Linux-Hardware Digest #603, Volume #12 Mon, 3 Apr 00 19:13:06 EDT
Contents:
linux printing question... (Kevin J Dressel)
Re: XFree86 4.0 and Intel i810 ("Thomas J. Canich")
Please help before I lose my mind :) (Me)
file_cluster badly computed? (Lloyd Dieter)
Re: linux printing question... (Grant Taylor)
Video-card for windows 98 and redhat 6.0 (Bart Kevelham)
Re: True requirements for Lexmark Optra Color 40 SIMMs? (Tim Dixon)
Re: Help needed with Redhat 6.1 GUI (Patricia)
Re: SCSI and IDE disk problems ("Knut A. Nilsen")
modem drivers ("Alberto G�mez")
Re: Help needed with Redhat 6.1 GUI (Philippe VENTRILLON)
Re: lp0 issues with Redhat 6.1 (Neal Pollack)
Re: lp0 issues with Redhat 6.1 (David)
Re: Driver for Epson stylus color 300 - progress (Glenn Ramsey)
Re: 128MB memory problem and cache problem ("nick hanno")
DUAL SCSI Question ("PJC")
Help with CD-Rom and CD-RW (billy)
Re: help with devices (billy)
Re: cpuinfo reports no cache on PIII coppermine ("nick hanno")
Booting Linux on HP Vectra w/ AIC 7880 (Jens Holzhaeuser)
Re: Dual processor ("PJC")
Re: True requirements for Lexmark Optra Color 40 SIMMs? ("Larry Ebbitt ")
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From: Kevin J Dressel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: linux printing question...
Date: Mon, 03 Apr 2000 12:36:36 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I've got a Panasonic KX-P4410 Laser printer (it is old, but it works
well) that I can get to work with Redhat linux via their printtool.
However, because the printer makes poor use of its memory (having only
512kb), it is impossible to print out pictures, etc. (on text works
good) with it. I was wondering if one of the available queing programs
can feed the printer only a little bit of data at a time so that I don't
get buffer overruns. I currently use lp (or whatever the most common
one is). I've tried to get pdq to work, but have not had much luck with
it. BTW, it is postscript capable (or at least it seems to be).
Any help is greatly appreciated!
Cheers,
Kevin
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "Thomas J. Canich" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: XFree86 4.0 and Intel i810
Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2000 15:10:59 -0400
X4.0 uses one server now, instead of the many that it did. New server is
/usr/X11R6/bin/XFree86 (may vary depending on your installation).
> > During the configuration process, I did not find the driver for
> > intel i810 (I found Intel 5430? instead). Any suggestions?
>
> You need to install the agpgart.o module and then make the link to the
> i810 driver. I'm not sure what the driver name is since I am using
> 3.3.5 with the driver at http://support.intel.com. However, this driver
> is now included in the 3.3.6 and 4.0 releases. It was named
> XFcom_something_or_other. It is not an accelerated driver, so you need
> to use the svga screen setup in XF86Config.
hth
tom
"If you can't win on the scoreboard, hit them with your fists."
--Mike, on the penguins losing to the islanders
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From: Me <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Please help before I lose my mind :)
Date: Mon, 03 Apr 2000 15:26:24 -0400
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi.
I hope someone can help. I can't seem to get Linux on my laptop. It's
an HP n3270. Nothing works. I've had it for 6 weeks now and never even
used it :/
It has a Trident Cyberblade i7 agp card in it. I saw support for the
card on the xfree863.3.6 card database screen. It seems to have
installed but I get this error now when I try to run startx. This is
with Mandrake... That was the only recent version that had 3.3.6 xfree
86.
Error:
You must provide a "Screen" section in XF86Config for at least one of
the following graphics drivers: fbdev
Fatal server error:
No configured graphics devices.
Please help.
Thanx.
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From: Lloyd Dieter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: file_cluster badly computed?
Date: Mon, 03 Apr 2000 15:37:05 -0400
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Well, this is one I haven't run across before...the machine in
question is an IBM Thinkpad 390E, with a 4GB disk, dual boot with
W98 and RH 6.1. It seems to run fine, with the exception of dozens of
these
messages in the log:
Apr 3 14:14:23 ldieter kernel: file_cluster badly computed!!! 6 <> 9
I would suspect that the disk is on it's way out, but it seems to be
working fine.
Anyone else run into this?
TIA!
-Lloyd
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From: Grant Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: linux printing question...
Date: Mon, 03 Apr 2000 19:56:33 GMT
Kevin J Dressel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I've got a Panasonic KX-P4410 Laser printer (it is old, but it works
> [...]
> I was wondering if one of the available queing programs can feed the
> printer only a little bit of data at a time so that I don't get
> buffer overruns.
> [...]
> BTW, it is postscript capable (or at least it seems to be).
So there's not much you can do for general purpose printing to
conserve memory; you'd have to identfy all the apps that can't print
properly and restructure the way they print.
For lasers, what happens is that the print data is interpreted and a
page is built up in memory. That page is then burned onto paper.
So, you can shrink the memory requirements at various stages:
- Print less complex pages, ie with mostly text.
- Print at a lower resolution, ie 300 instead of 600.
- Print using a less complex interpreter language, ie PCL instead of
Postscript.
If all this fails, add more memory.
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Grant Taylor - gtaylor@picante<dot>com - http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/
Linux Printing HOWTO: http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/pht/
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From: Bart Kevelham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Video-card for windows 98 and redhat 6.0
Date: Mon, 03 Apr 2000 21:56:31 +0200
Here's my problem.
I want to buy a video-card for my computer (a Pentium III 450)
It has to work with w98 and redhat 6.0
It also has to have some 3D support because I'm running flightsimulator
2000 pro under W98.
What is a good video-card for a reasonable price?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Tim Dixon)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.os2.misc,comp.periphs.printers
Subject: Re: True requirements for Lexmark Optra Color 40 SIMMs?
Date: Mon, 03 Apr 2000 20:09:13 GMT
On 23 Mar 2000 05:17:52 GMT, Dan Harkless <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>Howdy. I recently ordered a Lexmark Optra Color 40 inkjet printer from
>buy.com for $98.95 -- a great deal for a printer with a built-in PostScript
>engine:
>
I haven't got mine yet, but just dug through my pile of "stuff." It
seems I have only 8MB SIMMs.
Will 8MB do me, or should I go ahead and spend some cash? The vast
majority of what I do will be black text, with the occasional web page
and/or online map.
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From: Patricia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Help needed with Redhat 6.1 GUI
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.x
Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2000 22:06:14 +0200
On Mon, 03 Apr 2000, [8] wrote:
>Ok, first up let me say that while I can fiddle and tweak windows to my
>hearts content i'm new to linux and i don't have a clue.
>
>The problem is that i install redhat 6.1 and everything seems to go fine,
>but xconfigurator doesn't know my graphics card (nvidia geforce DDR). I've
>downloaded the linux drivers from nvidia's website (through windows) but now
>i need to get them into linux and installed and i need to get a gui of some
>kind working (the guis refuse to use generic drivers).
>Once i get into a graphical interface i know that i can work stuff out it's
>just that it's very hard trying to do thing from a command line when you
>don't know any commands.
>
>I would like you to please mail me with step by step instructions on how to
>transfer the driver file from a windows partition to the right place on a
>linux partition, then how to install them and whatever else it takes to get
>me into a gui
>
>the file has dyn.tar.gz at the end of it's name - i assume it's a .gz file
>and i can extract it from windows if needed
>
>thanks in advance
>
>
> ....
> [8]
> ....
>
>"I am the Alpha and the Omega."
Hi
as root type the following:
mkdir /mnt/dos
mkdir /temp
mount -t vfat /dev/hda1 /mount/dos
--->where hda1 should be the windowsdrive, if not addapt
cp /mnt/dos/WAY_TO_THE_FILE/blabla.tar.gz /temp
cd /temp
tar -xvzf blabla.tar.gz
---> this will create a subdirectory named to the file
cd blabla
----> read the readme files.
An easy way to navigate , view an manipulate files is Midnight commander.
type mc to invoke it.
Good Luck
--
HTH :)
Patricia
http://www.crosswinds.net/~beginnerslinux
Red Hat Linux release 6.0 (Hedwig)
Kernel 2.2.5-15
4:13pm up 2:49, 1 user, load average: 0.20, 0.21, 0.25
Mon Apr 3 16:13:57 CEST 2000
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From: "Knut A. Nilsen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: SCSI and IDE disk problems
Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2000 22:49:28 +0200
The power supply theory is interesting - never thought of that. The computer
is allready stuffed with tape drive, CDRom, Zip drive etc - I'll look into
that.
However, as a test, I took the new IDE disk (/dev/hdc) home this weekend and
tried to run fdisk and mke2fs on it on my own PC (running Slackware 7) which
has much less hardware on it. Got the same errors when running mke2fs on it
there - so I have to assume that the brand new unused drive is toast...? And
that it's just a coincidence that this new drive was broken at the same time
as I found out about the problems with the other, older drives (/dev/sda and
/dev/hda)....?
Or am I doing something wrong setting up the disk?
Knut
Stuart R. Fuller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:o963c8.ufg.ln@localhost...
> Knut A. Nilsen ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> : ...all three? At the same time? Anything special that could cause such
> : failures? I mean, the second ide drive, /dev/hdc, is brand new. The scsi
> : drive is about 6 months old, while the first ide drive is more than 2
years
> : old. Why would they die the same day?
> :
> : Knut
>
> The error on the SCSI drive says "Drive is in the process of becoming
ready".
> First, I'd ask "Why was it not ready beforehand?". The only thing I can
think
> of that would be common to all 3 drives is the power supply. Maybe it
can't
> handle the load of 3 drives? Maybe sometimes, the power drops such that
the
> SCSI drive spins down? Do you hear the SCSI drive spinning up when the
> problem occurs?
>
> Stu
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From: "Alberto G�mez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: modem drivers
Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2000 17:03:13 -0400
I heard that Pctel released some Winmodem drivers, but I haven�t found them
yet. Do you know where can I get them?
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From: Philippe VENTRILLON <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: Help needed with Redhat 6.1 GUI
Date: Mon, 03 Apr 2000 23:05:30 -0400
"[8]" wrote:
> Ok, first up let me say that while I can fiddle and tweak windows to my
> hearts content i'm new to linux and i don't have a clue.
>
> The problem is that i install redhat 6.1 and everything seems to go fine,
> but xconfigurator doesn't know my graphics card (nvidia geforce DDR). I've
> downloaded the linux drivers from nvidia's website (through windows) but now
> i need to get them into linux and installed and i need to get a gui of some
> kind working (the guis refuse to use generic drivers).
> Once i get into a graphical interface i know that i can work stuff out it's
> just that it's very hard trying to do thing from a command line when you
> don't know any commands.
>
> I would like you to please mail me with step by step instructions on how to
> transfer the driver file from a windows partition to the right place on a
> linux partition, then how to install them and whatever else it takes to get
> me into a gui
>
> the file has dyn.tar.gz at the end of it's name - i assume it's a .gz file
> and i can extract it from windows if needed
>
> thanks in advance
>
> ....
> [8]
> ....
>
> "I am the Alpha and the Omega."
A .tar.gz file is a tarred (all files into one) and then compressed file (with
gzip)
you need
1 to get it from win to linux
1.1 mount windows disk
log in as root
enter : mount /dev/win95
if your windows disk is called win95
To know what is the name of your windows partition enter :
more /etc/fstab
you should see a line like this one
/dev/sda1 /mnt/win95 vfat
noexec,dev,suid,noauto,rw,conv=binary,uid=0,gid=0,perm=0 1 1
After this the directory /mnt/win95 is the root directory of your windows
disk.
1.2 copy it under linux
cp /mnt/win95/incomming/dyn.tar.gz .
You have it under linux
2 uncompress and install it
to unzip and untar the file enter
tar -xzf dyn.tar.gz
Do this in a special directory (just to see)
You get some extracted files.
Some one else may tell you what to do with those files.
You should search a readmee file
Good luck
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From: Neal Pollack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: lp0 issues with Redhat 6.1
Date: Mon, 03 Apr 2000 15:37:53 -0600
I had the same problem and found the answer here yesterday. If you add
the line "alias parport_lowlevel parport_pc" (no quotes) to your
/etc/conf.modules file it should fire right up. I'd spent the entire day
trying to get my printer running with no luck. Logged on to the group
and found that line, added it to my conf.modules file and it fired right
up.
Neal
root wrote:
>
> Hello.
>
> Middle of last week, I downloaded and installed Cartman. Things went
> very well and I've managed to get a really great copy of linux on my
> machine. This week I've been working on getting a few misc things
> working. The biggest thing I'm working on right now is getting the
> linux box to print. I've got a HP Deskjet 694c and I read about which
> drivers to use. The install seemed like it would be simple.
> Unfortunately, I can't seem to get printtool to recognize my parallel
> port. It will not autodetect the port, and I can't manually specify the
> print job to go to /dev/lp0 without the printing ASCII directly to port
> producing a error message. I can only assume that for whatever WEIRD
> reason, upon installation Linux did not recognize the port.
> How can I go about fixing this. I would assume that the first thing
> that I'm going to have to do is to get /dev/lp0 working, and then the
> printtool setup *should* be a snap. So, how does one tweak their lp0
> settings for this?
>
> if possible, can you please send your reply to my e-mail address
> ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) (yeah, remove the NOSPAM stuff :) )
>
> thanks alot for any assistance that you can provide!
>
> chip
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From: David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: lp0 issues with Redhat 6.1
Date: Mon, 03 Apr 2000 17:27:42 -0500
I fixed the problem by getting the modutils rpm from the redhat rawhide
FTP site. Just another way to fix it.
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From: Glenn Ramsey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.periphs.printers
Subject: Re: Driver for Epson stylus color 300 - progress
Date: Mon, 03 Apr 2000 22:23:36 GMT
In article <8behbq$8e2$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Glenn Ramsey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I am intending to write a ghostscript driver for the Espon stylus
color
> 300 and have made a start by collecting some of the stuff I have found
> out about the printer on my web page. There's a link to it from
> http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~Sglennr .
I have a working driver now. It has been submitted to the Ghostscript
people for inclusion in the test release. That will take a while to
come through so in the meantime it is available for download from the
link above.
If you try it I'd like to hear any comments about it.
g
--
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glennr at es dot co dot nz
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From: "nick hanno" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: 128MB memory problem and cache problem
Date: Tue, 4 Apr 2000 08:35:53 +1000
I've just replaced the 128MB with a brand new stick of 128MB and STILL the
same problem! Brand is KingMax. Anyone heard of bad reports about this brand
of SDRAM? or an incompatability between this RAM and an MSI MS-6153VA
motherboard. Are coppermine CPU's flakey?
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:8cadua$6gl$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> "nick hanno" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > g'day all,
> >
> > Just bought a new PIII 533MHz (Coppermine) with 128MB of RAM. After
> reading
> > the FAQ I discovered that I had to add a line to lilo.conf to enable
> the
> > extra 64MB, so now it show's 128MB, that's fine, but now I seem to be
> > crashing all the time, not the OS, just most of the apps I run (and X
> > doesn't even start at all anymore! with 64MB everything was OK)...
> Errors
> > include 'Segmentation fault', 'Illegal Instruction', etc. Some
> programs (eg.
> > 'ls', although it's random) will not run, saying 'Segmentation fault'
> or
> > something, then when typing 'ls' again will run correctly... A very
> weird
> > problem which makes me think it's dud RAM... (or a broken address line
> in/on
> > the CPU or M/B... Windows98 also crashes at every attempt to install
> it!
> >
> > Does anyone have or know of any memory test programs that thoroughly
> test
> > the whole RAM space??
> >
> > M/B is an MSI MS-6153VA, not sure what the RAM is...
> >
> > Also, as someone else mentioned, /proc/cpuinfo shows 0KB cache when i
> know
> > it's got 256K (this can also be seen by the BogoMIPS rating which is
> around
> > 5XX (similar to Processor MHz rating), but on my old 166MHz MMX the
> BogoMIPS
> > showed double (around 300 or so)..... what's going on??
> >
> > Thanks people...
> >
> > Nick.
> >
> >
> Nick, My vote is also for flakey memory. My original computer
> memory was 64meg. This year I added another 64meg, rebooted and
> all was well. Tried he same thing on another computer and got
> nothing but grief. Finally had to remove the new memory. Cliff
>
>
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From: "PJC" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: DUAL SCSI Question
Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2000 18:28:34 -0400
I am using two scsi cards on my system. An adaptec 2940UW )PCI) and an
Adaptec 1510 (ISA). My scsi support is compiled in the kernel (2.2.14). The
PCI card is automatically found and initialized at bootup, but since the
1510 has no bios and is a cheapo (good for ext. devices though), I have to
pass kernel arguments. The problem is that when passing kernel arguments
for that card, it is setup first so it is now scsi0. however, I want it to
be scsi1. Any ideas? Please don't tell me to load it as a module b/c i
don't want to do that. I want to be able to bootup with both devices, but I
need the pci card to be first. Please respond by email and to the group.
PJC
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From: billy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Help with CD-Rom and CD-RW
Date: Mon, 03 Apr 2000 22:30:06 GMT
hi:
I`ve installed Linux 6.1 on my AMD K6 II, and I have a CD-Rom and CD-RW
already installed. Everytime I turn on my computer, it shows both Cd-Rom
amd CD-RW are installed and detected. But when I get into the Linux(KDE
desktop) only the CD-RW shows and runs. I cann`t find my CD-Rom on the
desktop at all. does it suppose show up on the desktop or something esle?
Could you explain in details....
thank you so much....
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From: billy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: help with devices
Date: Mon, 03 Apr 2000 22:30:12 GMT
tommy
what should I do after "* Type the command : chmod 666 /dev/mixer"
what did you mean by " * Test it as simple user" ?......would you explain
more?
thank you
hfrelabo wrote:
>
>
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>
> billy wrote:
>
> > Hi
> > I am new to linux and I don`t know much about it. Recently I
installed
> > Linux on a AMD K6 II 500,but I can`t play music on my computer. I have
my
> > speakers pluged on the computer already. When I click on the Mixer, it
> > says"Kmix: could not open mixer." does any body know why? please more
> > specific...please
> > thank you so much
> >
> > --
> > Posted via CNET Help.com
> > http://www.help.com/
>
> Hello,
>
> * Open a terminal or go to text-mode (Ctrl-Alt-F2 ...)
> * Login as root
> * Type the command : chmod 666 /dev/mixer
> * Test it as simple user
>
> Normally, it's OK.
>
> Bye.
>
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> <html>
> billy wrote:
> <blockquote TYPE=CITE>Hi
> <br>� I am new to linux and I don`t know much about it. Recently I
> installed
> <br>Linux on a AMD K6 II 500,but I can`t play music on my computer. I
have
> my
> <br>speakers pluged on the computer already. When I click on the Mixer,
> it
> <br>says"Kmix: could not open mixer." does any body know why? please more
> <br>specific...please
> <br>� thank you so much
> <p>--
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> <br><a href="http://www.help.com/">http://www.help.com/</a></blockquote>
> Hello,
> <ul>
> <li>
> Open a terminal or go to text-mode (Ctrl-Alt-F2 ...)</li>
>
> <li>
> Login as <b>root</b></li>
>
> <li>
> Type the command : <b>chmod 666 /dev/mixer</b></li>
>
> <li>
> Test it as simple user</li>
> </ul>
>
> <p><br>Normally, it's OK.
> <p>Bye.</html>
>
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From: "nick hanno" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: cpuinfo reports no cache on PIII coppermine
Date: Tue, 4 Apr 2000 08:37:13 +1000
I realised sometime yesterday that my BIOS was not supporting the
coppermines, so after downloading the latest version (which stated on their
website that it now supports coppermines) and flashing it in, the CPU is now
shown as 533EB MHz (previously showed just 533 MHz) - however cache still
shows 0KB in proc/cpuinfo... And I still cannot install windows98 - always
crashes on the install, usually blue screen with an error in 'VxD CACHE'...
Which motherboard did you have/have now? Mine is an MSI MS-6153VA... I hope
there's not a bug in these new CPU's!
Nick.
Robert L. McCormick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> FYI, I ran a Win95/98 benchmark utility that I found at www.winfiles.com,
and
> the utility claimed that it could not test my cache.
>
> This of course leads me to believe that the problem is not linux but my
> hardware. My best guess is that my motherboard is not fully compatible
with
> the latest coppermines. I'm going to return the motherboard tomorrow and
> purchase a newer model. If this works I will let you know.
>
> Robert
>
>
> nick hanno wrote:
>
> > I have the same problem! This can also be seen by the BogoMIPS... They
show
> > a number similar to the processor speed, whereas my old 166MHz machine
had
> > over double (300 or more) the number of BogoMIPS... What's going on?
> >
> > Anyone?
> >
> > Robert L. McCormick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> >
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > > I just put together a new PIII 800 MHz machine. /proc/cpuinfo reports
> > > 0K of cache in my new processor. However, the bios reports "256K
> > > Enabled" when I boot. Also, intel's utility for identifying
processors
> > > claims that I have 256K of cache.
> > >
> > > Here is a paste of the output from /cat/cpuinfo, does anyone know what
> > > the problem might be? Also, the kernel version is 2.2.12 and I'm
running
> > >
> > > RH 6.1.
> > >
> > >
> > > processor : 0
> > > vendor_id : GenuineIntel
> > > cpu family : 6
> > > model : 8
> > > model name : Pentium III (Coppermine)
> > > stepping : 3
> > > cpu MHz : 801.838416
> > > cache size : 0 KB
> > > fdiv_bug : no
> > > hlt_bug : no
> > > sep_bug : no
> > > f00f_bug : no
> > > coma_bug : no
> > > fpu : yes
> > > fpu_exception : yes
> > > cpuid level : 2
> > > wp : yes
> > > flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge
> > > mca
> > > cmov pat pse36 mmx osfxsr kni
> > > bogomips : 799.54
> > >
> > >
> > > Thanks for any info.
> > >
> > > Robert
> > >
> > >
> > >
>
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From: Jens Holzhaeuser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Booting Linux on HP Vectra w/ AIC 7880
Date: Tue, 4 Apr 2000 00:35:32 +0200
I'm trying to boot (install) Linux on an HP Vectra XU,
96MB, on board AIC 7880 controller, two HDs (ST32171N),
The AIC BIOS introduces itself as "Ultra BIOS v1.2.S-HP, (c) 1996".
The AIC7xxx driver initializes and then error messages start flooding the
screen. I wrote things down like "Parity error during data-in phase",
"SCSI bus is being reset for host 0 channel 0", "SCSI host 0 abort (pid
2) timed out - trying harder", "SCSI0:0:0:1 No active SCB for reconnecting
target - Issuing BUS DEVICE RESET" and so on ...
So far I tried debian slink (2.0.36 kernel, even the special aic7xxx
rescue disks), debian potato (2.2.14 kernel), and slackware 7
(2.2.13? kernel, aic7xxx.s image).
I also switched settings in the SCSI BIOS on and off: SCAM support,
enable disconnect, and initiate sync negotiation, and checked all cable
connections in the computer. NT seems to have no problem with the box and
runs fine.
Any ideas how to get Linux running on this box?
Thanks,
Jens
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From: "PJC" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Dual processor
Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2000 18:37:35 -0400
In general you need to enable the enhanced RTC and you need to disable
advanced power management. The first is a must, the second can lead to all
kinds of nutty problems. I am currently using Mandrake 7.0 and xosview shows
the dual cpus. xsysinfo does also. i have also seen the duals with RedHat
6.0 and 6.1 on fresh installs. Actually for Mandrake, at install you get
two kernels - the smp and the 1 cpu version. i suspect SUSE does give you
both but it is not your default boot. Try hitting tab to see if you have a
dual version at bootup or try peeking at /boot to see what is there.
I have a
Tom Haeck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:8c554b$m23$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I had to enable the Enhanced RTC in character devices (in make menuconfig)
> in order to get the second CPU up and running...
> Now I can 'see' my 2 CPU's sweat :-)
>
> Tthank you everybody
>
> "D. Stimits" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schreef in bericht
> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > Tom Haeck wrote:
> > >
> > > Hello everybody,
> > >
> > > I have a CPU-board with 2 x PIII-500. I installed SUSE 6.2 on it. It
was
> > > installed, and the CPU monitor in KDE only showed me one CPU. So I
> concluded
> > > that the basic installation of SUSE doesn't use the 2nd processor (Is
> this
> > > so?).
> > > So, I recompiled my Kernel, but still I can see only 1 CPU in the
> > > CPU-monitor. How can I be sure that Linux uses the 2 processors? And
> what
> > > must I do in order to make them work?
> > >
> > > Thanks in advance,
> > >
> > > TH
> >
> > I don't know of any basic cpu monitors that show dual cpu when there
> > (xosview has a patch, but I don't think any dist's use it by default).
> > /proc/cpuinfo, however, is straight from the kernel. If it shows cpu 0
> > and 1, you are using 2 cpu's. /proc/cpuinfo should be your test for
> > SMP/non-SMP support.
>
>
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.os2.misc,comp.periphs.printers
From: "Larry Ebbitt " <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Mon, 03 Apr 2000 18:43:02 -0400 (EDT)
Reply-To: "Larry Ebbitt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: True requirements for Lexmark Optra Color 40 SIMMs?
On Mon, 03 Apr 2000 20:09:13 GMT, Tim Dixon wrote:
>Will 8MB do me, or should I go ahead and spend some cash? The vast
>majority of what I do will be black text, with the occasional web page
>and/or online map.
I ran into no trouble with mine doing that sort of thing before I added
storage. I had no problems until I tried printing photos. Now, with
an added 16M, I have had no trouble at all. Therefore, I expect 8M
would do you fine.
Larry - Atlanta - OS/2
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