Linux-Hardware Digest #538, Volume #13 Wed, 6 Sep 00 16:13:08 EDT
Contents:
Scanner (Martin Racette)
Re: Modem: Sometimes I hear it, sometimes I don't (Andrey Vlasov)
SOLVED: Re: Biostar M7VKB (Athlon socket A) knocks out NIC after a heavy ftp
session. (Adam Nealis)
Re: Where can I find and Elsa Gladiac PCI video card? (Andrey Vlasov)
Re: Promise ATA100 and Linux ("Frederic Vanneste")
Fdisk problem with SCSI HD (Beggar)
Re: HELP: XMMS Kills Enlightenment ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Duron, LILO, RedHat 6.2 probs? (Marc Andre Selig)
Re: Scanner (Andrey Vlasov)
Compaq P70 monitor: Frequences ? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Zip100 Mount Problems - /dev/sda4 not a valid block device (David C.)
Re: tape drives (David C.)
Re: linux says i only have 15MB RAM (aflinsch)
Re: realaudio (John Thompson)
maxtor 54098U8 read performance slows down, drive problem? (Harald van Pee)
Scanner/Printer ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
microATX motherboards? (Martin Brown)
Re: Driver for printing to a multifunction machine? (Grant Taylor)
Re: Scanner/Printer (Grant Taylor)
Re: Zip100 Mount Problems - /dev/sda4 not a valid block device (Rob Reid)
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From: Martin Racette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Scanner
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.mandrake,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup
Date: Wed, 06 Sep 2000 16:16:32 GMT
Hi guys,
I know that SANE was installed when I did the installation of Mandrake=20
7.1 , since I selected everything that was available to install, but I=20
can't find out how to use it with my HP-5p, and I know for a fact that=20
this scanner is supported since its a SCSI, and is hook-up an dpowered=20
up
Thank you in advance
Merci a l'avance
Martin
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From: Andrey Vlasov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Modem: Sometimes I hear it, sometimes I don't
Date: Wed, 06 Sep 2000 09:32:00 -0700
Hi Jim,
do you have a documentation for your modem? If yes, check modem commands
for the modem.
Normaly to disable sound on dial up you can use ATM0L0 and to switch modem
speaker to loud you
can use ATM3L3 or something like that. TO be sure read modem commands
documentation, they
should point this there. After you will figure out commands you can add
them in you initiation
string and it should works after that. ( I guess that some software which
you run can disable speaker
- this why you sometimes hear sound and sometimes not)
Andrey
Jim wrote:
> My CTX EZ-Book 800 laptop is running RedHat 6.1. The main modem is
> software based so I use a Viking 56K PCMCIA modem instead. I've got
> everything I can think of set so that I can hear the modem dial out but
> that only works about 10% of the time. The modem itself works fine and
> this isn't really a big deal. Just the same, I'd be interested in
> knowing whether or not there is something I might do about it or if
> anyone's run into this before. Thanks.
>
> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> Before you buy.
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From: Adam Nealis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: SOLVED: Re: Biostar M7VKB (Athlon socket A) knocks out NIC after a heavy ftp
session.
Date: Wed, 06 Sep 2000 17:57:05 +0100
The number of times I am about to post a message and solve it _before_
posting!
I tried a couple of things just now:
o Installed 2.2.17
o Replaced the network cable - it seems to have failed during my "problem
solving" effort. Bad timing.
The machine can see the network. I rebooted the 2.2.14 kernel (with the
1.0.0c version of the 3c905 driver as a loadable module) and ths one works
too!
Never mind,,,
Adam Nealis wrote:
> Distro: RedHat 6.2
> kernel: 2.2.14-5.0
> CPU: AMD Athlon 700MHz
> M'board: Biostar M7VKB + VIA KT133/686A
> NIC: 3C905C
> NIC driver: v0.99, then the 3COM 1.0.0i version.
>
> [BTW, I solved the x86_serial_nr=1 problem as an aside ;)]
>
> What happened: In a batch of four PCs, two with RedHat installed,
> two with NT 4, all underwent apparent network failure within a short
> space of time.
>
> The Redhat boxes were having a large file ftp'd to them at the time
> over the company LAN. The connection was seen to drop. The
> linux servers affected still thought the interfaces were good, (ifconfig
> -a)
> but took an age for netstat -nr to return the default gateway. Prior to
> this, the machines had happily lived on the LAN. So I am inclined to
> blame the heavy NIC usage.
>
> Reboots made no difference, except that no attempt was made to
> access the network, claiming the network is unreachable.
>
> The NT boxes were fixed by upgrading the NIC driver. The linux
> machines still fail to see the LAN.
>
> What is most surprising is the fact that whatever has happened, a
> reboot doesn't fix things, if only until heavy NIC use is made.
>
> If it's any consolation, I can't get FreeBSD 4 to see the LAN either.
>
> Has anyone else come across this?
>
> Could respondents please send to [EMAIL PROTECTED],
> and I'll summarise to the group.
>
> TIA,
> Adam Nealis.
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From: Andrey Vlasov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Where can I find and Elsa Gladiac PCI video card?
Date: Wed, 06 Sep 2000 09:55:31 -0700
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Hi Chris,
Check next page as manufacture has links where you can buy their cards
http://www.elsa.com/AMERICA/PRO_INDX.HTM
Andrey
stahlee wrote:
> Where can I find an Elsa Gladiac PCI video card? I have an AGP version
> but would also like a PCI version for a second frame buffer.
>
> chris
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Hi Chris,
<p>Check next page as manufacture has links where you can buy their cards
<p><A
HREF="http://www.elsa.com/AMERICA/PRO_INDX.HTM">http://www.elsa.com/AMERICA/PRO_INDX.HTM</A>
<p>Andrey
<p>stahlee wrote:
<blockquote TYPE=CITE>Where can I find an Elsa Gladiac PCI video card?
I have an AGP version
<br>but would also like a PCI version for a second frame buffer.
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From: "Frederic Vanneste" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Promise ATA100 and Linux
Crossposted-To:
alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.asus,alt.os.linux.slackware,comp.os.linux.setup
Date: Wed, 06 Sep 2000 17:08:06 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, The Black Unicorn
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> yep, I have the same problem with hdparm. no dma. which leaves me with a
> fantastic 4.7 M/sec throughput. hurrah for ATA100 ?
My prob is solved, I had used my old .config to compile my kernel - just forgot
to rename it!
Now it's not perfect, but I get about 20M/sec.
Just get the ide-patch from
ftp://ftp.be.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/hedrick/
(or some other mirror)
And compile it with support for dma and your card,
eg. the Promise Ultra66 is the PDC20262.
See the kernel docs for your card...
Good luck.
Frederic
"The charm of knowledge would be small,
were it not that so much shame has to be
overcome on the way to it."
'Friedrich Nietzsche'
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From: Beggar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: tw.bbs.comp.linux,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Fdisk problem with SCSI HD
Date: Thu, 07 Sep 2000 01:07:32 +0800
Hi,
I have a Segate 18GB Ultra2 SCSI HD, after I "fdisk" it and write the
partition to disk. It work fine without any error message, but the
problem is that when I quit fdisk and enter fdisk again, the partition
table does not change as I modify before.
what's the problem?? Harddisk problem or fdisk problem? It have also
use "cfdisk", but with the same result.
Help!!
Dicky
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: HELP: XMMS Kills Enlightenment
Date: Wed, 06 Sep 2000 17:18:31 GMT
similar thing happens to me,if i dont try to close xmms before
closeing eq and pl screens again sound keeps on.But when i first close
pl and eq xmms shutsdown normally.
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> When I play my MP3s on my Enlightenment manager using XMMS, it works
for
> a short wile then the system lock up. I can still hear the MP3
playing,
> but nothing responds. I switch to another monitor and kill my XMMS and
> switch back to the Enlightenment and it is OK. I have disabled my
> Enlightenment sound so it does not clash with the MP3, but it still
> locks, up. Any ideas?
>
> Thanks
>
> Leo
>
>
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Before you buy.
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Duron, LILO, RedHat 6.2 probs?
From: Marc Andre Selig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 06 Sep 2000 19:43:53 +0200
"Rob Battle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> how do you tell it to use the root file system from the hard drive when
> going into rescue mode?
"rescue root=/dev/hda3" (replace /dev/hda3 by whatever partition your
root resides on)
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From: Andrey Vlasov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.mandrake,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Scanner
Date: Wed, 06 Sep 2000 10:47:43 -0700
Martin,
do you know about this?
http://www.mostang.com/sane/man/sane-hp.5.html
Andrey
Martin Racette wrote:
> Hi guys,
>
> I know that SANE was installed when I did the installation of Mandrake
> 7.1 , since I selected everything that was available to install, but I
> can't find out how to use it with my HP-5p, and I know for a fact that
> this scanner is supported since its a SCSI, and is hook-up an dpowered
> up
>
> Thank you in advance
>
> Merci a l'avance
>
> Martin
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Compaq P70 monitor: Frequences ?
Date: Wed, 06 Sep 2000 17:59:44 GMT
I have got a Compaq P70 monitor.
I like to get the frequences (vert & hori) that work best for it.
I have been on the http://www.compaq.com & http://www.compaq.fr sites.
I have not been able to find the technical details of the P70.
Does anybody have them? or
Is there a place somewhere to get them?
Very best regards,
Olivier
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David C.)
Subject: Re: Zip100 Mount Problems - /dev/sda4 not a valid block device
Date: 06 Sep 2000 14:27:00 -0400
Chris Rankin <au.zipworld.com@{no.spam}rankinc> writes:
>
> RedHat must have given you the source tree, because this is Linux! And
> if the people at RedHat are sane then you have the source tree
> matching your kernel :-)! Don't be afraid; all you need to do is take
> the *EXACT* same settings that you have now, and turn a few them from
> <*> to <M>.
RedHat definitely provides sources. Install the kernel-source and
kernel-headers packages. Be sure to install the same version as your
installed kernel (2.2.16-3). They can be downloaded from the same place
the kernel update itself was downloaded from.
-- David
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David C.)
Subject: Re: tape drives
Date: 06 Sep 2000 14:32:26 -0400
Bob Terrell writes:
> David C. wrote:
>> Randy Cooper writes:
>>>
>>> I agree that a SCSI drive is the way to go if you are looking for a
>>> high performance drive. If you will be using a lot of tapes, then a
>> ...
>> DLT drives are popular, fast, reliable, and expensive.
>
> Is anyone using a DLT IV drive with linux? If so did it require any
> special configuration? What software do you use, if not tar?
>
> I have a DLT IV now on an old sun server, and might replace the server
> with a linux box if I can use the same tape drive.
I haven't actually used one, but if your drive is SCSI-2 or SCSI-3
compliant, the generic SCSI tape driver (st) should work fine with it.
You may have to fiddle with the mt command to set compression, density
and block sizes to something appropriate for your drive and media, but
this shouldn't be a big deal.
As a test, backup a few megabytes of files on the Sun (using tar
format), then try and restore then on Linux. Then backup a few
megabytes of files on Linux and try to restore them on the Sun. If it
works in both directions, then you probably don't need to do anything
else.
The only real catch here is that the Linux PC should have a SCSI card
fast enough for the drive. Many DLT drives are Ultra2 or Ultra160
(LVD), and won't perform at top speed unless attached to a similar
interface. Still, SCSI cards aren't _that_ expensive these days.
-- David
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From: aflinsch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: linux says i only have 15MB RAM
Date: Wed, 06 Sep 2000 14:26:54 -0500
mike wrote:
>
> linux says i only have 15MB RAM but i've got 64MB in one DIMM.
> Tried to fix in lilo.conf with append="mem=64M" didn't seem to work.
> I thought linux autodetected any amount of ram under 64MB anyway.
> but theres nothing wrong with my ram coz windows seems to work ok
>
> any ideas anybody ???
>
check your bios, disable "memory hole at 15M"
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From: John Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: realaudio
Date: Wed, 06 Sep 2000 11:55:52 -0500
jimbo borders wrote:
> for some reason ra will lock up netscpae and quite working. any ideas?
Run it as a helper application rather than a plugin. I've never
had good luck with the plugin support.
--
-John ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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From: Harald van Pee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: maxtor 54098U8 read performance slows down, drive problem?
Date: Wed, 06 Sep 2000 20:40:13 +0200
Hi,
I ask this because we have a very strange problem with a
asus k7V and two maxtor ide 54098U8 40 Gb drives.
Bios V1.003 (now V1.007 but no difference).
I use a SuSE 6.4 ide Kernel 2.2.14 with
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_VIA82CXXX=y
no (own) ide patch applied.
I start dma with
/sbin/hdparm -c1 -m16 -d1 -X66 /dev/hda
/sbin/hdparm -c1 -m16 -d1 -X66 /dev/hdc
(one disk per controller)
In the first couple of months
hdparm -t /dev/hda -> 17-18 Mb/s
hdparm -t /dev/hdc -> 15-16 Mb/s
The disk on first controller is always faster (no matter which disk, no
matter which cable).
Then the disk performance of the first disk slows down to
hdparm -t /dev/hda -> 0.7-2.7 Mb/s
and while copy operation the system was frozen. But no problems with
data corruption, no errors in any log files, no other hint that dma was
off. We send the disk back to the distributor, he has verified the
problem and send the disk back to maxtor (no answer since (6 weeks)).
Then we changed the mode of the second disk to udma 2 (default 4) and
put it on the first controller:
hdparm -t /dev/hda -> 17-18 Mb/s
After a couple of month the disk slows down to 8 Mb/s, the actual read
performance was 1.9-2.8 Mb/s (last week) and is now about 1 Mb/s.
The disk was nearly not used in the last weeks.
The bonnie benchmark gives good block write (17-24 Mb/s) but the same
bad block read performance. We use reiserfs, but I think at least hdparm
should be fs independent, correct?
Now I have applied the
ide.2.2.16.all.20000825
patch and use Kernel 2.2.16 with parameter idebus=33, everything works
fine, but the read performance of
the maxtor 54098U8 7200U/min is still disastrous.
Today I have got a maxtor 94610U6 5400U/min for testing, and
hdparm -t /dev/hda
gives more than 26 Mb/s.
Is there a known problem with the maxtor 54098U8 disks or has anybody an
idea what happens?
Harald
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Scanner/Printer
Date: Wed, 06 Sep 2000 18:40:53 GMT
I'm looking to buy a scanner and printer. I had
first set my eye on the
Officejet G55 but it seems that there are some
problems with it and Linux.
Can anyone recommend me a good scanner
(flatbed/color) and printer (color)
with which I should have no problems in Linux?
Thanks.
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Before you buy.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Martin Brown)
Subject: microATX motherboards?
Date: 6 Sep 2000 19:31:36 GMT
I'm looking to build a new simple firewall machine. I had been using a
486, but it's old and is getting expensive to fix/upgrade. Harddrive
failed last week, etc., etc., etc. So, I've been checking things out and
ran across microATX form factor mobo's with onboard vid, aud, and lan,
etc.
General Technics, http://www.gtweb.net/, has a new 2U rackmount for
microATX at a good price, which includes 2 PCI riser cards (for the
NIC's), which I'm seriously thinking of using if I can find a good
microATX mobo.
Does anyone have any experience with running Linux on a microATX form
factor mobo? Opinion?
One, in particular, catches my eye:
The ASUS MEZ-M is based on the Intel� 440ZX AGPset in the microATX form
factor for the latest support Intel� CeleronTM processors designed for
Socket 370TM. The mainboard includes ATI� 3D Rage Pro AGP 2X with optional
Creative� ES1373 PCI Audio and 18-bit Audio CODEC onboard. In addition, it
also provides Quick Adjustments, Easy Installation and Concurrent PCI
functions for allowing users to monitor, auto-detect and accessing the
system comfortably, accurately and efficiently.
The Intel� 440ZX AGPset brings 100-MHz FSB (front-side bus) and PC100
SDRAM performance to entry-level Performance PCs.It builds on the proven
value of the Intel� 440BX AGPset architecture to bring quality and
reliability to Performance PCs at entry-level prices.
Supports Socket 370TM Processors 300MHz and Above. Optimized for the
microATX form factor. Support2 100NHz Front Side Bus. Builds on 440BX
AGPSet core architecture. Supports AGP 1X/2X. Supports Slot 1 architecture
Opinion?
Thank you for any suggestions you may have.
--
- Martin J. Brown, Jr. -
- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -
NEW!! PGP Public Key ID: 0xCED9BD8A Key Server: http://www.keyserver.net/en/
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From: Grant Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Driver for printing to a multifunction machine?
Date: Wed, 06 Sep 2000 19:47:20 GMT
Daniel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> Odd; according to my information this device prints fine with the
>> ljet2p driver in Ghostscript.
>> See http://www.linuxprinting.org/show_printer.cgi?recnum=211017
> I've gone to that web site but don't see how to download the
> driver. Where can I get ljet2p driver?
It should be included in any sane Ghostscript package. Examine the
output from gs -help; you almost certainly have it already.
--
Grant Taylor - gtaylor@picante<dot>com - http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/
Linux Printing HOWTO and Website: http://www.linuxprinting.org/
I offer consulting in most things Unix/Linux/*BSD/Perl/C/C++
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From: Grant Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Scanner/Printer
Date: Wed, 06 Sep 2000 19:51:48 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> I'm looking to buy a scanner and printer. I had first set my eye on
> the Officejet G55 but it seems that there are some problems with it
> and Linux.
Yes, I am aware of no multifunction devices which work completely with
free software.
> Can anyone recommend me a good scanner (flatbed/color) and printer
> (color) with which I should have no problems in Linux?
For scanner suggestions, see the SANE project's website, the URL for
which I have of course forgotten. Use google.
For printer suggestions, see http://www.linuxprinting.org/
You will probably be happiest with an Epson Stylus; effectively all
Styli are now fully supported by free software's `stp' Ghostscript
driver. Most HP, Canon, and Lexmark models are not well-supported.
--
Grant Taylor - gtaylor@picante<dot>com - http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/
Linux Printing HOWTO and Website: http://www.linuxprinting.org/
I offer consulting in most things Unix/Linux/*BSD/Perl/C/C++
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From: Rob Reid <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Zip100 Mount Problems - /dev/sda4 not a valid block device
Date: Wed, 6 Sep 2000 14:09:36 GMT
"Justo" == Justo M Casablanca <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> murmured:
>> OK - I have used a machine with an IDE CD-burner and a ZIP drive.
>> However, it was a Linux 2.4 kernel and a USB ZIP drive. (Still worked
>> OK, though.) IIRC, a CD-Writer uses the SCSI generic layer and the SCSI
>> CD-ROM drivers. These should not be affected by the SCSI disk driver;
I think I was having a similar problem after installing a CD writer and
upgrading to linux 2.4.0-test4, but my Zip drive works now after loading the sd
module:
My /etc/modules.conf (== conf.modules in 2.2ese)
alias block-major-8 ppa
#alias char-major-97 ppa
post-install ppa modprobe -a sd
alias parport_lowlevel parport_pc
2.2 probably calls sd sd_mod.
HTH, thanks to Tim Waugh.
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