Linux-Hardware Digest #629, Volume #10 Wed, 30 Jun 99 03:13:48 EDT
Contents:
Re: Direct Install on Hardware RAID 5? (Jeff Groves)
System getting lots of Segment Faults (Pete Rossi)
Re: Sony CDU926S spitting the CD Caddy right back out (Ken Rogers)
Here Is How To Install Voodoo2 Support In RedHat 5.2 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: kppp (Laine Walker-Avina)
Re: ADSL versus Cable modem. (Toivo Voll)
Re: Sony CDU926S spitting the CD Caddy right back out (Ken Rogers)
suse mailing list (John W Mislan)
Re: Linux And USB Ports ("David Pereira")
Re: Compaq Prosignia (NCR 53c710) EISA PC server and Linux - HELP! (Kay Foerster)
Newbie SuSE 6.1 Printer problems (Fusion Youth Housing)
Re: What is the best Fast Ethernet 100Mbs card for linux??? (David Fox)
Re: Building a Dual system: advice wanted (hac)
sound card problem(creative sound blaster live! value) ("toc")
Turtle Beach Pinnacle External MIDI (Kevin Mooneyham)
Re: tape backup drive SEAGATE CONNER CTT8000-S ("Robert C. Paulsen, Jr.")
Re: Building a Dual system: advice wanted (hac)
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From: Jeff Groves <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Direct Install on Hardware RAID 5?
Date: 30 Jun 1999 04:30:47 GMT
Tony Platt wrote:
>
> >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/].
>
You can install RH 5.2 directly to the DPT Smartraid V controller (I've
done it) using their supplemental install diskette.
Currently, they do not provide an easy way to install RH 6.0 (which is what
I need). DPT provides source code for the 2.2 driver (which compiles with
no problem), but I have not been able to figure out how to create an
install diskette with the new driver. So far, DPT support has not been
very helpful in providing information on how to do this. I don't know why,
since there must be someone there who wrote and tested the driver under the
2.2 kernel. Maybe if a few more people complain, they'll get off their butt
and provide better support for their product under Linux.
Jeff Groves
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Subject: System getting lots of Segment Faults
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Pete Rossi)
Date: Wed, 30 Jun 1999 04:18:56 GMT
I have a 2 year old Pentium 133 box running Linux that suddenly (?) starting
about 3 weeks ago, has been getting random Segmentation Faults when running
commands. The system itself has continued to stay up for 3 weeks but I
would guess about 1 out of 30-50 commands or so will fault. Run the
command again and usually works the second time. They seem to come
in bunches.. I may get several over a 5-10 minute period..then none
for a few hours.. etc. The system has 64 MB RAM and a 32 MB swap
partition but it is not use any swap space. It typically has about
100 tasks loaded (a bunch of xterms) Up until 3 weeks ago I never
had any problem.
My first suspect is hardware. Bad memory? Any ideas how to come to a more
specific conclusion without simply replacing everything? I have a memory
test program that in the past has found bad memory (which I replaced) but
running it now does not find anything wrong.
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Pete Rossi - WA3NNA
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From: Ken Rogers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.periphs.scsi
Subject: Re: Sony CDU926S spitting the CD Caddy right back out
Date: Tue, 29 Jun 1999 23:19:15 -0400
Matthew Hiller wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I recently purchased a recertified Sony CDU 926S CDR drive for a
> system that I'm putting together right now.
>
> And I haven't been able to feed the CD Caddy with a CD in it into
> the drive -- it feeds a little bit and then gets spat back out at me.
>
> This is the case whether it's connected to the SCSI bus or not.
> And I'm about 99% certain that the SCSI bus is properly terminated.
>
> And yes, the SCSI controller card is detecting the fact that the
> drive is there.
>
> I called up Sony technical support, and when they asked what OS I
> was running, I responded, "Debian Linux -- but it's not installed yet." I
> think this stumped them, but they said to call back when the OS was
> installed.
>
> My question - does anyone know whether this should matter or not?
> Should a working drive on a terminated SCSI bus be spitting the caddy back
> at me like that, even if the OS isn't loaded? Or even if the bus isn't
> terminated? Or the device is disconnected entirely?
>
> FWIW, I've loaded the "sg" generic scsi driver while installing
> Debian (in the stage where you choose which modules to load) and despite
> the fact that the sg module is loaded (and lsmod confirms this), the cd
> drive still behaves the same way. Hard drive problems have thus far
> prevented me from doing a full OS install, though.*
>
> Other infos: the SCSI controller is a Tekram DC 390 (50-pin), and
> in the unlikely event that it's relevant, the motherboard is an MSI 5169.
>
> Thanks very much,
> Matt Hiller
Best bet is to verify the scsi connections and termination at the cables END.
Make a scsi chain with minimal devices attached. Next, create a boot floppy
with CD ROM drivers along with the required ASPI drivers in CONFIG.SYS and
AUTOEXEC.BAT. If the system is booted up and CDROM drivers installed, you
should be able to push a caddy in and it should stay in, along with being able
to READ the disk. In some cases, if you have a BLANK disk in the caddie, it
will kick it out unless some specific control software senses the action and
disables the eject feature first.
Ken
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Here Is How To Install Voodoo2 Support In RedHat 5.2
Date: Wed, 30 Jun 1999 03:56:54 GMT
http://www.munn.com/~pmunn/personal/linux/v2_on_rh52i.html
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From: Laine Walker-Avina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: kppp
Date: Tue, 29 Jun 1999 21:38:08 -0700
I allready looked and all of my pppd config files don't have the lock
option in them.
Peter Christy wrote:
>
> On Tue, 29 Jun 1999, Laine Walker-Avina wrote:
> >I got the modem to work. (see kppp and modem)! But, it doesnt connect all of
> >the way it just stops and after it connects with the remote modem it just
> >say that 'pppd had died unexpectedly' or something to that effect. I have
> >At&t for my ISP and i have to use CHAP.
>
> Read the kppp documentation on "lock files".
>
> As a default, most Linux installations let the system handle the lock file -
> kppp wants to do it itself - if you have both the system AND kppp trying to use
> the lock file, pppd will die unexpectedly immediately after connecting.
>
> kppp's use of the lock file is a check box in the setups, the systems is in a
> script file somwhere (the documentation says where!). I've handed my lock file
> over to kppp, and it works fine.
>
> Pete
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Toivo Voll)
Subject: Re: ADSL versus Cable modem.
Date: 30 Jun 1999 04:33:42 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Peter Van Loock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Most likely they will not support linux. But that should be no problem,
>since both cable and ADSL use ordinary
>network cards as interface to your computer. So, just read the FAQ's
>about Networking and DHCP and you should be able to set up your
>connection yourself. If in doubt or trouble, i'm sure you will find some
>help here.
>
>I have no experience with ADSL, so no comments on that from me.
Well, I've used both. ADSL is great for some things, but the maximum
bandwith, even if you have the money, is likely to be a lot smaller
than the maximum bandwith of a cable modem. On the other hand, you can
make an ADSL link be a point-to-point connection, for people working
at home etc. I definitely like my cable modem a lot more for general
internet use at home. It's never been slow. (All subjective terms,
here. I upgraded from a 128k ISDN line and was blown away by the
difference.)
Anyhow, the one other thing in favor of ADSL, because it is inherently
a point-to-point topology, is that many providers don't come up with
exotic authentication schemes that require special software on your
PC. Many cable modems do, and you might be well advised to go snooping
around the net to see if there is a linux utility for the
authentication scheme your provider is using in your particular
area. In my case there is ;-)
--
Suburbia: where they tear out the trees and then name
streets after them.
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From: Ken Rogers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.periphs.scsi
Subject: Re: Sony CDU926S spitting the CD Caddy right back out
Date: Tue, 29 Jun 1999 23:22:17 -0400
Steve Garrotto wrote:
> I have this problem happen quite often with two Toshiba drives
> installed in a Win95 machine. I have found that if I switch caddies
> that it will usually stop doing it. I happen to have hundreds of
> caddies.
>
> SLG
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Matthew Hiller) wrote:
>
> >: MH> My question - does anyone know whether this should matter or not?
> >: MH> Should a working drive on a terminated SCSI bus be spitting the caddy
> >: MH> back at me like that, even if the OS isn't loaded? Or even if the bus
> >: MH> isn't terminated? Or the device is disconnected entirely?
> >
> >: For that, it should not need a quarter to call anybody. While it could
> >: be a more serious mechanical problem, I've seen it with the Toshiba
> >: caddy type drive, and fixed it too. ISTR the belt had stretched a hair,
> >: and it ejected because it couldn't bring it fully to the home position.
> >: The belt I had was a bit snugger, and hasn't failed since.
> >
> >: If you're not comfortable doing such tiddly stuff, send it back to
> >: Sony, and demand one that works. Me? I'm a tech.
> >
> > <feeling the need to be talkative> I'd probably be comfortable
> >doing this, only it'd void the warranty, and since I picked it up
> >recertified from a reseller, I might well need that warranty to be in
> >effect if something else should go wrong.
> >
> > Now to call up Computer Disk Service and claim that your advice
> >was actually what the Sony tech told me. :)
> >
> >Thanks very much,
> >Matt Hiller
>
> (All spelling errors are intentional and are there to show new
> and improved ways of spelling old words. Grammatical errors are
> due to too many English classes/teachers)
Recall the probs with a few caddies in that the spindle within the caddie cover had
some excess glue that binds up the surface of spindle when the CD is being centered
during spinup. Toss them out!
Ken
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Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.setup,alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.linux.x,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: suse mailing list
Date: Wed, 30 Jun 1999 01:23:12 -0400
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From: "David Pereira" <davidp att wwg d0t c0m>
Subject: Re: Linux And USB Ports
Date: Tue, 29 Jun 1999 22:51:56 -0700
I suggest going with a cable modem that plugs into your an ethernet card.
For info on the Linux USB Project, check out
http://peloncho.fis.ucm.es/~inaky/uusbd-www/
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Gene Heskett wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>Unrot13 this;
>Reply to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
>Gene Heskett sends Greetings to Phillip Lee;
>
>At the present time, in kernels 2.2.10, the support for USB is till
>marked as 'not for the faint of heart', meaning its not even up to beta
>status. If you can code, there is an excellent project to get into.
>
>However, from the general trend of the discussions taking place here on
>the net, its seems the chip makers themselves have yet to settle on a
>100% working chipset for it. The TYAN/VIA combo is known to be very
>spotty, leaving little puddles all over the place, like no power on the
>mobo connectors and such although mine does have power. I just don't
>have any USB stuffs since the next thing I need is a scanner, and the
>ones that have USB start at $300 US and above. There's lots cheaper
>stuff around.
>
>Go explore, but be prepared to be a 'stranger in a strange land' :-)
>
> PL> I'm getting a cable modem which will be attached to my Linux PC
> PL> via the USB port. Can anyone help me figure out how to get Linux
> PL> to communicate with the USB port ????
>
>
>
>
>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
> RC5-Moo! 690kkeys/sec isn't much, but it all helps
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From: Kay Foerster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Compaq Prosignia (NCR 53c710) EISA PC server and Linux - HELP!
Date: 30 Jun 1999 05:30:42 GMT
Hi,
I had the same idea and found an old Adaptec 1542 SCSI Controller. But
when I plug it into my computer, he starts showing me all attached drives
to the internal NCR 53c710 controller, then he shows me the Adaptec Bios
Text.
After that he can not find a drive attached to Lun 0 Id 0. Then he stops
and would not boot.
Can you tell me what I am doing wrong?
Thanks in advance
Kay Foerster
Art wrote:
> Steven,
>
> The problem is that the current NCR SCSI driver does NOT support EISA
> which is needed for that controller. The embedded NIC should work fine
> with the pcnet32 driver.
>
> Maybe someone would be willing to update the NCR SCSI driver with
> EISA support!!!
>
> Short of that, you will probably have to get ahold of an ISA Adaptec
> controller that's supported.
>
> Art
>
> On Sat, 19 Dec 1998 13:04:21 +0000, "Steven Freegard"
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >Hi all,
> >
> >I was given an old Compaq Prosignia 486DX2/66 PC server that my IT
> >department recently de-commisioned and I really want to run Linux on it,
> >the trouble is that Linux will not recognise the SCSI adapter on the
> >motherboard, it is an NCR 53c710 chip, it works fine under DOS and Win95
> >and Novell 4.11.
> >
> >Windoze95 reports the following setup in the Device Manager:
> >
> >+ SCSI Controllers
> > + Compaq integrated 32-bit Fast-SCSI-2 controller
> >
> >Resources:
> >
> >Input/Output range: 8000-801F
> >Interrupt: 15
> >
> >I really want to put RedHat Linux 5.1 on this machine but I've just
about
> >tried everything.
> >
> >Someone please help!
> >
> >Thanks in advance
> >Merry Christmas
> >
> >
> >Steven Freegard
> >[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
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From: Fusion Youth Housing <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Newbie SuSE 6.1 Printer problems
Date: Wed, 30 Jun 1999 16:06:11 +1000
Reply-To: fusionyh
Hi all...
Running SuSE 6.1 with Corel WP8. My printer just wont seem to run. It is
supportted under ghostscript and l have attempted to setup through
g'script and YaST. Each time l attempt to print the document goes into
the spool, and l still can't print. The printer works fine under
windows. Any suggestions?
Thanks in advance..
Printer: BJ10sx (Canon) being setup under emulation of BJ10e
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From: d s f o x @ c o g s c i . u c s d . e d u (David Fox)
Subject: Re: What is the best Fast Ethernet 100Mbs card for linux???
Date: 29 Jun 1999 22:35:11 -0700
"Matthew Hager S." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> interzone wrote:
> <snip>
> > Which one are known to work the best with linux? Not in speed, in term
> > of stability , and compatibility...
> <snip>
>
> IMHO, and I may get lambasted for this, I use the 3Com 90x family of
> 10/100 PCI ethernet cards. (This includes the Cyclone, Boomerang,
> et.al). They are widely integrated into professional systems and have a
> viable driver built into the 2.2.x kernel. I wouldn't say they are the
> BEST 10/100 cards available performance wise, but they have alot of
> support information available and fairly decent driver support.
I use the Netgear cards from Bay Networks, which have the advantage
of costing $20 each and coming with a Linux driver (not that you need
it, the standard one works fine.)
--
David Fox http://hci.ucsd.edu/dsf xoF divaD
UCSD HCI Lab baL ICH DSCU
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From: hac <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Building a Dual system: advice wanted
Date: Wed, 30 Jun 1999 04:32:21 GMT
Gene Heskett wrote:
>
> Unrot13 this;
> Reply to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> Gene Heskett sends Greetings to Greg Bartels;
>
> Sorry, but IDE has *never* to my knowledge, been byte wide, it was a 16
> bit wide interface from the gitgo yea, these many years ago.
>
> GB> hac wrote:
> >>
> >>(snip)
>
> GB> thanks for the clarification.
>
> GB> so, to make sure I got everything straight,
> GB> Ultra DMA is byte wide (in 33 and 66 mhz versions)
> GB> and PCI is 4 byte wide (in 33 and 66 mhz versions)
>
> GB> EIDE drives use Ultra DMA to send/recieve data
> GB> to/from the controller card.
>
> GB> so, does anything use the PCI66 interface?
>
> GB> Greg
>
Ouch.
EIDE has a transfer rate of 16.6MB/s in DMA Mode 2 or PIO Mode 4.
UDMA33 has a transfer of 33MB/s.
UDMA66 has a transfer rate of 66MB/s.
See:
http://www.wdc.com/products/drives/drivers-ed/ata66tp.html.
http://www.seagate.com/support/disc/papers/ultra_ata.shtml
As Gene points out, IDE is a 16 bit bus. But the name reflects the
transfer rate in megabytes per second, not the clock rate.
Next, PCI. PCI comes in several flavors. The most common is 32 bits
wide, and uses a 33MHz clock, for a transfer rate of 132MB/s. This is
what most people mean by PCI. It also comes in 64 bit and 66MHz
versions. I'm not sure if anyone has ever used 64bit/33MHz or
32bit/66MHz, or even if they officially exist. If you need more than
the base version, you usually want max performance, which means 64 bits
at 66MHz, or 528MB/s. This can be found in some Alpha server systems.
Also showing up in routers and other specialized equipment.
For industrial and embedded system use, there's Compact PCI. You won't
find this in your local computer store. But it might be running the
equipment that built the boards in your local store.
AGP is derived from PCI, but with some changes. It uses 32bits, a 33MHz
or 66MHz clock, and the latest variation clocks on both edges, so
transfer rates go from 132MB/s, 264MB/s, and 528MB/s. AGP is intended
solely for graphics card use.
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From: "toc" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: sound card problem(creative sound blaster live! value)
Date: Wed, 30 Jun 1999 02:04:46 -0400
anyone can help me? i am a newbie.
now, i am using the slackware 4.0 but i dont know how to install my sound
card.
help me!
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Date: Tue, 29 Jun 1999 22:17:27 -0500
From: Kevin Mooneyham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Turtle Beach Pinnacle External MIDI
Has anyone gotten this to work? I want to try out the Jazz++
application but can't send anything through the external MIDI port.
Thanks in advance,
Kevin Mooneyham
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From: "Robert C. Paulsen, Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: tape backup drive SEAGATE CONNER CTT8000-S
Date: Tue, 29 Jun 1999 22:31:58 -0500
Dan wrote:
>
> the server says mount: special device does not exist and invalid block
> device. Can you still help?
>
Are you trying something like this...
mount /dev/st0 /mnt
If so, that's your problem. Tapes do not get mounted since they do not
contain a file system. They are written to as raw devices.
What happens if you enter the following...
mt -f /dev/st0 status
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From: hac <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Building a Dual system: advice wanted
Date: Wed, 30 Jun 1999 05:03:47 GMT
hac wrote:
>
>
> AGP is derived from PCI, but with some changes. It uses 32bits, a 33MHz
> or 66MHz clock, and the latest variation clocks on both edges, so
> transfer rates go from 132MB/s, 264MB/s, and 528MB/s. AGP is intended
> solely for graphics card use.
>
Correction:
AGP uses a 66MHz clock, but transfers one, two, or four 32 bit words per
cycle. Transfer rates are 264MB/s, 528MB/s, and 1056MB/s.
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