Linux-Hardware Digest #588, Volume #12 Fri, 31 Mar 00 23:13:05 EST
Contents:
Re: Compaq w/ Smart Array RAID problem (John Jensen)
Re: Corel or Turbo Linux? (Tobias Ranft)
Re: HP Colorado 8GB on SuSE ("David L. Little")
Re: Lexmark z11 (Bob Halloran)
Re: Lexmark z11 (Russell Perkins)
Re: HELP! SB 128 PCI won't work! (sandrews)
Netgear FA-410TX PCMCIA card problem (long) (Dances With Crows)
Re: winmodem confusion !! (D G)
Help! jazz driver partition problem. (Michael A. Howard)
Re: Trident Apollo MVP4 X Server, Does it exist on planet Earth?. (Rod Smith)
Re: Best choice (Rod Smith)
Re: Multi Processor Systems (jwhill2000)
Re: Looking for the "right" SMP Linux motherboard ... (aggressive hobbyist use)
(jwhill2000)
Re: winmodem confusion !! (Tony Curtis)
Re: Linux as a terminal (jwhill2000)
Re: Soundblaster Live problem ("John Niesz")
vgetty -- Creative Modem Blaster Flash56 DI5601 -- Rockwell? ("Joseph C. Kopec")
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From: John Jensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Compaq w/ Smart Array RAID problem
Date: 1 Apr 2000 00:16:41 GMT
Tried that ;-)
I got a note from someone at Compaq that set me straight. The computer
that 'just worked' had a different arraingement of cards than than the one
that didn't. I'd noted that, but put off mucking with hardware until
later. The recommendation was to put the raid card on the 'primary PCI
bus'. I moved it to the bottom slot in the box, and things started
working.
My next step is to tune my kernel for Oracle on a 1G 2CPU machine. Any
pointers would be appreciated.
Thanks,
John
Justin C. Le Grice <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
: Try rerunning SmartStart and use System Erase to start from scratch.
: Worked for me in the past although I was installing NT.
: John Jensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
: news:8c10nd$pre$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
: > I set up one new Compaq Proliant ML350 today, with the Smart Array 221
: > RAID controller, and it just flew through. I used the SmartStart CD to
: > switch RAID modes, and then used the Red Hat 6.1 standard installer.
: >
: > Things didn't go so well with the second system. After several tries Red
: > Hat still says "no valid devices were found on which to create new
: > filesystems. Please check your hardware..." This even with several
: > passes through SmartStart.
: >
: > Is it known that Compaqs can get in "states" like this and is there some
: > resolution, or does this sound like a hardware problem?
: >
: > I think I'll try the phone support in the morning, but I'm tempted just to
: > return this one as broken.
: >
: > John
: >
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From: Tobias Ranft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Corel or Turbo Linux?
Date: Sat, 01 Apr 2000 02:28:38 +0200
Toolman schrieb:
> Hi Folks!
>
> I want to try (for the 3rd time in a year) to remove windows from my
> vocabulary. Can anyone tell me which is the most user friendly to install
> Corel or Turbo Linux?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Dennis, WI
Hi Dennis!
I heared that corel-Linux is most friendly version for beginners. But the
Corel utilitys have to admin
your system for running perfect. So, if you choose Corel you loose some
selfsettingchances.
I don't know Turbo Linux. For this I can't make your choose.
Tobi, GER
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From: "David L. Little" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: HP Colorado 8GB on SuSE
Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2000 19:06:28 -0600
I have had and am currently having the same problem with the same drive
using Redhat 6.1. Quite frustrating.
john green wrote:
> Hello all
>
> I'm having some problems with an HP Colorado 8GB tape
> streamer. I can create and read archives with tar, but
> I can't append. Has anyone had similar problems?
>
> -j
> --
> J.J.Green, Dept. Applied Math. University of Sheffield, UK
> http://www.arbs.demon.co.uk
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From: Bob Halloran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Lexmark z11
Date: Sat, 01 Apr 2000 01:33:56 GMT
NORMAND Olivier wrote:
> I have a printer Lexmark z11. Can i use Linux to print ?
All the Lexmark inkjet printers are Winprinters. You're out of luck...
Bob Halloran
Jacksonville FL US
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From: Russell Perkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Lexmark z11
Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2000 17:48:37 -0800
NORMAND Olivier wrote:
>
> I have a printer Lexmark z11. Can i use Linux to print ?
A search on freshmeat yields:
http://www.powerup.com.au/~pbwest/lexmark/lexmark.html
Might be worth checking into....
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Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2000 20:51:51 -0500
From: sandrews <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: HELP! SB 128 PCI won't work!
Jean-Sebastien Morisset wrote:
>
> I've tried searching Deja News, using the ALSA drivers, etc. The best I
> can do is get the modules to load. If I play something, no sound comes
> out. :-(
>
> Using Linux 2.2.12's es1370 I get "device busy", and using es1371, apps
> freeze when playing sounds. I then tried ALSA's driver; Apps (like xmms)
> seem to be playing, but nothing comes out (I didn't forget to unmute).
> I've tried different settings in /etc/conf.modules, but nothing helps.
> My current settings give me an error opening /dev/audio. :-(
>
> Here's my /etc/conf.modules:
>
> alias eth0 3c59x
> alias sound snd-card-ens1371
>
> And lsmod's output:
>
> Module Size Used by
> 3c59x 19112 1 (autoclean)
> snd-card-ens1371 1804 0 (unused)
> snd-ens1371 9292 0 [snd-card-ens1371]
> snd-pcm 30328 0 [snd-ens1371]
> snd-timer 8800 0 [snd-pcm]
> snd-ac97-codec 23104 0 [snd-ens1371]
> snd-mixer 27632 0 [snd-ens1371 snd-ac97-codec]
> snd-rawmidi 9624 0 [snd-ens1371]
> snd-seq-device 3272 0 [snd-rawmidi]
> snd 37036 1 [snd-card-ens1371 snd-ens1371 snd-pcm
> snd-timer snd-ac97-codec snd-mixer snd-rawmidi snd-seq-device]
> soundcore 2372 2 [snd]
>
> What am I missing? Should I enter additional options in
> /etc/conf.modules?
>
> BTW, the sound card is in the lowest PCI slot. And the BIOS has it set
> for IRQ 11.
>
> Any suggestions would be *really* appreciated. :-)
>
Same problem here, the fix is open sound drivers, cosr $30.00. The
later cards use a es1373 chip which unfortunally works as you have
found.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Subject: Netgear FA-410TX PCMCIA card problem (long)
Date: 31 Mar 2000 21:24:07 EST
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
(I *knew* this was going to happen after I reccommended the card to
someone else...!)
Anyway, I now have a used IBM Thinkpad 380D and a Netgear 410TX PCMCIA
10/100 Ethernet adapter. I can't get the thing to work properly under
Linux despite RTFMing and doing almost everything I can think of. Here
are the relevant pieces (I think.) Though I know a few things about Linux
on the desktop, this is my first laptop install/config, and I'm lost.
Software: RedHat 6.2, kernel 2.2.14-05
PCMCIA: pcmcia-cs 3.1.8 (included with RH's kernel source)
Upon starting the pcmcia services (from /etc/rc.d/rc.5/S09pcmcia ->
../init.d/pcmcia) the following get reported:
Cirrus PD6729 PCI-to-PCMCIA at bus 0 slot 19, port 0x3e0, 2 sockets
host opts[0]: [ring] [1/6/16][1/20/16]
host opts[1]: [ring] [1/6/16][1/20/16]
ISA IRQs (default) = 3,9,10 polling interval=1000ms
cs: 0x1000-0x17ff: clean
cs: 0x0100-0x04ff: clean
cs: 0x0a00-0x0aff: clean
cs: memory probe 0x0d0000 0x0dffff: clean
When I try "cardctl insert" or something similar, I get two
high-pitched beeps and this:
eth0: NE2000 compatible: io 0x300, irq 3, hw_addr 00:E0:98:77:B4:E1
Modules "8390" and "pcnet_cs" are loaded as well.
When I hook the PC-card to my desktop, using a crossover cable,
"ifconfig eth0 192.168.1.2 broadcast 192.168.1.255 netmask 255.255.255.0
up" on the laptop, it's impossible to ping the desktop. (The desktop is
set to 192.168.1.1 here, with broadcast/netmask set same as above, of
course.) The error message received is this:
eth0: found link beat
eth0: lost link beat
eth0: Tx timed out, cable problem? TSR=0x42, ISR=0x0, t=606
eth0: trigger_send called with the transmitter busy
The values for TSR, ISR, and t fluctuate. All this time, the link lights
on both the PC-card dongle and the desktop's 3c590 are steady.
If I plug the card into our house's hub, then "ifconfig eth0
XXX.YYY.111.37 broadcast XXX.YYY.111.39 netmask 255.255.255.248 up", the
try to ping the router or the local net, nothing doing. The link and 100M
lights flash on and off in a steady rhythm. (yes, it's a 10/100 smart
hub, but most of us have 10bT NICs...) Error messages are the same as
before.
/etc/pcmcia/config.opts contains the following:
include port 0x100-0x4ff, port 0x1000-0x17ff
include memory 0xc0000-0xfffff
include memory 0xa0000000-0xa0ffffff, memory 0x60000000-0x60ffffff
# extra port for IBM token ring
include port 0xa00-0xaff
# IBM Thinkpad 380D exclusion as per PCMCIA-HOWTO
exclude port 0x230-0x233
# exclude serial, parallel, mouse, sound IRQs
exclude irq 4, irq 5, irq 7, irq 9, irq 12
Under Win95, configuring the PC-card with 192.168.1.2 and the desktop with
192.168.1.1 and connecting them with the crossover cable worked. However,
I didn't write down the card's information from the Win95 control panels,
although IRQ 3 and i/o 0x300 sound like the values '95 displayed. I have
messed with /etc/pcmcia/config.opts and had no luck with anything.
Any help will be greatly appreciated, of course....
--
Matt G / Dances With Crows \###| Programmers are playwrights
There is no Darkness in Eternity \##| Computers are lousy actors
But only Light too dim for us to see \#| Lusers are vicious drama critics
(Unless, of course, you're working with NT)\| BOFHen burn down theatres.
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From: D G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: winmodem confusion !!
Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2000 18:23:04 -0800
Ray wrote:
>
> anyone out there that can tell me if there is such a thing as a
> winmodem that will work with linux(redhat 6.1 or mandrake 7.0)
> I don't have any spare ISA slots only PCI. Nd which do you feel is
> better to use for internet publishing. Mandrake or RedHat ?
> would appreciate input on these matters
> Thanks
You can try a lucent winmodem. Lucent doesn't sell modems, so you'll
have to check the box to see if it uses the lucent chipset. (Some
lucent PCI modems are actually controller-based and work fine using
setserial with the proper invocation.) There is a driver at
http://www.linmodems.org/ that might work, but it took me a while to get
it going. I have a Digitan lucent-based modem that I picked up for
US$20 and works great with the ltmodem568 driver as long as I set
"plug-n-play=NO" in the BIOS setup.
--
DG
e-mail is: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
(remove the Z's--they're what I do when I read SPAM!)
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From: Michael A. Howard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Help! jazz driver partition problem.
Date: Sat, 01 Apr 2000 02:31:28 GMT
I needed to rebuild my workstation, so I backup all the home
directories up to my jazz drive & then did a fresh install.
Unfortunately I used disk druid instead of fdisk when repartitioning
and the partition table on the jazz drive has been hosed.
fdisk says there is no partition on that device which I think means the
data is still there, its just the partition table thats stuffed.
Is there any way I can get the data back?
I understand that dd will allow me to copy the sectors to a file on
another disk but I'm not sure what options I should give it.
Is there a better way?
TIA
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rod Smith)
Subject: Re: Trident Apollo MVP4 X Server, Does it exist on planet Earth?.
Date: Sat, 01 Apr 2000 02:43:54 GMT
[Posted and mailed]
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Simon Batey) writes:
> I hope the might of the Linux NG can help me?....
>
> Solaris OK
> Irix OK
> AIX OK
> M$ who gives a shit.
>
> LINUX (Newbie)
>
>
> I have a cheap motherboard with VIA/MPV4 chipset. Before I put Linux
> 5.2 on this one can I get a X driver for it etc?.
There's no such thing as Linux 5.2. I suspect you mean Red Hat 5.2. If so,
the version of XFree86 that comes with it is quite ancient, and does not
include support for the Trident Blade 3D that's part of the VIA MVP4
chipset. You need a pretty recent version of XFree86 for that. I've used
3.3.6 successfully (in Mandrake 7.0), but I believe it's included in 3.3.4
and later. For more information on my experiences with this, check my web
page:
http://www.rodsbooks.com/presario/
--
Rod Smith, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.rodsbooks.com
Author of books on Linux networking & WordPerfect for Linux
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Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rod Smith)
Subject: Re: Best choice
Date: Sat, 01 Apr 2000 02:47:51 GMT
[Posted and mailed]
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Charles King" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Hello,
>
> I am thinking about putting Linux on my main cpu and was wondering what
> distro would be best for a machine with v2's sli (24megs), a SB live!, and a
> netgear 10/100 ethernet card... keep in mind i know little about the linux
> file system and am doing this to learn =)
For my thoughts on various distributions, check my web page:
http://www.rodsbooks.com/distribs/
> and would also like to see how
> much games would play better on a linux system..
Few Windows games work under Linux. Those that do require WINE
(http://www.winehq.com). There are a few Linux games available, but the
selection is pretty slim compared to Windows games, particularly if you're
after commercial-quality games.
> Oh yeah this is on a p2 266 with 64 megs of ram on a at motherboard.. USB
> support is prefered
Few or no current x86 Linux distributions ship with more than minimal USB
support "out of the box." You can add that support by using an
experimental 2.3.x kernel or by patching a 2.2.x kernel with 2.3.x USB
drivers from http://www.linux-usb.org. I don't recommend trying this until
you've got a bit of experience with Linux, so if you've got any critical
USB components, it may be rough going at first.
--
Rod Smith, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.rodsbooks.com
Author of books on Linux networking & WordPerfect for Linux
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From: jwhill2000 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Multi Processor Systems
Date: Sat, 01 Apr 2000 02:36:02 GMT
check out http://www.supermicro.com
In article <01bf9aea$0fac2d30$bad4280a@ntbcare19>,
"Roaster" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> I'm interested in building a multi-processor based system.
>
> But- I know that current Windows (non NT/2000) systems dont support
it, and
> am relatively knowlde-less with Linux.
>
> Anyone know the improved performance that you get from a MP based
system?
>
> i.e. figures from single and multi-cpu systems of the same type.
>
> Also, I've only seen multi processor based Celeron systems available -
can
> you get multi cpu based Athalon boards? (and I havent seen multi proc
p3
> boards either.)
>
> Cheers
>
> Chris.
>
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Before you buy.
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From: jwhill2000 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Looking for the "right" SMP Linux motherboard ... (aggressive hobbyist
use)
Date: Sat, 01 Apr 2000 02:48:43 GMT
It appears that you are getting plenty of suggestions. But anyway, here
is what I have done. I have built two systems at my work which use the
SuperMicro P6DGE. It is a dual CPU board with two ISA, 4/5 PCI slots,
and 1 AGP. I run RedHat6.1 and have had great success with this board.
In article <8bffra$di3$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Chris Rankin <au.com.zipworld@{no.spam}rankinc> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am planning to build myself a new SMP Linux machine (my current
> machine is based on a 200 MHz Pentium MMX and is feeling its age a
> bit...) and am looking for some advice about what to go for in an SMP
> motherboard, and what to avoid.
>
> I reckon that I will need something like 1GB of memory (potential),
> 133MHz bus, USB ports, lots of PCI slots, an AGP slot, 2 EIDE slots,
> maybe an ISA slot or two. Basically a motherboard with lots of ports
and
> slots, and nothing integrated onto it. However, I am hearing rumours
of
> the rise of RAMBUS memory which will force SDRAM into early
obsolesence,
> new chipsets etc. I don't want to buy something which could suddenly
> lose all of its expansion potential when I can no longer get
compatible
> parts!
>
> Can anyone give me some pointers, please?
>
> Cheers,
> Chris.
>
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From: Tony Curtis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: winmodem confusion !!
Date: 31 Mar 2000 21:10:11 -0600
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ray) writes:
> anyone out there that can tell me if there is such a thing as a
> winmodem that will work with linux(redhat 6.1 or mandrake 7.0)
I have a functioning-under-linux winmodem in my
Toshiba 2100CDS laptop:
http://www.tony-curtis.cwc.net/toshiba/
> I don't have any spare ISA slots only PCI. Nd which do you feel is
> better to use for internet publishing. Mandrake or RedHat ?
"Wurst", as the Austrians say (= probably doesn't matter).
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From: jwhill2000 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux as a terminal
Date: Sat, 01 Apr 2000 03:08:00 GMT
ok, here is my suggestion. First you have to go into the /etc/uucp/ports
file and edit it to read as follows:
port port1
device /dev/ttyS<#>
speed 9600
After saving that, press ctrl+alt+F5 and login. Run this command (ignore
quotes):
"cu -p port1 dir"
Then press ctrl+alt+F6 and login. Now you can toggle between the two.
Another option is, if you are running X locally, run "xterm -e cu -p
port1 dir". This will give you an xterm window to your remote machine.
Hope this helps.
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Dave Waller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have a couple of IBM AIX boxes that HAVE to have a terminal attached
> to them. Can I use a virtual terminal on a linux box as the terminal?
>
> What I would like is a cable coming out of the AIX box going into the
> serial port of my Linux box and then I hit {ctrl}{alt}{f6} and I am on
> onb box and {ctrl}{alt}{f5} to get the other.
>
> Dave Waller
>
>
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From: "John Niesz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Soundblaster Live problem
Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2000 22:05:39 -0500
> In your conf.modules file add this line at the bottom:
>
> alias sound emu10k1
>
> Then you can probably do the modprobe emu10k1 to get it started without
> a reboot.
i have an SBLive Value and did that, and the SBLive works fine, but only
when I remove all lines in conf.modules regarding my SB32 which I still want
to use. How can I use both of these cards at the same time? (ie, SB32
outputting to a headset, SBLive outputting to speakers)
For the record, I'm running RH6.0, with a PCI SBLive and an ISA SB32. The
SB32 worked fine until I installed the second card and added the necessary
lines to conf.modules.
Thanks!
John
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From: "Joseph C. Kopec" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: vgetty -- Creative Modem Blaster Flash56 DI5601 -- Rockwell?
Date: Sat, 01 Apr 2000 03:47:44 GMT
I was wondering whether anyone has had any success getting vgetty to
work with the Creative Modem Blaster Flash 56 DI5601 -- I can't get it
to answer an incoming phone call. Is there anything I need to do the
activate the auto-answer feature? My log file contains a number of "OK"
responses, but also a number of "ERROR" responses. This modem is one of
the more readily available ISA controller-based modems in the U.S. and
is thus popular with Linux users. The modem is a class 2 modem and is a
voice modem. vgetty identifies it as a Rockwell modem -- the box that it
came in has a logo on it saying "Conexant -- A Heritage of Rockwell
Technologies". Does anyone know whether vgetty should be treating it as
a Rockwell? Additionally, could someone point me to a good on-line
resource for the standard modem commands ("AT...")? Thanks in advance.
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