Linux-Hardware Digest #49, Volume #13 Thu, 15 Jun 00 19:13:06 EDT
Contents:
Neep help with video card/modem (David)
AdvanSys 2940UW Problems ("ben")
Re: Troubles reading Real Time Clock (Bill Unruh)
SBLive! drivers for SMP kernel ("jake")
Re: Neep help with video card/modem (John Kelly)
Re: SBLive! drivers for SMP kernel (William M. Perry)
Re: Tape backup solutions (Ronald Cole)
Re: Problems with RH 6.2 and Dual PPro (Ronald Cole)
Re: SBLive! drivers for SMP kernel (Florian E.J. Fruth)
Re: Lucent Winmodem works for BeOS why not Linux? ("Chris Harshman")
Re: R, G, and B (D G)
TLB Wait Message on SMP lockup (Chris Shenefiel)
Re: SMP mobo and RAID suggestions needed for VPM cluster. (Alex Lam)
HEEEEEEEEEEELP ("Luuk van den Berg")
Re: Tape backup solutions ("Tom Hoffmann")
Installing on a Micron Powerdigm XSU ("Amin Shahidi")
Re: TLB Wait Message on SMP lockup (Hal Burgiss)
Re: HEEEEEEEEEEELP (Valentin Guillen)
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From: David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.install,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Neep help with video card/modem
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 12:46:52 -0700
Hi
I'm new to linux and have recently installed RedHat 5.0. I have not been able to set
up my monitor
and graphics card, nor have I been able to make linux recognize my modem.
My monitor is a ViewSonic G790 and the graphics card is a Diamond Viper V330 (Nvidia
Riva 128) at
IRQ 11 . I've tried both SuperProbe (which returns a diagnostic of generic VGA) and
xf86config. No
go. When I try to open an Xwindow client I get the message "can't open display"
My modem is a Motorola sm56 pci installed on port 4 in windows at IRQ10. Although
devices cua0-3
and ttyS0-4 show up under /dev, I cant get the modem to respond to an ATDT command (or
anything
else). I've read the Serial-HOWTO and tried minicom. What am I missing?
Any insight would be greatly appreciated.
David.
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From: "ben" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: AdvanSys 2940UW Problems
Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 16:05:00 -0400
Hello;
Recently installed Redhat 6.2 on a dual-processor (Celeron 533's)
machine with 256MB SDRAM, a 2940UW Advansys SCSI card connected with a
Seagate Cheetah SCSI drive, and a small 1.3G IDE harddrive. We have never
had problems before with any of our SCSI adapters or drives (we use the same
setup on most machines). Suddenly the Cheetah cannot be fsck'd without
freezing the entire OS. It claims that it has bad sectors and that it is
recommened that it be fsck'd, but about 2 minutes into the fsck the whole OS
freezes and the disk activity light goes dead. Is this a known problem with
this hardware and this version of OS? Or are we just missing something? If
more information is needed let me know (get rid of "hair" to email me).
Also, would this problem lie with the adapter or the harddrive? We are
leaning towards the adapter, but could be completely off-base. Thanks,
-Ben
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bill Unruh)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Troubles reading Real Time Clock
Date: 15 Jun 2000 20:15:34 GMT
In <8hfomn$71s$[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "Cristiano Marini" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
]My Linux 6.0 read incorrectly the real time clock when during startup calls
]hwclock
Well, it might help if you told us how it read the wrong time? How is
the time wrong? How much is it wrong?
One suggestion-- get chrony to maintain your clock against network based
atomic clocks-- and also to control your rtc as well.
]In my system is arc=false and uts=false and I tried both hwclock &
]hwclock --directisa
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From: "jake" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: SBLive! drivers for SMP kernel
Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 14:20:12 -0600
Creative labs haven't updated there linux drivers page since September!
Does anyone know where I can find the latest SBLive! drivers? (i.e. greater
than 0.2b)
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From: John Kelly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.install,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Neep help with video card/modem
Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 15:30:19 -0500
David wrote:
>
> Hi
>
> I'm new to linux and have recently installed RedHat 5.0. I have not been able to
>set up my monitor
> and graphics card, nor have I been able to make linux recognize my modem.
>
> My monitor is a ViewSonic G790 and the graphics card is a Diamond Viper V330 (Nvidia
>Riva 128) at
> IRQ 11 . I've tried both SuperProbe (which returns a diagnostic of generic VGA) and
>xf86config. No
> go. When I try to open an Xwindow client I get the message "can't open display"
>
> My modem is a Motorola sm56 pci installed on port 4 in windows at IRQ10. Although
>devices cua0-3
> and ttyS0-4 show up under /dev, I cant get the modem to respond to an ATDT command
>(or anything
> else). I've read the Serial-HOWTO and tried minicom. What am I missing?
>
> Any insight would be greatly appreciated.
>
> David.
Your monitor and card are supported by X, and should have no problem.
Since you have an older distribution of Linux, I am happy to say that
you have a program that has since been scrapped in newer versions of
Redhat. As root, run a wonderful little program called
XF86Setup(case-sensitive), and it will bring up a graphical
configuration program for X. Choose the SVGA server, and you'll be on
your way. The G790 is a 19" monitor, right? Just choose a monitor with
high capabilities, and you should be fine.
I can't say such nice things about your modem. I hate to break this to
you, but you have a software winmodem, and is not, and doesn't look like
it will be, compatible with Linux. My advice to you is to start drinking
heavily, and get a serial modem. They are supported, and they are a snap
to set up. you basically just compile in serial support, and you're
ready to go.
John
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In a world without walls, who needs windows?
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Subject: Re: SBLive! drivers for SMP kernel
Reply-to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (William M. Perry)
Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 20:49:11 GMT
"jake" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Creative labs haven't updated there linux drivers page since September!
> Does anyone know where I can find the latest SBLive! drivers?
> (i.e. greater than 0.2b)
Just use the alsa drivers - they work great.
-bp
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From: Ronald Cole <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Tape backup solutions
Date: 15 Jun 2000 13:49:01 -0700
Keith Geffert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I'm looking for something at least 10gig, IDE or SCSI. Price range from
> 200-650.
>
> The only tape devices I've used are DDS1/2/3 DAT drives. However I
> can't justify spending $1000 or more on a backup solution when the box
> to backup doesn't even cost that much :P
I bought my SONY SDT-9000 for about $680. It's DDS3 and SCSI and just
works. I just set the SCSI ID and plugged it in and my first "tar
-cvf /dev/st0 --exclude /proc /" worked perfectly.
--
Forte International, P.O. Box 1412, Ridgecrest, CA 93556-1412
Ronald Cole <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Phone: (760) 499-9142
President, CEO Fax: (760) 499-9152
My GPG fingerprint: C3AF 4BE9 BEA6 F1C2 B084 4A88 8851 E6C8 69E3 B00B
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From: Ronald Cole <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Problems with RH 6.2 and Dual PPro
Date: 15 Jun 2000 13:52:34 -0700
Kelly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Dam thing was running good with 6.0 before this shit. I
> registered on RH support site but have no answer yet and I
> leave for Detroit today so I ain't gonna fuck with it before
> Friday or Saturday at the earliest, but any ideas?
Don't know what to say. RedHat 6.2 works just fine with my ASUS
P/I-P65UP5/200-P6 mainboard (dual PPro 200s); even after I upgraded
the kernel to 2.2.14-12. Did HP build the mainboard in your system?
--
Forte International, P.O. Box 1412, Ridgecrest, CA 93556-1412
Ronald Cole <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Phone: (760) 499-9142
President, CEO Fax: (760) 499-9152
My GPG fingerprint: C3AF 4BE9 BEA6 F1C2 B084 4A88 8851 E6C8 69E3 B00B
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From: Florian E.J. Fruth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: SBLive! drivers for SMP kernel
Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 23:05:22 +0200
William M. Perry
wrote in <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> "jake" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > Creative labs haven't updated there linux drivers page since September!
> > Does anyone know where I can find the latest SBLive! drivers?
> > (i.e. greater than 0.2b)
>
> Just use the alsa drivers - they work great.
which one and where to get them ?
fejf
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From: "Chris Harshman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Lucent Winmodem works for BeOS why not Linux?
Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 14:57:00 -0700
If I had to guess (as Be doesn't generally include me in their programming
roundtables), I'd say because BeOS is closed-source, things like NDAs aren't
a problem for them, and as such they've likely had access to the information
necessary to code a proper Winmodem driver for some time. (Binary-only
distributions help avoid the problem of releasing trade secrets, which in a
Winmodem is the software required to run it.)
Linux, on the other hand, has only had support, from lucent and
reverse-engineered by unsupported volunteers, for a short time now, and the
code is (in my experience) still not entirely stable.
Most distributions would rather say "not supported" than "kinda supported,"
so when the flaky hardware (or flaky software driving it) fritzes out and
kernel-panics, blame rests where it should, with the modem driver, not with
the distribution that bundled it.
But that's just my opinion, I could be wrong.
My Sony VAIO has a Rockwell HCF modem, so guess who opted for a PCMCIA
Megahertz card and never-mind the hassle.
Chris
"Goofy root" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I was at a LUG meeting last week someone handed me a BeOS 5.0 personal
> edition CD-ROM I immediately installed in one of my Thinkpad. Me
> sometimes don't read README.TXT or manuals so I did this guy said: boot
> Windows 98, insert the CD, install it just like a Windows program, etc.,
> which I exactly did. He didn't say anything about modems so I
> configured PPP just like a Linux KPPP and dialed out using Winmodem. To
> my big surprise it worked. Since BeOS supports POSIX utilities, how
> come Linux vendors can't come up with using Winmodem?
>
>
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From: D G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: R, G, and B
Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 14:50:58 -0700
"David C." wrote:
>
> D G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> >
> > I believe that would be an analog monitor, which won't work with the
> > digital "D connector" VGA interface.
>
> A VGA interface is analog, not digital. That's why you can get 24-bit
> color with only 15 wires. A digital monitor capable of true-color would
> require at least 25 pins (possibly more.)
Absolutely correct. My brain got mixed up. What I should have said
was:
I believe that would be a fixed-frequency monitor, which may not work
unless you are very careful with your X configuration settings.
--
DG
e-mail is: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
(remove the Z's--they're what I do when I read SPAM!)
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From: Chris Shenefiel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: TLB Wait Message on SMP lockup
Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 22:29:01 GMT
I have an ABIT BP6 SMB Dual Celeron 366 overclocked to 550 board.
I am using it now to write this message so it is generally pretty
stable. However, I am experiencing an intermittent problem that either
locks up my system or slows it to a crawl. When this happens, I get the
following messages in the messages file.
Apr 29 14:38:52 cyclops kernel: stuck on TLB IPI wait (CPU#0)
Apr 29 14:38:52 cyclops kernel: stuck on TLB IPI wait (CPU#0)
Apr 29 14:42:01 cyclops kernel: stuck on TLB IPI wait (CPU#1)
I am running the following configuration:
Distribution: Red Hat Linux
Operating System: Linux
Distribution Version: Red Hat Linux release 6.1 (Cartman)
Operating System Version: #8 SMP Thu May 4 19:24:13 EDT 2000
Operating System Release: 2.2.12-20
Processor Type: i686
Here is my CPU
processor : 0
vendor_id : GenuineIntel
cpu family : 6
model : 6
model name : Celeron (Mendocino)
stepping : 5
cpu MHz : 551.258624
cache size : 128 KB
fdiv_bug : no
hlt_bug : no
sep_bug : no
f00f_bug : no
coma_bug : no
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 2
wp : yes
flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov
pat pse36 mmx osfxsr
bogomips : 550.50
processor : 1
vendor_id : GenuineIntel
cpu family : 6
model : 6
model name : Celeron (Mendocino)
stepping : 5
cpu MHz : 551.258624
cache size : 128 KB
fdiv_bug : no
hlt_bug : no
sep_bug : no
f00f_bug : no
coma_bug : no
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 2
wp : yes
flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov
pat pse36 mmx osfxsr
bogomips : 550.50
I am seeing a coincident message about OSS
pr 29 14:38:52 cyclops kernel: OSS warning: Application caused too many
output underrun errors on audio device #0.
Apr 29 14:38:52 cyclops kernel: Look at oss/docs/README.performance for
more info.
This may have nothing to do with it...
I am running the latest OSS sound package for SB LIVE- version L
My hardware includes:
Bus 0, device 9, function 0:
Multimedia video controller: 3Dfx Voodoo2 (rev 2).
Fast devsel. Fast back-to-back capable.
Prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xe4000000 [0xe4000008].
Bus 0, device 11, function 0:
VGA compatible controller: Matrox Mystique (rev 3).
Medium devsel. Fast back-to-back capable. IRQ 11. Master
Capable. Latency=32.
Prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xe5000000 [0xe5000008].
Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xe6000000 [0xe6000000].
Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xe7000000 [0xe7000000].
Bus 0, device 13, function 0:
Multimedia audio controller: Unknown vendor Unknown device (rev 4).
Vendor id=1102. Device id=2.
Medium devsel. Fast back-to-back capable. IRQ 9. Master
Capable. Latency=32. Min Gnt=2.Max Lat=20.
I/O at 0xa400 [0xa401].
Bus 0, device 13, function 1:
Input device controller: Unknown vendor Unknown device (rev 1).
Vendor id=1102. Device id=7002.
Medium devsel. Fast back-to-back capable. Master Capable.
Latency=32.
I/O at 0xa800 [0xa801].
Bus 0, device 15, function 0:
SCSI storage controller: Advanced System Products ABP940UW (rev 0).
Medium devsel. Fast back-to-back capable. IRQ 5. Master
Capable. Latency=32. Min Gnt=6.Max Lat=13.
I/O at 0xac00 [0xac01].
Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xec000000 [0xec000000].
Bus 0, device 17, function 0:
Ethernet controller: LiteOn LNE100TX (rev 32).
Medium devsel. Fast back-to-back capable. IRQ 10. Master
Capable. Latency=32.
I/O at 0xb000 [0xb001].
Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xec001000 [0xec001000].
Bus 0, device 19, function 0:
Unknown mass storage controller: Triones Technologies, Inc. Unknown
device (rev 1).
Vendor id=1103. Device id=4.
Medium devsel. IRQ 11. Master Capable. Latency=120. Min
Gnt=8.Max Lat=8.
I/O at 0xb400 [0xb401].
I/O at 0xb800 [0xb801].
I/O at 0xbc00 [0xbc01].
Bus 0, device 19, function 1:
Unknown mass storage controller: Triones Technologies, Inc. Unknown
device (rev 1).
Vendor id=1103. Device id=4.
Medium devsel. IRQ 11. Master Capable. Latency=120. Min
Gnt=8.Max Lat=8.
I/O at 0xc000 [0xc001].
I/O at 0xc400 [0xc401].
I/O at 0xc800 [0xc801].
Any help would be greatly appreciated...
Chris
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From: Alex Lam <"here,there"@everywhere.org>
Subject: Re: SMP mobo and RAID suggestions needed for VPM cluster.
Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 15:48:35 -0700
Anonymous wrote:
>
> Hardware raid for sure. Expensive though. Supermicro are known for linux
> compatible boards and lately they have been concentrating on high end server
> boards. Hope this helps a little.
Thankx.
Alex
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From: "Luuk van den Berg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: HEEEEEEEEEEELP
Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2000 00:45:53 +0200
I'm a newbie with linux and encountered my first big problem.
I recently installed Suse 6.4 on my compu.
When configuring and then testing the X-server xsvga my whole system crashes
and returnes a black screen. I can't do anything!! Everyting is blocked.
I've got the diamond stealth II 220 with the renditiom verit� chip onboard.
Can someone please tell me if this is might be a bios problem or is it just
a bios setting. In either case, please help me out!
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From: "Tom Hoffmann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Tape backup solutions
Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 22:44:37 GMT
In article <8iasoe$v36$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Keith Geffert
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Ok, so I've scanned about 400 to 500 usenet posts about tape backups
> and Linux. But so far I've yet to find any product that stands out
> the best for low cost. Do the Segate / HP travan 20 gig drives work?
>
> Is there a website for this yet? After checking the Hardware
> compatibility howto I found that tape drive information looks merely
> like an afterthought.
>
> I would like suggestions on either sites I can look at. Or, specific
> tape products to research.
>
> I'm looking for something at least 10gig, IDE or SCSI. Price range
> from
> 200-650.
>
> The only tape devices I've used are DDS1/2/3 DAT drives. However I
> can't justify spending $1000 or more on a backup solution when the box
> to backup doesn't even cost that much :P
>
> I'm leaning torwards the IDE travan drives from Segate or HP but I've
> yet to find anything that makes me feel warm and fuzzy about them.
>
> Any suggestions would be appreciated.
You might want to look at the onstream 30 IDE drive. It is a 15/30GB
drive and there is a Linux driver available for it. www.onstream.com
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From: "Amin Shahidi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Installing on a Micron Powerdigm XSU
Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 18:47:08 -0400
Hi,
Does anyone have any exprience installing RedHat 6.2 on a Micorn PowerDigm
XSU. It is a Dual Pentium II all SCSI. While it is Probing the Hardware, it
gets stuck. Any advice would be very appricated.
Thanks,
Amin
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Hal Burgiss)
Subject: Re: TLB Wait Message on SMP lockup
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 22:45:59 GMT
On Thu, 15 Jun 2000 22:29:01 GMT, Chris Shenefiel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I have an ABIT BP6 SMB Dual Celeron 366 overclocked to 550 board.
Two suggestions: get a newer kernel and don't OC (at least until errors
are solved). My BP6 (with QQ BIOS):
[hal@feenix hal]$ uname -a
Linux feenix 2.2.16pre3 #1 SMP Wed May 17 18:35:10 EDT 2000 i686 unknown
[hal@feenix hal]$ uptime
6:45pm up 28 days, 23:00, 3 users, load average: 0.07, 0.02, 0.00
Very stable since flashing QQ.
--
Hal B
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Valentin Guillen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: HEEEEEEEEEEELP
Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 16:58:28 -0600
Luuk,
Run the configuration utility (sax, or XF86Setup, or other) and select
entries you need when asked. Then, when the utility asks whether you
wish to test the setup, DO NOT. Rather, have it write the configuration
file and exit from the program. Then test it yourself with the command
startx. If you appear to get an X server but it locks, remember that
you can kill X with Ctrl-Alt-Backspace
If it still doesn't run, then rename or delete the current XF86Config
file and rerun the video configuration utiliity one again, but this time
specifying that you have an SVGA monitor capable of producing 800x600
resolution at a Vertical refresh rate of either 56Hz or up to 72Hz.
That should get you a working server, and then you can make further
attempts at raising the maximum resolution, if you need it higher.
Regards,
Valentin
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