Linux-Hardware Digest #76, Volume #10 Tue, 20 Apr 99 23:13:35 EDT
Contents:
Re: Linux installation on Generic box (Alastair)
Re: Programmers are gods (root)
Re: Best ways to optimise Linux (GC)
"Sequencer Ram Parity Error" for 2940UW? (Ronald Bruck)
is there a PCI modem that does work? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Biostar M5ATA clock problem solved (jc22a40k0-Chapman)
Re: S3 Virge/GX (Wendell Craig)
Mail Server Capacity Planning. ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Problems with Dell 486 -- partially solved... ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: [Q] 320*200 ??? (Nick Sopkovich)
AudioCD's & Linux (Achim)
Re: CAN I RUN LINUX AND WHICH IS BEST (Dean)
Re: Bad Experience With ComputerWarehouse.com (Marty Allred)
Re: All the current OSes are idiotic (was Re: Is Windows for idiots?) ("Charles R.
Lyttle")
Re:Adaptec 3940 UW compatibility? (Tim Smith)
Re: UPS (jason)
Backup devices ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Kingston ethernet card (Douglas A Miller)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Alastair)
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.development.apps,comp.os.linux.development.system,redhat.hardware.arch.intel,alt.os.linux,alt.uu.comp.os.linux.questions,linux.redhat,comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.networking,alt.linux,aus.computers.linux,comp.os.linux.advocacy,linux.redhat.install,comp.os.linux.x,comp.os.linux.prog,comp.os.linux.m68k
Subject: Re: Linux installation on Generic box
Date: Wed, 21 Apr 1999 00:10:32 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Alex Balboa (HPTi|crimmins) <balboa> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
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Plain text please. That was a very badly formatted post.
>I am currently trying to install Redhat 5.2 Linux on the following
>system configuration:
>System board brand: Tyan ATX S16820 Tahoe 2 ATX (Pentium II PCI ATX)
>CPU: Pentium II 266 MHZ (dual) with 512 K of cache)
Followups set to : comp.os.linux.hardware
You could also try dejanews (http://www.dejanews.com/home_ps.shtml).
--
Alastair
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From: root <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Crossposted-To:
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Subject: Re: Programmers are gods
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1999 17:18:42 -0500
Matthias Warkus wrote:>
> > Should companies do a "policitally correct" clean-up of sources that they
> > "open" all of a sudden? Or should we respect programmers and not do that?
> > ;-)
>
> Have a look at some result lines of
> find "*.[ch]" | xargs grep -3 "[Ff]uck" | tee ~/bar
> in audrey:/usr/local/src (slightly edited):
deletia....
ROTFLMAO
Boy, those must have been some days at the office. :^)
Rick
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (GC)
Subject: Re: Best ways to optimise Linux
Date: Tue, 20 Apr 1999 23:59:05 GMT
On Tue, 20 Apr 1999 20:57:48 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>was optimised, while the Linux installation was not. My question is, how do
>you optimise Linux? I know in NT you can defragment the hard drive and do
Heheheh.......Cute!!
>stuff like that, but how do you make Linux run to the best of it's ability?
to reply remove the nospam from my address
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ronald Bruck)
Subject: "Sequencer Ram Parity Error" for 2940UW?
Date: Tue, 20 Apr 1999 16:09:15 -0700
Can anybody explain what this message means?
This is a Power Macintosh G3 (gray, not blue-and-white) with Adaptep
2940UW card, flashed to latest ROM. I'm installing LinuxPPC 4.1, and
early on in the sequence, I get the usual messages
(scsi0) <Adaptec AHA-294x Ultra SCSI host adapter> found at PCI 13/0
(scsi0) Wide Channel, SCSI ID=7, 16/255 SCBs
(scsi0) Downloading sequencer code... 419 instructions downloaded
followed by the most UNUSUAL message,
(scsi0) BRKADRINT error (0x8)
Sequencer Ram Parity Error
after which the install hangs.
Presumably this is a hardware problem with the card? An improper setting
on the card? (There isn't that much on the card which you can set!!)
The card seems to work fine with MacOS, but of course that doesn't mean
much; it's pretty uncritical.
Any ideas or explanations?
Thanks!
--Ron Bruck
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: is there a PCI modem that does work?
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1999 21:26:01 GMT
Ok, I've read all the posts about internal PCI modems being pieces of crap
winmodems, etc...the problem I have is that I have a 2U rackmount ATX case
that only allows me 2 pci cards as internal devices, the ISA slots are not
usable. We're putting these in at our co-locator.
We don't have room to use an external modem, not even by strapping it on the
side or something, because we're using every inch of our rack space. An
external modem is, unfortunately, just not an option.
So, I've heard about (although not directly) people who have gotten an
internal PCI modem to work with linux. If anyone has done this and can tell
me the exact brand and model I would greatly appreciate it.
Thanks,
Wade Albright
Online Partners
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (jc22a40k0-Chapman)
Crossposted-To: misc.forsale.computers.pc-specific.motherboards
Subject: Biostar M5ATA clock problem solved
Date: 19 Apr 1999 22:22:09 GMT
Some time ago I posted a request for help with my Biostar M5ATA motherboard,
whose clock wouldn't run (seconds wouldn't advance on CMOS setup screen; Linux
hwclock program froze, preventing normal bootup).
I eventually discovered the source of the problem and fixed it myself, but
forgot to post a followup message on the outcome. Someone wrote me recently
asking for more info, which prompted me to follow through with that.
It turned out not to be a problem with the motherboard after all, just with the
way I installed it (how embarrassing)-- I put it into a 486 case, which had a
mounting post in a place where there is not a matching screw-hole on the
Biostar. So that mounting post was apparently touching, and grounding, some
lead on the board, that affected the clock. When I finally noticed that and
removed that mounting post, it worked fine!
So the Biostar M5ATA is hereby vindicated, with my sincere apology for blaming
it. I've had no other problems with it, and wouldn't hesitate to buy another
Biostar.
--Ralph Chapman
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From: Wendell Craig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: S3 Virge/GX
Date: Wed, 21 Apr 1999 00:50:49 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> Thomas Keats <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> : I have a similar problem with a Virge DX/GX... home built system. its not the
> : mobo as i just replaced it and i still et the same problem. (different
> : manufacturers even)
> : I boot, startx, then jump back and forth between X and console any number of times
> : and the text gets scrambled... Everything is fine in X, but console needs a reboot
> : to fix the problem.
>
> : Could it be just the way the card handles X??
>
> : I use option 298 in the X setup... as its the closest to what the card is.
> : PCI with 4megs...
>
> : M.C. van den Bovenkamp wrote:
>
> :> "Walter B. Burke" wrote:
> :>
> :> > Yeah it's a DP4000
> :> > Daniel L. Ashbrook wrote in message <7eo2b2$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> :> > >Walter B. Burke ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> :> > >: Are there any documented problems with X and the S3 Virge/GX video cards?
> :> > >: After starting and leaving X, the text display is completely scrambled
> :> > and
> :> > >: stays that way until reboot.
> :> > >
> :> > >Are you using a Compaq system? I'm having the same problem with a
> :> > >Deskpro 4000, whether or not I use a Virge card. The Virge makes the
> :> > >problem worse, but using an MGA card doesn't fix it entirely. Anyone
> :> > >know how to fix this?
> :>
> :> I'm having the same problem with a normal ViRGE (non-GX) card. Running
> :> 'setfont' to restore the console font to it's defaults fixes it for me.
> :> It's messing up the *font* in some way; not the console itself.
>
> Simply type "setfont". This will fix the garbled screen.
Anybody else have this one? Using a (non-GX) ViRGE card, my fonts go
ka-blooey in X (all graphics are fine) but only when I'm running
Netscape! If I exit N'scape, the X window has the same problem. Back
to console and all looks good. Startx again, all is good. Run Netscape
again, all is good - for a while (sometimes a minute or two and
sometimes a hour or more) then...KABLOOY!!! Fonts go all to hell again.
Suggestions?
--
Wendell Craig - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
The box said 'WIN95/98 or better.' so I installed LINUX!
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Mail Server Capacity Planning.
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1999 21:05:08 GMT
Can anyone offer some sites or opinions on configuring a mail server for
50 users. Disk space is not what I am worried about, I am more concerned
about what kind or processing power and memory this server would need.
Thanks
-rcollins
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Subject: Problems with Dell 486 -- partially solved...
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1999 22:47:05 GMT
I picked up an old Dell 486 to use as a router/packet filter and
discovered some odd problems when I went to start with the boot
floppies -- all of the boot floppies I have (several versions of
Redhat and Debian) do something funky with the video card while
loading root.bin or lomem.bin. Linux seems to load, but the video
seems to get turned onn somewhere during the process.
A search of Deja News reveals that this is a known problem with no
known solution. (If there is one, I didn't find it.)
I wound up yanking the disk from the Dell and putting it in another
machine to install Linux (Debian, as it turns out, RedHat won't
install in less than 150 megs.) When the installed disk was placed
back in the Dell, Deban came up fine.
I'm posting this for several reasons:
1. If someone knows the solution, hopefully they will tell me.
2. This partial solution should get stored in the Deja News archives.
Hopefully it will help someone in the future.
3. It seems as if the problem is unique to the floppy bootstrap
loader. Perhaps someone can look into this and determine where
the problem may be.
-p.
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From: Nick Sopkovich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [Q] 320*200 ???
Date: Wed, 21 Apr 1999 01:26:48 -0700
Hi Nicolas
Check the messages from X by the command
X >/tmp/out 2>&1
When I had the 320x200 screen, X didn't like my symbolic link to XCom_SiS.
So I saved XF86_SVGA and renamed XCom_SiS as XF86_SVGA.
And the rebuilt symbolic links X->XF86_SVGA for X.
In /etc/X11, I also found a symbolic link X->XF86_SVGA which my startx uses
and was probably built for me.
Regards, Nick Sopkovich
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Nicolas JOYARD wrote:
> Hi everybody !
> I'm new to Linux, I installed it 3 days ago. I installed X and I have a
> problem with it (and XF86Setup too) : it displays screen only in 320*200 !
> And Ctrl-Alt-+ doesn't work ! I can do something in X, I can configure with
> XF86Setup but when I click "Done" I only see the top-left corner of the
> screen (NOTE : i've got a IGS1680 PCI with 2 megs). Do smne have the
> solution, at least to make Ctrl-Alt-+ work ?
>
> Thanx !
> Nicolas JOYARD - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Achim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: AudioCD's & Linux
Date: Tue, 20 Apr 1999 00:55:00 +0200
(IDE-CDROM SAMSUNG SCR 3232)
hello,
I using this CD-Rom on my Linux System and can read ISO-FS CD's. But I
don't succeeded in installing xmcd/cda properly. After installing per
configure.sh in /usr/lib/X11/xmcd and "cda on" the program hangs and
tells later that it cannot read packages from CDROM. Can somebody help
me to find out who to play audio-CD's with the 3232?
Achim
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From: Dean <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: CAN I RUN LINUX AND WHICH IS BEST
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1999 23:56:28 +0100
Try Suse 6.1, they've even written XFree86 drivers for SiS video card. It comes
with a decent manual and 4 cds with loads of software extras. I've just
recently bought it and had no trouble other than my Mwave card. (That's to be
ditched in the next day or so.)
They'll even give you 2 months e-mail support, which is just enough time to get
know what you really want to ask.
Good Luck
Dean
Ian Boll wrote:
> I have a AMD K6-2 3D-NOW @ 350 Mhz with 64 Mb ram, PCCHIPS M590 motherboard
> with on board sis6326 agp 8Mb video and on board soundpro sound card. The
> hard drive is a fujistu 3.4 Gb but will be replaced prior to installing
> linux. My cdrom is a asus 34x
>
> Can i install linux without too many difficulties, what CD writers run on
> linux if any ?
>
> The machines main purpose is Word processing, net surfing, CAD and image
> manipulation, and creating music using software such as cubase, cakewalk
> etc. What software is avaliable for linux for such tasks and where do i
> obtain it.
> Any advice will be gratefully received
>
> Regards
> Ian
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From: Marty Allred <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.comp.hardware,comp.os.linux.misc,alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: Bad Experience With ComputerWarehouse.com
Date: Tue, 20 Apr 1999 22:10:48 GMT
In article <7el9q2$ogj$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I know alot of us are out building our own servers and workstations.
>
> Here's an unfortunate experience I had with one vendor:
>
> ComputerWarehouse (www.computerwarehouse.com)
>
--snip--
Out here where ComputerWarehouse is a local business (Sacramento, CA), it is
commonly referred to as Computer Whorehouse. Based on a comment from one of
their former employees, I went in with their ad in hand to get a great price
on a motherboard. "Oh, sorry, it isn't in stock, would you like this other
one instead?" I told them no and left. After about 10 minutes, a coworker of
mine went in without the ad, acted like he didn't know which motherboard he
wanted and worked it so that they sold him the one that was in the ad, but
for about $20 more. When he pulled the ad out of his pocket to get the sale
price, the sales clerk got pissed off at him.
They have a reputation for unethical/illegal practices, really poor technical
support and bad/used merchandise.
--
--Marty Allred
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From: "Charles R. Lyttle" <[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: Mon, 19 Apr 1999 23:17:55 GMT
Olaf Appelt wrote:
>
> >I have the Dogs/dogs problem on one of my jobs. One folder has about 40
> >files that begin with the letters "pro" and several that begin
> >"project". One of these I use much more than any of the others, so I
> >would like to name it "PROJECT" so it will stand out in windows explorer
> >and be easy to see. I don't care whether Windows uses the UC or not, I
> >want it. But Bill Gates insists that it can only be displayed as
> >"Project" along with all the other "Pro*" files and I have to read down
> >the list till I find it.
>
> That is configurable. Explorer->View->Folder Options->View->Allow all
> uppercase names
>
> Olaf
Found out why no one knew about this option : it isn't there. There is
no Folder Options. What OS were you running when you found that
configuraation?
--
Russ Lyttle, PE
<http://www.flash.net/~lyttlec>
Thank you Melissa!
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From: Tim Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re:Adaptec 3940 UW compatibility?
Date: 20 Apr 1999 11:17:30 GMT
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED],
Adam Gordon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
>
>Question:
>
>A friend of mine and I tried to install Red Hat 5.1 last night, but we
>could not get past the "druid" phase (or "fdisk") because of what we
>think is the SCSI card. Upon checking RH's website, they have the
>3940 W listed as compatible, but does anyone know about the 3940UW?
[CHOP]
I have an Adaptec AHA3940 running Slackware in one system and an
Adaptec AHA3940AUW running RedHat5.2 in another machine...never
had any problems with either one. Both have worked with Plextor/Texel
CDROM drives, Goldstar CDROM drives, Quantum, Seagate, and IBM
Harddrives....I wouldn't use anything else.
I tend to use FDISK...always got annoyed with disk druid ;-)
BTW: last time I looked, the folks at RH had not updated their compatible
hardware pages in nearly a year...and some of the stuff they had there
looked like obsolete info even then...my Slackware system pre-dates
RH5 and it supported the 3940 board even then.
Check your drive settings (ID#, parity, termination, etc) then make sure you're
using fdisk properly...I doubt it's a hardware incompatability (unless the 3940UW
you're using has old firware...)
-Tim
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From: jason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: UPS
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1999 19:21:11 -0400
Joshua D Rusch wrote:
>
> I'm looking to buy an uninterruptible power supply for my Redhat 5.2 system
> (kernel 2.2.5) Any suggestions on a specific brandname and or linux friendly
> equipment. Also are there any FAQs on this?
I've been using a Best Power Patriot Pro 400VA for about half a year now, and it's
come in handy on several occasions. It was easy to set up, and they even give
source code for their UPS monitoring software, which compiled cleanly. The specs
say up to 5 minutes of juice when the power goes out, but I've found that even with
the monitor on, it can actually provide up to 15 minutes!* At $179, it was a pretty
good bargain for me (a starving college student).
* note: if your box is running on UPS power and your monitor is off, DO NOT turn your
monitor on! I did once, and the power drain that it put on the UPS was too much, which
caused everything shut off, leading to fsck city.
Hope this helps,
-jason
(to reply via email, make the appropriate substitution in my email address)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Backup devices
Date: Wed, 21 Apr 1999 01:54:47 GMT
I have LINUX running on a box and am looking for a backup device. I saw that
CompUSA had a Sony external tape drive (10G) on sale (it is a parallel port
device) and wondered if LINUX would be able to use it?
Does anyone know?
thanks in advance!
ND
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From: Douglas A Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Kingston ethernet card
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1999 23:28:10 GMT
i have 2 kingston cards in my machine. the both work fine, unfortunatly
not at the same time, but i have to worry about that later. anyway, the
card should have come with a dos util to disable pnp and set the io and
irq of the card. use it and remember the io you set it to. now edit
/etc/rc.d/rc/modules and look for the line with /sbin/modprobe ne
io=0x*** making sure the *** is what you chose earlier. reboot and it
should find your card... hope this helps.
Gary Prince wrote:
>
> Where can I get a driver for my kingston network card? Is there another
> driver that will work for a Kingston? I have tried NE2000 and several
> others, to no avail. Please help. Thanks,
>
> Gary
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