Linux-Hardware Digest #635, Volume #12 Fri, 7 Apr 00 14:13:12 EDT
Contents:
IBM 486 ("Rev. Reverse")
3COM Etherlink III 10BaseT PCMCIA Card Model 3C589D installation in Mandrake 7.0
helps need ("Alex S")
Multiple SCSI HDDs not accessible by OS ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Wacom Graphic-Tabs (Alex Hauer)
Voodoo3, X4 and 24 bits (Bruno Barberi Gnecco)
Voodoo3, X4 and 24 bits (Bruno Barberi Gnecco)
Re: I-opener and linux: 128meg really helps! (Joe Ringer)
Re: CDROM problem: Acer 50X (Hal Burgiss)
Re: linux printing question... (Kevin J Dressel)
Re: IBM 486 ("Christian Hoefer")
Re: modem drivers ("Me")
Re: Crystal 4236B/DELL OptiPlex Gx1 sound card ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Communication problem? was _Canon BJC-6000_ ("Thomas J. Canich")
i810 in XF86 4.0 ("Gareth Chapman")
Re: Installing a Network Printer
Re: I-opener and linux: 128meg really helps! (Bryan)
Re: aha2940u2w fails with rh61,62 suse6.4, ok w/rh6 and suse6.2 (John Eaton)
Modem setup problems (Andy Jones)
Re: 'Domain Not Bound' ? What's This Error ?? (Henrik Carlqvist)
Re: Linux and Wake-on-LAN NIC feature (Henrik Carlqvist)
LILO hangs at 'LI' (Lothar Brendel)
Re: aha2940u2w fails with rh61,62 suse6.4, ok w/rh6 and suse6.2 (Joshua Baker-LePain)
Re: Creative 128PCI problem ("David ..")
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From: "Rev. Reverse" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: IBM 486
Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2000 10:07:16 -0500
i am trying to troubleshoot an old IBM 486. when i turn it on:
i get no reaction from the moniter,
i hear the first floppy drive doing soming,
i don't hear the hard drive at all,
then a few seconds later the pc speaker starts beeping an anoying
beep at me.
i am new to the hardware thing and i though troubleshooting this
machine would be a learning experience.
Rev. Reverse
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From: "Alex S" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: 3COM Etherlink III 10BaseT PCMCIA Card Model 3C589D installation in Mandrake
7.0 helps need
Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2000 08:07:50 -0700
Linux forever!
I have been trying to install or make Linux Mandrake 7.0 detect my PCMCIA
card on my laptop (Toshiba 220CDS) without any success. The PCMCIA card is
Etherlink III 10BaseT Model 3C589D from 3COM. Lothar cannot detect it in
its Networking Device. So I cannot access the internet right now with my
Laptop.
I have been wondering if someone can help me on this matter.
Thank you.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Multiple SCSI HDDs not accessible by OS
Date: Fri, 07 Apr 2000 15:07:00 GMT
I have a RedHat 5.2 system that has 2 SCSI
controllers. The DPT RAID controller in the
system sees an internal drive array as /dev/sda.
I have an Adaptec 2944 card connected to an EMC
Symmetrix disk array. When I boot the system, the
BIOS of the Adaptec recognizes all 6 drives
configured on the EMC box. When I do the "insmod
aic7xxx", the driver recognizes all 6 drives.
However, only /dev/sdb and /dev/sdc are available
to the OS. When I do an "fdisk /dev/sdd", I get
something like "Unable to open /dev/sdd". The
device files are there with the correct
major/minor numbers, etc. Is there a limit to the
number of SCSI HDDs allowed? That doesn't seem
likely.
Thanks,
Kevin
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From: Alex Hauer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Wacom Graphic-Tabs
Date: Fri, 07 Apr 2000 17:06:51 +0200
Hiho,
has anyone experience with Wacom Graphic-Tabs and Red-Hat 6.1?
alex.
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From: Bruno Barberi Gnecco <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Voodoo3, X4 and 24 bits
Date: 7 Apr 2000 10:24:16 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Have anyone successfully run X4.0 in 24 bits using a Voodoo 3? Here
weird things happen. I need 24 bits for some applications, even if there's no
3D acceleration support.
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Quoth the Raven, "Nevermore". - Poe
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From: Bruno Barberi Gnecco <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Voodoo3, X4 and 24 bits
Date: 7 Apr 2000 10:24:28 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Have anyone successfully run X4.0 in 24 bits using a Voodoo 3? Here
weird things happen. I need 24 bits for some applications, even if there's no
3D acceleration support.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Joe Ringer)
Subject: Re: I-opener and linux: 128meg really helps!
Date: 7 Apr 2000 15:33:07 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Tue, 04 Apr 2000 03:26:00 GMT, Bryan wrote:
>just as an fyi, my kernel build HALVED when I went from the stock
>32meg sodimm to a 128meg stick. from a half hour (2.2 series) to 15
>minutes.
>
>add the winchip2 as an upgrade and I'm hoping it will be less than 10 minutes.
>
>so the rumors of the i-opener NOT using more than 64meg are a lie.
>run 'free' and it does show 128meg.
>
>fyi,
>
>--
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>
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Does dmesg show 128MB?
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Joe |
|Remember when "Truth, Justice, & the American Way"
|wasn't contradictory?
|
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Hal Burgiss)
Subject: Re: CDROM problem: Acer 50X
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Fri, 07 Apr 2000 16:05:44 GMT
On 06 Apr 2000 19:48:37 EDT, Dances With Crows
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>On Thu, 06 Apr 2000 18:32:16 -0400, Steve Cousins
><<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> shouted forth into the ether:
>>I have just replaced my IDE ATAPI cdrom with a new one. I installed
>>Redhat 6.1 from it fine but now when I boot up, when it gets to loading
>>hdc I get the following:
>> hdc:packet command error: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete
>
>Which kernel version are you using? RH 6.1 came with 2.2.5-15, and around
>2.2.13, they came out with a patch that allowed "50x" drives by Acer to
>work correctly. Apparently, they do something weird and br0ken, hence the
>problems you're having with a stock kernel.
I have a 50x Acer, and the patch I think you may be referring to
appeared about 2.2.15pre5. At least that is where I got going. 2.2.14
would generate the same type errors as above for me. FYI ...
Same scenario with me, installation was fine, but not usable afterwards.
I also found oddly that if I booted runlevel 3 (no X), it generally
worked fine for some reason. startx would kill it though. Try
2.2.15preWhatEverItIsAtNow.
--
Hal B
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From: Kevin J Dressel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: linux printing question...
Date: Fri, 07 Apr 2000 11:08:05 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I've since cleared up the error, though I really don't know how! It just
sort of happened. Now, everything is working pretty well including
Samba print services. Now, I am going to look into alternative to lpr.
I'll check out CUPS. Does it have any special features?
Thanks!
Kevin
Bob Dusek wrote:
>
> You may want to look into the "CUPS" printing system.
>
> When you try to "lpr text.txt" as root, you still got the "bash:
> /home/dressel/.bashrc: Permission denied" error? This seems to me to
> indicate that you executed the "su" command to obtain root access. When
> you "su" it doesn't completely re-write your environment variables and
> therefore is still acting as if it were you logged in.
>
> You should be able to "chmod 700 .bashrc" from /home/dressel to get rid
> of that error. If you don't have a .bashrc file in /home/dressel, then
> you must not use "bash" as your shell..??
>
> ??
>
> Bob
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From: "Christian Hoefer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: IBM 486
Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2000 18:25:30 +0200
Rev. Reverse schrieb in Nachricht ...
>i am trying to troubleshoot an old IBM 486. when i turn it on:
>i get no reaction from the moniter,
>i hear the first floppy drive doing soming,
>i don't hear the hard drive at all,
>then a few seconds later the pc speaker starts beeping an anoying
>beep at me.
>
>i am new to the hardware thing and i though troubleshooting this
>machine would be a learning experience.
>
>Rev. Reverse
>
hi,
the beep comes from the BIOS POST =power on self test
in a early stage, before it even recognizes the BIOS extension
on your graphics card - so it can't send written error messages-
it send beepcodes.
find the manufacturer and version of your BIOS . on theire
Web sites you'll find which beepsequence means what.
( search for 'postcodes')
for some elder AMI and Award BIOSses i think i'll can
mail you but better search the web.
some example(AMI):
1 beep Refresh failure
2 beeps Parity error
3 beeps Base 64K memory failure
4 beeps Timer not operational
5 beeps Processor error
6 beeps 8042 - gate A20 failure
7 beeps Processor exception interrupt error
8 beeps Display memory read/write failure
9 beeps ROM checksum error
10 beeps CMOS shutdown register read/write error
11 beeps Cache memory bad
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Reply-To: "Me" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
From: "Me" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: modem drivers
Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2000 09:40:13 -0700
PCtel released Linux drivers for the 1789 chip set used in most al PCI PCtel
based modems.
I found it on the Zoltix Multimedia site at:
http://www.zoltix.com
Use the Phantom 56K model FMHSP56PCI linux driver.
"Alberto G�mez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:vC7G4.1259$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> 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: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: Crystal 4236B/DELL OptiPlex Gx1 sound card
Date: Fri, 07 Apr 2000 16:59:01 GMT
I have the same setup and am STILL having
problems.
I have used the sndconfig program, and actually
had sound working twice! I saved my isapnp.conf
and conf.modules files once I had the sound
working, but as soon as I reboot - the sound no
longer works!
HELP! Even if I copy the working config files
(listed above) and reboot, the sound doesn't work.
Any suggestions?
Thanks
Brent
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From: "Thomas J. Canich" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Communication problem? was _Canon BJC-6000_
Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2000 11:54:37 -0400
hi,
i recompiled my kernel using the latest devel version
(2.3.99pre3) and managed to get the parport drivers to load, they even see
my printer and correctly read the firmware. However, _lpr <filename>_
still does nothing. I expect that i should at least get garbage, even if
the printcap is incorrectly configured.
I have also tried to print using pdq and have just downloaded and
installed CUPS (as soon as i figure out how to use it...). Any ideas on a
remedy?
thanks
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: "Gareth Chapman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: i810 in XF86 4.0
Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2000 18:31:47 +0100
I recently downloaded the XF86 4.0 binaries for my system, and have got the
i810 driver up and running. There are a couple of problems though.
Firstly, the agpgart module is compiled and works fine, but despite the fact
that my kernel supports auto loading, it doesn't auto load when I run
startx. I have to modprobe it to get it loaded. Secondly, the X server
actually seems a bit buggy, with icons and bars, etc, leaving trails behind
when I move them. Is this a known problem?? I couldn't find any reference
to it in the docs.
Any help would be appreciated,
thanks in advance,
Gareth
PS I've got Mandrake 7.0, PIII 500, 128 Megs(which Linux only seems to
think is 64???), i810 chipset.
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From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Installing a Network Printer
Date: Fri, 07 Apr 2000 17:32:11 GMT
First configure your first computer, which the printer is connected to, to
accept print jobs from you second computer.
Then do a network printer config. Remote print queue should be the same as
the print queue name in the printer host.
Ahmed Abukmail wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I have two computers RH 6.0 running on the one connected to the
> printer and I print w/o problems to /dev/lp0. I would like to setup the
> other computer to be able to print to the printer. The two computers can
> see each other since they both have private IP addresses 192.168.x.x
> based addresses?
>
> Thank you very much...
>
> Ahmed
>
>
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From: Bryan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: I-opener and linux: 128meg really helps!
Date: Fri, 07 Apr 2000 17:34:15 GMT
Joe Ringer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: Does dmesg show 128MB?
yup, sure does. for the stick of 128meg, that is.
with 256meg, the initial boot message did show that it senses 256, but
there was a nasty kernel dump very early on in the boot process. I
didn't bother to figure it out - I was at that shop for a while trying
things and didn't want to stay too much longer. and 256meg would have
exceeded the cost of the basic unit by many times ;-)
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(c) 2000. Publishing and/or relaying of this material on all forums other than
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obtain a written permit before you publish. Violators are subject to civil
prosecution for Copyright Infringement as applicable. Publication by C|NET
and Microsoft Networks expressly prohibited.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Eaton)
Subject: Re: aha2940u2w fails with rh61,62 suse6.4, ok w/rh6 and suse6.2
Date: 7 Apr 2000 18:40:54 GMT
Pat Cassidy ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
: I'm trying to get linux installed onto a P-II with a brand new Adaptec
: AHA-2940U2W and having strange problems. It seems that the newer
: distributions have a problem with the aha2940u2w.
: Any suggestions on how I can proced are welcome!
Format the drive with RH6.0. Power down at that point and then install
6.1. I have heard that works.
I have noticed similar problems with the newer installs not working
on systems that older installs had no problems with.
John Eaton
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Andy Jones)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Modem setup problems
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Fri, 07 Apr 2000 17:44:59 GMT
I'm having loads of problems configuring my modem. First some
details:-
RH 6.0
Dell XPS400
ppp 2.3.7
Hayes Accura external ISDN modem on com1 (defintely not a WinModem)
I've had the modem working under RH5.1, but since I've reinstalled
RH6.0 I can't get it to work. I've since lost the original 5.1 install
disks so it's not as if I go back to that setup either. I've tried the
following methods:-
kppp
----
Gives the following - "Looking for modem .... Sorry modem is busy"
minicom
=======
Gives the following error - "You're already online - hang up first",
even though I'm not.
Using pppd + chat
=================
Give "Connect script failed", and has the following in
/var/log/messages:-
Apr 7 18:10:35 localhost kernel: registered device ppp0
Apr 7 18:10:35 localhost pppd[870]: pppd 2.3.7 started by root, uid 0
Apr 7 18:10:36 localhost chat[872]: Can't get terminal parameters:
Input/output error
Apr 7 18:10:36 localhost pppd[870]: Connect script failed
Apr 7 18:10:37 localhost pppd[870]: Exit.
Does anyone have any ideas as to what's going on? As far as I can make
out, it's defintely a comms problem between the PC & the modem as it
doesn't even get as far as dialing out. I've tried various
combinations of /dev/cua0, /dev/ttyS0 & /dev/modem without any luck,
as well as mucked around with setserial but as far as I can make out
the com port seems ok. Just to eliminate it the setserial output is:-
/dev/ttyS0, UART: 16550, Port: 0x03f8, IRQ: 4
All help appreciated.
Andy
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From: Henrik Carlqvist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: 'Domain Not Bound' ? What's This Error ??
Date: Thu, 06 Apr 2000 19:57:56 +0200
Lucky wrote:
> I just loaded up COL 2.4 When starting netscape it goes to sites
> but I get an error that says :
>
> YPBindProc_Domain: Domain not bound
This sounds like an error connected to YP, yellow pages also known as
NIS. Are you running NIS?
What is the output if you type:
ypwhich
and if you type:
nisdomainname
?
regards Henrik
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From: Henrik Carlqvist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.networking
Subject: Re: Linux and Wake-on-LAN NIC feature
Date: Thu, 06 Apr 2000 20:20:22 +0200
William McGrath wrote:
> I was wondering about the WoL feature on some NICs. As far as I
> understand it, WoL is a feature of the NIC and connects via a wire to
> a connector on a motherboard that supports this feature.
I haven't used it, but this is the way I understand it also.
> Ok so if I have a motherboard without this feature am I SOL? Or can
> linux support a similar function in software?
It is hard to support something in software when the computer is powered
off.
> I am thinking of some sort or power-down/power-up function that kicks
> in when there is activity on the subnet. What about cards that don't
> have this feature, can they still be
> used for this purpose?
You could telnet into any Linux box and tell it to reboot or shutdown.
However, only some motherboards support to also turn the power of at
shutdown.
regards Henrik
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From: Lothar Brendel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: LILO hangs at 'LI'
Date: Fri, 07 Apr 2000 19:53:36 +0200
Hi folks!
Yes, I know, the subject is rather well known, but in my case it
shouldn't have to do with something from /boot/* not being found or the
like.
I have LILO installed on /dev/hda (its /boot living in /dev/hda1) to
start up Linux on /dev/sda5. Everything works fine until I add a new,
empty IDE-drive (20GB) on /dev/hdc. In that case it hangs when trying to
execute the secondary loader. Booting from floppy works in both cases,
though.
Any ideas? Does LILO get confused by large disks Secondary/Master-Disks?
asks
Lothar
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From: Joshua Baker-LePain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: aha2940u2w fails with rh61,62 suse6.4, ok w/rh6 and suse6.2
Date: 7 Apr 2000 18:04:18 GMT
Pat Cassidy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'm trying to get linux installed onto a P-II with a brand new Adaptec
> AHA-2940U2W and having strange problems. It seems that the newer
> distributions have a problem with the aha2940u2w.
> Any suggestions on how I can proced are welcome!
When installing 6.1, make sure that you are using the updated install floppy
image, not booting the CD or using the original boot floppy. IIRC, the
problems with 6.1 and the 2940 are documented. I successfully installed
using this method on a new Dell Precision 610 about a month ago, so
I can confirm that it works.
Also, try installing without checking for bad blocks. It goes much
quicker.
--
Joshua Baker-LePain
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Duke University
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From: "David .." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: redhat.config,redhat.hardware.arch.intel
Subject: Re: Creative 128PCI problem
Date: Fri, 07 Apr 2000 13:09:23 -0500
Also on RH 6.2
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