Linux-Hardware Digest #229, Volume #9 Wed, 20 Jan 99 14:13:33 EST
Contents:
Re: Booting problem after install... (Mark Paulus)
Problem getting SoundPro on-board sound chip to work (Keith Ellul)
Re: Linux keyboard? (For emacs use) (Sven Utcke)
Re: SCSI Problem (AIC-78xx) (Ian Smith)
Re: Diamond Rio ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
fdisk partitioning > 8GB drive (Bryan McKinley)
Can I run a DOS Device Driver in an emulator ("Norm Dresner")
Re: Sound Blaster PCI 64 (Scott Alfter)
Re: Linux keyboard? (For emacs use) (Gabor)
PCMCIA Network card (David Moulton)
Re: AMD K6-2 66MHz, freeze on install of 5.2 ("karlo")
Re: Linux keyboard? (For emacs use) (Sven Utcke)
Re: What Cheap 56K Modem for Linux? (Bradley M Keryan)
Re: onboard DSP winmodem? ("Simon Allfrey")
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mark Paulus)
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Booting problem after install...
Date: Wed, 20 Jan 1999 15:13:45 GMT
If you can boot from the rescue disk, then do so. Once you
are in, run fdisk, do a p (print table), and make sure of where
your /root and /boot partitions are (if they are different). Then,
check /etc/fstab and make sure they are the same. Then,
check /etc/lilo.conf and make sure those entries match and
rerun lilo (assuming you do). If you are using loadlin, make
sure your /root entry matches what fdisk says.
On Tue, 19 Jan 1999 23:46:54, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (w joseph mantle)
wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am having a problem booting Linux. After installing Slackware 3.6
> with Linux kernel 2.0.35, the computer halts during boot and gives
> the message
>
> Kernel Panic: VFS: Unable to mount the root fs on 03:03
>
> There doesn't seem to be any problem with the hard disk. We've
> had windows NT on there for two months without any problems.
> Also I can boot from the rescue disk and mount the root filesystem
> and run disk checking program e2chk (?).
>
> The hard disk is a 10.2 Gigabyte Ultra ATA IDE Quantum Fireball
> EX 10.2 AT. The specs on it are 19885 cylinders, 16 heads, and
> 63 sectors. Linux doesn't return the correct specs from
> probing. I've been passing the specs into the kernel on the
> boot command line using "hda=cyl,heads,secs". I've tried
> a number of different parameters on that line.
>
> The documentation says that Linux may requre the hard disk
> specs to be entered on the command line for some SCSI disks.
> Why is it not probing/returning the correct specs for my IDE
> drive?
>
> After reading the Large Disk HOWTO (I don't know if my
> computer has BIOS INT13 or not), I've tried to partition
> the disk with different parameters than those given by the
> manufacurer and have had the mounting problem mentioned
> in the first paragraph. I even tried the maximum numbers
> that fdisk didn't compain about cyl=1024, heads=255, secs=63.
>
> When I try to give linux the correct specs, the BEGIN and
> START fields in the partition table don't agree. Is that
> okay?
>
> Any help would be appreciated.
>
> Joe Mantle
>
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From: Keith Ellul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Problem getting SoundPro on-board sound chip to work
Date: Thu, 14 Jan 1999 13:59:31 -0500
Hi. I have a Houston Technologies M575 motherboard with an on-board
SoundPro sound chip.
Does anyone know how I could get this sound chip to work under Linux?
I've been trying for a while with no luck.
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks....
-Keith!
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Keith Ellul 4th Year Pure Math / Computer Science
[EMAIL PROTECTED] University of Waterloo
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From: Sven Utcke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.misc,comp.unix.questions,comp.unix.misc,comp.emacs,comp.editors
Subject: Re: Linux keyboard? (For emacs use)
Date: 20 Jan 1999 14:53:16 +0100
Erik Naggum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> * [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Festus van Landingham)
> | Do emacs users not type captial letters or does emacs not support
> | capital letters?
>
> sometimes, I wonder how the human race survived this far, but it can't be
^
> that much longer before we're history.
>
> Emacs users don't need a caps lock key. they have much better
^
> ways to capitalize words, expressions, regions, whatever the need
> may be. also,
^
So why aren't you using any of these?
> I dispensed with case long ago, and of course Emacs helped in that
> process.
So I noticed. Strangely enough you still employ capital letters for
the words "I" and "Emacs". Or rather Emacs does, I guess :-)
Sven
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From: Ian Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: SCSI Problem (AIC-78xx)
Date: Wed, 20 Jan 1999 15:38:04 +0000
Jean-Baptiste Jacquemard wrote:
> What should I do???
I had this message for ages, but left it until all the Adaptec fixes
went into the 2.0 kernel - it means (as it says) that the SCSI
termination is set incorrectly for your device configuration. Do as it
says and hit <CTRL-A> and change the termination settings. I cannot
tell you what to put as I am at work, but the BIOS manual contains the
appropriate information.
If you still don't know how to do this, post again saying _exactly_ how
you have connected your SCSI devices, and I'll try to remember to look
at my home machine next time I reboot (!).
Ian.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Diamond Rio
Date: Wed, 20 Jan 1999 16:28:16 GMT
RE: only 8 songs> If you use the compression utilities in win98 you can get
anywhere from 14-20 songs on 32M at 64kbps, which to the naked ear you can't
tell too much of a difference with headphones.
RE: Linux and the Diamond Rio>
Goto http://www.world.co.uk/sba/rio.htm
Command line tool and sourcecode to get files on your Rio.
Of course with this you'll have to use another linux tool to compress your
files down to 64kbps to get a lot of them on there, otherwise you're stuck
with 8-10 files.
I like my Diamond Rio...it pretty much rocks. Anyone know where I can get
cheep Mem cards for it? The prices should come down on them....hopefully.
Brian
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Robert Wuest <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >Well, I've not even opened the box yet and was wondering if anybody
> >knows if it can be used with Linux before I return it and buy a diskman?
>
> Return it and get yourself a MD recorder/player which is even more
> useful than the 32Meg Rio which can hold only 8 songs.
>
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> | Linux RH5.1 on AMD K6-2/300Mhz notebook + 64Meg RAM + 3Gig HD |
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From: Bryan McKinley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: fdisk partitioning > 8GB drive
Date: Wed, 20 Jan 1999 05:45:10 GMT
win98 is loaded and supports my very large disk (~11GB); my bios has LBA
support. I have
been reading the docs & howtos and they indicate that I should pass
'linear' to the kernel on boot to make
it use logical sector-like addressing rather than CHS. I don't see this
listed among options
available to pass to the kernel at boot time. Am I barking up the wrong
tree? The docs
indicate that fdisk can handle disks this large so long as the kernel
supports the linear
disk addressing mode. How do I set options at LILO-time to make this
happen?
Is this already happening unbeknownst to me? Kernel logs CHS-style disk
info on boot, not
linear info--at a cursory glance. I've done my homework, which has
included trying a couple
of beta tools that did not work. I need a clue here.
Anyone?
Bryan McKinley
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Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.development,comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.os.linux.misc
From: "Norm Dresner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Can I run a DOS Device Driver in an emulator
Date: Wed, 20 Jan 1999 13:44:34 GMT
I have a special video card that needs to be initialized by a DOS device
driver. There's nothing else available (unless you count windoze). (For
the curious, it's a Targa+ overlay card.)
Once the initialization is done, I could throw DOS away and run CP/M-86
(only joking).
I might be able to boot DOS, initialize the board, and then boot Linux, but
that stinks, especially if I have to modify the settings.
Is there any way that I can call (perhaps hack up a DOS-style
load-device-driver-from-the-command-line program) the driver from a DOS
emulator in Linux to do the job.
All suggestions, hints, and even sympathy, gratefully accepted.
Norm D.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Scott Alfter)
Subject: Re: Sound Blaster PCI 64
Date: 19 Jan 1999 11:50:36 -0800
In article <KpIo2.325$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Jacob Christiansen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hi
> Anyone know here, who knows how to install a Sound Blaster PCI 64 sound
>card under Linux Redhat 5.1, with the original kernel 2.0.34.
>I have downloaded a driver from opensound.com, but it doesn't seem to work.
It's an Ensoniq AudioPCI under a different name...recompile the kernel with
the ES1370 driver and you should be all set.
_/_
/ v \
(IIGS( Scott Alfter (salfter at (spammers suck) delphi dot com)
\_^_/ http://people.delphi.com/salfter
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Gabor)
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.misc,comp.unix.questions,comp.unix.misc,comp.emacs,comp.editors
Subject: Re: Linux keyboard? (For emacs use)
Date: Wed, 20 Jan 1999 17:30:04 GMT
In comp.editors, Erik Naggum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote :
# * Sven Utcke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
# | So I noticed. Strangely enough you still employ capital letters for
# | the words "I" and "Emacs". Or rather Emacs does, I guess :-)
#
# case is an important property of a word. randomly capitalizing words
# just because they happen to start sentences destroys valuable information
# about that word. I therefore maintain the case properties of a word
# regardless of its position in the sentence.
That is utterly ridiculous, IMHO. The capitalization isn't random, it
signifies the beginning of a new sentence. Why use punctuation, by
your rationalization, it's also a bad idea.
Just my $0.02.
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Date: Wed, 20 Jan 1999 10:31:43 -0700
From: David Moulton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: PCMCIA Network card
I have everything up and running on my Dell lattitude CPi except
networking. It came with a 3Com LAN CardBus PC Card. This apparently has
a 3c575 in it. I have gotten the card manager to recognize this, but
then the kernel bags later in the boot. Here is the sequence in the
messages file:
Jan 19 21:34:33 localhost kernel: Linux PCMCIA Card Services 3.0.5
Jan 19 21:34:33 localhost kernel: kernel build: 2.0.36 unknown
Jan 19 21:34:33 localhost kernel: options: [pci] [cardbus]
Jan 19 21:34:33 localhost kernel: Intel PCIC probe:
Jan 19 21:34:33 localhost kernel: TI 1131 CardBus at mem 0x68000000, 2
sockets
Jan 19 21:34:33 localhost kernel: host opts [0]: [ring] [pci +
serial irq] [pci irq 11] [lat 32/176] [bus 32/34]
Jan 19 21:34:33 localhost kernel: host opts [1]: [ring] [pci +
serial irq] [pci irq 11] [lat 32/176] [bus 35/37]
Jan 19 21:34:33 localhost kernel: ISA irqs (scanned) = 3,4,9,10
status change on irq 10
Jan 19 21:34:33 localhost cardmgr[233]: starting, version is 3.0.5
Jan 19 21:34:33 localhost cardmgr[233]: watching 2 sockets
Jan 19 21:34:33 localhost kernel: cs: IO port probe 0x1000-0x17ff:
excluding nothing: probe failed.
Jan 19 21:34:33 localhost kernel: cs: IO port probe 0x0100-0x04ff:
excluding 0x210-0x217 0x220-0x22f 0x290-0x297 0x378-0x37f 0x388-0x38f
0x4d0-0x4d7
Jan 19 21:34:33 localhost kernel: cs: IO port probe 0x0a00-0x0aff:
clean.
Jan 19 21:34:34 localhost cardmgr[233]: initializing socket 0
Jan 19 21:34:34 localhost kernel: cs: memory probe
0xa0000000-0xa0ffffff: clean.
Jan 19 21:34:34 localhost cardmgr[233]: socket 0: 3COM 56K Global Modem
PC Card
Jan 19 21:34:34 localhost cardmgr[233]: executing: 'insmod
/lib/modules/preferred/pcmcia/serial_cs.o'
Jan 19 21:34:34 localhost kernel: tty01 at 0x02f8 (irq = 3) is a 16550A
Jan 19 21:34:34 localhost cardmgr[233]: executing: './serial start
ttyS1'
Jan 19 21:34:34 localhost cardmgr[233]: initializing socket 1
Jan 19 21:34:34 localhost cardmgr[233]: socket 1: 3Com Corporation LAN
Cardbus Card
Jan 19 21:34:34 localhost cardmgr[233]: executing: 'insmod
/lib/modules/preferred/pcmcia/cb_enabler.o'
Jan 19 21:34:34 localhost cardmgr[233]: executing: 'insmod
/lib/modules/preferred/pcmcia/3c575_cb.o'
Jan 19 21:34:35 localhost kernel: 3c59x.c:v0.99 4/7/98 Donald Becker
http://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/linux/drivers/vortex.html
Jan 19 21:34:35 localhost kernel: cs: cb_config(bus 35): vendor 0x10b7,
device 0x5157
Jan 19 21:34:35 localhost kernel: fn 0 bar 1: io 0x400-0x47f
Jan 19 21:34:35 localhost kernel: fn 0 bar 2: mem
0xa0060080-0xa00600ff
Jan 19 21:34:35 localhost kernel: fn 0 bar 3: mem
0xa0060000-0xa006007f
Jan 19 21:34:35 localhost kernel: fn 0 rom: mem 0xa0040000-0xa005ffff
Jan 19 21:34:35 localhost kernel: vortex_attach(bus 35, function 0)
Jan 19 21:34:35 localhost kernel: Unknown 3Com PCI ethernet adapter type
5157 detected: not configured.
Jan 19 21:34:35 localhost cardmgr[233]: get dev info on socket 1 failed:
Operation not supported by device
I don't recall seeing a 3c575 in xconfig. Am I blind, or is there
another one I should be choosing?
Using Redhat 5.2, 2.0.36
thx
dave moulton
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From: "karlo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: AMD K6-2 66MHz, freeze on install of 5.2
Date: 20 Jan 1999 06:00:47 GMT
That sounds bad, I had the same problem installing on an AMD DX4-120.
don't know but it might be some amd bug.
How many others have installed rh5.2 with an amd cpu.
Richard J Graner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in article
<783q52$1n4$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> Anyone have an idea why my PC locks up on install of the newest version
of
> Linux 5.2?
>
>
>
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From: Sven Utcke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.misc,comp.unix.questions,comp.unix.misc,comp.emacs,comp.editors
Subject: Re: Linux keyboard? (For emacs use)
Date: 20 Jan 1999 17:48:01 +0100
Erik Naggum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> * Sven Utcke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> | So I noticed. Strangely enough you still employ capital letters for
> | the words "I" and "Emacs". Or rather Emacs does, I guess :-)
>
> case is an important property of a word. randomly capitalizing words
> just because they happen to start sentences destroys valuable information
> about that word. I therefore maintain the case properties of a word
> regardless of its position in the sentence.
Alright.
Although I can't say that I agree with you:
a) In English, so few words are capitalised at all, that it makes the
whole thing rather pointless.
b) I believe that having capital letters at the beginning of sentences
makes for a rather valuable visual guide in reading.
But then, this is a free world...
Sven
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From: Bradley M Keryan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: What Cheap 56K Modem for Linux?
Date: Wed, 20 Jan 1999 00:51:25 -0500
On Tue, 19 Jan 1999, Randall E. Williamson wrote:
> I'm running RedHat 5.1 and am very new to Linux (for now). Quite
> simply, what is a good choice for a cheap 56K modem? I don't need
> anything fancy, and I hope to find something under $100. An internal
> model would be nice but is not required. My computer is 2-1/2 years
> old, with ISA and PCI slots available. I expect to purchase a new
> computer within a year or so (wifey gets this one). Any suggestions? I
> would appreciate email responses because I rarely read the newsgroups
> (too busy with work and school).
>
I have a Newcom modem that works with Linux (a 56kifxC; their 56kifxA
modems are winmodems and won't work). Unfortunately, it's a pretty crappy
modem otherwise (connects are not reliable, when it does connect it does
so slowly, V.90 upgrade brought it barely up to par with 33.6 modems (it
did 19200 before the upgrade), and the company's technical support moves
at the speed of plate tectonics).
BEWARE OF REBATES. My Newcom was advertised at Circuit City for something
like $60 after rebate ($30). It has never arrived. Search Dejanews
(www.dejanews.com) for "newcom rebate" if you want confirmation that a lot
of other people also have not gotten their rebates.
That said, a USR Sportster 56K (non-winmodem version) probably still costs
over $100, but the external model works great with Linux, and has been
quite reliable in my parents' computer for a year and a half. HTH. HAND.
Brad
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From: "Simon Allfrey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: onboard DSP winmodem?
Date: Wed, 20 Jan 1999 06:07:27 -0000
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?
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
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