Linux-Hardware Digest #637, Volume #13           Wed, 27 Sep 00 11:13:07 EDT

Contents:
  Re: CPUID and Athon T-Bird (John)
  Re: Rage Fury Pro/Xpert 2000 Pro ("Adam Short")
  second hard disk ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
  Re: inetd[642]: auth/tcp: bind: Address already in use ("Vinson Armstead")
  PCMCIA 3c575_cb module (Alan Scheinine)
  Re: Unable to mount CD (as root) (Steve Bradley)
  Re: ide-scsi emulation ("Gene Heskett")
  getting user access to /dev/mem (ferdinand.cornelissen)
  Re: second hard disk (Rootman)
  Canon BJC-2100 (Ville Huuskonen)
  Re: Fujifilm MX1200 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
  Re: Keyboard works in single-user mode; not in multi-user ("Andrew P. Billyard")
  Motherboards with 5+ ISA slots (Philip Juels)
  Re: Belkin UPS model F6C525-SER & Linux (Steve Wampler)

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From: John <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: CPUID and Athon T-Bird
Date: 27 Sep 2000 17:57:47 +0800

Mike Oliver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:



> I don't use NTFS, mainly because I couldn't read it when booted
> into Win9x.  What's ext2?

A Linux native filesystem.


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From: "Adam Short" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Rage Fury Pro/Xpert 2000 Pro
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2000 12:51:07 +0100

I've just bought this card myself but I haven't built the rest of the
machine its going in yet so I can't really give you the benefit of any
experience. There is however a website with information on configuring
Rage128 chipsets with X. Its at :
http://www.linuxnewbie.org/nhf/intel/hardware/ati_rage128.html

Don't know how much help it'll be but it might be worth a look.

Adam

Tudor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:8qr0ac$cfs$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Hi!
>
> I have this video card with Rage128Pro chip, and I'm not able to set X. I
> use RH 6.2.
> Can anybody give me a solution? (I'm not very good in hard setings)
>
> -- Tudor
>
>



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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.setup,linux.redhat.install
Subject: second hard disk
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2000 12:21:11 GMT

hello all

i want to add second hard-disk to my existing redhat linux 6.2 harddisk.
this harddisk is having NTFS and FAT32  partitions
How can i add this second harddisk and mount it?


thanks in advance

newlinx


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From: "Vinson Armstead" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: 
comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.redhat,comp.os.linux.setup,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: inetd[642]: auth/tcp: bind: Address already in use
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2000 12:48:35 GMT

That worked!

Thanks for the assistance


"Villy Kruse" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> On 25 Sep 2000 10:43:38 GMT, Jan Bredereke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>
>
> >Hi Vinson,
> >
> >On Mon, 25 Sep 2000 09:25:35 GMT, Vinson Armstead <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> >> I have been noticing a large number of the below message in my log
files. I
> >> am not sure but it seem that my system thinks there is another system
on the
> >> network with same IP address it has?!?!?!?!?
> >>
> >> "inetd[642]: auth/tcp: bind: Address already in use"
> >
> >No. This message of the "bind" system call means that another
> >process on the *same* machine has already grabbed the port in order
> >to listen to incoming requests. The TCP port appears to be auth,
> >i.e., 113 (see /etc/services). So the inetd process cannot bind to
> >it. Look for another process providing auth services. (Maybe it is
> >spawned by the inet daemon, too?)
> >
>
>
>
> Common problem when upgrading to RH6.1 or RH6.2.  The identd is not
> started from /etc/rc.d, and if it is also enabled in /etc/inetd.conf
> you get the bind conflict.  Disable it one of the places, probaly
> by commenting out identd in /etc/inetd.conf.
>
>
>
>
> Villy



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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Alan Scheinine)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.portable
Subject: PCMCIA 3c575_cb module
Date: 27 Sep 2000 13:22:52 GMT

Many people have asked during several months about why the driver for
the 3Com 575 Cardbus does not work well.  The answer has been to install
pcmcia-cs-3.1.20, the latest version.  I did an install and nothing
improved.

Automatically, the installation put the modules in
/lib/modules/preferred/pcmcia

I noticed that I also had a directory with a name that corresponded
to the actual kernel, with a subdirectory
/lib/modules/2.2.16/pcmcia

I removed the files in /lib/modules/2.2.16/pcmcia and copied into
that directory the files in /lib/modules/preferred/pcmcia
(which judging by the date were installed today).

The network problem was solved.


-- 
Alan Louis Scheinine, CRS4, Cagliari, Italy, [EMAIL PROTECTED]

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From: Steve Bradley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Unable to mount CD (as root)
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2000 13:17:57 GMT

MH wrote:

> I am unable to mount my CD (as root).  I get the following error
> message:
> 
> mount: /dev/cdrom has wrong major or minor number

Find out what device your CDROM is - you can watch the boot screen, or take 
a look at /var/log/dmesg.  It is probably something like hdb, hdc, hdd 
(unless it's scsi).  Once you know what it is:

(as root)
#rm -f /dev/cdrom
#ln -s /dev/xxx /dev/cdrom  (where xxx is the correct cdrom device, eg hdc)

If you are using ide-scsi emulation, like I am, it's a little different - 
the first cdrom detected will device scd0, so:

#ln-s /dev/scd0 /dev/cdrom

K?
-- 
Steve Bradley

Registered Linux User#187404
(register at www.linuxcounter.org)
ICQ#92564221

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Date: 27 Sep 2000 9:5:22 -0500
From: "Gene Heskett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: ide-scsi emulation

Unrot13 this;
Reply to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Gene Heskett sends Greetings to Christopher E.;

 CEM> Hats off to anyone who can actually read through this entire
 CEM> message ...

 CEM>    I have recently attempted to burn CDs in Linux, and have had
 CEM> success.  However, along the way, I have seen a few troublesome
 CEM> messages relating to the scsi emulation of my ATAPI CDRW (HP CD
 CEM> Writer 9050, or equivalently, a  SONY CD-RW CDRX140E).
 CEM>       First, I have ide-cd support compiled directly into the
 CEM>       Kernel
 CEM> (RH 6.2, 2.2.5).  As per the procedure outlined in the

That kernel is pretty prehistoric now, and there have been many fixes
since that one was fresh.

 CEM> CD-Writing-HOWTO, I have added the line
 CEM>                             append="hdc=ide-scsi"
 CEM> to linux image section of /etc/lilo.conf, and ran lilo.  This
 CEM> should tell the ide-cd driver to ignore hdc, the cd-writer, so
 CEM> it may be emulated as a scsi device later.  My first question:
 CEM> Should I change the append line to
 CEM>                             append="hdc=ide-scsi hdd=ide-scsi"
 CEM> to also emulate my ZIP drive as a scsi device?  Does it make any
 CEM> difference if the ZIP is emulated as SCSI or left in ATAPI mode?
 CEM>     Next, I have added the  line
 CEM>                     pre-install sg modprobe ide-scsi
 CEM> to the /etc/conf.modules file so as to make sure the emulation
 CEM> for the CDRW is loaded before the generic scsi driver is loaded.
 CEM>  Given that the scsi-cdrom driver (sr_mod) and the ide-cd driver
 CEM>  are compiled directly into the kernel, am I correct in saying
 CEM> that the rest of the module configuration listed in the HOWTO is
 CEM> not necessary?
 CEM>                      options ide-cd ignore=hdc            # tell
 CEM>                      the
 CEM> ide-cd module to ignore hdb
 CEM>                     alias scd0 sr_mod                    # load
 CEM>                     sr_mod
 CEM> upon access of scd0
 CEM>                     #pre-install ide-scsi modprobe imm    #
 CEM>                     uncomment
 CEM> for some ZIP drives only
 CEM>                     pre-install sr_mod modprobe ide-scsi # load
 CEM> ide-scsi before sr_mod
 CEM>                     pre-install ide-scsi modprobe ide-cd # load
 CEM> ide-cd   before ide-scsi

 CEM> Without the lines immediately above, the configuration suffices
 CEM> to load sg.o and ide-scsi.o automatically when I attempt to
 CEM> access the scsi bus
 CEM> (e.g. cdrecord --scanbus).  However, even if I manually load the
 CEM> drivers
 CEM> (modprobe sg), I see some disturbing scsi messages:

>> cat /proc/scsi/scsi
 CEM> Attached devices:
 CEM> Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 00 Lun: 00
 CEM>   Vendor: IOMEGA   Model: ZIP 100          Rev: 14.A
 CEM>  Type:   Direct-Access                    ANSI SCSI revision:
 CEM>  ffffffff
 CEM> Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 01 Lun: 00
 CEM>   Vendor: SONY     Model: CD-RW  CRX140E   Rev: 1.0n
 CEM>  Type:   CD-ROM                           ANSI SCSI revision: 02
 CEM> Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 01 Lun: 01
 CEM>   Vendor: SONY     Model: CD-RW  CRX140E   Rev: 1.0n
 CEM>  Type:   CD-ROM                           ANSI SCSI revision: 02
 CEM> Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 01 Lun: 02
 CEM>   Vendor: SONY     Model: CD-RW  CRX140E   Rev: 1.0n
 CEM>  Type:   CD-ROM                           ANSI SCSI revision: 02
 CEM> Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 01 Lun: 03
 CEM>   Vendor: SONY     Model: CD-RW  CRX140E   Rev: 1.0n
 CEM>  Type:   CD-ROM                           ANSI SCSI revision: 02
 CEM> Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 01 Lun: 04
 CEM>   Vendor: SONY     Model: CD-RW  CRX140E   Rev: 1.0n
 CEM>  Type:   CD-ROM                           ANSI SCSI revision: 02
 CEM> Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 01 Lun: 05
 CEM>   Vendor: SONY     Model: CD-RW  CRX140E   Rev: 1.0n
 CEM>  Type:   CD-ROM                           ANSI SCSI revision: 02
 CEM> Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 01 Lun: 06
 CEM>   Vendor: SONY     Model: CD-RW  CRX140E   Rev: 1.0n
 CEM>  Type:   CD-ROM                           ANSI SCSI revision: 02
 CEM> Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 01 Lun: 07
 CEM>   Vendor: SONY     Model: CD-RW  CRX140E   Rev: 1.0n
 CEM>   Type:   CD-ROM

 CEM> Why is the CD Writer appearing on all Logical Units?  What are
 CEM> SCSI Logical Units used for anyway?  Note that this persists
 CEM> even if I specify "max_scsi_luns=1" as a parameter to the kernel
 CEM> (through a LILO append option).   Is this an indication of a
 CEM> problem?  Has anyone seen this before?  Also, why does the ZIP
 CEM> drive appear here?  Should it not still be an ATAPI device?
 CEM>    Then, in /var/log/messages, I see, in addition to the above:

This 'scan all luns' is a compile time option, or at least is on the
later kernels, if you do a make xconfig it should show up.  Turn it off.

 CEM> Sep 26 22:43:54 johnson kernel: sr0: scsi3-mmc drive: 32x/32x
 CEM> writer cd/rw xa/form2 cdda tray Sep 26 22:43:54 johnson kernel:
 CEM> sr1: scsi3-mmc drive: 32x/32x writer cd/rw xa/form2 cdda tray
 CEM> Sep 26 22:43:54 johnson kernel: sr2: scsi3-mmc drive: 32x/32x
 CEM> writer cd/rw xa/form2 cdda tray Sep 26 22:43:54 johnson kernel:
 CEM> sr3: scsi3-mmc drive: 32x/32x writer cd/rw xa/form2 cdda tray
 CEM> Sep 26 22:43:54 johnson kernel: sr4: scsi3-mmc drive: 32x/32x
 CEM> writer cd/rw xa/form2 cdda tray Sep 26 22:43:54 johnson kernel:
 CEM> sr5: scsi3-mmc drive: 32x/32x writer cd/rw xa/form2 cdda tray
 CEM> Sep 26 22:43:54 johnson kernel: sr6: scsi3-mmc drive: 32x/32x
 CEM> writer cd/rw xa/form2 cdda tray Sep 26 22:43:54 johnson kernel:
 CEM> sr7: scsi3-mmc drive: 32x/32x writer cd/rw xa/form2 cdda tray

This is the zip?

 CEM> Sep 26 22:43:54 johnson kernel: sda : READ CAPACITY failed. Sep
 CEM> 26 22:43:54 johnson kernel: sda : status = 0, message = 00, host
 CEM> =
 CEM> 0, driver = 28
 CEM> Sep 26 22:43:54 johnson kernel: sda : extended sense code = 2
 CEM> Sep 26 22:43:54 johnson kernel: sda : block size assumed to be
 CEM> 512 bytes, disk size 1GB. Sep 26 22:43:54 johnson kernel: 
 CEM> sda:scsidisk I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0 Sep 26 22:43:54
 CEM> johnson kernel:  unable to read partition table

Might be because there wasn't a disk in it but I'm not an expert on
that.

 CEM> This does not seem particularly healthy.  Again, what do these
 CEM> mean, and are they a problem? Despite all this nastiness, I am
 CEM> able to write CDs perfectly well (using dev=0,1,0.  Perhaps I am
 CEM> too finicky?

 CEM> Well, if you have read through to this point I appreciate your
 CEM> efforts, and I would appreciate even more some information
 CEM> regarding my queries.

I stay fairly current on kernels, currently running 2.2.18pre10.  I have
an ACER 2x CDW/R burner that works great with the latest gnometoaster,
even with the re-writables.  XCDRoast, while pretty, doesn't seem to
have all the functions for re-writeables yet.

Keeping current on kernels keeps my knowledge somewhat refreshed as each
rebuild seems to have its own rules. Like I had to put emu10k1 for my
SBLive in the 2.2.17 kernel before it would work, but had to make it a
module again for 2.2.18pre10.  2.2.18pre10 even has some USB support if
your mobo has those ports.

Cheers, Gene
-- 
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        email gene underscore heskett at iolinc dot net
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Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2000 15:03:10 +0200
From: ferdinand.cornelissen
Subject: getting user access to /dev/mem

Dear gurus,  ;)

I am working with a 'special' PCI device (excalibur milbus 1553 card)
which is inserted in my linux box. Because there's no driver for this
card on linux I have created a function which opens /dev/mem and then
maps the memory of this board onto a piece of memory in process space.
This way I can access the cards function and memory. This works fine
when running in root mode. 

As I am using this function in a library which is being linked by
another program, I want to access /dev/mem being a 'normal' user
without root privilieges. Because /dev/mem is a 'char' device I have
set privileges on /dev/mem on rwx for everyone by running 'chmod 777
/dev/mem', with the idea that the normal user would be able to access
/dev/mem for reading and writing. Security is no issue, so it's dirty
but I don't mind. I do not have experience writing device drivers so I
think it will cost me some time writing one (even though most people
say that it's way easy, but having no experience usually means that it
takes a lot of time getting the job done).

However, whenever I try to access the library function which opens and
maps the memory of the board to the process space, I get an errno
indicating 'Operation not permitted'. How can this be?? I have set
privileges to everyone rwx??? Is there some extra check somewhere in
the kernel?? Can I disable this??

Please if someone has experience with this can you give me some
explanation or information on disabling the security??

Regards,
Ferdinand.


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From: Rootman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.setup,linux.redhat.install
Subject: Re: second hard disk
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2000 13:47:46 GMT

Put it in making sure the jumpers are correctly configured. Next decide
what partition scheme you want to use.  If you are simply storing data
on a stand alone machine there is really no reason to make both FAT32
and EXT2 partiions on it, Linux will read the FAT32 just fine - but will
NOT allow extended security attirbutes on it.  Use Linux fdisk (or
gfdisk) and mkfs on it. You need to specify which disk it is (probably
/dev/hdb???) and the partition number when formatting with mkfs (maybe
/dev/hdb1 or hdb5???) - it all depends on which IDE channel you put it
on and where it sets in the IDE device chain.

If EXT2 is not important to you then simply fire up a DOS disk (floppy
or dual boot from the other disk if Windows lives there too).  Run
DOS FDISK and partition it and then FORMAT it after a reboot with
FORMAT.  Windows sees it automagically, Linux will have to mount it.
Create a directory where you would like to mount the drive, say /newdisk
. Regardless of what type you make it you the have to mount the disk,
use this comand:  mount -t vfat /dev/hdb /newmount  , the -t depends on
how you've formatted it, vfat=fat(32), use ext2 for ext2. the /dev/hd?
depends again on what channel it is running on and where it is on the
IDE device chain. If it then reads and writes good either edit
/etc/fstab manually (be carefull, make a backup), or use something like
linuxconf to add it to your system permanently.

GL & HF

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  [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> hello all
>
> i want to add second hard-disk to my existing redhat linux 6.2
harddisk.
> this harddisk is having NTFS and FAT32  partitions
> How can i add this second harddisk and mount it?
>
> thanks in advance
>
> newlinx
>
> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> Before you buy.
>


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Before you buy.

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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ville Huuskonen)
Subject: Canon BJC-2100
Date: 27 Sep 2000 14:09:34 GMT

My printer doesn't work.
I did
#insmod parport
#insmod parport_pc io=0x3bc,0x378,0x278 irq=none,7,auto
#insmod parport_probe

and edited /etc/conf.modules
alias parport_lowlevel parport_pc
options parport_pc io=0x378 irq=7

I have compiled 
<M> Parallel port support
<M> PC-style hardware
<M> Parallel printer support
[*] Enable loadable module support
[*] Kernel module loader

My kernel is 2.2.12
System is unstable Debian i386
Printer is Canon BJC-2100

Thank you
--
Wille <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Fujifilm MX1200
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2000 14:27:32 GMT

Well I manage to figure it out myself after a talking to someone I knew.
It seems to work if I link /dev/fujifilm to /dev/cua* instead of the
corresponding /dev/ttyS*

Not sure why..

However the MX1200 does not seem to support the "shoot" commands". Am I
able to upgrade the software on the camera to get this functionality




In article <8qsak1$dr2$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
  [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I am trying to get the Fujiplay utility to work with my MX1200 camera.
>
> I have set it up as described but when I call the fujiplay program is
> reports
>
> "The Camera Does Not Respond"
>
> Does anybody have any ideas what is happening?
>
> I am using Redhat 6.2 and the camera is connected to COM2
>
> TIA
>
> Jon Farmer
>
> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
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>


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From: "Andrew P. Billyard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Keyboard works in single-user mode; not in multi-user
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2000 15:02:13 GMT


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I have no idea if this is an appropriate answer, but I had the same trouble
when I tried fooling around with my Kensington's Mouse-In-A-Box; its a PS/2
mouse, but I have it attached to the serial port as it doesn't work
otherwise.  When I downloaded kernel 2.4 (test9-pre6), I tried setting up the
mouse again via the PS/2 port (with no avail).  When /dev/mouse was linked to
/dev/psaux, my keyboard also froze up on the initial command login prompt.
As single user, I relinked it back to /dev/ttyS0 and the keyboard was usuable
again.  Not sure what happened there....

Cheers,
Andrew

"Peter T. Breuer" wrote:

> Tom Law <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> :     When I boot up to the "LILO boot:" prompt, if I type in "linux", the
> : keyboard won't work when I get to the "login" prompt (booting into text
>
> :     But, if I enter "linux single" at the "LILO boot:" prompt, the
> : keyboard DOES work, and I can log in normally.  But can't do much.
>
> :     What would cause this behavior?
>
> Some script executed in runlevels 2, 3 or 4. Try them and see.
>
> Peter

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I have no idea if this is an appropriate answer, but I had the same trouble
when I tried fooling around with my Kensington's Mouse-In-A-Box; its a
PS/2 mouse, but I&nbsp;have it attached to the serial port as it doesn't
work otherwise.&nbsp; When I downloaded kernel 2.4 (test9-pre6), I tried
setting up the mouse again via the PS/2 port (with no avail).&nbsp; When
/dev/mouse was linked to /dev/psaux, my keyboard also froze up on the initial
command login prompt.&nbsp; As single user, I&nbsp;relinked it back to
/dev/ttyS0 and the keyboard was usuable again.&nbsp; Not sure what happened
there....
<p>Cheers,
<br>Andrew
<p>"Peter T. Breuer" wrote:
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<br>:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; When I boot up to the "LILO boot:" prompt,
if I type in "linux", the
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text
<p>:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; But, if I enter "linux single" at the "LILO
boot:" prompt, the
<br>: keyboard DOES work, and I can log in normally.&nbsp; But can't do
much.
<p>:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; What would cause this behavior?
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<p>Peter</blockquote>

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From: Philip Juels <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Motherboards with 5+ ISA slots
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2000 15:06:01 GMT

Anyone know where I could find a Pentium style motherboard with 5 or
more ISA slots?

--Phil Juels
[EMAIL PROTECTED]


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From: Steve Wampler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Belkin UPS model F6C525-SER & Linux
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2000 07:52:06 -0700

David Steuber wrote:
> 
> Steve Wampler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> 
> ' Try http://www.exploits.org/nut
> '
> ' Let me know if it works for you - I haven't had much luck with
> ' my FC6525 [with this or with the linux drivers supplied by
> ' belkin], but may have a cabling problem.
> 
> I found it, but haven't had a chance to build it yet.  Other stuff
> came up.  Hopefully this week I will build it.
> 
> What is the nature of your problem?
> 
> I figure if I can't get it to work within the return period, I'll just
> take the thing back and get a UPS that powerd works with.
> 

Turns out I had to change the 'nut' code (trivial to do) to connect at 1200
buad instead of 2400 (yes, I know that Belkin says the 525 uses 2400
baud - go figure...).  Now it's working fine - I'm even logging
UPS info into a postgresql database (more for grins than anything
else).  Use the 'belkin' model driver, not the trust-425+625 one.

The drivers supplied by Belkin for Linux still don't work, and behave
so strangely I've tossed them [no source means no fix, sigh].

I haven't (yet) unplugged my system to see if the powerfail shutdown
works or not.  Soon...




--
Steve Wampler-  SOLIS Project, National Solar Observatory
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