Linux-Hardware Digest #592, Volume #10 Fri, 25 Jun 99 23:13:41 EDT
Contents:
Re: Modem and kppp ("C�sar Mateus Concei��o")
Re: need for Redhat6.0 Iomega ext Parallel 250M zip set up tips (Richard Bumby)
Re: USB Scanner
Re: Monitor dies while installing Redhat 5.2 ("Gene Heskett")
Re: problem running xserver with a SiS6326 AGP display card on RHL6.0 ("Gene
Heskett")
Re: Diamond Stealth II S220 - XF86_SVGA doesn't work ! ("C�sar Mateus Concei��o")
Re: Linux Raid problem ("C�sar Mateus Concei��o")
Re: RH6.0 - can't get mouse working in XFree86 (james daniels)
Re: HELP formatting a ZIP disk (Wendell Craig)
Re: Looking for Laptop "power" utility for linux (Glen Batchelor)
Re: Problems with 486 PC and 44x UDMA CDROM (9wands)
Re: Actiontec PCI Modems supported? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: How do I find out how much disk space is free (Richard)
Re: Surfboard Cable modem and RH6.0 (Sean Mullen)
Re: FREEZING system (Innocent Bystander)
Zip PPA - can't read partition table (Sean Mullen)
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From: "C�sar Mateus Concei��o" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Modem and kppp
Date: Fri, 25 Jun 1999 21:48:57 -0300
Why? What the "sndconfig" do it to make thee works ?
???
Cesar - Brazil
John Ledesma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:7kvktv$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I had the same "busy" notice. After I ran sndconfig as root and got the
> soundcard working, the "busy" notice did not come up again.
>
>
>
>
> Mateus Conceicao wrote:
>
> > I have the same problem !!!
> >
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> > Laine Walker-Avina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> > news:7kp4va$fdf$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > > i'm using kppp for a dialer, and when i try to use my modem on
/dev/ttyS2
> > it
> > > says its busy. I have OpenLinux. My modem is also a PnP.
> > >
> > >
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Richard Bumby)
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.misc,comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: need for Redhat6.0 Iomega ext Parallel 250M zip set up tips
Date: 25 Jun 1999 16:06:47 -0400
The RZA <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>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? ....
This sounds right. With my ZipPlus, I recall once saying 'modprobe
imm' in a shell, and getting a long reply full of positive comments,
after which everything worked. Now, everything is configured, and the
module loads without comment. I try to forget the things that don't
work, but there is a nagging memory of Caldera's tool for managing
modules from the kde desktop not being satisfactory for this.
--
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ()
Subject: Re: USB Scanner
Date: Fri, 25 Jun 1999 13:01:19 -0700
On 25 Jun 1999 11:00:41 -0400, Ron Denis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I have an HP 6200 flatbed scanner and can only currently use it in WinDoze. I
>would love to use it with the Gimp in linux. The problem is that I only have
>the USB interface. My system doesn't currently have a SCSI card.
>
>Should I expect that the I will soon be able to use my scanner via USB in
>linux (say by the end of summer) or should I break down and buy a SCSI card?
Dig up any available docs and forward them to someone doing USB development.
(this includes Linus btw)
--
It helps the car, in terms of end user complexity and engineering,
that a car is not expected to suddenly become wood chipper at some |||
arbitrary point as it's rolling down the road. / | \
Seeking sane PPP Docs? Try http://penguin.lvcm.com
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Date: 25 Jun 99 20:46:40 -0500
From: "Gene Heskett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Monitor dies while installing Redhat 5.2
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy
Unrot13 this;
Reply to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Gene Heskett sends Greetings to Barry Smith;
BS> On Thu, 24 Jun 1999, Alex Lam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>Dump Redhat.. Redhat killed one of my monitor before during installation
>>probing. I mean totally killed it.
>>
>>Alex Lam.
BS> How can that happen?
See my earlier reply, Barry.
Cheers, Gene
--
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Ch. Eng. @ WDTV-5 |A2091,GuruRom,1g Seagate,CDROM,Multiface III
|Buddha + 4 gig WDC drive, 525 meg tape
|Stylus Pro, EnPrint, Picasso-II, 17" vga
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Date: 25 Jun 99 20:52:51 -0500
From: "Gene Heskett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: problem running xserver with a SiS6326 AGP display card on RHL6.0
Unrot13 this;
Reply to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Gene Heskett sends Greetings to Yogesh Agarwal;
YA> I am not able to run x server. Everything else works fine. I am
YA> using a SiS
YA> 6326 AGP display card with 4MB vram. While running xconfigurator,
YA> i set display card as sis6326 and set my monitors and when it
YA> starts the xserver, i just see a black screen with the mouse
YA> pointer. I am able to move the pointer but i dont see the dialog
YA> box. Please help me.
You will have to hand edit the /etc/X11XF86Config file to properly set,
and uncomment the cards available memory line, and add 3 more options to
the option list.
This is quite well discussed, and the data should fall out of a dejanews
search quite easily.
Cheers, Gene
--
Gene Heskett, CET, UHK |Amiga A2k Zeus040 50 megs fast/2 megs chip
Ch. Eng. @ WDTV-5 |A2091,GuruRom,1g Seagate,CDROM,Multiface III
|Buddha + 4 gig WDC drive, 525 meg tape
|Stylus Pro, EnPrint, Picasso-II, 17" vga
RC5-Moo! 690kkeys/sec isn't much, but it all helps
email gene underscore heskett at iolinc dot net
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From: "C�sar Mateus Concei��o" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Diamond Stealth II S220 - XF86_SVGA doesn't work !
Date: Fri, 25 Jun 1999 21:43:00 -0300
Hail fellow,
I can't start my XServer with old Xfree ... but when i upgrade my RedHat [my
OS] ... the dreams come true ... hehehe
SUSE ... i don't know how works with Xserver ... my system is Red Hat 6.0
[now ... i upgraded] ... Kernel 2.2.15 ... my video card Diamond Stealth II
S220 is perfect ... i work with 1280x1024 with 16 bpp !!!
I recommend update your XFREE .... if it's the case !!! Or send more
information about your problem, ok?
best regards
JOHN II <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:7kuplu$r2r$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>
> I am pretty new to LINUX, but I do have a Diamond Stealth II S220 and it
is
> not working! I tried everything, I purchased SUSE LINUX and their tech
> support said that there seemed to be lots of people with the same problem.
> I am currently running an old Trident TVGA 8900c video card and it is
> working, but it isn't up to my standards video wise! If you figure it out
> please e-mail me. Sorry I could be of no help!
>
> ------------------ Posted via SearchLinux ------------------
> http://www.searchlinux.com
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From: "C�sar Mateus Concei��o" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux Raid problem
Date: Fri, 25 Jun 1999 21:52:30 -0300
Fellows,
what RAID does with System ???
I don't know wht this functions do in the system
best regards
Cesar - Brazil
Tony Platt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:qavc3.15517$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Sounds like you have software raid
> not a raid device
>
> Tony
>
>
> richard wrote in message
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> >I have inherited a Linux system with a RAID device
> >on bootup I get the message:
> >
> >md:09:00 raidarray not clean -run ckraid
> >an error occurred during RAID startup
> >when I run ckraid it says it is o.k.
> >when I try to mount the RAID it says it is not running!
> >
> >any suggestions please????????????
> >[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
> >
>
>
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From: james daniels <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: RH6.0 - can't get mouse working in XFree86
Date: Fri, 25 Jun 1999 21:12:06 GMT
Some Guy wrote:
>
> Hi all -
> I'd appreciate any assistance I can get with this one - been flogging a
> dead mouse for too many hours on this one.
>
> Problem: mouse won't work in X - cursor appears in display, but as soon
> as mouse movement is detected, cursor jumps to the top of the display
> and shifts across screen in very jumpy motions. There is no control by
> moving the mouse or pressing any of the buttons. The X display is
> otherwise fine. The same symptoms appear with the various setting I have
> tried below (when they actually worked)
>
> Setup: I have tried all this with two different PS2 mice: MS mouse
> v2.1a, and an older 3-button Logitech MouseMan (the goal is to use the
> Logitech mouse)
> - in my XF86Config file, I have tried protocols = Microsoft, MouseMan,
> and PS/2
> - also set device = /dev/mouse, which has been linked to /dev/psaux as
> it should be
> - video card = EONtronics Picasso i740 w/8MB
> - X server = tried two: XF86_XFCom_i740 (special for i740 cards) and
> generic XF86_SVGA
> - motherboard = Asus P2B w/ AGP
> - RedHat 6.0
> - XFree86 3.3.3.1? (current version shipped w/RH6)
>
> Errors:
> - console display after issuing 'startx' command indicates "Warning:
> /dev/mouse unable to get status of mouse fd (inappropriate ioctl for
> device)"
> - /var/log/messages indicates "kernel: detected PS/2 mouse port"
> - mouse works fine in console mode.
>
> Been through the HOWTO's, RH's on-line support database, LinuxHelp web
> page resources, etc etc etc. While learning a lot in the procvess, I'm
> not any closer to getting this going. I'm inclined to think that my
> el-cheapo video card may be the problem (but alas, it works in windows
> on the same dual-boot system); however, the 'ioctl' error message above
> doesn't seem to point in that direction.
>
> Any suggestions or remedies would be MUCH appreciated.
>
> Thanks a bunch,
>
> Bruce
> White Rock, B.C. Canada
Bruce
The ps/2 mouse uses IRQ 12. Check your other cards to see if one is
using irq 12. I had the same problem on my laptop. While logged in as
root or su, do a cat /proc/interrupts, and cat /proc/ioports. To see
what else you can cat, type ls /proc.
Jim
--
"Linux is always used here"
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From: Wendell Craig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: HELP formatting a ZIP disk
Date: Sat, 26 Jun 1999 01:36:24 GMT
Darryl Bryant wrote:
>
> Wendell Craig wrote:
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > I munged up a ZIP disk so badly that I figured I'd bulk erase it and
> > re-format. Now I can't get the cussed thing to even be recognized
> > enough for a low-level format!
> >
> > Any tips?
>
> personally, considering their cost, I would turn it into a coaster and buy
> a new one, But if you want to try... do you want it in dos or linux format?
>
> I bought my zip drive to use with my Amiga, so reformated some disks to
> the amiga file system, that works fine, later I built a pc, bought it a
> scsi card and used the zip drive on that, now I use linux after being
> pissed of having to put up with windoze.
>
> ok. I reformated one of the Amiga zip disk in windows, it worked fine - in
> windows!, the Amiga or linux could not read it, because windows formated it
> with different block size hmmm, so reformated it as a ex2fs linux disk,
> great!.
>
> I wanted it to see if I could get it back to a standard zip format disk,
> one that could be read on everything.
>
> in linux fdisk
>
> go fdisk /dev/sda or whatever your zip drive is.
BINGO!!! That's the problem - the zipdisk has been bulk erased, leaving
no data on the surface whatsoever - no bits, no bytes - nuthin' but bare
oxide. Therefore, no partitions to be deleted. I even booted into W95
(first time in 6 weeks!) figuring I could dos format it then re-format
in Linux - but no go! Win95 puked. Tried straight 1980's style DOS6.20
- same result.
Perhaps a coaster will be its final use - but it pisses me off to have a
healthy-looking, mechanically perfect rotating random access magnetic
disk and a machine to use it in - and not be able to use it! I paid
about eight bucks for it, too!!
Thanks for you suggestions, though. I'll keep trying 'when I get
everything else done'. :)
>
> delete all partitions on the disk, use the extended commands and print the
> partition table, you will see 4 primary partions, if you want a linux disk
> you use partition 1, if you want a dos disk you must use partition 4, do a
> create new partition, select p for primary and 4 for the partition number
> (for a dos zip disk).
>
> set the bootable flag to "ON", set the partition type to 6 which should be
> dos fat16 >=32 meg, write this to the disk and you should have
>
> Disk /dev/sda: 64 heads, 32 sectors, 96 cylinders
>
> Nr AF Hd Sec Cyl Hd Sec Cyl Start Size ID
> 1 00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00
> 2 00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00
> 3 00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00
> 4 80 1 1 0 63 32 95 32 196576 06
>
>
> Disk /dev/sda: 64 heads, 32 sectors, 96 cylinders
> Units = cylinders of 2048 * 512 bytes
>
> Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
> /dev/sda4 * 1 96 98288 6 DOS 16-bit >=32M
>
> then exit fdisk, do a /sbin/mkfs.msdos /dev/sda4 (in redhat 5.2) or mkdosfs
> /dev/sda4 ,
>
> for linux just do mke2fs /dev/sda1 <--- note the difference in the device
> name.
>
> hope that helps
>
> dAz
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From: webmaster-nospam@allspec-d-o-t c-o-m (Glen Batchelor)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Looking for Laptop "power" utility for linux
Date: Fri, 25 Jun 1999 22:07:15 GMT
On Thu, 24 Jun 1999 13:41:14 -0700, Tom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
If you don't have apmd, check it out. If all you want is a battery
monitor, look in the source of apmd on how to request the battery
levels from BIOS. Make it an X app and there you have it..
http://www.cut.de/bkr/linux/apmd/
Ryengoth
>Hi,
>
>I have a Dell Inspirion 7000 on which I am running RedHat 5.2. I have a
>Windows partition as well. When I am running Windows, I can use the
>utility which came with it for monitoring my battery power, etc.
>However, when I am running Linux, I have no idea of how much power is in
>the battery.
>
>Are there power utilities for Linux?
>
>Thanks
>Tom
>
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
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From: 9wands <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help,alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Problems with 486 PC and 44x UDMA CDROM
Date: Fri, 25 Jun 1999 20:56:17 -0500
Rajesh Radhakrishnan wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I have an old 486 PC and the slowest CDROM I could get is 44x with UDMA
> (Ultra DMA). When I try to install RedHat 5.2 from the CD, the PC hangs
> and the CD keeps running and nothing happens to the installation
> process. Does anyone know where I could linux device driver for the
> above CDROM and also, do I need to add something to my 486 motherboard
> for it to communicate with the 44x CDROM.
>
> Thanks in advance.
> Rajesh
This sounds like a ROM-BIOS/CD-ROM compatibility problem rather than a
Linux problem. Try the "support" section of the CD-ROM vendor's website
to see how to disable UDMA on the drive. It will be slower, but it
should work.
Regards,
--
Beware the fury of a patient man.
- John Dryden
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Actiontec PCI Modems supported?
Date: Sat, 26 Jun 1999 01:54:28 GMT
In article <Mnj33.26$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rob Clark) wrote:
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> Karl Shultz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >Is anyone aware of special trickery you'd have to use to install an
> >Actiontec PCI v.90 modem in a Linux box? "cat /proc/pci" sees
> >*something* in the slot with a Rockwell chipset, but won't dial.
> >
> >I've tried all the possible numbers for /dev/cua_ , and relinked
> >/dev/modem to those. The card is apparently supported under SCO
> >UnixWare and IBM OS/2, so I imagine that it could work under a Linux
box
> >too. Sadly, the instructions describe installing it through
specialized
> >SCO tools.
> >
The Silicon Valley Linux Users Group has had the Actiontec
Call Waiting Modem working in both Red Hat and Caldera.
John
> >Any ideas out there? a PCI modem seems like a terrific idea to me.
>
> Try the instructions at the bottom of the page here:
> http://www.math.sunysb.edu/~comech/tools/PCImodems.html
>
> Actiontec claims to have one working with RedHat. If you get yours to
> work, please let us know, because you'll be the first "civilian" to
try.
>
> Good luck!
> Rob Clark, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> http://www.o2.net/~gromitkc/winmodem.html
>
>
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From: Richard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How do I find out how much disk space is free
Date: Fri, 25 Jun 1999 18:42:50 -0400
John Quinn wrote:
>
> I am running Suse 6.1. Could any one tell me what is
> the command to find out how much disk space I have
> free. I am unable to install any packages and I think I
> have used all the space available, but I do not know
> the command to find out how much free space on
> the hard disk I have free.
>
> thanks.
>
> john
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
du and df commands. man these commands.
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From: Sean Mullen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Surfboard Cable modem and RH6.0
Date: Fri, 25 Jun 1999 21:59:24 -0500
I have a Surfboard 1200 connected to my Mandrake 6.0 box ...
Try 'route add default gw 192.168.100.1'
that will tell your machine to throw all packets for unknown hosts
through thr cable modem and then you should be able to hit your ISP's
Domain name server to resolve names.
This works for me .. I just installed 6.0 and have not automated the
networking ... before I add the modem as the default gateway, I can get
the pages from the modem and connect, but trying to go anywhere else
just sets there.
Sean Mullen
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Innocent Bystander)
Crossposted-To: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.misc,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.systems
Subject: Re: FREEZING system
Date: Sat, 26 Jun 1999 02:10:28 GMT
On Thu, 24 Jun 1999 11:56:21 -0400, "Suba" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>Can anyone help me out. Everytime i work with the computer for about 10-15
>minutes it freezes. When it freezes the mouse does not move nor the keyboard
>does not work. I've been told that this is CPU overheat bujt if i goto CMOS
>is says that CPU TEMP is 104 (87 when i turn the computer). I've also read
>that others who have the Ali Aladdin motherboard also have this problem.
>If the computer does freeze it will not boot up until the whole system has
>cooled down so can anyone tell me whether this is overheat or the Ali
>Aladdin MotherBoard.
When my computer freezes the way you describe it has always been some
kind of software conflict. You say keyboard doesn't work...does this
mean you cannot do cntl-alt-del to see if a program is hanging? Not
sure about temp but 104 seems to be a little on the high side from
what I have read. Not really hot but warm. Could be causing some
problems if you have border line chips. If you are unsure then open
case and place some kind of fan to blow extra air across board and see
if the problem continues. If it goes away then you know heat is the
culprit and you can take some more permanent measures.
"If something is worth doing, read the directions FIRST"
Gary
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From: Sean Mullen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Zip PPA - can't read partition table
Date: Fri, 25 Jun 1999 22:11:11 -0500
I really didn't want to post this ...
I have a zip parallel (years old ...) that was working fine with ppa
under redhat 5.1 ... last night wiped the system to start fresh with
Mandrake 6.0 and now the drive will not work.
loading ppa gives the following:
ppa: Version 2.03 (for Linux 2.2.x)
ppa: Found device at ID 6, Attempting to use EPP 32 bit
ppa: Communication established with ID 6 using EPP 32 bit
scsi0 : Iomega VPI0 (ppa) interface
scsi : 1 host.
Vendor: IOMEGA Model: ZIP 100 Rev: C.18
Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02
Detected scsi removable disk sda at scsi0, channel 0, id 6, lun 0
SCSI device sda: hdwr sector= 512 bytes. Sectors= 196608 [96 MB] [0.1
GB]
sda: Write Protect is off
sda:SCSI disk error : host 0 channel 0 id 6 lun 0 return code =
27010000
scsidisk I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0
unable to read partition table
... Which tells me that the drive is fine (It was fine yesterday as
well ...) but the disk can't be read for some reason (It was fine
yesterday too!) ... when I try it with a windows disk that does work on
my windows machine, I get the same results.
If I try to mount my backup disks (formatted ext2) using 'mount -t
ext2 /dev/sda /zip' I get '/dev/sda - invalid block device' or something
like that ... same with /dev/sda1 and /dev/sda4 with a windows disk ...
any ideas how to fix this?
Thanks,
Sean Mullen
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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