Linux-Hardware Digest #539, Volume #13 Wed, 6 Sep 00 19:13:08 EDT
Contents:
modem working but... (d)
My modem won't initalize. (William)
Re: Mouse problem under XFree86 ("Frederik Tilkin")
Jittery Display ("Computer")
ATX and power fail (Superuser)
Tekram DC390U2W SCSI -- Not workiing at startup.. HELP!! ("Dan")
Re: Mouse problem under XFree86 (Chuck)
Re: what's up with Sun?
Re: flash/diskless Linux hardware project?? (alan)
Re: PCI hardware modem not initializing (James Richard Tyrer)
SB PCI 128 problem ("Aed")
Re: what's up with Sun? ("Peter T. Breuer")
Re: Getting Promise Ultra66 controller to boot in CHS mode? (James Richard Tyrer)
Re: Help! setting up multiple PNP Devices (James Richard Tyrer)
Re: Modem recognition problems.. (James Richard Tyrer)
Re: Modem recognition problems.. (James Richard Tyrer)
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From: d <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: modem working but...
Date: Wed, 06 Sep 2000 20:28:54 GMT
i finally got my ISA modem working with the help of isapnp. so i set ppp
to dial to my ISP and everything seems fine. i establish a connection, but
one problem... i can't access web pages. i try other stuff like ping and
telnet and it says that it cant do it. (it doesnt know host name or
something like that) so the question is... is there anything that i might
have forgotten to do. i made sure to disable "let PPP to all the
authentication" in Dial Up Configuration Tool. this is my first time
trying to configure a modem on RH 6.1 i was glad i got it to finally detet
my modem and dial , but then this ... frustrated d
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From: William <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: My modem won't initalize.
Date: Wed, 06 Sep 2000 20:28:57 GMT
I have a Rockwell HCF 56k Data/Fax Modem. I think it's a winmodem. I am
looking for a driver for it for Linux or some help. Thanx for reading
this!
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From: "Frederik Tilkin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Mouse problem under XFree86
Date: Wed, 06 Sep 2000 20:45:27 GMT
I tried that in the meantime and it works indeed.
Is the "ZAxismapping 4 5" to make the mouse-wheel work (scrolling like in
Windoze)?
"Chuck" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schreef in bericht news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I checked xf86config on my system, and found the mouse options to be
> somewhat restricted. XF86Setup has more mice options, as I'm sure do
> several other x config.
>
> However you do it, I'd recommend trying the IMPS/2 ( Intelli Mouse PS/2
?).
> If you can't find the option anywhere, go into /etc/X11/XF86Config, and
> scroll down to the pointer section, and if you dare, change the mouse
> protocol to "IMPS/2". I'd have to exit/restart X for the configuration to
> take effect, but I suspect there's a more elegant way to reinitiallize
X....
>
> (...in XF86Config)
>
> Section "Pointer"
> Protocol "IMPS/2"
> Device "/dev/mouse"
> ZAxisMapping 4 5
>
>
>
> Frederik Tilkin wrote:
>
> > My microsoft PS/2 compatible Intellimouse jumps about everywhere on the
> > screen in XFree86 4.0.1
> > I installed it, ran XF86Config and told it to use the PS/2 protocol.
Same
> > problem when I tried to use the Intellimouse protocol.
> > As the device I gave up /dev/mouse which is a symlink to /dev/psaux
> >
> > It didn't happen in the previous version of X (3.somewhat). I am using
> > RedHat 6.2.
> >
> > Does anyone have a solution to this problem?
> >
> > Thanx,
> >
> > Frederik
>
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From: "Computer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Jittery Display
Date: Wed, 06 Sep 2000 07:35:58 GMT
Hi
Just installed Mandrake 6.0 on my old NEC machine and the Xdisplay comes up
but the pictures has quite a bit of horizontally jitteryness that I do not
get in Windows.
Any suggestions?
Help
Nancy
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Superuser)
Subject: ATX and power fail
Date: Wed, 06 Sep 2000 20:56:06 GMT
How can I configure an ATX system to reboot after a power interruption??
The older boxes would boot, allowing the operating system to
do what it needed to do to get going again.
With an ATX motherboard and PIII 450 MHz, there is no reboot
after power is restored. I'm not keen on getting a UPS given
the extra power consumption and fire issues.
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "Dan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Tekram DC390U2W SCSI -- Not workiing at startup.. HELP!!
Date: Wed, 6 Sep 2000 15:25:04 -0400
I have a Tekram DC-390U2W SCSI card. I compile support into the kernel
(have tried module and *, but no help). I have to boot up, wait until init
drops to a shell because it can't mount all the filesystems, and then insert
the module and mount the filesystems. I then go to runlevel 3 to resume
startup. How do I get it to do this at startup?
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From: Chuck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Mouse problem under XFree86
Date: Wed, 06 Sep 2000 17:13:34 -0400
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Glad it works. I don't know what the 'ZAxismapping 4 5'. My scroll button does
something, but it's hard to identify what that is. It doesn't really _scroll_
as much as it screws up web pages and closes emacs windows. I just don't use
it.
Anyone know what the 'ZAxismapping' is?
-Chuck
Frederik Tilkin wrote:
> I tried that in the meantime and it works indeed.
> Is the "ZAxismapping 4 5" to make the mouse-wheel work (scrolling like in
> Windoze)?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ()
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: what's up with Sun?
Date: Wed, 06 Sep 2000 21:19:01 GMT
On 6 Sep 2000 13:24:42 GMT, Fred Nastos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>In comp.os.linux.misc Christopher Browne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Centuries ago, Nostradamus foresaw a time when David Steuber would say:
>>>[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rasputin) writes:
>
>> generally leads to things like using enormous but slow IDE drives,
>> and trying to share RAM with the video board.
>
>How much slower are IDE drives really? Are you comparing them to SCSI?
>Thanks
The general consensus is that you will not see the advantages
of SCSI on single user workstation or if you've only got a
single storage device. SCSI really starts to shine when you're
managing multiple devices and IO operations concurrently.
--
Finding an alternative should not be like seeking out the holy grail.
That is the whole damn point of capitalism.
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From: alan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: flash/diskless Linux hardware project??
Date: Wed, 06 Sep 2000 09:58:13 +0100
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Godfrey Livingstone wrote:
>
> What size are the CompactFlash to IDE adapter?
> Is installation similiar to How to roll a Materhorn + M-Systems Disk-On-Chip kernel
> link on
> http://lrp.c0wz.com/?
>
> Thanks
>
> Godfrey
Physical size... about 10cms x 6cms I think! can't measure it at the
moment.
Disk size.... I think that I have an 8M compact flash card in it,
although it may be 16M.... I can't remember!
It was so long since I installed it... but the proceedure on the page
you refer to seems far more than I went through!
I seem to recall following instructions for a HD install of the LRP
system from a floppy. After all, an HD is what the CF device has become.
I do remember write protecting it after the system was set up, so that
it cannot be corrupted, and will restart with no probs.
Sorry to be so vague, but it was nearly a year ago! and I've had no
reason to do anything to it for a long time!
Cheers!
Alan.
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From: James Richard Tyrer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: PCI hardware modem not initializing
Date: Wed, 06 Sep 2000 22:20:24 GMT
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vpiercy wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I recently upgraded my motherboard (the Linux partitions were hosed by
> my
> disk contollers failing) and now I can't initialize my 3-COM PCI
> controller-based internal modem. I was able to initialize the modem
> (and go
> online
> and surf, etc.) before I swapped the motherboard.
>
> The thing that really gets me is that the modem works fine under
> Windows
> (com5, IRQ 9, I/O 0x1050-0x1057--IRQ holder for PCI steering has my
> sound
> card, my USR/3-COM 56K Fax PCI modem, and Intel 82371AB/EB PCI to USB
> Universal Host Controller sharing the same IRQ (9)).
>
> I do a cat /proc/pci and find the IRQ and I/O
> values for what I take to be the modem (they are the same values as in
>
> Windows on my dual-boot system with Redat 6.2.14).
>
> Then I type
>
> setserial /dev/ttyS1 irq 9 port 0x1051 autoconfig
>
> There is a link between /dev/modem and /dev/ttyS1.
>
> When I go to Gnome ppp to dial up a connection, nothing happens.
> Minicom
> just sits there too--it seems to think that it has dialed up and
> connected
> but it hasn't--no dialing, handshaking at all, and no "OK" message.
> When I
> run a debug in Redhat Config for the modem, I get the message that
> there is
> an I/O problem. Wvdialconf also says there is no serial port.
>
> When I type dmesg I find the following seemingly relevant lines:
>
> Serial driver version 4.27 with MANY-PORTS MULTIPORT SHARE_IRQ enabled
>
> ttyS00 at 0x03f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A
> ttyS01 at 0x02f8 (irq = 3) is a 16550A
> ...
> Creative SBLive! at 0x1020 on irq 9
>
> When the modem was working before I swapped motherboards, the modem
> shared
> IRQ 12 with the sound card, and the modem was assigned com 5 under
> Windows.
> This setup presented no problems for Linux then. But now Linux can't
> find
> the modem. I've been looking at the MODEM-HOW-TO pages and have to
> say I'm
> still stumped.
>
> Does anyone have any suggestions about some things I might try to
> figure
> this problem out?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Van
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> You need to exec:
>
> lspci -v
>
> This will list "IRQ" and "I/O ports at". Run "setserial" with the
> values from the above and "autoconfig" and see it this works.
>
> I have a USR/3Com PCI modem and it worked fine after I put the proper
> "setserial" command in my "rc.serial". You can also download the new
> serial driver from:
>
> http://sourceforge.net/projects/serial/
>
> This is not a patch, you can use it without rebuilding your Kernel.
> With this driver you no longer need an "rc.serial" file.
>
> JRT
>
> Bloomington, Indiana
> USA
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From: "Aed" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: SB PCI 128 problem
Date: Wed, 6 Sep 2000 15:20:22 -0700
I'm only getting one channel of sound, and I'm unable to find anything
addressing this problem in the LDP. Anyone have any suggestions? BTW, I'm
using Mandrake 7.1, if that helps. Thanks in advance.
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From: "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: what's up with Sun?
Date: 6 Sep 2000 22:40:50 GMT
In comp.os.linux.misc [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
: On 6 Sep 2000 13:24:42 GMT, Fred Nastos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
:>In comp.os.linux.misc Christopher Browne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: The general consensus is that you will not see the advantages
: of SCSI on single user workstation or if you've only got a
: single storage device. SCSI really starts to shine when you're
: managing multiple devices and IO operations concurrently.
As in: more than one user logged in, or exporting your FS via NFS.
Peter
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From: James Richard Tyrer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Getting Promise Ultra66 controller to boot in CHS mode?
Date: Wed, 06 Sep 2000 22:45:03 GMT
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[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Does anyone know how to get the Promise Ultra66 controller to work in
> CHS
> mode?
>
> My current system has a single IDE drive formated in CHS mode.
> This includes a small boot partition (/dev/hda1), a swap partition
> (/dev/hda2), and my main linux partition (/dev/hda3).
>
> When I put this drive on Promise controller in it sees the drive as
> LBA on
> boot and can't access the drive.
>
> Is there any way to change Ultra66 setting to CHS, either in the
> drive or by on the Ultra66 controller? I guess the other option is
> to boot from a floppy and change it with a boot option. Has anyone
> done this?
>
> Thanks for any info,
> Richard
Have you tried adding the global option:
linear
to your "lilo.conf" file. My controller wouldn't work till I did so.
JRT
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From: James Richard Tyrer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Help! setting up multiple PNP Devices
Date: Wed, 06 Sep 2000 22:45:23 GMT
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[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> 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
Don't use "/dev/modem" in your script. It isn't an actual device. It
is only a symbolic link.
You have 2 serial ports and an internal modem? Right?
Therefore you need only to configure the modem in your script:
setserial /dev/ttyS2 port 0x02f8 irq 3 autoconfig
Remember that setserial configures the software driver, not the
hardware.
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From: James Richard Tyrer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Modem recognition problems..
Date: Wed, 06 Sep 2000 22:46:30 GMT
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Sid Daley wrote:
> I'm new to Linux and have finally figured out most
> things, the one problem I can't resolve on my own
> is getting connected to the net..
>
> I can't seem to get Caldera Edesktop 2.4 to recognize
> my Usr V90 Robotics, I've tried all three available
> port settings have tried minicom on all ports as well.
>
> What happens is I get timeout in chat script from Kppp.
> I've tried everything in the manual (increased timeout to
> 60 sec) to no avail.. :(
>
It would help to know if your modem is recognized as a serial port at
boot.
It would help to know what Kppp says after you push the "Connect"
button. Specifically, does it say that it is dialing? It should first
say "Modem Ready". If it says that then it has found the modem and the
problem may be with the set up for Kppp. If it doesn't say "Modem
Ready" it will probably say "Sorry, the modem is busy". The modem is
not busy, it is missing.
In the second case (that the system can't find the modem), you should
download the current serial driver from:
http://download.sourceforge.net/serial/serial-5.02.tar.g
It is installed simply. After down loading it to /usr/src
(as root):
cd /usr/src
gzip -cd serial-5.0.2..tar.gz | tar xfv -
cd serial-5.0.2
make
make install
If you currently have an "rc.serial" file move it to a safe place.
Then reboot. If this works you should see the modem listed as a serial
port at boot. Make sure that Kppp is set up for the right device
"/dev/ttyS?, (don't use /dev/modem) and make sure that the access
privileges are correctly set (660) for that device. And hope it
works. I have a PCI 3Com/USR modem and this works OK for me.
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From: James Richard Tyrer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Modem recognition problems..
Date: Wed, 06 Sep 2000 22:46:49 GMT
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Sid Daley wrote:
> I'm new to Linux and have finally figured out most
> things, the one problem I can't resolve on my own
> is getting connected to the net..
>
> I can't seem to get Caldera Edesktop 2.4 to recognize
> my Usr V90 Robotics, I've tried all three available
> port settings have tried minicom on all ports as well.
>
> What happens is I get timeout in chat script from Kppp.
> I've tried everything in the manual (increased timeout to
> 60 sec) to no avail.. :(
>
It would help to know if your modem is recognized as a serial port at
boot.
It would help to know what Kppp says after you push the "Connect"
button. Specifically, does it say that it is dialing? It should first
say "Modem Ready". If it says that then it has found the modem and the
problem may be with the set up for Kppp. If it doesn't say "Modem
Ready" it will probably say "Sorry, the modem is busy". The modem is
not busy, it is missing.
In the second case (that the system can't find the modem), you should
download the current serial driver from:
http://download.sourceforge.net/serial/serial-5.02.tar.g
It is installed simply. After down loading it to /usr/src
(as root):
cd /usr/src
gzip -cd serial-5.0.2..tar.gz | tar xfv -
cd serial-5.0.2
make
make install
If you currently have an "rc.serial" file move it to a safe place.
Then reboot. If this works you should see the modem listed as a serial
port at boot. Make sure that Kppp is set up for the right device
"/dev/ttyS?, (don't use /dev/modem) and make sure that the access
privileges are correctly set (666) for that device. And hope it
works. I have a PCI 3Com/USR modem and this works OK for me.
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