Linux-Hardware Digest #574, Volume #13 Thu, 14 Sep 00 02:13:04 EDT
Contents:
Re: IRQ timeout errors on hdb - RH 6.2 (David Efflandt)
256 MB memory cant work in REdHat 6.1 ("miko")
Re: dont know if my lpd is working, can anyone help? (Carlos Fernandez)
linux support dual P2 233? (metalfire)
Re: 256 MB memory cant work in REdHat 6.1 (The Drag)
Re: two devices into one serial port? (James Franklin)
Re: 256 MB memory cant work in REdHat 6.1 (sideband)
which filter to use for GDI printer (through Samba)? (Elvis Chen)
Re: Linux won't boot with Thunderbird! ("AE")
Re: Promise PDC20265 Ultra100 Controller on A7V: Can't LILO ("AE")
Re: Any Good MP3 Players For Linux? (Karlo Szabo)
Re: NEED SIS6326AGP VIDEOCARD DRIVER FOR LINUX!!! ("Dave Stanton")
RAID and Linux?? (Luckydaze)
Re: Sound problem in user account ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: TV tunner card for Linux --have specific requirements ("AE")
Re: IRQ timeout errors on hdb - RH 6.2 (B'ichela)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David Efflandt)
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.redhat,comp.os.linux.setup,linux.redhat.install,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: IRQ timeout errors on hdb - RH 6.2
Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2000 02:19:56 +0000 (UTC)
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Wed, 13 Sep 2000 10:40:51 GMT, Vinson Armstead <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>I have RH 6.2 running on a system with two IDE hard drives connected as
>master/slave to the primary IDE controller on my motherboard.
>
>I recently began seeing this message in my logs and it seems to me that my
>hdb device maybe "heading from that big pile of computer equipment in the
>sky" (about to crash)
>
>Can anyone provide some insight?
>
>kernel: hdb: irq timeout: status=0xd0 { Busy }
>kernel: ide0: reset: success
>kernel: hdb: read_intr: status=0x79 { DriveReady DeviceFault SeekComplete
>DataRequest Error }
>kernel: hdb: read_intr: error=0x10 { SectorIdNotFound}, LBAsect=196685,
>sector=131614
>kernel: ide0: reset: success
>kernel: hdb: irq timeout: status=0xd0 { Busy }
>kernel: ide0: reset: success
>
>If so, then what is the best way to replace the hdb without re-installing RH
>6.2?
Here's a thought. I was getting the same lost interrupt errors on hdc
that I use for Linux a couple of times during the week and last Sunday got
so bad that it locked while attempting shutdown. This is the last of the
log at the point is stalled:
Sep 3 09:12:46 efflandt kernel: hdc: lost interrupt
Sep 3 09:12:46 efflandt kernel: hdc: read_intr: status=0x50 { DriveReady
SeekComplete }
Sep 3 09:12:56 efflandt kernel: hdc: lost interrupt
Sep 3 09:12:56 efflandt kernel: hdc: read_intr: status=0x50 { DriveReady
SeekComplete }
Sep 3 09:13:07 efflandt kernel: hdc: lost interrupt
Sep 3 09:13:38 efflandt last message repeated 3 times
Sep 3 09:13:38 efflandt kernel: hdc: read_intr: status=0x00 { }
In the process of swapping out my hdb from a Win95 drive to one with an
older Linux version, I noticed that the area between my plastic case and
the grill in front of my inlet fan was totally packed with lint. I
removed the front of the case and all of the lint, vacuumed out the rest
of the case and put it back together.
I e2fsck'd hdc from another drive, checked for badblocks (none), backed up
some essential files to another drive, and rebooted to hdc with nothing
lost and no problems since then.
This is an old P100 box running an Evergreen Spectra400 (K6-2/400) 24/7
crunching SETI work units at 100% cpu load. Apparently the total lack of
inlet air (heat) was causing the lost interrupts, and I have not seen a
lost interrupt since I cleared that up.
--
David Efflandt [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.de-srv.com/
http://www.autox.chicago.il.us/ http://www.berniesfloral.net/
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From: "miko" <[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,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: 256 MB memory cant work in REdHat 6.1
Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2000 10:20:13 +0800
I have used 128MB x 2 (total 256MB) in the RH6.1 (Kernel 2.2.12-20)
however I found only 128MB show on 'dmesg'.
I have already changed the file 'lilo.conf'.
the context is as follows:
boot=/dev/sda
map=/boot/map
install=/boot/boot.b
prompt
timeout=50
default=linux
image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.2.12-20
label=linux
initrd=/boot/initrd-2.2.12-20.img
read-only
root=/dev/sda12
append="mem=256M"
I have also reboot the machine.
Moreover, I can find 256MB ram after reboot.
what should I do ?
Michael Kwan
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From: Carlos Fernandez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: dont know if my lpd is working, can anyone help?
Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2000 02:28:40 GMT
Thanks alot for the info, but I finally figured out what happened. You
see I have to lpd ports, one has a printer atteched to it and the other
has a scanner. Well linux was thinking that both ports had printers
attached to it so that "printer dev = /dev/lp1/dev/lp0.". What I ended up
doing was removing on of the lp entries so that now it looks like this
"printer dev = /dev/lp0" Just thought I'd post this in case someone was
having the same problem as me.
Carlos
emccoy wrote:
>
>
> Carlos Fernandez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > Anyone got any ideas on how to test if my lpd0 is working proberly?
>
> You can try sending some text to the lp device. (Note that `lpd' is
> the line printer daemon, and is not numbered or a device. `lp' is the
> actual device.) If you're talking about the first printer, that could
> be done via 'echo test > /dev/lp0' (perhaps as root). If there is a
> misconfiguration, you will frequently get some sort of error here.
>
> Make sure you have all the modules loaded. It might be that your
> setup requires modules for using the parallel port. It's something
> like "parport" and "parport-pc," I think.
>
> Check your system logs. /var/log/lpd.log or somesuch.
>
> --
> Eric McCoy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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From: metalfire <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: linux support dual P2 233?
Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2000 02:29:02 GMT
Does Red Hat 6.2 support dual P2 233 processors on the HP-XU machine with
128MB of RAM?
Many Thx.
--
Posted via CNET Help.com
http://www.help.com/
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (The Drag)
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,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: 256 MB memory cant work in REdHat 6.1
Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2000 02:41:30 GMT
WOW, you are a crossposting maniac.
Did you run lilo and then reboot?
Try moving the append line up a couple lines in the configuration.
On Thu, 14 Sep 2000 10:20:13 +0800, "miko" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>I have used 128MB x 2 (total 256MB) in the RH6.1 (Kernel 2.2.12-20)
>however I found only 128MB show on 'dmesg'.
>
>I have already changed the file 'lilo.conf'.
>the context is as follows:
>boot=/dev/sda
>map=/boot/map
>install=/boot/boot.b
>prompt
>timeout=50
>default=linux
>
>image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.2.12-20
> label=linux
> initrd=/boot/initrd-2.2.12-20.img
> read-only
> root=/dev/sda12
> append="mem=256M"
>
>I have also reboot the machine.
>
>Moreover, I can find 256MB ram after reboot.
>
>what should I do ?
>
>Michael Kwan
>
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (James Franklin)
Subject: Re: two devices into one serial port?
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 13 Sep 2000 21:47:03 -0600
On Wed, 13 Sep 2000 18:28:49 -0400, Gerardo Rincon wrote:
>If I have one serial port, can I connect two devices to it? A Mouse and
>an external modem?
>I have a laptop and what I want to do is:
>PS2: Keyboard
>Serial Port: Modem and Mouse
>
>OR
>
>Can I connect my external Zoom Modem OR my mouse to the parallel port?
>Thank you,
>--
>Gerardo
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
No, I think not. Sorry.
--
James
A Daily Quip, Quote, or Fortune:
The primary cause of failure in electrical appliances is an expired
warranty. Often, you can get an appliance running again simply by changing
the warranty expiration date with a 15/64-inch felt-tipped marker.
-- Dave Barry, "The Taming of the Screw"
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From: sideband <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
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Subject: Re: 256 MB memory cant work in REdHat 6.1
Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2000 22:51:14 -0400
did you rerun /sbin/lilo after modifying lilo.conf?
Simply changing lilo.conf is not enought.
If that doesn't work, at the LILO: prompt, type linux mem=256M and see
if that helps.
It also couldn't hurt to update to a more current kernel. 2.2.17 is
out.
HTH
-SSB
On or about Thu, 14 Sep 2000 10:20:13 +0800, "miko"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, using the forum comp.os.linux.hardware did
say:
:I have used 128MB x 2 (total 256MB) in the RH6.1 (Kernel 2.2.12-20)
:however I found only 128MB show on 'dmesg'.
:
:I have already changed the file 'lilo.conf'.
:the context is as follows:
:boot=/dev/sda
:map=/boot/map
:install=/boot/boot.b
:prompt
:timeout=50
:default=linux
:
:image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.2.12-20
: label=linux
: initrd=/boot/initrd-2.2.12-20.img
: read-only
: root=/dev/sda12
: append="mem=256M"
:
:I have also reboot the machine.
:
:Moreover, I can find 256MB ram after reboot.
:
:what should I do ?
:
:Michael Kwan
:
:
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From: Elvis Chen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.mandrake
Subject: which filter to use for GDI printer (through Samba)?
Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2000 17:18:31 -0400
greetings,
I would like to share a GDI printer (win-printer, if you will) that is
connected on a win98 machine via linux-SAMBA. The problem is, under
printtool, I don't know which filter I should use for it.
The printer in question is Samsung SF5800p. I know it doesn't work under
linux (since it is nor postscript-capable nor supports PCL), but I found
the following in the PRINTING-HOWTO:
=======================================
11.1 The Ghostscript Windows redirector
There is now a Windows printer driver available (called mswinpr2) that
will run a print job through Ghostscript before finally printing it.
(Rather like an if filter in Unix's LPD). There is also a new Ghostscript
driver which will print using Windows GDI calls. Taken all together, this
allows a Windows machine to print PostScript to a Windows-only printer
through the vendor's driver.
If you get that working, you can then follow the instructions above for
printing to a Windows printer over the network from Linux to let Unix (and
other Windows, Mac, etc) hosts print to your lemon printer.
=============================
the problem is, it gives no detail on actually how to set this up on the
linux's side.
Has anyone done this? Any help is very much appreciated!
ps. I'm using Mandrake 7.0
Elvis
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From: "AE" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux won't boot with Thunderbird!
Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2000 23:32:07 -0400
I am having the same problem with a thunderbird 750 on an asus A7V running
rh 6.2. I have tried to guess at boottime arguements, have tried to boot
the rescue floppy. Nothing works. The problem can be avoided by
recompiling your kernel, but I can't boot to a linux environment to even
attempt that! If anyone knows a solution for this problem, please post
ASAP!
Andy
Tristan White <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Can you find someone who knows this parameter? I would like to use it.
> Or... Do you know how to tell lilo to boot your system using a stripped
> down kernel on a floppy.
>
> Tristan
>
>
> Eric Dondelinger wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > > There has been a thread about this problem a week or so
> > > ago. Apparently, the problem can be solved by recompiling
> > > the kernel with the option _not_ to disable the processors
> > > serial number. At least, that was the solution in the
> > > previous thread IIRC.
> >
> > IIRC the same effect can be achieved through a bootprompt
> > parameter, can't remember details though.
> >
> > Btw. SuSE 7 works fine on my KT7, no trouble whatsoever.
> >
> > Greets Eric
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From: "AE" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Promise PDC20265 Ultra100 Controller on A7V: Can't LILO
Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2000 23:42:29 -0400
Hey, quick question. Since you have an A7V, I am sure you are running a
tbird/duron. What distro are you running? Using rh 6.2 (2.2.14), the
kernel thinks my tbird is a PIII and tries to disable the serial number,
which makes it hang. Did you run into this problem, and if so do you have a
solution? If you did not run into this problem, tell me what distro you are
running so I can try that out and test for the same problem.
Andy
KK Leung <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I got a system here w/ ASUS A7V with an ATAPI CDROM, an IBM 30G and
another
> IBM 4G. Configuration as follows:
>
> Primary IDE: CDROM (/dev/hda)
> Secondary IDE: None
> Primary ATA100: IBM 30G (/dev/hde)
> Secondary ATA100: IBM 4G (/dev/hdc) -- Linux root
>
> I can boot using floppy, passing boot parameters "ide1=0x9000,0x8802
> ide2=0x9800,0x9402". However, LILO didn't work. It can install w/o error
w/
> the Linear parameter set, but when it boots, it stops at LI. If installed
> w/o "Linear", it finishes with error claiming it doesnt know how to work
> with the device.
>
> Any hint what I should do?? I'm using 2.2.17 kernel.
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From: Karlo Szabo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Any Good MP3 Players For Linux?
Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2000 15:00:51 +1000
Sorry I didn't remember the name of the player but it was made my a
german company.
It had driver support for wincrap and linux.
(As stated by the add in the computer mag)
reply if you want me to find the mag, it's somewhere under all the other
stuff.
(Else I will forget and eventually throw it away)
karlo
"Marco R. Gazzetta" wrote:
>
> Hi, there,
>
> After a long and unsuccessful debate with Creative Labs, I have given up
> looking for a Linux driver for their Nomads.
>
> Does anyone have any input (s)he might want to share about good MP3 players
> that have Linux support? Personal preference would be a company that came
> out with their own driver for Linux (i.e. I don't like the Rio approach too
> much, reverse engineer because those guys won't give you any hints).
>
> Thanks,
>
> Marco
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From: "Dave Stanton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: NEED SIS6326AGP VIDEOCARD DRIVER FOR LINUX!!!
Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2000 05:36:23 +0100
"jfd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:9xRv5.258965$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> pLEASE, HELP!!!
> NEED SIS6326AGP VIDEOCARD DRIVER FOR LINUX!!!
Hi
The sis6326 chipset is a bit of a hard one to get going under XFree86. Go to
the www.suse.com web site and do a search in the database there. They have
info on 6326.
Cheers
Dave
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From: Luckydaze <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: RAID and Linux??
Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2000 01:21:24 -0400
I want to set up Raid on an Abit KT7 mobo. I also wish to run Linux,
Win98 and 2K plus the BeOS. What should I set the stripping too? 16?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Sound problem in user account
Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2000 05:21:36 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> On Wed, 13 Sep 2000 14:39:41 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> >Sound works fine in my root account. I don't get any wav/MIDI/MP3
output
> >in my user account, though. What could be the problem?
>
> What permission bits are set on the sound devices? Can the user
> account write to the devices? (i.e. /dev/audio, /dev/dsp, etc.)
>
> > My chipset is an ESS ES1869 Audiodrive. I
didn't
> >configure the card using isapnptools...warm boot in safe mode DOS is
> >needed to run sound in Linux. The other jacks (mic, line in/line out
> > jacks, master volume) and system beep work
fine
> >in the user account though. (I use a CD player in the line in jack to
> >free up the PC's CD-ROM drive for other uses.) I also recently
> >uninstalled ALSA...I understand that all its modules reside in one
> >directory, but are there any other ALSA things I need to delete too?
> >
> > I configured the OSSFree drivers in the
kernel,
> >not as modules. SoundBlaster compatible.
> >
> >Kernel 2.2.15 in Peanut-Linux (based on debian).
> >PC:
> >AMD K6-2 350 MHz
> >VIA MVP3 motherboard
> >ESS ES1869 sound chipset
> >128 MB RAM
> >8 GB HD (2.5 G for Linux, the rest for W98)
> >
> >
> >
> >Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> >Before you buy.
>
> Lew Pitcher
> Information Technology Consultant
> Toronto Dominion Bank Financial Group
>
> ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
>
> (Opinions expressed are my own, not my employer's.)
>
Thanks. I've decided that because I'm the only user of Linux on this PC,
that I will run the necessary players from an X console when needed.
Logging as root, of course.
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
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From: "AE" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: TV tunner card for Linux --have specific requirements
Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2000 01:42:26 -0400
wow, do you also need the card to be manufactured by 3 north african sheep
dogs living on the nile delta? Go get a tivo. It runs linux. Sure, it is
a little more than a video capture card, but it can do all the stuff you
mentioned.
Joshua K. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:Mcjv5.1228$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Hi,
> I need a TV tuner card that is currently or going to be supported by
> Linux. The card can be integrated into a graphics card or separate. I
need
> it to be able to change channels in the hundreds. The card needs to have
an
> A/V jack on it to output what the computer has tuned to a TV, like using
the
> card as a tuner and output the video signal to a TV or VCR. If Linux does
> not support this feature yet, but windows does, I need a digital VCR
option
> on the card to record programs on TV. I am going to hook this setup to an
> amp for sound so I will use a sound card to export the audio. I DO NOT
WANT
> the card to output the OS desktop, I want just video signal that is coming
> in from the cable company! I do not want to see the OS desktop with a
> window showing the program on that TV channel. I want just what would be
in
> the vid window to appear on the TV with the same quality you would get as
if
> you plugged the cable directly into the TV. The computer will be in
charge
> of recording shows, changing channels and taking pics from the TV shows
but
> the TV will be displaying the show.
>
> So again the TV tuner needs to have the ability to output the video signal
> it is getting to an A/V cable for a VCR or TV as well as (need not be
> simultaneously) show a TV window for viewing on the computer monitor. The
> more A/V outputs it has the better but I at the very least need a port for
> video.
>
> If no such card exist could you offer recommendations. Need to record TV
> programs on the computer to watch them later and grab video off shows but
I
> want to see it on my 27"+ TV not my 17" computer monitor. I want to key
the
> channel on the Linux station turn around and watch the show on the TV.
>
> Please email recommendations as I check it more often then the newsgroup.
>
> Thanks for your help, Joshua
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (B'ichela)
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.redhat,comp.os.linux.setup,linux.redhat.install,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: IRQ timeout errors on hdb - RH 6.2
Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2000 01:58:52 -0400
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Thu, 14 Sep 2000 02:19:56 +0000 (UTC), David Efflandt
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>In the process of swapping out my hdb from a Win95 drive to one with an
>older Linux version, I noticed that the area between my plastic case and
>the grill in front of my inlet fan was totally packed with lint. I
>removed the front of the case and all of the lint, vacuumed out the rest
>of the case and put it back together.
Being that my computer Also is on 24/7 and I have cats that
shed. I have to fully disassemble my computers once a year, run my
Vacumme (set for Blow) to get the crud out. and then follow by a full
vaccuming (set for suck). In addition I disassemble the external
STorage Dimensions HD case to do the same (its big, heavy and gets
full of crud). I also fully disassemble the power supply chassis (take
cover off. Clean fans and reassemble) You would be surprise of the
dust a power supply fan sucks in!
Also one might want to get a bigger case if trapped heat is a
problem!
--
B'ichela
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