Linux-Hardware Digest #482, Volume #9 Mon, 22 Feb 99 03:13:53 EST
Contents:
Sound Problems (detailed) SB AWE32 PnP (dave caputo)
Re: ISA/PNP card in a PCI bus (Dennis Joris)
Re: isa serial modems, no jumpers ("john smith")
Re: Why I can't install my modem manually? (Allen)
Re: Sony SuperStation/Aiwa Bolt (Bill Stephens)
Re: HP Deskjet 692c (garv)
Toshiba Infinia 7130 & Linux (John Kinney)
remounting root device on boot (Bill Simpson)
Re: Linux crashes every time I boot (Chris Mahmood)
Re: _Good_ (support 5+ systems) Monitor/Mouse/Keyboard switch for pc... (Mark Dalton)
Re: _Good_ (support 5+ systems) Monitor/Mouse/Keyboard switch for pc... ("Jan
Johansson")
Diamond internal modem setup (Colin Walls)
Re: Ensoniq AudioPCI, ALSA, .mid files (Colin Day)
Re: Memory problems (Chris Mahmood)
Re: 3151 Terminal. ("Pedro A. Nicot")
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (dave caputo)
Subject: Sound Problems (detailed) SB AWE32 PnP
Date: 16 Feb 1999 09:47:27 GMT
this is extensive.
i've been running linux for several years, never really bothered to get
the soundcard working cuz it never worked well ... now that 2.2.1 is on my
machine and pnptools is out, i figured i should give it another try ...
i am experiencing playback errors with my card -- playback will
occasionally stop for no reason. also, when using RealPlayer, playback
will stop and generate the following to stderr:
****audio: write error: 726 bytes errno: 11
where # of bytes varies -- this will happen whenever the computer is
touched, even to drag a window.
so here goes.
i have 2.2.1, the card is configged with isapnptools-17 to use irq 5,
dma=11, dma16=5, io=0x220 ...
i can't see any irq conflicts or anything of the sort, and am completely
baffled ... thanks a lot in advance for any help, and let me know if there
is any more information that could be helpful, although i have everything
in here that i could imagine ...
here are the contents of important files ...
================
/etc/isapnp.conf (many comments clipped)
================
# more /etc/isapnp.conf
# $Id: pnpdump.c,v 1.17 1998/11/10 22:45:04 fox Exp $
# This is free software, see the sources for details.
# This software has NO WARRANTY, use at your OWN RISK
#
# For details of this file format, see isapnp.conf(5)
#
# For latest information on isapnp and pnpdump see:
# http://www.roestock.demon.co.uk/isapnptools/
#
# Compiler flags: -DREALTIME -DNEEDSETSCHEDULER -DABORT_ONRESERR
#
# Trying port address 0203
# Board 1 has serial identifier 91 10 00 84 c1 44 00 8c 0e
# (DEBUG)
(READPORT 0x020b)
(ISOLATE PRESERVE)
(IDENTIFY *)
(VERBOSITY 2)
(CONFLICT (IO FATAL)(IRQ FATAL)(DMA FATAL)(MEM FATAL)) # or WARNING
# Card 1: (serial identifier 91 10 00 84 c1 44 00 8c 0e)
# Vendor Id CTL0044, Serial Number 268469441, checksum 0x91.
# Version 1.0, Vendor version 1.0
# ANSI string -->Creative SB32 PnP<--
#
# Logical device id CTL0031
# Device supports vendor reserved register @ 0x38
# Device supports vendor reserved register @ 0x39
# Device supports vendor reserved register @ 0x3d
# Device supports vendor reserved register @ 0x3e
#
# Edit the entries below to uncomment out the configuration required.
# Note that only the first value of any range is given, this may be changed if required
# Don't forget to uncomment the activate (ACT Y) when happy
(CONFIGURE CTL0044/268469441 (LD 0
# ANSI string -->Audio<--
# Multiple choice time, choose one only !
# Start dependent functions: priority preferred
# IRQ 5.
# High true, edge sensitive interrupt (by default)
(INT 0 (IRQ 5 (MODE +E)))
# First DMA channel 1.
# 8 bit DMA only
# Logical device is not a bus master
# DMA may execute in count by byte mode
# DMA may not execute in count by word mode
# DMA channel speed in compatible mode
(DMA 0 (CHANNEL 1))
# Next DMA channel 5.
# 16 bit DMA only
# Logical device is not a bus master
# DMA may not execute in count by byte mode
# DMA may execute in count by word mode
# DMA channel speed in compatible mode
(DMA 1 (CHANNEL 5))
# Logical device decodes 16 bit IO address lines
# Minimum IO base address 0x0220
# Maximum IO base address 0x0220
# IO base alignment 1 bytes
# Number of IO addresses required: 16
(IO 0 (SIZE 16) (BASE 0x0220))
# Logical device decodes 16 bit IO address lines
# Minimum IO base address 0x0330
# Maximum IO base address 0x0330
# IO base alignment 1 bytes
# Number of IO addresses required: 2
(IO 1 (SIZE 2) (BASE 0x0330))
# Logical device decodes 16 bit IO address lines
# Minimum IO base address 0x0388
# Maximum IO base address 0x0388
# IO base alignment 1 bytes
# Number of IO addresses required: 4
(IO 2 (SIZE 4) (BASE 0x0388))
# End dependent functions
(NAME "CTL0044/268469441[0]{Audio }")
(ACT Y)
))
(CONFIGURE CTL0044/268469441 (LD 2
# ANSI string -->WaveTable<--
# Multiple choice time, choose one only !
# Start dependent functions: priority preferred
# Logical device decodes 16 bit IO address lines
# Minimum IO base address 0x0620
# Maximum IO base address 0x0620
# IO base alignment 1 bytes
# Number of IO addresses required: 4
(IO 0 (SIZE 4) (BASE 0x0620))
(IO 1 (SIZE 4) (BASE 0x0A20))
(IO 2 (SIZE 4) (BASE 0x0E20))
# Start dependent functions: priority acceptable
# Logical device decodes 16 bit IO address lines
# Minimum IO base address 0x0620
# Maximum IO base address 0x0680
# IO base alignment 32 bytes
# Number of IO addresses required: 4
# (IO 0 (SIZE 4) (BASE 0x0620))
# End dependent functions
(NAME "CTL0044/268469441[2]{WaveTable }")
(ACT Y)
))
(CONFIGURE TCM5090/612604453 (LD 0
# Compatible device id PNP80f7
# IRQ 3, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12 or 15.
# High true, edge sensitive interrupt (by default)
(INT 0 (IRQ 10 (MODE +E)))
# Logical device decodes 16 bit IO address lines
# Minimum IO base address 0x0210
# Maximum IO base address 0x03e0
# IO base alignment 16 bytes
# Number of IO addresses required: 16
(IO 0 (SIZE 16) (BASE 0x0300))
(NAME "TCM5090/612604453[0]{3Com 3C509B EtherLink III}")
(ACT Y)
))
# Returns all cards to the "Wait for Key" state
(WAITFORKEY)
=================
/etc/conf.modules
=================
alias eth0 3c509 # or whatever net adapter you have
# you might need an "options" line for some net adapters:
options 3c509 irq=10
alias net-pf-3 off # no ax25 module available (yet)
alias net-pf-4 off # if you don't use the ipx module
alias net-pf-5 off # if you don't use the appletalk module
alias sound sb
alias midi awe_wave
post-install awe_wave /usr/local/bin/sfxload /usr/synthgm.sbk
options sb io=0x220 irq=5 dma=1 dma16=5 mpu_io=0x330 && /usr/local/bin/aumix -L
=============
/proc/ioports
=============
0000-001f : dma1
0020-003f : pic1
0040-005f : timer
0060-006f : keyboard
0080-008f : dma page reg
00a0-00bf : pic2
00c0-00df : dma2
00f0-00ff : fpu
0170-0177 : ide1
01f0-01f7 : ide0
0220-022f : soundblaster
02f8-02ff : serial(auto)
0300-030f : 3c509
0330-0333 : MPU-401 UART
0376-0376 : ide1
0378-037f : parport0
03c0-03df : vga+
03f6-03f6 : ide0
03f8-03ff : serial(auto)
0620-0623 : sound driver (AWE32)
0778-077a : parport0
0a20-0a23 : sound driver (AWE32)
0e20-0e23 : sound driver (AWE32)
9000-9007 : ide0
9008-900f : ide1
================
/proc/interrupts
================
CPU0
0: 419887 XT-PIC timer
1: 11625 XT-PIC keyboard
2: 0 XT-PIC cascade
4: 36881 XT-PIC serial
5: 73619 XT-PIC soundblaster
10: 66035 XT-PIC eth0
13: 1 XT-PIC fpu
14: 7397 XT-PIC ide0
15: 27 XT-PIC ide1
============
/dev/sndstat
============
OSS/Free:3.8s2++-971130
Load type: Driver loaded as a module
Kernel: Linux bozza 2.2.1 #4 Mon Feb 15 22:41:30 EST 1999 i586
Config options: 0
Installed drivers:
Card config:
Audio devices:
0: Sound Blaster 16 (4.13) (DUPLEX)
Synth devices:
0: AWE32-0.4.3 (RAM0k)
Midi devices:
0: Sound Blaster 16
1: AWE Midi Emu
Timers:
0: System clock
Mixers:
0: Sound Blaster
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From: Dennis Joris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: ISA/PNP card in a PCI bus
Date: Mon, 22 Feb 1999 00:42:38 +0100
David wrote:
>
> So what your saying is I need to use ISAPNPTOOLS for my ISA PNP cards
> even if they are plugged into a pci bus.
How do you plug an ISA card into a PCI slot? Beats me....
Is the mobo still working???
[snip]
Dennis.
--
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "john smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: isa serial modems, no jumpers
Date: Mon, 22 Feb 1999 00:04:14 -0600
I just did this tonight. first, download isapnptools (i forget where I got
mine from... try www.linuxapps.com), then detar it and install it according
to the documentation. Then, run "pnpdump -c > /etc/isapnp.conf" to detect
your pnp card. if everything goes okay (and reply back if it doesn't) you
can type "isapnp /etc/isapnp.conf" to configure the pnp card. Finally, look
at the uncommented lines in isapnp.conf to see what IRQ and I/O base isapnp
set up the card with. Pick an unused com port (like com 2) for your modem
and run setserial. For example, type "setserial /dev/cua1 port 0x03e8 irq 5
uart 16550" to set com 2 to a modem with a 16550 uart on irq5 and I/O base
0x03e8.
After doing all this, you can then go into minicom, set the serial device to
whatever you specified above (here, /dev/cua1), and then go ahead and dial.
Hope I could help.
ComFuMasta wrote in message ...
>hi. i recently picked up a isa internal pnp modem. it has no jumpers. i
>called the company and i was told that this modem will work in linux. i
have
>redhat 5.1. i am new to linux. i have installed it like 20 times. it just
>wont work for me. i have used minicom, seyon, and even tried it manually,
>and no luck what so ever. i have got my modem to work in windows. it is on
>com2, irq 3. i have talked with a few people that have told me to disable
my
>com2 in my bios. i tried it a while back and i remember no luck. when i
used
>minicom, and tried to initialize it did not give me the ok. when i use
>seyon. it says wrong port ( even though i know it is the correct on) and it
>tells me to recompile seyon and set HAVE_MODEM_CONTROL to no. please help
>me. if you have any quiestions please contact me and feel free to ask all
>the questions you have. i have been working on this prob for about 3 mos
>now. it is getting pretty annoying.
>
>thanx
>
>comfumasta
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Allen)
Subject: Re: Why I can't install my modem manually?
Date: 21 Feb 1999 01:16:15 GMT
The trick there is not to let it search for new hardware. Set
it manually, and then tell Windows what you put in and where you put
it. BTW, are you picking the IRQ 7 (normally used for LPT 1?) because
you have (and aren't using) the on-board serial ports on your system
(and they are still enabled)? if so, then you can go into the CMOS
setup, and disable one or both of the serial ports, and free up the
resources for you modem, and it will be able to take a more standard
port address/IRQ combo. CAUTION: If you have a serial mouse, DON'T
disable that COM port <duh> or you won't have a working mouse anymore.
the normal defaults are COM 1 -- (IRQ 4) = Serial mouse, COM 2 --
(IRQ 3) = available for modem(?) and most internal modems with jumpers
come from the factory set to COM 2 by default, or PnP, but to allow
them to work, on COM 2, you MUST disable the on-board COM 2 serial
port or they will conflict, or (if it is PnP, then the modem will set
up at a non-standard/wierd port address and IRQ.
hope this helps, and if you need more info, drop me a line.
Allen
(email addy; user ID portion has a numeral one in place of word
onespoiler, and of course, delete the bogus secondary domain of
nospam.)
fight spam everywhere!!!
The irony is that Bill Gates claims to making a
stable operating system and
Linus Torvalds claims to be trying to take over the
world.
Linux; The Official OS of the New Millennium
http://www.linuxlink.com
On Sat, 20 Feb 1999 01:29:18 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Lucifer) wrote:
>Hi,
>
>Recently, I bought a U.S. Robotics 56K internal modem (ISA).
>When I choose PNP, Win98 can configure it correctly and it works fine.
>
>Now, I want to configure the modem manually. So, I set the jumpers to
>use COM3, IRQ 7. Then, when I choose "add new hardware" and tell to
>searche for new modem, well, Win98 can't find it.
>
>My question is how to install my modem manually?
>Can LINUX recognize my modem if I leave it PNP?
>I tried with "modemtool" but can't see the modem...?
>
>Could be my BIOS? (AMIBIOS V.1.07)
>
>Thank you for your help!
>Eric.
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Date: Sat, 20 Feb 1999 19:21:33 -0600
From: Bill Stephens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.dev.tape
Subject: Re: Sony SuperStation/Aiwa Bolt
Yeah!!!! I made some progress, I rebuilt the kernel to enable SCSI
emulation of the tape drive (needed it for my CD burner also), and now my
system doesn't trap out when I try to tar to the tape drive. Now my
problem is after about a minute or so of backing up, the tar dies with a
broken pipe error. Does this sound familiar to anyone?
Thanks,
Bill Stephens
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bill Stephens wrote:
> Ok, I admit it, I bought one without checking the news groups first.
> Now that I have checked though, it looks like folks have been trying to
> get it working since last November. Does anyone have it working
> reliably?
>
> I tried 2.0.36, and hit the I/O errors most folks did, so I struggled
> with the 2.2.1 upgrade, and finally was able to boot my system and have
> it recognize the tape on /dev/ht0. When I try to tar (tar cvf /dev/ht0
> /root) I receive a trap screen.
>
> If anyone has it working, I sure would appreciate any hints or tips,
> otherwise, it'll have to be relegated to, ugh sigh whimper, my NT
> machine.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Bill Stephens
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: garv <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: HP Deskjet 692c
Date: Sat, 20 Feb 1999 14:53:14 -0800
LucasNM wrote:
> I wasn't found how to install it in on-line documents.
>
>
I am using HP 855C with Red Hat 5.2. Chose 5xx/6xx at install. Works
fine.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Kinney)
Subject: Toshiba Infinia 7130 & Linux
Date: Mon, 22 Feb 1999 06:00:46 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi,
Anybody have any experience/success with installing Linux on a Toshiba
Infinia 7130 desktop computer? This is pretty much an out-of-the-box
system now running Win95.
Not running any of the fancy multimedia stuff - just a sound, NE2000
network card, and an internal modem.
John Kinney
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Date: Mon, 15 Feb 1999 09:37:00 -0600
From: Bill Simpson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: Bill Simpson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: remounting root device on boot
Every time I boot up I get the message:
remounting root device with read-write enabled.
Then every once in a while on boot up I get a message to the effect that
the max mount count is exceeded; machine sits there a while doing
something (fixing something up?), then boot proceeds OK.
I wonder if something is wrong with my set-up, and how to fix.
(BTW, how do I see a listing of all those messages that scroll by when
booting up? It's not in dmesg)
Thanks very much for any help.
Bill Simpson
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From: Chris Mahmood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux crashes every time I boot
Date: Sun, 21 Feb 1999 23:31:27 -0800
i meant ROM...
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From: Mark Dalton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.video
Subject: Re: _Good_ (support 5+ systems) Monitor/Mouse/Keyboard switch for pc...
Date: Mon, 22 Feb 1999 01:21:45 -0600
>
> "Active" switches cost a lot more (eg. 8-port OmniView costs over
> $500), but they don't suffer from the problems above.
>
> FF.
>
> --
> The system required Windows 95 or better, so I installed Linux!
It looks like you can get a 6-port OmniView autoswitch for $245.00.
http://store.hotsoftware.com/pk.wcgi/hot/prod/1126926-1
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From: "Jan Johansson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.ms-windows.nt.admin.networking,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.video,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.ms-windows.nt.misc
Subject: Re: _Good_ (support 5+ systems) Monitor/Mouse/Keyboard switch for pc...
Date: Mon, 22 Feb 1999 08:27:11 +0100
Cybex (www.cybex.com) Prolly makes the best there is.. but they are NOT even
close to cheap. But it is about the only ones i have found that can tackle
multiple 1600x1200@99Hz machines in a good way.
Man wrote in message <01be5c9f$40870ae0$240b5e18@workstation>...
>I currently have a two-computer vga/serial/kb switch that is made by PC
>Concepts that I purchased from Fry's Electronics for ~$35. Now, I am
>looking to add another computer and would still like to have control over
>all three boxen from my single monitor, mouse, and keyboard. Could anyone
>suggest a better one than the one I have now, possibly one that just just
>push a soft button instead of turning a large (0.5") switch for each
>computer...
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From: Colin Walls <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Diamond internal modem setup
Date: 20 Feb 1999 10:13:00 +0000
I have had a Diamond SupraExpress PCI modem given. I have read the
serial and modem HOWTOs but I have not been able to make the thing work.
Can anyone help?
Could you please respond by mail, as well as to the groups since I am
having some problems reading News at the moment :-(
--
Colin Walls
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Web: http://www.murorum.demon.co.uk
Phone: 01625 535123
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From: Colin Day <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Ensoniq AudioPCI, ALSA, .mid files
Date: Mon, 22 Feb 1999 07:47:01 +0000
Harry wrote:
> pardon me for butting-in....?
>
> I've got an Ensoniq AudioPCI Wavetable sound card in my Gateway
> box and can't figure out how to use it with Linux - can you give
> me some pointers? The card appears to be detected, but beyond v
> that I can say more.e
>
> HarryI
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
The 2.2.x kernels have support for the Ensoniq Audio PCI sound
card 1370, but not midi (it does *.wav and *.au). ALSA has
drivers, but I don't know what the /etc/conf.modules file
should look like.
Colin Day [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Chris Mahmood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Memory problems
Date: Sun, 21 Feb 1999 23:27:17 -0800
try checking your memory with:
http://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/hardware/memtest86-1.4a.tar.gz
does your machine shadow any ram?
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From: "Pedro A. Nicot" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.unix.aix
Subject: Re: 3151 Terminal.
Date: Sun, 21 Feb 1999 15:01:10 -0500
Derek Kwan wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>
>Hello World,
>
> I have just order a IBM 3151 terminal, and I was wondering if it is
>possible to use as a regular dumb terminal. For example hook up with my
>Linux box (BTW, isn't 3151 have 2 comm ports?) so I can switch between
>terminals?
>
>Derek
>
The 3151 is just a dumb terminal. All you need is for the OS to support it
via TERMCAP/TERMINFO. As for the two ports, one is always for data, the
other is always for the auxiliary, they cannot be switched. I assume you
want to have 1 terminal connected to 2 different boxes. To do that you need
an 3153 terminal which has 2 serial ports ( one wired DTE and the other DCE)
that you can select either one as being data or auxiliary and a parallel
port.
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