Linux-Hardware Digest #230, Volume #9 Wed, 20 Jan 99 16:13:37 EST
Contents:
Re: Kernel Panic - Help! (David Kirkpatrick)
Has anybody heard of... (Arthur Quintalino)
Re: Winmodem or no?? (David Fox)
Re: Newbie hardware compatibility questions (Andy Adams)
Re: SMP linux crashes badly ! ("Thomas T. Veldhouse")
Re: The Death of ISA and Linux/Intel (Jose Urena)
Re: K6-400 "kernel paging request" errors (Marco Anglesio)
Re: Linux on Gateway P590 ("William C. Goers")
Re: Sound Blaster PCI64 (Jose Urena)
Removed NETEAR FA310TX- Wont work after putting it back in. (Jason McKnight)
Good Server MB Super 7 or PII? ("Stacy D. Coil")
Re: Large IDE drives (Peter Stein)
Re: setup printer server (Andy Adams)
Is there any support for HP720c in Linux ??? ("Jan-Edvin S�nden�")
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From: David Kirkpatrick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup,linux.redhat,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: Kernel Panic - Help!
Date: Wed, 20 Jan 1999 13:30:56 +0000
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Dan,
I'm new to Linux so take this with the understanding I have
to guess at
a few things.
It looks like someone was trying to write 110 chars into a
buffer
that is smaller. The only handling for this is a panic with the
return
address of the caller - see the panic call below for a match to
your
sync text error messages.
Panic was called from skb_put (below) which is called from
many places.
If the return address call can be relied on then I think that the
address
can be pegged to the caller at the address given in the panic -
001a5818
in your case.
I believe the caller can be found for your system build in
the file
System.map in /usr/src/linux. Grep for the address to find the
calling
code. If you can please let me know which call is pointed out.
david
Len here is too large -> 110.
unsigned char *skb_put(struct sk_buff *skb, int len)
{
unsigned char *tmp=skb->tail;
IS_SKB(skb);
skb->tail+=len;
skb->len+=len;
IS_SKB(skb);
if(skb->tail>skb->end)
panic("skput:over: %p:%d", __builtin_return_address(0),len);
return tmp;
}
NORET_TYPE void panic(const char * fmt, ...)
{
static char buf[1024];
va_list args;
int i;
va_start(args, fmt);
vsprintf(buf, fmt, args);
va_end(args);
printk(KERN_EMERG "Kernel panic: %s\n",buf);
if (current == task[0])
printk(KERN_EMERG "In swapper task - not syncing\n");
else
sys_sync();
Dan Warren wrote:
>
> Can someone tell me the severity of this message and possibly what
> caused it:
>
> Kernel panic: skput:over 001a5818:110
> In swapper task - not syncing
>
> Thanks
>
> Dan Warren
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Arthur Quintalino <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Has anybody heard of...
Date: Wed, 20 Jan 1999 05:10:49 GMT
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: d s f o x @ c o g s c i . u c s d . e d u (David Fox)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.modems
Subject: Re: Winmodem or no??
Date: 20 Jan 1999 10:13:22 -0800
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mike Burger) writes:
> On Wed, 13 Jan 1999 20:04:16, d s f o x @ c o g s c i . u c s d . e d
> u (David Fox) wrote:
>
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Tim Chipman) writes:
> >
> > > General comment:
> > >
> > > PCI Modem == Winmodem.
> > >
> > > If anyone has a counterindication to this rule, I'd love to hear it.
> > >
> > > Otherwise, from all the digging I've done, this seems to be true. If you
> > > want a "true hardware modem" that is 100% OS-independant, you've gotta go
> > > ISA (or 8-bit :-)
>
> Better idea: External modems...
>
> IMO, a 56K or slower modem in a 33MHz PCI slot is an incredible waste
> of resources.
Not as "incredible" a waste as an empty PCI slot. What if your serial
ports are full of mice, digital cameras, palmpilot cradles, etc? You
external modem people must really enjoy diagnosing modem problems.
--
David Fox http://hci.ucsd.edu/dsf xoF divaD
UCSD HCI Lab baL ICH DSCU
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From: Andy Adams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Newbie hardware compatibility questions
Date: Wed, 20 Jan 1999 00:14:48 -0600
Demented Demigod wrote:
> G'day folks,
> I'm going to get linux sometime in the next few days but I just want
> to know if I will have any compatibility problems BEFORE I try to install it
> into a system that wont work. The system I have is:
>
> celeron 300A
> 64M 100Mhz SDRAM
> ABIT BX motherboard
> monster fusion 16M agp vid card
> 5.1G hdd (brand unknown)
> pioneer 32X cd-rom
> 10/100 ethernet card (brand unknown)
> k56felx external modem
> adi 4v 14inc monitor
>
> Are all of these compatible with linux, and if not, which bits aren't? All
> help is greatly appreciated. I'm going to try to install linux myself, but I
> didn't want to start off on the wrong foot.
>
> yours appreciatively
> Chris S
I don't know about your video card. I'm not familiar with that particular
one. If it has a chipset that is supported by XFree you are probably in good
shape. If not, it won't matter to linux itself since it will be using the text
modes anyway, but you maybe not get as good of performance using X.
You can always use SVGA mode. You will need to figure out the
manufacturer and model number on the ethernet card. You will either
have to use a module for the driver or recompile your kernel including
the driver. All but a very few ethernet cards has drivers for linux.
Check out this site for a list of compatible hardware
http://sunsite.unc.edu/LDP/HOWTO/Hardware-HOWTO.html
all of the stuff under
http://sunsite.unc.edu/LDP/HOWTO
will be VERY useful to you.
Hope this helps
-Andy
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From: "Thomas T. Veldhouse" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,","
Subject: Re: SMP linux crashes badly !
Date: Wed, 20 Jan 1999 13:28:31 -0600
Try the newer 2.2.0-pre8 kernel.
Fred wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>Hi all,
>
>I'm running a dual PII 266 256 mg RAM ;-))))
>ASUS P2B - DS
>USR ISDN TA (hisax.o)
>S3 virge DX
>Ethernet clone 8029
>AHA 1505
>RedHat 5.2 / 2.0.36
>15 Xconsoles connected
>
>
>The kernel is compiled with SMP=1
>
>Everything seemed to work fine ...
>
>But when i've got a heavy load on eth0, the server crashes with the
>following message flooding the screen :
>
>eth0:Reentering the interrupt handler ! isr=0x1 imv=0x0
>
>When working with a single processor kernel (SMP=1 commented), the
>server is ok.
>
>Any ideas ?
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From: Jose Urena <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: The Death of ISA and Linux/Intel
Date: Wed, 20 Jan 1999 14:29:07 -0500
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if you are building a new computer
-- new motherboars always come with 2serial/1parallel/2IDE/1Floppy/1Keyboard
ports builtin
you do not need to use any ISA cards for those standard ports
-- optionally they will include 3DSound,Video, USB, IR,PS2 ports
again, not ISA cards are required. because they come with cables and adapters
to use one of the case's slots
you can find the motheboard as either
AT, you use the adapters with a conventional computer case
or
ATX, the ports are sordered into the motherboard and you need to get an ATX
style case
find a motherboard you like, and ask about what is builtin
do not worry too much about failure of the build-in adapters. if they fail,
you can buy PCI replacements
be carefull picking a PCI modem, they usually tend to be Software driven.
if you want to use linux or any other OS besides windows, avoid any modem
which is software based
Wayne Dyer wrote:
> With the impending death of ISA, I'm wondering about the future of PnP PCI
> cards in Linux. I'd like to upgrade my P200 to a PII, and build a machine
> for my Dad with the leftovers, but right now I have four ISA cards. I can
> consolidate my separate PPort and Serial cards with a single purchase, but
> many boards have only one or two ISA slots. PC99, IIRC, is supposed to
> eliminate the ISA bus.
>
> What's the future for PCI (Serial/Parallel cards are my current worries)
> and efforts to get us off the mobo like USB, Firewire in Linux?
>
> I've searched, but I haven't easily found much info on existing
> projects, short of OSS/Linux. HAve I overlooked anything, or are we
> consigning ourselves to legacy HW for the near term?
>
> -W-
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if you are building a new computer
<br>-- new motherboars always come with 2serial/1parallel/2IDE/1Floppy/1Keyboard
ports builtin
<br> you do not need to use any ISA cards for those standard ports
<br>-- optionally they will include 3DSound,Video, USB, IR,PS2 ports
<br> again, not ISA cards are required. because they come with cables
and adapters to use one of the case's slots
<p>you can find the motheboard as either
<br>AT, you use the adapters with a conventional computer case
<br>or
<br>ATX, the ports are sordered into the motherboard and you need to get
an ATX style case
<p>find a motherboard you like, and ask about what is builtin
<p>do not worry too much about failure of the build-in adapters. if they
fail, you can buy PCI replacements
<p>be carefull picking a PCI modem, they usually tend to be Software driven.
<br>if you want to use linux or any other OS besides windows, avoid any
modem which is software based
<p>Wayne Dyer wrote:
<blockquote TYPE=CITE>With the impending death of ISA, I'm wondering about
the future of PnP PCI
<br>cards in Linux. I'd like to upgrade my P200 to a PII, and build
a machine
<br>for my Dad with the leftovers, but right now I have four ISA cards.
I can
<br>consolidate my separate PPort and Serial cards with a single purchase,
but
<br>many boards have only one or two ISA slots. PC99, IIRC, is supposed
to
<br>eliminate the ISA bus.
<p>What's the future for PCI (Serial/Parallel cards are my current worries)
<br>and efforts to get us off the mobo like USB, Firewire in Linux?
<p>I've searched, but I haven't easily found much info on existing
<br>projects, short of OSS/Linux. HAve I overlooked anything, or
are we
<br>consigning ourselves to legacy HW for the near term?
<p>-W-</blockquote>
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From: Marco Anglesio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: K6-400 "kernel paging request" errors
Crossposted-To: linux.dev.kernel,comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.os.linux.misc
Date: Wed, 20 Jan 1999 18:53:13 GMT
NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 20 Jan 1999 10:53:13 PDT
In comp.os.linux.development.system Stephen Jenuth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> It may be something related to cooling. Things seemed to work OK for a time
> and then all hell broke loose.
I run win98 on a K6-200 currently, and I find that it's notoriously flaky
when dust and such accumulate on the heat sink, forming an insulating
layer. This results in intermittent, increasingly frequent crashes,
especially when using a Java application on either Netscape or IE4.
A Matrox M3D 3d card (in tandem with an S3 virge with 4Mb) also suffered
from overheating errors in this box. I remedied this error by removing all
card slot tabs for unused slots and separating the M3D and S3 by two
slots. This may exacerbate dust accumulation, I'm afraid.
Cleaning it off with a Q-Tip makes it run much better. I still wouldn't
call it stable, but that's possibly much more win98's fault than mine.
When running linux on that box I used to get errors of the aforementioned
type after so long, or halts while in X. Needless to say, I don't run
Linux on it any more (a P90 overclocked to 100, w/48Mb RAM and a bunch of
old hard drives - the product of cannibalism, in other words - runs quite
well and reliably) because of this reliability issue.
marco
--
Marco Anglesio Like Captain Idiot
mpa at the-wire dot com in Astounding Science comics
http://www.the-wire.com/~mpa (The Manchurian Candidate)
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From: "William C. Goers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux on Gateway P590
Date: Wed, 20 Jan 1999 04:15:23 GMT
Got an original boot floppy from a boxed set and
it worked.
Bill G.
Apunya wrote:
>
> I've had exactly the same problme installing on my IBM PS1486. I tried it on
> my friends K6 machine - bingo same problem. Looks like Red Hat released their
> 5.2 version with screwed up boot disk. I tried sending an email - no reply so
> far.
> Any others out there with similar problem - please let us knwo if you found a
> solution.
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From: Jose Urena <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Sound Blaster PCI64
Date: Wed, 20 Jan 1999 14:35:11 -0500
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I am not sure about RH 5.1
But 5.2 has support for the Ensoniqs PCI, which is the same as the SB PCI 64
also, Linux 2.2.0-pre7 has support for the Ensoniqs and the SBPCI
FX wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I've bought PCI 64 sound card from Creative Labs, and I can't manage to
> install it under Linux. I've got Red Hat 5.1 with kernel 20.35.
> Does anyone know how to install it ?
> I know that this question has already been asked, but I haven't seen any
> answer.
>
> Thank You !
>
> FX
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I am not sure about RH 5.1
<br>But 5.2 has support for the Ensoniqs PCI, which is the same as the
SB PCI 64
<br>also, Linux 2.2.0-pre7 has support for the Ensoniqs and the SBPCI
<p>FX wrote:
<blockquote TYPE=CITE>Hi,
<p>I've bought PCI 64 sound card from Creative Labs, and I can't manage
to
<br>install it under Linux. I've got Red Hat 5.1 with kernel 20.35.
<br>Does anyone know how to install it ?
<br>I know that this question has already been asked, but I haven't seen
any
<br>answer.
<p>Thank You !
<p>FX</blockquote>
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From: Jason McKnight <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Removed NETEAR FA310TX- Wont work after putting it back in.
Date: Wed, 20 Jan 1999 15:26:57 -0500
I removed my Netgear FA310TX NIC from my Redhat 5.2 machine to test it
in another system. I never booted up the linux machine before I put the
card back in, so Linux shouldnt know that it was ever taken out.
However, I didn't put the exact same card back into the system (that one
got shipped out to one of our sites). I put a newer one in that is the
exact same model.
I get connection lights on my hub and on the card, but Linux makes no
use of the card.
Any ideas? I am still a newbie, but that machine has my mySQL test
server on it, so I need it badly !
tia,
Jason McKnight
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From: "Stacy D. Coil" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Good Server MB Super 7 or PII?
Date: Wed, 20 Jan 1999 15:40:20 -0500
I kidding aside, all other things being equal. Will an AMDK6-2 or K6-3
make a good server? Should I still invest in the Pentium II or will the
Super 7 systems work just as well?
--Stacy
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Peter Stein)
Subject: Re: Large IDE drives
Date: 20 Jan 1999 19:42:59 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Nick Wise <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I recently purchased a second computer to fool around with and was
>planning on putting Linux on it. The problem I have is that it has a
>6.4 GB IDE hard disk. With the large number of cylinders and the fact
>that the partiotions do not end on "proper" boundaries, I cannot use
>LILO. Has there been a fix for this? I looked, but was unable to find
>one. It has been a while since I last installed Linux, and I don't have
>a completely up-to-date version. I was using the BARE bootdisk. Is
>there a different one I should use or a more current version?
>
>Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
>Nick Wise
>
>remove .no.spam to reply.
I recently installed Linux (2.0.36) on a Maxtor 17.2 Gig hard drive.
No problems so far. My disk partitions look like:
c: 2 Gig FAT (DOS)
d: 200 Meg HPFS (OS2 WARP)
e: 4 Gig HPFS (OS2 WARP)
/dev/hda7 4 Gig EXT2 (LINUX)
/dev/hda8 6.8 Gig EXT2 (LINUX)
/dev/hda9 128 Meg EXT2 (LINUX SWAP)
I use System Commander to boot c:, d:, and /dev/hda7.
My motherboard (Asus P5A-B) has Award BIOS which allows full access
via LBA. LILO has no problem with locating the boot record in /dev/hda7.
I think I saw someone mention in another post that the LILO enhancements
were introduced in 2.0.34, but it may have even been earlier.
Peter Stein
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Andy Adams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: setup printer server
Date: Wed, 20 Jan 1999 14:12:14 -0600
Richarad Wang wrote:
> Hi,
> can anyone tell me how to set up linux printer server for other Unix
> machine? Thanks!
>
> Richard
I used the redhat printtool to set up my printer. Do you already have
the
printer setup on the server machine? This will probably be the most
difficult
part, setting up the print filters, ghostscript, etc, etc.
On the client machine my /etc/printcap looks like
================== cut ===============
laser:\
:sd=/var/spool/lpd/laser:\
:mx#0:\
:sh:\
:rm=adonis:\
:rp=laser:
==================end================
laser is the name of the printer, adonis is the machine name of the
server
rp is the remote printer name, in case you wanted them to be
different.
On the server machine
===================cut ====================
laser:\
:sd=/var/spool/lpd/laser:\
:mx#4096:\
:sh:\
:lp=/dev/lp1:\
:if=/var/spool/lpd/laser/filter:
====================end====================
the filter file is something that came with my distribution. its fairly
complicated and I don't know much about it.
You will also need to create /etc/hosts.lpd
this is how the printer server knows who to allow printer access to.
This should just be a list of machine names
Access will also be allowed for any machine names you have in
/etc/hosts.equiv
Hope this helps
-Andy
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From: "Jan-Edvin S�nden�" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Is there any support for HP720c in Linux ???
Date: Wed, 20 Jan 1999 21:44:20 +0100
I have successfully installed Staroffice but I cannot get my printer
(HP720c) to work, has anyone gotten this printer to work in Linux. I use
Redhat 5.2
Jan-Edvin S�nden�
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