Linux-Hardware Digest #336, Volume #10 Wed, 26 May 99 23:13:33 EDT
Contents:
Re: MCA and Linux ?!? (Cokey de Percin)
Re: IBM tokenring netwerkkaart + RH 6.0 (Cokey de Percin)
Re: BUSLOGIC BT542B rev H (Cokey de Percin)
Re: CSU/DSU Modem - v.35 interface combo (Matt Starnes)
Re: CSU/DSU Modem - v.35 interface combo ("Lee Sharp")
Re: Ati Rage Fury 128 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Any way to print out IRQ's being used in linux? (Dan Christensen)
Re: Help with modem setup (M. Buchenrieder)
RH 6.0 and a IBM PCI Token-Ring networkcard (Theo de Looff)
Re: Adaptec 2940UW PCI problem ("E.W. Veltman")
FDD Tape Drive--The Sequel (Adam J)
Re: Internal Modem Help (Robert Woodworth)
Re: Internal Modem Help (Walt Shekrota)
Re: Hardware requirements ("Brian W. Masinick")
Re: SCSI error (aic7xxx.c) ? (Velvet Acid Christ)
RH 6.0 on DELL 6100 with PERC ("James Freeman")
Re: Any way to print out IRQ's being used in linux? (Vladimir Florinski)
Hardware requirements (John Giddings)
Re: 3c905x.o driver needed!!! (Allen Wong)
Re: removing cooling fans--how dangerous? ("Clay")
Re: ethernetcard NE2000 (Shawn K. Quinn - NO SOLICITING)
Re: Hardware requirements (Carl Fink)
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From: Cokey de Percin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: MCA and Linux ?!?
Date: Thu, 27 May 1999 00:54:03 +0000
Mole wrote:
>
> >
>
> When I run the IBMMCA.S bootdisk from Slackware 4.0 it finds my hardware
> but it halts at some row that says:
>
> IBM MCA: Removing current logical scsi-device mapping.
>
> It never gets any further on my PS/2 77.
>
I can't answer your question, but I can make some comments. I haven't
used Slackware in years, not that there's anything wrong with it, but
I prefer RedHat or Caldera. (I really should try SUSE some day....)
You might download a RedHat/Caldera boot disk and see what it does.
Also, remember that IBM reads the SCSI bus backwards from id 7 down
and likes to boot off id 6 (don't ask me I'm just telling you how it
is! :-) ) If that doesn't work, you can try this. Assuming you have
another machine, build a 2.2 kernel with MCA and IBM support and copy
it to one of your boot disks. This should allow you to boot and if
necessary, you can copy the kernel from the boot disk to the system.
Also, have you check the CMOS settings to be certain that all is
correct?
That's all I can think of at the moment. I'll look at work to see if I
have any of my old install/boot disketts. If so, I'll send you an
image if you want.
Best
Cokey
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From: Cokey de Percin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: IBM tokenring netwerkkaart + RH 6.0
Date: Thu, 27 May 1999 00:57:15 +0000
Theo de Looff wrote:
>
> Ik heb een token-ring netwerk op de zaak en ik wil Red Hat 6.0
> installeren met een PII-400. In die PC zit een IBM PCI Token-Ring
> netwerkkaart, die Red Hat niet kan detecteren. Vervolgens wordt er om
> een module gevraagd. Ik heb geen idee wat ik dan moet doen. Iemand die
> me helpt ???
>
> Thnx, Theo
AFAIK, only ISA works! :-( You can not use PCI at this time.
Best
Cokey
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From: Cokey de Percin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: BUSLOGIC BT542B rev H
Date: Thu, 27 May 1999 01:01:50 +0000
Curt wrote:
>
> I recently saw some posts regarding this board, but never saw that the
> problem was resolved.
>
> The board it pretty old, but I know it works, I use it daily under another
> PC UNIX OS (QNX).
> I wanted to install RH5.2 linux on this system as well. I need the SCSI
> interface to access my CDROM.
>
> The board and CDROM are recognized, but when the install process tries to
> install the driver it
> constantly timeout and resets. Any suggestions?
Yup, slow it down. The only way I've gotten this board to work is to set
all transfers to 5Mhz and Async. Really nasty; could be my motherboard
though. I believe that this board is a Adaptec clone, so you might
try a driver for one of the early Adaptec ISA boards. I haven't had
time to try.
Best
Cokey
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From: Matt Starnes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: CSU/DSU Modem - v.35 interface combo
Date: Wed, 26 May 1999 16:09:40 -0500
We get our csu/dsu's from a company called Adtran. Their website is
www.adtran.com. We have their TSU 120 that will support isdn and two t1's and
their NT1 Ace for dedicated isdn (don't use it though). I've only had to reboot
the TSU 120 once in three years.
Matt
"Peter B. Yorke" wrote:
> 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: "Lee Sharp" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: CSU/DSU Modem - v.35 interface combo
Date: Wed, 26 May 1999 21:09:01 GMT
Peter B. Yorke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in article
<374c524e$0$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> 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.
Common mistake. Just enough knowledge to really muck it all up. :-)
You are correct in that a better picture helps a lot.
> 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.
You have 3 issues here, that can be combined in hardware, but are still
3 issues. Router, interface, media converter.
First the router; Is the other side going to also be a Linux router?
If not, think long and hard about this. Most manufactures document the
defaults poorly, and they do it on purpose. The only truly interoperable
interface is ethernet. Everything else takes work! Do a DejaNews search
on Cisco to Bay connections, and they are common! Be advised, that using
Linux to connect to a branded router will be a lot more work, and may be
more expensive in time than just buying a little router for a head end.
The interface is a connection. V.35 is just a big sync serial port. In
theory, you could just use com 1, but it would hammer the CPU at T1 speeds.
You want to look for a high speed serial card with the interface your
CSU/DSU supports.
The CSU/DSU is just like a modem, but with no dial or answer. <or any in
band communication, for that matter> Most of them are about the size of an
old Hayes 2400 baud modem, and have all three popular connectors on the
back. One of the advantages of NOT useing V.35 is the V.35 cables are
damned expensive. I have alwayse used Adtran or Paradyne. Paradyne is
cheaper, but usually has external power supplies.
I have seen a few T1 interface cards. I have not seen them up close.
One of the reasons is troubleshooting. It is easy to look at a CSU and see
witch blinky lights have changed. It is easy to test a new CSU. It is
easy to move a V.35 to com 1 to test the high speed serial card. It is
easy to look at the lights and see if it is Bell's fault. <line down> I
would recomend seperate products for the troubleshooting.
> I did some looking around the big companies, 3Com, etc., and I didn't
find
> these two items by that name.
Look at the rack mount companies, Like Industrial Computer Source, for
High speed serial. They are expensive, so shop around. CSUs come from any
router end line vendor, or http://www.paradyne.com/ for a product
selection.
> What is it I really need and who makes them?
I think I covered that one, but if not, feel free to ask more. This is
a big decision that will be with you a long time. Make a good, well
informed, choice.
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]
Crossposted-To: comp.windows.x.i386unix,comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: Ati Rage Fury 128
Date: Thu, 27 May 1999 01:45:10 GMT
On Wed, 26 May 1999 12:59:53 -0400, "Dan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>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 !
=============
Hi - I'm having impossible problems trying to get X running under
RH6.0. I've tried *innumerable* times w/every possible configuration,
server, etc. The main problem is that I've got an ATI Rage 128GL Pro
w/16mb video ram, which is not supported under XFree86. I'm currently
trying to learn how to do something called VESA frame buffer, but the
learning curve will take me awhile.
I was wondering if you could send me a copy of your XF86Config file,
and let me know how I could try to duplicate your success in getting
it running, i.e., which server, which modes, resolutions, etc.
I'd really appreciate any hints - I've done an enormous amount of
homework, but just need a hand (no applause <g>)..
Thanks,
Chip Rose.
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Dan Christensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Any way to print out IRQ's being used in linux?
Date: 26 May 1999 21:56:36 -0400
> % cat /proc/interrupts
> 0: 859080 timer
> 1: 20878 keyboard
> 2: 0 cascade
> 3: 33848 + serial
> 8: 6 + rtc
> 9: 215899 + aha152x
Can someone tell me what the plus signs are for in the above listing?
Thanks,
Dan
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Dan Christensen
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,linux.redhat
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (M. Buchenrieder)
Subject: Re: Help with modem setup
Date: Wed, 26 May 1999 21:07:01 GMT
"Stephen Workman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>Thanks!
>Only problem is, is at a lower level than that. I've read all that config
>stuff before. what I can't get to work is the actual com port. I can't
>seem to get the modem to respond through linux at all.
If it's a Winmodem it will not work, since it isn't really a serial
device at all. What brand is it ?
>It works fine under
>Win95, but any time I make a call through cua2 or cua3, which are the only
>two ports it could be, nothing happens.
[...]
cua* devices have been obsolete now for more than 2 years.
Michael
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From: Theo de Looff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: RH 6.0 and a IBM PCI Token-Ring networkcard
Date: Wed, 26 May 1999 23:31:48 +0200
I'm sorry, the same question, but in english.
At my office, we have a IBM Token-Ring network. I want to Install RH
6.0, but Linux can't detect my IBM PCI Token-Ring Network Card. It asks
for a module, but I don't know what to do. Can anyone help me please ???
Thnx.
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From: "E.W. Veltman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Adaptec 2940UW PCI problem
Date: Wed, 26 May 1999 23:40:37 +0200
Hello Nigel,
I received a reply from SuSE support with a URL for updated SuSE6.1 boot
disks.
The boot disks on ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/current/disks/ should
contain 2.2.7.
I did not yet try myself and probably won't have time for it until this
weekend.
If you try this disk, could you please let me know the result ?
Then I can inform SuSE support whether it solved the problems.
Thanks.
>I do indeed have a CD drive and a tape drive on the SCSI bus.
>
>The version of the aic7xx driver seems to have changed between SuSE 6.0 and
>6.1 (v. 5.1.12 -> v. 5.1.15), so I wonder if something went wrong there. I
>haven't had a reply from SuSE yet.
>
>I'll be very interested in any further news you might have!
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Adam J)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: FDD Tape Drive--The Sequel
Date: 26 May 1999 21:37:37 GMT
Thanks for the info. I installed my Colorado 250MB tape drive, but have
been unsuccessful in getting anything on the tape. I know I should use tar,
(the command line I used was "tar -cz /home/* /dev/ftape/hame.tar") but
whenever I try to use it, I get a bunch of garbage on the screen and my box
starts beeping at me. Any advice?
Thanks,
Adam J
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From: Robert Woodworth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Internal Modem Help
Date: Wed, 26 May 1999 15:19:53 -0600
Xanatos wrote:
>
> Hi everyone.
>
> I recentlly switched from an external modem to an internal (PCI) modem.
> It's a SupraExpress 56K modem (definately not a Winmodem). Unfortunately I
> do not know how to get Linux to recognize the device. It doesn't seem to be
> present on /dev/modem or /dev/cua?. I'm guessing that I have to inform
> linux of its presence somehow, but don't know how to go about doing it
> (recompile the kernel maybe)? If it is of any use I'm running a modifed
> installation of Redhat 5.1 (I've installed KDE and some additional Apps. as
> well as upgraded the kernel which is currently 2.0.35).
>
> Any help anyone can offer me on this problem would be greatly
> appreciated as there really is no such thing as productivity under Windows.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Jeffrey Nuremburg / [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I have never herd of a non-winmodem PCI.
Remember... Winmodem is a name. There are other 'Soft Modems' that are
not 'Winmodems'.
if(Winmodem == SoftModem != LinuxCompatible == PieceOfMShit)
then return(toStore);
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From: Walt Shekrota <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Internal Modem Help
Date: Wed, 26 May 1999 17:58:34 -0400
Xanatos wrote:
> Hi everyone.
>
> I recentlly switched from an external modem to an internal (PCI) modem.
> It's a SupraExpress 56K modem (definately not a Winmodem). Unfortunately I
> do not know how to get Linux to recognize the device. It doesn't seem to be
> present on /dev/modem or /dev/cua?. I'm guessing that I have to inform
> linux of its presence somehow, but don't know how to go about doing it
> (recompile the kernel maybe)? If it is of any use I'm running a modifed
> installation of Redhat 5.1 (I've installed KDE and some additional Apps. as
> well as upgraded the kernel which is currently 2.0.35).
>
> Any help anyone can offer me on this problem would be greatly
> appreciated as there really is no such thing as productivity under Windows.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Jeffrey Nuremburg / [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hmmm...
I'd check this....when coming up you can see how the serial devices get
assigned.... ie cua0 or cua1 ?? etc If you have 1 modem you'll probably only
see one device. Then go to /dev and do 'ls -la cua*' ...... which one is linked
to modem ??
If none then take the device you saw at boot say cua1 and issue link
command 'ln -s /dev/cua1 /dev/modem'
now do the ls -la cua* again and you see what I mean.
retry your procedure for dialing.
Good luck.
-Walt
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From: "Brian W. Masinick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Hardware requirements
Date: Wed, 26 May 1999 22:41:21 -0400
This is NOT true, as far as I know. Unless Linux requirements have gone up
SIGNIFICANTLY in the past two years, a simple Linux installation can use as
little as 40 MB (maybe even less than that, if you're REALLY desperate), and
the original model was designed to work fine on a 386.
The current software available with Linux DOES tend to use up memory, so the
recommendation may not be a bad one, but it is CERTAINLY NOT REQUIRED. I
ran Linux 3 years ago on a Pentium 100 Mhz system w/ 16MB mem and 1GB disk,
of which I allocated about 400MB to Linux, and only ever used a fraction of
it.
John Giddings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I was looking into buying and putting linux on a laptop 486/100 along
> with a dos operating system. I have a 350MB hard drive. Today I read in
> computer world magazine that linux(in general) needs at least a Pentium
> 166, 48 MB of RAM and 500MB of hard storage. Is this true? If not what
> are the requirements?
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Velvet Acid Christ)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: SCSI error (aic7xxx.c) ?
Date: 27 May 1999 02:41:08 GMT
On 25 May 1999 09:06:43 GMT,
Takashi Ichihara <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi
>
> We have installed 8 nodes of Linux cluster and frequently
>encountered with SCSI errors for 4 nodes. So far we have tested
>following 3 sets of kernels and SCSI drivers. In all case, we
>have encountered the similar errors.
>
> Linux 2.0.36 (aic7xxx.c version 5.1.2)
> Linux 2.2.4 (aic7xxx.c version 5.1.10)
> Linux 2.2.7-ac1 (aic7xxx.c version 5.1.13)
>
>A sample error log is attached in this text. Following is our
>configuration information.
>
> Motherboard: ASUS P2B-DS
> CPU/memory Dual Pentium II 450 MHz, 256 MB Memory
> SCSI Adapter: Adaptec AIC-7890/1 Ultra2 SCSI host adapter
> SCSI Disk: SEAGATE Model: ST39173LW
> Linux kernel: linux-2.2.4 and Linux 2.2.7-ac1
> SCSI driver : aic7xxx.c version 5.1.10 and 5.1.13(by Alan's patch)
>
> Does anyone know how to fix this problem ? Is there any newer
>drivers for aic7xxx.c ? Thanks for the information.
Hey, I dont think this is in the aic7xxx.c, I think its higher up, maybe
in the scsi disk code. Maybe. This is a guess. I was having similar
odd problems with a cdrom on my one scsi chain. My system spec's are
similar:
Motherboard: ASUS P2B-LS
CPU/Memory: Pentium II 400 Mhz, 256 MB Memory
SCSI Adapter: Adaptec AIC-7890/1 Ultra2 SCSI host adapter
SCSI Disk: SEAGATE Model: Cheetah 9LP
Linux Kernel: 2.2.9
Anyways, here's my suggestion. Recompile the kernel and turn off
' Probe all LUNs on each SCSI device ' in the kernel config.
It solved my SCB timeout problem with my Sony CD-R.
Good luck,
--
Mental
When I grow up, I wanna be more like me.
I had a clue. I didn't like it. I took it back and exchanged it for an
attitude.
_______________________________________________________________________
perl -e 'print $i=pack(c5,(41*2),sqrt(7056),(unpack(c,H)-2),oct(115),10);'
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From: "James Freeman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: RH 6.0 on DELL 6100 with PERC
Date: Wed, 26 May 1999 16:55:58 -0500
I need to install RH 6.0 on a 2 processor DELL 6100 with PERC. If I read
DejaNews archives properly, this should be able to be done with the regular
6.0 boot disk. Since I am converting this system from NT to linux in an
otherwise NT shop, I would like the installation to go smoothly so there is
not any comments about how "poor" linux is. Has anyone successfully done
this installation who would like to drop me a quick note to calm my fears?
Thanks in advance.
Jim Freeman
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Professor of Mathematics
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From: Vladimir Florinski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Any way to print out IRQ's being used in linux?
Date: Wed, 26 May 1999 19:18:03 -0700
Dan Christensen wrote:
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> > Any way to print out IRQ's being used in linux?
>
> On my debian 2.1 machine, I can do:
>
> % cat /proc/interrupts
> 0: 859080 timer
> 1: 20878 keyboard
> 2: 0 cascade
> 3: 33848 + serial
> 8: 6 + rtc
> 9: 215899 + aha152x
> 11: 11 i82365
> 12: 4023 PS/2 Mouse
> 13: 1 math error
> 14: 45355 + ide0
> 15: 252947 + ide1
>
> However, I'm not sure if this prints *all* used interrupts. For example,
> when my 2.0.36 kernel boots it says:
>
> Intel PCIC probe:
> TI 1220 CardBus at mem 0x68000000, 2 sockets
> host opts [0]: [pwr save] [serial pci & irq] [pci irq 10] [lat 168/176] [bus
>32/34]
> host opts [1]: [pwr save] [serial pci & irq] [pci irq 10] [lat 168/176] [bus
>35/37]
> ISA irqs (scanned) = 3,4,7,9,11 status change on irq 11
>
> [left hand part removed to save space]
>
> This mentions irq 10, which isn't listed above. According to my
> BIOS settings, irq 10 is use for the pcmcia cards. Also, according
> to my bios, irq 5 is used for both my audio and mpeg-2 interrupts.
>
> Does anyone know why these aren't listed? I don't currently use
> audio or mpeg-2, but is it a problem that they share an interrupt?
> The settings are the default settings.
>
> Dan
BIOS tells you which HARDWARE has the ABILITY to use which interrupts. All
hardware interrupt vectors point to addresses within the Linux kernel in memory.
If the kernel doesn't have sound support (or the module isn't loaded), Linux
doesn't know about the sound card. Even if the card throws IRQ5, kernel does
nothing. That's why IRQ5 isn't listed in /proc/interrupts. Try loading a sound
module and you'll see it listed.
Sharing interrupts is not a problem as long as you don't use the two devices at
the same time. In your case, of course, IRQ5 is, for all purposes, vacant.
--
Vladimir
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From: John Giddings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Hardware requirements
Date: Wed, 26 May 1999 18:10:48 -0700
I was looking into buying and putting linux on a laptop 486/100 along
with a dos operating system. I have a 350MB hard drive. Today I read in
computer world magazine that linux(in general) needs at least a Pentium
166, 48 MB of RAM and 500MB of hard storage. Is this true? If not what
are the requirements?
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From: Allen Wong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: 3c905x.o driver needed!!!
Date: Wed, 26 May 1999 19:23:57 -0700
Mike,
The 3Com 905B NIC uses the same driver as the 3Com 590. Try this
command:
modprobe 3c59x
Good luck!
Allen
--
Linux: If you're not careful, you might actually learn something.
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From: "Clay" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.comp.hardware,alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt,alt.comp.hardware.overclocking
Subject: Re: removing cooling fans--how dangerous?
Date: Thu, 27 May 1999 10:18:19 +0800
check internal temp thru bios setup. It shouldnt go over 49. thats when evey
thing goes wrong.
Cheers,
Clay
http://st2.yahoo.com/cgi-bin/clink?goodorient+FCsVvg+wallpapernames.html
You can get a Free Chinese Calligraphy interpretation on a Desktop
wallpaper.....
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Shawn K. Quinn - NO SOLICITING)
Subject: Re: ethernetcard NE2000
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Mon, 24 May 1999 21:59:43 GMT
In message <7i749s$6jg$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, eelco of viola
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
| hello there,
|
| As I am new to linux and ethernetcards i`ve been looking at different cards.
| I think its going to be an ne 2000 since it isn`t that expensive. However
| the ethernet-howto says to be careful with clones. Can anyone tel me the
| brand name of an originel NE 2000 (I cant find it annywhere) or other cheap
| cards names that work under linux aswel as windows.
Linksys and KTI are both good ones. The Linksys 10/100 PCI cards work
well too (use tulip driver).
--
Shawn K. Quinn
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Carl Fink)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Hardware requirements
Date: 27 May 1999 07:48:01 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Wed, 26 May 1999 18:10:48 -0700 John Giddings
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I was looking into buying and putting linux on a laptop 486/100 along
>with a dos operating system. I have a 350MB hard drive. Today I read in
>computer world magazine that linux(in general) needs at least a Pentium
>166, 48 MB of RAM and 500MB of hard storage. Is this true? If not what
>are the requirements?
COMPUTERWORLD is wrong. The requirements vary depending on what you
install, but for a fairly basic installation this is close:
80386 or better processor
8 MB of RAM
100 MB hard disk.
Note that this won't let you run X or WordPerfect for Linux or other
big stuff. The laptop you're describing is probably fine, as long as
it has enough RAM. I ran Linux on a 486/33 for a year.
--
Carl Fink [EMAIL PROTECTED]
"This fool wishes to reverse the entire science of astronomy."
-Martin Luther on Copernicus' theory that the Earth orbits the sun
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