Linux-Hardware Digest #628, Volume #12 Thu, 6 Apr 00 12:13:05 EDT
Contents:
Re: Adaptec 19160 Ultra 160 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Abit BP6 ("David Rencher")
Mouse problem under X (Aurelien Jarno)
Newbie lookin for modem & sound card (Paul Wilson)
Re: Exabyte problems -- please help (Stephen Griffiths)
Re: high altitude modern systems performance ("Pat Crean")
Re: Linux and Wake-on-LAN NIC feature (Jim Jerzycke)
Re: Problem: Dell Dimension T700, Maxtor 54098U8 (40G HD) (Jonathan H N Chin)
Interesting CD-ROM monting (markus boman)
Re: Newbie lookin for modem & sound card (Michael Kelly)
Re: Adaptec 19160 Ultra 160 (Ingo Stierand)
Re: seamless cd-changer mounting ?? ("William B. Arnold")
Re: Which of these Ethernet Cards? ("Arron Svendsen")
Re: seamless cd-changer mounting ?? ("William B. Arnold")
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Adaptec 19160 Ultra 160
Date: Thu, 06 Apr 2000 14:02:34 GMT
[cut]
> I have also heard vague mention of this, but
was interested in finding
> out for certain (I was actually looking at the
29160). This card does
> require a 64 bit PCI slot, so there are not a
lot of motherboards
> around that can handle it (some are listed, but
never in stock, using
> the i840 chipset). The supermicro PIIIDM series
has some that can
> handle it, but the PIIIDM3 and 6 already have
the chip onboard;
> unfortunately, they are not available. The
PIIIDM6 probably won't be
> out till at least July. Doug Ledford at Redhat
probably knows, but so
> far I've been unable to reach him.
>
I believe the 64bit 29160 is backwards compatable
with 32bit PCI.
Duncan
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
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From: "David Rencher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.hardware,comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Abit BP6
Date: Thu, 6 Apr 2000 08:10:48 -0600
>
>So now I have a quandry: to believe the people who report no
>problems, or to believe the ones who do. And yes, there is far
>too little information there to figure out what each guy actually
>did with his system.
> Yup, Forest Gump's mother strikes again.
>
>And I guess now, the answer is that there is no easy answer.
>
Probably not any easy answer.
The specs on my system are as follow:
128Meg PC100 NEC RAM. (It was free)
Adaptec 2940UW SCSI controller
2x Seagate Cheeta 9.1Gig drives,
NEC 6x SCSI CD ROM
Creative Labs AWE64
Vision Tech TNT2 card.
2x 400a Celerons running at 570MHz.
I don't remember the BIOS revision off the top of my head but it's the most
recent non-beta BIOS.
So one potential problem I've bypassed is in the hard drive controllers by
using only SCSI drives. There have been reports of UDMA controller problems
but I've never tried those so I don't know.
Just to be sure that there is no confusion I'm saying that my BP6 is stable
at loads above 85% on both processors. IT has issues with certain Front
Side Bus speeds but that's an over clocking thing, NOT an issue with this
board.
Dave
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From: Aurelien Jarno <ajarno@[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Mouse problem under X
Date: Thu, 6 Apr 2000 16:21:18 +0200
I had a Logitech Wheel Mouse, which worked well under Linux (including the
wheel, using imwheel).
Last week, I bought a Logitech Cordless Desktop. The keyboard works well, but
for the mouse I have some problems.
It works well, but sometimes (I can't say when, but the time is variable) the
pointer start to have a granular movement, and goes on the right up side of
the screen.
It is not a problem with the cordless system, since the mouse works well under
Windows.
Moreover, when I move my mouse away, it doesn't work, but when I come back, it works
again.
The problem doesn't come of imwheel, because I have the same problem without it.
I'm running on Mandrake 7.0 with KDE, using XFree86 version 3.3.6.
Any help greatly appreciated
Aur�lien Jarno
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From: Paul Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Newbie lookin for modem & sound card
Date: Thu, 06 Apr 2000 10:32:35 -0400
Hello,
I'm looking for a PCI modem and PCI or ISA sound card that are
compatible with Red Hat 6.1. Does anyone have any suggestions??
Thanks,
psw
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Date: Thu, 06 Apr 2000 08:26:38 -0600
From: Stephen Griffiths <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Exabyte problems -- please help
The exabyte manual claims that an 8505 should get 10gig per 112m tape with
compression. If you think I getting the right amount without compression the
question becomes -- how do I tell linux to "switch on" the compression?
hac wrote:
> Since I only get about 2.5GB on my 8200, 5GB sounds right for an 8505
> without compression. Are you sure about those specs?
>
> --
> Howard Christeller Irvine, CA [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "Pat Crean" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.comp.hardware.homebuilt,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.systems
Subject: Re: high altitude modern systems performance
Date: Thu, 6 Apr 2000 10:31:54 -0400
"Kenneth Mankoff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>
.
.
.
>
> Also one more overlooked possibility is just "pure bad luck". In the past
> two months my life has involved, among MANY other mishaps: broken ribs (on
> my back), car accident, re-broken ribs, car accident (someone hit rental
> car), all listed computer issues, near bear-attack, my dumb ass turning on
> a light in a house full of propane gas (didn't inhale and realize the
> cleaning girl left the stove on high but unlit all weekend), a plane
> sliding off of a runway, and some more. So maybe the computers just go
> along with all this?
>
> -ken.
>
.
I'd ask you to wear a sign for a while so I'd know who to avoid, but I
suspect that big black cloud hovering right over your head is enough of a
giveaway.... <grin>
Better luck soon
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From: Jim Jerzycke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.networking
Subject: Re: Linux and Wake-on-LAN NIC feature
Date: Thu, 06 Apr 2000 21:34:24 +0000
A man of few words!
We need more on the NG's!
regards,jim
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jonathan H N Chin)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Problem: Dell Dimension T700, Maxtor 54098U8 (40G HD)
Date: 6 Apr 2000 15:36:54 +0100
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Edward L. Hepler) writes:
>The system came up but reported multiple errors on /dev/hda6 (the BIG /home
>partition)... Thinking that perhaps I had forgotten to tell the RH installer
>to format /home, I did a "mkfs" on /dev/hda6... Then I rebooted...
>The system booted... I made a few changes... Then decided to reboot to see
>that everything was OK... When the system came up again, /dev/hda6 was
>reported as having errors again... The boot dropped into root mode so that
>I could manually run fsck... I instructed fsck to fix all the problems that
>it reported... Then ran fsck a second time... It reported a clean /dev/hda6.
>The machine rebooted after exiting root mode... I verified that I could
>get into X-windows, etc., then asked for a shutdown -r... The system rebooted,
>again reporting a corrupted /dev/hda6...
I have a similar problem. I have the same maxtor drive.
My BIOS doesn't recognize it. Linux does, sort of.
(I have just obtained a flashable version of the latest BIOS
that I intend to try out tonight.)
I can use fdisk to set CHS to 79406/16/63 and make a single
partition that covers the entire disk and then run mke2fs.
However when I mount this partition, I get many errors.
A fsck will claim to have fixed the problems, but then a
subsequent remount will give the same error messages.
If I use fdisk with CHS set identically, but partition into
a 3.xG partition and three 12G partitions and then run mke2fs
I get no problems when I mount the resulting partitions.
The kernel in question is 2.2.9, the ext tools are fairly recent
(but the machine is not here so I can't quote the version).
-jonathan
--
Jonathan H N Chin, 1 dan | deputy computer | Newton Institute, Cambridge, UK
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | systems mangler | tel/fax: +44 1223 335986/330508
"respondeo etsi mutabor" --Rosenstock-Huessy
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From: markus boman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Interesting CD-ROM monting
Date: Thu, 06 Apr 2000 09:24:30 +0300
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
This is strange.
I Have two ide cd-drives. One is cd-rom and other one is cd-rw. When I
installed tihis mandrake 7.0 air to my pc. It automatically configured
cd-rw to use ide-scsi module and made nessessary configuration for that.
For example added append = "hdd=ide-scsi" to lilo.conf. But left
cd-rom as it was. And mounting workked fine for that normal cd-rom
drive.
After some time I started using xcdroast burner for writing cds. Add it
didn't find my ide cd-rom. So I edit lilo.conf line :
append = "hdc=ide-scsi hdd=ide-scsi"
to get both drives acting like scsi drives. And now xcdroast finds both
drives.
But when I try to mount my /dev/scd0 or /dev/scd1 I'll get error
message:
mount: the kernel does not recognize /dev/scd0 as a block
device (maybe 'insmod driver')
But if I su and give command:
cdrecord -scanbus
and then try to mount my cd it works. Why ??? Can I make something that
I dont need to go su and do that scanbus when I want to use my
cd-drives?
===================================
Markus Boman
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
===================================
ps. if you know someone who is using scantak 2c flatbed scanned in linux
I would like to know... if it is even possible.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Michael Kelly)
Subject: Re: Newbie lookin for modem & sound card
Date: 6 Apr 2000 14:46:55 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Paul Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> Hello,
>
> I'm looking for a PCI modem and PCI or ISA sound card that are
> compatible with Red Hat 6.1. Does anyone have any suggestions??
>
> Thanks,
>
> psw
>
Hi Paul. I'd advise an external modem. These days it's
likely COM1 has a 16550 or better UART and isn't being
used for anything anyway. If you need to go internal
modem make sure it has a UART with hardware FIFO. No
sense opening the box to put junk inside. The externals
are a bit more expensive but it's much easier to uplug
the serial cable and move it to a new machine(esp. since
56K will probably be "it" for a while for regular analog
phone connection to your isp and they aren't as prone
to obsolescence as they used to be.) Also it tends to
work with any OS that you can install on a PC, OS/2,
Dos, Win9x/NT/2000, Linux.. whatever.
As for the sound card I'll leave that to guys who do
sophisticated stuff for more detail, but if you're
just listening to CDs and streaming files like most
of us then I'd think anything Sound Blaster or 100%
compatible will work with the least configuration
hassles.
Enjoy. :)
--
Mike
--
"I don't want to belong to any club that would have *me* as a member!"
-- Groucho Marx
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From: Ingo Stierand <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Adaptec 19160 Ultra 160
Date: Thu, 06 Apr 2000 16:13:01 +0200
Hello,
"D. Stimits" wrote:
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >
> > Howdy,
> >
> > Does anyone know whether Red Hat 6.2 has support for this SCSI
> > controller: Adaptec 19160 Ultra 160? I read a press release that
> > indicates that Linux these type of controllers but was not specific.
> >
> > Thanks in advance,
> >
> > Kent
> >
> > Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> > Before you buy.
>
> I have also heard vague mention of this, but was interested in finding
> out for certain (I was actually looking at the 29160). This card does
> require a 64 bit PCI slot, so there are not a lot of motherboards
This seems to be an urgent legend. The card is a normal 32Bit PCI card.
I had the same problem for a while. But after no one could help me I
have just tried
to install SuSe 6.3 linux. And surprise: the 7?xx controller driver will
support the 29160. I'm not sure but I think the new controller can be
accessed as
good as the older 2940 [U2W]. Hope this will help.
Ingo
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From: "William B. Arnold" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: seamless cd-changer mounting ??
Date: Thu, 06 Apr 2000 10:06:02 -0400
Greetings!
Hum, using cd changers seamlessly. You can use a script that! Unknown
if I will answer exactly what you are lokking at, however, you may wish
to use the follwing as a starting point.
umounts all disks, even if they are not mounted
mount the disk you want
I use several scsi 6-7pack changers on my linux machine to serve cd's to
Win9X machines using samba. When using a script to function as the
mount/umount middleman, the cds are served "seemlessly" to the win9x
machines. Works quite well. When using the same serving many win9x
machines, you will must "lock" the particular changer for some small
time so excessive disc swapping is kept to a minimum.
here in short is a overview
Pioneer DRM-600 6 pack changer (scsi)
chg1d1
chg1d2
chg1d3
...
chg1d6
MCD-1020 7 pack changer (scsi) (actually a Nakamichi)
chg2d1
chg2d2
chg2d3
....
chg2d7
MCD-1020 7 pack changer (scsi)
chg3d1
chg3d2
chg3d3
....
chg3d7
Nakamichi 7 pack changer (scsi)
chg4d1
chg4d2
chg4d3
....
chg4d7
Then i use a script such as
/usr/bin/mount_changer_disk
umount /mnt/chg$1d1
umount /mnt/chg$1d2
umount /mnt/chg$1d3
umount /mnt/chg$1d4
umount /mnt/chg$1d5
umount /mnt/chg$1d6
umount /mnt/chg$1d7
mount /mnt/chg$1d$2
in smb.conf
[Chg1d1]
Comment = Chg1d1
path = /mnt/chg1d1
preexec = /usr/bin/mount_changer_disk 1 1
* a sepearte share entry is made for each disc on each changer
* umounts all disks, even if they are not mounted; mount the disk you
want
* preexec runs the script /usr/bin/mount_changer_disk passing
1 (for the changer#)
1 (for the disc#)
You can use smbount within the linux environment to do the same, or you
can on the command line call the script passing the changer number and
the disc number.
Let me know if you have questions.
Bill...
Robert 'Madworm' Spitzenpfeil wrote:
>
> has anybody so far found a solution for IDE cd-changers, meaning not having
> to unmount and remount all the time when
> changing??
>
> --
> --
> ---
>
> live long and prosper
> Robert 'Madworm' Spitzenpfeil
>
> Houston.... we have a MICROSOFT!
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "Arron Svendsen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.slackware
Subject: Re: Which of these Ethernet Cards?
Date: Thu, 06 Apr 2000 15:16:27 GMT
I agree, i have had nothing but problems with 3com, i know some sites that
will not use any 3com products. I avoid them at all costs. I have had good
luck with realtek, puredata, and acer, which i hear little talk of acer at
all, is that a canada thing only or somehting??
Arron
"Jay D. Ribak" <ribak@inetsolve . com> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> 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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Subject: MMJB 192/44HS - Latest offering - T-Square - T-Square - 12 - Belfast Song.mp3
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Date: Thu, 06 Apr 2000 15:03:45 GMT
From: "William B. Arnold" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: seamless cd-changer mounting ??
Date: Thu, 06 Apr 2000 10:06:02 -0400
Greetings!
Hum, using cd changers seamlessly. You can use a script that! Unknown
if I will answer exactly what you are lokking at, however, you may wish
to use the follwing as a starting point.
umounts all disks, even if they are not mounted
mount the disk you want
I use several scsi 6-7pack changers on my linux machine to serve cd's to
Win9X machines using samba. When using a script to function as the
mount/umount middleman, the cds are served "seemlessly" to the win9x
machines. Works quite well. When using the same serving many win9x
machines, you will must "lock" the particular changer for some small
time so excessive disc swapping is kept to a minimum.
here in short is a overview
Pioneer DRM-600 6 pack changer (scsi)
chg1d1
chg1d2
chg1d3
...
chg1d6
MCD-1020 7 pack changer (scsi) (actually a Nakamichi)
chg2d1
chg2d2
chg2d3
....
chg2d7
MCD-1020 7 pack changer (scsi)
chg3d1
chg3d2
chg3d3
....
chg3d7
Nakamichi 7 pack changer (scsi)
chg4d1
chg4d2
chg4d3
....
chg4d7
Then i use a script such as
/usr/bin/mount_changer_disk
umount /mnt/chg$1d1
umount /mnt/chg$1d2
umount /mnt/chg$1d3
umount /mnt/chg$1d4
umount /mnt/chg$1d5
umount /mnt/chg$1d6
umount /mnt/chg$1d7
mount /mnt/chg$1d$2
in smb.conf
[Chg1d1]
Comment = Chg1d1
path = /mnt/chg1d1
preexec = /usr/bin/mount_changer_disk 1 1
* a sepearte share entry is made for each disc on each changer
* umounts all disks, even if they are not mounted; mount the disk you
want
* preexec runs the script /usr/bin/mount_changer_disk passing
1 (for the changer#)
1 (for the disc#)
You can use smbount within the linux environment to do the same, or you
can on the command line call the script passing the changer number and
the disc number.
Let me know if you have questions.
Bill...
Robert 'Madworm' Spitzenpfeil wrote:
>
> has anybody so far found a solution for IDE cd-changers, meaning not having
> to unmount and remount all the time when
> changing??
>
> --
> --
> ---
>
> live long and prosper
> Robert 'Madworm' Spitzenpfeil
>
> Houston.... we have a MICROSOFT!
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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