Linux-Hardware Digest #487, Volume #9 Mon, 22 Feb 99 18:13:36 EST
Contents:
Adaptec AHA-1542 SCSI problem ("Scott Olipra")
Re: Same Disk RAID and Mirroring (Andy Glew)
UDMA always turns off at boot ("Martin L. Ferguson")
Re: Will this hardware setup work? (aurthur)
Re: fsck error at boot-time ("Brad Abram")
Re: PPP under Redhat 5.2... ("Frank Mesander")
Colour depth of a X-Server (ThomasWalz)
Re: What generic SCSI II card for 2.0.9 and DAT ?
Re: AGP Graphics card? (Kyle Fink)
Re: system hardware recomendations (aurthur)
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From: "Scott Olipra" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Adaptec AHA-1542 SCSI problem
Date: Sun, 21 Feb 1999 12:55:38 -0500
I installed RedHat 5.1 using an IDE CD-ROM drive, and since upgraded to one
SCSI CD reader and one SCSI CD re-writer. I run these on an Adaptec
AHA-1542 host adapter. I've had no luck getting Linux to see this card.
Please note that my computer's PNP bios sees the ISA SCSI card along with
other cards on the ISA bus just before LILO pops up. I also have had this
setup working flawlessly in Windows for quite some time. I think I have the
hardware installed correctly.
Please help me ?
I've tried the following things:
-Turned SCSI BIOS on and off
-Issued modprobe /lib/modules/preferred/aha1542.o
***This may help for the solution: When I type this command, modprobe
returns an error that states, "ERROR: DEVICE OR RESOURCE BUSY."
-Looked through all loaded modules with "lsmod" and all active processes
with "ps -ax". I see no reason Linux would say it's busy.
-Examined boot messages. There's a line that says "SCSI: 0 host(s) detected
total". There are no errors surrounding this statement, so I'm assuming
Linux doesn't even see the card.
-Issued "isapnp". The card is not seen by this command.
Thank you in advance for your time and advice!
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From: Andy Glew <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.arch,comp.arch.storage,alt.os.linux,comp.periphs
Subject: Re: Same Disk RAID and Mirroring
Date: Sun, 21 Feb 1999 11:58:32 -0600
> If protection of data is the goal (and not performance), then why not
> just ECC the entire track?
Good point.
I'm just more interested in changes that could be made with
minimal modifications to existing controllers, or perhaps
even in a disk device driver.
Unfortunately, most modern controllers hide the physical disk
geometry from the filesystem, and even the device driver.
Blind 4+1 parity groups would still mainly work with such
physical disks, and would mainly be equivalent to placing
parity in the same track as data; if the interleave factor is 1,
only half of a parity group may overlap at the beginning and
end of a track (and that usually into the next cylinder).
> The advantage would be that a "track" is a very natural unit for a
> drive to work with. On write, the controller could read the existing
> track, merge the new changes, and write the new track with no
> rotational delay. Given that many bits to work with, the ECC should
> be able to handle substantial centered drop-outs (if a scratch takes
> out 1000 bits on each side of a specific point, for instance). You'd
> also maximize the available bits-per-track, because you wouldn't
> require block markers or gaps between blocks (there would be a gap
> per-track, and presumably one could use an encoding which allowed you
> to start reading a track from any point).
Oooph. Now, this sounds very far different from present drives,
and thus less likely to get accepted.
---
By the way, I believe that many drives used for databases disable whole track
buffering.
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Date: Mon, 22 Feb 1999 11:36:30 -0800
From: "Martin L. Ferguson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: UDMA always turns off at boot
Greetings,
UDMA always gets disabled on my system during the boot process. Any
help would be greatly appreciated. This problem is not new to the 2.2
kernel; I've had it since I built the system where the first kernel was
2.0.35.
MB: Asus P2B-DS
Drives: Western Digital (see below for specs)
Kernel: 2.2.1
I've included the boot messages below, which lists the errors from the
disk driver and then the disabling of UDMA. Thanks.
/s/ Martin Ferguson
========================================================================================================================
Feb 21 15:14:30 localhost syslogd 1.3-3: restart.
Feb 21 15:14:30 localhost kernel: klogd 1.3-3, log source = /proc/kmsg
started.
Feb 21 15:14:31 localhost kernel: Loaded 5546 symbols from
/usr/src/linux/System.map.
Feb 21 15:14:31 localhost kernel: Symbols match kernel version 2.2.1.
Feb 21 15:14:31 localhost kernel: No module symbols loaded - kernel
modules not enabled.
Feb 21 15:14:31 localhost kernel: Linux version 2.2.1
([EMAIL PROTECTED]) (gcc version 2.7.2.3) #1 SMP Sun Feb 21
05:03:32 PST 1999
Feb 21 15:14:31 localhost kernel: Intel MultiProcessor Specification
v1.1
Feb 21 15:14:31 localhost kernel: Virtual Wire compatibility mode.
Feb 21 15:14:31 localhost kernel: OEM ID: OEM00000 Product ID:
PROD00000000 APIC at: 0xFEE00000
Feb 21 15:14:31 localhost kernel: Processor #1 Pentium(tm) Pro APIC
version 17
Feb 21 15:14:31 localhost kernel: Processor #0 Pentium(tm) Pro APIC
version 17
Feb 21 15:14:31 localhost kernel: I/O APIC #2 Version 17 at 0xFEC00000.
Feb 21 15:14:31 localhost kernel: Processors: 2
Feb 21 15:14:31 localhost kernel: mapped APIC to ffffe000 (fee00000)
Feb 21 15:14:31 localhost kernel: mapped IOAPIC to ffffd000 (fec00000)
Feb 21 15:14:31 localhost kernel: Detected 400919283 Hz processor.
Feb 21 15:14:31 localhost kernel: Console: colour VGA+ 80x25
Feb 21 15:14:31 localhost kernel: Calibrating delay loop... 399.77
BogoMIPS
Feb 21 15:14:31 localhost kernel: Memory: 257708k/262080k available
(1064k kernel code, 420k reserved, 2824k data, 64k init)
Feb 21 15:14:31 localhost kernel: Checking 386/387 coupling... OK, FPU
using exception 16 error reporting.
Feb 21 15:14:31 localhost kernel: Checking 'hlt' instruction... OK.
Feb 21 15:14:31 localhost kernel: POSIX conformance testing by UNIFIX
Feb 21 15:14:31 localhost kernel: per-CPU timeslice cutoff: 100.22
usecs.
Feb 21 15:14:31 localhost kernel: CPU1: Intel Pentium II (Deschutes)
stepping 02
Feb 21 15:14:31 localhost kernel: calibrating APIC timer ...
Feb 21 15:14:31 localhost kernel: ..... CPU clock speed is 400.9092 MHz.
Feb 21 15:14:31 localhost kernel: ..... system bus clock speed is
100.2270 MHz.
Feb 21 15:14:31 localhost kernel: Booting processor 0 eip 2000
Feb 21 15:14:31 localhost kernel: Calibrating delay loop... 400.59
BogoMIPS
Feb 21 15:14:31 localhost kernel: OK.
Feb 21 15:14:31 localhost kernel: CPU0: Intel Pentium II (Deschutes)
stepping 02
Feb 21 15:14:31 localhost kernel: Total of 2 processors activated
(800.36 BogoMIPS).
Feb 21 15:14:31 localhost kernel: enabling symmetric IO mode... ...done.
Feb 21 15:14:31 localhost kernel: ENABLING IO-APIC IRQs
Feb 21 15:14:31 localhost kernel: init IO_APIC IRQs
Feb 21 15:14:31 localhost kernel: IO-APIC pin 0, 10, 11, 13, 16, 17,
20, 21, 22, 23 not connected.
Feb 21 15:14:31 localhost kernel: number of MP IRQ sources: 15.
Feb 21 15:14:31 localhost kernel: number of IO-APIC registers: 24.
Feb 21 15:14:31 localhost kernel: testing the IO
APIC.......................
Feb 21 15:14:31 localhost kernel: .... register #00: 02000000
Feb 21 15:14:31 localhost kernel: ....... : physical APIC id: 02
Feb 21 15:14:31 localhost kernel: .... register #01: 00170011
Feb 21 15:14:31 localhost kernel: ....... : max redirection entries:
0017
Feb 21 15:14:31 localhost kernel: ....... : IO APIC version: 0011
Feb 21 15:14:31 localhost kernel: .... register #02: 00000000
Feb 21 15:14:31 localhost kernel: ....... : arbitration: 00
Feb 21 15:14:31 localhost kernel: .... IRQ redirection table:
Feb 21 15:14:31 localhost kernel: NR Log Phy Mask Trig IRR Pol Stat
Dest Deli Vect:
Feb 21 15:14:31 localhost kernel: 00 000 00 1 0 0 0 0
0 0 00
Feb 21 15:14:31 localhost kernel: 01 000 00 0 0 0 0 0
1 1 59
Feb 21 15:14:31 localhost kernel: 02 0FF 0F 0 0 0 0 0
1 1 51
Feb 21 15:14:31 localhost kernel: 03 000 00 0 0 0 0 0
1 1 61
Feb 21 15:14:31 localhost kernel: 04 000 00 0 0 0 0 0
1 1 69
Feb 21 15:14:31 localhost kernel: 05 000 00 0 0 0 0 0
1 1 71
Feb 21 15:14:31 localhost kernel: 06 000 00 0 0 0 0 0
1 1 79
Feb 21 15:14:31 localhost kernel: 07 000 00 0 0 0 0 0
1 1 81
Feb 21 15:14:31 localhost kernel: 08 000 00 0 0 0 0 0
1 1 89
Feb 21 15:14:31 localhost kernel: 09 000 00 0 0 0 0 0
1 1 91
Feb 21 15:14:31 localhost kernel: 0a 000 00 1 0 0 0 0
0 0 00
Feb 21 15:14:31 localhost kernel: 0b 000 00 1 0 0 0 0
0 0 00
Feb 21 15:14:31 localhost kernel: 0c 000 00 0 0 0 0 0
1 1 99
Feb 21 15:14:31 localhost kernel: 0d 000 00 1 0 0 0 0
0 0 00
Feb 21 15:14:31 localhost kernel: 0e 000 00 0 0 0 0 0
1 1 A1
Feb 21 15:14:31 localhost kernel: 0f 000 00 0 0 0 0 0
1 1 A9
Feb 21 15:14:31 localhost kernel: 10 000 00 1 0 0 0 0
0 0 00
Feb 21 15:14:31 localhost kernel: 11 000 00 1 0 0 0 0
0 0 00
Feb 21 15:14:31 localhost kernel: 12 0FF 0F 1 1 0 1 0
1 1 B1
Feb 21 15:14:31 localhost kernel: 13 0FF 0F 1 1 0 1 0
1 1 B9
Feb 21 15:14:31 localhost kernel: 14 000 00 1 0 0 0 0
0 0 00
Feb 21 15:14:31 localhost kernel: 15 000 00 1 0 0 0 0
0 0 00
Feb 21 15:14:31 localhost kernel: 16 000 00 1 0 0 0 0
0 0 00
Feb 21 15:14:31 localhost kernel: 17 000 00 1 0 0 0 0
0 0 00
Feb 21 15:14:31 localhost kernel: ....................................
done.
Feb 21 15:14:31 localhost kernel: PCI: PCI BIOS revision 2.10 entry at
0xf0770
Feb 21 15:14:31 localhost kernel: PCI: Using configuration type 1
Feb 21 15:14:31 localhost kernel: PCI: Probing PCI hardware
Feb 21 15:14:31 localhost kernel: Linux NET4.0 for Linux 2.2
Feb 21 15:14:31 localhost kernel: Based upon Swansea University Computer
Society NET3.039
Feb 21 15:14:31 localhost kernel: NET4: Unix domain sockets 1.0 for
Linux NET4.0.
Feb 21 15:14:31 localhost kernel: NET4: Linux TCP/IP 1.0 for NET4.0
Feb 21 15:14:31 localhost kernel: IP Protocols: ICMP, UDP, TCP
Feb 21 15:14:31 localhost kernel: Starting kswapd v 1.5
Feb 21 15:14:31 localhost kernel: Detected PS/2 Mouse Port.
Feb 21 15:14:31 localhost kernel: Serial driver version 4.27 with no
serial options enabled
Feb 21 15:14:32 localhost named[132]: starting. named 8.1.2 Thu Sep 24
02:47:08 EDT 1998
^[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/src/bs/BUILD/src/bin/named
Feb 21 15:14:32 localhost named[132]: cache zone "" (IN) loaded (serial
0)
Feb 21 15:14:32 localhost named[132]: master zone "0.0.127.in-addr.arpa"
(IN) loaded (serial 1997022700)
Feb 21 15:14:32 localhost named[132]: not listening on any interfaces
Feb 21 15:14:32 localhost named[132]: Forwarding source address is
[0.0.0.0].1024
Feb 21 15:14:31 localhost kernel: ttyS00 at 0x03f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A
Feb 21 15:14:31 localhost kernel: ttyS01 at 0x02f8 (irq = 3) is a 16550A
Feb 21 15:14:31 localhost kernel: ttyS02 at 0x03e8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A
Feb 21 15:14:31 localhost kernel: pty: 256 Unix98 ptys configured
Feb 21 15:14:31 localhost kernel: Real Time Clock Driver v1.09
Feb 21 15:14:31 localhost kernel: PIIX4: IDE controller on PCI bus 00
dev 21
Feb 21 15:14:31 localhost kernel: PIIX4: not 100ative mode: will probe
irqs later
Feb 21 15:14:31 localhost kernel: ide0: BM-DMA t 0xb800-0xb807, BIOS
settings: hda:DMA, hdb:DMA
Feb 21 15:14:31 localhost kernel: ide1: BM-DMA at 0xb808-0xb80f,
BIOS settings: hdc:DMA, hdd:pio
Feb 21 15:14:31 localhost kernel: hda: WDC AC26400B, ATA DISK drive
Feb 21 15:14:31 localhost kernel: hdb: WDC AC24300L, ATA DISK drive
Feb 21 15:14:31 localhost kernel: hdc: TOSHIBA CD-ROM XM-6302B, ATAPI
CDROM drive
Feb 21 15:14:31 localhost kernel: hdd: IOMEGA ZIP 100 ATAPI, ATAPI
FLOPPY drive
Feb 21 15:14:31 localhost kernel: ide2: ports already in use, skipping
probe
Feb 21 15:14:32 localhost named[133]: Ready to answer queries.
Feb 21 15:14:32 localhost named[133]: sysquery: sendto([198.41.0.4].53):
Network is unreachable
Feb 21 15:14:31 localhost kernel: ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14
Feb 21 15:14:31 localhost kernel: ide1 at 0x170-0x177,0x376 on irq 15
Feb 21 15:14:31 localhost kernel: hda: WDC AC26400B, 6149MB w/512kB
Cache, CHS=784/255/63, UDMA
Feb 21 15:14:31 localhost kernel: hdb: WDC AC24300L, 4112MB w/256kB
Cache, CHS=524/255/63, UDMA
Feb 21 15:14:31 localhost kernel: hdc: ATAPI 32X CD-ROM drive, 256kB
Cache
Feb 21 15:14:31 localhost kernel: Uniform CDROM driver Revision: 2.52
Feb 21 15:14:31 localhost kernel: Floppy drive(s): fd0 is 1.44M
Feb 21 15:14:31 localhost kernel: FDC 0 is a post-1991 82077
Feb 21 15:14:31 localhost kernel: (scsi0) <Adaptec AIC-7890/1 Ultra2
SCSI host adapter> found at PCI 6/0
Feb 21 15:14:31 localhost kernel: (scsi0) Wide Channel, SCSI ID=7,
32/255 SCBs
Feb 21 15:14:31 localhost kernel: (scsi0) Downloading sequencer code...
407 instructions downloaded
Feb 21 15:14:31 localhost kernel: scsi0 : Adaptec AHA274x/284x/294x
(EISA/VLB/PCI-Fast SCSI) 5.1.10/3.2.4
Feb 21 15:14:31 localhost kernel: <Adaptec AIC-7890/1 Ultra2 SCSI
host adapter>
Feb 21 15:14:31 localhost kernel: scsi1 : SCSI host adapter emulation
for IDE ATAPI devices
Feb 21 15:14:31 localhost kernel: scsi : 2 hosts.
Feb 21 15:14:31 localhost kernel: Vendor: IBM Model:
DDRS-39130W Rev: S71D
Feb 21 15:14:31 localhost kernel: Type:
Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02
Feb 21 15:14:31 localhost kernel: Detected scsi disk sda at scsi0,
channel 0, id 0, lun 0
Feb 21 15:14:31 localhost kernel: Vendor: IOMEGA Model: ZIP
100 Rev: 13.A
Feb 21 15:14:31 localhost kernel: Type:
Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 00
Feb 21 15:14:31 localhost kernel: Detected scsi removable disk sdb at
scsi1, channel 0, id 0, lun 0
Feb 21 15:14:31 localhost kernel: scsi : detected 2 SCSI disks total.
Feb 21 15:14:31 localhost kernel: (scsi0:0:0:0) Synchronous at 40.0
Mbyte/sec, offset 15.
Feb 21 15:14:31 localhost kernel: SCSI device sda: hdwr sector= 512
bytes. Sectors= 17850000 [8715 MB] [8.7 GB]
Feb 21 15:14:31 localhost kernel: SCSI device sdb: hdwr sector= 512
bytes. Sectors= 196608 [96 MB] [0.1 GB]
Feb 21 15:14:31 localhost kernel: sdb: Write Protect is off
Feb 21 15:14:31 localhost kernel: PPP: version 2.3.3 (demand dialling)
Feb 21 15:14:31 localhost kernel: TCP compression code copyright 1989
Regents of the University of California
Feb 21 15:14:31 localhost kernel: PPP line discipline registered.
Feb 21 15:14:31 localhost kernel: Partition check:
Feb 21 15:14:31 localhost kernel: sda: sda1
Feb 21 15:14:31 localhost kernel: sdb: sdb1 sdb2 sdb3 sdb4
Feb 21 15:14:31 localhost kernel: hda: hda1 hda2 hda3
Feb 21 15:14:31 localhost kernel: hdb: hdb1 hdb2
Feb 21 15:14:31 localhost kernel: hdd:<3>ide-scsi: hdd: unsupported
command in request queue (0)
Feb 21 15:14:31 localhost kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev 16:40
(hdd), sector 0
Feb 21 15:14:31 localhost kernel: unable to read partition table
Feb 21 15:14:31 localhost kernel: VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem)
readonly.
Feb 21 15:14:31 localhost kernel: Freeing unused kernel memory: 64k
freed
Feb 21 15:14:31 localhost kernel: Adding Swap: 128516k swap-space
(priority -1)
Feb 21 15:14:31 localhost kernel: hdb: dma_intr: status=0x51 {
DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
Feb 21 15:14:31 localhost kernel: hdb: dma_intr: error=0x84 {
DriveStatusError BadCRC }
Feb 21 15:14:31 localhost kernel: hdb: dma_intr: status=0x51 {
DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
Feb 21 15:14:31 localhost kernel: hdb: dma_intr: error=0x84 {
DriveStatusError BadCRC }
Feb 21 15:14:31 localhost kernel: hdb: dma_intr: status=0x51 {
DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
Feb 21 15:14:31 localhost kernel: hdb: dma_intr: error=0x84 {
DriveStatusError BadCRC }
Feb 21 15:14:31 localhost kernel: hdb: dma_intr: status=0x51 {
DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
Feb 21 15:14:31 localhost kernel: hdb: dma_intr: error=0x84 {
DriveStatusError BadCRC }
Feb 21 15:14:31 localhost kernel: hda: DMA disabled
Feb 21 15:14:31 localhost kernel: hdb: DMA disabled
Feb 21 15:14:31 localhost kernel: ide0: reset: success
Feb 21 15:14:33 localhost automount[195]: starting automounter version
3.1.1, path = /mnt/cdrom, maptype = file, mapname = /etc/auto.cdrom
Feb 21 15:14:33 localhost automount[197]: starting automounter version
3.1.1, path = /mnt/floppy, maptype = file, mapname = /etc/auto.floppy
Feb 21 15:14:33 localhost automount[200]: starting automounter version
3.1.1, path = /mnt/zip, maptype = file, mapname = /etc/auto.zip
Feb 21 15:14:33 localhost automount[195]: using kernel protocol version
3
Feb 21 15:14:33 localhost automount[197]: using kernel protocol version
3
Feb 21 15:14:33 localhost automount[200]: using kernel protocol version
3
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From: aurthur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Will this hardware setup work?
Date: Sun, 21 Feb 1999 17:49:39 +0000
Kevin White wrote:
> Hi, I'm just piecing together a system and would like to run linux on
> the box, as well as (cringe) one of the windows os's. Can anyone tell
> me if the components of the following motherboard will be supported with
> linux? I will probably put a pII-450 in it.
>
> Specific questions:
> -is the sound supported?
> -is the graphics controller supported?
> -is usb support in linux?
>
> MicroStar 6147 Motherboard
> Features on board (besides the standard array of udma/33 ide, floppy,
> etc.):
> -Creative ENSONIQ ES 1371 PCI Sound
> -ATi 3D Rage Pro/Rage Turbo 2x running on AGP bus with 8MB SDRAM and 3D
> Acceleration
>
> Ports On board:
> -Two 16550 High Speed Serial Ports
> -One ECP/EPP High Speed Parallel Port
> -One PS/2 Mouse & One PS/2 Keyboard
> -Twin USB Ports
>
> Award Plug-n-Play BIOS
> microATX Form Factor
>
> Thanks for any help,
>
> Kevin White
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
sound is, USB isn't yet, and I'm not sure about the video card
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From: "Brad Abram" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: fsck error at boot-time
Date: 22 Feb 1999 22:12:58 GMT
I tried to run "fsck/dev/hda3" with my simillar problem with no results
Looked at the man fsck also ...
Klaus Kocheisen wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>Dramen Mendra schrieb:
>>
>> Could you please elaborate on "applying fsck on the device special file
of the
>> defective partition", I had this problem once myself and am still in the
dark
>> on how to do that. Thanks for any advice.
>>
>> Klaus Kocheisen wrote:
>>
>> > A.G. schrieb:
>> > >
>> > > Hi all:
>> > >
>> > > When I boot into Linux I get the following warning:
>> > >
>> > > /dev/hda2: Inode 237785 has illegal block(s)
>> > > /dev/hda2: UNEXPECTED INCONSESTENCY Run fsck MANUALLY
>> > >
>> > > fsck RETURNED ERROR CODE - REBOOT NOW
>> > >
>> > > what am I to do about this?
>> > >
>> > > /dev/hda2 mounts as /usr, and can't be unmounted. fsck freaks out
that I
>> > > want to use it on a mounted partition.
>> > >
>> > > Any input hightly appreciated!!
>> > >
>> > > Thanx,
>> > > Arcady
>> >
>> > Go to single user mode and try to umount /usr. If you still cannot
>> > unmount the partition, you might boot Linux from your distribution
media
>> > and applying fsck on the device special file of the defective
partition.
>> >
>> > --
>> > To reply via email remove 'NOSPAM' from email address
>
>Well, it's just as simple as
>
>fsck /dev/sda1
>
>if you want to check the filesystem residing on /dev/sda1. What do you
>think about the command man fsck? ;-)
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From: "Frank Mesander" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: PPP under Redhat 5.2...
Date: Sun, 21 Feb 1999 19:09:57 +0100
Make sure named is started (use ntsysv utility).
Frank.
BBQ wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>Dear all,
>
>I got a problem while I use PPP to connect my ISP under RH5.2.
>and need someone help.....
>
>Althought I successfully make PPP connecting to my ISP and get an IP
>adddress from it, I can't open any web site with my beowser.....
>
>I have check the resolv.conf and hosts files to make sure that the
>configuration is correct. I can ping the IP address that assigned
>from ISP but can't ping the ISP's address..
>
>What's wrong ...............
>Please help me.... ^_^
>
>
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Date: Mon, 22 Feb 1999 23:33:09 +0100
From: ThomasWalz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Colour depth of a X-Server
The X-Server from my Linux PC is starting with a colourdepth of 8 bpp.
If i drive Linux to runlevel 2 and type startx -- -bpp 16 it works fine
with 16 bpp. I also modified the script usr/X11R6/bin/startx as follows:
clientargs=""
# serverargs=""
serverargs="-bpp 16"
It is also working correctly.
But if i drive Linux to runlevel 3 ( Default in /etc/inittab ), xdm will
start and the changes i did in
the script usr/X11R6/bin/startx have no effect. The X-Server
is working only with 8 bpp.
How can i make the X-Server starting with 16 bpp ?
Thanks in advance,
Thomas Walz
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
~
~
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ()
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: What generic SCSI II card for 2.0.9 and DAT ?
Date: 21 Feb 1999 18:32:19 GMT
Get a Mylex bt-950 it is very well supported (under buslogic
brand name), cheap and drivers and specs have been available
for a very long time.
On Sun, 21 Feb 1999 08:04:26 GMT, Andy Heath <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Help - What generic SCSI II card for 2.0.9 and DAT
>
>I need to put a SCSI card (only need SCSI II) in a machine
>running 2.0.9 ELF (pre glibc) to drive a DAT drive. Soon I shall
>be putting Redat 5.2 on there but not yet.
>
>When I ask our technicians to order a card they can only
>come up with the latest whizz-bang do everything 90mph
>ultra-wide SCSI III device which isn't quite in the hardware list
>(at least for 2.0.9) for example "Adaptec 2940UWOF Ultra Wide Open
>Firmware SCSI Card Kit" because that's what people want to sell.
>
>What I want is something generic that works
>(PCI slot or ISA - I don't care as lonmg as its fast enough
>for the DAT).
>
>What card should I tell them to get that you can still get easily
>and will work with 2.0.9 PCI bus machine and a DAT ?
>(It has to work *before* I put rh5.2 on).
>
>Will the 2940UWOF work with kernel 2.0.9 (re-compiled of course) ?
>
>Please COPY replies to
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>as I don't want to miss them
>
>Thanks
>
>Andy
>
>----------------------------
>Andy Heath, Senior Lecturer [EMAIL PROTECTED] o
>Sheffield Hallam University. Tel: +44 114 2534904 /\
>Sheffield, England Fax: +44 114 2533161 () ()
--
Michal Sabala aka Saahbs
Linux'er since 0.97 :)
UIUC Class of 2002; ECE
Linux, hardware, C, Html,
aviation, rc-air models
http://fly.to/saahbs
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From: Kyle Fink <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.x,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: AGP Graphics card?
Date: Mon, 22 Feb 1999 14:28:15 -0700
Don't buy new hardware get Xi Graphics, Accelerated-X Display Server. It
will double the performance of the hardware you already have. Try our free
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Kyle
David Buckley wrote:
> I currently have an SiS 6326 AGP card. It runs X ok, but not as well as
> my old ViRGE dose. I want to upgrade, has anyone any suggestions on
> what card to get? Unfortunately I have to run Windoze, for reasons that
> have to many buts in for the moment. Any suggestions, I`d like to get a
> Savage 3D, but there aren't any drivers yet. I'm going to be using it
> for a lot of graphics so any suggestions should account for 8mb+ of
> memory (4mb just don't cut it any more)
--
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From: aurthur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: system hardware recomendations
Date: Sun, 21 Feb 1999 18:39:04 +0000
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jason wrote:
> I?m hoping to put together an inexpensive Linux system. I?ve read through
> many of the Linux faq?s, hardware sites, the how-to-make-your-own system
> sites, and so on and I still don?t feel that I can pick out the best
> combination for my needs. What I would really like to find (I would be
> surprised if there wasn?t one) are sites were people have put together their
> ?dream? machines and, even better, there best machine for, say, less than
> $1200. Can anyone point me to such a site?
>
> I would be very happy to see individual responses if you have the time. Being
> as clear as I can, what I am looking for is:
>
> A home computer with dual operating system Linux/Win95, used for Internet,
> email, personal finance, games, learning Linux, programming, word-processing,
> spreadsheet, mathematical modeling and costing around $1000. I leave
> everything else up to you (monitor size, sound system, ?), but please be very
> specific.
>
> Mother board
> Chip set
> Memory (quantity/type/brand)
> Hard drive
> Floppy drive
> CD drive
> Modem
> Sound (card/stereo interface?/speakers)
> Video (card/monitor)
> Keyboard/mouse
> Case
> Recommended vendors
>
> Anything else
>
> Also, what is the best way to set up the file systems, operating systems, and
> so on.
>
> -----------== Posted via Deja News, The Discussion Network ==----------
> http://www.dejanews.com/ Search, Read, Discuss, or Start Your Own
ok, here's one: Computer Depot go with the 300A, add an Amptron CS17 ($199),
and operating systems are pretty much up to you. Load Win95/8 first, then Linux
and keep Win95/8 on fat16 for easy compatibility with Linux (recommend 98, it's
designed to run on fat16 better than 95.) I can't recommend a modem, none of the
ones they have are fully compatible with Linux.
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jason wrote:
<blockquote TYPE=CITE>I?m hoping to put together an inexpensive Linux system.
I?ve read through
<br>many of the Linux faq?s, hardware sites, the how-to-make-your-own system
<br>sites, and so on and I still don?t feel that I can pick out the best
<br>combination for my needs. What I would really like to find (I
would be
<br>surprised if there wasn?t one) are sites were people have put together
their
<br>?dream? machines and, even better, there best machine for, say, less
than
<br>$1200. Can anyone point me to such a site?
<p>I would be very happy to see individual responses if you have the time.
Being
<br>as clear as I can, what I am looking for is:
<p>A home computer with dual operating system Linux/Win95, used for Internet,
<br>email, personal finance, games, learning Linux, programming, word-processing,
<br>spreadsheet, mathematical modeling and costing around $1000.
I leave
<br>everything else up to you (monitor size, sound system, ?), but please
be very
<br>specific.
<p>Mother board
<br>Chip set
<br>Memory (quantity/type/brand)
<br>Hard drive
<br>Floppy drive
<br>CD drive
<br>Modem
<br>Sound (card/stereo interface?/speakers)
<br>Video (card/monitor)
<br>Keyboard/mouse
<br>Case
<br>Recommended vendors
<p>Anything else
<p>Also, what is the best way to set up the file systems, operating systems,
and
<br>so on.
<p>-----------== Posted via Deja News, The Discussion Network ==----------
<br><a
href="http://www.dejanews.com/">http://www.dejanews.com/</a>
Search, Read, Discuss, or Start Your Own</blockquote>
ok, here's one: <a href="http://www.c-depot.com/cel.html">Computer
Depot</a> go with the 300A, add an Amptron CS17 ($199), and
operating systems are pretty much up to you. Load Win95/8 first,
then Linux and keep Win95/8 on fat16 for easy compatibility with Linux
(recommend 98, it's designed to run on fat16 better than 95.) I can't
recommend a modem, none of the ones they have are fully compatible with
Linux.</html>
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