Linux-Hardware Digest #630, Volume #13 Mon, 25 Sep 00 23:13:08 EDT
Contents:
Re: Linmodem situation ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Coolerless Linux-PC? (Edward Lee)
PCI hardware problem/ netgear network card (Mandar)
Re: Yet Another SB PCI 128 Problem... (Andi Wagner)
Re: Using IDE CDROM and CDRW drives at the same time ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Advice needed on Linux on an Aptiva (Microchannel Architecture) ("Richard")
USB CD-RW (Merriam Agha)
Re: 2 SCSI cards in one machine (Michael Meissner)
Re: USB (Michael Meissner)
3com PCI 2977 Controller Modem? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Asus A7v M/B compatible? ("Niklas Krumm")
Re: 3com PCI 2977 Controller Modem? (Vladimir Florinski)
Re: RedHat 6.2 & Panasonic CF-35 laptop pcmcia cards (network & modem) (MC)
Re: RH6.2 PCMCIA Network card (MC)
Re: Coolerless Linux-PC?
Re: Coolerless Linux-PC?
Re: 3com PCI 2977 Controller Modem? (Rob Clark)
Re: Using IDE CDROM and CDRW drives at the same time
Re: RH6.2 PCMCIA Network card (MC)
Re: RH6.2 PCMCIA Network card (MC)
Silly LPD (Debian User)
Re: RH6.2 PCMCIA Network card (MC)
Re: RH6.2 PCMCIA Network card (MC)
SMP and IDE LOST INTERRUPT (Peter J King)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Linmodem situation
Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2000 22:33:50 GMT
Hi,
You might be luckier than I am. There are PCTel drivers available from a
few websites like http://pctel.n3.net and
http://www.o2.net/~gromitkc/winmodem.html. There are also instructions
there. I think your modem has to point to /dev/ttyS15. You will
definitely need to recompile those drivers for the newer kernel since
they are all precompiled for 2.2.5. Please let me know if it works. In
my case I am unable to load the pctel.o module due to unresolved symbols
no matter where I get the driver. I have heard of people having
succeeded with RedHat 6.1 and Caldera that were running earlier kernels
(mine is 2.2.14-5).
Good luck
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
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From: Edward Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Coolerless Linux-PC?
Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2000 15:47:17 -0700
Bartek Kostrzewa wrote:
> , if it is legal to do so. The MPAA said
> > no.
>
> Sure it is, it's your DVD.
>
You obviously do not follow the DeCSS case. In MPAA v. 2600, the attorney
argues
that the DMCA supersed the fair use provisions of the Copyright Laws. We
don't have
the right to cirumvent the protective devices, even if you own the DVD.
However, you
may not be subject to US laws as we poor souls are.
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From: Mandar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: PCI hardware problem/ netgear network card
Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2000 18:47:13 -0400
Hi,
I just got a new PIII 700 with ASUS P3v133 motherboard.
Everything works fine thru windows.
I have a netgear FA 311tx card. that uses tulip.o driver.
when i run Donald's 'tulip-diag' I get an error msg saying that
No valid IRQ has been assigned to the card and the driver has no way to
change it.
I also took a look at 'lspci -vv' This showed me that Pin1 connected to
IRQ0.
isn't PCI supposed assign its own IRQ's? and it works in windows.
I have AwardBIOS so i tried assigning fixed IRQ's to that PCI slot,
still i got the
same problem. I have this PC in my dorm and i am really frustrated now.
i need desperate help.
regards,
-Mandar
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From: Andi Wagner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Yet Another SB PCI 128 Problem...
Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2000 00:46:46 +0200
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
[...]
> > So, what a chip is this 5880?? Which module
> fits?
>
> Hi,
> Sorry for not having any solution, but I have
> exactly the same problem. So if you found out what
> to do, please let me know.
>
> So long,
> Martin
>
> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> Before you buy.
hmm...seems like no one feels to give an answer. did you receive any
hints?
cya
Andi
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Using IDE CDROM and CDRW drives at the same time
Date: 25 Sep 2000 19:03:11 -0400
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Following the instructions in the CD-Writing HOWTO I compiled my kernel
> (2.2.17) with the appropriate modules (ide-cd and ide-scsi etc)
> I then tried having both drives using ide-scsi and typing insmod ide-
> scsi only finds the CDROM drive (hdd) and I never get to see the RW
> driver (hdc).
> Now surely I am not alone in having two IDE CD drives on the same bus,
> one of which is a RW. What recommendations do you have?
No recommendations other than what works.
As for me, 2.2.14 kernel.
No modules. I recompiled the kernel (no IDE-CDROM support: with SCSI
support, SCSI CD-ROM support, SCSI generic driver (with vendor
extensions), IDE-SCSI emulation).
When I boot I get two SCSI CD drives ("cdrecord -scanbus" sees them both
as SCSI).
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From: "Richard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.comp.hardware.aptiva
Subject: Re: Advice needed on Linux on an Aptiva (Microchannel Architecture)
Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2000 23:23:18 GMT
Aptiva's are not microchannel machines. Aptivas have ISA and PCI busses.
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From: Merriam Agha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: USB CD-RW
Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2000 18:31:23 -0500
Hi,
My question concerns linux support for USB. I'm trying to find a USB
CD-RW or CD-R that meets the following criteria:
1. external
2. pc/mac/linux compatible
3. it should make a CD that can be run on any CD-ROM drive.
I've found these:
Sony CRX100E/X2
HP 8220e
Teac CDW54E/KIT/USB
I was hoping you could tell me if the above meet my criteria or
recommend some to me.
Thank you,
Merriam
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: 2 SCSI cards in one machine
From: Michael Meissner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 25 Sep 2000 19:43:55 -0400
Larry Irons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Larry Irons wrote:
>
> > I have a Linux computer running Caldera OpenLinux 2.3. It has been
> > running fine for over a year with one Adaptec 2940 SCSI card with 5 SCSI
> > hard drives attached. We have added a 2nd Adaptec 2930 SCSI card with a
> > SCSI 8mm tape drive. At boot the BIOS for both drives is recognized as
> > well as all of the devices. One Hard drive SCSI card is on irq 11 and
> > the tape SCSI card is on irq 5. There are no device conflicts for irqs.
> > There are no device conflicts for i/o ports.
> >
> > Linux does not see the 2nd SCSI controller, but it sees the first one. I
> > do a "dmesg" and there is no mention of the second controller.
> >
> > There are no additional LILO boot parms for the Adaptec aic78xx driver
> > regarding irqs and i/o ports. Currently the SCSI driver for the
> > controller is being loaded as a module. Is there anything that I can do
> > to get the 2nd controller to be recognized by the kernel?
> >
> > Larry
> >
> > --
> > Larry Irons
> > Senior Geophysicist
> > Tricon Geophysics Inc.
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> To everyone:
>
> Thanks for your replies. I sent an email to Caldera's support line and I got
> this back -
>
> Summary: Getting Linux to recognize 2nd SCSI card
> SUGGESTED SOLUTION:
> At 09/22/2000 08:23 AM we wrote - Unfortunately the Adaptec 2930 is
> not listed as supported hardware by OpenLinux 2.3
> (http://www.calderasystems.com/support/hardware/2.3/hardware-scsi.html).
> The current modules written for other adaptec cards (the aic7xx) may
> not work with the 2930 SCSI controller. You may want to try
> removing the first controller and leaving the 2930 in to see if the
> aic7xx module will load and work for it. If it fails at boot up try
> loading it from the commandline with the modprobe command (if you
> can get into your system without the other controller):
I don't know about earlier 2930 scsi controllers, but the normal adaptec driver
supports 2930U scsi controllers used in conjunction with other scsi controllers
(in my case, a builtin 7896 controller). I suspect what is happening is your
2930 is sharing an IRQ with something incompatible. If this is the case, you
might try rotating the card through your PCI slots. Another thought is to
rebuild the kernel, making the adaptec controller builtin into the kernel,
rather than a module. You might also try adding "aic7xxx=verbose" to the boot
line to get more information.
--
Michael Meissner, Red Hat, Inc.
PMB 198, 174 Littleton Road #3, Westford, Massachusetts 01886, USA
Work: [EMAIL PROTECTED] phone: +1 978-486-9304
Non-work: [EMAIL PROTECTED] fax: +1 978-692-4482
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Subject: Re: USB
From: Michael Meissner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 25 Sep 2000 19:52:36 -0400
Jason Fossella <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> OK, I need to get my USB ports to work with RedHat 6.2. The controller is on
> the motherboard (it's a Soyo). My printer (Canon BJC-2110) as well as my game
> controllers are USB, so it's a necessity. Any ideas? I'm rather new to this.
(note, I hack GCC for Red Hat, please direct any Linux queries to the
appropriate Red Hat feedback channels).
If you don't want to go through the trouble of patching the system, etc. to add
USB support, the newly announced Red Hat 7 includes USB support. Of course, it
will mean upgrading your system.
--
Michael Meissner, Red Hat, Inc.
PMB 198, 174 Littleton Road #3, Westford, Massachusetts 01886, USA
Work: [EMAIL PROTECTED] phone: +1 978-486-9304
Non-work: [EMAIL PROTECTED] fax: +1 978-692-4482
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: 3com PCI 2977 Controller Modem?
Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2000 00:12:00 GMT
Has anyone managed to get one of these beasts to work under Linux,
*nix, or *BSD? I haven't. I have struggled in vain for a while now, and
its time to turn to others for help. Does anyone have any hints, tips,
suggestions, or anything along those lines? It would be great......
-Steven
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
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From: "Niklas Krumm" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.asus
Subject: Asus A7v M/B compatible?
Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2000 17:43:20 -0700
Hi,
I would like to know if anyone has tried using linux with the A7V M/B. In
particular, does the pomise ata/100 IDE controller pose any problems?
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From: Vladimir Florinski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: 3com PCI 2977 Controller Modem?
Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2000 17:49:27 -0700
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> Has anyone managed to get one of these beasts to work under Linux,
> *nix, or *BSD? I haven't. I have struggled in vain for a while now, and
> its time to turn to others for help. Does anyone have any hints, tips,
> suggestions, or anything along those lines? It would be great......
> -Steven
>
Why, they are straightforward to set up (a single setserial command - just read
the man page). It is the simplest thing to do in Linux, really. Try to use that
modem as an answering machine (well, you need model 2976 for that), and you'll
see what I mean.
--
Vladimir
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From: MC <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: RedHat 6.2 & Panasonic CF-35 laptop pcmcia cards (network & modem)
Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2000 01:08:14 GMT
PCMCIA is loading devices on socket 0 and socket 1 at boot time.
socket0 has a modem running on port ttyS2.
socket1 has a 3Com MegaHertz 3c574B Fast Ethernet card. insmod is loading
"/lib/modules/2.2.14-5.0/pcmcia/3c574_cs.o"
The card manager is then loading interface eth0. I have defined eth0 to be
a static IP on my local address (192.168.1.7) with a netmask of
255.255.255.0. (I've tried settings at work too).
Pinging the loopback interface (127.0.0.1) works, as well as the eth0
interface (ping 192.168.1.7 or ping <my hostname>).
However, nothing seems to be going in and/or out of the connection (the
laptop can't "see" other devices on the network).
Does anyone know what's wrong?
MCruz
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From: MC <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: RH6.2 PCMCIA Network card
Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2000 01:15:01 GMT
I also have the same problem. PCMCIA is working properly, eth0 is being
loaded with the correct network information (which I input through
Linuxconf & netcfg), but the laptop still can't see anything out there on
the network... :-(
Any clues?
MC
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ()
Subject: Re: Coolerless Linux-PC?
Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2000 01:46:56 -0000
On Mon, 25 Sep 2000 17:17:23 GMT, Th. Seifert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>So there are no dvd-players for linux which use hardware-acceleration?
Some of the really crufty dvd decoders are being supported.
Plus there is a newer hardware mpeg2 decoder that has Linux
support but it's not exactly priced to move.
>Hmm looks like allwell (see posting below) managed to develope some of
>their own.
>Lets see which information they will give about their system.
>
>Thanks for your information.
>
>Thomas
>
>
>Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
>Before you buy.
--
A woman should have compassion.
-- Kirk, "Catspaw", stardate 3018.2
In West Union, Ohio, No married man can go flying without his spouse
along at any time, unless he has been married for more than 12 months.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ()
Subject: Re: Coolerless Linux-PC?
Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2000 01:47:41 -0000
On Tue, 26 Sep 2000 00:06:59 +0200, Bartek Kostrzewa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>>
>> Including CSS logic is a legal issue, not a technical one. By the way,
>> each DVD takes
>> aout 5 GB. 80G can store 16 DVDs
>
>That's why I said 80 GB, only with this amount of space DeCSS'ing DVD's
>for watching gets convenient.
Put in a couple of large Desktars and you could have 150G.
>
>
>, if it is legal to do so. The MPAA said
>> no.
>
>Sure it is, it's your DVD.
[deletia]
--
Power is poison.
Lowery's Law:
If it jams -- force it. If it breaks, it needed replacing anyway.
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Subject: Re: 3com PCI 2977 Controller Modem?
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rob Clark)
Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2000 01:43:05 GMT
In article <8qopk1$son$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Has anyone managed to get one of these beasts to work under Linux,
>*nix, or *BSD? I haven't. I have struggled in vain for a while now, and
>its time to turn to others for help. Does anyone have any hints, tips,
>suggestions, or anything along those lines? It would be great......
Please see http://www.o2.net/~gromitkc/3cp5610.txt
Your modem is in the same family...
Good luck,
Rob Clark, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ()
Subject: Re: Using IDE CDROM and CDRW drives at the same time
Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2000 01:52:51 -0000
On Mon, 25 Sep 2000 21:17:46 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>Can someone recommend the best way to use my two CD Drives at the same
>time under Linux withought getting constant error messages in dmesg.
>
>I recently installed an IOMEGA CDRW drive in my machine to go with my
>old BTC CDROM Driver. They are configured so that
===================================
boot=/dev/hda
map=/boot/map
install=/boot/boot.b
vga=ask
default=linux
keytable=/boot/us.klt
lba32
prompt
timeout=300
message=/boot/message
image=/boot/vmlinuz
label=linux
root=/dev/hda1
initrd=/boot/initrd.img
append=" hdd=ide-scsi"
read-only
===================================
hdd is my phillips 2x Burner.
This works just dandy with my IDE DVD drive which is hdc.
>
>CDRW - Secondary Master (hdc)
>CDROM - Secondary Slave (hdd)
Plus, there is no reaons you can't just emulate all of
your IDE cdrom drives as SCSI. Just don't bother loading
the ide-cd module. ide-scsi will emulate scsi on any ide
device that hasn't already been snarfed up by another
driver.
>
>Following the instructions in the CD-Writing HOWTO I compiled my kernel
>(2.2.17) with the appropriate modules (ide-cd and ide-scsi etc)
>
>I also configured my conf.modules to for ide-cd to ignore hdc (the RW
>drive) and put the append commands in my lilo.conf for hdc to be used
>by ide-scsi.
>
>For some reason I can only use ide-cd or ide-scsi at any point in time,
>which is a bit of a problem if I want to copy data off an existing CD-
>ROM. Also the various CD copying tools won't work if the source cd is
>IDE rather the emulated SCSI.
>
>I then tried having both drives using ide-scsi and typing insmod ide-
>scsi only finds the CDROM drive (hdd) and I never get to see the RW
>driver (hdc).
>
>Now surely I am not alone in having two IDE CD drives on the same bus,
>one of which is a RW. What recommendations do you have?
>
>Steve.
>
>PS. The drives do work under Windoze, but I can't do anything else
>while they are copying. Under Linux I can we browse and work while a
>copy is in process.
>
>
>Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
>Before you buy.
--
Schizophrenia beats being alone.
Everyone wants results, but no one is willing to do what it takes to get them.
-- Dirty Harry
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From: MC <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: RH6.2 PCMCIA Network card
Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2000 01:53:08 GMT
>From the PCMCIA-HowTo
>>If you get ``network unreachable'' messages when you try to access the
network, then the routing information specified in /etc/pcmcia/network.opts
is incorrect. This message is an absolutely foolproof indication of a routing
error. On the other hand, mis-configured cards will usually fail silently.<<
I went to /etc/pcmcia and discovered that the "/etc/pcmcia/network.opts" file
was missing. I don't even know what entries should be in that file, and the
PCMCIA-HowTo doesn't seem to provide any examples...
MC
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From: MC <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: RH6.2 PCMCIA Network card
Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2000 01:54:46 GMT
I take that back. I found the parameters. I'm going to try it and see how it
goes... - MC
---
MC wrote:
> From the PCMCIA-HowTo
>
> >>If you get ``network unreachable'' messages when you try to access the
> network, then the routing information specified in /etc/pcmcia/network.opts
> is incorrect. This message is an absolutely foolproof indication of a routing
> error. On the other hand, mis-configured cards will usually fail silently.<<
>
> I went to /etc/pcmcia and discovered that the "/etc/pcmcia/network.opts" file
> was missing. I don't even know what entries should be in that file, and the
> PCMCIA-HowTo doesn't seem to provide any examples...
>
> MC
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Debian User)
Subject: Silly LPD
Date: 26 Sep 2000 02:29:18 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Well, it's been like 5 months since i last bothered with
this, but now that i'm going back to school, i find myself
needing to print more often and i've recently been giving
this unix printing thing another shot. i'm running a
debian/linux system, here's my status:
cat asdlfkhasdf >/dev/lp0
works. i got that far.
killall lpd
lpd &
started fresh lpd process
/var/log# lpr ~/.bashrc
/var/log# lpq
no entries
well hey- it doesn't seem to be even putting the print
process in the que! weird.. and my syslog happily tells me:
Sep 25 21:24:03 bitch lpd[1951]: cannot execv /var/lib/\
apsfilter/filter/aps-hpdj_540-letter-auto-mono
Sep 25 21:24:03 bitch lpd[1950]: lp: job could not be printed (cfA011bitch)
I have an HP Deskjet 540, I'm trying to run ghostscript and
apsfilter together. Any and all help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks. Oh- and here's my /etc/printcap:
# /etc/printcap: printer capability database. See printcap(5).
# You can use the filter entries df, tf, cf, gf etc. for
# your own filters. See /etc/filter.ps, /etc/filter.pcl and
# the printcap(5) manual page for further details.
lp|Generic dot-matrix printer entry:\
:lp=/dev/lp0:\
:sd=/var/spool/lpd/lp:\
:af=/var/log/lp-acct:\
:lf=/var/log/lp-errs:\
:pl#66:\
:pw#80:\
:pc#150:\
:mx#0:\
:sh:
# rlp|Remote printer entry:\
# :lp=:\
# :rm=remotehost:\
# :rp=remoteprinter:\
# :sd=/var/spool/lpd/remote:\
# :mx#0:\
# :sh:
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From: MC <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: RH6.2 PCMCIA Network card
Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2000 02:33:01 GMT
Still no success. I'm using RH6.2... - MC
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From: MC <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: RH6.2 PCMCIA Network card
Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2000 02:57:17 GMT
I discovered that both cards wouldn't work together, but if I took one
(the modem card on slot0) and placed the network card there instead
(that is, from slot1 to slot0) the network card works fine. The problem
appears to be diagnosed below. I hope this helps to everyone out there
going through the same pains as I am.
MC
---
>From the PCMCIA-HowTo
3.8 Resource conflict only with two cards inserted
Symptoms:
Two cards each work fine when used separately.
When both cards are inserted, only one works.
This usually indicates a resource conflict with a system device that
Linux does not know about.
PCMCIA devices are dynamically configured, so, for example, interrupts
are allocated as needed,
rather than specifically assigned to particular cards or sockets. Given
a list of resources that appear
to be available, cards are assigned resources in the order they are
configured. In this case, the card
configured last is being assigned a resource that in fact is not free.
Check the system log to see what resources are used by the non-working
card. Exclude these in
/etc/pcmcia/config.opts, and restart the cardmgr daemon to reload the
resource database.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Peter J King)
Subject: SMP and IDE LOST INTERRUPT
Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2000 03:09:46 GMT
I am running redhat 6.2 on and gigabyte GA-586DX board with dual
pentium 200 MMX cpu. The non-smp kernel works fine. When I use the smp
kernel I get randomn lost interrupts on ide disk access.
During a copy of the kernel source I would average 5 lost interrupts.
Anyone come across this before? Any help on where to look for an
answer would be appreciated.
I have tried 2.2.17 kernel with the same result.
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