Linux-Hardware Digest #513, Volume #13 Fri, 1 Sep 00 15:13:11 EDT
Contents:
Re: Driver for Lexmark Z31? (John Mecholsky)
Re: ATA66 with Red Hat 6.2 ? (John Mecholsky)
Re: Printers with Linux (John Mecholsky)
cdrw mounting as ro (Susan Wojcik)
Re: Bt829 chipset support? (mst)
Re: cdrw mounting as ro ("pl")
Re: HP Colorado Tape ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: cdrw mounting as ro (Frank Sweetser)
Re: How to install printer ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Help building a Duron 600/K7V system (Phillip Deackes)
Best distribution for old notebook? (Kenneth)
Re: MPEG decoding in hardware? (mst)
Re: Modem query (Henrik Carlqvist)
Re: NFS problem after NIC upgrade (Henrik Carlqvist)
Re: cdrw mounting as ro (Mark Schneider)
paralel port programing ("Rafael Avila de Esp�ndola")
Re: Zip100 Mount Problems - /dev/sda4 not a valid block device (Ramses the Damned)
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From: John Mecholsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Driver for Lexmark Z31?
Date: Fri, 01 Sep 2000 12:24:25 -0400
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just a guess but have you tried a raw ps dump... that has worked with
some HP printers I use... though it is not printer specific
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From: John Mecholsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: ATA66 with Red Hat 6.2 ?
Date: Fri, 01 Sep 2000 12:29:59 -0400
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I believe you can use hard drive optimization to get it configured. you
can use hdparm available
http://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/hardware/hdparm-3.6.tar.gz
I have gotten this to work on the last release of Linux Mandrake (based
on redhat). Some info is also available in man pages.
John
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From: John Mecholsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Printers with Linux
Date: Fri, 01 Sep 2000 12:34:38 -0400
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I have gotten my stylus 800 to work using the "Epson Stylus Color (UP)
driver in Linux Mandrake 7.1, that is the only one I got to work right
despite the fact that there is a printer specific file for the 800. I
suspect that the Epson Stylus Color (UP) driver will also work for the
670 but don't expect much in the way of customization. Good Luck
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From: Susan Wojcik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: cdrw mounting as ro
Date: Fri, 01 Sep 2000 12:52:55 -0400
I purchased a scsi-3 CDRW for my Linux web server. I want to be able to
write to this drive/media. If I have a blank, unformatted cd it will
not mount. If I have a formatted CD it will mount, but as read-only.
mount -t iso9660 /dev/scd0 /mnt/cdrw
In my fstab I have:
/dev/scd0 /mnt/cdrw iso9660 rw
0 0
Does anyone have any suggestions as to how I may mount the CDRW media as
rw?
I've read the howto but am still at a loss.
Thanks in advance!
Mark
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From: mst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Bt829 chipset support?
Date: Fri, 01 Sep 2000 13:07:15 -0400
Stephen Crocker wrote:
>
> I have recently installed Mandrake 7.1 on a 4800 series Compaq Presario.
> This has a built-in video capture system based on the Bt829 chispet. So far,
> I have been unable to find and Linux drivers for this device. bttv claims
> bot to support the 829 and the only other drivers I have been able to find
> require an ATI card, whereas this setup seems to be a bizarre arrangement
> on the motherboard.
I've got a Intel mobo with a 829 on-board. It's seen by Windoze as "S3V
capture device" (the integrated video on the mobo is S3 Virge/DX). I've
tried to adapt Gatos (http://www.core.binghamton.edu/~insomnia/gatos/)
to work with it, but I've got little programming experience, and failed
so far. AFAIK, there's no other Linux resource available.
MST
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From: "pl" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: cdrw mounting as ro
Date: Fri, 01 Sep 2000 17:19:16 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Susan Wojcik wrote:
> I purchased a scsi-3 CDRW for my Linux web server. I want to be able to write
> to this drive/media. If I have a blank, unformatted cd it will not mount. If
> I have a formatted CD it will mount, but as read-only.
>
> mount -t iso9660 /dev/scd0 /mnt/cdrw
>
> In my fstab I have:
>
> /dev/scd0 /mnt/cdrw iso9660 rw
> 0 0
>
> Does anyone have any suggestions as to how I may mount the CDRW media as rw?
>
You don't mount them before writing.
You just need to point cdrecord, or whatever writing program you are going to
use, to the correct device and burn away. After the disc is written, then you
should be able to mount it(ro of course). That is unless it's a cdda (aka music)
cd which also doesn't get mounted.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: HP Colorado Tape
Date: Fri, 01 Sep 2000 17:07:05 GMT
I just got a HP 20MB and am running 2.0.0 kernel. Do I have to upgrade
the whole system to 2.2.x, or can I just update the kernel?
thanks,
jim hickle
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Tim Moore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Someone should really write up a HOWTO on getting the HP Colorado
TBU to
> > run. I have tried nearly everything suggested (I'm still hammering
on
> > it), and am still stymied. Once I get it running, I will post the
>
> The reason there's no HOWTO for the HP Colorado is that it would be
only
> 5 or 6 lines long, which is far below the minimums for HOWTOs. Just
> kidding. Here's a start (2.2.x kernels).
>
> The HP Colorado EIDE streaming TRAVAN tapes can use either ATAPI or
SCSI
> emulation but not both. My personal preference is SCSI emulation
> however there is no performance difference.
>
> 1. Kernel configuration.
>
> 1a. ATAPI. Under BLOCK DEVICES select IDE/ATAPI TAPE support
> (CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDETAPE).
>
> 1b. SCSI emulation. Under BLOCK DEVICES select SCSI emulation support
> (CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDESCSI). Under SCSI support select SCSI tape support
> (CONFIG_SCSI, CONFIG_CHR_DEV_ST). Deselect IDE/ATAPI tape support
(see
> 1a).
>
> 1c. Rebuild kernel, reboot.
>
> 2. Tape device identification.
>
> After reboot, check 'dmesg' output for similar output as one of these:
>
> 2a. ATAPI.
> ...
> kernel: hdb: HP COLORADO 20GB, ATAPI TAPE drive
> ...
> kernel: ide-tape: hdb <-> ht0: HP COLORADO 20GB rev 4.01
> kernel: ide-tape: hdb: overriding capabilities->speed (assuming
> 950KB/sec)
> kernel: ide-tape: hdb: overriding capabilities->max_speed (assuming
> 950KB/sec)
> kernel: ide-tape: hdb <-> ht0: 950KBps, 13*32kB buffer, 9248kB
pipeline,
> 60ms tDSC, DMA
> ..........................^^^
> In this example the tape is physically attached to ide0 as a Slave
> (hdb), the kernel device associated with hdb is 'ht0'. Tape access
will
> be via /dev/ht0? and /dev/nht0? (see st(4). Most people link
/dev/tape
> to the norewind device (cd /dev; ln -s nht0 tape).
>
> 2b. SCSI emulation.
> ...
> kernel: hdb: HP COLORADO 20GB, ATAPI TAPE drive
> ...
> kernel: scsi1 : SCSI host adapter emulation for IDE ATAPI devices
> ...
> kernel: Detected scsi removable disk sda at scsi0, channel 0, id 5,
lun
> 0
> kernel: Vendor: HP Model: COLORADO 20GB Rev: 4.01
> kernel: Type: Sequential-Access ANSI SCSI
revision:
> 02
> kernel: Detected scsi tape st0 at scsi1, channel 0, id 0, lun 0
> ...........................^^^
> In this example the tape is physically attached to ide0 as a Slave
> (hdb), the kernel device associated with hdb is 'st0'. Tape access
will
> be via /dev/st0? and /dev/nst0? (see st(4). Most people link
/dev/tape
> to the norewind device (cd /dev; ln -s sht0 tape).
>
> Also see mt(1), rmt(8), st(4), stinit(8), tar(1), dd(1), dump(8),
> restore(8),
> /usr/src/linux/Documentation/devices.txt
> Hardware-HOWTO: 28.3 Tape drives
>
> --
> timothymoore
> bigfoot
> com
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Frank Sweetser)
Subject: Re: cdrw mounting as ro
Date: 1 Sep 2000 17:09:09 GMT
Susan Wojcik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Does anyone have any suggestions as to how I may mount the CDRW media as
>rw?
You don't. CDRW acts exactly like CDR, plus the ability to blank and
reuse the disk.
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Full-time WPI Network Tech, Part time Linux/Perl guy |
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Norm: Just the usual, Coach. I'll have a froth of beer and a snorkel.
-- Cheers, King of the Hill
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: How to install printer
Date: Fri, 01 Sep 2000 17:20:59 GMT
In article <8ooe9b$aok$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Kevin wrote:
> Hi,
>
> My system is redhat6.2, remote printer is Lexmark Optra S 1650(on the
> network), how can I install the printer?
>
> Thanks Kevin
>
>
have you tried printtool? It should already be installed, but if its not, its on
the cd.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Phillip Deackes)
Subject: Re: Help building a Duron 600/K7V system
Date: Fri, 01 Sep 2000 17:27:08 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, as wrote:
>Hi,
> I've been running linux on my old dell for a while now, and finally
>decided to upgrade. I'm used to swapping out cards, adding RAM and
>drives, so I figured I'd go ahead and build my own system. I must
>confess I've run head first into a brick wall.
> I have an Asus K7V and a Duron 600. I put everying together
>according to the manual (and the Ars system building guide) and powerd
>it on for the first time with just the cpu, memory, keyboard, and video
>card. . . and nothing happened. Oh, the fans came on and the system led
>on the mobo came on, but i didn't get a signal to my monior. I didn't
>get the BIOS. I didn't even get the usual bios error beeps.
>Disappointed, I exchanged the processor and mobo for two of the same.
>And the same thing has happened.
I have had this happen to me when building a computer. Quite often it is
simply a matter of having one or more of the cables to the hard
drive/CDROM the wrong way round. Check the floppy drive too - often the
ribbon cable to the floppy drive does not follow the usual convention of
red-side-of-ribbon-cable to power input.
Also check that a card is not causing problems - I once had a pci modem
card that was faulty and caused the symptoms you state. Take out all
unnecessary cards and peripherals and try booting again.
--
Phillip Deackes
Using Storm Linux 2000
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From: Kenneth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Best distribution for old notebook?
Date: Fri, 01 Sep 2000 20:05:12 +0200
Hi !
I'm totally new at Linux but really wan't to try out an alternative to
M$....
In a few days I get an old Toshiba T4800CT Notebook with 24Mb ram and
500 Mb harddrive...it's an 486DX-75Mhz
I have downloaded the Slackware Linux ver. 7.1 - is this a got choice
for this notebook?
Is it true, that a "bad" / unexperienced setup of Linux can damage
hardware? If so, how do I awoid this?
Is there an MS Word 97 compatible text editor available for Linux?
well - a lot of questions - but thank You if I recieve just a few
replies...
Regards
Kenneth Rosenkrantz
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From: mst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: MPEG decoding in hardware?
Date: Fri, 01 Sep 2000 14:27:59 -0400
Al Cohen wrote:
>
> I am quite new to the Linux world, so I apologize in advance if my question
> is dumb.
>
> I would like to write an app under Linux that displays MPEG videos. If I
> were to do this under Windows, for best performance I'd purchase a video
> card with on-board MPEG decoding hardware. The Windows drivers recognize
> the hardware support, and ship the MPEG data to the card for decoding.
>
> While I know that some video cards with on-board MPEG decoding hardware do
> support Linux, I'm wondering if the on-board MPEG decoding hardware is
> utilized by Linux? Or will I need to decode in software?
>
> Also, if you are quite experienced in this, I may be interested in paying
> for some consulting time to help with hardware selection and implementation
> (I'm old and lazy).
>
Sigma Designs has a em8400-based mpeg2 decoder card for which they
provide (beta) Linux drivers: NetStream2000. Check on their news server,
news.sigmadesigns.com, newsgroup REALmagic.linux
MST
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From: Henrik Carlqvist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Modem query
Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2000 20:48:35 +0200
Kim Adil wrote:
> I also ignorantly assumed that 2 way synchronous
> communication was possible but I emailed a large
> document just before starting a download and the
> chart on kppp showed a negotion sequence of events
> with the modem being controlled one-at-a-time by
> the email send and the ftp download. The email
> finally won the battle and the download stalled
> after a lot of switching.
>
> If there are any network timing settings that I
> can tweak to solve this fickle problem.
The problem isn't your network settings but your choice of program.
Netscape is not multithreaded. Instead of doing your ftp downloads from
netscape you shold try a better ftp program like lftp or wget which also
has some other advantages. If you insist on using a graphical ftp client
do a search at freshmeat and you will probably find some program that
you like.
regards Henrik
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From: Henrik Carlqvist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: NFS problem after NIC upgrade
Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2000 20:52:37 +0200
Mark Richards wrote:
> ]# cd /Files
> ]# ls
>
> It takes a long, long time. neither computer seems to be busy (top
> shows cpu usage over 90% free on both boxes). Surfing the web works.
> only NFS fails.
This sounds as if you have lost connection with the NFS server. However,
that should also give some message in the log. Some useful tools to
track this problem:
showmount
tcpdump
good luck!
regards Henrik
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From: Mark Schneider <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: cdrw mounting as ro
Date: Fri, 01 Sep 2000 14:44:53 -0400
OK, I have BRU as a backup utility. But how do I find (and write to)
the CDRW without mounting it?
| You don't mount them before writing.
|
| You just need to point cdrecord, or whatever writing program you are
going to
| use, to the correct device and burn away. After the disc is written,
then you
| should be able to mount it(ro of course). That is unless it's a cdda
(aka music)
| cd which also doesn't get mounted.
n article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Susan Wojcik wrote:
> I purchased a scsi-3 CDRW for my Linux web server. I want to be able
to write
> to this drive/media. If I have a blank, unformatted cd it will not
mount. If
> I have a formatted CD it will mount, but as read-only.
>
> mount -t iso9660 /dev/scd0 /mnt/cdrw
>
> In my fstab I have:
>
> /dev/scd0 /mnt/cdrw iso9660 rw
> 0 0
>
> Does anyone have any suggestions as to how I may mount the CDRW media
as rw?
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From: "Rafael Avila de Esp�ndola" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: paralel port programing
Date: Fri, 01 Sep 2000 15:51:51 -0300
Where can I find information on how to program the paralel port
under linux?
Is there any book you recomend?
Thank yoy.
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From: Ramses the Damned <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Zip100 Mount Problems - /dev/sda4 not a valid block device
Date: Fri, 01 Sep 2000 18:59:41 GMT
On Mon, 28 Aug 2000, Chris Rankin wrote:
>This should really be a FAQ.
>
>If /dev/sda* is not a valid block device then some of your modules
>aren't loaded or initialised correctly.
>
>> alias parport_lowlevel parport_pc
>> alias scsi_hostadapter ppa
>
>The scsi_hostadapter module is loaded if and only if the scsi-core
>module is also loaded, so it's not the most reliable way of loading the
>ppa module. Try doing this instead (Linux 2.2+, not 2.4):
>
># ZIP 100 support (parallel port)
>pre-install sd_mod modprobe -k ppa
>
>This means that if ever Linux needs to load the SCSI disk module
>(sd_mod) then it will make sure that ppa is loaded first. sd_mod will
>preload scsi-core automatically, and ppa will drag in the parallel port
>modules. These are the ONLY modules you need - lp is for the printer and
>nothing else. You might also need to add a line like this for your
>parallel port modules:
>
>options parport_pc irq=7 io=0x378
>
>This is correct for my system: one parallel port on IRQ 7 and at IO
>address 0x378. This is probably true for you too unless you have
>installed a second port via an expansion card.
>
>For reference: this is EXACTLY what I do to use my ZIP drive - neither
>more nor less. I have no explicit "modprobe" commands in rc.local; Linux
>correctly identifies which modules need loading on demand, and can
>unload them when they are no longer being used.
>
>Chris
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