Linux-Hardware Digest #547, Volume #13 Fri, 8 Sep 00 13:13:08 EDT
Contents:
Keyboard dead at login prompt (Tom Law)
Re: buffer_dirty - what's the @#$%? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: VIA chipset (Bart Friederichs)
Re: buffer_dirty - what's the @#$%? (Bob Hauck)
Re: Does the HP882C work under redhat linux 6.1? ("Paul Yarnell")
Re: My project. (Tyler Hall)
Re: Problems with a Creative Labs CD5220 CD-ROM dirve ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: buffer_dirty - what's the @#$%? ("Ian Dichkovsky")
Parallel port writes on hard disk access??!?! (Terry Mallberg)
Re: buffer_dirty - what's the @#$%? (PoD)
Re: Yet Another SB PCI 128 Problem... ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
What backup drive should I buy? ("strangelove47")
Re: Does the HP882C work under redhat linux 6.1? (Andrey Vlasov)
Re: Fibre Channel Hardware ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: modem good no sound (Naren Devaiah)
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From: Tom Law <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Keyboard dead at login prompt
Date: Fri, 08 Sep 2000 09:18:16 -0400
I have a dual booting pc (Win98/Linux), which started behaving
strangely today.
When it gets to the "boot:" prompt, I type in "linux", as usual.
But then, when it gets to the "login:" prompt, the keyboard is seemingly
dead! I've tried 2 different keyboards, and I've tried booting from my
emergency disk, with the same results. The keyboard works at the boot
prompt, but not when I get to login!
If I boot into Windows, the keyboard works normally.
This may be relevant: I had been using a Belkin 4-port
monitor/keyboard/mouse switcher connected to my 2 pcs. This morning, I
found that the MOUSE on my OTHER PC (with Win 98 only) would no longer
work, until I bypassed the switcher. So now I'm using the switcher just
for the monitor, and have keyboards and mice plugged directly into the 2
pcs. But I'm still having the above-mentioned keyboard problem in
Linux.
Any suggestions will be GREATLY APPRECIATED! (I'm going to go see
now if I can telnet into the linux pc from the other one...)
--
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Tom Law
WP Law, Inc
Lexington, SC, USA
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: buffer_dirty - what's the @#$%?
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.questions
Date: 8 Sep 2000 09:21:52 -0400
In comp.os.linux.misc Ian Dichkovsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 1. insert floppy
> 2. mount floppy
> 3. copy from floppy
> 4. umount floppy
> 5. remove floppy
Linux caches its writes. The copy from floppy may not be complete unless
you wait after step 3. Also, the programme may try to write to the floppy
to update the time stamp (indicating the last time the file on the floppy
was accessed) (if you interrupt it while it is writing to the fat
sector(s) on the floppy, it will probably not just be a bad time stamp)
and if you interrupt while it is writing to the floppy the record on the
floppy may be faulty.
After step 3 you can wait.
After step 3 you can force a buffer write using "sync"
Mounting the floppy as read only (which was another suggestion) should
prevent the system from trying to update the floppy record (if you are
copying from the floppy instead of to it and as long as the file is
completely read into memory it can later write to the hard disk).
On a system which caches writes you cannot just give a write command and
remove the media (and copying from a read/write floppy may involve a write
command to update the last access time). You have to ensure that the
command is finished.
A dirty buffer message indicates an incomplete result.
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From: Bart Friederichs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: VIA chipset
Date: Fri, 08 Sep 2000 13:23:27 GMT
Duane wrote:
> Note that I have commands in my rc.local which set the mixer:
> amixer set Master 50% unmute
> amixer set CD 100% unmute
> amixer set PCM 100% unmute
> I suspect that your Mixer setting will be enabled when you execute the
> amixer commands. Then when I run xanim and play the IBM commercial where
> they announce their support for Linux, the contents of
> /proc/asound/sndstat change to show:
>
> Audio devices:
> 0: VIA 82C686A (DUPLEX)
>
> Synth devices: NOT ENABLED IN CONFIG
>
> --
> My real email is akamail.com@dclark (or something like that).
Hmm... I tried setting the mixer. But there are no devices. /dev/dsp isn't
working, and a 'cat /dev/urandom > /dev/asound' gives nothing. Everything is
still disabled.
Bart
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The internet is a too slow way of doing things you'd never do without it.
Bart Friederichs, 1998
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bob Hauck)
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Re: buffer_dirty - what's the @#$%?
Reply-To: bobh{at}haucks{dot}org
Date: Fri, 08 Sep 2000 13:43:43 GMT
On Fri, 8 Sep 2000 13:02:27 +0300, Ian Dichkovsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>1. insert floppy
>2. mount floppy
>3. copy from floppy
>4. umount floppy
>5. remove floppy
If floppy is FAT or VFAT (DOS or Windows) formatted, you should look at
the man page for mtools.
mcopy a:some-file /some/place
No mount/unmount needed.
mcopy
mdel
mdir
...etc...
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-| Bob Hauck
-| To Whom You Are Speaking
-| http://www.haucks.org/
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From: "Paul Yarnell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Does the HP882C work under redhat linux 6.1?
Date: Fri, 08 Sep 2000 07:37:36 -0700
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Carlos Fernandez
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 1. Cant find the correct drivers for the HP882C deskjet. Has anyone had
> any luck with this particular printer? I've been trying to find an
> answer for this question since 1999. The how-to documents are reeally
> not helping me much since I don't know a lick of programing under linux.
>
Try the HP550(?) driver for X and Generic_Printer under Star Office. This works well
enough for me, nice text and OK color.
HTH
P
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From: Tyler Hall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.comp.hardware,comp.hardware,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Re: My project.
Date: Fri, 08 Sep 2000 09:23:56 -0500
d3v wrote:
> Hi all,
> I recently decided to get into writing Device drivers for Linux I found
> a very old 8-bit midi or game card that I'd like to write a driver for I
> think the learning experience would be great. The problem is it's a no name
> card the chip is a Tamarack (TD3088A3) anyone know anything about this chip
> or maybe a good place to start my search. If I'm posting off topic please
> accept my apologies.And sorry for the cross-post I'm lazy :)
> Thanks,
> Kevin
You could throw it into windows to see if it recognizes it, then take the name
it came up with and start your search from there. Linux might already support
it, too. If it doesn't auto detect and you have a day to waste you could try
all the modules and all of their settings. I know it doesn't help you write
the driver but you said you want the experience, and this would at least
identify the card for you so you'd have a place to start looking for specs.
What's more, is if you find that a linux module supports the card, you can
always look to its source code for help when you in a jam!
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Problems with a Creative Labs CD5220 CD-ROM dirve
Date: Fri, 08 Sep 2000 14:43:59 GMT
In article
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Luis Jimenez Benito)
wrote:
> Hello.
>
> I'm having many problems with a Creatibe Labs
CD5220 CD-ROM drive.
>
> > cat /var/log/messages
> : hdc: command error: status=0x51 { DriveReady
SeekComplete Error }
I have the same problem. Try turning on DMA
transfers (using hdparm):
hdparm -d 1 /dev/hdc
Mark.
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From: "Ian Dichkovsky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Re: buffer_dirty - what's the @#$%?
Date: Fri, 8 Sep 2000 18:04:23 +0300
Thanks, guys !
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From: Terry Mallberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development.sys
Subject: Parallel port writes on hard disk access??!?!
Date: Fri, 08 Sep 2000 11:10:42 -0500
I didn't know which newsgroup to post this because I don't know if it is
a hardware or OS problem. Whenever there is IDE activity there are
signals on the parallel port. I don't know about pins 14-25 because I
only scoped the top row, but 5-12 all have activity on them (1-4, 13 are
quiet).
I have been trying it on a couple of FLEX ATX board w/ intel's 810E
chipset. On intel's CA810E this doesn't happen. But on Tyan's 2520 it
does. I tried multiple Tyan boards, all with the same result. So it is
a problem with the Tyan board right? That is what I thought but it
doesn't happen with NT. Anybody have any ideas on why this would be a
linux specific problem with specific board (which uses the same chipset
as a board that works). Only thing I can think of is that they have
different SuperIO chips, but why does it only affect Linux???
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Terry Mallberg
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From: PoD <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Re: buffer_dirty - what's the @#$%?
Date: Sat, 09 Sep 2000 01:48:07 +0930
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> In comp.os.linux.misc Ian Dichkovsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > 1. insert floppy
> > 2. mount floppy
> > 3. copy from floppy
> > 4. umount floppy
> > 5. remove floppy
>
> Linux caches its writes. The copy from floppy may not be complete unless
> you wait after step 3. Also, the programme may try to write to the floppy
> to update the time stamp (indicating the last time the file on the floppy
> was accessed) (if you interrupt it while it is writing to the fat
> sector(s) on the floppy, it will probably not just be a bad time stamp)
> and if you interrupt while it is writing to the floppy the record on the
> floppy may be faulty.
>
> After step 3 you can wait.
> After step 3 you can force a buffer write using "sync"
>
> Mounting the floppy as read only (which was another suggestion) should
> prevent the system from trying to update the floppy record (if you are
> copying from the floppy instead of to it and as long as the file is
> completely read into memory it can later write to the hard disk).
>
> On a system which caches writes you cannot just give a write command and
> remove the media (and copying from a read/write floppy may involve a write
> command to update the last access time). You have to ensure that the
> command is finished.
>
> A dirty buffer message indicates an incomplete result.
Shouldn't umount automatically sync before it exits?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Yet Another SB PCI 128 Problem...
Date: Fri, 08 Sep 2000 16:31:19 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Andi Wagner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi there.
>
> MY problem with the SB 128 PCI is that I can't
find any loadable module.
>
> What I have done so far:
> - Set PNP OS to DISABLED (BIOS)
> - tried the sb, the es1370 and the es1371
module...without any
> success...resource busy
>
> I am not sure what kind of soundchip I really
have, cause when I check
> my PCI configs (lspci -n), my soundcard
identifies as 1274:5880.
> This doesn't fit with the
module-doc-descriptions for the es1370 /
> es1371.
>
> The soundchip-inscription itself says:
>
> CT5880-DCQ
> 0017HJE278
>
> So, what a chip is this 5880?? Which module
fits?
Hi,
Sorry for not having any solution, but I have
exactly the same problem. So if you found out what
to do, please let me know.
So long,
Martin
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From: "strangelove47" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: What backup drive should I buy?
Date: Fri, 08 Sep 2000 17:46:32 +0000
I have a RedHat 6.1 fileserver that has about 30GB's of data that I have to
back up I also have a couple of other Linux and Windows machines I need to
backup files off.
I have been looking to buy a good Tape drive to do this job for me and utilize
BRU backup software.
Can any one recommend any tape drives that will work without too much
hassle under Linux. Price is kind of important ...
Thanks....
John McHugh.
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From: Andrey Vlasov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Does the HP882C work under redhat linux 6.1?
Date: Fri, 08 Sep 2000 09:55:31 -0700
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Hi Carlos,
1. http://www.linuxprinting.org/show_printer.cgi?recnum=71040
2. http://www.linuxnewbie.org/nhf/intel/soundcards/sblive.html
go and check links
Andrey
Carlos Fernandez wrote:
> I've had redhat linux and windows98 installed on the computer for about a
> year now. The only two things that are keeping me from erasing windows98
> from my computer right now are:
>
> 1. Cant find the correct drivers for the HP882C deskjet. Has anyone had
> any luck with this particular printer? I've been trying to find an answer
> for this question since 1999. The how-to documents are reeally not helping
> me much since I don't know a lick of programing under linux.
>
> 2. Although this is not related to this particular usegroup I might get
> lucky. My SoundBlaster Live value card is not working under linux either,
> has anyone had any luck with this one?
>
> I would really appreciate an answer to these questions. Like I said before
> these are the only two reasons Windows98 is still installed on my
> computer. After about a year of searching for the answers or fixes to
> these two problems I would REEEALLY be happy to find an answer or a fix and
> finally get rid of Windows98 forever.
>
> Thanks allot
>
> Carlos
>
> --
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> http://www.help.com/
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Hi Carlos,
<p>1. <A
HREF="http://www.linuxprinting.org/show_printer.cgi?recnum=71040">http://www.linuxprinting.org/show_printer.cgi?recnum=71040</A>
<br>2. <A
HREF="http://www.linuxnewbie.org/nhf/intel/soundcards/sblive.html">http://www.linuxnewbie.org/nhf/intel/soundcards/sblive.html</A>
<p>go and check links
<p>Andrey
<p>Carlos Fernandez wrote:
<blockquote TYPE=CITE>I've had redhat linux and windows98 installed on
the computer for about a
<br>year now. The only two things that are keeping me from erasing
windows98
<br>from my computer right now are:
<p>1. Cant find the correct drivers for the HP882C deskjet. Has anyone
had
<br>any luck with this particular printer? I've been trying to find
an answer
<br>for this question since 1999. The how-to documents are reeally
not helping
<br>me much since I don't know a lick of programing under linux.
<p>2. Although this is not related to this particular usegroup I
might get
<br>lucky. My SoundBlaster Live value card is not working under linux
either,
<br>has anyone had any luck with this one?
<p>I would really appreciate an answer to these questions. Like I
said before
<br>these are the only two reasons Windows98 is still installed on my
<br>computer. After about a year of searching for the answers or
fixes to
<br>these two problems I would REEEALLY be happy to find an answer or a
fix and
<br>finally get rid of Windows98 forever.
<p>Thanks allot
<p>Carlos
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Fibre Channel Hardware
Date: Fri, 08 Sep 2000 16:51:52 GMT
Hi,
Can someone explain to me in laymans terms what fibre channell is? Also,
does anyone know a good website that provides basic definitions of
technical terms?
Thanks.
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From: Naren Devaiah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: modem good no sound
Date: Fri, 08 Sep 2000 10:00:42 -0700
Reply-To: naren_at_cs.pdx.edu
cat /proc/ioports will show you the I/O space for each configured device
-Naren
Pierre Dupuy wrote:
>
> Hello d,
> Two possible sources of problems:
> - I/O space
> - Interrupts
> You can check interrupts with
> cat /proc/interrupts
> (do it with and without your modem / sound card).
> For the I/O space, I do not know which command (if any) can display the
> information
> If you use KDE, simply have a look at the KDE center in 'information' (I
> think).
>
> Cordialement,
> Pierre
>
> d wrote:
> >
> > i just got my actiontec isa modem working in RH6.2, but then i came across
> > another problem.now my sound card wont work. it too is an isa (creative sb
> > awe64). sndconfig went fine but i cant seem to hear sounds. the cd player
> > works, but i cant get any desktop sounds going.(yes, i did make sure to
> > enable sounds) i also noticed in windows the sound isnt working for the
> > desktop too, but i am getting sounds from aim. (i hear an occasional sound
> > out of Gaim on linux, but not all the time) i know that this sound card
> > works because i have had it configured and working before, but i just cant
> > get the modem and the sound card both going. can anyone give me some advice
> > im pretty new at this so anything would help.
> > thanks in advance,
> > learning d
> >
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