Linux-Hardware Digest #239, Volume #10 Sat, 15 May 99 06:13:35 EDT
Contents:
Re: LINUX machine instead of iMac (michael sulis)
Problems - ATI Xpert@Play and XFree86 3.3.3.1-1.1 ("TJ Mears, II")
Re: Anyone know if a Nvidia TNT-2 will work with X11? (James Stafford)
Re: Tiny Linux Boxes? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: What happened to fdformat (James Stafford)
Re: removing cooling fans--how dangerous? (James Stafford)
no cdrom iso9660 in Redhat 6.0 build ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Serial Card / Setserial Help ("roger jaeck")
ide 0 :irq timeout(2) (charlg)
Re: help me with LT winmodem (Michael Proto)
Wrong disk size under LINUX!!!!! (Markus Maier)
3Com 3C900B card support broken ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: ISA Plug and Play (Pray) (Doug)
Re: Who makes the best cases?? ("Tony")
Re: AMD K6-2 Problems (Mark Hahn)
Re: mouse, gpm and X (James Stafford)
Re: 3Com cards address reported wrong ("Tony")
Re: Config SCSI DDS drive ("Tony")
Re: Hard drive problem/Config question (Julian Smith)
Configuring my Isdn card -Tigerjet ("Efi Merdler")
Re: UDMA33 hard drive runs at 6 megs/second - WTF? (Mark Hahn)
Re: Linux on an embedded 486 (Sebastien HUET)
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Date: Fri, 14 May 1999 18:42:03 -0700
From: michael sulis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: LINUX machine instead of iMac
Hi Don, here's a list of vendors who sell LINUX preinstalled systems...
http://www.linux.org/help/beginner/preinstalled.html
but i along with probably countless others here will ask you to at least
consider that it's a really valuable experience to set up your own system.
It can be a headache, and I suppose if you're really a complete computer
tech novice it's not advisable, but maybe you've got a friend nearby who'd
help you through it.
I think sometimes people use LINUX just because it's a thrill to really
learn something.
Of course buying a preinstalled system, you'd still have plenty of
opportunity to learn by reconfiguring, setting up software, and general
tweaking and poking around, so good luck to you...
michael
hey btw what are you doing with an ai.mit.edu address if you're a novice?
Don Saklad wrote:
> Call me a novice, but I want to get a LINUX machine. I was going to
> get an iMac.
>
> (1) Exactly from where and (2) exactly what could you get on the order
> of a machine already ready to go running LINUX that most any novice
> could plug in and begin using right away as marketing for the iMac
> propagandize.
>
> Please reply via
> Don Saklad 2 Linwood Place Cambridge MA 02139-1525
> tel. 617-661-9650 voice & FAX, email:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "TJ Mears, II" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Problems - ATI Xpert@Play and XFree86 3.3.3.1-1.1
Date: Sat, 15 May 1999 02:05:16 -0400
Recently upgraded to ATI Xpert@Play AGP video card and XFree86 3.3.3.1-1.1.
Using XF86Setup to generate XF86Config runs OK till it comes time to test
the configuration. Then it gives me nothing but hash and a blurred display,
regardless of the resolution/color depth. I've checked and re-checked, read
the README's, Release Notes, FAQ's. I'm not doing anything fancy - generic
101 keyboard, Logitech Marble FX trackball using PS/2 driver, any
resolution/color depth gratefully accepted. The Mach64 server is supposed to
work with this video card!!!
The only time anything affects the hash is if I set the options
"no_program_clocks", "no_bios_clocks", and "override_bios", then provide a
Modeline for standard 640x480 and a Clocks line. I get a stable and crisp
display now. However, what appears is 1/3 of the normal display repeated 3
times. Three vertical strips all containing the identical portion of the
display. But it's rock steady and as clear as a bell. If anyone out there
has one running, please help. Send XF86Config files, guesses, documents to
read, names. I really want to get this one running. BTW, this card works
beautifully under NT 4.0.
Thanks in advance,
TJ
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From: James Stafford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Anyone know if a Nvidia TNT-2 will work with X11?
Date: Sat, 15 May 1999 00:04:30 -0700
Norbert Goebel wrote:
> Stefano \"stefano76\" Bellodi wrote:
>
> > System Administrator wrote:
> >
> > > forgive my ignorance, but i just purchased a machine with the riva tnt
> > > chipset and could not find support for it either. at present i do not wish
> > > to move to suse (i have redhat 5.2), and have read that X now supports the
> > > chipset, just not it's 3d capabilities. if this is this true, where/how
> > > might i gain this support ? would it involve recompiling the kernel ? i have
> > > only limited experience with this (kernel stuff) and any advice is
> > > appreciated.
> > >
> >
> > The TNT1 chipset is supported by Xfree86 3.3.3.1, tou don't need to recompile
> > the kernel, just to configure X with Xconfigurator or XF86Setup or xf86config
> > or anything else...support for TNT1 is avaible in the card list of the
> > configuration utilities as viper 550, and RIVA TNT, but only color depth up to
> > 16 bit is supported for now.
> >
> > PS: instead i'd like to know how to get working a TNT2:)
>
> And why have I got my TNT1 card working with 32-bit colordepth?
> BTW, it is funny, 24-bit does not work, but 32-bit option works (but many
> programs report this 32-bit to be 24-bit).
>
> Norbert
Yeah... why is my TNT1 card running at 32 bit too!
jamess
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Tiny Linux Boxes?
Date: Sat, 15 May 1999 07:06:26 GMT
In article <7h9frj$n42$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Per Jessen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> bryan wrote in message ...
> >that name doesn't resolve. do you have an IP for them?
>
> Perhaps it should have been http://www.fireplug.com ?
>
> [snip]
> >: Peat Bakke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> >: > Heya,
> >: >
> >: > I'm trying to build a tiny Linux box to act as a router and
gateway.
> In
> >: > theory, I could go the traditional route, spend $400 on hardware,
and
> have
> >: > a functional machine .. but where's the style? ;)
> >: >
> >: > So, with price issues aside, how would I go about building the
smallest
> >: > Linux box I can with the following specs:
> >: >
> >: > 3 100Base-T ethernet cards
> >: > 32MB RAM
> >: > 1GB hard drive
> >: > basic VGA output *
> >: > a serial port
> >: > a keyboard port *
> >: >
> >: > .. items with a * are only for the initial installation and
> configuration
> >: > purposes, and can be removed later. I'll have it configured to
dump
> >: > logging information over the serial port to my workstation.
> >: >
> >: > Can anyone help me?
>
> I'm not certain exactly what it is you're after, but I've got my
old 486
> running
> as router/gateway/firewall. It's 16Mb, 486Dx2, 340Mb, no video, no
> keyboard,
> otherwise standard.
???????????????????????????????????????????????
How did you managed to get ride of the video board. The BIOS setup
doesn't allow me to do it. How can you run an old 486 mother board
without a video board. I'll like to know that. Thanks in advance.
============================================
> I used SuSE 5.3, kernel 2.0.36, plus the standard firewalling,
> masquerading and
> diald tools.
> I read the HOWTOs, and spent perhaps a weekend getting it to work.
> What I would call tiny would be if I powered up the old 386SX25 I've
got
> somewhere
> and got Linux running on that - 2MB, no SIMMs. Not much point,
though.
>
> Per Jessen, ENIDAN Technologies, London
>
>
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From: James Stafford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.debian.user,comp.os.linux.misc,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: What happened to fdformat
Date: Sat, 15 May 1999 00:31:39 -0700
Rob Komar wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> : I know this sounds stupid, but I used to think that you can low-level
> : format a floppy in Linux using "fdformat". Well, on my Debian system
> : this is what I get:
> : ----------------------------------
> : histria ~ # fdformat
> : bash: fdformat: command not found
> : histria ~ # man fdformat
> : No manual entry for fdformat
> : -----------------------------------
> : (as root). How can I format a floppy ?
>
> fdformat is part of the util-linux-2.9X package. You could download
> the source code and build it yourself if you're feeling adventurous.
>
> Cheers,
> Rob Komar
That's hoe I got fdformat on my Slackware boxes. Except I downloaded it
separately off the net some where.
jamess
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From: James Stafford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.comp.hardware,alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt,alt.comp.hardware.overclocking
Subject: Re: removing cooling fans--how dangerous?
Date: Sat, 15 May 1999 00:16:09 -0700
Justin The Cynical wrote:
> On Thu, 13 May 1999 08:21:41 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> [snip]
>
> ->But seriously, heat dissipation of a heat sink is proportional to size
>
> [snip]
>
> Actually, IIRC, the more *surface area* a heat sink has is what makes
> or breaks a given heat sink, not the size. So, if I am right, and I think I
> am, a smaller heatsink with more surface area (i.e. more 'fins') will work
> better than a large block of heat sink metal that has no fins. There is a
> reason there are so many fins on a sink.
>
> In any case, I don't see why people complain about noisy fans and
> computers. I'd rather have a noisy but cool system than a quiet one that looks
> like it was made by Dali. :-) I'm become so used to hearing my fans and
> drives spinning, if I had a real quiet system, I would wonder what was wrong.
>
> I guess this makes me a real geek, eh?
>
> --
> "So does the Leatherman Micra. It has tweezers too but I find that I need
> the pliers on the SuperTool in order to deal adequately with my nasal hair."
> - Giles Todd, Monk
> Justin The Cynical, Bastard of Smaug - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I have this Zeos Pantera Pentium 133 Mhz computer that someone gave to me. It did
not have a fan on the cpu just a big heat sink. What I mean by big is, the part of
the heat sink that comes into contact with the cpu is thin, the fins are about 2
inches long. I ran this computer for about 1 year like this with no problems at
all, of course the case has a fan in the front of it that blows in towards the
cpu. I took the old mother board out of this computer and put another one in so I
could upgrade to 233 Mhz. The 233 Mhz has a fan already so I guess I got a little
extra circulation in my box. I like the sound of my computer too. Does anyone know
where I can get any info about this motherboard that came with this Zeos computer?
I remember seeing somewhere where there is a web site that has info on all types
of motherboards.
jamess
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: no cdrom iso9660 in Redhat 6.0 build
Date: Sat, 15 May 1999 07:55:06 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I have successfully been using Redhat 5.2 on an older Pentium box. I
attempted to upgrade to Redhat 6.0 today. Following the install I
attempted to mount a CD from my drive.
mount -t iso9660 -r /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom
I get a complaint message back that states the kernel does not provice
iso9660 support. This is really lame as this works fine in 5.2. Going
back to 5.2 until Redhat gets this fixed.
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From: "roger jaeck" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Serial Card / Setserial Help
Date: Sat, 15 May 1999 10:14:45 +0200
hello ,
I get two serial pci cards, but I can't configure it for new device.
The Kernel found the card: With "cat /proc/pci" the result was
Bus 0, device 15, function 0:
Network controller: PLX PLX9050 PCI <-> IOBus Bridge (rev 1).
Medium devsel. Fast back-to-back capable. IRQ 11.
Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xe1002000.
I/O at 0x6400.
I/O at 0x6500.
I/O at 0x6600.
So how can I use setserial to get a new ttyS* - dev. Or must I setup new
device and run setserial afterwards?
Thanks a lot for your help
roger
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From: charlg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: ide 0 :irq timeout(2)
Date: Thu, 13 May 1999 14:59:09 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I've forgotten to specify which distribution of Linux I use : it's
Redhat 5.2, kernel 2.0.36, not recompiled.
thomas, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Thank you
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Michael Proto)
Subject: Re: help me with LT winmodem
Date: 15 May 1999 08:30:27 GMT
On Fri, 14 May 1999 18:38:11 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] muttered:
>hi :
> i am sean , and i have "lt winmodem" in my machine . i want to how to get
>it work for linux
>i have redhat 5.2 . it is ture the winmodem is not support??
>
>
>
>
Won't work. No winmodem currently works under Linux. You'd have better
luck with an external modem.
LT Winmodems are $29 paperweights in my book, and I tech them for a
living.
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ERROR: REALITY.SYS Corrupted! Reboot universe? (Y/n)
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Date: Sat, 15 May 1999 10:34:59 +0200
From: Markus Maier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Wrong disk size under LINUX!!!!!
I'm trying to install SuSE Linux (Vers. 6.0) on my computer. LINUX
recognizes my hard disk (Fujitsu MP3052AT), but only with 2014 MB
instead of 5025 MB. That's why I can't create new partitions during the
installation process. I tried the disk in another computer, but with the
same result (So I think the EIDE-controller is not the problem. My
mainboard is ASUS P55/T2P4). I also tried the different EIDE-Kernels of
the SuSe system, but it was all the same. I don't want to delete my
windows partitions on this drive.
My drives are all a little strange.
primary Master HP SureStore 8100 (CD-Writer)
primary Slave LiteOn 384 (CD-ROM)
Secondary Master Fujitsu MP3052AT (HDD)
Secondary Slave Seagate HDD
That's the sole configuration that runs under win95. When I change it
the CD-Drives are not recognized.
When I start the LINUX rescue-system from the CD and then "fdisk
/dev/hdc", the result is "unable to read /dev/hdc".
My partitions are:
1 GB primary for win95
4 GB ext
1 GB FAT
1 GB FAT
1,5 GB free (for LINUX)
0,5 GB FAT
Can anybody help me?
Thanks in advance
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: 3Com 3C900B card support broken
Date: Sat, 15 May 1999 07:40:51 GMT
I installed Redhat 6.0 today. I like the install menus in 5.2 much
better. My 3Com Etherlink 10Mb 3C900B-TPO card works fine under 5.2.
However, following the install of 6.0 I can't get the system to
recognize the card is in the machine. Ifconfig certainly does not see
it. I USED THE IDENTICAL NETWORK SETTINGS as with 5.2 yet it does not
work. I finally reinstalled 5.2 and voila! The card works fine on the
network. I believe the card support under 6.0 is screwed up in some
way. Certainly not worth my time to find out.
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From: Doug <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: ISA Plug and Play (Pray)
Date: Sat, 15 May 1999 03:26:31 -0400
Chris wrote:
> It seems to be a common problem getting a PnP modem online with linux.
> I've narrowed the process down but cannot get completely online. Can
> anyone confirm this process:
> cd /etc
> pnpdump > isapnp.conf
> (I edit the isapnp.conf to match my modem, switching DEBUG on)
> isapnp isapnp.conf
>
> now, at this stage, if I've configured everything properly in
> isapnp.conf, will it show up when I type cat /proc/interrupts and cat
> /proc/ioports, indicating the new IO address and interrupt? Nothing new
> ever shows up there and my modem remains unrecognized. In the
> troubleshooting process I need to confirm that checking the interrupts
> is a valid test of whether or not the process was successful. Can anyone
> confirm this who has had to use isapnp tools?
> Chris
I wouldnt switch on debug in the isapnp.conf file. Also, i asumme u type
full path to isapnp.conf as the argument to isapnp? (or u r typing it in
the /etc dir)...then u should see a line like board 1 regongnized
as........
then after that u have to use setserial to set the com port info, u might
get lucky by just running the rc.serial script manually after running
isapnp assumming yer isapnp.conf file is setup right
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From: "Tony" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Who makes the best cases??
Date: Sat, 15 May 1999 18:37:54 +1000
Compaq !!!
Jete Software Inc. wrote in message <7hhqhb$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>It seems that I am forever opening my Linux boxes to upgrade one thing or
>another. I would just love to have a computer case like the Mac G3,
>where it just splits open in half allowing easy access to all of the
>components.
>
>I doubt that there is anything like that available in the PC market, and so
>far all of the PC cases that I have ever seen (including Enlights) seemed
>like cheap crap.
>
>Does anyone make a good PC case?? Or at least who makes the best of the
>current field of cases (I hope that it isn't Enlight).
>
>-- Norman
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From: Mark Hahn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: AMD K6-2 Problems
Date: 15 May 1999 05:18:51 GMT
> This sounds like the problem I am getting with a new FIC VA503+ w/ K6-2 350. I am
>booting successfully with a floppy now, but I wish I could get back to the
> usual way of booting from the hard disk boot partition in /
Linux does _not_ have problems with properly configured K6-2 systems.
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From: James Stafford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: mouse, gpm and X
Date: Sat, 15 May 1999 00:28:23 -0700
"Clifton T. Sharp Jr." wrote:
> Zoran Cutura wrote:
> > > Section "Pointer"
> > > Protocol "MouseSystems"
> > > Device "/dev/gpmdata" # this works
> > > # Device "/dev/mouse" # this doesn't
> > > BaudRate 1200
> > > Buttons 3
> > > # Emulate3Timeout 50
> > > ClearDTR # doesn't matter
> > > ClearRTS # ditto
> > > EndSection
> >
> > question:
> > where does /dev/mouse point to?
> >
> > This is not a device! you could either change the pointer-section to
> > something like /dev/ttyS0 or /dev/cua0 or you could 'ln -s /dev/tyyS0
> > /dev/mouse'
> > If your mouse id a ps/2 you would use /dev/psaux as the device!
>
> /dev/mouse is exactly that, a symbolic link to /dev/ttyS0. I've also tried
> putting
> Device "/dev/ttyS0"
> in place of the "/dev/gpmdata" line, no joy there either.
>
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Try this, go to /usr/X11R6/bin do a "vi startx" right up toward the top of the
file you see a command that starts something like "bin sh". Right before this
first command type "gpm -k" and save the file. I have a LogiTech 3 button mouse
and I was having all kinds of problems getting it to work with all 3 buttons. I
did the above fix and I haven't had a problem since, all three buttons work in X
and all. I do get an error message when X first starts saying something like "gpm
-k command not found" but it still works. If you want to get technical you could
write the command the proper way (I'm a little lazy) just copy the first command
you see in the startx file and substitute the path name for gmp and put "gpm -k"
in there.
Hope this helps,
jamess
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From: "Tony" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: 3Com cards address reported wrong
Date: Sat, 15 May 1999 18:41:09 +1000
set the card to NOT PnP
David Lisle wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>My 3com card which is 3c905B works fine when I boot to windows 98
>but when I boot ot linux the cards I/O is different and the
>hardware address shows up as ff ff ff ff ff ff
>the cards IRQ is the same as for windows
>
>eth0: 3c905 at 0xc000 tag 1, 10baseT port, address ff ff ff ff ff ff,
>IRQ 5
>
>Windows 98 reports that it is using a different hardware address. What
>is going on here?
>Can anybody help? The hardware address reported by linux cannot possibly
>be right. This
>is all on an ASUS pentium II motherboard.
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From: "Tony" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Config SCSI DDS drive
Date: Sat, 15 May 1999 18:42:40 +1000
the device will be
/dev/st0
Scsi tape 1
try tar
change into the directory you want to backup
type in
tar cf /dev/st0 .
hope it helps
Tony
Stephen wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>I installed a Segate SCSI-2 DDS2 tape drive into my Linux box. But I
>don't know which device file to use. The host ID is 0, channel ID is 0
>device ID is 5, LUN ID 0.
>Also, what command/application should I use to operate the drive?
>
>Many thanks.
>
>
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From: Julian Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.solaris.x86
Subject: Re: Hard drive problem/Config question
Date: Sat, 15 May 1999 19:29:58 +1000
Try, running fdisk /mbr to erase the boot partition, if it won't allow you
to delete the logical partitions, try creating 1 logical partition, this
helped me remove the partition when i had a similar problem. I tried to
install solaris on my second physical drive but it doesn't allow it, i don't
know why. But remember the ide drive will boot first before the scsi.
I hope this helps in some way
Niels Voorhoeve wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I had Linux and Windows installed on my 3.8G IDE, and then bought a
> Seagate 4.3G SCSI drive on which I thought I could install Solaris 7,
> but wasn't able to. Well, the IDE drive failed (data reading error) and
> I can't format it in FDISK (won't let me delete any logical or other
> partitions). Supposedly this may be due to Partition-It.
>
> So I installed Windows on the SCSI, and that's where I'm at now.
> Wasting my speedy SCSI drive on Windows. So my questions are:
>
> 1 - How do I fix my IDE drive.
> 2 - If I can fix it, is it possible to install OS's on both the IDE and
> SCSI drive. If yes, is it possible to install Windows on the IDE and
> have the Linux and Solaris on the SCSI? Would some other permutation
> make more sense?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Niels
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From: "Efi Merdler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Configuring my Isdn card -Tigerjet
Date: Fri, 14 May 1999 21:18:35 +0300
Hi
I have a problem with my Isdn card.
My card was manufactured by Tigerjet(www.tigerjet.com) and I am sure that it
is supported under the Netjet driver(Hisax).
When I try to configure my card using yast I get an error,I looked at
/var/log/messages and I found the following errors :
May 12 14:19:54 merdler kernel: ISDN subsystem Rev:
1.72/1.62/1.82/1.45/1.12/1.2 loaded
May 12 14:19:54 merdler kernel: HiSax: Linux Driver for passive ISDN cards
May 12 14:19:54 merdler kernel: HiSax: Version 3.1a (module)
May 12 14:19:54 merdler kernel: HiSax: Layer1 Revision 2.31
May 12 14:19:54 merdler kernel: HiSax: Layer2 Revision 2.16
May 12 14:19:54 merdler kernel: HiSax: TeiMgr Revision 2.11
May 12 14:19:54 merdler kernel: HiSax: Layer3 Revision 2.8
May 12 14:19:54 merdler kernel: HiSax: LinkLayer Revision 2.25
May 12 14:19:54 merdler kernel: HiSax: Approval certification valid
May 12 14:19:54 merdler kernel: HiSax: Approved with ELSA Quickstep series
cards
May 12 14:19:54 merdler kernel: HiSax: Approval registration numbers:
May 12 14:19:54 merdler kernel: HiSax: German D133361J CETECOM ICT Services
GmbH
May 12 14:19:54 merdler kernel: HiSax: EU (D133362J) CETECOM ICT Services
GmbH
May 12 14:19:54 merdler kernel: HiSax: Total 1 card defined
May 12 14:19:54 merdler kernel: HiSax: Card 1 Protocol EDSS1 Id=HiSax (0)
May 12 14:19:54 merdler kernel: HiSax: Traverse Tech. NETjet driver Rev. 1.8
May 12 14:19:54 merdler kernel: NETjet: PCI card configured at 0x6000 IRQ 10
May 12 14:19:54 merdler kernel: NETjet: ISAC version (0): 2086/2186 V1.1
May 12 14:19:54 merdler kernel: NETjet: IRQ 10 count 0
May 12 14:19:54 merdler kernel: NETjet: IRQ 10 count 0
May 12 14:19:54 merdler kernel: NETjet: IRQ(10) getting no interrupts during
init 1
May 12 14:19:54 merdler kernel: NETjet: IRQ 10 count 0
May 12 14:19:54 merdler kernel: NETjet: IRQ(10) getting no interrupts during
init 2
May 12 14:19:54 merdler kernel: NETjet: IRQ 10 count 0
May 12 14:19:54 merdler kernel: NETjet: IRQ(10) getting no interrupts during
init 3
May 12 14:19:54 merdler kernel: HiSax: Card NETjet not installed !
May 12 14:19:54 merdler kernel: ISDN-subsystem unloaded
Someone suggested that maybe there is a collision between my card and other
devices,well I looked at /proc/interrupts and /proc/pci, here is the
contents of those files :
CPU0
0: 14467 XT-PIC timer
1: 101 XT-PIC keyboard
2: 0 XT-PIC cascade
4: 23 XT-PIC serial
8: 2 XT-PIC rtc
13: 1 XT-PIC fpu
14: 53264 XT-PIC ide0
15: 6 XT-PIC ide1
NMI: 0
PCI devices found:
Bus 0, device 0, function 0:
Host bridge: Intel 82437 (rev 2).
Medium devsel. Master Capable. Latency=32.
Bus 0, device 7, function 0:
ISA bridge: Intel 82371FB PIIX ISA (rev 2).
Medium devsel. Fast back-to-back capable. Master Capable. No
bursts.
Bus 0, device 7, function 1:
IDE interface: Intel 82371FB PIIX IDE (rev 2).
Medium devsel. Fast back-to-back capable. Master Capable.
Latency=32.
I/O at 0x3000 [0x3001].
Bus 0, device 8, function 0:
Network controller: TigerJet Tiger300 ISDN (rev 0).
Medium devsel. IRQ 10. Master Capable. Latency=8.
I/O at 0x6000 [0x6001].
Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xe4000000 [0xe4000000].
Bus 0, device 10, function 0:
VGA compatible controller: 3Dfx Banshee (rev 3).
Fast devsel. Fast back-to-back capable. IRQ 11.
Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xe0000000 [0xe0000000].
Prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xe2000000 [0xe2000008].
I/O at 0x6100 [0x6101].
I can not see any collision .
What is the problem ?
Thank you
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"You do not have to be smart in order to think"
Efi Merdler 1999 AD
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From: Mark Hahn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.tyan,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: UDMA33 hard drive runs at 6 megs/second - WTF?
Date: 15 May 1999 05:31:14 GMT
In comp.os.linux.hardware The Everette's <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Tht's about right. What type of sustained transfer rate were you looking
> for?
he's right: it's too slow. the disk should be delivering more like 8-12MB/s.
>> Having just built this system, using a TYAN S1590S board, bios 1.14, and
>> buying a UDMA33 capable drive, also according to the docs, PIO modes 3
>> and 4 are supported.
you certainly don't want pio.
>> Under RH linux 5.2, original kernel 2.0.36 it default powerups at 4.75
why are you running a kernel that's basically 3 years old?
>> megs/second. Regardless of what I do in the bios, or with hdparm (many
>> of the operations are 'not supported'), the best I can get it to do is
>> about 6.75 megs/second.
get 2.2.9, and configure it to support your controller (VIA82C586).
>> The drive is a WDC AC14300R, FwRev 15.01J15
it's not the fastest drive, but you should be seeing >10 MB/s
on outer tracks.
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From: Sebastien HUET <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: Linux on an embedded 486
Date: Sat, 15 May 1999 09:59:54 +0200
Bill Feero wrote:
> I need to create a 4-port terminal server on an diskless 486 based
> embedded system. This system will not have a hard or floppy drive,
> display, keyboard, or BIOS. It will have 16 Megs of RAM, 2 Megs of
> Flash to store the image and file system, 4 serial ports, and a
> network connection. I have the HOWTO on creating a boot floppy, can I
> create a bootable RAMDISK?
sure
> If I can, then I can save the ramdisk and download it into the flash
> on the target 486. I have RedHat v5.2, does anyone know if I can
> compile the kernel so it has no BIOS calls ? I would think removing
> the PC devices (hard drive, display, keyboard, etc) these calls would
> also go.
Hi bill, you may usefull links on http://linuxembedded.com.
about bios you may find answers at
http://www.waste.org/~zanshin where is the best mailing list about linux
& embedded stuff.
Keep me in touch about your project.
Bye
Seb
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