Linux-Hardware Digest #55, Volume #13 Sat, 17 Jun 00 08:13:05 EDT
Contents:
all-in-one printer/scanner/fax for linux (Bruce Edge)
Problems with D-Link DFE-530TX/Ethernet ("Georg C. F. Greve")
Re: SGI Indigo 2 and Linux (Ola =?iso-8859-1?Q?H=E5kansson?=)
Re: Problems with D-Link DFE-530TX/Ethernet (David A. Lethe)
Re: fastest SCSI for Linux & AMD 900? (Chris Pitzel)
adsl pci modem ("Marcos Gazeta")
Duplex HDD's?????? ("unclebob")
Re: adsl pci modem (Hal Burgiss)
Re: Help! Does This Mean I Can't Run Linux? (Michael V. Ferranti)
Liteline: VIA82c502 (David Martinez Borque)
ISDN Bundling with Billion PCI card..? (Bjorn Bjortorp)
Random lockups - help! ("The Dandy Highwayman")
booting from SCSI-device... ("Thirsty McGuinness")
Re: printing trouble, epson stylus color IIs ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Minolta Page Pro 8L (Jens Stegemann)
Re: Minolta Page Pro 8L (Svend Garnaes)
Lilo Problem ("FROZEN_Steam")
Re: Minolta Page Pro 8L (Andreas Tretow)
Re: Lilo Problem (Martin Herrman)
Re: Lilo Problem ("FROZEN_Steam")
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From: Bruce Edge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: all-in-one printer/scanner/fax for linux
Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2000 16:14:24 -0700
Is there such an animal, or are all these things windows only?
TIA, Bruce.
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From: "Georg C. F. Greve" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Problems with D-Link DFE-530TX/Ethernet
Date: 17 Jun 2000 01:44:47 +0200
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Hi!
I just picked up two D-Link DFE-530TX because the manufacturer claimed
they would run with the Linux kernel... well. So far they don't.
Whenever I try to load the "via-rhine" module, I get a
init_module: Device or resource busy
and nothing else (no debugging information). Compiling it into the
kernel doesn't make a difference. Getting the newest version also
doesn't solve the problem. I've been fiddling with it for several
hours now... without success.
If anyone has an idea about this I'd appreciate the help - but please
reply by mail, too, as my network is pretty much down without the
cards and I'm not capable of checking news.
Thanks,
Georg
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From: Ola =?iso-8859-1?Q?H=E5kansson?= <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: SGI Indigo 2 and Linux
Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2000 00:20:13 GMT
I just got myself an Indigo2 about a week ago and wanted to install Linux on it
too, havent been able to yet though.
There is a port of RedHat 5.1 (called HardHat) to the Indy (which should work on
and Indigo2 also). I havent been able to install it, dont know if I have something
misconfigured or so but it might be that I havent got my IRIX CD yet and havent
been able to do an EFS Root partition (dont know if you really need it). Anyone
know if you can make one with Fdisk or any other such utility in Linux??
I got a EXT2 and Swap partition which I made with help of my Sun :) but I havent
been able to boot any kernel yet.
Anyway you can find some information on how to install it on
http://www.linux.sgi.com/ but I found another installation how-to which seems a
little better on http://reality.sgi.com/raju/SGI-Linux-mini-HOWTO.html
Also there's a Debian port, check http://www.debian.org/. It isnt finished yet but
their mailing list seems to be the most traficated if you check their archive.
Havent found any mailing list archives for the other lists yet only dead links.
-- Ola Hakansson
Chris Cera wrote:
> Does anyone know of any projects or people who have successfully ported this
> to linux. The MIPS Howto does not say anything about this specific SGI. If
> someone could please give me any information it would be greatly appreciated.
> Thank you.
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David A. Lethe)
Subject: Re: Problems with D-Link DFE-530TX/Ethernet
Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2000 00:07:26 GMT
On 17 Jun 2000 01:44:47 +0200, "Georg C. F. Greve" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
On redhat 6.1, it loaded fine on my PC.
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>Hi!
>
>I just picked up two D-Link DFE-530TX because the manufacturer claimed
>they would run with the Linux kernel... well. So far they don't.
>
>Whenever I try to load the "via-rhine" module, I get a
>
> init_module: Device or resource busy
>
>and nothing else (no debugging information). Compiling it into the
>kernel doesn't make a difference. Getting the newest version also
>doesn't solve the problem. I've been fiddling with it for several
>hours now... without success.
>
>If anyone has an idea about this I'd appreciate the help - but please
>reply by mail, too, as my network is pretty much down without the
>cards and I'm not capable of checking news.
>
>Thanks,
> Georg
>
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>Georg C. F. Greve <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>the monthly GNU forum in English, German,
>French, Spanish and Japanese. Check it out
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From: Chris Pitzel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: fastest SCSI for Linux & AMD 900?
Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2000 00:38:32 GMT
Fastest HDD for Linux would be the Seagate Cheetah 18XL (10kRPM) or the
Seagate Cheetah X15 (15kRPM). Fastest SCSI controller would be an
Ultra160 model. I would suggest that you stick with Symbios based SCSI
if you're wanting to purchase a non-RAID SCSI controller -- my
experience has been that the driver support is much better than that of
the Adaptec controllers.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> could I please get some recommendations for the fastest SCSI controller
> & HD combo for Red Hat running Athlon 900 on FIC M-board?
>
> Where can I get the drivers?
>
> (recommendations for SuSe also appreciated)
> thanks--
>
> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> Before you buy.
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From: "Marcos Gazeta" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: adsl pci modem
Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2000 21:08:03 -0700
hello... I got a adsl pci modem from efficient networks (it came with
bellsouth fastaccess) and I want to use it on linux... does anyone can
help???? Windows detects it as a ATM card. well, here are its
specifications:
SpeedStream 3060 adsl PCI Modem
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From: "unclebob" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Duplex HDD's??????
Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2000 11:07:46 +1000
Does anyone know the procedure to configure duplexed drives under Linux
(Redhat 6.0)?
I am running 2 Adaptec 2740 (EISA) cards with a 2.1 GB drive on each.
At install, only 1 controller and HDD is detected.
Obviously I will have to configure the second controller and drive after
installation.
I'd like dedundancy - How to Duplex?????
Cheers,
UncleBob
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Hal Burgiss)
Subject: Re: adsl pci modem
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2000 01:39:13 GMT
On Sat, 17 Jun 2000 21:08:03 -0700, Marcos Gazeta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>hello... I got a adsl pci modem from efficient networks (it came with
>bellsouth fastaccess) and I want to use it on linux... does anyone can
>help???? Windows detects it as a ATM card. well, here are its
>specifications:
>
>SpeedStream 3060 adsl PCI Modem
No Linux support for this. You will need an external, ethernet modem
like the Alcatel SpeedTouch (which BS offers, but only reluctantly).
--
Hal B
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Michael V. Ferranti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Help! Does This Mean I Can't Run Linux?
Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2000 03:35:57 +0100
Here I was, minding my own business, and wouldn't you know it?
[EMAIL PROTECTED] just had to go and say:
>My video card is not supported by Linux... does this mean I can't run
>Linux with this video card?
You'll be able to run it in text-mode, at least. If you want to make
it work with a GUI, it'll probably take a bit of hardware-level
configuration, and eventually driver/kernal support to run it at it's full
potential. There's probably a chance of getting any card/monitor combo to
work with X (X-windows), even if it's not supported out of the box.
- Michael V. Ferranti [blades&inreach*com]
GNUke The Planet!
The GNUclear Network�
ID# 177869 Registered with the Linux Counter. http://counter.li.org
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From: David Martinez Borque <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Liteline: VIA82c502
Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 17:00:10 +0200
Hi,
We just bought one laptop (LiteLine from Fujitsu-Siemens) at our
department and after installing SuSe 6.4 I'm having problems with the
X-windows.
Up to now I've only got a VERY low resolution and a screen full of
colored lines(not very nice).
I guess it is a problem of the graphics-card, which I believe is a
VIA82c502 (or so the manual says), but SuperProbe says it's a Trident
CyberBlade/i7/DSTN.
Does anybody know how to solve this problem? ANY help would be much
apreciated.
The technical data are:
LiteLine from Fujitsu-Siemens
AMD K6-2 450MHz
SDRAM 64Mb
Screen: HPA 800x600 @ 85Hz & 16.7M colours
Graphics Card: AGP? VIA82C502 with variable memory (gets it from the
main RAM memory with 3 positions auto/4Mb/8Mb. Up to now I tried
always in 8Mb)
Thanks a lot,
David
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web-page: ** Coming not so soon ** Fac. CC. Fisicas. U.C.M.
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Phone: 394 46 81
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From: Bjorn Bjortorp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: ISDN Bundling with Billion PCI card..?
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2000 09:55:54 +0200
I'm using RH6.2 workstation and have a problem with the Billion pci card. I
installed it with:
isdn-config-0.6-12.i386.rpm
qt-2.1.0-4.beta1.i386.rpm
isdn4k-utils-3.1-22.i386.rpm
Using the qt interface I configured the card, no problem - but it is
working _only_ for one B- line. I can get both B-lines going by using
'isdnctrl addslave ... ' but there is no bundling to 128kbps! Why?
Is there any truth out there?
Dr. Bjorn
--
Physics is science - the rest is stamp collecting...
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From: "The Dandy Highwayman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Random lockups - help!
Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2000 09:37:28 +0100
I have a SMP RedHat 6.2 box set up as follows:
Abit BP6 with 2x Celeron 500 (not overclocked)
128Mb ECC RAM
Voodoo 3 2000
6Gb Quantum Fireball (UDMA33)
10Gb Quantum Fireball (UDMA33)
I have NT4 installed on the 6Gb drive (primary drive), and RH6.2 (kernel
2.4.0test1) on the 10Gb drive (/dev/hdb). My problem is that Linux will
randomly hang without any errors being recorded/displayed, but 90% of the
time it will be while fscking /dev/hdb1 (which would need fscking after the
last hang!), nearly always at the same point (95.6%). If by some rare chance
the drive successfully fscks, and I get onto the login prompt (text only,
init state 3), it will often hang there within a few minutes. At present, my
record for uptime is about 5 hours!
On the other drive, the NT install just keeps on running. Now to my mind,
this would suggest a problem with the hard drive that Linux is installed on,
rather than a physical problem with other components, but surely fsck
wouldn't be brought down by that? After all, its supposed to work around
disk problems!
Any suggestions? Please?!
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From: "Thirsty McGuinness" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: booting from SCSI-device...
Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2000 11:53:19 +0200
Hi,
My BIOS is prepared for booting from SCSI-devices even if there are
EIDE-drives next to it.
I got the following configuration:
20GB EIDE
20GB EIDE
2 GB SCSI
I�d like to put LILO, /boot and a swap to the SCSI-drive, Win98 to the first
EIDE and Linux to ca.10-15GB of the second EIDE.
I read about the need of telling LILO explicitely the boot-order via
BIOS-drive-numbers.
But since Win98 needs to be booted from the first drive, I also need to
CHANGE or swap these numbers again for Win98.
Is this true? And if it is, wouldn�t Win98 run with drive-numbers different
from those set in BIOS? (I don�t think LILO changes the BIOS-settings?)
Can this cause problems?
Can I do this and what do I have to do?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: printing trouble, epson stylus color IIs
Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2000 09:24:02 GMT
Hi Andrey,
The site suggestes stc2s_h.upp , stc2.upp uniprint drivers and it also
mentions....
"Uniprint parameter files stc2.upp, stc2s_h.upp.
3 color CMY printing, or black with separate cartridge.
Refill: color or black cartridge"
I have tried both the above drivers and it makes my printer go crazy
and starts printing test pages..
-V0D-
Andrey Vlasov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> look for information on nex webpage
>
> http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/pht/show_printer.cgi?recnum=61248
>
> Andrey
>
>
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
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From: Jens Stegemann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Minolta Page Pro 8L
Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2000 12:01:21 +0200
Hello!
Is there a way to improve the print quality of a Minolta Page Pro 8L
laserprinter connected to a linux-machine. Right now I am using a network to
transmit the file I want to print to a windows-machine which send it back to
the printer, which is connected to my linux-system. It is not very stable, but
the prints under linux are quite ugly, the printing is slow and it uses onle
300dpi while the printer can do 1200dpi!
Does anybody know a way how to handle this?
Thank you!
Jens
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From: Svend Garnaes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Minolta Page Pro 8L
Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2000 12:32:22 +0200
:(
http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/pht/show_printer.cgi?recnum=117472
Sorry
--
Svend
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From: "FROZEN_Steam" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.uu.comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.x,nl.comp.os.linux.overig,nl.comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Lilo Problem
Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2000 13:29:40 +0200
Hello,
I'm having some trouble using lilo.
I've configured lilo on mbr, but when it starts, There's only an 'L' on my
screen and I can do nothing but hit reset...
I hava a Gigabyte GA71XE mainboard wth an AMD Athlon 700
Could someone pls help?
Thanx,
Floris
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From: Andreas Tretow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Minolta Page Pro 8L
Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2000 13:38:07 +0200
Jens Stegemann wrote:
>
> Hello!
>
> Is there a way to improve the print quality of a Minolta Page Pro 8L
> laserprinter connected to a linux-machine. Right now I am using a network to
> transmit the file I want to print to a windows-machine which send it back to
> the printer, which is connected to my linux-system. It is not very stable, but
> the prints under linux are quite ugly, the printing is slow and it uses onle
> 300dpi while the printer can do 1200dpi!
>
> Does anybody know a way how to handle this?
>
> Thank you!
>
> Jens
Unfortunately, there isn't right now and probably never will be a driver
for the Print Gear chip :-(
Why don't you connect the printer to the windows-machine and use this as
a print server ? I don't know if this works, I will try when I finally
get my second machine running.
Cheers,
Andreas
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Martin Herrman)
Crossposted-To:
alt.uu.comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.x,nl.comp.os.linux.overig,nl.comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: Lilo Problem
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 17 Jun 2000 11:45:50 GMT
On Sat, 17 Jun 2000 13:29:40 +0200, FROZEN_Steam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'm having some trouble using lilo.
>
> I've configured lilo on mbr, but when it starts, There's only an 'L' on my
> screen and I can do nothing but hit reset...
- reboot with linux boot floppy (made during install, didn't you? ;-)
- login as root
- type: lilo
- press enter
- watch the appearing text
- reboot the system and enjoy ;-)
Martin
>
> I hava a Gigabyte GA71XE mainboard wth an AMD Athlon 700
>
> Could someone pls help?
>
> Thanx,
> Floris
>
>
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Linux RedHat 6.1 Kernel 2.2.14 Toshiba P233 MHz, 32 Mb RAM
1:40pm up 9 days, 13:45, 3 users, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.03
Western Civilization, that would be a good idea!
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From: "FROZEN_Steam" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.uu.comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.x,nl.comp.os.linux.overig,nl.comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: Lilo Problem
Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2000 13:50:53 +0200
I already tried it on a floppy disk as well
lilo output is just:
added Linux*
added windows
That's the normal ouput isn't it?
Any other ideas?
"Martin Herrman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schreef in
bericht news:394b64ee$0$12281@reader5...
> On Sat, 17 Jun 2000 13:29:40 +0200, FROZEN_Steam
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I'm having some trouble using lilo.
> >
> > I've configured lilo on mbr, but when it starts, There's only an 'L' on
my
> > screen and I can do nothing but hit reset...
>
> - reboot with linux boot floppy (made during install, didn't you? ;-)
> - login as root
> - type: lilo
> - press enter
> - watch the appearing text
> - reboot the system and enjoy ;-)
>
> Martin
>
> >
> > I hava a Gigabyte GA71XE mainboard wth an AMD Athlon 700
> >
> > Could someone pls help?
> >
> > Thanx,
> > Floris
> >
> >
>
>
> --
> Linux Gebruikers Handleiding v1.2 : http://2mypage.cjb.net
> Linux RedHat 6.1 Kernel 2.2.14 Toshiba P233 MHz, 32 Mb RAM
> 1:40pm up 9 days, 13:45, 3 users, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.03
> Western Civilization, that would be a good idea!
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