Linux-Hardware Digest #533, Volume #10 Sat, 19 Jun 99 16:13:35 EDT
Contents:
Intermittant problem with Zoom modem model 2919 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Mouse setup in linux ("James")
Re: Windows easy to install? BULLSHIT! (Richard Brisbourne)
Re: problems with 17Gb disk ("Charles Sullivan")
Re: Digital LCD (Bob Mende Pie)
Re: palmpilot IIIx and Linux: (killbill)
Re: Lucent win modem (Mircea)
32 versus 64 bit PCI (Robert Herzog)
Turtle Beach Montego A3D (Brian Dunstan)
Re: Linksys EtherFast 10/100 PCI: Good? (Douglas Bollinger)
Re: Trident 3DImage 9750 Linear APG problem (Paul Gray)
Re: additional serial port mouse (Henrik Carlqvist)
Re: Recommend a low-end SCSI adapter? (Michael Meissner)
which RAID controller is best ? (Robert Herzog)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Intermittant problem with Zoom modem model 2919
Date: Sat, 19 Jun 1999 16:37:28 GMT
Here is my problem...mabye someone can point me
in the right direction :)
I have a zoom faxmodem model 2919. Which
according to what I have seen on the net, should
work in Linux. I have set the jumpers on the
modem to NON PnP, Com2 and IRQ 3. The machine
that it is in is a dual p2-300 with one ide
harddrive, ide cdrom and pci permedia 2 vid card.
The mobo is an ASUS P2L97-DS..oh yeah, and the
ever fashionable floppy drive.
Basically I go into minicom and set the serial
port to /dev/ttyS1 and try to do a manual dial
out. I supply a number that should work, and
occasionally it will dial and connect to the
computer at the other end(for a moment)..but
sometimes it just timesout when doing the manual
dialout. I am guessing there might be a IRQ
problem, but have no clue as to what would be
conflicting with it...or I was thinking it could
be some wierdo Buffer problem. Thing is I don't
know how to go about looking for said problems.
Oh yeah, I am running slackware with the 2.0.35
kernel ...could I possibly need to get the newer
kernel? Or should the modem work regardless?
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From: "James" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.install
Subject: Mouse setup in linux
Date: Sat, 19 Jun 1999 14:26:17 -0400
I'm having some big problems installing my mouse in linux (redhat &
caldera).
Underneath, it says MS Intellimouse 1.1A Serial; with the 3rd "wheel"
button, connected to Com1.
RH 6.0 detects a mouse on /dev/cua0, but regardless of the type of mouse I
chose, X will never find one, and freezes upon loading. It doesn't even
respond
to c.a.d., I'm forced to reset my computer manually.
I have a k6-2 333, 128mb, monster mx300, marvel g200 agp, external
USR v90 on Com2, PS/2 keyboard. I'm booting straight from cdrom for
installation.
Why would a mouse be causing so much problems? It works fine in Win98.
Thanks sincerely to anyone who can put an end to this aggravation :)
James
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Richard Brisbourne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Windows easy to install? BULLSHIT!
Date: Sat, 19 Jun 1999 19:07:13 +0100
Gerald Willmann wrote:
>
> On Thu, 17 Jun 1999, Brian Hartman wrote:
>
> > Working with Linux is *much* more difficult than working with Windows for
> > an install.
>
> I disagree - the last two times I built PCs for a friend and my father
> respectively I did not succeed in installing Win95. First time the old
> Win95 version I had would not recognize the 4 Gb hd while the second
> time around the windows install/setup program would not read from the
> 32x Cdrom (too fast??) although DOS gave a directory listing no problem.
> Both times I installed Linux instead to see whether the hardware was ok
> and both times no problem at all.
>
With respect, I don't think either of these is a Windows problem.
The first is simply an RTFM issue. Win95A, like earlier versions of DOS
uses FAT16, with a 2.1Gb limit. To use a larger drive, simply split into
two or more partitions. Win95B of course has the option of using VFAT.
An analogy from the Linux world is the "1024 cylinder" problem ; if you
don't read about it you won't know how to work round it.
Unless your system has a bootable CDrom (unusual), Win95 setup uses the
real mode CD driver that you install for DOS. I would suggest the
problem lies with that driver (which probably came with the CD) and not
on the Windows disk.
Having said all that I can only add that:
a. As a Linux newbie, I've done just one installation so far (Red Hat
5.2), and like the Win95 installations I've done, it was a doddle.
Getting all the hardware peripherals to work was a bit more involved,
but not much, apart from the need to download drivers for my Banshee
video card before X would run. (Micro$oft didn't put drivers for it on
their CD either- the issue is what Creative decided to put in the box).
b. Ease of installation is almost an irrelevance (unless what you do
with your PC is watch the screensaver and play Solitaire). When it
comes to installing new hardware or software, nine times out of ten,
Windows wins hands down. On the other hand if you do have a serious
problem it's more likely to be soluble (and you're more likely to get
advice off the net) if you are running Linux (which is why consumers
like Windoze and one of the reasons techies like Linux).
Richard Brisbourne
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From: "Charles Sullivan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: problems with 17Gb disk
Date: Sat, 19 Jun 1999 14:50:25 -0400
I wonder if you've got an LBA conflict - it appears Win 98 thinks that LBA
is
enabled in your BIOS, but then Linux ought to see your HDD geometry as
something like 2100 cyl, 255 heads, 63 sectors rather than the values
your Linux fdisk is printing out.
Bob Berman wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>I recently bought a new 17Gb disk and tried to fdisk it and mke2fs it. I
have
>the Large Disk Howto and the Upgrading Mini Howto and am using them
extensively.
>My motherboard is an ASUS P2B-LS - brand new - with the latest BIOS as far
as I
>can tell.
>
>I want the disk partitioned into 5Gb - Win98, 500 Mb - swap, 6Gb Linux,
>6 Gb. Linux. I am running Linux 2.2.9, Pentium II 450, Maxtor Quasar 17.2
Gb
>Ultra DMA disk.
>
>My problem is that when I go to make a new fs on the Linux partition, I get
all
>sorts of error messages.:
>
>Can any one help me? What is this all about? I have the disk fdisk'd (Linux
>version) as follows:
>
>58-> fdisk /dev/hdc
>
>The number of cylinders for this disk is set to 33483.
>There is nothing wrong with that, but this is larger than 1024,
>and could in certain setups cause problems with:
>1) software that runs at boot time (e.g., LILO)
>2) booting and partitioning software from other OSs
> (e.g., DOS FDISK, OS/2 FDISK)
>
>Command (m for help): p
>
>Disk /dev/hdc: 16 heads, 63 sectors, 33483 cylinders
>Units = cylinders of 1008 * 512 bytes
>
> Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
>/dev/hdc1 1 10159 5120104+ c Win95 FAT32 (LBA)
>/dev/hdc2 10160 11175 512064 82 Linux swap
>/dev/hdc3 11176 23366 6144264 83 Linux native
>/dev/hdc4 23367 33483 5098968 83 Linux native
>
>
>When I then run mke2fs, it goes ok for a while and then prints many error
>messages:
>
>mke2fs 1.06, 7-Oct-96 for EXT2 FS 0.5b, 95/08/09
>warning: 263 blocks unused.
>
>Linux ext2 filesystem format
>Filesystem label=
>1542000 inodes, 6144001 blocks
>307213 blocks (5.00%) reserved for the super user
>First data block=1
>Block size=1024 (log=0)
>Fragment size=1024 (log=0)
>750 block groups
>8192 blocks per group, 8192 fragments per group
>2056 inodes per group
>Superblock backups stored on blocks:
> 8193, 16385, 24577, 32769, 40961, 49153, 57345, 65537, 73729,
> 81921, 90113, 98305, 106497, 114689, 122881, 131073, 139265,
147457,
> 155649, 163841, 172033, 180225, 188417, 196609, 204801, 212993,
221185,
> 229377, 237569, 245761, 253953, 262145, 270337, 278529, 286721,
294913,
>...............................................................
> 6053889, 6062081, 6070273, 6078465, 6086657, 6094849, 6103041,
>6111233, 6127617, 6135809
>
>Writing inode tables: 12/ 750
> 26/ 750
> 41/ 750
> .................
>256/ 750
>Warning: could not write 8 blocks starting at 2097180 for inode table: No
such
>file or directory
>Warning: could not write 8 blocks starting at 2097188 for inode table: No
such
>file or directory
>Warning: could not write 8 blocks starting at 2097196 for inode table: No
such
>file or directory
>Warning: could not write 8 blocks starting at 2097204 for inode table: No
such
>file or directory
>Warning: could not write 8 blocks starting at 2097212 for inode table: No
such
>file or directory
>Warning: could not write 8 blocks starting at 2097220 for inode table: No
such
>file or directory
>Warning: could not write 8 blocks starting at 2097228 for inode table: No
such
>file or directory
>Warning: could not write 8 blocks starting at 2097236 for inode table: No
such
>file or directory
>
>
>Writing superblocks and filesystem accounting information: done
>
>
>If I now try to mount and copy files onto the partition, it takes a long
time
>to mount and many copys fail with "Not enough space" - even though there
are
>6-7Gb free in the partition.
>
>
>Help! please.
>
>Bob
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bob Mende Pie)
Subject: Re: Digital LCD
Date: 19 Jun 1999 18:25:49 GMT
"Michael Vachon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>I have a Silicon Graphichs Digital Flat Panel LCD Monitor and a Number Nine
>Revolution IVFP Graphics card with 32MB RAM, I think it has a
>"ticket-to-ride" chipset....
>I can I get this to work well with Linux?
>Sincerely,
>MV
The standard SGI package with the 1600SW and #9 card is supported by
the current generation of XFree86. Get 3.3.3.1 and use the XF86_I128
X server. Works like a charm, for 2D, get the commercial X Server if
you need accel OpenGL support (or wait for XFree86 4.x).
--
/Bob... mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://reality.sgi.com/mende KF6EID
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From: killbill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: palmpilot IIIx and Linux:
Date: Sat, 19 Jun 1999 17:28:42 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Steverl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Am searching for help with my palmpilot and Linux. How does this work.
> Thanks
> steverl
It works great, and allows things such as full image backups and
restores. There are other tools for synchronizing with desktop
information managers, but I have not tried any.
Basically, I use Linux for pilot program development and for image
backups and restores. It is a very usefull (command line) interface.
The name of the package is Pilot Link. There is a link
to the tar files on www.pilotgear.com, and if I do a search for it on
www.hotbot.com, I get about 700 hits (pilot link rpm). Go to hotbot,
and look for rpm's that match your distribution, or just build up the
tar files (easy build, last time I did it).
You will love your IIIx.
--
Bil Kilgallon ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
--"I believe, what I believe, has made me what I am. I did not make
it, It is making me, it is the very truth of God, not the invention
of any man". Rich Mullins, quoting G.K. Chesterton.
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From: Mircea <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Lucent win modem
Date: Sat, 19 Jun 1999 15:18:10 -0400
Yes; but the Venus chipset isn't used in winmodems. Check the Lucent
website.
MST
Juztice wrote:
>
> but i thought the Lucent Venus PCI modem should be able to work.
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From: Robert Herzog <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: 32 versus 64 bit PCI
Date: Sat, 19 Jun 1999 21:35:24 +0200
Hello,
I am not sure where to put this question... but the Linux hardware
community must know the answer...;-)
I want to use a hardware RAID controller. Some of these come with 64 bit
PCI edge connector, others with 32 bit (the usual 2 segments connector
found on most PC MB)
I read that a 64 bit card will work on a 32 bit connector. OK, but what
will be the loss in performance ?
Are there other motherboards than INTEL with the wide connectors ?
Thanks for any comment
Robert Herzog
([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Brian Dunstan)
Subject: Turtle Beach Montego A3D
Date: 19 Jun 1999 18:37:32 GMT
When I try to run sndconfig under RH 6.0 and the system tries to play a test
sound, I get the following error message:
/lib/modules/2.2.5-15/misc/*.o
init_module: Device or resource busy
sound: device or resource busy
the *.o is there because I when I tried to get the sound card to work by using
soundblaster, soundblaster pro, and the two turtle beach cards supported, in
each case I got the same error, just with different modules (.o) files
Does anyone know what might cause this?
thanks - Brian
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Douglas Bollinger)
Subject: Re: Linksys EtherFast 10/100 PCI: Good?
Date: Sat, 19 Jun 1999 15:23:12 -0400
Daniel Kao at [EMAIL PROTECTED] says...
<snip>
> 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!
In April, I bought 2 new Linksys EtherFast 10/100 PCI cards, one for
my Win box, a Celeron 450A in a Abit BH6, and the other for my old
P133, which is my Linux box. Both cards work great in their
respective computers and OS's.
Just make sure you have the latest Tulip driver for your Linux box.
RH6.0 works fine with my NIC, which was autodetected at installation
and has worked flawlessly since.
They even have a Linux help section in their web page. Cool!
--
Douglas Bollinger
Mt. Holly Springs, PA 17065
My other computer runs Linux.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Paul Gray)
Subject: Re: Trident 3DImage 9750 Linear APG problem
Date: 18 Jun 1999 16:09:32 GMT
Andrew,
The drivers for this Trident card are in the xfree 3.3.3
distribtution, and the RedHat 5.2 distribution ships with 3.3.2.
Go to www.xfree.org and obtain the latest distribution of the SVGA
server, if not the entire 3.3.3 distribution.
Regards,
: On Fri, 11 Jun 1999 18:46:27 +0200, Ynze van Aken <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: >Hi, all
: >
: >I am trying to get Redhat 5.2 on my system to get rid of windows95.
: >Before I use to be busy with AIX (IBM's UNIX) and HP-UX.
: >Redhet, I found out, is different.
: >
: >My problem:
: >
: >After installing Rehhat 5.2 straight form the CD, I would like to configure
: >X.
: >Anything I try does not work. Problems with my Videocard:
: >
: >Trident 3DImage 9750 Linear accelerated for APG (v6.20.6944h).
:
--
Paul Gray
gray@[mathcs.emory.edu | cns.uni.edu]
Math/Computer Science Department
Emory University, Atlanta, GA
150 North Decatur Building
1784 N. Decatur Rd.
Atlanta, GA 30322
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From: Henrik Carlqvist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: additional serial port mouse
Date: Fri, 18 Jun 1999 22:10:38 +0200
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> The PS/2 mouse port is damaged in my PC. I want to add a mouse to
> serial port. Is there anyone has experience on this?
Search on the back of your computer for a connector with 9 pins. Thats
where you should connect your serial mouse. If you have more than one
such connector you should choose the one which is labeled COM1:.
Your serial mouse will only fit into serial ports on your computer
unless you have some very strange card.
After the mouse is connected you will have to change some software
settings in Linux. Make /dev/mouse point to /dev/ttyS0 instead of
/dev/psaux which is for a PS/2 mouse. This is done with the following:
ln -sf /dev/ttyS0 /dev/mouse
You will have to be root to do the above.
Then you will also need to tell your software what kind of protocol your
mouse uses. If gpm is started from a file like /etc/rc.d/rc.local you
will have to edit this file and change the protocol type which is given
after the -t switch. To see which protocols gpm support start gpm as
root with a protocol which it doesn't support, eg
gpm -t helpme
Then you will have to edit /etc/XF86Config at the "Pointer" section. To
see what kind of protocol strings there are you should look at the
man-page for XF86Config. An emergency way out of X if you mess up the
protocol for the mouse is to press ctrl-alt-backspace.
regards Henrik
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Subject: Re: Recommend a low-end SCSI adapter?
From: Michael Meissner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 19 Jun 1999 15:27:16 -0400
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mike Frisch) writes:
> On 18 Jun 1999 13:37:13 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >I want to spend less than $80 on the adapter. An Adaptec 2906 looks
> >promising but there seems to be no Linux support whatsoever for this
> >device.
> >
> >Can anybody suggest a low-end SCSI adapter that's reliable and works
> >with Linux?
>
> Anything based on the NCR/Symbios 810 Fast SCSI-2 chipset should be more
> than sufficient. These are typically less than $50 USD and PCI based. The
> ASUS SC-200 or Tekram cards fit this bill. Stay away from ISA cards if you
> can help it.
IIRC, the TekRam DC-310 uses the 53C810 chipset (well supported by the
NCR53C8XX driver). Note, 810 based cards do not do ultra/ultra2, and unless
you have a motherboard with an appropriate BIOS (used to be common, is not as
common these days), you won't be able to boot from it (which doesn't sound like
a problem, particularly if you have IDE disks). I used a real NCR 53C810 for
about 2 years (NCR sold the scsi business to Symbios, which eventually got
bought by LSI Logic).
The DC-310U uses the 53C860 chipset, which does support ultra. I haven't used
it, but its supported by the same driver.
Going slightly higher to $70 (at http://www.compuplus.com/) is the DC-390F
controller which is ultra-wide, uses the 53C875 chipset and has BIOS support.
I have two of these (and the DC-390U which is the same thing except its
ultra-narrow), and the NCR53c875 driver supports it fine (there was a problem
around the 2.1.?? and 2.0.35 time frame, but its all fixed now). For a
scanner, it is probably better to get a narrow controller. With a wide
controller, you might have to get a wide -> db50 converter (making sure the
upper bits are terminated) and then a db50 -> ??25 pin converter.
--
Michael Meissner, Cygnus Solutions
PMB 198, 174 Littleton Road #3, Westford, Massachusetts 01886
email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] phone: 978-486-9304 fax: 978-692-4482
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From: Robert Herzog <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: which RAID controller is best ?
Date: Sat, 19 Jun 1999 21:30:48 +0200
Hello,
I have currently an offer for three different hardware RAID controllers:
DPT Millenium
Mylex eXtreme RAID
ICP Vortex 6528RD
They all seem pretty high grade.
Which one would an experienced LINUX user recommend to get top
performance in RAID 0 mode ?
I know of some differences in support from these devices by RedHat
versus SuSE, but I am willing to use any, provided the I/O is excellent.
(Intel platform, dual Pentium)
Robert Herzog
([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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