Linux-Hardware Digest #484, Volume #13 Sun, 27 Aug 00 10:13:06 EDT
Contents:
Zip100 Mount Problems - /dev/sda4 not a valid block device (Justo M. Casablanca)
Re: Dell 4100 Linux-compatibility (Murray Eisenberg)
Re: Extremely slow GeForce with NVDIA (Murray Eisenberg)
Re: Dell 4100 Linux-compatibility (Vivien Milat)
Re: Not able to add Linux Partitions to New HD (Murray Eisenberg)
Re: Dell 4100 w/ 815E chipset and ATA100 (Murray Eisenberg)
Re: scsi bus resets with aic7xxx (David M. Cook)
Re: problems with 3Com56voicemodemfax modem ("D. Stimits")
SiS 5597/5598 - resolution ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: how to use SCSI utilities? (M. Buchenrieder)
Help Installing Redhat 6.2 via Hard Disk ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Network card driver (jason)
Re: Linux-Ready PCI Modem FOUND! (Rob Clark)
Re: Netgear FA311 ethernet card Not working (Dances with Turtles)
Re: linksys question... (Dances with Turtles)
Problem booting off Ultra 66 controller ("Bryan Siemon")
Re: 1GMHz+ PC with Linux to run EDA SW? (Henrik Carlqvist)
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From: Justo M. Casablanca <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Zip100 Mount Problems - /dev/sda4 not a valid block device
Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2000 03:29:52 GMT
Hi all. Even after following the instructions in the HOW-TO and following
other very helpful suggestions on usenet, I still have one last hurdle (I
hope just 1) to overcome so I can use my zip drive. Let me first paste the
error messages I get; then I'll paste my current system config.
Everything below except for comments in "//" is copied-and-pasted from the
command-line. I am really at wits end trying to figure out how to get this
thing to mount. Oh, and, I do not load the lp module; my printer is not
Linux-compatible, so I stopped lp from being loaded at boot-time
//=============== ERROR MESSAGES =================
# mount /mnt/zip
mount: /dev/sda4 is not a valid block device
# tail -27 /var/log/messages
Aug 26 22:56:16 somehost kernel: parport0: PC-style at 0x378 (0x778)
[SPP,ECP,ECPEPP,ECPPS2]
Aug 26 22:56:16 somehost kernel: parport0: detected irq 7; use procfs to
enable interrupt-driven operation.
Aug 26 22:56:16 somehost kernel: ppa: Version 2.03 (for Linux 2.2.x)
Aug 26 22:56:16 somehost kernel: ppa: Found device at ID 6, Attempting to
use EPP 32 bit
Aug 26 22:56:16 somehost kernel: ppa: Communication established with ID 6
using EPP 32 bit
Aug 26 22:56:16 somehost kernel: scsi0 : Iomega VPI0 (ppa) interface
Aug 26 22:56:16 somehost kernel: scsi : 1 host.
Aug 26 22:56:16 somehost kernel: Vendor: IOMEGA Model: ZIP
100 Rev: K.05
Aug 26 22:56:16 somehost kernel: Type:
Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02
Aug 26 22:56:16 somehost kernel: Detected scsi removable disk sda at scsi0,
channel 0, id 6, lun 0
Aug 26 22:56:16 somehost kernel: sda : READ CAPACITY failed.
Aug 26 22:56:16 somehost kernel: sda : status = 0, message = 00, host = 0,
driver = 28
Aug 26 22:56:16 somehost kernel: sda : extended sense code = 2
Aug 26 22:56:16 somehost kernel: sda : block size assumed to be 512 bytes,
disk size 1GB.
Aug 26 22:56:16 somehost kernel: sda:scsidisk I/O error: dev 08:00, sector
0
Aug 26 22:56:16 somehost kernel: unable to read partition table
Aug 26 22:56:30 somehost PAM_pwdb[467]: (kde) session opened for user
nr_user by (uid=0)
Aug 26 22:57:14 somehost PAM_pwdb[567]: (su) session opened for user root
by nr_user(uid=500)
Aug 26 22:57:28 somehost kernel: SCSI device sda: hdwr sector= 512 bytes.
Sectors= 196608 [96 MB] [0.1 GB]
Aug 26 22:57:28 somehost kernel: sda: Write Protect is off
Aug 26 22:57:28 somehost kernel: sda:SCSI disk error : host 0 channel 0 id
6 lun 0 return code = 27010000
Aug 26 22:57:28 somehost kernel: scsidisk I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0
Aug 26 22:57:28 somehost kernel: unable to read partition table
// Everything before 22:56:30 happens at boot-time; everything after that
// time is a KDE login + the mount command previously mentioned.
//=============== SYSTEM CONFIG =================
# cat /etc/conf.modules
alias eth0 3c59x
alias parport_lowlevel parport_pc
alias scsi_hostadapter ppa
alias sound-slot-0 emu10k1
# tail -1 /etc/fstab
/dev/sda4 /mnt/zip vfat noauto,user 0 0
# ls -olFrt /mnt/zip
total 0
# tail -12 /etc/rc.d/rc.local
echo >> /etc/issue
# This will force the parallel port zip drive modules to load at
startup
# $(uname -r) returns kernel version
if [ -f /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/scsi/ppa.o -a -f /lib/modules/$(uname
-r)/misc/parport.o -a -f /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/misc/parport_pc.o ]; then
modprobe parport
modprobe parport_pc
modprobe ppa
fi
fi
# lsmod | egrep "parport|ppa|^Module"
Module Size Used by
ppa 9220 0 (unused)
parport_pc 7464 1
parport 7320 1 [ppa parport_pc]
# ls /dev/ | grep "sda$"
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 8, 0 May 5 1998 sda
# ls /dev/ | grep sda4
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 8, 4 May 5 1998 sda4
# ps -ef | grep lpd
root 682 571 0 23:23 pts/0 00:00:00 grep lpd
//======================= END ========================
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Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2000 23:51:17 -0400
From: Murray Eisenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: alt.sys.pc-clone.dell
Subject: Re: Dell 4100 Linux-compatibility
Since I have no need (so far as I can see) to copy CDs, I seem to have
no reason to keep a CD-ROM when I have the CD-Writer -- except to keep
me a tiny bit warmer in winter.
Thanks for the information re nVidia cards.
Vivien Milat wrote:
>
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> says...
> > I'm considering a Dell Dimension 4100 system that will dual-boot Windows
> > 2000 and Linux....
> > ...(Note that I'll get the generic CD-ROm with the system and
> > immediately replace it with an existing HP CD-Writer Plus 8110i which,
> > at least just as a CD-ROM is supported by Linux.)
>
> I think Linux supports ALL IDE CD-ROMs, so I'd suggest you keep the CD-
> ROM drive and install the CD Writer in the other bay.
--
Murray Eisenberg [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Mathematics & Statistics Dept. phone 413 549-1020 (H)
Univ. of Massachusetts 413 545-2859 (W)
Amherst, MA 01003-4515
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Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2000 00:01:25 -0400
From: Murray Eisenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Extremely slow GeForce with NVDIA
Obviously this means that there is a Linux driver for an nVidia GTS 2.
Do you know if there's a driver for a 64 MB DDR nVidia GeForce2?
Jim Broughton wrote:
>
> ... I get Great frame rates with my GTS 2.
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Murray Eisenberg [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Mathematics & Statistics Dept. phone 413 549-1020 (H)
Univ. of Massachusetts 413 545-2859 (W)
Amherst, MA 01003-4515
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From: Vivien Milat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.sys.pc-clone.dell
Subject: Re: Dell 4100 Linux-compatibility
Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2000 04:06:51 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
says...
> Since I have no need (so far as I can see) to copy CDs, I seem to have
> no reason to keep a CD-ROM when I have the CD-Writer -- except to keep
> me a tiny bit warmer in winter.
The CD-ROM drive will be at least 2X faster (I have an HP CD-Writer Plus
8200i, I believe the model that came out after yours, and it's a 24X. My
Dell CD-ROM is 48X.
Also, I'm not sure how long CD burners will last when used as often as
normal CD-ROM drives.
Personally, I just use the burner to burn (and I used it to rip audio on
my old system whose CD-ROM drive wouldn't rip) and the 48X for everything
else.
Vivien
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Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2000 00:09:59 -0400
From: Murray Eisenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Not able to add Linux Partitions to New HD
Did that answer solve the problem?
Reason I ask is that I got the same message, using Partition Magic, on a
single SCSI HD on which Windows 98. After many hours of messing about
and even thinking, it struck me: the limitation was the limit on the
number of primary partitions of a single drive to 3. That's why my
attempt failed to keep the primary Win 98 FAT32 partition (along with an
extended partition including logical FAT32 partitions); create a small
primary /boot partition for Linux; and create additional, primary,
partitions for Linux / and /home.
The solution I found was to create just one more primary partititon for
Linux /boot, then to put the Linux swap partition, root, and /home as
logical partitions within free space of the extended partition.
Buju wrote:
>
> The reason it says your partition is too big it because disk
> druid dosen't know any better that your going to use a
> floppy to boot.
> If you use fdisk it will work perfectly fine. THats what I
> did. My linux program starts on the 2201 cylinder, and I can
> easily boot it from a floppy. Just use fdisk.
>
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Mathematics & Statistics Dept. phone 413 549-1020 (H)
Univ. of Massachusetts 413 545-2859 (W)
Amherst, MA 01003-4515
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Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2000 00:12:10 -0400
From: Murray Eisenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Dell 4100 w/ 815E chipset and ATA100
Does one need to so revert in order to use Linux on the 4100?
Peter Teuben wrote:
>
> Dell introduced their new 4100 series, which comes with an
> ATA-100 controller. Their salesforce is not terrribly well
> informed, but it seems that the ATA-100 controller is on the
> motherboard, which brings up the obvious question how one
> can revert back to classic UDMA/33 mode. Or maybe there are
> two controllers on the MD. The 815E chipset specifications
> seem to suggest it is one controller, capable of either
> ATA 33/66 or 100, suggesting the BIOS can be configured in
> the mode one wants.
>
> So, does anybody have experience with this chipset, and in
> particular if the ATA100 is also supported now?
>
> Although Dell is "embracing" linux, they only do this for a limited
> set of their hardware. I've had good success with their XPS Dimension
> series, but the 4100 is now their replacement.
>
> - peter
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Mathematics & Statistics Dept. phone 413 549-1020 (H)
Univ. of Massachusetts 413 545-2859 (W)
Amherst, MA 01003-4515
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David M. Cook)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: scsi bus resets with aic7xxx
Date: 27 Aug 2000 04:26:30 GMT
On Sat, 26 Aug 2000 15:17:54 +0100, vlado <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I've run up on a "cute" problem with receiving scsi bus resets under
You could try putting the "no_reset" option in your conf.modules. You might
also try upgrading your driver. See
http://people.redhat.com/dledford/aic7xxx.html
Dave Cook
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Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2000 01:11:30 -0600
From: "D. Stimits" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: problems with 3Com56voicemodemfax modem
asage wrote:
>
> I think I may have seen this problem in here before, but I can't find it
> again... I've installed this modem and been able to connect (using Bill
> Unruh's great instructions). The problem is that the line won't stay
> connected. It only stays connected for a half minute at a time. My ISP
> says that the problem may be a faulty modem, but I was using the modem
> before in Windows without any trouble.
>
> This modem uses jumpers, which I've set, and as I mentioned, I have used
> the commands outlined in the 'Howto', as well as using the setserial
> command.
>
> It's kind of annoying, because I have still have to rely on connecting
> from within Windows. Any help would be really appreciated!
>
> TIA
>
> Allison Sage
Perhaps they use CHAP authentication, and you are dropped at the first
challenge, due to not having it turned on. Ask your ISP if they use
CHAP.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: SiS 5597/5598 - resolution
Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2000 07:41:38 GMT
Im currently running RH6.2 with a SiS 5597/5598
video card (yeah, i know it is crap, but we are
beyong that :P). Anyway... got Xwindows to run
and everything, however i can only get Xwindows
to work with the resolution of 640x400. Is there
something i can do about this?
Sorry if this question has been answered
already. If it has and an answer has already
been posted... let me know of that post and i'll
be happy to read it.
If you'd like to e-mail a response that'd be
great. Thanks.
Nick
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (M. Buchenrieder)
Subject: Re: how to use SCSI utilities?
Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2000 07:23:18 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Peter Bismuti) writes:
>I run Redhat6.0, I had a hardware upgrade/rebuild done, now I can't access
>my scsi devices:
>[peterb@roughneck Linux]$ dmesg | grep scsi
>scsi : 0 hosts.
>scsi : detected total.
[...]
Maybe you should try loading the correct driver for the
SCSI card first ?
This doesn't have anything to do with termination alone - it's
the SCSI card which can't be found.
Michael
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Help Installing Redhat 6.2 via Hard Disk
Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2000 11:40:42 +0100
I am trying to install Redhat 6.2 via the hard disk method as I can
not get CDROM recognised. The install gets as far as identifying the
disk where rpms and base are located, the next screen takes me into
loading ramdisk and just hangs up. I am try to work out why this is
and what is ramdisk?
Thanks for any help given.
Bill
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From: jason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Network card driver
Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2000 11:29:15 GMT
hello! I'm using Slackware 7 and I have this D-Link DE220 ISA PnP network
card installed. Unfortunately Slackware 7 doesn't have a driver for it.
What do I do to make this network card working?? Thanks for helping.
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Subject: Re: Linux-Ready PCI Modem FOUND!
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rob Clark)
Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2000 12:49:15 GMT
In article <8oa8n8$s7c$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
q <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I picked up a k56/V.90PCI modem recently which works fantastic under
>both linux and windows.
>
>RATOC systems' Inc.
>Model: REX-PCI56
>www.rexpccard.co.jp
>Chipset: Lucent !!
>Price: 3,500 Yen. Somewhere around $33 U.S., depending on the exchange
>rate.
>[Large photo]
>From the drivers on the Japanese side of their site, it looks like a PCtel
soft modem with "Linmodem" drivers. If it's a Lucent-based modem, what
are the numbers on the main Lucent chip? They may have changed to a
Lucent Venus chipset.
Rob Clark, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://start.at/modem
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From: Dances with Turtles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Netgear FA311 ethernet card Not working
Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2000 09:12:43 -0400
I thought that I'd throw my 2 cents in. I posted ta problem Saturday
with the
FA311 but didn't see your thread. MY FA311 is working, as you put it
somewhat
slow, but working.
I used the module that Netgear provided with RedHat 6.2. I am noting a
number of
errors, one-to-one with packets sent, and they appear to be carrier
errors. I'm running
a 100MB ethernet through a Linksys Switch.
When you stated that your card ran slow, were you using a switch, a hub
or as you mentioned
twisted cable?? My experience with twisted cable has never been that
great. Others may object,
but for the price of a switch these dasy, it is worth it to me.
Funny thing, you say that you made the mistake of staying with
Netgrear. I spent nearly 16 hours,
some with tech support trying to get the newest Linksys 110LNETX V4.1 up
and running to no avail.
I returned it and got the Netgear and had it running (minus this
problem) in 10 minutes. Just remember,
it isn't you, it's the vendors who don't support Linux.
A E Lawrence wrote:
>
> "@home" wrote:
> >
> > 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?
> >
>
> Sorry. It wasn't very clear. And as I investigated further, more
> problems showed up.
>
> 1) There were no problems compiling and installing fa311 as a module
> under 2.2.16.
>
> 2) And the card then functioned sometimes. It looked as if it was
> autonegotiation that failed: even when both ends of the link agreed on
> the protocol, they would not necessary operate.
>
> 3) When I used Donald's natsemi driver, the performance was rather
> better, but the same sorts of failure happened. In that case they could
> be investigated with his mii-diag and natsemi-diag utilities which are
> available from his website.
>
> 4) Since two FA311's would seldom work back-to-back with a cross over
> cable, and if they did agree to communicate the bandwidth was almost
> always very low, I decided to reject the cards and exchange them for
> FX310TXs. That is a tulip design, but since looking at the tulip mailing
> list archives, I may have made a mistake in staying with NetGear :-(
>
> The 311 is based on a newish National semiconductor chip, and I
> speculate that the problem resides there. I would advise people to stay
> away from the FA311 until the problem has been identified and fixed.
>
> ael
> --
> Dr A E Lawrence (from home)
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From: Dances with Turtles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: linksys question...
Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2000 09:28:44 -0400
I'm curious. I bought a Linksys 100LNETX V4.1 and returned it as I
could not get it to work.
What did you do to get it to work? Not to sound like arrogant or
anything, but it would be nice to see people post their solutions as
not all recommendations are posted. This helps people like me say,
"Geez, was I really that dumb and didn't try that?" :)
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> thank you everybody for your replies so far. i've got the two cards
> installed in my win98 and linux machines successfully, but they can't
> see each other yet. i've tried setting up my network neighborhood on my
> win machine, but i can't find the linux box. i've gone through some
> setup options in 'netcfg' in linux, but obviously none of that is
> working. i've even tried ping'ing the ip address of my win machine from
> linux and that goes nowhere. the cards and hub all look fine; the
> lights are on and flickering when they should be. there are no
> indications of a bad install in the logs anywhere. any ideas?
> any more good reference sites? thanks...
>
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> Andrey Vlasov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Hi there,
> >
> > you should start from here
> >
> > http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Net-HOWTO/index.html
> >
> > Andrey
> >
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >
> > > hello. i'm trying to install a linksys 10/100 network in a box to
> > > connect my win98 machine (amd k6-400 128mb ram) to my redhat linux
> 6.2
> > > machine (pentium 233 64mb ram). i have the cards in their
> respective
> > > machines, and now i need to know where to begin with the linux
> > > installation. i'm relatively familiar with unix, but just got this
> > > linux box about 3 months ago and this is my first hardware
> installation.
> > > where in the world do i begin?
> > >
> > > thank you,
> > > trent
> > >
> > > Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> > > Before you buy.
> >
> >
>
> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> Before you buy.
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From: "Bryan Siemon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Problem booting off Ultra 66 controller
Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2000 13:42:17 GMT
Howdie all,
I am running Red Hat 6.2. My root partition is hde2, which is located on
the Promise Ultra 66 controller. I am using the 2.4.0 pre 7 kernel, since it
has native support of my card. The problem is when I try to boot, the boot
process locks up right after Linux detects my Ultra 66's address and IRQ.
(Right after it detects all the disks in my system) When I add the following
line to lilo.conf:
append = " hdd=ide-scsi hdc=ide-floppy ide2=0xa400,0xa000
ide3=0x9800,0x9400"
It gets past the previous point but locks up at the partition check. If
anybody has any suggestions to help me out, they would be greatly
appreciated.
Bryan
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From: Henrik Carlqvist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.lang.verilog
Subject: Re: 1GMHz+ PC with Linux to run EDA SW?
Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2000 13:29:49 +0200
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Also, Signalscan is available on Linux. I ran it just today.
> However, I can't seem to get the pli code to work yet. Something
> weird about my libc.so.5 I have is making the sim core dump. Don't
> know what to do about this as Cadence won't support this pli as far
> as I know.
Which distribution of Linux are you using? Afaik all distributions
support libc5 but some older versions of some distributions does'nt
support libc6. Most distributions use libc6 as default today. You could
check this with "ldd /bin/ls":
draken:~> ldd /bin/ls
libc.so.5 => /lib/libc.so.5 (0x4000e000)
I'm using an old Slackware which is built for libc5.
Some commercial applications need support for libc6 to work. Check your
program with ldd to see which libraries it needs. If ls points to libc6
and your application to libc5 then the application is really made for
libc5. If both ls and your application points to libc5, maybe your
application would work better with libc6. Upgrading libc is hard and
risky work, it's probably better to upgrade your distribution.
If your problem isn't with the libc version you will need to debug the
application. Debbuging a commercial application without source isn't
easy. Maybe you could use the core file and a nice debugger like ddd to
get a clue about the name of the function where the error occurs. By
using strace you might get some clue about missing files that the
program is looking for.
regards Henrik
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