Linux-Hardware Digest #562, Volume #9 Thu, 4 Mar 99 04:13:35 EST
Contents:
Re: CDROM:can't mount ("Robert H. Thompson")
IBM thinkpad 385xd and crystal sound card ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
FS: 4 NeXTStations(one Turbo) (Kent Rankin)
FS: 2 RS/6000 workstations (Kent Rankin)
Re: Creative Blaster Exxtreme ("Wizard01")
Need help re: H-P Colorado T1000e Tape Drive & how to mount... (grb)
dataDisk CDR?? (Brian K Justice)
dataDisk CDR?? (Brian K Justice)
Re: Linux with > 64MB RAM?? ("patrick.beck")
Re: Using 1.4Mb floppies with an Imation LS-120. (Todd Schrubb)
Need help: Cardinal 56K (X2) modem ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: SCSI disks on a Server (Eric Lee Green)
Re: X, Diamond Viper (Eric Lee Green)
Xircom RealPort Card problem (Bapu Patil)
FS: 6 Sun SPARCServer 4/260 (Kent Rankin)
Plug'n'play modem woes ("xXxDanExXx")
Re: Yamaha OPL3-SAx (Laurent Papier)
Re: Driver for 3com 3c905b? (Robert Schiele)
Linux and Multiprozessing ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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From: "Robert H. Thompson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: CDROM:can't mount
Date: Wed, 03 Mar 1999 12:11:05 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
try using the following
mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom
make sure that you have a cd inserted in the drive before you do this.
the system should respond that the drive was mounted. to verify try
cd /mnt/cdrom
then try
dir
and it should show the contents of the cdrom. btw I hope that you mean
you've installed redhat 5.2 and not linux 5.2 (if so am i way behind).
the kernel version should 2.0.36 on the red hat cd.
hope this helps
Rob Thompson
Zack Kluczenko wrote:
>
> I installed Linux 5.2 using my Sony CDU-711 (IDE) and the autoboot
> command. Autoboot found the CDROM with no problem and the install went
> correctly. Now, when I boot Linux it does not show up as anything (i.e.
> hba, hdb, hdc, or hdd) and when I try to run the mount command for the
> IDE device where it should be located I get an error. Do Sony drives
> need special command lines at boot? I wouldn't imagine so being that it
> worked fine during installation during autoboot.
>
> Please email a response to
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: IBM thinkpad 385xd and crystal sound card
Date: Thu, 04 Mar 1999 07:22:40 GMT
Does anyone know how to get the crystal sound card in an IBM thinkpad 385xd to
work with red hat 5.2?
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From: Kent Rankin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To:
misc.forsale.computers.workstation,comp.sys.next.marketplace,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: FS: 4 NeXTStations(one Turbo)
Date: Thu, 04 Mar 1999 07:26:56 GMT
I have four NeXTStations in Knoxville, TN, 37922-3449 for immediate
sale. They are configured as such:
1> NeXTStation Turbo
0MB RAM
400MB Hard Drive with NeXTStep loaded
Floppy drive
17" NeXT Monitor
2> NeXTStation
0MB RAM
Floppy drive
17" NeXT Monitor
3> NeXTStation
0MB RAM
Floppy drive
17" NeXT Monitor
4> NeXTStation
0MB RAM
Floppy Drive
17" NeXT Monitor
No power supply, thus a parts
machine(unless you order a
replacement PS from
Deepspace tech; a
wonderful NeXT
company)
Each has a 56Kbps programmable DSP port(ooh, geek toy<drool>), two
serial ports, 10baseT and 10base2 Ethernet, and 16-bit sound.
As for the RAM that is not in them? They have 8 30-pin non-parity
SIMM slots, and one 72-pin. They accept regular old PC RAM. How
esoteric! =)
They are great little boxes, and I would hate to see them go to
waste. I have not had many successes in selling these in the past two
posts(many interested, just no one coming through), so, if you want
them, just make me an offer, that way they can still go to a good home.
-Kent Rankin
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From: Kent Rankin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: misc.forsale.computers.workstation,comp.unix.aix,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: FS: 2 RS/6000 workstations
Date: Thu, 04 Mar 1999 07:34:42 GMT
They are located in Knoxville, TN 37922-3449, and are as follows:
RS/6000 Model 25e
32MB RAM
Accelerated color framebuffer
1.2GB SCSI-2 Hardrive(Seagate
Hawk) with AIX loaded
Keyboard and Mouse(PS/2)
Floppy Disk drive
Serial and Parallel ports
3 expansion slots
RS/6000 Powerstation Model 220
16MB RAM
Monochrome framebuffer
Floppy Disk Drive
Serial and Parallel ports
3 expansion slots
I would like to see them go to good use with a student, hobbyist, etc.
as I am sure that they could learn a lot from them and enjoy themselves
in it. Oh yeah... there's a bit of nerd lust involved too. The
neverending gear acquisiton syndrome.
Just make me an offer on them, and we'll see what we can work out.
-Kent Rankin
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From: "Wizard01" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Creative Blaster Exxtreme
Date: 4 Mar 1999 07:40:41 GMT
I use the 4M version of this card, and had a lot of problems until I
upgraded XFree86 to the newest version (3.3.3.1). Now the card is supported
directly (you don't have to find a 'compatible' card). Make sure you get the
tar for 3DLabs when you download!!!
Stephen J. Lawrence Jr. wrote in message ...
>I am running the Creative Graphics Blaster Exxtreme in my R.H. 5.2 system.
I
>can't seem to get it to work after I upgraded by Graphics Card ROM. Anyone
>using this card? The version that has the Creative animation when you turn
>the computer on?
>
>
>--
>Stephen J. Lawrence Jr.
>Logical Arts Web Manufacturing Co.
>http://logart.awwm.com/
>
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From: grb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Need help re: H-P Colorado T1000e Tape Drive & how to mount...
Date: Wed, 03 Mar 1999 22:45:52 -0600
Hello,
I'm seeking some advice on how to use (i.e. mount) the Hewlett-Packard T1000e
Tape Drive with my Redhat 5.1 system. My desktop system has one parallel
printer port which is linked to the printer via the tape drive;
________________ ______________
____________
| | (line-in to tape dr) | T1000e
|>--cable---->| |
| main computer |>--parallel printer cable-->|HP Tape drive |(line-out to |
printer |
|________________| |______________| printer)
|____________|
Besides the usual man pages, I have available Mark Sobell's ``A Practical Guide
to Linux'' and
(O'Reilly) Hekman's ``Linux in a Nutshell'' for reference. But my experience
with Linux drivers, building/rebuilding the kernel, making device links, etc. is
nil. I'd appreciate some very low-level, from-the-ground-up instructions---or
pointers for further reading which will be accessible to a beginner. Ideally, I
hope someone who runs the HP T1000e on their Redhat 5.1 system can reply.
(I had Redhat installed at a Linux Users Group meeting and didn't have the tape
device there at the time.)
I have not found anything directly relevant to this on DejaNews.
Thanks,
Graham B.
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From: Brian K Justice <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: dataDisk CDR??
Date: Tue, 2 Mar 1999 20:29:51 GMT
All,
Hello. I'm wondering if anyone has used or knows
anything about a dataDisc 4X CDR under Linux. I have one
available (external variety), and can't seem to find anything
on it in the usual places (HOWTOs, cdrecord homepage, etc etc).
Has anyone used one of these under Linux?? Any help or
pointers are appreciated...
Brian
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From: Brian K Justice <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: dataDisk CDR??
Date: Tue, 2 Mar 1999 20:23:45 GMT
All,
Hello. I'm wondering if anyone has used or knows
anything about a dataDisc 4X CDR under Linux. I have one
available (external variety), and can't seem to find anything
on it in the usual places (HOWTOs, cdrecord homepage, etc etc).
Has anyone used one of these under Linux?? Any help or
pointers are appreciated...
Brian
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From: "patrick.beck" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux with > 64MB RAM??
Date: Thu, 04 Mar 1999 08:22:31 +0100
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Eric Lee Green wrote:
>
> On Sun, 28 Feb 1999 20:21:32 GMT, User <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >I was wondering if anyone else has had this problem.
> >I was running Linux with 32MB of EDO ram (4*8MB Simms)
> >with no problem. Then I bought 2*32MB Simms and
> >put those along with two of my 8MB simms in for a total
> >of 80MB RAM. However, Linux seems to recognize only
> >64MB.
>
> Upgrade to version 2.0.36 of the Linux kernel. It will properly recognize
> your memory and fixes various important bugs.
>
> --
> Eric Lee Green [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linux-hw.com/~eric
> "Microsoft views service as what a bull does to a cow." -- Unknown
I have 128MB on my computer and I must declare them in the lilo.conf
file as an ?append?
text. My kernel at the time was 2.0.34 (now 2.0.36). You must specify
your memory if
it is over 64MB. Look at lilo.conf or kernel loading option help file or
man.
bye.
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From: Todd Schrubb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Using 1.4Mb floppies with an Imation LS-120.
Date: Tue, 02 Mar 1999 13:08:52 -0500
What do "problems formatting" intail? I've got an LS-120 drive, and can't
format a floppy as a standard floppy- i.e. I've got to mke2fs /dev/hdc. So the
question is will there be a problem if I try to use this floppy on a standard
Linux system with a "normal" floppy dirve? In other words is there a
difference in the end result if I use mke2fs /dev/hdc and the standard floppy
format command (is it ffloppy?)
Any comments welcome!
Todd
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Carl Beaudry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> : Since 120Mb Imation LS-120 disks work as removable IDE drives under
> : Linux and can be used to boot Linux from either a 120Mb or 1.4Mb
> : floppiee, the question becomes: why have a regular floppy disk drive at
> : all?
>
> : The only remaining use for a 1.4M floppy drive is reading and writing
> : 1.4Mb floppies which the LS-120 is capable of doing at the hardware
> : level.
> Provided that you have a BIOS that lets you boot from the LS-120.
>
> : Has anyone figured out how to create the special files in the /dev/
> : directory needed to treat an IDE Imation LS-120 disk installed at, say,
> : /dev/hdc as *either* a regular 1.4Mb floppy drive *or* a 120Mb drive
> : (depending on the media of course)?
> You don't need to. Just mount /dev/hdc and the drive adapts to whatever is
> in the slot. You may have problems if you wish to format your floppy and I
> don't think that you would be able to read the high density formatted discs
> such as those used by TomsRBT. My fstab file reads:
> /dev/hdc /ls120 auto user,noauto 0 0
>
> I just bung whatever media I want into the drive and away it goes.
> Obviously, since floppies don't have partition tables your ls120s mustn't
> have them either.
>
> --
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>
> Richard Simpson
> Farnborough, Hants, Uk Fax: 01252 392118
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> I am not aware of any views shared by myself and my employers.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Need help: Cardinal 56K (X2) modem
Date: Thu, 04 Mar 1999 07:41:05 GMT
Hello,
I can't get my Cardinal 56K (x2) internal plug and play modem working. This
modem used to work (under plug and play mode with no effort on my part) under
Red Hat 5.1 with a different motherboard, a TriGem generic whose IDE
controller went south.
I replaced the motherboard with an AOpen AX59pro super 7 motherboard, re-
installed RedHat, and the modem will not work. I upgraded to RedHat 5.2
hoping that would help, and nothing. I've taken the modem out of plug and
play mode and manually set it to COM4 IRQ 3. Both motherboard serial ports
are enabled (COM2 used to be disabled with the modem set to that, but no go).
When I run minicom (my only known method for testing a modem), I get no
feedback from the modem port (/dev/modem -> /dev/cua3, though I've pointed it
at all the cua's with no effect). I turn on local echo in minicom, type "at"
and there's nothing coming from the modem.
I ran setserial -av /dev/cua3 autoconf, and that came back with an
unrecognized UART in the output. If I set the UART to anything, then minicom
won't start, saying it can't open the port.
If it matters, the modem's bios has not been flashed to be V.90 compatible, as
I can't seem to get the bios upgrade from Cardinal.
I don't have any more ideas, any help would be appreciated.
My Hardware:
AX59Pro Super7 motherboard with AMD K6-2 350
64Meg PC100 SDRAM
STB Velocity 4400 AGP (Riva TNT)
Diamond Monster Sound MX300 (PCI)
Cardinal 56K (X2) internal modem (ISA)
Cd-Rom, 2 hard drives, and a floppy
Microsoft natural PS/2 keyboard
Logitech Mouseman PS/2 mouse
Thanks in advance,
Jem Lewis
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Eric Lee Green)
Subject: Re: SCSI disks on a Server
Date: 4 Mar 1999 04:53:09 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Wed, 3 Mar 1999 11:00:19 +0100, F.Besserve <> wrote:
>Hello,
>I installed 5 SCSI disks (18Go) on a Server (Intel) running RedHat
>5.2,with AdaptecAIC78xx 2940UW cards.
>When I add an other disk, the name of this new device becomes
>the first and move forward the name of the others devices, that is
>to say, if I had devices sda1, sdb1, sdc1....., when I add an other
>disk, its name becomes sda1, and the previous sda1 becomes
>sdb1, sdb1--->sdc1, sdc1---->sdd1, and so on.
>Please could somebody can tell me if there is a way to prevent this
>move forward ?
Disks are ordered by the order that the driver scans them. Thus if you
have drives at 0, 1, 5, and 9, they are sda, sdb, sdc, sdd. If you add
another drive at 4, your sdc and sdd get bumped up one and become sdd
and sde.
The only work-around here is to re-number the other drives. E.g. if 4
was the only open space, rejumber drive 5 to 4, rejumper drive 9 to 5,
then jumper your new drive as drive 9. Or otherwise put your new drive
up above drive 9.
--
Eric Lee Green [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linux-hw.com/~eric
Beware of those who would sell you a 7200RPM Quantum as an
Enterprise-class hard drive.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Eric Lee Green)
Subject: Re: X, Diamond Viper
Date: 4 Mar 1999 04:55:48 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Wed, 03 Mar 1999 18:05:24 -0500, Jeremiah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Scott W. Kinkele wrote:
>>
>> You must use a commercial x server software to get the V550 to work in
>> anything but 8 bit mode. If you just want 8 bit mode udate to the
>> latest Xfree86 software and it will support it.
>
> I'm using an STB TNT card right now in 32bpp with Xfree86 3.3.3.1.
>Is there something different about the Diamond Viper V550?
No there's not.
We ship approximately 2/3rds of our computers at Linux Hardware Solutions
with the Diamond Viper 550 card. Every computer we ship comes with the X
Window System pre-configured at 1024x768, 32bpp. No exceptions.
If somebody thinks that XFree86 will only do 8bpp on that card, they are
sadly deluded.
--
Eric Lee Green [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linux-hw.com/~eric
"People have grown used to thinking of computers as unreliable, and it
doesn't have to be that way." -- Linus
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From: Bapu Patil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Xircom RealPort Card problem
Date: Wed, 03 Mar 1999 11:06:44 -0800
Hello
I have installed Redhat-Linux 5.2 on my HP-4100 Omnibook.
I have got some problems with my Xircom card.
System is not recognizing the card.
I use Xircom RealPort Ethernet 10/100+ Modem 56.
I am unable to use network functions.
Please let me know if you know .....
-thanks in advance,
Bapu Patil
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From: Kent Rankin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To:
misc.forsale.computers.workstation,comp.sys.sun.wanted,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: FS: 6 Sun SPARCServer 4/260
Date: Thu, 04 Mar 1999 07:17:12 GMT
They are located in Knoxville, TN, 37922-3449. Each has the
accompanying SMD disk cabinet(and it matches... ooh, fashion) with a
700MB disk in it.
I have enough cards to configure each one to 32MB of RAM, add a
color framebuffer, and a SCSI card. I might have some tape drives that
I could scrounge up to stick in them.
Anyhow, make me an offer on each one of them. I would like to see
them go to students, hobbyists, etc. so that they are not wasted. I
feel that they have the potential to teach someone a lot.
-Kent Rankin
P.S. - I can drive a little ways to meet someone if they are near(you
know, not a
few states away).
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From: "xXxDanExXx" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Plug'n'play modem woes
Date: Thu, 4 Mar 1999 03:41:32 -0500
I just scraped some pieces together and formed a Linx machine out of it. It
consists of a FIC VA-2011, Cyrix 166, 32MB SDRAM, Etherlink II, Lightspeed
128, PCI ActionTec DeskVoice Pro modem, 4x NEC CDROM, 500MB Conner HDD and
an ATX PS just sitting on a table. I dont' even ahve a case! Anyway, I'm
having serious trouble getting the modem to work(I've used Linux for 3 days
now...). I have both serial ports disabled since I never use them, first
off. Second, the modem requires COM4, or ttyS3, correct? This is Redhat
5.1 Manhattan. Now, I've tried telling the BIOS that the OS is NOT PNP
compat and let IT set up the PnP devices, but that didn't work. I've been
using minicom to set it up. I've set everything I know to set up. When I
run it to see if it works, it doesn't give me an OK prompt or anything.
Just sits there. Can someone help me out? PLEASE? I've been all over the
net and still haven't found jack.
Also, it MIGHT be an HSP modem. I heard that Lucent makes an HSP chip and
my modem uses a Lucent chip. However, I haven't gotten any bad ping times
in games or anything. BUT, they say the Lucent HSP is as good as the real
thing. Who knows...
Also, is it possible to use a cable modem on Linux?
DanE
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Laurent Papier)
Subject: Re: Yamaha OPL3-SAx
Date: 4 Mar 1999 08:51:19 GMT
Hans ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
: Hi, I'm trying the same thing but the card isn't recognized. Could you
: please tell me what your settings IRQ, DMA, I/O are?
: I'm using RedHat 5.2, sndconfig doesn't find the ISA-card. I'm also
: very curious what your kernelconfigurator reports about this card.
: Thanks in advance, I'll contact you as soon as I find something about
: this mixer problem.
Hi,
I have succesfully setup such a card (a YMF719), I have followed the
instructions from the kernel 2.2.x sound doc.
I have compile an new kernel with (MSS, MPU and OPL3-SAx support), then
setup isapnp according to the doc, then sndconfig (need to select the
sound card by hand not autodetected), setup according to the doc, you should hear
sound from sndconfig test, then just reboot and everything is fine ;-)
If you can't get the 2.2.x kernel doc about the OPL3-SAx contact me.
Laurent
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From: Robert Schiele <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Driver for 3com 3c905b?
Date: Wed, 03 Mar 1999 20:21:20 +0100
Michael Minnick wrote:
>
> Does anyone know where I can get a device driver for the 3Com 3c905b
> NIC? I just installed Debian 2.0 on a system with this card. The
> Hardware Compatibility HOWTO mentions this card but doesn't say where to
> get a driver.
>
> -Mike
The driver is already in the kernel (3c59x).
Just compile it into the kernel or as a module.
Robert
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Linux and Multiprozessing
Date: Wed, 03 Mar 1999 18:20:44 GMT
Hello out there,
does anybody have experience with Multiprozessing and Linux. The
2.2.1 Kernel supports it, but which software (of SuSE-Distribution)
benefits from a second pocessor?
Does the Kernel launch a 2nd Image of a programm (e.g. two remote
users want to start Matlab 5.2) on the 2nd processor?
What we intend to buy is a ASUS P2B-DS Board, two PII-350 and
about 128 or 256MB RAM.
Every piece of advice is very welcome.
Ulrich
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Ulrich Theissen
Lehrstuhl Experimentalphysik IV
Universitaet Bayreuth
95440 Bayreuth
Germany
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