Linux-Hardware Digest #653, Volume #13 Sat, 30 Sep 00 15:13:07 EDT
Contents:
Re: Setting up a joystick in Suse 7.0 (Ruediger Arp)
Re: Suse and ATI Rage 128 (Ruediger Arp)
PCMCIA -> USB or different Laptop? (Steve Feil)
Hangs in X -- Adaptec 29160? (jdbow)
newbie samba question ("Liberat0r")
Re: Compaq deskpro erratic clock with RH6.0 (Matt Koch)
Can't open /dev/dsp! (John Dixon)
Re: IRQ Setup (Matt Koch)
Re: Imagewriter II on a 486? (B'ichela)
Re: Can't open /dev/dsp! (Steve Bradley)
HP722 Printer Networking Help ("Fountainhead")
3com AirConnect support for Linux ("Chris Lindley")
Re: Using IDE CDROM and CDRW drives at the same time (Mark Post)
Re: Sound Blaster Vibra 16 ("Gero H. Marten")
problems with diamond viper II on Red Hat 7.0 ("Robert A. Smith")
Re: Tape Backup drives (John-Paul Stewart)
Re: scsi card problem (John-Paul Stewart)
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From: Ruediger Arp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Setting up a joystick in Suse 7.0
Date: Sat, 30 Sep 2000 11:07:24 GMT
Hi,
THANKS!!!
> However, try this in order shown, as root:
> insmod emu10k1-joy io=3D0x200
> insmod joystick
> insmod joy-logitech
jstest /dev/js0 now returns=20
....Joystick (WingMan Extreme Digital 3D) has 6 axes and 7 buttons.=20
Driver version is 1.2.15.....
Terminus & Flightgear are now waiting for me.
Cheers,
rude
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Urspr=FCngliche Nachricht <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
Am 30.09.00, 08:23:32, schrieb "D. Stimits" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> zum The=
ma=20
Re: Setting up a joystick in Suse 7.0:
> The sblive is not actually activated by the normal register at 0x201;
> this is actually a mirror for compatibility. I think that in all of th=
e
> models that are even remotely new, it was enabled by default, but the
> early revisions didn't do so. Some of the earlier emu10k1 modules didn=
't
> try to enable the joystick, thinking it was already enabled (various
> revisions fixed this). So if you have the wrong version of emu10k1,
> combined with an older revision sblive (I think rev 5 or earlier), it
> might still fail to be enabled. In which case try the latest cvs
> snapshot from the http://opensource.create.com page. There is also a
> developer section you could post info to.
> However, try this in order shown, as root:
> insmod emu10k1-joy io=3D0x200
> insmod joystick
> insmod joy-logitech
> If that fails, get the latest cvs; if it still fails, monitor
> /var/log/messages while you try to load things (such as with tail -f -=
n
> 30 /var/log/messages) and send the results to the emu10k1 devel list
> (check out opensource.creative.com for the list).
> Ruediger Arp wrote:
> >
> > Hi All,
> >
> > Big problem:
> > I can't figure out how to set up my joystick with Suse 7.0.
> >
> > I am using the following components:
> > -Suse7
> > -SBLive 1024 (emu10k1)
> > -Logitech Wingman Extreme Digital 3D
> >
> > Insmodding the joystick driver results in this message:
> > modprobe joy-logitech
> > /lib/modules/2.2.16/misc/joy-logitech.o: init_module: Das Ger=E4t od=
er die
> > Ressource ist belegt
> > Hint: this error can be caused by incorrect module parameters, inclu=
ding
> > invalid IO or IRQ parameters
> > /lib/modules/2.2.16/misc/joy-logitech.o: insmod
> > /lib/modules/2.2.16/misc/joy-logitech.o failed
> > /lib/modules/2.2.16/misc/joy-logitech.o: insmod joy-logitech failed
> >
> > Yes, I read the Readme which says:
> > Q: The driver doesn't find any joysticks connected to my soundcard w=
ith
> > the message "joy-something: no joysticks found" and "joy-something.o=
:
> > init_module: Device or resource busy." or "Initialization of
> > joy-something failed" What could be the cause?
> > A: The most common cause is that the joystick port on your soundca=
rd is
> > not enabled...
> >
> > My question now is:
> > How would I enable the joystick port on my soundcard???
> >
> > It must be some option in /etc/modules.conf, but which one?
> >
> > I appreciate any help,
> > rude
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From: Ruediger Arp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Suse and ATI Rage 128
Date: Sat, 30 Sep 2000 11:21:28 GMT
Hi,
this is what I found in the German Suse site:
ATI cards supported by XFree86-3.3.6
Rage 128 RE, Rage 128 RF, Rage 128 RK, Rage 128 RL=20
ATI cards supported by XFree86-4.0
Rage 128 RE, Rage 128 RF, Rage 128 RK, Rage 128 RL, Rage 128 PF=20
ATI cards supported by XFree86-4.0.1
Rage 128 RE, Rage 128 RF, Rage 128 RK, Rage 128 RL, Rage 128 PF=20
Laptops) Rage 128 Mobility LE (PCI device id: 0x4c45), Rage 128 Mobility=
=20
LF(PCI device id: 0x4c46)=20
It is said there are various Rage-type chips around that behave=20
differently.
Try /sbin/lspci to see which one you are having, you should be returned =
sth like:
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Rage 128 RF=20
Hope it helps,
rude
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Urspr=FCngliche Nachricht <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
Am 30.09.00, 06:24:06, schrieb "Stephen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> zum Them=
a=20
Suse and ATI Rage 128 :
> I am trying to install, with great difficulty, the above distro. =20
Although
> indicated on and in the box, my video card is not supported (They=20
"forgot"
> to include it ). It would seem all I need is the Xrage.rpm. But the =
damn
> thing can't be found ! I've looked high and low for it! Can someone=20
either
> drop me a word or two , or even send me as an attachment? Of course,=
if
> you have any suggestions or think I am totally of track regarding=20
installing
> support for the ATI Rage Fury 128, drop me a line at:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Regards,
> Stephen
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From: Steve Feil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: PCMCIA -> USB or different Laptop?
Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2000 15:49:29 -0500
I was looking around and found some high quality USB audio AD/DA
converters. I would like to get one for the purpose of doing some
portable digital recording. I am interested in manual and autonomous
recording of birds and other wildlife.
My question is should I try to find a PCMCIA to USB card, or do you
think this is a dead end to get this sort of device running under
Linux? Would it be easer to find a used laptop with USB already built
in and get that to run with Linux?
===================================================================
Steven Feil | Gram-pa, back at the turn of the .~.
Programmer/Developer | century, why did people use an /V\
[EMAIL PROTECTED] | operating system, when they were not // \\
| allowed to see the source code? (X_X)
====================================================================
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From: jdbow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Hangs in X -- Adaptec 29160?
Date: Sat, 30 Sep 2000 14:43:48 GMT
I have a custom built system running rather well, but crashes now and
then. It hangs only in X (Xfree86 3.3.6). At first I thought it must
be the video card, so I replaced my ATI Xpert 128 with a Matrox
Millenium G400 Max. Soon after I installed it, the system crashed
again.
Many, but not all of the crashes seem clearly related to SCSI periperal
access. I have an Adaptec 29160 installed in a 32-bit PCI slot. Could
this be the culprit? The card is sensed smoothly, and usually works
fine. Might it be the drivers for the card?
I use Redhat 6.2 with a rebuilt 2.2.16 kernel, including AIC-9xxx
support, "linear" is set in lilo.conf, I have a Tyan Tiger 133
motherboard, with 256MB of Crucial PC133 and a Pentium 800EB installed.
var/log/messages says nothing about the time of the crash.
Do I have SCSI problems?
Thanks in advance.
Personal e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] would be extremely helpful.
Thanks.
Jonathan Bowman
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Before you buy.
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From: "Liberat0r" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: newbie samba question
Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2000 20:56:59 -0700
I need to know how to setup samba on my Linux box so that it can see my win
netbios shares. is there a way to do this. I wouldn't be asking this
question if I had to but I couldn't find an answer on the web so I turned
to you guys.
thanks for your time
Liberator
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From: Matt Koch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Compaq deskpro erratic clock with RH6.0
Date: Sat, 30 Sep 2000 15:10:04 GMT
Hi:
I had a similar problem on a desktop. I had enabled some auto-power-off
feature in the BIOS. It would keep Linux loaded and when you moved the
mouse or pressed a key, it would come back to life. However, while it was
snoozing, NOTHING functioned (the computer was, for all practical purposes,
off).
In particular, it would not keep time while asleep. When I then moved the
mouse or pressed a key, it came up with the time it went to sleep at, rather
than the current time. So I thought my clock was totally messed up. When I
went on MediaOne, I had to disable the auto-power-off feature to keep my
InterNet connection accessible from the outside. Coincidentally, that fixed my
clock problem as well.
This might not help, but sometimes you need to look for an answer where you
least suspect it.
Matt Koch
On Fri, 15 Sep 2000, Giancarlo Cairoli & C sas wrote:
>Each time Linux RH6.0 (kernel 2.2.5-15) boots (no matter from a reboot or
>power cycle), I get a different, erratic date and time setting. If I do the
>same booting from a dos floppy, the date and clock are properly handled. Any
>suggestion other than try update ?
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From: John Dixon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Can't open /dev/dsp!
Date: Sat, 30 Sep 2000 08:15:58 -0900
I have just compiled and installed kernel 2.2.17-17mdk with support for
SoundBlaster Live! (in the kernel, not as a module). When the kernel
boots, it finds the card and offers a reassuring pop! on the speakers.
But when I try to use the card (with, say, mpg123) I get an error
message: Can't open /dev/dsp! I don't have this problem with earlier
flavours of the 2.2.17 kernel that offer native support for the Live!
card. What's up? Is this a file permission issue?
Baffled in Vancouver.
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From: Matt Koch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: IRQ Setup
Date: Sat, 30 Sep 2000 15:22:22 GMT
Hi:
Not all that easy, I believe. It seems easy, though. There should be a number
of files in the /dev directory:
/dev/devicves
/dev/ioports
/dev/interrupts
/dev/dma (or something like that)
These supposedly contain all the information you could possibly ever want.
What I don't know is how accurate this is. I am saying this because I use
isapnp, which checks on these files and on isapnp.gone. I am using an IO
that is listed in neither of these places, yet, isapnp does not let me assign
this IO.
By the way, once you figured out what IRQs, IOs and DMAs are being used,
I believe your best bet will be to use isapnp to actually change these (in a
very limited manner, with much praying). Chances are it was installed when you
first installed your system. If not, scour the web for the isapnp website.
Anyway, for what it's worth. Good Luck.
Matt Koch
On Mon, 25 Sep 2000, Greg Davis wrote:
>I have never seen any HOWTO or Guide or utility that explains setting up
>IRQ usage or even checking the IRQ usage. I would like to know how to
>do this. Do I need a command to do this, edit a file, or do I need a
>utility? My situation is that I have a mix of ISA pnp and PCI hardware
>and they are all squirrelly. Each one is finnicky about IRQs and I have
>one card that is currently unrecognized (I think). I want to check what
>card is using what IRQ and possibly reassign IRQs to accomodate all of
>my hardware.
>
>thanks for help,
>Greg
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (B'ichela)
Subject: Re: Imagewriter II on a 486?
Date: Sat, 30 Sep 2000 11:45:03 -0400
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Fri, 29 Sep 2000 16:31:34 -0000, Scott Alfter
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>By default, it's set to 9600 bps, 8/N/1. (I have one that was bought new 15
>years ago...haven't fired it up in ages, but it still runs. It's built like
>a tank...much heavier than the other dot-matrix printers I have.) I still
>have the manual and quick-reference card (with ASCII table and control
>codes) someplace (I think the card's still in my desk); I could scan in and
>email the reference card or small sections of the manual if anybody's
>interested.
PLEASE! I need that thing! (some manual copy). I will post my
address below (you can also email it to me at [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Michele Marie Dalene
18 Carey Hill Alley, Apt 3A
Willimantic, Ct 06226
My Imagewriter is the older one with the DB25 on the back.
However, any leads to docs would help.
--
B'ichela
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From: Steve Bradley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Can't open /dev/dsp!
Date: Sat, 30 Sep 2000 16:44:49 GMT
John Dixon wrote:
> I have just compiled and installed kernel 2.2.17-17mdk with support for
> SoundBlaster Live! (in the kernel, not as a module). When the kernel
> boots, it finds the card and offers a reassuring pop! on the speakers.
> But when I try to use the card (with, say, mpg123) I get an error
> message: Can't open /dev/dsp! I don't have this problem with earlier
> flavours of the 2.2.17 kernel that offer native support for the Live!
> card. What's up? Is this a file permission issue?
>
> Baffled in Vancouver.
I've had this problem...and I'm sure there's a better solution, but I ended
up just doing (as root)
chmod 777 /dev/dsp*
I also did mix* (so I could access the mixer) and midi* (just in case).
So far, it's worked just fine. I'm sure it's a security risk somehow, but
as this is a single-user system , I'm not concerned.
--
Steve Bradley
Registered Linux User#187404
(register at www.linuxcounter.org)
ICQ#92564221
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Reply-To: "Fountainhead" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
From: "Fountainhead" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: HP722 Printer Networking Help
Date: Sat, 30 Sep 2000 12:22:30 -0500
I have a HP722c connected to my Linux box and it works fine. I want to
share this printer with two other computers running W98, all of which are
part of my home network. All computers can see each other and I can get
upto the point where W98 asks for a printer driver for the networked 722.
Here is where I run into trouble: since the W98 driver for this printer is
part of a software package, choosing an individual .inf file doesn't seem to
work. What am I doing wrong?
Any suggestions on how to go about achieving this configuration will be much
appreciated.
Thanks.
NP
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From: "Chris Lindley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: 3com AirConnect support for Linux
Date: Sat, 30 Sep 2000 18:48:57 +0100
Has anybody any experience of using 3com AirConnect PC Cards with Linux
(Mandrake 7). Are drivers available ? If so from where. If not, will they
ever be ? Or would I be better off choosing an alternative Wireless LAN
solution ?
Hope you can help me.
Chris
([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mark Post)
Subject: Re: Using IDE CDROM and CDRW drives at the same time
Date: Sat, 30 Sep 2000 18:08:22 GMT
On Mon, 25 Sep 2000 21:17:46 GMT, [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.
You never explained what these 'constant' error messages are...
>I recently installed an IOMEGA CDRW drive in my machine to go with my
>old BTC CDROM Driver. They are configured so that
>CDRW - Secondary Master (hdc)
>CDROM - Secondary Slave (hdd)
My setup is the opposite, my CD drive is /dev/hdc, and the CDRW is /dev/hdd.
That shouldn't make any real difference, though.
>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)
Did you also configure generic scsi support?
>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.
I went a different route. In one of my initialization scripts
/etc/rc.d/rc.modules, I do the following:
/sbin/modprobe ide-cd
/sbin/modprobe aic7xxx
/sbin/modprobe ide-scsi
and in /etc/modules.conf, I have
options ide-cd ignore=hdd (this would have to be ignore=hdc for you, of
course). When I'm done booting, I see the following when I do an lsmod:
Module Size Used by
sg 12608 0 (autoclean)
sr_mod 14920 0 (autoclean)
ide-scsi 7348 0
aic7xxx 136740 0
scsi_mod 52568 5 [sd_mod sg sr_mod ide-scsi aic7xxx]
ide-cd 23800 0
cdrom 27196 0 [sr_mod ide-cd]
>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.
You don't really explain what you mean by "I can only use ide-cd or ide-scsi
at any point in time". How are you trying to mount the devices? What
device names (/dev/???) are you trying to use? The CDRW can be referenced
at least two ways: /dev/scd? and /dev/sr? . If you're using mkisofs and
cdrecord, I believe it also uses /dev/sg? for it as a character device.
Mark Post
Postmodern Consulting
Information Technology and Systems Management Consulting
To send me email, replace 'nospam' with 'home'.
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From: "Gero H. Marten" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Sound Blaster Vibra 16
Date: Sat, 30 Sep 2000 19:38:49 +0200
> "Schenaerts Micha=EBl" wrote:
> =
> How to get this damn card working under Suse 6.2 with kernel 2.2.16 ???=
?
> Thanx
What's the problem? This card is one of the first cards supported by
Linux and it's sound system. And with SuSE it's really a breeze. What
have you done so far to get it working? You obviously haven't read the
docs yet.
-- =
Gero H. Marten
"Computers are like air conditioners: They stop working properly if
you open =
windows."
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From: "Robert A. Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: problems with diamond viper II on Red Hat 7.0
Date: Sat, 30 Sep 2000 20:03:25 +0100
I've just managed to get red hat 7.0 downloaded and installed. I am now
having problems with the diplay.
I have been running RH 6.2 with XFree86 3.3.6 for some time and have had no
problems using the SVGA server as recomended for the viper II/Savage2000
chipset. However RH 7.0 with XFree86 4.0.1 loads fine, but as soon as i try
to move a window or scroll the whole display breaks up and the window is
split all over different areas of the screen.
I'd be really grateful if anyone knows how to fix this, as i need to start
using linux for uni work real soon. At the moment the system is completely
unusable.
Robert A. Smith
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From: John-Paul Stewart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Tape Backup drives
Date: Sat, 30 Sep 2000 19:04:12 GMT
David_C wrote:
>
> "John Bald" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> >
> > Can anyone recommend a tape backup drive in the $250-$350 range that
> > works well under Linux? I'm currently running Suse 6.3. Any drives
> > to stay away from?
>
> In that price range, you're definitely talking about a QIC-style drive,
> like a Travan TR-4 or NS-20 drive. I prefer DAT, but you won't find a
> new drive in the $250-350 range. (Although you may be able to find a
> used DAT or 8mm drive for real cheap at a flea market.)
>
> A SCSI model will definitely be compatible.
>
> I think ATAPI tape drives are supported through the IDE-SCSI module. If
> you plan on using an ATAPI drive, wait for someone who knows more on the
> subject to answer you with certainty.
>
> -- David
The Seagate NS-20 (aka TR-5, 10GB native, 20GB compressed)
ATAPI drive I'm using is fine for my needs and runs with the
ide-tape module. There's no need for ide-scsi if you
re-compile your kernel to support ATAPI Tape Devices. It
cost about $430 Canadian; that's under $300 U.S.
J-P Stewart
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From: John-Paul Stewart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: scsi card problem
Date: Sat, 30 Sep 2000 19:04:14 GMT
Jennifer Hadley wrote:
>
> Everything boots fine, it recognizes the 2 scsi hosts and the onstream
> tape as a scsi
> mt -f /dev/nst0 erase gives an input/output error
>
> Jenn
>
The tape isn't write protected, is it? My Seagate tape
drive chokes when the little red tab on the Travan tapes is
set to "Locked". Obviously I can't write to locked tapes,
but I can't even *read* them. Any mt command gives an
input/output error. (Took me a half hour to figure that out
when I first tried to restore from a locked tape. Checked
drivers, software, everything but that stupid little tab!)
J-P Stewart
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