Linux-Hardware Digest #19, Volume #11 Sun, 15 Aug 99 19:13:31 EDT
Contents:
Re: Need help with Ethernet on Sharp A250 notebook (Jon Akers)
COL 2.2 and Zip Drives ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
MaxiSound/ESS1868 ("Gertjan Zwartjes")
Sequenzer Part on SB LIVE (Josef Maltan)
Modem support: I lost it ("Wayne C")
Re: What does linux with MMX feature? (Yousuf Khan)
cdrom mounts but comp acts like nothings there. (seth)
HP CD-Writer 8100i (Terence Chung)
Re: weird X behavior (Torsten Howard)
Re: Noisy HardDisk won't power down (Chetan Patil)
Re: Diamond Monster 3D card (Thomas Kochak)
Re: Diamond Monster 3D card (Thomas Kochak)
Re: double-sided printing queue (Torsten Howard)
Re: HP CD-Writer 8100i (Yury Donskoy)
Re: RH6.0 /dev/lp0 not working ("William B. Cattell")
Re: Redhat & AWE 32 PnP (Kariem Hussein)
Re: HP CD-Writer 8100i ("William B. Cattell")
Newbie: Modem Information ("Michael P. McCutcheon")
Video Card Problem ("Dragos")
Re: Looking for information on QuickCam VC (Carlos Wexler)
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From: Jon Akers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.portable,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.help
Subject: Re: Need help with Ethernet on Sharp A250 notebook
Date: Sun, 15 Aug 1999 11:24:48 -0700
I use a Realtek 8139 (I haven't seen a driver difference between the 8139 and
8139A), but I have compiled the driver into the kernel (not as a module). When
I do this, I see the detection of the module at bootup:
Aug 10 18:26:26 arainna kernel: rtl8139.c:v1.04 9/22/98 Donald Becker
http://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/linux/drivers/rtl8139.html
Aug 10 18:26:26 arainna kernel: eth0: RealTek RTL8139 Fast Ethernet at 0x6800,
IRQ 12, 00:e0:7d:74:08:2d.A
Once this is done, it is configured using with /etc/conf.modules with the
following line:
alias eth0 rtl8139
This should work for you, and I hope that it helps.
Edwin TAM wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have a Sharp Actius A250 notebook and have installed RedHat 6.0 on it.
> So far, none of the built-in peripherials works except the video, which
> I managed to get 800x600 true color.
>
> However, I can't get neither the modem, sound nor Network to work. It
> has a Realtek RTL8139A PCI Fast Ethernet NIC built-in and I have tried
> the version 1.80a driver (written by Donald Becker) rtl8139.c without luck.
>
> Whenever I try to 'ifconfig eth0 up', it gives me the following message:
>
> SIOCSIFFLAGS: Resource temporarily unavailable
>
> I can ping localhost and ping the self IP address and has no problem,
> but the eth0 interface is never up and running.
>
> I can live without its sound nor modem, but the LAN is a must.
>
> Thanks a lot,
>
> Edwin
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: COL 2.2 and Zip Drives
Date: Sun, 15 Aug 1999 18:46:20 GMT
I have just installed COL 2.2 and I am having a few problems finding
my internal Iomega Zip100 drive.
When the kernel is booting it says IDE-SCSI OK and seems to access the
Zip drive.
In system info, attached devices, the zip drive appears under SCSI as:
Host SCSI0 Channel: 00 ID: 00 Lun: 00
Vendor: Iomega Model: zip100
Type: Direct Access ANSI SCSI revision
Please help me, if I cant access my zip drive I'm stuffed
Thanks for your time : )
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From: "Gertjan Zwartjes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: MaxiSound/ESS1868
Date: Sun, 15 Aug 1999 21:08:40 +0200
PLEASE, can anyone help me? I have a Maxisound soundcard (Guillemot
MaxiSound 64 Dynamic 3D) which has an ESS1868 and a DREAM9407 chips onboard.
It works fine with Windows and DOS, I can configure it with sndconfig but
when the sample is played I don't hear a thing. Someone knows a driver or
something???
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From: Josef Maltan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Sequenzer Part on SB LIVE
Date: Sun, 15 Aug 1999 19:49:07 GMT
Hi,
i have problems to get /dev/sequenzer feeded by emu10k1.
Except the synth everything gets feeded ok and sounds a great.
Only SoundTracker and VoodooTracker giving me a core-dump and
are crashing.
Please write also if you KNOW that this is a driver-bug not fixed yet.
(saves me going nuts about it).
Thank folks, Mike
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From: "Wayne C" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Modem support: I lost it
Date: Sun, 15 Aug 1999 15:04:04 -0400
Hi All!
I'm a complet Linux newbie and so far I'm having mixed results. I
installed RH 6.0, went into Gnome/linxconfig and set up my ppp port. when I
did there was a pull down option for my /dev/modem which I seletcted and all
was well with my world. I decided to make some changes and re-installed
Linux. Since then there has been no option for /dev/modem. What changed and
why? I've tried typing it in on that line and it persists but modem does not
work. I found references to "modemtool" but I cant find this utility. Where
is it? I haven't changed anything on this system between installs except the
installation of my lan card. I did not install it in the first build (when
modem was recognized), did install it in second and did not install it there
after. Thanks all!
Wayne
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From: Yousuf Khan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: What does linux with MMX feature?
Date: Sun, 15 Aug 1999 19:01:07 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
David Rabanus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Are MMX features in Intel processors used by linux?
>
> Are there FAQs or HOWTOs about that?
There's not much call for usage of MMX within the core kernels of most
operating systems, neither Microsoft nor Linux. The MMX features are
mostly for the use of applications programs that do a lot of graphics,
and their libraries.
Yousuf Khan
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From: seth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: redhat.config,redhat.general
Subject: cdrom mounts but comp acts like nothings there.
Date: Sun, 15 Aug 1999 20:30:47 GMT
i installed linux with redhat 5.2 and at first my cdrom worked but now all
of a sudden for no apperant reason it acts like nothing is there. the
cdrom shows no errors and is mounted properly. i know a cd is in the drive
(RedHat 5.2) and the drive is hdc but i doesent show up. when i "ls" it
shows nothing. thanks. -Seth
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From: Terence Chung <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: HP CD-Writer 8100i
Date: Sun, 15 Aug 1999 12:44:18 -0700
Hi!
I'm new to Linux. I just installed RH 6.0 and wanna get my
CD Writer (HP-8100i) working.
Can somebody share some experience with me?
Thanks a lot!
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From: Torsten Howard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: weird X behavior
Date: Sun, 15 Aug 1999 16:53:53 +0000
Focus in an X session is handled by your Window manager, not
X-windows. What WM are you using?
Try removing one processor, see if that fixes the time problem.
If it does, hehe, you'll have to deal with the latency. :)
Torsten
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> Hi,
> I just got a new pc from work, and I'm seeing some very strange X
> behavior. The machine is a dual processor PIII-450, ASUS motherboard,
> Creative Graphics Blaster rivaTNT2, with RedHat6.0, 2.2.10 kernel
> compiled with smp support, and the nvidia accelerated X server.
>
> I'm having a number of problems, one of which is getting focus events.
> X is not recognizing when i've moved the curser and a new window should
> be receiving focus. I'll have to move my mouse over the window several
> times before it will update the focus.
>
> I'm also seeing really weird behavior from my asclock. It is flashing
> at fairly random intervals, and updating the time back and forth between
> two times seperated by a minute.
>
> I'm also seeing very strange behavior from the xmms gui. The clock and
> frequency display are only updating on 3-6 second intervals. This is
> not affecting its ability to play music, it just looks strange to see
> the clock jump from 1:13 to 1:17 with nothing in between.
>
> I've poked around for a bit, and i don't see any weird log messages, or
> anything else to indicate what the problem might be. If anyone has any
> suggestions, i would be very appreciative.
> --keith
>
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From: Chetan Patil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.redhat,comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Noisy HardDisk won't power down
Date: Sun, 15 Aug 1999 20:02:11 GMT
It is actually. But if the machine isn't swapping (ie when I do a top,
the swap spaces usage is 0) it shouldn't make a difference. Or am I
missing something basic here?
Thanks,
Chetan
Jon Akers wrote:
>
> Chetan Patil wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I am running RH 6 as a gateway to my Home LAN. The 133 Mhz Dell PC has a
> > really noisy Seagate drive which won't power down even in the wee hours
> > of the morning (ie no traffic being generated over the lan etc). I have
> > about 98 Meg of RAM, so masquerading shouldn't really swap.
> >
> > I have set hdparam -S 120 for it to power down in 10 minutes.
> >
> > Even after forcing it to spin down by using hdparm -y, it powers up
> > immediately.
> >
> > I suspect that some process is continuously writing to the HD which
> > prevents it from being powered down.
> > How do I find out which process is the cuplrit?
> >
> > I did a top after a hdparm -Y, and found the following in syslog :
> >
> > Aug 14 19:19:17 Foo kernel: hda: status error: status=0x7f { DriveReady
> > DeviceFault SeekComplete DataRequest CorrectedError Index Error }
> > Aug 14 19:19:17 Foo kernel: hda: status error: error=0xff {
> > DriveStatusError BadCRC UncorrectableError SectorIdNotFound
> > TrackZeroNotFound AddrMarkNotFound }, LBAsect=251658240, sector=999456
> > Aug 14 19:19:17 Foo kernel: hda: drive not ready for command
> > Aug 14 19:19:17 Foo kernel: ide0: reset: success
> >
> > Any help would be greatly appreciated.
> > Thanks in advance,
> > Chetan
>
> Just wondering....this drive isn't being used for a swap space is it?
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From: Thomas Kochak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Diamond Monster 3D card
Date: Sun, 15 Aug 1999 16:24:47 -0500
What error message did it give you?
Damon wrote:
> Thanks! It is there and it works - just can't get Quake 3 test to run with
> that card I guess. :(
>
> Damon
>
> Thomas Kochak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > goto /usr/local/glide/bin and there should be a program called test3Dfx
> and run
> > it
> >
> > Damon wrote:
> >
> > > Hi. I am new to Linux and had a pretty easy time installing Red Hat 6
> but I
> > > have a question. How can I tell if my Diamond Monster 3D card was
> > > installed? I am trying to run Quake 3 test and I installed the Glide
> > > drivers (I think) but it wont run.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > Damon
> >
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From: Thomas Kochak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Diamond Monster 3D card
Date: Sun, 15 Aug 1999 16:24:54 -0500
What error message did it give you?
Damon wrote:
> Thanks! It is there and it works - just can't get Quake 3 test to run with
> that card I guess. :(
>
> Damon
>
> Thomas Kochak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > goto /usr/local/glide/bin and there should be a program called test3Dfx
> and run
> > it
> >
> > Damon wrote:
> >
> > > Hi. I am new to Linux and had a pretty easy time installing Red Hat 6
> but I
> > > have a question. How can I tell if my Diamond Monster 3D card was
> > > installed? I am trying to run Quake 3 test and I installed the Glide
> > > drivers (I think) but it wont run.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > Damon
> >
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From: Torsten Howard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: double-sided printing queue
Date: Sun, 15 Aug 1999 17:46:51 +0000
Kuang-chun Cheng wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> How to setup a double-sided printing queue for a network
> postscript printer (for example, HP 4050). Using printtool or linuxconf
> can only setup single-sided printing queue and Printing-HOWTO doesn't
> help neither. Thanks.
>
> Kuang-chun Cheng
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Now that you mention it, I have seen
a usitiity that will take PostScript pages
and automatically make them print first one
side, then another. You have to manually
flip the pages.
Can't remember the name of it, though.
Sorry, if you have a duplex printer, don't know
how to make it work.
torsten
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Date: Sun, 15 Aug 1999 17:44:12 -0400
From: Yury Donskoy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: HP CD-Writer 8100i
Terence,
I may be wrong, but my understanding is that Linux doesn't support ATAPI
CD Writers, only SCSI ones. I have an HP 7110i, and it only picks it up
as a CD-ROM drive. If I am wrong, I am sure someone in this newsgroup
will correct me, though preferrably without flaming<g>.
Yury.
Terence Chung wrote:
> Hi!
>
> I'm new to Linux. I just installed RH 6.0 and wanna get my
> CD Writer (HP-8100i) working.
>
> Can somebody share some experience with me?
>
> Thanks a lot!
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From: "William B. Cattell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: RH6.0 /dev/lp0 not working
Date: Sun, 15 Aug 1999 22:03:30 GMT
Richard Ames wrote:
>
> The printtool sets up the printing correctly.... I think. Jobs spool
> but never print.
>
> cat somefilename > /dev/lp0 produces nothing. Therefore I think this i a
> driver / hardware interface problem.
>
> cat /proc/ioports shows parport on 0378-03f7 and 0778-077a
>
> cat /proc/interrupts does not show any interrupt assigned to a parallel
> port.
>
> There is nothing in /proc/parport
>
> Any hints on how to proceed?????
>
> Thanks,
>
> Richard.
>
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> Share what you know. Learn what you don't.
What kind (model#) of printer do you have? It's possible
that you're sending information that it doesn't understand
(i.e. sending a non-PS printer PS).
Bill
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From: Kariem Hussein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: ch.comp.os.linux,linux.redhat,linux.redhat.install
Subject: Re: Redhat & AWE 32 PnP
Date: Sun, 15 Aug 1999 22:16:43 GMT
Hi
Somehow I have the same problem - except some differences
Creative Labs SB-AWE32
IRQ 5, DMA 1+5, i/o 220
I tried to recompile my kernel and afterwards it doesn't work
any more. I run the sndconf-tool and then I can use the card
as root but not as any other user.
It says that I don't have permissions. I added the users quite
normally (useradd ...). As I don't know what permissions I need
to use the soundcard I looked at /dev/dsp* and /dev/audio* if I
had read permissions - and I have them as the root-user.
Now, the above could be a different problem, but:
When I compile the kernel with the exact data of my card he tells
me that the IRQ is already in use. Having a look at my interrupts
shows me that my soundcard is on IRQ 5.
I thought "ok, he found my card before with something else and then
tried to use that IRQ to configure the soundcard again".
Running sndconf hang up my computer.
Then I tried it out with modules, but it didn't work.
If somebody can help me, I would be thankful
Kariem
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From: "William B. Cattell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: HP CD-Writer 8100i
Date: Sun, 15 Aug 1999 22:01:32 GMT
Yury Donskoy wrote:
>
> Terence,
>
> I may be wrong, but my understanding is that Linux doesn't support ATAPI
> CD Writers, only SCSI ones. I have an HP 7110i, and it only picks it up
> as a CD-ROM drive. If I am wrong, I am sure someone in this newsgroup
> will correct me, though preferrably without flaming<g>.
>
> Yury.
>
> Terence Chung wrote:
>
> > Hi!
> >
> > I'm new to Linux. I just installed RH 6.0 and wanna get my
> > CD Writer (HP-8100i) working.
> >
> > Can somebody share some experience with me?
> >
> > Thanks a lot!
You're correct - it doesn't really like ATAPI CD-R/RW drives
but it *will* let you fool it into believing that an ATAPI
drive is a SCSI drive. There's good information about the
process in the CD-Writing-HOWTO, here's the url:
http://metalab.unc.edu/LDP/HOWTO/CD-Writing-HOWTO-2.html#ss2.1
In a nushell, compile into your kernel SCSI emulation for
CDROMs. You then need to put a boot option in your lilo
config that says "hd?=ide-scsi" where the ?=the device. My
8100i is the master device on my secondary IDE channel so on
my setup I use "hdc=ide-scsi".
Bill
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may collect dust for want of being oft ridden. Ride thy
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From: "Michael P. McCutcheon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.caldera
Subject: Newbie: Modem Information
Date: Sun, 15 Aug 1999 15:30:38 -0700
I'm new to Linux...
Currently I've successfully installed Caldera Open Linux 2.2 on one of
my machines. Everything works fine, but now I want to set up my modem.
Is it easier to configure an internal or external modem?
I've got two different Modems...both internal modems.
One is a zoom 56k Fax Modem...the other is a USR Sportster 33,000. I
don't believe it is a winmodem (it fits into an ISA slot).
Will either of these work with Linux?
How to I go about getting Linux to see the modem?
How do I set up the modem to connect to my ISP?
What information do I need to gather to do the configuration?
Am I better off getting an external modem?
Any information would be greatly appreciated...
Michael P. McCutcheon
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From: "Dragos" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Video Card Problem
Date: Sun, 15 Aug 1999 15:27:18 -0700
After successfully installing and running RH5.2 with a ATI Rage Pro Video
card built into the motherboard, I upgraded to an ATI EXPERT@PLAY 98. Since
then, xstart will not work because it's stating it can't find the correct
devices. ie monitor and video card. I've since ran setup and xconfig, but
to no avail.. I've even tried to reinstall but Linux is still saying that it
finds a PCI card in the slot, but when it runs, it says there's nothing
there?!? I've heard of others having this same problem. So, what can I do
to get this to work?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Carlos Wexler)
Subject: Re: Looking for information on QuickCam VC
Date: 15 Aug 1999 22:41:59 GMT
I have heard that the developers of a QuickCam VC driver for OS/2 do have
a working beta driver for Linux too, but that it needs some special
feature of the parallel port that is not included in the current
drivers... So maybe sometime in the future it may work...
Carlos
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Chris Clarke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I own a QuickCam VC. I run linux. Not a good situation. :)
>
>I am looking to get any information that anyone might have regarding the
>quickcam vc so that I might be able to develop something newor modify the
>current quickcam support available so that I might be able to use this darn
>thing in linux.
>
>I realize I am not the first person to ask this question, but I would like some
>assistance just the same.
>
>Thanks folks.
>
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