Linux-Hardware Digest #419, Volume #13 Mon, 14 Aug 00 13:13:10 EDT
Contents:
Re: Lexmark 3200 Printer (Tino Keitel)
All in One motherboard - sound chips: AC97 ("Jerry Wong")
Re: Lexmark 3200 Printer
Re: ATA66 (Kenneth R�rvik)
Re: KVM Mouse Problems ("Rex Dieter")
Re: ATA66 (Kenneth R�rvik)
Re: sound card not working (mst)
Re: ATA66 ("Terje Bjerkelia")
Re: Linux software RAID vs. hardware RAID (James Knowles)
Re: Linux software RAID vs. hardware RAID (James Knowles)
Re: Turtle Beach Montego II Sound Card ("Mats Andersson")
Re: Using Promise Technology's Bios upgrade and ATA-66 boards with Linux (James
Knowles)
Re: Linux on AMD (David C.)
Re: SCSI and IDE devices (Dances With Crows)
sound module error (Eugene Y Lee)
Re: K6-2 vs Duron - a server platform (David C.)
Re: Hardware (Steve Fosdick)
Re: Dual NICs of same type? ("Stroller")
Re: Sony SDT-5000 Tape Drive on Redhat 6.1 (Bob Hauck)
Re: Not all memory detected under linux ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Linux on AMD (Tony Lawrence)
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From: Tino Keitel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Lexmark 3200 Printer
Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2000 17:24:55 +0200
Allan Porto wrote:
>
> I like to use Lexmark 3200 printer on my Linux RedHat 6.2 box but I
> don't have drivers, can somebody help me?
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
It's one of that crappy GDI-Printers that use a proprietary protocol so
you need special drivers that only exist for Windows. It won't work with
any other OS.
Tino
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From: "Jerry Wong" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.windows.x.kde,tw.bbs.comp.linux
Subject: All in One motherboard - sound chips: AC97
Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2000 23:25:36 +0800
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ()
Subject: Re: Lexmark 3200 Printer
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2000 15:25:23 GMT
On Mon, 14 Aug 2000 17:24:55 +0200, Tino Keitel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
>Allan Porto wrote:
>>
>> I like to use Lexmark 3200 printer on my Linux RedHat 6.2 box but I
>> don't have drivers, can somebody help me?
>>
>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>It's one of that crappy GDI-Printers that use a proprietary protocol so
>you need special drivers that only exist for Windows. It won't work with
>any other OS.
Get a used PC just for printing. My previous box, a 200mhz pentium w/ 64M
ram got that task. I'd have trouble selling it for $150.�
The flow of data is as follows:
linux ps queue -> samba -> windows box.
windows ps printqueue -> gsprint (by way of redmon)
gsprint spawn ghostscript and uses the default printer (my lexmark
3200) -> lexmark 3200 print queue.
It works well for anything but photos. Unfortuneately, the windows print
spool is unbelievably slow. It takes 2 1/2 hours to spool up a 50M job.
It isn't samba that's at fault as I also tried using an lpr daemon on
the windows box. It received the 50M file in about 5 seconds and then needed
several hours to spool the file.
For photo's, I fire up a graphics viewer on the windows box, have it read
the jpeg in the "network neighborhood" (via samba) and have it print the
photo.
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Subject: Re: ATA66
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kenneth R�rvik)
Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2000 15:35:34 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (SergejV) wrote in <OxTl5.335$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>PDC20262: IDE controller on PCI bus 00 dev 60
>PDC20262: chipset revision 1
>PDC20262: not 100% native mode: with probe irqa later
>PDC20262: ROM enabled at 0xe5000000
>PDC20262: (U)DMA Burst Bit ENABLED Primaryy PCI Mode Secondary PCI Mode
>ide2: BM-DMA at 0xe400-0xf407, hde:pio; hdf:pio
>ide3: BM-DMA at 0xf408-0xf40f, hdg:DMA; hdh:DMA
>hda: CD-504E ATAPI CDROM drive
>...
>after machine hangs auntil reseting it
Looks like it fails detecting the drives on your Promise controller. THis
is the exact same problem I had with my HotRod 66 controller card - which
was fixed in the 2.4.0-test1 kernel.
You may want to monitor the changes being made to the kernel -
http://kt.linuxcare.com/kernel-traffic/. Other than that, your problem is
probably being addressed at the moment - I think there have been several
reports of similar problems with the Promise controllers.
--
Kenneth R�rvik 91841353/22718452
Steenstrupsgate 5 B [EMAIL PROTECTED]
0554 OSLO home.no.net/stasis
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From: "Rex Dieter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: KVM Mouse Problems
Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2000 10:43:16 -0500
Same thing happens occasionally to me with our Blackbox switch.
To fix, I usually have to either restart X or reboot the Blackbox.
This assumes, of course, that the mouse is configured correctly to begin
with (avoiding Intellimouse setting).
--
Rex Dieter
Computer System Administrator
Mathematics and Statistics
University of Nebraska Lincol
"Jim Garrison" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> We have a Belkin OmniPro 8 port KVM switch that does not work
> with RH6.2. The mouse behaves as if it is receiving a continuous
> random stream of up, right and click messages. The cursor stays
> in the upper right corner and jumps back there if moved away.
> Needless to say, it is unusable.
RSA 0x04B73B7F DH 0x70738D88
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Subject: Re: ATA66
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kenneth R�rvik)
Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2000 15:44:00 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kenneth R�rvik) wrote in
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
Also take a look at http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/hedrick/
- you may want to patch your kernel with the latest IDE driver code.
--
Kenneth R�rvik 91841353/22718452
Steenstrupsgate 5 B [EMAIL PROTECTED]
0554 OSLO home.no.net/stasis
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From: mst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: sound card not working
Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2000 11:57:06 -0400
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> Hi. I have a PCI sound card model, YMF-744B [DS-1S Audio Controller]
> and I have tried using sndconfig and it says that this sound card is not
> supported. I have also installed alsa driver and it also says that my
> sound card is not supported. Can anyone help? Thanks.
>
>
It _should_ be supported by alsa:
http://www.alsa-project.org/~goemon/
Try to contact them if it doesn't work. Do you have the latest version
of alsa-driver?
MST
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From: "Terje Bjerkelia" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: ATA66
Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2000 18:03:57 +0200
"Kenneth R�rvik" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (SergejV) wrote in <OxTl5.335$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>
> >PDC20262: IDE controller on PCI bus 00 dev 60
> >PDC20262: chipset revision 1
> >PDC20262: not 100% native mode: with probe irqa later
> >PDC20262: ROM enabled at 0xe5000000
> >PDC20262: (U)DMA Burst Bit ENABLED Primaryy PCI Mode Secondary PCI Mode
> >ide2: BM-DMA at 0xe400-0xf407, hde:pio; hdf:pio
> >ide3: BM-DMA at 0xf408-0xf40f, hdg:DMA; hdh:DMA
> >hda: CD-504E ATAPI CDROM drive
> >...
> >after machine hangs auntil reseting it
>
> Looks like it fails detecting the drives on your Promise controller. THis
> is the exact same problem I had with my HotRod 66 controller card - which
> was fixed in the 2.4.0-test1 kernel.
>
> You may want to monitor the changes being made to the kernel -
> http://kt.linuxcare.com/kernel-traffic/. Other than that, your problem is
> probably being addressed at the moment - I think there have been several
> reports of similar problems with the Promise controllers.
Identical problem as above with my Promise Ultra100 card.
I've tried to patch 2.2.16 kernel, no luck. Tried the 2.4.0-test6, still no
luck.
Terje Bjerkelia
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From: James Knowles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux software RAID vs. hardware RAID
Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2000 10:04:22 -0600
> That's a toy, not a server.
If by definition a server must cost $10k, yes, it's a toy. But it does
the job admirably.
--
How do I love thee? My accumulator overflows.
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From: James Knowles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux software RAID vs. hardware RAID
Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2000 10:08:08 -0600
> We just finished setting up some higher-powered servers,
I'm not under the impression that high-power servers were being
discussed. If so, then yes you are absolutely correct. Nothing of this
sort was mentioned.
--
The only question of wealth is what to do with it.
- John D. Rockerfeller, Jr.
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From: "Mats Andersson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Turtle Beach Montego II Sound Card
Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2000 18:07:34 +0100
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Eric Shasteen
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I know that this card is not officially supported, but, does anyone know
> of any work arounds ??
>
> Thanks, Eric
>
Use the linux driver from Aureal. http://linux.aureal.com if I remember
it correct.
Mats
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From: James Knowles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Using Promise Technology's Bios upgrade and ATA-66 boards with Linux
Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2000 10:16:47 -0600
> I've tried both the patch and the 2.4 kernels, but I can't get it to work.
> The boot stops after PDC20267 is found,
> Any help help will be highly appreciated, I'm going nuts here :-)
Unfortunately I'm not a lot of help. I can just throw out guesses here.
Can you boot with the HD not attached? What else do you have compiled in
the kernel? I had the same symptom, but tried with a stripped-down
kernel without a lot of fluff and it worked fine. I guess that something
else in the kernel is mucking with things. I didn't have time to
determine what it was.
I tired the pre-6 kernel and it wouldn't compile. The pre-5 gave one
error in the Promise driver, but the offending line simply needs to be
deleted.
--
A fool-proof method for sculpting an elephant: first, get a huge block
of marble; then you chip away everything that doesn't look like an
elephant.
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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: 14 Aug 2000 12:23:12 -0400
blowfish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> Exactly. Isn't that the main advantage and reason to use opensource
> stuff? ;-)
>
> If they just want everything by default, and .RPM every apps. Why not
> just stick with Windoz?
The world isn't black and white. You may find it hard to believe, but
there actually exist people who don't want to build everything by hand,
and yet don't want to run Windows.
-- David
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Subject: Re: SCSI and IDE devices
Date: 14 Aug 2000 16:25:09 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Mon, 14 Aug 2000 11:11:27 +0100, sanjeev wrote:
>Could someone point out the difference between SCSI and IDE devices?
http://www.hardwarecentral.com/hardwarecentral/tutorials/36/1/
SCSI is more expensive, but has many advantages. Real OSes can make
very efficient use of SCSI devices, achieving better I/O throughput than
IDE with less CPU usage. Plus, you can have 6 devices using up only one
IRQ, which is very nice on IRQ-limited platforms like x86.
--
Matt G|There is no Darkness in Eternity/But only Light too dim for us to see
Brainbench MVP for Linux Admin / Those who do not understand Unix are
http://www.brainbench.com / condemned to reinvent it, poorly.
=============================/ ==Henry Spencer
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From: Eugene Y Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: sound module error
Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2000 12:29:21 -0400
I was looking through /var/log/messages and got the following error.
Aug 14 12:14:33 eyl modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module sound-slot-0
Aug 14 12:14:33 eyl modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module
sound-service-0-3
I do not have anything related to sound in my conf.modules and I do not
have sound setup on my linux box. Any one know why it's doing this and
how I can disable it?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David C.)
Subject: Re: K6-2 vs Duron - a server platform
Date: 14 Aug 2000 12:29:43 -0400
B writes:
>
> if you are going to be serving stuff out over a 10Mbit network
> connection to 50-60 ppl, DONT!
>
> do everybody a favor and try for a 1 Gigbit network card in the
> server, but if you cant find a cheap one (and i doubt they are) just
> go far a 100Mbit one. even if the client machines are all using 10
> Mbit cards. you will need a 100 M hub too. (more money damnit! =o) )
>
> but whatever you go with try to keep more bandwidth on the server than
> the clients. 30 ppl checking the email at 9:00 am will get a 10Mbit
> network pretty stressed!, but if the server has a 100Mbit card, then
> it can server 10 clients at a full 10 Mbit / second...
>
> but if this isnt for a LAN then forget it... =o)
Do everybody a favor, and read the original question before criticizing
the answer.
In news:8mva5b$c5m$[EMAIL PROTECTED], we see that the goal here is to
serve web pages and e-mail.
You don't require a high-speed connection for this. 50-60 users
(whether on a LAN or remotely) will not saturate a 10M network for these
services.
Now, if the goal is to be an file server (NFS, Samba, etc.) then you'd
have a different story. File serving uses a lot more bandwidth than
e-mail and web browsing.
-- David
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From: Steve Fosdick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Hardware
Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2000 17:35:55 +0000
In article <8n2rte$68k$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Karen Cheer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Cdrom And Floppy i can munt them but the icons don't apaer on the desktop
Unfortunately, if anyone is to answer this they will need more information.
Perhaps the most important piece of extra information is which desktop
environment you are using (probably either KDE or GNOME). It would
probably also be useful to know which Linux distribution you are using
(Redhat, SuSe, Mandrake, Debian, Corel, etc etc.)
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From: "Stroller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Dual NICs of same type?
Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2000 17:17:34 +0100
I'm new to Linux, but just about to configure a setup like this for a cable
modeem (sorry - I have a French flatmate). I haven't started yet, but was
lucky enough to stumble upon this thread.
I've got a modern Realtek super-cheapo imitation-NE2000 10/100mbit 10-baseT
PCI card for my home LAN & have just bought 2nd-hand an apparently ancient
3Com Etherlink III ISA 3C509B which has the 10-base2 connector to fit the
cable modeem. Any idea which will install as eth0...? Is there any way to
force the ISA card to eth0..? Is that necessary...?
Many TIA,
Stroller.
"Don Khan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:ft1l5.23204$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> The 3C905 are PCI cards. I have had no problems getting Linux installed
with
> them. What you could do is make sure that the external card is in the
lower
> numbered PCI slot and has the lower numbered MAC address. This should
become
> eth0. This is what I have and it works great. I am also using modules for
> the drivers. I'm using RedHat6.2 if it help.
>
> "Lola Slade" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > 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] (Bob Hauck)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Sony SDT-5000 Tape Drive on Redhat 6.1
Reply-To: hauck[at]codem{dot}com
Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2000 16:54:26 GMT
On Sun, 13 Aug 2000 13:03:42 GMT, Shyam Govardhan
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I just bought a second-hand Sony SCSI Tape Drive SDT-5000. Has anyone
>got this working on Redhat 6.1. I have got a Tekram DC-315U Ultra
>SCSI adapter.
>
>Please let me know if this tape drive works on Linux
SCSI tape drives generally work on Linux. Just hook it up and use it
via /dev/st?, where ? is 0 for the first one, 1, for the second, etc.
--
-| Bob Hauck
-| Codem Systems, Inc.
-| http://www.codem.com/
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Not all memory detected under linux
Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2000 16:45:04 GMT
I seem to be having the same RAM problem where Linux only detects a
very small amount (14M). I tried the Linux mem=128M and I get
"Kernal panic: Attempted to kill the idle task!
In Swapper task - not syncing"
The BIOS detects the RAM. I haven't tried the RAM in another machine.
Could I have bad RAM?
Thanks
In article <Dgxh5.93855$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Frederik Tilkin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> "Steve Fosdick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schreef in bericht
> news:8m49ju$i06$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > In article <X4Xg5.64253$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> > "Frederik Tilkin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > Given that your kernel only sees 16Mb may indicate the the weird
OS/2
> > memory compatibility option is turn on in your BIOS. Try turning
this off
> > and if the system still doesn't see all 128Mb then add a boot
parameter
> > to the kernel of mem=128M - you can try this at the LILO prompt
> > (linux mem=128M) and if that works add an append line to your LILO
> > config file.
>
> Since you seem interested. The option "OS slect for DRAM > 64" was
set to
> non-OS2. But the "mem=128M" stuff works fine, so I'm happy :)
>
>
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
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From: Tony Lawrence <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Linux on AMD
Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2000 12:59:57 -0400
"David C." wrote:
>
> blowfish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> >
> > Exactly. Isn't that the main advantage and reason to use opensource
> > stuff? ;-)
> >
> > If they just want everything by default, and .RPM every apps. Why not
> > just stick with Windoz?
>
> The world isn't black and white. You may find it hard to believe, but
> there actually exist people who don't want to build everything by hand,
> and yet don't want to run Windows.
Even people who can build by hand sometimes just want dumb
and simple, at least to start with.
For example, after many years of having a SCO machine as my
personal desktop, I'm about to switch to Linux (I've been
running a few Linux boxes here for a few years but they have
not been my main desktop).
I want as little work as possible when I do that.
Basically, I want to install the dist, configure it as
painlessly as possible and be up and running with 99%
functionality as quickly as possible. Lazy? You betcha.
I'm definitely going with something as user friendly as
possible, probably Caldera since they've bought SCO and I
expect some of the mannerisms I'm used to will find their
way into the product sooner rather than later.
--
Tony Lawrence ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Linux articles, help, book reviews, tests,
job listings and more : http://www.pcunix.com/Linux/
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