Linux-Hardware Digest #360, Volume #13 Sat, 5 Aug 00 06:13:08 EDT
Contents:
Re: 20.4GB HD, bios limitation, EZ-drive or any other? (sideband)
Re: Sound setup ("Stefan Viljoen")
Re: video card problem ("Stefan Viljoen")
Re: what is a "segmentation fault"? ("Stefan Viljoen")
Re: Who's fault is it anyway? ("Stefan Viljoen")
Re: Plug and Play Question (Stanislaw Flatto)
Re: 20.4GB HD, bios limitation, EZ-drive or any other? ("Greg H.")
Re: It doesnt matter, I still get hung up at LI (James Stafford)
Re: No sound at all from x11amp - SbVibra16Pnp (sideband)
Re: HELP with modem (sideband)
Re: Rockwell 56K ACF II Modem (Stuart Lightfoot)
Re: Dual processor board? (Chris Rankin)
Re: Embedding linux ("Andy Roffe")
Re: what is a "segmentation fault"? ("Stefan Kneip")
Re: Bad hardware, but how to tell which device? (sideband)
Re: What distribution to install ? (sideband)
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From: sideband <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: 20.4GB HD, bios limitation, EZ-drive or any other?
Date: Sat, 05 Aug 2000 01:39:49 -0400
Use EZ-Drive, and install LILO to the first sector of the boot partition,
not the MBR. Worked for me on a couple machines.
-SSB
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have a 4 GB hda for windoze, 4 GB hdb for Debian and just installed a
> 20.4 GB maxtor HD and also running partition commender's boot manager. I
> would like to use this 20.4 gb hdd for debian only.
>
> My bios does not support bigger than 8.4 GB. I got the latest bios
> upgrade from gateway2000, but that didn't do anything. I tried setting
> the hard disk settings in the bios manually (instead of automatic
> configuration) with 39683 cylinder (manufacturer specs says this is the
> max cylinder), did not help. I included the 'append = "hdd =
> 39683,16,63"' in lilo.conf (as suggested by linuxdoc-howto web site),
> still can not get more than 8.4 gb. This howto says that linux can
> bypass the bios settings, but it didn't or I missed something.
>
> Is there any other way to get the 20.4 gb from this harddrive?
> Should I install EZ-Drive software that comes from maxtor? Will this
> screw up the things?
>
> Thanks.
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From: "Stefan Viljoen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Sound setup
Date: Fri, 4 Aug 2000 19:44:22 +0200
JAG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> How do I set up this sound device:
>
> Crystal SoundFusion CS4281 WDM
>
> I'm using RedHat Linux 6.2
>
> In win2k the card uses this resources:
> Mem. FE010000 - FE010FFF
> Mem. FE000000 - FE00FFFF
> IRQ 09
DMA? If you can find that out, try running "sndconfig" as root at a console
prompt in red hat.
Stefan Viljoen
--
Starwars Forever!!!
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://home.intekom.com/rylan/
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From: "Stefan Viljoen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: video card problem
Date: Sat, 5 Aug 2000 08:29:47 +0200
Michael <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>
> Hi everybody, I bought a SIS6326 8mb PCI video card tonight and am having
> problems getting it working.
Hi Michael!
I recently had another guy who had exactly the same card and who did manage
to get it working just fine with X11R6 - I sent a forward of your message to
him and asked him to send his XF86Config to you. This card can apparently
work 100% perfectly up to 1024x768x24bpp.
Let me know if he repiles!
Stefan Viljoen a. k. a. Rylan
http://home.intekom.com/rylan/
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From: "Stefan Viljoen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: what is a "segmentation fault"?
Date: Sat, 5 Aug 2000 08:33:10 +0200
Alex Chudnovsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:8mfqm9$gvu$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> > hey there,
> > i'm running a bare bones linux system on a REALLY OLD piece of
> > hardware. it's some kind of a 486 with a 100mhz processor and 8mb of
> > RAM. occasionally i get an error message "Segmentation fault" that
> > crashes whatever application i'm running. it's not really frequent, but
> > can be a pain with a program that takes a long time to run, like an
> > installer. does anybody know what a "segmentation fault" is? what piece
> > of hardware is causing this?
> > -joe
> >
> >
> > Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> > Before you buy.
>
>
> "Segmentation fault" means that the program tries to access some area of
> memory, which it has no permissions to access, if I'm not mistaken.
> Anyway, it's software fault, not hardware-related one.
Hmm - 8 megs of RAM? Can't these be also caused by having too little memory
and some kinda memory-paging setup gets screwed up desperately trying to get
virtual RAM allocated for real RAM that the system desperately does not
have..
I once heard on the DJGPP newsgroup of somebody who had a bad HDD and had
had excessive outpaging to disk due to low "real" memory - he also got
SIGSEGV errors. Replaced his HDD and viola! it worked...
Stefan Viljoen
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Starwars Forever!!!
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://home.intekom.com/rylan/
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From: "Stefan Viljoen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Who's fault is it anyway?
Date: Sat, 5 Aug 2000 08:34:08 +0200
Kent Perrier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Robert Schweikert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > Under certain circumstances I was able to produce the following
> > messages:
> >
> > hda lost interrupt
> > Stuck on TLB IPI wait (CPU #0)
> >
> > Does anyone have any idea who's to blame here?
>
>
> I admit it, I did it. I have this light switch in my room that I didn't
> think did anything. Do I started to flip it on and off. Now I see that
> I caused you this problem.
>
> Sorry,
Whoa!
I have never heard of something like this - are you sure you don't have a
bad / failing power supply...?!
--
Starwars Forever!!!
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://home.intekom.com/rylan/
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From: Stanislaw Flatto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Plug and Play Question
Date: Sat, 05 Aug 2000 16:55:20 +0000
J Escalante wrote:
>
> Outstanding!! The information you provided me with was not only clear , but also
>very accurate. Needless to say, I am now broadcasting from with in linux. However,
>adding the "setserial /dev/ttyS2 port 0x2eb irq 3 " to my " /etc/rc.local " did not
>do anything. I still have to type the command at the prompt to get the modem working.
>
> Thanks again!!
> Rod Haper wrote:
>
Take a look at rc.serial in the same directory. It may give
you an idea to edit a line there instead of puting the command
in rc.local.
You ARE the root of your box, anything is possible for you.
Have fun...
--
Stanislaw on Slak 7.1
Registered on Linux counter No.162760.
Even put Ulladulla on their database.
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From: "Greg H." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: 20.4GB HD, bios limitation, EZ-drive or any other?
Date: Sat, 05 Aug 2000 06:53:26 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> My bios does not support bigger than 8.4 GB. I got the latest bios
> upgrade from gateway2000, but that didn't do anything. I tried setting
If this is a BIOS version ending in BR0T or BS0T, the Gateway 2000
BIOS upgrades only allow up to 8.4 GB. To use larger harddrives, you'll
either have to use either EZ-Drive or buy a new, third-party BIOS from
MicroFirmware or Unicore.
I have gotten Linux to work on a 7.? GB drive running EZ-Drive on
an older Gateway 2000 box, which had a BIOS limitation of 2.1 GB (BIOS
series AX1T).
Greg
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From: James Stafford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: It doesnt matter, I still get hung up at LI
Date: Sat, 05 Aug 2000 07:22:29 GMT
George/USA wrote:
>
> Ive got a Pentium 100 with 64MB of ram, a WD 3.1GB hard drive, a PCI
> video card, and ISA soundcard and modem. Ive installed Debian 2.0 and
> RH 6.0
> and both of them are fine throughout the install, but as soon as I go
> for the final bootup, I end up hung at LI. Are there any suggestions
> before
> I totally give up on Linux???
>
> George
Boot the computer with a boot disk, at the prompt that asks you if you
want to enter some parameters type 'mount root=/dev/hda1' (put the hard
disk partition that the Linux root is on in place of hda1, that is if it
isn't hda1). When the computer boots up and you get the prompt log in,
at the prompt type 'lilo'. This will complete the installation of the
lilo boot loader. Don not type the signle quotes with any of the above
commands.
jamess
--
"On the side of the software box, in the 'System Requirements' section,
it said 'Requires Windows 95 or better'. So I installed Linux."
-Anonymous
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From: sideband <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: No sound at all from x11amp - SbVibra16Pnp
Date: Sat, 05 Aug 2000 03:28:50 -0400
Maybe you should use 24 bit color on your video card. ::grin::
Seriously, it sounds like you have a corrupted install of X11Amp. Do you get
any error messages? Try starting it from an xterm so you can get something of
an error message after it crashes.
Another question is why would you run as root? it's just bad practice.
Get us some error messages, and maybe we can help you diagnose.
-SSB
Stefan Viljoen wrote:
> Hi!
>
> I have managed to run sndconfig on RedHat 6 to autoconfigure my
> SBVibra16Pnp. It worked fine, playing the sample wav of Linus, and the midi
> example. However, I cannot get X11AMP to work as root user on the X
> desktop - it just closes as if I selected application close whenever I try
> to load an MP3 for playing. Sound is active in Enlightenment and GNOME (i.
> e. I get the startup soun etc.).
>
> Any ideas why X11AMP won't go? Are there any other MP3 players availably
> that I might try?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Stefan Viljoen
> --
> Starwars Forever!!!
>
> mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> http://home.intekom.com/rylan/
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From: sideband <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: HELP with modem
Date: Sat, 05 Aug 2000 03:33:10 -0400
Winmodems are little more than glorified sound cards that use processor cycles
to calculate the proper tones/etc to keep your connection up. Some winmodems
are useable under Linux, and there's an online list of those someplace, but for
the most part, they're junk. You'll be better off replacing the winmodem with a
hardware modem.
As for the sound card, what type is it? Can't really help if we don't have the
specifics.
-SSB
"J. Escalante" wrote:
> Because winmodems are only for Windows OS's they only work with Windows.
> Sorry about being so blunt, but the truth is that winmodems are garabage to
> UNIX.
> Get a real modem, they work faster under UNIX any ways.
>
> Good luck!!
>
> "SiberianFurs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > I'm a newbie and I just installed RedHat 6.2 and nothing works, I mean my
> modem
> > and my sound card. How do I install these things, I have a 3com winmodem
> model
> > 3013. Please do not respond with a whole bunch of technical jargon,
> remember I
> > am a newbie so take it easy on me.
> >
> > Thank you.,
> > Henry
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Stuart Lightfoot)
Subject: Re: Rockwell 56K ACF II Modem
Date: Sat, 05 Aug 2000 06:44:49 GMT
Thanks James
Unfortunately my modem appears to be an ISA modem.
Can anybody else help?
Stuart
On Fri, 04 Aug 2000 23:38:45 GMT, James Richard Tyrer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
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>lightfootstuart wrote:
>
>> Can any body assist?
>>
>> I have this modem and am assured that it is not a win-modem despite it
>> being of the internal variety. Still, I can't get linux to play with
>> it! Any ideas?
>>
>> Stuart Lightfoot
>
>Is this an ISA modem or a PCI modem?
>
>For PCI exec the command "lspci -v | less" as root. The output should
>include something like this:
>
>00:12.0 Serial controller: US Robotics/3Com 56K Fax Modem Model 5610 (rev
>01) (prog-if 02 [16550])
> Subsystem: US Robotics/3Com USR 56k Internal Voice Modem (Model
>2976)
> Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 14
> I/O ports at ec00
> Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 2
>
>Then add a line like this:
>
>setserial -b /dev/ttyS0 port 0xec00 auto_irq autoconfig
>
>to the appropriate "rc" script ("rc.serial" on my system). The two
>things which you need to change in the line are the number of the tty and
>the port address, the tty depends on which com port it is using (e.g. for
>COM1 use ttyS0) and the port is the "I/O port at" from lspci (in my case:
>ec00). Remember, the I/O port address may change if you install more
>hardware.
>
>AND, just how do you determine that the modem is connected to COM1? I do
>not know, but if it is the only PCI serial device that is probably where
>it will end up. Actually, it appears that you can chose, but I would
>suspect that it would be better to use one that was not already in use.
>
>If you don't have "lspci" you can exec the command: "cat /proc/pci" and
>your output should include something like this:
>
> Bus 0, device 18, function 0:
> Serial controller: Unknown vendor Unknown device (rev 1).
> Vendor id=12b9. Device id=1008.
> Medium devsel. IRQ 14.
> I/O at 0xec00 [0xec01].
>
>Which shows the same I/O address.
>
>These are generic instructions for PCI modems. They worked for me!
>
>If you have ISA, you will have to ask someone else.
>
>JRT
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From: Chris Rankin <au.zipworld.com@{no.spam}rankinc>
Subject: Re: Dual processor board?
Date: Wed, 02 Aug 2000 22:41:39 +1000
"D. Stimits" wrote:
> FYI, the APICs on SuperMicro i840 chipset boards are incompatible with
> linux (SuperMicro has dropped all linux support on the issue). If you
> are interested in what the APIC does, see the Documentation subdirectory
> of the kernel source, file IO-APIC.txt
Well isn't that just wonderful. I have recently bought a Supermicro
PIIIDME (i840) motherboard, and have noticed that the kernel complains 3
times during the APIC initialisation. Everything *seems* to work though,
(apart from the sound, which I haven't worked too hard on yet). However,
even if Supermicro have thrown in the towel, surely the hardware can be
made to work under Linux if the hardware works at all.
Chris
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From: "Andy Roffe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Embedding linux
Date: Sat, 5 Aug 2000 09:54:36 +0100
Thank you for all the replies.
I am now busy looking at all the sites.....
thanks again
Andy
"Andy Roffe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:8me41t$m2s$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Hi all,
>
> anybody know where I can find some makers of
> devices that I can embed linux on. I'm really looking
> for some kind m/board with a flash chip or something.
> I've found loads of links to small distributions (Lineo, et al.)
> but can't find the hardware.....
>
> TIA
> andy
>
>
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Reply-To: "Stefan Kneip" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
From: "Stefan Kneip" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: what is a "segmentation fault"?
Date: Sat, 05 Aug 2000 09:01:59 GMT
> hey there,
> i'm running a bare bones linux system on a REALLY OLD piece of
> hardware. it's some kind of a 486 with a 100mhz processor and 8mb of
> RAM. occasionally i get an error message "Segmentation fault" that
> crashes whatever application i'm running. it's not really frequent, but
> can be a pain with a program that takes a long time to run, like an
> installer. does anybody know what a "segmentation fault" is? what piece
> of hardware is causing this?
> -joe
It could be a memory problem. Defective memory can change your nice
crash-proof program into a mess and "by coincidence" make it access some
forbidden memory location. Has the memory been in that mainboard all along,
or did you use untested memory?
(Don't believe that well-dressed salesman behind the counter if he ensures
you that it's not the memory. Sure he knows he's lying, but his boss won't
pay him if he doesn't!)
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From: sideband <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Bad hardware, but how to tell which device?
Date: Sat, 05 Aug 2000 05:15:14 -0400
Those "Disabling DMA" messages are normal for drives/interfaces that don't
support it.
As for the rest of the problem, I have no idea.
-SSB
Tim Moore wrote:
> > Detected 199969824 Hz processor.
> > Console: colour VGA+ 80x25
> > Calibrating delay loop... 398.95 BogoMIPS
>
> Overclocked?
>
> > PCI_IDE: unknown IDE controller on PCI bus 00 device 58, VID=10b9,
> > DID=5229
> > PCI_IDE: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later
> > PCI_IDE: simplex device: DMA disabled
> > ide0: PCI_IDE Bus-Master DMA disabled (BIOS)
> > PCI_IDE: simplex device: DMA disabled
> > ide1: PCI_IDE Bus-Master DMA disabled (BIOS)
>
> This doesn't look healthy but I'm not familiar with Pentium-based
> boards. Do the kernel configuration file selections for system and
> block device selections match your motherboard's memory and disk I/O
> chipset?
>
> > EXT2-fs error (device ide1(22,5)): ext2_check_inodes_bitmap: Wrong free
> > inodes count in group 37, stored = 3895, counted = 3896
> > EXT2-fs error (device ide1(22,5)): ext2_check_inodes_bitmap: Wrong free
> > inodes count in super block, stored = 6761728, counted = 6761729
>
> This would most likely be /dev/hdc5
>
> [14:47] asus:~ > ls -l /dev | grep '22, *5'
> brw-rw---- 1 root disk 22, 5 May 5 1998 hdc5
> crw-rw---- 1 root uucp 22, 5 Apr 17 1999 ttyD5
>
> Try unmounting, then 'e2fsck -yf /dev/hdc5'.
> --
> timothymoore
> bigfoot
> com
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From: sideband <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: What distribution to install ?
Date: Sat, 05 Aug 2000 05:25:47 -0400
James:
Um....
James Stafford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
<snip>
> I installed RedHat once (on another computer), didn't use it for awhile,
> forgot the password, wasn't as easy to fix forgotten password as
> Slackware, format drive.
</snip>
Yeah, right.... All you had to do was, at the LILO prompt, type 'linux
single'
When it booted, it would have dropped you to single user mode.
You could have then fsck'ed and mounted the filesystems, then used the
passwd program to your heart's content, changing the password.
Then reboot.....
As for the kernel compiling... obviously you didn't "make install" the first
time you compiled a new kernel revision, which would have made all the .map
and symbol files for you, etc... mod.conf? I think it's called modules.conf,
and again, it would have been done for you with a simple 'make modules &&
make modules_install'
I hear lot of people putting RedHat down... and some of the reasons are
valid. Your ignorance is not a valid reason to insult an otherwise stable
and useable linux distribution.
Just my two cents
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