Linux-Hardware Digest #593, Volume #13 Mon, 18 Sep 00 00:13:10 EDT
Contents:
western digital hard drive
Re: 2nd drive for Linux
Re: Setting up printer (BJ200) (Clive DaSilva)
CueCat troubles ("Gene Heskett")
Re: I Need A Shell Script, Or A C Program.... (David Bell)
CD-R Question? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
setkeycodes(1) under X ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Installin linux redhat 6.2 on wester digiatal wd153aa drive
Re: Installin linux redhat 6.2 on wester digiatal wd153aa drive
Re: Installin linux redhat 6.2 on wester digiatal wd153aa drive (sideband)
Re: CD-R Question? ("Ozetechnology")
Fujitsu MO block size bafflement (John Hagen)
Software for sale! ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Bad Mouse ("Chris A")
Re: I Need A Shell Script, Or A C Program.... (Scott Nolde)
Re: Unable to run XWindows (James Richard Tyrer)
Re: RAID and Linux?? (Corey Cossentino)
Re: Problems with my modem (James Richard Tyrer)
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From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: western digital hard drive
Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2000 01:30:03 -0000
When I am trying to install redhat 6.2 I am getting this error can some
one help "No valid devices found on which to create new file
systems" wd153aa
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From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: 2nd drive for Linux
Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2000 01:30:04 -0000
David Trussell wrote:
>
>
> I have a Gateway Performance 800 with a 30 Gb drive controlled by a
> Promise Technology Ultra66 IDE controller. I have a 6.4 Gb Western
> Digital Caviar sitting around. I'd like to put Linux on it. I tried
> to hang it off the Promise controller as a slave. Win98 saw it but
> the Red Hat 6.1 installation didn't. The CD drive is on the 2nd
> on-board IDE controller so I tried to hang it off there as a slave.
> Red Hat still couldn't see it.
>
> Which controller do I use (1st on-board, 2nd on-board, Promise) and
> what do I set the Caviar to (master or slave)?
> I have the same problem with my Gateway computer with a digital drive; I
would appriciate it if you forward any solution you may have.
> Thank you.
>
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From: Clive DaSilva <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Setting up printer (BJ200)
Date: Sun, 17 Sep 2000 21:33:52 -0400
Hi Rob
Had a problem like that once, way back with my bjc 4100, it got fixed
when i recompiled my kernel with support for every parallel port
setting which was presented when i did the "make config" thing
perhaps you should give it a try
good luck
"Rob Sykes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hi all,
>
>Am trying to setup my printer (still) under Suse 6.4
>
>The installation seems to work fine but nothing prints
>All queues, etc appear to be running as they should
>
>I found these messages at the end of /var/log/messages
>
>
>Sep 14 20:55:44 linux kernel: i810_configure<6>parport0: PC-style at 0x378
>[SPP,PS2]
>Sep 14 20:55:44 linux kernel: parport_probe: failed
>Sep 14 20:55:44 linux kernel: parport0: no IEEE-1284 device present.
>Sep 14 20:55:44 linux kernel: lp0: using parport0 (polling).
>Sep 14 20:55:51 linux kernel: lp0 off-line
>
>
>Any clues, anyone ?
>
>Rob Sykes
>
>
>
>
>
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Date: 17 Sep 2000 21:39:17 -0500
From: "Gene Heskett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: CueCat troubles
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
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Reply to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Hi all;
I stopped by friday night and picked up one of those CueCats from my
local radio shack.
Then I dld'd the driver from a freshmeat link, and installed it.
But, I patched the 2.2.17 kernel tree, not 2.2.16 which the patch claims
to be against. The patch didn't express any errors, and the only thing
that seems to have died is 'make xconfig', as I now have to 'make
menuconfig'.
I added the CueCat drivers and hooks and recompiled & rebooted.
As near as I can tell, it all went without errors, but read_cuecat
doesn't.
Having destroyed a /dev/device before, I thought maybe I had better cat
/dev/scanners/cuecat to see if it was still 'c 10 199'.
Imagine my surprise when everything I had scanned was output, and cat
was hung, not having received an EOF. I scanned some more barcodes, and
they all came out in the cat'd display. I deleted the device and
mknod'd it again, with the same results.
Any idea where I screwed this up?
Also, has anyone else made note of how bright that thing is? I don't
need nightlights in this end of the house anymore!
Cheers, Gene
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David Bell)
Date: 18 Sep 2000 01:57:46 GMT
Subject: Re: I Need A Shell Script, Or A C Program....
>I need a shell script to run as root, it will search all the users who have
>MP3s, list there usernames,
>list the MP3s, and delete them if I so desire. So, what I am looking for is
>as follows. A
>program that searches, lists each user with a number before their username,
>which then the program will
>let me choose which user by number (or name), list all the MP3s that the user
>has and asks me if I want
>to delete them all at once, or one by one. This could also be a C program.
>I need this by Monday at the
>earliest, and a week Monday at the latest.
Geeez!!! Deleting perfectly good mp3s? Some of those things are very hard to
find.
=========================
David Bell - Otherwise known as DB7654321
Remember to remove nospam, notrash or anything odd looking from my email
address. :)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: CD-R Question?
Date: Sun, 17 Sep 2000 19:56:44 -0600
I have a problem recording to a SAF CDR-4012 (SCSI) connected to a
ncr53c8xx scsi controller. My system is a 233MHz Pentium MMX with RH6.2
Kernel 2.2.14-5.0 installed.
The drive works fine as a normal CDROM and get's thru most of the
burning process without error - however, when it gets to fixating i get
the following message:
77 MB written (fifo 100%).
Track 01: Total bytes read/written: 81270784/81270784 (39683 sectors).
Writing time: 134.681s
Fixating...
CDB: E3 00 00 00 00 80 00 00 00 00 00 00
Sense Bytes: 70 00 06 00 00 00 00 0A 00 00 00 00 29 00 00 00
Sense Key: 0x6 Unit Attention, Segment 0
Sense Code: 0x29 Qual 0x00 (power on, reset, or bus device reset
occurred) Fru 0x0
Sense flags: Blk 0 (not valid)
cmd finished after 13.520s timeout 480s
Fixating time: 16.590s
The cdrom turns into another coaster. Can anyone tell me what I'm
missing?
I'm using cdrecord version 1.9.
Thank you in advance
Rick Jordon
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: setkeycodes(1) under X
Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2000 01:59:55 GMT
Hello,
I'm trying to map the scan codes of unused keys on my keyboard to X
keycodes. I can do this in Linux using setkeycodes, but it doesn't work
under X. The man page for setkeycodes says:
The keycodes of X have nothing to do with those of Linux.
Unusual keys can be made visible under Linux, but not under X.
Ok, so how can I do this under X? Does this require a hack to the XF86
source?
Thanks,
Steve
PS. No, xmodmap/xev is not what I'm looking for... This comes _after_
the above is accomplished.
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From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Installin linux redhat 6.2 on wester digiatal wd153aa drive
Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2000 02:30:05 -0000
sideband wrote:
>
> It'd be / not
> and
>
> /dev/hda
>
> if it's on one of the promise controllers, it's probably
>
> /dev/hde
>
> But without knowing more about your system, we can't really be THAT
> much of a help.
>
> -SSB
>
> On or about Mon, 18 Sep 2000 00:30:06 -0000, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> using the forum comp.os.linux.hardware did say:
>
> :I am new to linux and am having hard time installing redhat 6.2 on my
hard
> :drive linux does not see the drive or \tmp\hda. Please help.
>
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From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Installin linux redhat 6.2 on wester digiatal wd153aa drive
Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2000 02:30:06 -0000
sideband wrote:
>
> It'd be / not
> and
>
> /dev/hda
>
> if it's on one of the promise controllers, it's probably
>
> /dev/hde
>
> But without knowing more about your system, we can't really be THAT
> much of a help.
> Thanks for the quick response!!! It is the promise controller with
Wd153aa drive and where do I put in the location /dev/hde? Thank for your
help.
> -SSB
>
> On or about Mon, 18 Sep 2000 00:30:06 -0000, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> using the forum comp.os.linux.hardware did say:
>
> :I am new to linux and am having hard time installing redhat 6.2 on my
hard
> :drive linux does not see the drive or \tmp\hda. Please help.
>
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From: sideband <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Installin linux redhat 6.2 on wester digiatal wd153aa drive
Date: Sun, 17 Sep 2000 22:40:22 -0400
Have you read the installation notes for RedHat? Have you run fdisk or
Disk Druid during install? You would select which drive(s) you want to
partition in one of those two utilities. Also be sure to set /
bootable, etc.
I'd really suggest reading the installation notes thru at least once
before even attempting to install any OS.
-SSB
On or about Mon, 18 Sep 2000 02:30:06 -0000, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
using the forum comp.os.linux.hardware did say:
:
:sideband wrote:
:>
:> It'd be / not
:> and
:>
:> /dev/hda
:>
:> if it's on one of the promise controllers, it's probably
:>
:> /dev/hde
:>
:> But without knowing more about your system, we can't really be THAT
:> much of a help.
:> Thanks for the quick response!!! It is the promise controller with
:Wd153aa drive and where do I put in the location /dev/hde? Thank for your
:help.
:> -SSB
:>
:> On or about Mon, 18 Sep 2000 00:30:06 -0000, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
:> using the forum comp.os.linux.hardware did say:
:>
:> :I am new to linux and am having hard time installing redhat 6.2 on my
:hard
:> :drive linux does not see the drive or \tmp\hda. Please help.
:>
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From: "Ozetechnology" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: CD-R Question?
Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2000 13:39:12 +1100
I had this one with a ricoh drive, connected to one of those cards. In my
case replacing that ncr POS with a adaptec card fixed the problem.
Maybee faulty card? have had all sorts of trouble with those ncr based
cards before so suspect driver issue.
David
Site: www.ozetechnology.com
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In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I have a problem recording to a SAF CDR-4012 (SCSI) connected to a
> ncr53c8xx scsi controller. My system is a 233MHz Pentium MMX with RH6.2
> Kernel 2.2.14-5.0 installed.
>
> The drive works fine as a normal CDROM and get's thru most of the
> burning process without error - however, when it gets to fixating i get
> the following message:
>
> 77 MB written (fifo 100%).
> Track 01: Total bytes read/written: 81270784/81270784 (39683 sectors).
> Writing time: 134.681s Fixating... CDB: E3 00 00 00 00 80 00 00 00 00
> 00 00 Sense Bytes: 70 00 06 00 00 00 00 0A 00 00 00 00 29 00 00 00 Sense
> Key: 0x6 Unit Attention, Segment 0 Sense Code: 0x29 Qual 0x00 (power on,
> reset, or bus device reset occurred) Fru 0x0 Sense flags: Blk 0 (not
> valid) cmd finished after 13.520s timeout 480s Fixating time: 16.590s
>
> The cdrom turns into another coaster. Can anyone tell me what I'm
> missing?
>
> I'm using cdrecord version 1.9.
>
> Thank you in advance Rick Jordon
>
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Date: Sun, 17 Sep 2000 19:50:53 -0700
From: John Hagen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Fujitsu MO block size bafflement
Hi all,
I'm contemplating the purchase of an external SCSI Fujitsu 1.3 GB magneto
optical drive to use with a Linux kernel 2.2 (Debian potato)
installation. I'm trying to find out if one can use such a MO drive with
media that has 2048 byte sectors with Linux.
All Fujitsu MO drives with media > 540 MB have 2048 block sizes. 540 MB
and below have 512 bytes blocks or come unformatted, so they are supported
by default. I'd like to use a 1.3 GB Fujitsu GigaMO, so this compatibility
issue is important to me.
One would think that you could simply create a new partition table, mke2fs
and mount the removeable drive media.
Judging from the mke2fs and mount man pages, it seems that the mke2fs
command will work with block sizes != 1024 bytes. And it seems that mount
will work as well. The e2fsck man page states that file systems with block
sizes != 1024 bytes can be checked as well, by using the appropriate
command line switches.
What I want to know is: can a file system with blocks != 1024 bytes be
fixed with fsck by retrieving one of the alternate superblocks?
I have found a MO drive HOWTO at
http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Optical-Disk-HOWTO.html
but it's in a pre-alpha stage and very incomplete.
Does anyone have any opinion on how dificult it would be to use one of
these non-standard block size drive/media combinations with kernel 2.2?
And is fsck the only possible problem here?
Thanks!
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From: "Chris A" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.help
Subject: Bad Mouse
Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2000 03:29:11 GMT
I'm having a problem getting my mouse, a microsoft Intellimouse, working
for X. Actually it works but only about every 50th time i try it. I use
mouseconfig to set it up and i've tried all the different ttyS' and seriel
protocals but nothing seems to work. I've also tried editing the xf86config
file but it doesn't work there either. Any ideas?
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From: Scott Nolde <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: I Need A Shell Script, Or A C Program....
Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2000 03:47:47 GMT
David Bell wrote:
>
> >I need a shell script to run as root, it will search all the users who have
> >MP3s, list there usernames,
> >list the MP3s, and delete them if I so desire. So, what I am looking for is
> >as follows. A
> >program that searches, lists each user with a number before their username,
> >which then the program will
> >let me choose which user by number (or name), list all the MP3s that the user
> >has and asks me if I want
> >to delete them all at once, or one by one. This could also be a C program.
> >I need this by Monday at the
> >earliest, and a week Monday at the latest.
>
> Geeez!!! Deleting perfectly good mp3s? Some of those things are very hard to
> find.
>
> -------------------------
> David Bell - Otherwise known as DB7654321
>
> Remember to remove nospam, notrash or anything odd looking from my email
> address. :)
chmod and chown them to root and keep them for yourself!
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From: James Richard Tyrer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.setup,linux.redhat.install,alt.comp.periphs.videocards.matrox
Subject: Re: Unable to run XWindows
Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2000 03:57:49 GMT
Rana Shoaib Ahmad wrote:
> Previously I was using RedHat 6.2 and Windows 98 on my system, and I
> was able to run XWindows and Windows 98. Now I reinstalled every thing
> on my system. When I installed RedHat, I had to do it in text mode
> otherwise the system will just hang up. So after installing it, I
> configured XWindows, but still was unable to run it. The system just
> hangs there after displaying the usual text mesages and then the screen
> goes blank. I cannot use CTL+ALT+DEL or CTL+ALT+BKSPC to exit Linux or
> XWindows. One other thing that I noticed was that Windows 98 detected
> the display card as standard PCI VGA, but when I installed the Matrox
> display drivers, it worked fine.
>
> So what could be wrong here.
>
> Thnaks.
>
> ---
>
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> Before you buy.
I don't know what exactly is wrong, but will try to help.
Can you get a console with CTL+ALT+F2?
If so, log in as root and exec "init 1". If this works, after you get the
prompt, exec "init 3".
After you get login, log in as root and exec "XF86Setup", and follow
instructions: answer "y" or press RETURN, etc.
This should bring up "X" as VGA and allow you to configure it.
I hope this works.
JRT
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From: Corey Cossentino <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: RAID and Linux??
Date: Sun, 17 Sep 2000 00:00:33 -0400
Luckydaze wrote:
> 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?
Okay... currently HighPoint's website says that the RAID option won't
work with Linux on the HPT-370.
Of course, someone might have a workaround somewhere...?
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From: James Richard Tyrer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.ppp
Subject: Re: Problems with my modem
Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2000 04:00:49 GMT
Jonas Strandberg wrote:
> I'm having some problems with my internal modem. It seems to be there but I
> always get this message: "Sorry, modem is busy". I have a "high speed
> faxmodem", internal pci. If I have understood everything correctly, the
> modem is supposed to be configured on /dev/cua01. Is this correct? Another
> problem is that I'm not able to choose that device when I'm configuring
> ppp...
>
> I'm in desperate need of assistance
>
> /Jonas Strandberg
FAQ repository PLEASE!
Standard method for PCI modem (I know nothing about your modem)
As root execute:
lspci -v | less
Find your modem in the output. This should give you:
I/O ports at <ioport>
IRQ <irnumber>
Then execute:
setserial /dev/ttyS2 port <ioport> irq <irnumber> autoconfig
If this works, put this instruction in your rc.serial script.
or, get the driver:
serial-5.04.tar.gz from SourceForge
http://sourceforge.net/projects/serial/
Move it to "/usr/src" (as root) and unpack and install in the usual
manner.
JRT
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