Linux-Hardware Digest #334, Volume #10 Wed, 26 May 99 18:13:32 EDT
Contents:
Free Celeron Linux Workstation ("Brandon Fuhr")
Re: Redhat 6.0 on an IBM thinkpad 360CSE? ("Jeff Volckaert")
SB AWE 64 GOLD Full-Duplex Capability (Cheng-Chieh Lee)
Re: Ati Rage Fury 128 ("Dan")
Re: 3c905B card related problems (Henrik Carlqvist)
Re: Redhat 6.0 on an IBM thinkpad 360CSE? (Dave Weis)
Re: IBM 22 GByte hard disk ("marco viola")
Re: drive overlay programs and linux ("Lee Sharp")
Second HDD boot ("Andr� Malafaya Baptista")
Re: Lucent WinModem-Will it work? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Dual Celerons from ComputerNerds (David Ripton)
Re: CSU/DSU Modem - v.35 interface combo ("Peter B. Yorke")
Cheap external modem (DB7654321)
Re: IBM 22 GByte hard disk (David Fox)
Re: Which modem to buy? (patrick)
Re: Run AMD k2 366 in 66*5.5 or 100*3.5 (patrick)
Re: Wierd problem with SCSI tape drive. Please help! (Alex Stewart)
Re: Problem with Linux and Compaq deskpro ("Lee Sharp")
Linux 2.2.5 won't see my whole HDD ("Gary R. Skuse, Ph.D.")
Re: Which modem to buy? (Robert Woodworth)
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From: "Brandon Fuhr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Free Celeron Linux Workstation
Date: Wed, 26 May 1999 13:41:47 -0500
Visit http://www.atipa.com/ and enter to win a free Linux Celeron
Workstation. The winner will be selected at the LinuxWorld Expo in San
Jose, CA on August 12, 1999. Atipa has been a leading provider of Linux
Clusters, Servers, and Workstations since 1994.
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From: "Jeff Volckaert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.portable,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: Redhat 6.0 on an IBM thinkpad 360CSE?
Date: Wed, 26 May 1999 15:13:13 -0400
I tried the tpdualscan fix and that didn't work. I even tried the VGA16
server. I'm going to try Redhat 5.2 (and maybe 5.1 and 5.0 if I have to).
I'll see if they work any better. Maybe I'll try Debian after that.
What is the deal with this dual scan screen?
Jeff Volckaert
Jeff Volckaert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:7ieo31$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Hello Everybody,
>
> I just picked up an IBM Thinkpad 360CSE and installed Redhat 6.0 on it. I
> got around the floppy problem with using "linux floppy=thinkpad" on boot
and
> did an FTP install using a 3Com etherlink pcmcia card.
>
> The install went fine except for the Xconfigurator part. I selected
WD90C24
> and custom 640x480 generic monitor. When X does it's probe the screen
gets
> screwy and I have to Ctrl-Alt-Del to reboot. I've looked around at the
> various linux thinkpad websites without any results. Any help?
>
> Also, any idea on how to get sound? The only positive comment i've seen
is
> to boot dos, load the drivers, use loadlin and select for soundblaster.
>
> TIA,
> Jeff Volckaert
>
>
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From: Cheng-Chieh Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: SB AWE 64 GOLD Full-Duplex Capability
Date: Wed, 26 May 1999 19:13:15 +0000
Can anyone please advise how I can update (or upgrade) the
sound driver for the SB AWE 64 GOLD on my linux box?
It seems that the current driver is for SB 16.
Thanks.
CC
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From: "Dan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.windows.x.i386unix,comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: Ati Rage Fury 128
Date: Wed, 26 May 1999 12:59:53 -0400
I've gotten my Expert 128 AGP (which is the 16MB card with the 128 GL
chipset) to work according to the docs...
However, I can't get 1280x1024 to run non-interlaced.
BTW: I'm running Linux 2.2.5 (started from Redhat 5.2 packages).
I'm running XFree86.
Is there anybody that know how to force X to run non-interlaced (I've been
hacking the XF86Config file for a while now, too).
thx,
dan
Toffol Oliver wrote in message <7hulfj$qm2$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
[snip]
>2) The XF86Config they give seems to be bad.
>
>The best thing is to use the XF86Config you made with Xconfigurator, even
>with a wrong server, but with good mouse, monitor, and so on.
>
>Then you must add these lines:
>
># Frame Buffer server
>
>Section "Screen"
> Driver "FBDev"
> Device "My Video Card"
> Monitor "My Monitor"
> Subsection "Display"
> Modes "default"
> EndSubsection
>EndSection
>
>To make these line, start from another server (vga, svga...), and modify
>the Driver line, and respect the names of your Device and your Monitor.
>Also, the subsection Display should only contains Modes "defaut".
>
>I succedeed with S.u.S.E 6.1 : kernel 2.2.5.
>
>Of course you cannot zoom (does it matter).
>
>If you want another resolution than 1024x768 you must choose something else
>than VGA=791 in /etc/lilo.conf
>
>Let me know, if you succeed. (and other values than 791, i want 1152x864,
>which is ok on a good 17").
>
>Good Bye and good luck !
>
>
>------------------ Posted via SearchLinux ------------------
> http://www.searchlinux.com
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From: Henrik Carlqvist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: 3c905B card related problems
Date: Tue, 25 May 1999 20:30:10 +0200
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I rebuilt the kernel (version 2.0.36) and now at boot the 3c905B card
> is recognized but the kernel panics when it cannot mount the root
> device
> I have checked with rdev the kernel is looking for
> /dev/sda1 (which is correct).
The new kernel which supports your 3c905B card, does it also support
your scsi-card?
regards Henrik
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From: Dave Weis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.portable,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: Redhat 6.0 on an IBM thinkpad 360CSE?
Date: Wed, 26 May 1999 14:50:55 -0500
On Wed, 26 May 1999, Jeff Volckaert wrote:
> I tried the tpdualscan fix and that didn't work. I even tried the VGA16
> server. I'm going to try Redhat 5.2 (and maybe 5.1 and 5.0 if I have to).
> I'll see if they work any better. Maybe I'll try Debian after that.
> What is the deal with this dual scan screen?
> Jeff Volckaert
I had x running on my 360cs using tpdualscan. Make sure you do a bit of a
delay after running tpdualscan -e (or was it -d??). Also, sometimes you
have to run it twice or three times to make it stick.
dave
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When they took the Fourth Amendment, I was quiet because I didn't deal drugs.
When they took the Sixth Amendment, I was quiet because I was innocent.
When they took the Second Amendment, I was quiet because I didn't own a gun.
Now they've taken the First Amendment and I can't say anything.
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From: "marco viola" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: IBM 22 GByte hard disk
Date: Wed, 26 May 1999 10:08:11 +0200
Nick Birkett ha scritto nel messaggio
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>We recently bought a 22Gbyte hard disk for use under Linux.
>I can partition this and format it fine. It is used as scartch storage
>hence only one huge parition (we have some enourmous files).
>
>The disk : IBM 22Gbyte, 7200 rpm, 2Mbyte cache UDMA.
if chipset ali aladdin, http://www.dyer.vanderbilt.edu/
ciao
marco
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From: "Lee Sharp" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: drive overlay programs and linux
Date: Wed, 26 May 1999 17:49:38 GMT
R.H. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in article <7igm1d$i0v$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> Does anybody know whether there is a drive overlay program that works
with
> linux and my WD hard drive. I have a 10G hard drive and I am using
EZdrive
> because my motherboard bios will not recognize anything over 8.4G. Linux
> has a problem with this drive and if I try to install linux it always
gives
> me a mounting error. I was using Redhat 5.2. Also, if I try to partion
the
> drive with Partion Magic it does not even see the partitions. Unless I
can
> find such a program my options will be to go with a newer motherboard
which
> I can't afford right now or a isa card that will allow the use of such
> drives from Data Tecnology.
Drive overlays are kludges to patch the BIOS. The thing is, Linux
doesn't use the BIOS. Only Lilo does. Yes, Lilo will trash the EZdrive.
You can set it up as a 8.4 gig drive, and put windows in the first part,
and you boot partition in the part still under 8.4 and once the kernal is
up, the rest of the drive appears. You could also use Loadlin or a boot
floppy, and use or not use EZdrive as you see fit.
Lee
--
SCSI is *NOT* magic. There are *fundamental technical reasons* why it is
necessary to sacrifice a young goat to your SCSI chain now and then. *
Black holes are where God divided by zero. - I am speaking as an
individual, not as a representative of any company, organization or other
entity. I am solely responsible for my words.
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From: "Andr� Malafaya Baptista" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Second HDD boot
Date: Mon, 24 May 1999 17:07:48 +0100
Can Linux boot from a HDD other than the primary slave?
Please email.
Andr�
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Lucent WinModem-Will it work?
Date: Wed, 26 May 1999 17:28:21 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I have a Lucent WinModem. It currently works under Win98, but I am
No WindModem under any exception will work under Linux, so I'm
afraid you're out of luck. To avoid all the confusion, just get an
external one. They are, by definition, non-WinModems.
Greg H.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David Ripton)
Subject: Re: Dual Celerons from ComputerNerds
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Wed, 26 May 1999 19:10:12 GMT
In article <2IA13.8$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Robert Young <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>With $3,000, defintely one can get a 500MHz 64-bit Alpha system and run the
>AlphaLinux. The question: will the 500MHz 64-bit Alpha system with the
>AlphaLinux run faster than a 366MHz dual celerons with i86Linux?
>
>Any comment?
There isn't a general answer. It depends on what you're
running.
If you run any non-Open-Source stuff, it's unfortunately
not always possible to get an Alpha version at all.
If you're running the kind of thing that benefits greatly
from a 64-bit processor (lots of long longs) or the Alpha's
strong FPU, then the alpha will clean up.
All Celerons are really cheap. Why limit yourself to 366
MHz in a non-budget box? Either get the 300a because they
overclock to 450, or get the 466.
If 99% of your CPU time is used by a single single-threaded
process, then SMP doesn't buy you much and a single fast
processor beats two slower ones. If you run well-designed
multithreaded code, or a bunch of processes where one doesn't
usually dominate (like a typical multiuser server) then SMP
works great.
--
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From: "Peter B. Yorke" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: CSU/DSU Modem - v.35 interface combo
Date: 26 May 1999 19:58:06 GMT
Lee,
Thanks for the info. Maybe If I explained what I want you could help me out a
little bit more. All I have at this point is some hurried notes from a friend
who knows a whole lot more than I do about telecomm.
What I want to set up is a router. Linux based. T1 (or fractional) coming in.
He (my friend) said (I think) I would need a csu/dsu modem and a V.35 inter-
face. He thought I might be able to get the two of them all-in-one.
I did some looking around the big companies, 3Com, etc., and I didn't find
these two items by that name.
What is it I really need and who makes them?
Thanks
Lee Sharp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: Peter B. Yorke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in article
: <374b41a0$0$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
:> Does anyone know of a vendor who sells a good csu/dsu modem combined with
:> a v.35 interface, internal?
: There ain't no such thing. :-) A CSU/DSU takes 4 wire 56k/64k or T1 and
: converts it to V.35 or RS232 Sync or Async. There are T1 interface cards
: with built in CSU/DSUs and 4 wire ports. I assume there are 56k/64k
: interface cards as well, but I have not seen them. I thnik you need to
: look again at what you want, and what it will connect through/to.
: Lee
: --
: SCSI is *NOT* magic. There are *fundamental technical reasons* why it is
: necessary to sacrifice a young goat to your SCSI chain now and then. *
: Black holes are where God divided by zero. - I am speaking as an
: individual, not as a representative of any company, organization or other
: entity. I am solely responsible for my words.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (DB7654321)
Subject: Cheap external modem
Date: 26 May 1999 20:05:39 GMT
Where can I get a cheap linux compatible modem (external preferred)? I would
like to get one under $70 if possible. I found a list of inexpensive linux
compatible stuff at http://www.math.sunysb.edu/~comech/tools/CheapBox.html and
wondered if anyone has had any problems with the modems listed on that site?
David Bell
Please don't email me just reply on the board.
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From: d s f o x @ c o g s c i . u c s d . e d u (David Fox)
Subject: Re: IBM 22 GByte hard disk
Date: 26 May 1999 12:57:47 -0700
Nick Birkett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> We recently bought a 22Gbyte hard disk for use under Linux.
> I can partition this and format it fine. It is used as scartch storage
> hence only one huge parition (we have some enourmous files).
>
> The disk : IBM 22Gbyte, 7200 rpm, 2Mbyte cache UDMA.
>
> Problem - seems slow but this may be due to the large paritition.
>
> hdparm -t /dev/hda1
>
> /dev/hda1:
> Timing buffered disk reads: 32 MB in 10.40 seconds = 3.08 MB/sec
>
> This is also the same figure I get timing a 600Mbyte file transfer.
> I was expecting something like 10-12MB/s.
>
> Any tips for tuning gratefully received.
I just got a big improvement on a similar disk by setting
"/sbin/hdparm -c 1 -m 16 /dev/hda":
[root@dsf dsf]# /sbin/hdparm -c 0 -m 0 /dev/hda
/dev/hda:
setting 32-bit I/O support flag to 0
setting multcount to 0
multcount = 0 (off)
I/O support = 0 (default 16-bit)
[root@dsf dsf]# /sbin/hdparm -t /dev/hda
/dev/hda:
Timing buffer-cache reads: 64 MB in 0.62 seconds =103.23 MB/sec
Timing buffered disk reads: 32 MB in 8.07 seconds = 3.97 MB/sec
[root@dsf dsf]# /sbin/hdparm -c 1 -m 16 /dev/hda
/dev/hda:
setting 32-bit I/O support flag to 1
setting multcount to 16
multcount = 16 (on)
I/O support = 1 (32-bit)
[root@dsf dsf]# /sbin/hdparm -t /dev/hda
/dev/hda:
Timing buffer-cache reads: 64 MB in 0.63 seconds =101.59 MB/sec
Timing buffered disk reads: 32 MB in 3.98 seconds = 8.04 MB/sec
[root@dsf dsf]#
I haven't done any testing on the system yet, though. Another post
suggested enabling CONFIG_PCI_OPTIMIZE and using LBA, neither of which
I am doing. Worth a try? I wonder.
--
David Fox http://hci.ucsd.edu/dsf xoF divaD
UCSD HCI Lab baL ICH DSCU
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From: patrick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Which modem to buy?
Date: Wed, 26 May 1999 22:41:19 +0200
just buy an external one
David Fox wrote:
> SamIam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > I've made a switch to Linux but because my system has a 33.6 winmodem I
> > keep having to go back to windows to connect to the internet. I figure
> > this is a good excuse to upgrade to a 56k modem. Does anyone have any
> > suggestions on a good modem to buy at a good price that will work under
> > Linux? I've been thinking of getting the USR faxmodem because they are
> > a reliable company but the price (~$120) kind of scares me away.
>
> The Best Data "Smart One" (56SF) looks like a good choice - $55 from
> buy.com. Verify at http://www.o2.net/~gromitkc/19990525a.html.
> --
> David Fox http://hci.ucsd.edu/dsf xoF divaD
> UCSD HCI Lab baL ICH DSCU
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From: patrick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Run AMD k2 366 in 66*5.5 or 100*3.5
Date: Wed, 26 May 1999 22:43:03 +0200
lower multiplier and higher frequency at the same end speed is the best
just test it with some proggy
patrick
Y Chen wrote:
> Hello, everyone.
> I have a AMD K6II 366 CPU, currently I set the CPU
> bus speed to 100MHz and multiplied by 3.5.
> My system board also support 66 MHz bus speed and
> multiplied by 5.5.
> I do not know which one is better for me?
> Any comment?
> Thank you ahead!
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From: Alex Stewart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Wierd problem with SCSI tape drive. Please help!
Date: 26 May 1999 20:34:01 GMT
Nitin Mule <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: I'm getting this extremely annoying problem with my SCSI tape drive. It's a
: brand new device and sometimes works fine. However, ocassionally I get an
: error when I try to backup about 10GB of data using tar. It's a random
: problem and I have little clue where things are going wrong.
Randomness usually indicates a hardware problem..
: scsi: aborting command due to timeout: pid 246340, scci0, channel0, id 15,
: lun 0 write (6) 01 00 00 1e 00
This really sounds like a hardware SCSI issue, most likely one of the following
things:
1) Bad termination (verify that the termination plug (if external) is secure,
try using a different terminator)
2) Bad cable (again, verify it's secure, try wiggling it during a backup and
see if it causes more errors, etc, or just try using a different cable)
3) Bad interface in the drive (much more unlikely, but possible)
4) Bad SCSI controller in your computer (fairly unlikely, but it's something
to test if nothing else turns up)
It could also be caused by power problems with the drive (potentially even
brief power hits too small for you to notice, but big enough to screw up the
SCSI controller), so you might want to double-check the power connections, etc.
(I assume you're using a surge protector?)
-alex
===============================================================================
Alex Stewart - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Richelieu @ Diversity University MOO
http://www.crl.com/~riche
"For the world is hollow, and I have touched the sky."
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From: "Lee Sharp" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Problem with Linux and Compaq deskpro
Date: Wed, 26 May 1999 21:15:04 GMT
Rachid Himmi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in article
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> Can anybody help me on problems I met on Compaq deskpro computer.
> I installed the Redhat 5.2 software and I got the following problems:
I can give it a go.
> - the keyboard is not systematically working (sometimes after
> rebooting the keyboard is not operational)
This is a hardware problem, or an APM setting. Compaq does not do APM
the standard way. Disable it in the BIOS.
> - after a long time, the system automatically go down and I am not
> able to re-start it
> (but the system is running because I can continue to work by
> telnet)
APM has shut off your monitor. See above, or click the shift key. <any
key, but I hate typeing on a blanked screen...>
> - sometimes it is not possible to restart the computer because the
> power switch does not work
Hardware problem, or the system is in suspend. Again, turn off APM in
the BIOS.
> - if I want to connect to the system by network (telnet or ftp) it
> takes a long time before having a prompt
> (about 1 minutes)
Is the hard drive spinning up at this time? I would say APM because it
fits with the rest, but it can also be a DNS issue.
> pleaser answer me by mail
No. And most others won't as well. The general feeling is that if you
can not be bothered to follow up your poist, why should we bother to help?
The only exception is is you are having news troubles, and then you need to
say so.
> thak you in advance for any help or suggestion to solve this blocking
> problems
No trouble. If this doesn't cut it, feel free to e-mail me for more
help.
Lee
--
SCSI is *NOT* magic. There are *fundamental technical reasons* why it is
necessary to sacrifice a young goat to your SCSI chain now and then. *
Black holes are where God divided by zero. - I am speaking as an
individual, not as a representative of any company, organization or other
entity. I am solely responsible for my words.
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From: "Gary R. Skuse, Ph.D." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Linux 2.2.5 won't see my whole HDD
Date: Wed, 26 May 1999 14:10:11 -0400
I recently installed Caldera Open Linux 2.2 on a GW2K p5-75 system with
two HDD's. hda is a 730M and the hdb, the boot drive, is a 3G. The
BIOS sees the 3G drive just fine (and I realize that Linux doesn't care
about that) but Linux sees it as a 2G drive. In order to get the system
to boot properly from the 3G drive I inserted a "linear" command into
lilo.conf. Can anyone suggest how I might recover my lost G of drive
space?
Thanks, Gary
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Robert Woodworth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Which modem to buy?
Date: Wed, 26 May 1999 15:24:51 -0600
DO NOT GET A PCI MODEM!
They are winmodems in disguise!
Spend the extra $.02 and get an external.
If you must have an internal, try to get an ISA with jumpers. (hard to
find)
Woody.
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