Linux-Hardware Digest #493, Volume #10 Tue, 15 Jun 99 05:13:33 EDT
Contents:
This is what I WANT to do..!! (Daniel in Oregon)
Re: Lockups using BladeEnc... (Brett Neely)
Re: RH 6 and Ultra66 ATA ("Chris Kloiber")
Sound Cards / Slackware 3.5 ("Ben Adler")
Re: Ensoniq AudioPCI S5016 Sound Card Support? (Tim)
Re: Hardware compatability list - where to get? ("Bobby D. Bryant")
Re: Seems like a stupid question (Brett Neely)
Re: Any driver known for SB Live? (olivier)
Re: lilo.conf, vga=<number>, VESAfb, etc.
Re: Can't print; /dev/lp0 not detected; procfs? (Marc Mutz)
Help with LocalDirector ("Ted Pavlic")
connect two PC's by USB
Re: How to change the mouse type after booted up (Curley)
Re: Linksys EtherFast 10/100 PCI: Good? (Jon Radon)
Re: Linux Backup Solution. (David C)
Re: making linux go away (Ted Sikora)
Memory and Slackware 3.6 (Holmes)
need backup hardware recommendation (ETHAN VONDERWEID)
Re: Memory and Slackware 3.6 ("LEBOEUF Eric (Richie)")
Re: connect two PC's by USB ("gm")
Re: Memory and Slackware 3.6 (Holmes)
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From: Daniel in Oregon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: This is what I WANT to do..!!
Date: Mon, 14 Jun 1999 10:47:59 -0700
I have an extra drive that I want to append to my existing ext2 linux
partiion..
I have the raid set up and ready to go...except...I can't create it
because the ext2 partition is mounted..
I want to make a boot disk with an existing image on it...and the raid
tools...
I want to be able to boot up...with the FLOPPY disk as the root....then
use the raid tools on the
two partitions...then reboot...and it should be kosher...!!!!
right...sigh.
Any help would be appreciated...
I have already made an "mkinitrd" img...but don't know how to get it on
a dos boot disk...
and what command to enter to make the floppy the root....
Thanks..
Daniel
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From: Brett Neely <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Lockups using BladeEnc...
Date: Mon, 14 Jun 1999 23:08:33 -0700
I can only guess what you are attempting: reading a CD and encoding it
directly to MP3.
If this is incorrect, ignore the rest of this message.
Otherwise, you can have a lot of problems by attempting to convert
directly from CD to MP3. You will get the best (in terms of quality and
errorless operation) results by ripping from audio CD first into WAV or
similar "raw" format, and converting that data to MP3. The reason is
that MP3 encoding is CPU intensive, and you may experience buffer
problems when attempting to do it direct from CD.
Jeff Volckaert wrote:
>
> Hello Everybody,
>
> I posted a few days ago about a problem with during CD ripping. Well, I
> narrowed the problem down to BladeEnc. I get "Unable to handle kernel
> paging request at virtual address" error on the first track BladeEnc trys to
> encode. I also get "Call Trace", "process Kswapd", "kernel Panic VFS", &
> LRU block list corrupted" messages among other things. If the machine
> didn't hard lock I would cut and the paste the entire thing.
>
> This is running on a P120, 32mg ram, Matrox Mystique 2mg, Sound Blaster 16,
> 4X Eide CDrom, Adaptec 1502e (with microtek scanner), and 6.4G Quantum
> bigfoot.
>
> Any help is appreciated.
>
> TIA,
> Jeff Volckaert
--
Brett Neely, Technical Support Engineer, Linuxcare, Inc.
415.354.4878 x269 tel, 415.701.7457 fax
[EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.linuxcare.com
Linuxcare. At the center of Linux.
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From: "Chris Kloiber" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.setup,linux.redhat.install,linux.redhat.list,redhat.hardware.arch.intel
Subject: Re: RH 6 and Ultra66 ATA
Date: Tue, 15 Jun 1999 00:18:18 -0400
Chris Capaci <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> so does this mean that i can't install any version of linux because i have
the
> ultra66??
I have hear of only 1 person who has Red hat 6 installed on a Gateway with a
Promise ATA/66 drive in it. Note he has NO linux partitions on that drive,
but dual boots with 98 on the 18 GIG IBM drive attached. Here is what he
told me...
Gateway PII 450
Promise Ultra ATA/66 w/IBM 18 GIG drive.
3.2 Gig drive as Primary Master on motherboard's IDE controller.
ATAPI CDROM on Secondary Slave.
Windows treats the Promise as a SCSI controller, and boots directly to
it.However, if you don't mind booting Linux from a floppy, and telling Linux
you don't have ANY SCSI controllers, it will ignore the presence of the
Promise controller. The 3.2 Gig IDE becomes /dev/hda under linux.
While not an ideal solution, it works for him until somebody tackles drivers
for the Promise.
Chris Kloiber
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From: "Ben Adler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Sound Cards / Slackware 3.5
Date: Mon, 14 Jun 1999 13:19:53 -0400
I got a quickie here folks - flame me or whatever, I don't care.
I just did a full install of Slackware at home. I haven't yet been able =
to get Linux to recognize my sound card.
It's a PCI sound card, Diamond Multimedia MX330 - what's that utility to =
dump PNP stuff to a file - isapnp? I can't remember for the life of me.
Thanks=20
Ben Adler
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From: Tim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Ensoniq AudioPCI S5016 Sound Card Support?
Date: 14 Jun 1999 18:57:42 +0100
"Kris Erpenbeck" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Hi,
>
> I just installed SuSE Linux 6.1 on my PII-400 system.
> I am unable to get sound working, and I think its because
> I have a Ensoniq AudioPCI S5016 card which from what
> I can tell is unsupported. I was wondering if anyone can
> tell me if indeed this card is or is not supported?
Yes. Supported well by the ALSA drivers. Get them and install
them. Then run the setup utility and of you go. Either that or get a
2.2.x kernel and use the drivers in that.
--
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http://surf.to/timzpayj
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From: "Bobby D. Bryant" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Hardware compatability list - where to get?
Date: Mon, 14 Jun 1999 12:37:43 -0500
Richard C. Ferryman wrote:
> I am about to obtain a recent linux to replace the linux I used to use
> three years ago. Contenders are Slackware 4, Red Hat, SuSE and Debian
> but I need to check in advance that my SCSI card, sound card, Matrox
> card, network card, 8 port serial card etc are supported. Where can I
> ftp a compatability list?
Most distributors will (should) have a list at their Web site. For
example, Red Hat has a list at
http://www.redhat.com/corp/support/hardware/index.html.
I don't know whether the various distributors customize their lists or
share a common one, but I would look at the site for the distribution I
was going to use, just to be safe.
Bobby Bryant
Austin, Texas
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From: Brett Neely <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Seems like a stupid question
Date: Mon, 14 Jun 1999 23:15:02 -0700
Hi,
Visit this web page to see the cards that opensound
(http://www.opensound.com) is able to support:
http://www.opensound.com/osshw.html
Andrew de los Reyes wrote:
>
> I'm looking to buy a new dell in august. everything seems linux compatable,
> but i can't find info on the audio cards. Can someone tell me if these
> cards are or aren't linux friendly?
>
> Yamaha XG 64V Wavetable Sound
> Turtle Beach Montego II A3D320V
> SoundBlaster Live! Value 512V Sound Card
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Andrew de los Reyes
--
Brett Neely, Technical Support Engineer, Linuxcare, Inc.
415.354.4878 x269 tel, 415.701.7457 fax
[EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.linuxcare.com
Linuxcare. At the center of Linux.
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From: olivier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Any driver known for SB Live?
Date: Mon, 14 Jun 1999 20:17:17 +0200
Jan de Sonneville wrote:
>
> I can't get my sb live installed (not compatible with soundblaster)
> Have you got/ do you know anything
> to solve this problem?
> Thanks,
> Jan de Sonneville
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Go have a look at: http://developer.soundblaster.com/linux/
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ()
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.x,comp.windows.x.i386unix,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: lilo.conf, vga=<number>, VESAfb, etc.
Date: 15 Jun 1999 05:06:57 GMT
On Mon, 14 Jun 1999 17:36:31 +0100, Shamsuddin, Amir (EXCHANGE:MDN05:7E24)
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>"A. Sielaff" wrote:
>> HMMM... Why won't LILO recognize 0315 or 789 in lilo.conf, but accept it
>> at the prompt? How can I remedy this situation? Any help/input would be
>> very much appreciated.
>I can tell you that it isn't LILO which is propmting you for a new mode,
>thats the linux kernel which has recieved a bad mode from lilo. I have no
>idea why lilo wont accept vga=789 at the prompt (I know it works for me), but
>using 0315 as a lilo option I don't think works, you'd need to try "0x315".
You might try appending the command, as in,
append = "video=xxx"
Mine reads,
append = "video=matrox:vesa:0x115"
Don't forget to use the quotes.
--
Brien
{[EMAIL PROTECTED]}
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Date: Mon, 14 Jun 1999 18:48:50 +0200
From: Marc Mutz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Can't print; /dev/lp0 not detected; procfs?
John Zbesko wrote:
>
> When using the RedHat 5.2 printtool, I get a message saying that no devices
> were detected at /dev/lp0 or lp1 or lp2 and that there may be a hardware
> problem. This has prevented me from using my Epson ActionLaser 1500, which
> is HP III cpmpatible.
>
> My parallel port works- I can use my zip drive. In my dmesg listing, I see a
> message saying the parallel port is detected, but in order to enable
> interrupt driven processes I need to:
>
> use procfs
>
> What is this and can it be the solution to my problem? Just what is the
> printtool looking for? Thanks for your help.
>
Read section 2.6. of /usr/src/linux/Documentation/proc.txt
Marc
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From: "Ted Pavlic" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Help with LocalDirector
Date: Mon, 14 Jun 1999 14:18:14 -0400
I have a LocalDirector 416 Version 2.2.2 -- I plan to put an array of Linux
boxes with Apache web servers behind it. It will handle the load balancing.
(If you're not familiar with the LocalDirector, it's a Cisco product that
does load balancing)
My trouble is here... I have over seven hundred multihosts. (virtual hosts)
(IP aliases) What would be the best way for me to configure my machines and
my local director to handle this?
I've tried (I was hoping there would be an even easier way to do this)
setting up virtual addresses inside of the LocalDirector for each IP alias I
have... and then load balancing those on my four normal machines -- with all
of them having the same IP aliases. Trouble is, the LocalDirector changed
something with the packet information and all packets looked like they were
going to the machines directly, not to their IP aliases.
So far, the only thing I can see that may actually work is to make 700
entries in the local director balancing traphic from 700 "virtual" machines
to a real address on each one of my "real" machines. That means I'd have to
have 700 different IPs for EACH machine.... and have the local director load
balance onto those 700 IPs... I really would rather not do that.
Does any of this make any sense? Can anyone tell me how they did
multihosting with the LocalDirector?
All the best --
Ted Pavlic
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From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: connect two PC's by USB
Date: 14 Jun 1999 18:30:45 GMT
Can I connect two PC's using USB and exchange files?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Curley)
Subject: Re: How to change the mouse type after booted up
Date: Tue, 15 Jun 1999 06:18:31 GMT
On Sun, 13 Jun 1999 21:40:40 +0200, Henrik Carlqvist
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> scribbled:
>Curley wrote:
>> 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?
>
>I don't know which distribution you are using, but as you seem to depend
>on the mouse I assume that you are running xdm which makes you log
>stright in to X.
>
>You are probably able to switch to a virtual text console and from this
>console you should be able to edit the configuration file for X.
>
>Try to change to a virtual console with ctrl-alt-f2.
>log in as root
>cd /etc
>emacs XF86Config
>
>Use the arrow keys to go down to were it says something like this:
>
>Section "Pointer"
> Protocol "intellimouse"
> Device "/dev/mouse"
> BaudRate 1200
>EndSection
>
>Change the Protocol row to the following:
>
> Protocol "IMPS/2"
>
>Then save your changes with
>
>ctrl-x ctrl-s
>
>And exit emacs with
>
>ctrl-x ctrl-c
>
>This config file will be read the next time X is restarted.
>
>regards Henrik
Thank you, everyone who answered this thread.
I have solved my problem, and am finally enjoying Linux!!!
...I'm sure I'll have many questions in the future, though.
Thanks again!
Joe.
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From: Jon Radon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linksys EtherFast 10/100 PCI: Good?
Date: Mon, 14 Jun 1999 14:17:40 -0400
Daniel Kao wrote:
> Hi all!
>
> I just went through the Ethernet-HOWTO and was wondering if anyone had any
> personal experiences with these NIC's in Linux? I'm about to retire two
> 16-bit NE2000 (10bT) NIC's in my Linux box and would like to move up to
> 100 Mbit PCI NIC's and the newer Linksys EtherFast 10/100's are based on
> the DEC Tulip chipset.
>
> Anyone have any opinions on this Linksys card or Linksys in general? Or
> any other recommendations for a 10/100 Mbit PCI NIC? (Other than the 3COM
> 905's). Thanks!
>
> -Dan
I personally have a whole network using these cards... i love em.. just make
sure you're using a newer kernel and you'll be fine.
--
.sd[ jr ^ p1mp crew ^ Can't you see? This is the land of confusion. ]bs.
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From: David C <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux Backup Solution.
Date: 14 Jun 1999 00:47:20 -0400
Kyle Christensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> I'm currently looking for a good scsi 10gig+ reasonably priced backup
> solution with good support in linux. Can any suggest a drive in
> particular?
I've gotten all of my SCSI tape drives from APS Technologies
(http://www.apstech.com). Their prices for tape drives under $1000 are:
- A DDS-2 drive for $600
- A Travan TR-4 drive for $300
- A Travan TR-5 drive for $550
There are other vendors, of course, and you can also get an ATAPI drive
if you want to spend less money.
I don't work for APS, but I have ordered several drives from them and am
a satisfied customer. I think they've got the best prices for SCSI tape
drives. At least they did for the drives I bought.
In terms of software, I make all my backups using tar. I insert a tape
of sufficient length and issue the command:
tar cMpPf /dev/nst0 --checkpoint /
If the tape isn't big enough to hold the entire file system, tar will
notify you (that's what the "M" option is for). At which point, you can
open another console and give the command
mt -f /dev/nst0 rewoffl
to eject the tape. Then insert another and tell tar to continue.
-- David
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From: Ted Sikora <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux,alt.os.linux.caldera,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: making linux go away
Date: Tue, 15 Jun 1999 07:01:48 GMT
John Sowden wrote:
>
> I read the responses, just flames. The problem is you are asking a valid
> question. I also need to know how to remove Linux from a hard drive, as I
> am installing a new copy (caldera) and it doen't discuss in the newbie part
> about installing over an existing linux os.
>
> Can someone please take our requests seriously.
>
> adam howard wrote in message <7iv13k$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> >talk about a waste of bandwidth....do we really need a few dozen people to
> >give the same answer?
> >
> >
> >> How do I get rid of Linux in the boot sector (I guess that's where it
> >> is) once and for all?
> >
> >
> >
Open fdisk in Linux change the T(type) to 6 on all Linux partitions then
W(write) Shutdown Linux and boot with a DOS bootdisk. At the a:> prompt
run # fdisk /mbr to clean the boot sector then format the partitions
using # format d:/u You are now back completely.
--
Ted Sikora
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://tsikora.tiac.net
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From: Holmes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Memory and Slackware 3.6
Date: Tue, 15 Jun 1999 02:02:21 -0500
Hello, I'm currently using a Slackware 3.6 distribution pretty much
right out of the box. It's been running great on 64MB of DRAM, but
recently I've upgraded it to 128MB. Linux still only sees 64MB. I've
disabled all shadowing from within the BIOS, and still no luck. It's an
Award BIOS with a 430TX chipset. It's not a dual boot system. Any ideas?
--Holmes
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From: ETHAN VONDERWEID <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: need backup hardware recommendation
Date: Mon, 14 Jun 1999 11:34:47 -0700
hi all,
I've got a RH5.2 pc running as a small-scale server for my home network
that I'd like to start backing up (just zapped a years worth of email by
accident - learning the hard way ;). I want to make complete images of
the system about once or twice a month and do incrementals probably
nightly (is that unrealistic?). I'd prefer an IDE or parallel port
solution as the machine doesn't have a SCSI interface at the moment, but
I'm not ruling out SCSI entirely. I have about 4 gigs of data to backup
and I don't expect it to grow significantly anytime soon. Of course,
I'm looking for something that won't completely shatter my
starving-student budget.
Now, I also have a wintel box on the network (another 6 gigs to backup)
and ideally I'd like to be able to back that system up to the same
device (I assume I'm looking at a tape drive here) across the network -
maybe using Samba or something of the sort. Is this feasable?
While we're on the subject of backing things up, maybe someone can
suggest a good backup schedule to me. What I want to be able to do is
to roll back the system to a previous state if I realize that I've
destablized it with new software or otherwise done something stupid. Is
this what incrementals allow me to do, or does one incremental simply
over-write the previous so that I only have a choice between my last
incremental and my last complete backup? Assuming incrementals work the
way I imagine them to, how many should I be keeping around? In the
grand scheme of things, the machine won't change all that much (it's
just a server, most of my production work is done on a different box)
but I don't mind wasting a little tape to stay on the cautious side.
Many thanks to all with suggestions,
Ethan VonderWeid
=====
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Sun Microsystems, Inc.
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
(650) 336-0534
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From: "LEBOEUF Eric (Richie)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Memory and Slackware 3.6
Date: Tue, 15 Jun 1999 10:06:27 +0200
Holmes wrote:
>
> Hello, I'm currently using a Slackware 3.6 distribution pretty much
> right out of the box. It's been running great on 64MB of DRAM, but
> recently I've upgraded it to 128MB. Linux still only sees 64MB. I've
> disabled all shadowing from within the BIOS, and still no luck. It's an
> Award BIOS with a 430TX chipset. It's not a dual boot system. Any ideas?
>
> --Holmes
You have to upgrade your kernel for a 2.2.*, or a 2.0.36, or you have to
tell to the kernel the exact memory you have:
in your lilo.conf: append= ...
see your lilo.conf manual for more precision.
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From: "gm" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] REMOVE NOSPAM to reply>
Subject: Re: connect two PC's by USB
Reply-To: "gm" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] remove NO_SPAM to reply>
Date: 15 Jun 1999 03:09:41 -0600
PC to PC using USB would make use of a special
kind of USB cable, and would have to have the USB
software drivers on each PC. The USB software
Linux drivers are in developmental stages, and I have
not yet seen mention of working software for this
type of USB cable device.
best regards,
gm
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<7k3hol$1ph$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> Can I connect two PC's using USB and exchange files?
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From: Holmes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Memory and Slackware 3.6
Date: Tue, 15 Jun 1999 02:28:21 -0500
Holmes wrote:
>
> Hello, I'm currently using a Slackware 3.6 distribution pretty much
> right out of the box. It's been running great on 64MB of DRAM, but
> recently I've upgraded it to 128MB. Linux still only sees 64MB. I've
> disabled all shadowing from within the BIOS, and still no luck. It's an
> Award BIOS with a 430TX chipset. It's not a dual boot system. Any ideas?
>
> --Holmes
Nevermind, I posted before thinking. I fixed it by adding
append="mem=128M" to my lilo.conf file.
Brainware99 is now going down to sleep mode. :-)
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