Linux-Hardware Digest #481, Volume #10 Sun, 13 Jun 99 04:14:11 EDT
Contents:
Re: FAT32 (Tim Moore)
Re: Celeron or PII? (Chris Mauritz)
Re: APC UPS experience (Wayne Sweet)
Mouse problems in X with RH 5.2 ("Chad Dale")
Re: Which UPS ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
no display ("Yves")
multiple soundcards (toast)
Re: Multiple SCSI controllers ? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Laptop APM ("Shamsuddin, Amir (EXCHANGE:MDN05:7E24)")
Phoenix Maxi Gamer X server... ("Ben Walton")
Re: FS: 2 NeXT NeXTStations w/ 17" Megapixel Monitors ; $125 each (Gary Henning)
sending console msgs to remote terminals (B'ichela)
Re: Multi serial port on linux. (B'ichela)
Re: HP 720C doesn't print (Martijn Kruithof)
sig 11 (was Re: Linux program to exercise Dual-CPU system?) (Scott Mark)
Re: Celeron or PII? (bryan)
How to change the mouse type after booted up (Curley)
does linux support maxblast? (Henry Lu)
Re: I can't get my Logitech mouse to work at all (Marc Mutz)
Re: Logitech Cordless Desktop (Andy Busch)
Re: HP 720C doesn't print ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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From: Tim Moore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: FAT32
Date: Sat, 12 Jun 1999 13:16:52 -0700
The filesystem type should be 'c'. Example:
# fdisk -l /dev/hde
Disk /dev/hde: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 790 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hde1 1 510 4096543+ c Win95 FAT32 (LBA)
/dev/hde2 524 657 1076355 83 Linux native
/dev/hde3 511 523 104422+ 82 Linux swap
/dev/hde4 658 790 1068322+ 83 Linux native
Mount mechanism should be vfat. Example from /etc/fstab:
/dev/hde1 /Va vfat noauto,user,defaults,rw 0 0
Cyberant wrote:
>
> Can I see FAT32 hard-drives in Linux? If so how? I have tried just about
> everything I know of, but nothing.
>
> Thanx in advance
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From: Chris Mauritz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Celeron or PII?
Date: Sun, 13 Jun 1999 01:18:35 GMT
Fraser Hutchinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Given that I have a Celeron 333A, and a ASUS P2BS motherboard, can I overclock
> my CPU, and if so, how?
A "painless" way would be simply to change the bus frequency to 75mhz with
the jumpers on the motherboard. That should work without incident and get
you up to 375mhz.
C
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From: Wayne Sweet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: APC UPS experience
Date: Sat, 12 Jun 1999 20:41:05 -0700
Ray Eads wrote:
> I've had some good success with the APC BackUPS PRO 420 (new one
> with 6 outlets). I'm using the apcupsd 3.5.6. I use the 95A
> cable.
>
> The UPS runs for around 40 minutes. The apcupsd software reports
> that I'm using about 15% of its capacity (Pentium 350, 250W, 2
> disks, no monitor).
>
> I've set the software to shutdown when the battery is drained to
> 60% of its charge. It performs a shutdown and powers off the case
> nicely. When I restore the power, the computer boots up again.
>
> For my purposes, the 280VA version of the UPS may have been fine.
> I erred a bit on the cautious side there.
>
> This setup has worked nicely for me. Thanks to the authors of the
> apcupsd software!
>
> --
> Ray Eads ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
I am trying to get apcupsd to work with Caldera 2.2 and Back UPS Pro
420. So no luck. If you have any tips I would appreciate passing them
on.
Thanks.
Wayne
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From: "Chad Dale" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Mouse problems in X with RH 5.2
Date: Sun, 13 Jun 1999 05:44:09 GMT
I am really hoping someone can help me out with this one, becuase I am at my
wits end.
I have a Celeron 300A (running @ ~378) w. Abit BH6 MB, and I use a Logitech
Firstmouse+ serial on COM1. This was all working fine, until I removed my
modem. Suddenly, mouse no longer works in Linux. I have a Win98/RH5.2 dual
boot, and the mouse has no problems under Windows.
Does anyone have any idea what may be causing this? I tried everything I
could think of, from changing the com-port settings in the BIOS, to trying
all available mice I can get my hands on, and with all serial mice, I get
the same problem, the mouse cursor slowly moves to the bottom of the screen
and stays there. When I run X with the "correct" com port, it has no
problems (ie. it doesn't give any mouse errors) but the mouse does not work.
PLEASE! Somebody must have an idea for this. I have tried everything I could
think of and the mice I tried are as follows:
Logitech
FirstMouse Serial
FirstMouse PS/2
FirstMouse+ Serial
FirstMouse+ PS/2
Mouseman Serial
Microsoft Mouse PS/2
IBM Mouse PS/2
All of the serial mice just fall to the bottom of the screen, and the PS/2
mice just jump around the screen randomly.
I had a LT firstmouse working, so I know that it must somehow work, and all
of the above mice work fine under Windows, so I assume it's not a hardware
defect or improper BIOS setting.
I need the mouse to work though if I am to use Linux. Please! if someone
knows what is causing this, please email me [EMAIL PROTECTED]
thanks.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Which UPS
Date: Fri, 11 Jun 1999 14:35:29 GMT
I use an APC Back-UPS Pro 280. This is enough to run the computer AND
monitor for about 10 minutes. Most Unicies are currently supported,
but Linux is not. However, there are two daemons available that
support most APC products ... I use apcupsd which is available only in
binary form but is very configurable and has network support (shut down
remote machines if power goes out, etc.) and good monitoring (logging,
etc.).
Disclaimer: Yes, I'm an authorised APC reseller, so I'm biased.
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Does anyone have a recommendation for a relatively inexpensive UPS
> that can be connected to a Linux box? The UPS is not really intended
> to support the box for any appreciable length of time - possibly 5-10
> minutes, but I do require it to connect to the serial port and perform
> a shutdown should a power-outage occur.
>
> That brings me to the second point, which is the software itself. Do
> any of the current UPS manufacturers actually supply monitoring
> software for Linux or is it something I will need to find from other
> sources such as Smart UPS Tools?
>
> Hopefully someone out there has already been through this mill and can
> point to their own successful implementation of a UPS.
>
> Hardware Packard Bell P350
> O/S : Slackware v3.5 : Kernel 2.0.34
>
> Peter Whelerton
>
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From: "Yves" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: no display
Date: Sat, 12 Jun 1999 23:53:36 -0400
Since I update my kernel to 2.2.X, i can't see anything on the display, it
look like the standard output is sent to something else.
I am saying that because I can load Xwindows (by logging in first first, i
don't see what i am typing, but i know it by hart) and everything is fine
Brgds Yves
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From: toast <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: multiple soundcards
Date: Fri, 11 Jun 1999 09:30:36 GMT
I am trying to set up 3 sound-blaster AWE64's in one computer under
linux(don't ask!) I know sndconfig only lets you configure 1 card and
writes the info to /etc/isapnp.conf, but I have edited that file
manually to include 3 of them. I first booted the computer into win98
and successfully configured the os to see them. I then used the irq,
dma's and addresses to set them up in /etc/isapnp.conf. They ended up
using irq's 5,7 and 10 and dma's 0,1,3,5,6,7. To make the story short, I
couldn;t get them to work. Does anyone know of an easier/different way
to do this? Is it possible?
Thanks,
SJ
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Multiple SCSI controllers ?
Date: Fri, 11 Jun 1999 18:15:18 GMT
In article <7jqko2$beo$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Hardware config,
> IBM 770X Thinkpad
> SelectaDock III docking station incl AHA-2940(I think) SCSI Controller
> 2GB Jazz Drive attahced to above
>
> The above config works fine. I have the SCSI drivers compiled into the
> kernel and it works great.
>
> However, I now want to use an additional SCSI controller a 1480A
> CardBus controller, in one of the PC slots of the laptop. I've
> installed and configured the latest version of the pcmcia modules. But
> when I insert the 1480A all sorts of shit happens. But the key things
> are the cardmgr finds two scsi busses. scsi1 and scsi2, this is in
> addition to the existing scsi0. It appears that that it has found the
> 2940 again and is assigning it to scsi2 as well as scsi0.
What is it that leads you to believe that it's assigning SCSI2 to the
2940?
Greg
>
> Does this sound normal ?
>
> Dobbin
>
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From: "Shamsuddin, Amir (EXCHANGE:MDN05:7E24)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Laptop APM
Date: Mon, 07 Jun 1999 13:36:42 +0100
I've written a kernel patch that fixes it now, I'll make it available soon and feed
it back to relevant people if they're interested. Basically it's a bug in the BIOS,
which doesn't do the specification properly -- it claims to be APM 1.2 compliant,
but is also broken when running as version 1.0 and 1.1. I'm also forwarding details
to Mitac.
should eventually be available from http://www.shams.demon.co.uk/
Mohd H Misnan wrote:
> I've rebadged Mitac 5033 which work well with APM on 2.2.X kernels, I got the
> same problem when I was on 2.0.X kernels. Anyway, have you checked Mitac website
> for BIOS updates? May be you need to update the BIOS to have this supported.
>
The latest BIOS on the web site is 1.02, Mine came with 1.03 (methinks they don't
keep the web site much up -to-date).
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From: "Ben Walton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Phoenix Maxi Gamer X server...
Date: Sat, 12 Jun 1999 16:30:12 -0400
Hi everyone...
I recently installed RH onto a friends machine, but he has an oddball
video card (wanted the best, didn't want to pay for it)! It's called the
Phoenix Maxi Gamer...it is based on the 3dfx banshee chipset (128 bit I
believe)...the manual docs are very weak...
I got it running on a vga16 X server (looks awful...if you remember)...the
SVGA server won't run properly on it either....is there an alternate X
server that will be more compatible with this card?
If so, we would both apprecitate it...
Thanks
-Ben Walton
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From: Gary Henning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.sys.next.marketplace,misc.forsale.computers.workstation
Subject: Re: FS: 2 NeXT NeXTStations w/ 17" Megapixel Monitors ; $125 each
Date: Sat, 12 Jun 1999 23:19:00 -0700
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Do you still have The systems? I'd like to buy one, the phone#? looks
about 1 digit short.
Kent Rankin wrote:
> Subject says it all. The units are located in Knoxville, TN,
> 37922-3449.
>
> -Kent Rankin
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (B'ichela)
Subject: sending console msgs to remote terminals
Date: Sun, 13 Jun 1999 06:29:42 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
My keyboard is dieing and I need to use a remote terminal such as a
Vt100. How do I send console's msgs that that terminal as well of course as
provinding I/O. I/O I know how to do with mgetty. but what about console
error messages?
In additon I am loooking for multiple serial port cards that can
supply up to 16 ports. Used is fine. where/who has cards that are
compatible with Slackware Linux with the 2.0.36 kernal release?
I have one serial port that can do com 3 and IRQ 5 but it will NOT
work on linux as IRQ 5!! does Linux always assume that IRQ is for the
second paraelle port?? My old Trantor t130B scsi host adaptor usxed to have
fits on irq 5 also. I only have ONE printer How do I resolve this? I am
uncertain if this is a hardware or software problem. AS I can see, all
other IRQs are working Although none of my 8 bit serial cards support
anything other than IRQ 3,4 or 5. I am in a bit of a pinch both
financially and hardware wise right now and I need to know where to start
debugging.
setserial does not help matters. nor did hacking the serial.c
routines in the 2.0.36 kernal.
my computer is a 486/Dx2 66MHZ VESA local bus machine with Vesa
Scsi and SVGA cards. I have 20mb of memory.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (B'ichela)
Subject: Re: Multi serial port on linux.
Date: Sun, 13 Jun 1999 06:17:53 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In article <7jvad9$bpi$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Michael Faurot wrote:
>Karim El Founas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>: Hello, I'm searching for a multi-port IO card to have up to 16 RS232
>: serial port on a PC Intel.
>
>: I've found the Intelliport (4 or 8 port by card) from Computone but the
>: dirvers for Linux are in beta version.
>
>I've been using an 8-port Cyclades since kernel v1.2.13 and it's
>performed well. I believe Cyclades makes 16port cards also.
>Cyclades cards also enjoy direct driver support in the existing
>kernels.
Where can I get these cards? BEst I have found through Dalco is 4
port cards. WEb addresses/phone numbers of dealers would be greatly
appreciated.
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From: Martijn Kruithof <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux,alt.uu.comp.os.linux.questions,at.linux,comp.os.linux.setup,nl.comp.os.linux.installatie
Subject: Re: HP 720C doesn't print
Date: Sun, 13 Jun 1999 08:40:33 +0200
root wrote:
>
> Dear reader,
>
> I've a HP 720C colour deskjet and I have SuSE 6.1 runing on my computer.
> During instalation of the OS I had to choose a printer. Because HP 720C
> isn't on the list, I've tried other printers (like cdjet550) on /dev/lp0
> but neither will print.
>
> The solution may be quite simple (I hope so) but being a newbie, things
> are not that easy to me
>
> Tank you in advance !!
Hello,
I did you try /dev/lp1 (in 2.0 kernel series) or do you have a 2.2.
kernel.
(/dev/lp0 is then correct). If you are a new / normal user i would not
recommend running
a 2.3 or 2.1 series kernel.
(Can anyone confirm that not even plaintext will come out of a HP720C)
Try if plaintext is printed by your printer do as root:
test if the printer works by simply do echo Blah > /dev/lp1 (or echo
Blah/dev/lp2)
The paper should then be pulled in by the printer, and the printer
should print Blah
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Scott Mark)
Subject: sig 11 (was Re: Linux program to exercise Dual-CPU system?)
Date: Wed, 9 Jun 1999 16:35:18 GMT
As a followup to all my postings about SMP and Linux and sig-11 problems
and not being able to duplicate them:
I think that the overall problem was/is the sound driver in kernel version
2.0.32, which is what I'm currently running in SMP mode.
I can positively crush my system with compiles, matrix math, busy loops,
and even the dreaded Netscape, and I don't have problems. I've reinstalled
all my DRAM and turned the cache on and I've done over 100 kernel compiles
without a single fatal error.
I got the hunch when the "play" program (plays .wav files) locked up
the whole system, when I was using that instead of amp to have some
tunes while the system chugged.
So now that I'm not using any sounds whatsoever, the whole system is
rock solid again, even though my CPUs don't exactly match and I don't
have the updated 2.2 kernel.
Many thanks for all the pointers, ideas, and tips during this time.
I've learned a lot about the system, and a lot about trying to get to
a motherboard that is obscured by hard drives and cables.
My next PC is going to be in a full tower case.
Thanks again!
Scott Mark
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From: bryan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Celeron or PII?
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1999 20:38:17 GMT
Vaisbrot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: bryan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: > I used to believe this myself. I really did. I used to believe that
: > you should always 'blindly follow the specs'. but in the case of the
: > celeron, you -are- following the specs - sort of. the cpu is the same
: > basic part they use in the p2-450 - it just has a different cache part
: > inside. and that cache part can usually work very well at 450.
: >
: > raising the voltage from 2.0 to 2.2 is 10%. that's the margin that's
: > allowed by the specs, too, I believe. and almost no celeron won't o/c
: > at 2.2 v.
: >
: Hi,
: I saw somewhere than because of Linux's better (i.e. complete) usage of
: the CPU, it was tricky to overclock it, whichever the CPU model may be.
in fact, just the opposite, imho. its known that linux heats cpu's up
less when the system isn't running at full 100% util. linux executes
the HALT instr which saves energy. 'doze, otoh, is ALWAYS in a busy
loop and generates more heat just doing nothing (being idle).
: I've got a 433 Mhz Celeron with a fan on a 66 Mhz bus (6.5 * 66 = 433).
: My motherboard can go up to 8*66 (can't change the bus frequency).
the only way to o/c a multiplier-locked cel is to raise the bus freq.
: Do you mean that if I o/c my CPU to 500 MHz (7.5*66), it will work
: without overheating with Linux too ?
see above.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Curley)
Subject: How to change the mouse type after booted up
Date: Sun, 13 Jun 1999 07:00:05 GMT
Hello!
Whew. I got Linux installed and working!
...but... stupid me, I chose Intellimouse (serial) mouse at the
install instead of Intellimouse (PS/2).
Now, when I boot into Linux, I can't move the mouse!
How can I change it to the PS/2 setting without using the mouse?
Thanks!
Joe
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From: Henry Lu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: does linux support maxblast?
Date: 10 Jun 1999 22:37:43 GMT
I saw that linux support EZ-drive from faq and from the page:
http://www.pandemonium.demon.co.uk/linux.html . Does linux support
Maxblast ? (EZ-bios from Maxtor).
My old computer BIOS has a limitation of harddrive size of 2.1G. I
added a second disk Maxtor 8.4G to the existing system (1.6G WDC disk) as
master and 1.6G old disk as slave. I set limitation jumper at new disk as
instructed. Win98 works fine. however linux diskdruid/fdisk only
see 2.1G for the new disk. There was errors in redhat 5.2 upgrade/install
process. What is wrong? Is Maxblast supported by linux?
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From: Marc Mutz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: I can't get my Logitech mouse to work at all
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1999 23:38:39 +0200
Mike wrote:
>
> Hello,
> I have a Logitech 3-button mouseman and I get no response at all in
> X-windows. I've tried mouseconfig, XF86Setup, XConfigurator, and
> xf86config and none of them work to fix it. I've tried using Logitech and
> Microsoft as my mouse configurations and neither of them gives me a
> response. I also tried to killall gpm to no avail. I know the mouse is
> good (it works in Windows) so I'm sure that I'm just making a small
> oversight somewhere, I just don't know where else to look. Please send
> help.
>
My Logi Pilot works w/ Microsoft setting and w/o (!) any 3 button
settings. Have you selected the right device (i.e. /dev/ttyS* for serial
mice, /dev/ps* for ps/2?)
Marc
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Andy Busch)
Subject: Re: Logitech Cordless Desktop
Date: 12 Jun 1999 02:21:08 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Fri, 11 Jun 1999 20:40:16 -0400, Andrew Kim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>I am a super newbie... Does anyone know if the Logitech Cordless Desktop
>(keyboard and 3button wheel mouse) will work under linux??? Specifically,
>Caldera OpenLinux 2.2?? Thanks!
Presuming the things plug into the standard keyboard and ps/2 mouse ports,
you should be able to get at least some response from them. (standard
keyboard and 2 button mouse at least). Take a look at imwheel for wheel and
extra button support. It's pretty easy to use, but I can help more if you
need it.
BTW- Logitech is one of the best companies when it comes to cross-platform
support. They don't rely much on drivers to make their hardware work.
Andy
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux,alt.uu.comp.os.linux.questions,at.linux,comp.os.linux.setup,nl.comp.os.linux.installatie
Subject: Re: HP 720C doesn't print
Date: Sun, 13 Jun 1999 05:40:20 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
The DJ722C is a winprinter. Sell it pronto and buy a new one!
On Sun, 13 Jun 1999 00:22:01 -0400, "Steve" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
:What printer are you using please?
:
:I am having the same problem with a DJ722c and thought the issue was more
:complicated, along the lines of the DJ720 series being "windows printers".
:
:Steve
:
:Marc Mutz wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
:>root wrote:
:>>
:>Try /dev/lp1 instead of /dev/lp0. It works for me...
:
:
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