Linux-Hardware Digest #892, Volume #9 Thu, 1 Apr 99 03:13:59 EST
Contents:
Re: Is Ether Express PRO/10+ (ISA) supported by RH Linux 4.1? (Morely Dotes)
Re: Help!! Linux on K6-2 -problem!!! (Peter Depuydt)
Re: Signal 11 aborts installation !?!? (Huub van Niekerk)
Re: TNT openGL (Jason McKnight)
Re: All the current OSes are idiotic (was Re: Is Windows for idiots?) ("Jon A.
Maxwell (JAM)")
Re: How do I Mount A (Joseph White)
What is the secret to Soundblaster AWE32 IDE ports? (address in signature)
Re: What to put on a 386 Notebook? (Johannes Niess)
Re: 3c509b not found in slackware 3.6 kernel 2.2.5 ("Todd Goyen")
Re: my bloody modem (Mikael Bouillot)
Re: All the current OSes are idiotic (was Re: Is Windows for idiots?) (jedi)
Re: pppd still dies with out warning! (Kyle Gonzales)
Signal 11 aborts installation !?!? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Help me spend $2,000 on a new Linux-based computer (Dr Paul Kinsler)
Western Digital HD Problems in Linux and NT (Rubber Glove Seduction)
How to compile RH5.2 kernel?? ("Jonathan D. Kramer")
CDRW recommendation needed (Richard Beigel)
Re: RH 5.2 & HP Vectra XU 5/90 SCSI (AM 79C974 PCscsi) ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Slow ethernet LAN driving me crazy!! (brian moore)
Installing eth cards (AMAE)
Re: 3c509b not found in slackware 3.6 kernel 2.2.5 ("Todd Goyen")
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Morely Dotes)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Is Ether Express PRO/10+ (ISA) supported by RH Linux 4.1?
Date: Tue, 30 Mar 1999 21:06:42 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Sean Chen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>Is the Intel Ether Express PRO/10+ (ISA) supported by RH
>Linux 4.1 (kernel 2.0.27)? The HOWTO says the Ether Express PRO/10
>is already included in the early 1.3.x kernels but I couldn't set it
>up on my system. I am wondering whether I should keep trying or buy
>a new card or upgrade the kernel.
>If this help, the card uses Intel S82595FX chip.
Sean, I think you need to walk down the hall and talk to Donald Becker
[ [EMAIL PROTECTED] ] who will know if there is such a driver and
may even have a copy.
--
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[ No "courtesy copies" via e-mail, please. ]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Peter Depuydt)
Subject: Re: Help!! Linux on K6-2 -problem!!!
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Tue, 30 Mar 1999 21:53:56 GMT
On Tue, 30 Mar 1999 13:09:14 +0200, "jacopo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
Cheer UP,
I run a RedHat 5.1 on a Asus XP55T2P4 and a K6/2 200
and on a Asus P5A running a K6/2 -400.
Straight out of the box. No install problems.
My advice ?? Check the MB first (and perhaps the memory modules)
Good luck
Peter
>I have installed linux debian 2.0 in a k6-2 with a mb VIA.
>Linux Crashes after boot or until 1-2 hours...
>Does Linux (2.0.34) support K6
>I need to recompile the kernel...
>Is the motherboard....
>
>Thanks...
>
>
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From: Huub van Niekerk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,redhat.config,redhat.general
Subject: Re: Signal 11 aborts installation !?!?
Date: Thu, 01 Apr 1999 06:20:45 +0200
Usually it means there's a hardware-problem. I advise to replace your
memory. It worked for me...
Huub
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I cannot install RedHat 5.2 - after a random amount of time I get the
> message "Install exited abnormally -- received signal 11
> sending termination signals...done.." and then shutdown.
>
> Whats the problem here ??? I tried 10 times and cant install it !
>
> Thanks
>
> Jim
>
> Cyrix 486, 12 Mb ram
> From CD rom CDU33A
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From: Jason McKnight <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: TNT openGL
Date: Tue, 30 Mar 1999 16:41:12 -0500
Not yet. OpenGL acceleration may be on the way. Check out info on the
Xfree86 site.
I have one of these cards, so I am hoping for it too :)
Jason Tanem wrote:
> Do TNT chipset cards provide 3D acceleration (openGL) in quake2 via
> any of the provided render modes (e.g. Mesa or generic GL)? If so,
> what kind of frame rates are to be expected?
>
> --
>
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From: "Jon A. Maxwell (JAM)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.lang.java.advocacy,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy
Subject: Re: All the current OSes are idiotic (was Re: Is Windows for idiots?)
Date: 1 Apr 1999 01:02:24 GMT
jedi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: (comp.lang.java.advocacy)
|
| Software does not wear out. There is little real reason to
| get rid of it if a system is modular. The collossal lack of
| any modularity or real design in WinDOS is why it's backward
| compatibility is so problematic. They didn't even do MACH
| right.
Well, to be fair jedi, they were trying to combine VMS and MACH as NT
-- either one of which would be doomed to failure by Microsoft -- so
I have to give them credit for bravery.
Jam (address rot13 encoded)
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From: Joseph White <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How do I Mount A
Date: Thu, 01 Apr 1999 05:03:49 +0000
I'm running the parallel port EZ 135.
Lew Pitcher wrote:
>
> On Wed, 31 Mar 1999 19:32:50 +0000, Joseph White <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >Hi All,
> >
> >Can someone tell me how to mount a Syquest EZ-135, or point me to a
> >How-To.
> >I'm running Redhat 5.1 Linux 2.0.35.
>
> IDE, SCSI or Parallel port?
>
> For IDE or SCSI: so long as you have the appropriate support (IDE or SCSI)
> compiled into your kernel (even as a module), you should just be able to
> mount /dev/hd?? /mnt
>
> My IDE EZ135 is the 2nd disk drive, so my ext2fs mount looks like
> mount /dev/hdb1 /mnt
> and my msdos mount looks like
> mount -t vfat /dev/hdb1 /mnt
>
> I couldn't tell you about parallel port EZ135s
>
> Lew Pitcher
> System Consultant, Integration Solutions Architecture
> Toronto Dominion Bank
>
> ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
>
> (Opinions expressed are my own, not my employer's.)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (address in signature)
Subject: What is the secret to Soundblaster AWE32 IDE ports?
Date: Thu, 01 Apr 1999 04:11:53 GMT
I have an ATAPI EIDE CD-ROM which works fine as /dev/hdd under SuSE 5.3.
If it's attached to the second IDE port as a slave I can even boot the SuSE
install CD from it.
Someone gave me a hard drive (my fourth) and now I'm trying to get the CD
to work on the IDE port of my AWE32 card. I read the HOWTOs, etc and I
think I've done everything. I have set up isapnp and put a hdg=cdrom in
lilo.conf. The IDE controller shows up in /proc as ide3, the IRQ shows up
as IRQ10-same as the Creative manual calls for. When the system boots it
tries to talk to the drive but gives up after 2 0FF errors. Without the
hdg=cdrom it ignores it completely. I also checked the Windows setup and
that's how it's working there (yes it works in Windows after I moved it to
the SB card's IDE port).
I have tried booting Windows first with the DOS mscdex stuff in autoexec.
The drive is jumpered as master but I've also tried it as slave and single.
It works fine under Windows all 3 ways.
I give up. What incredibly dumb thing have I done this time?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Johannes Niess)
Subject: Re: What to put on a 386 Notebook?
Date: Tue, 30 Mar 1999 23:55:41 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Eric Wick) wrote:
>Hello,
>is it possible to bring a little Linux with TWM and a little Wordprocessor on
>the following Hardware?
>Z-Note 320lb
>i386sl20
>8MB of Ram
>135MB Harddisk
>I have heard about a small Kernel and TWM ist small.
If you want a really small installation you can use mulinux: One
floppy for lynx and other nice network apps. One floppy for X. This
installation (20 MB) is on my msdos partition (100 MB). I use it on a
388SX25. The Zenith PC's are a bit different, so be prepared...
Johannes Niess
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From: "Todd Goyen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.linux,alt.linux.slakware,alt.os.linux,alt.os.linux.slackware,comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: 3c509b not found in slackware 3.6 kernel 2.2.5
Date: Thu, 01 Apr 1999 05:18:27 GMT
Thanks all
New version of dhcpcd works
now i get an ip but rrlogin isn't working so i will go look for some
documentation
Thanks
Todd
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From: Mikael Bouillot <"mikael"@[REMOVE-THIS]colba.net>
Crossposted-To: comp.windows.x.kde
Subject: Re: my bloody modem
Date: 31 Mar 1999 23:47:04 -0600
> I presume from the Serial-Howto that there is an IRQ conflict. I have tried
> every available option to no avail.
I had the same problem and the right setting of irq in isapnp and
setserial did the trick. For a friend of mine, the modem just didn't
listen a word of what isapnp was telling him. So we just disabled the
pnp feature of the modem and set it to a port and an irq that we then
gave to setserial.
--
"In a world without fences, who needs gates?"
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (jedi)
Crossposted-To:
comp.lang.java.advocacy,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy
Subject: Re: All the current OSes are idiotic (was Re: Is Windows for idiots?)
Date: Tue, 30 Mar 1999 14:37:49 -0800
On Tue, 30 Mar 1999 22:25:10 +0200, Osvaldo Pinali Doederlein
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>jedi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
>news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>> >> That and neither rm or the shells are a core part of the OS in Unix
>> >> to begin with...
>> >Are you sure? Try to change anything important in your shells' behavior
>and
>> >see a huge number of Unix programs breaking, maybe as much as if you did
>> >change some POSIX C function. Loads of Unix programs rely on shell
>scripts
>> Then leave the old version around. Geez, how dull can you be.
>
>Great, so I will make even bigger the pile of redundant and inconsistent
>stuff I already have in the system. (Not a Unix-specific criticism of
>course.) Geez, how lazy can you be.
Without the need to artificially generate this years software sales
revenue there really is no need break everything else on the system
just because one lemming wants a shell like command.com or finder.
Besides, we're not allergic to diversity.
--
"I was not elected to watch my people suffer and die |||
while you discuss this a invasion in committe." / | \
In search of sane PPP docs? Try http://penguin.lvcm.com
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From: Kyle Gonzales <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: pppd still dies with out warning!
Date: Thu, 01 Apr 1999 05:49:36 +0000
Hi Glenn,
How long have you set your program to wait for pppd to start? 30 sec is not
adequate. 60 sec (generally) gave it enough time.
Also, verfiy that you have the correct authenication for your ISP set. Just some
suggestions...
Kyle Gonzales
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Glenn Jenkins wrote:
> I am dealing with the same problem and my bus is at 66 MHz
>
> glenn
>
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Kyle Gonzales <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > The problem is that you have your bus overclocked!!!! Move the bus down to 66
> > MHz, and your problems will be solved.
> >
> > I had many problems with kppp (and Linux in general) until I unoverclocked my
> > board.
> >
> > Trust me.
> >
> > Kyle Gonzales
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,redhat.config,redhat.general
Subject: Signal 11 aborts installation !?!?
Date: Thu, 01 Apr 1999 02:36:48 GMT
I cannot install RedHat 5.2 - after a random amount of time I get the
message "Install exited abnormally -- received signal 11
sending termination signals...done.." and then shutdown.
Whats the problem here ??? I tried 10 times and cant install it !
Thanks
Jim
Cyrix 486, 12 Mb ram
>From CD rom CDU33A
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.networking
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dr Paul Kinsler)
Subject: Re: Help me spend $2,000 on a new Linux-based computer
Date: Wed, 31 Mar 1999 15:49:43 +0100 (BST)
In comp.os.linux.misc Richard Stovall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I've gotten used to an 20" SGI (Sony) monitor at work and find that
> I have a real hard time coming back to my weeny little 17" number
> at home. Virtual desktops are cool and all that, but there's
> nothing like having it all there on one screen to make you a
> believer in the big ones.
Well, I use eight virtual desktops on my 21" monitor while at work,
so spare a thought for me using my low-res 14" monitor at home. :-/
--
==============================+==============================
Dr. Paul Kinsler
Institute of Microwaves and Photonics
University of Leeds (ph) +44-113-2332089
Leeds LS2 9JT (fax)+44-113-2332032
United Kingdom [EMAIL PROTECTED]
WEB: http://www.ee.leeds.ac.uk/staff/pk/P.Kinsler.html
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From: Rubber Glove Seduction <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Western Digital HD Problems in Linux and NT
Date: Thu, 01 Apr 1999 22:18:34 -0600
Can anyone help me? I have a new Western Digital Hard Drive (5.1 gig,
UDMA). Linux tells me that my boot partition is too big. NT can't boot
from it (I can install it from CD, but when it restarts the computer, it
hangs....but installs fine from a different HD).
Are my settings wrong? Where would I look in the bios(ALI Alladin 5)?
Win98 works perfectly and the bios autoselect detects the drive just
fine.
Do I need to buy a new HD to run NT and Linux? How do I shop for a HD
that doesn't have any problems?
Thanks,
Steven
http://www2.uic.edu/~sbosca1/me/
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From: "Jonathan D. Kramer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: How to compile RH5.2 kernel??
Date: Wed, 31 Mar 1999 21:51:19 -0500
Hi,
I have Red Hat 5.2 and want to compile the bttv driver into the kernel.
When I go to the /usr/src/linux directory and try to run make xconfig or
any of the other commands to make the kernel I get that there are no
rules? I have both kernel packages installed. How can I get this
driver in????????
Thanks
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Richard Beigel)
Subject: CDRW recommendation needed
Date: 30 Mar 1999 22:49:27 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I plan to get a CDRW to backup my single-user linux machine. I'm
thinking of HP 8100i or Sony Spressa, but I'd appreciate any positive
or negative recommendations. I'd also like to know if there is any
backup software available that is convenient to use. Something that
does incremental backups nightly so I don't have to replace the CD
often would be nice.
-- Richard
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: RH 5.2 & HP Vectra XU 5/90 SCSI (AM 79C974 PCscsi)
Date: Thu, 01 Apr 1999 06:32:51 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Kevin Huber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Ok, I know this is somewhat of a problem machine due to this goofy
> combo PCI SCSI/Ethernet chipset on the MB. I've seen a few references
> to this specific machine, but nothing that seemed helpful.
>
> I can boot, and access the external SCSI CD-ROM. Partitioning seems
> to work fine, and the SCSI chipset is recognized OK. However, when
> the RedHat installation gets to the swap initialization part,
> I get:
>
> Kernel panic: scsi0: cannot recover
> In swapper task -not syncing
>
> Any tips? Should I build a new boot disk? (I am not a Linux newbie
> BTW.)
>
> -Kevin
>
I don't have the machine in front of me but there are two settings in the BIOS
that have to do with the onboard SCSI. One of them allows you to turn off the
SCSI BIOS. Do this, as it doesn't play nice with the driver.
Jonathan
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (brian moore)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Slow ethernet LAN driving me crazy!!
Date: 1 Apr 1999 03:27:53 GMT
On Wed, 31 Mar 1999 15:33:11 -0800,
Stavros C. Kassinos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> On the client box, Ifconfig gives some frame errors:
>
> eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:A0:CC:27:4D:36
> inet addr:192.168.0.27 Bcast:192.168.0.255
> Mask:255.255.255.0
> UP BROADCAST RUNNING PROMISC MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
> RX packets:2705 errors:179 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:179
That would point at bad cables in my experience.
>From one of my machines:
eth0 Link encap:10Mbps Ethernet HWaddr 00:60:97:24:FD:A5
inet addr:xx.xx.xx.xx Bcast:xx.xx.xx.xx Mask:255.255.255.192
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:11933768 errors:66 dropped:0 overruns:62
TX packets:12060794 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0
Interrupt:11 Base address:0x300
A MUCH lower error rate.
Try replacing the cables.
(And, yes, you can see assymetric failures with bad twisted pair cables,
since one pair is Tx and one is Rx, the system with the icky Rx pair
will have problems receiving, though less problems sending.)
You may also want to see why you're running in promiscuous mode: that
will generate a LOT of extra interrupts (though not too bad on a
two-machine LAN).
--
Brian Moore | "The Zen nature of a spammer resembles
Sysadmin, C/Perl Hacker | a cockroach, except that the cockroach
Usenet Vandal | is higher up on the evolutionary chain."
Netscum, Bane of Elves. Peter Olson, Delphi Postmaster
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (AMAE)
Subject: Installing eth cards
Date: 30 Mar 1999 23:34:17 GMT
Hi,
I installed a second ethernet card on a linux microserver. When I type
dmesg, I see that the Kernel is aware of and loaded the driver for that
ethernet card. When I type ifconfig, there is nothing about eth1, that is
the second ethernet card I have installed!
Any ideas what I should do?
--
Ayman Elsaedi
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta Georgia, 30332
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "Todd Goyen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.linux,alt.linux.slakware,alt.os.linux,alt.os.linux.slackware,comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: 3c509b not found in slackware 3.6 kernel 2.2.5
Date: Thu, 01 Apr 1999 03:52:13 GMT
Oh and one other thing
i have a dimaond viper v330 which refuses to give up irq 10
so i had to use three
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