Linux-Hardware Digest #458, Volume #13 Mon, 21 Aug 00 18:13:10 EDT
Contents:
Re: zip module (David C.)
Re: SB PCI128 does not work... (lobotomy)
Ejecting SCSI Zip with 2.2.16 kernel (David C.)
Re: HELP - Linux reports 16M RAM but I have 128Mb! ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: SuperMicro Motherboard...ServerWorks Chipset.... ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Is it a possible cause? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Canon bjc 3000 driver (emiliano)
Re: linux on AMD am29000 ("Mark Langsdorf")
Re: HELP - Linux reports 16M RAM but I have 128Mb! (sideband)
Re: My modem hangup after the negociation...... (sideband)
Re: Netgear FA311 ethernet card Not working (A E Lawrence)
Re: Ensoniq AudioPCI Ct4810 woes (Yidao Cai)
RedHat Annoyance/ide-scsi problems (K. Bruner)
Re: BrookTree Video card, no sound (Justin Hamm)
Back-UPS BK650MI ("Martin Helmhout")
Re: RedHat Annoyance/ide-scsi problems ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: DFE530TX (Andrey Vlasov)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David C.)
Subject: Re: zip module
Date: 21 Aug 2000 14:48:02 -0400
Eugene Y Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> I have my zip drive installed using a line in the conf.modules with
> ide-scsi.o When I first start up my box, I can mount and unmount my
> zip drive with no problems. I can write to it no problem. However at
> some point later in time, I am unable to mount the zip drive. I get
> errors telling me that the zip drive is not a valid block device. It
> seems that for some reason, the module is not being loaded up
> automatically.
>
> Once I manually load the module I can mount the zip drive again.
It's a bug in the SCSI module, I think.
I've found that if a Zip disk develops a bad sector, causing the drive
to report an error (usually after clicking the heads a few times), the
driver will disable the drive, making it inaccessible.
If your hard drive(s) are not attached to the same SCSI controller as
the Zip drive (as they are on my system), you can "rmmod" and "insmod"
the card's module (eg: rmmod aha1542, insmod aha1542). This causes the
driver to reload and re-install all of its devices.
If your hard drive is attached to this card, however, you won't be able
to do that. You can't remove the module if it's in use at the time.
I don't know if there is a way to command a module to rescan the SCSI
bus and re-assign devices without unloading/reloading it altogether.
This would be ideal.
Does anyone else here know?
-- David
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (lobotomy)
Subject: Re: SB PCI128 does not work...
Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2000 18:44:50 GMT
The CD's play because they are not actually being played through the
sound card, they just output through it, the DAC in the CD-ROM drive
is doing the work. The esd could be the problem, if you have the
sounds enabled in GNOME, it hogs /dev/dsp, so anything that doesn't
playback through esd will not work. Try disabling GNOME sounds if
they are enabled. If you must have GNOME sounds, get an MP3 player
that outputs through esd - if you were using XMMS, you could select
the eSound plugin - I think there is some kind of wrapper for programs
that don't support it directly, but I have never needed such a thing.
If it still isn't working, try using mpg123 or something like it from
the command line, when X and GNOME aren't running. If that works you
at least can be sure it had something to do with GNOME/esd.
On Mon, 21 Aug 2000 19:34:59 +0200, Daniel
=?iso-8859-1?Q?Fern=E1ndez?= Garrido <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
> Hello.
>
>
> I've got a SB PCI 128 with an Ensoniq ES1371 chip. I've configured
>the kernel correctly and the card seems to work fine with Audio CDs, but
>I'm not able to play Mp3's from FreeAmp, or RealPlayer Media, or any
>other type of sound not coming from the CD player...
> Anyway, the OS doesn't complain in any way. It does not realize that
>sound is not reaching the speakers.
> It seems as if only the CD player could communicate with the sound
>board.
>
> The SB works correctly on Win, and it worked correctly on Linux
>before. I think the problem started when I installed the last update for
>Helix GNOME, which updated (I think) the "esd".
>
> Which can be the problem here?
>
> It's Red Hat 6.1 with kernel 2.2.12.
>
>
> Thank's.
>
>
>�--
>Daniel Fern�ndez Garrido
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David C.)
Subject: Ejecting SCSI Zip with 2.2.16 kernel
Date: 21 Aug 2000 15:03:14 -0400
I'm running RedHat 6.2, with the 2.2.16 kerne update.
I have a Zip drive attached to a SCSI interface (aha1542).
With previous kernel revs, the eject command would eject the zip disk:
eject zip
or eject /dev/sdb
The command would unmount the volume and eject the media.
Now, however, it doesn't work, except from the root account. I have my
/etc/security/console.perms file set up to grant the console user
ownership of the /dev/sdb* devices (the zip drive), and the /etc/fstab
entry does have the "user" flag set. I can mount and unmount the drive
with no problems. But ejecting fails unless performed from the root
account.
I suppose I can use the SETUID bit on the /usr/bin/eject program, but
I'd prefer not to do that if I can avoid it.
Is there something besides ownership of /dev/sdb* that is preventing a
non-root user from ejecting media?
-- David
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Subject: Re: HELP - Linux reports 16M RAM but I have 128Mb!
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2000 19:13:47 GMT
Carl Tan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> What do you mean by running lilo? I thought a reboot would work then. Is
> that right?
No. You have to run the program "lilo" from within Linux whenever you
modify /etc/lilo.conf, or whenever you install a new kernel over an
old one.
Once it informs you that it's installed itself properly, THEN you can
reboot.
--
Eric McCoy ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
"And what happens? The guy goes and proves himself beyond all doubt
to be just another cookie stamped out of the Dough of Idiocy with the
Cookie-Cutter of Self-Righteousness." - Mike Kozlowski
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Subject: Re: SuperMicro Motherboard...ServerWorks Chipset....
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2000 19:15:55 GMT
John Burton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Thanks for the response! I know about the problems with the 840
> chipset... As it says in my original post, this board has the ServerWorks
> ServerSet III LE Chipset, *not* the Intel 840...
Whoops! My mistake, sorry.
--
Eric McCoy ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
"scriptures, n. The sacred books of our holy religion, as distinguished
from the false and profane writings on which other faiths are based."
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Subject: Re: Is it a possible cause?
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2000 19:19:29 GMT
"Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> : Old age or just quality. Considering that 17" monitors cost about
> : $130 now, you should just get a new one. The cost to repair a monitor
> Are you kidding? My 15" Sony cost about $400 (50Kptas) when I bought it
> three years ago.
I just bought a 17" ViewSonic for something like $120 after the
rebate. I also bought a 17" IBM about a year and a half ago, and it
was $500. The IBM is significantly better, but... my point was that
decent (though perhaps not good) monitors can be had for that little
money.
> : is about $90.
> Oh, well, phew. Not here it isn't. That places the price range.
Actually, I shouldn't speak as if that's the average; that's what we
charged when I worked at a computer store, and that was what it cost
us to ship it to a place that did CRT repairs.
--
Eric McCoy ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
"scriptures, n. The sacred books of our holy religion, as distinguished
from the false and profane writings on which other faiths are based."
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From: emiliano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Canon bjc 3000 driver
Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2000 19:20:28 GMT
Anyone knows where can I find the driver for bjc 3000 printer?
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From: "Mark Langsdorf" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: linux on AMD am29000
Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2000 14:29:00 -0500
"Toby Tomkins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:399e038e$0$764$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Hi,
> I have an AMD am29000 thinclient which boots and registers with the
> server for ip (via dhcp). It will attempt to retrieve a boot image from
the
> server (bootp) however as the am29000 is a risc chip I have no boot images
> for it. Could anyone give me any hints or point me in the right direction?
As best as I can tell, AMD never received any queries involving Linux
on the am29K series. Someone may have developed a port without ever
requesting any support on it, but AMD is unaware of any such effort. If
you find out about it, please email me. Thanks.
-Mark Langsdorf
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
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From: sideband <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: HELP - Linux reports 16M RAM but I have 128Mb!
Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2000 15:49:27 -0400
Carl Tan wrote:
> Hi Prasanth,
>
> What do you mean by running lilo? I thought a reboot would work then. Is
> that right?
>
> Thanks for helping,
> Carl
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> "Prasanth A. Kumar" wrote:
>
> > Carl Tan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > <snip>
> > > I was told to put
> > >
> > > append = "mem=128M"
> > >
> > > in my etc/lilo.conf. I have done that but it does not seem to have
> > > worked.
> >
> > Did you *run* 'lilo' after you made this change?
> >
> > >
> > > Questions here:
> > > 1. Is this a kernel compile option I have to choose?
> > > 2. Is there a problem with my BIOS setup?
> > > 3. Must a use a newer kernel?
> > <snip>
> >
> > --
> > Prasanth Kumar
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
He means that after editing /etc/lilo.conf you should execute /sbin/lilo to
make the changes take effect.
HTH
-SSB
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From: sideband <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: My modem hangup after the negociation......
Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2000 16:00:20 -0400
Manuel Jander Jansen wrote:
> Hello,
>
> It must not be necesarily a modem problem. Maybe you have set the
> connect timeout to short? Some Telephone lines/Modems need more
> time to connect than usual. Check your /etc/ppp/options file. That is
> for Debian Linux, but there should be a option files for the PPP daemon
> config. It could be, that your chatscript, are whatever connectivity
> software overrides that settings.
>
> bye.
>
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, sideband <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > franck dubuis wrote:
> >
> >> I don't think, because I've no problem under windoz!
> >>
> >> > Sounds like a dirty phone line to me... Have your telephone company
> >> > come out an do some line noise tests, and if
> >> the
> >> > line is noisy, have it fixed.
> >> >
> >> > HTH
> >> >
> >> > -SSB
> >> >
> >> >
> >
> > Hrm.. Well, then. Winmodem support isn't that great under Linux, if the
> > support is there at all... Might want to think about getting a real
> > modem, if you're having trouble with yours, or wait for improved drivers
> > for your particular modem.
> >
> > -SSB
> >
> >
Manuel:
He stated he's having no problems under Windows with that modem. It might not
be a modem problem, but a Linux Winmodem driver problem. Winmodem support
under Linux is sketchy at best.
-SSB
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From: A E Lawrence <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Netgear FA311 ethernet card Not working
Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2000 21:36:10 +0100
A E Lawrence wrote:
>
> Donald Becker wrote:
> >
> > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> > Ramin Sina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > >Hi all,
> > >Despite what is advertised on its box, netgear FA311 cards don't work
> > >with Linux (Atleast not with kernel 2.2.*) Tulip driver doesn't work
> > >with it. It comes with it's own linux driver that was written for 2.0.36
> > >and does not compile under Red Hat 6.2. Could someone please confirm
> > >this assessment;and are there any solutions to fix this?
> >
> > A driver for released kernels (1.1.73 through 2.2.*) is at
> > http://www.scyld.com/network/ethercard.html
> > ftp://www.scyld.com/pub/network/natsemi.c
> >
> > Don't forget that you will also need 'pci-scan' support.
> >
> > A pre-2.4 version should be in the latest development kernels.
>
> Donald's natsemi.c driver works with FA311s on a couple of machines
> here. First experiments show a very low throughput which I need to
> investigate. I suppose that turning on debug is the first step. I am
> using "natsemi.c:v1.05 8/7/2000".
This follow up is to add some more information:-
1) The Netgear fa311.c compiles and installs under 2.2.16.
2) As noted above, so also does Donald's natsemi.c
However, I have 3 FA311 cards, and there appear to be non deterministic
problems with both the above drivers, under Windoze95, Windoze98 and the
Netgear DIAG utility.
I have checked and changed cables, swapped FA311 cards, tried a direct
connection between two FA311 cards with a cross-over cable, turned on
debugging in Donald's driver and cahnged IRQ allocation, pci slots and
much else.
On one occasion I achieved a fairly fast transfer (around 2.3 MB/s)
without errors, but in most cases errors occur and the transfer rate
throttles back to almost zero. Quite often ifconfig reports framing and
carrier errors. But not always. Small ping transfers usually succeed: I
do not know if that correlates with the size of the packet.
Transfer under Windoze is painfully slow, but no errors are reported,
but then doze wouldn't want to frighten the poor user would it? It too
occasionally hangs.
Netgear's DIAG program also sometimes reports errors including failure
of the connection, even when there are just 2 FA311 directly connected
by a cross-over cable. The FA311 seems to have he ability to cahnge its
MAC address for soem reason. Sometimes the DIAG program reports what is
clearly the corect address (in the Netgear assigned range), but at otheR
times reports 00 00 00 00 or ff ff ff ff. In these cases, the cards
won't connect at all.
This all seems to me to suggest a firmware or hardware problem, very
possibly a race (given the non determinism) in the PCI interface. It
seems unlikely that all 3 drivers would have similar bugs.
Maybe there is something peculiar about the motherboards that I am using
and their PCI buses, but one is an ASUS and te other a Gigabyte (models
not to hand), but both are respected and have been rock solid for a
couple of years.
Is anyone using the FA311 successfully? Has the natsemi.c driver been
tested extensively.
Adrian
--
Dr A E Lawrence (from home with apologies for spam enhanced reply
address)
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From: Yidao Cai <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Ensoniq AudioPCI Ct4810 woes
Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2000 15:59:07 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Chris Zuhars wrote:
>
> Hi folks,
> I'm running Caldera OpenLinux 2.4Desktop, kernel 2.2.14. I'm trying
> to configure my Creative Ensoniq AudioPCI. (Says ct4810 on the board) I
> thought the es1731 module was supposed to work on it, but it doesn't.
I've used at three Ensoniq Audio PCI before. I got the fourth one last
week. It has a ct4811 label. es1371 detects it, but when I try to use it
using xmm, it runs super fast (may be 100 times faster than it should
be) so I can barely hear the music! Haven't figured out a way to get it
slow down.
cai
email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (K. Bruner)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: RedHat Annoyance/ide-scsi problems
Date: 21 Aug 2000 21:06:05 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
This probably qualifies as venting, as I realize that I am very
frustrated and impatient, but so be it.
I have a PC. Up until last month, I was running RedHat 6.0, relatively
problem-free. I had purchased an IDE HP CD-RW 8200 series drive, which,
with maybe an hour of tinkering, two at the most, I got working under the
ide-scsi module so I could use cdrecord. Worked wonderfully.
So, I "upgrade" to RH 6.2, and for the life of me, I cannot get the
ide-scsi module to give a damn about the drive. The module loads, but
just ignores the drive. I have tried using the same lilo.conf and
modules.conf as I did before, and have recompiled the kernel with various
permutations of SCSI stuff as modules or compiled into the kernel, but
nada.
That is not the total purpose of my venting, however. I bought the RH
6.2 Standard Edition, and since I hadn't had any trouble with the initial
6.2 installation, I hadn't activated my 90 days installation support. After
spending this past Saturday tearing my hair out, I activated the support
Sunday morning. I "register" and enter my registration number, and it
says, "Hi, K! You have 6.2 Standard Edition..." But it won't let me use
the web access to submit a problem. I run all over the site and finally
see some small print saying that I should wait 45 minutes for the account
to kick in, even though it looked like it had already figured out that I
was logged into the account. So, I wait an hour. Then two. Then
several. Nada.
Then I send mail to the web site support address outlining my quandary.
This was, of course, Sunday, so I knew I had to be a little patient. I
get up this morning and I'd gotten email that my support account was all
set up and working, and, yes, it was! So I enter my problem through the
web page and it seems to take it fine. So, I go to work, and "log" into
the support page to check on the ticket's progress, and it tells me my
ticket it closed because, "once you have recompiled your kernel there
isn't much installation support can do." They also tell me to look at the
CD-RW how-to that I have already looked at, once, successfully under 6.0,
and then, very unsuccessfully, under 6.2. Also, they say this would be a
great problem to take to a newsgroup!
I'm not really looking for hints on getting the drive working at this
point. I am, however, very frustrated and annoyed.
I'm about 5 inches from buying SUSE or Caldera on my way home from work.
--
Back off man, I'm a computer scientist... Wait, that sounds like an oxymoron.
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From: Justin Hamm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: BrookTree Video card, no sound
Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2000 21:23:03 GMT
Actually, I decided to rtfm. :) Found out I have to load sound modules
for the vid card. Now it works great. I've had this card for some time
now, just haven't thought about using it in linux since it's a
distraction from any serious work i'm doing. ;) But all is well,
Thanks for the input!
On Mon, 21 Aug 2000, sideband wrote:
> Justin Hamm wrote:
>
> > I have Debian kernel 2.2.16 with a brooktree video card. I've loaded the
> > bttv modules in the kernel, but I am getting no sound. I'm using xwatv
> > and the video comes up just perfect, but no sound. I was wondering if
> > there are any special sound modules for this card I need installed? Or if
> > there is anyone else out there that had this same problem and found a way
> > to fix it?
> > Thanks!
>
> Well, the one thing that some people overlook on this particular issue (I did,
> anyway) is an audio patch cord between the TV card and the sound card. Is one
> installed?
>
> If that doesn't work, and if you're using an ATI TV card (With the brooktree
> chipset), GATOS works well in all modes, in my experience. You might try a
> websearch on it (I forget the URL) and give it a try. It's tailored
> specifically for the ATI cards.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> -SSB
>
>
>
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From: "Martin Helmhout" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Back-UPS BK650MI
Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2000 23:12:41 +0200
Reply-To: "Martin Helmhout" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Hey,
Anyone being able to get this type APC UPS talking to a Linux Machine?
Is there a "brilliant" guy or girl who has made this possible?
If (yes
{ What kind a software(tried apcupsd and Powerchute)?
what kind of cable/cable layout?
}
Thanks
Martin
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: RedHat Annoyance/ide-scsi problems
Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2000 21:28:56 GMT
wow... that really sucks :o(
maybe go back to 6.0 and install 6.2 package by package til you find
out whats wrong?
hehe :o)
get SuSE
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From: Andrey Vlasov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: DFE530TX
Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2000 15:02:18 -0700
Hi Gerhald,
occasionally "Do you have DFE530X+ NIC?" if so it will require 8139.o
module to support this card. In my case I fond URL on floppy which which I
got with NIC.
Andrey
Gerhard Gruber wrote:
> Hello,
> Have got problems with new dfe530TX (8DFE530TX2B1).
> The old rev A1 which used the Davicom DM9101F chip worked fine with Via
> Rhine driver.
> The new one, which uses LSI L80255/B, does not work at all.
> D-Link has changed the hole stuff without any notice.
> Has anyone got the same problem and (or) has even a solution?
>
> Thanks
> Gerhard
>
> Gerhard Gruber ( [EMAIL PROTECTED] )
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