Linux-Hardware Digest #444, Volume #13 Fri, 18 Aug 00 18:13:06 EDT
Contents:
Re: RedHat 5.0 and Adaptec 1510 SCSI controller (Paul Fox)
Modem recognition problems.. (Sid Daley)
Re: Linux laptop and projector problem ("Jason")
A7V and Linux? (=?iso-8859-1?Q?St=E9phane?= Gauchet)
Re: video card questions (Marc Andre Selig)
Help! Problems with D-link DFE-650TX Pcmcia and RedHat 6.2 on Toshiba laptop
("HBoyer")
Trust Soundexpert 128 ("Zuidland")
Re: Modem recognition problems.. (Glitch)
Re: Max Number of Serial Ports on one Machine (Holger Petersen)
Upgrading to 2.2.16 with aic7xxx scsi controller ("J. Horner")
Re: Modem recognition problems.. (James Richard Tyrer)
Re: vertical line on X screen (James Richard Tyrer)
Re: Upgrading to 2.2.16 with aic7xxx scsi controller ("J. Horner")
Which Linux distribution supports SiS530 chipsets? ("Marcus Ramirez")
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From: Paul Fox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: RedHat 5.0 and Adaptec 1510 SCSI controller
Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2000 17:35:03 GMT
macrocracker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: I'm trying to install redhat 5.0 on a vintage compaq 486sx33 circa
: 1994. The scsi controller is Adaptec's AHA-1510/152x(ISA/VLB)
: (AIC-6260/6360). Unfortunately that is not one of the choices shown to
: me during setup to autoprobe.
i'm running an adaptec 1520 on one of my 486's now. it certainly
worked with the 2.0 kernels. i don't remember if i used it earlier
than that or not. if they didn't build in support for it in the
default 5.0 kernel, however, you'll have to boot differently.
paul
=---------------------
paul fox, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Sid Daley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Modem recognition problems..
Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2000 10:56:45 -0700
I'm new to Linux and have finally figured out most
things, the one problem I can't resolve on my own
is getting connected to the net..
I can't seem to get Caldera Edesktop 2.4 to recognize
my Usr V90 Robotics, I've tried all three available
port settings have tried minicom on all ports as well.
What happens is I get timeout in chat script from Kppp.
I've tried everything in the manual (increased timeout to
60 sec) to no avail.. :(
--
Remove year to reply
Q 7 Five 1--FourHundred
"Old age and treachery will overcome youth and skill."
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From: "Jason" <Jason(AT)cyborgworkshop.com>
Subject: Re: Linux laptop and projector problem
Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2000 13:23:46 -0500
when you switch screens, does it work with any other device other then the
projector? Does it work with a monitor or a TV or whatever else will plug
into that slot. Are you sure Linux supports your other output method ? If
you are using a TV out, it's not unheard of for Linux to not be able to use
it.
--
Jason
www.cyborgworkshop.com
...and the geek shall inherit the earth...
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From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?St=E9phane?= Gauchet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: A7V and Linux?
Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2000 20:40:55 +0200
Hello,
jut bought the ASUS AV7 with Duron 650 MHz,
unfortunately my linux doesn't boot anymore.
any Idea??
Thanks,
St�phane
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Subject: Re: video card questions
From: Marc Andre Selig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 18 Aug 2000 17:18:28 +0200
Art Werschulz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Juding from the output of "xstart", I am using an ATI Mach64 AGP
> graphics card with 4 Megs of VRAM. [...]
>
> I would like to have more VRAM. I'm not particularly interested in
> gaming; I would just like (e.g.) wmaker to have sufficient colors
> available, and I would like netscape to not need a local colormap.
4 MB of video ram should be enough for lots of colour. Is it possible
that you are running X in 8 bit colour mode? You might try adding the
server option -bpp 16 or -bpp 24 to your "xstart" script. (If it were
"startx", you could probably just say "startx -- -bpp 16".)
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From: "HBoyer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.portable,comp.os.linux.setup,linux.redhat.install,linux.redhat.misc,umich.linux
Subject: Help! Problems with D-link DFE-650TX Pcmcia and RedHat 6.2 on Toshiba laptop
Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2000 15:10:28 -0500
Please forgive cross-post, I'm desperate.
Hi. I'm going absolutely crazy.
I've read all of this stuff, and I still can't get this D-Link going. It's
the endless "found link beat" "lost link beat" crisis in /var/log/messages.
Funny thing is, it's not just the D-link, it happened with a 3com 656
modem+adapter card too. Same exact thing.
I have a Toshiba Satellite 2250CDT. I'm running RedHat 6.2, with pcmcia-cs
2.2.16-17 beta code (so the fixes aren't in the pcmcia upgrade yet). The
same exact thing happened with pcmcia-cs 2.2.16-3, and the whole 2.2.14-x
series. Ugh!
The card works perfectly at 10M or 100M in Windows 98 and 2000. I've tried
PCIC card mode and Cardbus/16-bit in the BIOS.
I downloaded a binary for fa_select, but it doesn't run (must not be
RedHat), and I downloaded the source for Jochen Friedrich's fix, but I don't
know C, and can't get it to compile. If I type "make fa_select" it errors on
"inline", and if I take the inline line out, it errors on the next line. I
also typed "gcc fa_select" but that obviously didn't help either.
What else... I've bounced it from irq 3 to 5 to 9 to 10, and none of those
worked.
Any ideas? I'm going mad. I don't care if the fix is slow, as long as it
works. I've put literally 30+ hours into this, and I've already switched
cards, and don't want to order another one.
If someone can send me a RedHat binary of fa_select, that might work, and
could you please tell me which init script to call it from?
Any help would be REALLY appreciated! Please cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
My /var/log/messages:
Aug 17 12:07:36 localhost kernel: Linux PCMCIA Card Services 3.1.8
Aug 17 12:07:36 localhost kernel: kernel build: 2.2.14-5.0 #1 Tue Mar 7
21:07:39 EST 2000
Aug 17 12:07:36 localhost kernel: options: [pci] [cardbus] [apm]
Aug 17 12:07:36 localhost kernel: Intel PCIC probe:
Aug 17 12:07:36 localhost kernel: Intel i82365sl B step ISA-to-PCMCIA at
port 0x3e0 ofs 0x00, 1 socket
Aug 17 12:07:36 localhost kernel: host opts [0]: none
Aug 17 12:07:36 localhost kernel: ISA irqs (scanned) = 3,4,5,7,10 polling
interval = 1000 ms
Aug 17 12:07:36 localhost cardmgr[859]: starting, version is 3.1.8
Aug 17 12:07:36 localhost cardmgr[859]: watching 1 sockets
Aug 17 12:07:36 localhost kernel: cs: IO port probe 0x1000-0x17ff: clean.
Aug 17 12:07:36 localhost kernel: cs: IO port probe 0x0100-0x04ff: excluding
0x378-0x37f 0x4d0-0x4d7
Aug 17 12:07:36 localhost kernel: cs: IO port probe 0x0a00-0x0aff: clean.
Aug 17 12:07:37 localhost cardmgr[859]: initializing socket 0
Aug 17 12:07:37 localhost kernel: cs: memory probe 0x0d0000-0x0dffff: clean.
Aug 17 12:07:37 localhost cardmgr[859]: socket 0: KTI ETHER-C16 Fast
ethernet
Aug 17 12:07:37 localhost cardmgr[859]: executing: 'insmod
/lib/modules/2.2.14-5.0/net/8390.o'
Aug 17 12:07:37 localhost cardmgr[859]: executing: 'insmod
/lib/modules/2.2.14-5.0/pcmcia/pcnet_cs.o'
Aug 17 12:07:37 localhost kernel: eth0: NE2000 Compatible: io 0x300, irq 5,
hw_addr 00:50:BA:73:6D:1E
Aug 17 12:07:37 localhost cardmgr[859]: executing: './network start eth0'
Aug 17 12:07:37 localhost pumpd[891]: starting at (uptime 0 days, 0:02:31)
Thu Aug 17 12:07:37 2000
Aug 17 12:07:38 localhost kernel: eth0: found link beat
Aug 17 12:07:39 localhost kernel: eth0: lost link beat
Aug 17 12:07:41 localhost kernel: eth0: trigger_send() called with the
transmitter busy.
Aug 17 12:08:07 localhost kernel: eth0: trigger_send() called with the
transmitter busy.
Aug 17 12:08:07 localhost ifdown: Operation failed.
Aug 17 12:08:08 localhost network: Shutting down interface eth0 succeeded
Jochen Friedrich's code:
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/socket.h>
#include <sys/ioctl.h>
#include <net/if.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <errno.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <unistd.h>
inline unsigned char
inb (unsigned short port)
{
unsigned char _v;
__asm__ __volatile__ ("inb %w1,%0":"=a" (_v):"Nd" (port));
return _v;
}
inline void
outb (unsigned char value, unsigned short port)
{
__asm__ __volatile__ ("outb %b0,%w1"::"a" (value), "Nd" (port));
}
static int sockets_open(void)
{
int sock;
if ((sock = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM, 0)) != -1)
return sock;
else if ((sock = socket(AF_IPX, SOCK_DGRAM, 0)) != -1)
return sock;
else if ((sock = socket(AF_AX25, SOCK_DGRAM, 0)) != -1)
return sock;
else
return socket(AF_APPLETALK, SOCK_DGRAM, 0);
}
void write_bit(int port, int bit)
{
outb((bit << 6) + 0x20, port);
usleep(1);
outb((bit << 6) + 0xa0, port);
usleep(1);
outb((bit << 6) + 0x20, port);
}
int read_bit(int port)
{
int i;
outb(0, port);
usleep(1);
outb(0x80, port);
usleep(1);
i = inb(port);
outb(0, port);
return (i & 0x10) >> 4;
}
void reset(int port)
{
outb(0x08, port);
usleep(1);
outb(0x0C, port);
usleep(1);
outb(0x08, port);
usleep(1);
outb(0x0C, port);
outb(0x00, port);
}
int reada(int port, int adr)
{
int i,j;
for (i=0; i<0x20; i++)
write_bit(port, 1);
write_bit(port, 0);
write_bit(port, 1);
write_bit(port, 1);
write_bit(port, 0);
write_bit(port, 0);
write_bit(port, 0);
write_bit(port, 0);
write_bit(port, 0);
write_bit(port, 0);
write_bit(port, (adr & 0x10) >> 4);
write_bit(port, (adr & 0x08) >> 3);
write_bit(port, (adr & 0x04) >> 2);
write_bit(port, (adr & 0x02) >> 1);
write_bit(port, (adr & 0x01) >> 0);
j = read_bit(port);
if (j == 1)
j = read_bit(port);
for (i=0; i<16; i++) {
j = (j << 1) + read_bit(port);
}
write_bit(port, 1);
return j;
}
int writea(int port, int adr, int val)
{
int i,j;
outb(0x08, port);
usleep(1);
outb(0x0C, port);
usleep(1);
outb(0x08, port);
usleep(1);
outb(0x0C, port);
outb(0x00, port);
for (i=0; i<0x20; i++)
write_bit(port, 1);
write_bit(port, 0);
write_bit(port, 1);
write_bit(port, 0);
write_bit(port, 1);
write_bit(port, 0);
write_bit(port, 0);
write_bit(port, 0);
write_bit(port, 0);
write_bit(port, 0);
write_bit(port, (adr & 0x10) >> 4);
write_bit(port, (adr & 0x08) >> 3);
write_bit(port, (adr & 0x04) >> 2);
write_bit(port, (adr & 0x02) >> 1);
write_bit(port, (adr & 0x01) >> 0);
write_bit(port, 1);
write_bit(port, 0);
write_bit(port, (val & 0x8000) >> 15);
write_bit(port, (val & 0x4000) >> 14);
write_bit(port, (val & 0x2000) >> 13);
write_bit(port, (val & 0x1000) >> 12);
write_bit(port, (val & 0x0800) >> 11);
write_bit(port, (val & 0x0400) >> 10);
write_bit(port, (val & 0x0200) >> 9);
write_bit(port, (val & 0x0100) >> 8);
write_bit(port, (val & 0x0080) >> 7);
write_bit(port, (val & 0x0040) >> 6);
write_bit(port, (val & 0x0020) >> 5);
write_bit(port, (val & 0x0010) >> 4);
write_bit(port, (val & 0x0008) >> 3);
write_bit(port, (val & 0x0004) >> 2);
write_bit(port, (val & 0x0002) >> 1);
write_bit(port, (val & 0x0001) >> 0);
write_bit(port, 1);
return 0;
}
void main(int argc, char **argv)
{
int skfd, i, sub, led;
struct ifreq ifr;
skfd = sockets_open();
if (skfd == -1) {
perror("socket");
exit(1);
}
strcpy(ifr.ifr_name, argv[1]);
if (ioctl(skfd, SIOCGIFMAP, &ifr) < 0) {
perror("ioctl");
exit(1);
}
i = atoi(argv[2]);
switch(i) {
case 0:
sub = 0x0000;
break;
case 1:
sub = 0x0100;
break;
case 2:
sub = 0x2000;
break;
default:
sub = 0x2100;
break;
}
ioperm(ifr.ifr_map.base_addr+0x1c, 1, 1);
reset(ifr.ifr_map.base_addr+0x1c);
writea(ifr.ifr_map.base_addr+0x1c, 0, 0x8000);
writea(ifr.ifr_map.base_addr+0x1c, 0, sub);
close(skfd);
exit(0);
}
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From: "Zuidland" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.mandrake
Subject: Trust Soundexpert 128
Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2000 22:42:45 +0200
I have a question, does a driver for the Trust Soundexpert 128??
If yes please let me know.
Maarten
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Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2000 17:20:32 -0400
From: Glitch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Modem recognition problems..
is your modem recognized in linux or is your modem a winmodem?
Sid Daley wrote:
>
> I'm new to Linux and have finally figured out most
> things, the one problem I can't resolve on my own
> is getting connected to the net..
>
> I can't seem to get Caldera Edesktop 2.4 to recognize
> my Usr V90 Robotics, I've tried all three available
> port settings have tried minicom on all ports as well.
>
> What happens is I get timeout in chat script from Kppp.
> I've tried everything in the manual (increased timeout to
> 60 sec) to no avail.. :(
>
> --
>
> Remove year to reply
> Q 7 Five 1--FourHundred
> "Old age and treachery will overcome youth and skill."
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Holger Petersen)
Subject: Re: Max Number of Serial Ports on one Machine
Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2000 18:09:32 GMT
James Richard Tyrer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>This is a multi-part message in MIME format.
>This is going to depend on the hardware you are using for serial ports. ISA
>is limited to 4 or 6 and you cant't use them all at once unless you can
>assign seperate interupts.
Linux can use multiple serial ports on shared interrupts since version 0.96
(or even earlier).
Greetings, Holger
PS: You might have to use a soldering iron, one diode per port and one common
resistor to ground to get the hardware to share their IRQ's...
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From: "J. Horner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Upgrading to 2.2.16 with aic7xxx scsi controller
Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2000 16:40:28 -0400
I have a working scsi controller in 2.2.14 kernel. Everything
works wonderfully.
When I try to boot my newly compiled 2.2.16 kernel, my computer
sees the scsi card, sees the disks on
the scsi card, sees the scsi emulation for my cdwriter, sees my
external zip (3 scsi controllers), sees the partitions on my
/dev/sda, but when it tries to check them in normal boot, it
hangs trying to check /dev/sda1. I am not sure if swap is
mounting, but swap is on that drive as well. This partition is
my /var partition, so I need it.
I tried making a new initrd image using mkinitrd --with=aic7xxx
/boot/initrd-2.2.16.img but no luck.
I tried using my 2.2.14 initrd image, but no luck.
Any ideas? I have aic7xxx support compiled into the kernel (no
module), and I believe that is why it sees the card during the
boot, and sees the disks and partitions on the disk, but still
not sure what is going on.
Jon
--
J. J. Horner
[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.knoxlug.org
System has been up: 10:29, 1.
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From: James Richard Tyrer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Modem recognition problems..
Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2000 21:36:02 GMT
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Sid Daley wrote:
<blockquote TYPE=CITE>I'm new to Linux and have finally figured out most
<br>things, the one problem I can't resolve on my own
<br>is getting connected to the net..
<p>I can't seem to get Caldera Edesktop 2.4 to recognize
<br>my Usr V90 Robotics, I've tried all three available
<br>port settings have tried minicom on all ports as well.
<p>What happens is I get timeout in chat script from Kppp.
<br>I've tried everything in the manual (increased timeout to
<br>60 sec) to no avail.. :(
<br> </blockquote>
It would help to know if your modem is recognized as a serial port at boot.
<p>It would help to know what Kppp says after you push the "Connect"
button. Specifically, does it say that it is dialing? It should
first say "Modem Ready". If it says that then it has found the modem
and the problem may be with the set up for Kppp. If it doesn't say
"Modem Ready" it will probably say "Sorry, the modem is busy".
The modem is not busy, it is missing.
<p>In the second case (that the system can't find the modem), you should
download the current serial driver from:
<p><a
href="http://download.sourceforge.net/serial/serial-5.02.tar.gz">http://download.sourceforge.net/serial/serial-5.02.tar.g</a>
<p>It is installed simply. After down loading it to /usr/src
<p>(as root):
<p>cd /usr/src
<br>gzip -cd serial-5.0.2..tar.gz | tar xfv -
<br>cd serial-5.0.2
<br>make
<br>make install
<p>If you currently have an "rc.serial" file move it to a safe
place. Then reboot. If this works you should see the modem
listed as a serial port at boot. Make sure that Kppp is set up for
the right device "/dev/ttyS?, (don't use /dev/modem) and make sure
that the access privileges are correctly set (660) for that device.
And hope it works. I have a PCI 3Com/USR modem and this works OK
for me.
<p>JRT
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From: James Richard Tyrer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: vertical line on X screen
Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2000 21:42:29 GMT
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[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hi all!
>
> On my X screen, I get a vertical stippled line. This line appears
> even if I start the server without any arguments at all, i.e. without
> loading any clients or window managers.
>
> This is not visible in low-resolution modes, but appears at 1024x768,
> 1152x864, and 1280x1024. It is at different positions: as the
> resolution increases, it moves to the right and upward, and space
> between stipples increases.
>
> The line is not just a display artifact, but actually appears in video
> memory: If I make a screenshot, it is present in the screenshot file.
> If part of the screen with the line scrolls, or if I move a window
> across it, all pixels that come in contact with the line get "tainted"
> and stay violet until redrawn by the application.
>
> I am running on a new K6-2 500 with a new Matrox MGA G400 board, using
> XFree86 3.3.6 and the utah-glx drivers. If I comment out the Modules
> section from XF86Config, thus not loading the utah-glx drivers but
> using the SVGA driver, nothing changes. The system is continuously
> on, and the problem first appeared after two days running in high-res
> mode.
>
> I am a bit stuck at this point and would appreciate any help.
>
> TIA,
> Marc Andre
I would take a wild (but educated) guess that it might be the memory on
the video card.
JRT
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From: "J. Horner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Upgrading to 2.2.16 with aic7xxx scsi controller
Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2000 16:56:40 -0400
"J. Horner" wrote:
>
> I have a working scsi controller in 2.2.14 kernel. Everything
> works wonderfully.
>
> When I try to boot my newly compiled 2.2.16 kernel, my computer
> sees the scsi card, sees the disks on
> the scsi card, sees the scsi emulation for my cdwriter, sees my
> external zip (3 scsi controllers), sees the partitions on my
> /dev/sda, but when it tries to check them in normal boot, it
> hangs trying to check /dev/sda1. I am not sure if swap is
> mounting, but swap is on that drive as well. This partition is
> my /var partition, so I need it.
>
> I tried making a new initrd image using mkinitrd --with=aic7xxx
> /boot/initrd-2.2.16.img but no luck.
>
> I tried using my 2.2.14 initrd image, but no luck.
>
> Any ideas? I have aic7xxx support compiled into the kernel (no
> module), and I believe that is why it sees the card during the
> boot, and sees the disks and partitions on the disk, but still
> not sure what is going on.
>
UPDATE:
My computer mounts my swap partitions fine, which are on
/dev/sda5 and /dev/sda6, but still
won't fsck.ext2 -a /dev/sda1 without the process going D.
Any ideas?
--
J. J. Horner
[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.knoxlug.org
System has been up: 6 min.
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From: "Marcus Ramirez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Which Linux distribution supports SiS530 chipsets?
Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2000 16:43:03 -0500
Does anyone know which Linux distribution will support the SiS530 video
chipset? Does anyone have an SiS530 onboard chipset?
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