Linux-Hardware Digest #426, Volume #9 Sun, 14 Feb 99 13:13:34 EST
Contents:
Help needed re: Modem (Howard Close)
Re: I need a device driver for my scsi controlder, for my IBM PS/2 Model (Cokey de
Percin)
Re: Need NIC Recommendation for Stock RH5.1 ("John Edwards")
Re: Modem (Rob Clark)
Blaster Extreme Setup for Debian Distribuition Where is the X-server ?? ("Giannicola
Lanzafame")
"uncompressing linux" takes 19 seconds !!! ("Thielemann")
Re: mouse works in XF86 setup but not in X Windows (Craig M Lambert)
Filesystem Corrupted HELP needed pls (Jayasuthan [VorHacker])
Re: "uncompressing linux" takes 19 seconds !!! (damista)
CRU MiniRAID +Linux (Stew Benedict)
Re: Linux requires DOS (Burkard B. Kreidler)
"uncompressing linux" takes 19 seconds !!! ("Thielemann")
Re: FS: Sony Vaio 818 Laptop $1950 (Tim)
Help compiling a driver ("Aaron Dershem")
EPSON STYLUS COLOR 740 (Werner sandau)
Re: executing files ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
jumper settings for ide card ("Wilson Fletcher")
Re: Lucent MDU7800U modem setup (Mircea)
Re: Problems with SB64PCI (Heiner Kallweit)
Re: SBLive! & Linux? ("PZKW V")
Re: IBM servers (Pierre Moret)
Re: Sound Blaster AWE 32 in Kernel v. 2.2.1 ("Al Kooz")
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From: Howard Close <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Help needed re: Modem
Date: Sun, 14 Feb 1999 09:50:37 +0000
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At about the time I discovered the wonders(?) of Linux and
repartitioned my disk to take both Win/MS and Linux, my old
28.8 modem expired and I bought what was described as a
"Rockwell 56k Modem". It has worked exceptionally well with
Windoze. As I began to become more acquainted with Linux I
naturally wanted to access the net via my new OS and become
less reliant on BillG and began to wade my way through the
swamp that is lovingly called pppd. After months of trying I
have failed to connect and despite help from D. Richard Hipp,
the author of "Eznet" (highly recommended to those equally
struggling in the swamp - see http://www.hwaci.com/drh/ )
which has been much appreciated I am still drowning. The idea
has come to me that this modem is what I have heard described
as a "Winmodem" i.e. it requires the dreaded MS OS to be
present to work..
Can anyone to tell me what tests I can run to test this
hypothesis ? I thank you all for your help past and present.
It is wonderful to be a member of this community.
Howard Close
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"We may see the small value God has for riches by the people
he gives them to" Alexander Pope
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From: Cokey de Percin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: I need a device driver for my scsi controlder, for my IBM PS/2 Model
Date: 13 Feb 1999 02:34:11 GMT
Lars Kjeldsen wrote:
>
> I need a device driver for my scsi controlder, for my IBM PS/2 Model 95 XL
> 486.
> I'm trying to install S:u.S.E:Linux 5.3 and i have only scsi CD-rom/HD
> drives.
>
That's a micro channel machine. If you are using a 2.x kernel, you must patch
it for micro channel and the IBM SCSI controller. If you can, I'd suggest
building a 2.2 kernel as it has everything you need and build a custom install
disk.
Best
Cokey
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From: "John Edwards" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Need NIC Recommendation for Stock RH5.1
Date: Sun, 14 Feb 1999 07:58:24 -0500
I installed dual NetGear 10/100 PCI cards in three machines under RedHat 5.1
with no problems. The cards are inexpensive ( ~$25.00 US) and supported
using the Digital Tulip drivers.
synthetic wrote in message <7a53cp$767$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
I would like to solicit comments on the best NIC(pci) to install in a
stock RH5.1 box. I am trying to choose between Intel, 3Com, and SMC (unless
someone knows of any better brand name cards). I would like to use 100m/b
pci cards to network 2 win98 boxes to a Linux server.
Is one brand of NIC more reliable than the other and/or easier to setup?
Any advice and comments are appreciated.
TIA,
Tony
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Subject: Re: Modem
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rob Clark)
Date: Sun, 14 Feb 1999 13:23:26 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Howard Close <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> which has been much appreciated I am still drowning. The idea
>> has come to me that this modem is what I have heard described
>> as a "Winmodem" i.e. it requires the dreaded MS OS to be
>> present to work..
>> Can anyone to tell me what tests I can run to test this
>> hypothesis ? I thank you all for your help past and present.
>> It is wonderful to be a member of this community.
Rockwell makes the chipsets for over half of all modems, real modems and
winmodems alike. If you know the manufacturer or can find any identifying
numbers on the modem, please check this site:
http://www.o2.net/~gromitkc/winmodem.html
Rob Clark, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "Giannicola Lanzafame" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Blaster Extreme Setup for Debian Distribuition Where is the X-server ??
Date: Sun, 14 Feb 1999 14:34:08 +0100
Hi !!! I've a Blaster Extreme and i don't know where is the Xserver that
support this Video card.. with Permedia 2 Chip... i've read that this
accelerated server is avaiable as part of XFree86-3.3.3.1. isn't it ?
Where is it ??' is there a ftp server with this server ..
???
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From: "Thielemann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.comp.hardware,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: "uncompressing linux" takes 19 seconds !!!
Date: Fri, 12 Feb 1999 15:26:39 +0100
Hello,
while booting, my machine uncompresses linux very slow, though it is a
486DX2/66 with 32 Mb RAM.
I got my BogoMips checked: 33.18. The corresponding number to my system is
33.
Why is the system so slow, though the BogoMips are all right ?
How can I locate the lack of speed to solve the problem ?
It can't be caused by a wrong RAM-config as I'm using a single 32 Mb module.
Can 2 HDDs (master/slave-jumpered) be a reason ?
Thanks for every advice,
Beni
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Craig M Lambert)
Subject: Re: mouse works in XF86 setup but not in X Windows
Date: Sat, 13 Feb 1999 13:15:38 GMT
I've solved the problem. All I needed to do was change the mouse from
2 buttons to 3 buttons using the switch underneath the mouse.
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From: Jayasuthan [VorHacker] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Filesystem Corrupted HELP needed pls
Date: 13 Feb 99 13:24:14 GMT
Hi,
I need help some of my files where corrupted. And the worst is my root
disk. This what reads out as corrupted file:
br-Sr-S--- 1 25449 28015 99, 105 Nov 26 2031 System.map
br-srwS-wT 1 29813 23328 9, 10 Jan 19 2026 System.old
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 1024 Feb 11 23:01 beta/
drwxr-xr-x 2 root bin 2048 Feb 13 20:36 bin/
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 1024 Feb 10 17:00 boot/
^System.* file where no longer files !
This happen after testout kernel 2.2.0 on my 486 server. I have tried fsck
olny few file cleared [ delete ]. What do I need to do now ?
I believe the cause would be using "hdparm -m8 -a4 /dev/hda" on my root
disk.
Please help me out here.
==========
Jayasuthan
smtp%"[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
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From: damista@gmx.*NOSPAM*.net (damista)
Crossposted-To: alt.comp.hardware,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Re: "uncompressing linux" takes 19 seconds !!!
Date: Sun, 14 Feb 1999 14:37:43 GMT
it depends on how large your kernel is. if you just kompiled a kernel
containing the most important drivers and load everything else as
modules, the kernel get's a lot smaller and is therefor uncompressed
faster as well. btw. 19secs for a 486dx2/66 doesn'T sound too bad.
the bogomips don't say anything really...that's why they are bogo
mips...or better "bogus mips" you can'T compare two computers by their
bogomips value. my k6-2 has 880 or so and pII 450 is surely faster
than that but i wouldn't be surptised if the bogomips value is less
than mine.
tom
"Thielemann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hello,
>while booting, my machine uncompresses linux very slow, though it is a
>486DX2/66 with 32 Mb RAM.
>I got my BogoMips checked: 33.18. The corresponding number to my system is
>33.
>Why is the system so slow, though the BogoMips are all right ?
>How can I locate the lack of speed to solve the problem ?
>It can't be caused by a wrong RAM-config as I'm using a single 32 Mb module.
>Can 2 HDDs (master/slave-jumpered) be a reason ?
>Thanks for every advice,
>Beni
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Stew Benedict)
Subject: CRU MiniRAID +Linux
Date: 13 Feb 1999 14:35:23 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Anyone used one of these? Comments? Just lost a hard drive on my server,
and getting it back up in the middle of the day with users wnating to
access the files via Samba was no joy. I'm looking at some RAID options,
if nothing else, I was just going to have a 2nd drive which I'll put to
sleep using hdparm and dup things to it regularly.
Thanks,
Stew Benedict
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Burkard B. Kreidler)
Subject: Re: Linux requires DOS
Date: Sat, 13 Feb 1999 15:27:55 GMT
>Since DOS was here ( all over ) first, LINUX must start some place.
>the only other way would, if computers still had them, single stepping
>and entering addresses and data one address at a time.
>With the advent of our modern computer systems, a bootstap rom starts
>things going, and it is looking for, after hardware start, the
>Autoexec.bat file or some such. Linux then starts from here.
>
Nay.
setup lilo and throw away your M$-DOS
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"I use Win 98"
- "mmmmmmmmmmmmh"
"My computer doesn't work"
- "You already told that..."
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From: "Thielemann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: "uncompressing linux" takes 19 seconds !!!
Date: Fri, 12 Feb 1999 15:29:52 +0100
Hello,
while booting, my machine uncompresses linux very slow, though it is a
486DX2/66 with 32 Mb RAM.
I got my BogoMips checked: 33.18. The corresponding number to my system is
33.
Why is the system so slow, though the BogoMips are all right ?
How can I locate the lack of speed to solve the problem ?
It can't be caused by a wrong RAM-config as I'm using a single 32 Mb module.
Can 2 HDDs (master/slave-jumpered) be a reason ?
Thanks for every advice,
Beni
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From: Tim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To:
comp.sys.laptops,comp.os.linux.portable,comp.forsale,comp.forsale.computer,comp.forsale.computers,comp.forsale.computers.wanted
Subject: Re: FS: Sony Vaio 818 Laptop $1950
Date: Sun, 14 Feb 1999 10:47:41 -0500
Where are you?
Charlie Brown wrote:
> For Sale-
>
> Sony Vaio PCG-818
> 300Mhz Pentium II
> 13.3 XGA Screen
> 128Bit Graphics Accelerator w/2.5Mb Video Memory
> 128Mb RAM SDRAM
> 6.4Gb HD
> Removable 2X DVD-ROM/20X CD-ROM
> Removable Floppy Drive
> (2) Lithium-Ion Smart Battery
> (2) AC Adapters
> Built-In 3D Stereo Sound
> 2-PCMCIA Type II Card Slots or 1-Type III
>
> Less than 6lbs & 1.75" thick.
>
> I have all original boxes and manuals.
>
> Asking $1950 obo (This includes FedEx COD delivery)
>
> If interested please contact me at [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "Aaron Dershem" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Help compiling a driver
Date: Sat, 13 Feb 1999 09:29:44 -0600
Can anyone help me out here? I got the .c file for my NIC off of the web,
and I ran gcc against it (gcc -o via-rhine via-rhine.c). The system output
a lot of errors (as you can tell, I REALLY new to this) - at least I think
they are errors. Well, I got a via-rhine.o file in the
/lib/modules/2.0.36-0.7/net directory. Is this correct? If so, do I need
to modify any files in order to use it?
Any help would be great!
Thanks,
Aaron Dershem
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Werner sandau)
Subject: EPSON STYLUS COLOR 740
Date: Sat, 13 Feb 1999 16:41:58 +0100
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Kann mir jemmand sagen wie ich meinem EPSON zum schnellleren
Ausdrucken bewegen kann ???
Im polling mode ist er sehr lagnsam. auch bei reinem Text)
mit >>> tunelp /dev/lp1 -i 6 -t 0 -c 250 -q on <<<<<
f"angt er schnell an zu drucken, legt dann aber nach der achten
Zeile eine Pause ein und ab dann geht es wieder langsam weiter.
Why that ???????????
Als Test nehme ich eine zuvor mit Gs5.x Konvertierte Datei,
die ich dann auf den port cat�e
cat teststcolor > /dev/lp1
8>(
Werner
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Kann mir jemmand sagen wie ich meinem EPSON zum schnellleren
<BR>Ausdrucken bewegen kann ???
<P>Im polling mode ist er sehr lagnsam. auch bei reinem Text)
<BR>mit >>> tunelp /dev/lp1 -i 6 -t 0 -c 250 -q on <<<<<
<BR>f"angt er schnell an zu drucken, legt dann aber nach der achten
<BR>Zeile eine Pause ein und ab dann geht es wieder langsam weiter.
<P>Why that ???????????
<P>Als Test nehme ich eine zuvor mit Gs5.x Konvertierte Datei,
<BR>die ich dann auf den port cat´e
<BR>cat teststcolor > /dev/lp1
<P>8>(
<BR>Werner
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: executing files
Date: Sat, 13 Feb 1999 16:04:48 GMT
In article <7a2u7q$suu$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Jeremy Ma" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have redhat 5.2 just installed. And I have some executable files in my
> root directory. When I try to exeucte it it said that
>
> bash: file a.out not found.
>
> but when I move the file to /bin/ it will execute there. Is there anyway I
> can set in the path I can set to make it executable on any directory as long
> as it has executable enable....
>
> Thanks Jeremy
>
If you are in a directory that is not in your path then you cannot execute a
file by just typing its name - the current directory is not searched (like in
DOS) so use ./<file> to execute <file>
Jim
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From: "Wilson Fletcher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: jumper settings for ide card
Date: 13 Feb 1999 14:37:40 GMT
I have an IDE controller (multi io) card I want to use as a secondary
controller.
I need to set it's IRQ to 15 and Port address to 170h - 177h
The problem is I don't know what the jumper settings are. Can anyone help ?
The card looks prety standard. It has UMC controller chips on it, it has
parallel, serial, game, FDD, and HDD connections.
The jumpers that it has are:
j1 ..
j2 .. (This one is used for the HDD light on the front of the
case)
jp1 xx.
jp2 xx.
jp3 xx.
jp4 xx.
jp5 xx.
jp6 xx.
jp7 xx.
jp8 xx.
jp9 xx.
jp10 xx.
NB xx indicates current jumpers
"." represents and empty pin
If anyone can help that would be fantastic
thanks
Wilson
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From: Mircea <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Lucent MDU7800U modem setup
Date: Sat, 13 Feb 1999 11:31:09 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I tested once a very similar model. It was a HSP modem, which will not
work in Linux.
The COM3 you see in windows does not exist in fact - it's a virtual port
to go with the winmodem.
MST
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> Hello one and all,
>
> I'm having some problems setting up this internal PCI modem of mine. I do
> believe it is NOT a winmodem and can be set up for linux. I've read the Serial
> and Modem HOWTOs and also monitored messages in here.
>
> However there are some differences in the way it sets itself up in Win95, as
> follows (according to systems under control panel) :
>
> Port : COM 3
> IRQ : 10
> I/O : E400-E407
> I/O : E800-E8FF
>
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Date: 13 Feb 1999 17:41:00 +0200
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Heiner Kallweit)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Problems with SB64PCI
[...]
>
> Ohh. You mean /dev/sndstat will not give the same output on a properely
> configured AWE64 under kernel 2.2.1 as it might under 2.0.36? I was
> worrying about that. My sound card palys everything just fine, but when
> I did 'cat /dev/sndstat' the response was different and I got sorta
> worried. ah well =]
[...]
Sorry, I think you misunderstand me. What I wanted to say is that the
ES1370 driver does not support /dev/sndstat while other drivers do.
Of course the output of /dev/sndstat may slightly differ depending
on the version of the driver delivered with the kernel.
Heiner
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From: "PZKW V" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.comp.periphs.soundcard.sblive,alt.os.linux.caldera,cybergate.linux,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: SBLive! & Linux?
Date: Sun, 14 Feb 1999 12:42:19 -0500
While there are no drivers for the SB Live, Red Hat 5.2 automatically
recognised the SB PCI 128. I can play .wav and Music CDs but no midi.
hmmm..
Kevin White wrote in message <7a08fe$1gn4$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>Just wondering if anyone out there ever got a SBLive! sound card to work
>with Linux. If so, could you tell me?
>
>
>
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From: Pierre Moret <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: IBM servers
Date: Sat, 13 Feb 1999 17:15:49 +0100
Tim Moss wrote:
>
> Are IBM Netfinity 5000 servers compatible with Red Hat 5.2?
Don't know for sure about the 5000, but my 3000 is running _great_ here.
(Slackware, kernel 2.0.36)
According to <http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/odi-26.01.99-001/>,
IBM Gemrany has certified the DLD Linux distrib on their Netfinity 7000
M10 (four 400-MHz Xeon processors and 2GB RAM)
And <http://www.zdnet.com/sr/stories/infopack/0,5483,2177559,00.html>
says that
"Additionally, IBM's Netfinity group is quietly providing service and
support for Linux on Netfinity servers on a case-by-case basis, company
officials confirm. An IBM Netfinity spokesman says IBM currently is
receiving 8 to 10 requests for Linux preloads per month."
Hope this helps!
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From: "Al Kooz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Sound Blaster AWE 32 in Kernel v. 2.2.1
Date: Sun, 14 Feb 1999 19:01:27 +0100
I'm sorry this is not directly a reply to your mail, but I have a
counterquestion:
I have an AWE 32 PnP too, and I set up RH 5.2 too, and it just doesn't play
mp3 files. x11amp just freezes the computer after about 2 seconds of the
song. Could you give me a breif describition how you set up your card. I
tried the usual way with sndconfig (pnpdump) and even tried to modify the
isapnp.conf file to suit my needs. Now I'm about to recompile the kernel. I
dunno if that's even necessary. Did you have to install the AWE driver
extension and all that jack? I would really appreciate if you could just
gimme a hint (or a copy of crucial config files).. That would really make it
possible for me to completely switch to Linux...
Thanx a lot
Al
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