Linux-Hardware Digest #226, Volume #9 Wed, 20 Jan 99 06:13:33 EST
Contents:
Linux assigns IRQ3 to COM2 and SCSI card at boot, how can I fix it? (doug)
Re: AMD K6-2 66MHz, freeze on install of 5.2 (Ray)
Re: 98 - Linux dual boot with a large disk - Help! (Paul E Larson)
Re: AMD K6-2 66MHz, freeze on install of 5.2 (Ray)
Re: onboard DSP winmodem? (Ray)
HP DeskJet 1120C (Hans Ekkehard Plesser)
3Com 3c509b, not working under RH 5.2 (Melvin Mathew Meadlin II)
Re: quiet CPU fans (?) (Ray)
HP Laserjet 4L ("Neil")
Re: Asus V3400TNT ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Sound problem is linux (Lordaerom)
Linux and IDE (ATA) Hard Drives > 8.4 GB (Samuel Greenfeld)
Re: Lilo Pbs ... (Hans van Zijst)
Re: Help ... Sun Microsystems monitors, can they be used with PCs? (Michiel Ettema)
Cannot talk to /dev/cua1, which is a modem (and NOT a winmodem). (Christopher Bruce)
Re: Can't Install Redhat 5.1 - Autoprobe can't find SCSI (doug)
looking for inkjet (Nate)
Re: Has anybody heard of... ("Brad McMahan")
Help Best Modems ("Jonathan D. Gift")
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From: doug <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Linux assigns IRQ3 to COM2 and SCSI card at boot, how can I fix it?
Date: Tue, 19 Jan 1999 20:34:53 -0500
RedHat support hasn't gotten back, I need help. I have a Jaz
drive hooked to my ThinkPad via a PCMCIA card which Linux
recognizes as aha152x0 with a PORTBASE = 0x340 SCSI ID =7
and an IRQ =3. That is the same IRQ that Linux gives COM2/
my modem. As a result I can't dial out if the jaz is on
at boot. Can anyone explain how I may be able to change the
IRQ that Linux gives to the PCMCIA? Thanks. Doug
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ray)
Subject: Re: AMD K6-2 66MHz, freeze on install of 5.2
Date: 20 Jan 1999 08:18:29 GMT
On Tue, 19 Jan 1999 23:38:17 -0600, Richard J Graner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>Anyone have an idea why my PC locks up on install of the newest version of
>Linux 5.2?
What processor is that again? There is no K6-2 66 but maybe you mean a K6-2
266 or maybe a K6 266?
Also, we really need to know more to even take a good guess. What is the
rest of your hardware like? What distribution of Linux are you using (I'm
guessing Red Hat since there is no "Linux 5.2")? Does your system work with
any other OS or maybe a different version of Linux? How far does the
install process get? Are there any error messages?
--
Ray
ray AT sonictech DOT net
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Crossposted-To: alt.linux,comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.setup,linux.redhat.misc
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Paul E Larson)
Subject: Re: 98 - Linux dual boot with a large disk - Help!
Date: Wed, 20 Jan 1999 08:27:48 GMT
In article <_P1p2.5$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Preston Crawford"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Okay, after earlier attempts to triple boot I've decided just to do a dual
>boot do to NT compatibility problems with my system and the fact that I have
>a second computer I can put NT on. What I want to know is how I should
>partition and setup my 13GB drive to handle a 98/Linux dual-boot. Every time
>I go to setup Linux after setting up 98 Linux sees the whole extended
>partition (11GB) and I only want to give it about 5. So should I partition
>the whole drive before hand? Will Linux be able to drop the OS onto one of
>the logical drives? And in this kind of situation do I still install 98
>first?
>
Make sure your hard drive parameters are set to LBA only and read the
http://metalab.unc.edu/LDP/HOWTO/mini/Large-Disk-1.html mini-FAQ. It works, I
have Win98, Linux, and BeOS on a 14.4g harddrive. One caveat, install LILO to
the partition not the MBR, I wasn't able to get it to work right and now use
the BeOS boot manager(very simple and nice).
Paul
Get rid of the blahs to email me :}
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ray)
Subject: Re: AMD K6-2 66MHz, freeze on install of 5.2
Date: 20 Jan 1999 08:22:20 GMT
On 20 Jan 1999 06:00:47 GMT, karlo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>That sounds bad, I had the same problem installing on an AMD DX4-120.
>don't know but it might be some amd bug.
A bug that spans all AMD chips from the ancient 486s all the way through the
newest K6s? I think someone would have noticed before now.
>How many others have installed rh5.2 with an amd cpu.
Probably about half a million or so.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ray)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: onboard DSP winmodem?
Date: 20 Jan 1999 08:29:46 GMT
On Wed, 20 Jan 1999 06:07:27 -0000, Simon Allfrey
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I take it that this means that it's non-supported status is due to the
> fact that proprietary software is required rather than it's being an
>intrinsically crummy device which freeloads off the CPU?
These still use the host's cpu to do some of the work, just not as much and
they still don't use the standard UART interface that real modems use. Not
only won't these work in Linux, but Windows users will end up throwing them
away when Windows 2000 or whatever comes out unless Luscent feels like
re-writing the drivers.
>
>Rob Clark wrote in message
>>Although it is not HSP, it is HCF, i.e. host-controller. So it's still a
>>winmodem, just a different flavor of winmodem.
>>http://www.multiwave.com/pd_cw56kpci_lu.htm
>>Rob Clark, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>http://www.o2.net/~gromitkc/winmodem.html
>
>
--
Ray
ray AT sonictech DOT net
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From: Hans Ekkehard Plesser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: HP DeskJet 1120C
Date: 19 Jan 1999 20:16:46 +0100
Hi!
I am thinking about getting a HP DeskJet 1120C, as I have to print
up to paper size A3. Does anyone have experiences with that under
Linux?
Thanks in advance,
Hans
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From: Melvin Mathew Meadlin II <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: 3Com 3c509b, not working under RH 5.2
Date: Tue, 19 Jan 1999 17:42:48 -0800
Hello,
I have a 3com 3c509b ethernet card which works fine under Windows 95,
but I can't get it to work under Red Hat 5.2. Does anyone have any
suggestions????
--
Melvin Mathew Meadlin II
If is the biggest word in the middle of life
Melvin Mathew Meadlin
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ray)
Subject: Re: quiet CPU fans (?)
Date: 20 Jan 1999 08:33:23 GMT
On Tue, 19 Jan 1999 19:14:33 GMT, Frederic Faure
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>On Mon, 18 Jan 1999 12:25:47 -0330, Neil Zanella <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>wrote:
>>I am looking for a quiet CPU fan for a P166MMX running Linux.
>>
>>Does anyone know of such a fan and where to get it from?
Check out PC Power & Cooling. Their stuff is both quiet and very reliable.
I don't have their address handy but your favorite search engine should have
it.
--
Ray
ray AT sonictech DOT net
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From: "Neil" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: HP Laserjet 4L
Date: Wed, 20 Jan 1999 07:20:06 GMT
I'm running RedHat 5.1 and I'm having problems getting the printer to work.
I've tried all the HP drivers none of them work.
Thanks in advance.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Asus V3400TNT
Date: 19 Jan 1999 16:36:04 GMT
Mark Vandersteen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Anyone tried these cards with linux, I'm more interested in one of these as
> there are quicker (and cheaper here in Aust.) than the V550 will the same
> XSVGA xserver work ??
Yep, they work just the same :-)
Cheers,
Mark.
--
Mark Toller http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~mst/
Electronics and Computer Science tel +44 01703 594492
University of Southampton
Southampton SO17 1BJ.
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From: Lordaerom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Sound problem is linux
Date: Thu, 14 Jan 1999 23:52:49 GMT
Hello! I am running Slackware 3.6, kernel 3.5, and I am having problems
getting my sound card to work! Well, it does work, but whenever I play a
sound file, there are wierd pops in the background. I have an AWE64 ISA
and am using the regular driver included with the kernel, plus the AWE32
patch. On another system, the same type of card worked perfectly, as it
does under windows on this system. What could be causing this? Any
ideas?
--R. Tavender
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Samuel Greenfeld <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Linux and IDE (ATA) Hard Drives > 8.4 GB
Date: Thu, 14 Jan 1999 18:56:45 -0500
Does Linux Support Extended Addressing (for large drives) on the IDE
Bus, and if so, in what kernels? The size limit the IDE Bus can
support via the normal IDE protocol is about 8.4 GB.
MS 95 & 98 support large (> 8.4 GB) drives if the BIOS supports it
(although many don't). NT supports them regardless of the BIOS as long
as Service pack 3 is installed. As my hard disk died, I was thinking
of replacing it with a larger one. But I don't want to buy one that is
so large I can't use all of it...
For more information on this topic, you might want to visit a HD
manufacturer's website, choose a large IDE hard disk's specs, and see
the notes they have on using large IDE drives.
----
Samuel Greenfeld
Member of rulug (Rowan University Linux Users Group)
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From: Hans van Zijst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.misc,linux.redhat.install,fr.comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: Lilo Pbs ...
Date: Wed, 20 Jan 1999 03:14:08 +0100
On Tue, 19 Jan 1999, Damien Ercole wrote:
> * When I start the RedHat 5.2 installation ..it detects
> only 1024 cylinders (out of the 1232) and thus I only
> have 8Go. To solve this problem I start the
> installation with the parameter hda=1232,255,63 and
> that works fine ....but can anyone tell me why I have
> to pass this argument ?
In some rare cases Linux can't detect the correct geometry of your disk.
I'll get back to this later on...
> * After I have finished the installation, the system
> ask me where I want to put Lilo ... and I answer on
> the MBR of hda. When I reboot to start ..... LILO
> stops right after the first L without any error code
> ... so I don't know what's happening .....
Stopping after the first L usually means a problem with the hard drive
geometry. Be sure to read the LILO-documentation: it might not always be
too interesting, it sure contains a lot of useful information. In
Slackware it's located in /usr/doc/lilo/README.
> Do I put the LILO at the wrong place ? Is there a
> compatibility problem with my Hard Drive ?
Big chance. In some cases (especially when using an "old" BIOS), LILO
can't boot the kernel if it's beyond the first 1024 cylinders. You can
work around this problem by specifying a wrong geometry: divide the number
of cylinders with such a factor that it's 1024 or lower, then multiply the
number of heads by the same factor.
> * The only way I can start is to boot from a floppy..
> then I can access to the partition table :
>
> Part | Type | Size | Mounted as
> -------------------------------------------
> hda1 | Fat32 | 5Go | /DosC
> hda3 | Linux Native | 3Go | /usr/local
> hda5 | Linux Native | 2Go | /
> hda6 | Swap | 127Mo |
>
> - Why isn't there a hda2 ?
That's rather strange indeed... It should be hda1 for DOS, hda2 for Linux
native and hda3 for Linux swap.
> - I use Disk Druid and I can't make a big Linux Native
> partition of 5Go. I have to split in smaller
Try to use fdisk. It's spartan, but it works. Use "h" to find out which
commands you can use. Press "n" to create a new partition. You should now
be asked to create a primary of extended partition. Choose the primary.
Now enter a partition number and the size ("+5000M" would be a reasonable
option). Do the same for the swap partition, but after that, use "t" to
change it to type swap (type 82, if I'm not mistaken). Don't forget to use
"w" to write the new partition table before quitting. And... if everything
else fails, read the manual :)
Good luck.
--
Hans "Woefdram" van Zijst
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
ICQ#:14212695
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From: Michiel Ettema <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Help ... Sun Microsystems monitors, can they be used with PCs?
Date: 15 Jan 1999 01:10:47 +0100
Terrance Hodgins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> RE:
>>>Is there a way to use Sun monitors with PCs?
>>>Maybe a special adapter is need for the PCs?
> Yes, big problems. VGA cards and monitors use horizontal
> scanning rates around 32 KHz, but the Sun monitors (and Macs)
> use 62 to 68 or so KHz.
> Multi-sync has its limits, and that discrepancy is far too
> much.
> The only way to do it is to buy an expensive video card for
> the PC. Since these are unusual configurations, you don't
> get the price break of mass production... so they are pricey.
Not true,
I'm using an old 20" Sun-3 colour monitor right this
moment. It's a fixed-frequency model and can only do
a non standard 1200x900@64 Hz and is driven by an
ordinary S3 ViRGE card. I bought this monitor for $10,
because the previous owner couldn't get it to work.
(Well, you probably can't with W95/WinNT, where are
those modelines ?!? )
There are some drawbacks however. Since the PC uses a
standard video mode at bootup I can't see anything,
because the monitor is out of sync, until SVGATextMode
kicks in and puts the frequencies right (needless to say
SVGATextMode runs as one of the first processes on my
box). You'll need to fiddle a bit with your settings
for SVGATextMode and X to get it right. Below are mine.
/etc/TextConfig:
ChipSet "S3"
ClockChip "S3Virge"
Option "MED_DRAM"
Option "LoadFont"
FontProg "/usr/bin/setfont"
FontPath "/usr/share/consolefonts/"
FontSelect "Cyr_a8x16" 8x16 9x16 8x15 9x15
FontSelect "Cyr_a8x14" 8x14 9x14 8x13 9x13
FontSelect "Cyr_a8x8" 8x8 9x8 8x7 9x7
# Values below are extremely optimistic
HorizSync 50-70
VertRefresh 50-70
DefaultMode "sun"
DacSpeed 100
"sun" 65 720 744 816 912 900 923 928 982 font 9x16 -HSync
-VSync
Monitor section in /etc/X11/XF86Config:
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "sun"
VendorName "Hitachi" (Yes this model is made by hitachi for sun)
ModelName "Unknown"
HorizSync 63.20
VertRefresh 64-65
Modeline "sun" 92 1152 1156 1248 1456 900 923 928 982 -HSync -Vsync
EndSection
--
People waste time making stuff pretty instead of usefull.
-Quoted from Kevin Huber
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Date: Thu, 14 Jan 1999 23:53:48 +0100
From: Christopher Bruce <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Cannot talk to /dev/cua1, which is a modem (and NOT a winmodem).
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.misc
Hi,
Problem of a major kind with my Compaq Presario 1805 in the sense that
the pnpdump doesn't find the modem and the configuration tells me that
the modem is busy when I set everything by hand!
I have <some recent SuSE distribution>, kernel 2.0.35. Using the Compaq
tells me that the modem (which is internal) is on COM2, with the usual
IRQ and port numbers. Running various Windows diagnostics show me
AT-style commands exchanged so I have no reason to beleive that it is a
Winmodem. Also, the diagnostics under Win98 tell me that I am talking to
an NS 16550AN.
Under Linux, no joy trying to talk to the modem on /dev/cua1 whether
via. minicom, kppp, or chat. kppp at least tells me that tcgetattr()
failed.
Usage of setserial ("setserial /dev/cua1 port 0x2F8 irq 3 autoconfig"
followed by "setserial -g /dev/cua1") tells me that the uart is
'unknown'. I have tried setting the UART manullay via. setserial to
16550A, 16550, and the other one (8550?) (I didn't try 16540). None of
these manual settings resulted in any success.
A look at past articles leads me to investigate PNP issues by calling
pnpdump but pnpdump returns "no boards found". I have looked around on
my BIOS (Phoenix) and there is not much evidence of it being PNP aware.
However for what it calls "Serial port A", it offers a choice of Auto,
Disabled or Manual settings (currently set to Auto), but using the BIOS
interface I tried to change to 'manual' and saw the default settings
offered to be were 0x3F8 and IRQ 4 (COM1). The BIOS menus did not give
me any chance to configure COM2 or any "modem". I ended up not saving
any BIOS changes in the course of my investigations.
Can anybody suggest something else for me to try?
Regards
Chris
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From: doug <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Can't Install Redhat 5.1 - Autoprobe can't find SCSI
Date: Tue, 19 Jan 1999 20:40:39 -0500
Elisa F Roselli wrote:
>
> Hello,
> I need to install Redhat Linux 5.1 on a partition of my hard disk. I've been
> trying for years now to get Linux on a partition and I never get past
> installation. Now, with a relatively new computer and version of Linux I'm
> still completely blocked.
>
> One of the first questions the installation procedure asks is whether there
> are any SCSI adapters on the computer. Now, when I checked out my
> configuration under Windows/System, I found 2 items under "SCSI
> Controllers": the SCSI card that I installed myself for my scanner (AGFA
> Snapscan 310 SCSI), which is called Adaptec AVA -1505 SCSI Host Adapter, and
> the IOMEGA
> Parallel Port Zip Interface, for my IOMEGA Zip 100 drive.
> The installation procedure's autoprobe refuses to recognise either of these
> adapters.
> This despite the fact that "Parallel Port Zip" is actually listed among the
> options of recognized adapters. As for the Adaptec, it is not apparently
> recognised, so I tried all the other Adaptec options with the same result.
> On all occasions, the automatic recognition process sends up "I can't find
> this X anywhere on your system". It then wants me to specify some sort of
> obscure module parameters. Damned if I know.
>
> I would have thought these peripherals were relatively banal. It's not like
> a Zip 100 drive is the most exotic thing on earth. Can anyone suggest where
> I should go from here?
> Many thanks,
> Elisa Francesca Roselli
It basically wants to know of the adapter IF you have a device attached
to it that will be needed for the install. Just answer no. After the
install, it may recognize your stuff. If it does not, worry about it
then. Doug
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From: Nate <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.periphs.printers
Subject: looking for inkjet
Date: Thu, 14 Jan 1999 17:50:30 -0600
I'm currently looking for an ink jet to replace my dot matrix
I'm eyeing the epson 740 but i don't like the idea of permanent print
heads.
I'm also eyeing the lexmark 5700 but i don't believe it has a true DOS
support such as DOS 6.22.
I have looked at the canon 5000 but im not sure of the DOS compatibly
and the text and pictorial streaked when i took a look at one at Best
Buy today.
is the only printer that has similar resolution the HP 895Cse? that i
know has DOS compatibly the only problem with this printer is cost?
I'm looking for one with DOS compatibility mainly because I think that
it is more likely compatible with Linux.
if anyone knows if any of these can be made to run under Linux. (don't
mind lack of color or graphics [yet] just looking for text under Linux)
other suggestions welcome.
Nate
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From: "Brad McMahan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Has anybody heard of...
Date: Wed, 20 Jan 1999 10:58:16 GMT
Check out http://lcdproc.omnipotent.net it's exactly what you are talking
about.
Arthur Quintalino <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>Not too long ago, I was reading about this program that would take all
>kinds of system info, and than forward it to a COM or I2C port, that
>would go to an 20x4 display that you could mount on the front of your PC
>in a drive bay.
>
>Does anybody know what I'm talking about? If you do PLEASE e-mail me
>with what it is, and if possible where to get it, I've been driving
>myself mad trying to find it the last few weeks.
>
>Thanks.
>
>Arthur Quintalino
>Coast to Coast Memory
>1-800-4-MEMORY
>http://www.coastmemory.com
>
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From: "Jonathan D. Gift" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Help Best Modems
Date: Wed, 20 Jan 1999 11:54:19 +0100
I'm looking at the Ext 3Com US Robotics 3Com 56K modems and they require
Windows even though they don't say WinModems. Will they work with Linux?
Thanks.
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