Linux-Hardware Digest #374, Volume #12 Tue, 29 Feb 00 15:13:06 EST
Contents:
Re: LINUX JUST HANGS (Mailer)
Re: heating linux (Robert Hampf)
Re: Problems with LPT`s ("Christian Merz")
IBM Deskstar 34GB/7200rpm Corruption problems (C. Chan)
Re: Sound card help! (=?iso-8859-1?Q?Cl=E9ment?= "Nodens" HERMANN)
Re: Red Hat Linux 6.1 install problems (=?iso-8859-1?Q?Cl=E9ment?= "Nodens" HERMANN)
Re: MDK 7.0 - No serial mouse!(?) (=?iso-8859-1?Q?Cl=E9ment?= "Nodens" HERMANN)
Re: Can't find RPMS or base (Forrest Taylor)
Re: unknown disk drive activity (=?iso-8859-1?Q?Cl=E9ment?= "Nodens" HERMANN)
PCMCIA ("Lim CC")
RAID question (Andre de Jesus)
HELP needed with TB Montego and Slackware 7.0 ("Linus Harling")
Lprng + IFHP Weirdness...duplicate output on print job (Joe Pasko)
Sixman9 thanks ("Melissa Nelson")
Re: AMD and LINUX ("Melissa Nelson")
SoundBlaster {N 3 \/\/ |3 I 3} ("Melissa Nelson")
Re: AMD and LINUX (JEDIDIAH)
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From: Mailer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: LINUX JUST HANGS
Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 19:10:28 +0000
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sorry.
More Info.
RedHat 6.0 running on COMPAQ PROLIANT SERVER with double processor and
128MB RAM. SCSI LVD DRIVES * 5.
Thanks.
Mailer wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have a redhat linux box but once every week it FREEZES. Can anyone
> help.
> dmesg does not reveal anything.
> You can ping the machine but that is about all you can do.
>
> Thanks.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Robert Hampf)
Subject: Re: heating linux
Date: 29 Feb 2000 21:14:39 +0200
Gene Heskett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> h�lt �essu fram:
:
: What you need to do as an approximation is to find the startup amps
: drawn by the drives, add them all up, and compare that to the amperage
: the supply says it can supply on the +12 volt line. Whatever surplus
: there may be can then be used to decide if more drives can be added.
Thank you very much for your answer.
Is there any good rule of thumb you could use to learn what the
static parts (all except disks) of the machine need?
rh
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From: "Christian Merz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Problems with LPT`s
Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 19:54:33 +0100
Hi Skip,
thanks for your quick response. I removed the append line from lilo. The
line
options parport_pc io=0x378,0x278 irq=none,none
already ecists in conf.modules, so this can`t be the error. Furthermore I
have configured the apsfilter with YAST,
I have checked the spool-path but I can`t figure out any mistake. If I send
a print-job from an editor or something
like that, the job goes to the lpd, but the printer do nothing, after a few
minutes the job will killed automatic (it will be
removed from the spool directory). I checked the printcaps many times it
seems all configured well.
So I think my problem will still exists:-(
Chris
Skip <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb in im Newsbeitrag:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Hi Chris,
>
> I recently had problems getting a second parallel port working so maybe
what
> I've learned will help you. As background, I'm using Suse 6.3 with the
> 2.2.13 kernel.
>
> First, I would remove the append line from lilo. I don't think it's
> necessary because I don't have one in my lilo and my ports work fine.
> Second, check your conf.modules file. There should be a line in there that
> looks something like the following:
>
> options parport_pc io=0x378,0x278 irq=none,none
>
> If this line doesn't exist (and after reading your message again I think
it
> does), you need to add it.
>
> When you said you can cat to a port but it doesn't print write, I'm
thinking
> you don't have a print filter set up for your printer. Use Yast to set up
> your printer which will automatically make a printcap and the apsfilter
that
> will allow printing ps and ascii files properly.
>
> I need to run, but I hope this has been somewhat helpful. If not, let me
> know and maybe I provide some additional information.
>
> Skip
>
> Christian Merz wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > after read tons of how-to`s about printing and parports, I have no other
> > idea how I can solve this problem.
> >
> > System Descirption:
> >
> > /dev/lp0 == web cam (Creative Labs.)
> > /dev/lp1 == Canon BJ-200
> >
> > Kernel: 2.2.10 (SuSE 6.2)
> >
> > I compiled the kernel with parport and parport_probe into the kernel.
> > In the append-line of lilo.conf I have wrote "lp=0x378,0,0x278,0"
> >
> > My Problem:
> >
> > If I boot Linux, sometimes it will hang after the parport0-message
> > (parport0: web cam detected...). Sometimes linux boot successfully but
> > then my printer does`nt work. I have checked the lpts, under Windows
> > both ports working fine, so it can`t be that the ports are cause the
> > problem.
> >
> > So I tried it with only one parport (/dev/lp0 and the canon bj-200) but
> > the printer doesen`t print anything, only if I tried it with "cat xxx
> > /dev/lp0" that works but all the other stuff (postscript and printing
> > from a application like edy) doesn`t work.
> >
> > Please help me.
> >
> > Chris
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (C. Chan)
Subject: IBM Deskstar 34GB/7200rpm Corruption problems
Date: 29 Feb 2000 13:17:19 -0600
We recently added two IBM Deskstar hard drives, the 34GB/7200rpm
model, to a Dell 410 dual P-III workstation. The OS was first
Mandrake 6.0 then 7.0.
The drives partition, mkfs with ext2 w/o any problems, and for
a while writing and reading data is OK. But then seemingly at random
the syslogs show messages of the form:
messages.1:Feb 20 04:03:07 kernel: EXT2-fs error (device ide0(3,65)): ext
2_readdir: bad entry in directory #2: rec_len is smaller than minimal - offset=0
, inode=0, rec_len=0, name_len=0
messages.1:Feb 22 13:25:52 kernel: EXT2-fs error (device ide1(22,3)): ext
2_check_blocks_bitmap: Block #152 of the inode table in group 1314 is marked fre
e
and all files disappear from the disk. This is bad stuff. Reformatting
does not help, nor does putting the drives on separate channels, or
changing IDE cables, or upgrading the OS.
Here are the hdparm outputs:
/dev/hda:
multcount = 0 (off)
I/O support = 0 (default 16-bit)
unmaskirq = 0 (off)
using_dma = 1 (on)
keepsettings = 0 (off)
nowerr = 0 (off)
readonly = 0 (off)
readahead = 8 (on)
geometry = 4160/255/63, sectors = 66835440, start = 0
Model=IBM-DPTA-373420, FwRev=P71OA30A, SerialNo=JXYJX013956
Config={ HardSect NotMFM HdSw>15uSec Fixed DTR>10Mbs }
RawCHS=16383/16/63, TrkSize=0, SectSize=0, ECCbytes=34
BuffType=3(DualPortCache), BuffSize=1961kB, MaxMultSect=16, MultSect=off
DblWordIO=no, maxPIO=2(fast), DMA=yes, maxDMA=2(fast)
CurCHS=16383/16/63, CurSects=16514064, LBA=yes, LBAsects=66835440
WARNING 50321376 ORPHANED SECTORS :: KERNEL REPORTING ERROR
tDMA={min:120,rec:120}, DMA modes: mword0 mword1 mword2
IORDY=on/off, tPIO={min:240,w/IORDY:120}, PIO modes: mode3 mode4
UDMA modes: mode0 mode1 *mode2 mode3 mode4
Drive Supports : ATA/ATAPI-4 T13 1153D revision 17 : ATA-1 ATA-2 ATA-3 ATA-4
Note the ORPHANED SECTORS warning. Has anyone else had problems with
these drives?
--
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From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Cl=E9ment?= "Nodens" HERMANN <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Sound card help!
Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 20:17:14 +0100
"John E. Maynus" wrote:
>
> I have a Aureal A3D Vortex sound card. I tried sndconfig in Redhat 6.1 toda
> y and it said the card was unknown, and wouldn't let me use it. I went to li
> nux.aureal.org or com whatever it was and got the Linux drivers for the card
> but I'm so new to Linux I'm clueless as to how I unzip this file and to wher
> e. The readme file on the site said
> tar xvzf au88xx*.tar.gz
> change to the driver dir & become root:
> cd au88xx*
> su
> then to type
> install10
>
> Also told me to disable PnP in BIOS, do I disable it for good or just till I
> get card working? Cause I still use Windows and thats a PnP OS.
> Tried that but no help, said no such dir. Help if anyone can!!!!
No such dir ? mmhm. You probably tried to type "cd au88xx*". The "*"
stands for the version number. If you're using a shell which support
auto-completion (bash for example), hit <TAB> after typing "cd au88". If
there is only one match, it will complete it for you. If there is more
than one, it will display you the matching files/folder. You'll see,
soon you won't be able not to use it. This is one of the cool things
under UNIXes.
--
Cl�ment "Nodens" Hermann_____________________________________
"de la musique avant toute chose, .^. ___ !
et pour cela pr�f�re les pingouins" /_V_\ o o l l!
(librement, et sans remords aucun, / ___ \ l l l l!
adapt� de Verlaine) ( ( ) ) l___l o o !
_____________________________________\_\_/_/_________________!
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From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Cl=E9ment?= "Nodens" HERMANN <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Red Hat Linux 6.1 install problems
Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 20:23:20 +0100
It would help if you say when exactly in the installation you get this
message. Did you configure something at this time ?
I'm not sure I can help, but the more you say about your problem, the
more people might be able to help you.
for your last question, I think it could be supported, if you're not to
hungry about graphic stuff (don't even think about KDE or Gnome).
tapehiss wrote:
>
> 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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Cl�ment "Nodens" Hermann_____________________________________
"de la musique avant toute chose, .^. ___ !
et pour cela pr�f�re les pingouins" /_V_\ o o l l!
(librement, et sans remords aucun, / ___ \ l l l l!
adapt� de Verlaine) ( ( ) ) l___l o o !
_____________________________________\_\_/_/_________________!
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From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Cl=E9ment?= "Nodens" HERMANN <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: MDK 7.0 - No serial mouse!(?)
Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 20:32:24 +0100
that's an header file -i.e. ,part of the sources of something. You
should probably edit another file, like /etc/X11/XF86Config. Read the
manual page (man XF86Config). You can also try to run the XF86Setup
program : easy to use, helpful in most case !
But, still, a silly question :are you sure this is a serial mouse and
that the protocole is supported ? Usually, all serial mice are, but...
Michael Cronan wrote:
>
> I'm a newbie -
> The installation went very well and the only problem is that my mouse
> doesn't work. I tried editing the miscdevice.h file - didn't work. I
> thought I should get advice before proceeding. Is there another file I can
> edit? It's inconvenient operating in the keyboard mode.
>
> Thanks!
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Cl�ment "Nodens" Hermann_____________________________________
"de la musique avant toute chose, .^. ___ !
et pour cela pr�f�re les pingouins" /_V_\ o o l l!
(librement, et sans remords aucun, / ___ \ l l l l!
adapt� de Verlaine) ( ( ) ) l___l o o !
_____________________________________\_\_/_/_________________!
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Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 12:31:57 -0700
From: Forrest Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Can't find RPMS or base
Marc Toenyan wrote:
>
> First, thanks for reading this. This is my first attempt at installing
> Redhat 6.1.
> Problem: Installer says Can't find installation files...(or something to
> that effect).
> My system: 10gb IDE hdd with 4 partitions -W98 on first 650mb FAT16
> -NT
> 4.0 on second NTFS
>
> -Files FAT32
>
> -\Redhat\RPMS and \Redhat\base
> Steps taken: Boot from boot disk (boot.img). Loads Installer, select
> expert, choose language, etc....given choice for location: \dev\hda1,
> \dev\hda2, \dev\hda3, \dev\hda4. I select \dev\hda4 and then the error
> comes up. The partition with the Redhat files on it is FAT16, created
> with PartitionMagic. Is there a boundry limitation on the hdd? I found
> nothing in the manual stating where the installation files needed to be,
> only the size. In my case, the installation files are on a 1.4gb
> partition, which is at the end of the drive.
>
> Thanks again for any help!
> -Marc
LILO has to be installed under the 1024th cylinder (probably 8GB) make a
partition of about 20 MB under the 8GB mark and set it as /boot. Then
it should work.
Forrest
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From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Cl=E9ment?= "Nodens" HERMANN <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: unknown disk drive activity
Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 20:36:31 +0100
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> My disk drive (actually scsi activity) light flashes every two seconds
> constantly and the disk seems to make actuating noises about every ten.
>
> This is happeneing even when the system is idle. I tried removing any gnome
> applets that produced screen activity (cpu meter, net monitor) but that had no
> effect.
>
> Is there a way to list what processes are doing i/o?
not a process that is doing i/o, but swaping, probably. How much RAM do
you own ? how big is your swap partition ?
--
Cl�ment "Nodens" Hermann_____________________________________
"de la musique avant toute chose, .^. ___ !
et pour cela pr�f�re les pingouins" /_V_\ o o l l!
(librement, et sans remords aucun, / ___ \ l l l l!
adapt� de Verlaine) ( ( ) ) l___l o o !
_____________________________________\_\_/_/_________________!
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From: "Lim CC" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: PCMCIA
Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2000 03:43:20 +0800
Can anybody tell me where to download the driver for 3Com Fast Ethernet
10/100 Base TX (PCMCIA CARD) Model: 3CCFE575BT-D and PSION Gold Card Global
56K V.90 ?
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Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 19:37:37 +0000
From: Andre de Jesus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: RAID question
What is the minimal hardware raid configuration to protect against
two-disk failures?
Thank you
Andre de Jesus
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From: "Linus Harling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: HELP needed with TB Montego and Slackware 7.0
Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 20:51:56 +0100
I've downloaded the driver from linux.aureal.com, installed it, but
nothing works... I'm a bit of a newbie, so I don't know what (if anything)
else to do, sndconfig doesn't seem to exist, is it RedHat only? Anyone who
has succeded? Thanks in advance!
/Linus Harling (Tarboy)
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From: Joe Pasko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.network,redhat.general
Subject: Lprng + IFHP Weirdness...duplicate output on print job
Date: 29 Feb 2000 19:47:13 GMT
Hi All,
Just setup LPRng-3.6.12 on a RH6.1 box and was configuring ifhp-3.3.10
to print to an HP8100dn.
It's working fine with the one troubling exception:
If I print 2 jobs rapidly, the 1st job is getting printed twice.
Ex. lpr foo.txt ; lpr bar.txt
Generates 2 copies of foo.txt.
I've checked the logs, and a2ps is getting spawned on the 1st job
twice.
Setup, and negotiation between the print server and the printer appear
to be working flawlessly.
There are only 2 files queued to the spool directory and everything
looks like it's working with the exception of this duplicate job.
I've rtfm'd for lprng and ifhp, and checked dejanews, but don't see
any mention of similar problems.
I'm guessing that this is something simple.
All suggestions appreciated.
I'm at the point where I'm willing to hack together my own filter, but
since IFHP appears to have such nice features, I'd prefer to use it.
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Joe Pasko
Operations Manager
Supercomputer Computations Research Institute [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Phone (850) 644-0193 FAX (850) 644-0098
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From: "Melissa Nelson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Sixman9 thanks
Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 20:00:32 GMT
Thanks for giving a newbie instruction he/she could understand
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From: "Melissa Nelson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: AMD and LINUX
Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 20:02:26 GMT
im using a K6-2/3 400 with 128mb RAM its workin fine for me
LOIC B <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Hi,
>
> Everywhere I see linux I can see Intel but never AMD and
> I would like to know if it is possible to use linux without
> problem with an AMD processor and if yes wich type of linux
> could you recomand to me.
>
> Thanks a lot.
>
>
> * Sent from AltaVista http://www.altavista.com Where you can also find
related Web Pages, Images, Audios, Videos, News, and Shopping. Smart is
Beautiful
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From: "Melissa Nelson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: SoundBlaster {N 3 \/\/ |3 I 3}
Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 20:07:54 GMT
Hey i got a soundblaster 16 (i know its old... but good)
i havent tried using X11amp or anything else but the sys sounds dont work
i get somekinda missing file junk
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (JEDIDIAH)
Subject: Re: AMD and LINUX
Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 20:08:15 GMT
On Tue, 29 Feb 2000 20:02:26 GMT, Melissa Nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>im using a K6-2/3 400 with 128mb RAM its workin fine for me
Penguin Computing sells Athlon gaming systems.
>
>
>LOIC B <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
>news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>> Hi,
>>
>> Everywhere I see linux I can see Intel but never AMD and
>> I would like to know if it is possible to use linux without
>> problem with an AMD processor and if yes wich type of linux
>> could you recomand to me.
>>
>> Thanks a lot.
>>
>>
>> * Sent from AltaVista http://www.altavista.com Where you can also find
>related Web Pages, Images, Audios, Videos, News, and Shopping. Smart is
>Beautiful
>
>
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