Linux-Hardware Digest #602, Volume #13 Tue, 19 Sep 00 14:13:08 EDT
Contents:
Re: Memory upgrade - worth? (Richard Clemens)
Re: SCSI tape drive problem w/ RH 6.1 (Leonard Evens)
Re: HP SURESTORE T20 SCSI TAPE HELP (Joshua Baker-LePain)
Re: Turtle Beach, Montego (Leejay Wu)
Re: aha152x-module (John Thompson)
New Linux Install ("James M. Luongo")
Re: Can't install Linux of ATA100 Harddisk? (Andrey Vlasov)
Re: installing hp 882c with samba (Andrey Vlasov)
Re: New Linux Install ("Peter T. Breuer")
Mouse disappearing under X11 ("Samir Patel")
Re: modem initialization problem (Andrey Vlasov)
mass storage solution ("Yibing Fan")
Re: expand video ram on an old machine?? (Davis Eric)
Re: atapi brenner unter Linux
Re: where I could download scheme of IrDA (Brett C. Cammack)
FA: LINUX PC box... ("Bill Crocker")
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From: Richard Clemens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Memory upgrade - worth?
Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2000 11:04:51 -0400
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They have to be installed in pairs for 72 pin SIMMS. If it is a DIMM then one
will do if the motherboard can handle it. Check the book first.
Tony Hague wrote:
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> Kenneth R�rvik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> >
> >>I have 200MMX with 64M ram (2 x 32). If i buy a 128m ram to replace one
> >>of the 32m to have total of 160m ram, would that worth upgrading to get
> >>more speed? Thanks.
> >
> >You'll gain a fair amount of speed, especially in X environments like KDE
> >and Gnome.
>
> Are these 72 pin SIMS ? if so, watch out, they usually need to be installed
> in matched pairs. Check the motherboard manual.
>
> Tony.
> --
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They <b><i><u>have</u></i></b> to be installed in pairs for 72 pin SIMMS.
If it is a DIMM then one will do if the motherboard can handle it.
Check the book first.
<p>Tony Hague wrote:
<blockquote TYPE=CITE>In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
<br>Kenneth Rørvik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
<br>>[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
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<br>>>I have 200MMX with 64M ram (2 x 32). If i buy a 128m ram to replace
one
<br>>>of the 32m to have total of 160m ram, would that worth upgrading
to get
<br>>>more speed? Thanks.
<br>>
<br>>You'll gain a fair amount of speed, especially in X environments like
KDE
<br>>and Gnome.
<p>Are these 72 pin SIMS ? if so, watch out, they usually need to be installed
<br>in matched pairs. Check the motherboard manual.
<p>Tony.
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From: Leonard Evens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: SCSI tape drive problem w/ RH 6.1
Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2000 10:17:02 -0500
-ljl- wrote:
>
> In article <8q5vc1$csb$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> Harshal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > In article <8q5oqs$4fn$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, -ljl- <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > wrote:
> > > You can try and load your adapter's module by hand using "insmod".
> > > Keep an eye out for error messages, check "dmesg | less" too.
> >
> > I can add both aic7xxx and st using insmod (dmesg confirms this) but I
> > still can't use the tape.
> >
> > mt -f /dev/st0 rewind gives:
> >
> > /dev/st0: No such device
> >
> > > You only have one module loaded?
> >
> > Yep. This is a very minimal web server. I want to back it up on a SCSI
> > DLT drive that works fine on a couple of other Red Hat 6.1 systems we
> > have.
> >
> > 2 things still puzzle me:
> > 1. I can't figure why a reboot is not loading the aic7xxx module
> > 2. And why can't I use the tape after manually loading the module.
> >
> > Thanks for all your help so far. I am pretty sure I am missing
> > something simple but I can't figure out what.
> >
> > Any HOW-TOs or FAQs I should look at?
>
> Here is an excerpt from "/usr/src/linux/Documentation/scsi.txt":
>
> The scsi-core contains the core of scsi support. Without it you
> can do nothing with any of the other scsi drivers. The scsi core
> support can be a module (scsi_mod.o), or it can be built into the
> kernel. If the core is a module, it must be the first scsi module
> loaded, and if you unload the modules, it will have to be the last
> one unloaded.
I've checked a couple of machines we have which use SCSI devices,
and none of them show scsi_mod as a loaded module. I think it
must be built into the generic kernel which we are using.
One of our machines is like the one described in the original
posting. It has an IDE hard drive and the card is used only
for a tape drive. We had to put an entry in /etc/rc.d/rc.local
in order to load the scsi module. It is done automatically for
the machines which have a SCSI disk.
I wonder if there is something wrong in this case with the tape
crive or the SCSI bus.
>
> Could this be the problem; my system has 'scsi_mod' built-in.
>
> --
> Louis-ljl-{ Louis J. LaBash, Jr. }
>
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> Before you buy.
--
Leonard Evens [EMAIL PROTECTED] 847-491-5537
Dept. of Mathematics, Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL 60208
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From: Joshua Baker-LePain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: HP SURESTORE T20 SCSI TAPE HELP
Date: 19 Sep 2000 15:30:30 GMT
Richard Clemens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> This is a multi-part message in MIME format.
Please kill the v-card, and the MIME.
> Have tried for days to get afbackup to work with a HPSurestore T20 SCSI
> Tape drive but with no success. The tape runs but stops after a few
> minutes with error messages. I have been through both the server and
> client setup files and everything appears ok. HELP!!!
Err, including the error messages would be helpful. Having never used
afbackup, I have no idea what could be wrong with it. But, if the
error messages have to do with I/O problems, you're likely looking at
SCSI problems. Check your termination, test the drive with other
backup utilities (dump, tar), check your termination... did I mention you
should check your termination?
Oh, and goats may help...
--
Joshua Baker-LePain
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Duke University
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From: Leejay Wu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Turtle Beach, Montego
Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2000 11:40:08 -0400
Excerpts from netnews.comp.os.linux.hardware: 19-Sep-100 Re: Turtle
Beach, Montego by Joshua Baker-LePain@duke
> Chuck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Anyone know of a driver that'll work with my Turtle Beach
> > Montego A3D sound card? The card is actually Dell propreitary
> > and not Turtle Beach standard, if that matters.
>
> FAQ: linux.aureal.com (if the site is still solvent -- the
> company isn't so)
Site's still up, but hasn't been updated for some time...
Plus:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/aureal
Seems others have been trying to improve the drivers.
--
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From: John Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: aha152x-module
Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2000 10:05:38 -0500
Renzo Lauper wrote:
> Is it important what SCSI ID to use?
Only in that each device connected to the SCSI bus needs a unique
ID. That said, there is a convention of sorts that says the
adaptor should be ID7, bootable HD devices should be ID0 or ID1
(some adaptor BIOSes only allow you to boot from ID0), removable
media (CDROM's, ZIP drives, tape, etc.) should be ID3-5 and other
devices take whatever is left.
> There is kind of a switch on
> the back of the scanner, where I can select the SCSI ID, and the third
> parameter in the kernel options is for that as well, right?
No. The 3rd parameter is for the adaptor ID, and defaults to
ID7. Your scanner should use a different ID (perhaps ID6, but
could be anything depending on what the scanner allows you to
set). When the kernel locates the adaptor on ID7, the adaptor
then queries devices on the SCSI bus, which then report back to
the adaptor which ID's they're using. If you have both the
adaptor and the scanner trying to use ID7 you're going to have
problems.
--
-John ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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From: "James M. Luongo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.advocacy,alt.os.linux.mandrake
Subject: New Linux Install
Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2000 11:51:45 -0400
I plan on installing Linux Mandrake 7.1 for the first time. I need some
help. How big should the partitions be? And, I heard something about
LiLo not recognizing a Linux partition after a certain disk cylinder (or
sector, whatever). I think it was 1023, but I'm not sure. Is this
true? Help!
--
========================
James M. Luongo x1427
Draper Laboratory Room 4207
========================
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From: Andrey Vlasov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Can't install Linux of ATA100 Harddisk?
Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2000 09:21:09 -0700
Hi there,
look for answer here:
http://www.linuxnewbie.org/nhf/intel/hardware/udma66.html
24601 wrote:
> Can't install Linux of ATA100 Harddisk?
> Installing System can't check ATA100 harddisk,
> is this true?& Is it have some driver to supported ATA100
>
> Linux: red-hats linux 6.2,
> Harddisk: Maxtor 15GB ATA100 IDE Harddisk,
> IDE Cable: ATA66
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From: Andrey Vlasov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: installing hp 882c with samba
Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2000 09:33:18 -0700
Hi Jordan,
I hope that you heard abou tredirector in Windows. My Idea is very simple:
Connect printer to Windows mashine and install drivers for Windows. Test that it
works.
Now reconnect pinter to Linux-Samba mashine and start samba if it is not runing. On
Windows mashine for just installed printer change port (redirect it) to Linux-Samba
mashine. Now just try to print from Windows and it should work.
PS; wild guess - Linux-Samba do not specify type of printer. This is why CD offer
some
wild driver.
Andrey
Jordan Thompson wrote:
> Hi all,
> I have an HP 882C on my linux machine. It is shared over samba to my windoze 98
> machines. They can see the printer over the net. When I try to install the
> printer on one of the 98 machines (by adding a printer from the printers
> folder), it finds a blank driver on the installation CD (the name is only
> spaces.) When I continue, it asks me to give it a name and then begins to
> install it. Then it stops and says:
>
> This printer cannot be installed now because its driver
> (You_must_use_the_supplied_setup_program_to_install_this_printer!) could not be
> loaded. The driver or the INF file may be damaged. Restart Windows, and then
> try again.
>
> The only option I have at this point is to press the OK button and it exits
> without installing the printer.
>
> I know this should work as I can connect to the printer when it is connected to
> a Windows machine on the net.
>
> Any suggestions would be most helpful.
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Jordan
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From: "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.advocacy,alt.os.linux.mandrake
Subject: Re: New Linux Install
Date: 19 Sep 2000 16:39:24 GMT
In comp.os.linux.misc James M. Luongo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: I plan on installing Linux Mandrake 7.1 for the first time. I need some
: help. How big should the partitions be? And, I heard something about
Read the Partition-HOWTO.
http://ldp.iol.it/HOWTO/mini/Partition.html
http://surfer.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/partition/Partition.html
This Linux Mini-HOWTO teaches you how to plan and create partitions
on IDE and SCSI hard drives. It discusses
partitioning terminology and considers size and location issues.
Use of the fdisk partitioning utility for creating and
recovering of partition tables is covered.
: LiLo not recognizing a Linux partition after a certain disk cylinder (or
: sector, whatever). I think it was 1023, but I'm not sure. Is this
It'll be your bios that can't jump that far, if anything. Don't worry
about it, this is a triviality even if it occurs.
Peter
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From: "Samir Patel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Mouse disappearing under X11
Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2000 13:52:22 -0400
I am trying to install PS/2 mouse. I have tried on two
different machine and in both machine, mouse is disappearing under X11. I
can click everywhere but it is not showing in mouse icon on the screen.
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From: Andrey Vlasov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: modem initialization problem
Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2000 09:49:13 -0700
Hi Francis,
Did you try to boot into DOS and use any terminal program to try "AT"
command?
Just the modem has "ATX0/1/2/.." command which disable/enable output. If
you
occasionally disabled it - you will not get any output to screen. I guess
that I can be
wrong as you still get somehow "OK". But I guess that you can try to boot
from floppy
DOS and check that you will get response from modem. If you not - check
modem
commands in manual which you should get with you modem.
PS: Do not expect that COM3 will /dev/stty2 in my case I found modem as
/dev/stty1.
Linux will grab first available stty for modem. Easiest way to check is
#!/bin/bash
#
for port in "4 3 2 1 0"
do
echo "Checking port => /dev/stty$port"
setserial {your settings} /dev/stty$port #try to apply settings
setserial -g /dev/stty$port #read back settings
done
as only you will see that port accept your setting you just configured this
port and I guess that
it will your modem. Now put setserial command into you startup scripts and
it will stay there
permanently.
Andrey
Francis Tseng wrote:
> Hi, I have a Zoom external modem but have trouble initializing it upon
> boot. After my system is ready, I run minicom and don't get the "OK"
> prompt. If I type "AT" myself, I see nothing on the screen. The strange
> thing is that if I switch the power of my external modem off and then on
> again, I can get the modem to respond with "OK" when I type
> "AT". Does anyone know why this is happening? Oh, the modem is turned on
> during the boot process.
>
> I've gone through the suggestions in the Modem-HOWTO. ie. I've checked
> for IRQ conflicts. So far, everything in my system seems to be set up
> correctly.
>
> Any suggestion is appreciated. Thanks.
>
> --
> Francis
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From: "Yibing Fan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: mass storage solution
Date: 19 Sep 2000 16:58:12 GMT
Hi,
We are looking for a CHEAP (best storage size/price ratio) mass storage
solution.
The goal is to store hundreds (500-2000) GB data offline.
We are considering storage media such as IDE hard disk, tape, CDROM or DVD.
The speed is not a crucial fact. However it has to be able to automated,
ie, no manual disk change needed.
Anyone has experience and suggestions?
Many thanks in advance.
Yibing Fan
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Davis Eric <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: expand video ram on an old machine??
Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2000 17:29:06 GMT
Hi,
Thank you very much.
Davis
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> On Mon, 18 Sep 2000 20:16:25 GMT, Davis Eric wrote:
> >Problem 1, I could not find the video card, either PCI or ISA, which
are
> >normally found on 486 and 586 PCs. Does this machine have only these
two
> >Problem 2, because these two video rams are plugged into two sockets
on
> >the mainboard, does it mean that I can not change them? I want to
expand
> >the video ram anyway.
> >Problem 3, is there anyway that I can add some PCI video cards or
even
> >AGP video cards to this machine? I could find the PCI slots but not
the
> >AGP whatever. I don't know what the difference between PCI video
cards
>
> 1: The video is most likely integrated onto the motherboard. This is
> not really a good thing.
> 2: It's possible, but those chips are more than likely not being
> manufactured anymore, and if you could find chips that would fit those
> sockets, they'd be expensive.
> 3: A machine that old would not have an AGP slot. The AGP slot is
brown
> in color and looks very similar to a PCI slot, but it's offset a bit
in
> the case and its connectors are different.
>
> Your best bet is to but a PCI video card and plug it in, then go into
> the BIOS of your machine and disable the onboard video. You can find
> PCI video cards for about $40 or so with 4M RAM--plenty for 1024x768@
> 24-bit color, so long as you don't want to do 3D gaming stuff. ATi's
> stuff is very well supported under Linux and cheap too; check out the
> selection at http://pricewatch.com/ under "Video -> PCI".
>
> --
> Matt G|There is no Darkness in Eternity/But only Light too dim for us
to see
> Brainbench MVP for Linux Admin / Those who do not understand Unix are
> http://www.brainbench.com / condemned to reinvent it, poorly.
> -----------------------------/ --Henry Spencer
>
--
I do not feel shameful if I was and am an idiot; I
will feel shameful if I haven't realized it.
--Myself
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ()
Subject: Re: atapi brenner unter Linux
Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2000 17:40:49 -0000
On Tue, 19 Sep 2000 14:38:40 +0300, Robert Hampf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>bagheera <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> h�lt �essu fram:
>:
>: yeah whatever use english in this newsgroup so someone will understand you!
>: german is NOT a worldlanguage!
>
>Maybe you can tune your newsreader to kill non-english posts if
>they disturb you.
Except that won't do squat for the fellow having burner troubles.
--
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-- Kayvan Sylvan
Traffic signals in New York are just rough guidelines.
-- David Letterman
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Brett C. Cammack)
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
Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2000 17:48:46 GMT
On Tue, 5 Sep 2000 12:35:29 +0300, "Ian Dichkovsky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>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)
As a followup, I did finally find a source for the transmit/receive
module for a decent price. Asus, the motherboard company, has an
internal, OEM infrared kit which consists of the cable and small
printed circuit board that contains the rx/tx circuitry. The part
number is IRM-100N and it's available for about $25.00 US.
Here's the first source I found for them:
http://www.lc-sys.com
I know you were looking for a schematic, but so was I because the
premade adapters cost way too much money, if you could find one at
all. I thought maybe this might be a little more in your budget for
constructing your own and could save you the extra work.
Regards,
Brett C. Cammack
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From: "Bill Crocker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: FA: LINUX PC box...
Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2000 18:00:47 GMT
For Auction on Ebay:
Good hardware box for LINUX server/router!
http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=441394272
Thanks,
Bill Crocker
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