Linux-Hardware Digest #483, Volume #9 Mon, 22 Feb 99 05:13:28 EST
Contents:
Re: good UPS? (Chris Mahmood)
Re: Can't mount vfat (FAT32) partition under 2.2.1 (Colin Day)
Re: PCI modems in linux? ("Vic")
AMS Roadster Trident Cyber 9385 setup (leslie barstow)
3COM 905B-TX Detection Problem (Russell Dawson)
3COM 905B-TX Detection Problem (Russell Dawson)
Re: NetGear network cards (Timo Biesenbach)
Re: Which HP DeskJet to buy/not to buy? - quick advice needed, please! (Robert
Kiesling)
Re: Dual CPU's (Christophe KUMSTA)
ps2 mouse prob ("Gareth Lloyd")
Re: Support for the NCR53C7XX in COmpaq Prosignia? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
true color in windows, 16color in linux ("ComFuMasta")
Where is eth0 - Netgear FA310TX - RH5.1 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: ZIP Parallel Port Under Red Hat 5.2 (Wolfgang Viechtbauer)
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From: Chris Mahmood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: good UPS?
Date: Sun, 21 Feb 1999 23:07:05 -0800
i'd stay away from the minuteman ones. it's nice, but even with a
pin-out i couldn't put together a working cable. the documentation
with powerd lays out the aps models pretty clearly.
-ckm
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From: Colin Day <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Can't mount vfat (FAT32) partition under 2.2.1
Date: Mon, 22 Feb 1999 08:07:40 +0000
Joel Andrews wrote:
> Ok, I have a question.. I have Win98 on hda1 or C:, and Linux on another drive, how
> do I mount C: to copy files to my Linux drive? C: is FAT32..
mount -t vfat /dev/hda1 /mountpoint (just make a directory)
Assuming that you supported vfat and NLS in the kernel, it
should work.
>
>
> David Brown wrote:
>
> > Ha!
> >
> > I figured it out. Just in case anyone runs across this message and made a similar
>error, here's
> > what it was:
> >
> > When I compiled 2.2.1 I made a mistake in selecting the character set to be used
>in interpreting
> > the filenames under fat/vfat. I selected the first option (Codepage 437(?)
>US/Canada) in
> > menuconfig, rather than the ISO Latin 1 character set way down below.
> >
> > So, the low-level processes all saw /dev/hda1 as a valid fat32 partition, but the
>filenames were
> > all psuedo-corrupted by my use of an incorrect character set.
> >
> > Woulda been nice if there had been some kind of error message there instead of a
>console hang, but
> > hey... this is how I learn about all this stuff...
> >
> > D
> >
> > --
> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > David Brown, MD [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > (Remove "NOSPAM_" when sending replies.)
> >
> > "It's not that Linux isn't user-friendly, it's just that it's really
> > selective about *who* its friends are!" -- (who said that?)
> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
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From: "Vic" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: PCI modems in linux?
Date: Mon, 22 Feb 1999 08:09:48 GMT
Eugene <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:C55z2.62$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>AFAIK all PCI modems are winmodems
And all modern hardware are winhardware ;-)
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From: leslie barstow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: AMS Roadster Trident Cyber 9385 setup
Date: 21 Feb 1999 23:49:53 GMT
I am the (somewhat unfortunate) recipient of an AMS Roadster 266MMX
laptop, on which, for work purposes, I have installed Linux (RedHat
5.2).
I managed to get the sound card working (had to do a pnpdump and edit
the config by hand), the Xircom CBE2-100 is unsupported, and X is really
being a pain.
Xconfigurator guesses the correct card, but doesn't seem to want to do a
probe (just returns a failure). The screen is a TFT 800x600 12.1"
screen, and the video is a Trident Cyber9385 with 512k of video RAM.
Apparently, since the probe fails, the entries to XF86Config are made,
but commented out. This is what causes the oft-reported 320x200 mode
(really fugly, BTW) - the video chip is set to "generic", which has a
320x200 mode builtin. I editted the XF86Config by hand, changing
references to the "TG 9660 / Cyber 9385" entry, but I must have the
wrong video modes: when I start this, using 640x480x24, the screen goes
blank (the Xserver still responds to requests, but the display is
obviously incorrectly configured). I tried 800x600x8, but XF86 then
reports no valid modes.
Any info or help would be appreciated.
--
Les Barstow | Apple ][ Forever!
[EMAIL PROTECTED] |
| "How may I be honest with you today?"
Disclaimer: I didn't do it! | -- Tuvoc
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From: Russell Dawson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: 3COM 905B-TX Detection Problem
Date: Mon, 22 Feb 1999 02:16:32 -0600
Hello there,
I can't seem to even get RedHat Linux 5.2 to install because my 3COM
905B-TX is not a supported NIC. I was told that maybe the kernel has
drivers for it, but as for installing it, I don't know what to do.
Is there any UNIX based OS that I can install from FTP with a 3COM
905B-TX?
Is there anyway to get a driver for the Linux installation?
Thanks.
Russell Dawson
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From: Russell Dawson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: 3COM 905B-TX Detection Problem
Date: Mon, 22 Feb 1999 02:22:27 -0600
Hello there,
I can't seem to even get RedHat Linux 5.2 to install because my 3COM
905B-TX is not a supported NIC. I was told that maybe the kernel has
drivers for it, but as for installing it, I don't know what to do.
Is there any UNIX based OS that I can install from FTP with a 3COM
905B-TX?
Is there anyway to get a driver for the Linux installation?
Thanks.
Russell Dawson
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From: Timo Biesenbach <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: NetGear network cards
Date: Mon, 22 Feb 1999 09:36:17 +0100
Hi !
There are two types of the Netgear FA310TX cards out there :
- Old ones use the DECchip 21140 chipset which is supported by the Linux
"tulip" driver
- Newer ones use a Netgear chipset, which is compatible to the DECchip 21140
to SOME
extent. You can download a customized tulip driver from the Netgear homepage
and
compile it yourself, which shouldn't be too difficult.
Jim Kannengieser wrote:
> Are NetGear nics compatable with Linux? I'm running Red Hat 5.2 with
> kernel 2.0.36. These cards are very inexpensive, but I haven't seen them
> listed as being supported anywhere. Any info will be appreciated.
>
> Thanks.
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Which HP DeskJet to buy/not to buy? - quick advice needed, please!
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Robert Kiesling)
Date: Mon, 22 Feb 1999 09:01:28 GMT
In article <Ew8A2.5283$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
A.G. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>My old HP DJ500 bit the dust today. Have to buy a new printer in the next 2
>days.
>
>I really need an advice which of the HP's DeskJets are known to work well or
>poorly under Linux.
>
>I am really interested only in HP's because of their design - front loading
>and output. I'll have to stuff the printer into a narrow shelf of a
>sideboard, so I can't have vertical loading of paper.
Some messages flashed by briefly a little while ago about HP printers
with model numbers > 700 being supported only by MS Windows. I tried
upgrading an OfficeJet (560 I think) about 6 months ago, which was a
dismal failure. I don't know what to say. It seems that HP has opted
completely for WinPrinters. I have a 400 that I use day-in day-out,
but I'm skeptical of buying another HP now.
--
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Christophe KUMSTA <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Dual CPU's
Date: Mon, 22 Feb 1999 08:56:20 +0000
Douglas Jerome wrote:
> % uname -a
> Linux superman.primenet.com 2.2.1 #1 SMP Fri Feb 19 21:34:06 MST 1999
> i686 unknown
> ^^^
> |||
> +++-- Symmetric Multi Processor
> %
> % cat /proc/cpuinfo
> processor : 0
> vendor_id : GenuineIntel
> cpu family : 6
> model : 5
> model name : Pentium II (Deschutes)
> stepping : 2
> cpu MHz : 333.061063
> cache size : 512 KB
> fdiv_bug : no
> hlt_bug : no
> sep_bug : no
> f00f_bug : no
> fpu : yes
> fpu_exception : yes
> cpuid level : 2
> wp : yes
> flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge
> mca cmov pat pse36 mmx osfxsr
> bogomips : 332.60
>
> processor : 1
> vendor_id : GenuineIntel
> cpu family : 6
> model : 5
> model name : Pentium II (Deschutes)
> stepping : 2
> cpu MHz : 333.061063
> cache size : 512 KB
> fdiv_bug : no
> hlt_bug : no
> sep_bug : no
> f00f_bug : no
> fpu : yes
> fpu_exception : yes
> cpuid level : 2
> wp : yes
> flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge
> mca cmov pat pse36 mmx osfxsr
> bogomips : 332.60
>
> --
> Douglas Jerome
hi,
I've a Dual-PII 266MHz which works fine too in SMP.
But I've got a pb when I tried make it a diskless station with bootp !!!
I wanted to use etherboot 4.0 and when my PC boot , after downloading
the bootimage , It says no SMP support !!!
Have you any idea about this pb ?
Without bootp booting :
================================================================================
Linux version 2.2.0.RTL0D (root@cirius) (gcc version 2.7.2.3) #1 SMP ven
jan 29 17:09:47 CET 1999
Intel MultiProcessor Specification v1.4
Virtual Wire compatibility mode.
OEM ID: OEM00000 Product ID: PROD00000000 APIC at: 0xFEE00000
Processor #1 Pentium(tm) Pro APIC version 17
Processor #0 Pentium(tm) Pro APIC version 17
I/O APIC #2 Version 17 at 0xFEC00000.
Processors: 2
mapped APIC to ffffe000 (fee00000)
mapped IOAPIC to ffffd000 (fec00000)
Detected 267277276 Hz processor.
Console: colour VGA+ 80x25
Calibrating delay loop... 266.24 BogoMIPS
Memory: 22676k/24576k available (956k kernel code, 416k reserved, 480k
data, 48k init)
Checking 386/387 coupling... OK, FPU using exception 16 error reporting.
Checking 'hlt' instruction... OK.
POSIX conformance testing by UNIFIX
mtrr: v1.26 (19981001) Richard Gooch ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
per-CPU timeslice cutoff: 100.10 usecs.
CPU1: Intel Pentium II (Klamath) stepping 04
calibrating APIC timer ...
..... CPU clock speed is 267.2618 MHz.
..... system bus clock speed is 66.8152 MHz.
Booting processor 0 eip 2000
Calibrating delay loop... 267.06 BogoMIPS
OK.
CPU0: Intel Pentium II (Klamath) stepping 04
Total of 2 processors activated (533.30 BogoMIPS).
enabling symmetric IO mode... ...done.
ENABLING IO-APIC IRQs
init IO_APIC IRQs
IO-APIC pin 0, 10, 11, 12, 13, 17, 20, 21, 22, 23 not connected.
number of MP IRQ sources: 15.
number of IO-APIC registers: 24.
testing the IO APIC.......................
.... register #00: 02000000
....... : physical APIC id: 02
.... register #01: 00170011
....... : max redirection entries: 0017
....... : IO APIC version: 0011
.... register #02: 00000000
....... : arbitration: 00
.... IRQ redirection table:
NR Log Phy Mask Trig IRR Pol Stat Dest Deli Vect:
00 000 00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 00
01 000 00 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 59
02 0FF 0F 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 51
03 000 00 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 61
04 000 00 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 69
05 000 00 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 71
06 000 00 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 79
07 000 00 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 81
08 000 00 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 89
09 000 00 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 91
0a 000 00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 00
0b 000 00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 00
0c 000 00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 00
0d 000 00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 00
0e 000 00 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 99
0f 000 00 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 A1
10 0FF 0F 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 A9
11 000 00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 00
12 0FF 0F 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 B1
13 0FF 0F 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 B9
14 000 00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 00
15 000 00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 00
16 000 00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 00
17 000 00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 00
IRQ to pin mappings:
IRQ0 -> 2
IRQ1 -> 1
IRQ3 -> 3
IRQ4 -> 4
IRQ5 -> 5
IRQ6 -> 6
IRQ7 -> 7
IRQ8 -> 8
IRQ9 -> 9
IRQ14 -> 14
IRQ15 -> 15
IRQ16 -> 16
IRQ18 -> 18
IRQ19 -> 19
.................................... done.
RTL startCalibrating pentium counter...ok. Scaler = 19173945
ed
PCI: PCI BIOS revision 2.10 entry at 0xf0750
PCI: Using configuration type 1
PCI: Probing PCI hardware
PCI->APIC IRQ transform: (B0,I4,P3) -> 19
PCI->APIC IRQ transform: (B0,I10,P0) -> 18
PCI->APIC IRQ transform: (B0,I12,P0) -> 16
Linux NET4.0 for Linux 2.2
...
and now with bootp :
=================================================================================
Linux version 2.2.0.RTL0D (root@cirius) (gcc version 2.7.2.3) #2 SMP mar
f�v 2 09:10:41 CET 1999
mapped APIC to ffffe000 (0024f000)
mapped IOAPIC to ffffd000 (00250000)
Detected 267277276 Hz processor.
Console: colour VGA+ 80x25
Calibrating delay loop... 266.24 BogoMIPS
Memory: 63136k/65536k available (1028k kernel code, 420k reserved, 900k
data, 52k init)
VFS: Diskquotas version dquot_6.4.0 initialized
Checking 386/387 coupling... OK, FPU using exception 16 error reporting.
Checking 'hlt' instruction... OK.
POSIX conformance testing by UNIFIX
mtrr: v1.26 (19981001) Richard Gooch ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
per-CPU timeslice cutoff: 100.22 usecs.
CPU0: Intel Pentium II (Klamath) stepping 04
SMP motherboard not detected. Using dummy APIC emulation.
RTL startCalibrating pentium counter...ok. Scaler = 19173945
...
==================================================================================
-- KUMSTA Christophe
-- <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
-- real-time system developper
-- RT-Linux (Use the source luke)
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From: "Gareth Lloyd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: ps2 mouse prob
Date: Sat, 20 Feb 1999 22:37:23 -0500
new to linux, just installed it and seems fine, but my mouse doesn't work in
x-windows.. it goes to the upper right hand corner and jumps all over the
place when i try to use it. i have a microsoft ps2 mouse, no rollerball. i
tried all the ps2 configs in the mouse config utility. any help would be
greatly appreciated.
btw, i've looked everywhere i can find, dejanews, howto's etc. i haven't
seen an answer to this exact problem
thanks in advance.
Gareth Lloyd
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Support for the NCR53C7XX in COmpaq Prosignia?
Date: Mon, 15 Feb 1999 09:55:12 GMT
Hi
Their is no driver on 2.2.1 kernel for Prosignia VS. If you have any other
SCSI controller like 810,825,875 (All PCI) you can use these to install Linux
without any problem.
Regards
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Jacob Gladish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Henk-Jan (Linux news.*) wrote:
> >
> > Does the 2.2.1 kernel support the NCR SCSI Chipset in the COmpaq Prosignia
> > VS or not?
> >
> > --
> > Met vriendelijke groeten,
> > With kind regards,
> >
> > Henk-Jan Kloosterman
> > (Nederland, Friesland)
>
> yes. from my /proc/ioports/ "8000-807f : ncr53c7,8xx"
>
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From: "ComFuMasta" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: true color in windows, 16color in linux
Date: Sun, 21 Feb 1999 03:37:10 GMT
i get true color in windows, but i use a driver sis 5597/5598. in linux all
i can get is vga16. can you help. i do not know what all info you need but
if you have any questions please feel free to ask.
comfumasta
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Where is eth0 - Netgear FA310TX - RH5.1
Date: Mon, 22 Feb 1999 08:57:30 GMT
I could really use some help if anyone has any ideas. I have sifted through
all the docs that I can get my eyes on without any luck. I'm not even sure if
the problem is with my BIOS or LINUX configuration.
Here is the story...
Netgear FA310TX PCI fast ethernet card with Lite-On "PNIC" chip.
I installed RedHat 5.1 - no problems selected tulip as network card, it
accepted that, and continued through install.
After boot, I find no /dev/eth0, but I do find out that my card is not
supported by that older tulip driver. So...
I then compiled, with gcc 2.7.2.3, the updated tulip driver that ships with
the Netgear card. This has added support for Netgear card. Replaced the old
tulip.o with the new one.
After swapping in the new tulip.o, and checking dependencies, I get message:
/lib/modules/preferred/net/tulip.0: unresolved symbol(s)
Huh?
After boot, there is still no /dev/eth0.
Checked /var/log/dmesg, and there is nothing in there referring to my ethernet
card. There is a message that is "Probing PCI Hardware."
Checked /var/log/messages, and I think it indicates that the module loaded
correctly with the following messages
tulip.c:v0.89k 8/8/98 Modified for Netgear
eth0: NETGEAR MGMC169 MAC at 0xd000, 00 a0 cc 3d df b7, IRQ 0
eth0: Checking for MII transceivers...
eth0: MII transceiver found at MDIO address, config 1000 status 7809
Disturbing here is the IRQ 0, but at least, it read the hardware address, and
found the transceiver. Is IRQ 0 ok? Shouldn't my BIOS have assigned another
IRQ?
/proc/interrupts shows IRQ 0 used by the timer, no entry for eth0
/proc/ioports shows d000-d0ff for eth0
Again, my system does not show a /dev/eth0.
my conf.modules does contain the line, as put there by RedHat install:
alias eth0 tulip
lsmod lists no modules loaded, so I insmod tulip, and I see the messages
indicating that all is well, and the Netgear modified driver is loaded
now, lsmod shows the tulip module. I again check /dev/ to see eth0. Not
there.
ifconfig shows only the loopback interface
ifconfig eth0 does show the interface info, MAC address, and Base IO address.
ifconfig eth0 up returns error:
SIOCSIFFLAGGS: Resource temporarily unavailable
I am lost. If anyone can shed some light on the problem with the module
dependencies, or the assigned IRQ for the card, I am grateful.
Josh
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From: Wolfgang Viechtbauer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Re: ZIP Parallel Port Under Red Hat 5.2
Date: Sun, 21 Feb 1999 04:05:16 +0000
> # insmod ppa
That one will probably do the trick. And then add an entry for your zip
drive to your /etc/fstab file ... like:
/dev/sda4 /mnt/zip vfat user,exec,dev,nosuid,rw,noauto 0 0
Then you can mount your zip drive as a user just with "mount /mnt/zip".
Or you can even write a little script for it.
--
Wolfgang Viechtbauer
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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