Linux-Hardware Digest #690, Volume #12 Sat, 15 Apr 00 19:13:09 EDT
Contents:
XF86Config for Mac running Debian (Bob Terrell)
Re: K7V, KA7, etc with ECC memory? (Bryan)
LOGITECH mouseman+ USB ("Jarek \"Krusher\" Onuszko")
Re: New Athlon 700 Box (Neil Nelson)
Re: SB AWE64 (Cihl)
Re: use cd-rw created in Win9x with Adaptec sw?? (Michael Kelly)
modem vs ethernet (root)
HP682C on Server samba up garbage prints from win95 (Jim)
Re: Changing PS/2 mouse to serial mouse (Peter T. Breuer)
Re: Cannot run Linux with K6-2 ("Linux User 162950")
Re: DESPERATE: Need help getting 2nd HD to work! ("Linux User 162950")
PCMCIA Modem ("Aaron Lam")
dump /dev/st0 with compression - sytnax is ?? (Gerry Massie)
Re: CPU makes buzz noise (hac)
Re: SB AWE64 (Prasanth Kumar)
PCChips - poor graphics performance ("Graham Wharton")
Phoneline NICs for Linux (Stuart Anderson)
ide-tape-problem (HP Colorado 14GB) (Tommi M�kitalo)
Scanners (RickV)
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From: Bob Terrell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.m68k,comp.os.linux.x
Subject: XF86Config for Mac running Debian
Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2000 15:42:54 -0400
Debian runs on my Quadra 610! The only problem is that xf86config was
missing
from the xserver-common package, so I can't create the XF86Config file.
Does anybody have one you can mail me? Or, Does anyone have xf86config
you
can send somehow?
Please email any response as well as posting.
thanks,
Bob
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From: Bryan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: K7V, KA7, etc with ECC memory?
Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2000 20:39:21 GMT
here's a quote right back at you:
Question:
Can I use PC-133 memory in my AMD Athlon processor-based
computer?
Answer:
Your best choice is to check with your motherboard
manufacturer to see
if their board supports PC-133 memory. Please note, at this
time there
are no performance benefits in using PC-133 memory.
I believe this faq is out of date; it doesn't seem to acknowledge the
kx133 set...
Neil Nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
: Richard wrote:
: [ Any of you guys running the new (VIA KX133) boards with ECC memory
: [ (and with ECC enabled in BIOS)?
: The following is quoted from www.amd.com/support/faqs/athlonfaqs.html.
: > Question: My memory has all the requirements listed above, but it
: > also has ECC (Error Correction Code). Is that a good thing?
: > Answer: ECC is an excellent function for memory, but it is of no ad-
: > vantage for your new AMD Athlon processor-based system. In fact, it
: > may slow down the performance of your new system. You may want to
: > consider using memory that is not ECC.
: Neil Nelson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "Jarek \"Krusher\" Onuszko" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: LOGITECH mouseman+ USB
Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2000 20:54:38 GMT
I need help running this thing. I've got kernel 2.2.14 with added USB
SUPPORT. I've recompiled everything and it looks like no errors occure.
Modules are also present in /etc/xxxxxxx/misc/ but my mouse still doesn't
work. Does anybody have any ideas ? (Any hardware problems are unlikable
cause everything works fine in winshit98)
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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UIN: 13305122
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From: Neil Nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: New Athlon 700 Box
Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2000 21:07:13 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Henrik Becker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
[ Check out the PC 133 Ram, with the new Athlon chip set faster.
The following quote is from www.amd.com/support/faqs/athlonfaqs.html.
> Question: Can I use PC-133 memory in my AMD Athlon processor-based
> computer?
> Answer: Your best choice is to check with your motherboard manufac-
> turer to see if their board supports PC-133 memory. Please note, at
> this time there are no performance benefits in using PC-133 memory.
Is there any concrete evidence that the faster memory provides better
performance?
I also noticed a post recommending the Gigabyte GA-7ixe at a max
115mhz FSB.
www.giga-byte.com/gigabyte-web/products/ga7ixe.htm
The FIC SD11 ($140) runs at 200mhz FSB.
www.fic.com.tw/motherboards/sd11/sd11intro.htm
The new ASUS K7V ($175) also runs at 200mhz. This board is not yet on
AMD's list of recommended boards.
www.asus.com/Products/Motherboard/slota.html
I am looking at the Athlon system (700mhz, FIC SD11) for the initial
node component(s) of a Beowulf cluster using RedHat Linux. A cluster
consists of a number of PCs commonly connected by Fast-Ethernet run-
ning programs coded for parallel processing. The cluster will be ini-
tially used with a wide range of compilers: GCC, assembly, Lisp,
Standard ML, Fortran, and others and utilize the full spectrum of Open
Source programs for the several objectives of Automatic Programming in
Artificial Intelligence. Additionally, automated web access and web
server applications are expected. Does anyone see any likely problems
with using the Athlon in these areas?
Neil Nelson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Cihl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: SB AWE64
Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2000 21:12:47 GMT
Prasanth Kumar wrote:
>
> Cihl wrote:
> >
> > Hi, (-politeness phrase added automatically-)
> >
> > Does anyone know how to make midi playback work in kernel
> > 2.3.99-pre4 on a Soundblaster AWE64?
> > It's an IsaPnP card, and normal sound (mp3s and system
> > sounds) works fine, without any additional configuration
> > apart from the kernel recompile.
> >
> > Here's some bootup info:
> >
> > isapnp: Scanning for Pnp cards...
> > isapnp: Calling quirk for 01:00
> > ISAPnP: SB audio device quirk - increasing port range
> > isapnp: Calling quirk for 01:02
> > isapnp: AWE32 quirk - adding two ports
> > isapnp: Card 'Creative SB AWE64 PnP'
> > isapnp: 1 Plug & Play card detected total
> >
> > And a little further down the list:
> >
> > ISAPnP reports AWE64 WaveTable at i/o 0x620
> > <SoundBlaster EMU8000 (RAM512k)>
> > Soundblaster audio driver Copyright (C) by Hannu Savolainen
> > 1993-1996
> > sb: Creative SB AWE64 PnP detected
> > sb: ISAPnP reports 'Creative SB AWE64 PnP' at i/o 0x220, irq
> > 5, dma 1, 5
> >
> > I can't figure out what's wrong with this, or why it isn't
> > working at all! Can anybody *please* help me?
> >
> This is what my /etc/conf.modules file has in RedHat Linux:
>
> # sound support via soundblaster modules sb and awe_wave
> alias sound-slot-0 sb
> options sound dmabuf=1
> options opl3 io=0x388
> alias midi awe_wave
> post-install awe_wave /bin/sfxload /etc/midi/GU11-ROM.SF2
> options sb io=0x220 irq=5 dma=1 dma16=5 mpu_io=0x330
Thanks, but all sound support and isapnp support is now
included in the kernel, which makes it unnecessary to load
additional modules afterwards.
I checked, and the sound modules, and the uart401 module are
not available at all.
What you are referring to with /etc/conf.modules, is kernel
2.2.14, which doesn't have isapnp support itself.
In my case, sndconfig from redhat and mandrake doesn't work
anymore, and i have to configure the kernel myself.
Maybe i should try to create the drivers as kernel-modules
and try it again. If it still won't work, maybe it's time to
bother Alan Cox with this. (If you don't agree, please try
to stop me by telling me what i'm doing wrong!)
--
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Don't know how to make fire
% Why not?
No match
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From: Michael Kelly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: use cd-rw created in Win9x with Adaptec sw??
Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2000 17:19:55 -0400
On Sat, 15 Apr 2000 02:32:18 -0700, "Jason Byrne" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>
>Michael Kelly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
>news:8d83qr$20jk$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>> I have ide read/write cdrom and so far I've only been
>> able to find info on burning CDRs. Anyone know where
>> I could find a HOWTO or other info on using CD-RW that
>> were created with Adaptec sw in Winx/NT?? I'd like to
>> be able to read and write them from Linux as well as
>> the Win9x/NT OSs.
>>
>> So far I've only been able to mount the CD-RW drive for
>> reading iso9660 CDs.
>
>If I recall correctly... there is an option in some of the Adaptec (windows)
>software that lets you put CD's in a mode that is 'readable by most
>CD-roms'. Technically... I claim ignorance on what mode it is actually
>using.
I think what they are talking about is iso9660. You need Adaptec or
some other driver running to read and write cd-rw made with Adaptec
that's rewritable AFAIK. For instance, even Windows won't read a
cd-rw unless the Adaptec sw is installed.
>
>I've created a number of CD's with Adaptec CD-RW software for various other
>Unix machines (SGI xfs CD's, RedHat 6.1 sparc distribution CD for sparc 10
>install - *not* from iso image) and otherwise mount other similarily burned
>CD's... while I'm running Linux without any problems.
What drivers did you compile in the kernel?
>
>> TIA
>>
>> --
>>
>> Mike
>> --
>> "I don't want to belong to any club that would have *me* as a member!"
>> -- Groucho Marx
>>
>
Mike
--
"I don't want to belong to any club that would have me as a member."
-- Groucho Marx
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From: root <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: modem vs ethernet
Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2000 23:29:19 +0200
Hi
Got a little prob : under redhat 6.1, I can't use my modem and my
ethernet card simultaneously : If I check in my bios 'plug and play OS',
my modem works, but not my network adapter, and if I don't check it,
network works but not the modem...
motherboard : Asus P3B-F
modem : US Robotics 56K message modem (p'n'p)
ethernet : 3com Ether Combo (I tried several differents cards, but it
never works)
Does anyone knows something about it ???
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From: Jim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: HP682C on Server samba up garbage prints from win95
Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2000 21:30:05 GMT
I have a HP682 that works fine from the server, but from windows machines,
all I get is garbage. Samba is running ok. I can see all my shares
including defined printers. I have tried many different things , but what
it looks like is the printfilter is trying to reinterpret the information,
so to me it sounds logical for the Linux spooler to not change/interpret or
re format the data, but just pass it to the printer, since the windows box
has already sent the information with the correct print driver. I have no
desire to write an interface for printing if one alredy exists. Many thanks
for any help you may have.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Peter T. Breuer)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: Changing PS/2 mouse to serial mouse
Date: 15 Apr 2000 23:38:07 +0100
Kenneth Porter ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
: I want to replace the PS/2 mouse on a Red Hat 6.1 system with a serial
: mouse. What do I need to do to get it recognized?
Machines don't recognize. You tell. In this case, repoint /dev/mouse
at /dev/ttyS[0-3] instead of /dev/psaux, and edit /etc/XF86Config's
mouse section to reflect the change in sitio and protocol. Ditto
for whatever script starts gpm.
Peter
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From: "Linux User 162950" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Cannot run Linux with K6-2
Date: Sun, 16 Apr 2000 07:44:50 +1000
Why have you underclocked the chip?
I have a K6-450 on a Gigabyte board and had all sorts of problems getting it
to load Windows95. I fixed that by replacing some files in the system
directory but it always ran fine with Linux.
The message you have suggests the memory access over 640k is at fault. Pcs
using the Intel standard address memory in segments. 640k is the limit of
direct addressing. Over that memory is addressed in "pages" of 16k. AFAIK
under clocking has no benefit on K6 chips. I would look further at the
hardware and double check your settings, re-clock the chip to it's rating
and start again. If you can't do that, maybe replace the board with one more
suitable for the chip.
Damien
"Jules" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:8da8li$i5a$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I recently upgraded my old 430 TX mobo (MSI 5156) with an AMD K6-2 450
> which I underclocked at 6 x 66. It runs fine under WIN98. But I was
> unable to run Mandrake install or tombsrt. I went back installing my
> old Pentium MMX 166 and I was able to install Mandrake without any pb.
> I recompiled the kernel. I tried again with the AMD K6-2 and I get the
> following error:
>
> POSIX conformance testing by UNIFIX
> mtrr: V1.35a (19990819) Richard Gooch
> Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual adress 1800018
> current-> tss.cr3 = 00101000, %cr3 = 00101000
> *pde = 00000000
> Oops: 0002
>
> What is going on ?
> Any suggestion would be appreciated
>
>
>
>
> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> Before you buy.
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From: "Linux User 162950" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: DESPERATE: Need help getting 2nd HD to work!
Date: Sun, 16 Apr 2000 07:51:59 +1000
You might have hit the 1024 cylinder restraint. Linux (fdisk) has a problem
with partitions on disks having more than 1024 cylinders. I'm not sure about
big slack but most other distros use a small /boot partition at the front of
the drive to overcome the problem.
--
>From Damien,
You may find more information on my site:-
http://www.linuxshop.com.au
"HELP!" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I had a 1.6 gig which was working fine, but I removed it and put in an 8.2
gig. I fdisked
> it and such but I get an error saying there is a problem with it and
forces me to single
> mode. What do I need to do to get this working?
>
> Using Slack 7.0
>
> Note: I also have my 3.5 gig which the OS is one and it works fine.
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From: "Aaron Lam" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: PCMCIA Modem
Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2000 17:53:36 -0400
Hey,
I am a new linux user and really have no idea what I am doing. I am learning
though. I am trying to install a PCMCIA modem. I have looked on a various
websites and used the O'Reily's Running Linux book. No luck. Does anyone
know where I can find a step by step on how to install the modem? Or does
anyone have time to give me step by step instructions on how to install this
modem.
PCMCIA modem is a Megahertz XJ4288 on Redhat Linux
Thanks for any help you can give me.
Aaron Lam
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From: Gerry Massie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.misc,redhat.config
Subject: dump /dev/st0 with compression - sytnax is ??
Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2000 18:04:58 -0400
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hey folks, I have an Exabyte 8505XL 8mm tape that under SunOS 4.1 you
use /dev/rst24 to get it to record high density w/ compression. For
Solaris it likes /dev/rmt/0cb .
Anyone have any idea what Linux ( RH 6.1 ) wants. Using /dev/st0
gets low density and no compression, yielding a whopping 1.2 gb or so
on a 160 meter tape.
I'm using the command syntax dump 0dsf 54000 26000 /dev/nst0
( hoping the n gets me no-rewind so I can put multiple dump sets
on .)
Thanks!
Gerry-
!!! remove nospam. in header to reply !!!
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From: hac <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: CPU makes buzz noise
Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2000 22:06:23 GMT
Mirko Mazzoli wrote:
>
> Prasanth Kumar wrote:
>
> > Mirko Mazzoli wrote:
> > >
> > > while doing almost anything (eg moving the mouse, accessing the hds,
> > > transferring data with the modem) a buzz noise comes from the cpu.
> > > i'm sure it's the cpu (or its socket) because i physically umplugged
> > > almost everything else (even the hard drives) and the noise kept coming,
> > > so i took away the mb from the box to hear better and it really seems
> > > that the cpu is the problem.
> > >
> > > i can only guess it's a problem with the interrupts, maybe a conflict,
> > > but beside this i'm clueless... any idea?
> > >
> > > ps: i have an AMD K6-2 400 MHz, mounted on a Soyo SY-5EHM v1.0
> > > motherboard with a ETEQ 82C6638AT/6629 AGP chipset
> >
> > Could it be the cpu fan or the powersupply fan? Another source, though
> > probably no it you case is that the HALT instruction Linux uses to save
> > power can cause noise in nearby speakers. You can disable it with the
> > NO_HLT instruction on LILO.
> >
> > --
> > Prasanth Kumar
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> unfortunately is none of these...
> i already tried stopping the fan (and even changing it actually), but the
> noise persists... the speaker is the first thing that i suspected but i
> disconnected it too, so it's not...
> and the noise only comes if i move the mouse/receive data from the
> modem/access disks/etc., not when the cpu is idle/halted, therefore i think it
> has something to do with interrupts
>
> thx anyway
Ceramic capacitors with high dielectric constants - typical of bypass
caps - tend to be piezoelectric. The regular patterns of the memory
test in the POST will often show this.
Another posibility is the switching regulator for the CPU. Magnetics
also tend to make noise under load. Not only can windings flex, but the
core can, too. Look up magnetostriction and piezoelectricity to learn
about interesting physical effects that most people don't know about.
I wouldn't worry about it. The current draw of a modern processor
changes wildly, depending on the operations that it is doing. While the
computer operates at too high a frequency for you to hear it directly,
patterns of activity show up a lower frequencies. I/O often occurs in
bursts that happen at low enough frequencies for you to hear.
--
Howard Christeller Irvine, CA [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Prasanth Kumar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: SB AWE64
Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2000 22:15:48 GMT
Cihl wrote:
<snip>
> > # sound support via soundblaster modules sb and awe_wave
> > alias sound-slot-0 sb
> > options sound dmabuf=1
> > options opl3 io=0x388
> > alias midi awe_wave
> > post-install awe_wave /bin/sfxload /etc/midi/GU11-ROM.SF2
> > options sb io=0x220 irq=5 dma=1 dma16=5 mpu_io=0x330
>
> Thanks, but all sound support and isapnp support is now
> included in the kernel, which makes it unnecessary to load
> additional modules afterwards.
> I checked, and the sound modules, and the uart401 module are
> not available at all.
> What you are referring to with /etc/conf.modules, is kernel
> 2.2.14, which doesn't have isapnp support itself.
> In my case, sndconfig from redhat and mandrake doesn't work
> anymore, and i have to configure the kernel myself.
> Maybe i should try to create the drivers as kernel-modules
> and try it again. If it still won't work, maybe it's time to
> bother Alan Cox with this. (If you don't agree, please try
> to stop me by telling me what i'm doing wrong!)
<snip>
Okay, you are more ahead on this than I am...I didn't know the
newer kernel has isapnp stuff built in!
--
Prasanth Kumar
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "Graham Wharton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: PCChips - poor graphics performance
Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2000 23:36:56 +0100
Hi all.
I have a PCChips 585lmr motherboard which has onboard graphics.
The chipset is a blade 3D. I am using Redhat 6.1. I have the full 8MB
assigned to graphics and my mainboard memory is 128MB 8ns PC100
I have been experiencing poor graphics performance in XWindows. I am running
the SVGA Server at 1024x768 32bits. Moving windows round the screen is very
slow and jerky. The window moving by stepping about 2 times per second.
I know that mobo's with onboard graphics aren't spectacular performers, but
I though atleast I could achieve a little more than this.
Has anyone else experienced these slow problems, or had a solution.
I have just tried running in 16 bit color, and it is not much faster at all.
Thanks for any advice in advance
Graham Wharton
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From: Stuart Anderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Phoneline NICs for Linux
Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2000 17:29:36 -0400
What Phoneline NICs (3Com 3c410 For E.G.) are supported under Linux?
Actually, I'm wandering if _any_ of these cards are supported?
--
Stuart Anderson -- echelon fodder follows
nuclear iraq bioweapon encryption cocaine korea terrorist NRA assassin
sarin
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Tommi M�kitalo)
Subject: ide-tape-problem (HP Colorado 14GB)
Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2000 23:41:31 +0200
Hi,
I would like to use a HP Colorado 14GB-Streamer (atapi) with Linux. I have
SuSE-Linux 6.4 which uses a patched kernel 2.2.14.
Controlling whith mt seems to work all right. With 'mt -f /dev/ht0 retension'
does something. 'mt -f /dev/ht0 rewind' works too. Even doing backups
whith cpio seems to work. But I cannot read anything from tape.
I tried 'echo Hello|dd of=/dev/ht0' (should write Hello on the tape). The
streamer do something. Doing 'dd if=/dev/ht0' gives me a I/O-Error. My
logfile tells me:
Apr 15 23:38:37 msv kernel: ide-tape: ht0: I/O error, pc = 1e, key = 5, asc = 20,
ascq = 0
Apr 15 23:38:35 msv kernel: ide-tape: ht0: I/O error, pc = 8, key = 5, asc = 2c,
ascq = 0
The streamer is a slave device on the secondary IDE-channel. Master is a
CD-ROM.
Thanks
Tommi M�kitalo
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From: RickV <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Scanners
Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2000 22:30:12 GMT
Looking for recomendations for USB Flatbed Scanners that will work with
both Win'98 and Linux...Caldera presently, but would hope it would work
with all flavors...
thanks
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