Linux-Hardware Digest #86, Volume #10 Thu, 22 Apr 99 06:13:43 EDT
Contents:
Re: All the current OSes are idiotic (was Re: Is Windows for idiots?) ("Osvaldo
Pinali Doederlein")
Re: Promise Fasttrak IDE Raid ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Application backups - Raid solution? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: USR 56k EXT modem troubles ("Charles Sullivan")
Re: Linux performance (Alpha or Intel?) ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: All the current OSes are idiotic (was Re: Is Windows for idiots?) ("Jon A.
Maxwell (JAM)")
Re: Dual Celeron Problems (Norbert Goebel)
LILO Install ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Travan TR-5 limited to 4G (Craig Stark)
SCSI CD-ROM problem ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: PowerNIC CN930E ethernet card (CNet) ("Jan Johansson")
Re: Need Help With Xwindows !!!!! Xfree86 3.3.3.1 And Creativelabs Nvidia TNT
("Nick Sharratt")
Problems with sound cards and Hard disks ("(ET) DEATH")
Can't Mount Cdrom kernel2.2.2 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Linux on Compaq Proliant 1000 (root)
Re: Linux and Zip Drive ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: LILO with IDE & SCSI ("Remy")
dma_intr: error ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
camera on linux notebook? ("Tim Edler")
Re: any1 from Canada will sell or burn linux cheaply ? (Alpine)
Re: midi thru audiopci (1370) joystick port ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: HW-accelerated OpenGL for LINUX ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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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: Tue, 20 Apr 1999 18:37:57 +0200
Simon Cooke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:7fi94b$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Believe it or not, one of the best implementations of this that I've seen
is
> in the NT command line. TAB will take you to the next match, SHIFT+TAB
will
> take you back a match...
I have just a slight problem, maybe you can help?
CMD is stupid enough to tab-expand things to full pathnames, e.g. I'm here
U:\Osvaldo\Java>appletviewer mand_
then I strike TAB and I get this crap:
U:\Osvaldo\Java>appletviewer U:\Osvaldo\Java\MandelApplet.html
which is not going to work, because the appletviewer utility doesn't like
full pathnames (which are not proper URLs), or maybe the utility is broken,
but the poit is, that's not an isolated case. Expanding to full pathnames
is a boneheaded idea. Only including quotes for names with spaces is a good
thing, but nobody should use spaces in the first place :) things like
"Program Files" are horrible for CLI.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Promise Fasttrak IDE Raid
Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1999 04:42:24 GMT
In article <7fijhn$s8h$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Ehren Jarosek" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Anyone have any information on how to get one of these to run under Linux?
>
> Ehren
The Fasttrak requires a driver to operate and there is no driver for Linux.
If what you want is RAID 0, I can't help you but if you're looking for IDE
RAID 1 mirroring under Linux, you can get that with the Arco DupliDisk -
http://www.arcoide.com
Donna
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.vms
Subject: Application backups - Raid solution?
Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1999 04:39:42 GMT
[Cross-posted to comp.os.vms since some old VMSers may know the answer to
this.]
Once upon a time I lived happily in VMS-land. I was able to do a nifty backup
of my application database by doing the following:
1) Shutdown an application (or throw off users) so that no users were using it
and thus the database files were 'quiet'
2) 'Remove' a member drive from a VMS 'shadow set' (two drives in mirror
configuration)
3) Restart the application so that users could use it again (now running on
a single drive). Minimal downtime for the application.
4) Mount the removed member privately and backup the application database
files to tape.
5) When tape backup complete, re-join the drive into the shadow set to get
"caught up" with the existing drive in the shadow set. **NOTE**: Get the
command line reversed on this step and you 'screw the pooch' royale.
===========
Now... it's a few years later and I am now in Linux land. I want to be able
to do the same kind of thing- minimize application downtime but ensure a
good backup of the database such that all of the various database files are in
harmony with each other.
Is there a way to do this under Linux using something like RAID1?
Experts step forward please... my RAID knowledge is limited.
Thanks-
Lee Roth
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From: "Charles Sullivan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: USR 56k EXT modem troubles
Date: Tue, 20 Apr 1999 12:56:20 -0400
Try getting it to work with 'minicom' at the console screen first.
You won't be able to do anything after connecting to a ppp site
but at least you'll see whether you can dial out and make the
connection.
j wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>
>Running Slackware 3.6, kernel 2.2.6.
>Old setup was internal usr 33.6 modem on com2 (ttyS1) and a serial
>mouse on com1 (ttyS0)
>Borrowed my friend's USR 56k EXT modem, put a ps/2 connector on my
>mouse, and put the modem on com1 and the mouse in a ps/2 port. Having
>no problems with the mouse, but I can't get the modem to work.
>
>I changed all my ppp scripts to use com1, linked /dev/ttyS0 to
>/dev/modem. Haven't had a lot of time to mess around with it, but
>I've heard that external modems don't really need any tweaking to get
>to work with linux.
>
>What happens is I run the ppp scripts, all of the lights on the modem
>flash, and it stops. A tail /var/adm/messages tells me that the modem
>isn't even initializing correctly... put in a few simple init commands
>like AT, AT&F1, ATM0, etc... not even initializing using those...
>
>Anyone else had this problem or know how to fix it? Haven't had any
>hardware troubles with linux before... so this is naturally driving me
>batty. ;)
>
>oh.. and btw... the modem works fine in win95 (it shows it as USR 56k
>EXT PnP) on the devices list
>
>thx for any help...
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Linux performance (Alpha or Intel?)
Date: Tue, 20 Apr 1999 18:03:48 +0059
mack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
:> - Is the Alpha Linux version 32 or 64 bit?
: need to be careful here. The kernel is 64 bit, I think most(all?)
: alpha registers are 64 bit. The file system is 32 bit. Memory
: addressing is 32 bit (can only have 4Gbytes RAM).
Ummm, what do you mean about the file system being 32 bit. On my Alpha I
have no 32 bit limit on the maximum size of files or file systems. I
regularly handle files in the 6 to 8 GB range. Where does the 32 bitness
come in?
I think that due to a bug you can actually only have 2 GB of physical RAM.
I am not sure however that the Alpha is the best system for the the proposed
application. It seems to be best for numerically intensive tasks (i.e. lots
of floating point) especially if - as I do - you can compile your programs
under DEC Unix before running them on your Linux box.
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Farnborough, Hants, Uk Fax: 01252 392118
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I am not aware of any views shared by myself and my employers.
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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: 20 Apr 1999 17:37:44 GMT
Simon Cooke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: (comp.lang.java.advocacy)
[ tab completion / expansion ]
|
| Believe it or not, one of the best implementations of this that
| I've seen is in the NT command line. TAB will take you to the next
| match, SHIFT+TAB will take you back a match...
I should accuse you of joking, but I know better...
In zsh, bind reverse-menu-complete to some key.
Using the NT command line is roughly equal to using
/bin/sh as your interactive shell -- avoid when possible.
I know bash was ported to Win32 so there is simply no
excuse to use the cmd.com.
| HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Command Processor\CompletionChar = 0x09
They're still using the '\' eigh? heh.
Jam (address rot13 encoded)
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From: Norbert Goebel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Dual Celeron Problems
Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1999 09:00:38 +0200
BL wrote:
> Norbert Goebel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> : It seems, that my Logitech PS/2 mouse caused these problems. I switched
> : to a serial Logitech Mouse and everything works smooth without any
> : hangups of mouse and keyboard.
>
> : Is this a common problem? Does SMP imply no PS/2 mouse?
>
> are you SURE you have the right mouse protocol in your XF86Config?
>
> I am using a ps2 logitech (cordless, not that it matters) and my dual cel.
> system runs fine.
It is the only protocol that worked when running single processor and I
doubt that there might be another one that runs with dual processors.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: LILO Install
Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1999 05:52:33 GMT
i recently installed redhat 5.2, but didn't install lilo during setup. How do
I install it to my root partition now without reinstalling linux? thanks
sam
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From: Craig Stark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Travan TR-5 limited to 4G
Date: Wed, 21 Apr 1999 19:48:25 -0700
I've gotten my new TR-5 SCSI (Adaptec 1542) drive (HP SureStore T20i) up
and going under Linux (2.0.36, RedHat 5.1-5.2) for the most part. tar
happily dumps data to the drive until I cross the 4G line, at which it
promptly dies. This being a 10G native drive (and me having 8G drives
to back up), this is more of a bug rather than a feature.
My version of mt (0.5) doesn't know the density code reported (0x47),
and this may be the source of the problem. Quite possibly, the system
thinks it's a TR-4 (4G) drive and writes according to that density / #
of tracks. (FWIW, The latest version of mt (0.5b) has nothing about it
in the source code either.)
Has anyone gotten a TR5 cartridge out to the full 10G? Any ideas how to
tell the system the appropriate # tracks / size / density?
--
========================
Craig Stark, PhD
Postdoctoral Researcher
University of California, San Diego
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
(619) 552-8585 x3628
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.install,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: SCSI CD-ROM problem
Date: Tue, 20 Apr 1999 18:03:35 GMT
Hello all,
after installing RedHat 5.2 from an IDE CD-ROM, I decided to replace the
drive with a Pioneer DR-766 SCSI CD-ROM. The problem is that I cannot mount
it. The 'mount /dev/cdrom' command gives a message saying '/dev/cdrom is not
recognized as a block device' and it fails. '/dev/cdrom' is the name in the
file system setup. The SCSI card is an Adaptec AHA-2940AU, and during boot,
both the card and the CD-ROM drive seem to be recognized properly.
Termination is also okay as far as I can tell. I know that the CD-ROM and
also SCSI in general have to be supported in the kernel. After reading the
kernel howto, I decided to re-run the configuration to make sure they are
enabled. Unfortunately, the 'make config' command does not work, it's not
located in the /usr/src/linux directory as the howto says it should be.
Can someone give me advice what should I do to make the drive to work?
Thanks,
Tamas.
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From: "Jan Johansson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: PowerNIC CN930E ethernet card (CNet)
Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1999 09:03:11 +0200
That chip seems familiar.. Doesnt Dlink build on that? Also, have you tried
the generic NE2000 and NE2000 PCI drivers?
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From: "Nick Sharratt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: Need Help With Xwindows !!!!! Xfree86 3.3.3.1 And Creativelabs Nvidia
TNT
Date: Tue, 20 Apr 1999 18:27:42 +0100
>From what I've read recently (trying to get the video card in this
machine to work at better than VGA) its no good trying to pick a card on
the basis of "Well, thats almost it", as unlike Win9x etc that will
kindly tell you, "No, sorry, your lying..." Linux just says "OK, you
know best!", and tries to use all the features of said card it expects
to find, in EXACTLY the way it expects them to work. No two cards from
any manufacturer are EXACTLY the same, even the same model can go
through revisions that will mess this up, so until someone (you? *s*)
produces an EXACTLY matching video driver for your card, you should try
the VGA, or SVGA generic drivers?
>>I have a Big Problem , With My Nvidia TNT From CreativeLabs.
-snip-
>>" Segmentation Fault (core Dumped) !!!!!!????????
-snip-
>>So i do not use Xconfigurator and takes a other one.
>>I use XF86Setup.
>>there is still no " CL TNT" card listed so i use the onther one.
>>it says oke starting Server
>>
>>And come out With this Error message:
>>
>>"_X11transSocketUNIXConnet : cant Connet : Error no 111 x init
Connection
>>refused Unexpected siganel 2"
Anyone know any different??
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From: "(ET) DEATH" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Problems with sound cards and Hard disks
Date: Wed, 21 Apr 1999 18:27:30 +0100
Hey I am a Linux newbie and was wondering how the HELL you set up a sound
card?
I have a ESS 1869 and was wondering where the sound drivers are?
Also can I mount a FAT 32 drive (Micro$ft style)
Do I need some files or something.
Thanks.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Can't Mount Cdrom kernel2.2.2
Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1999 06:23:03 GMT
Hello
I can't mount cd-rom when I type command
" mount /dev/cdrom" or "mount -t iso9660 /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom" or
" mount -t iso9660 /dev/hdd /mnt/cdrom"
Result
"mount : the kernel does not recognize /dev/cdrom as a block
device (maybe "insmod driver?") "
I recomplie 2-3 times but not effect.I use Redhat5.2 and Kernel
upgrade 2.2.2.Please tell me to fix this problem.Now I can't use
cdrom.
thank you very much
Amorn
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From: root <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,linux.redhat
Subject: Re: Linux on Compaq Proliant 1000
Date: Tue, 20 Apr 1999 20:18:49 +0200
Hello,
You can find some information about Smart Controllers and Linux here :
http://www.insync.net/~frantzc/cpqarray.html
http://www.xs4all.nl/~diedvdyk/compaqarray/install.html
http://www.egroups.com/group/compaqandlinux/
Pascal Conrazier
Mark Derckx wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'm trying to install Linux on a Compaq Proliant 1000 server, but i ran into
> 2 problems.
> The first one is that the server uses a RAID controller (Compaq Smart Array
> controller) wich isn't supported by linux (it uses a LSI chipset).
> ...
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Linux and Zip Drive
Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1999 08:57:41 GMT
In article <7fjj5n$9is$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Jonathan Wiens" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I am considering picking up a Iomega Zip 250 drive for my Linux box
(Red Hat
> 5.1, kernel 2.0.35). I would like to get the parallel port type. Is
any
> one currently using such I drive with Linux? I would like to know
before I
> go out to buy one whether or not the are very difficult to set up
under
> Linux, and whether or not I can still use my printer off the same
parallel
> port. I am relatively new to Linux and I don't know much about
> reconfiguring the kernel and the like. If anyone has any suggestions,
could
> you let me know. Thanks.
>
> Jonathan Wiens
>
>
I think I remember a howto on redhat's web page at
(http://www.redhat.com) that covers the use of the zip 250 The external
is easyer to setup than the internal I know I have the internal and
havent figured it out yet.
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From: "Remy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: LILO with IDE & SCSI
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1999 20:40:11 +0200
See other reply...
Remy
Kissandrakis S. Gewrgios <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Hi
>
> I have an IDE with linux and a SCSI with NT4
> In the bios there is a selection for booting from IDE bus or SCSI bus
> if i install lilo on IDE MRB (and IDE bus seletion in bios) and choose
> lilo in hangs on "loading winnt" (linux boots normally)
> if i install lilo on SCSI MRB (and SCSI bus selection in bios) lilo
> hangs on LI
>
> any suggestions?
> thnx in advance
>
> Kissandrakis Georg
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: dma_intr: error
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1999 20:27:23 GMT
Hi, The other night while cron was running the normal house keeping
operations I got the following dma errors:
04:02:14 mypc kernel: hda: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComp
lete Error }
04:02:14 mypc kernel: hda: dma_intr: error=0x04 { DriveStatusError }
I am running RH5.2 with kernel 2.2.5 and KDE on a Transmonde Vivante SE. I
am a bit concerned because I have already had one hard disk die on me since I
bought this computer last April.
I was wondering if anyone could tell me how I could find out more info on
these error messages, and if it could be a sign of problems with the hard
disk. A search of dejanews brought up 5 hits on the subject but they werent
of much use to me.
Thanks in advance.
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From: "Tim Edler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: camera on linux notebook?
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1999 22:36:30 +0200
hello!
we're at [kunst und technik] busy to assemble an art/ research project
involving 16 portable (=notebook computers) all to equipped with video
cameras. I feel that for most products (PCMCIA II) the drivers won't be
working yet. Since our programmers favor LINUX above all we're very
interested in any solution:
Do you now of ANY solution to equipp a LINUX-notebook with a camera using
any parallel, USB or PCMCIA Port?
Thanks, tim
--
[kunst und technik]eV, Dipl.Ing Tim Edler
monbijoustr. 2-3, 10117 berlin, germany; tel: ++49 30 283911-38, fax -39
email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
web: http://berlin.heimat.de/kunst+technik
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From: Alpine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: any1 from Canada will sell or burn linux cheaply ?
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1999 16:58:47 -0400
well where in canada
im near toronto every 3 weeks
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: midi thru audiopci (1370) joystick port
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1999 18:40:49 -0400
Daryl Yager wrote:
> Title sez it all... Has anybody got the joystick port on
> Ensoniq Audiopci (1370) working as a midi in/out? I'd love to know
> how.....
>
> Daryl
I would like to know how to get the Midi to work.
The Wave files are working but not the Midi files, is there a config
file to set the
card to find the *.ecw sound modules ?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To:
comp.graphics.api.opengl,comp.os.linux.x,de.comp.os.linux.hardware,de.comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: HW-accelerated OpenGL for LINUX
Date: 21 Apr 1999 11:57:46 GMT
In comp.os.linux.hardware Ekkehard Beier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'm looking for a hardware-accelerated OpenGL for LINUX
> SuSE 6.0/6.1.
> The supported graphics card should be an Elsa Gloria Synergy
> or another board with Per media 2 chip set. However, I could
> use another chip set (VOODOO) if necessary.
Xi Graphics sells one, although it's pricey and looks to have limited
distribution at this point. Check out
http://www.xig.com/Pages/3D%20AX%20Page.html
> Please respond by email to:
Nope -- followup posted to newsgroup for all to see.
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Joshua Baker-LePain
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Duke University
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