Linux-Hardware Digest #98, Volume #13 Fri, 23 Jun 00 02:13:06 EDT
Contents:
Re: Getting RH Linux to recognize ATA66 IDE controller (Mark Hahn)
Re: Your favorite CDROM drive. (Steve Martin)
RedHat 2.2.16 update and Adaptec RAID support ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
IBM ScrollPoint mouse. ("Arian Novruzi")
ltmodem/Ethernet Clash ("Joseph C. Kopec")
Re: DDS3 backup problem? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: ATI Rage 128 (Warren Gross)
Re: DDS-3 Backups ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Help on motherboard decision ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Water cooling system ("101011")
Re: I just got my laptop and I want to install Linux, now what ??? (Hendrix)
Re: Additional hard drive for Linux ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: ATI Rage 128 (Warren Gross)
how can configure to use null modem port.? ("�Ȼ��")
how to configure to use null modem port? ("�Ȼ��")
Re: Your favorite CDROM drive. ("Gene Heskett")
Re: Num Lock & Linux (Michael V. Ferranti)
Re: HP CD Writer 7500 & cdrecord-1.8 ? (Daniel Wagner)
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From: Mark Hahn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Getting RH Linux to recognize ATA66 IDE controller
Date: 23 Jun 2000 01:51:08 GMT
> I have read that the easiest thing to do is to install your distro with the
> HDD in ATA-33 mode and come back to enable ATA-66... RH6.2 does not seem to
> have any problems installing on an ATA-33 machine... I would thumb through the
> HOWTOs; I think I remember a tutorial there.
the issue is not ata66; it's "how do you tell Linux about the existence
of an external controller". and the answer is indeed to provoke this
old/archaic/obsolete (2.2) kernel into looking for ide2 (0,1 are piix,
of course) using a kernel boot argument.
installing on the builtin piix (udma33) controller is an excellent idea,
especially since only a transfer-rate benchmark will show any difference
between udma33 and udma66.
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From: Steve Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Your favorite CDROM drive.
Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2000 22:11:53 -0400
> > Anyone have any favorite beasties that they would like to
> > recommend? Cost is of course a factor ;-)
This has been covered in a previous thread, but I'll repeat it
here. Be very leery of the HP 8250i. This drive was actually
OEM'd in two different versions by two different manufacturers,
Sony and Philips. No way to tell which you got until you open
the box. The Philips drive has a hinged door where the disc
carrier extends from the drive and has sixteen small slots (air
holes?) along the lower edge of the front face. The Sony drive
has no slots, no hinged door, the front of the CD carrier is
one piece with the carrier.
Beware the Philips version. It has a firmware bug that makes the
drive spin down permanently after a period of inactivity, requiring
you to eject and re-insert the disc before the motor will spin up
again. The Sony version works like a charm.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RedHat 2.2.16 update and Adaptec RAID support
Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2000 02:08:54 GMT
Hi All,
The RedHat 2.2.16-3 kernel update available from the "Security
Advisories" section of their Updates and Errata pages says the new
kernel has "Added Adaptec RAID (aacraid) driver". Check out this URL:
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2000-037-02.html
Does anybody know what Adaptec RAID controllers this driver supports?
More importantly, is this driver available in a separate download other
than compiled into this kernel?
Thanks,
--jeff
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From: "Arian Novruzi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: IBM ScrollPoint mouse.
Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2000 02:43:16 GMT
Hello all,
Does anybody has made working a IBM ScrollPoint II
mouse under Linux? If yes, please indicate where to
find the driver.
Thanks for any information.
Arian.
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From: "Joseph C. Kopec" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.portable,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: ltmodem/Ethernet Clash
Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2000 03:09:34 GMT
As described in several earlier messages, I have recently been having
problems getting the Lucent Mini-PCI Modem (which uses the ltmodem
module) on my ThinkPad 600X to login to my ISP, even though it worked a
week or two ago, when I last used it. Basically, I had no problem
making a CONNECT to my ISP via kppp or minicom, but pppd would not come
up. Turns out it appears that my PCMCIA Ethernet card (a Linksys
EtherFast 10/100 (PCM100)) may be the problem -- when I boot up with the
card ejected, the modem works fine (I am using it to post this). I note
that the RedHat Bugzilla database has an entry for ppp entitled "12051
Can't connect using PPP if network services are on in RH6.1 & 6.2". I'm
using 6.2 (pppd 2.3.11). Has anyone else seen this behavior? Do you
think my issue is the 12051 issue? Are there any prospects for this
being fixed? Any thoughts would be much appreciated.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: DDS3 backup problem?
Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2000 02:55:14 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Bird Chen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi,
> Is there any experience on DDS3 backup? I have a HP C1537A dds3 tape
> drive that I want to use it for my data backup. But when I backup a
file
> system which is 1.3G in space, with tar command (tar cvf /dev/st0
./*),
Have you tried the following command:
mt setdentity 0x13 # dds-1 format.
mt setdensity 0x24 # dds-2 format.
mt setdensity 0x25 # dds-3 format, requires 125m tapes.
What does this say:
mt densities
mt status
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From: Warren Gross <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: ATI Rage 128
Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2000 03:06:59 GMT
I've had this problem in KDE too....
Warren
Brandon Nuttall wrote:
> James C Randall wrote:
>
> > Warren Gross wrote:
> >
> > > I'm having a strange problem with my ATI Rage 128 (XPERT 2000)
> > >
> > > I installed Redhat 6.2 (xfree86 3.3.6) and it found and configured
> > > the card properly. I get video that appears ok, but whenever I move
> > > a window I see a lot of strange video noise appearing as vertical bands
> > > running from the top to the bottom of the screen. They are relatively
> > > evenly spaced.
> > >
> > > Anybody else seen this problem? Is the card ok?
> > >
> > > Warren
> >
> > I've seen similar situations on my RH 6.1 using XPERT Rage.......But
> > ONLY when I have the mouse in the window. Once I move the mouse....the
> > bands go away. (But as I use that system as a server.......I'm not really
> > too workied about.)
>
> I've seen this before, but only when I was running GNOME. In KDE, I don't
> have this problem. GNOME only problem?
>
> Brandon
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: DDS-3 Backups
Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2000 03:05:56 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Paul Black <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'm trying to use an HP C1537A DDS3 tape drive for backups but
> I'm having problems persuading the system that it has a 12GB
> capacity. When I dump a disk (1.2GB approx.), I get the following:
> DUMP: estimated 1190181 tape blocks on 30.59 tape(s).
It'll take more time to switch tapes than to actually put data on them
at that rate :^)
Is your /dev/tape symlink pointing at /dev/nst0 or /dev/st0?
I've found on some tape drives, that a rewind command will put them into
the mode the tape in the drive was recorded in, so the net result of
that with a /dev/tape that pointed to /dev/st0 was that any mt
setdensity was immediately followed by a rewind and lower density was
reset from reading the tape header. ;^)
also, having /dev/tape point at /dev/st0 can lead to things like
mt seod running out to the end of tape and right back to the beginning.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: alt.comp.hardware.homebuilt
Subject: Re: Help on motherboard decision
Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2000 03:31:17 GMT
In article <wY345.10653$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Tom Brinkman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Neal Lippman
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Greetings. I am planning to build my first PC this summer.
> > Although I've done various hardware additionals/substractions over
> > the years, this will be my first attempt at building the whole
> > thing from scratch. I am hoping for a little guidance on hardware
> > selection.
> >
> > I am planning an Intel PIII based system, maybe around 733 Mhz or
> > so, with 256 MB RAM, and the usual array of accoutrements (30-40GB
> > 7200 RPM HD, DVD, CD writer, USB ports, sound, maybe firewire,
> > 10/100 NIC). To start off, I am trying to refine my selection of
> > system board. I was thinking along the lines of the Intel cc820
> > series, but having read so much negative press about them, I have
> > come around to realizing that is not likely to be the best choice.
> > Others on this NG have posted positive comments about the ASUS
> > boards.
>
> 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
>
> The i8<whatever> chipsets are even worse than you're read,
> VIA's aren't much better.... go BX. I like the Soyo 6ba+IV
> --
> ~~ Tom Brinkman [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Is there any BX FCPGA boards you can recommend, or is it better off go
with a slot 1? How about ASUS CUBX?
Is there any advantage to get a 133MHz board for 700e or 750e for
possible overclocking?
Thanks,
Xiaobin
>
> >
> > What I am hoping to find is either some sage advice on system
> > board selection, or perhaps some pointers to reasonable and
> > reliable reviews of boards that would help me in making this
> > decision.
> >
> > Oh yes, btw, I am more than likely to run Linux (Mandrake 7.1) on
> > this system as the primary OS, possibly with Win98 either in a
> > small partition of its own for a dual boot, or more likely in a
> > VMware virtual machine, just in case I need to use something like
> > Quicken. As a result, I need to ensure Linux compatibility with
> > all components that I select.
> >
> > Thanks in advance for any help offered. Neal
> >
>
>
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From: "101011" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Water cooling system
Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2000 13:41:35 +1000
Christopher Browne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:5cz45.214947$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> This is an argument in favor of looking to one or another of the
> "cool-running" CPUs like those from Transmeta.
Yes, and Linus is an engineer working there!!!!!!
Then again, the cool running Crusoe save power
by RUNNING SLOWER, not this discussion about
over clocking etc.
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From: Hendrix <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.misc,linux.dev.laptop
Subject: Re: I just got my laptop and I want to install Linux, now what ???
Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2000 01:11:46 -0230
peter wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I just bought a used compaq presario 1210. It's a p150, with an
> upgraded 6 gig hd. I want to install linux and maybe even a 98/linux
> dual boot.
>
> Will I have any problems installing linux on this laptop ?
>
> How hard is it to do a dual boot?
>
> peter
I could tell you that you won't have any trouble, but you may... I
recommend you to install win98 first and then Red Hat (version 6.2 is
out now)... Red Hat will get you to use it's Disk Druid to set up the
linux partition(s)...!!! You shouldn't have much trouble, but like I
said, who knows...???*smile* Good luck...
Sincerely,
--
Trevor Penney,
A+, Network+ Certified
======================
That's alright, I still got my guitar...
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.hardware
Subject: Re: Additional hard drive for Linux
Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2000 03:46:23 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (David C.) wrote:
> A good ISA-based SCSI card is the Adaptec 1542C. (Or its older
cousin,
> the 1542B). They are well supported cards.
Sorry, but that is just wrong. This card has variously been described
as brain damaged to just plain broken by many of the maintaners of the
SCSI code for linux, and it is still causing fits with the 2.2 series
kernel closing up to 2.4.
Look for the SYMbios 20403 type cards, or 53C400 based cards if you need
a good ISA scsi card that doesn't freak out on buss resets and such like
the 1542 is prone to.
That said, I have an older 2.2.5 P100 running an adaptec to make a cd
rom drive and the /usr partition work, and it is noticeable slower than
the IDE drive at things like compiles.
Unfortunately for the first poster, he's likely stuck with poor
performance under linux if he has to install it on a SCSI hard drive
across the ISA bus. Even the slowest PCI card made would be factors
faster than ISA SCSI.
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From: Warren Gross <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: ATI Rage 128
Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2000 04:30:48 GMT
re: strange problem's I've been having with RAGE 128
I verified that the same problem happens with XF86 4.0
and the problem goes away when using 8 bit colour.
Any ideas?
Warren
Warren Gross wrote:
> I've had this problem in KDE too....
>
> Warren
>
> Brandon Nuttall wrote:
>
> > James C Randall wrote:
> >
> > > Warren Gross wrote:
> > >
> > > > I'm having a strange problem with my ATI Rage 128 (XPERT 2000)
> > > >
> > > > I installed Redhat 6.2 (xfree86 3.3.6) and it found and configured
> > > > the card properly. I get video that appears ok, but whenever I move
> > > > a window I see a lot of strange video noise appearing as vertical bands
> > > > running from the top to the bottom of the screen. They are relatively
> > > > evenly spaced.
> > > >
> > > > Anybody else seen this problem? Is the card ok?
> > > >
> > > > Warren
> > >
> > > I've seen similar situations on my RH 6.1 using XPERT Rage.......But
> > > ONLY when I have the mouse in the window. Once I move the mouse....the
> > > bands go away. (But as I use that system as a server.......I'm not really
> > > too workied about.)
> >
> > I've seen this before, but only when I was running GNOME. In KDE, I don't
> > have this problem. GNOME only problem?
> >
> > Brandon
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From: "�Ȼ��" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: how can configure to use null modem port.?
Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2000 13:52:27 +0900
I use serial port(COM1) to control my special board,
I could send my command to the board and receive the output from it
on Win98/PENTIUM environment.
But on Linux(/dev/ttyS0, or /dev/modem) and the same computer,
i CAN receive the messages from my board,
but i am NOT able to send my command to it with minicom,
what's the problem?
Any advices will be appreciated.
Ahn, SangKeun.
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From: "�Ȼ��" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: how to configure to use null modem port?
Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2000 13:56:10 +0900
I use serial port(COM1) to control my special board,
I could send my command to the board and receive the output from it
on Win98/PENTIUM environment.
But on Linux(/dev/ttyS0, or /dev/modem) and the same computer,
i CAN receive the messages from my board,
but i am NOT able to send my command to it with minicom,
what's the problem?
Any advices will be appreciated.
Ahn, SangKeun.
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Date: 23 Jun 2000 0:39:44 -0500
From: "Gene Heskett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Your favorite CDROM drive.
Unrot13 this;
Reply to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Gene Heskett sends Greetings to Steve Martin;
>> > Anyone have any favorite beasties that they would like to
>> > recommend? Cost is of course a factor ;-)
SM> This has been covered in a previous thread, but I'll repeat it
SM> here. Be very leery of the HP 8250i. This drive was actually
SM> OEM'd in two different versions by two different manufacturers,
SM> Sony and Philips. No way to tell which you got until you open
SM> the box. The Philips drive has a hinged door where the disc
SM> carrier extends from the drive and has sixteen small slots (air
SM> holes?) along the lower edge of the front face. The Sony drive
SM> has no slots, no hinged door, the front of the CD carrier is
SM> one piece with the carrier.
SM> Beware the Philips version. It has a firmware bug that makes the
SM> drive spin down permanently after a period of inactivity,
SM> requiring you to eject and re-insert the disc before the motor
SM> will spin up again. The Sony version works like a charm.
I'll second this warning about the HP-8250i. I returned the second one
and got a Yamaha after either one could only burn 1 or 2 disks and then
started making coasters. Anybody want to dumpster dive?, must be half a
50 pack we tossed trying to figure it out.
Cheers, Gene
--
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Ch. Eng. @ WDTV-5 |This Space for rent
RC5-Moo! 350kkeys/sec, Seti@home 16 hrs a block
email gene underscore heskett at iolinc dot net
This messages reply content, but not any previously quoted material, is
� 2000 by Gene Heskett, all rights reserved.
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From: Michael V. Ferranti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Num Lock & Linux
Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2000 06:49:37 +0100
Here I was, minding my own business, and wouldn't you know it?
Wilbert Kruithof <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> just had to go and say:
>I had the problem with Redhat 6.0 en now also with Redhat 6.2.
If you have a pentium, try the Redhat flavored version of Mandrake.
Not only is it optimized for the 586 chipset (as opposed to the 386),
numlock defaults to the 'on' setting.
> Is this problem known, if so, what�s the fix?
http://feenix.eyep.net/xstuff/numlock.html
- 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: Daniel Wagner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: HP CD Writer 7500 & cdrecord-1.8 ?
Date: 23 Jun 2000 07:51:55 +0200
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Hello,
> I've got an HP 7500 cdrw working with xcdroast 0.96ex.
> One problem: If I try to erace the cdrw with ``cdrecord blank=all''
> I get the following message...
> scsidev: 'yamaha'
> devname: 'yamaha'
> scsibus: -2 target: -2 lun: -2.
> ``cdrecord -scanbus'' shows the drive as...
> 0,0,0 0) 'HP ' 'CD-Writer+ 7500 ' '1.0a' Removable CD-ROM.
> I am able to erase the cdrw with Adaptec's erase cdrw utility in Win98.
> Any Ideas?
When you use cdrecord you've to specify which device should be used as
cd-writer with the 'dev=xxx' parameter. xxx could be '/dev/sg0'
etc. pp.
HTH, Daniel
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