Linux-Hardware Digest #550, Volume #13 Sat, 9 Sep 00 10:13:06 EDT
Contents:
Poor hde performance ~ 1.84MB/sec ("Warren L. Rutledge")
Re: SMC7004BR Barricade Router: Anybody using one?
Re: Good modem for Voice, Fax in Redhat 6.2 (Vladimir Florinski)
Re: ltmodem.o and Linux Kernel Versions > 2.2.14 (Lindsay Powles)
Re: where I could download scheme of IrDA (Franc Zabkar)
EIDEMAX II controller ("H.AJ. van Niekerk")
Linksys Etherfast LNE100TX v4.0 (Mike Pullen)
Re: what's up with Sun? ("Andrew N. McGuire ")
Re: Adding RAM to RedHat Linux (Joal Heagney)
Re: What backup drive should I buy? (Rico Tudor)
Re: EIDEMAX II controller (Yves Bellefeuille)
Problem with RAID ("zeus.polsl.gliwice.pl")
Re: US Robotics Performance Pro 56K PCI modem (James Richard Tyrer)
Re: PCI hardware modem not initializing (James Richard Tyrer)
Re: US Robotics Performance Pro 56K PCI modem (Rob Clark)
HELP! how do i setup linux to use my Seagate 4/8GB Travan Tape Drive? ("niko")
Help: Elsa Gladiac geforce2GTS ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
looking for OSS [ sound driver for linux ] ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: EIDEMAX II controller ("H.AJ. van Niekerk")
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From: "Warren L. Rutledge" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Poor hde performance ~ 1.84MB/sec
Date: Sat, 09 Sep 2000 03:25:10 GMT
I just purchased a new Maxtor 40GB hd and a CMD648 PCI ATA66 controller
for my PC. I have managed to get the drive installed, but the
performance is terrible. I have used hdparm to set -c1 -d1 for the drive
and it is now using CPU, but the throughput does not change at all.
I would definitely appreciate any help!
Here's the info on the card from /proc/pci
IDE interface: CMD Unknown device (rev 1).
Vendor id=1095. Device id=648. Medium devsel. Fast back-to-back
capable. IRQ 11. Master Capable. Latency=64. Min Gnt=2.Max
Lat=4. I/O at 0x7800 [0x7801]. I/O at 0x7c00 [0x7c01]. I/O at 0x8000
[0x8001]. I/O at 0x8400 [0x8401]. I/O at 0x8800 [0x8801].
Here's the output from hdparm
/dev/hde:
multcount = 0 (off) I/O support = 1 (32-bit) unmaskirq = 0
(off) using_dma = 1 (on) keepsettings = 1 (on) nowerr = 0
(off) readonly = 0 (off) readahead = 8 (on) geometry =
4982/255/63, sectors = 80041248, start = 0
If there is any other information I can provide, please let me know.
Thanks! Warren
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From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: SMC7004BR Barricade Router: Anybody using one?
Date: Sat, 09 Sep 2000 03:28:48 GMT
I have the same issue with the Barricade RE the admin. web server locking
up. I have found that powering down for ~30 sec. will restore the router
for a time. Even with the admin web server not working the router seems
to continue to work.
RE Two DHCP. Not 100% sure here but I would suggest (as you have done)
setting a static IP for your UNIX box. There is no real need for a dynm.
IP unless you are going to be moving the box from network to network e.g.
a lap top. Also, a static IP allows for running a DNS on your UNIX box.
-Devin
Bill Lee wrote:
>
>
> Just bought a Barricade router for my home network and am trying to
> install it and make it work on my Linux system (RH6.1, Dell) before
> moving it to the basement into the wiring closet.
>
> Have had some problems and am looking for anyone else that has some
> experience setting things up to share experiences.
>
> Specifically:
>
> I understand that it supports DHCP but I cannot make anything work
> while leaving the Linux box in a mode that expects DHCP. I had to
> hardwire an IP address via linuxconf.
>
> Seem to get long "hangs", most notably Netscape. The application will
> go off into never-never land and sit there. If I just walk away and go
> read a book or something, several minutes later, it will time-out and
> complete whatever I was asking it to do. (This while the Barricade is
> NOT attached to the modem: i.e., not DNS available, etc.)
>
> Regards,
>
> Bill Lee
>
>
> --
>
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> BillLee at USAC dot NET
>
>
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From: Vladimir Florinski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Good modem for Voice, Fax in Redhat 6.2
Date: Fri, 08 Sep 2000 20:26:39 -0700
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> I am looking for a reliable modem for voice and fax using mgetty/vgetty
> under redhat 6.2. Can anyone tell me which modem is the best for this
> purpose?
>
You should probably post this on the mgetty mailing list. The mgetty developers
are German, and they will recommend you a German modem (most likely not widely
available). US Robotics is not considered a good brand (I am using one and there
are some problems with voice, rather annoying). You'd have to spend $$$ for
something that's reliable.
--
Vladimir
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From: Lindsay Powles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.portable
Subject: Re: ltmodem.o and Linux Kernel Versions > 2.2.14
Date: Sat, 09 Sep 2000 15:21:34 +1000
Slightly off the subject of the thread but, I'm using the ltmodem.o module on
a 2.2.16 kernel and it seems to work fine, with the exception of the ability to
change the country code. I've used nm on the module and found the country code
symbol (called CountryID) but can't get enough info to tell why I can't change
it. When I try to change the appropriate S registers, I just get errors as if
these register didn't exist.
Has anyone had any luck with this?
Thanks for any help.
D G wrote:
> billy ball wrote:
> >
> > On Fri, 08 Sep 2000 02:28:08 GMT, Joseph C. Kopec <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > >It appears that the ltmodem.o module for the Lucent MiniPCI modem (as
> > >found in many laptops, including the IBM TP 600X), which module is
> > >available through http://www.linmodems.org/linux568.zip, does not work
> > >with more recent versions of the Linux kernel, for instance
> > >2.4.0-test7. Does anyone know whether anything can be done to get it to
> > >work or whether a revised version of the module will be available soon?
> > >Thanks in advance.
> >
> > i wouldn't hold my breath... i understand that the lucent.o module has
> > made life a lot easier for a lot of folks...
> >
> > i'm wondering - do the USB patches applied to 2.2.15/16 cause any
> > problems? if not, that probably looks like the system one will end up
> > using for any Lucent laptop...
>
> Is lucent.o a new module, or did you really mean to say ltmodem.o?
>
> I discovered that, at least for 2.2.16, ltmodem.o can be made to work by
> using the ppp.o module from 2.2.14 (it will probably also work with
> versions < 2.2.14, but I haven't tested it). The way to make it work is
> to compile the 2.2.14 modules with MODVERSIONS set to off. This keeps
> the compiler from tacking kernel-specific checksums onto the symbol
> names in the module--which causes the module to work with only one
> kernel.
>
> You can do this through 'make menuconfig' by going to "Loadable module
> support" and de-selecting "Set version information on all symbols for
> modules". Then select the ppp module, 'make dep', 'make modules', and
> copy the resulting ppp.o module into the /lib/modules/2.2.16*/net
> directory.
>
> If you don't want to go through that work, then may I suggest:
>
> http://www.heby.de/computer/ltmodem
>
> Note that you'll have to 'depmod -a' and 'insmod -f ppp', since there
> will be a version mismatch (unless you use the above URL or edit the
> ppp.o module). But since you're used to doing this for ltmodem.o, it
> should be second nature. You might also have to load the slhc module
> before the ppp module, depending on whether your kernel was built with
> version information or not.
>
> When I get the time to put the 2.4 kernel on my system, I'll test that
> and post my results--unless someone else gets to it first. In the
> meantime, keep bugging lucent about an updated driver.
>
> --
> DG
> e-mail is: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> (remove the Z's--they're what I do when I read SPAM!)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Franc Zabkar)
Crossposted-To:
alt.comp.hardware,alt.comp.hardware.homebuilt,alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt,comp.hardware,comp.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.sys.hp.hardware,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.chips,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.comm,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.misc
Subject: Re: where I could download scheme of IrDA
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sat, 09 Sep 2000 04:38:52 GMT
On Tue, 5 Sep 2000 12:35:29 +0300, "Ian Dichkovsky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
put finger to keyboard and composed:
>Where I could download scheme of IrDA?
>(detailed electronic scheme, not only schematic principles)
>My friend want to make a device connected to PC
>which transmit information
> PC <-> Toshiba Notebook Satellite Pro 400CS
>(or PC<->something with infrared)
Have you tried http://www.irda.org?
If this site is unhelpful, you might like to download the datasheet
for your motherboard's multi-IO chip. Data for several of the more
popular I/O chips can be found here:
http://ic.doma.kiev.ua/bios/chip/sio.htm
-- Franc Zabkar
Please remove one 'e' from my address when replying by email.
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From: "H.AJ. van Niekerk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: EIDEMAX II controller
Date: Sat, 09 Sep 2000 07:05:55 +0200
Hi,
I want to use an EIDEMAX II ISA controller with RH 6.1. Does anyone
knows if a driver exists for this controller or if it's needed anyway?
Thanks,
Huub
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Linksys Etherfast LNE100TX v4.0
From: Mike Pullen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 08 Sep 2000 21:24:15 -0500
I can not get this network card to be recognized. I am using the
latest tulip drivers per the manual and web page. I am receiving the
following error:
insmod tulip
tulip.c: init_mod.c: Device or resouce busy
Any ideas?
--
Mike Pullen
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Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.linux.misc
From: "Andrew N. McGuire " <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: what's up with Sun?
Date: Sat, 9 Sep 2000 01:45:51 -0500
On Fri, 8 Sep 2000, T. Max Devlin quoth:
~~ Date: Fri, 08 Sep 2000 01:42:00 -0400
~~ From: T. Max Devlin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
~~ Newsgroups: alt.os.linux, comp.os.linux.advocacy, comp.os.linux.misc,
~~ comp.os.linux.hardware
~~ Subject: Re: what's up with Sun?
~~
~~ Said Andrew N. McGuire in comp.os.linux.advocacy;
~~ >On Thu, 7 Sep 2000, T. Max Devlin quoth:
~~ [...]
~~ >~~ Ooh-rah.
~~ >
~~ >Marine?
~~
~~ Navy, Triple Threat Company, NRTC Great Lakes. Choir.
Well for me:
USMC, VMAQ-3 TERPES, Cherry Point NC., Now inactive.
I live in Evanston, not too far from you, huh?
anm
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From: Joal Heagney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.comp.linux,alt.linux,alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.admin,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking,hk.comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: Adding RAM to RedHat Linux
Date: Sat, 09 Sep 2000 17:47:51 +1000
Raymond Doetjes wrote:
> With the kernel 2.2.x the append is no longer necesarry it asks the BioS
> how much memory is in the system.
> So my guess is that when you start the computer and it is testing memory
> that you also only see 128MB right?
Wrong. In Redhat 6.2 I get the same thing, except with a 64MB and a 32MB
RAM, and the BIOS definatly see's 96MB. But when my machine boots up to
linux, if I don't have mem=96MB as an extra kernel option, linux only sees
the first 64MB.
Joal Heagney/AncientHart
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rico Tudor)
Subject: Re: What backup drive should I buy?
Date: 9 Sep 2000 07:48:19 GMT
VXA tape, used by the Ecrix drive, is none too cheap at $2.5/GB.
Beyond that, the product and the company are top quality and
Linux-friendly. I administer 250 GB of disk space on a network, using
a pair of these drives. Linux sees the VXA-1 as a vanilla SCSI tape
device. Solid technology.
======== my e=mail domain: math.nwu.edu
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Yves Bellefeuille)
Subject: Re: EIDEMAX II controller
Date: Sat, 09 Sep 2000 04:36:39 -0400
Reply-To: Yves Bellefeuille <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
On Sat, 09 Sep 2000, "H.AJ. van Niekerk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I want to use an EIDEMAX II ISA controller with RH 6.1. Does anyone
> knows if a driver exists for this controller or if it's needed anyway?
I believe that EIDEMax is a BIOS extender to use large hard disks. If
that's correct, I doubt that you need a driver to use it under Linux. In
fact, I think that it won't make any difference, since Linux doesn't use
the BIOS to do disk access; in other words, you can use your large disk
under Linux even without EIDEMax.
--
Yves Bellefeuille <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Ottawa, Canada
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From: "zeus.polsl.gliwice.pl" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Problem with RAID
Date: Sat, 09 Sep 2000 10:37:32 +0200
I need help to set RAID1. While system is working on the screen shows
that unexpected IRQ or no DRQ after read or writes. This is only when
both of hard disks are on the other IDE 0 and IDE 1. When they are on
the same IDE for example IDE0 everything is OK. I need run it on the
diffrent IDE. How can I do it??
Please for fast help.
Thanks.
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From: James Richard Tyrer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: US Robotics Performance Pro 56K PCI modem
Date: Sat, 09 Sep 2000 08:53:24 GMT
Bill Jones wrote:
> US Robotics says this modem will work with DOS or linux. Can anyone verify?
>
> Thanks,
>
> --
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>
> --
> Bill Jones e-mail addresses:
> Computer Sciences Corp. (work) [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Norwich, Connecticut (play) [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> (860) 701-1201 WWW: http://pages.cthome.net/billj
We really need a model number.
I know that a 3CP2976 will work (that is what I am using) as well as the
3CP2977.
You might want to consult LhD at:
http://www.linhardware.com/
JRT
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From: James Richard Tyrer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: PCI hardware modem not initializing
Date: Sat, 09 Sep 2000 09:24:12 GMT
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]
> Bloomington, Indiana
> USA
You need to run (as root):
/sbin/lspci -v
This will give you "IRQ" and "I/O Ports at". Use these values to setup the
serial driver with the "setserial" command.
setserial /dev/ttyS2 irt ?? port 0x???? autoconfig
JRT
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Subject: Re: US Robotics Performance Pro 56K PCI modem
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rob Clark)
Date: Sat, 09 Sep 2000 09:46:33 GMT
In article <VuYt5.23243$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Bill Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>US Robotics says this modem will work with DOS or linux. Can anyone verify?
The Performance Pro modem (3CP5610A) is confirmed to work. Please see
http://www.o2.net/~gromitkc/3cp5610.txt for setup hints.
Rob Clark, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://start.at/modem <-- Linux/modem compatibility list
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From: "niko" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: HELP! how do i setup linux to use my Seagate 4/8GB Travan Tape Drive?
Date: Sat, 9 Sep 2000 21:56:35 +1000
I have just purchased and installed the above tape drive into my system. I am
running Slackware 4. I have compiled the tape drivers into the kernel and am now
wondering HOW to backup data to it............
ANY help/pointers would be GREATLY appreciated.
Thanks in advance
Nicolas
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Help: Elsa Gladiac geforce2GTS
Date: Sat, 09 Sep 2000 12:09:05 GMT
Hi all,
did s.o. get the Elsa card running under Linux?
Using SUSE 7.0 and X 4.0.1.
With newest NVIDIA drivers I could configure it
using SaX with 640x480x16.
When I try to switch resolution to 800x600 or 1024x768
I have to reboot after a black screen. The machine doesn't
even swith to other sessions.
Is there any manual configuration to be made which could help me?
Wolfram
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: looking for OSS [ sound driver for linux ]
Date: Sat, 09 Sep 2000 12:50:24 GMT
looking for OSS [ sound driver for linux ]
full version , not evaluation copy
i want to know where can i get it???
please email me at
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
thank
ziber-4
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From: "H.AJ. van Niekerk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: EIDEMAX II controller
Date: Sat, 09 Sep 2000 15:33:47 +0200
Yves Bellefeuille wrote:
> On Sat, 09 Sep 2000, "H.AJ. van Niekerk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > I want to use an EIDEMAX II ISA controller with RH 6.1. Does anyone
> > knows if a driver exists for this controller or if it's needed anyway?
>
> I believe that EIDEMax is a BIOS extender to use large hard disks. If
> that's correct, I doubt that you need a driver to use it under Linux. In
> fact, I think that it won't make any difference, since Linux doesn't use
> the BIOS to do disk access; in other words, you can use your large disk
> under Linux even without EIDEMax.
More info: it's an older systemboard which BIOS supports only up to 8 GB.
So if I want to use my 20.5 GB harddisk, I'll need the EIDEMAX BIOS
extender or something with the same function. Since the manufacturer
provides drivers for use with various OS-es but doesn't support Linux at
all, I still have the question....
Huub
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