Linux-Hardware Digest #105, Volume #13 Fri, 23 Jun 00 22:13:06 EDT
Contents:
ext2fs 2G limit ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Can Linux do this? KIOSKS - Lite Linux desktop? Lock-down configs?
Re: ext2fs 2G limit (Dances With Crows)
newbie modem question (Robert Lane)
Re: Voodoo3 2000 PCI and RedHat 5.2 ("John Bergmann")
Re: Is my Athlon going bad? ("B. Joshua Rosen")
Re: Num Lock & Linux ("Tod D. Ihde")
PCI HCF Modem ("������� �������")
61GB Maxtor HD problem, please help! (Jonathan McKinney)
kernel 2.2.16-3 and aacraid (boozedog)
Re: D-Link DU-H4SMK USB Hub and Redhat 6.2
Video Adapters (Josh Dembling)
Re: Video Adapters ("LhD Administrator")
Sony SDT-5000 DAT hangs during boot (Sebastian Voegel)
Help! Really Confused... ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: ext2fs 2G limit
Date: 23 Jun 2000 18:56:07 -0400
Can someone please tell me which version(s) of linux (kernel versions, and/or
distributions) allow files greater than 2G on an ext2 filesystem?
I tried 2.2.16, and while it accepts large disks (ie., breaks the 33G
filesystem barrier), it doesn't allow files bigger than 2G.
I need this because I'd like to backup a large fraction of a system with
dump.
Thanks,
Richard
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ()
Crossposted-To: alt.comp.linux,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Can Linux do this? KIOSKS - Lite Linux desktop? Lock-down configs?
Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2000 23:29:53 GMT
On Fri, 23 Jun 2000 15:29:52 -0600, ckeough <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>OH No !!!!, the kernel has alot to do with he speed, comming with dozens of
>drivers and stuff you dont need. I ve gotten alot of speed increase from
>recompiling you moron.
Even at it's most bloated, the Linux kernel is a lightweight
when compared to either X or Netscape which an application of
this kind would spend it's most time in. The few K you save
in a kernel recompile is going to be dwarfed by what X or
Netscape consumer and whatever speed increase you think you
get out of a kernel recompile is going to be moot if you start
using too much swap.
Choosing the right video hardware (to ensure an effective driver)
would be more germane than tweaking the kernel.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Subject: Re: ext2fs 2G limit
Date: 23 Jun 2000 19:42:47 EDT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On 23 Jun 2000 18:56:07 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
<<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> shouted forth into the ether:
>Can someone please tell me which version(s) of linux (kernel versions, and/or
>distributions) allow files greater than 2G on an ext2 filesystem?
>I tried 2.2.16, and while it accepts large disks (ie., breaks the 33G
>filesystem barrier), it doesn't allow files bigger than 2G.
RedHat put the various patches you need into the kernel and libc of their
6.2 release, if you want to go with a boxed solution. I think you can
recompile your libc with the appropriate configuration options and use a
recent kernel for the same results, but check this out using Google
first...
>I need this because I'd like to backup a large fraction of a system with
>dump.
Get a tape drive if you have large amounts of data to back up. No 2G
limit there, and a backup made onto another hard drive in one machine
(or, $DEITY forbid, onto the SAME hard drive in one machine) is not a
very good backup as it's somewhat difficult to take offsite unless it's an
external SCSI, and even then, there can be problems....
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Matt G / Dances With Crows /\ "Man could not stare too long at the face
\----[this space for rent]-----/ \ of the Computer or her children and still
\There is no Darkness in Eternity \ remain as Man." --David Zindell "So did
But only Light too dim for us to see\ they become Gods, or Usenetters?" --/me
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From: Robert Lane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: newbie modem question
Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2000 19:02:01 -0500
Apologies if this is the wrong newsgroup for this posting. I trust the
ever-after-to-be-killed-flames will correct me if I am wrong.
Under Linux, my modem crawls. On my Mac I get up to 53kbps in the wee
hours and 26kbps during the day. On my Intel box I get the same results.
When I run Linux (2.2.16) on the Intel box I get a whopping 968 bps.
Sometimes, at night, I can achieve blistering speeds of 11 kbps.
Because it would be slightly more convenient to dl rpms directly
onto the intel box, I'd like to speed up the modem. It's a diamond
something or other. I don't believe the problem lies within the hardware.
I do believe the problem lies within my wvdial.conf, or gnome-ppp, or
pppd. I tried using the same init strings I use on my Mac/Hayes56, but
no joy.
Has anyone else encountered this problem? Has anyone a solution?
Thanks all, and Linux Rules
[except for Macintosh, of course. Nyah, Nyah. ;-D
[Did that lose me some kindly-offered advice? Oh, well, so it goes.]]
Robert Lane, with a grin.
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Reply-To: "John Bergmann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
From: "John Bergmann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: 3dfx.products.voodoo3
Subject: Re: Voodoo3 2000 PCI and RedHat 5.2
Date: Sat, 24 Jun 2000 00:38:52 GMT
6.2 works fine with my 3000.
"Alex Meaden" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:8iv6mc$56q$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Hi,
> Does the 3DFX Voodoo3 2000 PCI graphics card work well in RedHat 6.2 -
more
> specifically does it work well with the version of XFree86 that is
supplied
> with RedHat 6.2?
> TIA,
> Alex.
>
>
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From: "B. Joshua Rosen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Is my Athlon going bad?
Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2000 16:09:16 GMT
The reason that I said that it was the reset that corrupted the
filesystems is that I've done this to myself on several occasions, I've
reset the machine deliberately when X was wedged, a couple of times
because I wasn't thinking, and I've also seen it happen because of power
failures (I've fixed the power problem with a UPS, fixing my own
stupidity is another matter).
If you don't have multiple partitions on your machine, you might want to
buy a copy of PartitionMagic (assuming that its a dual boot system, I
don't think that Partition Magic can run directly on Linux).
PartitionMagic can resize partitions without losing any data. I always
set up my partitions as follows
/ Used for the OS and Redhat installed applications
/home Everything else, including all data and user installed
applications
I link /opt to /home/opt and /usr/local to /home/usr/local.
By setting things up this way I can always blow / away and do a clean
install without losing anything. Since I'm constantly messing with
things and shooting myself in the foot this setup is like having a pair
of steel towed boots.
I've also seen Netscape go nuts and eat all of the system resources
which seems like a crash.
Bernhard Mogens Ege wrote:
>
> >>>>> "B" == B Joshua Rosen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > Several questions,
> > 1) Did your system become unstable after a software upgrade, or did it
> > just happen?
>
> Just happened as far as I can tell (the first anyway, since then I
> have upgraded kernel and orther packages).
>
> > 2) Have you added any new hardware?
>
> No, no hardware changes at all.
>
> > 3) You mentioned that you were running Netscape when it hung, is it
> > always Netscape that's running when it hangs? Netscape is a piece of
> > crap that crashes all the time, and frequently wedges X Windows in the
> > process. Ctrl Alt Backspace usually can fix it, but not always. Netscape
> > is very sensitive to communications problems so if your internet
> > connection has become less reliable then you'll see more Netscape
> > problems.
>
> Keyboard was dead, so was the mouse. Couldn't telnet or ftp in (the
> sockect connection was established, though). The first crash caused a
> complete kernel lockup (no response) and hardware reset was my only
> option.
>
> Can netscape cause a complete system crash (no telnet access)? I can
> understand netscape killing X (has happened some times to me) but the
> kernel?
>
> > A few things to try,
>
> > It's possible that you have a hardware problem, but the first thing to
> > do is make sure all of your DIMMS, boards and cables are seated
> > properly. Open up your machine and jiggle everything.
>
> Good ide, completely forgot that one. This could help. Maybe use less
> aggressive timings in the bios (haven't toughed them for several
> month, though).
>
> > It's also possible that something in the OS has been corrupted or that
> > you added something that was incompatiable. I'd grab an up to date
> > distribution, like RedHat 6.2, and do a clean install. By clean I mean
> > reformat the / partition and then re-install the OS. An upgrade is
> > likely to make things worse and won't fix any problems that are caused
> > by a bad settings. A clean install will get you a consistant set of
> > components and will get all of the configurations back to a known good
> > baseline. If you do this make sure all of your data is on a different
> > partition, and copy /etc over to a different partition so that you can
> > reference your old settings (mostly fstab and the various networking
> > configurations) when you are reconfiguring the system after the
> > re-install.
>
> Hmmm, this I would rather avoid as I have about 3.5Gb stuff laying
> around (including the rh60 install). If I reduced the extra modules
> and disabled NFS export and stuff like that, maybe I could locate the
> cause.
>
> > Finally, hitting the reset button is what caused the file system problem
> > that resulted in the manual fsck, not the prior crash. However a
> > filesystem problem severe enough to require a manual fsck means that you
> > might have lost something important, another reason to do a clean
> > install of the OS.
>
> Why do you think the reset caused the file system problem and not the
> kernel crash? For all I know, the ide driver could have been halted
> during disc update.
>
> I just wish that Linux was able to store crash data somewhere on the
> disc (or on floppy) when a crash occured.
>
> The log just doesn't mention anything about the crash...
>
> Jun 23 12:45:33 overmind PAM_pwdb[1155]: (su) session closed for user root
> Jun 23 12:45:45 overmind PAM_pwdb[1232]: (su) session opened for user root by
>bme(uid=21359)
> Jun 23 13:18:55 overmind syslogd 1.3-3: restart.
> Jun 23 13:18:55 overmind syslog: syslogd startup succeeded
> Jun 23 13:18:55 overmind syslog: klogd startup succeeded
> Jun 23 13:18:55 overmind kernel: klogd 1.3-3, log source = /proc/kmsg started.
>
> Crash happened between 12:45 and 13:18...
>
> regards,
>
> Bernhard Ege
>
> > Bernhard Mogens Ege wrote:
> >>
> >> My Athlon is freezing more often than I care for. It has happened 4
> >> times now, 3 times at night, and 1 just now. This last time it hasn't
> >> been running more than 16 hours!
> >>
> >> I am using the 2.2.16 kernel with the ide driver patch applied (to
> >> make it recognize my ide controller). The patch I do not suspect as
> >> the crashing has occured before I used that patch.
> >>
> >> The crash was as follows:
> >>
> >> I watched netscape draw a page (loading big image from net) and the
> >> machine suddenly stopped responding (no mouse, keyboard). From another
> >> machine I could ping it (kernel responed normally), and a telnet and
> >> ftp did connect, but the daemons never got further than establishing
> >> the connection (no HD access).
> >>
> >> ctrl-alt-del did not work. ctrl-alt-backspace neither. alt-sysreq
> >> isn't compiled in.
> >>
> >> Nothing else to do than push hardware reset (really hate that part).
> >>
> >> On bootup, fsck did not detect any errors on the filesystem
> >> (fortunately! but on earlier crashes a manual fsck was required). Just
> >> as I was logged in (in X) the HD spun down and then spun up again!
> >> This I have never experienced before.
> >>
> >> What can be wrong with my system?
> >>
> >> The first 6 month of Linux were without crashes, now they suddenly
> >> turn up. I need this machine to work at all times (always on).
> >>
> >> regards,
> >>
> >> Bernhard Ege
> >>
> >> System: Athlon Classic 500, MSI 6167, Western Digital Expert 18Gb drive, 128Mb
>RAM, 50x CDROM, 3com network interface (100Mbit)
>
> --
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From: "Tod D. Ihde" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Num Lock & Linux
Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2000 03:52:28 -0500
Actually, there's good reason for caps lock defaulting to OFF... From
"drivers/char/keyboard.c"...
/*
* Some laptops take the 789uiojklm,. keys as number pad when NumLock
* is on. This seems a good reason to start with NumLock off.
*/
And the next line is:
#define KBD_DEFLEDS 0
I think #define'ing it as 1 will do the trick, but don't quote me. :)
Tod.
Hal Burgiss wrote:
> On Thu, 22 Jun 2000 21:20:45 +0200, Wilbert Kruithof
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >I had the problem with Redhat 6.0 en now also with Redhat 6.2.
> > If I boot the computer, numlock is on after the BIOS start. When I boot
> >Windows it stays on. But when I boot Linux, it goes off. And I have to
> >set it manually.
> > Is this problem known, if so, what�s the fix?
> > It may has to do something with the keyboard. Dutch keyboard and
> >settings.
> > Who�s knows it?
>
> http://feenix.eyep.net/xstuff/numlock.html
>
> --
> Hal B
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> --
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From: "������� �������" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: PCI HCF Modem
Date: Sat, 24 Jun 2000 04:26:24 +0300
Anybody with a Modulartech (Conexant) V90 56K HCF modem ? Does it work with
linux ?
Any help would be appreciated
Thanks
George Pentsas
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From: Jonathan McKinney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: 61GB Maxtor HD problem, please help!
Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2000 20:39:32 -0500
Hi all,
Just purchased a 61GB Maxtor HD. I'm running RH6.1 Linux version 2.2.5-22smp
with an dual Intel P450 setup, all SCSI stuff except CDROM and this EIDE HD.
Never had any trouble with the system.
At first I ran into the 32GB limit for my bios. Upgraded my bios and my bios
detects the HD fine now.
Get into linux, detected fine. fdisk it to full size(it's for data storage) and
format using mke2fs. Formated fine.
Mounting it went fine the first time, used it, benchmarked it, etc. fine. I did
notice however that the size only ended up being:
Filesystem 1k-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/hda1 56450776 5408896 51041880 10% /us1
when the total should be a few gigabytes higher.
I rebooted and upon boot it said my /dev/hda1 had errors and forced a check. It
just went too long, so I killed it.
If I try to mount it now, I get errors. The actual data seems totally fine, so
I don't know why it's saying there are errors.
I'm thinking maybe some of my bintools or kernel needs upgrading, but am not
sure.
Here's the errors I get when trying to mount now:
Jun 23 20:15:08 kerr kernel: EXT2-fs warning: mounting unchecked fs, running
e2fsck is recommended
Jun 23 20:15:08 kerr kernel: EXT2-fs error (device ide0(3,1)):
ext2_check_blocks_bitmap: Wrong free blocks count for group 0, stored = 7691,
counted = 7704
Jun 23 20:15:35 kerr kernel: EXT2-fs error (device ide0(3,1)):
ext2_check_blocks_bitmap: Wrong free blocks count for group 3295, stored = 7704,
counted = 3568
Jun 23 20:15:44 kerr kernel: EXT2-fs error (device ide0(3,1)):
ext2_check_blocks_bitmap: Wrong free blocks count for group 4033, stored = 7704,
counted = 7703
etc for many groups. I interrupt it, and it's mounted, and I can use the data
fine.
Before, other errors I got were like:
Jun 22 21:35:48 kerr kernel: hda: read_intr: status=0x59 { DriveReady
SeekComplete DataRequest Error }
Jun 22 21:35:48 kerr kernel: hda: read_intr: error=0x10 { SectorIdNotFound },
CHS=65535/12/54, sector=66060026
Jun 22 21:35:48 kerr kernel: hda: read_intr: status=0x59 { DriveReady
SeekComplete DataRequest Error }
Jun 22 21:35:48 kerr kernel: hda: read_intr: error=0x10 { SectorIdNotFound },
CHS=65535/12/54, sector=66060026
Jun 22 21:35:48 kerr kernel: hda: read_intr: status=0x59 { DriveReady
SeekComplete DataRequest Error }
Jun 22 21:35:48 kerr kernel: hda: read_intr: error=0x10 { SectorIdNotFound },
CHS=65535/12/54, sector=66060026
Jun 22 21:35:48 kerr kernel: hda: read_intr: status=0x59 { DriveReady
SeekComplete DataRequest Error }
Jun 22 21:35:48 kerr kernel: hda: read_intr: error=0x10 { SectorIdNotFound },
CHS=65535/12/54, sector=66060026
Jun 22 21:35:48 kerr kernel: ide0: reset: success
I question if anything is actually wrong with the drive since the data is fine.
I plan on sticking the HD on another system to see what happens.
I can't leave it automounted in /etc/fstab or else it just wants to check it all
the time, so I mount it manually when I did the above.
Anybody experience this? Have solution? Anyone with definite knowledge?
Many thanks,
Jonathan McKinney
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From: boozedog <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: kernel 2.2.16-3 and aacraid
Date: Sat, 24 Jun 2000 01:38:33 GMT
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 this driver support the Adaptec AAA-131 RAID controller? I can't
find anything anywhere on this driver!
TIA,
boozedog
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ()
Subject: Re: D-Link DU-H4SMK USB Hub and Redhat 6.2
Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2000 17:28:49 GMT
On 23 Jun 2000 14:28:55 GMT, NikosKalogridis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Does anyone has this hub working on a redhat 6.1/6.2 box? I am thinking of
>buying one to release the keyboard,ps/2 mouse and com port interrupts?
>Any comment would be very much apprecieted?
If you want a distro that supports USB out of the box, try Mandrake.
To my knowledge, USB on any other distribution will require you to
manually rebuild your kernel: a non-trivial task.
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From: Josh Dembling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Video Adapters
Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2000 14:23:41 GMT
Can anyone recomend a video adapter that is supported by the following
Linux Brands?
Caldera Linux 2.4 (Kernel 2.2.14)
Red Hat Linux 6.2 (Kernel 2.2.14)
SuSE Linux 6.4 (Kernel 2.2.14)
TurboLinux 6.0 (Kernel 2.2.14)
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From: "LhD Administrator" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Video Adapters
Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2000 19:00:22 GMT
Reply-To: "LhD Administrator" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
"Josh Dembling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Can anyone recomend a video adapter that is supported by the following
> Linux Brands?
Your version of X is more important than kernel version for full
graphics card support. See the XFree86 site, as well as LhD, for detailed
information on the *specific* card(s) you are considering. There are so many
that are compatible nowadays that it is very hard to answer your question
in general. It all depends on how much you want to spend, what features you
need/want, etc.
--
LhD Administrator
Linux Hardware Database
http://www.linhardware.com
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From: Sebastian Voegel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Sony SDT-5000 DAT hangs during boot
Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2000 15:03:01 +0200
I have an old SDT-5000 DDS2 DAT streamer from Sony which i used in an
old server. Since i have a new one now, I found that during the SCSI bus
scan at boot time (i've tried two different host adapters - NCR53c810
and NCR53c875) the streamer seems to be initialising forever and the
SCSI driver waits forever then. If i now cut the power to the streamer,
the boot process continues without problems.
This strange behavior only appears to be under Linux, Windows is fine.
My current Firmware is 3.02.
Any ideas??
Thanks for your help in advance!
Sebastian Voegel
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Help! Really Confused...
Date: Sat, 24 Jun 2000 01:45:50 GMT
I need to know if Linux will work for me... my situation is this:
I looked at the OSs supported by my video card, a Diamond Stealth II
G460 (Intel i740 chipset), and Linux is not one of them. Also, it's not
listed in XFree86's 3.3.6 video card list (though Stealth II S220 is...
I don't know if that implies mine is also compatible).
However, in the XFree86 4.0's video driver status page, it says:
"Support (accelerated) for the Intel i740 is provided by the 'i740'
driver"
For 3.3.6 it says:
"Support (accelerated) for the Intel i740 is provided by the XF86_SVGA
server with the i740 driver"
Now I don't know too much about Linux, which is why I'm asking... I'm
confused, does this mean I can run Linux (I'm planning on getting Red
Hat) with X Windows or not? And if so, could there be complications?
Thanks a lot,
Brian Chen
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