Linux-Hardware Digest #486, Volume #13 Sun, 27 Aug 00 23:13:09 EDT
Contents:
Re: UPS / Backup drives (Larry Ebbitt)
Printer (Olivetti JP 170) doesn't work (Thomas Stein)
Help! setting up multiple PNP Devices ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Network card driver (Jim)
making HD bootable again after removing Linux (Gary Dale)
Parallel InkJet Printer? ("Michael J. Sherman")
Re: UPS / Backup drives ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: making HD bootable again after removing Linux (sideband)
Re: Zip100 Mount Problems - /dev/sda4 not a valid block device (Ruediger Arp)
ATI TV Wonder Driver ("Andrew Ng")
Re: ATI TV Wonder Driver (sideband)
Epson 860 weirdness (Ron Eastman)
Re: ATI TV Wonder Driver (Alex)
Second SCSI adapter not found (David Polinsky)
Re: UPS / Backup drives (John-Paul Stewart)
Re: increase microphone volume (James Franklin)
Do Linux and VIA Apollo 133A Play Nicely together? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: ATI TV Wonder Driver ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: ATI TV Wonder Driver ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2000 16:32:27 -0400
From: Larry Ebbitt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: UPS / Backup drives
Roger Kristiansen wrote:
>
>
>
> I'm thinking about buying a OnStream Internal SCSI backup drive, although I
> would like second opinions on that. When it comes to the UPS I don't have a
> clue.. could someone enlighten me, please? :)
I've been pleased with the three APCC UPS devices I've ben using for the
last four or five years. They have Linux support code available for
download. FOr backup, I strongly favor SCSI DAT, DDS-3 in the modern world
of huge disks.
--
Larry Ebbitt - Linux + OS/2 - Atlanta
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From: Thomas Stein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Printer (Olivetti JP 170) doesn't work
Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2000 22:58:22 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi there!
I've got a problem with my printer. In Linux I can't get a correct
printout.
First, the lines weren't printed right. Example:
I've got a text saved in a file, e.g. text1. The text is:
This is only a test.
This file should be printed.
When I try to print that file ("lpr text1"), I get the following result:
This is only a test.
This file should be printed.
After various tries to get it work, I'm not even getting this. Now there
are some
lines of senseless characters, that's all. I'm using SuSE Linux 6.2, my
printer
is an Olivetti JP 170 Inkjet printer. The printer's manual says, that
the printer
can act as if it where a HP Deskjet 500. Can anyone give me a hint?
Thx
--
Thomas Stein
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Help! setting up multiple PNP Devices
Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2000 21:00:48 GMT
I have a PNP modem and I would like to set it up the "right" way.
But I'm confused, because when I used to set up modems with
jumpers, at boot up the modem was considered a serial port
and worked fine. (Assuming I understand correctly)
On boot up, linux detects the following serial ports:
ttyS00 at 0x03f8 irq 4 and
ttyS01 at 0x02f8 irq 3
(MANY_PORTS, MULTIPORT, & SHARE_IRQ are enabled)
So to get my modem to work I have to do the following:
I use isapnp to configure my modem with the following parameters:
I/O: 0x02e8 irq: 3
I then use setserial as follows (from my script):
setserial /dev/modem autoconfig
setserial /dev/modem port 0x02e8
setserial /dev/modem autoconfig
and then my modem works fine. (But X locks randomly when I'm dialed in)
Here's the Q:
Why can't I set the modem to
io 0x02f8 irq 3
and then use setserial to point the modem to ttyS01?
I seems that this should work... but it doesn't. It also seems that
this is the "right" way but I must be understanding something
incorrectly...
thanks in advance
paul
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From: Jim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Network card driver
Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2000 21:35:37 GMT
Here's a web page that should help.
http://www.linhardware.com/db/dispproduct.php3?DISP?369
Thanks, Jim
jason wrote:
> 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.
>
>
> --
> Posted via CNET Help.com
> http://www.help.com/
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From: Gary Dale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: making HD bootable again after removing Linux
Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2000 21:56:40 GMT
I look after several computers and frequently move hardware between
them. One problem I keep coming up with is getting the hard disks to
boot again (for Windows 95/95) after removing Linux from them. If the
drive contained a bootable Linux partition, LILO tries to start, but
fails. If the drive was not bootable but was formatted for Linux, I get
I/O errors when it tries to boot.
I've tried using Partition Magic 4 and fdisk. The partitions are Primary
DOS and are set to active. They are formatted for FAT16 and have the
system files. I've tried fdisk /mbr. Everything says the partitions
should be bootable but they won't.
Any suggestions?
P.S., the reason this crops up is I reserve my good hardware for Linux,
and move the older stuff to keep legacy Windows crap running.
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From: "Michael J. Sherman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Parallel InkJet Printer?
Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2000 18:22:46 -0400
Hi,
I'm getting ready to buy an inkjet printer. I need one that
can do about 600dpi, color, and have a parallel hook-up.
I'm running RedHat Linux 6.2.
Can anyone recommend one that is sure to work?
Thanks,
Mike
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Subject: Re: UPS / Backup drives
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 27 Aug 2000 18:26:51 -0400
"Roger Kristiansen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I'm setting up a linux server that I need a UPS and some backup-system on.
> Now, are the any special manufacturers I should buy from? What works well,
> what doesn't work at all?
APC is the big boy in the UPS industry. Lots of people prefer
TrippLite or APC alternatives; however, I have been very happy with
the UPS of theirs that I have, and _incredibly_ happy with their phone
support.
Expect to pay for the prestige of the "APC" name, however. They do
have a nifty program where you can trade in any functioning APC UPS
and get up to 60% off the price of your next UPS.
> I'm thinking about buying a OnStream Internal SCSI backup drive, although I
> would like second opinions on that.
I believe CNET had a good review of that drive, but there are a lot of
different OnStream internal SCSI drives; what type of tape and what
size are we talking? By the way, you will _never_ see the stated size
of the tape, not unless you back up 30GB of text files. I think the
rule of thumb is for the compressed value to be about equal to the
total space of all your drives. For your first backup, you may have
to use two or three tapes, but all subsequent backups will be
incremental and use only a small amount.
Bear in mind that I don't actually own a tape drive; this is just what
I've heard.
> When it comes to the UPS I don't have a clue.. could someone
> enlighten me, please? :)
Take the manufacturer's specs with a big grain of salt, when it comes
to uptimes on battery. Obviously, don't plug anything into the UPS
unless the computer will literally not function without it. This
basically means your computer, any external storage devices, and your
monitor. I tell this to people all the time, and I still catch them
plugging heavy-duty laser printers or copiers into UPSes. There is a
practical maximum to the amount of current a UPS can send through and
still get a charge. Once you start drawing more power than that, the
battery will not charge so long as the computer is on. For reference,
a 300W power supply and a 17" monitor will max out a 500V UPS.
Recommended minimum voltage for a server is about 1200V, now, I
think.
--
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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From: sideband <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: making HD bootable again after removing Linux
Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2000 19:29:38 -0400
Boot with a DOS/Win95/98 floppy with FDISK on it.
When you get your A:> prompt, type FDISK /MBR
Once that is done, run FDISK and make sure your Windows partition is
set bootable/active/whatevermicro$lothiscallingithisweek. Exit FDISK.
Remove the floppy and reboot.
Of course, you'll want to use a floppy from the OS that you've
installed. The Win95/98 boot floppy that came with the CD is a good
bet.
HTH
-SSB
On or about Sun, 27 Aug 2000 21:56:40 GMT, Gary Dale
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, using the forum comp.os.linux.hardware did say:
:I look after several computers and frequently move hardware between
:them. One problem I keep coming up with is getting the hard disks to
:boot again (for Windows 95/95) after removing Linux from them. If the
:drive contained a bootable Linux partition, LILO tries to start, but
:fails. If the drive was not bootable but was formatted for Linux, I get
:I/O errors when it tries to boot.
:
:I've tried using Partition Magic 4 and fdisk. The partitions are Primary
:DOS and are set to active. They are formatted for FAT16 and have the
:system files. I've tried fdisk /mbr. Everything says the partitions
:should be bootable but they won't.
:
:Any suggestions?
:
:P.S., the reason this crops up is I reserve my good hardware for Linux,
:and move the older stuff to keep legacy Windows crap running.
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From: Ruediger Arp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Zip100 Mount Problems - /dev/sda4 not a valid block device
Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2000 23:57:44 GMT
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Urspr=FCngliche Nachricht <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
Am 27.08.00, 22:06:24, schrieb [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows) zu=
m=20
Thema Re: Zip100 Mount Problems - /dev/sda4 not a valid block device:
> On Sun, 27 Aug 2000 18:29:22 GMT, Justo M. Casablanca wrote:
> >Thank you so much for your quick response. I did as you said, but I=20
still
> >get the same message at the command line (i.e. "mount: /dev/sda4 is n=
ot=20
a
> >valid block device"), and I also still get the same set of error=20
messages
> >in /var/log/messages as before (i.e. copied-and-pasted into the origi=
nal
> >posting). Any more ideas ?
> What about SCSI support and SCSI disk support? Those need to be loade=
d
> as well if they're not compiled directly into the kernel. Generally,
> the SCSI stuff is loaded automagically when it's required--have you
> turned off the kernel module loader or something?
> modprobe scsi_mod
> modprobe sd_mod
hi,
there are a few zip-disks around that use a different partition, i.e.=20
eventhough they are dos-formatted they use partition 1 (!) instead of=20
partition 4.
Perhaps you try to use /dev/sda.
Hopeit helps,
rude
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From: "Andrew Ng" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: ATI TV Wonder Driver
Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2000 00:11:34 GMT
Hello Everyone...
Does anyone have a driver for ATI TV Wonder tv-tuner card on the linux
platform. I have been looking all over the internet but can't find any.
Thanx
Andrew
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From: sideband <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: ATI TV Wonder Driver
Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2000 20:15:51 -0400
Do a websearch on GATOS. I forget the URL, but I use it on both my All
In Wonder and my 3D Xpression + with the TV Wonder card attached.
works nicely. A few quirks, but nothing that won't be worked out in
the next release, I'm sure.
HTH.
-SSB
On or about Mon, 28 Aug 2000 00:11:34 GMT, "Andrew Ng"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, using the forum comp.os.linux.hardware did say:
:Hello Everyone...
:
: Does anyone have a driver for ATI TV Wonder tv-tuner card on the linux
:platform. I have been looking all over the internet but can't find any.
:
:Thanx
:Andrew
:
:
:
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From: Ron Eastman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat
Subject: Epson 860 weirdness
Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2000 17:43:11 -0700
I am having a problem for which I am at my wits end.
I just replaced a 5 year old epson escp2 inkjet printer with a new epson
860 inkjet printer.
Although the old printer was not doing all that well, everything worked
fine. With the
new printer, I get the following behavior: the printer is detected, but
when I try to print
to it, nothing happens. No error messages, no nothing. Furthermore, the
print daemon clearly
thinks that it is sending stuff to the printer, because I can lpr a big
file and see it in the queue
for a few moments before it disappears.
I have tried compiling parallel port support directly into the kernel
(2.2.16-3, redhat 6.2).
I have tried turning off ecp/dma. I do have /etc/conf.modules set
correctly (I think):
alias parport_lowlevel parport_pc
options parport_pc io=0x378 irq=6
If I cat /proc/parport/0/autoprobe I see:
CLASS:PRINTER;
MODEL:Stylus COLOR 860;
MANUFACTURER:EPSON;
DESCRIPTION:EPSON Stylus COLOR 860;
COMMAND SET:ESCPL2,BDC,D4;
and if I cat /proc/parport/0/hardware I see:
base: 0x378
irq: 6
dma: none
modes: SPP
and likewise the devices file contains "lp"
With printtool, if I try to print directly to /dev/lp0, it does so, but
nothing happens. Again, no error messages.
I noticed, by searching dejanews, that other people have encountered
this,
but I've seen no resolution to the problem.
I don't believe there is anything wrong with the printer--I can print to
it from NT
with no problem.
Any advice will be gratefully accepted and well received.
Ron
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From: Alex <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: ATI TV Wonder Driver
Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2000 20:42:53 -0400
sideband wrote:
> Do a websearch on GATOS. I forget the URL, but I use it on both my All
> In Wonder and my 3D Xpression + with the TV Wonder card attached.
>From my understanding, TV Wonder and All In Wonder use different chips I might
be wrong since I don't have a TV wonder.
GATOS web site address is as follow:
http://cvs.core.binghamton.edu/~insomnia/gatos/
For TV Wonder, I think BTTV is the one you need.
If you do have ATI TV Wonder PCI TV Card. Check out the following web sites.
http://lhd.zdnet.com/db/dispproduct.php3?DISP?900
http://www.metzlerbros.de/bttv.html
Good luck.
Alex.
>
> works nicely. A few quirks, but nothing that won't be worked out in
> the next release, I'm sure.
>
> HTH.
>
> -SSB
>
> On or about Mon, 28 Aug 2000 00:11:34 GMT, "Andrew Ng"
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, using the forum comp.os.linux.hardware did say:
>
> :Hello Everyone...
> :
> : Does anyone have a driver for ATI TV Wonder tv-tuner card on the linux
> :platform. I have been looking all over the internet but can't find any.
> :
> :Thanx
> :Andrew
> :
> :
> :
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http://counter.li.org/index.html
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David Polinsky)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Second SCSI adapter not found
Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2000 00:47:55 GMT
I have a computer running Red Hat 6.2 with SCSI hard drives, CDROM and
Tape. The hard drives and cdrom are attached to an aic7xxx device and
they all work just fine. The tape is attached to an aha152x device
which is seen by the booting system at boot-up, but is not seen by
Linux. The module exists for the aha152x device. I suspect I'm missing
something simple, and I would be happy to RTFB, but there are too many
books and I can't find the right one. I would appreciate some help.
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From: John-Paul Stewart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: UPS / Backup drives
Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2000 01:30:19 GMT
Roger Kristiansen wrote:
>
> I'm setting up a linux server that I need a UPS and some backup-system on.
> Now, are the any special manufacturers I should buy from? What works well,
> what doesn't work at all?
>
> I'm thinking about buying a OnStream Internal SCSI backup drive, although I
> would like second opinions on that. When it comes to the UPS I don't have a
> clue.. could someone enlighten me, please? :)
>
> ---
> Roger Kristiansen
I've heard bad things on this newsgroup about the OnStream drives. It was 6-8
weeks ago, something about them being semi-proprietary/non-standard and
requiring a kernel module, IIRC. I can give a hearty reccomendation to Seagate
Travan drives (the biggest TR-5 drives hold only 20GB (compressed)
though--smaller than the OnStreams).
J-P Stewart
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (James Franklin)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: increase microphone volume
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 27 Aug 2000 20:47:13 -0600
On Sat, 26 Aug 2000 18:00:11 +0100, Anton Suchaneck wrote:
>Does someone know whether I can increase the volume the microphone receives?
>I have a cheap one, but I believe to have had better result with win95.
>
>Anton
That is software dependent, I think. What software are you using. I use
kvoice and kmix and they have settings for that stuff.
--
James
The only function of economic forecasting is to make astrology look respectable.
-- John Kenneth Galbraith
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.redhat,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Do Linux and VIA Apollo 133A Play Nicely together?
Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2000 01:53:33 GMT
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Hi Folks:)
Is Linux compatible with the VIA Apollo 133A chipset? Are there any
stability issues?
I'm building an SMP system. The board is either going to be a Tyan
S1832 (BX) "F" series running 2 PIII 800 Coppermine CPUs, or a Tyan
S1834 (VIA 133A) with 2 PIII 933 cpus.
Which system will faster and more stable?
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Subject: Re: ATI TV Wonder Driver
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 27 Aug 2000 22:57:47 -0400
sideband <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Do a websearch on GATOS. I forget the URL, but I use it on both my All
> In Wonder and my 3D Xpression + with the TV Wonder card attached.
> works nicely. A few quirks, but nothing that won't be worked out in
> the next release, I'm sure.
The TV Wonder uses a Bt848 chipset, which other ATI tuner cards do
not.
--
Eric McCoy ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
"The politics of failure have failed! We need to make them work again!"
- Kodos, The Simpsons
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Subject: Re: ATI TV Wonder Driver
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 27 Aug 2000 22:59:00 -0400
"Andrew Ng" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Hello Everyone...
>
> Does anyone have a driver for ATI TV Wonder tv-tuner card on the linux
> platform. I have been looking all over the internet but can't find any.
The bttv kernel driver (under "Video for Linux") has minimal support
for this card (which is actually a Bt848). You cannot change
channels. I was never able to get sound.
Perhaps the drivers in 2.4.0 are more mature, however; I speak only as
of 2.2.14.
--
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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