Linux-Hardware Digest #513, Volume #12 Mon, 20 Mar 00 08:13:05 EST
Contents:
Re: SiS6326 & XFree864.0? ("Bob Murray")
Re: Kernel Panic ??? (Chris)
Re: Repost: Audio CD won't play under RH 6.1 (now Mandrake 7.0) ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Mouse ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Repost: Audio CD won't play under RH 6.1 (now Mandrake 7.0) (grassman)
Re: x86 multiport serial board recommendations? (Juergen Averbeck)
Re: KPPP or MODEM (Christian Bohn)
Re: Floppy and CD-ROM Drive problem ("Peter T. Breuer")
Re: PIII vs PIII E - which is faster? ("Sebastian Kaliszewski")
Filesystem crashes. Hardware problem? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: x86 multiport serial board recommendations? (Albert Ulmer)
Re: HP 8xxx Series Pavillion (Steve Gage)
Re: Any Linux support for Hauppauge WinTV? (Phil Whiles)
Re: KPPP or MODEM (Phil Whiles)
Re: Any Linux Flavors Work With MS Intellimouse Explorer ? (Kirill Karmakulov)
Viper II device driver. ("Sharon Galtzur")
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From: "Bob Murray" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: SiS6326 & XFree864.0?
Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2000 07:14:28 GMT
Hi, Eric---I've got an SiS3626 4M in one of my boxes and just about went
crazy getting it to work.
I spent countless hours reconfiguring it and was especially frustrated
because it is one of the
"supported" chips. Finally found some info on it telling me how to manually
edit the XF86Config file.
# Device configured by xf86config:
Section "Device"
Identifier "kidvid"
VendorName "SiS"
BoardName "6326"
# VideoRam 4096
Option "no_linear"
Option "sw_cursor"
Option "fast_vram"
dacspeed 90 #Insert clocks line here if appropriate
I left out some options which didn't apply in my case. If you're
interested in more info, contact me.
You may have a slightly different board than mine, Eric, but give those
values a try.
Good Luck--- Bob "NetNut" Murray
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
"Davis Eric" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:8b3956$tog$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Hi, there,
>
> Just want to tell you my recent experience with this hopeless card. I
> have tried XFree86 3.3.3, XFree86 3.3.6 and this XFree86 4.0.
>
> I let the tar balls of XFree86 4.0 to overwrite my old XF86 3.3.6
> because I have made back up of it. So, I began my painful ordeal.
>
> It turned out that the introduced tool called XFree86 -configure did
> not work well with my on-board SiS6326 card. It gave me a blank screen
> with
> some meshed background. It was just like the background when GNOME in
> RH 6.0 starts. I guess that it was part of a whole Xwindow.
>
> So, I turned to the old RH6.0 setup. I used "X configuration" in the
> setup. But it turned out that it could not test X-window. It told me
> that "there is a
> problem with your Xwindow...". So, I have to change again.
>
> Finally, I used xf86config. It gave me the Xwindow with the new Xserver
> using 8 bpp. But I can not start Xwindow with 16 bpp, not to mention 24
> bpp.
>
> With 8 bpp, there were still some problems. I could not find the
> pointer of my Logitech Serial mouse. It is Microsoft compatiable.
> Although there was no
> pointer for the mouse, I could switch from one xterm to another by
> moving my mouse. So, it was kind of a game in which I had to guess where
> was my
> mouse actually pointed to.
>
> Also, there seemed that it still had the same glitches as the previous
> x server to SiS6326, such as the shades on the items after the
> highlight moved away.
>
> So, I don't know what is going wrong. Especially for my mouse. It was
> said that XFree86 4.0 supports SiS6326 better than ever. But...
>
> BTW, my hardwares worked just well in XFree86 3.3.6 except the slow
> refresh rate in 24 bpp.
>
> If there are anyone else who has done some work with XFree86 4.0 on
> SiS6326, could you share your experience?
>
> Davis,
>
> --
> I do not feel shameful if I was and am an idiot; I
> will feel shameful if I haven't realized it.
> --Myself
>
>
> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> Before you buy.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Chris)
Subject: Re: Kernel Panic ???
Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2000 07:09:41 GMT
On Sat, 18 Mar 2000 08:54:19 -0500, mike <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in
comp.os.linux.hardware:
> I have just created a boot disk for my 486 Zeos SCSI system
>with 16 megs of memory by two different methods and
>both give me the same error which is kernel panic. What is kernel
>panic and how to I solve the problem.
Kernel Panic means that the error is so severe that the OS can't continue
to run. On a bootdisk it would typically mean that you haven't included a
device driver for an essential part of the system. For example the boot
device must be linked into the kernel since modules are not available
until later in the boot process.
> One method is mkbootdisk and the other is to copy the kernel
>to the floppy and then do rdev /dev/fd0 /dev/sda1
It is possible to install a system and then compile a custom kernel that
doesn't include the original installation media. Maybe your kernel
doesn't have floppy support since you boot directly off the SCSI bus?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Repost: Audio CD won't play under RH 6.1 (now Mandrake 7.0)
Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2000 08:00:57 GMT
In article <Pine.LNX.4.10.10003191738360.23703-
[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Gerald Willmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Sun, 19 Mar 2000, Robert Dwiggins II wrote:
>
> > Any hints anyone would have on getting the audio CD players working
would be
> > appreciated.
>
> try different players
I have tried kcd, gnome cd, and the terminal cd players to no avail.
> make sure /dev/cdrom points at /dev/...
/dev/cdrom points at /dev/ ? Huh, well, ummm, all that my cd rom
points to is the mount point, which for me is /dev/hdc => /mnt/cdrom.
Is it supposed to point to something else in /dev/ ? Please, enlighten
me.
> test as root to see if permission problem
While trying to get everything running just right, that is all I log on
under right now. I know, I know, I know, BAD, BAD, BAD, BAD, BAD. Slap
wrist, yada, yada, yada.
> listen by plugging headset into drive
Haven't tried that yet.
>
> Gerald
> --
>
Thanks for the tips, Gerald. Will try the one of plugging the headset
in. If you could let me know about the /dev/ stuff I would really
appreciate it. That could very well be the problem.
Thomas
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Before you buy.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Mouse
Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2000 08:18:43 GMT
How can I setup the mouse which uses PS/2 port in redhat 6.0?
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Before you buy.
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From: grassman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Repost: Audio CD won't play under RH 6.1 (now Mandrake 7.0)
Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2000 08:30:04 GMT
Hey Boys,
I've been into the linux scene for a few months now and interestingly
enough, I hear of this problem quite frequently with the Red Hat 6.1
distribution. But closer to home, it has happened to me --on every
installation I perform --with any possible (and legitimate) hardware
configuration.
I have come across a simple way to remedy the problem. Forgive me if the
answer seems absurdly simple, but I often find that the most difficult
questions have the most obvious answers.
When working from the X desktop, whatever desktop environment, open a
terminal emulator like gnome terminal, xterm, etc.
log in as the superuser, and from the command prompt type:
/usr/sbin/setup
Or if you're not afraid of the big black screen, it's easier on your
computer to just hit CTL+ALT+F2, login as root from the new virtual
console, and use the same command.
If memory serves me correctly, this is the command which directs you to a
setup program for hardware configuration and the specification of device
drivers for any hardware upgrades. --note that this setup runs completely
independent of the installation process. I'ts not the same.
You'll see a colored screen appear as soon as you hit the carriage return
following the command that I just listed. You'll find a dialog box on the
center of the screen with a list of options. You are interested
specifically in the sound card configuration option. (ex- If you'd like
to change up your display properties, go to the x-configuration option
from the same dialog box. I's a really user friendly tool for newbies.)
Now you'll get the chance from within the soundcard configuration to
specify your soundcard type by custom parameter definition or by
autodetection following your choosing the soundcard from a predefined list
(the default) --you only enter custom setup for soundcards if there is an
error on autodetection. Good news though-- it's interactive
autodetection. So if it sounds funny when it plays back the wave sample
and the midi sample, just say you didn't here it. And of course if you
didn't hear it at all, you'd want to reflect that also in the post
playback poll, "Did you hear the sample?" -YES? -NO?
If for some reason this isn't working for you, try these awesome little
options from the command prompt to get more help:
setup --help
setup -h
man -setup **--|__or possibly:__|--** man setup
It is my experience that re-configuring my soundcard and video card after
installation proves most beneficial in CDROM and VGA DISPLAY trouble
shooting. AND it's reliably effective. I also was dealing with a
Soundblaster, i.e.- Creative Labs, Soundblaster16. I have never had to go
through more than the autodetection process. I hope you don't have to
either.
As another tech support/ self-education resource, try:
http://www.linuxhelp.net/
It's the most informative, straightforward, helpful, and specific help
available for linux on the wwweb, at least in my opinion. It's free.
It's great for newbies.
...Now, if I could only get some help with the drive detection problems I
get with the new pc I'm building... (AMD K62/500Mhz processor, VIA Apllo
MVP3 chipset, 1st Mainboard [VA 503+] AT motherboard, 128 Mgb PC100 SDRAM
@3.3v, Winpro brand memory card.)
Send comments/questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Thanks, and good luck.
--
Posted via CNET Help.com
http://www.help.com/
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From: Juergen Averbeck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.comp.linux.isp,alt.os.linux.dial-up,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: x86 multiport serial board recommendations?
Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2000 10:02:02 +0100
We use a CHASE RESEARCH PCI-FAST 8-Port.
Really easy installation and good (fast) support.
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From: Christian Bohn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: KPPP or MODEM
Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2000 10:37:49 +0100
Brad Bowers wrote:
> The error message is that PPPd died unexpectatly
> -This happens when the KPPP is waiting for CONNECT
Try: chmod +x /sbin/pppd
I'm sure this is not very clean, but it worked.
Christian
--
Christian Bohn, Dept. of Rendering Techniques and Application
Institute for Media Communication http://imk.gmd.de/reta/
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From: "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Floppy and CD-ROM Drive problem
Date: 20 Mar 2000 09:53:05 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
: The errors I get when I try mounting the floppy and CD drives are:
: mount: special device /dev/cdrom does not exist
: mount: fs type vfat not supported by Kernel
And what are the COMMANDs you used to elicitate these errors?
Note that a cd is not a fat system type.
Peter
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From: "Sebastian Kaliszewski" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.chips,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.systems
Subject: Re: PIII vs PIII E - which is faster?
Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2000 17:46:28 +0100
Geoff Dean wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>>
>> Anthony Hill
>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>the pentium III E is used in lab tops, and not intended to be used in a
>home system!
>
Completely not true. Don't spread misinformation!!!
>the best bet would be the p3 or the p3 coppermind (if you can find one
>in canada)
There is nothing called coppermind. Thare is name 'Coppermine' which is
simply code0name (Intel internal, not marketing name) of new 0.18micron
PIII's. 'E' indicates 'Coppermine' core in cases when also non Coppermine
part exits which is rated at the same speed.
Sebastian Kaliszewski
--
"Never underestimate the power of human stupidity" - from Notebooks of L.L.
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Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2000 12:12:12 +0100
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Filesystem crashes. Hardware problem?
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I'm running Linux on an Intel 486DX4 and after some time of use the
filesystem is seriously damaged, sometimes the machine even hangs
(...and I'm running Linux on a pentium machine for several years and had
never a problem like this).
I first thought it was a memory failure, but Memtest86 didn't report any
error with "normal" refresh rates. The problem occured with several
harddisks which all work o.k. in the other machine and several Linux
distributions and kernels...
What else could cause the problem?
The IDE-controller / setup??
dmesg | grep -i ide says
Uniform Multi-Platform E-IDE driver Revision: 6.20
ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14
and hdparm -i /dev/hda says
Model=Seagate Technology 1275MB - ST31276A, FwRev=1.35, SerialNo=FN9RHJV
Config={ HardSect NotMFM HdSw>15uSec Fixed DTR>10Mbs RotSpdTol>.5% }
RawCHS=2482/16/63, TrkSize=0, SectSize=0, ECCbytes=4
BuffType=0(?), BuffSize=0kB, MaxMultSect=16, MultSect=off
DblWordIO=no, maxPIO=1(medium), DMA=yes, maxDMA=2(fast)
CurCHS=620/64/63, CurSects=2502308, LBA=yes, LBAsects=2502308
tDMA={min:120,rec:120}, DMA modes: *mword0 mword1 mword2
IORDY=on/off, tPIO={min:383,w/IORDY:120}, PIO modes: mode3 mode4
Can anybody help me with my problem, or tell me what I should try next,
or which information is missing?
Thanks a lot!
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I'm running Linux on an Intel 486DX4 and after some time of use the filesystem
is seriously damaged, sometimes the machine even hangs (...and I'm running
Linux on a pentium machine for several years and had never a problem like
this).
<br>I first thought it was a memory failure, but Memtest86 didn't report
any error with "normal" refresh rates. The problem occured with several
harddisks which all work o.k. in the other machine and several Linux distributions
and kernels...
<br>What else could cause the problem?
<br>The IDE-controller / setup??
<br><font face="Courier New,Courier">dmesg | grep -i ide</font>
says
<br><font face="Courier New,Courier">Uniform Multi-Platform E-IDE driver
Revision: 6.20</font>
<br><font face="Courier New,Courier">ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14</font>
<br>and <font face="Courier New,Courier">hdparm -i /dev/hda</font>
says
<br><font face="Courier New,Courier">Model=Seagate Technology 1275MB -
ST31276A, FwRev=1.35, SerialNo=FN9RHJV</font>
<br><font face="Courier New,Courier">Config={ HardSect NotMFM HdSw>15uSec
Fixed DTR>10Mbs RotSpdTol>.5% }</font>
<br><font face="Courier New,Courier">RawCHS=2482/16/63, TrkSize=0, SectSize=0,
ECCbytes=4</font>
<br><font face="Courier New,Courier">BuffType=0(?), BuffSize=0kB, MaxMultSect=16,
MultSect=off</font>
<br><font face="Courier New,Courier">DblWordIO=no, maxPIO=1(medium), DMA=yes,
maxDMA=2(fast)</font>
<br><font face="Courier New,Courier">CurCHS=620/64/63, CurSects=2502308,
LBA=yes, LBAsects=2502308</font>
<br><font face="Courier New,Courier">tDMA={min:120,rec:120}, DMA modes:
*mword0 mword1 mword2</font>
<br><font face="Courier New,Courier">IORDY=on/off, tPIO={min:383,w/IORDY:120},
PIO modes: mode3 mode4</font>
<br><font face="Times New Roman,Times">Can anybody help me with my problem,
or tell me what I should try next, or which information is missing?</font>
<br><font face="Times New Roman,Times">Thanks a lot!</font></html>
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From: Albert Ulmer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.comp.linux.isp,alt.os.linux.dial-up,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: x86 multiport serial board recommendations?
Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2000 12:37:32 +0100
Juergen Averbeck wrote:
>
> We use a CHASE RESEARCH PCI-FAST 8-Port.
> Really easy installation and good (fast) support.
I have had good experience with the cards from ByteRunner
(www.byterunner.com)
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From: Steve Gage <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: HP 8xxx Series Pavillion
Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2000 12:24:32 GMT
Fluri Dave wrote:
>
> Steve Gage wrote:
> > What model is your Pavilion... is it a new one? I have a Pavilion 8565C,
> > and had no problem installing RH 6.0 on it (haven't tried 6.1). But mine
> > (and I thought all the 8xxx series) has Riva Nvidia TNT video, which was
> > recognized during setup and works fine with X (I'm running X 4.0 right
> > now, but 3.3.5 worked just as well).
> >
> > Also, the ethernet card was recognized, and works fine using the realtek
> > driver. The funky Riptide winmodem/sound combo is not supported, of
> > course, and probably never will be. I put my old USR 56K modem in the
> > one ISA slot, and picked up an el-cheapo Creative Ensoniq AudioPCI for
> > $25, which is adequate for my needs. BTW, the 8565C is based on the VIA
> > chipset. I recompiled my kernel 2.2.14 to support it.
> >
> > I bought my Pavilion because I needed a computer immediately, and it was
> > the only one at Staples with 128M RAM and a big HD (20G). I had my
> > doubts, but it's really turned out to be a decent linux box.
> >
> > - Steve
>
> I agree completely, Steve. I've just purchased an Ensoniq
> Audio PCI card for my 8565 as well and will probably install
> it later this week. Say, thanks for the tip about turning
> off the Legacy USB support in the BIOS. It solved those
> keyboard problems straight away. Do you have any tips about
> installing the soundcard? ;-)
Ah yes, I should have mentioned that "Legacy USB Support" tip - thanks
for jumping in!
As far as the sound card goes, I just recompiled my kernel to support
Creative Ensoniq AudioPCI (1371) ... there is a similar entry for 1370,
but forget that. When I rebooted, I had sound. In other words,
plug'n'play worked!
If you don't like fiddling with kernels, just run /usr/sbin/sndconfig as
root - it auto-detected the card no problem, and will then put the
proper line into conf.modules to load the appropriate modules.
- Steve
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From: Phil Whiles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Any Linux support for Hauppauge WinTV?
Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2000 12:28:29 +0000
Pete Rossi wrote:
> Any Linux support for the Hauppauge WinTV cards?
>
> ---
>
> Pete Rossi - WA3NNA
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Yep - The kernel with RH 6.1 (2.2.12) comes with support for the bt878?
chipset that hauppauge use.
You will also need to d.l. xawtv and alevt (tv viewer and teletext
decoder).
Works a treat with my WinTV Go!
Phil Whiles
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From: Phil Whiles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: KPPP or MODEM
Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2000 12:34:01 +0000
Brad Bowers wrote:
> When i use kPPP to connect to my ISP, it quits with an error. I can't get it
> configured right...Is this because od the modem that it is giving me these
> errors(it dials the number and when it waits for the signal for the OK
> CONNECT itr terminates) or is it the kPPP...???
>
If you are using RH6.1, you will need to d.l. the rp3 upgrades from the RH
site.
I tried to use kppp with RH6.1, and gave up after similar errors (kppp dialed
OK, ISP responded, but ppp hung in authentication). I then tried rp3 (redhat
ppp, get it ?!). This died with sigsegv, but a quick trawl revealed this was a
known fault, and that the rp3 upgrades at RH, fixed the problem. I also d.l.
several other upgrades as well that seemd related.
Works a treat now !
Phil Whiles
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From: Kirill Karmakulov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Any Linux Flavors Work With MS Intellimouse Explorer ?
Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2000 14:58:45 +0200
Try this one:
http://www.inria.fr/koala/colas/mouse-wheel-scroll/
Kirill
Grasshopper wrote:
>
> Thanks!
>
> --
> Grasshopper
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From: "Sharon Galtzur" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Viper II device driver.
Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2000 14:43:13 +0200
Hello all,
Does anyone know if there is anyone writing a driver for the new Viper II or
what do I need to do to make it work with Linux RH 6 ??
It will only work in 640x480 no matter what i do
Please help
Thanks,
Sharon
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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