Linux-Hardware Digest #385, Volume #12 Thu, 2 Mar 00 00:13:06 EST
Contents:
Re: AMD and LINUX (Chris Wong)
Re: Overclocked Celery hangs! (Robert Redelmeier)
New driver for 3COM Winmodem (Kenn Madsen)
parallel orb drive (Derek Simard)
Re: SCSI problem configuring 7 devices (FWFR)
Win Linux 2000 and Monitor won't play nice ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
ati rage 128 pro (Terry Kovacs)
Modem Blaster External? ("John E. Maynus")
Re: IDE/ATAPI CD-ROM (Andrei Aderca)
Re: Configuration of Apple LaserWriter IIf? (Ken McCord)
Re: quiet scsi cdrom (Glitch)
Re: $$ Domain sale: meetLINUX.com,LinuxCares.com, softwares4linux.com And more $$
("lolo")
Re: AMD and LINUX ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: mice for lefties? (Glitch)
Re: Need help with SCSI CD-Rom burner ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: IDE/ATAPI CD-ROM (Hal Burgiss)
HELP - Install Linux on Last Partition of a 30 GB Hard Drive? (Cameron Ninham)
Suprasonic II isi under Red Hat? ("Carol Thompson")
Lexmark Z51 (root)
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From: Chris Wong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: AMD and LINUX
Date: Wed, 01 Mar 2000 09:42:37 -0500
Who is the manufacturor of your mother board? I understand that while the
AMD processor may be okay, the quality of mother boards for the AMD chip
varies greatly.
-chris
Melissa Nelson wrote:
> 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
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From: Robert Redelmeier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Overclocked Celery hangs!
Date: Wed, 01 Mar 2000 19:03:46 -0800
Markus Wandel wrote:
> I have a Celeron 300A. I am the only person that I know that actually runs
> this chip at 300MHz. When I bought it I listened to my friends and set it
> to run at 450MHz. When I found out about the kernel compile stress test and
> tried it it bombed, so I nudged up the voltage, eventually ending up with a
> system that passed all stability tests that I could put it through.
>
> Except once a week or so, it would forget how to read jpeg files. Somehow
> the in-memory copy of of libjpeg.so got corrupted. Also once in a blue moon
> (something like once every 20GB of disk written) a single bit in a file would
> be wrong.
>
> I attributed this to the cheap consumer-grade hardware with no memory parity
> or ECC. But to heck with it, one day I put it back to 300MHz. The system
> has been totally reliable since then.
>
> If your system seems to work overclocked, it might or it might not. I find
> one bit corrupted every 20GB of files written to be scary. To this [...]
This is a sane viewpoint. I labored long and hard to write the `cpuburn`
utilities so I could test my BP6 [overclocked] and have some assurance of
stability. Normal usage doesn't come close.
-- Robert author `cpuburn` htpp://users.ev1.net/~redelm
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Subject: New driver for 3COM Winmodem
From: Kenn Madsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Wed, 01 Mar 2000 17:51:09 -0800
Hi,
I found on Dell's support page a Linux driver for the 3COM 56K
PCI Winmodem.
I tried to install the driver, but my modem is still not
working. Anyone tried that driver and succeded.
-Kenn
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From: Derek Simard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: parallel orb drive
Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2000 21:28:05 -0500
i have a parallel port orb drive, i have been trying for several hours to get
parport by paride to run the drive, but ever time i load the kernal module pd i
get this error:
bash-2.03# insmod pd
Using /lib/modules/2.2.13/misc/pd.o
/lib/modules/2.2.13/misc/pd.o: init_module: Device or resource busy
i cannot find what device call this is, i would appreciate any help from
someone who has gotten a pp orb running, please respond by email for i will be
losing newsserver access by friday...thank you
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From: FWFR <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: SCSI problem configuring 7 devices
Date: Wed, 01 Mar 2000 21:55:13 -0600
Here is a stupid suggestion.
In older versions of Linux the distributor fails to make /dev/sdf and
higher in the /dev directory. If sdf-15 available? Maybe you need to
mknod the sdf devices. I'll blame a 5x version of RH for that. Drove
me nuts and sent back two drives to the manufacturer for failure to
recognize those thing. IBM must think I'm an idiot.
Andreas Hoffmann wrote:
>
> Paul Gray wrote:
> >
> > Andreas Hoffmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > No, /dev/sd* are only SCSI disks. The (first) tape drive should be
> > > /dev/st0 as writen in the devices.txt. Try finding this.
> >
> > >> [...]
> >
> > As I said in the original post:
> >
> > <> The system specifics:
> >
> > <> kernel 2.2.5, an integrated Symbios controller (ncr53c8xx) and
> > <> an adaptec 2940U2. There are five 4-gig drives (not presently
> > <> running raid) and one 52-gig drive, complemented by an HP
> > <> Dat drive mapped to /dev/st0.
> > ----------------------^^^^^^^^
>
> Sorry about that. The first part of your posting was a bit
> misunderstanding and I didn't read the second part exactly. Was my
> fault.
>
> >
> > The problem is with the fifth 4-gig drive. It is detected but
> > is not mapped as it should be to /dev/sdf...in fact it is not
> > mapped to anything. The kernel reports thus:
> >
> > Feb 29 18:41:39 turbo kernel: Feb 29 18:41:39 turbo kernel:
> > Detected scsi disk sdf at scsi2, channel 0, id 4, lun 0
> >
> > but then passes the device by:
> >
> > Feb 29 18:41:39 turbo kernel: SCSI device sde: hdwr
> > sector= 512 bytes. Sectors=8888924 [4340 MB] [4.3 GB]
> > Feb 29 18:41:39 turbo kernel: sde: sde1
> > Feb 29 18:41:39 turbo kernel: VFS: Mounted root
> > (ext2 filesystem) readonly.
> > Feb 29 18:41:39 turbo kernel: change_root: old root has d_count=1
> >
> > (It finishes mapping sde's partitions, but does nothing for sdf)
>
> Sounds quite strange. I can't remember a kernel setting which may help
> here.
> As the problem is before init is called, it is a kernel problem, i
> think.
> A newer kernel may help, but I can only guess.
>
> Are you sure, the drive is all right? Try, if you can see it with
> another OS (e.g. DOS FDISK).
> Or unplug one of the working drives and look if the problematic drive is
> detected right then.
>
> > --
> > Paul Gray
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Dept. of Mathematics
> > University of Northern Iowa
> > Wright Hall
> > Cedar Falls, IA 50614-0506
--
Sincerely,
Frederick Friedman-Romell, M.L.I.S.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Win Linux 2000 and Monitor won't play nice
Date: Thu, 02 Mar 2000 03:14:00 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I just spent a week downloading Win Linux 2000 on a 56k Win Modem with
constant interuption. I have finaly finished the file and it installed
without problems and detected everything perfectly, except my ATI All In
Wonder Pro. It thought it was just an ATI All In Wonder card. I had to
disable some special hardware from Gateway. (Explain Later) I also had
to
disable my Win Modem, but other than that everything was fine. When I
clicked on Boot Win linux it warned me about restarting in MS-DOS mode
and
it started to boot Linux, but then my monitor blacked out and said "OUT
OF
RANGE". I had to cut the power to get the machine restarted and Windows
keeps trying to bood Win Linux 2000, but I got into Windows and changed
the
settings a few time and finaly got it to boot, but it said my HD had
errors
that only Windows could fix. I did but now it won't boot again.
I appoligise for the long post.
My system is as folows:
Gateway 2000
Destination XTV (Extreme TV)
P II 450 MHz processor
128 MB of ram
31.5 In. Viewable monitor
--
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http://www.zdnet.com/zdtv/thescreensaver/linux .
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From: Terry Kovacs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.windows.x.i386unix
Subject: ati rage 128 pro
Date: Wed, 01 Mar 2000 22:36:18 -0500
I have a Dell XPS T500 system with a card that is identified as an "ATI
Rage 128 Pro" under windows 98.
Does anyone know if the "rage 128 pro" card is significantly different
than the "rage 128"?
I have been trying to configure this card under linux/xfree86 3.3.6
which has support for the rage 128 cards but have had no success. The
XF86_SVGA server goes blank with every configuration I've tried. The
XFCom_Rage128 server (from suse) usually just core dumps.
Terry Kovacs
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From: "John E. Maynus" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux
Subject: Modem Blaster External?
Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2000 22:42:13 -0500
I was wondering if Creative Labs External Modem Blaster would work under Lin
ux?
It's DE5620 off www.modemblaster.com I was told it was a USB modem and was t
old it should work under Linux but was also told by someone they heard USB m
odems didn't work under Linux. I read on off www.linuxnewbie.org that they d
id but was a bit harder to get to work.
I don't want to waste $90.00 or a USB external modem when I can buy a non-US
B external for $100.00 at a different place.
Would it be wise to get the USB one for $90.00?
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From: Andrei Aderca <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: IDE/ATAPI CD-ROM
Date: Wed, 01 Mar 2000 22:43:02 -0500
Hal Burgiss wrote:
>
> On Mon, 28 Feb 2000 23:06:20 -0500, Andrei Aderca <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
> ><!doctype html public "-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en">
> ><html>
> >Linux Version: 6.1
> ><br>Kernel: 2.2.12-20
> ><br>Processor: P133Mhz
> ><br>CD-ROM: 50X IDE/ATAPI, Acer reader
> ><p>I just bought the CD recently and I can't get it to work with audio
> >CD's-
> ><br>The unit is set up as slave on the primary IDE controller so I'm using
> >/dev/hdb.
> ><br>I've created a soft link to /dev/cdrom which is the option I'm using
> >with all software
> ><br>for playing CD's. I checked file permissions on /dev/hdb and they are
> >OK.
> ><br>I'm also using a parallel port Zip drive which is accessed via the
> >SCSI emulation.
> ><br>The CD can play audio disks in Windows so it must be something tied
> >to my Linux
> ><br>setup; while booting I'm getting this message:
> ><br>
> ><p>hdb: ATAPI CD ROM DRIVE 50X MAX, ATAPI CDROM drive
> ><br>hdb: packet command error: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error
> >}
>
> This would be much easier to read if not HTML. I *think* I see what the
> problem is.
>
> I think what you need is kernel >= 2.2.15pre5. Support added there for
> Acer 50x ATAPI CDROMs. If you need a RPM, you might try the current
> kernel in RH's rawhide. I would suspect this has support in it, but
> dunno for sure. I have the same drive, BTW, is how I found out.
>
> [...]
>
> --
> Hal B
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> --
Hal
You were right- I used the pre-patch 2.2.15-5 and this solved the
problem.
Thank you very much!
Andrei
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From: Ken McCord <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.debian.user
Subject: Re: Configuration of Apple LaserWriter IIf?
Date: Thu, 02 Mar 2000 03:47:55 GMT
Thanks for the links. I grabbed a PowerMac from work and made sure of
how the printer was set up via the Apple Printer Utility program. Looks
like tomorrow night I'll be playing around getting the Linux box to play
nicely with the LaserWriter.
Thanks again,
Ken McCord
James Waldby wrote:
>
> Ken McCord wrote:
>
> > Has anyone set up an Apple LaserWriter IIf to work with Linux? Having a
> > hell of a time trying to get this thing to work. Can't seem to get the
> > protocol setup working correctly ( cat README > /dev/ttyS0 ) only gets
> > the ready light to blink. I've got the system set up to setting #2
> > (19200 baud, xon/xoff, N81 and using the RS232 port).
> >
> > Any help or pointers would be greatly appreciated.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Ken McCord
>
> Perhaps http://www.math.uiuc.edu/~strieg/iint.html will help.
> You probably need to talk postscript to the printer, not plain
> ascii. Eg, "serverdict begin 0 exitserver" and so forth, per above.
> Also see http://til.info.apple.com/techinfo.nsf/artnum/n26186
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Date: Wed, 01 Mar 2000 23:15:19 -0500
From: Glitch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: quiet scsi cdrom
dunga-dee wrote:
>
> Morris Walton wrote:
>
> > Can anybody recommend a QUIET scsi cd-rom for <=$100? My 40x Toshiba
> > XM-6401TA sounds like a chain saw!
> >
>
> Hi!
>
> 1) I assume that you still want something of equal speed, or
> thereabouts. Otherwise, you can find a nice 4x that is quiet. :)
> 2) I will assume that you will still want scsi.
>
> I don't know of any currently on the market, but if you wait a couple of
> months, I am sure that the "True" 50x/72x/etc cd-roms will be coming out
> as scsi. The "true" cdroms should be quieter, as they are not spinning
> the cd-rom nearly as fast as, say, a 30x cdrom.
anything over a 24x is a waste of money anyway since that speed only
comes from part of the cd and not all of it, the rest of the data from
the cd is acquired at a slower speed
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From: "lolo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: $$ Domain sale: meetLINUX.com,LinuxCares.com, softwares4linux.com And
more $$
Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2000 23:20:09 -0500
wouhou!!! way to go asshole :)
I hope noboby will pay a penny for those sucking domain names... I rather
take linuxboumboum.com than pay some moron my hard earned money and support
them.
be an asshole and do what you said you'll do!
"brian moore" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> On Tue, 15 Feb 2000 13:17:46 -0600,
> Domains <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Check eBay auction site:
> > http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=261048611
>
> You do know that Linux is a trademark of Linus Torvalds? Do you know
> that the domain name resolution policy of ICANN allows the trademarker
> holder to confiscate the domain names of people abusing the trademark?
> Do you know that Linus doesn't like people doing what you're doing?
>
> I'll let you in on another secret... I'm an asshole and I'm notifiying
> eBay so they'll know you're selling trademarked items, which is
> against their rules.
>
> >
> > Or, go this site to see more information:
> > http://meetinfo.tripod.com
>
> What the heck, I'll cc tripod, too.
>
> Told you I was an asshole.
>
> --
> Brian Moore | Of course vi is God's editor.
> Sysadmin, C/Perl Hacker | If He used Emacs, He'd still be
waiting
> Usenet Vandal | for it to load on the seventh day.
> Netscum, Bane of Elves.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: AMD and LINUX
Date: Thu, 02 Mar 2000 04:11:33 GMT
> >> 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.
I have a AMD K6-3 running overclocked to 500mhz (orginally 450mhz not
much of an increase) and it works wonderfully. I have 64megs of ram and
A-Open Ax-59 Pro motherboard. Which has a VIA MVP3 chipset on it. I
running Mandrake 7 (air). Sense i installed it, it hasn't crashed to my
knowledge. As for K7's i have no clue but i'm sure they work just fine
with linux, because Linux is Linux (the best);-)
Bye
Ben
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Date: Wed, 01 Mar 2000 23:38:48 -0500
From: Glitch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: mice for lefties?
Derek Colley wrote:
>
> Slightly off the topic, but do you think there's a market for
> left-handed keyboards?
> I mean a keyboard that gives the user the option of having the
> [detachable] keypad on the left?
why dont u buy a separate keypad and put it on the left side of your
desk?
>
> Regards,
> Derek
>
> Peter Bismuti wrote:
>
> > DO these exist?!
> >
> > THanks.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Need help with SCSI CD-Rom burner
Date: Thu, 02 Mar 2000 04:45:16 GMT
Kenneth Crudup wrote:
> Actually, this type of error points to either a non-recorded CD, or
> a CD-reader that's defective.
>
> -Kenny
That's what I'm afraid of, I know that at one point it was seeing
everything as a audio CD.
-Carl
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Hal Burgiss)
Subject: Re: IDE/ATAPI CD-ROM
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Thu, 02 Mar 2000 04:46:30 GMT
On Wed, 01 Mar 2000 22:43:02 -0500, Andrei Aderca <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>Hal Burgiss wrote:
[...]
>Hal
>
>You were right- I used the pre-patch 2.2.15-5 and this solved the
>problem.
>Thank you very much!
>
>Andrei
Like I say, been there, done that!
--
Hal B
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From: Cameron Ninham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.misc,linux.redhat.list
Subject: HELP - Install Linux on Last Partition of a 30 GB Hard Drive?
Date: Wed, 01 Mar 2000 22:54:54 -0600
I have a computer with a 30 GB hard drive. The drive is partitioned
into three sections, each roughly 9 GM in size. On the first and second
partition I have Windows NT and 98 installed respectively (for work
purposes *smile*). I wish to install Linux (either RedHat or Debian) on
the last partition.
Can I install Linux on the last section of a 30 GB drive? Will Linux
operate and function normally?
My reason for asking this question is that with Windows NT during
boot-up the Kernel cannot access anything on the primary drive after the
first 2 GB address space -- this is also critical for the Blue Screen of
Death and Core Memory Dumps, etc. I guess this is due to the limitation
of a 16 bit address operating system???
I would appreciate it if you could, in addition replying the the News
group, email me your responses also, please. I am working at a client
site where I do not have readily access to the Internet, USENET, etc.
Thank you.
Cameron Ninham
email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "Carol Thompson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Suprasonic II isi under Red Hat?
Date: Thu, 02 Mar 2000 04:57:40 GMT
Judging form the winmodem compatability list at
http://www.o2.net/~gromitkc/winmodem.html
even more specifically
http://www.o2.net/~gromitkc/20000225a.html
i get the feeling that the modem is supported...
but i cannot get linux to recognize it... or get it to work via ppp dial
config in gnome, netcfg, or the control panel, but i did seem to get an
initilization from minicom...
was hoping someone here had some experience with it...
thanks,
Zao Jhen
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From: root <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.setup,alt.uu.comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.redhat
Subject: Lexmark Z51
Date: Thu, 02 Mar 2000 00:00:26 -0500
I recently installed RH 6.1. I have a Lexmark Z51 printer and
download a third-party driver.
I am still having trouble getting the printer to work. Does anyone have
one set up? Thanks.
Jay Greenbaum
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