Linux-Hardware Digest #9, Volume #13 Thu, 8 Jun 00 21:13:06 EDT
Contents:
Re: hda: Lost Interrupt (Stewart Honsberger)
Hard Disk Problems ("Ian Chilton")
Re: Creative Esonics sound card & RH 6.2 (Dances With Crows)
Re: hda: Lost Interrupt (Dances With Crows)
Re: Dell PERC2/Si (Brian)
Re: HELP: SIMPLE IRQ Routine Crashes (Tod Daniels)
Re: Turning on joystick port (bernie)
[RH6.1]DMESG: SMP motherboard not detected (knl: 2.2.12 2.2.15 2.2.16)
([EMAIL PROTECTED])
PS2 Mouse + Graphical mode (Stuart Fotheringham)
Help! X window on toshiba tecra 8100 notebook ("porsche")
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Stewart Honsberger)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: hda: Lost Interrupt
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Thu, 08 Jun 2000 23:28:28 GMT
Sorry 'bout this messy chain of follow-ups, but it was suggested to me
that I post this to comp.os.linux.hardware as well, so here I am.
I just want, nay, need this problem solved ASAP, if not sooner.
On Thu, 08 Jun 2000 23:07:59 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
In addendum to this;
We've tried disabling DMA on the drives via the BIOS, and via
'hdparm -d0 /dev/hda'; the former didn't seem to have any effect, and the
latter locked the system tight.
We're now using kernel 2.4.0-test1, and instead of reporting "hda: lost
interrupt", it implodes.
The symptoms appear earliest when running the dnetc client (crunching RC5
blocks), using XFree86 v3.3.6, XMMS 1.0.1 playing an MP3, and doing anything
else (using Netscape, etc..).
I also made the problem appear by running dnetc while trying to compile
a kernel.
Since this is starting to almost look like a processor issue (in some way
or another), the processor is an AMD K62-500 3D. dnetc utilizes 100% of the
processor, of course, and this seems to be the case when this problem
occurs.
Is something outrunning something else?
The 2.2.14 kernel was optimized for either a 586 or a 686, and the 2.4
kernel is optimized for the K62.
On a similar, and possibly related note;
When attempting to install Microsoft Windows 98 SE to a VMware drive,
at some point the VMWare session bombs with a fatal error (immediately
before it would ordinarily start "Copying Files To Your Computer").
This is becomming a real problem here, especially considering the fact that
the nature of the problem changed so signifigantly when upgrading the kernel,
and that we don't have any solid logs to use.
The only logging we got was a kernel back-trace once, several boots ago,
but with no GPM loaded and no functional TTYs in the first place, we
couldn't copy it. The main thing I recall was the fact that everything
from hitting enter to Ctrl-Alt-Del would cause a new backtrace to appear
and the TTY to cycle as if it had just been logged out.
If anybody out there has experienced, or is experiencing similar problems;
PLEASE, PLEASE post them! Any input provided could, at the very least, lead
us to the source of this problem; be it hardware, kernel, software, or
whatever else.
Thanks in advance!!!!
>In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> Stewart Honsberger wrote:
>>I recently got a new computer with an ALI chipset, and I'm running SuSE as my
>>only OS; I have been able to resolve all hardware support issues with the
>>machine except for one, and it's a biggy;
>>
>>During periods of high CPU activity and uncached disk access, a message will
>>appear on the tty to the effect of:
>>
>>hda: lost interrupt
>>
>>at this stage, the machine is locked up tight - I have to use the reset switch
>>to reboot it.
>>
>>I am using kernel 2.2.14, with and without DMA support, and with and without
>>DMA set in the BIOS; there is a 6.4GB Fujitsu (UDMA 66) on the primary IDE
>>controller as master, and an ATAPI CD-ROM as secondary master. This chipset is
>>an ALI ALADDIN M1543C/1542 on a 100MHz bus.
>>
>>As I mentioned, the lockup occurs during heavy activity, or alternatively, at
>>a random interval of about every 17 - 20 hours. It's quite imperative that I
>>find a solution to this problem quickly, any assistance would be greatly
>>appreciated.
>>
>>--
>>Stewart Honsberger (AKA Blackdeath) @ http://sprk.com/blackdeath/
>>[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Remove 'thirteen' to reply privately)
>>Humming along under SuSE 6.4, Linux 2.2.14
--
Stewart Honsberger (AKA Blackdeath) @ http://sprk.com/blackdeath/
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Remove 'thirteen' to reply privately)
Humming along under SuSE 6.4, Linux 2.2.14
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From: "Ian Chilton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Hard Disk Problems
Date: Fri, 9 Jun 2000 00:36:58 +0100
Hello,
I am trying to install a 2nd hard disk in my Indy.
I already have an IBM 4GB HD (which works fine, except does not power up
quick enough so you have to hit the reset button after turning on..), and
have had problems when I tried to connect a CDROM to install IRIX. It seems
you have to play around (plug, unplug etc..) for a while to get it to work,
otherwise the system does not boot.
Now, I have connected a Seagate 1GB (ST31051N) disk, which I have taken out
of a PC. However, it doesn't seem to work. I have tried different ID's, but
at the moment it is set to 2 (the origional disk is on ID 0).
I would just accept that it wouldn't work, but when I play around, swap the
disks around etc, I get different messages, which is wierd..
Sometimes, it turns on, and just sits forever saying it is doing the
diagnostics
Sometimes I get the back window saying "Unable to boot"
Sometimes I get the black window, which keeps putting SCSI errors up every 2
seconds...
I just thought i'd post here and see if anyone else had any similar
experiences or problems....
Thanks in Advance!
Ian
(To e-mail me directly, you will have to take the NOSPAM out of my e-mail
address (sorry, bad experiences with newsgroups in the past..)).
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Subject: Re: Creative Esonics sound card & RH 6.2
Date: 08 Jun 2000 19:43:13 EDT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Thu, 08 Jun 2000 22:53:23 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
<<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> shouted forth into the ether:
>I have a GW P166 with an intigrated sound chip. It is a Creative Labs
>Esonics chip. When I installed RH 6.2 it never asked about my sound
>card. How do I get it to work after Linux is installed.
>It appears that RH does not prompt you for ISA hardware anymore. I
>guess if it does not find a device on the PCI or AGP slot it must not be
>important.
Run "sndconfig" as root. Have your IRQ, DMA, and I/O numbers ready. This
is described in The Fine Manual, please go Read it.
Autodetection of ISA hardware is fraught with peril, as poking certain
cards in certain I/O ports can cause them and/or the entire system to lock
up. So ISA hardware is generally not autoprobed upon install--you have to
explicitly tell the system to probe for it and/or set it up. FWIW, the
same release of the same distro did not detect my ES1371 PCI sound card
until I ran sndconfig. HTH,
--
Matt G / Dances With Crows \###| You have me mixed up with more
There is no Darkness in Eternity \##| creative ways of being stupid?
But only Light too dim for us to see \#| Beer is a vegetable. WinNT
(Unless, of course, you're working with NT)\| is the study of cool. --MegaHAL
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: hda: Lost Interrupt
Date: 08 Jun 2000 19:49:17 EDT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Thu, 08 Jun 2000 23:28:28 GMT, Stewart Honsberger
<<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>
shouted forth into the ether:
>We've tried disabling DMA on the drives via the BIOS, and via
>'hdparm -d0 /dev/hda'; the former didn't seem to have any effect, and the
>latter locked the system tight.
[snip long tale of woe with disk]
This sounds like a hardware problem to me, to tell you the truth. What is
the make and model number of this motherboard? I ask because the ALi 154x
seems like the chipset of choice for cheap nasty boards, and I had a
MicroStar 5185-something with that chipset... similar errors would always
occur when I stressed the system hard (under both Linux and Lose98) , or
sometimes for no reason at all. Tore my hair out trying to solve the
problem with kernel upgrades, utility upgrades, better power supplies, a
new hard drive... and finally replaced the motherboard, at which point the
problem disappeared.
I know that's not what you wanted to hear, but it just might help out.
--
Matt G / Dances With Crows \###| You have me mixed up with more
There is no Darkness in Eternity \##| creative ways of being stupid?
But only Light too dim for us to see \#| Beer is a vegetable. WinNT
(Unless, of course, you're working with NT)\| is the study of cool. --MegaHAL
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From: Brian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Dell PERC2/Si
Date: Thu, 08 Jun 2000 23:51:01 GMT
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Thanks so much for replying!
Looks like my little server's gonna have to have a mirrored config....
Brian
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Greetings,
> I was also told that the Linux drivers were available for the PERC 2/si
> controller at the location that cbenson specified. I called Dell when I
> had the same problems you encountered installing these drivers (I was
> also installing RedHat 6.1). This tech said that these are not the
> correct drivers--they are for the PERC 2/sc, which is also an Adaptec
> controller. I was told the drivers for the 2/si would be available
> early Feb 2000, two months ago. The last I heard was, "any day now".
> That was early March. I was told to check this URL regularly:
> http://support.dell.com/us/en/filelib/system.asp?sid=PWE_PNT_P03_2400&m=
> l&p=4
> Let me know if you hear anything....
> They just posted Win2K drivers on 2/14/00 :-( Hopefully Linux will be
> next.
> Tom
>
> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> Before you buy.
--
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Brian Gilman
Scientific Programmer
WhiteHead Institute
MIT
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Thanks so much for replying!
<p> Looks like my little server's gonna have to have
a mirrored config....
<p>
Brian
<p>[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
<blockquote TYPE=CITE>Greetings,
<br>I was also told that the Linux drivers were available for the PERC
2/si
<br>controller at the location that cbenson specified. I called Dell
when I
<br>had the same problems you encountered installing these drivers (I was
<br>also installing RedHat 6.1). This tech said that these are not
the
<br>correct drivers--they are for the PERC 2/sc, which is also an Adaptec
<br>controller. I was told the drivers for the 2/si would be available
<br>early Feb 2000, two months ago. The last I heard was, "any day
now".
<br>That was early March. I was told to check this URL regularly:
<br><a
href="http://support.dell.com/us/en/filelib/system.asp?sid=PWE_PNT_P03_2400&m=">http://support.dell.com/us/en/filelib/system.asp?sid=PWE_PNT_P03_2400&m=</a>
<br>l&p=4
<br>Let me know if you hear anything....
<br>They just posted Win2K drivers on 2/14/00 :-( Hopefully
Linux will be
<br>next.
<br>Tom
<p>Sent via Deja.com <a href="http://www.deja.com/">http://www.deja.com/</a>
<br>Before you buy.</blockquote>
<pre>--
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Brian Gilman
Scientific Programmer
WhiteHead Institute
MIT</pre>
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development.apps,comp.os.linux.development.system
Date: Thu, 8 Jun 2000 19:51:42 -0400
From: Tod Daniels <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: HELP: SIMPLE IRQ Routine Crashes
Andrey,
Thanks for the follow up.
The syntax is standard for writing to a kernel message file.
In this case, the KERN_INFO is a #define for "<6>". Translation: the
actual printk message is "<6>Servicing Interrupt..." What this means is
that the kernel decodes this a message of type Informational (just like
you see in syslog). If you were to separate the KERN_INFO from the
remainder of the string with a comma, the compiler would interpret it as
the first parameter -- clearly not what we want here...
Again, not the answer I'm looking for but I appreciate the effort...
tod
On Thu, 8 Jun 2000, Andrey Vlasov wrote:
> Hi,
>
> are you sure that syntax of line correct
>
> printk(KERN_INFO "Servicing Interrupt %02d.\n", irq);
>
> as I never seen something like that. Normaly in C it looks
>
> printk(KERN_INFO, "Servicing Interrupt %02d.\n", irq);
> ^^^
> or
>
> printk("KERN_INFO Servicing Interrupt %02d.\n", irq);
> ^^^
>
> Check syntax. I do not have any experience with
> developing of drivers but it looks wrong from
> point of C syntax which I had to use. It seems to
> me that it should be like in case #1.
>
> Andrey
>
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From: bernie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.redhat
Subject: Re: Turning on joystick port
Date: Thu, 08 Jun 2000 23:55:24 GMT
I guess I spoke to soon. I was able to use my siewinder yesterday with no
problems. Today I rebooted my system and wasn't able to use it. I
followed the same steps as a did before bit this time this is what Iget
insmod joy-sidewinder
./joy-sidewinder.o: unresolved symbol js_unregister_device
./joy-sidewinder.o: unresolved symbol js_delta
./joy-sidewinder.o: unresolved symbol js_time_speed
./joy-sidewinder.o: unresolved symbol js_register_device
./joy-sidewinder.o: unresolved symbol js_register_port
./joy-sidewinder.o: unresolved symbol js_get_time
./joy-sidewinder.o: unresolved symbol js_unregister_port
What could this mean, and what would be the fix?
thanks for any more help,
bernie
bernie wrote:
> I got it working and this is how I did it (thanks to Jeff East). I am
> using the es1371 sound driver.
>
> rmmod es1371
> insmod es1371 joystick=0x200
> insmod joy-sidewinder
>
> then everything seemed to work fine.
>
> thanks for the replys!
> bernie
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [RH6.1]DMESG: SMP motherboard not detected (knl: 2.2.12 2.2.15 2.2.16)
Date: Fri, 09 Jun 2000 00:25:34 GMT
I have been having trouble getting a new system up and running with all
its hardware in use. Namely, I cannot seem to get SMP working on the
system. Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you,
Shawn
System Information:
Motherboard: Tyan Tiger 100 v1.16a Intel 440BX AGPset
CPU: Two Intel Pentium III at 500 MHz
RAM: 768 MB
RAID: Mylex DAC960 (AccelleRAID 250) Controller with 32 MB \
Set at RAID 1, Firmware: 4.07-0-29
DISKS: Two 17 GB Quantum Atlas V
SCSI: Adaptec SCSI Card 29160 (For Tape Backup)
TAPE: HP SureStore DAT24
VIDEO: ATI Card (Not running X, cannot remember card name)
NET: Intel PCI EtherExpress Pro100
DISTRIBUTION: RedHat 6.1
KERNELS TRIED: 2.2.12-20, 2.2.15, 2.2.16
DMESG: See Below (if it makes it, or I can send the whole thing on request)
Problem Description:
The system boots fine on all three kernels, however it does not use SMP.
(I would like to use the 2.2.15 or 2.2.16 kernel so that we can use the
latest DAC960 drivers.)
I have tried upgrading lilo. The Redhat's install program does not recognize
the board either. I know the motherboard is supported by FreeBSD (we have
many systems running FreeBSD the same make/model/cpus of the motherboard
with SMP working). While we could live with just one CPU in this box, we
would _really_ like be running with SMP.
Thank you for any suggestions ahead of time.
Please let me know if there is any further information that you would like.
DMESG:
Linux version 2.2.16 (root@bison) (gcc version egcs-2.91.66 19990314/Linux (egcs-1.1.2
release)) #1 SMP Thu Jun 8 09:54:20 MDT 2000
mapped APIC to ffffe000 (0028d000)
Detected 501145 kHz processor.
Console: colour VGA+ 80x25
Calibrating delay loop... 999.42 BogoMIPS
Memory: 776656k/786432k available (1236k kernel code, 420k reserved, 8048k data,
72k init)
Dentry hash table entries: 131072 (order 8, 1024k)
Buffer cache hash table entries: 524288 (order 9, 2048k)
Page cache hash table entries: 262144 (order 8, 1024k)
Pentium-III serial number disabled.
Checking 386/387 coupling... OK, FPU using exception 16 error reporting.
Checking 'hlt' instruction... OK.
POSIX conformance testing by UNIFIX
mtrr: v1.35a (19990819) Richard Gooch ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Pentium-III serial number disabled.
per-CPU timeslice cutoff: 99.94 usecs.
CPU0: Intel Pentium III (Katmai) stepping 02
SMP motherboard not detected. Using dummy APIC emulation.
PCI: PCI BIOS revision 2.10 entry at 0xfdb81
PCI: Using configuration type 1
PCI: Probing PCI hardware
PCI: Enabling I/O for device 00:3a
Linux NET4.0 for Linux 2.2
Based upon Swansea University Computer Society NET3.039
NET4: Unix domain sockets 1.0 for Linux NET4.0.
NET4: Linux TCP/IP 1.0 for NET4.0
IP Protocols: ICMP, UDP, TCP
TCP: Hash tables configured (ehash 524288 bhash 65536)
IPv4 over IPv4 tunneling driver
early initialization of device tunl0 is deferred
GRE over IPv4 tunneling driver
early initialization of device gre0 is deferred
Starting kswapd v 1.5
parport0: PC-style at 0x378 [SPP]
Detected PS/2 Mouse Port.
Serial driver version 4.27 with SHARE_IRQ enabled
ttyS00 at 0x03f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A
ttyS01 at 0x02f8 (irq = 3) is a 16550A
pty: 256 Unix98 ptys configured
loop: registered device at major 7
PIIX4: IDE controller on PCI bus 00 dev 39
PIIX4: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later
ide0: BM-DMA at 0xffa0-0xffa7, BIOS settings: hda:DMA, hdb:pio
ide1: BM-DMA at 0xffa8-0xffaf, BIOS settings: hdc:pio, hdd:pio
hda: ATAPI 44X CDROM, ATAPI CDROM drive
ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14
hda: ATAPI 40X CD-ROM drive, 128kB Cache
Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.09
Floppy drive(s): fd0 is 1.44M
FDC 0 is a National Semiconductor PC87306
DAC960: ***** DAC960 RAID Driver Version 2.2.5 of 23 January 2000 *****
DAC960: Copyright 1998-2000 by Leonard N. Zubkoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
DAC960#0: Configuring Mylex DAC960PTL1 PCI RAID Controller
DAC960#0: Firmware Version: 4.07-0-29, Channels: 1, Memory Size: 32MB
DAC960#0: PCI Bus: 0, Device: 16, Function: 1, I/O Address: Unassigned
DAC960#0: PCI Address: 0xFEBFE000 mapped at 0xF0800000, IRQ Channel: 10
DAC960#0: Controller Queue Depth: 124, Maximum Blocks per Command: 128
DAC960#0: Driver Queue Depth: 123, Maximum Scatter/Gather Segments: 33
DAC960#0: Stripe Size: 64KB, Segment Size: 8KB, BIOS Geometry: 255/63
DAC960#0: Physical Devices:
DAC960#0: 0:0 Vendor: QUANTUM Model: ATLAS_V_18_WLS Revision: 0200
DAC960#0: Serial Number: 141007252842
DAC960#0: Disk Status: Online, 35860480 blocks
DAC960#0: 0:1 Vendor: QUANTUM Model: ATLAS_V_18_WLS Revision: 0200
DAC960#0: Serial Number: 141007253042
DAC960#0: Disk Status: Online, 35860480 blocks
DAC960#0: Logical Drives:
DAC960#0: /dev/rd/c0d0: RAID-1, Online, 35860480 blocks, Write Thru
(scsi0) <Adaptec AIC-7892 Ultra 160/m SCSI host adapter> found at PCI 0/18/0
(scsi0) Wide Channel, SCSI ID=7, 32/255 SCBs
(scsi0) Downloading sequencer code... 396 instructions downloaded
scsi0 : Adaptec AHA274x/284x/294x (EISA/VLB/PCI-Fast SCSI) 5.1.28/3.2.4
<Adaptec AIC-7892 Ultra 160/m SCSI host adapter>
scsi : 1 host.
(scsi0:0:3:0) Synchronous at 10.0 Mbyte/sec, offset 32.
Vendor: HP Model: C1537A Rev: L907
Type: Sequential-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02
Detected scsi tape st0 at scsi0, channel 0, id 3, lun 0
scsi : detected 1 SCSI tape total.
eepro100.c:v1.09j-t 9/29/99 Donald Becker
http://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/linux/drivers/eepro100.html
eepro100.c: $Revision: 1.20.2.10 $ 2000/05/31 Modified by Andrey V. Savochkin
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> and others
eth0: Intel PCI EtherExpress Pro100 82557, 00:A0:C9:5E:AB:A5, IRQ 11.
Board assembly 667280-003, Physical connectors present: RJ45
Primary interface chip i82555 PHY #1.
General self-test: passed.
Serial sub-system self-test: passed.
Internal registers self-test: passed.
ROM checksum self-test: passed (0x49caa8d6).
Receiver lock-up workaround activated.
eepro100.c:v1.09j-t 9/29/99 Donald Becker
http://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/linux/drivers/eepro100.html
eepro100.c: $Revision: 1.20.2.10 $ 2000/05/31 Modified by Andrey V. Savochkin
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> and others
Partition check:
rd/c0d0: rd/c0d0p1 rd/c0d0p2 rd/c0d0p3 rd/c0d0p4 < rd/c0d0p5 rd/c0d0p6 rd/c0d0p7
>
VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem) readonly.
Freeing unused kernel memory: 72k freed
Adding Swap: 136544k swap-space (priority -1)
--
Shawn D. MacIntyre [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Date: Fri, 09 Jun 2000 09:47:15 +0930
From: Stuart Fotheringham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: PS2 Mouse + Graphical mode
I have a PS/2 mouse problem: when I run startx, the cursor does
not appear, the keyboard does not respond, and a reset needs to be
performed.
Prior to startx, in text mode, the cursor "block" responds to mouse
movement.
After a number of reboots and power cycles, the problem goes away.
When a serial mouse is used, there is no problem.
Thank you in advance
Stuart
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From: "porsche" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Help! X window on toshiba tecra 8100 notebook
Date: Fri, 9 Jun 2000 08:47:33 +0800
hi,
My system is RedHat 6.2 on Toshiba Tecra 8100 notebook.
Does anyone have successfully installed X on this machine??
the configuration seem don't work with this machine.
thanks if someone can tell me how to configure it properly.
porsche
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