Linux-Hardware Digest #492, Volume #12 Thu, 16 Mar 00 15:13:13 EST
Contents:
how to disable hlt-instruction (Hans Arremann)
Linux 2.2.x fails on Super P6DNF systems? ("Paul D. Smith")
Re: ABIT BP6 [was: Re: SMP / Adaptec 2940 problems] (John Schamus)
Re: Linux sucks (SAM)
Re: Linux sucks (Paul D. Smith)
Re: Linux sucks (JEDIDIAH)
What about internal modems? ("Manfred Constapel")
Oki 4w+ (Lars Olsson)
Re: Red Hat with Athlon??? (Codifex Maximus)
Re: 3-button serial mouse (Jonathan Buzzard)
Re: What about internal modems? (Codifex Maximus)
Re: Newbie Installation advice (Codifex Maximus)
Re: Newbie Installation advice (TS Stahl)
SB128PCI with Es1373? (Eric Wick)
Re: Newbie Installation advice (JEDIDIAH)
Re: Sound Card under Corel Linux (Codifex Maximus)
AMR linux compatability ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: cdrecord -scanbus (Douglas E. Mitton)
Re: RedHat 6.1 on Compaq Armada E500 Notebook (Codifex Maximus)
Mylex AcceleRaid 250 (DAC960) (Matheus Cunha Torres)
Advansys ABP3925 SCSI card OK with Linux ? (Sean Akers)
Re: Problems with Adaptec 1542b SCSI & Sony SDT-5000 DDS2 DAT (Sean Akers)
Re: Problems with Adaptec 1542b SCSI & Sony SDT-5000 DDS2 DAT (Sean Akers)
Re: UDMA66 & OpenLinux (Michael Kelly)
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Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2000 19:10:52 +0100
From: Hans Arremann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: how to disable hlt-instruction
hi,
I would like to install redhat 6.1 on a PS/2 9595, but boot
fails on checking "hlt" instruction ...
rdev is not applicable, altering the kernel-C-code is a
little bit complicated, is there another way .. ?
thanks
hans
--
I am not a Nazi or a Communist or a Sozialist,
I am only a poor old man and use linux.
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From: "Paul D. Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Linux 2.2.x fails on Super P6DNF systems?
Date: 16 Mar 2000 13:23:31 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Does anyone have this configuration working? I'm seeing the damnedest
problems, and they seem to be kernel-related. I can't find anything
relevant about this motherboard in the Hardware-HOWTO or through Deja
searches. Sorry for the length; I wanted to include all the details.
Summary:
Works great if I boot the system with 2.0.34. Fails miserably with
obscure errors if I boot with 2.2.14. Otherwise the system is
identical.
I have a Super P6DNF (dual PPro motherboard) system. I "inherited" it
so I don't have all the docs. The system has 192M RAM, a 4G HD on IDE1
master and an ATAPI CDROM on IDE1 slave. Nothing on IDE2. And a
floppy, of course. The system also has a DAC960 RAID controller. It's
got some kind of ATI video card, I think, but I can't tell. I'm not
using X anyway. It also has an Intel E-Express PRO 100/TX PCI ethernet
card.
I first tried to install RH 6.0 (comes with kernel 2.2.4). That
kinda-sorta worked; it installed but various programs failed to run with
core dumps, etc. I used rpm -V and saw that a number of files had
checksum errors (like libc.so and cpp!) When I tried to run with the
SMP version of this kernel it was _way_ flakey; I ran with the
single-CPU version and it was better (but still broken files).
After screwing with that for a while I gave up and tried to install RH
6.1. I'm not sure what kernel it uses, but certainly more recent than
2.2.4. This didn't even come close to working; the install CD boots,
sets up the ramdisk, finds my CDROM then give strange errors trying to
start python to do the rest of the installation:
python: error in loading shared libraries: /lib/libc.so.6: undefined symbol:
xdr5_u_short, version GLIBC_2.0
So, I got out my old Debian 2.0 (Linux 2.0.34 kernel) CDs. That
installed just fine, and ran great. I upgraded it to Debian 2.1 by
downloading apt, then running "apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade".
That also worked great.
Then I downloaded Linux 2.2.14 from ftp.us.kernel.org and built and
installed that. When I tried to boot that it comes up until it tries to
start rcS, then bash fails! It dumps on seemingly every invocation with
various weird errors, like:
*ap++ == 0x55
or:
malloc: block on free list clobbered
or:
free: called wtih unallocated block argument
After each one it recommends I report this to the bash maintainers.
Since bash is the root shell, none of the rc scripts work and the system
just muddles along until it finally gives up. On rebooting into 2.2.14,
even fsck fails to run correctly and reports lots of unfixable errors in
/usr.
If I reboot with the 2.0.34 kernel again, it fsck's the disk and works
beautifully again.
So, I updated to Debian potato (2.2 frozen) to make sure I had all the
right packages for the 2.2 kernel. I rebuilt the kernel without any
support for the DAC controller and without SMP support: nothing but very
basic stuff. I re-installed (make zlilo), removed the old DAC960 module
stuff, re-ran update-modules and depmod -a 2.2.14, but it still does
exactly the same thing.
Works great if I boot the system with 2.0.34. Fails miserably with
obscure errors if I boot with 2.2.14. Otherwise the system is
identical.
Anyone have any thoughts or hints as to what to do next?
Should I try a 2.3.x kernel? What's a reasonably stable version?
PS. I'm compiling the 2.2.x with GCC 2.95.2. I haven't recompiled
2.0.34; this is the stock kernel that comes with Debian 2.0.
PPS. Another data point: a coworker had FreeBSD working on this system
just fine previously... ouch! ;)
--
===============================================================================
Paul D. Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Network Management Development
"Please remain calm...I may be mad, but I am a professional." --Mad Scientist
===============================================================================
These are my opinions---Nortel Networks takes no responsibility for them.
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From: John Schamus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: ABIT BP6 [was: Re: SMP / Adaptec 2940 problems]
Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2000 18:38:11 GMT
Default wrote:
>
> Could be reading the manual which clearly describes limitiations and
> sharing involving the PCI slots on the BP6.
>
> Mark
>
That's definately a clue. Do not put a SCSI card in Slot 3 since it
shares an IRQ with the HPT366. Actually my biggest wish for this board
is to be able to turn off the damn HPT366!!
> LhD Administrator wrote:
> >
> > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> > Dimitri Papadopoulos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > I strongly discourage the use of BP6 motherboards for "heavy" use
> > > like using Adaptec SCSI hosts.
> >
> > Woah!
> >
> > The Abit BP6 gets a 5.0 in LhD right now, and everyone seems to love
> > this board. It would be great if you could provide your perspective as
> > a rating, maybe with that message along:
> >
> > http://www.linhardware.com/db/dispproduct.cgi?DISP?534
> >
> > Could it be your power supply? Cards? CPU?
> >
> > --
> > LhD Administrator
> > Linux Hardware Database
> > http://www.linhardware.com
> >
> > Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> > Before you buy.
--
|
| Jay Schamus
| [EMAIL PROTECTED]
|
| "Meanwhile to the northwest, storm clouds gather over the new
| Barad-Dur. The Dark Lord stirs..."
|
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From: SAM <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.portable
Subject: Re: Linux sucks
Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2000 19:38:18 +0100
On 16 Mar 2000, Jim Cochrane wrote:
<---znippp--->
> Then I think they need to work more on the quality of the documentation.
> I think non-experts often struggle because information they need to
> accomplish a task is dispersed among several different documents, and the
> available documentation is often not thorough enough for someone who is not
> very familiar with the issues involved in the task he is trying to
> accomplish. Also, quality documentation should be included with the
> distribution, so that the user does not need to buy a book.
>
> --
> Jim Cochrane
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
hmm, ... YES! ---> so Microsoft sucks BIG!!! they should change their
name to MICROSUCKS.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Paul D. Smith)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.portable
Subject: Re: Linux sucks
Date: 16 Mar 2000 13:45:46 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
%% [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jim Cochrane) writes:
jc> The distro. vendors and some of the key Linux folks ought to get
jc> together and plan and implement a project to produce some good,
jc> thorough documentation for Linux.
You mean like the Linux Documentation Project?
http://www.linuxdoc.org/
Like the _Installation and Getting Started Guide_?
http://www.linuxdoc.org/docs.html#guide
> This book is for personal computer users who want to install and
> use Linux. The book assumes that you have basic knowledge about
> personal computers and operating systems like MS-DOS, but no
> previous knowledge of Linux or UNIX.
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===============================================================================
Paul D. Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Network Management Development
"Please remain calm...I may be mad, but I am a professional." --Mad Scientist
===============================================================================
These are my opinions---Nortel Networks takes no responsibility for them.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (JEDIDIAH)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.portable
Subject: Re: Linux sucks
Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2000 19:01:56 GMT
On 16 Mar 2000 10:47:50 -0700, Jim Cochrane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
>JEDIDIAH <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>On 16 Mar 2000 10:13:40 -0700, Jim Cochrane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>>In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
>>>Simon White <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>>>> ...
>>
>>>
>>>The distro. vendors and some of the key Linux folks ought to get together
>>>and plan and implement a project to produce some good, thorough
>>
>> ...sounds suspiciously like the Linux documentation project,
>> and somewhat like the rows of books you can find at places
>> like Border's and Barne's and Noble's.
>
>Then I think they need to work more on the quality of the documentation.
>I think non-experts often struggle because information they need to
>accomplish a task is dispersed among several different documents, and the
>available documentation is often not thorough enough for someone who is not
>very familiar with the issues involved in the task he is trying to
>accomplish. Also, quality documentation should be included with the
>distribution, so that the user does not need to buy a book.
Why should we bother? If they wanted to do something non-trivial
under Windows they would have to be familiar with the EXACT same
concepts. This just isn't a 'Linux thing'.
IP is IP and IRQs are IRQs, regardless of the OS.
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From: "Manfred Constapel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: What about internal modems?
Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2000 20:16:00 +0100
Hi hello...
i've got a problem with my internal modem working under linux!
it's a pnp-isa-card (ea 3e8 and irq 5).
What I've to do to make it work under linux?
--
--*.. kEEP It SiMPlE ANd StUPid --*..
Manfred Constapel, Germany
Handy: 01 77 6 84 23 03
Home: http://www.whoopsie.de
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From: Lars Olsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Oki 4w+
Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2000 20:06:45 +0100
Has anyone got the Oki 4w+ to
work properly in Linux? Please let me know
/Lars
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From: Codifex Maximus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Red Hat with Athlon???
Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2000 13:29:06 -0600
"Justin A. Nave" wrote:
>
> Can you run Red Hat Linux on the latest Athlon based motherboards? Has
> anyone
> actually done this? Please e-mail me ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) if you have
> any
> information. Thanks.
>
> What I know:
>
> The Red Hat page lists all Athlon motherboards on their "not Red Hat
> compatible"
> list. But, Gateway claims that I could use Linux with Athlon.
> Basically, I'm trying
> to find someone who has done this before I buy. Any help would be
> appreciated.
>
> Justin Nave
I've got RedHat 6.1 loaded and running fine on an Athlon 500, FIC11
Motherboard, 128MB RAM, etc... No problems here...
Codifex Maximus
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jonathan Buzzard)
Crossposted-To: uk.comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: 3-button serial mouse
Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2000 23:14:26 +0000
In article <llqoa8.sd1.ln@localhost>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Stuart R. Fuller) writes:
> Jonathan Buzzard ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
>: In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
>: Simon Brooke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>:
>: [SNIP]
>: >
>: > The mice themselves were solidly made, comfortable in the hand, had
>: > nice, big buttons, and just worked - I didn't get interested in mouse
>: > quality until I moved onto things like Suns and PCs with inferior
>: > mice. But a good optical mouse beats a good mechanical mouse any day.
>:
>: I can't avoid butting in here. You have obviously *never* used a mouse
>: that uses the Honeywell motion sensing mechanism. To anyone who has
>: they are simply the best way of sensing the motion of a mouse and it's
>: mechanical. They don't need a mouse mat and never need cleaning. One day
>: when the patent runs out all mice will be made like this.
>:
>: Basically they method is to use two axially inclined disks. These are
>: sealed so no dirt can get inside. The only maintanence is to occasionaly
>: scrape the muck of the glide pads and disks (refered to as feet).
>
> Hmm, sounds exactly like the mouse on my VAXstation. It's a round mouse with
> the 2 disks as you've indicated. The bottom says "US Patent Pending 1985".
> Too bad the PC industry didn't use a standard mouse, else I could use it on my
> Intel Linux box.
>
Funny my experience of them comes from a DEC Personal Workstation 5000/25,
with the same round shape. You have saved me the trouble of looking the
patent up on the IBM web site though. Another five years and we can
expect to see the motion sensing method being used in all mice.
JAB.
--
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Northumberland, United Kingdom. Tel: +44(0)1661-832195
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From: Codifex Maximus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: What about internal modems?
Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2000 13:35:06 -0600
Manfred Constapel wrote:
>
> Hi hello...
>
> i've got a problem with my internal modem working under linux!
> it's a pnp-isa-card (ea 3e8 and irq 5).
> What I've to do to make it work under linux?
>
> --
> --*.. kEEP It SiMPlE ANd StUPid --*..
>
> Manfred Constapel, Germany
> Handy: 01 77 6 84 23 03
> Home: http://www.whoopsie.de
As long as it's not a Winmodem or an HSP modem then:
Save your /etc/isapnp.conf file to /etc/isapnp.conf.bkup
run: pnpdump > /etc/isapnp.conf
edit the file to put in the proper resource assignments for all your PnP
hardware
run: isapnp /etc/isapnp.conf
Your modem should now be recognized by the system.
Now, you need to check and/or set the setserial settings.
setserial /dev/cua?? -or- use: setserial --help or info setserial for
help.
Test the modem with minicom - make sure it dials out.
Setup the ppp parameters with linuxconf.
Test the connection using linuxconf or: ifup ppp0 or your tool of
choice.
After all that, if: ifconfig shows you connected and you can ping the
net... you're set.
Oh, you may want to put those setserial settings in your init scripts...
I put mine in /etc/rc.d/rc.local
Codifex Maximus
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From: Codifex Maximus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Re: Newbie Installation advice
Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2000 13:36:27 -0600
ChrisE wrote:
>
> I need to install linux on a 486 with 4 Mb Ram. Can anyone advise on which
> distribution I should use, obviously Redhat and Mandrake are out of the
> picture because of the need for 32Mb. I only need a minimal install - No X
> etc.
>
> Thanks in Advance
>
> Chris
Slakware is a prime choice for this type of system. Actually, any Linux
distro would be ok as long as you don't need X.
Codifex Maximus
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From: TS Stahl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Re: Newbie Installation advice
Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2000 19:40:52 GMT
Tiny linux is another option. The whole thing is on two floppies.
ChrisE wrote:
> I need to install linux on a 486 with 4 Mb Ram. Can anyone advise on which
> distribution I should use, obviously Redhat and Mandrake are out of the
> picture because of the need for 32Mb. I only need a minimal install - No X
> etc.
>
> Thanks in Advance
>
> Chris
--
TS Stahl
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From: Eric Wick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: SB128PCI with Es1373?
Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2000 20:46:24 +0100
Hello,
what about this? Got a SB128PCI with a ES1373 Chip. What driver to use
with Kernel 2.2.14 for it?
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http://www.hanse-net.de/eric.wick (german-language only)
Und tschuess und wech sagt Eric
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (JEDIDIAH)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Re: Newbie Installation advice
Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2000 19:46:32 GMT
On Thu, 16 Mar 2000 13:36:27 -0600, Codifex Maximus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>ChrisE wrote:
>>
>> I need to install linux on a 486 with 4 Mb Ram. Can anyone advise on which
>> distribution I should use, obviously Redhat and Mandrake are out of the
>> picture because of the need for 32Mb. I only need a minimal install - No X
>> etc.
>>
>> Thanks in Advance
>>
>> Chris
>
>Slakware is a prime choice for this type of system. Actually, any Linux
>distro would be ok as long as you don't need X.
Some distros won't install with only 4M. Redhat is one.
Plus the 'core' OS install in Redhat is a bit larger
than Slackware's.
[deletia]
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From: Codifex Maximus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Sound Card under Corel Linux
Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2000 13:47:51 -0600
Hamada wrote:
>
> Hello every one!
> I have installed Corel Linux yesterday... I have a Major problem!
>
> It failed to detect my Sound card! (it is a creative SB16)
> Win Linux 2000 detected it before! so what is wrong??
>
Your sound card probably just needs it's module loaded. Check the
/lib/modules/VersionOfLinuxKernel directory where VersionOfLinuxKernel
is like 2.2.10 or something like that. There should be a subdirectory
for various kinds of modules (drivers). I'm not a Corel user but if the
manufacturer saw fit to precompile these modules for you, you are in
luck. Just do a: modprobe modulename and you are in business. You may
need to put a line in your /etc/conf.modules (or whatever Corel calls
it) to automatically load the module on boot.
If your manufacturer didn't see fit to provide the module, then you will
need to compile one either as a module or as a part of the monolithic
kernel.
Check to see if the module is available, if it isn't then get back with
us.
> How can i manually add this hardware? there is even no option
> for it!!!!! :(
>
> Any help would be greately appreciated!! Thank u in advance!
>
> Urs.
> Mohamed
>
> PS is all Linux software compatible?? on the web site of real
> player G2, in the OS category, they only list RedHat Linux..
> does this mean it will not work under Corel Linux?? why?? aren't
> they all Linux??
>
Usually, all Linux software is compatible though certain programs
compiled on a different C lib version may not work. Most software can
be recompiled right on your machine with very little work.
To compile:
tar -zxvf tarball.tar.gz in the directory you wish it to go... i.e.:
/usr/local/src for me.
read the README and the INSTALL files.
./configure or xmkmf -a
make
make install
> PPS what does i386 mean???
>
i386 means that you are using hardware compatible with Intel 386.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: AMR linux compatability
Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2000 19:38:39 GMT
Does any one know about AMR's and linux
compatability? If compatable, which chipsets or
mobos
thanks chris
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Douglas E. Mitton)
Subject: Re: cdrecord -scanbus
Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2000 19:50:22 GMT
What distribution are you using? You may not have to recompile the
kernel at all! On Mandrake 6.1 and 7 the modules are already in place
for the ide-scsi emulation, you just have to implement them.
I'm doing this from memory but if you look in:
/var/lib/<kernel-version>/misc and see scsi-ide.o then you are all
set.
Be warned, compiling a new kernel is NOT for the faint of heart,
especially if you don't have an emergency boot disk, /etc/lilo.conf
configured to to allow old/new kernel selection on boot and an
understanding of how LILO works. If you understand this stuff then
just keep compiling kernels, implement them and see if they do what
you want. Its the only way to learn BUT you have to be able to undo
what you've done so that you can get your system back to booting.
Good luck!
On Thu, 16 Mar 2000 08:25:20 -0700, "Hugh Fairfield"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>it is an ide. What would the steps I would follow to recompile the kernel to
>allow for scsi emulation and what would be the best way to test for this?
>thanks for the help,
>
>--
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>"Steve Martin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
>news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>> > in an attempt to run a cdwriter, I am trying to detect my cdwriter I
>type in
>> > cdrecord -scanbus and I get a target not found error.
>> > Where should I start on this?
>>
>> I'm using cdrecord here successfully. You don't mention, but is your
>> drive a SCSI or an IDE? If it's IDE, do you have SCSI emulation
>> compiled into your kernel? If it's SCSI, perhaps there is a termination
>> error. SCSI is quite critical about improper terminations.
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From: Codifex Maximus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: RedHat 6.1 on Compaq Armada E500 Notebook
Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2000 13:50:25 -0600
Bernd Nies wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> Did someone have success to get RedHat 6.1 working on a
> Compaq Armada E500 Notebook? I'm having problems with the
> graphics card (no suitable graphics mode) and network interface
> (Compaq Netelligent 10/100 PC card). Autonegotation failed. It
> uses 10 Mbps instead of 100 Mbps.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Regards,
> Bernd
> --
> _ _ ___ ___
> | || / __| _ \ Bernd Nies, System Engineer
> | __ \__ \ / HSR Hochschule, Oberseestr.10, CH-8640 Rapperswil
> |_||_|___/_|_\ +41-55-2224984, www.hsr.ch, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bernd,
I believe that there is a Linux on Laptops site... check it out.
You may just need to edit the /etc/X11/XF86Config file to tweak the
monitor settings.
As for the network card, there is probably a module command line param
that needs to be specified.
Codifex Maximus
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From: Matheus Cunha Torres <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.slackware,comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Mylex AcceleRaid 250 (DAC960)
Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2000 16:07:00 -0300
I've acquired a Mylex AcceleRaid 250 (DAC960), and I want Slackware 7
to recognize it during installation. The machine shows Mylex address and
irq, so it's correcty installed. But the CD default installation kernel
does not
have a driver for it, neither the bootdisks from the distribution...
Does anyone have an idea of how putting it to work with Slackware
(2.2.13)?
Please, reply with a cc to my mail box ([EMAIL PROTECTED]).
Thanks in advance...
---
Matheus.
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From: Sean Akers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Advansys ABP3925 SCSI card OK with Linux ?
Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2000 20:08:43 -0000
Has anyone any experience of the Advansys ABP3925 SCSI card with Linux ?
Due to problems with my Adaptec 1542b and my tape drive (the subject of
another thread), I am looking for alternative. This card is fairly cheap
and is good enough on paper for my uses in working a DAT drive and a CD-
RW.
Which driver is required to use this card ?
Any help or suggestions much appreciated. I'm very keen to get my tape
drive working properly.
Cheers,
Sean.
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From: Sean Akers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Problems with Adaptec 1542b SCSI & Sony SDT-5000 DDS2 DAT
Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2000 20:04:43 -0000
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
says...
> Sean Akers schrieb:
>
> > slowly. After the failure occurs I can no longer do anything with
> > /dev/st0 without removing the aha1542 module and reloading it as I get
> > "device not configured" errors.
>
> does it work when it is compiled not as module ?
>
> > Sent BUS RESET to scsi host 0
> > st0: Error with sense data: [valid=0] Info fld=0x0, Current st09:00:
> > sense key Not Ready
> at www.adaptec.com there are some installtion tips
> and a well done FAQ.
> one hint is to modify the bus timing in case of probs.
>
> > DMA Transfer Speed: 8.0
> does it work with 5.0 ????
>
> regards
> Heinz
>
Heinz
I've tried it compiled into the kernel (i.e. not module) with the same
results. I've also tried different combinations of i/o address, dma
channel, and interrupt. I've a feeling it's just a crap card.
Cheers,
Sean.
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From: Sean Akers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Problems with Adaptec 1542b SCSI & Sony SDT-5000 DDS2 DAT
Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2000 20:03:03 -0000
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] says...
> Unrot13 this;
> Reply to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> Gene Heskett sends Greetings to Sean Akers;
>
> I am beginning to think this card is trouble. I ran one for 6 months,
> no problem, then suddenly it decided to start locking the bus, and
> thence the whole machine, requireing a hard reset and reboot to fix.
>
> I gave up, and threw some more money at it, getting an Advansys card
> which seems to be a lot more intelligent, and hasn't crashed me since.
>
Gene,
Which Advansys card did you get ? I am thinking of getting the ABP3925
which is fairly cheap. I only want it for the tape drive, and possibly a
CD-RW at a later date.
Cheers,
Sean.
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From: Michael Kelly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: UDMA66 & OpenLinux
Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2000 14:56:26 -0500
>Yes, it does make sense. You cannot do so with NT because your options
>with NT are limited, but with Linux there are actually a few tricks you
>may wish to try.
The trouble is you cannot control when it probes the hardware.
I'd have to have a modern Linux system already running to get
away from these install programs that don't let you quit to the
shell and write and debug my own scripts.
The Promise boot disk seems to register something but again
it locks you into an install process, when I just want to boot a
kernel and access the disk. Handy for NT bailout disks etc..
If it works dependably, then I may install Linux later.
Has anyone actually done this
ide2= bit and then loaded the drive with fdisk without
a device driver?
Doesn't do diddly on my system.
Mike
--
"A man's only as old as the woman he feels."
-- Groucho Marx
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