Linux-Hardware Digest #507, Volume #13 Thu, 31 Aug 00 16:13:09 EDT
Contents:
Re: i810 Anyone succeded ? Please Help !!! ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Zip100 Mount Problems - /dev/sda4 not a valid block device (Justo M. Casablanca)
Re: Zip100 Mount Problems - /dev/sda4 not a valid block device (Justo M. Casablanca)
Re: TurboLinux 6.0 install with a GeForce..Help Please or I will kill
myself!!!!!!!!..really!!! ("Robert Andrew Bell")
Re: Problem with GeForce 2 GTS ("Robert Andrew Bell")
Possible to have IDE and UMA drives on the same controller? ("Trevor Jenkins")
Re: (YASP) Seagate Barracuda (ST318416W) Incompatibility (Henry_Barta)
Testing bad memory: was: why lots of bad hardware.. (Jonathan Grobe)
Re: installing linux ("Nisi")
Re: Testing bad memory: was: why lots of bad hardware.. ("Dakai")
Re: VIA chipset ("Zajdel")
Re: Setting up an ide cd recorder in Mandrake 7.0 Solution (mike)
My monitors are getting fried. Is Xfree86 to blame? ("Dean Olson")
Re: VIA chipset (sideband)
Re: CD-ROM woes ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: i810 Anyone succeded ? Please Help !!!
Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2000 16:19:58 GMT
In article <8ojd3j$nei$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Sindh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
> Hi folks
>
> I am trying to install Linux on a system at work. I have no problems
> installing the thing. Main problem is the video which is i810. Onboard
> video.
>
> I tried intel solution and used the agpgart module. It says
AGPIOACQUIRE
> ERROR or something very similar and fails. XFCom video server does not
> run
> complaining the same. Has anybody succeded in making it run. For
various
> reasons, I can't open the box. [ mainly beacuse of regulations.]
>
> Is there any use in trying different distributions. Redhat and
Mandrake
> both
> do the same. Run at 300x200 resol 8bpp col depth.
>
> If any one of you had success in running it could you tell me how you
> managed it.
>
> Any help is greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks
> Sreekant
Hi Sreekant.
I had some troubles installing it but just because I wasnt doing it
correctly :-)
First I downloaded the 2.4 kernel and installed the agp module there but
that module doesnt work with XFCom and you HAVE to use the one that
intel provides. When I tried to compile that one I just got errors and
that was only because it couldnt find the
/usr/src/linux/include/version.h wich is created as soon as you compile
a kernel (so I just got the source of my kernel and compiled it but
didnt install it since I had a good kernel allready and then I could
compile the agpgart module). Then you set it into
/lib/modules/your_kernel_version/misc and tell /etc/modules to load that
module.
Then you tell /etc/X11/Xserver to use the XFCom_i810 server and you
should have a X up and running then.
You can use the XF86Setup program to generate a working XF86Config file
but you have to edit it to make it work properly, there is info on how
to do this at intel.com, unfortunately I dont remember where.
Best regards
Olafur Jens Sigurdsson
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From: Justo M. Casablanca <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Zip100 Mount Problems - /dev/sda4 not a valid block device
Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2000 16:29:12 GMT
> There's no IRQ mentioned here. Do you have an "irq=7" option for your
> parport_pc module? I think you need a line like this in your
> /etc/moduless.conf:
>
> options parport_pc irq=7 io=0x378
Look closer. There's a line in the boot sequence that reads:
"Aug 26 22:56:16 somehost kernel: parport0: detected irq 7; use procfs
to enable interrupt-driven operation."
Is this it ?
> The port does claim EPP support, which is a good thing because ppa
> cannot use ECP.
Hmmm, my BIOS is setup for the parallel port to support ECP and EPP.
Is this a problem - having the two modes supported at the same time ?
Justo
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From: Justo M. Casablanca <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Zip100 Mount Problems - /dev/sda4 not a valid block device
Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2000 16:29:13 GMT
> ...you have to mount this particular disk as /dev/sda1.
I have already tried this, to no avail. Besides, under RH 6.0 and 6.1,
the same zip drive with the same disks mounted correctly to /dev/sda4.
Justo
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From: "Robert Andrew Bell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: TurboLinux 6.0 install with a GeForce..Help Please or I will kill
myself!!!!!!!!..really!!!
Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2000 16:44:15 GMT
Hi, I'm not sure what your problem is but any distro using XFree86 3.3.x
and above has generic support for Geforce256 & ddr but you must install the
svga server during your initial installation. I've used a Prophet 256 with
Slackware 7.0 & 7.1, Mandrake 7.0 $ 7.1 and FreeBSD 4.1 all with no problems
what-so-ever. If you want to use Nvidia's latest 3d drivers then you will
need to install XFree86 4.0.
Rob.
"AGP" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:8olt2f$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> sure thing. although my card, as i mentioned is just a plain GeForce,
> the Geforce2 is the next generation accelerator, although i think that
> the drivers for one should work for the other. im gonna try installing
> again with VGA16 and in text mode. i will then ask for more help.
> thanx.
>
> --
>
> *******************************************************************
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>
> Jim Broughton wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> >AGP wrote:
> >>
> >> I am trying to install TurboLinux 6.0 on my machine
> >> but I have a GeForce card and the video probe does
> >> not detect my card. i pick SVGA of the X server and then
> >> i choose evry resolution but the video test fails on all and
> >> then i cant cancel out of it so im just stuck there with no where
> >> to go. How can I install the OS if i cant install the video drivers
> >> to actually see what im doing. If someone could give me a step
> >> by step so that i can get this thing running that would be helpful.
> >> I know some stuff about Linux but for the most part im not sure how
> >> the install functions. I do have two RPM's from the Nvidia site.
> >> one is a GLX and the other is a kernel. not sure what to do with those
> >> or how i can incorporate them into the install.
> >> PLEASE HELP. Im very computer literate and this stuff just boggles
> >> me. im starting to understand why so few people switch or test Linux.
> >> anyways,
> >> tia
> >> AGP
> >>
> >> send me a direct emnail if possible.
> >> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >> (remove the no spam to send)
> >> thanx
> >>
> >> --
> >>
> >> *******************************************************************
> >> Please remove the spam killer in my email address before
> >> replying to via email.
> >> *******************************************************************
> >
> > I replied to your email to me but I guess you just left out some of
this!
> > The linux community is in NO way resposible to supply us with drivers
> >for everything that is bleeding edge. The geforce 2 is just that. That is
> the
> >resposibility of a manufacturer. Anyway I have a step by step
explaination
> waiting
> >in my drafts folder for you. When you get the OS up and running (even if
in
> >console mode (install but do not configure X)) send me some mail and I
will
> send
> >you the step by step instructions (rather lenghty and wordy).
> >
> >
> >--
> >Jim Broughton
> >(The Amiga OS! Now there was an OS)
> >If Sense were common everyone would have it!
> >Following Air and Water the third most abundant
> >thing on the planet is Human Stupidity.
>
>
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From: "Robert Andrew Bell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Problem with GeForce 2 GTS
Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2000 16:46:18 GMT
Which version of XFree86 are you using? I believe they require XFree86 4.0.
Rob.
"George" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:8olhu6$b30$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Should, but they don't - unless someone has gotten 'em to work.
> George
>
> "Andreas Thell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > Try to download the NVidia-drivers from their homepage. These drivers
> > give you a module named "nvidia". This should work.
> >
> > Andreas
> >
>
>
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From: "Trevor Jenkins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Possible to have IDE and UMA drives on the same controller?
Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2000 11:17:32 +0100
I want to move some IDE drives from my old (dead) Linux workstation to its
replacement. The old macchine was VL-bus based! The new one will have a
modern motherboard with an integral UMA66/100 controller though for
performance reasons I might add a separate controller card. Obviously I
can't put the VL-bus controller card in there. Casting around the net
(HOWTOs,etc) it appears that I can use the existing drives with a UMA
controller but I can't find out solid answers to my questions.
The most pressing question is can I mix-and-match the old IDE drives with
newer UMA drives on the same controller? Probably more pressing still is
whether I would need to reformat the existing drives before using them with
the new controller (integral or separate)? The existing disks probably will
be used for "archive" rather than continuous access so the speed
differential isn't important.
Regards, Trevor
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language. So recognise it now.
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From: Henry_Barta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development.system
Subject: Re: (YASP) Seagate Barracuda (ST318416W) Incompatibility
Date: 31 Aug 2000 17:07:04 GMT
In comp.os.linux.hardware Henry_Barta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> There seem to be others experiencing the same problem, so it
> does not appear to be a sample defect with the drive.
A Deja search turned up a post with the URL for a site set up
by the maintainer of the aic7xxx driver. I downloaded and
applied the patches necessary to take my version of the driver
to his most recent version and that fixed the problem for me.
--
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Beautiful Sunny Winfield, Illinois
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jonathan Grobe)
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.mandrake,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Testing bad memory: was: why lots of bad hardware..
Date: 31 Aug 2000 17:21:55 GMT
Reply-To: <>
In article <8oju8n$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, ..wrote:
>
>> What errors do you get? Signal 11 or 7 can mean you have a bad memory
>chip
>> in RAM or cache.
I am getting Signal 11 and installation aborting when I try to
install Mandrake. How do I test memory?
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From: "Nisi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: installing linux
Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2000 14:05:51 -0400
Go to www.linuxnewbie.org
Nisi
www.mindlessmayhem.com
Michael Rosel wrote in message <8ohggd$2pl$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>Hello everybody!!!
>
>
>I am very much new to Linux and I want to have informations about it.
> --What do I need
> --limitations
> --how to
>
>Can anyone refer me to a very informative site.
>I am planning to install linux on a Compaq deskpro 5120 (pentium 120Mhz)
>series and on a Deskpro 4000 (pentium 166) series.
>
>
>
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From: "Dakai" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.mandrake,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Testing bad memory: was: why lots of bad hardware..
Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2000 13:32:01 -0500
Most computer shops can test memory for a small charge.
"Jonathan Grobe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> In article <8oju8n$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, ..wrote:
> >
> >> What errors do you get? Signal 11 or 7 can mean you have a bad memory
> >chip
> >> in RAM or cache.
>
> I am getting Signal 11 and installation aborting when I try to
> install Mandrake. How do I test memory?
>
> --
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From: "Zajdel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: VIA chipset
Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2000 19:27:05 GMT
Hi,
Do you have VIA AC97 in sound config? If yes that's OK. I needed a kernel
patch.
Then I had to enable SB Pro legacy in Bios. Next read via82cxxx.txt. This
file was missing in my patch. It says that you need also SB modules for
support reason only.
My main problem was solved by placing in conf.modules lines
alias sound via82cxxx
options sb support=1.
If you have run depmod -a the sb.o module will be loaded as well (and
uart401.o).
Paul Zajdel
Bart Friederichs wrote: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>I am trying to get my on-board VIA sound chipset working. I know
>the
>latest kernel (i am using slack 7.1 with kernel 2.2.16) supports
>it,
>according to the Sound Howto. Well, I recompiled my kernel with
>soundsupport, using 'make xconfig' and 'make bzImage'. After a
>reboot,
>there still seems no sound support. When I cat /dev/sndstat is
>replies
>with 'cat: /dev/sndstat: No such device'. How must I compile my
>kernel
>to get it in there? And... after that, how do I load those VIA
>drivers?
>The only VIA driver I see in 'make xconfig' is a codec, but lspci
>-v
>shows the same number, so I guess that's allright.
>
>Plz help, I never had *any* sound in Linux, not even with my old
>SB16
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From: mike <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Setting up an ide cd recorder in Mandrake 7.0 Solution
Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2000 15:37:51 -0400
I found the solution to why my ide cd recorder was not
recognized by cdrecord and xcdroast.
The followind line had to be added to lilo.conf :
append="hdbc=ide-scsi"
I think the reason is to tell the kernel to recognize that the
ide scsi emulation linkages would use the /dev/hdbc device
where the cd recorder drive was located.
I also had to load the ide-scsi.o module, which appears to
make the ide drive emulate a scsi device.
The lynch pin was the adding of the line to lilo.conf.
Mike
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From: "Dean Olson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: My monitors are getting fried. Is Xfree86 to blame?
Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2000 19:40:01 GMT
About two months ago my 19" generic brand monitor lost most of its color and
brightness and turned a dark brown on the screen. If I turned it off for an
extended period of time, it would come back somewhat but it was clearly
ruined. I am not sure what caused it. It had worked fine for over a year.
I replaced the monitor with a Hitachi CM771, which worked just great for a
month. Now it is showing the same symptoms. I am at a loss at to what new
factor is causing these monitors to lose their brightness. I have replaced
the video card I had (Riva TNT AGP) with a Voodoo 5 5500 AGP. No
difference. I am now considering checking the motherboard for some kind of
faulty AGP port, and the resolution settings to see if I perhaps set the res
too high (1280x1024) but it is doubtful since the Hitachi was well within
its limits of resolution and refresh rate.
I am trying to think about the changes I've made to the system in the last
two months. I upgraded the CPU from a 400Mhz PII to a 550Mhz PIII, changed
the resolution from 1024x768 to 1280x1024.
Under X, the NVidia TNT has worked just fine using 3.3.6 SVGA server for
more than a year. Is it possible that the server somehow miscalculated the
refresh rates? I was fairly conservative in the limits I set for the X
server as far as the monitor's capacity, so I did not think that X could
have damaged it, although I have heard of monitors getting damaged if the
server's clock timings weren't set right. In five years of using X, I have
never had it cause any problems, but I have to consider this as a
possibility. Typically I use Win98 for most of my work stuff, and use
Linux for most of my code hacking. Has anyone actually had XFree86 ruin
their monitor? I had thought that such a problem was relegated to the
monitors of the past.
The other thing I changed was that I started playing a lot of DVDs
on my system with my Creative Labs DVD player. Now, with the DVD player, I
refused to use the passthrough adaptor since it affected the clarity of my
picture, so instead I opted to play it out to my TV through the DXR II SVHS
port while leaving the DVD player software in the background of my PC
desktop. Without the passthrough to play the DVD through to my screen as
well as the TV, the DVD picture where my screen is supposed display is a
bright blue overlay. I am now wondering if this is yet another factor that
could affect my monitors.
I am losing my mind over this. I have somehow managed to fry $900 worth of
hardware in a 60 day period.
Please help if you can.
Thanks
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From: sideband <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: VIA chipset
Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2000 15:45:17 -0400
After you made bzImage, did you copy the new kernel to /boot, update
/etc/lilo.conf, and rerun /sbin/lilo to make the changes take effect?
New kernels don't do any good unless the system can boot from them.
HTH.
-SSB
On or about Thu, 31 Aug 2000 15:25:16 GMT, Bart Friederichs
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, using the forum comp.os.linux.hardware did
say:
:Hi,
:
:I am trying to get my on-board VIA sound chipset working. I know
:the
:latest kernel (i am using slack 7.1 with kernel 2.2.16) supports
:it,
:according to the Sound Howto. Well, I recompiled my kernel with
:soundsupport, using 'make xconfig' and 'make bzImage'. After a
:reboot,
:there still seems no sound support. When I cat /dev/sndstat is
:replies
:with 'cat: /dev/sndstat: No such device'. How must I compile my
:kernel
:to get it in there? And... after that, how do I load those VIA
:drivers?
:The only VIA driver I see in 'make xconfig' is a codec, but lspci
:-v
:shows the same number, so I guess that's allright.
:
:Plz help, I never had *any* sound in Linux, not even with my old
:SB16
:card.
:
:TIA
:Bart
:
:PS
:lspci -v: (partially)
:00:07.5 Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies, Inc.
:VT82C686
:[Apollo Super AC97/Audio] (rev 20)
: Subsystem: VIA Technologies, Inc.: Unknown device 4511
: Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 10
: I/O ports at cc00
: I/O ports at d000
: I/O ports at d400
: Capabilities: [c0] Power Management version 2
:
:Further, there are some VIA bridges (PCI, ISA, etc)
:
:
:
:
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: CD-ROM woes
Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2000 20:04:52 GMT
Chuck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: The system freezes happen both when the CDROM is the only SCSI device
: and termination is set, or when the SCSI hard drive is on the bus with it
: set as terminator. Thus I don't think it has to do with termination, but
: I will look into switching cables...thanks-Chuck
Chuck ...
You blow.
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