Linux-Hardware Digest #123, Volume #10 Fri, 30 Apr 99 00:13:25 EDT
Contents:
(1) SCSI aha152x (2) Maestro MPU401 sound card (Martin Schultz)
Linux and UDMA ("Chunky")
Re: CANON BJC-620 at 720 dpi (Grant Taylor)
RIVA TNT Graphics ("frits")
Re: How many IDE-interfaces can I use? (M. Buchenrieder)
Installing a New SCSI Tape Drive. (Nitin Mule)
waiting the moment ("cv13p11")
Re: Help!! Linux on K6-2 -problem!!! (Mohd H Misnan)
Re: How to disable BlackList on generic K56 modem? (Mohd H Misnan)
IBM ServerRaid Linux Support & Netfinity Support ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
The Linux Group ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Mouse conflicts with AGP Bus (Marcus Breier)
Re: SGI 1600SW flatpanel display and linux? (Amanda Walker)
Re: soundblaster PCI128 on Redhat 5.9 problem (Nitin Mule)
modem ("Baxo")
Re: HELP: Installing with a Promise Ultra66 SCSI ("Supernews")
Re: [SURVEY] Who has an internal modem in his linux box ? (Captain Dondo)
Offline mail with ISDN Dial on Demand Router ("David Travers")
Re: removing cooling fans--how dangerous? (John Melville)
Re: removing cooling fans--how dangerous? ("The Sokos Family")
Re: X Window doesn't work correctly anymore !... ("gm")
Backup admin tools for Linux. (Nitin Mule)
DLT Tape drive ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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From: Martin Schultz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: (1) SCSI aha152x (2) Maestro MPU401 sound card
Date: Thu, 29 Apr 1999 15:44:21 -0400
Hi all,
please help me out with the following two problems:
(1) To get my JAZ drive running, I first need to have my SCSI adaptor
recognized by the system. When I first installed RedHat 5.2 (as a
newbie), I wasn't able to make it recognize my JAZjet card, so I
installed with no SCSI options. Meanwhile I found out that linux
recognizes something when I use the option aha152x=0x340,11,7,1 when
prompted for SCSI parameters *during installation/upgrade*. After
reboot, nothing is found:
scsi : 0 hosts.
scsi : detected total.
So, I figure if I would re-install linux, it might work. However, if
possible, I would like to avoid this and simply (?) add the SCSI module
to the system. How do I do this? I have the following line in my
/etc/conf.module:
alias scsi_hostadapter aha152x
options aha152x aha152x=0x340,11,7,1
but that doesn't seem to do the trick. Do I need to depmod or insmod
anything?
When I use the control-panel kerneld configuration tool, I see aha152x
and scsi_host listed. It does not get listed when I do /sbin/lsmod.
Here the relevant output from /sbin/modprobe -cv:
path[scsi]=/lib/modules/2.0.36
path[scsi]=/lib/modules/default
path[scsi]=/lib/modules
path[scsi]=/lib/modules/preferred
alias scsi_hostadapter aha152x
alias scsi_hostadapter off
options aha152x aha152x=0x340,11,7,1
(2) Has anyone got a Maestro MPU401 sound card running?
What I found on a web page about it is: "The card appears identical to
the much more expensive VideoLogic Sonic Storm, it uses the same
chipset, can use its drivers, and is in design practically identical."
Since this article also states that "The card supports legacy DOS code
through SoundBlaster Pro compatibility..." I tried sndconfig with the
SoundBlaster Pro card as option, but to no avail.
When I start sndconfig, it tells me:
x A PCI sound card was found in
x
x your system. The details are:
x
x
x
x Model: UNKNOWN
Next step is:
x No PnP or PCI sound cards were found
x
x in your system. Please select your
x
x card type from the following list. x
Here I selected SoundBlaster Pro.
I left the settings as 0x220, IRQ 05, DMA 0 (at least for the IRQ I know
it is right from the Windows setup). After the unsuccessful attempt to
hear Linus say Linux, sndconfig went back to step 2.
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Martin Schultz, DEAS, Harvard University, 29 Oxford St., Pierce 109,
Cambridge, MA 02138 phone (617) 496 8318 fax (617) 495 4551
e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] web http://www-as/people/staff/mgs/
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From: "Chunky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Linux and UDMA
Date: Fri, 30 Apr 1999 07:52:44 +0800
I have been tinkering with a RH5.2 Install with a 2.0.36 kernel on a P2B
system with a Quantum fb ex 6.4 hd with UDMA.
I suspect a lot of the problems with HD errors is because of UDMA which I
have since disabled. When did the linux kernel start supporting UDMA? and is
this the possible cause of my disk errors?
Regards,
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From: Grant Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.advocacy,linux.redhat.install,linux.redhat.development
Subject: Re: CANON BJC-620 at 720 dpi
Date: 29 Apr 1999 19:53:39 -0400
Aaron Kulkis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Has anyone developed 720 dpi drivers for the Canon BJC-620?
> All that I am aware of is the 360dpi drivers for the BJC-610.
The 610 Uniprint parameter files should work for the 620.
See the 620 entry in the Printing HOWTO's printer database at
http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/pht/printer_list.cgi?make=Canon
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Cellphone information: http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/cell/
Libretto information: http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/
Linux Printing HOWTO: http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/pht/
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From: "frits" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: RIVA TNT Graphics
Date: Thu, 29 Apr 1999 22:10:30 +0200
Does anyone know if nvidia RIVA TNT based graphical cards
do have good support by Linux.
I have a Hercules Dynamite TNT card and I want to install Linux,
but I heard my card is not supported by any Linux distribution, I wonder
if this is true.
Frits
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (M. Buchenrieder)
Subject: Re: How many IDE-interfaces can I use?
Date: Thu, 29 Apr 1999 15:40:26 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>According to Bjorn Lundberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>> Does anyone know if it's possible for any PC-chipset to control more
>> than 4 IDE-harddisks?
[...]
You may have as many IDE interfaces with 2 devices each as you want.
Just make sure that you can provide them with the needed resources -
for details, see the ide.c driver in the kernel sources .
Sidenote: You'll have to use a boot argument or an "append=..."
statement for each controller beyond the first 2 IDE controllers, since
Linux doesn't autoprobe for them.
Michael
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From: Nitin Mule <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Installing a New SCSI Tape Drive.
Date: Fri, 30 Apr 1999 00:27:12 GMT
Hi all,
I want to install a new tape drive (Exabyte mammoth, external) with an
AdvanSys Ultra Wide SCSI controller (ASB3940UW-00) in a RedHat 5.2 box
(kernel 2.0.36-0.7). How do I know if the kernel supports SCSI? I did a
cat on /proc/scsi/scsi and it shows no devices are attached (I don't
have any SCSI devices right now).
[root@web /proc]# cat /proc/scsi/scsi
Attached devices: none
Does this mean I've to recompile the kernel before I can install the
tape drive? Or is it a dynamically loadable stuff that I can simply
configure by editing some file. If yes, what file I should edit and what
to edit? I believe RedHat has AdvanSys drivers. If not, where do I
specify these drivers? How does linux handle new hardware in general?
Does it probe during boot and detect the new hardware and install the
drivers?
TIA,
Nitin.
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From: "cv13p11" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.binaries.hacking.utilities,alt.hackers.malicious,alt.hacking,alt.hacking.in.progress,es.comp.hackers,es.comp.os.linux,esp.comp.so.linux,esp.comp.so.linux.redes
Subject: waiting the moment
Date: 29 Apr 1999 23:02:03 GMT
la cuestion es la siguiente:
me gustaria conectar un ordenador portatil con linux 2.0.35 a una red que
tiene conectados 15 ordenadores en red mediante tarjetas de red tipo
ethernet, con cable telefonico y con W95 como sisteme operativo. si ejecuto
el programa "winipcfg" en una de las maquinas de la red, obtengo como
resultado:
winipcfg: x.x.x dir. adap: 00-40-05-3B-1E-FF
dns:125.1.0.55 125.1.5.0
ip: 125.1.3.88
masc:255.0.0.0
gw:125.1.0.222
con lo que deduzco que las diferentes m�quinas se identifican por el n� de
identificacion del adaptador de red �no?,
todavia no tengo la tarjeta de red PCMCIA por lo que acepto sugerencias,
pero una vez la tenga �como la tengo que configurar para adoptar la
personalidad de una de las de la red, y poder as� utilizar el linux en
dicha red? ( linsniff, nmap, ftp, etc ); hasta ahora he utilizado un modem
PCMCIA desde linux y ningun problema, pero no tengo conocimientos todavia
en asuntos de redes locales desde linux, s� un poco desde windows, y de los
protocolos de comunicacion, pero me urge el tema de la conexion desde mi
portatil con linux a la red local de la que hablo, con el fin de utilizar
alguno de los servicios que ofrecen algunas de sus m�quinas.
gracias
------------------------------------------------------------
I�d like to connect my notebook with linux 2.0.35 OS to a network with more
than 15 comps. connected by ethernet cards, with telefone connexion and W95
.... when I execute winipcfg from windows in one of those machines:
winipcfg: x.x.x dir. adap: 00-40-05-3B-1E-FF
dns:125.1.0.55 125.1.5.0
ip: 125.1.3.88
masc:255.0.0.0
gw:125.1.0.222
I must buy a ethernet PCMCIA card, and then: how must I configure it in
linux to arrive there to the place of were the network is, and connect my
notebook to use it like the other machine (but with linux, and its net
programs: linsniff, nmap, etc), and use the services them are running; I
know some of linux, networks and protocols, but not of local networks on
unix systems: can you help me?
-how to configure my ethernet PCMCIA easy ( not much time to be on local
network!!! )
-how to use linux programs inside local network.
thanx
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mohd H Misnan)
Subject: Re: Help!! Linux on K6-2 -problem!!!
Date: 29 Apr 1999 22:28:16 GMT
On Tue, 27 Apr 1999 10:45:51 +0200, Blanckaert Bart wrote:
>I have the same problem..
>Sometimes I get a register dump.. sometimes only black screen and reboot.
>I used to have a amd k6-2 300 now I have a 350 but just the same problem.
>I changed the memory.. and video card..
>My mb is soyo 5eh..
>
>If someone has a clue ??
Have you tried another motherboard? Or may be replace the cache? I've been
running Linux on my AMD K6-2/300Mhz notebook since 2.0.34 and has no problem
whatsoever since.. (btw, I think my notebook runs it at 66Mhz instead of
100Mhz).
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|Penguin 2.2.6 |to do it tomorrow. It's OK by next week - Linus T.|c|
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mohd H Misnan)
Subject: Re: How to disable BlackList on generic K56 modem?
Date: 29 Apr 1999 22:30:56 GMT
On Tue, 27 Apr 1999 15:06:24 +0200, Ernesto Mottola wrote:
>I have a compatible V90 - K56Flex external modem; when I find a busy
>number, it refuses to dial again (it seems like it stops responding to
>AT commands).
>
>Is there an AT sequence in the initialization string to prevent this
>behaviour??
I would like to know this too. I just happened to me few days ago when I tried
to redial too fast (using KPPP and set the redial waittime = 0). The only way
was to turn off the modem (I've Xircom PCCard.. take it off and replace it
back).
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|AMD K6-2/300 + |We want to take over the world, but we don't have |a|
|Penguin 2.2.6 |to do it tomorrow. It's OK by next week - Linus T.|c|
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: IBM ServerRaid Linux Support & Netfinity Support
Date: Fri, 30 Apr 1999 00:18:18 GMT
Does anyone have any experience or know whether IBM has released ServerRaid
drivers and other support necessary to run a production Linux system on there
Netfinity series computers. I want to do hardware raid and am wondering
whether this is a viable system to do it on These are the systems that our
Netware and NT servers have been standardized on these and now that we are
looking at brining some linux systems into production I would like to keep it
consistant. I know IBM has been promising that these would be supported, but
have not seen it materialize....
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: The Linux Group
Date: Thu, 29 Apr 1999 21:37:28 GMT
Hello Linux users and developers my name in Jon and I'm starting a new Linux
e-mail community where linux users and developers can come together to share
information regarding Linux. The community is really new and it won't succeed
without people. I know that there are lot of issues surrounding Linx OS and I
thought that it would be cool if we in the Linux community could come together
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Marcus Breier)
Subject: Mouse conflicts with AGP Bus
Date: Thu, 29 Apr 1999 23:05:47 +0200
Hi there ...
I've got a proudly problem. I've got running a SuSE 6.0 Distribution
with manual kernelupgrade to version 2.2.6. As I changed my motherboard
two days ago to an EPoX EP-BX3 with the famous Intel 440-BX chipset and
my videoadapter to a DIAMOND Viper 550, I've got some problems with my
serial Logitech mouse on COM 1 (sorry "/dev/ttyS0").
Can anybody help me to get my serial mouse work ???
Marcus
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Amanda Walker)
Crossposted-To: comp.sys.sgi.hardware
Subject: Re: SGI 1600SW flatpanel display and linux?
Date: 29 Apr 1999 21:10:59 -0400
Clay Kunz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I am in love with SGI's flatpanel display. I want to buy one and use it
> on a PC running linux. Is there any word of a linux driver for it's
> display card? I know that SGI is pushing on linux, but how hard are they
> pushing with this one?
It should work fine. The latest version of XFree86 supports the #9
display card and the 1600SW monitor, although you have to dig through
the release notes a bit to find the mode lines for the monitor.
It's very, very pleasant to run X on a 1600x1024 display :-).
Amanda Walker
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From: Nitin Mule <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: soundblaster PCI128 on Redhat 5.9 problem
Date: Fri, 30 Apr 1999 01:28:48 GMT
Arrigo Benedetti wrote:
>
> I have installed a soundblaster PCI128 sound card on a Dell PC
> running Redhat 5.9.
Redhat 5.9? Hummm.. Perhaps we're all living in a blackhole. Please let
us know what the future of Linux looks like.
> I used the ensonic driver, as suggested in several
> postings, and I got x11amp working when it is started by root. As a
> normal user though, I get an error message (Can't open audio device)
> every time I try to play a file. I tried to changed the permissions of
> the audio devices and I still have the same problem.
>
> Any idea?
>
> thanks in advance,
>
> -Arrigo
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From: "Baxo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: modem
Date: Thu, 29 Apr 1999 20:47:55 -0300
I have a Diamond Supramax 56k fax modem PCI, and I want to know if it will
work at linux.
please answer at [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "Supernews" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: HELP: Installing with a Promise Ultra66 SCSI
Date: Thu, 29 Apr 1999 21:28:38 -0000
Promise Ultra66 is not SCCI but is an UDMA eide card. Give her a look. It
uses a 40 pin cable to connect to UDMA EIDE devices.
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:7ga6tq$rr7$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>
>
> I am trying to install Redhat linux 5.2 on a gateway with
> a SCSI Ultra66 controlling my ATA hard drives (?) the SCSI
> option does not contain a driver option for promise -
>
> how do I proceed?
>
> Any help greatly appreciated.
>
> James Scobbie
> European Southern Observatory
>
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From: Captain Dondo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: [SURVEY] Who has an internal modem in his linux box ?
Date: Thu, 29 Apr 1999 20:44:54 -0400
extenal modem with an intelligent serial card.
No mess, no fuss, 100% performance, no CPU load.
The money you spend on hardware you save on your time (even if it's just
beertime).
Yan
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From: "David Travers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.mail.sendmail,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.periphs.scsi,comp.protocols.ppp
Subject: Offline mail with ISDN Dial on Demand Router
Date: Thu, 29 Apr 1999 23:47:30 +0100
Hi.
I have a problem that is driving me up the wall.
We have a linux system (Redhat 5.2 with 2.2.6 kernel) on a Dual Intel
Pentium 2 350Mhz system.
System is connected on fast ethernet network to an ISDN router which
supports dial on demand access.
My problem is as follows:
I have setup a local e-mail server (sendmail and procmail) and all works
fine except that when someone sends even a local e-mail the ISDN router is
making a connection. I want the system to deliver local e-mail imediatley
and queue Internet e-mail for delivery every hour.
We donot run our own DNS server and rely on our ISP's servers for DNS.
How can I prevent sendmail from making the unnecessary connections. If you
have a copy of the sendmail.cf that you could post me and other system
settings, I would be most grateful.
Thanks in advance.
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From: John Melville <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.comp.hardware,alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt,alt.comp.hardware.overclocking
Subject: Re: removing cooling fans--how dangerous?
Date: Fri, 30 Apr 1999 13:19:15 +1000
If you totally remove the cooling fans be prepared to have the cpu destroy itself.
On any greater than a 486 the fans are critical for operation.
Regards
Jm
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I would like to get rid of the cooling fans in my computer (cpu and power
> supply) since the noise bothers me (I want the computer to be totally silent;
> I already know how to spin down hard discs). Here's what I need to know:
>
> - Where can I get silent coolers to replace those fans? E.g. Peltier elements
> or radiators. They should preferably be as cheap as possible (definitely less
> than $100 for replacing all fans).
>
> - If completely silent coolers are not available for cheap, where can I get
> the cheapest (working) very-low-noise, heat sensor-controlled fans?
>
> - If I simply toss out the fans without replacing them by anything, what will
> the consequences be? If the cpu gets too hot, will it be destroyed immediately
> or stop working in time for me to detect that something is wrong?
>
> The computer is never on for more than a few hours, the environment
> temperature is moderate (<80 F in summer, typically about 60 F), and I could
> live with the computer crashing every now and then; I could not live with the
> computer going up in flames (no pun intended). All operating systems that I
> run support "idle"-cooling of the processor. And the installed hardware is
> pretty minimal, so the power supply would not get hot too quickly.
>
> All responses appreciated: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
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From: "The Sokos Family" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt,alt.comp.hardware.overclocking
Subject: Re: removing cooling fans--how dangerous?
Date: Thu, 29 Apr 1999 23:27:25 -0400
Without any cooling, the thing is going to destroy itself in a short amount
of time. If you are lucky you'll get some symptoms first, but overall you
will drastically shorten the expected life of the equipment.
Peltiers are itty bitty heat pumps. They are really neat little devices, but
they aren't all that efficient, and the extra heat they create adds to the
heat that you have to get rid of (in other words you absolutely need a
cooling fan on the top of the little bugger, or it will become a heater
instead
of a cooler).
I would suggest trying to find a quieter fan, or moving the computer inside
of some enclosure where it will have adequate cooling but the sound will
be blocked for you.
Or get a laptop. They are designed for low power, and don't need so
much cooling.
--
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(er, programmer) and no talent bum musician
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Web: http://users.desupernet.net/sokos/
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[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message <7gb5fh$nj1$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>I would like to get rid of the cooling fans in my computer (cpu and power
>supply) since the noise bothers me (I want the computer to be totally
silent;
>I already know how to spin down hard discs). Here's what I need to know:
>
>- Where can I get silent coolers to replace those fans? E.g. Peltier
elements
>or radiators. They should preferably be as cheap as possible (definitely
less
>than $100 for replacing all fans).
>
>- If completely silent coolers are not available for cheap, where can I get
>the cheapest (working) very-low-noise, heat sensor-controlled fans?
>
>- If I simply toss out the fans without replacing them by anything, what
will
>the consequences be? If the cpu gets too hot, will it be destroyed
immediately
>or stop working in time for me to detect that something is wrong?
>
>The computer is never on for more than a few hours, the environment
>temperature is moderate (<80 F in summer, typically about 60 F), and I
could
>live with the computer crashing every now and then; I could not live with
the
>computer going up in flames (no pun intended). All operating systems that I
>run support "idle"-cooling of the processor. And the installed hardware is
>pretty minimal, so the power supply would not get hot too quickly.
>
>All responses appreciated: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
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From: "gm" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] REMOVE NOSPAM to reply>
Subject: Re: X Window doesn't work correctly anymore !...
Reply-To: "gm" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] remove NO_SPAM to reply>
Date: 29 Apr 1999 22:22:29 -0600
It would seem that the mouse protocol is no longer being
correctly detected. On startup, some bios will detect an error
and display a message that passes onto the screen and is gone
quickly, so watch carefully. The command ls -l /dev/modem
should show a link to the correct device for your system. Recheck
the XF86Config file for the correct pointer device. If your
screen used to come up in 1024x768 and now only does 800x600,
the XF86Config file may have been changed. Try starting
X -probeonly > /tmp/x.out 2>&1
using a bash shell, and the resulting file should show that the
modeline for the 1024x768 is being rejected by the server.
You have an advantage in the rescue partition. Compare the
files and device information for the mouse and XF86Config.
regards,
gm
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jerome fayot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in article
<7g78ri$qs5$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> I have a strange problem with my X environment that came up without
any
> obvious reason.
> When I run startx, the X environment session enters in a 800x600
resolution
> mode (though I configured it in 1024x768 with Xconfigurator) and
the mouse
> is unusable : each time I try to move the cursor arround, the
screen
> "flashes" in strange way, just like if the synchronization was not
correct
> or something like this. I am completly locked in a portion of the
virtual
> screen, and I can do nothing but Ctrl+Alt+Suppr to go back to the
console
> mode.
>
> I know that my hardware is still OK because I have a Linux rescue
> installation on an other partition and X Window is OK with this
one.
>
> Here are some details of my configuration :
> Hardware:
> PII with ATI Xpert@Work and Philips 107S CM1300 monitor
> Software
> RedHat 5.2 with kernel 2.2.5
> XFree86-3.3.3
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From: Nitin Mule <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.admin,comp.unix.admin,comp.os.linux,copm.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.redhat
Subject: Backup admin tools for Linux.
Date: Thu, 29 Apr 1999 23:30:50 GMT
Hi all,
My typical backup opernations will involve backing up a fileserver
(12GB), web/mail server (2GB), and database server (Informix SE, 5 GB).
All three servers are on redhat 5.2 and I want to back them all through
NFS at one place. Occassionally, I may have to backup some windows
machines on the network. I've samba running on the fileserver. I've an
Exabyte mammoth tape drive with AdvanSys Ultra wide SCSI card.
I'm evaluating Arkeia and BRU as my potential backup admin tool but
don't know how they compare (feel free to add other tools if you think
they work great for a simliar setup). My impression is that Arkeia has a
nice GUI (which I don't care) but is buggy. It also doesn't support
backing up NFS shares (i.e. Server pull). It means I must install their
client on all my servers that I want to back up. Its rather
inconvenient. Its another important shortcoming is that it doesn't
perform any validation. I believe BRU handles all of this ie. backing up
NFS volumes and data validation and so it looks like a good choice to
me. Are there any issues specific to BRU and RedHat 5.2 (glibc etc)? Is
the BRU RPM in the RedHat 5.2 CDROM a professional or personal version?
Whats the difference? Do I have to buy a professional copy for my backup
operations? Any other issues in installation?
TIA,
Nitin.
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Subject: DLT Tape drive
Date: Thu, 29 Apr 1999 21:25:19 GMT
Does anyone have any DLT tape drive recommendations for Linux?
(Based on reliability, cost, performance, and capacity.)
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