Linux-Hardware Digest #459, Volume #10 Thu, 10 Jun 99 17:13:57 EDT
Contents:
Re: HD formatting problem (Jim Reidford)
SmartMedia drive (Harald Kirsch)
Re: My dream computer (Frank Sweetser)
Re: F: HP DAT-STREAMER =?iso-8859-1?Q?F=DCR?= LINUX (jlp)
Re: [Q] IBM ServerRaid is it supported ?? (Bernd Huebenett)
Re: Recommended SCSI scananer? ("Jim Ford")
Re: Question installing SCSI drivers for initio (Rod Roark)
I have a Rockwell Fax Modem in my machine.... ("Jason Kovilaritch")
Re: Canon BJC5000 (Mitch Martinez)
Re: History of USB developers switchover ("gm")
Re: Basic setup? What do I need ? (Johan Kullstam)
Re: Question installing SCSI drivers for initio (Mike Persell)
Re: Is emachine's 400i good for Linux ("C. Kleeschulte")
Re: Can't access all my memory! ("Jim Ford")
Re: My dream computer (Gerald Willmann)
Re: RH6.0 + HDD WD 8GB + UDMA = NOPE ("Gene Heskett")
HP 810/812/815 printer with Ghostscript (David Miller)
Sound Card problem (Teke)
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From: Jim Reidford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: HD formatting problem
Date: Wed, 09 Jun 1999 08:24:06 +0100
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Kyle Maxwell wrote:
>
> I purchased a 3.2GB WD Caviar HD to upgrade my current 1.2GB clone
> (running the RH6.0 distribution). However, on boot, I get an error
> "fsck.ext2: Attempt to read blck from filesystem resulted in short read
> while trying to open /dev/hdb3. Could this be a zero-length partition?"
> At this point, I am dumped to a root prompt to fix the problem. The
> weird thing is, there *is* no hdb3. The following is the partition
> structure for hdb:
>
> Ptn Size Type
> hdb1 150MB Linux (bootable) intended for /
> hdb2 (remaining) Extended holds logical ptns
> hdb5 1.2GB Linux intended for /usr
> hdb6 1.7GB Linux intended for /home
> hdb7 66MB Linux swap
>
> Why does the OS believe there should be a hdb3? Where can I change this?
>
> --KRM
what does /etc/fstab look like
Is there an incorrect entry in there
--
Jim Reidford
--
"Due to financial constraints,
the light at the end of the tunnel
has been turned off until further notice !!"
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From: Harald Kirsch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: SmartMedia drive
Date: 09 Jun 1999 09:15:15 +0200
Does anybody know of a SmartMedia IDE-drive? (SmartMedia are the little
things about 2cm x 2cm wide which are used in digital cameras to store
the pictures.)
And NO: I don't want to (cannot)
o use the floppy adapter
o use a serial connection
o use a PCMCIA adapter
because I would like to use the SmartMedia as an exchangable storage
medium in an embedded computer where all of the above are simply to
large, to expensive or to unreliable (floppy).
Maybe if I could get hold of the storage hardware within a digitial
camera I would be able to interface it immediately to the serial port or
to a digital-IO board.
Thanks for any pointer,
Harald Kirsch
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Harald Kirsch, [EMAIL PROTECTED], +49 721 6091 369 |
FhG/IITB, Fraunhoferstr.1, 76131 Karlsruhe |
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From: Frank Sweetser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: My dream computer
Date: 09 Jun 1999 23:21:49 -0400
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> I'm looking to put together something as close to my dream computer as
> possible without going crazy. :)
>
> This machine will be a dedicated Linux box running the latest 2.2
> kernel.
>
> I've checked these parts and they seem to be pretty good, however if
> someone knows of a problem with anything I'd like to hear about it.
> Specifically the sound card, video card, modem, UPS and Tape drive.
>
> > Tripplite UPS SmartPro
Bad. Evil. Avoid Like Plague. we bought about 40 of the POS's, about 50%
failed in various interesting ways. the most common was for it to simply
shut down when the power went out, and refuse to power back up until turned
off completely and turned back on with no load.
> > Intel Seattle 2 Pentium II/III motherboard, Intel 440BX chipset (ATX)
> > Intel PIII 450MMX CPU, 512K cache CPU, CPU fan
> > 128MB SDRAM (PC-100)
> > Panasonic 1.44MB floppy drive
> > Fujitsu 8.4G UDMA hard drive
> > Matrox Millenium G200 - 8MB AGP video card
> > Acer 40X UDMA CD-ROM drive
got one of these on my machine here... seems to be a little flaky. works
fine, unless you leave the CD mounted long enough to spin down for awhile.
it then has trouble until it's umount/remounted.
> > Creative Labs SB16 - 3D PCI
> > US Robotics 56.6k voice fax/modem V.90 ISA
> > Iomega 3/7G Ditto Max drive Int.
> > 17" T226 ATX tower case w/power supply, dual fans
> > Mitsumi Win95 PS2 keyboard
> > Logitech 2-button PS2 mouse
you *definatelly* want a 3 button mouse in X.
--
Frank Sweetser rasmusin at wpi.edu fsweetser at blee.net | PGP key available
paramount.ind.wpi.edu RedHat 5.2 kernel 2.2.5 i586 | at public servers
I figure if i can't make a difference, I can at least make a mess!
- joeski
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From: jlp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: F: HP DAT-STREAMER =?iso-8859-1?Q?F=DCR?= LINUX
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1999 19:13:17 +0200
Christian Wiese wrote:
> Hallo,
>
> ich will mir einen externen DAT-Streamer f=FCr meinen Linux-Rechner
> kaufen, und liebaugele mit einem HP SureStore 24e(U).
> Jetzt gibt es jedoch eine explizite UNIX-Variane (U), und ich habe
> schon einige negative Meldungen ueber HP DAT Streamer bzgl. UNIX
> gelesen.
>
> FRAGE: Was ist bei diesem Ger=E4t anders, und benoetigt man es bei Linu=
x
> ?
>
>
> Vielen Dank
>
> Christian
> hallo,
ich habe den dat-streamer 4/8i im einsatz (distrib. suse). funktioniert
einwandfrei. der dat24
stand zwar auch zur auswahl, ich habe ihn aber nicht genommen, da die
treiberunterstuetzung
nicht gewaehrleistet schien (ausnutzung der kapazitaet).
generell gilt: die etwas aeltere hardware wird besser unterstuetzt, also
sicher in diesem fall hp 4/8i.
ggfs. mein tip: im internet bei hp akt. treiberunterstuetzung
ueberpruefen.
gruss
jlp
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Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1999 19:08:12 +0200
From: Bernd Huebenett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [Q] IBM ServerRaid is it supported ??
Hello Tony,
there are beta drivers for Red Hat 6.0 from IBM. At the moment the ServeRAID is
only useable as a secondary storage device. ServeRAID II = Adaptec AHA-3985.
Regards,
Bernd
Tony Platt wrote:
> SCSI-2 Fast / Wide ServeRAID PCI RAID Controller, FRU P/N 76H6875 (06H9334)
>
> Is it supported under linux
>
> Picture
>
> http://www.computercable.com/ecom/76h6875.jpg
>
> Thanks
>
> Tony Platt
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From: "Jim Ford" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Recommended SCSI scananer?
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1999 19:12:55 +0100
Mike Frisch wrote in message ...
>Can somebody recommend a low-end SCSI scanner that works well with the
>available software in Linux? I currently have a Mustek parallel
Hi Mike.
I use a UMAX 1220S with a cheap tekram scsi card (I didn't try the card that
came with the scanner). It worked fine 'out of the box' with the SANE
package. I'm very pleased with it.
Regards: Jim Ford
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From: Rod Roark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Question installing SCSI drivers for initio
Date: 10 Jun 1999 17:57:12 GMT
Sonu Sahi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> At least you guys were able to get Linux up and running in the first
>place! I have the Initio INI-9100AS card, it came with my Sony cd burner.
>I havent had a problem with it until trying to install Linux off a cd-rom.
>I burned the .iso of Mandrake Linux v5.3 (which is basically redhad 5.2 i
>believe). The Initio stuff is not in the list of possible SCSI cards in
>mandrake's install. So basically, my problem is that i cant get mandrake to
>recognize my scsi card, which in turn would enable to me to actually perform
>the installation of linux off the cdrom.
>
> I know there have been similar discussions in other threads, but the
>difference is that the people in the other threads already had linux
>installed... i've never used linux in my life and want to learn more about
>it, but i need to be able to install it first :) Any advice is
>appreciated, thanks.
I'm not sure if it fits Mandrake, but Initio does have installation
help for Red Hat 6.0. Go to www.initio.com, look up the Linux stuff,
download the file for your card, unzip it and do whatever the docs say.
Another option: temporarily put in an IDE drive, install to it, compile
and install a kernel with Initio support, and then copy the whole mess
to a new root partition on your SCSI drive.
The details are left as an exercise; presumably you have a good Linux
book. :-)
-- Rod
======================================================================
Sunset Systems Preconfigured Linux Computers
http://www.sunsetsystems.com/ and Custom Software
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From: "Jason Kovilaritch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: I have a Rockwell Fax Modem in my machine....
Date: Wed, 9 Jun 1999 22:51:23 -0400
....and I would like to know if any one knows how to configure it in RedHat
Linux 6.0.
Thanks
Jason
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From: Mitch Martinez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Canon BJC5000
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1999 18:00:21 GMT
John Hong wrote:
>
> Armando Rojas ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> : Has anybody had any success with this printer?
>
> It's a WinPrinter and so is the newer 5100 and 7000 series.
I have a Canon 5100 also, have not been able to the lp deamon to run it.
I keep getting the error "lpr: connect: Connection refused" "a(� P jobs
queued, but cannot start daemon."
--
Mitch Martinez
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "gm" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] REMOVE NOSPAM to reply>
Subject: Re: History of USB developers switchover
Reply-To: "gm" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] remove NO_SPAM to reply>
Date: 10 Jun 1999 13:25:39 -0600
The first USB implementation effort has been dropped;
the persons doing that development have gone on to
other things. The next effort to pick up on development
of USB and integrate into the kernel is proceeding with
an emphasis on simplicity for the kernel, and development
of an implementation that a linux user would recognize
and be familiar with. The first effort is not entirely lost;
there is some advantage in looking at the code
to understand USB development.
There were no personality conflicts involved, just people
discontinuing their development, and others choosing to
begin their effort with a different approach.
regards,
gm
Johnathan Arubadan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in article
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> Just curious. I'd like to know a brief history of the recent
> change in USB developement. I'm wondering if the old project
> leader (and his team?) spent several years working on the thing
> only to get tossed overboard by Linus and friends because Linus
> had a few, presumably better ideas. Anybody know what the
> situation was? I suspect many people would be discouraged from
> participation after seeing someone else's work get tossed out,
> even in the cause of a better kernel.
>
> I just started reading the very nice "Kernel Traffic" news and
> haven't seen much evidence of heavy-handedness, but having read
> the Kernel FAQ related to the kernel mailing list, I know there
> are a few arrogant and nasty people involved in the kernel work.
> Apparently not the key leaders, thankfully.
>
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From: Johan Kullstam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Basic setup? What do I need ?
Date: 10 Jun 1999 13:03:59 -0400
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (David M. Cook) writes:
> On Wed, 02 Jun 1999 22:22:52 GMT, Lee Sharp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >questionable reviews, like Pump,
> AFAIK, the pump that is shipped with 6.0 only has problems with
> non-standard DHCP servers.
the biggest problem with pump is that there is no way to get it re-run
your firewall configuration script when the dhcp lease runs out and
you get new ip numbers.
having a highly capable operating system like linux and using a
cable-modem 24/7 without some kind of firewall protection is
foolhardy.
my advice is to retreat back to dhcpcd.
--
johan kullstam
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From: Mike Persell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Question installing SCSI drivers for initio
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1999 04:22:42 GMT
Matt Goheen wrote:
>
> I don't believe RedHat 6.0 works "out of the box". It certainly didn't for >me.
>Driver support in included in the source tree -- but it's not part of >the
>installation disks, thus you can't install to a Initio SCSI only system >(perhaps the
>installed kernel DOES have support, but you can't get there >from here, so to speak).
SuSE 6.0 and 6.1 does support a 9100 out of the box.
Mike
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From: "C. Kleeschulte" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Is emachine's 400i good for Linux
Date: Wed, 09 Jun 1999 21:35:30 -0700
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Dude,
don't do it, the emachine, I work for a major ISP and I use redhat at
home and I'll I do at work is work with incompatibilty issues with those
damn emachines. They have onboard everything making it very very
difficult to replace components, they're Packard Bells by another name!
Chris
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From: "Jim Ford" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Can't access all my memory!
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1999 19:27:06 +0100
Joe Pelkey wrote in message
>Hi. How do I access all my memory without putting ">
No problems with my 2.0.36 kernal recognising 128meg
Regards: Jim Ford
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From: Gerald Willmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: My dream computer
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1999 11:23:03 -0700
> On Wed, 9 Jun 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> > I've checked these parts and they seem to be pretty good, however if
> > someone knows of a problem with anything I'd like to hear about it.
> > Specifically the sound card, video card, modem, UPS and Tape drive.
> > > 128MB SDRAM (PC-100)
get parity ECC RAM
> > > Fujitsu 8.4G UDMA hard drive
Seagate or IBM
> > > Acer 40X UDMA CD-ROM drive
never understood what's the
advantage of fast CDroms - like my music played at 1x speed :)
you should consider going SCSI, though, for such a machine
> > > Logitech 2-button PS2 mouse
definitely get 3 buttons
Gerald
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Date: 04 Jun 99 07:50:58 -0500
From: "Gene Heskett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: RH6.0 + HDD WD 8GB + UDMA = NOPE
Reply to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Gene Heskett sends Greetings to Rezac David;
It sounds like (you didn't mention the mobo or chipset) got bit by the
same miss-match that got me. The drive is a UDMA-66, but the boards
chipset only knows about UDMA-33. A visit to the WD web site should get
you a utility to run that will tell the drive to use the slower UDMA-33,
at which point it should do 10+ megs/second or more for kernel versions
2.2.9. 2.0.36-0.7, the stock RH5.2 install, doesn't know about UDMA at
all.
The utility updates the drives flash, so you only have to do it once,
and the same utility can also toggle it back to the UDMA-66 mode.
RD> Hello.
RD> I have a problem with my WesterDigital hardrive. I cannot use
RD> u-dma. Here is what I can get:
RD> part of `dmesg`:
RD> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
RD> PCI_IDE: unknown IDE controller on PCI bus 00 device 78,
RD> VID=10b9,
RD> DID=5229
RD> PCI_IDE: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later
RD> PCI_IDE: simplex device: DMA disabled
RD> ide0: PCI_IDE Bus-Master DMA disabled (BIOS)
RD> PCI_IDE: simplex device: DMA disabled
RD> ide1: PCI_IDE Bus-Master DMA disabled (BIOS)
RD> hda: WDC AC28400R, ATA DISK drive
RD> hdc: TOSHIBA CD-ROM XM-6202B, ATAPI CDROM drive
RD> ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14
RD> ide1 at 0x170-0x177,0x376 on irq 15
RD> hda: WDC AC28400R, 8063MB w/512kB Cache, CHS=1027/255/63
RD> hdc: ATAPI 32X CD-ROM drive, 256kB Cache
RD> Uniform CDROM driver Revision: 2.54
RD> -------
RD> From root's console
RD> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
RD> [root]# hdparm -c1 -d1 -m16 -u1 /dev/hda
RD> dev/hda:
RD> setting 32-bit I/O support flag to 1
RD> setting multcount to 16
RD> setting unmaskirq to 1 (on)
RD> setting using_dma to 1 (on)
RD> HDIO_SET_DMA failed: Operation not permitted
RD> multcount = 16 (on)
RD> I/O support = 1 (32-bit)
RD> unmaskirq = 1 (on)
RD> using_dma = 0 (off)
RD> ------------------------------------------------
RD> Thats all. If you have any suggestion, please, send me e-mail:
RD> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RD> Thank you.
RD> =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
RD> =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
RD> E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RD> WWW home page:
RD> http://www.stud.fee.vutbr.cz/~xrezac01
RD> ----------------------------------------------------------------
RD> --------------- Any spam sent to my email will be rewarded by
RD> complaint to your ISP abuse
RD> team and abuse teams of servers that relayed that message. It
RD> works.
Cheers, Gene
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Ch. Eng. @ WDTV-5 |A2091,GuruRom,1g Seagate,CDROM,Multiface III
|Buddha + 4 gig WDC drive, 525 meg tape
|Stylus Pro, EnPrint, Picasso-II, 17" vga
RC5-Moo! 690kkeys/sec isn't much, but it all helps
email gene underscore heskett at iolinc dot net
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From: David Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: uk.comp.os.linux
Subject: HP 810/812/815 printer with Ghostscript
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1999 21:24:37 +0100
Has anyone tried this printer with Ghostscript/Linux?
It seems to be a PCL3 printer but I wondered if it works on the dj
driver. Besides the USB port does anyone know the difference between
this and the more expensive 880?
TIA
David.
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From: Teke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Sound Card problem
Date: 10 Jun 1999 04:31:19 GMT
Hi!~
I have installed a OpenLinux 1.3, it work fine, but the sound card doesn't
work. would you tell me how to set it up?
and also, I install the Corel WordPerfect,
but whenever I run the wxp file, it says "File cannot be excute" ? why is
it so? Please help thank you!
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