Linux-Hardware Digest #312, Volume #13 Fri, 28 Jul 00 13:13:07 EDT
Contents:
Parallel Port Scanner: HP3200C (Zanikolas Serafim)
Re: Mounting Windows 98 disk in Linux (Roland =?iso-8859-1?Q?M=FCller?=)
Re: Mounting Windows 98 disk in Linux (Decklin Foster)
Problem backing up to SCSI Sony Tape drive (Gerry Ginty)
Re: initrd extends beyond end of memory (Mike Robbins)
2 NE2000 cards, only one module loading ("jake")
Anyone have SWBell ADSL on Mandrake (or other Linux)? ("Brian E. Parker")
Debain GNU/Linux on a SPARCstation 2 ? (Marcus Crafter)
Re: initrd extends beyond end of memory (Dances With Crows)
[Help] LILO doesn't boot from SCSI disk (Jose Manuel Benitez Sanchez)
SWBell DSL & Linux
Re: need help with soun card config (Andrey Vlasov)
Re: ATI help!!! (Andrey Vlasov)
Plextor PleXWriter 12/10/32 (Gabriel Gagnon)
Re: Logitech wheel mouse in mandrake 7.1 (Andrey Vlasov)
Re: Logitech wheel mouse in mandrake 7.1 (Andrey Vlasov)
Re: cmpci sound and RedHat 6.2 (Andrey Vlasov)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
From: Zanikolas Serafim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Parallel Port Scanner: HP3200C
Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2000 16:53:30 +0300
Is there any driver for the above device ?
Thanks for reading this...
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
------------------------------
From: Roland =?iso-8859-1?Q?M=FCller?= <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Mounting Windows 98 disk in Linux
Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2000 14:02:04 GMT
Eric wrote:
>
> P.V.Subramanian wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have installed Red Hat Linux 6.2 on my 3.2GB harddisk on the
> > PackardBell 133Mhz PC.
> > My primary drive is 6.4GB disk. In fdisk the system shows as FAT 32. I have
> > only one partition and all of 6.4GB is mounted as C: in Windows 98.
> >
> > I have not installed LILO. I boot linux using the floppy disk.
> > My question is how do I mount the primary drive in LINUX.
> >
> > I tried the following. It did not work.
> >
> > mount -t vfat /dev/hda /tmp/pcdisk or
> > mount -t vfat -o fat=32 /dev/hda /tmp/pcdisk
> >
> > The error message was that the type was incorrect.
> >
> > I tried this also:
> >
> > mount -t umsdos /dev/hda /tmp/pcdisk.
> >
> > Same error.
> >
> > Thanks in advance
> >
> > P.V.Subramanian
>
> "Type is incorrect" is NOT the error message you got! Please report the
> EXACT error-message if you have a problem.
> I will guess now on what might be wrong, As Tony mentioned, it could be
> that you need /dev/hda1 instead of /dev/hda, or you may not have vfat
> support compiled into your kernel (try formatting a floppy with the vfat
> FS to test this)
>
> Eric
It is sufficient to load the kernel module vfat as root. This does NOT require
to build an own kernel - what may cause other problems.
Loading the module must be done as root:
/sbin/modprobe vfat
This line can be put into the some init file e.g. into /etc/rc.d/rc.local.
BR,
Roland
--
Roland M�ller
Nokia/Tre
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
+358 3 25 77424
+358 40 734 4110 (mobile)
------------------------------
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Decklin Foster)
Subject: Re: Mounting Windows 98 disk in Linux
Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2000 14:11:31 GMT
Roland M�ller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> /sbin/modprobe vfat
>
> This line can be put into the some init file e.g. into /etc/rc.d/rc.local.
The reccomended method is:
(1) use kerneld or kmod (preferred)
(2) put 'vfat' in /etc/modules.
--
There is no TRUTH. There is no REALITY. There is no CONSISTENCY. There
are no ABSOLUTE STATEMENTS. I'm very probably wrong. -- BSD fortune(6)
------------------------------
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Gerry Ginty)
Subject: Problem backing up to SCSI Sony Tape drive
Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2000 14:20:45 GMT
I have a Sony SDT-S9000 attached to a scsi adapter.
When ever I try to create a tar file using tar cvf /dev/st0 I receive
the
following error message:
ST0: error with sense data: info fld=0x3c, current ST09:00
sence key medium error
Additional sense indicates write error
tar: cannot write to /dev/st0: input/output error
tar: error is not recoverable exiting now
ST0: error with sense data: info fld=0x1, current st09:00
sence key medium error
Additional sense indicates write error
ST0: Error on write filemark.
I am running Redhat 6.1
Any assistance would be much appreciated:
Thanks
Gerry Ginty
------------------------------
From: Mike Robbins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: initrd extends beyond end of memory
Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2000 14:30:03 GMT
Actually, after a little tweaking with LILO, the system now boots just
fine off of the hard drive using the vmlinuz and initrd from the floppy.
I now dread doing a kernel upgrade! I'd still like to know if anyone has
any ideas about my original problem.
Thanks,
Mike Robbins
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Mike Robbins wrote:
>
> I'm using the Redhat 6.2 stock kernel, 2.2.14-5.0 I believe. AMD K6-
> 2/500, 128MB Ram, two 20.4GB IDE hard drives. I've got a RAID 1 root
> partition set up(md0=hda5+hdc5), but I have a 20mb /boot partition on
> /dev/hda1. When I boot off of the floppy that the RH setup generated,
> everything works perfectly. When I boot off of the hard drive, I get a
> message that says:
>
> initrd extends beyond end of memory (0xc0fffee070 > 0xc0000080)
>
> Then it disables initrd and it says Memory 0kb / 0kb and has problems
> allocating cache tables or something, and it panics and dies. I tried
> doing a mkinitrd --with=raid1, to no avail. I also tried simply copying
> vmlinuz and initrd from the floppy, also the same error is produced.
>
> Any ideas anyone? This is really strange. Any ideas are appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mike Robbins
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
> --
> Posted via CNET Help.com
> http://www.help.com/
--
Posted via CNET Help.com
http://www.help.com/
------------------------------
From: "jake" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: 2 NE2000 cards, only one module loading
Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2000 15:09:23 GMT
Ok. I have 2 NE2000 compatible cards. The kernel messages at boot say that
both eth0 and eth1 modules are loaded successfully. But when I check with
"lsmod", only eth0 "ne" module has been loaded. My conf.modules file is as
follows:
alias eth0 ne
alias eth1 ne
options eth0 -o ne-0 io=0x240 irq=5
options eth1 -o ne-1 io=0x300 irq=3
By the way eth0 is configured to connect via dhcp.
My question is: Because one on my cards is connected via dhcp, does that
interfere with both cards using the "ne" module. Is there a workaround for
this?
jake
P.S.
(I'm not sure if I explained enough, so just let me know)
------------------------------
From: "Brian E. Parker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Anyone have SWBell ADSL on Mandrake (or other Linux)?
Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2000 10:11:54 -0500
Hello,
I'm about to finally get ADSL through SouthWest Bell here in Oklahoma.
I plan on doing IP-Masq'ing to allow the other machines in my house to the
net via the Linux box. I had this set up just fine at one time with my
Mandrake machine connecting to the net via a modem and the others just
sharing the connection.
Does anyone have ADSL from SWBell on their Mandrake (or other Linux)
machine? If so, are there any issues I should be aware of? I'll have
dynamic IP, so I just plan on setting up DHCP for the card hooking into the
DLS router (modem?) and doing IP-Masq'ing like I used to do via the other
NIC. Does this sound about right? The installation instructions from
SWBell that they sent me (I haven't received the equipment, yet) obviously
don't mention Linux.
TIA,
-BEP
------------------------------
From: Marcus Crafter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Debain GNU/Linux on a SPARCstation 2 ?
Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2000 17:08:15 +0200
Reply-To: "Marcus Crafter (OSA)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Hi All,
I'm able to get my hands on an old SPARCstation 2 from a friend of
mine. Has anyone out there got experience using Debian GNU/Linux (or
any other distributions) on such a system. I'm interested in hearing
just about anything to do with such a configuration ?
Cheers,
Marcus
--
.....
,,$$$$$$$$$, Marcus Crafter
;$' '$$$$: Computer Systems Engineer
$: $$$$: Open Software Associates GmbH
$ o_)$$$: 82-84 Mainzer Landstrasse
;$, _/\ &&:' 60327 Frankfurt Germany
' /( &&&
_&&&&' Email : [EMAIL PROTECTED]
&&&&. Business Hours : +49 69 263 17657
&&&&&&&: After Hours : +49 69 4908 6750
------------------------------
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Subject: Re: initrd extends beyond end of memory
Date: 28 Jul 2000 15:17:50 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Fri, 28 Jul 2000 14:30:03 GMT, Mike Robbins wrote:
>Actually, after a little tweaking with LILO, the system now boots just
>fine off of the hard drive using the vmlinuz and initrd from the floppy.
>I now dread doing a kernel upgrade! I'd still like to know if anyone has
>any ideas about my original problem.
initrd is not necessary, so long as you compile the appropriate stuff
directly into the kernel. initrd seems to be more of a headache for
people than anything else, or so my reading of the NGs tells me. When
you compile a kernel, make sure you put {IDE,SCSI} disk support, MD
support, RAID{0,1,whatever} support, and ext2 filesystem support
directly into the kernel and not as modules. No initrd needed, less
mucking about with LILO and worrying whether or not it's going to work.
--
Matt G|There is no Darkness in Eternity/But only Light too dim for us to see
Brainbench MVP for Linux Admin / Tyranny is always better organized
http://www.brainbench.com / than freedom.
=============================/ ==Charles Peguy
------------------------------
From: Jose Manuel Benitez Sanchez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: [Help] LILO doesn't boot from SCSI disk
Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2000 17:17:56 +0200
Hi all,
I cannot get LILO booting from an SCSI disk. Can you give me some
hints?
This is the situation. I've just installed Linux Red Hat 6.2 on a Dual
Pentium III machine equipped with:
Mainboard: SUPERMICRO, SUPER P6DBE
SCSI controller: Adaptec SCSI Card 29160
SCSI disk: Seagate ST318436LW (17.5G)
IDE disk: Seagate STS320430A (20GB)
The IDE disk is only temporally installed, and it is going to be used
only to hold data, no system files. All the system is installed on the
SCSI disk. This is the partition table (generated with disk druid):
====================
Disk /dev/sda: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 2233 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 1 13 104391 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 14 2233 17832150 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 14 906 7172991 83 Linux
/dev/sda6 907 1548 5156833+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda7 1549 1880 2666758+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda8 1881 2174 2361523+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda9 2175 2213 313236 82 Linux swap
/dev/sda10 2214 2233 160618+ 83
Linux --------------------
and this an excerpt from /etc/fstab:
====================
/dev/sda10 / ext2 defaults
1 1
/dev/sda1 /boot ext2 defaults
1 2
/dev/sda5 /home ext2 defaults
1 2
/dev/sda6 /usr ext2 defaults
1 2
/dev/sda7 /usr/local ext2 defaults
1 2
/dev/sda8 /var ext2 defaults
1 2
/dev/sda9 swap swap defaults
0 0
====================
So the /boot partition is (/dev/sda1) located at very beginning of the
disk.
The overall installation was straightforward. Only the LILO
installation issued a warning:
"Warning: /dev/sda1 is not on the first disk"
But then, before booting again I changed the BIOS booting sequence
setting SCSI on the first place and IDE on the second. After saving
this, the booting is restarted. The BIOS displays:
"Searching for Boot Record from SCSI..OK"
And then only appears:
"LI"
and it gets frozen.
According to LILO's User's Guide (pag. 44):
"LI The first stage boot loader was able to load the second stage boot
loader, but has failed to execute it. This can either be caused by a
geometry mismatch or by moving /boot/boot.b without running the map
installer."
Of course, I haven't moved /boob/boot.b. Since the disk is a large one,
I used the "linear" global option in lilo.conf, but no luck. I've also
tried without it, with the same lack of success.
If I install LILO on the IDE disk, it works all right, but I don't like
this solution because of the temporal condition of the disk.
LILO's version is 21.
I would greatly appreciate any help to get the SCSI disk booting
properly.
Thanks in advance!
Cheers!
Jos� Manuel
--
Jose Manuel Benitez Sanchez e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Dpto. de Ciencias de la Computacion e Inteligencia Artificial
E.T.S. Ingenieria Informatica
Universidad de Granada Tel. +34 - 958 - 24 61 43
18071 - GRANADA (Spain) Fax: +34 - 958 - 24 33 17
------------------------------
From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: SWBell DSL & Linux
Date: 28 Jul 2000 15:35:33 GMT
I have GTE DSL and it rocks. I don't see
how SWB DSL would be much different.
They provide a fujitsu speedport dsl modem.
------------------------------
From: Andrey Vlasov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: need help with soun card config
Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2000 09:11:54 -0700
HI there,
it is good that you described you problem but you did not point what model of
sound card you have. Please, give as information about card as nobody will able
to help without this info.
Andrey
Wutmewurry wrote:
> I have Red Hat Linux 6.1 installed and am trying to get the soundcard
> configured. I tried the sndconfig command, but that used to completely stall my
> system. Now I tell my BIOS that I don't I don't have a PnP OS and I can get a
> little further with sndconfig but I still need some help. I can hear sndconfig
> play Linus' pronounciation of Linux, but then when it says that it will play a
> MIDI sample to determine if my card's synth has been correctly configured, I
> get the following message:
> "The following error occurred running the modprobe program:
> init_module : Device or resource busy
> sound : Device or resource busy"
> Also, my speakers pop quite loudly when the prog plays the Linus sound bite.
> I tried all the different IO options available in sndconfig but they all give
> me the same error. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks,
> - Sean
------------------------------
From: Andrey Vlasov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: ATI help!!!
Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2000 09:13:41 -0700
Hi Chakib,
you need to check next website
http://www4.ncsu.edu/~distclai/rage128-howto.html
Andrey
Chakib Belmekki wrote:
> Can someone tell me how configure Mandrake 7.1 with an ATI RAGE FURY 128 PRO
> VIVO, i have some problemes.(If someone knows a site which can help me..)
> Thanks!
------------------------------
From: Gabriel Gagnon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Plextor PleXWriter 12/10/32
Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2000 12:29:12 -0400
Hi,
I'll buy a new system and I will buy also a cd writer. I thought to buy
a HP 9130i (it seems that all HP writer are compatible with Linux), but
I saw last week that Plextor was selling a new writer, Plextor
PleXWriter 12/10/32X, with a new technology. Now, I am thinking maybe
buying this one. But, I am quite affraid that this writer is not
compatible with Linux, because of the new technology, BURN-Proof.
Is someone install this writer on a Linux box ? What are the problems ?
Thank you very much !
Gabriel Gagnon
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
------------------------------
From: Andrey Vlasov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Logitech wheel mouse in mandrake 7.1
Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2000 09:33:06 -0700
Hi Topher,
I read your post and I recall as I configure my whell mouse a long time
before.
Now it works very well and I found next two webpages which help a lot with
configuration. If you did not check them yet try to follow instructions
there
http://www.inria.fr/koala/colas/mouse-wheel-scroll/
http://solaris1.mysolution.com/~jcatki/imwheel/
I use a method from first URL (Did not try it for XFree86 4.0.1)
Andrey
Topher Cawlfield wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am unable to get my wheel mouse to work properly in Linux. I'm using
> mandrake 7.1, KDE, and have a Logitech PS/2 mouseman+. This same mouse
> worked just fine in RedHat Linux and gnome. I believe I'm using XFree86
> version 3.3.6, if that helps.
>
> > rpm -q XFree86
> XFree86-3.3.6-14mdk
>
> One thing that mystifies me is that there are two possible XF86Config
> files to use, /etc/X11/XF86Config and /etc/X11/XF86config-4. The latter
> has a different formatting, but I don't see any references to it in any
> documentation. In XF86config, there is section containing the lines
> Protocol "MouseManPlusPS/2"
> Device "/dev/mouse"
> ZAxisMapping 4 5
> which look like they ought to be correct. When I use "harddrake", which
> has done no good for me in configuring my other hardware, it informs me
> that I do have a mouseman+ mouse. When I use "mousedrake", it always
> indicates a generic mouse, and when I select the right mouse from the
> list there is no apparent effect. I should mention here that harddrake
> detected my SBLive soundcard, could play a WAV sample with it, but gave
> me an error message when trying to configure it (something like
> "/dev/dsp: no such device"). I recently got it working, "by hand".
> Similarly, it didn't do anything about my USR PCI modem (5610), which I
> was able to get working thanks to a lot of research and some helpful web
> pages. I also managed to get an ethernet card working after some fuss,
> but everything else except this mouse worked upon installation. The
> only documentation on www.mandrake.com is that wheel mice do work just
> fine, even with Netscape. Sounds good. I'd love to see it.
>
> The current behavior of my mouse is that the wheel works properly as a
> middle button, but rotating the wheel upwards gives me button-1 events,
> and downward is identical to clicking the right button. I would rather
> it use buttons 4 and 5, which I think should work properly for things
> like Eterm scrollbars, and I have gotten them to work in emacs as well
> (using RedHat Linux).
>
> I appreciate any help you can offer!
> Topher Cawlfield
------------------------------
From: Andrey Vlasov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Logitech wheel mouse in mandrake 7.1
Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2000 09:35:24 -0700
Hi,
it is not true that whell mouse doesn't work without imwheel - just you need
add some configuration lines into .XDefault file. You can read my previous
post
in this thread
Andrey
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Topher Cawlfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > I am unable to get my wheel mouse to work properly in Linux. I'm using
> > mandrake 7.1, KDE, and have a Logitech PS/2 mouseman+. This same mouse
> > worked just fine in RedHat Linux and gnome. I believe I'm using XFree86
> > version 3.3.6, if that helps.
>
> I couldn't get my Logitech MousemanMarblePlus trackball to work until I
> remembered that it worked in Win9x using the Intellimouse drivers. So I
> used the IMPS/2 (Intellimouse) with wheel and that worked (and I also use
> imwheel for the many programmes that don't recognize it otherwise,
> e.g. Netscape)
>
> (using TurboLinux 6 - kernel 2.2.14)
------------------------------
From: Andrey Vlasov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: cmpci sound and RedHat 6.2
Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2000 09:40:53 -0700
==============0B07D57015AE97D62D276671
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=koi8-r
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
To compile this driver you need select experimental kernel. To do that
start
menu xconfig
and select very first option in menu and inside of this menu say "Y" it should
ungrey option for driver. (Sorry I do not remember name of the option but it is
first in left right conner of main menu)
Good luck
Andrey
Eric Lengvenis wrote:
> I recently purchased a system with an integrated sound card. I am running
> RedHat 6.2 kernel 2.2.14-5. The sound card is cmpci. Right now the sound
> works as a generic sound card, but I have been unable to compile the driver
> which allows full functionality. It has 4-channels and S/PDIF which I would
> like to use.
>
> When I do a make xconfig, the sound option shows cmpci greyed out with
> '(experimental)' beside it. It will not let me choose it. I downloaded the
> 2.4-test.4 kernel, and make xconfig lets me choose that option. I shied away
> from a full kernel re-compile, because that is way beyond anything I have
> done before.
>
> Does anyone know how to get 2.2.14 to compile this driver? The driver was
> supplied with the motherboard. (That is a good sign. more systems ship with
> drivers for linux)
>
> Any help is appreciated.
> Eric Lengvenis
==============0B07D57015AE97D62D276671
Content-Type: text/html; charset=koi8-r
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
<!doctype html public "-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en">
<html>
To compile this driver you need select experimental kernel. To do that
<br>start
<p>menu xconfig
<p>and select very first option in menu and inside of this menu say "Y"
it should
<br>ungrey option for driver. (Sorry I do not remember name of the option
but it is
<br>first in left right conner of main menu)
<p>Good luck
<p>Andrey
<p>Eric Lengvenis wrote:
<blockquote TYPE=CITE>I recently purchased a system with an integrated
sound card. I am running
<br>RedHat 6.2 kernel 2.2.14-5. The sound card is cmpci. Right now the
sound
<br>works as a generic sound card, but I have been unable to compile the
driver
<br>which allows full functionality. It has 4-channels and S/PDIF which
I would
<br>like to use.
<p>When I do a make xconfig, the sound option shows cmpci greyed out with
<br>'(experimental)' beside it. It will not let me choose it. I downloaded
the
<br>2.4-test.4 kernel, and make xconfig lets me choose that option. I shied
away
<br>from a full kernel re-compile, because that is way beyond anything
I have
<br>done before.
<p>Does anyone know how to get 2.2.14 to compile this driver? The driver
was
<br>supplied with the motherboard. (That is a good sign. more systems ship
with
<br>drivers for linux)
<p>Any help is appreciated.
<br>Eric Lengvenis</blockquote>
<pre></pre>
</html>
==============0B07D57015AE97D62D276671==
------------------------------
** FOR YOUR REFERENCE **
The service address, to which questions about the list itself and requests
to be added to or deleted from it should be directed, is:
Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
You can send mail to the entire list (and comp.os.linux.hardware) via:
Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Linux may be obtained via one of these FTP sites:
ftp.funet.fi pub/Linux
tsx-11.mit.edu pub/linux
sunsite.unc.edu pub/Linux
End of Linux-Hardware Digest
******************************
