Linux-Hardware Digest #101, Volume #11 Thu, 26 Aug 99 06:13:39 EDT
Contents:
Re: isapnp problems... ("Gene Zesch")
PCMCIA IDE CDROm Install not working ("Michael R. Doerner")
Re: high speed floating point coprocessor ("Little Rascal")
Re: DMA on Ali Aladin V chipset? ("Peter Christy")
how to running a Bt829 tv-card ("ALEX")
Re: ampex210 terminal ("Little Rascal")
Re: How to update kernel or change the size of / partion? (DanH)
Re: Linux on IBM RISC System/6000 F50?! (Alberto Varesio)
Re: CD Writer doesn't read CDs (Ray McLaughlin)
Re: Scanner am Parallelport ? (Konrad Holzbauer)
Re: Soft Power Off problems ("Little Rascal")
Re: Help with modem!!! ("Little Rascal")
Re: Failed to format IOMEGA zip (Michael McConnell)
Re: going thru MS proxies server.... (Bob Hauck)
FS: $6,000 pair of PCI Fibre Cards for $1 no reserve (Steve W.)
ISA sound card SB16 PnP driver ("Etienne Ducamp")
Re: Is there an Xserver for 3Dlabs Permedia 2? (Norman Levin)
Re: Failed to format Iomega zip media (Norman Levin)
Problem : DHCP ("Naor Lipa")
Re: modem recommendations? (Edwin Estrada)
Re: Maxtor Dimond Max Corrupt problem (Laurie Robert Young)
Re: rtl8139 driver for 2.2.10 kernel (Jens Grivolla)
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From: "Gene Zesch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: isapnp problems...
Date: Thu, 26 Aug 1999 01:50:13 -0500
It appears that you are trying to set it up IO 0x0100. Try uncommenting the
second multiple choice set :
# Start dependent functions: priority acceptable
# Logical device decodes 16 bit IO address lines
# Minimum IO base address 0x02e8
# Maximum IO base address 0x02e8
# IO base alignment 8 bytes
# Number of IO addresses required: 8
(IO 0 (SIZE 8) (BASE 0x02e8) (CHECK))
# IRQ 5, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12 or 15.
# High true, edge sensitive interrupt (by default)
(INT 0 (IRQ 5 (MODE +E)))
make sure (ACT Y) at the end is still uncommented and recomment the
selections at the end that refer to 0x0100 and irq 3.
This will set up the same resources as NT, and should be (I think)
/dev/ttyS2.
Then if you get a message about Fatal - resource conflict allocating 8
bytes of IO the problem may be with the new version of isapnptools.
My Mandrake dist. has it and it causes isapnptools to look for the address
twice. Its documented in the ISAPNPTOOLS HOME PAGE.
http://www.roestock.demon.co.uk/isapnptools/
Hope this helps. I just went through this last weekend.
Sean wrote in message ...
>I know this was a bonehead move, but a while ago I bought a PNP isa Modem -
>Motorola ModemSurfer 56k. I'm trying to get it configured with SuSE 6.1
>Anyway, I can't get it to come up with isapnp. Any Ideas?
>
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From: "Michael R. Doerner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: PCMCIA IDE CDROm Install not working
Date: Tue, 24 Aug 1999 21:46:28 +0000
Hey all. I have an IBM Thinkpad 755C with a HI-VAL (www.hival.com)
portable cdrom. I can get Slackware 4.0 to install, but I want Mandrake
6.0. However, the Mandrake boot disks do not detect my CDROM. Can anyone
help me? I've tried the new d/loads from Mandrake, the Linux Laptop
page, etc. No avail. Help.... Thanks.
Mike Doerner
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From: "Little Rascal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: high speed floating point coprocessor
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.os.linux.misc
Date: Thu, 26 Aug 1999 07:17:07 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in article
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> Would it be possible to utilize a 3dfx 3d-accelerator as
> a high speed floating point coprocessor, not necessarily
> for displaying anything?
>
I am curious why you would want to??? You already have one in the cpu that
handles that job and quite well.
Rascal
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From: "Peter Christy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: DMA on Ali Aladin V chipset?
Date: Thu, 26 Aug 1999 07:57:17 +0100
I have DMA running on an Asus P5AB (Ali V chipset) using kernel 2.3.4. I
believe there is a patch for 2.2 kernels, but certainly 2.3.4 is very
stable.
Pete
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "ALEX" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: how to running a Bt829 tv-card
Date: Thu, 26 Aug 1999 10:21:09 +0200
I have a ATI- TV-card with a Bt829 chip.
is there any software to running this one, or can i use the bttv software?
Thanx
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From: "Little Rascal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: ampex210 terminal
Date: Thu, 26 Aug 1999 07:31:00 GMT
you are probably better off setting your terminal to emulate a known one..
rascal
Klaus Bovermann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in article
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> Where to find ������ descriptions for installing and configurating an
> Ampex 210+ terminal
>
> Where can I find the protocols for terminals at the Linux maschine?
>
>
>
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From: DanH <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: How to update kernel or change the size of / partion?
Date: Thu, 26 Aug 1999 04:17:11 -0400
Todd wrote:
>
> Move something from your / partition to another partition temporarily
> to free up the space. Don't forget to move it back!
>
> Todd
>
> On 25 Aug 1999 04:20:52 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jack) wrote:
>
> >Hi,
> >I use redhat 6.0 Linux and I want to update my kernel use rpm file, when I
> >installed(or use update) the new kernel, I was told that 5Mb space needed
> >for / partion, so how can I update the kernel or increase the size of /
> >partion to install the new kernel?
> >Thank you very much!
> >
> >Jack
> >
Get another disk, partition it, mount the partitions on a temporary
place, copy /usr to one, /var to another /etc to another. Delete the
original subdirectories, unmount the disk's partitions and then mount
them in their correct spot.
You'll end up with a whole lot more room everywhere.
Dan
--
UNIX - Not just for vestal virgins anymore
Linux - Choice of a GNU generation
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From: Alberto Varesio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux on IBM RISC System/6000 F50?!
Date: Thu, 26 Aug 1999 10:01:24 +0200
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From: Ray McLaughlin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: CD Writer doesn't read CDs
Date: Thu, 26 Aug 1999 03:42:13 -0500
Joerg Afflerbach wrote:
> When I mount a CD in the "Yamaha" writer with "mount -v -r -t iso9660 /=
dev/sr1 /mnt", I can traverse the file
> system structure of the CD and access the files. But often I can only r=
ead
> corrupted files even if the CD is okay. For example, I get a plain ASCI=
I file containing binary data!
<snip>
> Mounting the CD via "mount /dev/sg2 /mnt" failed:
> =
> mount: /dev/sg2 is not a block device
> =
> Then I mounted the CD with "mount -v -r -t iso9660 /dev/sr1 /mnt" and t=
ried to
> read the whole CD with "find /mnt -type f | xargs cat > /dev/null".
<snip>
> Who can help me? Aren't there any other people out there, who use the
> "Yamaha 4416S"?
> =
> J=F6rg
> =
> --
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------=
=======
> J=F6rg Afflerbach
> =
> E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------=
=======
Jorg:
I'm a real newbie, so forgive me if I'm way off the mark, but I noticed
you tried several different commands to mount your 4416s, and none of
them match the one I use:
mount -t iso9660 /dev/scd1 /cdrom1
This works for me. The mount point probably isn't important as long as
it exists, I haven't used the drive to write with under linux yet, but
it reads just fine.
By the way, what is the deal with mounting other drives at /mnt any way
(anyone)? Is this just a matter of style, or is there an important
reason which I have yet to learn? My /dev/scd0 is a Plextor 12/20, which
my instalation (SuSE6.1) set up to mount at /cdrom, so /cdrom1 seemed
natural for the second drive. Likewise there is already a /floppy mount
point so why not a /syquest, an /ntfs, etc. for mounting the various
partitions on my multi boot system? =
Hope this might help.
Oh and btw how is your scsai chain terminated?
Regards [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Konrad Holzbauer)
Crossposted-To: de.comp.os.unix.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: Scanner am Parallelport ?
Date: Thu, 26 Aug 1999 08:29:32 +0200
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Johannes Herlitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> Was, wirklich nicht ? Glaub ich eigentlich kaum...gibt kaum was, was nicht geht
> unter linux.
Ausser, der Hersteller r�ckt keine Beschreibung des Protokolls raus, wie bei den
Parallelportscannern. Sobald einer dei Specs rausr�ckt, glaube ich auch, da� in
k�rzester Zeit ein SANE-Modul vorliegen wird, aber solange nicht...
-> Salatum habemus.
Wg. HP Scanjet - welche Sane-Version verwendest Du? Ist der Scanner richtig ein-
getragen (Link von /dev/sg? -> /dev/scanner und in /etc/sane.d/)
Konrad
--
============================================================
Konrad Holzbauer [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.schulen.regensburg.de
Schulp�dagogische Abteilung der Stadt Regensburg
============================================================
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From: "Little Rascal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Soft Power Off problems
Date: Thu, 26 Aug 1999 07:19:57 GMT
Have you checked the site for them to see if there is an update of the
bios?? That almost sounds like an incompatability prob. I run an ASUS and
it will shut down clean....
Hope that helps...
rascal
Phil Griffiths <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote
in article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> Machine: Siemens 5T PCI with Phoenix 4.05 Rel 2.0858 BIOS.
>
>
> This PC supports Soft Power Off and I have seen Windows 95 turn this
> machine off. The problem I have is that since installing RedHat 6.0 on
> the machine, the Kernel segfaults immediately after Power Down is
> displayed when running "poweroff", leaving the PC on. The Soft Power Off
> facility of this PC would be incredibly useful to me as it would allow
> me turn it off remotely.
>
> I have used the currently compiled kernel (2.2.11) on another machine
> which is using a true PII ATX board and it will power down this PC
> perfectly.
>
> I have tried every available setting in the BIOS to get it to work but
> to no avail. I have also recompiled the Kernel to Allow interrupts
> during APM BIOS calls, this has made no difference.
>
> Could anyone reading this suggest anything else to try?
>
> Many thanks in advance,
>
> --
> Best regards,
>
>
> Phil Griffiths
>
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From: "Little Rascal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Help with modem!!!
Date: Thu, 26 Aug 1999 07:27:37 GMT
Lukasz Trybulec <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in article
<7pul6a$fjm$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> I have a Cirrus ... modem with V.90
>
> When i try to connect to it, linux says: "Sorry your modem i now
busy"
>
> What can I do, i try to change the IRQ but it doesn`t work properly!
> HELP!
>
>
>
Hi ya:
check to see if your modem is in auto answer mode s0=1 , this should be
s0=0.
rascal
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From: Michael McConnell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Failed to format IOMEGA zip
Date: Tue, 24 Aug 1999 22:44:42 +0100
On 24 Aug 1999, David C. wrote:
> I suspect that the original poster's problem stems from his blowing away
> the original partition, and creating a new one in slot-1. Personally, I
> would have created the new file system in the already-existing
> partition-4 that was already present. I would try formatting the disk
> with the Iomega tools to re-create the original partition table, and
> then formatting partition 4 as ext2fs.
I have the parallel port ZIP100. I have no problems when I zap /dev/sda4,
plonk in /dev/sda1 and mke2fs /dev/sda1. That way, all my Ext2FS discs are
/dev/sda1 and my DOS/WinXX ones are /dev/sda4.
-- Michael "Soruk" McConnell
Eridani Star System -- The Most Up-to-Date Red Hat Linux CDROMs Available
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://linux.amush.cx Fax: +44-8701-600807
Eridani: Your PC doesn't need Windows or Gates.
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From: Bob Hauck <b o b h @ w a s a t c h . c o m>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Re: going thru MS proxies server....
Date: 25 Aug 1999 13:28:32 -0600
Larry Clark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I am ussing an MS proxieds server here at work and I am triin gto get my
> linux box to go thru it...the web goes thru fine on port 80....but the
> smtp, pop, or nntp don't connect to my ISP.....the http does but the
> other doesn't ...anwyay Ideas..thanks ..larry
Are you sure your ISP allows connections to POP and NNTP from outside
their network? Are you sure they allow SMTP relaying from ourside their
network? More and more these days the answers to these questions are
all "no". Too many spammers and script kiddies. Might be worth asking.
--
-| Bob Hauck
-| Wasatch Communications Group
-| 801-272-3771
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Steve W.)
Crossposted-To: comp.sys.sun.admin,comp.os.vms,comp.sys.sun.hardware,fa.sun-manager
Subject: FS: $6,000 pair of PCI Fibre Cards for $1 no reserve
Date: Wed, 25 Aug 1999 18:31:46 GMT
http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=152677644
That's where you'll find a pair of Emulex LP7000E-N1 PCI Fibre Channel
cards, valued at almost $6,000.
Starting at $1 with no reserve, good luck to all bidders!
TCP/IP and SCSI simultaneously at 100 megabytes (gigabit) per second
full duplex over optical cable at great distances.
Software Environments
Windows NT 3.5.1/4.0 (Alpha & x86) SCSI and IP
Solaris 2.5.1 (SPARC & x86) SCSI and IP
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Hardware Environments
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PCI hardware platform
check the link for full information.
http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=152677644
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From: "Etienne Ducamp" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: ISA sound card SB16 PnP driver
Date: Thu, 26 Aug 1999 11:18:21 +0200
Hi all,
I am using Suse 6.1 Linux and I would like to find a driver for my card.
Does any one knows where I can find it?
Many thanks
ED
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Date: Wed, 25 Aug 1999 06:26:34 -0400
From: Norman Levin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Is there an Xserver for 3Dlabs Permedia 2?
Carey Bingham wrote:
>
> With RH 6.x and a Permedia 2 chipset you need to run the XFree86-3DLabs X
> Server available from RH.
>
> You can dl the install package at ftp.redhat.com. Once there place it in
> your packages directorya nd run setup again, select option for Configuring
> X.
>
> Carey
>
> Tim wrote:
>
> > Hi
> >
> > I'm driving an SGI fixed frequency monitor from my P166 via a Mirage
> > Xtreme3D PCI fixed freq. card that uses the 3DLabs Permedia 2 chipset.
> >
> > I'm about to install Redhat 5.2, but their hardware compatibility lists
> > dont mention a server for it directly.
> >
> > Anyone know of a suitable X server, or where I look for one?
> >
Ran into this same problem yesterday. HOWEVER, shouldn't it be possible
to configure this as a generic vga and get SOME xwindows - if not the
best resolution? Why is it so hard to get X to start on some of these
adapters ins 'generic vga' mode (pick monitor also as 'generic multisync'
instead of 'custom'. X has to be the most frustrating thing going.
--
Norman Levin
vm/dynAmIX inc.
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Date: Wed, 25 Aug 1999 06:58:02 -0400
From: Norman Levin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Failed to format Iomega zip media
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> I am running Red Hat 6.0 and have an ATAPI internal Zip drive installed as
> hdc. I can read from and write to the zip using the vfat type.
>
> I want to use the zip in ext2 type. So I first use fdisk to delete the old
> dos partition 4 and added new primary partition 1 type 83 (Linux). When I run
> "mke2fs /dev/hdc1" to format the zip, I got the following message:
>
> =======================================
>
> Writing inode tables: done
>
> ext2fs_mkdir: Attempt to read block from filesystem resulted in short read
> while creating root dir.
>
> =======================================
>
> When I run "mount -t ext2 /dev/hdc1 /mnt/zip", no error message. But when I
> use "ls", I see something like:
>
> =======================================
>
> ?--------- 0 zip
>
> =======================================
>
> Certainly I can't write to and read from this "mount point" :-)
>
> Anybody has any suggestions? Thanks in advance!
>
This is NO an answer to your question - but you asked for any suggestions
and I'm wondering what the problem is in leaving your zip drive in
a dos or vfat format? You can still read and write if from Linux and
you could read it if necessary from the dos side of your 'machine'.
If it is ext2fs format, only linux can read it. (just thinking outloud)
--
Norman Levin
vm/dynAmIX inc.
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From: "Naor Lipa" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Problem : DHCP
Date: Thu, 26 Aug 1999 11:45:03 +0200
I've a problem with DHCP.
Each time i start my RH linux 6 , it gets another IP from the DHCP server,
The server in a nt Workstation.
I guess the problem is with linux connection to it.
How should i fix it?
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Date: Thu, 26 Aug 1999 00:59:59 -0700
From: Edwin Estrada <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: modem recommendations?
Hsiu-Khuern Tang wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I am a Linux newbie as far as modems are concerned.
>
> I recently bought a modemblaster, model DI5665, but couldn't get it to
> work under Linux. Some earlier postings seemed to indicate that it is a
> winmodem.
>
> I wonder if anybody has any 56K modem recommendations? I am looking for
> something cheap, preferably <$40. I have seen the list at
> www.o2.net/~gromitkc/winmodem.html, but it is quite short.
>
> Thanks,
> Hsiu Khuern.
If you're looking for a modem that would work with Linux, don't get any of
those winmodems. They're garbage if you're looking at working with Linux. I
just got a 56K modem by Actiontec (model PCI56012-01CW) and it works well
with Linux. It cost around $90~. I don't know if you can get a controller
based modem for under $40 though. So good luck!
Ed
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Laurie Robert Young)
Subject: Re: Maxtor Dimond Max Corrupt problem
Date: Thu, 26 Aug 1999 09:12:18 GMT
On Wed, 25 Aug 1999 13:05:10 -0700, "Russ Johnson"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Laurie,
>
>>I am a 17gb Maxtor Dimond Max Hard disk with 2 fat32 partitons and one
>
>>e2fs partition on it (e2fs is about 4gb)
>
>What type of motherboard is this drive connected to?
>
The motherboard is is currently connected to is a Gigabye - I believe
that it is the GA-6BXE - but I will need to check that
The mother board that I have orderd for my new compter is a
S7 ALi Aladdin 5 ATX GA-5AX
Laurie
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jens Grivolla)
Subject: Re: rtl8139 driver for 2.2.10 kernel
Date: Thu, 26 Aug 1999 10:11:23 GMT
On Thu, 26 Aug 1999 00:17:58 -0500, "Bobby D. Bryant"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Jens Grivolla wrote:
>> I'm looking for the most recent driver for rtl8139 NIC.
>
>I think the driver is included in 2.2.10, with no extra download
>required. I run 2.2.10 with the -ac12 patch, and also use an 8139-based
>card, and I find these files in /usr/src/linux/drivers/net after building
>a custom kernel supporting that driver -
Yes, it is included in 2.2.10 whereas with 2.0.36 I believe it was
included as experimental only (not sure though).
However, the version in 2.2.10 is 1.04 whereas the most recent version
is 1.06. I was therefore wondering if it is possible to get a more
current version w/o replacing my kernel, rebooting etc.
thanks anyway,
Jens
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