Linux-Hardware Digest #254, Volume #10 Mon, 17 May 99 07:13:22 EDT
Contents:
Future Domain for Adaptec 2920? ("Fred")
Re: Adaptec 2940UW pci problem... (Fred Horan)
can I use my ALPS MD-1300 printer ? (frenomulax)
Re: Penguin Computing server (The Penguin Knows!)
FS: Extreme Cooling - NIDEC temp sensor 80mm fans@43 CFM ! ("Samurai")
Re: SB Vibra16 Problems. ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Thinnet (BNC) and Wake-on-lan card? (Scott Mark)
Send AT commands to a modem during a PPP connection (FX)
Token-ring cards (Fulajtar Pal)
Re: Problem with HPNetserver LH3's NetRaid Controller and Linux
([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: FIC PA2013 (Hubert CLEONIS)
Cisco 200 ISDN Adapter ("PP")
Re: linux for DECpc 433 ? Is there any? ("Hans Zangger")
Linux on Dual Pentium-II machines ("M.V. Ramana")
Re: no cdrom iso9660 in Redhat 6.0 build (Janos Ero)
Re: Token-ring cards (Owen Brotherwood)
Re: Linux on Dual Pentium-II machines (Tom Hall)
Ping doesn't respond but modem connection on both sides stayed on
([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Linux on Dual Pentium-II machines (Marc)
Re: SoundBlaster Live! and RH 6.0 (Tom Davies)
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From: "Fred" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Future Domain for Adaptec 2920?
Date: 17 May 1999 05:32:41 GMT
Hi,
I want to install the Adaptec 2920 on my machine, through this list I got a
tip that this SCSI card use some Future Domain drivers. Also I understood
that RH supports this, but I'm running Slackware...So what to do. Forget
Slackware and get Red Hat instead....? Or can I find these drivers
anywhere? Anybody knows....?
BR
/Fred
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Fred Horan)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Adaptec 2940UW pci problem...
Date: Mon, 17 May 1999 00:46:59 -0400
Thanks all for your responses,
When we installed RedHat v6.0, the problem evaporated. I am willing to
back the premise made by Krishnan that the SCSI drivers in RH 5.2 are
broken.
Fred
In article <7hl0f8$idj$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Fred Horan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I installed RedHat v5.2 and ran into a problem with an adaptec 2940UW pci
> > board. At bootup I get the following message:
>
> > scsi: aborting command due to timeout: pid 0, scsi0, channel 0, id 0, lun 0,
> > test unit ready 00 00 00 00 00
> > SCSI host 0 abort (pid 0) timed out - resetting
>
> > This message comes up continually with long pauses on the order of a minute
>
> RH 5.2 SCSI stuff is plain broken. I had RH 5.0 running just
> fine on a GW2K system with a Adaptec 2940 Card and a Seagate 9 Gig
> SCSI - I wanted to "upgrade" to RH 5.2 (glibc reasons mostly) -
> I "ordered" RH 5.2 from one of the CD vendors - After a week or so
> or fiddling with it, calling GW2K - reinstalling Windoze etc - and
> talking with _one_ helpful person on the phone - I figured out that
> the SCSI drivers in RH 5.2 are broken.
>
> I got the _exactly_ same messages as you did (do) ...
>
> Get RH 6.0 - this works
>
> <snip snip>
>
> krishnan
--
Fred Horan
Ithaca NY
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (frenomulax)
Subject: can I use my ALPS MD-1300 printer ?
Date: Mon, 17 May 1999 03:53:23 GMT
OK, i'd like to know if i can try to set up my printer next. the catch
is this:
I have an ALPS MD-1300 printer. It is a dye-sublimation printer, which
also prints with a lesser quality set of dyes for everyday use, as
well
as for text (with the black dye). The black prints out beautifully at
1200 dpi, and looks like laser output. The high quality dyes look like
photographs.
Anyway, ALPS says they do not yet have a Linux driver, but they are
working on it. They say to keep an eye out on their web site. In the
meanwhile, is there a way to get this puppy working, even in text
mode?
It is quite a bit different from bubblejets, etc.
Also, what is the difficulty involved with writing a device driver for
a
printer? I have no intention of trying it, it will be many years (if
ever) before I have those skills. Should I expect ALPS (assuming they
are motivated) to be able to do this in a few weeks, a few months, or
a
matter of years ?
It is a really nice printer. I do a lot of work in Photoshop, and am
quite impressed with what I've seen so far from the gimp. I've always
said that Photoshop was one of the main things which makes me need
win95. Of course, I'll have to be able to print...
thanks,
--
arnie sherman
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arnie sherman
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From: ~@~.~ (The Penguin Knows!)
Subject: Re: Penguin Computing server
Date: Sun, 16 May 1999 23:04:13 -0400
Use a load balancer for fault tolerance. :^)
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From: "Samurai" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux.mandrake,biz.comp.hardware,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.chips,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.misc,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.systems,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.video
Subject: FS: Extreme Cooling - NIDEC temp sensor 80mm fans@43 CFM !
Date: Mon, 17 May 1999 00:19:12 -0700
These fans are not only 43 CFM max (oridinary case fans rate 12-14 CFM),
they are temperature sensing. They have a temperature probe that regulates
the speed based on your case temp (22-43 CFM). The fans are completely
quiet. Adding these fans or replacing your existing intake and output fans
with these offers a huge improvement in airflow. These are pre-wired and
ready to plug in. I also have pre-wired Gamma 28 blowers (Squirrel Cage
Fans) which are great for cooling a hot video card, or other internal
airflow applications. These come pre-wired and ready to install in your PC.
The fans are 80mm (3 Inch) standard case fan size. If you can find a 12
volt fan this size that pumps out more than 43 CFM please e-mail me, cause I
think these are the best!
http://auctions.yahoo.com/user/cyberpunani
--Samurai
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,linux.redhat.install
Subject: Re: SB Vibra16 Problems.
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Mon, 17 May 1999 08:08:56 GMT
According to Janet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> I got mine to work by using
> modprobe sound io=0x220 irq=5 dma=1 dma16=3
You are one of the lucky ones. There are a lot of Vibra16 PnPs that
don't do 16-bit DMA (although they do 16-bit D/A conversion.) I am
one of the unlucky ones who had to suffer through several hours to
figure what the f. was up with my card.
-p.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Scott Mark)
Subject: Thinnet (BNC) and Wake-on-lan card?
Date: Mon, 17 May 1999 04:28:29 GMT
I'm looking into a power-managed multiprocessing system.
Essentially, several computers will be set up as a Parallel Virtual
Machine (PVM, see the papers) and will run on an "as-needed" basis.
When not needed, I want the machines to hibernate, to reduce heat created
and power consumption.
What this means is that I want to be able to wake the remote machines
up via the Wake-on-LAN feature of an ethernet card, and then use the
standard power management facilities to suspend unused PCs.
It would be convenient to use the existing 10-base-2 (thinnet, with BNC
connectors) cabling if possible.
But what Wake-On-Lan card supports BNC connectors? I plan to use the
Redhat 6.0 distribution.
Scott Mark
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From: FX <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Send AT commands to a modem during a PPP connection
Date: Mon, 17 May 1999 10:05:58 +0200
Hello,
I want to know if it's possible with LINUX to send AT commands to a
modem, after PPP
connection establishment ...
I want for example to perform File Transfer over PPP, stop the transfer,
send
AT commands for Diagnostic purposes, and then resume the file transfer
...
Thanks for help.
FX
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From: Fulajtar Pal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Token-ring cards
Date: Mon, 17 May 1999 10:55:34 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi,
I have a 3com Velocity ISA16/4 token-ring card. Does anybody know,
where can i find Linux driver for it?
In the kernel I found only two supported cards. No more cards has Linux
support?
Regards,
Pal
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Problem with HPNetserver LH3's NetRaid Controller and Linux
Date: Mon, 17 May 1999 09:18:17 GMT
Hi Marc,
How are you? I hope you are well. I think you did not say yes to probe all
LUN ID`s. Please make a new kernel and do not forget to say yes in SCSI
section to probe all LUN ID's. This should help you. Have a goodone. Mark
Lane
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Marc Eggenberger) wrote:
> Hi there.
>
> I have a HP Netserver LH3 with a HP NetRaid Controller .... I tried to
> install SuSe Linux 6.1 on it ... I booted from the CD and then selected
> the Ami MegaRaid SCSI Module to be loaded .... all went well .. the
> module saw both my logical drives the 4GB Raid0 on Channel 0 for the /
> and the 17GB Raid5 on Channel 1 ... I installed the system .. all went
> well ... then I compilied a suitable kernel with the Ami MegaRaid
> compiled in ... then I restarted and the SCSI driver only saw channel 0
> with the 4GB Raid0 drive ... not the channel 1 .... but when I boot from
> cd and select the Ami MegaRaid module to be loaded then it detects both
> channels ...
>
> anyone knows this behavior? anyone has a solution?
>
> --
> mfg
> Eggenberger Marc
>
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From: Hubert CLEONIS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: FIC PA2013
Date: Mon, 17 May 1999 11:14:56 +0200
Ron Tarrant wrote:
> Bebel wrote:
> >
> > Is the FIC PA2013 motherboard supported by linux ?
>
> My understanding is that the PA2013 is the same as the PA2007 but with
> AGP support added. It should work fine. My PA2007 currently has Win95,
> Linux and FreeBSD all working without problems.
>
> I can't vouch for the K6-2, however it should also work. What problems
> are you encountering specifically? What other hardware are you using and
> at what point does the problem show itself?
I have the same MB with a k6-2 350, 64M RAM and a SB 64 PCI. I managed to
install the OS with no problems but when it runs, the machine randomly locks up
or reboots with no warning. I use several kernels from 2.0.36 to 2.2.5 and the
same problem persists. I read somewhere in the kernel documentation that the VIA
MVP3 may have problems with some sound cards under linux but when the lockup
arises, no sound is played (but the module is loaded). Any suggestion on how to
identify the problem would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
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From: "PP" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Cisco 200 ISDN Adapter
Date: 17 May 1999 06:57:04 GMT
Does anyone has this card running under linux And how did you get it
working?
Thanks
R
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From: "Hans Zangger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: linux for DECpc 433 ? Is there any?
Date: Sun, 16 May 1999 15:28:52 +0200
P.Lj
good grief, these boxes _are_ old! i remember installing NT 3.1 Beta1 daily
on one these beasts :-)
try to add the line
append="aha152x=0x340,11,7,1"
to your lilo.conf and then run lilo again.
you can also give this as an option to the installer (maybe you have to use
expert mode installation, i'm not sure). these scsi controllers are not
autodetected.
_hans
--
Hans Zangger
Trainer/Consultant
Global Knowledge Schweiz
Phone: +41 1 902 99 24
P.Lj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>
> hi
>
> it's a 486, found promissing information in slackware dist. downloaded
> scsi.s
> but it didn't found any scsi-devices or network devices, the pc got the
> following
> devices: SCSI Adaptec AHA-150x/1510/152x/AIC-6x60 SCSI
> Network: DEC (DE 100) Ether Works LC
>
> thought that 433 gave a hint... sorry.
>
>
> >>> ^P.Lj
>
>
>
> Walter Harms wrote:
>
> > "P.Lj" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > >some kind of linux on a DECpc 433,SCSI-based, No-CD, have tried Debian
> > >(didn't support ftp-installation), Redhat (didn't find the
> > >SCSI-controller). NetBSD was quite good at the
> > >beginning since it found SCSI but it didn't found the ethernet-device,
> >
> > ah a hint .. what chip ???
>
> >
> > you can give lilo the name of the scsi driver and it will use
it.
> > read the install procedures of you dist.
> >
> > walter
> >
> > --
> > -----
> > "Oh, it's just the unknown, then!"
> > -----
>
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Date: Mon, 17 May 1999 00:33:38 -0500
From: "M.V. Ramana" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Linux on Dual Pentium-II machines
Hi,
I am thinking of building a simple dual-processor machine (2 P-II 400Mhz
CPUs). The most challenging task for this machine, if an when built,
would be running some serious number crunching (linux) applications from
mathematical optimization, computational algebra etc.
If some of you out there have built similar machine configurations, I
would
much appreciate if you can share your experiences. A few questions on
on my mind are:
1) On applications (built say, using gcc) that are not designed with
parallel processing in mind, can you get any speed up at all?
2) A P-III 500 Mhz machine from Dell with similar specs costs about the
same as above, and so, is it worth my time to build the dual processor
machine?
3) What are the best places (on the internet or otherwise) to shop for
parts? I looked at www.tcu-inc.com, and they had fairly decent prices
on most items (256MB memory being a notable exception).
I should also mention that I have never "built" (assembled is a more
accurate
term, I guess) a PC before.
Thanks in advance.
best
Ram
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From: Janos Ero <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: no cdrom iso9660 in Redhat 6.0 build
Date: Mon, 17 May 1999 11:23:10 +0200
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> 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.
I got the same messages when I upgraded from RH5.0 to RH5.2
The problem was in LILO: I did not delete the old LILO from MBR
before upgrading. When you have the new RH already installed,
you cannot delete any more the old LILO. The solution is
to remove the old LILO with the DOS (!!!) undocumented
command fdisk /mbr
After this you have to install the new LILO and probably
you don't get these ugly messages.
Janos Ero
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From: Owen Brotherwood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Token-ring cards
Date: Mon, 17 May 1999 11:42:44 +0200
Madge has just released linux drivers for their non "true blue" TR cards
on their web site.
- I'm using a PCMCIA Madge card on a RH6.0/Dell Latitude and it works.
Madge have PCI cards so Linux TR hits the PCI bus at last?
I don't like the ibmtr driver that has been available until now(which may
work with certain 100% IBM TR compatible cards)
- it can hang the system with a cable error: the madge driver doesn't.
I don't know if IBM will sudenly release more drivers (also for PCI)
Olicom also have drivers: but the guy who was maintaining them left the
company(?)
- it is also an installation that patches the kernal source which may mean
it ill not work with RH60
Fulajtar Pal wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have a 3com Velocity ISA16/4 token-ring card. Does anybody know,
> where can i find Linux driver for it?
> In the kernel I found only two supported cards. No more cards has Linux
> support?
>
> Regards,
>
> Pal
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From: Tom Hall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Linux on Dual Pentium-II machines
Date: Mon, 17 May 1999 11:55:17 +0100
Marc wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb:
> >
> > According to M.V. Ramana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> >
> > > I am thinking of building a simple dual-processor machine (2 P-II 400Mhz
> > > CPUs).
> >
> > I'd actually recomend running dual Celerons. They are every bit as
> > fast as the PII and about half the price. In fact, my single-CPU
> > Celeron 333 is actually a bit faster than my dual-CPU PII-333 when
> > running on just one CPU.
> [..]
> Hi
> A Celeron isn't capable of SMP. You'd have to go into a lot of extra
> work in order to get it done. this involves more than just a
> screwdriver.
several companies manufacture Socket370 to slot 1 convertors that also enable
smp for the celeron.
eg www.powerleap.com
--
tom
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Ping doesn't respond but modem connection on both sides stayed on
Date: Mon, 17 May 1999 08:23:44 GMT
I used a linux box as a router, and used a USR Sportster 33.6 modem to
dial to
the University Internet gateway. I use pppd (2.3.7) and chat with the
simple
ppp-on script from the examples that came with pppd. I use RedHat 5.1
with the
2.2.5 kernel.
I'm in charge of one of the faculties in that University. The buildings
are far
apart, and there were no decent network infrastructure nor are there
plans to
install one soon, so we had to use phonelines to connect to the
University's
Internet gateway.
At first there were no problems, except maybe rather frequent
disconnection.
But then the ISP's serial multiport got stung by lightning, and they
replaced
it with a Portmaster, with a linux box as the portslave. And used
another linux
box to implement RADIUS. The modem that we put there (we had to put our
own
modem there) also got roasted. They borrowed us a modem, first a plain
'Rockwell Inside' modem, then they replaced it with a Hayes 33.6 modem
when I
complained (the problem I'm about to mention occurs with both modems). I
tried
putting another Sportster 33.6 there, but it won't work (it can't talk
to the
Portmaster, mysteriously).
Every half hour or so, traffic stopped. Ping doesn't work. But the
modems stay
connected. I mean, CD and all stayed on. I tried fingering the portslave
computer from another building, and the connection counter there still
increments. If I hung up the modem, after the redial the connection
works
again.
I ended up using a cron job to cut the connection every hour or so.
Anybody know what's going on?
Thanks,
Dindit
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From: Marc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Linux on Dual Pentium-II machines
Date: Mon, 17 May 1999 10:36:45 +0200
[EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb:
>
> According to M.V. Ramana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>
> > I am thinking of building a simple dual-processor machine (2 P-II 400Mhz
> > CPUs).
>
> I'd actually recomend running dual Celerons. They are every bit as
> fast as the PII and about half the price. In fact, my single-CPU
> Celeron 333 is actually a bit faster than my dual-CPU PII-333 when
> running on just one CPU.
[..]
Hi
A Celeron isn't capable of SMP. You'd have to go into a lot of extra
work in order to get it done. this involves more than just a
screwdriver.
Bye
Marc
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From: Tom Davies <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: SoundBlaster Live! and RH 6.0
Date: Tue, 18 May 1999 07:27:42 +1000
Terry wrote:
>
> Is it possible to get this working? If so, what would I use for a driver?
>
> Signed -- A Newbie
Yes, there is a driver at http://developer.soundblaster.com/linux/
BUT -- it doesn't work for me, or many other people. Presumably the next
version will...
Tom
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