Linux-Hardware Digest #396, Volume #13 Thu, 10 Aug 00 13:13:05 EDT
Contents:
Re: Adaptec AHA2944UW on Redhat 6.1 ("Charles Ackerman")
Re: VIA 82xx bridge sound support (Bartek Kostrzewa)
Re: sound problem in Mandrake 7.0 (Bartek Kostrzewa)
Creative SoundBlaster Live and Linux ("Yosi")
Re: 2.4.0-test5 Scsi /dev(ices) not there? (jurgyman)
Re: Linux on AMD ("ne...")
Re: Linux on AMD ("ne...")
Re: Why is my harddisk so slow? (emiel)
Re: what is a "segmentation fault"? (Neil DeBoni)
Re: Multiple devices share one IRQ (Sebastian Fischmeister)
Re: Linux on AMD (David C.)
Re: scsi mystery (Esa Tikka)
Re: scsi mystery (Esa Tikka)
Re: Linux on AMD
Re: General soundcard question - mandrake (Bartek Kostrzewa)
Re: scsi mystery (Staffan Emren)
Re: Touchpad and kernel 2.2.16 (Staffan Emren)
Re: scsi mystery (David C.)
Another AHA152x-Problem (Stefan Silberstein)
SCSI tape drive (on RH6.2) (AndrewM)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
From: "Charles Ackerman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Adaptec AHA2944UW on Redhat 6.1
Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2000 15:36:08 +0200
Have you got the correct cable & active terminator??
Rob Clarkson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:8mrvno$sc7$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> 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
>
>
> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> Before you buy.
------------------------------
Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2000 15:49:36 +0200
From: Bartek Kostrzewa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: VIA 82xx bridge sound support
McManus Leo Root DSP Consultant wrote:
>
> 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
You will have to use ALSA drivers with it. Kernel drivers ALWAYS refuse
to work with this one (ok, they might work with the VERY old revisions)
--
Bartek kostrzewa - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
<<< http://technoage.web.lu >>>
------------------------------
Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2000 15:50:24 +0200
From: Bartek Kostrzewa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: sound problem in Mandrake 7.0
Derek Austin Harkins wrote:
>
> My system setup is as follows:
>
> Mandrake 7.0 on:
> 733 Mhz P3
> 128M ram
> Rockwell HCF modem w/built in sound,(yes i know it wont work)
> Another sound card that I dont know what is
>
> Problem:
> Sound will not work at all. On boot, the loading of the sound modules
> FAIL. When I try to configure my sound card via lothar, I get a message
> similar to, "Sound card recognized, as Rocwell chipset, but not
> supported." I tried configuring it as a generic sound blaster and I get
> the message, "Devise or resource busy"
>
> I think the HCF soundcard may be catching the sound device before it sees
> the real sound card and holding it open. Is there any to 'hide' that HCF
> card from the os so it can find the real one? I am looking for a software
> fix before i open the case and pull the card. I think it voids my
> warranyt, but im not sure. If anyone thinks has any suggestions or just
> want to laugh at me, please feel free:
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> Thanks,
> Austin
Try desabling PNP OS (or similar) in your BIOS.
--
Bartek kostrzewa - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
<<< http://technoage.web.lu >>>
------------------------------
From: "Yosi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Creative SoundBlaster Live and Linux
Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2000 16:55:48 +0200
Hi,
I am running RedHat 6.2 with kernel 2.2.16 . Yesterday, I installed my
Creative SBLive on my computer ( an AMD Athlon 650MHz with VIA KX133
chipset). I downloaded the modules from creative's website, and compiled
them. The modules installed flawlessly, but there is a very strange
phenomena: When I try to play WAV files, I hear them fine, but when I try
to play mp3 files (with either XMMS, or mpg123), the song is played more
than dobule of the original speed it should. I have no idea how to even
approach this problem. Any helpful suggestions?
TIA,
Yosi
P.S. I would be grateful if you could send your reply to my mailbox as
well, so I won't miss it accidentaly.
------------------------------
Subject: Re: 2.4.0-test5 Scsi /dev(ices) not there?
From: jurgyman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2000 07:11:59 -0700
Nope, a dumb error.
Compiled module "sd" scsi disk as module this time, and it wasnt
loaded! loaded that, and there the partitions were...
big duh.
thanks.
jurgyman
===========================================================
Got questions? Get answers over the phone at Keen.com.
Up to 100 minutes free!
http://www.keen.com
------------------------------
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.misc
From: "ne..." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux on AMD
Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2000 14:29:00 GMT
On Aug 9, 2000 at 17:44, [EMAIL PROTECTED] eloquently wrote:
>
>Check what video card you will be using, and if it has X support. Then check
>if it is stable with the mb. I can;t get a GeForce 2 because X doesn't
>support it yet.
Nothing fancy. A Matrox G400 will suit me just fine. I've
been clueing myself up at the AMD site and wanted pointers
on what works well for the good folks here.
--
Registered Linux User # 125653 (http://counter.li.org)
Memory fault -- brain fried
10:26am up 31 days, 13:30, 7 users, load average: 0.00, 0.01, 0.00
------------------------------
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.misc
From: "ne..." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux on AMD
Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2000 14:29:30 GMT
On Aug 9, 2000 at 13:30, David C. eloquently wrote:
>"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.
Thanks for the pointers.
--
Registered Linux User # 125653 (http://counter.li.org)
Ambiguity:
Telling the truth when you don't mean to.
10:28am up 31 days, 13:33, 7 users, load average: 0.01, 0.02, 0.00
------------------------------
From: emiel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Why is my harddisk so slow?
Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2000 18:38:15 +0200
>
> There are different raid levels. I've heard roughly equivalent, but
> different meanings of the acronym, e.g., Redundant Array of Inexpensive
> Disks.
[snip...explanation of raid]
Thanks for your explanation.
Emiel.
--
"I have opinions of my own - strong opinions - but I don't always agree
with them"
-George Bush
------------------------------
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Neil DeBoni)
Subject: Re: what is a "segmentation fault"?
Date: 10 Aug 2000 14:10:38 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
James Stafford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>>
>> James Stafford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>>
>> > Most of the times when I get a seg fault it is because of some library
>> > incompatablity.
>>
>> It shouldn't be. Linux is far more picky about library versions than
>> other operating systems.
>>
>> > cd to the directory where the program that crashes is and type 'ldd
>> > program name'. Of course if your computer makes the core dump files,
>> > these are the files named 'core' that appear in a directory after a
>> > program crashes, you can look at them also. If your machine dosen't core
>> > dump you can turn it on by recompiling the kernel.
>>
>> I thought you just had to set an environment variable...?
[snip]
>You could be right about the core dumps, though. I
>thought that there was a switch in the kernel config also. I thought
>that that's how I got rid of the core files, that I got tired of
>tracking down and deleting.
It is not in the kernel config, it is set in your shell.
In bash, 'ulimit -c' lets you set the maximum size of core files created.
0, of course, means don't create them at all. In [t]csh, 'limit coredumpsize'
does the same thing.
Neil
--
Neil DeBoni <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Computer Science/Info Systems Alumnus (!?!), University of Waterloo
"A mathematician is a machine for converting coffee into theorems."
------------------------------
Subject: Re: Multiple devices share one IRQ
From: Sebastian Fischmeister <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 10 Aug 2000 16:47:43 +0200
Erik Oomen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On my dell notebook several pci devices also share irq 11. No
> problem. Resource busy indicates mostly that the device is at another
> IO-space
And how can I set the IO-space? The interesting thing is, that e.g. my
network card only works when it is in the pcmcia slot 0. If I put it
in the second slot, I get the "wrong IRQ" error message. Another
interesting point is, that the cardbus seems to work (IRQ11) but the
other devices (e.g. soundcard at IRQ11) do not seem to work (resource
busy message).
I also get this error message when I want to load the apm module.
I found some info on the web. The whole stuff is called PCI
steering. A posting said that you have to include it in the kernel,
however, I did not find any option related to that stuff (except for
the ide).
Any ideas anyone -- please?
Thanks,
-Sebastian
------------------------------
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David C.)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Linux on AMD
Date: 10 Aug 2000 11:35:09 -0400
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> Check what video card you will be using, and if it has X support. Then
> check if it is stable with the mb. I can;t get a GeForce 2 because X
> doesn't support it yet.
If you will be exclusively using Linux on that hardware, a less
expensive video card may be just fine. I'm using a Riva TNT card on
mine and it works great.
AFAIK, XFree86/Mesa still doesn't support hardware 3D acceleration, so
all the new features of the latest boards won't gain you very much. In
terms of 2D performance (Which definitely affects XFree86), IMO, most
modern boards perform equally well.
(If hardware accelerated OpenGL is available for Linux, I'd love to
know. A pointer to a web site for a non-commercial offering would be
greatly appreciated.)
-- David
------------------------------
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Esa Tikka)
Subject: Re: scsi mystery
Date: 10 Aug 2000 15:02:26 GMT
On 09 Aug 2000 14:59:48 -0400, David C. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Esa Tikka) writes:
>>
>> (btw, what do those low and high actually mean in termination?-)
>
>with a wide device on one side, and a narrow device on the other. The
>narrow device isn't wired to the 18 "high" wires, so it won't terminate
>them. But without termination, the bus won't work. So the card must
>terminate the high wires. It should not terminate the low wires,
Thank you for the answer, it made this thing very clear to me.
Even nicer, things were like I vaguely suspected them to be :)
Bad news is that although I got another cable (definately working
one, also about one meter long, otherwise the same setup) data gets
corrupted.
--
Esa Tikka --- esa dot tikka at lut dot fi ---
LTKK/ti3 ---> .satan, oscillate my metallic sonataS <---
Vote against spam in EU @ http://www.politik-digital.de/spam
------------------------------
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Esa Tikka)
Subject: Re: scsi mystery
Date: 10 Aug 2000 15:05:46 GMT
On Wed, 9 Aug 2000 15:56:31 -0500, David Weis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>I had seen reference to it being low level formatted, but now that I think
>about it, the process only worked on one model of scsi controller that you
>probably won't have access to (aha1740 in a microchannel ps/2). You may
>want to find the 520to512.exe and give that a try. I think it changes the
>actual settings on the drive.
Oh well, I'll give it a try, I don't have much to lose. Luckily I still
got the slowly rotting ide drive which I intended to replace with the scsi
drive. Ironic.
--
Esa Tikka --- esa dot tikka at lut dot fi ---
LTKK/ti3 ---> .satan, oscillate my metallic sonataS <---
Vote against spam in EU @ http://www.politik-digital.de/spam
------------------------------
From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Linux on AMD
Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2000 12:06:53 -0400
I use linux for 2D things only, and haven't bothered to put in the openGL
stuff, nor have i told X that there are not one but two voodoo2 video cards
in it in addition to the G200 that it is using currently. ( that g200 is
just great! ) I don't have any linux games, nor do I need any 3d modelling
tools ( yet) , which require 3d support.
My 3D invloment is limited to three or four games, all of which were written
only for the windows market, and work very well on the Voodoo2 cards ,
except for one that seems not to like the new 3dfx drivers ( which I needed
because the processor is now a 700 mhz tbird ) namely, Falcon 4.0, patch
1.08 .
True, for linux only, a currently inexpensive TNTU would be great.
Unfortunately, with windows and those games , I would much better go with a
geForce or an MX. I am loathe to use the former because my mb has the
irongate chipset. GigaByte has told me that one of their GeForce boards
works well with my model. But I'm holding out for when the MX model drops
further , and the drivers become available for X. Till then, I am with G200+
2 Voodoo2's.
How do I choose a VC ?
1) find those that are compatable with the MB chipset
2) then from those,
a) find the ones that have X support,
OR
b)wait till the support arrives.
I am in stage 2 b right now.
Regards,
joseph
SYS info :
AMD TBird 700 mhz w/ 256 cache
GigaByte GA7IXE with f4c bios
300 W PS.
128MB pc 100 generic ram ( chips are -7 or something , which is the min
requirement on the amd site. )
ne2000 ISA in non pnp mode.
SB 16 compatable (ISA)
Millenium G200 agp sgram 250mhz ramdac
2 x maxigamer voodoo2 12 MB in SLI .
8 gb quantum bigfoot
* hda1 : /boot, RH 6.0 no frickin' updates
hda2: w2k ntfs bootable
hda3: win98 fat32 bootable
hda4 : extended
6.4 gb quantum LCT ( 4 gigs on this is devoted to my "games" partition )
32X cdrom . ( 2 years and still running )
------------------------------
Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2000 18:24:33 +0200
From: Bartek Kostrzewa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: General soundcard question - mandrake
painSlave wrote:
>
> I'm considering (strongly) getting a real soundcard and dropping
> my onboard garbage for use under Mandrake 7.1. I searched the
> supported list at the mandrake site, but still have questions.
> The supported list includes:
>
> -SoundBlaster (SB 16/32/64, DS, ESS, Jazz16, Live, or SB clone)
>
> Does "clone" here mean that I can get *any* card that says it's
> 100% SB compatible? I'm looking at a PCI (with a real audio
> processor) that seems like quite a cool card. I know it will
> work under my win98, but Linux is where I'll be spending my time
> after I get sound and communications going.
>
> Please forgive the stupid question. Thanks for any help.
>
> Tom
>
> -----------------------------------------------------------
>
> Got questions? Get answers over the phone at Keen.com.
> Up to 100 minutes free!
> http://www.keen.com
The best card I can think of for use with both Linux and Windows is a
Creative Labs Soundblaster 128 PCI with the es1370 (resp 71) chipset.
Great quality, low CPU use when in EAX or A3D mode and great Linux
driver support (strongly recommend using kernel drivers, ALSA puts a
strange noise into the stream)
--
Bartek kostrzewa - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
<<< http://technoage.web.lu >>>
------------------------------
From: Staffan Emren <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: scsi mystery
Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2000 18:19:11 +0200
Esa Tikka wrote:
>
> On Wed, 09 Aug 2000 09:06:29 +0200, Staffan Emren <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> >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.
>
> The IBM manuals are somewhat non-user-friendly, but I'm pretty sure I
> got it right and the drive should be now supplying TERMPWR. Not much
> better though.
OK, now we're into the really tricky part of error finding, when all the
obvious ones are checked out. So, get your self some spare time and a
great number of extra components... :-) Yes I know, you might not be
able to do this yourself, but as I do PC service for a living, this is
how I would proceed.
1. Test another drive on this particular system.
2. Test this drive in a completely different system.
3. Test another controller with this drive in this system.
4. Test this controller with another drive in another system.
Now we have the following options:
A. The drive is deffective - it didn't work in another system either
B. The controller is deffective - it didn't work in another system
C. The drive and the controller are in good condition. Now we can
suspect either a software problem, or a hardware problem related to this
system, probably the mainboard or memory. The easiest part to check is
the software. If you install another OS (most probably some version of
windows :-( ), and everything works fine, you have to go on with
checking your linux system from the software side. If it screws up also
under the other OS, you will have to continue with checking the memory,
motherboard, power supply and other components in your system, by doing
the same kind of exchanges as above.
Some months ago I had a very tricky case, where I had upgraded a system
with a new graphics card, based on the geforce chip. With the new card,
the system didn't get past the POST. I replaced the old card, and
everything seemed to work. I tried upgrading the motherboard BIOS, no
change, changed power supply, no change, waded throug tons of FAQ's and
other info, nothing helped. Then I somehow (divine intervention? :-))
came up with the idea to try a stronger PSU, and suddenly! My problems
were gone! It turned out that the computer allready was pushing the PSU
to the limit, and adding this new graphics card put it over the edge to
where it could not supply enough power to the system.
This is by no means a "wizard answer" to whats going on in your system,
but maybe this story of suffering and sudden victory can cheer you up in
your hard times with this SCSI problem. And if you think you have a lot
of power consumers in your system, maybe you should give it a try with a
more powerful PSU before starting to switching disks and controllers
around.
Good luck!
Staffan Emren
------------------------------
From: Staffan Emren <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Touchpad and kernel 2.2.16
Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2000 18:24:40 +0200
"Christopher Michael Collins ()" wrote:
>
> 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
I haven't tried the new kernel, but I recognise the problem from Acer
laptops. On synaptics web site (www.synaptec.com ?) I found a link to a
linux driver, and after downloading and installing it, I got it working
very well in the console. I've still got some problems in X, first time
I start it the mouse goes crazy, but if I kill it with
ctrl-alt-backspace and the startx again, everything works normal. I have
not have time to study this further, but maybe this can be a starting
point for you to solve your problems.
Good luck!
Staffan Emren
------------------------------
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David C.)
Subject: Re: scsi mystery
Date: 10 Aug 2000 12:32:59 -0400
Staffan Emren <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> This is by no means a "wizard answer" to whats going on in your
> system, but maybe this story of suffering and sudden victory can cheer
> you up in your hard times with this SCSI problem. And if you think you
> have a lot of power consumers in your system, maybe you should give it
> a try with a more powerful PSU before starting to switching disks and
> controllers around.
Or, for SCSI devices, see if you can mount the device externally, in a
case with its own PSU and fan.
SCSI cases can be pretty expensive if you want to buy new ones, but I've
been able to find used ones (often with used drives in them) for $5-30
at flea markets.
-- David
------------------------------
From: Stefan Silberstein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Another AHA152x-Problem
Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2000 18:48:11 +0200
Hy,
I tried to get my old SCSI-Controller AHA1505 to work with linux.
Someone gave me the hint to compile my own kernel.
And really I found the SCSI-Part and thought everything was fine.
But the Controller dosn=B4t appear in the startup-messages (dmesg) and
with the following command the following messages appear:
bash-2.03# modprobe aha152x aha152x=3D0x140,11
/lib/modules/2.2.14/scsi/aha152x.o: unresolved symbol print_msg
/lib/modules/2.2.14/scsi/aha152x.o: unresolved symbol scsi_command_size
/lib/modules/2.2.14/scsi/aha152x.o: unresolved symbol
scsi_unregister_module
/lib/modules/2.2.14/scsi/aha152x.o: unresolved symbol scsicam_bios_param
/lib/modules/2.2.14/scsi/aha152x.o: unresolved symbol scsi_register
/lib/modules/2.2.14/scsi/aha152x.o: unresolved symbol
scsi_register_module
/lib/modules/2.2.14/scsi/aha152x.o: unresolved symbol print_command
/lib/modules/2.2.14/scsi/aha152x.o: unresolved symbol scsi_unregister
/lib/modules/2.2.14/scsi/aha152x.o: insmod
/lib/modules/2.2.14/scsi/aha152x.o failed
/lib/modules/2.2.14/scsi/aha152x.o: insmod aha152x failed
I really don=B4t know what I have to do next.
Any suggestions,
Thanks =
Stefan
------------------------------
From: AndrewM <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: SCSI tape drive (on RH6.2)
Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2000 16:38:18 GMT
I am trying to add a scsi tape drive to my Linux box. When I first
connected it the box booted and saw it. Now it does not. If I plug it
into another Linux box Kudzu sees it and I'm good to go. On the box I
want to use it, the host adapter sees it but Kudzu does not.
How do I manually add a SCSI tape drive so I don't have to rely on
Kudzu?
Thanks,
Andrew
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
------------------------------
** 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
******************************
