Linux-Hardware Digest #334, Volume #13 Mon, 31 Jul 00 23:13:08 EDT
Contents:
Re: Dual NICs of same type? (Lola Slade)
Re: Random Power Shutdown ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Why is Athon 650 slower than P-II/400? (Marcus Lauer)
USRobotic 33.6 V/F/M ("J. Escalante")
SamTron Monitor ("J. Escalante")
Good cheap modem for linux ("Chris")
HP ScanJet 4s (and not 4p) (Sylvain Louboutin)
Re: Good cheap modem for linux (Johan Kullstam)
Re: Driver for SiS 6326 8Mb AGP video card ("Gene Heskett")
CDRom problems ("Tige D. Chastain")
Re: CDRom problems (Dances With Crows)
Re: ISA 3c509b-Combo problem (Dances With Crows)
booting without video? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Random Power Shutdown ("Colin Klenner")
Re: Dual NICs of same type? (Dances With Crows)
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From: Lola Slade <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Dual NICs of same type?
Date: Tue, 01 Aug 2000 01:17:16 GMT
I also have two nics-3com905. I am trying to figure out how to set them up. My distro
has set up the drivers as loadable modules so I am adding the following to
/etc/modutils/aliases :
alias eth0 3c59x
alias eth1 3c59x
[options ?? ]
My question is what "options" line needs to follow this to differentiate the irq's and
io addresses? What irq's and io should I use or should I just use my bios to set this?
3com recommends irq 10,11,12 and I have 10 and 12 free but I don't know what io
addresses to use.
Thanks,
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
David Steuber wrote:
> Will two 3Com 3C905B-TX type PCI NICs play nicely together in a single
> Linux box, or should I get another type of NIC for eth1?
>
> I have a PPro that I use as a router with a 10bt card for my DSL modem
> and a 100bt card to my hub (I wish it was a switch). These work
> well. My new computer is PCI only, just about. I would like another
> 100bt PCI NIC so that I have IPForwarding/Masquerading capability
> before I take the machine to my ISP. The reason for this is that I
> don't want to consume more than one IP address should I add additional
> machines. The machines hanging off of the second NIC can use private
> IP addresses like I use in my home network.
>
> --
> David Steuber | Hi! My name is David Steuber, and I am
> NRA Member | a hoploholic.
> http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=hoplite&submit=Look+it+up
>
> The problem with AI is that it has a mind of its own
> --- Devon Miller
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.help
Subject: Re: Random Power Shutdown
Date: Tue, 01 Aug 2000 01:14:21 GMT
Is RH 6.2 the only OS on the machine? I am going to take for granted it
is. I had a very similar (or maybe the same exact) problem on my
computer. I would just be working a long and for no apparent reason at
all my computer would just lock up. The monitor video would freeze.
Did it in Windows and Linux. And then when I shut off my compuer, it
wouldn't start for, sometimes, hours. I replaced my video, took out
every other card that wasn't necessary, replaced the motherboard, the
PSU, put new cables in it, put extra cooling fans and none of it did the
trick.
Finally I found the problem. I have a Celeron processor that is using
the 370 socket to Slot 1 convertor. It was that little card that was
causing the whole trouble. $5 card's problems caused me $100's in
replacing unnecessary hardware.
Well you don't have one of those cards, but the next in line would be
the processor. Or maybe your memory or motherboard is bad. I guess you
can't rule out the possibility of the Power Supply Unit being bad.
I would recommend pulling any card that is unnecessary for the computer
to still run, like the sound and network card. This will eliminate any
problems with the slots making a bad connection. Leave the case open to
eliminate any problems with over heating. Replace the heatsink and fan
and put some thermal grease on the processor. Go to a computer store
and get some of that compressed cans of air and blow out all of the
little spots in the computer to get rid of all of the dust. Dust could
be causing overheating or be short circuiting the processor or memory.
Maybe try a new processor. A 200 MHz processor probably only costs
about $10 at a used computer store. Re-seat the memory and clean the
contact points of the memory with an eraser head off a pencil to make
sure the memory is making good contact.
Disconnect any IDE drives other than the hard drive and try preplacing
the IDE cable.
Remember don't spend too much or you might as well buy a new computer.
That 200 MHz isn't worth too much.
But like I said, mine was the 370 to Slot 1 converter card. So I bet
your's is the processor or the motherboard, since yours doesn't have
that converter card.
I hope some of the info helped.
David
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
In article <q9Dd5.45482$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Patrick M Geahan<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Gotta minor problem here I was hpoing someone could help me with. I
have
> a RH6.2 system running on a Gateway 2000 P200MMX system. The system
is
> configured with a Diamond Fireport 40 SCSI adapter, 1 4.5GB IBM SCSI
> drive, 32 MB RAM, a 4MB knockoff vid card, and 2 3COM 3c509 Ethernet
> cards. The system's been mine since last November, running like a
charm.
>
> Recently, however, it's been having this annoying little problem of
> randomyl shutting off. At completely random times, the machine will
power
> off, without going through shutdown process. There is no information
in
> the logs to tell me when this happens. If I don't happen to be
sitting
> right there when it happens, I have to guesstimate the shutdown time
based
> on when the logs stop.
>
> I've had it happen during startup, while I'm logged in, and while I'm
not
> home. I've come up with several possible scenarios:
>
> 1. Power problems in my apartment. POssibility, but unlikely - I
have
> several other pieces of equipment plugged into the same outlet, and
they
> have no trouble.
>
> 2. Problem with the power supply. Distinct possibility.
>
> 3. Problem with a daemon that causes shutdown. Doubtful, because the
> machine SHOULDN'T power off then. If I do a 'shutdown -h now, when
> shutdown is complete, it will shut itself off. However, in terms of
a
> system freeze or crash, I wouldn't think it would do so.
>
> 4. Problem with apmd(or other power management that causes the power
> supply to cycle off. I don't know enough about apmd to make a valid
guess
> here.
>
> 5. SOme other random problem.
>
> Has anyone seen this behavior before? Mainly, I'm looking to see if
> anyone has heard of this problem occuring with RH6.2. If it's a
hardware
> problem, which I'm investigating, I'll take my q somewhere else. Has
> anyone heard of this behavior before?
>
> --
>
> -------Patrick M
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:3784715----------
> Quote of the Week: "'Do you want to take a look at my regular
expressions
> ?' is not a valid chat-up line" - Chris King in the Monastery.
>
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Before you buy.
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From: Marcus Lauer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Why is Athon 650 slower than P-II/400?
Date: Tue, 1 Aug 2000 18:33:15 +0200
On Mon, 31 Jul 2000, James Knowles wrote:
>> Uh.... Mebbe I'm smokin crack again, but I don't think it'd be really fair
>> to compare a dual-proceesing P-II-400 to a single Athlon.... First off, the
>> dual processors are going to push all IO faster. That will affect memory
>> access, hard drive access, etc.
>
>I'm not too sure about that. I've had long experience with SMP, longer
>with parallelism in general. In truth an SMP machine is going to have a
>slightly decreased memory access per processor due to bus contention.
>I/O is similarly affected. I/O that can be parallelised will see a
>benefit, but serialised I/O will see no benefit. I've seen a 5-10% drop
>in performance per CPU under Linux. Typically this is about 15-20% under
>WinNT from my experience.
>
>In this specific case disk access is faster due the to fact that I'm
>running RAID on SCSI and not IDE. This is a SCSI/IDE issue, not SMP.
>
I get about 65MB/s with my Super-7 system, compared to his 45. The
Athlon should at least be much faster than this, for various reasons
(double-pumped memory, faster cache, superior chipset in memory performance in
general...)
Marcus
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From: "J. Escalante" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: USRobotic 33.6 V/F/M
Date: Tue, 01 Aug 2000 01:44:00 GMT
When trying to configure the modem I used isapnp and sent the
report/anolysis to the isapnp.conf file. After selecting the settings I
removed the unnecesary lines and was only left with the following:
# Id: pnpdump.c,v 1.18 1999/02/14 22:47:18 fox Exp
# This is free software, see the sources for details.
# This software has NO WARRANTY, use at your OWN RISK
# For details of this file format, see isapnp.conf(5)
# For latest information and FAQ on isapnp and pnpdump see:
# http://www.roestock.demon.co.uk/isapnptools/
# Compiler flags: -DREALTIME -DNEEDSETSCHEDULER -DABORT_ONRESERR
# Trying port address 0203
# Board 1 has serial identifier 8d 23 22 16 07 11 00 72 56
# (DEBUG)(READPORT 0x0203)
(ISOLATE PRESERVE)
(IDENTIFY *)
(VERBOSITY 2)
(CONFLICT (IO FATAL)(IRQ FATAL)(DMA FATAL)(MEM FATAL))
# or WARNING
# Card 1:
(serial identifier 8d 23 22 16 07 11 00 72 56)
# Vendor Id USR0011, Serial Number 589436423, checksum 0x8D.
# Version 1.0, Vendor version 0.0
# ANSI string -->U.S. Robotics Sportster 33600 FAX/Voice Int #<--#
# Logical device id USR0006
# Device supports vendor reserved register @ 0x38
# Device supports vendor reserved register @ 0x3a
# Device supports vendor reserved register @ 0x3e
# Device supports vendor reserved register @ 0x3f
#
# Edit the entries below to uncomment out the configuration required.
# Note that only the first value of any range is given, this may be
changed if required
# Don't forget to uncomment the activate (ACT Y) when happy
(CONFIGURE USR0011/589436423 (LD 0 (
IO 0 (SIZE 8) (BASE 0x03a8))(INT 0 (IRQ 5 (MODE +E)))
(ACT Y)))
(NAME "USR0011/589436423[0]{U.S. Robotics Sportster 33600 FAX/Voice Int }")
(WAITFORKEY)
##################################################################################
I copy the settings from Win95 and they were
I/O Range: 03e8-03ef
IRQ: 05
COMM: 3 #<== ttyS2
However, the kppp always displays a message saying that the modem is bussy.
Can someone help?
Thanks in advance
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From: "J. Escalante" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: SamTron Monitor
Date: Tue, 01 Aug 2000 01:51:16 GMT
When using LINUX console I don't have to reach at the back of the
monitor and resize the screen, but when using XWindows I, always, have
to reach at the back of the monitor to resize the creen. I am sure that
that is because the is something lacking in the XFree86 configuration.
However, I don't have the documentation for my monitor.
Can someone help?
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From: "Chris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Good cheap modem for linux
Date: Tue, 01 Aug 2000 01:59:05 GMT
I am currently looking for a good cheap modem for linux. I was looking at
the Creative Labs Flash 56k, model DI5602, which is an ISA hardware based
modem that I saw being sold online for <$30. However, the linux modem
compatibility database only lists model 5601, Creative Labs Flash II 56k
(the DI5601 is a newer model than the DI5602), as being linux compatible.
Does anyone have any experience with that particular modem? If not, can you
suggest a linux compatible modem that is less than $40?
Thanks
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From: Sylvain Louboutin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: HP ScanJet 4s (and not 4p)
Date: 1 Aug 2000 01:30:51 GMT
I would like to be able to use a HP ScanJet 4s (the
one that connects to the serial port); so far,
I could only think of using the original software for
windozes 3.1 on top of wine; haven't tried it yet though;
would there be any alternative? I had a look at this
really fancy (commercial) software based on XV which is
mentionned in one of the HOWTOs, but it doesn't seem to
support this specific beast (the 4p is ok, but not the
4s from what I understand). Any suggestion? preferably
something free :-) but I wouldn't mind shareware;
--Sylvain
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Subject: Re: Good cheap modem for linux
From: Johan Kullstam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Tue, 01 Aug 2000 02:26:57 GMT
"Chris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I am currently looking for a good cheap modem for linux. I was looking at
> the Creative Labs Flash 56k, model DI5602, which is an ISA hardware based
> modem that I saw being sold online for <$30. However, the linux modem
> compatibility database only lists model 5601, Creative Labs Flash II 56k
> (the DI5601 is a newer model than the DI5602), as being linux compatible.
> Does anyone have any experience with that particular modem? If not, can you
> suggest a linux compatible modem that is less than $40?
perhaps try something external? mobos are starting to lack ISA
slots. serial ports, however, will never go out of style. plus you
avoid the dreaded winmodem.
--
J o h a n K u l l s t a m
[[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Don't Fear the Penguin!
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Date: 31 Jul 2000 22:16:30 -0500
From: "Gene Heskett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Driver for SiS 6326 8Mb AGP video card
Unrot13 this;
Reply to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Gene Heskett sends Greetings to Don Loukes;
DL> Hi,
DL> I am looking for a Linux driver for the SiS 6326 8Mb AGP video
DL> card. I have spent many hours browsing through FTP sites but,
DL> being a newbie, it's all Greek to me. If you have the driver,
DL> please e-mail it to me. It's to be used with RedHat 6.1 on an
DL> Pentium III platform.
That driver is on the SuSe site, called 'xsis', and to install it, mv
the original SVGA (IIRC) and make a link from that name to xsis. I've
been running it that way for so long I've forgotten the rest of the
details, but thats the basic idea,
Cheers, Gene
--
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email gene underscore heskett at iolinc dot net
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From: "Tige D. Chastain" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: CDRom problems
Date: Tue, 01 Aug 2000 02:45:31 GMT
Installed 50X CD-ROM on RH 6.1 and get the following errors at boot:
ATAPI device hdb:
Error: Illegal request -- (Sense key=0x05)
Parameter list length error -- (asc=0x1a, ascq=0x00)
The failed "Mode Sense" packet command was:
"5a 00 2a 00 00 00 00 00 18 00 00 00 "
hdb: packet command error: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hdb: packet command error: error=0x54
ATAPI device hdb:
Error: Illegal request -- (Sense key=0x05)
Parameter list length error -- (asc=0x1a, ascq=0x00)
The failed "Mode Sense" packet command was:
"5a 00 2a 00 00 00 00 00 18 00 00 00 "
Uniform CDROM driver Revision: 2.56
when I try and mount a cd with mount -t iso9660 /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom
I get the following error:
mount -t iso9660 /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom
mount: block device /dev/cdrom is write-protected, mounting read-only
mount: Wrong medium type
[root@darkstar log]#
Does this sound like bad hardware to anyone? The URL for the device
spec is here if you care that much:
http://www.acerperipherals.com/storage/storage_50x.html
Any help is GREATLY appreicated.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Subject: Re: CDRom problems
Date: 1 Aug 2000 02:55:41 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Tue, 01 Aug 2000 02:45:31 GMT, Tige D. Chastain wrote:
>Installed 50X CD-ROM on RH 6.1 and get the following errors at boot:
[snippage of "normal" error messages]
>Does this sound like bad hardware to anyone? The URL for the device
>spec is here if you care that much:
>http://www.acerperipherals.com/storage/storage_50x.html
>Any help is GREATLY appreicated.
Acer 50x drives did something weird instead of doing the normal IDE
CD-ROM thing. The kernel hackers figured it out and put the patches
into the 2.2.13 and all subsequent kernels. Upgrade the kernel (latest
is 2.2.16) and everything will be happy.
http://linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Kernel-HOWTO.html if you've never compiled a
kernel before. HTH,
--
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
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Subject: Re: ISA 3c509b-Combo problem
Date: 1 Aug 2000 02:59:44 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[posted and mailed]
On Tue, 01 Aug 2000 01:22:46 +0000, J Tokarz wrote:
>I have just acquired a pair of 3c509b-Combo cards (but no drivers) so I
>thought I'd have a play around with networking two machines. I have read
>the the how-to but I haven't managed to get past the first step. When I
>look in Win98 it identifies the card correctly but states that it is in
>PnP mode. I download the TPOFIX.EXE file from the 3com site but when I
>run the program in DOS it just states that the card is not a TP or TPO
>card.
>
>Anybody got any clues? I realise this isn't really a Linux H/W problem
>but I can't get any further in Linux without turning PnP off and
>finding out which interface is being used.
There's a utility on 3Com's website called 3C5X9CFG.EXE (a standard DOS
program, 250K, fits on a boot floppy with room to spare) that is the
tried-and-true thing to use. Also, check http://freshmeat.net/ and
search for "3c509" to find a Linux utility that *should* be able to set
things like PnP mode, IRQ, and I/O ports on the 3c509B. If you can't
find the DOS program or don't want to deal with the hassle of trying to
mess with it from Windoze, I can E-mail you a copy. Good luck....
--
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
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: booting without video?
Date: Tue, 01 Aug 2000 02:45:53 GMT
Hi,
I'm planning to build a linux beowulf, and I'd like to buy motherboards
that can boot without video. I understand that many motherboards will
pass the POST test and boot as long as "halt on errors" is disabled.
Can people post/email their experiences with different motherboards and
bios? I'll compile the results and put them up somewhere. Thanks.
-Ben
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Before you buy.
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From: "Colin Klenner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.help
Subject: Re: Random Power Shutdown
Date: Tue, 1 Aug 2000 14:39:11 +1200
WHOA!!
Hold on tha...
I have not the whole message but...
The only place you have not looked is at the HDD and settings for this. Make
absolutely sure the BIOS settings for the drive do not apply power savings.
One of the prime reasons for lockup is when the drive is spun down, and does
not get/acknowledge from some OS/BIOS configurations the spin-up signal.
This is between the BIOS and the OS, not the fault of the disk itself. The
simple way to avoid it is to ensure the disk is always available.
How do I know? Years of bloody pain with crappy mismatches, that's how. And,
yes, it does affect almost any OS I have encountered with some form of power
saving interaction with the BIOS.
Colin
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message <8m589a$rbg$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>Is RH 6.2 the only OS on the machine? I am going to take for granted it
>is. I had a very similar (or maybe the same exact) problem on my
>computer. I would just be working a long and for no apparent reason at
>all my computer would just lock up. The monitor video would freeze.
>Did it in Windows and Linux. And then when I shut off my compuer, it
>wouldn't start for, sometimes, hours. I replaced my video, took out
>every other card that wasn't necessary, replaced the motherboard, the
>PSU, put new cables in it, put extra cooling fans and none of it did the
>trick.
>Finally I found the problem. I have a Celeron processor that is using
>the 370 socket to Slot 1 convertor. It was that little card that was
>causing the whole trouble. $5 card's problems caused me $100's in
>replacing unnecessary hardware.
>Well you don't have one of those cards, but the next in line would be
>the processor. Or maybe your memory or motherboard is bad. I guess you
>can't rule out the possibility of the Power Supply Unit being bad.
>
>I would recommend pulling any card that is unnecessary for the computer
>to still run, like the sound and network card. This will eliminate any
>problems with the slots making a bad connection. Leave the case open to
>eliminate any problems with over heating. Replace the heatsink and fan
>and put some thermal grease on the processor. Go to a computer store
>and get some of that compressed cans of air and blow out all of the
>little spots in the computer to get rid of all of the dust. Dust could
>be causing overheating or be short circuiting the processor or memory.
>Maybe try a new processor. A 200 MHz processor probably only costs
>about $10 at a used computer store. Re-seat the memory and clean the
>contact points of the memory with an eraser head off a pencil to make
>sure the memory is making good contact.
>Disconnect any IDE drives other than the hard drive and try preplacing
>the IDE cable.
>
>Remember don't spend too much or you might as well buy a new computer.
>That 200 MHz isn't worth too much.
>
>But like I said, mine was the 370 to Slot 1 converter card. So I bet
>your's is the processor or the motherboard, since yours doesn't have
>that converter card.
>
>I hope some of the info helped.
>David
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
>
>
>
>In article <q9Dd5.45482$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> Patrick M Geahan<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Gotta minor problem here I was hpoing someone could help me with. I
>have
>> a RH6.2 system running on a Gateway 2000 P200MMX system. The system
>is
>> configured with a Diamond Fireport 40 SCSI adapter, 1 4.5GB IBM SCSI
>> drive, 32 MB RAM, a 4MB knockoff vid card, and 2 3COM 3c509 Ethernet
>> cards. The system's been mine since last November, running like a
>charm.
>>
>> Recently, however, it's been having this annoying little problem of
>> randomyl shutting off. At completely random times, the machine will
>power
>> off, without going through shutdown process. There is no information
>in
>> the logs to tell me when this happens. If I don't happen to be
>sitting
>> right there when it happens, I have to guesstimate the shutdown time
>based
>> on when the logs stop.
>>
>> I've had it happen during startup, while I'm logged in, and while I'm
>not
>> home. I've come up with several possible scenarios:
>>
>> 1. Power problems in my apartment. POssibility, but unlikely - I
>have
>> several other pieces of equipment plugged into the same outlet, and
>they
>> have no trouble.
>>
>> 2. Problem with the power supply. Distinct possibility.
>>
>> 3. Problem with a daemon that causes shutdown. Doubtful, because the
>> machine SHOULDN'T power off then. If I do a 'shutdown -h now, when
>> shutdown is complete, it will shut itself off. However, in terms of
>a
>> system freeze or crash, I wouldn't think it would do so.
>>
>> 4. Problem with apmd(or other power management that causes the power
>> supply to cycle off. I don't know enough about apmd to make a valid
>guess
>> here.
>>
>> 5. SOme other random problem.
>>
>> Has anyone seen this behavior before? Mainly, I'm looking to see if
>> anyone has heard of this problem occuring with RH6.2. If it's a
>hardware
>> problem, which I'm investigating, I'll take my q somewhere else. Has
>> anyone heard of this behavior before?
>>
>> --
>>
>> -------Patrick M
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]:3784715----------
>> Quote of the Week: "'Do you want to take a look at my regular
>expressions
>> ?' is not a valid chat-up line" - Chris King in the Monastery.
>>
>
>
>Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
>Before you buy.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Dual NICs of same type?
Date: 1 Aug 2000 03:04:00 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Tue, 01 Aug 2000 01:17:16 GMT, Lola Slade wrote:
>I also have two nics-3com905. I am trying to figure out how to set them
>up. My distro has set up the drivers as loadable modules so I am adding
>the following to /etc/modutils/aliases :
>alias eth0 3c59x
>alias eth1 3c59x
>My question is what "options" line needs to follow this to
>differentiate the irq's and io addresses? What irq's and io should I
>use or should I just use my bios to set this?
>3com recommends irq 10,11,12 and I have 10 and 12 free but I don't know
>what io addresses to use.
3c905s are PCI cards. PCI cards have their IRQs and I/O addresses
auto-configured by the BIOS so they don't step on each other's I/O
ports, assuming you have the BIOS "I have a PnP OS" option set to NO.
PCI cards can share IRQs as well. There's no need for any options=
lines; just attempt to access eth0 and eth1, and everything will be OK.
--
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
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