Linux-Hardware Digest #615, Volume #12 Wed, 5 Apr 00 07:13:05 EDT
Contents:
Re: high altitude modern systems performance (Michael Hofmann)
Re: S3 Savage4 installation problem with Mandrake 6.0 (Up Yeronson)
Re: help with apcupsd (Brent Willcox)
Re: BOOKS ON LINUX ? (Steve)
Re: Need a clean hard disk ("hartmut.piechowiak")
re printer config ("rp.Mignon")
Maxtor HD IRQ Timeouts - System Hangs :( ("Martin Wood")
Re: Printer Driver: Panasonic KXP 6100 (James Hunter Heinlen)
Re: Micronics W6LI only fit for use as fan heater (Taurus)
Good UK Vendor ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Which of these Ethernet Cards? ("Jay D. Ribak")
Re: Recommend a modem? (M. Buchenrieder)
Re: Maxtor HD IRQ Timeouts - System Hangs :( (Charlie Baylis)
SCSI CD-ROM setup? (Paul Marchildon)
SCSI CD-ROM setup? (Paul Marchildon)
CDRECORD *shmget failed* (root)
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From: Michael Hofmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.comp.hardware.homebuilt,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.systems
Subject: Re: high altitude modern systems performance
Date: Wed, 05 Apr 2000 09:04:57 +0200
Kenneth Mankoff wrote:
>
> Hello everyone,
> I live at 10,000 feet and have had all systems newer than a 486DX33Mhz
> computer fail me. Since november, this is:
>
> * 3 Dell Inspiron 7500 latptop motherboards (450Mhz). 2 months to failure
> * 3 Dell Inspiron 7500 hard drives (12 to 18 gig). 2 months to failure.
> * one gateway latop internal modem. 3 days to failure
> * one 200 Mhz (overclocked) Gateway tower (2 days, then writing to zip and
> floppy drive in linux failed)
>
> Running for days (and years):
> 486 DX 33Mhz desktop
> 286 5Mhz desktop
>
> I know airplane computers have radiation sheilds. I also know i have a 3%
> higher chance of cancer than the average altitude of the global population
> (or maybe it was sea level)
Ken,
I find it hard to believe your problems are really altitude related. 10k
feet doesn't sound extremely high to me either. But then I could be
wrong.
One thing I could imagine has to do with your power line: have you
checked for power surges, lightning strikes and the like?
Power supplies for computers seem to get cheaper all the time, and so
does quality. They may not be as forgiving as the one in your 486 and
286. Radiation doesn't seem to be a big factor too since those machines
don't seem to be affected.
Just a thought.
Good luck,
Michael
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From: Up Yeronson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.install,alt.os.linux.mandrake,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: S3 Savage4 installation problem with Mandrake 6.0
Date: Wed, 05 Apr 2000 07:32:51 GMT
I don't know if you found this file, but it helped me and I really
didn't have to do anything with Xfree. Just follow the instructions
and it'll set itself up.
download the server from the following link:
> http://developer.soundblaster.com/linux/
> and follow th einstruction from the ReadMe_XF86_Savage4-1.0.txt file
Hope the help is not redundant.
T.
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > By the way, I've got a Creative labs Savage 4 on my linux box, and
> apart
> from not wanting to cooperate with my Samsung monitor at 1024x768 (I'm
> stuck in 800x600), it's sort of OK... <
>
> Funny you should mention that ... becuase that's the problem I'm now
> stuck with!
>
> BTW I've managed to get the system to onfigure the card ... but not
> consistently. In some cases, the Xconfigurator utility keeps quitting
> with a "Server not found" error - any idea why this should be?
>
> Harry
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Brent Willcox)
Subject: Re: help with apcupsd
Date: Tue, 4 Apr 2000 20:00:17 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Anyone here with experience with this program? It comes with little
>documentation and the default configuration uncleanly shuts down the ups
>about 10 seconds after power failure. Just kils the whole system without
>issueing the shutdown command Running smartups 1000 with 940 0020b
>cable.
> Note if I set the configuration for the correct ups (smartups)
>I get this error :
> ERROR: Changing UPSTYPE from SmartUPs to BackUPS due wrong Cable of
>Smart signls.
Personally, I'd just go for APC's Linux Powerchute software and APC's
smart cable. (You can look on the web for NUT-Network UPS Tools,
there's a page on http://www.attrition.org/ with the cable diagram for
the "smart cable") I built one with about $10 in parts from Radio
Shack and time, and have happily been monitoring my SMART UPS 1000
ever since.
This is what I've been using on my Redhat box, and it has done what
needed to be done upon power failure, but I never have been able to
get xpowerchute (the GUI) to work right.
Good Luck!
--
Brent Willcox
Another BCIS student at the Univ. of North Texas
mail: bwillcox (at) unt edu
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Steve)
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.linux.alpha,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.portable,comp.os.linux.powerpc,comp.os.linux.security,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: BOOKS ON LINUX ?
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 5 Apr 2000 08:54:45 GMT
On Wed, 05 Apr 2000 00:09:37 +0200, Luca Marchese wrote:
>ALL THE BOOKS ON LINUX IN THE WORLD ARE HERE
>
>SCIENTIFIC PUBLISHERS GUIDE
>
> http://scientificpublishers.virtualave.net
>
Are they all written in block capitals?
--
Cheers
Steve email mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
%HAV-A-NICEDAY Error not enough coffee 0 pps.
web http://www.ndirect.co.uk/~sjlen/
or http://start.at/zero-pps
1:02am up 1 day, 3:36, 5 users, load average: 1.15, 1.12, 1.09
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From: "hartmut.piechowiak" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.comp.hardware,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.ms-windows.nt.setup.hardware,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
Subject: Re: Need a clean hard disk
Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2000 10:11:50 +0200
format c: /q /u/s
Jake schrieb in Nachricht <8ccrlr$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>Lew,
>
>Exactly what do you mean by a squeaky clean hard drive? Usually, fdisk
/mbr
>and fdisk to define partitions is sufficient. A low level format or
>zero-fill is usually not necessary. By redefining partitions and
>reformatting them, the clusters (allocation units) are unallocated, and the
>FATs (or MFT) is recreated. What more do you really want?
>
>Jake
>
>"Lew Schwartz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
>news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>> Long story:
>> I thought I'd turn a W98 machine into nt, aborted that & decided on
>> Linux, & now, with all the wrong decisions vis-a-vis bootable partitions,
>> mbr's and what not, I can't use this disk at all.
>> Short story:
>> Need to make hd squeaky, clean so as to start over.
>>
>> Any help appreciated.
>>
>> - Lew S
>>
>>
>
>
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From: "rp.Mignon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: re printer config
Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2000 10:19:06 +0200
system suse 4.2
/etc/printcap
lp:remote:sh:\
:lp=/dev/null:rm=192.168.0.50:\
:sd=/var/spool/lpd/hplaser:
also print header but :sh:
thinks for your reply
A+
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From: "Martin Wood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.install,linux.redhat.misc,uk.comp.os.linux
Subject: Maxtor HD IRQ Timeouts - System Hangs :(
Date: Wed, 05 Apr 2000 08:28:33 GMT
Dell XPSR350 with two hard drives:
Master - Maxtor 10Gig (Windows)
Slave - Maxtor 8Gig (Linux RH 6.2)
(plus internal zip and cd-rom drives) - and using LILO to dual between both
platforms.
** Problem ** : 80% of the time if I cold boot into Linux it will fail to
load, usually during a period of intensive disk activity such as finding
module dependencies or mounting local filesystems with a:
"hdb: irq timeout error"
type warning, at which point I am forced to power down the machine and try
again.
Usually after 4-5 tries I will succeed...but have by that time have forgot
what I wanted to do in the first place!
I never get this problem loading Windows, and if I load Windows and then
reboot into Linux it is fine. Strangest thing is I have only had this
problem since upgrading to the Red Hat 6.x line, using good olde 5.2
everything was hunky-dory.
Does anybody have _any_ clue as to how I can remedy this before I take a
giant axe to my Maxtor drives?!! Something in the BIOS I can try? LILO
options? hdparm settings?
Thanks,
Martin
ps. if possible please reply to ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) and the newsgroup(s).
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From: James Hunter Heinlen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Printer Driver: Panasonic KXP 6100
Date: 5 Apr 2000 08:45:31 GMT
On Mon, 3 Apr 2000 23:20:02 +0100, Bob Moore ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
suffered dangerous fits of clarity and wrote:
> Hi Mark, I tried all permutations of HP Laserjet.....no joy, thanks
> anyway.
The PCL emulation is done in software, not hardware, so it is part of the
driver you installed under Windows whatever.... The KX-P6xxx series are
all true winprinters, and requires Windows to work. I know, I have gone
through a few myself.
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From: Taurus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Micronics W6LI only fit for use as fan heater
Date: Wed, 05 Apr 2000 08:47:19 GMT
> : I have had some success of late - I built a 2.0.38 kernel with SMP
> : and the bloody thing boots! Sadly X dies most horribly as its
> : intended for my 2.2 kernel...
>
> X is not dependent on your kernel version. The same X server
> will work fine under 2.2 and under 2.0 kernels (modulo some very
> very mild finger-crossing connected with /dev/mtyx or whatever
> the pseudo tty device multiplexer is now called.)
It still hangs, all the same...
> : Please, please, can anyone help me get my 2nd processor working.
>
> Post the errors.
In all cases with SMP 2.2 Kernels, the system gets as far as probing
the SCSI bus and then goes into an SCSI Reset loop:
...
scsi : 1 host.
scsi : aborting command due to timeout : pid 0, scsi0, channel 0, id
0, lun 0 Test Unit Ready 00 00 00 00 00
SCSI host 0 abort (pid 0) timed out - resetting
SCSI bus is being reset for host 0 channel 0.
SCSI host 0 channel 0 reset (pid 0) timed out - trying harder
SCSI bus is being reset for host 0 channel 0.
...
I have tried the RH 6.0 SMP kernel (2.2.5) plus 2.2.10 and 2.2.13
kernels which I have built myself - no joy. I have tried compiling
aic7xxx both as part of the kernel and as a module loaded from initrd.
The system is SCSI based, so booting without SCSI is not an option.
This also means that I can't capture dmesg output.
I'm out of ideas - any suggestions appreciated.
Cheers,
T.
--
Robert Thornburrow, Taurus Software and Consulting
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Good UK Vendor
Date: Wed, 05 Apr 2000 09:19:23 GMT
Does anyone have any recomendations for a Linux server vendor in the UK?
I'm looking at machines from Digital Networks (dnuk.com) but have no
idea of their reputation.
The kind of thing I'm looknig for is a dual PIII system with a ~50Gb
RAID array and lots of RAM.
TIA,
Paul.
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From: "Jay D. Ribak" <ribak@inetsolve . com>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.slackware
Subject: Re: Which of these Ethernet Cards?
Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2000 05:42:39 -0400
In my experience, the card itself is rather flaky (the C version,
especially!), the freeware drivers, while being actively developed,
seem to be a bit behind in terms of support for the new models, and
the new 3Com driver for linux is well, too new to judge. The other
thing that annoys me about them is that they don't seem to
auto-negotiate properly. You used to be able to boot off of a DOS
disk and burn settings into the EEPROM of the card, however, that
support seems to be now removed in the C version. I have also seen
3Com cards frequently lock up, or just 'stop listening' to the
network.
I have recently switched my network card of choice to the Intel
EtherExpress Pro for a few boxes. While I have had no problems with
the card, I have read a lot of horror stories about them.
After that, I recently starting using the Netgear FA310 10/100 cards.
These cards use the tulip chipset and driver, which is rock solid.
You also can't beat their price of about $20 for what I would consider
to be a 'major brand name' (I just can't bring myself to accept
LinkSys as a major brand).
Of course, YMMV, and everyone is free to use what they like. I just
don't feel the 3Com's are a good price to performance value,
especially for Linux, even at the $50/card wholesale price.
Jean-Michel AKA Disk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> What's wrong with 3com 905 series? It's probably the best card
> (performance/support) right now!
>
> J.M
>
> Ron Reeder wrote:
>
> > Edward Lee wrote:
> > >
> > > I would not pay $69 for Intel or 3com. I vote for Linksys
LNE100TX ($15
> > > after rebate here in San Diego) or
> > > Netsurf (RTL8139) 10T/100T ($20) . I have a RTL8029 (eth0),
RTL8139 (eth1),
> > > LNE100TX (eth2) and SN3200 (eth3)
> > > on my NFS/Samba server.
> > >
> > No you're all wrong...
> >
> > Get the SIS 10/100
> >
> > $13/Card at local screw shop.
> >
> > Works better than my 3COM 905 by any measure,
> > ease of use, speed. The card just works.
> >
> > Installed it under both all and Linux 2.2.12, 2.2.14, and
2.3.99pre4
> >
> > > >
> > > > > "Dr. Tim Schmidt" wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > I need to replace a Farallon ethernet card to continue
having use of
> > > > > > my cable modem and am looking for feedback and suggestions
on what to
> > > > > > get. The card being replaced is a simple PCI 10Base-T
card. What I
> > > > > > have availabe to me are the following:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > 1) Linksys Etherfast 10\100 LAN Card ~ $27.00
> > > > > >
> > > > > > 2) Netgear FA310TX Card ~ $29.95
> > > > > >
> > > > > > 3) D-Link DFE-530TX Card ~ $37.00
> > > > > >
> > > > > > 4) Intel EitherExpress Pro 10/100 Card ~ $69.00
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I am new to Linux/Slack 7.0 so I am not sure which of
these are well
> > > > > > supported or run well under Linux. I also dual-boot NT.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Thanks for your suggestions!
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Dr. Tim Schmidt
> > > > >
> > > > > I'm using the Netgear FA310-TX. It uses the DEPCA chip from
DEC and Red
> > > > > HAT 6.1 uses the tulip.o driver for this card. It works just
fine.
> > > >
> > > > You didn't mention the NIC I consider to be the best in the
industry ...
> > > > and that's the 3Com 905 (could be B-TX or C-TX or straight
905-TX).
> > > > Before I'd pay 69 bucks for an Intel NIC I'd get a 3Com NIC
for the about
> > > > the same price that will not only out perform all the other
NICs (when
> > > > splitting hairs) but comes with free tech support and a
lifetime warranty.
> > > >
> > > > - RC
> >
> > --
> >
> > +-------------------------------+-------------------------------+
> > | Ron Reeder | [EMAIL PROTECTED] |
> > | Denver Technical Support | Phone: (303) 389-4408 |
> > | Western Geophysical Company | Fax: (303) 595-0667 |
> > +-------------------------------+-------------------------------+
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (M. Buchenrieder)
Subject: Re: Recommend a modem?
Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2000 09:35:36 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ed Hourigan) writes:
>I would appreciate someone recommending a very good modem
>that will work with both windows and linux. My current
>modem is one of those darn win-modems that won't work w/ linux.
Buy an external serial V.90 modem. This one is guaranteed to
work in any OS that does have support for serial ports...
There is no reason for using internal ones, anyways, since
they are a royal pain.
Michael
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From: Charlie Baylis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.install,linux.redhat.misc,uk.comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: Maxtor HD IRQ Timeouts - System Hangs :(
Date: Wed, 05 Apr 2000 11:16:29 +0100
In article <ROCG4.8$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Martin Wood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> ** Problem ** : 80% of the time if I cold boot into Linux it will fail to
> load, usually during a period of intensive disk activity such as finding
> module dependencies or mounting local filesystems with a:
> "hdb: irq timeout error"
> Does anybody have _any_ clue as to how I can remedy this before I take a
> giant axe to my Maxtor drives?!! Something in the BIOS I can try? LILO
> options? hdparm settings?
Have you tried leaving it for a while? The IDE drivers should eventually
reset the IDE bus and continue.
Failing that, can you disable DMA for your hard disk in the BIOS?
HTH
Charlie
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From: Paul Marchildon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: SCSI CD-ROM setup?
Date: Wed, 05 Apr 2000 06:40:10 -0400
I have a Power PC computer running Linuxppc. It acts as a server for CD
drives. There are 15 CD drives on 3 scsi cards, I can read 7 at most.
How do I set up Linux to see all the drives? I have tried mknod
/dev/scdX 11 X and recompiled the kernel with "probe all luns" set to
yes.
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From: Paul Marchildon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: SCSI CD-ROM setup?
Date: Wed, 05 Apr 2000 06:40:38 -0400
I have a Power PC computer running Linuxppc. It acts as a server for CD
drives. There are 15 CD drives on 3 scsi cards, I can read 7 at most.
How do I set up Linux to see all the drives? I have tried mknod
/dev/scdX 11 X and recompiled the kernel with "probe all luns" set to
yes.
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From: root <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: CDRECORD *shmget failed*
Date: Wed, 05 Apr 2000 11:00:54 GMT
Ok, I am new at this stuff, but I am fairly experienced when it comes to
the pc. Now, If I do a fresh install of Linux 6.2 I can get the writer
to work without a fail. When i compile a new kernel to impliment my
Promise Ultra66 everything seems to go well, I can even see my HP 8200i.
IF I try to, lets say blank a CD-RW (which i have done with a fresh
install successfully) I get this error
[root@24 /root]# cdrecord dev=0,0,0 -blank=all
Cdrecord 1.8 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2000 J�rg Schilling
cdrecord: Invalid argument. shmget failed
Now I did a man on shmget, and I am assumeing by what i was reading that
it has to do with a memorey allocation problem. Is there something I am
forgetting to compile into the kernel? Has anyone else had this
problem.. and by chance do tehy know how to fix it? I have been
searching for the answer for awhile, even redid the system..
here is "cdrecord -scanbus"
Cdrecord 1.8 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2000 J�rg Schilling
Using libscg version 'schily-0.1'
scsibus0:
0,0,0 0) 'HP ' 'CD-Writer+ 8200 ' '1.0f' Removable CD-ROM
0,1,0 1) *
0,2,0 2) *
0,3,0 3) *
0,4,0 4) *
0,5,0 5) *
0,6,0 6) *
0,7,0 7) *
Cdrecord 1.8 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2000 J�rg Schilling
scsidev: '0,0,0'
scsibus: 0 target: 0 lun: 0
Using libscg version 'schily-0.1'
Device type : Removable CD-ROM
Version : 0
Response Format: 1
Vendor_info : 'HP '
Identifikation : 'CD-Writer+ 8200 '
Revision : '1.0f'
Device seems to be: Generic mmc CD-RW.
Using generic SCSI-3/mmc CD-R driver (mmc_cdr).
Driver flags : SWABAUDIO
The kernel I am useing is 2.3.99-pre3 (It has all the nice little toys i
want for my PIII550 and Asus P3C2000)
Any help would be greatly appreciated! :) Thx!
Phil.
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