Linux-Hardware Digest #354, Volume #12 Sun, 27 Feb 00 05:13:10 EST
Contents:
Trouble mounting tape drive (Jeff)
Help configuring NewMedia ethernet card ("KoKoPuff")
Re: Burned system!? (Robert Redelmeier)
Re: Help installing StarOffice........ (Stu)
Red Hat Linux 6.1 install problems (tapehiss)
cable modem ("Keith E. Lockey")
Re: Printer Problem (Lew Pitcher)
Old ALR FLYER VL 486-33 Trouble (fwd) (Michael Longval)
Typhoon Soundcard (root)
Re: Win modem & Linux (Ray)
Funky Zip drive problem, I need help! (Martin)
Re: Tyan 1854S motherboard..is it good (Ray)
emachines emonster 500a with linux... ("tim")
Re: basic partitioning issue (Robert Hull)
Re: IDE tuning (Ray)
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From: Jeff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Trouble mounting tape drive
Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2000 06:11:49 GMT
I am administrating a co-located server running Redhat 6.0. I had the ISP
install a Seagate 20gb tape drive for me, but when I issue the command via
Telnet:
"mount -t ext2 /dev/ht0 /mnt/tape"
I get a response:
"mount: /dev/ht0 is not a valid block device."
I also added the following to /etc/fstab:
"/dev/ht0 /mnt/tape ext2 noauto 0 0"
I tried formatting the tape using mkfs.ext2 but get a response:
"/dev/ht0 is not a block special device"
I can't imagine that the ISP forgot to put a tape in the drive but I will try
to confirm that with them (someday) when they answer the phone. Because I'm
new at this it seems more likely I'm just not doing it right.
Any pointers will be much appreciated!
Jeff
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From: "KoKoPuff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup,umich.linux
Subject: Help configuring NewMedia ethernet card
Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2000 06:23:19 GMT
Hi,
I am trying to set up NewMedia LiveWire 10/100 Ethernet card for Red Hat 6.
The card is not supported in the regular distribution, but I downloaded the
CardService Package at pcmcia.sourceforge.org by David Hinds, which I have
been told supports NewMedia.
So I followed the instructions at the web site and installed the package.
But when I run insmod nmclan_cs, I get
./nmclan_cs.o: unresolved symbol register_pccard_driver
./nmclan_cs.o: unresolved symbol ungister_pccard_driver
I am a total newbie, with only about a few month of Linux experience, and i
can't quite make sense of these error messages.
I am using MediaOne RoadRunner cable modem service
Any help is much appreciated!!
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From: Robert Redelmeier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Burned system!?
Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2000 00:19:31 -0800
ajam wrote:
>
> Thanks for responding!
>
> You're totally right, but sometimes it gets to a point where you try anything!
>Either
> way, got brand new motherboard, exactly like the older one, and install only the
> processor and memory. Guess, what! Nothing! My assumption at this point is that
> the processor is dead, which is hard to believe or at least to swallow. There is no
> burn mark on the processor, not is it cracked. Could this be the case?
The CPU could certainly be dead without visible sign. It doesn't take
much to kill them. AFAIK, AMD K6 are worst in this respect because I
don't think they have a thermal shutdown like Intel P6. They can burn
themselves if installed without thermal grease between the CPU and
heatsink. Still, it could be bad memory, but I'd bet on the processor.
-- Robert
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From: Stu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Help installing StarOffice........
Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2000 06:30:09 GMT
Look in your README file in Staroffice dir. Or type in mc at the
staroffice folder and then hit F3 on the README file. It should tell you
what you want to know. i think it is tar -xf or something like that it
says in there. Look on your Linux cd for the ncpfs under the rpms section
of it or go download it at www.google.com/linux
Fairway Fatty wrote:
>
> Hello........! I d'loaded StarrOffice but cant figure out what to do
> with the tar file.... i unzipped it i think (at least it looks that way
> in to directory i creatd called staroffice on root) I just dont seem
> to be able to run or install it....... or make it do anything...help?
> Also can anyone tell me how to get my network printer going? I keep
> getting a error message telling me to install " ncpfs" ...... i dont
> have a clue as to what or where it is let alone install it...... ive
> searched for ti in every directory and i cant find it.... any help would
> be great thanks, Fairway
>
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From: tapehiss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Red Hat Linux 6.1 install problems
Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2000 02:04:35 -0500
I'm not new to computers, but I'm new to this OS. I'm trying
to install Red Hat Linux 6.1 i386 and get the following
repeatable error:
Could not find platform independent libraries <prefix>
Consider setting $PYTHONHOME to <prefix>[:exec_prefix]
Traceback (innermost last):
File"/usr/bin/anaconda", line 13, in ?
import gettext
File"/usr/lib/python1.5/site-packages/gettext.py", line
40, in ?
import os, string
ImportError: No module named string
install exited abnormally
sending termination signals...done
sending kill signals...done
unmounting file systems...
/mnt/source
/dev/pts
/proc
you may safely reboot your system.
Any ideas?
I'm running:
VL/ISA-PB486P3 motherboard
AMIBIOS 486 DX ISA (AB7532173) {chip possibly a bit crispy}
Diamondware Stealth 64 VL video card
DTC 2278S/D VL controller card
SB16 ASP MCD w/ Waveblaster I sound card
Maxtor 7541A HDD
Western Digital AC2540F HDD
ACER 620A ATAPI CD-ROM
16 MB RAM
DOS 6.22
Pretty primitive stuff. Should be supported - right?
Thanks in advance for any help.
Scott
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From: "Keith E. Lockey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: cable modem
Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2000 07:25:43 GMT
Anyone have a help web page for cable modem and linux?
Thanks
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From: Lew Pitcher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Printer Problem
Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2000 07:30:35 GMT
Alex wrote:
>
> I ran into a problem with my printer... I do not know why this is
> happening...
> I have a HP LaserJet 5L. I got it working fine (old HD) before I install
> RedHat 6.0 on a new HD.
> It's setup as a Remote printer using samba and the host is running
> windows 98.
> When I try to print anything from any program or even use lpr with
> simple text file, I got the following message:
> Error: /invalidfont in findfont
> Operand stack:
> F0
> Times-Roman Font ........
>
> The last line might change to some other font names... But, this is
> pretty much the output looks like.
For what it's worth, that error is being generated by Ghostscript.
It sounds like RedHat 6 has (mis)installed a print filter (which uses
Ghostscript) on your printer. I'd start at /etc/printcap and track
down the errant ghostscript settings.
> Thanks.
>
> Alex.
--
Lew Pitcher
Master Codewright and JOAT-in-training
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From: Michael Longval <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Old ALR FLYER VL 486-33 Trouble (fwd)
Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2000 03:13:14 -0500
Hello,
I'm trying to reuse an old 'ALR FLYER VL 486-33' to give it away to
someone who needs a computer but can't afford one.
The system is setup as follows:
486-33 processor
Phoenix BIOS 1.02.06m
Memory Bank A: (on board) 4 Meg (working OK)
Memory Bank B: 16Meg 72 Pin N-Parity FAST PAGE memory module
Memory Bank C: 16Meg 72 Pin N-Parity FAST PAGE memory module
The system boots and works fine without any memory in Bank C. But it is a
little slow for RedHat 6.1 so I would like to have the extra 16Meg.
Here is a summary of my tests so far:
Notes =09Bank B =09Bank C =09Error Message=20
1 =094Meg =09nil =09none=20
2 =094Meg =094Meg =09640K Base Memory, 11264K Extended, Memory failure at 8=
0FFFE,=20
=09=09=09read 0000 expecting 0024=20
3=094Meg =094Meg=09640K Base Memory, 07168K Extended, Memory failureat 8000=
F0,=20
=09=09=09read FFFF expecting FF20
=09
(I think that 1 of the 4Meg SIMMs is defective. I think it's the one in
bank C on the 2nd try. It is NOT used for tests with the 16Meg SIMMS)
The tests below are done with the same 4Meg SIMM but with 2 16Meg SIMMS.
The tests that seem repeated are done by either swapping places of the
16Meg SIMMS or using the 4-16 Meg SIMMS in different combinations.
=09=09=09
4=0916Meg=09nil=09none
5=0916Meg=0916Meg=09640K Base Memory, 35840K Extended, Memory failure at 40=
FFFE,=20
=09=09=09read 0000 expecting 0024
6=0916Meg=0916Meg=09640K Base Memory, 35840K Extended, Memory failure at 40=
FFFE,=20
=09=09=09read 0000 expecting 0034
7=0916Meg=094Meg=09640K Base Memory, 23552K Extended, Memory failure at 40F=
FFE,=20
=09=09=09read 0000 expecting 0024
8=0916Meg=094Meg=09640K Base Memory, 23552K Extended, Memory failure at 40F=
FFE,=20
=09=09=09read 0000 expecting 0034
9=094Meg=0916Meg=09640K Base Memory, 23552K Extended, Memory failure at 80F=
FFE,=20
=09=09=09read 0000 expecting 0024
10=094Meg=0916Meg=09640K Base Memory, 23552K Extended, Memory failure at 80=
FFFE,=20
=09=09=09read 0000 expecting 0024
As you can see the problem is not so much the SIMMS, since the memory
error stays the same even if they are swapped. I'm not sure what the
problem is exactly. Is it a BIOS problem? (I don't think so since the
diagram on the inside of the case (the only reference I have for this
system) indicates that 2x16Meg + 4Meg on board =3D 36Meg. So I would guess
that the designers anticipated this setup.
I would really appreciate any help you might be able to give me. I hope
that the problem is solvable, because the prospect of running RedHat in
only 20Meg of RAM (in an everyday setting) seems a little too daunting and
slow.
Please email me a copy of your reply. I crossposted this message to a
couple of newsgroups to get a wider audience. Thanks very much.
=A91999 Michael J. Longval, MD
Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada
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From: root <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Typhoon Soundcard
Date: 27 Feb 2000 08:36:58 GMT
Hello there...
I have a Typhoon SoundCard Easy Lite in my Linux PC.
Well, i cant get it to work. It is detected at startup as an isa-pnp under Linux but
with what options must i compile the kernel ?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ray)
Subject: Re: Win modem & Linux
Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2000 09:19:18 GMT
On Sat, 26 Feb 2000 16:02:34 -0500, Douglas Bayne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>Everything I've heard about Linux and Win modems states that you should forget
>it. If you wrote hardware drivers for a living would it be possible but Redhat
>out of the box does not support winmodems. Also, there doesn't seem to be any
>tools out there to help you either.
Which one? One of the things that makes winmodems such a PITA is that there
is no standard for the things. In contrast, real modems use a standard
interface so any OS or app. that knows how to talk to a serial port can use
the thing. Next thing you know they'll start requiring "special" drivers
for keyboards too... Oh wait...
--
Ray
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From: Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Funky Zip drive problem, I need help!
Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2000 09:07:08 GMT
I have an internal ATAPI 100Mb Zip drive. It is installed as my second
primary ide drive hdc. It seems to work just peachy, I can mount it and
read and write to it.. The problem comes when I unmount, switch disk,
and remount it--The contents of the first zip disk will automagically be
copied to the next inserted one... This is very ungood and I have no
idea what is going on.. Can someone please help me?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ray)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Tyan 1854S motherboard..is it good
Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2000 09:22:20 GMT
On Fri, 25 Feb 2000 07:27:30 +0100, Michael Hofmann wrote:
>Chetan Ahuja wrote:
>> I would welcome any suggestions/advice etc on this topic. Is the
>> Tyan board OK. If not.. why. Any personal experiences. Any other
>> recommended boards satisfying the above criteria...
>
>Just a thought.... I don't know this particular board but, if it's ATX
>_and_ has an Award BIOS, stay away from it. The Award BIOS is broken and
>doesn't poweroff at shutdown. TYAN also doesn't answer my emails
>regarding this issue. I'm using the S1590S board. No more TYAN for me.
Well, FWIW Award BIOS is the most popular out there and many Award based
systems do in fact poweroff just fine.
--
Ray
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From: "tim" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: emachines emonster 500a with linux...
Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2000 01:47:43 -0800
Reply-To: "tim" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
hello,
would like to hear good and bad experiences installing linux on emachines
pcs so i can decide if it is worth the effort with my current pc.
specifically:
the ati rage 128, the ultra dma hard drive and the dvd rom.
obviously will have to replace the winmodem.
not interested in whether or not emachines is fundamentally good or bad -
just if it works or doesn't.
thanks for your time,
- tim
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From: Robert Hull <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: basic partitioning issue
Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2000 23:46:32 +0000
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, aSTRo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
writes
>i'd like to ask about partitioning. i recently created a new
>Linux partition and Linux swapfile partition on my 8gig Maxtor drive
>which is primarily for my Win98 system. i used "partition-magic"
>because i thought it would be safest for a first-time partitioner.
A good idea - I still swear by Partition Magic, although one time I
nearly swore *at* it instead.
>it
>all seemed to go really well, but i ended up with some mysterious
>"free space" after the partitioning was complete.
>
[snip]
>
>the partitions listed by partition-magic are:
>
>FAT32 [size 7004][used 1135][free 5869][status: active][pri/log:
>primary]
>
>Linux Ext2 [size 1027][used 236][free 791][status: none][pri/log:
>primary]
>
>Extended [size 70][used 70][free 0][status: none][pri/log: primary]
>
>Linux Swap [size 70][used 0][free 70][status: none][pri/log: logical]
>
>Free Space [size 180][used 0][free 180][status: none][pri/log:
>primary]
>
In Partition Magic, adjust the size of the "extended" partition from 70
to 250 MB, you will then be able to use the free space that will have
moved into your extended partition.
HTH
--
Robert Talking to yourself - first sign of madness
Answering yourself back - first sign of schizophrenia
I go one better: If I don't like the answer ...
I put it to a majority vote
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ray)
Subject: Re: IDE tuning
Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2000 10:09:23 GMT
I'm having a similar problem with a new UDMA-66 drive on a motherboard
limited to UDMA-33. Looking at my hdparm -i ( and yours) it looks like the
drive is being treated like an old DMA1 (equiv. to PIO 2 or 3) drive.
Maxtor has a DOS utility on their site to make the drive report itself as
UDMA-33 or whatever mode you want which I think will solve the problem but I
havn't had the chance to try it yet.
Here are my hdparm numbers for the two drives on this system (Notice the
maxDMA lines):
First the 17GB 5400 RPM Maxtor UDMA-33
/dev/hda:
Timing buffer-cache reads: 64 MB in 1.97 seconds =32.49 MB/sec
Timing buffered disk reads: 32 MB in 2.63 seconds =12.17 MB/sec
Model=Maxtor 91728D8, FwRev=GAS54812, SerialNo=A80CEGEC
Config={ Fixed }
RawCHS=33483/16/63, TrkSize=0, SectSize=0, ECCbytes=29
BuffType=3(DualPortCache), BuffSize=512kB, MaxMultSect=16, MultSect=16
DblWordIO=no, maxPIO=2(fast), DMA=yes, maxDMA=2(fast)
CurCHS=2100/255/63, CurSects=33750864, LBA=yes, LBAsects=33750864
tDMA={min:120,rec:120}, DMA modes: mword0 mword1 mword2
IORDY=on/off, tPIO={min:120,w/IORDY:120}, PIO modes: mode3 mode4
Now the 20GB 7200RPM Maxtor UDMA-66
/dev/hdb:
Timing buffer-cache reads: 64 MB in 1.92 seconds =33.33 MB/sec
Timing buffered disk reads: 32 MB in 4.76 seconds = 6.72 MB/sec
Model=Maxtor 92049U6, FwRev=RA530JN0, SerialNo=H60BFRTC
Config={ Fixed }
RawCHS=39709/16/63, TrkSize=0, SectSize=0, ECCbytes=57
BuffType=3(DualPortCache), BuffSize=2048kB, MaxMultSect=16, MultSect=16
DblWordIO=no, maxPIO=2(fast), DMA=yes, maxDMA=0(slow)
CurCHS=2491/255/63, CurSects=40026672, LBA=yes, LBAsects=40026672
tDMA={min:120,rec:120}, DMA modes: mword0 mword1 mword2
IORDY=on/off, tPIO={min:120,w/IORDY:120}, PIO modes: mode3 mode4
As for the kernel messages you mentioned, I think they look pretty normal.
Here are two sets from machines here.
First, the machine discussed above, a cheap PC-Chips motherboard with SiS
chipset:
23 homer kernel: SIS5513: IDE controller on PCI bus 00 dev 01
23 homer kernel: SIS5513: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later
23 homer kernel: ide0: BM-DMA at 0x4000-0x4007, BIOS settings: hda:pio,
hdb
23 homer kernel: ide1: BM-DMA at 0x4008-0x400f, BIOS settings: hdc:pio,
hdd
23 homer kernel: hda: Maxtor 91728D8, ATA DISK drive
23 homer kernel: hdb: Maxtor 92049U6, ATA DISK drive
23 homer kernel: hdc: RICOH CD-R/RW RW7040A, ATAPI CDROM drive
23 homer kernel: ide2: ports already in use, skipping probe
23 homer kernel: ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14
23 homer kernel: ide1 at 0x170-0x177,0x376 on irq 15
23 homer kernel: hda: Maxtor 91728D8, 16479MB w/512kB Cache, CHS=2100/255/63
23 homer kernel: hdb: Maxtor 92049U6, 19544MB w/2048kB Cache,
CHS=2491/255/63
Second, from a newer Intel BX based system with a slightly older drive :
PIIX4: IDE controller on PCI bus 00 dev 39
PIIX4: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later
ide0: BM-DMA at 0xf000-0xf007, BIOS settings: hda:DMA, hdb:pio
ide1: BM-DMA at 0xf008-0xf00f, BIOS settings: hdc:DMA, hdd:pio
hda: Maxtor 90680D4, ATA DISK drive
hdc: ATAPI CD ROM DRIVE 50X MAX, ATAPI CDROM drive
ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14
ide1 at 0x170-0x177,0x376 on irq 15
hda: Maxtor 90680D4, 6485MB w/256kB Cache, CHS=826/255/63, UDMA
Oh, the hdparm numbers from that drive:
/dev/hda:
Timing buffer-cache reads: 128 MB in 1.37 seconds = 93.43 MB/sec
Timing buffered disk reads: 64 MB in 6.60 seconds = 9.70 MB/sec
I've also run bonnie on all three drives in question and the numbers are in
line with the hdparm numbers.
--
Ray
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