Linux-Hardware Digest #639, Volume #12 Sat, 8 Apr 00 09:13:52 EDT
Contents:
Re: Harddisk on AHA2940: timeout; unusable system ("Kim Robinson")
Re: Dual processor (John Schamus)
Re: How to use xf86config? (Lucky)
Re: Abit BP6 (Robert Redelmeier)
Re: VOODOO3 (wayne rattz)
Re: Sound : no sound with Ensoniq pc1371 and Mandrake 6.1 (wayne rattz)
Re: LILO hangs at 'LI' (John Schamus)
Re: CD's play but there is no sound ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Internal ZIP disk (laptop)
Re: Abit BP6 (John Andersen)
Re: Internal ZIP disk (laptop) (Dances With Crows)
Re: Wacom Graphic-Tabs (Steve Dunbar)
Re: How to use xf86config? ("Eddie")
Re: Soundblaster Live! Value card not supported (wayne rattz)
Re: I need help getting linux to recognize my CD-ROM (wayne rattz)
Re: How to use xf86config? (A Guy Called Tyketto)
biostar m7mka, athlon, memtest86, and Linux (Joe Pfeiffer)
Re: Compatible CD-ROM (panpan)
Re: IBM 486 ("Christian Hoefer")
Re: read CD-RW (Dumb newbie) (Lew Pitcher)
Re: Compatible CD-ROM (Jim Townsend)
Installing Adaptec 1510 SCSI controller (Chris)
Help with sis 6326 AGP ("Steve Olivier")
Re: Help with sis 6326 AGP ("Thys de Wet")
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From: "Kim Robinson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Harddisk on AHA2940: timeout; unusable system
Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2000 23:10:47 -0700
>on my Debian slink box that has been running for about 9 months very
>stable I suddenly have problems with my scsi harddisk.
Oftentimes when once stable SCSI busses begin to suddenly have problems, it
is usually a drive failing or a termination problem. Since you have so many
devices on your bus, ensure that your have TERMPWR enabled on your devices
and that you indeed are properly terminated. (SCSI, especially Adaptec SCSI
can sometimes be tolerable of misconfigurations for a while, then suddenly
become unstable.)
I suggest that you consider replacing your sda disk (is this ID 1?), get
good back-ups, and consider some kind of fault tolerant system to protect
your data, especially as you indicated you have critical data on this
machine.
Kim Robinson
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Date: Fri, 07 Apr 2000 23:56:06 -0400
From: John Schamus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Dual processor
Japie wrote:
>
> Reading this I hope that someone can help me with my smp-problem.
> I have an Abit BP6 with dual cel 433.
> Whit an kernel compiled for smp (386,or whatever I tryed them all) the
> kernel hangs on syncing the processors.
> Om NT4 and 2000 its no problem so its linux-related.
> Please help me.
>
> Japie
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
The BP6 can be a bear to get going with SMP enabled. A couple of things
that helped me:
1) Flash the bios using the beta QQ bios on Abit's site. The one from
December (NP?) has got lots of problems.
2) Don't put any cards in slot three. This slot shares an IRQ with the
HPT-366 and even if you aren't using it, it can still caise problems.
3) If you are using a kernel below 2.2.14, add append="noapic" to
lilo.conf.
4) For any kernel make sure apm is not compiled in the kernel, that it's
turned off in the bios and just to be sure add "apm=off" to your
lilo.conf. So if you're using say the 2.2.10 kernel in Caldera 2.3 you
would wnat to have the following in the section where you boot to SMP:
append="debug=2 noapic apm=off"
I hope this helps...
Jay
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Subject: Re: How to use xf86config?
From: Lucky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Fri, 07 Apr 2000 21:10:27 -0700
In article <8cksgl$jc6$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Ricardo"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I've installed Red Hat 6.1 when i start Linux in x mode, as
soon as I
>move mouse, it goes to the top of the screen and I can't take it
from there.
> That's problem a configuration problem, so I entered Linux
Single and
>used pico to edit xf86config. I went to the pointers section but
I can't see
>where the text corresponding to the configuration is, because
every line as
>a # at the begining.
>
>Thanks
>
>
>
>
I think it should be under "Pointers"
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From: Robert Redelmeier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.hardware
Subject: Re: Abit BP6
Date: Fri, 07 Apr 2000 23:20:47 -0500
Hal Burgiss wrote:
> On Fri, 07 Apr 2000 Robert Redelmeier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >My Abit BP6 is stable, and so are many others. If somebody has
> >continuing problems, and has tried the usual solutions (300W power
> >supply, BX grease, add'l cooling, good SDRAM), they might want to
> >carefully check the alignment of their 3.3V CPU pins. A poor contact
> >here might make for higher resistance, poor decoupling, and errors.
>
> Robert, I would suggest adding QQ BIOS to this list. Especially, anyone
> having problems that might seem to be X related. This is making a big
> difference for many formerly unstable systems (including me).
Agreed! though I was stable on NJ, and continue to be on QQ. I dumped
the 82443BX config registers for both. Thanks for the reminder, now
I've looked them up. There are some differences:
Offset 13h, the AGP Base Register is changed and appears to better fit
my video card. The vidram size is now correct (was double actual before).
Offset 5Eh, The Programmable Attribute Map seems to now have ROM shadowing
enabled for D0000h through E0000h . This shouldn't make any difference
under Linux, or WinNT for that matter.
Offset 80h, The Error Address Pointer has changed slightly. This can
affect how ECC is handled/logged. It shouldn't make any difference
without ECC, but could cause trouble with the SMM BIOS with ECC SDRAM.
There may be other changes on the PCI end of the config. I didn't
dump those. These changes seem fairly minor, but it's difficult to
tell their full impact. Misconfigured AGP doesn't sound good with X.
-- Robert
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From: wayne rattz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: VOODOO3
Date: Sat, 08 Apr 2000 04:30:41 GMT
HELLO:It will run in console also.At the lilo bootup prompt type linux 3
(hit enter)Be sure to put a space between the word linux and 3.This will
take you to console mode without going to the login manager.good luck
wayne!Try my web site for more information and howto's (web site)
http//www.geocities.com/wrattz/linux1.html
Jarek \"Krusher\" Onuszko wrote:
>
>
> does v3 run in console ? or only in x11 ? on my comp (rh6.1 c500 v3
2000) it
> runs only in x11.
>
> --
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> Jarek "Krusher" Onuszko
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.vwclan.prv.pl
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://q2.kawiarenka.com.pl
> UIN: 13305122
>
>
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From: wayne rattz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Sound : no sound with Ensoniq pc1371 and Mandrake 6.1
Date: Sat, 08 Apr 2000 04:31:00 GMT
HELLO:As strange as this may sound Ive ran the esoniq 1371 with
mandrake6.1When you use soundconfig if it says it found the card even if
you dont hear the sample sound(I didnt) try this.First logout and reset
your xserver then log back in.You sometimes have to after runing sndconfig
to make the card take.If you have a mixer icon on the panel at the bottom
of the screen pull it up and make sure the controls are turned up.I had to
do this to make mine heard.Also go to the control panel and check the box
it gives for sounds.See if you can hear the normal system sounds.It gives
a test button.Make sure tho that you select from both sides of the
options.What I mean by this is pick an option from the left such as
startup message and then pick from the right a sound for it such as the
welecome sound and then hit test.If all this fails do an ismod and see
what turns up.good luck wayne!
david dubois wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> Impossible for me to have sound with Ensoniq 1371 and the Mandrake 6.1.
>
> When I read dmesg I have :
> es1371: version v0.13 time 18:19:49 Sep 15 1999
> es1371: found adapter at io 0xb800 irq 10
> es1371: features: joystick 0x200
> es1371: codec vendor revision 0
> es1371: codec features none
> es1371: stereo enhancement: no 3D stereo enhancement
> es1371: dma timed out??
> so I think all is correct.
>
>
> When I run sndconfig there is no error message but I heard nothing!!!!!
>
>
> One thing important : I use my hifi system so what I need to do to be
> sure that there is a really problem with my configuration and not with
> my hifi system? Can I play a sound file and be sure that it will be play
> only in my PC?
>
>
> This is what I have in /etc/conf.modules :
> alias parport_lowlevel parport_pc
> pre-install pcmcia_core /etc/rc.d/init.d/pcmcia start
> alias char-major-116 snd
> alias snd-card-0 snd-card-ens1371
> alias sound-slot-0 snd-card-0
> # OSS/Free portion - card #1
> alias sound-service-0-0 snd-mixer-oss
> alias sound-service-0-1 snd-seq-oss
> alias sound-service-0-3 snd-pcm1-oss
> alias sound-service-0-12 snd-pcm1-oss
> # OSS/Free portion - card #2
> alias sound-service-1-0 snd-mixer-oss
> alias sound-service-1-3 snd-pcm1-oss
> alias sound-service-1-12 snd-pcm1-oss
> alias parport_lowlevel parport_pc
> pre-install pcmcia_core /etc/rc.d/init.d/pcmcia start
> alias sound es1371
> alias char-major-14 es1371
> options es1371 joystick=0x200
>
>
> When I do cat /dev/sndstat :
> "cat: /dev/sndstat: Aucun priphrique de ce type"
> The traduction is : No such peripheral of this type.
> In the /usr/src/linux-2.2.13/Documentation/sound/README.OSS I have this
> explanation :
>
> "In general the easiest way to diagnose problems is to do "cat
> /dev/sndstat".
>
> If you get an error message, there are some problems with the driver
> setup:
>
> - "No such file or directory" tells that the device files for
> the sound driver are missing. Use the script at the end of
> linux/drivers/sound/Readme.linux to create them.
>
> - "No such device" tells that the sound driver is not in the
> kernel.
> You have to reconfigure and recompile the kernel to have the
> sound
> driver. Compiling the driver doesn't help alone. You have to
> boot
> with the newly compiled one before the driver becomes active.
> The Linux-HOWTO should help in this step.
> "
>
> but I can't find the file Readme.linux.
>
> So, can somebody tell me where is exactly the problem?
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Date: Sat, 08 Apr 2000 00:40:21 -0400
From: John Schamus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: LILO hangs at 'LI'
Lothar Brendel wrote:
>
> 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
LILO gets confused by mixed SCSI-IDE systems. You have to figure out
what the bios addresses of the disks are and add something like this to
lilo.conf:
disk = /dev/hda
bios=0x80
disk = /dev/sda
bios=0x82 (??? not sure what to use here. On boot up your SCSI card
should tell you)
The first to let LILO know where the mbr and the /boot dir are. The
second for the root dir. This drove me crazy when I added an IDE Syjet
to my previously all SCSI system.
Jay
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: CD's play but there is no sound
Date: Sat, 08 Apr 2000 04:31:58 GMT
I tried the aumix... command from an xterm command line. Still no dice.
(Sorry, joining the conversation late)
I noticed that if I started kmixer, I could turn what appears to be the
"line" input all the way up, and everything else, aside from master
volume, all the way down, _and_ turn my speakers all the way up, I can
barely here the CD's music. I don't know what to make of this - I
haven't opened the system up for some time. I had RH 6.1 before, and
the CD player worked fine. Incidentally, I then wake the dead by
forgetting to turn the speakers down before a .wav file gets played.
Any help appreciated...
--Paul
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Greg Wimpey <greg.wimpey@waii*removetomail*.com.invalid> wrote:
> Craig Peterein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > Greg Wimpey wrote:
> > > CDs and sounds (WAVs, MP3s, etc) play fine
> > > through the speakers under Win98. Under RH6.0, sound samples play
> > > correctly. However, using the GNOME CD player, the CD spins, but
no
> > > music through the speakers.
> >
> > IIRC, this can be fixed with "aumix -c R" on RH6.0. Just fix the
> > cd launcher's "Command" to be "aumix -c R;gtcd". It's also fixed
> > in either 6.1 or 6.2 (I have 6.2 and the cd player is fine).
> >
> > HTH,
> >
>
> Thanks, I'll give it a try.
> --
> Greg Wimpey
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ()
Subject: Internal ZIP disk (laptop)
Date: 8 Apr 2000 04:48:31 GMT
I have been poking around for awhile and can't find a definitive
answer for whether Linux will support an internal ZIP drive in a laptop.
Thanx
Tim
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From: John Andersen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.hardware,comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Abit BP6
Date: Sat, 08 Apr 2000 05:47:12 GMT
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
On 4/6/00, 2:48:49 PM, Adam Stouffer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote=20
regarding Re: Abit BP6:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >
> > Well, the nasty gotcha was, "If you run both CPUs at more than
> > 85% of capacity simultaneously, then data corruption does occur.
> > It seems that the BP6 doesn't have quite enough front-side bus
> > "bandwidth" to run both CPUs at full utilization."
> > I was very sad to read that, and immediately decided to look
> > elsewhere for dual Celerons. (Alas, can't remember the URL,
> > but you should be able to find it with a web search.)
> >
> > What you are reporting is exactly what he reported: have several
> > programs running, and max out both processors, and data corruption
> > occurs.
> Such bullshit. I can leave my dual C333's running at 500 for a week=20
with
> l0phtcrack using 100% of both with no problems. Its been the most=20
stable
> motherboard ever. The only time it has locked up is during extreme
> overclocking when I tried for 540mhz. Don't spew your FUD without a=20
URL
> to back up these claims.
> Adam
I concur, Been running one for 5 months with not so much as a=20
hiccup. Been thru three distros in that time, TurboLinux Ws, Turbo=20
Server, now Redhat
6.1. Twin Celery 500s - not pushed. Very Stable.=20
Prefer Abit to Asus anyday!!
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Subject: Re: Internal ZIP disk (laptop)
Date: 08 Apr 2000 01:05:03 EDT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On 8 Apr 2000 04:48:31 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
<<8cmdmv$lft$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> shouted forth into the ether:
>I have been poking around for awhile and can't find a definitive
>answer for whether Linux will support an internal ZIP drive in a laptop.
Internal ZIP drives are IDE devices, unless they're SCSI devices
(unlikely, I'd guess) and both are supported. You just have to find out
which interface the thing attaches to... just make sure you have
ide-floppy and SCSI disk support compiled in as modules (the default
in most stock kernels), insert a DOS-formatted ZIP, and try, in sequence,
# mount -t vfat /dev/hdb4 /mnt/zip
# mount -t vfat /dev/hdc4 /mnt/zip
# mount -t vfat /dev/hdd4 /mnt/zip
# mount -t vfat /dev/sda4 /mnt/zip
...one of these will work.
Hot-swap slots that fit both a regular floppy drive and a ZIP may be more
problematic. Can't test this; don't have the hardware or friends who can
afford the hardware, but try the above commands with the ZIP drive
inserted. Do NOT attempt to swap drives if you have a disk mounted;
umount it first and probably rmmod the modules before swapping drives.
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(Unless, of course, you're working with NT)\| BOFHen burn down theatres.
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From: Steve Dunbar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Wacom Graphic-Tabs
Date: Fri, 07 Apr 2000 21:17:15 -0700
Alex Hauer wrote:
>
> Hiho,
> has anyone experience with Wacom Graphic-Tabs and Red-Hat 6.1?
> alex.
See <http://lepied.com/xfree86/> for information about the Wacom driver
for XFree86.
I don't know about Red Hat, but this driver worked fine with a Wacom Pen
Partner (serial port version), SuSE 6.3, and XFree86 3.3.6. However,
since I installed the new XFree86 4.0, I've been unable to get the Wacom
driver to work at all (it crashes the X server).
-- Steve
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From: "Eddie" <eddieb(at)attglobal(dot)net>
Subject: Re: How to use xf86config?
Date: Sat, 8 Apr 2000 01:10:08 -0400
I had the same problem with RH 6.1. When I installed I chose Microsoft
Intellimouse because that's the mouse I have. Stuck up on top! So I
re-installed and chose generic 3 button mouse and checked the box at bottom
left "emulate three button mouse". When GUI booted no problems. I don't know
of another way to fix this prob without a mouse. Hope this helps. Eddie
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From: wayne rattz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Soundblaster Live! Value card not supported
Date: Sat, 08 Apr 2000 05:30:18 GMT
HELLO:Mandrake 7.0 supports the soundblaster live value card or the
soundblaster link can be found at my site at
http://www.geocities.com/wrattz/linux1.html at the right side of the page.
good luck wayne!
John T. H. Wong wrote:
>
> Dear Linux users,
>
> My computer has the soundblaster live! value soundcard and I can
> just find a soundmodule for kernel 2.2.5 (now kernel 2.2.12) So it
> doesn't work
> Can somebody tell me where can i find the driver or work around for
> this soundcard?
>
> Thanx
>
> John
>
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From: wayne rattz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: I need help getting linux to recognize my CD-ROM
Date: Sat, 08 Apr 2000 05:30:31 GMT
HELLO:You could of used the automount option at install.Pull up linuxconf
and try to mount it that way.Make sure its setup as the iso9660 file
type.Theres also an option to let users mount the drive.You could also
check your fstab file and see what it says.For more info and links try my
site http://www.geocities.com/wrattz/linux1.html.It has howto's Ive wrote
that might help you such as mounting drives.You can get to the howto's by
clicking on the words howto's on the right side of the page.good luck
wayne!
Erik wrote:
>
> If anyone reading this is linux savvy, Please help. I recently installed
>
> Mandrake 7.0 on my machine (kernel 2.2.4) However I am having some
> difficulty mounting my CD ROM. I have my hard drive on the primary as
> master, and my CD ROM on the secondary as master. The installation
> assigned /dev/cdrom (/dev/hdc) as the device, and /mnt/cdrom as the
> mount point. During bootup I get an error message which tells me that
> hdc is not a valid block device. If I try to mount it manually during a
> session, or access it, I get an error that says device not found, or
> access denied. Logged in as root, I know that access really isn't
> denied. So how can I go about getting Linux to recognize my drive?
>
> Your help is greatly appreciated.
>
> Linux newbie,
> Erik
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
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From: A Guy Called Tyketto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How to use xf86config?
Date: Sat, 08 Apr 2000 04:36:58 GMT
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Just to be safe here, you are talking about /etc/XF86Config, and
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pico (if in single user mode, you may want to seriously learn vi.
When/if your box crashes, that will be the only editor available to you)
would like editing a binary file. ;)
BL.
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From: Joe Pfeiffer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: biostar m7mka, athlon, memtest86, and Linux
Date: 07 Apr 2000 23:33:07 -0600
I'm now on my second motherboard (having returned the first to the
vendor), and seeing virtually the same symptoms as first time: if I
run memtest86, I show random 8 and 16 bit blocks of bad memory (it
doesn't even fail reliably on the same locations every pass; it
doesn't even necessarily fail every pass). This turns up if I have
two DIMM slots populated; not if I only have one (and I can use either
of my DIMMs alone, so I think I can rule out a memory problem).
It seems very unlikely to me that I've gotten two motherboards with
identical faults, and it doesn't ``smell'' like a CPU problem. So...
I need to hear from anybody out there using this motherboard for
linux. How does it do in real life? Have you seen faults like I am?
Does somebody out there think this sounds like a CPU problem?
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Department of Computer Science FAX -- (505) 646-1002
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From: panpan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.mandrake
Subject: Re: Compatible CD-ROM
Date: Sat, 08 Apr 2000 06:07:09 GMT
I am struggling with getting my HP CD-RW 9100i (IDE) recognized by
Linux (Mandrake)... any suggestions? Thanks.
Sejo Pan
Dances With Crows wrote:
> On Mon, 28 Feb 2000 15:29:13 -0500, Jan Boshoff
> <<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> shouted forth into the ether:
> >Newbie question: I'm ready to install Mandrake on my system but
> >discovered that my ancient hex speed drive has trouble reading the CD-R
> >on which I have Mandrake.
> >I want to buy a cheap new CD-ROM drive, say for around $40.
>
> Any IDE/ATAPI drive with a speed of less than 40x is fine. I reccommend
> getting something like a 24x as those are A) quieter B) don't spin down as
> quickly, leading to higher average speeds for normal user applications C)
> cheaper. You can find one of these on ebay or pricewatch.com for approx.
> $30 U.S. Shoot, if you have $150 lying around, get a 4/4/16 CD-RW, as
> being able to burn CDs has so many advantages...
>
> Some 50x drives don't work with Linux without a kernel patch, for reasons
> I forget, so spare yourself some pain and don't get one of those.
>
> --
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> But only Light too dim for us to see \
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From: "Christian Hoefer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: IBM 486
Date: Sat, 8 Apr 2000 08:10:14 +0200
Rev. Reverse schrieb in Nachricht ...
>ok, i've got AMI BIOS and 3 beeps. Which means that i have "base
>64 k memory failure.
your are shure if this table apply to your BIOS ? (i yust post it
for sample)
>
>now my question is:
> what should i do about it? is this something i could
>fix, or should i look for another old 486 motherboard?
you can replace memory modules , if you have spares.
first make shure the ones installed are installed propper.
make shure to a 'memory bank' complete.
you have a manual for that board ?
>
>thank you for tolerating my lack of experience.
>
>Rev. Reverse
>
/christian
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From: Lew Pitcher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: read CD-RW (Dumb newbie)
Date: Sat, 08 Apr 2000 06:29:40 GMT
**** ****** wrote:
>
> All these commands.... Where do you type them ??
> I've been ALL over this new install and I cannot figure out where to enter
> these commands. Pleeeeeezzzz ??
> I have windoze down pat ( yeah, big bragging rights !?)
> but with this Linux (Mandrake) I have NO reference to start with. TIA
If you want to get at the commandline from X: from whatever
toolbar/menu you have available, start an 'xterm' (or rxvt or aterm or
konsole). This will open a commandline window (something like a 'DOS
prompt Window' in MSWindows).
Or, you could toggle out of X (<ctrl><alt><Fx> where <Fx> is one of
your function keys), to get to a non-gui text console (like the MSDOS
commandline or MSWindows fullscreen dos prompt).
--
Lew Pitcher
Master Codewright and JOAT-in-training
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From: Jim Townsend <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.mandrake
Subject: Re: Compatible CD-ROM
Date: Sat, 08 Apr 2000 02:01:57 -0500
panpan wrote:
>
> I am struggling with getting my HP CD-RW 9100i (IDE) recognized by
> Linux (Mandrake)... any suggestions? Thanks.
The problem with CDR's is that they're detected as SCSI devices, and
Mandrake sets them up wrong in fstab. This is a Mandrake bug. Type
dmesg and check to see what your drive is detected as. Below is a clip
from my dmesg:
============
scsi0 : SCSI host adapter emulation for IDE ATAPI devices
scsi : 1 host.
Vendor: MITSUMI Model: CR-4804TE Rev: 2.4C
Type: CD-ROM ANSI SCSI revision: 02
Detected scsi CD-ROM sr0 at scsi0, channel 0, id 0, lun 0
sr0: scsi3-mmc drive: 24x/24x writer cd/rw xa/form2 cdda
tray
============
Note what your drive has been assigned as. In my case it is sr0. *All*
I had to do to get the drive recognized is put a symbolic link between
sr0 and cdrom in the /dev directory. (This saves messing around with
editing fstab and stuff). Depending on the kernel you are running, you
might have to recompile it with scsi emulation support, but if you're
running 7.0, it comes configured that way.
As root type: ln -sf /dev/sr0 dev/cdrom
Of course if your drive is detected as sr1, then use sr1. This should
be all you have to do.. If it doesn't work on your system, you can
delete the link and look elswhere.
Jim.
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From: Chris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.mandrake,comp.os.linux.admin,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Installing Adaptec 1510 SCSI controller
Date: Sat, 08 Apr 2000 07:28:44 GMT
I am trying to install an Adaptec 1510 SCSI controller card on a
upgraded Mandrake 7.0 installation.
Computer: AMD 400, 192 Ram
I built and installed the kernal with SCSI support and the AHA152X low
level driver built into the kernal. The help in 'make xconfig' for this
drive says the AHA 1510 card is supported.
Boot message
kernel: scsi : 0 hosts.
kernel: scsi : detected total.
What do I need to get my host recognized?
My bios recognizes the SCSI card but it is not in /proc/scsi/scsi.
I've read the drivers/scsi/README, Documentation/scsi.txt,
SCSI-programming-HOWTO... the help in xconfig suggests reading
SCSI-HOWTO. I can't find it on sunsite's HOWTO area.
I seem to be getting more confused with every document I read.
This is my first time trying to get a SCSI card installed. What
configuration items am I missing?
Any help would be appreciated.
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From: "Steve Olivier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Help with sis 6326 AGP
Date: Sat, 8 Apr 2000 09:28:48 +0200
I've managed to ghet Linux up, but now when i try to startx all i get is
windows displaying some icons, a black background and no text..
Any Ideas ???
keep in mind i'm very new 2 linux....
thanks
vattern
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From: "Thys de Wet" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Help with sis 6326 AGP
Date: Sat, 8 Apr 2000 09:41:53 +0200
Wel well well!
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Ja jou vabond wag ek sal jou kry!
Van jou sal net 'n bitkol bly
hier up my Linux venster
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sing maar jou laaste linaria
ek kon ook nie veel uitrig nie!
Go and check out: this link:
http://cgi.itsite.com/sealinux/wwwboard/messages/665.html
If you ghet your stuff whorking trhy and ghet a spellhingh checkherh as
whell
The older man with less hair (on his head)
Steve Olivier wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>I've managed to ghet Linux up, but now when i try to startx all i get is
>windows displaying some icons, a black background and no text..
>Any Ideas ???
>keep in mind i'm very new 2 linux....
>
>thanks
>vattern
>
>
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