Linux-Hardware Digest #989, Volume #12 Mon, 5 Jun 00 17:13:15 EDT
Contents:
Re: Configuring LS120 and Inspiron 7500 ? (Andrew McDonald)
Re: R: Network Drivers: How to write them? (Tom Stiller)
Re: Sound Card (Keith Rhodes)
CFV: comp.os.linux.embedded (John C. Peterson)
Pavilion HP (Marco Rodriguez)
HP Colorado 8GB Travan Tape Drive ("Jim Orfanakos")
SV: SV: onboard yamaha sound chip ("Mats Nyberg")
Re: Winmodem or Not? (Rob Clark)
Re: Maxtor 91021U2, RH 6.2 problem (M. Buchenrieder)
RH 6.1 & 3COM Etherlink 10 MB (3C509b) ("MGA")
Re: Recommendations on a backup solution (David C.)
Re: Troubles reading Real Time Clock (David Efflandt)
Sony cdu31a cdromdrive ("Sten Ahlberg")
Re: Recommendations on a backup solution (Paul Rubin)
ABIT BE6 ("PW")
Re: Could someon like to tell whcih montherboard is good for k6-2 and linux? ("Chris
Ripp")
Help ! - Red Hat Linux 6.2 onto Ultra ATA/66 ? ("Nino Aimo")
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Andrew McDonald)
Crossposted-To: uk.comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: Configuring LS120 and Inspiron 7500 ?
Date: Mon, 5 Jun 2000 19:24:22 +0100
On Mon, 05 Jun 2000 17:45:52 GMT,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> THe LS120 is primary on the 2nd IDE device (/dev/hdc)
> and the DVD is secondary (/dev/hdd)
> I inserted a preformatted 1.44HDD 3.5" floppy and tried the
> following command:
>
> mkdir /ls120
> mount -t vfat /dev/hdc0 /ls120
>
> I get the error message "hdc0 is not a block device. -
> try -o check loop device?".
/dev/hdc0 doesn't exist. I've never used LS120s, but I guess you want
just /dev/hdc (I don't think they are partitioned like zip disks).
I think you need ide-floppy support (either compiled into the kernel
or as a module).
> The funny thing is that I think I can write to the LS120 a kernel
> on another preformatted disk
>
> dd if=/vmlinuz of=/dev/hdc0 bs=18k
>
> And then read the data back
>
> dd if=/dev/hdc0 of=/tmp/kernel.data
>
> cmp /tmp/kernel.data /vmlinuz; echo $?
>
> Results in exit code 0(!). So I know the drive works on Linux.
Nope. You've just created a regular file called /dev/hdc0 and read
the data back from it. :)
Andrew
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From: Tom Stiller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: R: Network Drivers: How to write them?
Date: Mon, 05 Jun 2000 18:39:37 GMT
In article <8hgimj$dus$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Paolo Scaffardi"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Sorry, but i dont know how to implement a software modem with a
>soundcard...
>it's cheap to use it but time-expensive to develop it.
>
>Sorry!
>
>Bye,
>Arsenio Pinguin ([EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED])
>
>--> MAY THE PINGUIN B WITH U! <--
>Daniel McLean <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
>01bfcc20$5dea01e0$[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>
>> Maybe you can help me out,
>> Id like to find a real cheap way to buy modems, modems that dont do
>> data.
>> All I want the modem to do is control the line and let the sound card do
>> the rest.
>>
>> Regards
>> Daniel McLean
>> >
>> > I'd like to find any simple network driver source... for example for a
>> > NULL-MODEM 3 pin cable... but i dont know where to find it!
>> >
>>
>
>
Have a look at
<http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1565922921/104-8271741-7963948>
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Tom Stiller
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From: Keith Rhodes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Sound Card
Date: Mon, 05 Jun 2000 20:40:50 +0200
Igor Zemliansky wrote:
> Keith Rhodes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ??????? ? ????????
> ?????????:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
> > Audio CDs can be played even without configuring the sound card.
> > Put in a CD and press the play button on the front of the CD drive.
> > The disk turns, the CD Audio data is converted to audio in the drive,
> > goes down a skinny wire to the amplifier circuit of the sound card and
> > out to the speakers. Linux (or Win*) plays no part in this.
> >
> > KR.
> >
> You are wrong. Because any sound card have a mixer in it, you will not hear
> a sound from your sound card until you configure it. The mixer of a sound
> card is device such as DAC or ADC or FM-MIDI Synthesizer.
>
> --
> ------------------------------------
> Digitaly Yours �
I don't think so... I had music coming from my sound card before I got it
configured right.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John C. Peterson)
Subject: CFV: comp.os.linux.embedded
Date: 5 Jun 2000 18:57:56 GMT
An official "Call for Votes" (CFV) is currently in progress for the
creation of the unmoderated USENET group: comp.os.linux.embedded (the
discussion of the Linux operating system on embedded hardware). The
vote is being conducted by a neutral third party.
Please accept my apolgies for not re-posting the CFV here, but the
guidelines for the voting process strictly prohibits this. The CFV,
which contains instructions for how to cast your vote, has been
posted to the following USENET groups;
comp.arch.embedded
comp.os.linux.announce
comp.os.linux.development.system
comp.os.linux.portable
news.announce.newgroups
news.groups
If you don't have have access to USENET, you can also obtain a copy of
the CFV from the volunteer vote taker; Dave Cornejo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>.
Please look for the CFV on USENET if you have access. Everyone with a
for/against opinion is encouraged to vote.
Regards, John Peterson (Proponent)
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From: Marco Rodriguez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Pavilion HP
Date: Mon, 05 Jun 2000 11:55:06 -0700
Hi!
I am a completely newbie, and I just bought an hp pavilion 8665. I
was trying to install redhat 6.2 over an ftp server, and it seems to
recognize the ethernet card, but at the time it tries to connect to the
server it fails. Anyone has tryed to install redhat over this system
before, any hints?, thanks.
Marco
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Reply-To: "Jim Orfanakos" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
From: "Jim Orfanakos" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.install,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: HP Colorado 8GB Travan Tape Drive
Date: Mon, 05 Jun 2000 18:59:02 GMT
I can't seem to install the correct drivers for my HP Colorado Travan 8GB
tape drive with my RedHat 6.1.
At boot up, my hard drive is shown on HDA, my cd-rom is shown on HDB, and
the tape drive is shown at HDC.
I have tried to to MAKEDEV on "qic" and "ftape" but I still cannot seem to
talk to the tape drive.
The man pages say the driver should be "/dev/tape-d", or "/dev/rmt8", or
"/dev/ftape".
I have been using the "mt" command". I also tried the tar, and cpio.
Thanks.
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From: "Mats Nyberg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: SV: SV: onboard yamaha sound chip
Date: Mon, 5 Jun 2000 19:08:23 +0200
Julien du payrat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> skrev i
diskussionsgruppsmeddelandet:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> Yes, I have, but my i didn't have any problem for ppp, modem, or serial
ports
> connection, sorry. Maybe I could help you if you describe your problems.
Hello Julien
This is the output when i issue the command: setserial -a /dev/ttyS0
Please can you compare it to your own output.
/dev/ttyS0, Line 0, UART: 16550A, Port: 0x03f8, IRQ: 4
Baud_base: 115200, close_delay: 50, divisor: 0
closing_wait: 3000, closing_wait2: infinte
Flags: spd_normal skip_test
I have a very slow ppp-connection. Lots of frame errors. Works well in win98
(same computer) This started when i installed the Intel mb.
This is the output of command: ifconfig
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:3924 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
ppp0 Link encap:Point-to-Point Protocol
inet addr:62.20.246.74 P-t-P:62.20.246.247 Mask:255.255.255.255
UP POINTOPOINT RUNNING NOARP MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:363 errors:159 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:159
TX packets:360 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:10
Maybe you know more about this, i'm running out of ideas.
It must be hardware, i have tried Mandrake 7, now Redhat 6.2 and two
different modems.
As for the YMF 740 i checked this http://www.alsa-project.org/~goemon/ but
i can't find the driver "ymfpci". I'm using a ISA ESS1868 soundcard for now.
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Subject: Re: Winmodem or Not?
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rob Clark)
Date: Mon, 05 Jun 2000 19:29:26 GMT
In article <8hgbvf$144$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
[..]
>Vendor id=11c1. Device id=441.
11C1 = Lucent
0441 = HCF LT WinModem
Please try the Lucent "Linmodem" drivers at http://linmodems.org
Rob Clark, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.o2.net/~gromitkc/winmodem.html <-- Linux/modem compat. list
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (M. Buchenrieder)
Subject: Re: Maxtor 91021U2, RH 6.2 problem
Date: Mon, 5 Jun 2000 10:47:10 GMT
Marc Church <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>I have a 10.2 G Maxtor 91021U2 ultra IDE and I am trying to
>install RedHat 6.2. Windows98 was installed in partition 1 by
>the computer vendor. The second partition is where I want to
>put Linux.
>When I try to repartition using fdisk, RedHat complains with a
>message like "No valid devices were found on which to create
>partitions". It appears that it can't even see the drive.
[...]
Right and wrong. The problem is the UDMA66 controller.
Connect the IDE drive to the standard (== UDMA33) IDE
controller on the board, install RH6.2, then patch the kernel
with support for UDMA66 controllers.
Michael
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From: "MGA" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: RH 6.1 & 3COM Etherlink 10 MB (3C509b)
Date: Mon, 5 Jun 2000 20:45:23 +0100
Please help!
I am trying to install my 3COM network card in Linux redhat 6.1 (It works
fine in Win98/Win2000), but for some reason it doesn't work. After reading
the documentation available in the "How to" and Red hat help I followed the
steps to load the modules in the kernel, with the IRQ 5 and IO=0x300 (as
found in the DOS utility program), and then I stop the network services and
fire them up again, but when it tryies to bring up the eth0 interface
(associated to this network card) it just come with [FAILED] , which is
****ing annoying (sorry, but I have been trying for hours ;-D).
I checked that the PNP feature in the NIC was disabled, and tried with
different IOs, but again [FAILED].
please...what can I do?...
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David C.)
Subject: Re: Recommendations on a backup solution
Date: 05 Jun 2000 16:08:39 -0400
Graham Murray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David C.) writes:
>>
>> If you require 20G on a tape without compression, then you are
>> looking at a DDS-4 DAT drive. This will be a rather expensive drive.
>> You an also use technologies like 8mm, or DLT, but they are also
>> expensive.
>
> Another possibility is ADR (eg Onstream) which supports 15 or 25G
> uncompressed per tape.
Thanks for pointing this out. I hadn't heard of this tech before. It
appears to be a greatly-improved variation on the old 9-track format
that mainframes used a few decades ago (multiple parallel linear tracks
read/written by a single multi-track head.)
I'm going to have to keep my eye on this tech. If it becomes popular, I
could see myself getting a drive.
-- David
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David Efflandt)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Troubles reading Real Time Clock
Date: 5 Jun 2000 20:28:51 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Mon, 5 Jun 2000 10:35:11 +0200, Cristiano Marini <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>My Linux 6.0 read incorrectly the real time clock when during startup calls
>hwclock
The CMOS clock calendar has nothing to do with the real time clock. The
real time clock (rtc) is a precise timer.
>In my system is arc=false and uts=false and I tried both hwclock &
>hwclock --directisa
--directisa is only for Alpha cpu and not for Intel like yours.
Instead you want to set your system 'date' properly and then run
'hwclock --systohc' (or 'setclock' in RedHat).
The easiest way to set your system time accurately before doing that is
with 'ntpdate -b timeserver' from the 'xntp' package.
>The system is a P2-333 w/ AMIBios
>
>Cristiano Marini
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From: "Sten Ahlberg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Sony cdu31a cdromdrive
Date: Mon, 5 Jun 2000 22:10:57 +0200
During installation of Red Hat Linux the cdu31a responds immediately and
Linux can be installed with no other pain than a very long wait for
completion.
I want Linux to work on a "very" old 486DX with two 500 mB disks and the
Sony cdu31a on a Soundblaster 16 sound card.
I have read a lot of the available litterature on this subject but the only
thing benefitting is an increasing confusion.
After installation Linux works just fine, Gnome is fine, gcc works fine and
X works fine. If I want speed it's just to log on to bash and work with a
terminal but it refuses to notice the CDROM-drive.
I have only long ago experience with Unix, say 1988 SCO Xenix on Convergent
NGEN with 186 processor.
The worst part of the confusion is hidden in the multitude descriptions of
the file system.
Some litterature refers to /usr/src/linux, /sbin/kerneld and several other
that do not at all look like what got installed (there are several
subdirectories not mentioned) and what is worse, a lot of commands: insmod,
rmmod, lsmod etc etc that do not respond even to root ( they do exist ).
I thought that kerneld should be able to insert the module cdu31a.o (which
exists) in the kernel but I'm unable to understand how kerneld works.
The choice comes up, there is opportunity to add, edit and select a module
say the cdu31a. But after that, what to do?
The only option is Restart Kerneld. But that doesn't appear to make the
slightest difference to this kernel or anything else neither after using
kerneld nor after reboot.
There is no manipulation in kerneld that says APPLY, OK, DONE or anything
so one feels like left in thin air with no parachute.
What is kerneld supposed to do?
What I read was that it could be used for installing modules.
The CD-drive is physically OK because raw reading with dd works, the led
shows cd is working and dd reports no. of records read and written. However
that is not useful in itself. It also works during installation (on the
sound card) and if I install Windows.
One possible failuremode is confusion regarding naming of the /dev/hdXX.
What should be the name of a cdu31a on a soundblaster 16 with the hard disks
named hda and hdb? To create the link ln -s /dev/hdX /dev/cdrom?
Can anyone explain ?
Sten Ahlberg
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Paul Rubin)
Subject: Re: Recommendations on a backup solution
Date: 5 Jun 2000 20:32:02 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, David C. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> I am looking for recommendations on a backup solution for a redhat 6.1
>> webserver. Mainly, I am thinking of a tape drive, I need something
>> capable of backing up 4+ gigs daily with as little maintenance as I
>> can get away with, and as simple an installation as possible.
>...
>To get 4G on a single tape with no data compression, I recommend one of
>the following:
>
> - DDS-2 DAT (with a 120m tape) (4G capacity per tape)
> - DDS-3 DAT (with a 125m tape) (12G capacity per tape)
> - DDS-4 DAT (with a 150m tape) (20G capacity per tape)
> - Travan TR-4 (4G capacity per tape)
> - Travan TR-5 (10G capacity per tape)
> - Travan NS-20 (10G capacity per tape)
You might also look at the Ecrix drives (www.ecrix.com) which hold up
to 33 GB (native) per tape.
Note that if it's a web server with a normal mix of images and html,
the data will be reasonably compressible. If it's mostly images, turn
compression off.
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From: "PW" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: ABIT BE6
Date: Mon, 5 Jun 2000 22:56:35 +0200
Je n'arrive pas � d�marrer sur UDMA66 alors que j'ai mis l'option "boot
off-board chipset fisrt support" et recompil� le noyau.
Sur un bouquin,une personne parle de retoucher "fstab" mais alors mon disque
qui s'appelle hda1 devient quoi?
Merci de votre aide
Philippe
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From: "Chris Ripp" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Could someon like to tell whcih montherboard is good for k6-2 and linux?
Date: Mon, 5 Jun 2000 15:12:33 -0500
"Jack" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:8hdiao$1kbj$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Yes, va-503+ can't work well with linux. My computer often hangs when I
use
> xwindows. I have changed the disp card and memory. I guess it should be
> caused by motherboard. Do you have any advice?
Pardon my blunt-ness but BullSPIT.
The VA-503+ works great with linux. I've been using it for quite some time
now without any problems at all. Right now I'm using it w/ a K6-2 350,
64MB PC-100 RAM, a Voodoo 3 3000 AGP, a BT848 video capture board, an old
ALS100 sound card, a 3com 3c509 ISA nic, cdrom, cdrw, 2 IDE drives, std.
floppy and a parallel port zip drive all on RedHat 6.2. I'd put more junk
in there but I'm fresh out of resources. I had (a lot) more trouble with
this board in Windows than in Linux to be sure.
If your 503+ is giving you trouble, I suggest that you update your BIOS to
the latest (go to the FIC website), set your BIOS to defaults and work up
from there. Be sure to set PnP OS to NO, and read your manual to determine
what settings do what. Be especially mindful of the memory settings and AGP
settings. Trying to push the board to its limits *will* cause you problems.
Just keep trying things, and if it doesn't work, turn the settings down a
tad each time until it quits locking up.
Your problem with X locking up might be due to improper BIOS settings for
your video card. Try turning down the aperture or disabling the Video ROM
cache on the board.
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From: "Nino Aimo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Help ! - Red Hat Linux 6.2 onto Ultra ATA/66 ?
Date: Mon, 5 Jun 2000 15:03:57 -0600
Where can I find a patch to allow me to install Red Hat Linux 6.2 using my
Ultra ATA 66 controller ? what are the actual file names ? ...and how do
I do it ? If it is not apparent yet, I do not know much about the
subject...
I've looked into /pub/linux/kernel/people/hedrick but there are numerous
files !!
Thanks !!!
-NJA
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