Linux-Hardware Digest #576, Volume #10 Thu, 24 Jun 99 12:13:41 EDT
Contents:
Re: Why my Sis620 can only support 8bpp (Medical Electronics Lab)
Re: Cable modem not working... (Ted Sikora)
Re: modem question (Lew Pitcher)
Problem solved - many thanks (was Help: Kernel can't see 2GB JAZ drive) (Roland
Gerlach)
Re: X and ATI 3D RAGE LT Pro AGP ("Hans D. Mittelmann")
Direct Install on Hardware RAID 5? (James Culbertson)
Re: Modem speed measurement (killbill)
Re: DSL & linux (bryan)
Re: DSL & linux (Craig Ruff)
Re: Cable modem not working... ("Stephen Jacob")
Re: Promise Ultra66 controller rumor (Greg Bartels)
Install Tix problem (Cris Collins)
Re: need for Redhat6.0 Iomega ext Parallel 250M zip set up tips (The RZA)
Re: Need guidance with Scanner type (Robin Smith)
Re: Please help: RedHat6.0 Iomega 250 Parallel Zip install and config (The RZA)
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From: Medical Electronics Lab <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: Why my Sis620 can only support 8bpp
Date: Thu, 24 Jun 1999 08:59:32 -0500
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> The X Window displays well, but it can only support 8bpp(256 colors).
> The README file of XFCom_Sis said that in no_linear mode, only this
> depth is supported, but if I comment out the no_linear line, then the
> texts in X will all display as underlines. Anybody knows what's the
> reason? And is there a way to get round of this? I am sick of
> the "Can't allocate color..." message. Thank you!
You already got further than I did with XFCom_SiS. I had way too
much garbage on the screen for that server to be useful.
In principal the chip should support higher color resolution, but
I haven't seen it do it yet. I don't need more color, so it's no
big deal. I've got the SiS620 manual, so I could check to see
what it will actually support. It may be a nonstandard register
set, so none of the drivers talks to it correctly. A new driver
is in the works tho, so wait a few months and you may get what you
need.
Patience, persistence, truth,
Dr. mike
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From: Ted Sikora <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Cable modem not working...
Date: Thu, 24 Jun 1999 13:16:26 GMT
Stephen Jacob wrote:
>
> Edmund Lian wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> >On Wed, 23 Jun 1999 08:55:32 GMT, Ted Sikora
> ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> >>You have it backwards. eth0 should be the cable nic eth1 internal
> >>network otherwise the routing will be all messed up especially with ip
> >>forwarding enabled.
> >
> >Hmmm... don't know much about Slackware, but I doubt it's that
> >different from Debian. i.e., it doesn't matter which NIC the cable
> >modem is plugged into as long as the configs are right. I run eth0 as
> >my local LAN interface, and eth1 for my cable modem.
>
> I agree, that doesn't make sense to me either. I don't think it should make
> any difference whatsoever which NIC is used for the cable modem. It's just a
> matter of configuring your routes correctly (it's not like eth0 has to be
> the default route or anything -- my eth0 certainly isn't). IP forwarding
> doesn't make any difference to this. It's perfectly possible to set it up to
> forward (presumably with NAT [IP masquerading] in the case mentioned)
> through the interface of your choice.
>
> Regards,
> sj
True it may make no difference but since he is new to this and apt to
get info from many sources using the 'traditional' setup may stave off
potential problems. (Did this save my neck?) It is the prefered setup
from many sources. Actually this is the first time I have seen it
backwards like this. Most docs and examples recommend this and
traditionally show it the other way around.
--
Ted Sikora
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://tsikora.tiac.net
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Lew Pitcher)
Subject: Re: modem question
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Thu, 24 Jun 1999 14:29:21 GMT
It depends on *which* Rockwell chipset.
Winmodems (aka HCF aka HSP aka 'controllerless' aka 'software UART'
modems) don't work on Linux, due to the MS Windows-specific nature
of the drivers.
On Sun, 20 Jun 1999 19:54:48 +0200, "Nikola" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>I am runing Win98 with V.90 modem with rocwell chipset.
>Can this modem work under linux.
>
>Thank's!
>
>
Lew Pitcher
System Consultant, Development Services
Toronto Dominion Bank
(Opinions expressed are my own, not my employers')
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From: Roland Gerlach <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Problem solved - many thanks (was Help: Kernel can't see 2GB JAZ drive)
Date: 24 Jun 1999 09:08:36 +1000
I wrote:
> I've recently installed a 2GB JAZ drive into a PC with an ADAPTEC 2940
> SCSI controller. The JAZ drive is the only thing on the SCSI bus.
>
> When the PC boots, the ADAPTEC controller identifies the JAZ drive.
>
> The 2.0.35 kernel identifies the ADAPTEC controller but doesn't see
> the JAZ drive.
These were the messages displayed during the boot of 2.0.35:
| aic7xxx: Warning - detected auto-termination on controller:
| aic7xxx: <Adaptec AHA-294X Ultra SCSI host adapter> at PCI 11/0
| aic7xxx: Please verify driver detected settings are correct.
| aic7xxx: If not, then please properly set the device termination
| aic7xxx: in the Adaptec SCSI BIOS by hitting CTRL-A when prompted
| aic7xxx: during machine bootup.
| aic7xxx: Cables present (Int-50 YES, Int-68 NO, Ext-68 NO)
| aic7xxx: Termination (Low ON, High ON)
| (scsi0) <Adaptec AHA-294X Ultra SCSI host adapter> found at PCI 11/0
| (scsi0) Wide Channel, SCSI ID=7, 16/255 SCBs
| (scsi0) BIOS enabled, IO Port 0x6400, IRQ 9
| (scsi0) IO Memory at 0xe4000000, MMAP Memory at 0x2805000
| (scsi0) Resetting channel
| (scsi0) Downloading sequencer code... 413 instructions downloaded
| scsi0 : Adaptec AHA274x/284x/294x (EISA/VLB/PCI-Fast SCSI) 5.0.19/3.2.4
| <Adaptec AHA-294X Ultra SCSI host adapter>
| scsi : 1 host.
| (scsi0:0:-1:-1) Scanning channel for devices.
| scsi : detected total.
<snip>
| (scsi0:-1:-1:-1) Bad scbptr 255 during SELTO.
| (scsi0:-1:-1:-1) Referenced SCB 255 not valid during SELTO.
| SCSISEQ = 0x12 SEQADDR = 0xa SSTAT0 = 0x15 SSTAT1 = 0x88
Hmmm, not so good :-(
Last night I upgraded this machine to 2.0.36 and mysteriously the
problem disappeared:
| (scsi0) <Adaptec AHA-294X Ultra SCSI host adapter> found at PCI 11/0
| (scsi0) Wide Channel, SCSI ID=7, 16/255 SCBs
| (scsi0) Warning - detected auto-termination
| (scsi0) Please verify driver detected settings are correct.
| (scsi0) If not, then please properly set the device termination
| (scsi0) in the Adaptec SCSI BIOS by hitting CTRL-A when prompted
| (scsi0) during machine bootup.
| (scsi0) Cables present (Int-50 YES, Int-68 NO, Ext-68 NO)
| (scsi0) Downloading sequencer code... 419 instructions downloaded
| scsi0 : Adaptec AHA274x/284x/294x (EISA/VLB/PCI-Fast SCSI) 5.1.11/3.2.4
| <Adaptec AHA-294X Ultra SCSI host adapter>
| scsi : 1 host.
| Vendor: iomega Model: jaz 2GB Rev: E.15
| Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02
| Detected scsi removable disk sda at scsi0, channel 0, id 4, lun 0
| scsi : detected 1 SCSI disk total.
| (scsi0:0:4:0) Synchronous at 20.0 Mbyte/sec, offset 15.
| SCSI device sda: hdwr sector= 512 bytes. Sectors= 3915600 [1911 MB] [1.9 GB]
| sda: Write Protect is on
OK, so I should turn off the auto-termination but at least I can now
access the drive :-)
Many thanks to those that helped.
And a special thanks to the great Linus himself and the cast of
thousands that made/make Linux so good.
Cheers,
Roland.
--
Tell me and I'll forget; show me and I may remember;
involve me and I'll understand - Chinese Proverb.
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From: "Hans D. Mittelmann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: X and ATI 3D RAGE LT Pro AGP
Date: Wed, 23 Jun 1999 16:21:07 -0700
Sam Deleu wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am using a Compaq Armada 1750
> with a ATI 3D RAGE LT PRO AGP 2X (A2U2) video card.
>
> I would like to run X on the LCD panel, but except for a
> small line I am not able to get the configuration correct.
>
> Has somebody already tried this and even more has somebody already had
> some success ?
>
> Thankx in advance
>
> Sam Deleu
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi,
what should definitely work is to follow the instructions in
ftp://plato.la.asu.edu/pub/FB_VESA.txt
--
Hans D. Mittelmann http://plato.la.asu.edu/
Arizona State University Phone: (480) 965-6595
Department of Mathematics Fax: (480) 965-0461
Tempe, AZ 85287-1804 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: James Culbertson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Direct Install on Hardware RAID 5?
Date: Wed, 23 Jun 1999 18:58:32 -0400
I plan on setting up a Linux server on an Intel PC using five 9GB disks
in a RAID 5 array. I have three questions:
1) Can you install Linux directly on a HARDWARE (as opposed to software)
raid array?
2) Are there any rules about how much RAM is required for a given disk
capacity? The old Novel system I'm replacing had such rules.
3) What are good ultra 2 SCSI hardware RAID controller cards for which
Linux drivers exist?
Here is what I think I know:
[1] One of the Red Hat people (on their recent tour around the country)
told me that while you can't install Linux directly on a software RAID
system, you can install it directly on a hardware RAID system. (He
recommended the ICP-Vortex RAID controllers.)
However when I look at Red Hat's hardware support section
[http://www.redhat.com/corp/support/hardware/intel/60/rh6.0-hcl-i.ld.html]
under section "6.6 Raid Controllers" they include the statement:
Currently you cannot install Red Hat Linux's root partition onto a raid
device.
Did I misunderstand the Red Hat guy, or should the above statement be
restricted to software RAID?
[2] I suspect lots of memory isn't absolutely necessary, but I've
tentatively (read arbitrarily) planned for 256MB. The server will be a
file and print server (Samba), a mail server, an FTP site, and at some
point perhaps a small web site.
[3] While the Red Had guy thought highly of the way the ICP-Vortex RAID
controllers work I'm not familiar with them and how they stack up to the
competition. I wonder why I haven't found them listed on
www.pricewatch.com. Testimonials are welcome. If I get a warm and
fuzzy feeling about them I might buy one . . . otherwise . . .
I'm thinking of buying a DPT SmartRaid V Century Ultra 2 SCSI Raid
Controller, because DPT claims to have drivers for Red Hat Linux 5.2
that I can download [http://www.dpt.com/].
Jim Culbertson
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: killbill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Modem speed measurement
Date: Wed, 23 Jun 1999 23:10:12 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Keith Rhodes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have a Kortex external modem.
> It's supposed to work at 56Kbps, and until a few months ago,
> I used to see transfer rates in Netscape of around 4 to 5
> Kbytes per second.
>
> This has dropped significantly of late, I believe due to
> increased numbers of subscribers to my ISP.
>
> How can I measure the REAL transfer rate in Kbps?
There are dock apps for several window managers (I have one for
windowmaker) that tracks this sort of thing real time. It appears to be
accurate.
If you want a real measure of the modem, try transferring a large file
of random data (a jpg or a gzip'd file) back and forth from your box to
your ISP's box. This should eliminate as many bottle necks as possible
and give you a best case scenario. Use the unix time command with ftp
from a command line, or just fire up the stop watch. Remember that baud
is Bits per second, and the file size is bytes. There are 8 bits in a
byte, so multiply the file size by 8 and divide by the number of seconds
for transfer and you should get the effective baud. Also remember that
downloads are faster then uploads for 56k modems (and ADSL, etc).
--
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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Share what you know. Learn what you don't.
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From: bryan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: DSL & linux
Date: Thu, 24 Jun 1999 14:39:45 GMT
dsl isn't inherently compatible or NOTcompatible - its just a datalink that carries IP.
linux is very friendly with IP.
therefore, there should be no problems.
the question should be more: are you using an INTERNAL dsl modem or
external with 10bT connection? external has no issues. internal may
not have drivers - so try to request an external modem.
Mark G. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: Am thinking about having a DSL line installed from USWest (megabit service).
: Was wondering if DSL is at all compatible with linux? Am currently running
: Mandrake 6.0.
--
Bryan [at] Grateful.Net
http://www.Grateful.Net
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Craig Ruff)
Subject: Re: DSL & linux
Date: 24 Jun 1999 08:41:25 -0600
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Mark G. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Am thinking about having a DSL line installed from USWest (megabit service).
>Was wondering if DSL is at all compatible with linux? Am currently running
>Mandrake 6.0.
It works just fine for me. My Cisco 675 is currently running in bridging
mode, but I understand uswest.net is setting up new users with PPP mode.
PPP mode uses network address translation (NAT), and will probably require
you to do some configuration. On your local LAN side, you will use private
IP addresses, and can either use static or have the 675 serve DHCP to
your clients, but I heard the 675 will only hand out 2 addresses dynamically.
I haven't played around to see if this is true, as I would use static
addresses myself.
--
Craig Ruff NCAR [EMAIL PROTECTED]
(303) 497-1211 P.O. Box 3000
Boulder, CO 80307 Amateur Call KI0NO
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From: "Stephen Jacob" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Cable modem not working...
Date: Thu, 24 Jun 1999 14:46:18 +0100
Ted Sikora wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>True it may make no difference but since he is new to this and apt to
>get info from many sources using the 'traditional' setup may stave off
>potential problems. (Did this save my neck?) It is the prefered setup
Fair enough. :) I'd find it more logical to have my local network considered
to be my "primary"/"first" interface (in the sense that it's always up,
etc.), but that could just be me being odd. <g>
Regards,
sj
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From: Greg Bartels <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Promise Ultra66 controller rumor
Date: Thu, 24 Jun 1999 10:05:56 -0400
Jim Zubb wrote:
>
> Greg Bartels wrote:
> > differnt motherboard chipset used
> > to run PCI66 Mhz? how do I identify
> > a motherboard that can even handle PCI 66?
>
> Right now I don't think there are any x86 MB that support 66
> MHz PCI except for some server boards ($$$). you will
> generally have to look up the MB specs to find this out. I
> believe that some of the Alpha 64-bit PCI boards run at 66
> MHz. Possibly the SGI Visual Workstation also.
did some searching last night.
the following motherboards claim pci/66 mhz hardware
ASUS P5S-VM
DFI PW65D
?? L440GX+
the last one was second hand info with no manufacturer.
dont know who or what makes it.
then the question is: can any of these run Linux?
Greg
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From: Cris Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Install Tix problem
Date: 24 Jun 1999 13:54:21 GMT
--
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Ultimate - Let it fly and I'll be there in the end zone.
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From: The RZA <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.misc,comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: need for Redhat6.0 Iomega ext Parallel 250M zip set up tips
Date: Thu, 24 Jun 1999 09:58:00 -0400
Since you have the ZIP 250 drive, you should be using IMM rather than
the
older PPA. Also, instead of 'insmod imm' do a 'modprobe imm'... it
worked for me and I didn't even have to edit my conf.modules file.
bono wrote:
>
> hi all:
>
> If possible please email me at [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> Anyone knows how to set up the ext Parallel 250M (or 100M) zip drive?
> I had do search and search and try many different things and still no
> luck:
>
> I already did the alias scsi_hostadaptor ppa
> created the /mnt/zip
>
> if I do a insmod ppa I will get
>
> /lib/modules/2.25-15/scsi/ppa.o: unresolved symbol
> parpoart_calim_Rcca15f23 *and all similar below. I use ~ to save the
> typing*
> ~/parport_register_device_R04edecf
> ~/parport_register_device_R04edecf
> ~/parport_enumerate_R648d1e2
> ~/parport_release_R4430d136
>
> same result if I type insmod imm
>
> when I try to do a mount -t vfat /dev/sda4 /mnt/zip
> I got error saying kernel does not recognize /dev/sda4 as a block
> device...
>
> What am I missing here? Can anyone who successfully get any parallel
> zip drives in Redhat 5.2 or 6.0
> please tell me what I need to do step by step in order to get my zip
> drive to work? Sorry I am new to Linux
>
> Many many thanks
> Bono
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From: Robin Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: uk.comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: Need guidance with Scanner type
Date: 24 Jun 1999 14:52:07 +0100
Gerald Willmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Thu, 24 Jun 1999, Nick Kew wrote:
>
> > > I am considering either a UMAX 1220S or a Mustek Scanexpresss 12000SP.
> >
> > I have the umax. Works with SANE and an Adaptec card. Big software
> > limitation: no options to scan something smaller than the full A4.
> > Otherwise it's fine.
>
> we got an old HP IIc and it works off a mylex bt958 with xvscan
> softwarewise. No problem scanning smaller than A4.
> Gerald
I have an Epson GT-7000 running perfectly with xscanimage and SANE
Robin
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From: The RZA <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.misc,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Please help: RedHat6.0 Iomega 250 Parallel Zip install and config
Date: Thu, 24 Jun 1999 09:58:41 -0400
Since you have the ZIP 250 drive, you should be using IMM rather than
the
older PPA. Also, instead of 'insmod imm' do a 'modprobe imm'... it
worked for me and I didn't even have to edit my conf.modules file.
bono wrote:
>
> Hi:
>
> Please send reply to [EMAIL PROTECTED] just in case I don't see the
> reply on ng.
>
> I am totally new to Linux, have to say that I really love it alot more
> than Windows!!!! However, since I am new I don't know how to config
> hardware....I really hope that someone outthere can help me with
> installing, config and mounting with Iomega's ext 250M Parallet Port Zip
> drive. I had gone through many many pages of HOW TO and still can't
> find the answer at all.
>
> Here is a simple list of hardware I have and hope it helps.
>
> ASUS BX 440 MB, Celeron 300A, Viper770 V-card etc (don't know if any of
> these will help)
> Only 1 HD on IDE1
> 2 CD ROM (but only can mount the primary but I don't need the second
> one) on IDE2
> No scsi card, no printer, Lan connection which works fine. And floppy
> and cdrom works fine mount and umount *cdrom is hp8110i but can't set it
> to writer yet. Still need help on that too*
>
> There is no /dev/sda4 .. line in my fstab file yet and my boot up sweep
> so fast that I can't catch whether the boot up recognize my zip drive or
> not.
> I already have the line as ppa host.... etc from the manual in my
> conf.modules file
>
> When I do a insmode ppa I see about 5 lines of something.. I am at work
> now so I can't type out but if someone is willing to read what I got in
> there I can do a capture at home. However those 5 lines doesn't seems
> to be anything associate with parallel port.
>
> /mnt/zip is created
>
> when I try to do a mount -t vfat (or msdos) /dev/sba4 /mnt I receive an
> error saying something like the block is not recognized ro something
> (will also do a capture to follow up)
>
> Currently there is no entry in the fstab file for the like "/dev/sda4
> /zip vfat user,noauto 0 0" should I add that manually?
>
> I tried to download the imm and zipplus drivers .. no luck becasue when
> doing a make it can't find any /usr/src/linux/.config ... etc
>
> what else am I missing? Please tell me in more detail step since I am a
> rookie on this...
>
> If someone is successful setting up the iomega 250 parallel drive on
> Redhat 6 (or even the 100M which I assume works the same)
> please share this with me....
>
> btw, I also have trouble setting my hp8110i (current cdrom) as a CD
> writer ....if anyone did that with Redhat 6 please also let me know
>
> Many many thanks to you all if I can get my Zip and Cd writer to work!!!
> =)
>
> Bono
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