Linux-Hardware Digest #471, Volume #13 Thu, 24 Aug 00 01:13:09 EDT
Contents:
Which SMP: Dual 370 or Dual Slot 1? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: CUECAT for Linux (Christopher Browne)
Re: Cirrus Logic Crystal CS4281-CM embedded sound chip... (Scott Rockstad)
Re: Modem recognition problems.. (Sid Daley)
Bad software upgrade caused hardware problem? (Curgoth (Matthew Andrews))
Help! Brand new hard drive showing mostly bad blocks ("Charles R. Wright")
Re: CUECAT for Linux (Matthew J Zukowski)
Re: Help! Brand new hard drive showing mostly bad blocks (Hal Burgiss)
Re: Which Linux distribution supports SiS530 chipsets? (stormers)
IDE Problem with my VA 503+ Motherboard? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Netgear FA311 ethernet card Not working ("@home")
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Which SMP: Dual 370 or Dual Slot 1?
Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:11:28 GMT
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Hi Folks:)
I'm in the market for a dual CPU System Board. I don't know whether I
should get a dual Socket 370, or a Dual Slot 1. From a performance and
Linux-compatibility point of view, which should I get: A Dual Socket
370, or a Dual Slot 1 System Board?
Cost is a factor, but I'm more concerned with the performance for
testing applications (Samba, SQL, Notes, NetWare, NT, MS Exchange, NS
Messaging Server, etc.). Of course, not all at the same time...:)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Christopher Browne)
Subject: Re: CUECAT for Linux
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:20:06 GMT
Centuries ago, Nostradamus foresaw a time when
[EMAIL PROTECTED] would say:
>Digital Convergence is now issuing a beta copy of their CRQ software
>for Linux. This software is not on the web site, but can be requested
>via E-mail at [EMAIL PROTECTED] Windows and SunOS users are fully
>supported, Mac soon to follow.
There's also a project at SourceForge.net to provide software to read
barcodes using the device; it pretends to be a keyboard, and has a
fairly loosely-veiled encryption scheme whereby barcodes generate key
combinations.
>This nifty kitty can read product codes of all kinds, as well as
>special codes in newspapers, magazines, and other print sources. Find
>all the info you'll ever need without typing in URLs or hunting for the
>right link ever again. Bar codes have been a standard for over 50
>years, it's about time we get an online database for them.
>
>Any company willing to attempt to support Linux in their commercial
>venture get's my support. The hardware is free at Radio Shack. No
>business should be without one, and a person would be a fool to give up
>the chance to get their very own free bar code reader.
>
>Ask for your copy today.
It is actually a reasonably cool idea, albeit when used with software
that doesn't merely pass on control to some third party that is
looking to be a "gatekeeper" to the data.
The unfortunate thing is that the device must be attached to your
computer.
It would be much slicker to have it connect to something like a
PalmPilot so that, for instance, the gentle user could go around and
swipe a bunch of barcodes and perhaps collect a little information at
that point about whatever was swiped, and then "sync" the set of
swipes to the main machine.
One way _I'd_ use that would be to run around my apartment and swipe
all the barcodes on my books. A little pattern-recognition later,
this might be good for putting together a reasonably complete library
listing.
Slick thing that can _then_ be done:
- I decide to send a box of books into "archives."
- I swipe all 40 books as they go into the box.
- Sync that to my server.
- Voila! I have a list of the 40 books that are in that box.
Other Slick Thing:
- Print _my own_ barcode stickers, and attach them to all my
equipment. Perhaps even to computer cables.
- I build a database of data to associate with those barcodes.
- Voila! Ability to quickly run around and inventory what hardware is
in _this_ room, and what is in the _next_ room.
In contrast, all that the "free reader" arrangement seems directed to
is to give Radio Shack and the other parties involved the ability to
control your access to data.
It may make it a bit more convenient to look up the data that Radio
Shack wants you to look up, as well as to allow them to collect
psychometric data about you; that's not necessarily of great public
value...
--
(concatenate 'string "aa454" "@" "freenet.carleton.ca")
<http://www.hex.net/~cbbrowne/>
Of course, unless one has a theory, one cannot expect much help from a
computer unless _it_ has a theory)... -- Marvin Minsky
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From: Scott Rockstad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Cirrus Logic Crystal CS4281-CM embedded sound chip...
Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:30:37 GMT
Dances With Crows wrote:
>
> [NGs trimmed, followups set]
> On Wed, 23 Aug 2000 18:11:52 GMT, Scott Rockstad wrote:
> >I have an eMachine with a Cirrus Logic Crystal CS4281-CM embedded sound
> >chip, and Linux-Mandrake 7.1 doesn't officially support it (according to
> >sndconfig). Is there anybody out there that would help me with this
> >dilemma? TIA.
>
> Try this:
> modprobe sound dmabuf=1
> modprobe cs4232 irq=5 io=0x534 dma=1 dma2=0 mpuio=0x330 mpuirq=9
> modprobe opl3 io=0x388
>
<snip>
> --
> 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
modprobes didn't work. thanks for the suggestion though.
--
Scott Rockstad
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.charleston.quik.com/rockss/
Using Linux-Mandrake Deluxe 7.1
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From: Sid Daley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Modem recognition problems..
Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2000 19:55:59 -0700
I can't remember who, but someone didn't want to
believe mine wasn't a Winmodem..
Anyhow I've taken the jumpers of Pnp and set manually
to Com 1 and Irq 4 and linux Edesktop 2.4 still
won't find my modem..
Goto
http://www.o2.net/~gromitkc/20000821a.html
Search for OEM Model 0484
And Lo&Behold I'm on the compatibility list..
On Tue, 22 Aug 2000 18:32:27 GMT
--->> [EMAIL PROTECTED] <<---
[EMAIL PROTECTED] typed the following....
-->In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
--> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
-->> On Fri, 18 Aug 2000 21:05:44 -0700, Sid Daley
--><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
-->> >Not sure if it's recognized or not, It's not
-->> >a WinModem it's a UsrRobotics V90 voice..
-->>
-->> If you mean that since it's a USR, it's not a winmodem, you might want
-->to
-->> check again. I bought a USR 3CP5610 under the same idea a while
-->back... at
-->> around $120. I figured that a Winmodem couldn't possibly go for more
-->than
-->> $75 so I was pretty safe, and it turned out I purchased one of USR's
-->56K
-->> more expensive winmodems :/
-->>
-->> --
-->> //\/\ario //\/\elendez- TI2DLL
-->> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
-->>
-->This USR 3CP5610A modem is NOT a winmodem. Its a hardware modem.
-->http://www.grapevine.net/~gromitkc/pedersen.txt
-->This link has info on configuring it. This modem is also listed on this
-->page:
-->http://www.o2.net/~gromitkc/winmodem.html
-->as one of the 4 control-based pci modems that will work with linux.
-->This would be the reason I bought the thing. Having said all this, I've
-->had the modem for 4 days and still havent gotten it to work :-) Since
-->its not a winmodem, and is linux compatable, it must be something else
-->I'm doing wrong. Maybe the above sites will help someone else. I've
-->tried the things they listed and still have had no luck. Anyone have
-->any suggestions?
-->
-->
-->Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
-->Before you buy.
-->
--
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] (Curgoth (Matthew Andrews))
Subject: Bad software upgrade caused hardware problem?
Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2000 03:00:11 GMT
Hello all,
After an attempt to upgrade my mandrake 7.0 system failed badly, I
ended up wiping the partition table and starting from scratch.
I d/led and burned two sets of mandrake 7.1 CDs, since the first set
didn't quite seem to work. i checked the md5 sums on the files after
download, and ran rpm -qpl on the cd images to check that the rpms
were ok.
Despite all this, when i try to install mandrake 7.1, i get as far as
the install of the Bdflush package, and I get an error installing the
package, regardless of which set of cds I use.
Even older mandrake or redhat install CDs that worked fine previously,
will now fail.
Windows reinstalled, and runs fine.
i also swapped drives, and tried to install on my second HDD, but I
got exactly the same problem.
Could the fouled up install have caused a hardware failure, preventing
bdflush from installing but not affecting Windows noticeably?
Any ideas?
--
Dream well...
Curgoth
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From: "Charles R. Wright" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Help! Brand new hard drive showing mostly bad blocks
Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2000 03:23:23 GMT
Hello,
I just installed a Western Digital 20.5 GB ATA-66 drive into my linux
box (K6-II 300) and have been busy partitioning and repartitioning it,
trying to get it to suit my needs.
Now, the strangest thing has happened. I've been using the badblocks
command to make sure things are ok before committing filesystems to the
disk, and it seems that more and more blocks are indicated as bad as
time goes on. Now it looks like there's only about 90 meg left that is
any good! All the rest is bad - I save the bad block numbers and they
just increase to the limit without missing a block. I have a badblocks
file that's gigantic.
What the heck is going on here? Is this a bad disk or have I screwed up
the formatting some how in a way that is recoverable? This has all
occurred over the past 24 hours.
Thanks for the advice,
Charles Wright
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From: Matthew J Zukowski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: CUECAT for Linux
Date: 24 Aug 2000 03:11:50 GMT
Actually I was thinking that it still would be pretty cool to do an
inventory of your stuff, despite the fact that it's input is
encrypted. It's readings are pretty consistent, and if someone out there
were to write lets say a spread function to decrypt the data it would
prove to be most useful. The fact that it operates on the standard AT
keyboard interface makes the hardware intergration much easier.
Though I must admit, bigger projects have already taken hold in regard to
the archival of barcodes. Like the http://grover.mta.ca/upc project, a
total joke, but had more accurate information then the CRQ database.
This reminds me when some VCRs were equiped with bar code readers in order
to make programing easier. This is a little bit more practical.
But just think to your self, if you run the windows software you agree not
to reverse engenieer, dis-assemble, or generaly do anything fun. If you
don't run the software, then you are not under to code of forced contract
and can do what you will with this device given to you.
Personaly I think I would prefer an independent project behind this
venture, or at-least independent software. It's a useful enough idea that
I'm sure companies would pay good money to advertise on such a bar-code to
product database.
Christopher Browne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: Centuries ago, Nostradamus foresaw a time when
: [EMAIL PROTECTED] would say:
:>Digital Convergence is now issuing a beta copy of their CRQ software
:>for Linux. This software is not on the web site, but can be requested
:>via E-mail at [EMAIL PROTECTED] Windows and SunOS users are fully
:>supported, Mac soon to follow.
: There's also a project at SourceForge.net to provide software to read
: barcodes using the device; it pretends to be a keyboard, and has a
: fairly loosely-veiled encryption scheme whereby barcodes generate key
: combinations.
:>This nifty kitty can read product codes of all kinds, as well as
:>special codes in newspapers, magazines, and other print sources. Find
:>all the info you'll ever need without typing in URLs or hunting for the
:>right link ever again. Bar codes have been a standard for over 50
:>years, it's about time we get an online database for them.
:>
:>Any company willing to attempt to support Linux in their commercial
:>venture get's my support. The hardware is free at Radio Shack. No
:>business should be without one, and a person would be a fool to give up
:>the chance to get their very own free bar code reader.
:>
:>Ask for your copy today.
: It is actually a reasonably cool idea, albeit when used with software
: that doesn't merely pass on control to some third party that is
: looking to be a "gatekeeper" to the data.
: The unfortunate thing is that the device must be attached to your
: computer.
: It would be much slicker to have it connect to something like a
: PalmPilot so that, for instance, the gentle user could go around and
: swipe a bunch of barcodes and perhaps collect a little information at
: that point about whatever was swiped, and then "sync" the set of
: swipes to the main machine.
: One way _I'd_ use that would be to run around my apartment and swipe
: all the barcodes on my books. A little pattern-recognition later,
: this might be good for putting together a reasonably complete library
: listing.
: Slick thing that can _then_ be done:
: - I decide to send a box of books into "archives."
: - I swipe all 40 books as they go into the box.
: - Sync that to my server.
: - Voila! I have a list of the 40 books that are in that box.
: Other Slick Thing:
: - Print _my own_ barcode stickers, and attach them to all my
: equipment. Perhaps even to computer cables.
: - I build a database of data to associate with those barcodes.
: - Voila! Ability to quickly run around and inventory what hardware is
: in _this_ room, and what is in the _next_ room.
: In contrast, all that the "free reader" arrangement seems directed to
: is to give Radio Shack and the other parties involved the ability to
: control your access to data.
: It may make it a bit more convenient to look up the data that Radio
: Shack wants you to look up, as well as to allow them to collect
: psychometric data about you; that's not necessarily of great public
: value...
: --
: (concatenate 'string "aa454" "@" "freenet.carleton.ca")
: <http://www.hex.net/~cbbrowne/>
: Of course, unless one has a theory, one cannot expect much help from a
: computer unless _it_ has a theory)... -- Marvin Minsky
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Hal Burgiss)
Subject: Re: Help! Brand new hard drive showing mostly bad blocks
Reply-To: Hal Burgiss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2000 03:29:50 GMT
On Thu, 24 Aug 2000 03:23:23 GMT, Charles R. Wright
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>What the heck is going on here? Is this a bad disk or have I screwed up
>the formatting some how in a way that is recoverable? This has all
>occurred over the past 24 hours.
Sounds like a bad drive. I won't buy WD anymore. I am sure someone will
argue that, but I have had bad luck. And I don't care if they under
warrantly. What a PITA.
--
Hal B
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
--
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From: stormers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Which Linux distribution supports SiS530 chipsets?
Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2000 11:50:53 +0800
Marcus Ramirez wrote:
>
> Does anyone know which Linux distribution will support the SiS530 video
> chipset? Does anyone have an SiS530 onboard chipset?
I have a mobo with the SiS530 installed with Redhat 6.2. Works fine.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: IDE Problem with my VA 503+ Motherboard?
Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2000 04:45:11 +0000 (UTC)
I have been trying to configure a system based on a VA 503+ motherboard
with Slackware 7.1, but I keep running into an infuriating problem with
the IDE interface. Every so often (that is, about every few hundred
megabytes read or written), a single byte will be wrong. The problem
shows up when I run a burn-in test by comparing two identical (sic)
directories with "diff -r". And yes, the erroneous byte (if one appears
at all) is NOT the same in each trial.
Here's a brief outline of my hardware and software:
VA 503+ motherboard
64 MB EDO RAM
Cyrix 6x86L P166+ (133 MHz)
bus speed at 66 MHz
hda: Maxtor 90680D4, ATA 33(?) (6.4 GB) (Win 95 disk)
hdb: IBM-DTLA-307030, ATA 100 (30.7 GB) (Linux disk)
Slackware 7.1 (with net.i or bare.i kernel 2.2.16)
I have tried replacing the 6.4 GB drive in /dev/hda with another IBM
30.7 GB drive identical to /dev/hdb, and it showed the same problems.
I also tried an 8 GB Maxtor in /dev/hdb and got the same problems. So
I don't think the drives are at fault.
I did look at the UDMA Mini-HOWTO and noted that the stock kernel I was
using from the Slackware distribution was NOT configured with support for
my chipset (VIA Apollo MVP3). So I tried disabling UDMA in my BIOS. The
problem persisted, now with the kernel running in Bus Mastering mode.
I tried disabling this too (by using "hdparm -d0") but the problem did
not go away. Then I went back into the BIOS and in desperation, set the
IDE interfaces to PIO 0, thinking that would tax them the least. The
problem remained.
I also read in the UDMA Mini-HOWTO that a BIOS upgrade is a good thing
to do when faced with apparent UDMA IDE problems. So I went to the
FICA website, downloaded and installed the latest version of the BIOS
for my board. I then proceeded through the same tests as for the
paragraph above. First UDMA (despite the lack of support for it in
the stock kernels), then Bus Mastering, then PIO 0. They all showed
the same symptoms of an incorrect byte in every few hundred megabytes
read or written. (As an aside, "hdparm -Tt" said the drive performance
improved dramatically after the BIOS upgrade.)
This is driving me NUTS. I'm almost ready to give up on this system.
I'm inclined to think there's something wrong with the motherboard's
IDE interface. On the other hand, could the system have been subtly
corrupted when I installed it so as to produce these symptoms? (I
think not, because it would have to have happened the same way on two
different drives. What are the chances of that?) I would be happy if
I could get the system working reliably at a slow speed, and then work
on tuning UDMA later. But I can't even get a stable system! Does
anyone have any ideas on what could be causing the problem?
--
Remove SPAMINATOR from address to e-mail me.
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From: "@home" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Netgear FA311 ethernet card Not working
Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2000 04:54:36 GMT
Ok, I'm a little confused here. Did you get the fa311.c to work successfully
or not? Your last post seems to indicate you did, but your previous post
indicates you had lots of problems with it. Also, where did you get fa311 v
1.4?
"A E Lawrence" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> "David N. Haney" wrote:
> >
> > I also have the FA311. I tried the fa311.c provided by Netgear without
> > success.
>
> As I said, no problems here with fa311.c version v1.04.
>
> [snip]
>
> > I have no problem with
> > errors or speed. My system has the following configuration:
> > Compaq 7260 (AMD K6-2) and Netgear 311. The Netgear connects
> > to a 10BT HUB which is connected to the rest of my small network
> > via thinnet. Thus it is clearly running at the 10BT speed.
>
> I had very little problem at 10Mb/s.
>
> >I dont
> > know what would happen if you tell it to run at 100BT, but I am
> > very happy with it so far.
>
> So you may yet encounter the difficulties :-)
>
> Thanks for the information.
>
> ael
> --
> Dr A E Lawrence (from home with apologies for spam enhanced reply
> address)
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