Linux-Hardware Digest #388, Volume #13 Wed, 9 Aug 00 14:13:08 EDT
Contents:
S3 Trio3D video card (Cheng Fangxiang)
Re: Linux on AMD
no more ide1 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: scsi mystery (David Weis)
Interrupt problems on Dell Precision 420 (Craig Ruff)
Canon BJC-4200 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Improve Rotational Delay of HDD with Software Only ("NAKAZATO Hajime")
Adaptec AHA2944UW on Redhat 6.1 (Rob Clarkson)
Re: Improve Rotational Delay of HDD with Software Only (Alex Chu)
HELP: Sound on VIA (McManus Leo Root DSP Consultant)
VIA 82xx bridge sound support (McManus Leo Root DSP Consultant)
HELP: Netscape + KPPP (McManus Leo Root DSP Consultant)
Re: IRQ under Linux (=?iso-8859-1?Q?J=F6rgen?= Winqvist)
Touchpad and kernel 2.2.16 (Christopher Michael Collins ())
Re: HELP: Netscape + KPPP (Dances With Crows)
Re: Adaptec AHA2944UW on Redhat 6.1 (Joshua Baker-LePain)
Re: "Turbo" and X-windows. ("Martin Duspiva")
Re: Linux on AMD ("ne...")
Re: Linux on AMD (David C.)
Re: Linux on AMD ("Clifton T. Sharp Jr.")
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From: Cheng Fangxiang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: S3 Trio3D video card
Date: Wed, 09 Aug 2000 14:38:34 +0100
I can not find a right way to install my S3 Trio3D vidio card. I am using Redhat 6.2.
So how can I do with that?
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From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Linux on AMD
Date: Wed, 9 Aug 2000 10:40:06 -0400
He're something in the gee, whizz! department :
I swaped out p2 350, and put in a amd tbird. ( just changed the MB and
CPU)
After I got it booting right, I hooked up the hdd, and rebooted. the
familiar lilo boot prompt greeted me ( rh 6.0, w98 and w2k were on the hdd,
from when I was using the P2 ). Chose linux, and I was at run level 3, as
usual, network was up and running. Logged in, and got into X .
Yup, definitely faster. Enabled dma transfers on the CD, and proceeded to
play mp3's while I downloaded windows drivers for the video cards.
Time to get operational : How long does it take to boot ? :)
Unfortunately , I can't say the same about windows.
joseph
shook <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in
messagenews:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I am thinking of setting up Linux on an AMD machine. Did you have any
> problem with the install or after the install?
>
> Shook
>
>
>
> Saty Desai wrote:
> >
> > Hi :
> >
> > I'm beta testing Linux on an AMD Athlon box with an Adaptec 131x/141x
> > SCSI adapter..
> >
> > I'd like to hear from others who have setup and loaded Linux (and the
> > version and vendor) on AMD boxes or any other hardware containing
> > Adaptec 131x/141x internal SCSI hard drive adapters ...
> >
> > I would really appreciate your help and thanks for your help in advance
> >
> >
> > Saty
> >
> >
> > --
> > Saty Desai
> >
> >
>
>
> --
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: no more ide1
Date: Wed, 09 Aug 2000 14:42:54 GMT
I use a Iwill db100 motherboard with 2 ata disks in RAID-1 (hda / hdc)
My kernel is 2.2.13.
After 2 months of nice activity, my server output a lot of errors about
my /dev/hdc disk and it stoped working. I desactivated RAID and reboot
my server using only /dev/hda and no longer /dev/hdc
Now at boot-time I don't even see my /dev/hdc drive :
before :
PIIX4: IDE controller on PCI bus 00 dev 39
PIIX4: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later
ide0: BM-DMA at 0xf000-0xf007, BIOS settings: hda:DMA, hdb:DMA
ide1: BM-DMA at 0xf008-0xf00f, BIOS settings: hdc:DMA, hdd:DMA
hda: ST320430A, ATA DISK drive
hdc: ST320430A, ATA DISK drive
ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14
ide1 at 0x170-0x177,0x376 on irq 15
after (or now):
PIIX4: IDE controller on PCI bus 00 dev 39
PIIX4: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later
ide0: BM-DMA at 0xf000-0xf007, BIOS settings: hda:DMA, hdb:DMA
ide1: BM-DMA at 0xf008-0xf00f, BIOS settings: hdc:pio, hdd:pio
hda: ST320430A, ATA DISK drive
ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14
So no more hdc, nor ide1...
Maybe it's a bios problem, but i cannot guess because my server is
remote and i don't have access to it.
did someone face it before ? is there anyway to "reset ide1" (with
hdparm or i don't know what).
Can I try to pass to the kernel via lilo the old settings of ide1 ?
any idea welcome
thanks,
jerome
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From: David Weis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: scsi mystery
Date: Wed, 9 Aug 2000 09:58:43 -0500
as/400 drives have 520 byte sectors. you should be able to low level
format it from the scsi bios thing and make it work, or ask in
comp.sys.ibm.ps2.hardware for 520to512.exe.
david
On Wed, 9 Aug 2000, Staffan Emren wrote:
> Esa Tikka wrote:
> >
> > I have a strange problem with my Adaptec 2940U2W and an old IBM AS400
> > drive 0664N1H (1.9GB wide). No other scsi devices are attached to my
> > system (don't have the money yet <g>). The drive is plugged to the second
> > last connector on the cable and an active terminator is in the last
> > (looking from the adapter). There is no termination in the drive. Adapter
> > termination has been set to automatic.
> > Drive id is 2 and adapter id 7.
>
> You're using an active terminator, but have you insured that it is
> getting enough power? The host adapter tries to supply power on the
> cable, but if the cable is not very short, a device close to the
> terminator (i.e. your hard drive) have to provide this power. Often
> UW-devices have a jumper called 'TP' or 'Terminating Power' or something
> like that. Check this out and see if things improve.
>
> Best regards
>
> Staffan Emren
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Craig Ruff)
Subject: Interrupt problems on Dell Precision 420
Date: 9 Aug 2000 09:54:03 -0600
I have a Dell Precision 420 dual CPU system, and I am trying to figure
out why a Qlogic QLA2202F dual channel Fibre Channel adapter only interrupts
correctly in the PCI slot immediately adjacent to the AGP slot. In all of
the other PCI slots, only the second channel is able to interrupt Linux
(2.2.16 SMP kernel) correctly. I've asked Dell for some details on the
interrupt routing for this system, but was wondering if anyone else had
run into similar problems and found a solution.
Note that the QLA2202F works fine in a Dell Dimension XPS 333 system.
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(303) 497-1211 P.O. Box 3000
Boulder, CO 80307 Amateur Call KI0NO
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Canon BJC-4200
Date: Wed, 09 Aug 2000 15:50:06 GMT
I have recently installed Linux but I'm having problems with my
printer...When I use printtool and install the 600 or 4000 (should work
with higher versions but not tested) it says when I test it:
Error printing test page to queue Canon BJC-4200
Error reason: lpr: connect: Connection refused
jobs queued, but cannot start daemon.
Could anyone help me with this?? I need this printer to work or i'll
have switch back to windows wich totally sucks! (need to print for my
study)...
Thnx,
Jasper (Icq #44025782)
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Before you buy.
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From: "NAKAZATO Hajime" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.arch.storage,comp.periphs,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.misc,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
Subject: Improve Rotational Delay of HDD with Software Only
Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2000 01:01:44 +0900
My English is poor. sorry.
I invented a software technique that improves rotational delay of HDD (only
at reading).
This technique makes HDD's rotational delay time half (only at reading). It
needs no additional hardware. Load for CPU and memory is little.
I think it's a nice idea, for...
o It makes low rotation-speed HDD very faster.
o Low rotation-speed HDD has low power consumption.
o At notebook PC, faster system and longer battery-life becomes available.
And, at server or workstation, this technique will improve cost-performance
if the load for HDD is mainly read.
But this technique is experimental phase yet. The experimental
implementation works well, but a lot of work is needed for practical use.
If you feel some interest about this technique, please visit here.
http://www.zzz.or.jp/~kaoriha/halfdisk_e.htm
Thank you.
--
NAKAZATO Hajime @ Nishizaike Kaori-ha
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From: Rob Clarkson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Adaptec AHA2944UW on Redhat 6.1
Date: Wed, 09 Aug 2000 16:09:35 GMT
Hi,
Has any got a Adaptec AHA2944UW differential SCSI adapter working with
redhat 6.1?
I am trying to connect an IBM 2105 (Shark) disk subsystem but with
little luck.
The PC BIOS can see the adapter and the adapter BIOS can see the disks
but linux can't.
Regards
Rob
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From: Alex Chu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.arch.storage,comp.periphs,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.misc,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
Subject: Re: Improve Rotational Delay of HDD with Software Only
Date: Wed, 09 Aug 2000 12:31:48 -0400
NAKAZATO Hajime wrote:
>
> My English is poor. sorry.
>
> I invented a software technique that improves rotational delay of HDD (only
> at reading).
> This technique makes HDD's rotational delay time half (only at reading). It
> needs no additional hardware. Load for CPU and memory is little.
Since the program you wrote is design for WINDOWS 2000 only.. Why bother
post it in LINUX's news groups?
Alex.
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From: McManus Leo Root DSP Consultant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: HELP: Sound on VIA
Date: Wed, 09 Aug 2000 18:33:11 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I have a new Socket A Athalon motherboard with a VIA chipset with
intergrated SoundBlaster Pro compatable 'sound card'. I run it on
WinDowZZ 98 with no problems, (So I can play Tomb Raider!!). I have just
installed SuSe 6.4 and have loaded the module drivers OK as I see them
when I do my cat /dev/sndstat, but I cannot get any 'noise' out of them.
I have selected the SoundBlaster Pro support in the modules.conf, but
this is for a specific SoundBlaster sound chip, xx3070 or similar.
Any pointers?
Please reply to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Thanks
Leo
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From: McManus Leo Root DSP Consultant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: VIA 82xx bridge sound support
Date: Wed, 09 Aug 2000 18:26:48 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Have Suse 6.4 installed. Recompiled Kernal with VIA bridge chip 82xx
sound support, but unable to get the beastie working.
Do I also have to select the Sound Blaster Pro that it is equavilent to?
Any suggestions?
Thanks
Leo
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From: McManus Leo Root DSP Consultant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: HELP: Netscape + KPPP
Date: Wed, 09 Aug 2000 18:28:13 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I have setup Suse 6.4 and run KPPP to connect to my ISP. I am now after
running a web browser, so I try Netscape, but I get a SOCKET error an d
Netscape cannot connect to anything.
If I try with the WVDIAL instead of KPPP, then this just bombs out after
connectiont?
Any suggestions.
Thanks
Leo
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From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?J=F6rgen?= Winqvist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.portable
Subject: Re: IRQ under Linux
Date: Wed, 09 Aug 2000 16:44:05 GMT
Hi,
Mine gets IRQ 3 and it works fine. I had problems in 6.1 with pcmcia-cs
3.0.14. It worked after I upgraded to 3.1.10.
#cardctl ident
Socket 0:
product info: "3Com Corporation", "3CCFE575CT", "LAN Cardbus Card",
"004"
manfid: 0x0101, 0x5257
function: 6 (network
# cardctl config
Socket 0:
Vcc 3.3V Vpp1 3.3V Vpp2 3.3V
interface type is "cardbus"
irq 3 [exclusive] [level]
function 0:
io 0x0200-0x027f [32bit]
/J�rgen
Antony Lee wrote:
> Dear all
>
> My 3COM 3CCFE575CT cardbus can be recognized
> by RH 6.1, however, the network is not running.
>
> lspci shows that the IRQ the card using is 11, and so does
> the pcmcia controller. lspci also reported that the IRQ 11is
> also using by the SMI811 display card and ESS Maestro 2E
> sound card. I guessed it is the reason why my network is not
> running.
>
> Does anyone know how can I change the IRQ of the card ?
>
> p.s. under Windows, the card is woking perfectly and does not
> receive the same IRQ with other devices without altering the driver
> settings.
>
> Antony
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Christopher Michael Collins ())
Subject: Touchpad and kernel 2.2.16
Date: 9 Aug 2000 16:54:32 GMT
Hello,
I have a Compaq Presario 1685 with a synaptics touchpad.
It has a kernel hack as it jumps and false clicks and
basically doesn't work straight outta the box.
I read that the Synaptics Touchpad now *does* work
flawlessly using the latest kernel 2.2.16
Has anyone confirmed this? I have not had a chance to
patch the new kernel yet. If 2.2.16 does 'fix' the
touchpad it will solve a huge problem for Presario users.
--Chris
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Subject: Re: HELP: Netscape + KPPP
Date: 9 Aug 2000 16:51:29 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Wed, 09 Aug 2000 18:28:13 +0200, McManus Leo Root DSP Consultant wrote:
>I have setup Suse 6.4 and run KPPP to connect to my ISP. I am now after
>running a web browser, so I try Netscape, but I get a SOCKET error an d
>Netscape cannot connect to anything.
Once you make a connection, enter this into a command line:
ping 141.211.125.17
If you get pings back, your connection is OK, and you merely need to
set up your DNS servers. There's a place in kppp where you can enter
the DNS numbers manually: Setup->Accounts->Edit->DNS . Your ISP knows
its own DNS numbers (or it *should*, anyway) so call them up and find
out what they are.
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From: Joshua Baker-LePain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Adaptec AHA2944UW on Redhat 6.1
Date: 9 Aug 2000 16:53:58 GMT
Rob Clarkson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Has any got a Adaptec AHA2944UW differential SCSI adapter working with
> redhat 6.1?
2940UW and U2W are working great here.
> I am trying to connect an IBM 2105 (Shark) disk subsystem but with
> little luck.
> The PC BIOS can see the adapter and the adapter BIOS can see the disks
> but linux can't.
Not enough info -- how are you determining that Linux can't see the
disks? Is the aic7xxx module being loaded? What are the outputs of:
cat /proc/scsi/scsi
cat /proc/scsi/aic7xxx/0
--
Joshua Baker-LePain
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Duke University
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From: "Martin Duspiva" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: "Turbo" and X-windows.
Date: Wed, 9 Aug 2000 19:09:09 +0200
Well, I guess the "turbo switch" won't work. Linux has its own keyboard
drivers and (almost) totally ignores BIOS...
>Hi Linux users!
>Was browsing through Award BIOS setup on motherboard that I intended to
>buy when I came to "Ctrl+Alt+ +/-" as a way to
>change the "Turbo" status.
>OK I know this from past, but to find it on mobo which boasts 112M bus
>clock was a little odd.
>Anyway, how would this affect the changing of resolution in X-windows
>and what will respond to it - mobo speed or screen or both?
>Thanks for answers...
>--
> Stanislaw on Slak 7.1
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>Even put Ulladulla on their database.
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From: "ne..." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux on AMD
Date: Wed, 09 Aug 2000 17:28:06 GMT
On Aug 9, 2000 at 10:40, [EMAIL PROTECTED] eloquently wrote:
>He're something in the gee, whizz! department :
>
>I swaped out p2 350, and put in a amd tbird. ( just changed the MB and
>CPU)
>After I got it booting right, I hooked up the hdd, and rebooted. the
>familiar lilo boot prompt greeted me ( rh 6.0, w98 and w2k were on the hdd,
>from when I was using the P2 ). Chose linux, and I was at run level 3, as
>usual, network was up and running. Logged in, and got into X .
>Yup, definitely faster. Enabled dma transfers on the CD, and proceeded to
>play mp3's while I downloaded windows drivers for the video cards.
Questions. What do I go for, Socket A or Slot A?
What mobo would you recommend?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David C.)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Linux on AMD
Date: 09 Aug 2000 13:30:47 -0400
"ne..." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> Questions. What do I go for, Socket A or Slot A? What mobo would you
> recommend?
AMD's new chips are all coming out for Socket A. Slot A is in the
process of being phased out.
In terms of performance, I don't think it will matter much.
If you get a good deal on a Slot-A board/CPU go for it. But don't
expect to be upgrading your CPU on that board. The Thunderbird and
Duron are both Socket-A packages.
-- David
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From: "Clifton T. Sharp Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Linux on AMD
Date: Wed, 09 Aug 2000 12:34:44 -0500
shook wrote:
> I am thinking of setting up Linux on an AMD machine. Did you have any
> problem with the install or after the install?
1. I changed from a P200 to a K6-3 400 on my old machine. Not a single
problem, lots of extra speed.
2. I took the hard drive over to my new (as of last November) Athlon 600.
No problems, lots of extra speed. Compiled at least two kernel upgrades
over the time, no problems, lots of speed.
Problems with AMD:
1. You'll sit tilted to the right. That's from the thickness of all that
extra money in the wallet in your left hip pocket.
2. You won't be sending an Intel unique CPU identifier to anyone who has
the hack and asks for it.
3. You'll just have to put up with the extra speed. Poor you.
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