Linux-Hardware Digest #457, Volume #9 Thu, 18 Feb 99 15:13:38 EST
Contents:
Re: printing a header (Edward Vigmond)
M570 Motherboard, AMD K6-300 and Redhat 5.2 (Mark Borgstrom)
Re: [HELP]Macronix 98715 net card (Philippe Depouilly)
Re: Sound Blaster PCI 64 (David Brown)
Re: Running another windows manager!!! ("Tom Emerson")
Sony CDU31a on Gateway
Re: M570 Motherboard, AMD K6-300 and Redhat 5.2
([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: ISDN connection possible under LINUX? (Martin)
Re: Acer ALN ethernet problem (James)
Re: ADSL and Linux (James)
Re: Printing with a DeskJet 722C (Korny)
Re: Clean Up lost+found (Jayasuthan)
Re: How do I update the lilo kernel image map on my boot floppy? (Henrik Carlqvist)
Re: SiS 6326 AGP and X (Stephan Skrodzki)
Problem with wd80x3 (Petr DOKLADAL)
Re: Can someone tell me how to get LILO to update my boot floppy's kernel map? ("Dan
Maclolm")
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From: Edward Vigmond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: printing a header
Date: Wed, 17 Feb 1999 23:08:47 GMT
roe wrote:
>
> How do I print a header on the top of each page of a text file?
> I need each page to have time, date, file name.
> I can't seem to figure out how to do this.
> Any suggestions?
Look at enscript. It takes text and produces postscript.
It will do all you want and more. You have complete control over fonts,
columns, language sensitive highlighting, etc. The header is totally
configurable. You can add underlays as well.
--
Ed Vigmond
Institut de Genie Biomedical, Universite de Montreal
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From: Mark Borgstrom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: M570 Motherboard, AMD K6-300 and Redhat 5.2
Date: Wed, 17 Feb 1999 15:43:43 -0700
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Has anyone with a M570 Motherboard (Pcchips) and an AMD K6 CPU been able
to get Redhat 5.2 (or any other version of Linux) to install on their
machine? The Redhat 5.2 Hardware documentation says there are some
problems with some motherboards and AMD K6 CPUs. My machine freezes up
at random places during install of 5.2 or running 5.1 of Redhat. I have
seen post of folks running Linux with the M570 motherboard and Cyrix
chips and my machine runs Windows95 and 98 just fine. I've tried new
BIOS with no effect. Does anyone know of a fix or workaround for
Linux? I'd hate to have to buy a different motherboard or CPU. Thanks!
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From: Philippe Depouilly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [HELP]Macronix 98715 net card
Date: Thu, 18 Feb 1999 15:01:21 +0100
I tried to test the card with tulip_diag before loading the module (i
have the link)
root@trillian /root]# ./tulip-diag -a
tulip-diag.c:v1.07 2/10/99 Donald Becker ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Index #1: Found a Macronix 98725 PMAC adapter at 0xfc00.
Macronix 98725 PMAC Tulip chip registers at 0xfc00:
fe580000 ffffffff ffffffff fe7c7fff f7ef7fff e4000010 e1000000 e7fe0000
fffe0000 0fff87ff fffdbefd fffe0000 000050ca ffff0000 ffffffff fff00000
03300000 03300000 03300000 f40ffff0 08004200 08004200 08004200 08004200
08004200 08004200 08004200 08004200 08004200 08004200 08004200 08004200
Port selection is 10mpbs-serial 100baseTx scrambler, half-duplex.
Transmit stopped, Receive stopped, half-duplex.
The Rx process state is 'Stopped'.
The Tx process state is 'Stopped'.
The transmit threshold is 72.
Rx and Tx are stopped but i have the link led on.
before loading module :
Port selection is 10mpbs-serial 100baseTx scrambler, half-duplex
after loading module :
Port selection is 10mpbs-serial, half-duplex.
...
The Hub is a 10Mb RJ45 half duplex
This may help you ?
Thank you,
Philippe.
Philippe Depouilly wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have a network card Cnet with a macronix chip 98715.
>
> I use kernel 2.2.1 with tulip.c v0.89H
>
> When i load tulip module the link led switch off on the card
>
> when i diag the card with tulip_diag, here are the results :
>
> [root@trillian /root]# ./tulip-diag -a
> tulip-diag.c:v1.07 2/10/99 Donald Becker ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
> Index #1: Found a Macronix 98725 PMAC adapter at 0xfc00.
> Macronix 98725 PMAC Tulip chip registers at 0xfc00:
> fe580000 ffffffff ffffffff 6a787fef 44697fff e4001000 00000000
> e7fe0000
> fffe0000 0fffcf08 fffcb6ff fffe0000 000020ce ffff0001 fffffff9
> fff00000
> 03b00000 03b00000 03b00000 f80ffff0 00004200 00004200 00004200
> 00004200
> 00004200 00004200 00004200 00004200 00004200 00004200 00004200
> 00004200
> Port selection is 10mpbs-serial, half-duplex.
> Transmit stopped, Receive stopped, half-duplex.
> The Rx process state is 'Stopped'.
> The Tx process state is 'Stopped'.
> The transmit threshold is 72.
>
> Rx and TX are stopped.... why ?
>
> i tried all module options.... nothing !
>
> Should i change the net card ?
>
> Thanks
>
> Philippe Depouilly.
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From: David Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: Sound Blaster PCI 64
Date: Thu, 18 Feb 1999 14:37:34 +0000
Johannes Rest wrote:
>
>
> at home I've such a SB PCI 64. What options did you select? I've tried
> several configs but none of them seem to work. I've tried to do a
> insmod sb to insert sb.o (as suggested by one of the readme files)
> but the resource is busy (I'm running kde and there's a sndserver
> running)
> Any idea?
>
> Thanks
> --
> Johannes Rest
Johannes:
I compiled kernel 2.2.1 with OSS Sound System support and 100% SB compatible
(sb16,32...) support as modules. (I have an AWE64). I'm also using KDE 1.1,
and it works just fine, though there is always a warning message during boot
about the device being busy. What options did you select?
As an aside, there's a fairly well-hidden option deep in the low-level sound
driver support that enables the AWE32/64 MIDI support, but it isn't necessary
for non-MIDI playback. I compiled the kernel twice before I noticed that
option existed, and it worked fine.
D
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From: "Tom Emerson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Running another windows manager!!!
Date: 17 Feb 1999 21:58:03 GMT
BBQ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> Hi,
>
> My existing window manager is Fvwm, how can I to another one (e.g
aftersetp
> or kde)
>
> I try to run afterstep under X, but error message "another windows
manager
> is running" come out
If this is a "stock" redhat install, then the "quit" menu item should have
a "quit TO..." option -- this quits "to" another window manager [logs you
out, resets X, starts the new window manager, you log-in...]
Another alternative would be to set up multiple user ID's with different
home directories, (but a set of shared working directories); each different
user can then have a different window manager...
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ()
Subject: Sony CDU31a on Gateway
Date: 18 Feb 1999 16:00:29 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I inherited a Gateway P5-90 to use as a web server. It came
complete with both a FOOF and F/DIV bug, and the IDE channel
is buggy too! You get what you pay for.
I have installed Red Hat and everything is recognized and
working except the CD-ROM.
The CD-ROM is a Sony CDU31a. However, my card does not look
like the one in the documents. I can't see a vendor name
and the only info is an FCC ID: KGACDU31A2
The card kinda looks like this:
------------------ ----
R8 | | | |
------------------ ----
R9
---
JP1 | |
---
JP2
JP3
JP4
The thing sticking out the case at the far right is labelled
(on the outside) as a game port. The small box at the
top is the sound out cable, the large box at top is the
main cable.
No jumpers were set. There is no sound card. Win95 was
installed (and the CD worked) but I quickly erased that.
I've tried all permutations of jumpers according to the
documentation in kernel source directory. Needless to
say, there is no documentation accompanying the machine.
I set Jumper 1 to show 0x340, and passed that to lilo.
This is not being used by anything else (according to
/var/proc/ioports).
I get a message than cdu31a is not recognized as a block
device. I've tried all combinations of IRQ and also
passing 0 to indicate polling.
Any tips?
--
Ian Neath, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: M570 Motherboard, AMD K6-300 and Redhat 5.2
Date: 18 Feb 1999 00:02:13 GMT
Mark Borgstrom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: Has anyone with a M570 Motherboard (Pcchips) and an AMD K6 CPU been able
: to get Redhat 5.2 (or any other version of Linux) to install on their
: machine? The Redhat 5.2 Hardware documentation says there are some
: problems with some motherboards and AMD K6 CPUs. My machine freezes up
: at random places during install of 5.2 or running 5.1 of Redhat. I have
: seen post of folks running Linux with the M570 motherboard and Cyrix
: chips and my machine runs Windows95 and 98 just fine. I've tried new
: BIOS with no effect. Does anyone know of a fix or workaround for
: Linux? I'd hate to have to buy a different motherboard or CPU. Thanks!
I had the same problem with the same board with a K6-2/300:
As the board was designed, before the K6-2 was out, there is
a problem with the voltage regulator:
The regulator needs a minimum load for proper operation.
Under Linux, the K6-2 does not provide the necessery load,
and the core-voltage may rise from 2.2V up to 2.8V!
That can (and likly will) crash the machine.
As Lose95/98 don't have a power saving idle mode, the current
is always high enough when using those interrupt handlers.
Temporary Solution:
You can provide an CPU-Time consuming "idle-loop" (or is it a
"busy-loop" :-) ):
main() {for(;;);};
RH5.1 should not crash as long as the idle-loop
is running
Permanent Solution:
Solder a 10 Ohm / 10 Watt resistor between Vcore and GND.
This will provide the necessary load and the board will
do it just fine.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Martin )
Subject: Re: ISDN connection possible under LINUX?
Date: Thu, 18 Feb 99 17:03:14 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Mark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Is it possible to configure an ISDN modem under LINUX ?
>(I've got an EICON DIVA T/A ISDN Modem and i really don't know howto use
>it under LINUX)
>Please help! :-(
>
>
If it is an external unit, you just treat it like any other modem (provided
that you do not want to bond the two channels to get 128k). You may need to
use a different modem init string in your chat scripts - ISDN modems tend to
have more complex configuration options than analog ones...
I dropped a US Robotics Sportster ISDN modem in place of an analog modem,
added "AT&FB3" to the modem init and it came straight up and worked...
Martin
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From: James <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Acer ALN ethernet problem
Date: Wed, 17 Feb 1999 20:43:16 -0400
Use ne2000 for your NIC type and you should get results. It's built into
the kernel.
Hope this helps.
ben domingue wrote:
> I can't seem to get any drivers (or support) for an Acer ALN-101
> Series pnp 10 mbps isa ethernet adapter. the disk comes with crazy
> sco unix drivers and lame installation programs but they're pretty
> much useless as far as i can tell. i'm running linux 2.0.36. any
> feedback or information would be appreciated.
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From: James <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: ADSL and Linux
Date: Wed, 17 Feb 1999 20:41:44 -0400
Matthew is right. I'm using an external paradyne hot wire 5446 external ADSL
modem, (actually, it's not a modem at all, but a single channel router), and
it works great. With an external your NIC uses DHCP, and a static IP address
is used on the modem/router.
During install, specify that you want a network connection to the 'net via
LAN, and select DHCP. I'm not using X yet, but I can ping anywhere, so this
obviously works.
Hope this helps.
Nat wrote:
> Folks,
>
> Has anyone ever installed ADSL modem on linux box? ... I get a good deal
> with ADSL service with a frem ADSL Modem. I have no idea how that modem is
> going to work with my box.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Oat.
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From: Korny <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Printing with a DeskJet 722C
Date: Thu, 18 Feb 1999 17:04:38 GMT
I had the same problem on my RedHat 5.2 with an HP 720C. I think it was
caused by an incorrect kernel parameter... maybe something needed to be
compiled that I didn't include. I couldn't figure it out, anyway.
I upgraded from kernel 2.036 to kernel 2.2.1, and the problem automagically
fixed itself. Since you have a fast connection, you should consider upgrading
your kernel... make sure all other necessary components are up to date first,
or your new kernel will bomb.
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Date: Thu, 18 Feb 1999 08:19:08 -0800
From: Jayasuthan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.slackware,comp.os.linux.networking,ahn.tech.linux
Subject: Re: Clean Up lost+found
Hi,
A very big thank for your great information. I am very happy that I
didn't format my hard disk drive but recovery [ cleanup ] my corrupted
file. It's sucessful.
But the pipe command doesn't work as debugfs I manual add
debugfs: clri <154>
^ something like this.
But the bad news is ... I was supprise how come went I cleanup inode on
/home disk ... /dev/** files get effected during fsck. Well I was
debugging on wrong disk ! It was my backup system disk.
I manage to cleanup those files. It really great expriences.. and very
cool.
Thank You,
Suthan
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From: Henrik Carlqvist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How do I update the lilo kernel image map on my boot floppy?
Date: Wed, 17 Feb 1999 21:05:47 +0100
Jeff Kowalczyk wrote:
> I have a new kernel, but I have to use a boot disk at the moment, due
> to a bios limitation on this 486. This is RH5.2, and I'm trying to
> get the boot disk to load the 2.2.1 kernel I just built.
Boot floppies could be made with or without lilo.
> I have the 2.2.1 image copied over there, and I updated the lilo.conf
> on the floppy's /etc dir, how do I run lilo to update on the floppy,
> not the hard drive??
Whoops, I think that this is a way which will not work for making a boot
floppy. Files should not be placed in a file system on a boot floppy.
Boot floppies only contain raw images. You are not able to mount a boot
floppy.
> In the floppy root, (/mnt/floppy) I have:
>
> vmlinuz-2.0.36-0.7 vmlinuz-2.2.1
> /boot
> boot.0200 boot.b map message
...
Your boot floppy should not contain any files. Just start with a
formatted floppy. To make it a boot floppy without using lilo do
something like:
cp /vmlinuz /dev/fd0
> lilo.conf reads:
> -----------------------------------------------
> boot=/dev/fd0
> timeout=100
> prompt
> image=/vmlinuz-2.2.1
> label=linux
> append="mem=20M"
> root=/dev/hda6
> image=/vmlinuz-2.0.36-0.7
> label=linux-old
> append="mem=20M"
> root=/dev/hda6
> image=/vmlinuz-2.0.36-0.7
> label=rescue
> append="load_ramdisk=2 prompr_ramdisk=1"
> root=/dev/fd0
If you want to use lilo, you could use a lilo.cfg like that from your
hard disk. Place it in /etc and run /sbin/lilo and lilo will make a boot
floppy for you.
regards Henrik
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From: Stephan Skrodzki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: SiS 6326 AGP and X
Date: Thu, 18 Feb 1999 18:53:52 +0000
Christian Dysthe wrote:
> by adding these parameters:
>
> Option "no_bitblt"
> Option "sw_cursor"
> Option "edo_vram"
> DacSpeed 175
>
> The funny thing is that support for Diamond SpeedStar A50 is listed in the
> 3.3.3 docs. However, calling what you get from the SVGA server "support" is
> taking that expression a bit far ;)
>
> The problem is that I can not get color resolution above 8 bit for some
> reason. If someone could figure out how to achieve this I would be greatful.
hmm... a PCChips Board with the 6326 is running fine with 16 Bit. Still
24 or 32 Bit are not possible... And I think it's the "no_bitblt", which
makes the Server so slow... I wonder if anybody has a server on the 6326
running with biblt on :-)
Regards
Steve
P.S. does anybody has a combination of bttv and SiS6326 running?
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From: Petr DOKLADAL <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,alt.uu.comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Problem with wd80x3
Date: Thu, 18 Feb 1999 20:23:49 +0100
Hi all,
I've a problem with wd80x3. I'm running RedHat 5.2 with kernel 2.0.36.
with a loadable module driver for the card.
The card is recognized correctly during the boot (io address, irq).
However, the ifconfig is seeing the io address incorrectly and doesn't
allow to change it.
The jumpers are set as io=0x340, irq=3.
ifconfig states io=0x350, irq=3
Any ideas where is the problem.
Thanks for help,
Petr Dokladal
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From: "Dan Maclolm" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Can someone tell me how to get LILO to update my boot floppy's kernel map?
Date: Thu, 18 Feb 1999 13:19:05 -0600
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup
Try a to refresh the floppy lilo by running liloconfig using lilo.conf from
your floppy's /etc directory. liloconfig will install the new lilo.conf
configuration.
Dan
Jeff Kowalczyk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:XuXy2.1883$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>(Sorry for the reposts, this is the third day and I can't find the relevant
>help in the HOWTO's)
>
>I have a new kernel, but I have to use a boot disk at the moment, due to a
>bios limitation on this 486. This is RH5.2, and I'm trying to get the boot
>disk to load the 2.2.1 kernel I just built.
>
>I have the 2.2.1 image copied over there, and I updated the lilo.conf on
the
>floppy's /etc dir, how do I run lilo to update the kernel map on the
floppy,
>not the hard drive??
>
>In the floppy root, (/mnt/floppy) I have:
>
>vmlinuz-2.0.36-0.7 vmlinuz-2.2.1
>/boot
> boot.0200 boot.b map message
> (what exactly is the map file?)
>/dev
> fd0 hda6
>/etc
> lilo.conf
>
>lilo.conf reads:
>-----------------------------------------------
>boot=/dev/fd0
>timeout=100
>prompt
>image=/vmlinuz-2.2.1
> label=linux
> append="mem=20M"
> root=/dev/hda6
>image=/vmlinuz-2.0.36-0.7
> label=linux-old
> append="mem=20M"
> root=/dev/hda6
>image=/vmlinuz-2.0.36-0.7
> label=rescue
> append="load_ramdisk=2 prompr_ramdisk=1"
> root=/dev/fd0
>
>However, the only choices at boot time are linux and rescue, which means
>myexperiments with the various lilo switches have been unsuccssful. Help?
>
>
>
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