Linux-Hardware Digest #61, Volume #10 Mon, 19 Apr 99 03:13:44 EDT
Contents:
Re: Linux on Compaq Proliant 3000 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Linux on SUN Sparc? (Jeff Johnson)
Re: XFree86 problem on a Compaq Armada 1750 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: lilo and 560 MB hard disk in 386? (Harald Arnesen)
Re: Checking Dual Processor Loads? (Jeff Johnson)
Re: All the current OSes are idiotic (was Re: Is Windows for idiots?) ("Osvaldo
Pinali Doederlein")
Re: AWE32 and SuSE Linux 6.0 HELP! (root)
Re: Sorry, but how can I clean my First Sector of my boot patition?
Re: Sound Cards & Kernel - Help needed (Mattt)
Re: Adaptec 2940UW SCSI with SCAM? (Johan Kullstam)
Grafics
Re: "mt" doesn't work on DDS-3 tape Drive (Pierre Asselin)
IWill Side-2935UW SCSI adapter with Linux? (John Holmes)
Graphix error ? Help wanted Plz. ("Anders �quist")
Help please ! Can't configure ethernet card for with TRINUX. ("Paul Bashkatov")
Re: Linux kernel 2.2.5: support for UMAX UDS-IS-11 SCSI Controller Card ("Frank")
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Linux on Compaq Proliant 3000
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1999 04:48:08 GMT
Hi
What problem r u facing on this system? Smart Raid also works fine on this
system.
Regards
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
forresm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Has anyone had any succesfull experiences running Linux on Compaq
> Proliant3000 machines?
>
> Specificaly with dual PII 300Mhz, 512MB ram, Smart 2dh raid controller?
>
> As usual, compaq was less than usefull when asking them about their
> "Linux ready" systems. From what I've been able to find in supported
> Hardware lists there haven't been any mentions about any of Compaq's
> smart raid controllers.
>
> Please reply by e-mail as well as posting.
>
> Matt
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
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From: Jeff Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux on SUN Sparc?
Date: Sun, 18 Apr 1999 22:49:33 -0700
Maik,
Try Redhat.
http://www.redhat.com/cgi-bin/store.cgi?page=/more_rh_sparc.html
They might also have it on their FTP site ftp.redhat.com, personally
I haven't looked there for the Sparc stuff but I know they have lots
there.
-Jeff
Maik Hassel wrote:
> Hi!
>
> I heard about Linux for Suns - where can i get it?
>
> Maik
--
-Jeff Johnson
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://home.san.rr.com/acheron
Five days a week my body is a temple. The other two its an amusement
park...
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: XFree86 problem on a Compaq Armada 1750
Date: Sun, 18 Apr 1999 23:22:39 GMT
Okay.. heres my thing..
Im running it on a Compaq 5100.. but I got it to work by jumpering the
pins that make it think it has an external monitor connected, and just
synching out and back.
The pins on the 5100 are if you get an external cable, and short pins
2 and 7 on the FAR end of the cable (the monitor end, not the PC end).
IF someone wants to nerd it even further, you could probably figure
out which two you have to jumper at the laptop to do it, by checking
continuity on the cables, or finding a pinout schematic for it.
Anyone have a working XF86Config for this PC? I have a black line and
split screen at the top, and im not quite comfy enough to start
hacking the modelines.
(LCD's are not cheap to replace)
Thanks!
maeryk
On Sun, 18 Apr 1999 17:52:37 +0200, wim delvaux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>
>
>Marc Mutz wrote:
>
>> Jacques-Olivier Haenni wrote:
>> >
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > I've tried to install XFree86 on a Compaq Armada 1750, but without
>> > success. This laptop has a ATI Mach64 LT Rage Pro 2X graphic card, and
>> > a 1024x768 LCD display. I've tried either the SVGA and the Mach64
>> > driver. I'm installing RedHat 5.2.
>> >
>> > The problem is that some parts of the screen are duplicated, or a large
>> > white line appears on the screen. I've noticed that if I boot the PC
>> > with an external monitor connected, the X server works fine (when
>> > displaying on the CRT and LCD at the same time).
>> >
>> > Any idea, solution ?
>> >
>> > Or has someone a XF86Config working for the Armada 1750 ?
>> >
>> > Thanks in advance.
>> >
>> > Jacques-Olivier
>> >
>> > --
>> > Jacques-Olivier Haenni http://diwww.epfl.ch/~johaenni/
>> >
>> > Logic Systems Laboratory | [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> > Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL) | Tel: (+41 21) 693 66 30
>> > 1015 Lausanne - Switzerland | Fax: (+41 21) 693 37 05
>>
>> Oh boy, I wish you all would read through the lately posted articles
>> before posting questions...
>> Try the hints at
>> http://www.fachschaften.uni-bielefeld.de/physik/leute/marc/X/
>>
>> Marc Mutz
>
>Well marc, the problem is
>
>1. Which newsgroup contains the propper info. I have the same problem
>(Although my screen has a black
>border neer the right hand side of the screen) and I have been monitoring the
>dev.laptop newgroup without finding solutios
>2. You need to know were the old messages are stored (I have just discovered
>this group and it contains only 1 reference to the
>compaq)
>
>CU
>Wim Delvaux
>
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From: Harald Arnesen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: lilo and 560 MB hard disk in 386?
Date: 18 Apr 1999 09:32:27 +0200
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Georg Schwarz) writes:
> I've a 560 MB IDE hard disk (Samsung SHD-30560A) which can be jumpered to
> two different setups:
>
> "LBA, ATA-2": 560 MB, 1086 cyl, 16 heads, 63 sectors
>
> or
>
> "DOS": 528 MB, 1024 cyl, 16 heads, 63 sectors
>
> I'd like to use it as a boot disk in a 386. Booting is done with lilo. It
> works fine when I format the disk in the second mode, but it fails (lilo
> hangs after printing LI) in the first one. Can Linux on a 386 handle the
> first mode? Can I somehow (explicitely specifying drive geometry? making
> suitable partitions?) make lilo boot with the first mode as well?
The first setup users more than 1024 cylinders. Lilo can't boot off a
partition with more than 1024 cylinders.
Make a small /boot partition (a couple of megabytes), a swap partition
the size you want, and use the rest of your disk as the root
partition. I don't think you will want to partition a small disk like
this any further.
--
Harald Arnesen, Apall�kkveien 23 A, N-0956 Oslo, Norway
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From: Jeff Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Checking Dual Processor Loads?
Date: Sun, 18 Apr 1999 22:52:34 -0700
Dan,
...and.. yes the 686 (aka PPro in menuconfig/xconfig) is the right setting
for Xeon CPUs. You may also want to watch during boot to see if both processors
are recognized. Make sure that the kernel was compiled after the SMP=1
statement was uncommented in /usr/src/linux/Makefile.
-Jeff
Dan Poynor wrote:
> I have two Xeon 400Mhz processors in my Linux RH5.2 server and would like
> to know they are both installed and working properly without shutting down
> and opening the box.
>
> When I use processor load monitor utilities, such as with DocIt or KDE, I
> just see one reading which I'm assuming is a combination of both
> processors. Is there some way to gauge each processor or at least make sure
> they're both functioning properly?
>
> It also looks like my Linux configuration is for a i686 system/kernel.
> Since I'm learning and didn't actually install the system myself, but
> rather hired someone, I would like to confirm this is appropriate for the
> dual Xeon processors.
>
> Thanks,
> DAN
--
-Jeff Johnson
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://home.san.rr.com/acheron
Five days a week my body is a temple. The other two its an amusement park...
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From: "Osvaldo Pinali Doederlein" <[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: Sat, 17 Apr 1999 23:19:07 +0200
Didier H. Besset <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:7fanim$l80$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Osvaldo Pinali Doederlein wrote in message <7f4a6d$sjl$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> >Well, Java supports Unicode there... I hope people will not be stuffing
> lots
> >of greek or chinese symbols in the code to make it more maintainable.
> Well, it depends. I certainly would welcome the possibility of writing a
> real greek letter when I need one. This sure helps when working on maths
> stuff.
> Going further, having a super/sub-script notation like in differential
> geometry (variant and covariant indices e.g.) would be MUCH more readable
> than myVector[i].
> One could even implement implied summation (same variant and covariant
> index) but that may be a little far fetched...
Shall Java have operator overloading, we could go really crazy because we're
not limited to things like '+' or '>>'. :)
> As for Chinese characters, I might agree with you...
I think it's a stupid idea to write code in any other language than English,
and this includes identifiers, comments, everything.
In my company, some time ago there was a project for the local fab of a big
german company, and they sent us some pile of C code that was supposed to be
updated with new tricks. But everything was in german, which is not really
popular in Brazil... of course there was no documentation other than the
sources :) in that case we could get a professional translator to translate
the docs, but those guys wouldn't be able to do a great job with C sources.
I was lucky enough to not be in that project, but I could feel the other
guys' pain while they slowly deduced the meaning of things from code
structure and from dictionary lookup of key stuff. The point is, you never
know who's gonna be reading your code in the future -- it may be some
partner, or somebody who licensed/bought/merged to you, etc. I'm not sure
how much the rule applies to scientifiec notation. If you are programming
any advanced maths, you are supposed to know the notation, which is an
international standard (mostly true for all respectable exact sciences).
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From: root <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: AWE32 and SuSE Linux 6.0 HELP!
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1999 01:31:26 +0200
Me wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> I'm having trouble configuring my Soundblaster AWE32 on SuSE Linux 6.0 -
> could anybody please help? I'm new to this kernel compiling lark so
> please be verbose :o)
>
> The IRQ etc. values for my card are as follows:
> BASE I/O 220H
> MIDI (MPU-401) 330H
> IRQ 5
> DMA (low) 1 8 bit default
> DMA (high) 5 16 bit default
>
> My attempts to get things working so far are:
> I have followed the prodedures in the SuSE handbook (Ch 12), kernel
> HOWTO and sound HOWTO, but to no avail. Namely:
>
> i) deactivated automatic configuration of ISA PnP settings in BIOS
> ii) installed isapnp and lx_suse from CDs
> iii) I ran /sbin/pnpdump > /etc/isapnp.conf The resultant file,
> isapnp.conf, indicates that pnpdump has tried all port addresses from
> 0203 to 03eb and finally reports 'No boards found'
> iv) I then replaced 'my' isapnp.conf file with one based on the example
> given in appendix E for the AWE64 using the IRQ etc settings as above
> for my AWE32.
> v) Next, ran /sbin/isapnp /etc/isapnp.conf on this 'hand-rolled' file
> and get error message:
> /proc/bus/pci/devices:No such file or directory
> / " / " / " / " : " " " " "
> / " / " / " / " : " " " " "
> /etc/isapnp.conf:22 --Fatal - Error ocurred executing request 'ISOLATE'
> ---further action aborted.
>
> Hmmmph! :o[
>
> OK, so decided to recompile kernal to support Soundblaster:
> vi) used make xconfig to set kernel parameters for Sound /
> Soundblaster support. Saved configuration file...no complaints
> vii) typed make dev, make clean ...ok so far
> viii) typed make zImage, put the kettle on, 20 mins later get:
> ...
> Root device is(3,1)
> Boot sector 512 bytes
> Setup is 4416 bytes
> System is 577 kB
> System is too big
> make[1]: ***[zImage] Error 1
> make[2]: Leaving directory '/usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot'
> make:***[zImage] Error 2
>
> There is a zImage in /arch/i386/boot but if use make zLilo it complains
> with a similar set of messages to the above.
>
> I would be most grateful if someone could help me...I used to have SuSE
> 5.2 and that supported my sound card with no configuration necessary -
> why the change?
>
> Thanks in anticipation,
> Bernard.
To compile the kernel try "make bzImage", it's better for big kernel.
About SB there is a mini HOWTO named "Soundblaster-AWE", it explain how to
configure your sound card.
I had Suse Linux 6.0 and I use my sound card to play CD, Wav file, Midi
file.
If you have some trouble or problem mail me.
P.S. Excuse me for my English.
Adriano.
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From: <Bill>
Subject: Re: Sorry, but how can I clean my First Sector of my boot patition?
Date: Sun, 18 Apr 1999 21:52:53 -0400
One way is to FDISK /MBR but then you need to reinstall LILO and probably
the Linux software. You could use Partition Magic or something similar and
not need to repartiton the whole drive. As for your Xwindow issue you will
need to install the Xserver. something like xf86_SVGA or the like I can't
remember the exact file name and select the mouse, keyboard, etc. You will
need to know your monitor info i.e. horz. & vert refresh and VGA card info.
There's a little more to it than this but discovery is part of the learning
process. :-) I still struggle to learn.
Bill
D0uG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:7fcflk$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Hai there,
>
> Does somebody know how I can clean my First Sector of my boot patition? I
> must know that because linux doesn't start. I have Linux install again and
I
> can't start it anymore. It gives a ERROR 0x10.
> I think the problem is the first sector of the boot patition. Is this
right?
> Does somebody know how I can FIX THAT.
>
> Thanks!!!!
>
> [D0uG] :-((
>
>
>
>
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Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1999 11:47:03 +1000
Subject: Re: Sound Cards & Kernel - Help needed
From: Mattt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
the best way to use linux with little or no reading is to give up and ret=
urn to
the world of m$...
try the Linux Documentation Project (LDP), there's an AWE how-to there (y=
ou
can't get much better than that!)...
mattt
Rick Seymour <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
:Hello
:I am completely new to Linux and am trying to get used to it all with ne=
xt=20
:to no documentation. I was wondering where i can find information regard=
ing=20
:the installation of my sound card (an SB AWE 64 Value). Does this involv=
e=20
:me having to re-build my kernel from scratch using `make config`? I have=
=20
:seen the basic HOWTO, but to someone who knows jack about the kernel and=
=20
:about linux in general its a bit much to take in. How come they can't wr=
ite=20
:a howto, nicely step-by-step
:I've got RedHat5.2 distribution from a cover-disk somewhere with kernel =
2=20
:(something :))
:Could someone send me an e-mail with a few pointers
:Many thanks
:Rick
:
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Subject: Re: Adaptec 2940UW SCSI with SCAM?
From: Johan Kullstam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 18 Apr 1999 21:54:14 -0400
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Richard Preston) writes:
> My brother is using the Adaptec 2940UW SCSI controller with SCAM
> (whatever that is). It didn't work with Red Hat 5.1 and I was
> wondering if anyone knew if it works with Red Hat 5.2 or
> S.u.S.E. 6.0 or any other Linux distribution.
i have this card. any distribution will work. just compile aic7xxx
support into the kernel.
--
J o h a n K u l l s t a m
[[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Don't Fear the Penguin!
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From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Grafics
Date: 19 Apr 1999 06:32:15 GMT
I have a S3 Trio3D-Card and SUSE 6.1?
X_Windows dosn't run....
What can i do?
Please write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
greetings from
Asgard
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Pierre Asselin)
Subject: Re: "mt" doesn't work on DDS-3 tape Drive
Date: Sun, 18 Apr 1999 23:35:18 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I have a Dell 4300 PowerEdge server with their DDS-3 12/24GB
> tape drive (Seagate's Scorpion tape drive?). I can't use mt
> to move the tape over filemarks, so essentially I'm stuck with
> a non-rewind version limiting me to one file on the tape.
Use dd to skip over files (dd if=/dev/<whatever> of=/dev/null).
I have the same problem on an Alpha with an external Tandberg SCSI drive.
Reads and writes work, rewinds and retensions work, but other tape
positioning commands don't. Luckily, the dd trick is enough to read by
old multifile backups.
Meanwhile, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Matthias Kilian) writes:
>Did you try the special SCSI vesion mt-st (should be available at sunsite in
>/pub/Linux/system/backup or so).
Huh? No. I'd better look. Thanks.
--
--Pierre Asselin, Westminster, Colorado
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: John Holmes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: IWill Side-2935UW SCSI adapter with Linux?
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1999 08:23:44 +0900
Anyone using or know how to setup this card or any Iwill SCSI card?
This card claims to be Linux compatible but after I got it it turned out
that there is no driver in the box. After consulting the web site I
downloaded what Iwill claimed was the driver. It is actually a boot
image and the instructions require me to do a re-install of my Red Hat
5.2 system placing the swap partition first on the drive. After
installing their boot image I must then do my Linux install on the
second partition. No way I am wiping out my whole system just for these
bozos!!
--
John Holmes
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From: "Anders �quist" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Graphix error ? Help wanted Plz.
Date: Sun, 18 Apr 1999 22:46:34 +0200
I have this odd ? problem.
There just popups ansi graphics blinking all over my screen
if I type clear+<CR> then my screen clears, but its annoying when I reading
text in emacs or vi.
I wonder if there any setup things that I have to do to correct this problem
And in X it works OK in the beginning but after awhile there is all crap
or the the graphic don't show correctly....
I've read the Cirrus FAQ and tried all there but I think the problem is
somewhere else due to that in command line... I get this Ansi graphics
exploding all over my screen.
Cirrus Logic 5436 PCI is graphic card, 1MB.
/Anders Oquist
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From: "Paul Bashkatov" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Help please ! Can't configure ethernet card for with TRINUX.
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1999 02:49:59 +0300
I have IntelExpress pro 10 ISA card (S82595FX chip) and I can't configure it
for use with TRINUX. I download eepro.o from trinux.org and add following
string into the modules file :
eepro
but TRINUX say .....give io
I know io=0x300 but how I can tell it to TRINUX ?
Please HELP.
Thanks.
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From: "Frank" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.periphs.scsi,linux.redhat.misc,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.periphs.scanners
Subject: Re: Linux kernel 2.2.5: support for UMAX UDS-IS-11 SCSI Controller Card
Date: Sun, 18 Apr 1999 16:47:46 -0700
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:7fd6fs$q4t$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> In comp.periphs.scsi tota11y /<-rad el33t hax0r <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> : As described on <http://support.umax.co.uk/technotes/f096B.htm>, the SCSI
> : card that comes with UMAX scanners is really an OEM of Domex's (aka DTC
> : Technology's) DTC-3181 SCSI card.
>
> : I was wondering if anyone knew is Linux has any support for Domex
> : Technology Corporation SCSI controllers?
>
> Add this to your /etc/conf.modules
>
> ---8<---
> options g_NCR5380 dtc_3181e=1 ncr_addr=0x300 ncr_irq=254
> ---8<---
>
> The 0x300 base address may vary (look at your /proc/ioports, the card will go
> from 0x300 downwards in 0x20 steps until it finds "unoccupied space"). Using
> the wrong base address will result in a kernel oops, so be careful.
>
> The "modprobe g_NCR5380" somewhere in your rc.local (or wherever you want,
> as long as it is before you try to scan.
>
> One thing: THIS IS SLOWER THAN A SNAIL. This comes from the stupid design of
> the card, which in standard configuration doesn't use interupts. Sadly I
> haven't been able to enable interrupts on my card, so I think I'll use an
> adapter cable and connect it to my main SCSI card (hope this won't pollute
> Ultra SCSI too much).
Some versions of the UDS-IS11 have a PNR/PNP jumper. In PNP mode
it will use IRQ3 as a default.
Frank
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