Linux-Hardware Digest #622, Volume #9 Wed, 10 Mar 99 16:13:44 EST
Contents:
Re: PCI modems in linux? (Richard Nelson)
Re: PCI modems in linux? (Richard Nelson)
Re: iomega jazz drives (Paul Sian)
Re: Linux on a Toshiba Tecra 8000? (Wasim Juned)
Does Teles S0/PCI - Tj ISDN card work on Linux 2.0.36 (Ya-houn Soh)
Re: Newbie Modem/PPP ?'s....... (Ben Goble Lakewood Colorado)
Re: init_module: device or resource busy ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: AMD vs. Cyrix vs. Pentium MMX (Hilaire Fernandes)
Re: PCI MODEMS & LINUX are there any ? (Richard Nelson)
Re: Buying a new computer for linux (Gerard Thornley)
Cirrus Logic Laguna 3D 5465 rev2 and Xfree86_SVGA (FLERIT Frederic)
Re: 3c905b-TX with Mandrake 5.3 (or any Linux2.2) (eric)
Re: Driver Or howto intstall Compaq Netelligent 10/100 driver (Jason McKnight)
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From: Richard Nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: PCI modems in linux?
Date: 10 Mar 1999 19:32:48 GMT
Hello,
My name is Richard Nelson, and I am a Technical support engineer for
Actiontec Electronics, INC
We do have a PCI modem that is NOT a "Win" modem, it is controller based,
and uses the Lucent Venus chipset.
I need as much help as I can possibly get for this, as I would like it to
become the first officially supported PCI modem for Linux, and I repeat,
it IS CONTROLLER based, NOT windows based, etc....
My direct number is 408-548-4772
and my email address is [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Thank you
Doug wrote:
> Can a PCI modem be used in linux? If so how? Something called a modem
> enumerator is installed in windows along with the modem itself and i
> dont know what that is. Its creative modmeblaster DI5630 v.90. Its
> being used as PnP right now but there are jumpers on it I dont have the
> manual so im trying to find out if com and irq can be hard set..
> Thanks for any help and please email me a response if possible at
> ratchet at tir dot com
> Doug
>
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From: Richard Nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: PCI modems in linux?
Date: 10 Mar 1999 19:32:43 GMT
Actually, that is incorrect
Hello,
My name is Richard Nelson, and I am a Technical support engineer for
Actiontec Electronics, INC
We do have a PCI modem that is NOT a "Win" modem, it is controller based,
and uses the Lucent Venus chipset.
I need as much help as I can possibly get for this, as I would like it to
become the first officially supported PCI modem for Linux, and I repeat,
it IS CONTROLLER based, NOT windows based, etc....
My direct number is 408-548-4772
and my email address is [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Thank you
Eugene wrote:
>
> AFAIK all PCI modems are winmodems
>
> Doug wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> >Can a PCI modem be used in linux? If so how? Something called a modem
> >enumerator is installed in windows along with the modem itself and i
> >dont know what that is. Its creative modmeblaster DI5630 v.90. Its
> >being used as PnP right now but there are jumpers on it I dont have the
> >manual so im trying to find out if com and irq can be hard set..
> >Thanks for any help and please email me a response if possible at
> >ratchet at tir dot com
> >Doug
> >
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Paul Sian)
Subject: Re: iomega jazz drives
Date: Wed, 10 Mar 1999 11:25:23 -0500
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Pas Moi
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >> "d" == doug wrote on Tue, 09 Mar 1999 07:02:37 -0500:
>
> d> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >> does anyone know anything about support/drivers for Iomega Jazz
> >> drives on linux?
> >>
> d> I know that my Jaz works great, and has from the start.
>
> i know my jaz drive is dead as a doorknob after very light use.
> considering its low quality and expensive media, it's a long-run
> loser. big time. go with something else, i wish i had.
>
> ciao,
>
> g.y.
>
They've got the new orb drives out now. 199 for the drive with one disk.
additional disks are 30 bucks. Each holds 2.2 GB of info. Yeah 2.2GB for
only 30 bucks.
www.computability.com has the parallel, scsi and ide.
Pretty sure one the scsi and parallel. I think they have the ide version.
USB version coming soon. But in order to get the output that the orb can
give you you should go with scsi.
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From: Wasim Juned <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.portable,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Linux on a Toshiba Tecra 8000?
Date: Wed, 10 Mar 1999 16:27:44 GMT
Robert Hofmann wrote:
> I want to install Linux (together with WinNT using a bootmanager) on a Toshiba
> Tecra 8000...
>
> Does anybody do/tried this already? If so, what are your experiences.
>
> Is there a list of supported hardware (esp. PCMCIA-cards)?
There's a hardware HOWTO at
"http://doc.rmplc.co.uk/linux/LDP/HOWTO/Hardware-HOWTO.html"
It includes a PCMCIA list.
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Wasim Juned
Toronto, Canada
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Date: Wed, 10 Mar 1999 23:38:53 +0800
From: Ya-houn Soh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Does Teles S0/PCI - Tj ISDN card work on Linux 2.0.36
Has anyone got the Teles S0/PCI card to work with linux?.
Have been trying to get the hisax driver to recognize the card (Teles
S0/PCI) but to no avail.
The isdn subsystem is compiled as modules then tried
/sbin/modprobe hisax protocol=2 type=21
(type=21 being Teles PCI does this refer to the Teles S0/PCI or to
something else?)
to check if the drivers recognize the card. But all I got was this:
ISDN subsystem Rev: 1.44.2.9/1.41.2.11/1.48.2.27/1.28.2.2/1.8.2.2 loaded
TelesPCI: No PCI card found
HiSax: Card Teles PCI not installed !
/lib/modules/2.0.36/misc/hisax.o: init_module: Device or resource busy
ISDN-subsystem unloaded
Anybody have any ideas what I'm doing wrong? Any help will be greatly
appreciated. TIA.
More Info:
more /proc/pci shows:
PCI devices found:
Bus 0, device 15, function 0:
Network controller: Unknown vendor Tiger300 ISDN (rev 0).
Medium devsel. IRQ 10. Master Capable. Latency=8.
I/O at 0xe800.
Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xe7000000.
Compiled the kernel with the '.config' with ISDN options as below:
#
# ISDN subsystem
#
CONFIG_ISDN=m
CONFIG_ISDN_PPP=y
CONFIG_ISDN_MPP=Y
CONFIG_ISDN_AUDIO=Y
CONFIG_ISDN_DRV_LOOP=M
CONFIG_ISDN_DRV_HISAX=M
CONFIG_HISAX_EURO=Y
CONFIG_HISAX_16_0=Y
CONFIG_HISAX_16_3=Y
CONFIG_HISAX_TELES3C=Y
CONFIG_HISAX_TELESPCI=Y
CONFIG_HISAX_S0BOX=Y
Once again TIA.
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From: Ben Goble Lakewood Colorado <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Newbie Modem/PPP ?'s.......
Date: Sat, 27 Feb 1999 20:16:29 -0700
Peter Worcester wrote:
> Hi all,
> I'm new to Linux (actually have been away from Unix for 7-9 years, last
> experience was HP-UX)
>
> I recently bought Red Hat 5.2 and installed it just fine on my spare
> machine. There are a couple og things I can't get working. In particular the
> modem and PPP connection. This machine and modem works with NT4 on another
> partition. The system recognizes the modem and it comes up with cu0 - cu3
> (com1 - com4) and I try pointing all of them to dev/modem with no luck. Then
> I went through the PPP connectivlity in deatil and can't get that to dial my
> ISP.
> Can someone point me to where I can find some pretyy deatiled setup
> instructions or give me some tips on how I might go about troubleshooting
> this problem ?
>
> I don't really know where to start. I would think I need to make sure that
> the modem dials out first then go for the PPP connectivity.
>
> Any thoughts would be appreciated. Could someone volunteer and good FAq
> sites or web sites to help me get started with Linux.
Have you set up the modem using the 'Control Panel' in X?
Better yet, do a Web search for ezppp which will make the
set-up relatively pain free.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: init_module: device or resource busy
Date: Wed, 10 Mar 1999 20:07:01 GMT
Yowza-let's try that again:
I'm having the same problem (that is to say, my ethernet card suddenly
decided that it was busy every time I try to insert the module, although it
still works under windows.) I am not using a custom kernel, just a stock RH
5.2 one, and it worked fine in the past...I have done no low-level driver
type stuff and have not changed any hardware.
now-
To attempt a solution, I compiled a new kernel, making sure that I had the
appropriate option selected as "module", and no other ethernet devices
included at all. I still got the same message when trying to insert the
module manually, or just start the eth0 interface:
/lib/modules/2.0.36/net/3c501.o: init_module: Device or resource busy eth0
initialization delayed
Next, I compiled a new kernel making sure that I had the appropriate option
selected as part of the kernel (not a module). Now, when I start the
interface, the message is just: eth0 initialization delayed
so-
I read the HOWTO-Ethernet:
3) After booting, do a cat /proc/ioports and verify that the full
iospace that the card will require is vacant.
I don't really understand what this means, but I can follow directions, so I
did this. The HOWTO continues:
If you are at 0x300 then
the ne2k driver will ask for 0x300-0x31f. If any other device driver
has registered even one port anywhere in that range, the probe will
not take place at that address and will silently continue to the next
of the probed addresses. A common case is having the lp driver reserve
0x378 or the second IDE channel reserve 0x376 which stops the ne
driver from probing 0x360-0x380.
indeed, their was an IDE channel at 376. Unfortunately, the HOWTO did not
say what to do about this problem. I'll RTFM, I just need some context for
what steps I need to take to fix this (it this is indeed what is causing the
problem)
Thanks in advance-Ben
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
J J <541
[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hmm, puzzling.
>
> Have you done an lsmod to be sure the module isn't already loaded ?
> I take it the 3c509 is PCI ? If so, if you cat /proc/pci do you see it ?
> If you cat /proc/ioports do you see eth0 ? If so, maybe you compiled
> the driver into the kernel, rather than as a module.
>
> Hope that helps,
> J J
>
> dave caputo wrote:
>
> > i just started getting this error while trying to install my 3c509 module
> > ...
> >
> > init_module: device or resource busy
> >
> > this had been working for years, and now doesn't ... the most significant
> > change i made today was going into windows for the first time in a looong
> > time ... i think things still worked after that though, which is puzzling
> > ...
> >
> > i've tried putting the card into pnp mode and using isapnptools, which
> > seemed to configure it correctly, and also disabling pnp and setting the
> > card with the 3com install program -- no luck ... still works for windows
> > though ... there are no irq or ioport conflicts that i can see, and i
> > can't think of any reason why it would be thought that the 'device or
> > resource' is busy ...
> >
> > any help?
> >
> > -dave
> >
> > --
>
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From: Hilaire Fernandes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: AMD vs. Cyrix vs. Pentium MMX
Date: Sun, 28 Feb 1999 12:01:14 +0800
Greg H. wrote:
>
> BCD User ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
>
> > I am going to upgrade my CPU and am wondering if there is any
> > performance data regarding the big three CPU's. I suppose AMD's 3-DNow
> > is essentially useless for Linux, but is that true for MMX instructions
> > as well? I am moving from a pentium 100. Motherboard is Super 7. Tom's
> > Hardware guide only gives 95 and NT performance data.
>
> As far as I know, Linux currently does _not_ take advantage of the
> MMX instruction set.
>
Don't use AMDK6 if you don't want to mess in crasy problems.
About the MMX support I may suggest you looking in the Bogomips howto.
I enclose twos rate speed for Pentium200 with and without MMX
Pentium/200 81.92 bogomips
Pentium MMX/200 400.59 bogomips
Interprete yourself but read the howto!
--
Hilaire Fernandes
Dr Geo project http://members.xoom.com/FeYiLai/dr_geo/doctor_geo.html
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From: Richard Nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: PCI MODEMS & LINUX are there any ?
Date: 10 Mar 1999 19:31:40 GMT
Allen wrote:
> Somehow, I think your modem is actually a "soft" modem, or a "host
> controlled" modem, as you mention a PCI modem enumerator, and that is
> , I believe the crux of the problem of most of the other PCI modems we
> will have problems with under Linux -- You see, the PCI modem
> enumerator is actually a software emulator for a UART, and the
> manufacturers (so far) have only provided that software for the mass
> market/high volume/high potential profit OS's sold by Bill Gates. I
> haven't heard yet of Rockwell releasing any other info on their
> chipsets, or modem emulator software for any other OS yet, and they
> probably don't think they have much financial incentive to do so,
> since they are making money as things are, and we don't collectively
> seem to be enough of a market for them to pay a programmer to write or
> debug the same for us, and once the cat is out of the bag, then they
> would loose some or all of the control over the software, and possible
> the market too, maybe for the microsoft market too?
>
> Some of the Rockwell chipset modems merely use a software scheme to
> handle the compression, and can be made to work with Linux by turning
> compression off, but like you, I'm looking for a good modem too, and
> found out too late that both of my new modems won't work on anything
> but Winslop.
>
> On Mon, 01 Feb 1999 09:05:48 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> >In article <78sclp$ea2$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> > "Greg Smyth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >> looking for a PCI modem 56K which is not a win or software modem. Has
anyone
> >> used or has one which works well
> >
> >I'm sure my PCI modem (a rockwell FM65-RW) is not a winmodem (aka
software
> >modem) as you can directly talk to it on Hyperterminal and obtain a
connection
> >that way. It even has modes for working under DOS. The problem I have
found
> >however is it conflicting a) with my 3Com Ethernet Card, b) Not being
able to
> >find out which IO port the card wants on Linux (I know it is using IRQ
10
> >rather tha 3 or 4).
> >
> >Is their a version of isapnp for pci buses that allows you to setup PNP
PCI
> >cards?
> >
> >Should PNP OS / Auto settings be set up in the BIOS?
> >
> >Are the settings as last set in a working Win95 machine going to be the
same
> >when you transplant the card into a linux box? My modem had two devices
(The
> >Modem, IRQ 10, IO 0x3E8 and a PCI Modem Enumerator, IRQ 10, some meory
> >address in the 0xe00000 range). I've tried variations on these numbers
using
> >setserial but have yet to have success on the linux box. BTW I'm
testing by
> >listining for a result to echo ATH > /dev/cuan. Is their a better way
of
> >talking to the COM ports? A direct terminal that is eas(ish) to setup?
> >
> >Anyway more questions than answers.. sorry ;)
> >
> >Alex.
> >
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Hello,
My name is Richard Nelson, and I am a Technical support engineer for
Actiontec Electronics, INC
We do have a PCI modem that is NOT a "Win" modem, it is controller based,
and uses the Lucent Venus chipset.
I need as much help as I can possibly get for this, as I would like it to
become the first officially supported PCI modem for Linux, and I repeat,
it IS CONTROLLER based, NOT windows based, etc....
My direct number is 408-548-4772
and my email address is [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Thank you
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From: Gerard Thornley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Buying a new computer for linux
Date: Wed, 10 Mar 1999 19:39:08 +0000
Reply-To: Gerard Thornley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Hi,
In response to the replies I recieved from my previous message, could
someone answer the following few questions:
(again, I excuse my ignorance - correct me if I'm wrong :-)
Is there any driver that would work with a Sound Blaster Live? - I don't
mind using an old driver that doesn't make full use of the facilities,
because I will be using sound mostly from win95.
Will I be able to use an LS-120 floppy drive from linux - more
importantly, will I be able to boot from it?
And finally, assuming no problems with the above, can anyone tell me if
I'm going to have any obvious trouble running linux with the following
spec:
Pentium II 350MHz
ABIT BX6 motherboard
Panasonic LS-120
Maxtor DiamondMax 4320 8.4Gb
Creative Labs CL 36x CD-ROM drive
Sound Blaster Live
Graphics Blaster RIVA TNT
3-COM 3C-509B combo ISA network card
Thanks very much in advance...
--
Gerard Thornley
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.dur.ac.uk/~d7249y
or mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] or http://www.bigfoot.com/~g247
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From: FLERIT Frederic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Cirrus Logic Laguna 3D 5465 rev2 and Xfree86_SVGA
Date: Wed, 10 Mar 1999 18:17:22 +0100
I can't run startx with my 'Cirrus Logic Laguna 3D 5465 rev2" graphic
card.
The server starts properly but after a while, because of the mouse it
stops.
The screen is frozzen and the cursor has gone.
I have installed RH5.2-fr and upgraded XFree up to 3.3.3-1.1 without
benefit.
I tryed also as it is recommended in README_SVGA to enable options like
'fifo_conservative', "noaccel", "no_bitblt" or "sw_cursor' in the
XF86Config file.
I had nothing wrong in X's messages, neither in /var/log/messages
If someone knows a mean to quit X, when 'ctrl alt del'
doesn't match, it would spare me a lot of time!!!
======================Frederic Flerit=======================
Institut de Pysique du Globe de Paris
e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] tel: 01 44 27 24 20
===========================================================
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (eric)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux,comp.os.misc
Subject: Re: 3c905b-TX with Mandrake 5.3 (or any Linux2.2)
Date: Wed, 10 Mar 1999 20:30:18 GMT
i'm downloading Slackware 3.6 now.. should it work before the 2.2.2
kernel?
Thanks
ERic
On Wed, 10 Mar 1999 08:03:47 -0700, Kevin White
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>eric wrote:
>> I was wondering if the *New* Linux Kernel will support this card?
>
>I have a 3c905b and it works great with slackware 3.6 upgraded to kernel
>2.2.2 (and other associated necessary updates, as specified in the 2.2.2
>readme file). I don't think I tried it with any previous kernel,
>though, so I can't say.
>--
>Kevin White, Software Engineer
>Envision Telephony
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From: Jason McKnight <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Driver Or howto intstall Compaq Netelligent 10/100 driver
Date: Wed, 10 Mar 1999 12:26:25 -0500
Get the latest kernel and compile it. 2.2X has more drivers for embedded NIC's
Alex Kudryashov wrote:
> I have Compaq 1600R server with embeded Compaq 10/100 tx NIC
> RedHat 5.2 told me that it is Netelligent 10/100 - but didn't install driver
>
> Where can I find it - or what should I do?
>
> Alex
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