Linux-Hardware Digest #651, Volume #10 Fri, 2 Jul 99 21:13:28 EDT
Contents:
Re: Mitsumi CD-ROM (M. Buchenrieder)
Buying from Advanced Personal Computers just got EASIER !!! (APC)
Re: Direct Install on Hardware RAID 5? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
loud POP from speakers (Peter Bismuti)
disc-at-once (DAO) software in Linux (Kelvin Leung)
Re: SCSI Bus Timeout / Systems locks up (Warwick Ward-Cox)
Re: DEC 21x4x and 100Mbps switch problems? (Ed Franks)
The Computer Underground? OK? (John McKown)
Rackmount cases ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Alps printer (John McKown)
Re: please reccommend a PCI sound card.... ("FR_Dispatch")
Re: Permedia-based RealVision Power 3DGL Graphis adapter and RH Linux 6 ("Gene
Heskett")
KTX Scanner (bluemeat)
Re: ibm aptiva modems ("James R. Miller")
Re: Dell Inspiron compatibility? What is best laptop? ("Steve Pacenka")
Install Linux on a IBM work PAd Z50 ("Ubik_h")
Re: Where is MAKE ??? (Chris Mahmood)
Experience running LaBVIEW under Linux? (David)
Re: Rackmount cases ("[EMAIL PROTECTED]")
Alpha Processor boards ("[EMAIL PROTECTED]")
ATAPI CD problem ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Seeking video card recommendation (Dominic Hargreaves)
sorry for the last one (Michael Hohenegger)
Trouble with Mitsumi CD-writer (Aaron Ginn)
2 ethernetcards with problems (Michael Hohenegger)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (M. Buchenrieder)
Subject: Re: Mitsumi CD-ROM
Date: Fri, 2 Jul 1999 15:54:14 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Paul Spencer) writes:
>I am having a first attempt at setting up Redhat 5.2 Linux on an old
>Gateway 2000 486 PC (model 4DX2-66V).
>This has a Mitsumi double speed CD-ROM drive with its own interface
>(not IDE). The model number is CRMC-FXOOD.
Add
mcd=0x<whatever>,<IRQ>
to the module options.
Michael
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From: APC <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.misc,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.systems
Subject: Buying from Advanced Personal Computers just got EASIER !!!
Date: Fri, 02 Jul 1999 17:32:43 -0700
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Direct Install on Hardware RAID 5?
Date: Fri, 02 Jul 1999 21:07:10 GMT
We have purchased the raid controller and had minor problems with
redHat 5.2 ...(you have to run a moddpt command during install before
the make boot disk section. It finally was installed, however I had
problems activating Multiprocessing, or recompiling the kernel for that
matter and have the machine boot up again.
I have not been succesful in making the 2.2.5 kernel working...I think
there is a bug...Please put pressure on DPT to relase the 2.2.5 module.
I am not so sure they are really supporting this stuff.... their tech
support is useless, they told me that "since most linux users are
programmers, we can figure this ""stuff" our selves.)
Suggestion: If you need a working machine now...by a supported mylex
card. or an older dpt card....otherwise you are in for some fun!
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
James Culbertson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I contacted DPT about drivers for their PM2654U2 Raid controller for
Red Hat
> Linux 6.0. They sent me the following options:
>
> Thank you for your recent inquiry concerning the PM2654U2 controller
and
> Linux. There is a driver for Red Hat 5.2 and its corresponding
source code on
> our Internet site. We also have a patch that will take the driver
from the
> Linux 2.0.36 kernel to the 2.2.5 kernel and its source code and a
combined
> source code for the 2.0.36 driver plus patch. In order to install Red
Hat 6.0
> you
> would have to make your own boot disk. To do this you would have to
install Red
> Hat 5.2, upgrade the driver and source codes to the 2.2.5 kernel.
Then you
> could
> make your Red hat 6.0 boot disk by reading the documentation in
the /misc.src./
>
> trees directory. The mkboot script is what you would want to look at.
> Basically,
> you would have to build a 2.2.5 kernel with support for the DPT
controller via
> the source code) and then use that to build a new boot disk. If this
is too
> much, we should have a bootable Red Hat 6.0 install disk available
sometime
> this
> summer.
>
> I'm still thinking of buying a DPT Raid controller. If anyone knows
of a
> hardware Raid controller card that is better, faster, and cheaper I'm
open for
> suggestions.
>
> Jim Culbertson
>
> Jeff Groves wrote:
>
> > 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
> >
> > ------------------ Posted via SearchLinux ------------------
> > http://www.searchlinux.com
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Peter Bismuti)
Subject: loud POP from speakers
Date: 2 Jul 1999 20:08:23 GMT
A few times an evening my speakers give off an incredibly loud cracking
or popping sound. There is something about the sound besides the volume
that nearly drives me into a state of shock, it is very unpleasant. Can
anyone tell me what might be causing it? I have a lot of hardware on
my desk (two computers two monitors), possibly interference? My ears still
hurt from the last one.
Thanks in advance
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kelvin Leung)
Subject: disc-at-once (DAO) software in Linux
Date: Fri, 02 Jul 1999 14:00:57 -0700
I just got a Yamaha 4416S with my Linux box. I can burn audio CD without
any problem by using cdrecord and xcdroast. I'm just wondering if there is
any software support mix mode DAO copy in Linux? Also, any good suggestion
for the front end for cdrecord? Usually I convert the MP3 files into WAV
files by mpg123 and burn it with cdrecord. It's quite time consuming....
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Warwick Ward-Cox)
Subject: Re: SCSI Bus Timeout / Systems locks up
Date: Fri, 02 Jul 1999 21:13:01 GMT
As I mentioned before I was getting the same problem, I've now
upgraded the kernel to 2.2.10 from 2.0.36 and wolla problem solved
drive works like a charm
Warwick Ward-Cox
On Thu, 01 Jul 1999 17:51:06 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Scott W.
Petersen) wrote:
>Jun 23 23:19:26 linux kernel: SCSI bus is being reset for host 0
>channel 0.
>Jun 23 23:19:26 linux kernel: SCSI host 0 abort (pid 1264009) timed
>out - resett
>ing
>Jun 23 23:19:26 linux kernel: SCSI bus is being reset for host 0
>channel 0.
>Jun 23 23:19:26 linux kernel: scsi : aborting command due to timeout :
>pid 12640
>13, scsi0, channel 0, id 0, lun 0 0x0a 04 ab 1c 04 00
>Jun 23 23:19:27 linux kernel: SCSI host 0 abort (pid 1264009) timed
>out - resett
>ing
>Jun 23 23:19:27 linux kernel: SCSI bus is being reset for host 0
>channel 0.
>Jun 23 23:19:28 linux kernel: SCSI host 0 channel 0 reset (pid
>1264009) timed ou
>t - trying harder
>Jun 23 23:19:28 linux kernel: SCSI bus is being reset for host 0
>channel 0.
>Jun 23 23:19:28 linux kernel: SCSI host 0 reset (pid 1264009) timed
>out again -
>Jun 23 23:19:28 linux kernel: probably an unrecoverable SCSI bus or
>device hang.
>Jun 23 23:19:29 linux kernel: st0: Error with sense data: extra data
>not valid C
>urrent error st09:00: sns = 70 6
>Jun 23 23:19:29 linux kernel: ASC=29 ASCQ= 0
>Jun 23 23:19:29 linux kernel: Raw sense data:0x70 0x00 0x06 0x00 0x00
>0x00 0x00
>0x10 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x29 0x00 0x00
>
>This is the last line in the log file and the system locks up.
>
>Is it hardware? This seems to happen when the scsi tape backup kicks
>in at 23:15 pm. Lately we don't even get these error messages, the
>machine just locks up at the time of backup.
>
>Using SuSE 5.3 on an HP netserver E with a AIC-7880 scsi controller.
>
>
>I have extra scsi messages turned on in the kernel now but have not
>seen anything different.
>
>------------------------------------
>Scott W. Petersen - N9SLA
>Web Page: www.wwa.com/~scooter
>Elgin, IL - USA
>ICQ 8287204
>Packet E-mail:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>------------------------------------
>
>PLEASE note e-mail address is scooter @ wwa.com
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From: Ed Franks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.networks,comp.hardware,comp.unix.admin
Subject: Re: DEC 21x4x and 100Mbps switch problems?
Date: Fri, 02 Jul 1999 16:21:10 -0600
Andrew Cartwright wrote:
> Since we upgraded our network to switched hubs and 100Mbps we've been
> encountering some strange transient problems. They seemed to primarily
> affect ftp transfers between subnets on the same network (i.e. traffic
> must go thru router), though in some cases nfs was also affected.
> We tried all sorts of weird stuff to try and sort
> it out (tcpdumping, cable testing, switch frigging etc etc) and were
> left
> kinda scratching our heads until I did a usenet search and noticed that
> in several groups ppl had posted stuff about a bug with DEC tulip cards
> and 100Mbps switched hubs.
> We also occasionally saw problems between machines on the same subnet
> (an NT
> box and an IRIX box). In this case, the NT box contained a tulip based
> Accton NIC.
> Importantly, our router is a linux box with two DEC tulip (21140) cards
> in it.
>
> Just wondering whether other people have suffered similar problems to
> these/
> can shed some knowledgeable light on this problem?
Well, perhaps ... I have a couple of the DEC tulip cards on my machines.
1. One box is an Cyrix-based system running RedHat 5.1 with a Netgear
model FA310TX-C6
NIC. This board has a DEC 21140 chipset onboard, runs 10/100Mb. I got
this one in 1998,
and it has always run flawlessly. I liked this one so well, that I
purchased the same brand/model for my
new system (see 2)
2. The other box is an Intel Celeron system dual booting RedHat 5.2 and M$
WinNT 4.0
This box also has a Netgear model FA310TX-D1 NIC which now has a clone
of the DEC 21140
chipset, called a "LiteOn" and it didn't work as well under RHL 5.2.
I eventually downloaded
the latest driver from Donald becker's site
(http://cesdis1.gsfc.nasa.gov/linux/drivers/tulip.html)
and I recall it was version 0.89Q, since the newer DEC tulip-based
clones had some subtle
differences, requiring driver changes.
Are you sure that both of your NICs have DEC 21140 chipsets and not one of
the clones
like the LiteOn or ASIX? If you have a Netgear, then you can get a
driver update from their website
at http://netgear.baynetworks.com/support/.
The Donald Becker website will probably be of more help than anything I
suggest. FWIW, he is
the author of most Linux/FreeBSD NIC drivers.
>
>
> Thanks a lot,
> Andrew
ed
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John McKown)
Subject: The Computer Underground? OK?
Date: 2 Jul 1999 23:08:19 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I'm considering getting a new machine. I'll be networking it with my
current (old) machine. Anyway, I ran across a Web site for The Computer
Underground. I did some preliminary pricing and a dual PIII/450Hz with
128M ram, 20Gb HD, and "the usual peripherals" costed out to around
$2,100. A similiar from Penquin Computing costs about $2,300. I looked
at VA Research's Web site, but they were much higher (they didn't seem
to have this "small" a system - SCSI HD's are EXPENSIVE!).
I looked at some other sites, but TCU seemed to be the least expensive.
Now the question. Has anyone out there actually gotten a machine from
them? What did you think? Was it as good as it seems?
Any feedback gratefully received,
John
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Rackmount cases
Date: Fri, 02 Jul 1999 22:40:28 GMT
Hello All,
I am looking for Rackmount cases for regular AT & ATX motherboards. I
have a whole whopping mess of various makes/models of PCs in my Data
Center. I would like to rackmount them to save space. I do not want to
have to buy all new computers to do this. Does anyone know where I can
buy such cases?
Thanks
Scott
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John McKown)
Subject: Re: Alps printer
Date: 2 Jul 1999 23:08:21 GMT
On 2 Jul 1999 14:33:13 GMT, Gordon Charrick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Does anyone know if it's possible to use the Alps microdry printers with
>Linux? When I installed RH6 it doesn't list any Alps printers at all.
>The output of these printers is great and there's no clogging problems
>that inkjets have.
>
>--
I have been talking to a person at Alps. At present, there is not a
driver for the Alps printers. They use their own language (RGL).
However, he indicated that they plan to release the specs to RGL
sometime this month (July 1999). He also said that another company
was planning on releasing a commercial driver. The web address for
the other company is http://www.easysw.com . They apparently make
printer drivers for a number of UNIX systems and printers. I don't
know anything more about them.
If they do release the specs, I plan to see if I might be able to create
a filter/driver/whatever which would work. However, I don't have an
Alps printer, so I wouldn't be able to test it. Then why write one?
Because I'm impressed by what I've heard, and if I think that I can
write a driver for it, I'll go ahead and purchase one. Assuming I haven't
blown all my $$ on a new system.
John
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From: "FR_Dispatch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: please reccommend a PCI sound card....
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.setup
Date: 2 Jul 1999 16:58:50 -0500
I have a Sound Blaster AWE64, and Redhat 5.2 found it immediately. That's
about as easy as it gets for me.
Joe (from a co-worker's machine)
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Muuga <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in article
<gq_e3.12306$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> That works easliy with linux.
>
> The card I have now needs OSS to run,
> I want a card that can use the built-in kernel drivers.
>
> Thanks
> Rory
>
>
>
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Date: 02 Jul 99 19:21:57 -0500
From: "Gene Heskett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Permedia-based RealVision Power 3DGL Graphis adapter and RH Linux 6
Unrot13 this;
Reply to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Gene Heskett sends Greetings to Richard Bumby;
It wasn't my problem, just my _suggested_ answer. I am not as familiar
with wintel box hardware as many are, having just built my first x86
linux box. I probably should have let the original post go on by
without comment because of that.
I might also point out that the permedia2 may be a totally different
animal from the permedia the gentleman quoted in his original post.
RB> "Gene Heskett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>>Unrot13 this;
>>Reply to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>Gene Heskett sends Greetings to richardmette ;
>>> Hi,
>>> does anyone have any clue as to why this particular board will not
>>> work with the xfree86_3dlabs server?? ....
>>Because the permedia is not a 3dlabs chip?
RB> This is *not* the explanation. The 3DLabs Xserver does a good
RB> job with the Elsa Gloria Synergy, which *is* Permedia2 based. I
RB> wasn't going to say anything because I didn't have much to say,
RB> but the quoted response shouldn't be the last word.
RB> You should double check that X is a symbolic link to this server,
RB> and that it wasn't reset when you weren't looking. Also, take a
RB> look at your configuration file to make sure that everything
RB> looks reasonable. Try different color depths -- 16bpp should be
RB> safe at almost any resolution, but you can scale back to 8bpp
RB> while testing. With my card, 24bpp is unreliable unless you call
RB> it 32bpp.
RB> You can also try running the setup again.
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From: bluemeat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: KTX Scanner
Date: Sat, 03 Jul 1999 00:00:48 GMT
I've got a KTX 9600 EP scanner and I'm having serious trouble getting
it to work with SANE.
Has anybody out there got one of the SANE drivers to work?
Anybody got any ideas?
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From: "James R. Miller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: ibm aptiva modems
Date: Fri, 02 Jul 1999 17:06:09 -0700
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Ahmed Aden wrote:
> I need to install Linux for a friend and was wondering whether or not
> anyone knows if the default modems that come with IBM Aptivas are
> winmodems, or non-linux compatible modems?
>
Well, there are a lot of different Aptiva models out there. Mine, an
E46, came with
a Lucent winmodem and I suspect that all the current low end models also
have
winmodems.
- Jim Miller
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From: "Steve Pacenka" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.portable,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Dell Inspiron compatibility? What is best laptop?
Date: Fri, 2 Jul 1999 20:14:59 -0400
Serban-Mihai Popescu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> The Inspiron line of laptops is meant to be the bleeding edge product;
> every new toy (DVD, PIII etc.) gets almost immediately included in the
> Inspiron machine. Therefore, the chance to have unsupported hw is much
> bigger than for the Latitude line.
>
> Furthermore, you shouldn't assume that all are alike. Philipp says there
> is no problem with his I3200 video card. However, the new I3500 makes
> use of a dreaded Neomagic MagicMedia chipset; not only it's not
> supported by the XBF_ servers for Neomagic (you have to get a patched X
> server and loose all the acceleration) but it has also some unsupported
> hw for the sound system. AFAIK, for the time being there is no way for
> making the sound work.
>
> Yes, Dell makes well engineered laptops. But if you want to run Linux on
> them, you have either to pick exactly the model somebody else claims to
> work or to post the hardware details about the laptop you want to
> choose. Otherwise, you might be dissapointed.
I will agree strongly with "well engineered." My Inspiron 3000 has been
rugged, quiet, and perfectly reliable.
Regarding bleeding edge, that problem also exists with other laptop
manufacturers. The hardware is not built from commodity parts as are many
desktops, and worse there is considerable pressure to pack in more features,
longer battery life, lighter weight, ... thus lots of fiddling with the
internal architecture. The whole mainstream laptop industry could be called
bleeding edge. PCMCIA cards are another constant challenge to keep up with.
Nevertheless the Linux community rises to the occasion. I was recently
amazed at how little work it took to make my Inspiron run Linux RH6 with an
external SCSI hard drive holding the root directory. Didn't have to
recompile anything, and RH's auto configuration figured out all of the
hardware except for sound. (I did have to get a patched installer diskette
to get going, since the PCMCIA controller chip was not detected correctly.
Easy to find that patch, because Linux people share their tribulations and
triumphs :^) .)
Given the number of Inspirons that Dell sells, and the number of people
trying to make Linux work on them, I would not hesitate to buy one to use
with Linux. So maybe you can't run the most accelerated X server today, and
maybe the sound will require fiddling. Workarounds will appear early and in
a couple of months after a new model is around there will inevitably be
fuller support from newer kernels and drivers.
-- SP
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From: "Ubik_h" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Install Linux on a IBM work PAd Z50
Date: Fri, 2 Jul 1999 20:20:16 -0400
I'm planning to install Linux (no distribution in particular) in the new IBM
Work Pad Z50.
Need input on the Thanks in advance.
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From: Chris Mahmood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Where is MAKE ???
Date: 02 Jul 1999 13:49:26 -0700
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
That seems pretty stupid--he did have gcc installed though.
-ckm
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From: David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: de.comp.os.unix.linux.hardware,comp.lang.labview
Subject: Experience running LaBVIEW under Linux?
Date: Fri, 02 Jul 1999 17:16:55 -0700
Hi folks,
does anybody have experience running LabVIEW under Linux? I
suspect that National Instruments treats the Linux not too gladly
as the announce in their web pages: "(...) National Instruments
GPIB hardware is the only hardware for which National Instruments
provides Linux driver software. There are no current plans to
port our other driver software to Linux" (see
http://www.natinst.com/linux/). DAQ Drivers do not seem to be
planned for Linux. Can this be read as a recommendation not to
implement a linux based measurement/controller system?
Thanks in advance, David
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From: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Rackmount cases
Date: 02 Jul 1999 17:25:14 PDT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Rackmounts and racks will cost several times more than using $35 beige
cases and shelving.
Its certainly not space efficient though.
I'd like to be able stack a dozen Abit dual ppga motherboards in the one
rack, but its not to be.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hello All,
>
> I am looking for Rackmount cases for regular AT & ATX motherboards. I
> have a whole whopping mess of various makes/models of PCs in my Data
> Center. I would like to rackmount them to save space. I do not want to
> have to buy all new computers to do this. Does anyone know where I can
> buy such cases?
>
> Thanks
> Scott
>
> --
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> Atlanta Perl Mongers Fearless Leader
> website: http://atlanta.pm.org
> community: http://www.dejanews.com/~apm
>
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From: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Alpha Processor boards
Date: 02 Jul 1999 17:27:07 PDT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Anyone built a Linux machine using the Alpha dual motherboards from
Samsung?
thx
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: ATAPI CD problem
Date: Fri, 02 Jul 1999 10:57:48 GMT
Hello,
I have a dual boot Win-NT/2.0.36 SuSE Linux system running on a Pentium
II 300 + Asus board.
I used to have an ATAPI CD-ROM working fine on /dev/hda. Recently I
bought a Mitsumi CD writer and plugged it into the second IDE slot i.e.
/dev/hdc.
After that I couldn't access hda anymore - hdc was working fine, though
(I didn't try writing - only reading).
The same setup works *fine* under NT. I tried to swap the CD drives
(ide0<-->ide1), plugged both on only one IDE slot (yes, I minded
Master/Slave).
I never managed to make *both* drives work at the same time...
I read the CDROM-Howto, but it couldn't help me either.
Am I missing something important here?
TIA,
Sini
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dominic Hargreaves)
Subject: Re: Seeking video card recommendation
Date: Fri, 02 Jul 1999 23:46:05 GMT
On Fri, 02 Jul 1999 07:23:41 -0700, Kenneth Kellum
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>In a few weeks I'll be buying a new computer on which I want a dual boot
>Windoz/Linux. The machine I plan to purchase normally comes with an ATI
>Rage Fury 32. That video card is apparently not supported by XFree, so
>I need to chose another video card.
>
>Any recommendations? This computer is also my kid's game machine.
>
You can use the Rage Fury, it is based on the Mach64 chipset, as in
the Xpert 98 which I use fine. It would probably be worth getting a
TNT2 for games since the OpenGL support on the Mach64 is crummy.
Dominic Hargreaves
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From: Michael Hohenegger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: sorry for the last one
Date: Sat, 03 Jul 1999 00:48:07 GMT
salam
i got the following problem:
2 ethernetcards:
1. 3com509
2. de220 isa (NE2000comp)
Nr.1 functions as eth0 to the outside,
Nr.2 functions as eth1 to the inside.
(masquerading)
my suse detects the 3com automatically
and fixes her to io=0x300 and irq 10
the second i configure manually with io=0x320 and irq 5
and everything works fine
but: after every reboot linux searches after nr.1 and tells me something
about wrong io adress
the second works fine
more tips:
1. when i try to configure the 3com manually (with the values from the
automatic detection), always an error merssage occurs
2. both cards are in /etc/conf.modules with the alias and their io
adresses
what is the answer
bye & thankyou
hohi
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From: Aaron Ginn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Trouble with Mitsumi CD-writer
Date: 03 Jul 1999 03:06:17 +0200
I'm having difficulty with getting cdrecord to work with my Mitsumi CR-4802TE.
I have the proper SCSI emulation compiled in my kernel. I can mount the drive
and read from it. If I do a 'cdrecord -scanbus', here is the output:
[root@sparky linux]# cdrecord -scanbus
Cdrecord release 1.6 Copyright (C) 1995-1998 J�rg Schilling
scsibus0:
0) 'MITSUMI ' 'CR-4802TE ' '1.9D' Removable CD-ROM
1) 'LITEON ' 'CD-ROM LTN301 ' 'MP12' Removable CD-ROM
2) *
3) *
The problem comes when I try to test the drive as in the CD-Writing HOW-TO with
the following command:
[root@sparky linux]# cdrecord -eject -device /dev/scd0
Cdrecord release 1.6 Copyright (C) 1995-1998 J�rg Schilling
WARNING: device not valid, trying to use default target...
scsidev: 'ice'
scsibus: 0 target: 6 lun: 0
cdrecord: Cannot do inquiry for CD-Recorder.
cdrecord: Success. test unit ready: scsi sendcmd: fatal error
CDB: 00 00 00 00 00 00
cmd finished after 0.000s timeout 40s
Does anyone have any ideas about what is happening here? I looked in Deja, and
someone who was having a similar problem solved it by upgrading their kernel from
2.0.34 to 2.0.36. That is not the problem here. I'm using cdrecord 1.6 on the
2.2.5 kernel.
Can anyone help me with this?
Thanks a lot,
Aaron Ginn
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From: Michael Hohenegger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: 2 ethernetcards with problems
Date: Sat, 03 Jul 1999 00:45:34 GMT
salam
habe folgendes problem:
2 Netwerkkarten:
1. 3com509
2. de220 isa (NE2000komp)
Nr.1 fungiert als eth0 nach draussen,
Nr.2 fungiert als eth1 nach innen.
bei der installation erkennt yast die 3com automatisch
und fixiert sie auf io=0x300 bzw. Irq 10
die zweite konfiguriere ich manuell mit io=0x320 bzw. irq 5
danach laeuft alles blendend
jedoch: bei jedem reboot sucht er nach Nr.1 und gibt sowas wie falsche
io aus
die zweite passt eigentlich immer
Hinweis:
1. wenn ich versuche, die 3com mit den aus der automatischen
konfiguration ermittelten werten manuell zu konfigurieren, gibt es immer
eine fehlermeldung
2. in /etc/conf.modules stehen beide ordnungsgemaess mit entsprechender
io adress drinnen
(es kommt zwar selten zu einem shutdown, es nervt aber doch)
woran koennte das liegen?
im vorhinein danke
ciao
hohi
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