Linux-Hardware Digest #241, Volume #10 Sat, 15 May 99 14:13:37 EDT
Contents:
Isapnp modems. (Chris)
Re: in search of low profile computer cases (Wolfgang Denk)
Re: AMD K6-III -- does it work? (bryan)
Re: Iwill 2930C SCSI adaptor, Linux 2.2.5 (Suse 6.1) ok for CDW? (David Cook)
CD-RW on RedHat 6.0 .... ("Gary L. Robinson")
Hercules Terminator does not work ("Karl Lewalter")
Re: serial mouse (Geoff Short)
Re: COMPAQ Armada 6500 help needed ("Anders �stling")
Re: LG CDROM Problem - CRD-8400B (Peter Brookes)
ASUS-P2B-DS feels slow (Kari Laine)
Master 290 IDE controller
Re: UDMA33 hard drive runs at 6 megs/second - WTF? ("Gene Heskett")
usernet help: ("David Leathers")
PC Speaker (Bob)
HELP ASUS P2BS (Gaetano Bellanca)
MPEG on Linux (Eric M Yeh)
Re: Tiny Linux Boxes? (Tmack)
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From: Chris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Isapnp modems.
Date: Sat, 15 May 1999 09:34:50 -0700
I'm trying to configure isapnp to recognize my isa pnp modem. If I do
the following:
pnpdump > /etc/isapnp.conf
(edit the isapnp.conf for my modem (cua3, int 3) )
isapnp /etc/isapnp.conf
If this is successful can I test it by using the commands cat
/proc/interrupts and cat /proc/ioports ? At this stage will there then
be the addition of ioport 0x02e8 and interrupt 3? I'm trying to
troubleshoot to get my modem recognized and I think I've narrowed down
to where the problem is because checking the ioports and interrupts
never reveals a newly assigned port or interrupt.
Thanks for any help.
Chris
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From: Wolfgang Denk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: in search of low profile computer cases
Date: Sat, 15 May 1999 11:38:11 GMT
"Clifton T. Sharp Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>Wolfgang Denk wrote:
>> Today a PowerPC system (Motorola MPC8xx, 64 MB RAM, 8 MB FLASH,
>> serial, parallel, ethernet, ...) is available on a "motherboard" less
>> than half a credit card (54 x 45 mm� to be exact). This fits nearly
>> anywhere...
>Wow. How big a truck do you need to carry the money to pay for it?
Well, about twice as big as the module - you probably need a *whole*
credit card :-(
The list price per module is $ 595.- ; for large volumes, this is
probably negotiable.
>I bet that tiny little 1/2" monitor is hard on the eyes. :-)
Ummm... with the MPC821 version of the module you can connect a LCD
display; however, this type of module is larger (54 x 81 mm�) and
more expensive (list price $795.-).
Wolfgang Denk
--
Software Engineering: Embedded and Realtime Systems, Embedded Linux
Phone: (+49)-8142-4596-87 Fax: -88 Home: -86 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
It's hard to make a program foolproof because fools are so ingenious.
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From: bryan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: AMD K6-III -- does it work?
Date: Sat, 15 May 1999 14:16:26 GMT
if your cpu and ram REALLY work together (no sig 11 timing problems) then sure, linux
will run fine.
linux has no real processor-specific needs. no processor is 'blocked'
from running like some bios and o/s does. ie, if you can run win*,
you should be able to run linux.
Arif H Saleem <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: hi
: I'd like some advice regarding the AMD K6-III chips .. I am thinking of
: buying a 400MHz chip maybe with an ASUS motherboard and was wondering if
: anyone has any advice regarding this choice as far as Red Hat 6 is
: concerned ...
: I have noticed some people say (about the K6-2) that its fine while
: others have unfortunate stories to tell ...
: Is there any official statement from anyone 'official' about
: AMD K6-III compatibility ?
: The AMD Site simply states 'Linux Red Hat' with no release numbers and I
: couldn't find anything on the Red Hat site.
: Thanks and regards
: arif
--
Bryan
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David Cook)
Crossposted-To: aus.computers.linux
Subject: Re: Iwill 2930C SCSI adaptor, Linux 2.2.5 (Suse 6.1) ok for CDW?
Date: Sat, 15 May 1999 15:30:27 GMT
On Sat, 15 May 1999 12:05:44 +1000, Taso Hatzi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>
>Sandra Silcot wrote:
>>
>> Has anyone out there been successful getting an Iwill SIDE 2930C SCSI
>> adaptor to work with the 2.2.5 kernel?
>>
>
>I too wound up with one these cards when I bought a Panasonic writer.
>I'm still sussing it out, but one thing that is immediately apparent
>is that the card doesn't seem to support booting from anything
>connected to it.
I too bought an Iwill, I think it was the 2930 model. It uses
the Advansys driver (and at the time, I was convinced that I'd
bought a useless (for Linux) SCSI card, and it took me a lot of
Web searching to find out that it was ok).
I don't know why the Iwlll documentation doesn't mention
this anywhere, nor why the kernel documentation doesn't
say that this Iwill card is supported ...
As for booting from it, it works fine for me ...
David.
(david.cook at pobox.com)
(in Melbourne, Australia)
David.
(david.cook at pobox.com)
(in Melbourne, Australia)
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From: "Gary L. Robinson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: CD-RW on RedHat 6.0 ....
Date: Sat, 15 May 1999 11:16:37 -0400
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi,
I am a Linux newbie -- about a month old.
I really would like to get my CD-RW machine set up and running
on my RedHat 6.0 installation. I have read the GOD_AWFUL HOWTO on
CD Writing. I have added the appropriate modules, created the
device files in /dev, and generally screwed around for days
without getting anywhere.
I've also installed mkhybrid and mkisofs ....
Running cdrecord -scanbus still gets me a "no taget found"
message.
Sure could use some help.
Is there a site with CD-RW setup info for people who aren't
Linux gurus? Any documentation for people who aren't Unix experts?
Please don't refer me to the "CD-Writing" HOWTO .... it is too
generic and doesn't seem to specifically cover IDE drives (mine is
a HP-7100 CD-RW). It also references several files that aren't
a part of my Linux distribution.
Some specific info from a RedHat 6.0 person would be better.
--
>From the Redhat 6.0 KDE Desktop
Gary L. Robinson
email : [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "Karl Lewalter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Hercules Terminator does not work
Date: 15 May 1999 15:39:33 GMT
Hi,
i want to install Suse Linux 6.1 with Kernel 2.2.3, but my Hercules
Terminator 128 GLH APG card does not work properly with X windows. It
contains the S3 Trio-3D chipset, which does not seem to be supportet. Is
there any other configuration which might work ?
Thanks. :-))
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Geoff Short)
Subject: Re: serial mouse
Date: 14 May 1999 13:08:30 GMT
hellraiser ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
: ok, i just bought a 'genius 3-button easymouse' off cdw.com to replace
: this old crappy ps/2 mouse i had. well, i took the thing out of the box
: and to my dismay it was a serial mouse, not ps/2. well, i first tried
: rebooting with the mouse in the first 9-pin serial port (forgot which
: device that is... /dev/cua0?) and of course that didn't work. next, i
: tried recompiling my kernel with just about every option that i thought
: would even possibly and remotely relate to supporting a serial mouse
: selected, and rebooted but the mouse still didn't work. how do i get a
: serial mouse to work?? i checked the howto's, but i didn't find
: anything that would help me. i also hope this isn't a frequently asked
: question.
Solutions to your problem may be found in the 3 Button Serial mouse
mini-HOWTO. The latest version is at:
http://kipper.york.ac.uk/mouse.html
The HOWTOs are included in most distibutions: look in /usr/doc/faq/howto
or /usr/doc/HOWTO. Current versions are downloadable from your local
sunsite.unc.edu mirror.
Geoff
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Ever sit and watch ants? They're always busy with Geoff Short
something, never stop for a moment. I just [EMAIL PROTECTED]
can't identify with that kind of work ethic. http://kipper.york.ac.uk/~geoff
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From: "Anders �stling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: COMPAQ Armada 6500 help needed
Date: Fri, 14 May 1999 15:04:39 +0200
Hi
I have read Matts page about the Armada 6500 and I can only agree. Matt's
internal network and modem card is (for some reason) disabled and replaced
with a seperate LAN card. I uses my Xircom card, and it works great with the
defautl settings from the PCMCIA-3.0.7 package (I have currently the SUSE
6.0 running with full networking and PCMCIA suupport).
I also used same procedure as Matt to configure X. Very nice and crisp
display.
If you have any specific questions, I will try to help you as far as I can.
Matt Foster wrote in message <7hep0m$n5b$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>In comp.os.linux.portable Joseph D. Carvalho <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>: I'd like any info on configuring linux for the above system.
>: It does have the Xircom net/serial card internal.
>: It does have the RAGE LT video controller.
>
>
>I have Slackware 3.6 running on this beast. Take a look at
>http://www.molnir.demon.co.uk/armada.html
>for my witterings on how I got the various bits working.
>
>Good luck,
>
>Matt
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Peter Brookes)
Subject: Re: LG CDROM Problem - CRD-8400B
Date: Sat, 15 May 1999 22:56:47 GMT
Hi,
I have this cdrom drive as a master on the second controller and it
works fine there.
hth
peter
"John B" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I had a similar problem, just disabled the cd-rom in bios and it still
>picked it up when linux and 98/NT booted works fine for me like this - don't
>think this cd-rom likesbeing a slave under linux
>Syed Khader Vali <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
>news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>> Hi there,
>> I have a client who wants a mail server setup. The configuration of the
>> system is as follows.
>> P-II 350 MHZ
>> primary master- 4.3gb HDD
>> primary slave - LG-CDROM drive - CRD-8400B
>> 64MB RAM
>> I have installed every available flavour of linux using the bootable
>> CDROM.
>> The installation procedure is smooth and the linux gets installed.
>> But, after installation when i boot to linux, it hangs after detecting
>> the CDROM drive
>> please help me out in this regard.
>> Thank you in advance
>> regards
>> Khader
>>
>>
>> --
>> Syed Khader Vali
>>
>> Linux - The Choice of the GNU Generation
>>
>> www.sholay.com
>>
>>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kari Laine)
Crossposted-To: alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.asus
Subject: ASUS-P2B-DS feels slow
Date: Thu, 13 May 1999 12:52:35 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Dear All,
I bought a new machine which has ASUS P2B-DS mobo. The supplier has
not done a good work and I have experienced several problems with the
machine. Right now I am investigating the fact that it feels really
slow to be a high end machine.
Specs of the machine:
2 x PIII processors 500 Mhz
512MB RAM
L1 Cache 32
L2 Cache 512
Right now I am investigating the disk throughput which should be
80M/sec with the onboard LVD 7890 adapter.
I used ZD WinBench 99 to test the disk speed. It gives with
NT 4.0 Service Pack 3 about 20M/sec
Windows 98 it only gives 10-15M/sec
Of course the ZD has not done LinuxBench 99 to support the best
operating system around :-) Is there tools to meter Linux disk
performance or do I have to write my own. In the /proc under scsi
Linux gives channel speed as 80M/sec but thats theoretical value I
guess or otherwise Linux would beat the hell out of the competition.
Has anyone tested their machine with WinBench 99? Is it any good?
I also has a vague feeling my bios setup is not correct. Can someone
compare the following values and maybe send theirs for me to compare.
I would also love to get some explanation for these parameters, any
pointers would be fine. The bios values are :
BIOS FEATURES SETUP
CPU Level 1 Cache : enabled
CPU Level 2 Cache : enabled
CPU Level 2 Cache ECC Check : disabled
....
PCI/VGA Palette Snoop : disabled
Video ROM BIOS Shadow : enabled
all the ranges from C8000-DFFFF shadow are disabled
CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP
SDRAM Configuration : By SPD
SDRAM CAS Latency : 3T
SDRAM RAS to CAS delay : 2T
SDRAM RAS Precharge Time : 2T
DRAM Idle Timer : 10T
SDRAM MA Wait State : Normal
Snoop Ahead : enabled
Host Bus Fast Data Ready : disabled
16-bit I/O Recovery time : 1 BUSCLK
8-bit I/O Recovery time : 1 BUSCLK
Graphics Aperture Size : 64MB
Video Memory Cache Mode : UC
PCI 2.1 Support : Enabled
Memory Hole At 15M-16M : disabled
DRAM are 72 bits wide
Data Integrity Mode : ECC
...
ECP DMA Select : disabled <== I cannot change this-why?
Are there any values which could affect performance? Please help!
Best Regards
Kari Laine
LinuxWare Oy Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hiidenm�enkuja 15 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
03100 NUMMELA Tel. +358-(0)19-334618/334659
FINLAND Fax. +358-(0)19-334627
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From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Master 290 IDE controller
Date: 15 May 1999 16:39:59 GMT
Hi!
How can I enable DMA for Tekram "Master 290" Bus-Mastering IDE controller?
Please, answer by e-mail, I can't browse such a big conference....
--
Flamer
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Date: 15 May 99 10:18:46 -0500
From: "Gene Heskett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: UDMA33 hard drive runs at 6 megs/second - WTF?
Crossposted-To: alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.tyan,comp.os.linux.setup
Reply to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Gene Heskett sends Greetings to Mark Hahn;
MH> 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?
MH> he's right: it's too slow. the disk should be delivering more like
MH> 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.
MH> you certainly don't want pio.
>>> Under RH linux 5.2, original kernel 2.0.36 it default powerups at 4.75
MH> why are you running a kernel that's basically 3 years old?
Thats what comes with the RH5.2 (Unleashed) distrib. A distribution I
now consider to be thoroughly broken, since I've had to get XF86 stuffs
from the 6.0 to make my video work, and the libc from that distrib, plus
printtool and rhs-printfilters from the 6.0 database, just to get the 2
main things to work, video, and printing!
>>> 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.
MH> get 2.2.9, and configure it to support your controller (VIA82C586).
I just did get that last night. At ~700cps :(
What else do I need to get to keep pppd working? I understand the
version I have is killed by later kernels.
I had downloaded that to /root, then moved it to my ls120 which brought
the disk up to 50% full, and bzip2 -d can't unpack it, 60 megs is not
enough space. So it just got moved back to the hard drive. I might see
if a fresh disk has enough room.
>>> The drive is a WDC AC14300R, FwRev 15.01J15
Cheers, Gene
--
Gene Heskett, CET, UHK |Amiga A2k Zeus040 50 megs fast/2 megs chip
Ch. Eng. @ WDTV-5 |A2091,GuruRom,1g Seagate,CDROM,Multiface III
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> or |Buddha + 4 gig WDC drive, 525 meg tape
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>|Stylus Pro, EnPrint, Picasso-II, 17" vga
RC5-Moo! 22kkeys/sec isn't much, but it all helps
--
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From: "David Leathers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: usernet help:
Date: Sat, 15 May 1999 10:52:12 -0700
Hi
I have installed my modem using netcfg &, I'm using red hat 6.0
When I run usernet and select ppp0 it seems to dial the modem ok but nothing
happens. It then seems to re-dial over and over without connecting to my
service provider.
Could someone give me some direction as to what I should do next? How do
you know if you are connected to the ISP?
Thanks David:
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From: Bob <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: PC Speaker
Date: Sat, 15 May 1999 10:12:32 -0700
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Does anyone have reference information for driving the speaker? I would
like to generate an audible alert during shutdown.
Thanks
Bob
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From: Gaetano Bellanca <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: HELP ASUS P2BS
Date: Thu, 13 May 1999 13:45:05 +0200
Hi,
I'm having problem installing Linux on a PII400.
I'm using the boot and root disks of the slackware version (net.i and
color.gz).
The system seems to boot regularly but, when using the root disk, it
says:
ext2fs found at block 0
restricting filesystem from 3733 to 144o blocks
loading ram disk into 1440 blocks done
ext2-fs error ....
The motherboard is a ASUS P2B-F rev 1008
any idea?
Thanks in advance
Gaetano Bellanca
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Eric M Yeh)
Subject: MPEG on Linux
Date: 15 May 1999 17:18:08 GMT
Hello,
Does anyone know of any MPEG hardware decoders supported by Linux?
If not, does anyone know how hard it would be to write a device driver for
them??
Thanks
Eric
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Tmack)
Subject: Re: Tiny Linux Boxes?
Date: 15 May 1999 16:49:36 GMT
In article <7hj6dc$j2n$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> [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 *
>> >: >
>
>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.
>
In the bios settings, set the Halt on error: to none.
Most machines will boot without video once that is set.
As for smallest machine, you could spend alot of money and get
a pc-104+ board. Those come with onboard everything almost,
video, IDE, serial, parallel, scsi, keyboard, usb, video-in,
floppy, network...depending on what you want.
They have a special PCI based interface for add-on cards, such
as netcards and sound cards
I was looking to build an mp3 player out of one, until I found
out how much they cost ($1476 for a p166MMx, 32M ram, VGA, 10bT,
com1/2, lpt1, eide, floppy). 10bT/2 cards are about $200 each
so I quickly dropped that idea. They are small though, 4"x3.6"
Tmack
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bleh
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