Linux-Hardware Digest #266, Volume #13 Wed, 19 Jul 00 15:13:09 EDT
Contents:
Re: Newbie needs help with Linux/Hard drive (Bernard Murray, PhD)
Re: Video Capture Card for Linux? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Video Capture Card for Linux? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: UPS suggestions? ("Tom Brinkman")
Re: Tape Drives - how do you backup? + HELP (James Knowles)
Re: Tape Drives - how do you backup? + HELP (James Knowles)
Re: Newbie needs help with Linux/Hard drive (George/USA)
Re: Newbie needs help with Linux/Hard drive (George/USA)
rack mount cases forsale ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: SupraExpress 56i PRO (PCI) (jwk)
Help me: Hard Disk is unstable and I/O error. (Hans)
Re: ATI Rage 128 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: sound and Mandrake 7.1 (Josef Maltan)
Re: sound and Mandrake 7.1 (Josef Maltan)
Re: sound and Mandrake 7.1 (Josef Maltan)
Strange bootup problem with Mandrak 7.1 (maybe UDMA related) (Chetan Ahuja)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bernard Murray, PhD)
Subject: Re: Newbie needs help with Linux/Hard drive
Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2000 21:15:28 -0700
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Chem-R-Us
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> George/USA wrote:
> >
> > Hi folks,
> >
> > I have an old PB 300CD that I put a Western Digital 3GB hardrive in.
> > How can I recover the missing 1GB of space? Im installing Debian 2.1
> > as the only operating system on the machine. I have removed the EZ-bios
> > boot manager so that it will actually boot, but while reinstalling
> > Debian
> > I see that it is still not reporting the correct amount of space on the
> > hard drive.
> > Anybody have any pointers or suggestions??
> Are you sure that you're not letting the
>
> 1G = 1000x1000x1000 [etc.]
That wouldn't account for a 33% deficit. It sounds more like the
drive was originally partitioned to suit the DOS <2 Gb limit
(and/or there is a BIOS limitation - I'm not familiar with the
PB 300CD).
What does fdisk tell you? If you have a 2 Gb partition and
1 Gb unused space (or another old DOS partition) you can delete
that and make another ext2 partition.
Bernard
--
Bernard P. Murray, PhD
bpmurray at cgl . ucsf . edu
Department of Cellular & Molecular Pharmacology, UCSF
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,alt.os.linux.mandrake,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Video Capture Card for Linux?
Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2000 16:05:23 GMT
Please tell me where to find those drivers.
Thanks
pedro
In article <z_Jc5.2161$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"cdaniel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I found drivers for the ATI All In Wonder video boards.
> The board I'm using is the All In Wonder Pro PCI 8Mb. Rage 64
chipset. The
> software is XATITV or ATITV .
>
> The drivers for the Mach 64 video install with the distribution and
then you
> have to do a search for the software. The TV tuner portion is
supported as
> well as full screen and background video display. There is also a good
> compliment of command utilities.
>
> I haven't fully tested the capture functions or tried the software
with more
> current AGP or 16Mb boards. But this one seems to work well so far.
>
> I'm sure that there are other capture type boards of better and worse
> quality that work as well, and I'm interested in hearing more about
those
> and the software that runs them.
>
> "Brian Davis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:963860775.307675@sj-nntpcache-3...
> > Hi,
> > Has anyone found a Video Capture Card (e.g. Intel Smart Video
Recorder
> III)
> > that has Linux drivers?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Brian
> >
> >
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Video Capture Card for Linux?
Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2000 16:12:16 GMT
I have a All In Wonder 128 16MB and I am happy with that using with Win
98. I did not try to use it with Linux because there is no drivers /
software in my Mandrake 7.02.
I found some information provided by ATI:
http://www.ati.com/na/pages/resource_centre/dev_rel/linux.html
It seems that linux software / drivers are being devellopped:
GATOS (General ATI TV and Overlay Software): ATI-TV for GNU/Linux,
FreeBSD, NetBSD, etc....
http://www.core.binghamton.edu/%7Einsomnia/gatos/
Bye
pedro
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Jos� Luis Domingo L�pez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > Hi Brian Davis:
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > > Has anyone found a Video Capture Card (e.g. Intel Smart Video
Recorder III)
> > > that has Linux drivers?
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Brian
> >
> > Any TV capture card with chips of the Bt848/849/878/879 family
should work
> > fine. There is a generic driver called bttv and an API
(video4linux).
>
> FWIW, the ATI-TV Wonder (not the All In Wonder) does NOT work with the
> Bt848 drivers. Can't change channels, no sound, extreme instability,
> etc.
>
> That was the worst card I've ever owned. Not even the drivers for
> *Windows* worked. Never again, ATI.
>
> --
> Eric P. McCoy ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
>
> "Dude... my hands are huge. They can touch anything but themselves...
> oh, wait."
>
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From: "Tom Brinkman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: UPS suggestions?
Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2000 11:29:30 -0600
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (James Kufrovich) wrote:
> Hi. I'm thinking of getting a UPS for my Linux box, since we've
> been getting short (a few seconds) power outages around here
> recently, and I'm just wondering what all to look for. Linux
> compatibility would certainly be a plus. A serial port connection
> is a necessity for automated shutdowns, if necessary (gotta get
> COM3 or 4 working, as 1 and 2 are taken already.) I'd only have
> my PC and monitor plugged into it, nothing else. What load should
> I look for? 500VA like someone suggested earlier? And I'd only
> really need a few minutes of juice, as, like I said before, the
> power outages don't last long at all - I'd only need enough time
> to do a safe shutdown myself, or for an automated shutdown.
>
> A friend recommended the PK Electronics Blackout Buster (he run
> Windows), but I don't know if that would work well with Linux?
> Something from APC? Tripp Lite? Someone here suggested MGE? I'd
> appreciate any tips. Thanks.
>
> Jamie Kufrovich
>
I bought an APC BackUPS 500 at Wal*Mart for $123 a few
months ago. Has a serial port connection to the system. The
cable doesn't come with it, but it's free. Just go to their
website (http://www.apcc.com/) to register it and request
the cable and software. It came in the mail a few days later.
I used APC's rpm, but Freshmeat has several other apps for the
APC, most notably is 'apcupsd'
--
~~ Tom Brinkman [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: James Knowles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Tape Drives - how do you backup? + HELP
Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2000 11:04:27 -0600
> Mega has always meant 10^6, and it still does. Giga means 10^9.
This is a little marketing ploy that HD manufacturers use. A 1GB drive
technically has 10^9 bytes of storage, while colloquial use strips that
down to 953MB (935MiB to use SI). I've had more than one customer feel
ripped off over that over the years. I generally tell people to expect
to lose 10% of the advertised space due to the conversion and
formatting.
The 1K=2^10 coloquialism is annoying to nit-pickers and can be confusing
to the uninformed. Not a good situation, but I doubt that we're going to
change anytime soon.
'Would that we could get people at large to chang. Maybe we could get
the US to go metric.
--
Computer programmers never die, they just get lost in the processing.
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From: James Knowles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Tape Drives - how do you backup? + HELP
Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2000 11:05:52 -0600
> I have solved the problem: I have big files so I moved to 32768 block size
> and
> big use of "buffer" program. I am near the nominal capacity of the cassette
> now.
This is good to hear. I'm curious to know what "buffer" program you're
using.
--
Doing gets it done.
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From: George/USA <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Newbie needs help with Linux/Hard drive
Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2000 13:16:39 -0400
Chem-R-Us wrote:
> George/USA wrote:
> >
> > Chem-R-Us wrote:
> >
> > > Are you sure that you're not letting the
> > >
> > > 1G = 1000x1000x1000
> > > (1,000,000,000)
> > > versus
> > >
> > > 1G = 1024x1024x1024
> > > (1,073,741,824)
> > >
> > > thing throw you off?
> >
> > Naw, its actually 3.1GB, so usual formatted capacity is somewhere around
> > 2.8GB.
> > Debian only sees 2.0GB.
>
> Hmm... Linux should be reporting what the BIOS is telling it.
>
> (Assuming hda is the drive in question), what does
>
> cat /proc/ide/hda/capacity
>
> display?
>
> --
>
> Chem-R-Us
Actually, I think it is the BIOS fault. The machine was purchased in 1995, so
the ancient BIOS may not be able to address all that space. <<shrug>>
George
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From: George/USA <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Newbie needs help with Linux/Hard drive
Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2000 13:30:19 -0400
George/USA wrote:
>
<<snip>>
>
> Actually, I think it is the BIOS fault. The machine was purchased in 1995, so
>
> the ancient BIOS may not be able to address all that space. <<shrug>>
>
> George
And thats what it appears to be. Western Digital's Linux FAQ indicates
that I must use an unjumpered J8 in order to access the full capacity
of the drive in Linux. However, this idiotic box with its ancient BIOS does
not allow that, it requires the "alternate" jumper settings. So, I must upgrade
the
BIOS (according to WD) in order to be able to access the full, unjumpered capacity
of the hard drive under Linux. Ta-dah! I feel like an idiot now....
Just thought I would share that with you all, in case some other newbie wanders
along
with the same, err, condition....
George
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Subject: rack mount cases forsale
Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2000 19:03:33 GMT
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (jwk)
Subject: Re: SupraExpress 56i PRO (PCI)
Date: 19 Jul 2000 18:07:03 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Tue, 18 Jul 2000 21:25:25 GMT, Pablo GR
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I've got a Diamond SupraExpress 56i PRO PCI modem in my computer. What
>do I have to do to configure this modem? Is there any generic driver for
>Rockwell Chipsets?
>
Seach dejanews for 'winmodem' and you'll learn why you're screwed....
Jurriaan
--
Those are my principles. If you don't like them I have others.
Groucho Marx
GNU/Linux 2.2.17pre12 SMP 3 users load av: 0.89 0.39 0.22
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From: Hans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Help me: Hard Disk is unstable and I/O error.
Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2000 18:00:44 GMT
Hello,
MB: Abit BP6 Socket 370 - two CPUs
CPU: Intel Celeron 466MHz x2
HDD: Werstern Digital EIDE 10.2GB x2
RAM: 64M x1
NIC: NE2000 Compatible PCI x1
Sound Card: Ensonic x1
The 3rd PCI slot share the same IRQ with IDE controller. It made IRQ
conflict so, I take out the NIC and plug it other PCI slot. At this
moment, I can not see no IRQ conflict. One strange stuff is the largest
IRQ number is 19. The NIC of eth0 has 0xc400 IO address, IRQ is 19.
The IRQ summary before boot shows Network Adapter is IRQ 12 sharing
Serial Bus Controller.
1st Error status
=================
Yesterday I downloaded linux-2.2.16.tar.gz and whenever I extracted it,
tar complained data crc error and stop. At first, I supected the
download file is corrupted. So, I downloaded the file several time and
executed tar.
# The error message during extraction
gzip: stdin: invalid compressed data--crc error
tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
# At one time, I got this error message
tar: Skipping to next file header
hde: timeout waiting for DMA
hde: irq timeout: status=0x58 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest }
hde: DMA disabled
hdf: DMA disabled
ide2: reset: success
gzip: stdin: invalid compressed data--crc error
tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
2nd Error status
=================
When I run Red Hat boot disk, it didn't detect the /dev/hde or /dev/hdf.
It's very strange. I already install using a distribution CD-ROM. I
wanna upgrade Linux by Red Hat. Well, it's alot of trouble.
My system is very unstable, especially when I shutdown the system, it
stop right before ethernet adaptor (eth0) and hang on until I turn off
the power or reset switch.
I suspect this Hard Disk error:
Using ATA/66 cable for EIDE HDD?
Misconfiguration IDE controller type? (pio or UDMA 4)
Sound Card?
How do I make this system stable? I'm really nervous. Welcome any
advice.
Thanks,
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: ATI Rage 128
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x,comp.os.linux.setup
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2000 18:10:58 GMT
Warren Gross <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Almost fixed. Try scrolling in netscape.
> Then there is noise.
> I've seen this same bug with the windows drivers
> that shipped with the card. The problem has gone away
> with the latest windows drivers.
> So Its coming along, but the rage 128 support in XF86 is not perfect yet.
Looks fine with 4.0.1.
Nick
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fundamentally disruptive technology, like the microprocessor and the
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From: Josef Maltan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: sound and Mandrake 7.1
Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2000 20:09:56 +0200
Nick Bull wrote:
> I've just put Mandrake 7.1 onto my system at home and I'm having a problem
> getting the sound to work. The sound card (VIA 686 on board) is detected
> during the boot up, and when I do dmesg it says (and I'm going from memory
> here) something about There are other ways to configure this card, but if it
> really is a SB Pro, then leave it as it is.
>
> The problem is that I can't get any sound to work. I've made sure the
> volume is turned up in the mixers and nothing is muted. Sndconfig detects
> the VIA on board sound, then it says it will play the sound, but I never
> hear anything.
>
> Anyone know what I can do to solve this ? AFAIK, the sound that comes with
> Mandrake 7.1 is OSS/Free.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Nick.
So did mine,
I've also got that VIA Chipset but on my chaintech it comes with a Yamaha
Soundchip.
The only way for me was to use ALSA http://www.also.org
Give it a chance.
Greetings Mike
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From: Josef Maltan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: sound and Mandrake 7.1
Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2000 20:11:56 +0200
Josef Maltan wrote:
> Nick Bull wrote:
>
> > I've just put Mandrake 7.1 onto my system at home and I'm having a problem
> > getting the sound to work. The sound card (VIA 686 on board) is detected
> > during the boot up, and when I do dmesg it says (and I'm going from memory
> > here) something about There are other ways to configure this card, but if it
> > really is a SB Pro, then leave it as it is.
> >
> > The problem is that I can't get any sound to work. I've made sure the
> > volume is turned up in the mixers and nothing is muted. Sndconfig detects
> > the VIA on board sound, then it says it will play the sound, but I never
> > hear anything.
> >
> > Anyone know what I can do to solve this ? AFAIK, the sound that comes with
> > Mandrake 7.1 is OSS/Free.
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Nick.
>
> So did mine,
> I've also got that VIA Chipset but on my chaintech it comes with a Yamaha
> Soundchip.
> The only way for me was to use ALSA http://www.also.org
> Give it a chance.
> Greetings Mike
Upppssss,
http://www.alsa.org ,but not even discriminating the wrong link ;-)
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From: Josef Maltan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: sound and Mandrake 7.1
Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2000 20:15:39 +0200
Josef Maltan wrote:
> Josef Maltan wrote:
>
> > Nick Bull wrote:
> >-snip-
>
>
> Upppssss,
> http://www.alsa.org ,but not even discriminating the wrong link ;-)
Final try :
www.alsa-project.org ( didn't know they've changed domain )
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From: Chetan Ahuja <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.mandrake,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Strange bootup problem with Mandrak 7.1 (maybe UDMA related)
Date: 19 Jul 2000 18:46:52 GMT
Hi,
I have installed Mandrake 7.1 on a computer consisting of an Asus
ME 99B motherboard (which contains an on-board UDMA66 port), a
Celeron 500, and a Western digital WCD 102 AA ( UDMA66) hard
drive. The problem, which is rather wierd, is this-- After the
install, I can boot into the system just fine... Once. The system
comes up properly... starts all the services etc. Then halt and
reboot the system. That's it. No more booting!!! I get a "kernel
panic. Unable to mount root file system on IDE 3:05" ( or
something similar. I'm away from the machines in question right
now). Amazing thing is, I reinstalled the whole system, it booted
properly exactly once and then refused to boot again. What's going
on here? I'm completely baffled.
I understand that a lot of people have had problems with Mandrake
7.1 and UDMA 66 devices. But why would it boot ONCE and not
again. I don't know what IDE chipset is on the board.
(I did see a winbond chip on the board which is usually the IDE
controller... is that it?). Has anybody encountered this
combination of MB and hard disk. If yes, how did you get around
this problem. Do I have to disable the UDMA mode in the the BIOS?
But the question remains, if the problem was with the UDMA driver,
why would it boot even once. Could somebody please throw some
light on this.
Thanks a lot
Chetan Ahuja
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