Linux-Hardware Digest #44, Volume #11 Wed, 18 Aug 99 21:13:30 EDT
Contents:
Re: Acer CDRW 6206 : problems at boot ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: no response from external usr/3com sportster (Leonard Evens)
Re: abit BP6 & celeron SMP ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
pppd and c-kermit problems surfing after ISP connection ("tha D")
S3 Virge DX Chipset (Pearce)
Re: DMA66 support (on the Abit BP6 dual ppga) (Gert van der Knokke)
Re: OPL3-SA3 souncard won't play sound!!! (Sean)
Re: Diamond Stealth64 2001TV ("Stephen J. Byrne")
Problems Add Second Network Card ("Josue Batista")
Re: Redhat 6.o w/viper 550 agp (Don Jerman)
Re: tulip.c recognizes Macronix MX98715AEC but brings link down (Rod Smith)
Hard Drive Upgrade (Frank Turner)
Re: Suggestion: External Modem on RH6.0 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Need help! want to intsall Linux but Compusa says No! (Don Jerman)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Acer CDRW 6206 : problems at boot
Date: Wed, 18 Aug 1999 22:59:35 GMT
Aaron,
I appreciate your help but the problem remains. I have triple-checked
the jumpers and cables and they are correct. BIOS reports that it
detects both drives on boot. The Acer CDRW 6206A is reported to work in
the compatibility list. I even checked Acer's Web site, and my drive
has the latest version of the firmware. I am currently discussing this
with their tech support, but my chances are slim because I don't think
they know much about Linux.
Anything else? I have until Monday to return the drive to Best Buy.
Thanks,
Craig
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From: Leonard Evens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: no response from external usr/3com sportster
Date: Wed, 18 Aug 1999 16:38:45 -0500
Pas Moi wrote:
>
> i'm having trouble getting a response from a usr/3com sportster
> external modem. i've fed setserial a bunch of different irq's, tried
> the various /dev/ttyS* and cua*, but i've yet to get as much as an
> "OK" from this thing. no matter what i do, it just sits there. any
> suggestions?
>
> --
> Guy Yasko -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] [remove noise]
>
> Is this the line for the latest whimsical YUGOSLAVIAN drama which also
> makes you want to CRY and reconsider the VIETNAM WAR?
I would guess that the serial port is not being cofigured or
that there is some interrupt conflict. Check the boot messages
by using dmesg. It should normally show ttyS0X listings with
interrupts for X=0,1 or more if you had more serial ports than
2. Check to see if you have the file /etc/isapnp.conf and
see if there are any apparent interrupt conflicts. Also look
at /etc/conf.modules.
I've encountered many cases of difficulty configuring and internal
modem, but I've never seen a case of a problem with an external
modem. I presume it is not a Winmodem, never having seen an
external Winmodem.
--
Leonard Evens [EMAIL PROTECTED] 847-491-5537
Dept. of Mathematics, Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL 60208
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: abit BP6 & celeron SMP
Date: Wed, 18 Aug 1999 22:22:13 GMT
1. If your celerons work in dual, they're fine. I haven't heard
anything yet about intel totally disabling this feature
2. Theoretically, almost 100%. But it depends on your OS and what your
running.
3. Can't tell you for sure, but I'd say it should outperform the PIII.
But again, depends on your OS/apps.
4. Abit boards are very good. They have a good rep and I haven't saw
any bad trends.
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
M17 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> To Whom It May Concern:
> I'm interested in an ABIT BP6 motherboard. BP6 is a dual socket
> 370/celeron board. I just wonder if anyone is using this board with 2
> celerons under linux kernel 2.2.x?
> 1. Are there any problems with SMP and dual celerons setup?
> 2. What is the performance gain one processor vs. two?
> 3. How does a dual ( for example 466Mhz ) celeron setup compares to
> single P3 500Mhz or 550Mhz?
> 4. How good are the ABIT boards?
>
> Thanks To All
> M17
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
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From: "tha D" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x
Subject: pppd and c-kermit problems surfing after ISP connection
Date: Thu, 19 Aug 1999 00:23:14 +0200
Hi there,
I have a problem using pppd. The Italian phone lines do not generate
"normal" dial tones, as a result, my modem doesn't hear a dial tone when
it's off the hook. So, to combat this, i downloaded C-Kermit 7 which will
force a dial even without recognizing any dial tone. C-Kermit allows me to
dial and log into my ISP without a problem. I read in a news group that
you're susposed to suspend kermit and run pppd. I've tried that and nothing
productive has happened. I can't surf, ping, or anything of the like.
After a short while kermit exits and so does pppd, probably because of zero
traffic. When I execute pppd, junk is echoed to the console about 7 times
and pppd exits; I've read that that's normal, as well.
Does anyone know how to keep my connection while using c-kermit and how to
use my connection effectively? What arguments should I use when I run pppd
after I've established a connection to my ISP? What should my
/etc/ppp/options file contain? Are there more files that I must configure?
Chat scripts and Kppp do not work because they exit on "NO DIALTONE."
C-Kermit is the only program that I've found that won't care about dial
tones. If Kppp had an option "Don't wait for dial tones" I'd use it and
probably solve all of my problems, but my version 1.4.8 (i think it's
v1.4.8. It's the one packaged in RH6) doesn't have that option.
I glimpsed over the supported modems by c-kermit and I saw gateway-telepath
if anyone's curious. C-Kermit's site is
http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/ck70.html
If you can help me, please email me at [EMAIL PROTECTED]
My specs: Red Hat 6, kernel 2.2.5, SupraExpress external modem
TIA,
D
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Pearce)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: S3 Virge DX Chipset
Date: Wed, 18 Aug 1999 21:28:40 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I have searcghed Deja and am now a bit confused. I have a Diamnond
Stealth 3D 2000 Pro video card with 4MB RAM and the S3virge DX
chipset. What is the most stable X server to use? I want the highest
resolution possible.
Thanks in Advance!
PS: Anyone know of performance conflicts between this video chipset
and the Intekl AN430TX chipset on a MoBo with >64MB RAM?
If so, how about posting the workaround.
TIA AGAIN!
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From: Gert van der Knokke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: DMA66 support (on the Abit BP6 dual ppga)
Date: Wed, 18 Aug 1999 21:29:08 +0000
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Gert van der Knokke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> : Just yesterday I stumbled upon this problem at a friend of mine.
> : He just bought this shinign enw dual Celeron system and wanted to install
> : Linux on it. He had connected the HD to IDE3 (=ide2) on the board but Linux
> : install could'nt find the drive.
>
> : I added:
> : ide2=0xd800,0xd807,11
>
> : to the command line of the linux boot floppy. It then detected the ide2
> : interface as it should. Of course, the irq number, 11 here, can vary
>
> You mean that you didn't have to use the development kernel or
> patch the stable kernel to get HPT-366 to work, but a simple boot
> kernel option could also do the trick? I find this pretty hard
> to believe. Could you elaborate?
>
The new Suse 6.1 boot disk did contain kernel 2.2.7 which we used to install
Suse 6.0 , but the bootflop which Suse created at installation has kernel 2.0.36
on it.
I don't know if it is running in DMA 66 mode (guess not), but the system booted
ok from this bootdisk. I could log in, create a user account, so I guess it's
running...
>
> On the other hand, if you turn out to be right, this kind of
> information will definitely save lots of people's ass..
>
> -- Chuan-kai Lin
Gert
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= [EMAIL PROTECTED] running Linux on Intel and Alpha =
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From: Sean <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: OPL3-SA3 souncard won't play sound!!!
Date: Wed, 18 Aug 1999 23:31:52 GMT
Steve Gage wrote:
> Sean wrote:
> >
> > My OPL3-SA3 soundcard which is a Audiotrix 3D-XG now works with isapnp
> > except it has two irq's and I don't know how to set the 2nd irq with
> > ismod. If I just set one irq up X11AMP and other sound apps display
that
> > they are playing sound but I hear nothing out of the speakers.
> > /dev/sndstat tells me that I have no installed drivers or card config
> > except it does give me info on my adio synth and midi devices as well
as
> > mixers. I insmoded the followinf modules (if there are any I missed
please
> > tell me) opl3sa2, mpu401, opl3 and ad1848. If anyone could help me it
> > would help alot. E-mail me at [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
> > ------------------ Posted via CNET Linux Help ------------------
> > http://www.searchlinux.com
>
> I don't think you need to insmod mpu401. Here's what I have in my
> conf.modules, and my OPL3/SA3 sound works just fine:
>
> # Sound
> alias char-major-14 opl3sa2
> pre-install opl3sa2 modprobe "-k" "ad1848"
> post-install opl3sa2 modprobe "-k" "opl3"
> options opl3sa2 io=0x370 mss_io=0x530 mpu_io=0x330 irq=5 dma=0 dma2=1
> options opl3 io=0x388
> options 8390 io=0x240 irq=10
Right above you have the 8390 modules. How do I compile it? Under what is
it listed in the kernel config?
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From: "Stephen J. Byrne" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.video
Subject: Re: Diamond Stealth64 2001TV
Date: Wed, 18 Aug 1999 19:59:07 -0400
Reply-To: "Stephen J. Byrne" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Did you try the obvious?
http://www.diamondmm.com/products/drivers/dtv-1100.html
Steve
Tim Redman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Does anybody out there have any kind of drivers for the DTV 1100 portion
> of the Diamond Stealth64 2001TV Tuner card? I'd prefer Video 4 Linux
> drivers, but anything I can get my hands on would be a start.
>
> Also, is there any off chance that drivers for another card would work
> with this one, bearing in mind that the card was probably produced when
> Diamond was hell-bent on non-disclosures?
>
> Any kind of information would be helpful.
> --
> Tim Redman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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From: "Josue Batista" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Problems Add Second Network Card
Date: Wed, 18 Aug 1999 20:09:35 -0400
Hi all,
I am running into a serious problem. I am running Red Hat Linux release 5.2
(Apollo) Kernel 2.0.36 on an i486. I have two network cards and they work
fine independently but no together!
If I modify my conf.modules to say
[josue@linuxdev /]$ cat /etc/conf.modules
alias eth0 ne
#alias eth1 ne
#options ne io=0x300, 0x240
options ne io=0x240
#options ne io=0x300
I get io=0x240 working on irq 11; if I do change the file to:
[josue@linuxdev /]$ cat /etc/conf.modules
alias eth0 ne
#alias eth1 ne
#options ne io=0x300, 0x240
#options ne io=0x240
options ne io=0x300
then, I get the other card working perfectly on irq 5. If I try to do this:
[josue@linuxdev /]$ cat /etc/conf.modules
alias eth0 ne
alias eth1 ne
options ne io=0x300, 0x240
#options ne io=0x240
#options ne io=0x300
It seems my system does not recognize eth1 as a valid device.
I boot from a floppy, and I would like to try the append="ether=5,0x300,eth0
ether=11,0x240,eth1" at LILO. I did try:
LILO: linux ether=5,0x300,eth0 ether=11,0x240,eth1
at the LILO command prompt, but it did not work. My systems lilo.conf is
very similar to the floppy's:
[josue@linuxdev /]$ cat /etc/lilo.conf
boot=/dev/hdc1
map=/boot/map
install=/boot/boot.b
prompt
timeout=50
image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.0.36-0.7
label=linux
root=/dev/hdc1
read-only
other=/dev/hda1
label=ntdev
table=/dev/hda
Where should I include the append="ether=..." line??? I did try:
[josue@linuxdev /]$ cat /etc/lilo.conf
boot=/dev/hdc1
map=/boot/map
install=/boot/boot.b
append="ether=5,0x300,eth0 ether=11,0x240,eth1"
prompt
timeout=50
image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.0.36-0.7
label=linux
root=/dev/hdc1
read-only
other=/dev/hda1
label=ntdev
table=/dev/hda
but, it did not work.
Thanks in advance.
Josue
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From: Don Jerman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Redhat 6.o w/viper 550 agp
Date: Wed, 18 Aug 1999 20:26:12 -0400
I got 1600x1200 32bit out of the box with RH6.0 (I had trouble with 5.2
until I upgraded X 'cause the timings weren't in the default config
file). I did seem to have a conflict with my new ethernet card until I
installed the 2.2.11 kernel (I'm not sure if it's because I turned on
some experimental options for PCI/AGP chipsets or because a bug was
fixed in the ether driver, but I had to download a patch from Via Tech
for my MVP-3 chipset to get it working in Win98).
Sean H wrote:
>
>
> I am trying to get better resoultion than 8bit at 800x600.
>
> Has anyone got the viper to 24bit at 1024x760?If so can you please help.
>
> --
> "I will permit no man to narrow and degrade my soul by making me hate him."
> --Booker T. Washington--
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rod Smith)
Subject: Re: tulip.c recognizes Macronix MX98715AEC but brings link down
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Date: Wed, 18 Aug 1999 23:58:47 GMT
[Posted and mailed]
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Benjamin Kunz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Hi.
> Well, the Subject says it - The MX98715AEC chip is apparently recognized
> by the tulip driver, but does not function - the link LED goes off - is
> there any chance to get these cards to operate with linux?
Have you upgraded your Linux tulip.c kernel driver? Up through kernel
2.2.9, at least (maybe higher), the kernel came with a version of tulip.c
that didn't work well with many Tulip clone boards. I've got a SOHOware
Macronix-based board that's working fine on my system with the updated
driver. You can obtain the source from:
http://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/linux/drivers/tulip-devel.html
You'll need to replace the original file in your Linux kernel source tree
and recompile the kernel and/or kernel modules.
--
Rod Smith
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://members.bellatlantic.net/~smithrod
Author of _Special Edition Using Corel WordPerfect 8 for Linux_, from Que
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From: Frank Turner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Hard Drive Upgrade
Date: Wed, 18 Aug 1999 21:03:58 -0400
I just got a new larger hard drive, and want it to take over
as the root partition. What is the process that I shouild follow?
Both drives are EIDE. I'm booting/running everything from /dev/hda1
I'll probably have the old drive be backup (mounted as /backup)
So, I just need a way to transfer all the data and make the drive
bootable....
Is there a utility for this?
A documented process perhaps?
Or should I just "cp" everything to the new drive, then boot from a
floppy and run lilo?
(Wil this even work? If so, how do I make the floppy?)
Thanks all!
-Frank
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Suggestion: External Modem on RH6.0
Date: 19 Aug 1999 00:05:36 GMT
Richard Wu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: Recently, I bought a computer set which include a USR 56K internal
: modem. When I install Redhat 6.0, everything works fine except the modem
: setup. After looking for the solution, unfortunately, my modem is a
: "winmodem", Holy! I have try many times, but still doesn't work. Now I
: give up and wanna buy a cheap external modem. Any suggestion(I want to
: ensure it works under linux)? Thanks.
Yup. WinModems don't work under linux. I'm using a Newcom Fax Modem
(33.6kbps external) with no problems at all. It was on the bargain shelf
at the store when I bought it. Pretty much any standard modem should work.
(WinModems are non-standard and have some of the software built in to
reduce overhead under Windows, hence the problem).
Antryg - My only concession to M$ is my keyboard - it was cheap.
So I get 3 extra keys I can't use; the rest of them work.
--
[EMAIL PROTECTED] - "Everyone should have a sig quote. This one is mine."
http://www.pobox.com/~antryg (sadly outdated)
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From: Don Jerman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Need help! want to intsall Linux but Compusa says No!
Date: Wed, 18 Aug 1999 20:41:36 -0400
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I am thinking about installing Linux on a new computer.
> It will have the below listed hardware.
>
> AMDK6-3 400
> 128M PC100
> FIC-2013a MB
> 8.4G HD
> 44X CDROM
> Ricoh CDRW
> Adaptec-SSCII 1569??? Can�t remember number
> SB value 64 sound card
> STB TV adapter card
> ATI Rage Pro AGP or New AGP card.
> Cardinal Connecta 3440 modem V.90 ISA
> NE2000 PCI net card
>
Most of the responses so far warned you about the Winmodem (I'm fairly
certain that one is a winmodem, I couldn't find an internal non-winmodem at
my local CompUSA). I'd strongly suggest going ahead and buying an external
modem since most sales staff don't know the difference. I had to return
three modem cards, 'cause they don't all say "winmodem" and they're not all
cheap.... As the other posters noted, you need to get specific with model
numbers on all those peripherals before you'll know about the rest of it.
The AGP card is also an open question -- head over to www.xfree86.org to
see what they're supporting lately, and definitely do not buy the "next
edition" of a supported card. I did and I got lucky -- I was stuck in
640X480 for two weeks until Xfree86 version 3.3.3.1 came out (with partial
support for my card).
You might also look for a smaller shop that sells custom systems (not
necessarily to buy the system, but to buy peripherals). They might have or
order revisions of hardware that will work, if you find that some of the
ones in your prospective system won't. It'll be more expensive than buying
a package deal, but it'll work (and in my experience they sometimes have
someone who knows what they're talking about).
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