Linux-Hardware Digest #998, Volume #10 Thu, 12 Aug 99 22:13:46 EDT
Contents:
Re: Is/Will Linux well support these? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
USR ISDN (Jerry Craker)
Re: How to get larger font on Sparc console (lilo)
Re: How to add a tape drive? (Pierre Asselin)
A newbies Q on ALI chipset ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
identify isa ethernet adapter ("Arvid Gregersen")
Re: Problems with SCSI-Zip-Drive ... (Nils Freese)
Re: access pattern problem (QuestionExchange)
Overland Data Tx-8 Pertec interface (Todd)
Re: which order to install triple boot Linux/NT/98 ? ("Wilbur Killebrew")
Re: configuring OPL3 sound card (QuestionExchange)
Re: 3c900B card support? (Jeff Brubaker)
Re: LS-120 (QuestionExchange)
Scanner am Parallelport ? ("Stephan")
Re: Dual Celeron 500 PPGA feasible? (Bryan)
Re: Eumex 404 PC (Holger Petersen)
SMP: how many processors ??? (Brian McCullough)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Is/Will Linux well support these?
Date: 13 Aug 1999 00:17:58 GMT
leon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
[will Linux support...]
Well, dunno about the other stuff, but I know there are at least some
models of CD R/W that work under Linux. A lot of people use them as backup
media. (I don't have one myself.)
I believe a fairly current list of supported hardware is available at
www.linux.org in the Hardware HOWTO. If what you are interested in is
bleeding edge, you may have to wait awhile for support (or code it
yourself). Other than that, it seems like most common hardware items have
at least some support.
HTH,
Antryg - Answered my own serial port question, but still looking for
Sony Superstation (internal) info...
--
[EMAIL PROTECTED] - "Everyone should have a sig quote. This one is mine."
http://www.pobox.com/~antryg (sadly outdated)
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From: Jerry Craker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.misc,linux.redhat.ppp,redhat.networking.general
Subject: USR ISDN
Date: Thu, 12 Aug 1999 11:07:46 -0400
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I have seen different things on the net regarding USR Sportster Internal
ISDN support for Linux. I was wondering if ANYONE had this working.
Currently, I have to run an NT server with Apache proxy, in order to
share my connection with the rest of my network. What I would like to
do is share the ISDN connection with the rest of the network via Linux.
I have Redhat 6.0 installed with the kernel at 2.9. I have a Compaq
10/100 Ethernet card (also seemingly unsupported-but will replace if
necessary), an old NE2000 Ethernet card, and my USR ISDN (ISA). If
anyone has any ideas on how to get the ISDN piece to work, I would
appreciate it. I have viewed everything on line (well, maybe not
everything-but as many as I could find) and the ISDN documentation, but
have not been able to get this to work.
Thanks,
-- Jerry Craker --
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From: lilo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How to get larger font on Sparc console
Date: Thu, 12 Aug 1999 17:32:00 -0700
Bill/Carolyn Pechter wrote:
>
> How do you get a bigger font on the Sparc CG6 console under RedHat 6
> I've been unable to get 2.2.11 to compile and use a larger font.
>
> Am I the only over 40 geek who would like at least 80x37 or 80x24 lines
> without stressing the old Sparc2 with X11 for quick sysadmin?
I do this with an intel system;
rdev -v 5 /boot/your_kernel
Or you could
rdev -v -3 /boot/your_kernel
Which will prompt you at boot.
Now I can't be certain it'll work with a sparc but I guess you'll find
out:).
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Pierre Asselin)
Subject: Re: How to add a tape drive?
Date: 12 Aug 1999 19:51:24 GMT
"Don Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>Hello, I'll start by being honest. I don't know anything about LINUX, yet.
>I need to add a tape drive to one of our systems. The system is running Red
>Hat 5.1. uname -r shows 2.0.35.
>The drive is an HP DAT 8.
>What I need to know is how can I find out what scsi id's are currently in
>use?
Try `cat /proc/scsi/scsi' from a shell prompt. The devices are listed
with their ID number and LUN number (the latter is usually zero).
>And, how to add the tape drive to the system once it's installed?
>Thanks for all help! :-)
Duh, let's see... First, find out if your kernel has SCSI tape
support. I think this will work:
$ cat /proc/devices
Character devices:
1 mem
2 pty
3 ttyp
4 ttyS
5 cua
6 lp
7 vcs
9 st <<<< yippee! mine does.
10 misc
128 ptm
136 pts
Block devices:
2 fd
8 sd
11 sr
If there is no `st' in /proc/devices, I'm afraid you'll have to compile a
new kernel. It's not *too* hard, but Unix jungle skills would be handy.
For now, let's hope not. You should also check the file `/var/log/dmesg'
to see if the tape drive was seen at boot time. Mine says:
[...]
Vendor: TANDBERG Model: TDC 4200 Rev: =07:
Type: Sequential-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02
Detected scsi tape st0 at scsi0, channel 0, id 2, lun 0
[...]
The last thing is to make sure the device files are in the /dev/directory.
$ ls -l /dev/*st?
crw-rw-rw- 1 root disk 9, 128 Feb 19 09:19 /dev/nst0
crw-rw-rw- 1 root disk 9, 0 Feb 19 09:19 /dev/st0
If they are missing, I think you can create them (as root) by doing
this:
# cd /dev
# ./MAKEDEV st0
Good luck.
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--Pierre Asselin, Westminster, Colorado
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: A newbies Q on ALI chipset
Date: Fri, 13 Aug 1999 00:31:01 GMT
Hi there,
I unserstand that DMA doesnt work with ALI chipsets.
As a "proud" owner of ALI chipset my DMA for hda and hdc doesnt work.
As i was searching thru this newsgroup i came to know that there is a
patch at
http://www.kernel.dk/ide/
But as a newbie to linux and i dont know which are the suitable patch
files i need to download from that page.
My configuration -
AMD K6-2 400MHz,
10Gig HD,
I am running slackware 4.0 (kernel 2.2.6)
I am planning to upgrade to 2.2.11 (the latest stable one).
So if i manage to upgrade my kernel without much problems, which are the
patch files i should get from http://www.kernel.dk/ide/.
Another one of my stoopid questions. If i appply the patch successfully
and the dmas start working, later if i upgrade my kernel again (whenever
the next stable one is released) can i appply the same set of patch
files to that kernel too, or i should download the suitable patches for
that kernel again???
Please help me solve my problem...Thanx
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
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From: "Arvid Gregersen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: identify isa ethernet adapter
Date: Thu, 12 Aug 1999 20:53:15 +0200
Hi,
I recently got hold of an old isa card with some swithches on it and I
thought that Linux would be happy to install it since it wasn't PnP but I
haven't got any manuals and I don't know who made the card. I was kind of
hoping that someone here could indentify it or tell me how to fiinstall it
or something. It's an isa card with two sockets. 1 for TP and one for the
old 9 pin cable. The switches on it can be set to either on or off. There
are 2 blocks of swithches with 8 switches in each which gives us 16
swithches to consider. For each switch there is a little info but it
certainly doesn't make any sense to me, but I figured that someone here
might know what the letters stand for.
switch no 1 block 1: sp
switch no 1 block 1: sp
switch no 1 block 1: sp
switch no 1 block 1: sp
switch no 1 block 1: sp
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From: Nils Freese <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Problems with SCSI-Zip-Drive ...
Date: Thu, 12 Aug 1999 21:50:22 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi,
[...] =
> I just received a zip100-scsi-drive. Under Windows it is working
> fine, but I cannot mount the device under Linux.
[...] =
> When I call "scsicheck" I get the following message:
> sg0 scsi0 ch0 ID3 Lun0 ansi2 Scanner(6) UMAX Astra 600S V1.2
> $_aspi =3D "sg0:Scanner:3" (or "0/0/3/0:Scanner:3")
> sg1 scsi0 ch0 ID6 Lun0 ansi2 Direct-Access(0) IOMEGA ZIP 100 K.05
> $_aspi =3D "sg1:Direct-Access:6" (or "0/0/6/0:Direct-Access:6")
Yes, it=B4s detected as a Scsi-Generic-Device !
Did you compile your kernel with SCSI-DISK-SUPPORT ? =
Otherwise the SCSI-Hostadaptor will detect the drive, but due
the the lack of disk-support, the system won=B4t know how to handle it. =
[...]
> for me:
> mount: /dev/sg1 is not a block device
As I said: Seems that the kernel only knows SCSI-generic,
not scsi-disk, scsi-cd nor scsi-tape.
You should at least compile SCSI-DISK-support into your kernel.
(Furthermore, a DOS-formatted zip is always the FOURTH primary
partition, so use e.g. "`/dev/sda4"=B4 for mounting a zip on the
first scsi-disk-device (or sdb4, sdc4....depending on your system)).
regards
Nils
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From: QuestionExchange <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: access pattern problem
Date: 11 Aug 1999 15:24:48 GMT
> I'm doing some analytical things, I need to record info about
> user access pattern on file, for a large file, I need to know
> does the user accesses almost all the blocks in the file, or
> just several blocks in the file. Please suggest something to
> do. thanks, Weilong
If the application does not use memory-mapped files, then
tracking what exactly it's doing is pretty easy. Use 'strace -e
trace=file -o log your/favorite/program/to/run' It will dump
to log all file-related program activity. If the application
uses memory-mapped files, my guess it that it's going to be way
harder to detect access pattern there without tweaks with
program source code.
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From: Todd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: redhat.config,redhat.general
Subject: Overland Data Tx-8 Pertec interface
Date: 13 Aug 1999 00:30:44 GMT
I have a TX-8 from overland data to drive a 1/2" cipher drive. Does
anyone have or know of a driver for this card for RedHat 6.0?
Thanks
Todd
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From: "Wilbur Killebrew" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: which order to install triple boot Linux/NT/98 ?
Date: Thu, 12 Aug 1999 00:20:19 -0500
hac <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Wilbur Killebrew wrote:
> >
> >
> > See the articles on Linux in the March 23, 1999 (Vol. 18, No. 6) issue
of PC
> > Magazine. My own experience confirms that it is a bad idea to put Win98
in
> > the first partition because it won't let you dual boot. Also, Win98
fdisk
> > has been cobbled so that it no longer works like previous versions. It
> > refuses to make more than one partition and will trash everything on
your
> > hard disk if you try. Use some other partitioning program, such as one
of
> > the ones that come with Linux. There have been several posts to the
effect
> > that NT doesn't respect partitioning -- apparently any that follow it.
> >
> > I installed RH 5.2 on a 12.1GB drive with Win98 in the first partition,
but
> > can't dual boot, because Win98 doesn't respect the LILO boot sector,
just
> > trashing it with the backup copy it keeps. I never found the boot
sector
> > backup file, nor the swap file, such as Win95 used to use. They are
very
> > well disguised, or I'm not good enough as a sleuth. I have to boot
Linux
> > from a floppy, which works just fine, but honks me off at MS for being
so
> > horsey.
> >
> > In case you haven't noticed, be sure your BIOS can handle very large
hard
> > drives (mine does), otherwise make sure the Linux boot partition is
entirely
> > within the limit. Check the HOWTO on sunsite.unc.edu, if you haven't
seen
> > it.
> >
>
> I have Win98 on the first partition, and it lets me dual boot. Before I
> removed NT, I was triple booting, with LILO calling the NT boot loader,
> which then loaded either Win98 or NT. I did not see any problems with
> NT and partitions, and my root Linux partition follows the NT partition.
>
> The Win98 installation overwrites the boot sector, so install Win98
> first. After that, in my experience, it leaves it alone. What are you
> doing that brings in a backup copy?
>
> --
> Howard Christeller Irvine, CA [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Windoze crashes and when it restarts, there goes the Linux-friendly boot
sector because it doesn't match the backup. Had lots of Win98 crashes
trying to download (don't have Linux set up on the net -- yet. Still
struggling with X Windows due to broken XFree86 SiS video driver and PCI IRQ
steering on the MB -- has ALi chipset). Disabled the K6-III's L2 cache (an
option in the Award BIOS), and haven't crashed Windoze since. Seems like I
also recall some problems with Windoze 98 not liking the boot sector when I
tried to boot W98 with LILO installed. I have downloaded Explorer 5 and a
number of updates, which also seem to help W98, but Explorer and Outlook
Express now disconnect every time anything happens. Bah, humbug. I will be
glad to get Linux fully operational, then, sayonara, Bill.
Wilbur Killebrew. [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: QuestionExchange <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: configuring OPL3 sound card
Date: 11 Aug 1999 15:25:2 GMT
> : I have presently running SUSE 6.0 . Previously i had RH 5.2
> and : it had a utility sndconfig which worked well for
> configuring the : snd card. but in the Suse rel. there seems to
> be no such utility : available. is there some utility with
> suse or will i have to do a : recompile of the kernel with the
> appropriate changes. : I'd greatly appreciate any Help. : -
> rajeev : ------------------------------------------------------
> ------------ : Rajeev S Vasudev : 2-Ganga, Harikripa-II CHS, :
> Station Road, Govandi. : Mumbai-400088. : e-
> mail:[EMAIL PROTECTED] : -----------------------------------
> -------------------------------
There are no precompiled sound modules shipped with SuSe 6.0.
You will either have to compile the modules you need or use
Linux/OSS. If you decide to us OSS, you must change: alias
char-major-14 sound to read as: alias char-major-14
off in your /etc/conf.modules This info and more can be found
under the "sound" section at:
ftp://ftp.varesearch.com/pub/mirrors/suse/SuSE-Linux/6.0/README
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From: Jeff Brubaker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: 3c900B card support?
Date: 12 Aug 1999 18:54:09 GMT
I have a 3c900b in my machine here and it works fine. I've tested with
2.0.36 and 2.2.0-2.2.5 (I've slacked a bit on my kernel since throwing
RH6 on the machine). No problems, it works with the 3c59x module that
has been included with the kernel for quite some time.
Jeff
Derek R. Dreyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: Does the 3c900B ethernet card work with Linux? I've been told that any
: major 3Com card should be ok with linux, and this was one of two options
: given by Dell (the other was the 3c905C I think). I just ordered one
: with my new PC, but I also noticed it's not listed on any of the
: Linux-compatible lists of ethernet cards. I see that the 3c900 card is
: listed as supported, but it says on the NASA info site that the driver
: doesn't function well with this card. Is this true? There must be
: someone out there who has used this card with Linux and can hopefully
: give me some advice. I'm worried whether it would be advisable to
: exchange my new card for a different one that I know will work before I
: install linux. If anyone's gotten the 3c900B to work, I'd like to know.
: Thanks,
: Derek R. Dreyer
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From: QuestionExchange <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: LS-120
Date: 11 Aug 1999 15:25:16 GMT
> Does Linux support LS-120? I have one work well under Window
> but I don't know how to make it work under Linux? Can anybody
> help? Thanks in advance. ------------------ Posted via CNET
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> http://www.searchlinux.com
Yes, recent versions of Linux support LS-120 drives. Make
sure your kernel is more recent than 2.0.34 for starters.
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From: "Stephan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=news>
Subject: Scanner am Parallelport ?
Date: Fri, 13 Aug 1999 02:48:33 +0200
Crossposted-To: apana.lists.os.linux.hams,de.comp.os.unix.linux.hardware
Hallo :)
Ich bin Linux-Anf�nger (und noch mitten im ersten installieren meines
Linux-Systems).
Ich betreibe einen Mustek Scanner 1200 ED am Parallelport meines PCs. Linux
schreit bei Scannern aber nach einer SCSI-L�sung ....
Habt ihr Erfahrungen mit dieser Kombination ?
By the way : Ich benutze SuSE Linux 6.1 (2.2.7) / bisherige
Windows-Plattform
Danke im voraus ;)
Stephan
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
www.planet-interkom.de/stephan.heimel
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From: Bryan <Bryan@[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Dual Celeron 500 PPGA feasible?
Date: Fri, 13 Aug 1999 01:05:22 GMT
Vincent Fox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: In <4gEs3.120$[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Bryan
:<Bryan@[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
: >no drills on a bp6 - its all sock370.
: >linux runs fine (smp) on this. set the mps spec to 1.4 in the bios first, though.
: What the heck is an "mps spec"?
maybe I got the acronym wrong. its the bios setting (whatever its
called) that can take the value of '1.1' or '1.4'. I've heard from a
linux user that had SMP problems when this was set to 1.1. setting to
1.4 fixed his ethernet/smp issue.
mps (or whatever) is a 'multi processing [mumble]' version id.
--
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->->-> to email me, you must hunt the WUMPUS and kill it.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Holger Petersen)
Subject: Re: Eumex 404 PC
Date: Thu, 12 Aug 1999 19:27:39 GMT
"Peter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>Hi,
>I have an Eumex 404 PC ISDN.
>How do I get this thing going under Linux?
Not at all - IF _you_ don't do the programming or convince the
makers of the unit to geive out the needed documentation.
Yours, Holger
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From: Brian McCullough <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: SMP: how many processors ???
Date: Thu, 12 Aug 1999 14:03:24 -0500
I have not done any multi-processor work with linux, but I have
an opportunity to do so. I have access to an 8 (yes eight) xenon
processor box for the next, well at least a couple of weeks.
Problem 1 is I don't know where to go for a multi-processor how-to.
Problem 2, I know they are intel SHVs (?) call saber, but they showed
up with not documentation and I can not find nothing on the web about
saber systems.
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