Linux-Hardware Digest #204, Volume #10 Mon, 10 May 99 20:13:45 EDT
Contents:
Re: MONITOR Power Managment in Linux? (Rob Hulsart)
Need Info On DEC Alpha with Linux (Robert Young)
Re: asus and scsi ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Redhat 6.0... the good, the bad, and the ugly (Wouter Liefting)
Re: How do I use a tape drive???? (Remco van den Berg)
Need fileserver specs - any clues? (Teus van Lingen)
Re: iomega ditto max and linux ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: DFP digital LCD monitor, Matrox card, framebuffer/X woes (RonaldKriemann)
Re: Yamaha DX Chipset and Linux (Cyrill Steiner)
PCI sound config (EPolacek)
Re: No printing after kernel upgrade - help (Gernot Fink)
PARIDE make failure under RH6.0 (John F Duggan)
Linux on Gateway 2k Nomad (486) ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: INTEL I740 PROBLEM (Yehoshua Shoshan)
Re: Redhat 6.0... the good, the bad, and the ugly (Ronald Cole)
Re: Benchmark software for Linux? (Brad Knowles)
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From: Rob Hulsart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: MONITOR Power Managment in Linux?
Date: Mon, 10 May 1999 17:40:11 GMT
Denis Kholodar wrote:
> In windows my monitor (after some time when I don't touch any
> keys/mouse) turns on the screen saving and later it switches to
> saving mode (lower-power standby it's called in Display Properties)
> and uses its built-in power managment system (consumes less power,
> power indicator changes color).
>
> How can I do this in Linux, too?
> Maybe anybody at least saw where to read about it on web, because i
> can't find that info?
>
> thanks.
> Denis
Check the man page for the XSET command.....to enable DPMS power saving
with a 30 minute delay try :
'xset dpms 1800'
There are a bunch of other options though.....
-Rob
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From: Robert Young <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Need Info On DEC Alpha with Linux
Date: Mon, 10 May 1999 21:34:39 GMT
Hi Linuxer,
I am interested in purchasing a DEC Alpha. This Alpha will be running
Linux.
The questions that I will be asking are:
1. Where can I purchase this DEC Alpha?
2. Is there a web browser for this DEC Alpha Linux, i.e. Netscape?
3. I have seen a recent released of Lyx. Does anyone know if this
Lyx is portable to DEC Alpha under Linux?
4. Is there a FREE accounting + ledger package for this DEC Alpha under
Linux?
5. Has anyone ported Octave to this DEC Alpha under Linux?
I certainly would appreciate if you could reply through e-mail. Thank you.
--
Robert Young,
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: asus and scsi
Date: 10 May 1999 21:34:19 GMT
Kari Laine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: 1. Are they three different buses each terminated at the controller
: end?
The 68-Pin Ultra2 is shielded from the other ones by a special chip, so
you could call it a different bus. The 68-Pin Wide and 50-Pin SCSI are
on the same bus, and termination can be set in bios. When you want to
use both of them, you should disable termination in bios.
: 2. I have used two of them and devices seems to use numbers on one bus
: so it seems it is just three connectors connected to same bus - is
: this correct? If so how there can be three connectors to same bus and
: how should termination be made?
The scsi-id's on all three connectors should be unique.
: 3. There is also Adaptec AIC-3860 Chip on board. What is the function
: of this and it's use can be selected? It seems to control LVD-mode
: versus SE-Mode settings - what are these?
This is the chip I mentioned earlier, it physically shields the ultra2
port from the other ones and swithes this connector to lvd/ultra2 or
uw mode depending on the connected devices.
: 4. Under linux it reports the channel speed is 40M/sec. I thought that
: with Ultra2 you should get 80M/sec speeds. I have following disks
: Seagate ST118273LW and IBM DNES-318350W. From the documentation of
: both they should be able to use 80M/sec speeds. Does the use of 50-Pin
: SCSI connector for CD-Rom slow the whole bus down? How do I meter the
: channel speed under Windows NT?
What kernel are you using, this behaviour should be fixed in 2.0.36,
or at least one of the newer aic7xxx drivers, mine reports 80M/sec
for a Quantum Viking II on the ultra2 connector.
: 5. What are the cable length limitations for Ultra2 bus?
I think differential can have twice the length opposed to uw.
--
Kind regards,
Dennis Bijwaard (remove antispam to reply)
http://people.a2000.nl/dbijwaar
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From: Wouter Liefting <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Redhat 6.0... the good, the bad, and the ugly
Date: Mon, 10 May 1999 20:33:26 +0200
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> In comp.os.linux.hardware Xin Feng <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Regarding the above, I have had no problems with DHCP and my cable modem
> > (Time-Warner's RoadRunner in Northeast Ohio, while using an Artisoft
> > AE2/NE-2000
>
> I'm on RoadRunner in Syracuse, NY. DHCP worked just fine before
> RH6.0. What's different now is that the information for resolv.conf
> is _not_ allocated after receiving the dynamic IP and the lease. I
> had to enter in the domain and nameserver lines manually. Once I did
> that, though, everything worked fine. There must be a way to fix this,
> though. On the very bright side, I've had no lockups. I'm using a
> 3com 3c509b NIC (ISA) and the white Motorola CybrSurfr cable modem.
>
> Greg H.
>From the DHCP documentation I gather that dhcpcd actually stores the DNS data
it receives in /etc/dhcp/resolv.conf. So it doesn�t overwrite the original
/etc/resolv.conf. So two solutions:
- Remove /etc/resolv.conf and make it a symbolic link to /etc/dhcp/resolv.conf
- Run a script which copies the information over, after dhcp is done (I
believe there is actually an option to dhcpcd to do this - check the man).
- Wouter.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Remco van den Berg)
Subject: Re: How do I use a tape drive????
Date: Mon, 10 May 1999 19:41:23 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Robin Jackson wrote:
>Sorry if this sounds dumb.
>
>I have an old Archive Viper 150Mb cartridge tape drive on my scsi chain.
>
>It gets recognised as st0.
>
>The thing I do not understand is HOW I access the tape and copy info to and
>from it?
>
>I assumed I would do a MOUNT /DEV/ST0 /MNT/TAPE but this does not work,
>says device is not a block device.
>
>I am totally stuck and any help would be appreciated.
>
>Robin
#> man tar
#> man mt
eg.
#> tar czf /dev/st0 /var/spool/mail # to backup mail directory
-Remco
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Date: Mon, 10 May 1999 18:01:06 -0300
From: Teus van Lingen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.ms-windows.nt.admin.misc,comp.databases.oracle.tools
Subject: Need fileserver specs - any clues?
Hi,
I am asked to come up with some specs for a company file-server (as
opposed to database server). The server is to hold user files, program
files and Oracle Developer runtime files. The OS is probably NT,
although we're making a point for Linux. About 250 users are going to
use the new box.
I have searched whatever sites I could think of for hardware specs, but
it doesn'y seem to be a big concern to Software and hardware vendors
alike.
Does anyone have a clue, a checklist, a ready-to-go specs sheet or a
useful link where I could find the info?
Thanks,
Teus van Lingen.
Oracle DBA
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: iomega ditto max and linux
Date: Wed, 05 May 1999 08:07:44 GMT
Martin, Since you seem to be one of the few if not the only one that has
sucessfully managed to setup one of these, how about posting a copy of your
/etc/isapnp.conf or whichever file you used to set the controller card up,
via isapnp I presume.
Do you have isapnp running at boot?
Have you compiled pnp support into your kernel?
Also, a copy of your MCONFIG as well as /usr/src/linux/.config (kernel
configuration file) wouldn't go amiss.
Thanks for your time,
(something this card has, so far, made me waste plenty of)
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Martin van Roon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> "Rodney M. Brown" wrote:
> >
> > Are you using the accelarator? If so, which one?
> >
> > I have a Ditto Dash DX (4mb), ftape seems to only support the Ditto Dash
> > (2mb)...
> >
> > Also what device are you using? /dev/ftape /dev/qft0, etc..?
> >
> > Thanks for any info you can provide...
> >
> > Martin van Roon wrote:
> >
> > > "Robert C. Paulsen, Jr." wrote:
> > > <snip>
> > > >
> > > > I notice Roland Wagner responded to your message with some encouragement
> > > > because he has a working Ditto 2GB. This is not the same thing. I have
> > > > read many messages by people with Ditto drives *other than the Max*
> > > > working fine. No one, to my knowledge, has ever gotten a Max to work.
> > > >
> > > > ____________________________________________________________________
> > > > Robert Paulsen http://paulsen.home.texas.net
> > >
> > > Actually I configured my Ditto Max with ftape-4.02 under RedHat 5.2,
> > > and it works fine. Am I the first one :-)
> > >
> > > Martin
>
> Rodney,
>
> Yes I am using the accelerator. This is what (part of) pnpdump gives me:
>
> # Card 1: (serial identifier 0f ff ff ff ff 40 00 ed 25)
> # Vendor Id IOM0040, No Serial Number (-1), checksum 0x0F.
> # Version 1.0, Vendor version 0.1
> # ANSI string -->iomega 4Mb/S PNP tape controller<--
>
> Make sure isapnp configures the card correctly.
>
> I've compiled ftape-4.02, and the only options I've changes in MCONFIG
> are CONFIG_M686 and FDC_OPT. Set the DMA,IRQ and BASE in the FDC_OPT
> parameter to what isapnp reports. Then compile and install.
>
> In my rc.local (where I load the modules at boot) I've specified:
>
> insmod /lib/modules/2.0.36/misc/ftape.o
ft_fdc_driver=ftape-internal,none,none,none
> insmod /lib/modules/2.0.36/misc/zftape.o ft_major_device_number=27
> insmod /lib/modules/2.0.36/misc/ftape-internal.o ft_fdc_threshold=15
ft_fdc_rate_limit=2000
>
> First I've set ft_fdc_rate_limit to 4000. This gave a lot of errors, both on
reading
> and writing. The 2000 runs without errors. I still have to figure out what
> the optimal value is here.
>
> With the 2000 I get about 9-10MB/min. With the 4000 I got around 12, with a
> lot of repositioning.
>
> HTH,
> Martin
>
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From: RonaldKriemann<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: DFP digital LCD monitor, Matrox card, framebuffer/X woes
Date: 09 May 1999 10:28:26 +0200
Roland Schmehl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Hi Marc,
> sorry, I can't find the original question to this answer.
> Since I want to get a digital IBM flat panel, the T55D featuring a
> P&D connector, running under Linux, my question is: Is it possible
> anyhow and when, which combination of graphics card (ATI, Matrox, ...)
> and X-server do I have to use?
> Thank you,
> Roland Schmehl
Hi,
I do have a T55D with a Matrox G200 running here. I use VesaFB
since the card itself is not supported. I recieved a code-fragment
from Matrox (70 kB of pure assembler :) which describes the correct
initialization of the DFP-Port of the card, but till now I did
not have a free minute to test it (or even to try to understand it :).
Maybe you have more luck with the ATI Rage LT since there exist
patched Xservers.
RGDS
Ronald
--
Indifference will certainly be the downfall of mankind,
but who cares ?
Ronald Kriemann Dept. of Computer Science,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] University of Kiel, Germany
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Date: Mon, 10 May 1999 21:14:01 +0200
From: Cyrill Steiner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Yamaha DX Chipset and Linux
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I have a Dell Dimension V400 computer with a Yamaha DX soundcard built in to
> the motherboard. Obviously, there is no built in support for this in
> Sndconfig, and supposedly no support at all for linux.
Have a look at this site, it might help (depeding on your linux kernel version
maybe also an update to the latest kernel helps):http://www.opensound.com/
http://www.opensound.com/osshw.html
Cyrill
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (EPolacek)
Subject: PCI sound config
Date: 10 May 1999 19:23:00 GMT
I have an Aureal Vortex PCI sound card that I cannot get up and running.
The card is supposed to be soundblaster pro compatible and I set it up as such
using make menuconfig but nothing seems to work. I used the addresses given by
the windows device manger and those addresses show up in the /dev/sndstat file
but there are just blank lines under the headings for sound card:, mixer:, etc.
Can anyone out there help with this?
Thanks in advance.
E.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Gernot Fink)
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: No printing after kernel upgrade - help
Date: 10 May 1999 19:31:06 GMT
In article <7h798k$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Aaron Dershem" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I recently upgraded my kernel from 2.0.36 to 2.2.6. Everything went well
> (after I figured out how to complete the compile). Now I can't print to my
> printer. In xconfig, I thought I chose everything for printing support, but
> maybe I didn't. I chose the parallel interface support, and printer support
> in two different locations. No printer. Does anyone have any specifics on
> what options need to be set when I do "make xconfig"?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Aaron Dershem
>
>
If your kernel has modulesupport and printersupport is compiled as
module insert this lines in /etc/conf.modules.
options parport_pc io=0x378 irq=auto
options lp parport=0
alias parport_lowlevel parport_pc
/dev/lp0 is your device for printing.
(change /etc/printcap)
Check the syslog what happen.
--
MFG G.Fink
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John F Duggan)
Subject: PARIDE make failure under RH6.0
Date: 10 May 1999 19:25:51 GMT
Here it the output:
make
cc -D__KERNEL__ -DMODULE -Wall -O2 -c pf.c
In file included from pf.c:153:
paride.h:105: macro `__swab16' used with too many (2) args
paride.h:113: macro `__swab32' used with too many (2) args
make: *** [pf.o] Error 1
Any ideas?
Thanks, John
============================================================================
John Duggan Internet : [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Engineering Computer Services
Univ. of Massachusetts
Amherst, MA 01003
============================================================================
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Linux on Gateway 2k Nomad (486)
Date: 10 May 1999 14:07:23 -0500
I'm about to get a hand-me-down from my father, a Gateway 2000 Nomad
laptop. I searched the laptop HOWTO, AltaVista & DejaNews, and found
only a couple of old passing mentions of anyone using a Nomad. Are
there any caveats to installing Linux on this old computer? Advice
on setting up X (assuming that it has at least 8MB RAM, which I need
to check...)? Any recommends for a distribution?
Thanks in advance,
Dave
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From: Yehoshua Shoshan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: INTEL I740 PROBLEM
Date: Thu, 06 May 1999 08:45:56 +0200
Hi Philippe,
You can solve the problem in two ways:
1) Via Suse patches from:
ftp://ftp.sunet.se/pub4/os/Linux/distributions/suse/suse_update/X/XBF/xi740/glibc2
I didnt try this yet but I beleive they should work with "sax".
2) Via RedHat patches and instructions. (I used their patches
because I didn't find Suse's patches)
If you use RedHat patheches you will not be able
to use sax. However you will be able to use xf86config.
You can find the redhat patches at
After you did that I think you would like to try Wim Koomen answer to another
question here in order to get 1024x768 mode.
Yehoshua
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Subject: Re: i740 drivers for Linux
From: "Wim Koomen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
This is a part of my XF86Config file
# -----------
Subsection "Display"
Depth 32
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
ViewPort 0 0
EndSubsection
# -----------
I just placed 1024x768 in front. Now X starts in 1024x768 mode by default
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Philippe Vandekerckhove wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I'm trying to run X-server under SuSE 6.0 with kernel 2.2.0-7
> I have an Intel i-740 based AGP video card with 8MB ram and
> the x-server failes to run all the time ?
>
> The card runs 24 bit 1024x768 in W98 and I'm wondering if someone
> can help me out to get it running under 'Great' Linux ?
>
> Tnx, Phil
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From: Ronald Cole <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Redhat 6.0... the good, the bad, and the ugly
Date: 10 May 1999 16:43:18 -0700
> : > > > I was just at Fry's today and they had it there for$79.00 !!!
> : > > > That's more than I paid for Winblows, more worth it... but still!!!
> : > >
> : > > cheapbytes.com $7.14 (US) delivered in two days
> : >
> : > Best Buy for 64.95
>
> CompUSA shrinkwrapped at the front counter for $79.99 . . . .
Are these *real* Redhat distributions, or are they the Macmillan
distributions like all the RH5.2 copies at Staples and Costco are?
The Macmillan distros require you to register with them instead of
Redhat for support (or so says the registration card included in the
box).
If support is of concern to you, you might want to double check.
--
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Ronald Cole <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Phone: (760) 499-9142
President, CEO Fax: (760) 499-9152
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Brad Knowles)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Benchmark software for Linux?
Date: Thu, 06 May 1999 13:11:48 +0200
In article <7grpku$6to$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mohd-Hanafiah
Abdullah) wrote:
> Thanks. But I'm looking for something like WinBench from Ziff-Davis for
> Windows95 or Speedometer for the Mac. Would be nice to have something like
> this for Linux to test the overall system performance.
I think that the ByteMark code will compile under most versions of
*nix, and would be one measure. There's also the lmbench stuff from
<http://www.bitmover.com/lmbench/> (which I believe is pretty standard for
Linux).
However, note that since you can't get direct access to the low-level
disk devices (not without doing some *real* shenanigans that require
kernel-level modifications), it's going to be hard to compare any
performance numbers you may get back with regards to the disk subsystem.
The same would be true of bonnie, and you have to try and make sure
that you make the test big enough so as to greatly exceed the amount of
physical RAM you have, so that buffer cache effects are minimized. This
gets harder and harder to do as your amount of memory grows, especially as
you get close to the built-in 1GB limit (you need to change some kernel
parameters and recompile if you want to make use of anything over 1GB).
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