Linux-Hardware Digest #88, Volume #13 Thu, 22 Jun 00 01:13:09 EDT
Contents:
Re: ATAPI CD ROM WRITER ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
casio fiva palmtop ("Barry Haycock (IT)")
Re: hardware recommendations for athlon system (Duane)
Re: Athlon problems (Duane)
Re: Need soundcard suggestion. ("curtis")
Re: Help on motherboard decision ("bdl")
Re: Slackware7/EthernetCard (Kheng-Teong Goh)
Re: Asus P3B-F + lm_sensors (Kheng-Teong Goh)
Re: Need soundcard suggestion. (Kheng-Teong Goh)
Re: More 3C509 problems, confused!?! (MH)
Re: ScSi Card? (Gianni Mariani)
ThinkPad 600X Modem and kppp/pppd ("Joseph C. Kopec")
ThinkPad 600X Modem and kppp/pppd ("Joseph C. Kopec")
DDS2, stinit and device naming scheme ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: ATAPI CD ROM WRITER
Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2000 20:17:37 -0600
Also: ( me-duh! ) Once the cdrecord -scanbus
reports you cdrw's [scsibus,target,lun] use
them in ``cdrecord [commands] dev=0,0,0''
^^^^^^^^^
commands.
In article <8ip94p$ko1$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> You need to disable ATAPI IDE support
> and enable IDE-SCSI support options
> in your kernel rebuild.
> To be safe, your cdrw should be on the
> secondary/master IDE channel. Optioned
> as master. My HP CD-Writer 7500+ didn't do
> diddly on the primary/slave (optioned as slave).
>
> -- Still can't blank the bugger though
> with cdrecord (1.8) blank=all.
>
>
>
>
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Bostro" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> I have a RedHat Linux 6.2 (also a 6.0, if you prefer). How can I make the
>> famous scsi-emulation to let operate my writer?????
>>
>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>
>>
>
>
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From: "Barry Haycock (IT)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.portable
Subject: casio fiva palmtop
Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2000 09:49:56 +0800
i would just like to speak with anyone who has any experience installing
linux on a casio fiva palmtop.
as it uses a different processer than the norm
were there any major problems with the install and how does linux run on
it.
i am buying one and would rather put linux on it than windows
b
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From: Duane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: hardware recommendations for athlon system
Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2000 18:27:30 -0700
Dave Slutzkin wrote:
>
> mirte wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> >michael ottaway wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi
> >>
> >> I have a Matrox G400 single head 32mb card and I use an EPOX board
> with
> >> my Athlon. I have used Epox for quiet some time and have never had a
> problem
> >> out of them
> >
> >Epox 7KXA? No problems at all with the sound-on-boardchip?
>
> Good, I was wondering if this was a documented problem. I've got a 7KXA
> system, using Red Hat 6.2, which cannot work out the on-board sound (VIA
> 82Cxxx). But I'm pretty sure if I plugged in a real sound card it'd be all
> good.
>
> Also, there seems to be another problem in the 7KXA, to do with the AGP
> architecture, I don't remember it exactly, but a similar problem is
> documented on the EPOX website under Win2000. If anyone has a solution to
> this, I'd appreciate it...
>
> Thanks, Dave.
Using the ALSA driver, the "sound-on-boardchip" works fine on my 7KXA
under RH 6.1. But others have had problems getting it to work, so YMMV.
It's probably worth a shot, though.
--
My real email is akamail.com@dclark (or something like that).
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From: Duane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: Athlon problems
Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2000 18:22:22 -0700
Jim Chisholm wrote:
>
> James Pearson wrote:
>
> > I'm having problems running Redhat 6.2 on an Athlon box - it freezes
> >
> > when I try to run mkfs on a disk partition...
>
> Don't happen to have a G400 video card do you?
> Athlon700 + G400 = tempermental (IMHO)
>
> Jim
I've been running an Athlon700 + G400 for about 3 months without
problems, so there must be something more then just that.
--
My real email is akamail.com@dclark (or something like that).
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From: "curtis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.comp.hardware.homebuilt,alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
Subject: Re: Need soundcard suggestion.
Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2000 02:42:21 GMT
Just a question about the Live! series: does anyone know the differences
between all of the models, cuz there seem to be quite a few (and does the
"Gold" exist?)? I've found that their website's description sucks.
Thanks
"Oliver Clark" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:8i2sn4$6ag$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
: My SB Live! Value is recognised instantly by Linux Mandrake 7.0
: I suppose if you used the analogue audio connector to one cdrom and the
: digital to the other then you could support 2 cdrom drives...
:
: Jason Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
: news:8htnle$lrg$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
: > Here's something that ought to short out any search engine :)
: >
: > I'm building a new computer from scratch and I am searching for a
: > soundcard with the following specs:
: >
: > True legacy SB support for old DOS games.
: > Linux support. (Probably synonymous with first requirement.)
: > The ability to accept audio from two cdrom drives. (A stretch, I
: > know.)
: > Good quality wavetable sound.
: > Must be PCI.
: > Under $200.
: >
: > Anyone know of any such card and where to buy it?
: >
: > Of course, if anyone has had good experiences with a card that has
: > everything but the dual-cdrom support, I would welcome their suggestions
: as
: > well.
: >
: > Thanks in advance!
: >
: >
: > --
: > /*********************************\
: > * Jason Brown *
: > *---------------------------------*
: > * Replace pickled@eggs with the *
: > * @ sign to send an e-mail reply. *
: > \*********************************/
: >
: >
: >
:
:
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From: "bdl" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.comp.hardware.homebuilt
Subject: Re: Help on motherboard decision
Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2000 02:39:15 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Scott Hemphill
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> "Tom Brinkman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
>> Asus or Soyo. Get a 700e or a 750e, but not a 733. You'll
>> have the best system with a BX board and a 100mhz FSB p3, ie, an
>> 'e', but not an 'eb'. Use at least pc100 cas2 ram (8ns, CL2)
>> non ECC
>
> Why non ECC?
>
> Scott
I would imagine that he's reccomending non-ECC due to cost-effectiveness,
e.g. the ECC RAM is really only for servers or mission critical systems.
Some may also argue that CAS2 offers a slight performance boost over lets
say, CAS3 ECC RAM, which I happen to run in my system. It really shouldnt
make any difference for a home system, but I would choose a decent
manufacturer, Corsair or Viking. As far as the ASUS recommendation, I can
definitely back that statement up, I've got an ASUS P2B that I bought a
couple of years ago and the damn thing is still solid as a rock, even
after many system rebuilds, torture testing, you name it.
--
bdl
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Linux 2.4.0-test1 #1 Sun Jun 18 22:38:47 PDT 2000 i686
7:17pm up 2:52, 1 user, load average: 0.15, 0.10, 0.28
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From: Kheng-Teong Goh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: Slackware7/EthernetCard
Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2000 10:49:05 +0800
Yes, I can comfirm that Slackware 7.0 comes with netconfig that
automatically detects for your NIC. This work with the out of the box
kernel. I'm not sure whether this works after you recompile a new kernel
verion. Then again, when you recompile a new kernel version you should know
what you are doing.
Henrik Carlqvist wrote:
> Steve wrote:
> > Slackware has a 'netconfig' program that supposevely detects ethernet
> > cards automatically (saving me a hell of a lot of trouble)...
>
> No, it does not. Netconfig is a shell-script which sets your IP-address,
> hostname and dns configuration. When this is done it tells you the
> following:
>
> -8<---------------------------------------------------------------
> dialog --title "NETWORK SETUP COMPLETE" --msgbox "Your networking \
> software has now been configured. IMPORTANT: Remember that most
> precompiled \
> Linux kernels do not have network drivers compiled into them, since \
> compiling them all in results in kernels that are too large to boot. \
> If you need a driver that is not present in your kernel, either \
> recompile the kernel to include the necessary driver or load the \
> driver as a module by editing /etc/rc.d/rc.modules." 11 64
> rm -f $TMP/tempmsg
> -8<---------------------------------------------------------------
>
> At least the above applies to Slackware 4.0. You will need to compile
> and install a kernel with support for your network card or load a
> module. You could also use a precompiled kernel which supports a lot of
> network cards. At least in the Slackware versions I have used the NFS
> installation boot kernel autodetects most network cards as support for
> them is compiled into the kernel.
>
> However, this might have changed to some module solution in later
> versions of Slackware.
>
> regards Henrik
> --
> spammer strikeback:
> root@localhost
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Kheng-Teong Goh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Asus P3B-F + lm_sensors
Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2000 10:59:37 +0800
I wanted to try. I downloaded it. But never installed it. =) I'm
wondering. I have a sensor which is plug into the extra socket which I
want to use to monitor my Voodoo 3. Can I get reading from it?
Hmm I don't want lm_sensors because I don't want to screw up my Slackware
7 installation again. I installed it a too many times.
Daniel Wagner wrote:
> Hello,
>
> has anybody tried out lm_sensors with an Asus P3B-F with lm_sensors or
> any other hardware sensors package?
>
> I didn't come to an end when I was trying it.
>
> cya, Daniel
> --
> *** System shutdown message from root ***
>
> System going down in 60 seconds
>
> @icq: 41472160 (kwaxi) @counter.li: #65688
> @www: http://www.pfeilheim.sth.ac.at/members/d.wagner/
> @gpg: http://www.pfeilheim.sth.ac.at/members/d.wagner/kwaxi.asc
> C63A 06F0 3E2A A039 E830 83A0 C1DA 3479 803F 078F
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From: Kheng-Teong Goh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.comp.hardware.homebuilt,alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
Subject: Re: Need soundcard suggestion.
Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2000 10:55:54 +0800
[IMHO] You pay more for your psychological boost. Oh yuh and aslo for the name.
So that it sounds nicer. ***
Kheng Teong
ps *** don't take this seriously.
curtis wrote:
> Just a question about the Live! series: does anyone know the differences
> between all of the models, cuz there seem to be quite a few (and does the
> "Gold" exist?)? I've found that their website's description sucks.
>
> Thanks
>
> "Oliver Clark" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:8i2sn4$6ag$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> : My SB Live! Value is recognised instantly by Linux Mandrake 7.0
> : I suppose if you used the analogue audio connector to one cdrom and the
> : digital to the other then you could support 2 cdrom drives...
> :
> : Jason Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> : news:8htnle$lrg$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> : > Here's something that ought to short out any search engine :)
> : >
> : > I'm building a new computer from scratch and I am searching for a
> : > soundcard with the following specs:
> : >
> : > True legacy SB support for old DOS games.
> : > Linux support. (Probably synonymous with first requirement.)
> : > The ability to accept audio from two cdrom drives. (A stretch, I
> : > know.)
> : > Good quality wavetable sound.
> : > Must be PCI.
> : > Under $200.
> : >
> : > Anyone know of any such card and where to buy it?
> : >
> : > Of course, if anyone has had good experiences with a card that has
> : > everything but the dual-cdrom support, I would welcome their suggestions
> : as
> : > well.
> : >
> : > Thanks in advance!
> : >
> : >
> : > --
> : > /*********************************\
> : > * Jason Brown *
> : > *---------------------------------*
> : > * Replace pickled@eggs with the *
> : > * @ sign to send an e-mail reply. *
> : > \*********************************/
> : >
> : >
> : >
> :
> :
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From: MH <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: More 3C509 problems, confused!?!
Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2000 21:04:17 -0700
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Rod Haper wrote:
>
> This issue keeps coming up over and over. Read the Ethernet-HOWTO section 3.2
>"Using More than one Ethernet Card per Machine". It tells you how to use multiple
>ethernet interfaces with the drivers either as loadable modules or built into the
>kernel.
>
> MH wrote:
> >
> > I've read the posts here on 3C509 and they all seem to revolve around
> > loadable modules. I'm confused. Recent kernels offer support for this
> > card compiled directly into the kernel, or as a module. (Why would
> > anyone install a NIC as a module?) Once PNP has been disabled on the
> > card, why would there be any problems?
> >
> > I'm almost certain I've run this card before without any configuration
> > on my part, but I can't get it to work on my latest box which is
> > dual-homed. The other card is a 3C905B, both cards' drivers are
> > compiled into the kernel. Only the 3C905B (eth0) loads at boot
> > however. The 3C509 (eth1) "fails to initialize". I tried setting
> > parameters via Linuxconf, but nothing seems to work. The parameters for
> > this card are IRQ 10/0x300 and there are no conflicts. What am I
> > missing?
Thanks! I tried the instructions for compiled drivers and that didn't
work. Guess I'll have to recompile the kernel and use modules instead.
Either that, or just buy another 3C905B.
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From: Gianni Mariani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: ScSi Card?
Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2000 21:23:18 -0700
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Did you try to 'insmod' the driver ?
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> In article <IlU25.1880$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "The Chief"
><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Iam using a adaptec 1505 scsi card for my Zip& Scanner!
> >
> > I have the Mandrake 7.0 Linux setup Installed ! it doesn't like my scsi card
> > won't recognize it!! What SCSI Card would be better to Use, has to be ScSi
> > II {25 Pin)
>
> What doesn't it like? I had one installed on this and it worked fine. This on
> all versions of RH up to and including 6.2.
>
> I'm currently using a 1510. But, I sometime put both in there, one just for the
> scanner when I need to test things.
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From: "Joseph C. Kopec" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.portable
Subject: ThinkPad 600X Modem and kppp/pppd
Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2000 04:29:20 GMT
I have an IBM ThinkPad 600X, which has a Lucent Mini PCI modem. I am
running RedHat 6.2, which has version 2.3.11 of pppd, and I am loading
the ltmodem.o module. I use kppp to set up my ppp connection. In the
past, I have been able to use the modem under Linux to hook up to my ISP
(AT&T Worldnet), which uses CHAP authentication. In the last few days,
however, I have not been able to do so. What happens upon launching
kppp is that, after the modem apparently makes a connection, the
"Starting pppd..." message appears on the Login Script Debug Window of
kppp and I eventually hear a small "pop" (apparently the modem
disconnecting) and get a message box stating that pppd failed to start
in time. I also get a "Signal 15" message in my log. Running ps -ax
reads as follows:
771 ? S pppd 1152000 -detach crtscts defaultrout -pap user [my ISP id
number]
This is the same as what is produced by my properly-functioning desktop
computer (which has an ISA Creative Modem Blaster Flash 56II Modem),
except that "ttyS1" shows up as the tty column in the desktop as opposed
to a "?" in the ThinkPad. It thus seems to me that the problem may have
to do with the inability of pppd to get ahold of the modem device. In
the ThinkPad, I have set up /dev/modem as my modem device in kppp.
/dev/modem in turn is a symbolic link to /dev/ttyS14, which is
apparently the name of the Lucent modem under its driver. This
arrangement seemed to work in the past (as recently as last week) and I
haven't made any significant changes to the configuration of the
ThinkPad. Any thoughts or suggestions as to how I could get this modem
working again under Linux would be much appreciated.
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From: "Joseph C. Kopec" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.portable
Subject: ThinkPad 600X Modem and kppp/pppd
Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2000 04:35:19 GMT
Additional info on my earlier ThinkPad modem question: ppp0 does not
show up on ifconfig. Please pardon the double posting. Thanks.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: DDS2, stinit and device naming scheme
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2000 05:09:35 GMT
Hello,
I just acquired a Seagate Peregrine CTD8000R-S DDS2 4mm tape drive
(detected as an Archive Python 00095-001 by dip switch setting)
and after going through the stinit docs and the st(4) manpage I'm
still confused about the Linux tape device naming scheme:
- which device enables compression and which is for DDS or DDS2 tapes?
- Any ways of getting more than 8 devices per drive (4 rewind + 4
norewind)? Is it possible to have fixed/variable blocksize,
nocompression/compression for *each* of the densities (DDS, DDS-2),
ie, a total of 16 devices, counting the norewind devices?
- Why is it that if I do 'mt -f /dev/nst0a status' twice in a row
mt reports a different density for the tape?
[root@jezebel]# mt -f /dev/nst0a stat
SCSI 2 tape drive:
File number=0, block number=0, partition=0.
Tape block size 1024 bytes. Density code 0x24 (DDS-2).
Soft error count since last status=0
General status bits on (41010000):
BOT ONLINE IM_REP_EN
[root@jezebel]# mt -f /dev/nst0a stat
SCSI 2 tape drive:
File number=0, block number=0, partition=0.
Tape block size 1024 bytes. Density code 0x13 (DDS (61000 bpi)).
Soft error count since last status=0
General status bits on (41010000):
BOT ONLINE IM_REP_EN
ugh?
Here's my setup (RH�6.2 with kernel 2.3.99.pre9):
I have the st driver as a module and I initialize with stinit
by having the following line in conf.modules:
post-install st /sbin/stinit
I created the st devices as per the man st(4).
/etc/stinit.def:
manufacturer=ARCHIVE model = "Python 00095-001" {
scsi2logical=1 can-bsr can-partitions auto-lock
mode1 blocksize=0 compression=0 density=0x13
mode2 blocksize=1024 compression=0 density=0x13
mode3 blocksize=0 compression=1 density=0x24
mode4 blocksize=1024 compression=1 density=0x24 }
If I run stinit manually with verbosity, here's what I get:
[root@jezebel]# /sbin/stinit -v -v
Trying to open database 'stinit.def'.
Trying to open database '/etc/stinit.def'.
Open succeeded.
stinit, processing tape 0
Mode 0, name '/dev/nst0'
Mode 1, name '/dev/nst0l'
Mode 2, name '/dev/nst0m'
Mode 3, name '/dev/nst0a'
The manufacturer is 'ARCHIVE', product is 'Python 00095-001', and
revision '5.ac'.
Mode 1 definition: scsi2logical=1 can-bsr can-partitions auto-lock
blocksize=0 compression=0 density=0x13
Mode 2 definition: scsi2logical=1 can-bsr can-partitions auto-lock
blocksize=1024 compression=0 density=0x13
Mode 3 definition: scsi2logical=1 can-bsr can-partitions auto-lock
blocksize=0 compression=1 density=0x24
Mode 4 definition: scsi2logical=1 can-bsr can-partitions auto-lock
blocksize=1024 compression=1 density=0x24
TIA,
jf
--
"You are born naked, wet and hungry. Then it gets worse" -Woto
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