Linux-Hardware Digest #441, Volume #13 Fri, 18 Aug 00 04:13:09 EDT
Contents:
USB CD-R Installation? (mpierce)
Digiboard ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: joysticks ("D. Stimits")
Re: ViewSonic Monitor and Trident video adapter ("D. Stimits")
Re: Adding more space to my Linux System (Christopher Browne)
Problem with CD ROM Drive? (Mario Melendez E.)
Intel PRO/DSL 2100 modem.. ("Lang Born")
installing modem in linux (muralidharan)
Re: PCI Modems (James Richard Tyrer)
Re: Can't install Rh 6.1 on 486 with 15gb drive and Promise Drivemax (James Richard
Tyrer)
Re: ViewSonic Monitor and Trident video adapter (James Richard Tyrer)
Re: RH 6.2 installation hangs (James Richard Tyrer)
Solution: HELP: Sound on VIA (McManus Leo Root DSP Consultant)
Black Monitor ("claudio")
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From: mpierce <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: USB CD-R Installation?
Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2000 12:30:26 +1000
I'm using RH6.2, kernel2.2.16-3.
My CD-RW is an HP8200 USB.
I've looked at the old posts here and cannot find what I'm looking
for.
Has anyone configured this hardware setup to work under linux?
If so, can you please tell me what I need to do to get the hardware
configuration operational?
If I can get this working and Samba working, I'll finally be able to
leave
WIN98 which is what I am trying to do.
PS - still a newbie
Marvin
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Subject: Digiboard
Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2000 02:36:26 GMT
Has anyone successfully configured a Digiboard under RH 6.2?
Any pointers as to where I can find info would be appreciated. I have a
2-port Xe and a 16-port one.
KS
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=BA KARICO Business Services Tel (416) 502-1591 =BA
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=BA http://www.karicobs.com =BA
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... AARRRRGGGGGHHHH - tension breaker, had to be done
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Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2000 20:53:18 -0600
From: "D. Stimits" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: joysticks
Rich Rudnick wrote:
>
> if no one can answer my previous post 'joysticks and cs461x/cs4280', how about
> success stories about the joy-gravis.o module and any sound card?
I've followed the emu10k1 devel list for a long time, which is for
sblive cards. I don't remember exactly when, but I think that during the
evolution of the joystick port for sblive, someone mentioned finding a
bug in the joy-gravis module. Presumably, if this is the case, there is
a fix in the near future. Despite not having the emu10k1 module for
sblive, you may want to subscribe to the devel list and ask if anyone
recalls what it took to get joy-gravis working.
http://opensource.creative.com
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Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2000 20:57:23 -0600
From: "D. Stimits" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: ViewSonic Monitor and Trident video adapter
Arash Sayadi wrote:
>
> I just recently made a switch to Linux from using Windows NT/2000 server and
> Win 98 workstations.. I am currently running Kernel 2.2.12-20 on a RedHat
> 6.1. I have a PII 300 that has a Trident 3D Image 985 video card and a
> ViewSonic E771 monitor. Both the monitor and video card support 32-bit
> color under 1024x768 resolution. However, I could only get the Gnome
> desktop manager, in fact, any of the desktop managers, to display under the
> 800x600 for any color depth when I ran the standard RedHat Linux install.
>
> Does anyone know if this limitation can somehow be remedied? If you could
> help me configure the card and monitor to correctly display colors by either
> instructing me or sending me a link to a HOW-TO, I would be a very happy and
> appreciative man. It's absurd having to use a 17" monitor under an 800x600
> resolution.
>
> Happy computing,
> Ash
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In XF86Config you'll probably find several modelines listed. During the
start of X, many of them will be reported as being ignored, due to being
out of range. I'd guess you need modelines that are not out of range,
for those modes. It is a long subject, so I can't just tell you how. But
start there, look into modelines.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Christopher Browne)
Subject: Re: Adding more space to my Linux System
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2000 03:04:23 GMT
Centuries ago, Nostradamus foresaw a time when Gretchen Schoser would say:
>I am currently using 1 partition of a 4 GIG drive. This partition is
>currently sitting at 68%. How do I add additional partitions to my Linux
>Box. I would hate to have to start over again. I have two partitions left
>on this 4 gig drive each at around 1 GIG a piece. In Linux do they have
>anything like LVDISPLAY or any of those commands. Any information would be
>greatly appreciated.
Could you run the commands:
% df
Which will produce results faintly resembling:
Filesystem kbytes used avail capacity Mounted on
/dev/dsk/c2t0d0s0 192799 150609 22911 87% /
/dev/dsk/c2t0d0s3 985711 769473 117667 87% /usr
/proc 0 0 0 0% /proc
fd 0 0 0 0% /dev/fd
/dev/dsk/c2t0d0s4 482023 195508 238313 46% /var
/dev/dsk/c2t0d0s5 482023 319671 114150 74% /home
/dev/dsk/c2t0d0s6 96391 16670 70082 20% /tmp
/dev/dsk/c2t0d0s7 713815 432304 210130 68% /opt
/dev/dsk/c2t4d0s1 1492638 665428 677947 50% /public
and then...
% cat /etc/fstab
And report on what you find?
Running, as root:
# fdisk -l
will provide a list of partitions, which would also be handy...
<wild-guess>
If there are several 1GB partitions left over, you might find it a
good thing to create filesystems on them, and then mount them.
Supposing it's an IDE drive, which is pretty likely, you probably have
/dev/hda1 mounted as the root ("/") partition. If there are another 3
1GB partitions there, they're likely /dev/hda2, /dev/hda3, and
/dev/hda4.
</wild-guess>
<danger> The following commands are, unlike the preceding stuff,
QUITE DANGEROUS as they do _major_ surgery on your disks. Pretty
routine and well understood major surgery, mind you, but make sure you
are _sure_ of which partitions you want to work with; guessing can
destroy a lot of data by accident... </danger>
You could format them as ext2 filesystems via:
# mke2fs /dev/hda2
# mke2fs /dev/hda3
# mke2fs /dev/hda4
You would then add entries to /etc/fstab to allow these to be
mounted. You might do this via:
# echo "/usr/local /dev/hda2 ext2" >> /etc/fstab
# echo "/home/cbbrowne /dev/hda3 ext2" >> /etc/fstab
# echo "/opt /dev/hda4 ext2" >> /etc/fstab
And then mount them...
# mount /usr/local
# mount /home/cbbrowne
# mount /opt
Deciding where to attach the new filesystems is your call; while
/usr/local, as a place to stick "local" stuff, is pretty common,
/home/cbbrowne is dramatically _non_standard, and /opt isn't
necessarily the _best_ choice.
If your Linux distribution comes with tools like Linuxconf, COAS,
Webmin, or such, you might want to avail yourself of them rather than
editing /etc/fstab by hand.
Note that the above assumes that there are partitions defined, which
appears to be reasonably likely. If there _aren't_ partitions
defined, then you may find it necessary to run fdisk (the "not
terribly friendly CLI utility for editing partions) or cfdisk (the
"text GUIed" version of fdisk).
<warning>
Just as with mke2fs, editing disks using fdisk and cfdisk is a Rather
Dangerous task, and you should be very careful as this is rather like
"open heart surgery," with the attendant dangers of maybe cutting
things you didn't intend to.
</warning>
--
(concatenate 'string "cbbrowne" "@" "ntlug.org")
<http://www.ntlug.org/~cbbrowne/linux.html>
"The main reason for open-source gets developed is need. If the need
is there, then the software will get written. If it isn't really
needed, then the lack of software is hardly a problem, right?"
-- Almost Brian Hurt's Words <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mario Melendez E.)
Subject: Problem with CD ROM Drive?
Date: 18 Aug 2000 05:01:40 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi all,
I am having trouble using my CD ROM drive to create an image of a CD under
linux. The problem is about 4 or 5 months old, and has happened to me both
under Redhat 6.2 and Debian 2.1 (slink). It's happened to me both with a
regular generic "Cyber Drive" CD ROM unit and my more recent HP 8100i CDRW
drive.
The problem is the following: I want to make an image, so I simply issue the
command
cp /dev/hdd disk.img (or /dev/cdrom, either one will do the same)
And the unit starts reading. It keeps reading for the normal lapse of time
it takes to make a 650 Mb image. And at the very end I get the following
message:
[root@laforge /toaster]# cp /dev/hdd disk.img
hdd: command error: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hdd: command error: error=0x54
end_request: I/O error, dev 16:40 (hdd), sector 1330352
ATAPI device hdd:
Error: Illegal request -- (Sense key=0x05)
(vendor-specific error) -- (asc=0xc6, ascq=0x02)
cp: /dev/hdd: Input/output error
hdd: command error: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hdd: command error: error=0x54
end_request: I/O error, dev 16:40 (hdd), sector 1330354
ATAPI device hdd:
Error: Illegal request -- (Sense key=0x05)
(vendor-specific error) -- (asc=0xc6, ascq=0x02)
hdd: command error: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hdd: command error: error=0x54
end_request: I/O error, dev 16:40 (hdd), sector 1330356
ATAPI device hdd:
Error: Illegal request -- (Sense key=0x05)
(vendor-specific error) -- (asc=0xc6, ascq=0x02)
hdd: command error: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hdd: command error: error=0x54
end_request: I/O error, dev 16:40 (hdd), sector 1330358
ATAPI device hdd:
Error: Illegal request -- (Sense key=0x05)
(vendor-specific error) -- (asc=0xc6, ascq=0x02)
Up until now, I have been unable to find an explanation or a solution to the
problem. What's strange is that, even though the error messages always
appear, the images seem to be created without any trouble. No files are
missing or incomplete, it's as if the copy went fine.
Could someone help me clear this up? Anyone else have the same problem? What
exactly is causing the error and what can I do to avoid it?
--
//\/\ario //\/\elendez- TI2DLL
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From: "Lang Born" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Intel PRO/DSL 2100 modem..
Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2000 00:50:34 -0600
I can't seem to find any kind of Linux drivers for the Intel PRO/DSL 2100
modem currently using Red Hat Linux 6.2. Can anyone offer any help?
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From: muralidharan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: installing modem in linux
Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2000 06:29:36 GMT
i have an internal modem PCI 56k motorola fax/voice/data modem.
does it require a driver to be installed in linux.
if so where can get a driver from.
it is running ok on win 95.
--
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http://www.help.com/
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From: James Richard Tyrer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: PCI Modems
Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2000 06:58:33 GMT
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A new version of serial has been released.
You can download it from SourceForge by following this link:
http://download.sourceforge.net/serial/serial-5.02.tar.gz
This is not a patch! and it should eliminate the need to use a
"rc.serial" file to configure a PCI Modem.
It is installed simply. After down loading it to /usr/src (as root):
cd /usr/src
gzip -cd serial-5.0.2..tar.gz | tar xfv -
cd serial-5.0.2
make
make install
Then reboot
If it works, remove your existing "rc.serial" file from "/etc/rc.d" or
wherever.
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From: James Richard Tyrer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Can't install Rh 6.1 on 486 with 15gb drive and Promise Drivemax
Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2000 07:09:02 GMT
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mike wrote:
> Hi,
> I seem to be stuck at the disk partitioning part of the install
> using the Redhat 6.1 cd. What seems to be happening is
> that Disk Druid is adding the partitions as primary partitions.
> In my past experience with other systems, Disk Druid adds
> additional partitions as logical partition, I think. Not primary ones.
> I can't see where there is an option to add partitions as
> logical / extended partitions. At one point it said "No free
> Primary Partitions". This was where I wanted to create 4 or
> more partitions. When I tried to set up only a "/" and a "swap"
> partition, it said " Not enough space"
> I upgraded my Gateway 486 by adding a Promise Drivemax
> card to extend the bios to allow up 128 GB hard drives. I added
> a 15 GB IBM 7200 rpm hard drive. So far I was able to install
> Win95 C on the system without problems and Windows
> recognized all the hard drive space. I am using about 8 GB for
> Win95 as 4 partitions. (Win c:, d:, e:, f:) (Linux: hda1, hda5, hda6,
> hda7)
> The way it appears now, either there is a problem with Disk Druid,
> in which case maybe it's possible to use Linux FDISK or the like,
> or the Promise Drivemax does not work with Linux.
>
> Thanks
> Mike
In general, the BIOS only matters at boot up. Then the OS (other than
DOS) drives the disk hardware directly.
If you are having trouble partationing the disk, I would try Linux
"fdisk". It will do exactly what you tell it to.
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From: James Richard Tyrer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: ViewSonic Monitor and Trident video adapter
Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2000 07:12:14 GMT
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"D. Stimits" wrote:
> Arash Sayadi wrote:
> >
> > I just recently made a switch to Linux from using Windows NT/2000 server and
> > Win 98 workstations.. I am currently running Kernel 2.2.12-20 on a RedHat
> > 6.1. I have a PII 300 that has a Trident 3D Image 985 video card and a
> > ViewSonic E771 monitor. Both the monitor and video card support 32-bit
> > color under 1024x768 resolution. However, I could only get the Gnome
> > desktop manager, in fact, any of the desktop managers, to display under the
> > 800x600 for any color depth when I ran the standard RedHat Linux install.
> >
> > Does anyone know if this limitation can somehow be remedied? If you could
> > help me configure the card and monitor to correctly display colors by either
> > instructing me or sending me a link to a HOW-TO, I would be a very happy and
> > appreciative man. It's absurd having to use a 17" monitor under an 800x600
> > resolution.
> >
> > Happy computing,
> > Ash
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> In XF86Config you'll probably find several modelines listed. During the
> start of X, many of them will be reported as being ignored, due to being
> out of range. I'd guess you need modelines that are not out of range,
> for those modes. It is a long subject, so I can't just tell you how. But
> start there, look into modelines.
Try running XF86Set up (as root).
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From: James Richard Tyrer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,linux.redhat
Subject: Re: RH 6.2 installation hangs
Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2000 07:35:45 GMT
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Wayne Pilgrim wrote:
> I had the same problem on a different machine and solved it by passing
> PCI=BIOS at the linux prompt during bootup. From what I read this is the
> default but it doesn't work on my machine.
>
There are three choices for "PCI access mode"
BIOS
Direct
Any
I believe that "Any" is the default.
JRT
>
> Gey-Hong Gweon wrote:
>
> > Hi, I have a brand-new Gateway E-5400 system and my first try to install
> > the RedHat 6.2 failed because the installation program hangs after the
> > message:
> >
> > PCI: PCI BIOS Revision 2.10 entry at 0xfdb91
> > PCI: Using configuration type 1
> > PCI: Probing PCI hardware
> >
> > I wonder if anybody can shed some light on this problem. System
> > configuration is roughly:
> > Ultra 100 Bios Version 2.00
> > Dual Intel 800MHz Pentium III
> > 128 Mb PC600 ECC RDRAM
> > Win2000 Promise Ultra 100 IDE Controller
> > Two 20Gb 7200 RPM Quantrum ATA66 Hard drives
> > etc ...
> >
> > Gey-Hong.
>
> --
> ----------------------
> Wayne Pilgrim
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: McManus Leo Root DSP Consultant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Solution: HELP: Sound on VIA
Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2000 10:01:23 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
SuSE have given me the solution to this problem:
Title: Support of new sound chips with ALSA
http://sdb.suse.de/sdb/en/html/jsj_alsa_soundmodule.html
When you down load the RPM then you need to install then then, before you run
'alsaconf', make a link to the new library:
ln -s libasound.so.1.0.1 /usr/lib/libasound.so.1
ldconfig
I now have a sound at the command prompt, but I need to read up on how to get it
working with my window manager, Enlightenment with KDE. I can get the CD to
play, but any sounds do not work.
Any suggestions?
Thanks
Leo
Duane wrote:
> Frederik Tilkin wrote:
> >
> > "Bartek Kostrzewa" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schreef in bericht
> > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > >
> > > Unfortunately you will have to install ALSA to get support for this sound
> > > chipset. Better disable it, disable PnP OS in your BIOS and then get a
> > cheap
> > > SB 128 PCI
> >
> > Why "unfortunately"? I have the same soundcard and I would like to get it
> > working.
> >
> > Frederik
>
> Are we talking about the VIA 82C686A here? If so, then the ALSA driver
> works just fine for me. Perhaps by "unfortunately" he meant that it is a
> bit more of a pain then usual to figure out how to set it up. The ALSA
> driver is available from:
> http://www.alsa-project.org/
>
> The biggest problem is usually to figure out the entries in
> /etc/conf.modules. For the VIA chip, I use:
> alias sound snd-card-via686a
> alias char-major-116 snd
> alias char-major-14 soundcore
> alias sound-service-0-0 snd-mixer-oss
> alias sound-service-0-1 snd-seq-oss
> alias sound-service-0-3 snd-pcm-oss
> alias sound-service-0-8 snd-seq-oss
> alias sound-service-0-12 snd-pcm-oss
> alias snd-card-0 snd-card-via686a
>
> --
> My real email is akamail.com@dclark (or something like that).
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From: "claudio" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Black Monitor
Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2000 17:55:45 +1000
I have a AGP Blade 3d installed and I installed red hat 5.1 ... I can't get
the color to work... why ??
please e-mail on [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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