Linux-Hardware Digest #639, Volume #10 Thu, 1 Jul 99 06:13:42 EDT
Contents:
Red Hat and Dell Optiplex ("Kim Johnson")
2.2 and Proliant 2500 scsi nondetect ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: APM patch for sysvinit (poweroff) (Allin Cottrell)
Re: HP 720C doesn't print (Daniel Connelly)
Re: Max file size with EXT2? (Paul Anderson)
DEC PCXBV-LB parameters- help! (Mugur)
xircps2_cs help? please? (Tim Dysinger)
Re: UDMA-4, U/66 performance ("Ron Reaugh")
Re: UDMA-4, U/66 performance (Joachim Klein)
Re: SCSI scanner on AVA-1505 (David Fox)
Re: SANE (David Fox)
Re: efax and lpr (Curt Corum)
HP Vectra Problem with Cyclades 8Ys ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: external CPU cache (Tmack)
Re: Max file size with EXT2? (Rowan Hughes)
Re(2): Max file size with EXT2? ("Jesper Holmqvist")
FS/Trade: want laptop, no 286, 386, 486 please (weeve)
Re: DEC PCXBV-LB parameters- help! (Bryan)
ATAPI 250MB ZIP and IDE-SCSI Emulation HELP! (Brian Bennett)
Re: New Travan Tape Drive was: Eagle Exabyte TR-3 Parallel Port Support. ("Ben
Humphreys")
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From: "Kim Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Red Hat and Dell Optiplex
Date: Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:06:13 -0600
Hi,
I would like to purchase one of the Linux certified Dell Optiplex machines.
Unfortunately, Dell does not support the CD-RW option for Linux. I thought
that SCSI and ATAPI compliant drives worked under Linux (at least for
ISO-9660). Has anyone had experience with this particular box and/or CD-RW?
Maybe I should be really adventurous and order a Dimension with a DVD :)
- Kim
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: 2.2 and Proliant 2500 scsi nondetect
Date: Thu, 01 Jul 1999 04:08:44 GMT
Hi,
I am attempting to upgrade from 2.0.36 to 2.2.9 on a proliant
however the 2.2.9 is not seeing the proliant's ncr scsi.
The 2.0.36 was working with the scsi however.
Any ideas ?
Thanks,
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Share what you know. Learn what you don't.
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From: Allin Cottrell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: APM patch for sysvinit (poweroff)
Date: Wed, 30 Jun 1999 23:52:17 -0400
Leslie wrote:
> I am looking for a patch to let sysvinit tools shut down
> my box, running 2.2.10 kernel.
In rc.0, replace
command="halt"
with
command="halt -p"
APM must be enabled in the kernel build.
--
Allin Cottrell
Department of Economics
Wake Forest University, NC
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From: Daniel Connelly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux,alt.uu.comp.os.linux.questions,at.linux,comp.os.linux.setup,nl.comp.os.linux.installatie
Subject: Re: HP 720C doesn't print
Date: Thu, 01 Jul 1999 00:43:56 -0400
Try using an hp with the closest number to your printer, I have an hp 870cxi
and i use hp 650c and it works fine.
hope this helps
root wrote:
> Dear reader,
>
> I've a HP 720C colour deskjet and I have SuSE 6.1 runing on my computer.
> During instalation of the OS I had to choose a printer. Because HP 720C
> isn't on the list, I've tried other printers (like cdjet550) on /dev/lp0
> but neither will print.
>
> The solution may be quite simple (I hope so) but being a newbie, things
> are not that easy to me
>
> Tank you in advance !!
>
> --
> ***************ROOT@hotzenplotz***********************
>
> Ulrich Gruen
> Amsterdamse straatweg 609bis-a/2
> 3553 EJ Utrecht
> 030-2420019
> ICQ: 35629246
--
Great ideas are controversial
Or at least were at one time.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Paul Anderson)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Max file size with EXT2?
Date: 30 Jun 1999 22:38:51 -0400
Ron Holt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>What is the largest partition size supported by EXT2?
>
I think four terabytes...
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From: Mugur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x,redhat.x.general
Subject: DEC PCXBV-LB parameters- help!
Date: 1 Jul 1999 05:30:46 GMT
Pls could someone send me the info on DEC PCXBV-LB (17", no OSD).
I can't get X to work properly.
Thanks,
Mugur
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From: Tim Dysinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.portable,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.questions,ilnux.redhat.install
Subject: xircps2_cs help? please?
Date: Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:41:12 -0700
I need help getting a Intel Mobile Pro/100 16bit PCMCIA card working.
It works fine under WinNT. But I'd rather not be using that OS.........
I am primarily running RedHat 6.0 on a Dell Inspiron 7000 laptop
I have everything installed correctly and configured properly under
linux.
I've even compiled the 2.2.10 kernel with pcmcia 3.0.13 properly with
same results.
Serial PCMCIA modem works fine. Use it all the time.
A 3C575 10/100 PCMCIA card works excellent in the same socket!!!
cardctl will properly recognize the card and load the xircps2_cs module.
It set's the interrupt to 10 (but I've also tried every other avail. irq
3,7,9,11)
I can see that the line integrity light is on showing that I have a good
connection after pcmcia starts.
Yet I cannot ping anything ever....
and I get a message at the console every now and then that says "eth0:
timed out."
(I've tried Debian 2.1 and Slackware 4.0 and I get the same results)
Please help... I'm drowning here in my three days of messing with
this....
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From: "Ron Reaugh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: asus.support.english.mainboard.p2bx,alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.asus
Subject: Re: UDMA-4, U/66 performance
Date: Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:11 -0700
Greg Bartels wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>Jonathan wrote:
>>
>> Actually I own a promise card. With a 5400 rpm drive I see NO
>> difference, however, with the 7200 there is a mark difference in
>> performance. It is not an incredible difference. The card let me
>> install 4 more ide drives.
>
>which promise card do you have?
>if the Ultra 66, which drivers do you use?
Don't expect any significant performance improvement from a Promise Ultra66.
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From: Joachim Klein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: asus.support.english.mainboard.p2bx,alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.asus
Subject: Re: UDMA-4, U/66 performance
Date: Thu, 01 Jul 1999 08:41:23 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> Don't expect any significant performance improvement from a Promise Ultra66.
But expect one significant advantage: with a Promise controller you have
EIDE busmastering directly after booting your machine. The onboard
chipsets often report "Drive xxx at UDMA 33" or something similar but do
not really activate DMA mode before W9x / NT4 is loaded and has started
the busmaster driver. Promise cards have the the busmaster drivers for
DOS / Win3.xx already in their BIOS...
Regards - Joachim
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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: SCSI scanner on AVA-1505
Date: 30 Jun 1999 22:48:31 -0700
Daniel Kollar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I've got the scanner AGFA SnapScan 1236S on the distributed Adaptec
> SCSI-Controller AVA-1505. Is this adapter supported by linux 2.2 ?
It is, but if you're using kernel 2.2.5 you'll want to upgrade to
about 2.2.9. Use the aha152x driver, and there are some parameters
you need to supply.
> Is there any experience using this scanner and SANE ?
I haven't tried the one that came with my HP-3C, I already had another
card installed.
--
David Fox http://hci.ucsd.edu/dsf xoF divaD
UCSD HCI Lab baL ICH DSCU
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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: SANE
Date: 30 Jun 1999 22:51:42 -0700
"wrexy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Does anyone know the output of sane which is in .pnm file format will be
> convert to the popular formats eg tiff, jpeg, ps?
There are tools in the libgr-progs package like pnmtogif, pnmtops.
Also, cjpeg converts a pnm file to a jpg file. If you use redhat
they are probably already in /usr/bin.
--
David Fox http://hci.ucsd.edu/dsf xoF divaD
UCSD HCI Lab baL ICH DSCU
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From: Curt Corum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: efax and lpr
Date: Tue, 29 Jun 1999 21:02:10 -0700
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Rob,
Thanks for the suggestions.
I went through and changed permissions on some directories (/var/lock,
/var/spool/fax)
I was getting a 'cannot remove stale lock on /dev/modem, when I looked at the
/dev/console messages.
I'm to the point now where the modem is responding, but it it is prematurely
hanging up.
This problem exists on the Win95 side as well, and seems to be related to
poor phone line quality.
Now I need to do some modem init string work.
There are some erratic things hapenning with locks, I'll try changing the
/dev/null.
-Curt
Rob Clark wrote:
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> Curt Corum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >I am having troubles getting efax going with lpr.
> >
> >'fax test' talks to the modem (I 'm using internal USR on ttyS2 with
> >group 1 configuration)
> >'fax send' starts up the modem, dials and sends ok
> >I set up the spool directory with RedHat print tool to /dev/null
> >/var/spool/fax /usr/bin/faxlpr
> >I set a symbolic link from /usr/bin/faxlpr to /usr/bin/fax
> >I believe I have set up the spool directory with proper permissions
> >/var/spool/fax 777
> >when I try to print a fax 'lpr -Pfax -J<phone number> <file>' I don't
> >get any modem activity, and nothing shows when I do 'lpq'
> >'lpc' recognizes the fax queue (it reports status, can enable disable)
> >'lpr' works fine with my default DeskJet500 on lp0
> >
> >Any ideas?
>
> There is a log file that is created in /var/spool/fax for each job
> received by lpd. Set your debugging really high in the fax script and
> watch the log file with 'tail -f'.
>
> Also, using /dev/null might create problems. If you create a bogus device
> such as "/dev/efax" by 'touch /dev/efax', you can use that instead. (The
> locking that occurs may cause problems when /dev/null is used).
>
> Rob Clark, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> http://www.o2.net/~gromitkc/winmodem.html
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: HP Vectra Problem with Cyclades 8Ys
Date: Thu, 01 Jul 1999 06:39:02 GMT
Hello all. I have a problem with setting up Red Hat 5.2 on a HP
Vectra Celeron 336 Processor. I am trying to install a cyclades ISA
8-Ys card into this machine and install Red Hat. The problem is that
the cyclades card doesn't seem to be recognised by the kernel (default
straight from the CD-ROM with no alterations). If I create the
cyclades devices and add the /etc/inittab entry all I get is a
respawning to rapidly problem. If I type insmod cyclades then the
device is listed in the lsmod command but if I cat /proc/interrupts
and /proc/ioports then I see no reference to this card. I guess there
is a hardware problem with this machine but changing addresses/IRQs on
the card doesn't seem to solve the problem. The only extra card in
the machine is a 3Com 509b card (PCI) and removing this card from the
system doesn't solve the problem. Can someone direct me to where I
might be able to figure out what is causing this problem or if someone
else has this kind of system with a cyclades card in it and if they
had any problems ot success. Thanx for any help.
Regards,
Kurt
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Tmack)
Subject: Re: external CPU cache
Date: 1 Jul 1999 06:57:02 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Stefano Ghirlanda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
....
>However, before
>cannibalizing I noticed that one of the processor gives a bogomips count
>of 33 (as I would more or less expect) while the other one (the one I
>choose to use of course) only about 16.5. I can see from the BIOS menu
>that this machine lacks external CPU cache might this be the reason?
It sounds more like the turbo switch on the motherboard is disabled.
If there is a chassi switch/button for turbo, try pushing it to change
its state, then look at bogomips. Otherwise, add/remove a jumper from
the turbo jumper pins on the motherboard. Your bios may be able to
do this for you, if there's a "boot up system speed" option, set it
to fast. This option might just speed the POST on some boards, but
at least one of mine, it sets the turbo to the "fast" position upon
boot, and uses the curent state of the turbo switch for that setting.
Tmack
--
blah
bleh
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rowan Hughes)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Max file size with EXT2?
Date: 1 Jul 1999 07:24:49 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Ron Holt wrote:
>What is the largest partition size supported by EXT2?
Big...terabytes. Depends on your fs block size.
>What is the largest file support on such a partition?
Unfortunately 2Gigs. 2^31 bytes which is unsigned long
on a Pentium. Two words could be used giving 2^63 bytes
but it means a substantial slowdown doing the cross-multiplies
of the mantissas (mantissae ???).
I regularly create files over 10GB on workstations, but this
obviously isn't on linux with ext2. I remember reading about
a Reiser filesystem that used a fat tree as its basis and could
create much larger files than 2GB. There was an alpha status
module for 2.0.X kernels , but I can't find the web address now.
--
=======================================================
Dr Rowan Hughes [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Qld Dept Natural Resources Forestry Bldg, 4.06
CIS group, Indooroopilly. W:07-38969705 H:07-38768083
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From: "Jesper Holmqvist" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re(2): Max file size with EXT2?
Date: Thu, 1 Jul 1999 10:16:26 +0200
<snip>
> I remember reading about
> a Reiser filesystem that used a fat tree as its basis and could
> create much larger files than 2GB. There was an alpha status
> module for 2.0.X kernels , but I can't find the web address now.
Look at http://www.devlinux.com/namesys
- Jesper
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From: weeve <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.sys.laptops,va.forsale,dc.forsale,dc.forsale.misc,comp.periphs.scsi,linux.dev.scsi,dc.forsale.computers,linux.dev.laptop,us.forsale.computers,roanoke.talk,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.os.linux.portable,comp.forsale.computer,comp.forsale.computers,comp.forsale.computers.wanted,comp.sys.atari.st,comp.sys.atari.8bit,alt.atari.2600,alt.atari.2600.vcs,rec.games.video.atari,rec.games.video.nintendo,rec.games.video.marketplace,alt.comp.hardware,alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
Subject: FS/Trade: want laptop, no 286, 386, 486 please
Date: Thu, 01 Jul 1999 04:53:57 -0500
I have ten 4meg edo simms, two 8 meg edo simms, and four 16meg edo simms
(all 72 pin), and some 2 and 1 meg 30 pin ram. a 486sx board with
riser,a Nec Multispin 3Xi scsi jewelcase cdrom with and jewelcase
inside, a Creative Labs SB16(soundblaster 16) scsi , with adaptec,
adapter card(sound and scsi), two floppy drives, a 1.7 gig a desktop AT
power supply 250watt, a power strip, a 15 inch moniter, every month
turns off every 10 seconds, can be fixed once bought by you. 19inch
Sassi Industrial bought for $4000 touch screen moniter(now build buy
Mitumishi I think(some japanese distrib bought them) droped in shipping
works fine accept for lines down screen and a little fuzzy, crack on
plastic, screw joint for front plastic have to be redone, missing the
panel in the front for adjustments(Can help on getting the panel, I know
where to get the cables for the touch screen, one is $100(five color
split cable, plugs in to video card)), one is like $30(direct serial
port cable) and a power supply cable too). 4meg s3 Nitro 3d video card
w/ drivers, 2meg S3 virge video card w/ drivers, vesa local bus ide
controller card, 2 intel etherexpresses 10BT cards isa, 25 ft CAT5 cable
pre ended with RJ45 connectors, Zoom 14.4 v.32bis external modem, Tv
elite pro(converts vga to tv) internal card with cables, 1 sony class 1
laser jewelcase cdrom hooks up to soundblaster 16 or compatible with
cable, 1 Toshiba class 1 laser jewelcase scsi cdrom with cable(on both
class 1's don't know the speed guessing 1-4x). Xfiles the game(worth at
least $30)opened never used. Tons of linux flavors a year old. and a AT
desktop case that fits the power supply I have. Also At least 50 Atari
Games and a Atari 2600, a Atari huge system, controller pads(all 6)
missing ac adapters, and tons of nitendo games.
Want to trade for Compaq Armada, Toshiba Tecra or Satillite, IBM
Thinkpad, Nec versa, Acer maybe, Dell maybe, hoping for a internal cdrom
and floppy, and good battery but will pay for new battery if no
arangement can be made, looking for 100mhz or over with 32 ram 64 would
be great, and at least a 1 gig harddrive, other laptop and interesting
offers accepted. Give me some idea of other things with this you'd like
to trade I will find them fast. Looking for a good laptop for linux
pref. redhat 6.0 got the cd though, anything that can run linux sweet.
Weeve
the email to cbrownl is about the vaio on Feb 13 for sale
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From: Bryan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: DEC PCXBV-LB parameters- help!
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x,redhat.x.general
Date: Thu, 01 Jul 1999 07:29:20 GMT
try settings for a 1024x768 display, vesa standard. if not, try 1280x1024.
I had old dec 17" multisync that responds to both of the above
settings. not sure if I can find the exact modelines - been a while
since I used it.
In comp.os.linux.hardware Mugur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: Pls could someone send me the info on DEC PCXBV-LB (17", no OSD).
: I can't get X to work properly.
:
: Thanks,
: Mugur
: ------------------ Posted via SearchLinux ------------------
: http://www.searchlinux.com
--
Bryan, http://www.Grateful.Net - Linux/Web-based Network Management
->->-> to email me, you must hunt the WUMPUS and kill it.
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From: Brian Bennett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: ATAPI 250MB ZIP and IDE-SCSI Emulation HELP!
Date: Thu, 01 Jul 1999 02:26:50 GMT
If any one has any information on how to configure an internal atapi
Iomega ZIP drive, PLEASE help. I have heard that I must compile the
kernel without IDE-FLOPPY and with IDE-SCSI. That I did and I am abel to
mount the zip on /dev/sda4. I can read and write to it and even umount
the dev.
I JUST CANT EJECT IT. It is driving me batty!
any assistance would be greatly appreciated.
Brian
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "Ben Humphreys" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: New Travan Tape Drive was: Eagle Exabyte TR-3 Parallel Port Support.
Date: Sat, 19 Jun 1999 01:51:01 GMT
When you use this tape with TAR......do you reference it as /dev/ht0
I've just got some problems with mine and was not sure about this.
Regards,
Ben Humphreys <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Philip Hirschhorn wrote in message <7e9mpa$6b0$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>: Okay, no takers on this one. Well, I figured it was going to come down
to
>: buying a new tape drive. I want one that will use my current TR-3 and
TR-3
>: Extra tapes, so I am thinking of maybe getting a Travan 4 drive.
>
>: Can someone recommend a Travan Drive, which Kernel 2.2.x has sourced-in
>: drivers for, that I can compile directly into the kernel, and that runs
>: smoothly, stably, and reliably in a 100% i386 Linux environement.
>
>
>I've got a Seagate TapeStor 8000 (it's TR-4), and it's always worked
>wonderfully since kernel 1.something (I'm currently on 2.0.36). I've
>got the IDE version, but it also comes as a scsi.
>
>
>Phil
>
>--
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>Philip Hirschhorn [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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