Linux-Hardware Digest #606, Volume #13 Wed, 20 Sep 00 11:13:06 EDT
Contents:
What's to do with too much RAM? (Georg Woeste)
Re: Palm Software on Linux (Kenneth Crudup)
Re: 3c90x or 3c59x (Bernhard Mogens Ege)
Re: External IDE case for parallel port? (Thomas Steffen)
Re: Mouse disappearing under X11 (Pierre Dupuy)
Re: Legacy Floppy (Pierre Dupuy)
Re: What's to do with too much RAM? (Andreas K�h�ri)
Re: What's to do with too much RAM? (Kenneth R�rvik)
VideoCard in BlackCat 6.02 ("Salo")
Re: 3c90x or 3c59x (Dean Plude)
Re: "Uniform CDROM driver" and CDRW Burn Errors?!?!? (Id Est)
Re: Linux driver for D-Link DFE-550TX? (Brad Remedios)
Re: Xircom RealPort pc card loses link (Brad Remedios)
Re: SCSI tape drive problem w/ RH 6.1 (Harshal)
Re: New Linux Install ("James M. Luongo")
Re: New Linux Install ("James M. Luongo")
Re: MAndrake 7.1 And geforce2GTS (Brad Remedios)
Re: Frustrated new attempted linux user ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Frustrated new attempted linux user ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
MS Internet keyboard Linux support for additional keys?? ("Roald van Geleuken")
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From: Georg Woeste <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: What's to do with too much RAM?
Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2000 11:55:56 +0200
Hi everyone,
I have a Sony Vaio Notebook with 96 MB of RAM. Because
of the TX-Chips, only 64 MB can be addressed by the Cache.
Now my questions:
1)Is it usefull, to restrict Linux (SuSE) to only 64 MB?
(The Computer seems to be a little bit slow)
2) If I restrict it, can I do something useful with the remaining
32 MB?
Thank you!
Regards,
Georg
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Subject: Re: Palm Software on Linux
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kenneth Crudup)
Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2000 10:01:13 GMT
>>> It works under VMWare, but only for slow serial port speeds.
>> Not true- I use 115.2Kbps on mine. Quite reliably, too.
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Robert Wiegand <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> says:
>You must be lucky. From the VMWare web site:
...
> This problem should be fixed in the near future.
I'm running VMware 2.0 . Perhaps the "near future" is now?
-Kenny
--
Kenneth R. Crudup Sr. SW Engineer, Scott County Consulting, Washington, D.C.
Home1: PO Box 914 Silver Spring, MD 20910-0914
Home2: 38010 Village Cmn. #217 Fremont, CA 94536-7525 (510) 745-8181
Work: See: "Home2". The hell with slow Bay Area drivers! (510) 745-0101
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Subject: Re: 3c90x or 3c59x
From: Bernhard Mogens Ege <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2000 10:06:10 GMT
>>>>> "Peter" == Peter T Breuer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Bernhard Mogens Ege <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> : I am using the 3com 3C905B network interface and RedHat uses the 3c59x
> : 00:09.0 Ethernet controller: 3Com Corporation 3c905B 100BaseTX [Cyclone] (rev 30)
> : I am normally running 100Mbit/sec but I suspect that the 3c59x driver
> : cannot handle 100Mbit/sec reliably or that 100Mbit transfers somehow
> : interfere with my X driver (crashing the machine).
> You suspect wrong. Mind you, I thought the 905 was a vortex! Is
> revision B a different chip altogether?
> Why not go read the driver notes on the respective authors home pages?
> The 3c59x.c is largely Donald Beckers work. I presume the 3c90x.c
> has some 3Com pedigree. It's probably less well adjusted to the kernel.
> Check the source, luke!
> Change your IRQ or mobo slot for the card if you suspect conflicts. It
> must be in a busmaster slot.
After trying with the 3c90x driver for my 3com 3c905B-TX card, it
still locked my machine solid when running 100mbps. I am now using a
RealTek 8139 network interface which is also running 100mbps and this
card is also causing my pc to be unstable (first sign is that a reboot
occured at 6 o'clock in the morning. No indications why in the log).
I will now see if I can make rtl8139 run at 10mbps to see if it makes
it stable. I am not sure if this is related to the TNT2
card/XFree86-4.0.1/nvidia driver combo I am also using, but I think it
is and most likely not a problem of the network drivers at all.
Bernhard
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From: Thomas Steffen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: External IDE case for parallel port?
Date: 20 Sep 2000 12:08:02 +0200
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Brett C. Cammack) writes:
> On 19 Sep 2000 16:50:25 +0200, Thomas Steffen
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> I'm looking for an external case for two IDE devices (if possible,
>> CDRW+hd). It should connect to the parallel port, and be supported
>> under Win 95, 98, NT and Linux.
>
> I sure have never seen one for *two* IDE devices, but here's a source
> for single, half height IDE device @ $65 USD:
>
> http://www.computergate.com/cgi-bin/prodinfo?sn=1076034525102444&cd=HDXTT3500
Thanks a lot. I have found a german dealer who guaranties Win 95, NT
and Linux compatibility. Only one drive thought. I have found one
reference to a twin case, but that seems to be unavailable. It should
to be a freecom, who don't say anything about the Linux support :-( .
Thomas
--
Internet-Election comming: http://www.democratic-internet.de/
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From: Pierre Dupuy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Mouse disappearing under X11
Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2000 12:54:35 +0200
You probably chose a wrong mouse type.
you can change it with mouseconfig (I do not remember if there are some
capital letters).
Cordialement,
Pierre
Samir Patel wrote:
>
> I am trying to install PS/2 mouse. I have tried on two
> different machine and in both machine, mouse is disappearing under X11. I
> can click everywhere but it is not showing in mouse icon on the screen.
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From: Pierre Dupuy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Legacy Floppy
Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2000 13:00:54 +0200
My advice :
1/ try to boot on the floppy (any old MS dos system disk) : does it work
If not, check the cable.
2/ if yes, look at the messages at boot time with dmesg|more
3/ if okay, try to format a disk with mkfs /dev/fd0 (I think that you do
not need to mount to format)
Pierre
Chuck wrote:
>
> errr...
>
> I recently stripped the floppy out of my machine for one reason or
> another.
> Upon putting it back in, I can't mount it. It still works fine in
> Windo$e.
>
> This is typical...
>
> >mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy
> mount: block device /dev/fd0 is write-protected, mounting read-only
> mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/fd0,
> or too many mounted file systems
>
> I assure you the correct fs type is msdos.
> I included no options, so how can one be bad?
> The superblock works fine in windoze.
> I assure you I don't have too many mounted file systems.
>
> I downloaded fdutils-5.4, and found it to be a pain in my rump in so
> many ways. Regardless when all was said and done, it didn't help at all.
>
> As far as I can tell I need to mount the drive before it will be of any
> use.
> And since mounting the drive is my problem, it's of zero use.
>
> The floppy spins by the way, and the usage LED is active. But nothing's
> happening. I'm gonna try another floppy drive while yall get back to
> me...
>
> Chuck
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: What's to do with too much RAM?
From: Andreas K�h�ri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 20 Sep 2000 13:38:29 +0100
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Georg Woeste <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hi everyone,
>
>I have a Sony Vaio Notebook with 96 MB of RAM. Because
>of the TX-Chips, only 64 MB can be addressed by the Cache.
>Now my questions:
>
>1)Is it usefull, to restrict Linux (SuSE) to only 64 MB?
>(The Computer seems to be a little bit slow)
>
No.
>2) If I restrict it, can I do something useful with the remaining
>32 MB?
No, you restricted it.
The Linux Hardware HOWTO says:
5. Memory
All memory like DRAM, EDO and SDRAM can be used with Linux.
There is one thing you have to look at: normally the kernel is
not supporting more than 64 Mb of memory. When you add more
than 64 Mb of memory you have to add the following line to
your LILO configuration file.
append="mem=<number of Mb>M"
So, when you have 96 Mb of memory this should become
append="mem=96M"
Don't type a number higher than the number Mb you really have.
This can present unpredictable crashes.
Try it.
/A
--
Andreas K�h�ri, <URL:http://hello.to/andkaha/>. Junk mail, no.
========================================================================
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: What's to do with too much RAM?
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kenneth R�rvik)
Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2000 12:10:18 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Georg Woeste) wrote in
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>I have a Sony Vaio Notebook with 96 MB of RAM. Because
>of the TX-Chips, only 64 MB can be addressed by the Cache.
>Now my questions:
>
>1)Is it usefull, to restrict Linux (SuSE) to only 64 MB?
>(The Computer seems to be a little bit slow)
You can of course restrict Linux to use only 64 MB by saying "linux
mem=64M" at the lilo prompt, or add the following line to all kernel-
stanzas in lilo.conf: "append="mem=64M"". However, you will likely notice a
decrease in performance, as the remaining 32Megs can be used even if it can
not be cached. My Ali chipset can only cache up to 128M, but adding
another 64 still made my system a bit faster.
>2) If I restrict it, can I do something useful with the remaining
>32 MB?
Not afaik.
--
Kenneth R�rvik 91841353/22950312
Nordbergv. 60A [EMAIL PROTECTED]
0875 OSLO home.no.net/stasis
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From: "Salo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: VideoCard in BlackCat 6.02
Date: 20 Sep 2000 13:12:07 GMT
How I can setup my video card Cirrus Logic 5446 +TV tuner and monitor
samsung 400b
my Linux BlackCat can't setup driver for this Hardware.
becouse X server don`t start with this problem :(
Have a nice day ;)
Alexander
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Dean Plude <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: 3c90x or 3c59x
Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2000 13:49:52 GMT
Bernhard Mogens Ege wrote:
> >>>>> "Peter" == Peter T Breuer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > Bernhard Mogens Ege <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > : I am using the 3com 3C905B network interface and RedHat uses the 3c59x
>
> > : 00:09.0 Ethernet controller: 3Com Corporation 3c905B 100BaseTX [Cyclone] (rev 30)
>
> > : I am normally running 100Mbit/sec but I suspect that the 3c59x driver
> > : cannot handle 100Mbit/sec reliably or that 100Mbit transfers somehow
> > : interfere with my X driver (crashing the machine).
>
> > You suspect wrong. Mind you, I thought the 905 was a vortex! Is
> > revision B a different chip altogether?
>
> > Why not go read the driver notes on the respective authors home pages?
> > The 3c59x.c is largely Donald Beckers work. I presume the 3c90x.c
> > has some 3Com pedigree. It's probably less well adjusted to the kernel.
> > Check the source, luke!
>
> > Change your IRQ or mobo slot for the card if you suspect conflicts. It
> > must be in a busmaster slot.
>
> After trying with the 3c90x driver for my 3com 3c905B-TX card, it
> still locked my machine solid when running 100mbps. I am now using a
> RealTek 8139 network interface which is also running 100mbps and this
> card is also causing my pc to be unstable (first sign is that a reboot
> occured at 6 o'clock in the morning. No indications why in the log).
>
> I will now see if I can make rtl8139 run at 10mbps to see if it makes
> it stable. I am not sure if this is related to the TNT2
> card/XFree86-4.0.1/nvidia driver combo I am also using, but I think it
> is and most likely not a problem of the network drivers at all.
>
> Bernhard
It very well could be my TNT2 PRO card /XFree86-4.0.1/nvidia driver completely locks my
machine on startx
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Id Est)
Subject: Re: "Uniform CDROM driver" and CDRW Burn Errors?!?!?
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2000 13:53:08 GMT
On Wed, 20 Sep 2000 00:52:14 GMT, Douglas E. Mitton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
(snipped)
I got this error message a week ago when I tried to burn a CDRW on my
Redhat 6.2 box (kernel 2.2.16) using a HP 7200i cdrom burner. I tried
burning a CD, and didn't get the error. Then I tried burning the CDRW
again but this time including "blank=all" in the cdrecord command line
parameters, and this time it worked.
I remember seeing aa similar error message about 18 months ago. In
addition to the "... CHECK CONDITION ..." stuff, I was seeing the
following line:
Sense Code: ... (power calibration area is full)
I posted to linux.dev.cdwrite, got no response, and called HP. They
told me to send it back to them for replacement under warranty. Since
the swap, I haven't seen the "power calibration area is full" message
again.
--
remove the "-die-spammer-scum" to reply.
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From: Brad Remedios <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux driver for D-Link DFE-550TX?
Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2000 14:04:23 GMT
The 530TX and TX+ uses two different drivers... one uses the via-rhine
driver and the other uses the rtXXXX driver (realtech one).
Hope this helps
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> I have had zero luck finding a Linux driver for the D-Link DFE-550TX 10/100
> Ethernet PCI NIC. It uses a chipset from Enable Semiconductor (now part of
> Lucent), unlike all of D-Link's other cards. Has anyone ever succeeded in
> getting this card to work with Linux? I am awaiting word from D-Link tech
> support but I'm not too hopeful...
>
> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> Before you buy.
--
Brad Remedios ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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From: Brad Remedios <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Xircom RealPort pc card loses link
Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2000 14:07:32 GMT
I have the same prob with the 3com 589 but not with the Xircom (no 56K
on mine)... if you get the problem solved let me know. I was thinking
of updating the pcmcia drivers and utils on the laptop with the 3com 589
because the Xircom has a new linux install (RH6.2)
Mark Aufflick wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> I have a troublesome Xircom realport REM56G-100 (combo 56k & 10/100 realport
> 16 bit pcmcia card)
>
> I have used a few of the hacks suggested in this newsgroup to make the card
> get initialised properly every startup, so the card works reliably after
> startup or after card insertion, but after random periods (say 3 hours) the
> card stops SENDING link. The link light on the card glows showing it is
> receiving link, but the link light on the hub goes out, showing that it is
> no longer receiving link. Needless to say the hub works fine for other
> devices and I have tried different ports on the hub with the same result.
>
> If I perform the following magic to restart the card I get link and
> connectivity back - remove one of the steps and the magic stops:
>
> /sbin/ifconfig eth0 down
> /sbin/cardctl eject
> wait for double beep
> physically eject card
> re-insert card
> wait for double beep
>
> I am using a 10BaseT hub, the IP is configured via DHCP using dhcpd - but I
> have tried using a static IP with exactly the same problem.
>
> My System is based on RedHat 6.1, but I have post-installed pcmcia-cs 3.1.20
> which "reduces" the problems with my Xircom card!
>
> My laptop is a Thinkpad 600E
>
> Any suggestions would be great as I have run out of avenues!
>
> Cheers,
>
> Mark Aufflick.
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
--
Brad Remedios ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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From: Harshal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: SCSI tape drive problem w/ RH 6.1
Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2000 13:58:16 GMT
Thanks for all your help.
I can now use the tape drive if I manually load the aic7xxx and st
modules.
But even though I have the 'alias scsi_hostadapter aic7xxx' line in
/etc/conf.modules, the module is not automatically loaded on re-boot.
Do I have to use '/sbin/mkinitrd' to generate a new ramdisk image?
Thanks again,
- Harshal
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Before you buy.
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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: Re: New Linux Install
Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2000 10:01:15 -0400
Blake Leverett wrote:
> ps Draper? Are you a fellow MIT grad?
Nope, I work at Draper (which is next to MIT) as a part of Northeastern
University's cooperative education program. I am a UNIX sysadmin, thus
I would like to further my knowledge at home. At work, I work on
Solaris 2.51, 2.6, and also Digital UNIX.
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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: Re: New Linux Install
Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2000 10:05:56 -0400
OK, thanks for all the help. I have Mandrake 6 on cd, that's why I
didn't know about grub. I was planning on downloading the 7.1 ISO from
mandrake's website. I'll let you know if I have any problems with the
install. I have a number of ide and scsi devices, and also 2 USB
devices and an SB Live, i heard there was some probs with that. But
I'll see what happens.
kosh wrote:
>
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "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
> > 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!
>
> If you are installing Mandrake 7.1 just read the docs it has with it. I
> have installed Mandrake 7.1 on many boxes and never had a problem on
> anything more modern then a P90. It does a very good job at detection. If
> you put the kernel where lilo can't reach grub is used automatically. The
> mandrake 7.1 install is about the easiest linux install I have ever used.
>
> That is why whenever I help a customer who wants to get rid of windows I
> help them dual boot Mandrake and let them install it with me watching.
> Usually they never ask me a single question during the install. Usually I
> get comments about how easy it is to set up.
--
========================
James M. Luongo x1427
Draper Laboratory Room 4207
========================
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From: Brad Remedios <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: MAndrake 7.1 And geforce2GTS
Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2000 14:28:01 GMT
i have been able to get the ASUS Geforce2 GTS up on linux (Redhat 6.2)
I installed Xfree86 4.0.1 and the nvidia kernel module and drivers.
After figuring out most of the new layout of confiugration file (For X)
I was able to get it up and running (at 320x240) and am trying to get it
to run at 1024x768.
http://linux.tc3net.com/newlook/nv/NV_FAQ.html is the site that I got my
info from... check it out and let me know. if you are able to get it
to more than 320x240 let me know. I'm still trying
Tsan NgeeJee wrote:
>
> same thing here..
> My CL GF2 GTS also refuse to work with RedHat 6.1 / 6.2
> even with the nVidia drivers installed... still no solution yet..
>
> anyone help us please?
>
> "kurtkiller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:8mv28s$dd1$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > I 've bought a geforce 2 GTS and i've install mandrake 7.1 but i've some
> > diplay error. In fact, my screen became black with some colored line when
> i
> > launch KDE. I don't what i must do for it work.
> > Kurt
> >
> >
--
Brad Remedios ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Frustrated new attempted linux user
Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2000 14:20:08 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kenneth R�rvik) wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in <8q9gtp$i0f$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>
> >sense of them being brand new to linux. I have looked at the mini
how-
> >to on the hpt366 in detail at http://www.csie.ntu.edu.tw/%
> >7Eb6506063/hpt366/. I still can figure it out. Can anyone explain to
me
> >in simple detail what to do????
>
> I'll give it a try (Or skip to the bottom and read what may be the
simplest
> way): You need to figure out the base I/O-address and IRQ of ide2 and
3
> (not 3 and 4, the first two are ide0 and ide1).
>
> There are several ways to find this out, if you have windows 9x on
your
> computer, you can find this in Control Panel/System. Find the devices
> listing and double click on your IDE-controllers. Then write down
> everything you see related to addresses and compare to what you see
in the
> HPT366-howto. If you are able to drop to a console during the install
of
> Mandrake (Try ALT-F2 - F7), you may be able to issue the command
"less
> /proc/ioports". Do the same for /proc/interrupts and /proc/pci, and
you may
> find some additional info on the comtrollers.
>
> When you have found the io-addresses and interrupt for the HPT-366,
read
> carefully the instructions given in the HPT-366 mini-howto for info
on how
> to supply lilo with the correct parameters to detect the HPT366
interface.
>
> Part of the problem may be that the mandrake installer tries to auto-
detect
> the chipset and crashes. I have an offboard HPT366 chipset myself,
and had
> the same problem. This is, as far as I can tell, related to the fact
that
> the IDE-patches that are applied in the mandrake-distribution, do not
fully
> support this chipset. the 2.4.0-test kernels work perfectly on my
system
> though.
>
> So basically, what you shoul dbe trying is to specify the proper
addresses
> and interrupt to lilo when starting the install:
>
> linux ide2=A,B(,C) ide3=D,E(,C)
>
> Refer once again to the HPT-366 mini-howto to find out what the
values of
> A-E should be. C is the interrupt, and may not be required.
>
> Hope this helps you some. If you have no luck still, try a distro
that does
> not use the patched 2.2.x kernels for HPT366 support (like redhat 6.2)
>
> One last way to do it (It is how I finally got my HPT366 working):
Connect
> everything to the normal UDMA33-controllers, and install from there.
Then
> get the latest 2.4.0-test kernel, and compile in support for the HPT-
366
> (You will then need to learn how to compile your own kernel, which
can seem
> a bit intimidating, but it's really not that big of a deal. Numerous
> sources exist that can help you with this. Check out www.kernel.org
and
> www.kernel.org/LDP. Here you will find both the latest kernel
versions and
> documentation.). When you have the new kernel working, and can verify
that
> the HPT366 chipset is detected on bootup (You can find this oyt by
doing a
> "dmesg |less"), compile yet a new one that has the "Boot offboard
chipsets
> first support" option enabled. You can then switch your drive to the
HPT366
> controller without any further modification to the system. There are
> several things to be aware of, but for now I don't want to confuse
you with
> more... Get back to us if you run into specific problems.
>
> Make sure also, that you install everything that is related to
development
> when installing Mandrake.
>
> --
> Kenneth R�rvik 91841353/22950312
> Nordbergv. 60A [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 0875 OSLO home.no.net/stasis
> I did download the latest 2.4.0-test kernel. I think I can figure out
how to compile it. You said "When you have the new kernel working, and
can verify that the HPT366 chipset is detected on bootup (You can find
this oyt by doing a "dmesg |less"), compile yet a new one that has the
"Boot offboard chipsets first support" option enabled." What is the
dmesg |less and where do I type this? And then do I recompile my 2.4.0-
test kernel again to get the "Boot offboard chipsets first support"?
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Before you buy.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Frustrated new attempted linux user
Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2000 14:24:53 GMT
In article <8qah22$m59$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kenneth R�rvik) wrote:
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in <8q9gtp$i0f$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> >
> > >sense of them being brand new to linux. I have looked at the mini
> how-
> > >to on the hpt366 in detail at http://www.csie.ntu.edu.tw/%
> > >7Eb6506063/hpt366/. I still can figure it out. Can anyone explain
to
> me
> > >in simple detail what to do????
> >
> > I'll give it a try (Or skip to the bottom and read what may be the
> simplest
> > way): You need to figure out the base I/O-address and IRQ of ide2
and
> 3
> > (not 3 and 4, the first two are ide0 and ide1).
> >
> > There are several ways to find this out, if you have windows 9x on
> your
> > computer, you can find this in Control Panel/System. Find the
devices
> > listing and double click on your IDE-controllers. Then write down
> > everything you see related to addresses and compare to what you see
> in the
> > HPT366-howto. If you are able to drop to a console during the
install
> of
> > Mandrake (Try ALT-F2 - F7), you may be able to issue the command
> "less
> > /proc/ioports". Do the same for /proc/interrupts and /proc/pci, and
> you may
> > find some additional info on the comtrollers.
> >
> > When you have found the io-addresses and interrupt for the HPT-366,
> read
> > carefully the instructions given in the HPT-366 mini-howto for info
> on how
> > to supply lilo with the correct parameters to detect the HPT366
> interface.
> >
> > Part of the problem may be that the mandrake installer tries to
auto-
> detect
> > the chipset and crashes. I have an offboard HPT366 chipset myself,
> and had
> > the same problem. This is, as far as I can tell, related to the fact
> that
> > the IDE-patches that are applied in the mandrake-distribution, do
not
> fully
> > support this chipset. the 2.4.0-test kernels work perfectly on my
> system
> > though.
> >
> > So basically, what you shoul dbe trying is to specify the proper
> addresses
> > and interrupt to lilo when starting the install:
> >
> > linux ide2=A,B(,C) ide3=D,E(,C)
> >
> > Refer once again to the HPT-366 mini-howto to find out what the
> values of
> > A-E should be. C is the interrupt, and may not be required.
> >
> > Hope this helps you some. If you have no luck still, try a distro
> that does
> > not use the patched 2.2.x kernels for HPT366 support (like redhat
6.2)
> >
> > One last way to do it (It is how I finally got my HPT366 working):
> Connect
> > everything to the normal UDMA33-controllers, and install from there.
> Then
> > get the latest 2.4.0-test kernel, and compile in support for the
HPT-
> 366
> > (You will then need to learn how to compile your own kernel, which
> can seem
> > a bit intimidating, but it's really not that big of a deal. Numerous
> > sources exist that can help you with this. Check out www.kernel.org
> and
> > www.kernel.org/LDP. Here you will find both the latest kernel
> versions and
> > documentation.). When you have the new kernel working, and can
verify
> that
> > the HPT366 chipset is detected on bootup (You can find this oyt by
> doing a
> > "dmesg |less"), compile yet a new one that has the "Boot offboard
> chipsets
> > first support" option enabled. You can then switch your drive to the
> HPT366
> > controller without any further modification to the system. There are
> > several things to be aware of, but for now I don't want to confuse
> you with
> > more... Get back to us if you run into specific problems.
> >
> > Make sure also, that you install everything that is related to
> development
> > when installing Mandrake.
> >
> > --
> > Kenneth R�rvik 91841353/22950312
> > Nordbergv. 60A [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > 0875 OSLO home.no.net/stasis
> > I did download the latest 2.4.0-test kernel. I think I can figure
out
> how to compile it. You said "When you have the new kernel working, and
> can verify that the HPT366 chipset is detected on bootup (You can find
> this oyt by doing a "dmesg |less"), compile yet a new one that has
the
> "Boot offboard chipsets first support" option enabled." What is the
> dmesg |less and where do I type this? And then do I recompile my
2.4.0-
> test kernel again to get the "Boot offboard chipsets first support"?
>
> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> Before you buy.
> One other question on compiling and installing the new kernel. I
think mandrake installs the grub boot loader. Do I just use the
drakeconfig gui to add my new kernel? And how or what do I do?
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Before you buy.
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From: "Roald van Geleuken" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.misc
Subject: MS Internet keyboard Linux support for additional keys??
Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2000 17:05:49 +0200
I've just bought an MS Internet keyboard to replace my crappy old one. The
new keyboard is quite nice and has some flashy additional keys "to add to
the Internet experience..." as MS propaganda would surely state....
I've tried the keys under Win98, and they work fine, but I spend most of
my time working under Linux (surprise!!). So now for the trick: getting
those extra keys to work under Linux.
I've fooled around with xmodmap and loadkeys, checked showkey and xev, but
somehow I can't get the buggers to work. Anyone ever tried and succeeded??
Tnx.
Roald.
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