -- it is now showing up in
"ifconfig" but it is not communicating with my network because
Autonegotiation is not setting it to 100mbps. (The indicator light on
the card doesn't light up and pings aren't working.)
I tried reading the driver source code to find a way to help it set
itself to the right speed, but I am not conversant enough in C to figure
it out.
Can anyone help me out?
Thanks a lot!
Walter Cardwell wrote:
>
> I recently bought one of those network-in-a-box kits from Sohoware, and
> Red Hat 5.2 does not recognize the card vendor, or I think include a
> driver for the card.
>
> The only markings on the chips seem to be "MX", the card is called an
> "MX-A" under Windows.
>
> Does anyone know of a driver for these cards available for Linux?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Walter Cardwell
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Date: Sun, 17 Jan 1999 22:13:27 -0800
From: Tim Moore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: AudioPCI question
Select OSS also, even though there's nothing else to pick. 2.0.36.
[tim@asus]$ egrep 'SOUND.*=y' /usr/src/linux/.config
CONFIG_SOUND=y
CONFIG_SOUND_ES1370=y
CONFIG_SOUND_OSS=y
[tim@asus]$
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Date: Sun, 17 Jan 1999 22:14:18 -0800
From: Tim Moore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux Serial Port Question
setserial(8).
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Date: Sun, 17 Jan 1999 22:15:58 -0800
From: Tim Moore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: HD prob.
How about maybe posting the output from fdisk -l?
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From: "Dustin Oprea" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Parallel Zip Drives
Date: Mon, 18 Jan 1999 01:22:51 -0500
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Date: Sun, 17 Jan 1999 22:36:16 -0800
From: Tim Moore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Software RAID5 questions
If performance is the issue try RAID0 with two stripe sets built on
different IDE's (hda+hdc & hdb+hdd).
If it's data integrity, try a Promise U/33 (~$70US) which gives you 2 more
IDE's. Then you can do RAID5 as hda+hdc+hde+hdg. Support is integrated in
2.0.36 kernel.
Uses 1 IRQ and 1 PCI slot, but you end up with 8 EIDE slots and it's fully
supported in 2.0.36, patchable in 2.0.35. Mine ran about 4% faster than
motherboard EIDE.
Things to consider: data recovery if the volume gets corrupt (can you fsck
a stripe set/raid group?); put the os outside of the RAID volume(s).
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From: kchow@?*direct.ca (Kenmau Chow)
Subject: ATI Graphics Ultra / Mouse Setup Problem with Caldera 1.3 - Newbie
Reply-To: kchow@?*direct.ca
Date: Mon, 18 Jan 1999 07:02:03 GMT
Hi, I've been trying to setup Linux on an old 486 DX 33 with a ATI
Graphics Ultra Mach 8 card. It has a mouse interface built in the
video card. Linux installs fine but XFree86 setup for the mouse has
been frustrating.
I've read the FAQ and it suggests to use the MS bus mouse driver but
this does not work. I think I've tried every combination of device
name and driver for MS, Logitech etc. without luck.
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
Ken
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kenmau Chow)
Subject: ATI Graphics Ultra / Mouse Setup Problem with Caldera 1.3 - Newbie
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Mon, 18 Jan 1999 07:03:11 GMT
Hi, I've been trying to setup Linux on an old 486 DX 33 with a ATI
Graphics Ultra Mach 8 card. It has a mouse interface built in the
video card. Linux installs fine but XFree86 setup for the mouse has
been frustrating.
I've read the FAQ and it suggests to use the MS bus mouse driver but
this does not work. I think I've tried every combination of device
name and driver for MS, Logitech etc. without luck.
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
Ken
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From: "Jerry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: MODEM PROB NEED HELP
Date: Sun, 17 Jan 1999 14:56:06 -0800
Can anyone tell me if a HSP 1898 modem will work whith linux??
I am very new whith linux and can't get this modem working whith
linux.. Any help whith this would be great..
Jerry
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From: "ochre small" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Modem detection
Date: Mon, 18 Jan 1999 16:59:26 +0930
do you have isapnp running?
have you run setserial on the appropriate /dev/ttyS*?
is it internal/external?
does it have an option to disable pnp?
more info pls
Dave
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sunil Thulasidasan wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>How can I get Linux (RH 5.0) to
>detect my modem? Its a
>Commwave V.34 PnP , manufactured by Multiwave.
>Its set for IRQ11, COM3.
>Please help.
>
>
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Andy Wendel)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: Setting up a Creative Labs Graphics Blaster Extreme [permedia2] in RH5.2
with XFree86 3.3.3
Date: Wed, 13 Jan 1999 10:56:36 GMT
On Wed, 30 Dec 1998 18:11:04 -0500, "GTZ" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I installed XFree86 3.3.3 from the rh updates page and i can pick the card
>from XF86Setup. I've tried picking almost any mode you can think from
>640/480 8bpp to 1024/768 32bpp . When I run startx I get black screen that
>you can't shutdown the x server [ctrl/alt/backspace from] to regain the
>screen. Has anyone else gotten this card to work? Any ideas?
>
>remove the "-" from my email if you want to email a response
>
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>
>
Sounds like you are actually using a different XServer than
X3D_Labs... (had the same problem)
Re-Run xf86config..
When it comes time to enter the card, hit 167 (I got that number
burned in my brain from having to reset it several times)
It will ask for Ramdac - hit return (no entry)
same for clock... towards the end of the install, it will give you
what appears to be 4 options for definitions... a little further down
will be the 5th option - X3D_Labs... use it, and DO NOT xprobe...
startx defaults to 8bpp, so for more color, you will need to do
something like
startx --16bpp or
startx --24bpp
keep in mind that depending on your monitor, it will only support
24bit color in 1024x768 mode...
And you will want to change your font size as well if you go hi-res...
it will kill your eyes quickly.
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From: Warren Young <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: 3C509 Combo configuration problem.
Date: Mon, 18 Jan 1999 00:41:13 -0700
Brian Bui wrote:
> Network card (a 3Com 3c509 Combo card) which seems to be set to talk only on
> the BNC connection. However, my network is using RJ45. I went to
You can download the configuration utility (3c5x9cfg.exe) from 3com's
web site. Get the "Etherdisk III" package.
Good luck,
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= ICBM Address: 36.8274040 N, 108.0204086 W, alt. 1714m
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= Acid rain dissolves styrofoam.
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From: Warren Long <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: aus.computers.linux,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.protocols.ppp
Subject: Re: linux modem/ppp dramas...still
Date: Sun, 17 Jan 1999 23:36:11 +0000
HEY HOW DID YOOU GET YOUR pnp MODEM
TO BE SEEN BY LINUX.?
>
> thanks to lots of advice and a little luck, I have now arrived at the point
> where I can get my internal pnp modem to dial, and I hear it happening.
Warren
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From: Warren Young <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Using SB AWE32 card with 2.2.0-pre7
Date: Mon, 18 Jan 1999 00:45:32 -0700
Stephen Anthony wrote:
> The problem with ALSA is that it does not support my MIDI chip, and OSS/Linux only
> works for 10 minutes! Other than those limitations, they work fine. Under 2.0.36,
> everything worked fine with the kernal-provided OSS/Free drivers. How can I make
> them work again (with 2.2.0-pre7)?
I have an AWE32 that as I type has been playing MIDI continuously for
probably half an hour on 2.2.0-pre7. I personally set my IRQ's with
Creative's CTCM utility in DOS (my machine boots to DOS, runs a batch
file and then uses loadlin to boot into DOS -- much easier than
isapnp). Still, I don't see what your problem could be. Have you tried
using the "playmidi" program with the -a (AWE32) flag? It's really nice
with -r as well, if you like to watch the instrument list as the MIDI
plays!
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= Acid rain dissolves styrofoam.
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From: "ochre small" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: MODEM PROB NEED HELP
Date: Mon, 18 Jan 1999 17:13:30 +0930
Jerry, go to
http://www.o2.net/~gromitkc/winmodem.html
for the news you did'nt want to hear
Dave
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Jerry wrote in message ...
>Can anyone tell me if a HSP 1898 modem will work whith linux??
>I am very new whith linux and can't get this modem working whith
>linux.. Any help whith this would be great..
>Jerry
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
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From: Richard Joseph & Maite Casas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux
Subject: HELP, Linux direct cable, 56K int modem, Apache/CGI/Postgres
Date: Sun, 17 Jan 1999 21:19:38 +0000
Can anyone tell me how to directly connect my Laptop and Desktop through
a serial cable under Redhat 5.1? Also, can anyone explain why my Diamond
Supra 56k ISA internal modem dials my ISP using THEIR script but drops
the connection after a few seconds? Using minicom I seem to be able to
connect o.k.
One more thing. Any web tutorials which outline in plain english how to
use Apache, CGI and possibly Postgres 6.3 together? I'd be greatful for
any help on these questions.
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