Linux-Hardware Digest #583, Volume #10 Thu, 24 Jun 99 22:13:44 EDT
Contents:
Re: Monitor dies while installing Redhat 5.2 (Alex Lam)
Identifying USR modem (Goodell)
Re: Monitor dies while installing Redhat 5.2 (Donovan Rebbechi)
Kernel modules for SB16 PnP ("John Ambrose")
Iomega ZIP Drive...? (Natalia Viana Fargasch)
Re: some BIOS settings
Re: Help please! ppp, iso9660, ZIP ZOOM (John)
X on Thinkpad i series ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Need advice on modem (Andrew Comech)
Re: ATAPI ZIP (Adrenaline Junkie)
New to SCSI ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: PCI Eth Card w/ IRQ=5? (Adrenaline Junkie)
Re: Identifying USR modem (Anita Lewis)
Re: Can't write to IDE zip drive ("Charles Sullivan")
Re: Looking for vendor for a Linux box (Jerome Jahnke)
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From: Alex Lam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: Monitor dies while installing Redhat 5.2
Date: Thu, 24 Jun 1999 16:41:05 -0700
Dump Redhat.. Redhat killed one of my monitor before during installation
probing.
I mean totally killed it.
Alex Lam.
Barry Smith wrote:
>
> I have posted this on other groups, but have had no solution.
>
> I am trying to install RedHat 5.2 on a very old but much upgraded Dell
> computer. The BIOS is Phoenix, vintage 1993, and not upgradeable. I am
> using the free distribution which came from the magazine PC Plus, and
> created the boot disk. I have tried booting from the install floppy in
> default and expert mode but each time the monitor dies, and the light
> that indicates connection with the PC extinguishes. This happens soon
> after I press ENTER from the welcome screen. I see "Loading initrd.img";
> the monitor dies, but the disc keeps busy for a while.
>
> The computer uses ordinary system memory for display, and in Windows 9x
> it runs as a default S3 type. I have searched the documentation but
> can't find the parameter to define my display type in expert mode.
>
> Someone suggested fitting a video board. I don't see what difference
> this would make and is not really a viable option. Others have suggested
> twiddling X-Windows, but the monitor dies long before X-Windows is
> loaded. Oddly enough, the same thing happens when I boot SuSE 5.2 from
> the floppy. However, when I boot SuSE from Linload, everything looks
> fine, and I have got as far as the point where you partition the disc.
>
> What can I do?
>
> --
> Barry Smith
> Email: sax (at) wychcraft.demon.co.uk <-- I don't want ANY spam!
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From: Goodell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Identifying USR modem
Date: Thu, 24 Jun 1999 20:09:07 -0400
This may not be the best place to ask, but does anybody know how to
identify USR modems by model/product numbers? The USR/3Com site is
worthless. I need to know so that I can set up my ppp.
The model # is 0266 and the product # is 550 5315 A (at least I think
it's the product #). The modem is pretty old, Copyright 1994.
Any help is appreciated.
Thanks,
Dave
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Donovan Rebbechi)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: Monitor dies while installing Redhat 5.2
Date: 25 Jun 1999 00:13:50 GMT
On Thu, 24 Jun 1999 16:41:05 -0700, Alex Lam wrote:
>Dump Redhat.. Redhat killed one of my monitor before during installation
>probing.
>I mean totally killed it.
killed it ? The monitor shouldn't die unless you sync it out of spec
( and even then, it should be able to shut itself down when it's overdriven )
I'd suggest you return your monitor for a prompt refund.
--
Donovan
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From: "John Ambrose" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Kernel modules for SB16 PnP
Date: Fri, 25 Jun 1999 00:36:49 +0100
I am attempting (without success) to get my ancient Soundblaster 16
(identified as Creative ViBRA16X PnP) card working with RedHat 5.2.
As the 'sndconfig' utility didn't work (no sample sound), I am trying to
generate a new kernel with loadable sound modules.
The new kernel 'works', but the sound modules don't.
When using 'isapnp', I use the values which work under Windoze.
Using 'modprobe' or 'insmod' produces the error messages:
sb.o: init_module: Device or resource busy
sound: Device or resource busy.
Using 'dmesg' shows that the following error is also generated:
Soundblaster audio driver
sb: dsp reset failed
The output from /dev/sndstat is ominously empty, although 'lsmod' indicates
that some modules have been installed.
I am sure there are many areas where things can go wrong, and I'll probably
get to them in due course, but my first questions concern the kernel
generation process.
Firstly, according to the documentation, after answering the various
questions about the sound card to be supported, the configuration process
should ask me for details of the resources (IRQ, I/O, DMA) used by the card.
It doesn't. As this is probably the root cause of the subsequent problems,
can someone suggest what I'm doing wrong?
Secondly, the HOWTO says that the configuration process will ask me if I
want support for /dev/dsp and /dev/audio. Again, this doesn't happen, so
there would appear to be something seriously wrong with my kernel generation
process.
Any help and/or suggestions would be gratefully received.
John Ambrose
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From: Natalia Viana Fargasch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Iomega ZIP Drive...?
Date: Thu, 24 Jun 1999 22:02:27 -0300
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
First of all, sorry if this is the wrong newsgroup for my problem... I
have the parallel port ZIP drive from
Iomega and I can't make it work under Linux... I have tried everything
suggested in the mini how-to, David
Campbell's homepage, and then some... Anyone had trouble trying it too?
Any word of advice? I've had all
kinds of error messages, and if anyone would know how to help me I can
list the messages. Any help is
appreciated. Thanks a lot in advance,
best regards,
Natalia.
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From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: some BIOS settings
Date: 25 Jun 1999 00:31:13 GMT
I don't recall having any difficulties in particular with either of the
K6/VP3 systems I'm running on here ... both are set up with the 2.2.10
kernel and are even using the vt82c586 IDE drivers with no difficulties not
to mention that I love the way K6's handle Linux, I can't wait to get my
hands on a K7...
Ray Schwamberger
junichi wrote:
>
> In article <7ksjau$cc1$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Well, I work with Epox boards a lot but I don't think it's really
> going to
> > affect Linux one way or another how you set these settings. If you
> enable
> > them, then there may be less delay whenever you video card's or
> computer's
> > BIOS are called upon to do something but that is just about it for the
> most
> > part. I'd try it with them enable first for better performance and
> disable
> > them if funny things happen. (My computer has both options enabled
> and I
> > have no difficulties)
> >
> > Ray Schwamberger
>
>
> Thanks. I also got privately a mail suggesting to just enable them,
> which I did.
>
> The following may be somewhat off-topic, but as you seem to be familiar
> with the mainboards from EPoX, I would like to take advantage of this
> occasion.
>
> Have you ever experienced any problems running Linux on a EPoX's
> mainboard ? Because I have some : I have experieced several times a
> random and total hang (Sysrq has no effect). I moved recently from ASUS
> TX97-L with Pentium MMX on it to EP-MVP3G-M with K6-2, so the system
> itself remains the same. I have some doubt about both the mainboard and
> the ram but can't determine what's exactly wrong.
>
> I tried memtest86 but the result varies according to the slots used.
>
> Do you have any suggestions ?
>
>
> junichi
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John)
Subject: Re: Help please! ppp, iso9660, ZIP ZOOM
Date: Fri, 25 Jun 1999 00:40:01 GMT
Same problem with my Iomega Zoom and SCSI zip, after installing Red
Hat 6.0 to dual boot with WinDoz95 . I found a site that should have
answered my problem:
www.metalab.unc.edu/LDP/HOWTO/mini/ZIP-Drive-3.html#ss3.1
But, I couldn't get it to work still. Funny thing:
1. The Zoom card has a jumper for either IRQ 9 to 12. I have it set
at 9, but WinDoz95 sees it at 12. PnP?
2. The other jumper is set for a start address of 0x140 (other
address is 0x340); 0x140 does show up as such in WinDoz95 system
manager.
I referenced the above html and tried combinations of the above
parameters during the initial installation, by manually entering the
commands for "additional SCSI". The 5 is for SCSI ID and the 1 for
parity:
aha152x=0x140,9,5,1
aha152x=0x140,12,5,1
aha152x=0x340,9,5,1
aha152x=0x340,12,5,1
but no detection. Parity might have been the problem. I have a
second SCSI controller, but prefer to run the zoom off the ZOOM. I
also have an IDE drive.
Try the mini-HOWTO and see if it works for you. If so, tell us the
secret!
One more hint: In the Red Hat install, it will ask for "additional
SCSI parameters" for its search. You need to type in everything past
the equal sign and include the equal sign at the front.
John T.
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On Fri, 18 Jun 1999 15:44:12 -0500, "EddieC" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>Please help me. I have been having some problems with Linux. They are, in no
>real order:
>1)ppp support is not in the kernal
>2)iso9660 support is not in the kernal
>3)can't find Zip Zoom card
>I was told to download and recompile the kernal but I have problems with
>that, I need ppp support to download the source. I could download w/ win and
>burn it to a cd but I can't get iso9660 support without recompiling which
>needs the source. Even if I was to be able to get the kernal, my hard drive
>is full and so I would need to do the work on the ZIP disk, which is SCSI
>and I have a ZIP ZOOM card.
>If you would like to help at all, please just reply and help with any of
>those problems. Here is a little info about my system.
>166mhz pentium, 48mb ram, 260 mb hd, redhat 5.2
>1)ppp support, my kernal does not have it complied into it, is there any
>work around, I am not afraid to reinstall. external modem on com2.
>2)iso9660 support, my kernal does not have it compiled in, I installed linux
>from a cd so the drive does work but I can't access the cd after it is
>installed
>3)ZIP ZOOM, ZIP 100 drive connected, IRQ12, IO=0140
>-015F (I really only need to know how to tell it to manually use the ada152x
>scsi driver), then I need to know how to mount the drive on SCSI ID 5.
>
>Any help would be greatly appreciated. After I learn this stuff, I should be
>able to really learn Linux, just the way I am, help me for a while, then I
>got the rest myself. Thank you.
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: X on Thinkpad i series
Date: Fri, 25 Jun 1999 00:34:36 GMT
Has anyone got X configured properly on an IBM Thinkpad i1450? I have
Red Hat 6.0 and the Xconfigurator wanted info about refresh rates,
etc. I believe that this machine has an XGA TFT display, which did not
appear in the list of options.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Andrew Comech)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Need advice on modem
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 24 Jun 1999 21:13:03 -0500
On 24 Jun 1999 18:17:36 -0400, Greg Yantz wrote:
> > > Can you guys recommend me a relatively inexpensive 56K internal modem
> > > which will work with Linux as well as with Windows.
>
> In general avoid any PCI modem (though for you that may not be an
> issue)... I know for a fact USR still makes hardware modems, and
> other manufacturers should as well.
>
> Just avoid anything that says "optimized for Windows", or "host
> driven" or anything like that.
`Anything like that' refers to HCF (host-controlled family)
and HSP (host signal processing) modems.
Acronyms like DSP, USB, RPI, and PCI are most likely your enemies
as well (just avoid those and live happily ever after).
Best,
a.
PS. http://www.compUplus.com are bastards: they _do not_ sell Linux-
compatible AOpen FM56-ITU/2 K56Flex/V.90 for $30. They changed the
price back to $39 on their web site.
--
Looking for a Linux-compatible V.90 modem? See
http://www.math.sunysb.edu/~comech/tools/CheapBox.html#modems
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From: Adrenaline Junkie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: ATAPI ZIP
Date: Fri, 25 Jun 1999 01:19:39 GMT
Aside from the fine ideas posted below, there is one thing you need to look out
for. I have an ATAPI Zip (code 13a) made by NEC. Mine is the secondary slave
(hdb). Most instructions you will find will tell you that you need to mount the
device as /dev/hdb4, but mine will only mount as /dev/hdb (no partition numbers). I
don't do anything funny to the disk, it has the same fvat on it that Iomega put on
it at the factory, but I mount it like a cdrom, not a hard disk. Go figure.
-=|JP|=-
John Connell wrote:
> Could someone either tell me or point me in the right direction on how to use my
> ATAPI Zip drive with RedHat 6.0? Thanks!
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: New to SCSI
Date: Fri, 25 Jun 1999 00:44:01 GMT
What would be a good scsi card for a just few devices: a cd burner, a
zipdrive and maybe a harddrive in the future?
Anybody know of a good website from which I could learn some things
about scsi in general? The different types, wide, narrow, etc the
pros/cons....
Thanks a bunch!
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From: Adrenaline Junkie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux,linux.redhat.misc,linux.redhat.install,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: PCI Eth Card w/ IRQ=5?
Date: Fri, 25 Jun 1999 01:30:36 GMT
Something else I find peculiar is that PCI ethernet cards prefer high
IRQ's. The best way to get a high IRQ (and still allow the BIOS to do it's
own magic) is to place the card in PCI 0 or 1 (PCI 0 is preferred if you
have AGP video). I had nothing but trouble until I arranged my cards like
this:
0 S3 ViRGE Video
1 Realtek Ethernet
2 Voodoo Graphics
3 Advansys SCSI
Currently, I have:
A Voodoo Banshee
0 Linksys Ethernet
1 Advansys SCSI
2 Ensoniq PCI Sound
On a side note, I prefer 3Com or Linksys cards. The 3Com 905 has run well
for me, as well as the Linksys EtherExpress 10/100 (DEC Tulip).
John Hovell wrote:
> I am having problems finding an ethernet card that will work in my
> machine since so many of today's cards are PNP and you can't change the
> IRQ.
>
> Bottom line: The only IRQ I have left availible in my system is IRQ 5.
> Does anyone know a PCI Ethernet card that can use (or be configured to
> use) IRQ 5? I have tried the Linksys and Intel to no avail.
>
> Any suggestions would be much appreciated.
>
> TIA,
> John Hovell
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From: Anita Lewis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Identifying USR modem
Date: Fri, 25 Jun 1999 00:55:15 GMT
You might go to www.deja.com and do a search. I found great advice this
morning for a modem problem.
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From: "Charles Sullivan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Can't write to IDE zip drive
Date: Thu, 24 Jun 1999 21:20:57 -0400
I haven't tried writing to my IDE ZIP drive (/dev/hdd) under RH6.0 but have
observed a strange problem when reading. If I try to copy a large number
of files from the ZIP (using 'cp * /home/cws/temp') to the hard drive, I
get
similar I/O errors to those you describe but the files appear to copy
satisfactorally. If I then repeat the same copy command there are no error
messages. If I then delete the copied files from the hard drive and repeat
the copy command a third time I get the error messages back again. I don't
see this problem if I copy just a few files, say < 10.
Another thing I notice is that the 'eject /dev/hdd4' command works only as
root,
although I can mount and unmount as a normal user. (I get the message
"Unable
to open /dev/hdd4"). This is my entry in fstab:
/dev/hdd4 /mnt/zip vfat noauto,user 0 0
(There's no problem ejecting the CDROM).
As far as I can remember, I didn't have either of the above problems under
RH 5.2.
I'm a relative newbie and hesitate to cry 'BUG', but that's what I think.
Cliff Bergman wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>Hi,
>I have a brand-new pretty standard PC with and ATAPI zip drive. I have
>no trouble reading from the drive (in either ext2 or vfat format), but I
>
>get numerous write errors when I try to write to the drive. (Sample
>errors below.) I'm running Redhat 6.0 right out of the box.
>
>I've tried more than one disk in the drive, with the same result, and in
>
>fact, the same thing happens on a second, identical computer. Also,
>both reading and writing work fine in Windows 98. So I don't think
>either the disk or the drive is defective.
>
>The zip drive appears as hdd in linux. It is on the same ide cable as
>the cdrom drive (which works fine---at least when I read from it. I
>haven't tried to write to it. :-) Both devices are configured (by
>jumper) to "cable select". I tried setting the cdrom to master and the
>zip to slave. The result: it still didn't work under linux, and it
>stopped working under Win98. In fact, Win98 couldn't find the cdrom,
>and it thought the zip was an ordinary floppy drive.
>
>Does anybody have any suggestions? Needless to say, the Dell computer
>people weren't much help. And the RedHat people can't seem to solve it
>either. If possible, please email me directly. ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
>
>Thanks in advance.
>
>Cliff Bergman
>
>
>Here is a sample of the error messeges in /var/log/messages:
>
>Jun 22 20:28:16 bergman kernel: hdd: 98304kB, 196608 blocks, 512 sector
>size
>Jun 22 20:28:16 bergman kernel: hdd: 98304kB, 96/64/32 CHS, 4096 kBps,
>512 sector size, 2941 rpm
>Jun 22 20:28:16 bergman kernel: hdd: hdd1
>Jun 22 20:28:16 bergman kernel: hdd: hdd1
>Jun 22 20:28:41 bergman kernel: ide-floppy: hdd: I/O error, pc = 2a, key
>= 4, asc = 47, ascq = 0
>Jun 22 20:28:41 bergman kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev 16:41 (hdd),
>sector 754
>Jun 22 20:28:41 bergman kernel: ide-floppy: hdd: I/O error, pc = 2a, key
>= 4, asc = 47, ascq = 0
>Jun 22 20:28:41 bergman kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev 16:41 (hdd),
>sector 882
>Jun 22 20:28:41 bergman kernel: ide-floppy: hdd: I/O error, pc = 2a, key
>= 4, asc = 47, ascq = 0
>Jun 22 20:28:41 bergman kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev 16:41 (hdd),
>sector 1010
>Jun 22 20:28:41 bergman kernel: ide-floppy: hdd: I/O error, pc = 2a, key
>= 4, asc = 47, ascq = 0
>Jun 22 20:28:41 bergman kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev 16:41 (hdd),
>sector 1138
>Jun 22 20:28:41 bergman kernel: ide-floppy: hdd: I/O error, pc = 2a, key
>= 4, asc = 47, ascq = 0
>Jun 22 20:28:41 bergman kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev 16:41 (hdd),
>sector 1266
>Jun 22 20:28:41 bergman kernel: ide-floppy: hdd: I/O error, pc = 2a, key
>= 4, asc = 47, ascq = 0
>Jun 22 20:28:41 bergman kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev 16:41 (hdd),
>sector 1394
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jerome Jahnke)
Crossposted-To: chi.general,chi.internet
Subject: Re: Looking for vendor for a Linux box
Date: Thu, 24 Jun 1999 20:21:28 -0500
In article <7krara$del$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Andy
Lester) wrote:
> Anywhere in the Chicago NW 'burbs you can point at? Or good mail order
> places?
I got mine at www.mtrends.com. I ordered it they built it and shipped it
and I got it within a week.
Jer,
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