Linux-Hardware Digest #623, Volume #13 Sun, 24 Sep 00 15:13:06 EDT
Contents:
Re: linksys lne10/100tx HELP! ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Cable modem with Linux (Randy Cooper)
Re: DVB's TV-Card under Linux (Andreas Wohlfeld)
Linux Mandrake 7.0 and VDO Card Intel 810e from Compaq Presario 7500C (tim)
Re: HP CDWriter SCSI support ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: RH 6.2 - Disk Drive Replacment (dpace)
Problem with tar and HP Colorado 20 GB ATAPI Streamer ("Kilian Hausmanns")
Re: Lexmark 5700 under linux ("Dan")
Re: aic7xxx: scsi parity error in command phase (David_C)
which modem is better? ("larry")
Belkin UPS model F6C525-SER & Linux (David Steuber)
bttv in overlay mode (Dav')
Re: PCI Sound card (es1371) help ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Installation fails for Adaptec (AIC7880) SCSI Controller (Jaco van Staden)
Re: Redhat 6.2 and RAM problems ("Steve Wolfe")
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: linksys lne10/100tx HELP!
Date: Sun, 24 Sep 2000 14:50:32 GMT
david <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: mine isnt working at all
What version of the netdriver package are you using?
--
Jeff Gentry [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
"You're one of those condescending UNIX users! ...."
"Here's a nickel kid ... get yourself a real computer."
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From: Randy Cooper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Cable modem with Linux
Date: Sun, 24 Sep 2000 10:01:07 -0500
I have seen information specific cable modems from ROADRUNNER running under
Linux. Try searching the web for ROADRUNNER and Linux, the info is out there
somewhere.
"P.V.Subramanian" wrote:
> Hi,
> I recently got cable modem from ROADRUNNER through TIME WARNER. What
> should I do in Linux (Redhat 6.2) to use it? In Windows 98, I have setup the
> servers as LAN rather than dial-up.
>
> Thanks
> PV
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Andreas Wohlfeld)
Subject: Re: DVB's TV-Card under Linux
Date: 24 Sep 2000 15:15:52 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Rainer Lehrig wrote:
>Hello,
>
>I have a hauppauge DVBs video card in my computer with SuSE Linux 7.0.
>There should be a linux support of this card.
http://www.linuxtv.org/dvb/
--
"To infinity and beyond!"
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From: tim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Linux Mandrake 7.0 and VDO Card Intel 810e from Compaq Presario 7500C
Date: Sun, 24 Sep 2000 15:30:08 -0000
Hi,
Anyone can help
How to make Linux work with Video Card Intel 810e the one came with Compaq
Presario 7500C
Now I use generic and it only display 16 colors 640x480
or atleast get better resolution.
Thank
--
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: HP CDWriter SCSI support
Date: Sun, 24 Sep 2000 16:04:35 GMT
> While you can go the compiled kernel route, it is definitely not
> neccesary with RH 6.2. Also, I recently retried putting "alias
> scsi_hostadapter ide-scsi" into /etc/modules.conf, and what I see is
> that if I first run "cdrecord -scanbus" once after a reboot,
everything
> works fine. Until I do that, things like mounting of CDs doesn't work.
I
> guess I have some more experiments to run one of these days, unless
> someone else can give me a hint on what the reason for this is.
>
> --
> My real email is akamail.com@dclark (or something like that).
>
Duanne, got cdrecord to find the the CDWriter. What was happening was I
was using a Linux Boot disk for my Dual Boot system. I was changing the
lilo.conf but it wasn't working... I noticed you said to use sbin/lilo
after changes have been made to lilo.conf. I guess it wasn't accepting
the changes on my boot disk. I switched to using lilo from the hard
drive and it works. Now, I can't get back to Windows becuase somehow
lilo will not boot me into dos no matter how I configure it. (but tha
t's a seperate problem).
My question is this. When I try to blank a CDRW using CDRToaster I get
a "incompatable medium" error. When I try to burn a disk I get.
cdrecord: Premature EOF on stdin
cdrecord: Input buffer error, aborting
cdrecord: fifo had 1 puts and 0 gets
cdrecord: fifo was 0 times empty and 0 time full, min fill was 100%
Is this a problem with the type of disk or the hardware setup?
cdrecord recognizes the HP 8100... I'm using CompUSA brand CD
recordable disks.
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Before you buy.
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From: dpace <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.hardawe,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.redhat,comp.os.linux.setup,linux.redhat.install
Subject: Re: RH 6.2 - Disk Drive Replacment
Date: Sun, 24 Sep 2000 15:24:16 +0000
Vinson Armstead wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I have been seeing these messages in my log files for a few days and I think
> one of my drive is beginning to fail.
>
> I am running RH 6.2 on a system with two IDE drives (1.6 & 1.2GB). I have a
> single drive (7GB) to replace the two existing drives.
>
> I figure, at worse I will have to remove the two old drives and install the
> new drive and re-install RH 6.2.
>
> Is there a simpler way to replace the drives and allow me to add the extra
> drive space to the existing filesystems without re-install RH 6.2
>
> Any advise would be greatly appreciated
>
> Vinson
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> kernel: ide0: reset: success
> kernel: hdb: read_intr: status=0x59 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest
> Error }
> kernel: hdb: read_intr: error=0x10 { SectorIdNotFound }, LBAsect=134761,
> sector=134698
> kernel: hdb: read_intr: status=0x59 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest
> Error }
> kernel: hdb: read_intr: error=0x10 { SectorIdNotFound }, LBAsect=134761,
> sector=134698
> kernel: hdb: read_intr: status=0x59 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest
> Error }
> kernel: hdb: read_intr: error=0x10 { SectorIdNotFound }, LBAsect=134761,
> sector=134698
> kernel: hdb: read_intr: status=0x59 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest
> Error }
> kernel: hdb: read_intr: error=0x10 { SectorIdNotFound }, LBAsect=134761,
> sector=134698
> kernel: ide0: reset: success
> kernel: hdb: read_intr: status=0x59 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest
> Error }
> kernel: hdb: read_intr: error=0x10 { SectorIdNotFound }, LBAsect=134761,
> sector=134698
> kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev 03:41 (hdb), sector 134698
> kernel: EXT2-fs error (device ide0(3,65)): trunc_indirect: Read failure,
> inode=12128, block=67349
> kernel: hdb: write_intr error1: nr_sectors=1, stat=0x71
> kernel: hdb: write_intr: status=0x71 { DriveReady DeviceFault SeekComplete
> Error }
> kernel: hdb: write_intr: error=0x10 { SectorIdNotFound }, LBAsect=126175,
> sector=118895
> kernel: ide0: reset: success
> kernel: hdb: write_intr error1: nr_sectors=1, stat=0x71
> kernel: hdb: write_intr: status=0x71 { DriveReady DeviceFault SeekComplete
> Error }
> kernel: hdb: write_intr: error=0x10 { SectorIdNotFound }, LBAsect=126175,
> sector=5
> kernel: ide0: reset: success
> Sep 17 04:04:33 cn909876-a kernel: hdb: read_intr: status=0x59 { DriveReady
> Seek
Mount the new drive with the new big partition created, onto
/mnt and use:
find /usr -print|cpio -pdmv /mnt
find /etc -print|cpio -pdmv /mnt
.
.
.
to move each subdirectory and file in the / (root) over to the new drive.
Skip /proc and /mnt of course.
--
David Pace - Free commodity/stock graphing software
and Linux links at http://www.daveware.com
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From: "Kilian Hausmanns" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Problem with tar and HP Colorado 20 GB ATAPI Streamer
Date: Sun, 24 Sep 2000 18:43:02 +0200
Hello,
i have an problem with tar and the HP Colorado 20 GB ATAPI Streamer
(C4446A). After months of stressless working, I get the error-message "tar:
Cannot write to /dev/ht0: Input/output error" now. I am using Kernel Ver.
2.2.13 . Is this Streamer not completly supported by this Kernel? Is it
supported by a later Kernel?
Thanks for your support, Kilian
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From: "Dan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Lexmark 5700 under linux
Date: Sun, 24 Sep 2000 12:06:56 -0400
Well, I resolved the permission denied thing, but now I am getting something
else in the lexmark5700/log file... Here it is:
Illegal pnmraw headerpbm2l7k[1166]: $Id: pbm2l7k.c,v 1.29 1999/05/15
14:50:40 henryk Exp $ started
pbm2l7k[1166]: Using driver: 'Lexmark 5700'
pbm2l7k[1166]: Illegal pbmraw header
GNU Ghostscript: Unrecoverable error, exit code 1
ls: /tmp/lexmark_drucken*: No such file or directory
any clues on that one? I've tried echoing data straight to lpr, printing
from netscape and cat'ing a postscript file into lpr. Should i be doing
something else?
Please help... I am sooo close :)
"Alexander Newald" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
Dan wrote:
[Problems by echo something direct to printer]
Hello,
as far as I know you can't send something direct to the lexmark 5700.
This is (windows spoken) a gui printer, that means it only understand
some sort of graphik language. On the other hand the permission denied
comes from your linux system and should be correct if you have done
this as normal user.
Some information:
alex:~ # lsmod
Module Size Used by
lp 4960 1 (autoclean)
parport_pc 5540 1 [vmppuser]
parport 6524 1 [lp vmppuser parport_pc]
And /dev/lp0 should have at least
crw-rw-r-- 1 root lp 6, 0 Jul 23 1999 /dev/lp0
Alexander Newald
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Wunstorfer Stra�e 72
30453 Hannover - Germany Information: http://www.newald.de/service
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From: David_C <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: aic7xxx: scsi parity error in command phase
Date: 24 Sep 2000 13:27:06 -0400
"Andr� Dalle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> Whenever I *write* a large amount of data (multiple megabytes) to the
> Quantum 36GB disk, I tend to get "scsi parity error in command phase".
>
> This does not simply interrupt the current write operation - it
> completely freezes the entire scsi bus.
If you wait a few minutes, does it recover? It always does when
something like this happens to me.
> That is, I cannot even read the root filesystem - and thus cannot even halt,
> reboot, or do anything at all. I have to hit the hardware reset button.
>
> I've never had parity errors before and don't quite know how best to
> proceed.. I've disabled TCQ on the disk in question, so it can't be
> that.
>
> Should I call up Quantum and pursue a warranty replacement?
No. It's because you're overloading your SCSI bus, not because of a
drive failure. See below.
> Below follows the output from /proc/scsi/scsi and /proc/scsi/aic7xxx/0:
>
> /proc/scsi/scsi:
>
> Attached devices:
> Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 00 Lun: 00
> Vendor: SEAGATE Model: ST34520W Rev: 1487
> Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02
> Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 01 Lun: 00
> Vendor: QUANTUM Model: ATLAS IV 36 WLS Rev: 0808
> Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 03
> Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 02 Lun: 00
> Vendor: SEAGATE Model: ST34520W Rev: 1281
> Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02
> Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 06 Lun: 00
> Vendor: PIONEER Model: CD-ROM DR-U12X Rev: 1.06
> Type: CD-ROM ANSI SCSI revision: 02
You've got four devices on a single SCSI bus. How much cable do you
have between them all? Probably quite a bit.
> (scsi0:0:0:0)
> Device using Wide/Sync transfers at 40.0 MByte/sec, offset 15
> ....
The 40M/s rate means Ultra-Wide.
Ultra-Wide SCSI has a cable-length limit of 3m (approximately 9.8 feet)
with 1-4 devices attached. The limit drops to 1.5m (approximately 4.9
feet) when 5-8 devices are attached.
(Source: ftp://ftp.t10.org/t10/drafts/spi2/spi2r20b.pdf, page 51)
If you exceed the limit (or even come close to it, in my experience),
your SCSI bus becomes unreliable. The unreliability will increase when
the bus is under stress (such as when you write a lot of data to a
device.)
> (scsi0:0:1:0)
> Device using Wide/Sync transfers at 40.0 MByte/sec, offset 31
> ....
>
> (scsi0:0:2:0)
> Device using Wide/Sync transfers at 40.0 MByte/sec, offset 15
> ....
>
> (scsi0:0:6:0)
> Device using Narrow/Sync transfers at 10.0 MByte/sec, offset 15
> ....
Unless you've got some very unusual cables, I'm certain that you've got
more than 3m of cable in there. And if not all of your cables conform
to the SCSI spec, then your actual limit may even be shorter. (A lot of
people don't recommend more than 1.5m on an Ultra-Wide bus, regardless
of the number of devices.)
IMO, you've got a few choices here:
1: Slow down your SCSI bus. The SCSISelect program (press CTRL-A during
POST) can be used to force your Ultra-Wide devices to run at
Fast-Wide speeds. You should be able to use longer cables at the
slower speeds.
2: Get another SCSI card. If you move two devices to another Ultra-Wide
card, you may be able to get your cable lengths for each bus under
the limit - at which point they should all run reliably.
3: If your drives support LVD (Ultra2, Ultra3 and Ultra160 do), then you
can get a SCSI card that also supports LVD. You can then move all
your hard drives to that card. According to
ftp://ftp.t10.org/t10/drafts/spi2/spi2r20b.pdf (page 52),
differential busses have a 25m limit (until you go to Fast-40
(Ultra2) speeds. (Although most vendors cite a 12m limit for LVD,
regardless of the speed.)
If you do this, however, do not get rid of your original SCSI card -
you'll want it for any non-LVD devices. If you mix LVD and non-LVD
devices on a single bus, the bus will run in non-LVD mode - meaning
you'll be back to the same (short) limits you are trying to get away
from.
If you don't have any spare slots, you can get dual-channel SCSI
cards (like Adaptec's 39xx series). This way, you'll get two busses
on a single PCI card.
I realize that none of these are what you want to hear, but there's not
too much choice in the matter. Unfortunately, these cable-length limits
are real limits and are not just marketing hype. When you exceed them,
SCSI becomes unreliable.
Good luck.
-- David
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From: "larry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: which modem is better?
Date: Sun, 24 Sep 2000 06:44:42 -1000
I am running Mandrake 7.1, not that it will make much difference.
I want to buy locally and the two choices I have are both external.
3 COM 56K Faxmodem
Bestdata 56K
the box on the 3Com says itsupports x2 is this an older model?
the Best says it has the lucent chipset...
many thank you's for your response
Larry
Beach Volleyball Maui
http://www.maui.net/~lmccarty/start.htm
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.admin,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Belkin UPS model F6C525-SER & Linux
From: David Steuber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Sun, 24 Sep 2000 17:56:08 GMT
Has anyone gotten this UPS to function properly under Linux? That is,
can it shutdown and restart the computer using powerd?
I'm reading the UPS-HOWTO now. However, a quick answer as to whether
this thing uses a proprietary serial protocol (RS-232 cable) or
something that Linux can understand would be very much appreciated.
Thank you.
--
David Steuber | Perl apprentice, Apache/mod_perl user, and
NRA Member | general Internet web wannabe.
ICQ# 91465842 (Using Micq 0.4.6 under Linux)
It's time to be free: http://www.harrybrowne2000.org
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From: Dav' <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: bttv in overlay mode
Date: Sun, 24 Sep 2000 19:50:12 +0200
I can't use my bttv card in overlay mode,
when i try I get a black screen
does someone can help me ?
--
Dav'
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: PCI Sound card (es1371) help
Date: Sun, 24 Sep 2000 18:06:40 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Steve Gage <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> It might be that the card is working perfectly, but is "muted" - try
> running one of the many sound mixers and check out the status and
volume
> of the various channels. I have a cheap Creative Ensoniq AudioPCI, and
> it works fine.
I ran kmix. All of the levels were up at nothing seemed to indicate
that it was muted.
I suspect that the card may be dead.
Thanks for the suggestion.
jpk
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From: Jaco van Staden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Installation fails for Adaptec (AIC7880) SCSI Controller
Date: Sun, 24 Sep 2000 20:57:27 +0200
All
I am trying to install RH 6.2 on a IBM PC 330 Server which uses an
Adaptec SCSI controller and an IBM ServeRaid Raid controller. It seems
as if the SCSI controller driver is not loaded correctly.
Problem:
I boot from the CD and after the kernel loaded it says AIC7xxx loading.
Thereafter, it asks which installation medium to use; CDROM or Hard
Drive. I then choose CDROM and it asks for SCSI or Other. I select SCSI
(it is a SCSI CDROM). Then it presents a list of driver options, but
nothing for CDROM's. Instead it looks like SCSI controller cards
-without the AIC7xxx in the list. No matter what I select it just goes
back to the list again.
If I select the Hard Drive for installation medium it does exactly the
same as with the CDROM.
What I have tried:
1. I downloaded the latest boot image from Redhat.com which includes the
latest ServeRaid driver. It changes nothing.
2. I downloaded the latest AIC7xxx driver from RedHat. It still asks for
a CDROM driver, but this time the AIC7xxx driver is included in the
list. I select it. It then loads and show CD is initialising, but then
it goes back to the driver list and this driver is not their anymore.
>From there on it is exactly the same as described in the problem above.
The System:
Server Type: IMB PC server 330
SCSI controller: AIC7880 chipset. I don't know which AHA card. but I
think it is AHA-294x -that is what MS NT reports.
Raid Controller: IBM ServeRaid.
CDROM: Plextor SCSI, PX20TSI
Tape Drive: SCSI. I don't know which type.
SCSI DEVICE ID: The card was at 7. I changed it to 0. It reports no
other devices.
CPU: Pentium 2.
It is currently running MS NT.
Other remarks:
1. I have not checked the bios version yet. According to RedHat.com I
need version 3.60 or higher to work with the latest ServeRaid driver.
2. I have changed the terminations in the SCSI configuration utility to
active at both ends.
3. I disabled sync and disconnect for SCSI peripherals.
4. I have changed the CARD Device ID from 7 to 0, as mentioned.
5. When it boots it does report SCSI devices: 4 logical drives, CDROM
and Tape drive.
6. When I boot from CD -just before it reads the CD- it reports: No
SCSI boot devices found.
Questions:
1. Does anybody know how top solve this?
2. How can I get more diagnostic information from the setup program.
3. If the SCSI Controller driver loaded correctly, is it necessary to
load drivers for SCSI CDROM's, or SCSI tape drives.
--
AJ van Staden
Cyber Seal Business and Industrial Information systems
Pta Office Tel: +27 12 998 5674, Pta Office Fax: +27 12 998 0249,
Cell: +27 82 927 5513
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From: "Steve Wolfe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Redhat 6.2 and RAM problems
Date: Sun, 24 Sep 2000 12:50:06 -0600
> I am running a RedHat 6.2 install on a Fry's bare bones with 128 MB of
> RAM.
>
> I tried adding the line
> append="mem=128M"
> to my lilo.conf file and then reran lilo all that got me was a kernel
> panic at boot and I had to do an upgrade just to re-install lilo, I
> tried the "linux rescue" from the boot disk however that was to no
> avail.
>
> Anyway how can I get my box to see all 128 MB without kernel panic,
> this machine is one of the generic overseas "everything on board"
> motherboard machines.
Does it have an i810 chipset? I have a machine that does, and the i810
video stuff takes some of the system RAM for itself, so you can't tell Linux
to take the entire chunk of RAM. I used:
append="mem=127M"
and it worked fine, however that machine will never run X. If you need to
run a GUI, then you'll probably want to leave more than a meg for the video.
steve
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