Linux-Hardware Digest #67, Volume #13 Mon, 19 Jun 00 00:13:06 EDT
Contents:
Re: help! ethernet ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: USB scanner? (Jim Conner)
Ensoniq Soundscape VIVO 90 in Linux (Kevin Brown)
Re: MouseSystems PS/2 Optical Mouse gpm problem (mark carroll)
Re: Books (Rod Smith)
Re: TLB Wait Message on SMP lockup - UPDATE (Chris Shenefiel)
Re: ##HELP!!!!!## RAID question.... ("unclebob")
Re: ##HELP!!!!!## RAID question.... ("unclebob")
Re: Configuring LS120 and Inspiron 7500 [SOLVED] ? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Tape backup: tar versus dump (Mark Bratcher)
Re: Best Home Network Setup "Help" (Bob Martin)
Re: linux lilo MBR problem(duplex HDD) help!! (Ron Reeder)
LT Win Modem Installation Problems ("Joe G")
USB Mouse with 2.4.0test1?! ("Velian")
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: help! ethernet
Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2000 00:00:26 GMT
my card is a xircom cem28, and i'm running redhat 5.2. my laptop is a
toshibat2135cs (ancient).
the ethernet was working fine in february/march, then i stopped using
it, now the problems :(
nils_h
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
In article <wC135.19028$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Al Beaudoin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:8igkoh$pum$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > my physical ethernet seems to be working. the driver is installed
in
> > the kernel, and half way through the bootup, the ethernet light
starts
> > blinking. then, after a few minutes, the light goes out and no
ethernet
> > :(
> >
> >
> > any advice? also, is there a way to "capture" or somehow get all the
> > stuff that scrolls by during the boot?
> >
> > (still trying to get floppy working, of course!)
> >
> ----------
> Nils_h
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>
> You forgot to mention what distribution/card you you are using.
> However, check the file: /var/log/messages for the complete log of the
boot
> sequence (most distros)
>
>
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From: Jim Conner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: USB scanner?
Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2000 00:13:14 GMT
According to this web page, it's not supported. Good luck.
http://panda.mostang.com/sane/
Jim
Blackberry wrote:
> I've got a USB scanner (HP ScanJet 3300Cse) and I was wondering what the support
> is like in Linux. I know that USB support is built into later kernels, but the
> howto only lists how to get it working with printers, mice, keyboards, and hubs.
> What do I need to do? Would SANE be able to recognize it if I got a USB to SCSI
> adapter and plugged it into my SCSI card?
>
> --------------------
> "It's enough to make you wonder sometimes if you're on the right planet."
> -- Frankie Goes to Hollywood
> Brian -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- http://www.europa.com/~lepus
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From: Kevin Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.redhat,comp.os.linx.setup
Subject: Ensoniq Soundscape VIVO 90 in Linux
Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2000 00:34:02 GMT
I am trying to use an ISA Ensoniq Soundscape VIVO 90 in RedHat Linux
6.2. I used sndconfig, and it found it right away as a soundscape VIVO,
but when I try to play mp3s with xmms, it gives me the same error it did
before I used sndconfig to add it. It put a bunch of entries in
/etc/conf.modules, and I was wondering if some of these irqs or ios
might be wrong? Does anyone know of a way to get the ports this thing
is using? I have only linux on the machine so i can't check in
windows. I also have a fairly old bios(its a p166 gateway) so i can't
find it there.
If someone could tell me how to detect the setup or if there's something
else I'm doing wrong here I would appreciate it very much.
Thanks,
Kevin
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (mark carroll)
Subject: Re: MouseSystems PS/2 Optical Mouse gpm problem
Date: 19 Jun 2000 00:40:14 GMT
It turns out to be a regular PS/2 mouse. My mistake was that, because
gpmconfig starts gpm after you've put your settings into it, I figured
it stops it before it tries to change the settings. Instead, despite
having a previous gpm running, it claims to be starting one, except
that the new changes didn't actually take effect! Stopping gpm before
running gpmconfig made it work as expected.
I won't be making that mistake again. (-:
-- Mark
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Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rod Smith)
Subject: Re: Books
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.mandrake,alt.os.linux.suse
Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2000 00:44:13 GMT
[Posted and mailed]
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Faheem Mitha) writes:
>
> I just thought I should add that I checked with the person who said
> there would be a new edition, and apparently it is a new German
> edition that is coming out. As far as I could discover, there are no
> plans for a new English edition. But I didn't contact Kofler directly,
> which would be the best way of finding out for certain.
Not necessarily, although it might be. I write books in English (see
http://www.rodsbooks.com/books/), but I'm told that two of my books have
been or are being translated into other languages (Dutch for one, IIRC,
and Chinese for another). I have nothing to do with these translations,
other than having provided the "raw material." For the first, I only
found out about it because I saw a line on one of my royalty statements
concerning the translation, and it didn't even identify the target
language; I had to ask. I've heard nothing about it since then. In other
words, authors can be quite uninformed about the translation status of
their books.
Now, if the author is actively involved in the translation effort, that
would be a different matter. Ditto if the publisher provides better
information to the author.
--
Rod Smith, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.rodsbooks.com
Author of books on Linux networking & multi-OS configuration
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From: Chris Shenefiel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: TLB Wait Message on SMP lockup - UPDATE
Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2000 01:45:02 GMT
I replaced the BIOS with QQ and upgraded to kernel 2.2.16.
I also replaced the OSS driver from 4Front with alsa. Now, when loading
the system with
seti and keeping the temperature pretty low, I am no longer getting the TLB
IP waits, but am
now getting
Jun 18 21:38:44 localhost kernel: unexpected IRQ vector 208 on CPU#0!
It is always vector 208 but varies between CPUs. This only happens after
the system is up and running for a few hours.
The system doesn't crash with this message - just wondering if it is a
problem.
TIA,
Chris Shenefiel
Shenefiel wrote:
> 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: "unclebob" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: ##HELP!!!!!## RAID question....
Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2000 12:27:42 +1000
Thanks.
I'm about to go shopping, so I might pick up a copy of 6.2 to save myself
some time.
Cheers,
UncleBob
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<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:8igmh8$r1p$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Hi,
>
> I installed a MegaRaid in RedHat 6.2 box this morning. Back in 6.0,
> the drivers weren't quite up to para. AMI has the latest driver on
> their website and instructions on how to get going with 6.0.
>
> Hope this helps,
>
> John
>
> In article <8id468$3km$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> "unclebob" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Hi there all,
> > I've got an old HP NETSERVER 5/75 LC.
> > I have just scored a NetRAID-1 contoller, with following specs;
> > - 4MB Cache
> > - Firmware A.04.01
> >
> > I have 2 hard-drives attached as follows;
> > - HP D4911A (Made by IBM)
> > - 9.1GB
> >
> > I have been trying to install Redhat 6.0.
> > I have used the drives in a striped configuration (RAID 0).
> >
> > Upon install, Redhat detects the adapter as AMI MegaRAID adapter. The
> card
> > is actually a re-badged AMI MegaRAID 428 (this is listed as a
> supported
> > device in the www.redhat.com support pages.)
> >
> > Once the card is detected, it attempts to locate the MBR for a
> partition
> > table (I assume) and at this point spits the dummy.
> >
> > Any ideas???????
> >
> > I'd hate to have to NT as Linux and SCO are the only supported
> UNIX-type
> > OS's supported, and I can't afford SCO.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > UncleBob
> >
> >
>
>
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From: "unclebob" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: ##HELP!!!!!## RAID question....
Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2000 12:29:16 +1000
Thanks for the tip.
I have been advised that were known problems with the AMI drivers in 6.0 -
these were fixed in 6.2. I think I will save some time and get the up_to
_date version.......
Cheers,
UncleBob
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Henrik Carlqvist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> unclebob wrote:
> > Upon install, Redhat detects the adapter as AMI MegaRAID adapter.
>
> > Once the card is detected, it attempts to locate the MBR for a
> > partition table (I assume) and at this point spits the dummy.
>
> If your problem is that you don't have any partition table it might help
> to create a partition table and add one or more partitions.
>
> You could have to use the fdisk program for this:
>
> fdisk /dev/whatever_the_name_is_of_your_raid_device
>
> Then hit "o" to create a new empty dos partition table.
> After that you will be able to add new partitions with "n",
> save your partition table with "w" and create a filesystem on your new
> partition with the mke2fs program.
>
> regards Henrik
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: uk.comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: Configuring LS120 and Inspiron 7500 [SOLVED] ?
Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2000 02:36:27 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Andrew McDonald) wrote:
> 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
>
I solved this problem by upgrading the kernel
to kernel-2.4.0-test1 from http://www.uk.kernel.org/
Oh yer it is `mount -t vfat /dev/hdc /ls120'
Peter Pilgrim
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From: Mark Bratcher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Tape backup: tar versus dump
Date: Sun, 18 Jun 2000 23:04:56 -0400
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> [Snipped previous discussion of dump vs tar for linux]
>
> One problem I noticed it that Linux dump ONLY dumps complete filesystems, even
> though the man page says it dumps filesystems and directories!
>
[snip]
That's funny. The dump that I use which ships with RedHat 6.2 seems to
dump just what I told it to. So if you just want to dump /home/a_user
you can do that. I did notice, however, when I did a subsequent compare
with "restore -C" that restore complained about other items in the file
system being missing from the tape. An annoyance, but liveable...
--
Mark Bratcher
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Bob Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Best Home Network Setup "Help"
Date: Sun, 18 Jun 2000 22:16:11 -0500
Todd Lenderman wrote:
>
> I'm thinking about adding a small home network and
> wonder if any of these choices are any good.
> They are all Ethernet Networks and Redhat 6.1 support is
> important.
>
> Netgear DB104 $129.99
>
> D-Link DFE-910 $109.99
>
> Linksys FENSKO5 $99.99
>
> Thanks for any advice.
> Todd
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Well they are expensive, I paid 7$ for my PCI NICs using Realtek
chipset. doesn't really matter what distro it is, the NIC drivers are in
the kernel source.
--
Bob Martin
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From: Ron Reeder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: linux lilo MBR problem(duplex HDD) help!!
Date: Sun, 18 Jun 2000 21:33:22 -0600
uh.... Checked your master/slave switches?
Some older drives esp. Wanted to be Single or Master.... Had to be
right...
If you've have one as slave... then it needs to be set to Master or
Single.
HTH.
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From: "Joe G" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.mandrake
Subject: LT Win Modem Installation Problems
Date: Sun, 18 Jun 2000 22:42:33 -0500
Reply-To: "Joe G" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Okay, I downloaded the appropriate files. It says:
"To install the Lucent modem driver in LINUX, you need to run the install
script "./ltinst" from the command prompt."
I go to "konsole" and type ./ltinst
I get an error saying that the module "ltmodem" was not found!
There is a file in the same directory called ltmodem.o
Is there some other place I should put this file?
I'm using Linux Mandrake 7.1 and it has been great with everything except my
modem. :oP
Thanks in Advance.
- Joe G.
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Reply-To: "Velian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
From: "Velian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.x,linux.debian.user
Subject: USB Mouse with 2.4.0test1?!
Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2000 04:05:33 GMT
OK, I've spent... 8 hours on this now. Non-stop.
How do I get my USB mouse working in 2.4.0test1? Or in ANY kernel, ever,
anywhere?!?!
I compiled with USB HID support, USB UHCI support, USB support, USB mouse
support, and all that. I am fairly confident that, after 7 times, I have the
kernel compiled correctly for USB. I modprobed usbmouse, usbcore and
usb-uhci. All are loaded.
When I boot X, it errors me with:
"/dev/usbmouse: No such device"
Same when I cat /dev/usbmouse
I did mknod /dev/usbmouse c 10 32
And mknod /dev/usbmouse c 180 16
I tried putting it in /dev/usb/usbmouse.
I tried usbmouse0.
What is it that's missing? Why does it say no such device?! I deleted
/dev/mouse, too (forgot why), so I can't even use my PS/2 mouse anymore.
Something with this alias char-major-*-* business? Something I'm not
loading?
Using Debian 2.3. Help *GREATLY* appreciated. I'm still pretty new, but I'm
a fast learner.
Using XFree 4.0. Nvidia drivers. But I don't think it has anything to do
with X because it can't find the device when I cat either.
When I do more /proc/interrupts and click my mouse a bit, the number next to
usb-uhci increases. So the mouse is being recognized by something, at least.
This No Such Device thing really has me stumped.
TIA,
-Dolgan
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